User Guide

Setting Up a New MPM or BDS System
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14.5. System Setup: String
String Status > Setup|System|String
The String dialog box assigns a string name, configuration, model and manufacturer names,
capacity, and MPM string names. Before completing this dialog box, confirm the correct
customer, location, and battery are selected on the Customer, Location, and Battery boxes.
The Start Cell # box for MPM changes to string # when BDS is selected. See below.
Figure 28. System Setup - String (MPM shown)
CAUTION: Clicking the Delete button deletes all information for the displayed string name.
The string name and string data will be lost.
String Name (required) - Type a name for each MPM or names for each string for a BDS.
Location, battery, and string names identify the strings and hardware to which the monitor is
connected.
Note: To change the string name after monitor setup, use these Setup|System dialog boxes. If
database names do not match names in the monitor, an error message appears.
Note: You cannot have two identical string names under the same battery name. Selecting
different strings changes selections on the Link and Reporting dialog boxes. This string name
must match the string name in the database of the connecting computer.
Monitor Configuration (required) - Select a configuration from the drop-down list. To
determine MPM hardware configuration, refer to the model number in the chart in MPM
Configuration Options.