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Appendix d. interfacing loggernet to rudics, D.1 base station system requirements, D.2 remote station requirements – Campbell Scientific 9522B Iridium Satellite Modem and COM9522B Interface Modem User Manual

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Appendix D. Interfacing LoggerNet to

RUDICS

Contact Campbell Scientific if you are interested in using RUDICS.

D.1 Base Station System Requirements

1. LoggerNet software version 4.0 or greater

2. Telnet-compliant serial port redirector software

3. Iridium service account, supplied by Iridium service provider. You will

also need to make arrangements with service provider to access the

RUDICS network.

4. A PC with static IP internet access

5. LoggerNet and serial port redirector software should be referenced for

relevant PC hardware requirements

D.2 Remote Station Requirements

1. Datalogger configured as described in Section 4, Datalogger

Configuration, Section 5.1.5, Step 5: PakBusPort Configuration, and

Section 5.1.6, Step 6: CR1000 Configuration

2. Datalogger program should include modem configuration (Section 6,

Remote Modem Configuration)

3. Modem configured as described in Section 3.2, Setup of Iridium Modems

D.3 Serial Port Redirector

To communicate with a remote datalogger using RUDICS, the computer

running LoggerNet must have Telnet-compliant serial port redirector software

installed (also known as a serial port to telnet emulator software).

Currently compatible software can be found here. The software version tested

at Campbell Scientific and known to operate is version 2.6.1.

www.fabulatech.com/serial-port-redirector.html

Campbell Scientific cannot guarantee that other versions of this

software will operate as intended in this application. Any support

will need to be requested directly of any third party software

provider.

Once the software is installed, click on the

Add Client Virtual Port button to

create a connection to the RUDICS system. Fill in the information in the

Add

NOTE

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