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

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1             GUI setup

1.1        Navigating to Connection profile configuration

The logger’s master dialog displays the digital events (state changes) since startup.

The buttons let the user to:

-       Enter the menu: you can read historic data, system log or set configuration.

-       Remove a USB stick in a controlled way. Failing to indicate the removal first, the logger reports error and restarts.

-       Display real-time states of the inputs.

Let’s enter the Menu:

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.

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:

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.

1.2        Creating a new connection profile

Selecting new shows a blank connection profile:

The two most important settings are:

-       Name of the profile

-       (Server) hostname, where the data events will be sent

The logger always assumes a server to send. If the server is unreachable the data will be only retained on the logger.

1.2.1      Ethernet primary connection

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

-       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.

1.2.2      GPRS primary connection

Selecting GPRS will assume three more settings:

-       APN: Access Point Name is the gateway between the GPRS network and another computer network.

-       Username: needed for the point-to-point connection to the APN (it may be blank)

-       Password: needed for the point-to-point connection to the APN (it may be blank)

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