Transceiver configuration must be completed for each transceiver or controller at the site. The configuration values will tell M5 how to connect to each device. Refer to the Transceiver Configuration and Connections troubleshooting topic for diagnosing issues with these settings.
To initiate editing, double-click the row containing the transceiver settings; the row will expand into a form where values can be entered, as shown for transceiver 07 in Figure 16. After editing is completed, press the Update button to store the changed values for that row and continue with adding or updating additional rows; press the Cancel button to revert to the original values of that row.
Right-clicking and selecting the Delete menu option or pressing the DEL key on your keyboard while a row is selected will delete the configuration for that transceiver.
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Figure 16. Settings available on the Transceiver configuration tab of the Site Configuration dialog.
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ID |
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A unique transceiver identifier transmitted from the physical device and linked to PTAGIS site configuration metadata. This ID correlates data collected from the physical device when processed by PTAGIS. The ID is in hexadecimal format. |
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Enabled |
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Indicates whether the transceiver port will be opened when monitoring is started. Use this feature to temporarily disable a transceiver without having to delete the entire configuration record. |
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Type |
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The type of transceiver the communication port will be connected to. The list of supported transceiver models is populated from Transceiver Specifications that can be periodically downloaded from PTAGIS. When a type of transceiver is selected, the default communication port values are entered if any current values are empty. |
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Protocol |
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Indicates the communication protocol used by the transceiver. Most newer transceiver models support ASCII, but some of the older models require Binary. Data processed via the Binary protocol is automatically converted to ASCII format so it appears the same for all transceivers. |
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Port Type |
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The type of communication port that should be used to connect to the transceiver. Typically, Serial or TCP ethernet communication is used.
NOTE: other communication types currently listed have not been tested and are still TBD. |
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IP Port |
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If Port Type = TCP, this will be the network port to connect to the transceiver. The default port for most Biomark transceivers is 10001. |
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Serial Port |
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If Port Type = Serial, this will be the COM address of a physical or virtual serial port on the M5 Host System that the transceiver is connected to. |
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Serial Settings |
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If Port Type = Serial, this will be the COM address of the a physical or virtual serial port to which the transciever is connected on the computer on which the M5 Monitor Service is running.
NOTE: on Linux installations, serial port addresses usually start with /dev/tty |
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If enabled and the Synchronize transceiver clocks to local system time property has a non-zero value, the Site Monitor service will periodically update the internal clock on the transceiver with the current system time.
NOTE: some types of legacy transceivers do not have internal clocks. |
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Synchronize Transceiver Clocks |
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Specifies a value in hours of when the Site Monitor feature of M5 Monitor Service should synchronize the internal clocks of transceivers that have the Sync Clock setting enabled. Setting this value to zero will disable clock synchronization regardless of which transceivers have Sync Clock enabled. |
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