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-       Server name where the logger will send the data events.

Step-by-step guide

 GUI setup

 Navigating to Connection profile configuration

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The first configuration page lets the user to change mostly data related settings: channel names, analogue sensors, analogue measurement methods.

 

The Connection profile is not related to the input, so it is placed in the Advanced configuration section:

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  • Name of the profile
  • (Server) hostname, host name where the data events will be sent
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The logger always assumes a server to send. If the server is unreachable the data will be only retained on the logger.

Ethernet primary connection

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  • Enabled: if the unit has an active SIM card with a data number, it can be called with dialup connection. Remote caller can retrieve data from the logger and can change configuration.
  • Disabled: The modem is completely powered off. This is option for environment where the GSM signal would generate unacceptable noise to other systems.

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Press Save when finished.

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When “Home network only” is selected the logger will disconnect from the network and will try re-connect to the network the SIM card belongs to.

Press Save when finished.

Selecting active connection profile

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In the connection profile selector dialog: simply highlight the new profile and press "OK" button.

This will bring back to Advanced config dialog. The new active profile name will show on the Connection profile button.

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Info

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Options menu lets the user to display historic data stored in the logger. The About box shows useful information about the logger like: firmware version, GSM modem state, last read GSM signal strength, Ethernet IP address, etc. The Configuration button brings to logger configuration:

 

 

 

Before letting the user to display or change the configuration, the user has to be authenticated.

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Shows the active connection profile name. To change or review the connection configuration you have to press the button:

 

 

 

The active profile is highlighted. There is always an active profile present in the logger.

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Selecting new shows a blank connection profile:

 

 

 

The two most important settings are:

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1.2.1      Ethernet primary connection

 

 

The only thing left to decide whether we let the GSM modem to operate. When the modem is:

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