Campbell Scientific RF310, RF312, RF313 Narrowband Radios - Manual (Page 42)

Section 4. Operation of the Radiotelemetry Network
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COM port. If you need an RS-232 port other than COM1, use the “Add COM
Port” button. Use the “Add Device…” button to add your RF modem or Phone
modem to the COM port. The Add Device button opens the “Add New
Device” Dialog box. Once a device is selected the “Attach Selected Device to”
box is opened. When adding a device you must attach it to a device in bold
lettering. The last device to add is a datalogger. Using the Add Device button,
add the appropriate datalogger. The dataloggers are attached to the RF
Modem. Many dataloggers can be attached to one RF Modem. If a mistake is
made, highlight the mistaken device in the Device Map and use the Delete
button.
There are several fields requiring unique settings. PC208W Setup window
shows different options based on which device is selected in the Device Map.
Select a device by left clicking your mouse on the device. Do not change any
settings for the COM port unless you are doing Callback. Select the RF
modem, the default name is RF1. Using the “RF Modem Name” box, you can
change the name of the RF modem. The “Baud rate” box can be used to
change the communication rate between the RF modem and the datalogger.
Select 9600 baud for the RF310M RF modems. The datalogger has one setting
that must be changed. Select the “Dialed Using RF Path” box and enter the
address of the RF310M. The address is the value set with the dip switches
inside the RF310M. See Section 3.1.3 for details. An example of a simple RF
path is “32F”. The 32 is the value of the dip switch settings inside the
RF310M. If your datalogger is using a security code, add the code to the
“Security Code” box.
4.1.3 Automated Data Collection - PC208W
One feature of PC208W is automated/scheduled data collection. PC208W can
be setup to call each station based on time. To setup the scheduler click on the
setup button of the main PC208W tool bar. Using the mouse, highlight the
datalogger of interest in the device map. If the device map does not have the
datalogger listed, you must setup the datalogger including the correct RF path.
See Section 2.2.2 of your PC208W manual for details. Using the Schedule tab
of the Setup window, set your Calling Interval, Next time to Call, etc. If you
have questions concerning a field, press F1 while your cursor is in the field.
Figure 4-2 shows the Setup window on the Schedule tab. The current settings
show a data collection interval of 7 days, next time to call is October 31 at 10:00
p.m. If this time is in the past, PC208W will start calling when the scheduler is
turned on. See the check box next to the datalogger name, the check box is used
to turn scheduled data collection on and off.
The Primary Retry Interval is the time between calls when the first call attempt
failed. The Retries Using Primary Interval is how many times the software will
continue to call when the call fails. The time between each call is the Primary
Retry Interval. After the Retries Using Primary Interval are used up, PC208W
will go into the Secondary Retry Interval. The Secondary Retry Interval will
continue until the call is successful or the scheduler is turned off. The
Secondary Retry Interval is usually set to a longer period, such as a day. The
Clock Check Interval, is used to set the datalogger clock to match the computer
clock. The automatic clock update should be used with caution, computer
clocks are notoriously bad. The “After Call Do” box can be used to run data
management software after PC208W is finished collecting data. See your
PC208W manual for details.