Discovering devices – Vaisala viewLinc 4.3 User Manual

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Discovering Devices

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Select the Units tab. The list displays all standard Device Channel
unit types, but some of your Devices may be preconfigured with cus-
tom unit descriptions.

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To add custom Device units to this table, to ensure viewLinc can
recognize the unit type and assign correct threshold settings:

In the Name column, identify and select the row for the chan-
nel type.

Double-click the Device Units field in the selected row, and
click Add Units.

Enter the units (max. 4 characters), then click Apply.

Double-click in the Display Text or Decimal Places column
to choose how you want information units to display.

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Save your changes (Options |

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Discovering Devices

When new vNet Devices, Loggers and Transmitters (they are all referred
to as Devices) are connected to your network, most model types are
automatically identified by viewLinc; however, if a Device does not
display in the Devices navigation pane in the Locations window, you
can run the viewLinc Discover Devices function to look for a missing
Device.

Note: viewLinc does not recognize 300 Series Transmitters with the

Discover Devices function. Add Transmitters manually if they are

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