Campbell Scientific LoggerNet Datalogger Support Software - Manual (Page 50)

Section 3. Introduction
3.2.2 LoggerNet Admin/LoggerNet Remote
LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote add functionality to aid in the
management of networks. One of these additions is the ability to access a
LoggerNet server from a remote computer. To do this, you need to “log in” to
the remote server. All of the standard LoggerNet clients that are capable of
accessing remote servers (such as Setup, Connect, or Status) include a Select
Server dialog box under the application’s File menu. This allows the user to
specify the TCP/IP address, as well as a user name and password if security is
enabled, for the remote server.
LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote also have the ability to launch more
than one of the same client screens. In LoggerNet, you can open only one client
window at a time. In LoggerNet Admin/LoggerNet Remote, if Launch Multiple
Clients is selected on the Toolbar’s Option menu, you can open two or more of
the same window. For instance, you can open one Connect Screen and connect
to datalogger A, and open a second Connect Screen and connect to datalogger
B.
3.2.3 Setting Up Datalogger Communication Networks
Network setup tools allow you to define and configure the dataloggers in the
network, how they are connected to the computer, and what data should be
collected.
The most basic tool in setting up your network is the Setup Screen. The Setup
Screen can be used in either an EZ View or a Standard View. (For simplicity,
in this manual, references to the Setup Screen that do not specify EZ View or
Standard View, will refer to the Standard View of the Setup Screen.)
The EZ View of the Setup Screen uses the EZSetup Wizard which provides a
simple step-by-step sequence of screens, with on-screen help and many pre-set
values that make it easy to add a new datalogger and communications devices
to your LoggerNet network. You start with the type of datalogger you wish to
add, and then enter the settings for the communications devices used to reach
it, ending with a communications test and an opportunity to set the clock, send
a program, and set up an automatic data collection schedule.
The Standard View of the Setup Screen accomplishes the same tasks, but
allows you a bit more control when setting up your network, and allows for
more complex network configurations.
The Device Configuration Utility, or DevConfig, uses a direct serial port or IP
connection to set the settings in a device (such as the PakBus address or routing
information for a datalogger, or RF400 radio information) so that LoggerNet
can communicate with it. It can also be used to send a new operating system to
devices that accept a downloadable OS. DevConfig supports all CSI
dataloggers, as well as configurable communication devices such as RF400
radios, MD485s, and NL100s.
The Network Planner is a graphical application that assists the user in
designing a datalogger network. The user interacts with a drawing canvas on
which he places his stations and adds peripheral devices to those stations. He
then creates links between stations and specifies the nature of those links.
Finally, he specifies the activities that will take place between various devices
within the network. As the user does these things, the Network Planner
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