Vaisala viewLinc 4.3 - Manual (Page 108)

Viewing Devices and Hosts
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Note: To modify Calibration settings, see “Calibrating Devices” on
page 107.
Editing Channel Properties
To easily identify a specific Channel onscreen, you can edit a
channel’s description, alias, and preferred temperature units, if
applicable.
Note: Depending on the Device you use, not all Device channels
can have their descriptions modified. Refer to the specific
Device User Guide for more information.
To edit channel properties:
1 From the viewLinc desktop, choose Options | System Con-
figuration | Locations Manager
.
2 In the Devices tree pane, select a Device Channel to edit.
3 On the Devices | Options menu, select Channel, then
Edit Channel
(or use the right-click menu).
4 In the Edit Channel Properties window, modify the following
fields as required.
• Description : Enter a short Device description (maximum
16 alpha-numeric characters for Vaisala Veriteq Loggers;
maximum 32 characters for HMT140 Wi-Fi Loggers; this
is not an option for 300 Series Transmitters).
• Alias : Enter a more detailed Device description (max-
imum 64 characters). The Alias is used instead of a
Description, if the option to use Aliases is set up in sys-
tem settings (see “Device and Channel Aliases ” on
page 26).
Additional options are available for HMT140 Wi-Fi Loggers: