Campbell Scientific PC400 Datalogger Support Software - Manual (Page 47)

Section 4. The PC400 Main Screen
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Dynamic and Static Links
There are two types of links to PakBus dataloggers that the server recognizes:
static links and dynamic links. Static links (depicted using red lines) are the
communication links to dataloggers that have been set up in the software, but
which have not been confirmed by communicating with the datalogger(s). You
will see these dataloggers listed in the software’s network map. Dynamic links
(black lines) are communication links to dataloggers that have been confirmed.
You may also see links to leaf node dataloggers that have not been set up in the
software, but which the server has “learned about” by querying the PakBus
network.
Viewing/Changing Settings in a PakBus Datalogger
If you right-click a device in PakBus graph, you will be presented with a
floating menu. From this menu, select Edit Settings to display a list of the
PakBus settings for the datalogger. Some of these settings are read-only, but
other settings can be changed. Click within the cell for a setting, enter a new
value, and then press return to make a change. If the change is accepted, the
cell will appear green. If the change was denied (which likely means the
setting is read-only), the cell will appear red.
Right-Click Functionality
There are several options available from the floating menu that is displayed
when you right-click a device (not all devices will have all settings):
Edit Settings – This option shows the PakBus settings of a device (see above).
Ping Node – This option will send a packet to the selected device to determine
if it is reachable in the PakBus network. The results of the ping will be
displayed in the Log Messages. Each ping message will include the size of the
packet sent, and the time of response from the pinged device. The last message
recorded will include summary information from the ping.
Verify Routing Table – This option will request the routing table from a
PakBus device.
Reset Node – This option will reset the routing table in a PakBus device.
Change PakBus Address (server only) – By default, the PakBus address of
the software server is 4093 (PC400) or 4094 (LoggerNet). This option lets you
change this default.
Search for Neighbors (server only) – When this option is selected, the
software server will broadcast a Hello Request every 5 seconds to search for
PakBus neighbors with which it can communicate. During this time, the
PakBus port is kept on-line.
Broadcast Reset (server only) – This option will reset the routing table in the
selected PakBus device, as well as any neighbors of the selected device that are
acting as routers.
Unlock Position – This option will unlock a device that has been locked into
position in PakBus Graph by dragging it to a new position on the screen. All
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