Vaisala HMT140 - Manual (Page 47)

Advanced Options
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2 Temporarily turn off one of the connection options and
then measure the average connection time:
• Try setting the dynamically assigned IP address as the
static address temporarily, or,
• Try using a Destination IP address instead of the
hostname address temporarily.
3 Select the Tools tab. In the Test Connect Time area,
click Start. The HMT140 Utility will repeatedly attempt
to connect to the network with one second between
connection attempts. You can then view:
• Number of connection attempts.
• Last connect time.
• Average, minimum and maximum connect times.
• History of connect attempts displayed as a bar graph
(each bar graph is the number of seconds for the
attempt).
• Failed connection attempts displayed as a grey bar.
Failed connection attempts are not factored in the
statistics.
4 To change the Connect Window time, on the Options
menu select Advanced Options, and then select the
desired Connect Window time.
Advanced Options
These advanced parameters (Options > Advanced
Options ) are applied each time an Update function is
performed. These parameters may have an impact on
transmitter performance.
Extended Transmit Period: Adds 30 sec., 1 min., and 2
min. as additional options for the Transmit Period in the
Sensor tab.
Important: These additional periods are meant to be used for test-
ing, evaluation and demonstration of the HMT140 and,
if used, can have a severe impact on battery life.
Log Conversations: When this option is selected, the
HMT140 Utility will capture the conversation between
the utility and the HMT140 and place it in a file called