User's Guide

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Log in to the M2M Gateway and in the left pane click and expand the “Admin” entry, then click the
“Templates” entry.
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Select an existing sensor template which is as much as possible close to the one you want to create.
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In the right pane, click the “Save as Template” button.
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In the following dialog box, enter the name of the new template and select the destination area
(where the template will be saved on the server).
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Check the “Include children” checkbox if you want to take over the tags of the original template
(recommended).
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Click "OK".
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Select the new template and verify/modify its attributes according to the parameters of the sensor.
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Examine the children tags and delete the ones you don’t need, or add new tags according to the
hardware configuration of your sensor.
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Verify and modify accordingly the attributes of all the tags of the new sensor.
In a similar fashion you can create new tag templates, based on existing templates (use the “Save as
Template” button).
2.6.2. Create a New Template From Scratch
This method requires more work. Proceed as follows:
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Log in to the M2M Gateway and in the
left pane click and expand the “Admin”
entry, then click the “Templates” entry.
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On the right pane, click the “New
Template” button.
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Name the new template; use a name
that can easily identify the new sensor,
usually the manufacturer and the type
of the sensor.
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Select from the Template Class
“sensor” and click "OK". The new template will be generated, however it will be empty.
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Select the newly generated template and click the “Attributes” tab. You will now add several
attributes.
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Click the “New” button; in the dialog box that appears you must define the attribute. For a proper
operation of the RTU, a list with the minimum of attributes required and their parameters follows:
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acquisitionMode, type: int, flags: r/w,RTU=x, Size: , Value: 2
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acquisitionSchedule, type: string, flags: r/w,RTU=x, Size: 100, Value: */10
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iconName, type: string, flags: a/a, Size: 20, Value: COMBO
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sdiAddress, type string, flags: a/a,RTU=x, Size: 1, Value:
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sdiInfo, type: string, flags: r/-, Size: 40, Value:
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sdiMethod, type:string, flags: a/a,RTU=x, Size: 3, Value:
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