Sensors

Basic Configuration

The sensor configuration specifies how the data is coming into the system.

Assigned Device – The device that is currently polling the data. There can be any number of devices attached to a package this specifies the type of the device the data is being mapped to.

Data Group – Specifies the datagroup the data will be saved into. Multiple devices can save data into the same datagroups.

Attach to Poll Func – This allows the user to attach the sensor to the poll function.

Name – This is the sensor name that will be used throughout the system to identify this register

Sensor Tag Name – Optional field that allows user to specify an additional tag name

Register – The register is device specific. Depending on the device you will need to know what the format of the registers are so the device driver understands it.

Data Type – Data Type is used by some drivers to determine how to translate the data

Read Write – This will determine whether the data is read only, read/write or write only.

Data Formula – Data Formulas are used to convert data. They are used for both Cell Formulas and Polling.

Register Size – Used by some drivers to determine the size of the data in the register

Data Source – Specifies how the data is coming into the system.

Measurement Type – This specifies the type of measurement that the register is reading into the system.

Units – Units specifies the default unit of measure that the device reads by default

Aggregate – Only used when aggregate calculations are needed to combine data in a specific timespan.

Advanced Configuration

Alarms

Communication Alarms – Allows the user to set an alarm for communication failures

Control

Sensor Control is needed for Write or Read/Write types of registers. It is device driver specific and the write function tells the device what command to use to write to the end device.