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Configuration metadata includes details about the equipment used at the site to detect and record PIT tags. Antenna IDs are used to validate data submitted from a site - if data submission includes an antenna ID that is not defined in the current configuration, that file is rejected. Antenna arrangement should follow PTAGIS convention of being numbered from upstream to downstream and from left to right. A site diagram is part of the configuration and should show the arrangement of antennas as related to water flow and the facility or stream in which the site is installed.

 

Configurations are explicitly versioned using the Configuration Sequence number. Currently, it is only required to change the configuration if antennas are added or subtracted, or the IDs are changed. New configuration versions can also be added if the site location or transceiver type is changed. Each detection reported by an interrogation site is associated with the configuration sequence number that was in place at the time the detection took place. The configuration sequence number is available as part of an interrogation record when queried through the reporting system.

 

 

Field

Defintion

Domain

ConfigurationSequence

Number identifying the configuration of the site when it was at this location

Integer, valid configuration sequence number for this site

StartDate

First date when configuration was installed and operational

datetime

EndDate

Last date configuration was operational

datetime

Comments

Short description of changes made

varchar(500)

SubSite

Used at PTAGIS sites to identify different parts of a larger site

varchar(10)

XcvrID

Unique identifier for transceiver

2 Hexadecimal characters

XcvrType

Type of transceiver associated with this ID

2001F-ISO

Allflex RM 310

FS1001A

FS1001B

FS1001M

FS2020

HPR Plus

IS1001 Standalone

IS1001 Master Controller

QuBE with Allflex RM 310

QuBE with IS1001

AntennaGroup

Logical grouping of antennas

free text

AntennaID

Unique identifier for each antenna

2 hexadecimal characters

Sort

Sort order for the AntennaGroup when displaying in reports

4 alphanumeric characters

AntennaType

General type of antenna

too many current values to list, but includes Pass Over, Pass Thru, Flat Plate, Coil around Pipe, Floating

AntennaSize

Dimensions of antenna

Length x Width, plus units

 

 

 


Version: 1.08

Published: 11/12/2024