Initial setup

In order to use your Lumina Operation Center, you have to register it with Avelon Cloud or your local Alcedo Inhouse server.

Note

Before proceeding, make sure you have the registration code of your device ready. You will receive it upon ordering a Lumina Operation Center from our webshop. If you don’t have a registration code, please contact Avelon support.

Boot up the device

  1. Attach the Lumina Operation Center with your computer via the LAN1 port.

  2. Make sure that the panel is in the same network as the Avelon server that you want the panel to synchronize with. If you want the panel to synchronize with Avelon Cloud, it needs access to the Internet. If you want the panel to synchronize with an Alcedo Inhouse system, it needs access to that particular server.

  3. Plug in the 24V power supply. The device will turn on automatically.

  4. Wait until the device activation wizard appears on screen. It can take several minutes for the Linux operating system to boot up and for the local Docker server and the Avelon middleware to start. If the wizard doesn’t appear after 10 minutes, you can manually open the Firefox browser by tapping on its icon, and then enter http://localhost in the address bar. If the browser returns an error message or the page remains empty, refresh the page in regular intervals until the activation wizard appears.

  5. Enter the registration code of your Lumina Operation Center. You should get this code as part of the product package, either on a piece of paper or in an email. After confirming the registration code with Register, the panel is registered.

  6. In the next step, you’ll have to configure the LAN settings of the device. By default, the device is accessible via Bonjour service under the address http://lumina-xxxxxxxx.local, where xxxxxxxx is the serial number of the device, but we recommend you set it to a fixed IP address.

Configure network settings

  1. Click on Network Settings…. This will open the web interface of the integrated Beetle.

    Note

    The integrated Beetle is a collection of services that allow the device to communicate with the Avelon server and with various bus protocols, such as BACnet, Modbus or IoT. It is running on the device inside a Docker container, just like the Avelon middleware itself.

  2. On the Beetle web interface, click on Log in at the top right and use the login credentials below to log in:

    • Username: beetle-admin

    • Password: sm@rtCopper48

    Note

    To prevent unauthorized entities from changing the network settings on the tablet, it is recommended to change the default password. You can do this on the Users page.

  3. After logging in, click on Connectivity in the left sidebar.

  4. On the Connectivity page, scroll down to the LAN card and click on Configure….

  5. Disable DHCP and set the IP address, subnet mask and gateway address for the Lumina Operation Center. Confirm the settings with OK.

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  6. Apply the new settings by clicking on Apply changes.

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  7. Now return to the activation wizard. You can do so by clicking on Home in the left sidebar and then on the link next to Avelon server, or you can click on Lumina Operation Center in the top left corner of the page.

Finish product registration

  1. Back on the activation wizard, select the type of your system (Avelon Cloud or Alcedo Inhouse) under Choose System Type with which you want to synchronize the Lumina Operation Center.

    Avelon Cloud

    The device synchronizes with avelon.cloud over the Internet.

    Alcedo Inhouse

    The device synchronizes with an Alcedo Inhouse system in the local network.

    We’ll refer to the selected system as the base system.

    Click on Next.

  2. Now log in to the base system with your existing credentials.

You can now create an export set and synchronize it with the Lumina Operation Center. An export set is a collection of dashboards that you want to use on the tablet.

Manage export sets and synchronize with panel