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Transmitter Management

The administration of Transmitters can only be performed by an Administrator, although the right to add a new Transmitter can be granted to a Restricted User. To view/edit click on the Transmitter Management View Tab.

There are three levels of Transmitter Management

Adjust



Figure 1 - Transmitter Management View - Adjust

Adjust is the main view for basic Transmitter Management.

The functions available from this screen are as follows:-

Add New Click here to Add New Transmitter Add a new Transmitter to the Gateway
Remove Click here to Remove a Transmitter Remove a Transmitter from the Gateway
Task Retrieve Click here to send a Task and Data Retrieve Command to a Transmitter(s) Retrieve the current Task and Data from the Transmitter.
Reload Click  to refresh the information on this page. Simply refreshes this page with the latest information
Select Tick box to select Transmitters for Add New, Remove and Task Retrieve. Select one or more transmitters.
Description Transmitter Description as given when it was Tasked
S/Num Transmitter Serial Number
Registration Registration of the Transmitter, has one of three states.... Newly Added/Un-Registered/Registered
Radio Rate Drop Down Menu to select Radio Rate - Simply select the new rate, no further action will be required. This setting controls the rate at which batches of readings are transmitted to the Gateway. Choose 15 minutes unless a faster update rate is necessary.
Alarm Group Drop Down Menu to select the Alarm Group - Simply select the new rate, no further action will be required. Choose an Administrative Alarm Group for this Transmitters. See Alarm Group
Default Alarm Repeat Drop Down Menu to select the default Alarm Repeat Time - Simply select the new rate, no further action will be required.
Backbone Tick Box to select Backbone, or not, for this Transmitter - Simply tick the box, no further action will be required. Those transmitter which have been identified as Backbone??? units during site survey must have this box ticked. Do not tick for Transmitters which have no mains adaptor connected.
Display Tick Box to select Display ON, or OFF for this Transmitter - Simply tick the box, no further action will be required. Disable the LCD for this Transmitters where the local display is not required. Not recommended unless absolutely necessary.


Add New

To add a new Transmitter to your Gateway, simply enter the serial number into the box provided and click .

Note that the serial numbers are case sensitive, i.e. BA03060001 is correct, Ba, bA, or ba is incorrect and will not be recognised.

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Setting a Radio rate faster than 15 minutes has a detrimental effect on battery life.



Figure 2 - Add New Transmitter

Your Transmitter will be added to the top of the list.

Provoking the transmitter with the RF525 Key will force radio sessions to the Gateway. If the Transmitter is in range of the Gateway it will log on.

The Transmitter will attempt to transmit Events back to the Gateway within a minute of their occurrence irrespective of radio rate selected. Whilst there is an Event awaiting Transmission the radio rate is temporarily set to 1 minute. Once all Events are transmitted the radio rate is returned to the user set value.


Remove

To remove a Transmitter from your Gateway, simply use the tick box to select the transmitter in the list and then Click

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Note that if the transmitter has not sent all of its data then this data will be lost.


Task Retrieve

Advanced feature only. If the Gateway is replaced for any reason then the current Task and data can be retrieved from the transmitter and will be restored on the new Gateway.

To initiate Task Retrieve, select the Transmitter(s) via the tick boxes, and then click to begin the process. Once selected the process is handled automatically by the Gateway and the Transmitter. Once complete the Transmitter will continue to log normally.

Firmware

Firmware is the second level of Transmitter Management and consists of a read only Table of the Transmitters added to the system, and provides more information regards their Firmware and current status by way of ICONS.


Figure 3 - Transmitter Management View - Firmware

Diagnostic

Diagnostic is the third level of Transmitter Management and consists of a read only Table of the Transmitters added to the system, and provides all available information regards their current status.


Figure 3 - Transmitter Management View - Firmware

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Diagnostic View is aimed at the Technician who might be investigating the system for faults/errors. It is not designed for the casual user.

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