Document Outline

• viewLinc 4.3 User's Guide
  • Copyright
  • Contents
    • GETTING STARTED
      • What’s New
      • Overview
        • How Does it Work?
        • viewLinc System Requirements
          • viewLinc Server and viewLinc Host PC Requirements
        • Default Application File Locations
        • Hardware Installation Options
      • Connecting Devices
        • Method 1: Using vNet Devices
        • Method 2: Using Digi Devices
        • Method 3: Using USB Port
        • Method 4: Using Serial Port
        • Method 5: Wireless Devices
      • Configuring Devices
      • Installing viewLinc
      • Logging in to viewLinc
      • Setup Road Map
        • Optional Setup Tasks
        • Getting Help
    • SYSTEM SETTINGS
      • Choosing System Preferences
        • Device and Channel Aliases
        • Comments
        • MKT Activation Energy
        • Temperature Measurement Units
        • Remote Acknowledgement
        • Security Key
        • Technical Support
        • Session Expiry Time
        • viewLinc Aware Service
        • Unit Descriptions
      • Discovering Devices
        • Adding Hosts
      • Controlling Access to viewLinc
        • Assigning Rights
        • Access Control Permissions
          • Access Control Inspector
        • Creating Groups and Adding Users
          • Create a Group
          • Deactivate/Reactivate a Group
          • Add a User
        • Editing Users and Passwords
      • Setting Up Schedules
      • Email & SMS Notification Settings
        • Define Email Notification Settings
        • Define SMS Notification Settings
      • Templates
        • Email & SMS Templates
        • Alarm Templates
          • Alarm Template Options
        • Threshold Templates
          • Single Threshold Template
          • Multi-threshold Template
        • Using Preconfigured Comments in Templates
      • System Maintenance
    • VIEWING DATA
      • viewLinc Desktop Orientation
        • Working with Columns
      • Managing Locations & Zones
        • Organizing Locations
        • Creating Zones
        • Adding Locations to Zones
        • Linking Location Channels
        • Unlinking and Relinking Location Channels
        • Renaming Locations and Zones
        • Deleting Zones
      • Editing Location Properties
        • Assigning Access to Locations & Zones
        • Setting Up Location Thresholds
        • Disabling Threshold Alarms
        • Deactivating and Reactivating Threshold Alarming
      • Building Dashboards
        • Adding a Dashboard Image
        • Adding Zone and/or Location Data Items
        • Changing the Appearance of Dashboard Items
      • Setting Up User-specific Views
        • Creating a New View
      • Working with the Locations window
        • Searching for Zones and Locations
          • Finding a Linked Location
        • Using the Locations Dashboard
        • Monitoring Alarms
        • Building a Trend
          • Trend Tab Functions
          • Navigating a Trend View
        • Viewing Pop-up Trends
    • MANAGING DEVICES
      • Viewing Devices and Hosts
        • Viewing Device Properties
        • Editing Device and Channel Properties
        • Editing Channel Properties
        • Setting Channel Temperature Units
      • Adding New Devices
      • Setting Up Device and Host Alarms
        • Communication Alarms
          • Editing Communication Alarms
          • Disabling Communication Alarms
        • Device Alarms
          • Editing Device Alarms
          • Disabling Device Alarms
      • Calibrating Devices
      • Removing Devices
        • Deactivating/Reactivating a Location
        • Swapping a Device
        • Permanently Delete a Location or Zone
    • MONITORING ALARMS
      • About Alarms
        • Types of Alarms
          • Threshold Alarms
          • Communication Alarms
          • Event Validation Alarms
          • Device Configuration Alarms
          • System Alarms
        • What Happens When an Alarm is Triggered?
          • Do Alarms Require Acknowledgement?
      • Viewing and Acknowledging Alarms
        • Refreshing the Alarms Window
        • Receiving and Acknowledging Alarms
        • Ways to Acknowledge Alarms
      • Pausing Alarms
      • Managing Alarms View
      • Alarm Reporting
    • EVENTS
      • Viewing Events
      • Adding Comments to Events
      • Adding Custom Events
      • Printing and Exporting Event Logs
    • REPORTING
      • Types of Reports
        • Default viewLinc Reports
        • Custom Reports
      • Generating and Printing Reports
        • Reviewing Report Progress
      • Creating New Reports
        • Creating an Alarm Report
        • Creating a Location History Report
        • Creating a System Report
        • Cloning an Existing Alarm, Location or System Report
      • Deactivating and Deleting Reports
      • On-Demand Reports
      • Transferring Data
        • Using Transferred Data in Reports
          • When Should I Transfer Data?
        • Creating Transfer Schedules
        • Performing an Immediate Data Transfer
        • Editing Transfer Schedules
        • Deactivating Transfer Schedules
        • Disabling Transfer Schedules
    • REMOTE & MOBILE DISPLAY
      • Using a Remote Display
        • Remote Display Requirements
        • Creating a Default User and View
        • Setting up the Remote Display
        • Changing the Remote Display View
        • Viewing Data on the Remote Display
      • Using viewLinc Mobile
        • Viewing Data with viewLinc Mobile
        • Acknowledge Alarms with viewLinc Mobile
    • FAQs & TROUBLESHOOTING
      • Installing viewLinc
      • Setting Up Devices
        • Moving Vaisala Veriteq Devices
      • Troubleshooting Tips
        • Logging In
        • Alarms
        • Managing Data and Devices
        • Predefined UI Settings
      • Need More Help?
    • Index