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2) Specify 2D view parameters, including the units for display (meters or feet) and parameters for the
display of Tag and Readers.
3) Specify the data source as either a NIC card on which to receive data from the Readers, or a logfile
4) Specify the settings for the speed limit and moving average filters used by the PLUS location
engine algorithms
5) Configure the PLUS system Tags
6) Configure the PLUS system Readers
7) Configure the PLUS system groups
8) Configure the PLUS system maps
Settings Menu Items:
 Timeouts… – set the times for the system timeout events.
Figure 5-13: Timeouts Dialog
o Reader Comms Down Alert – Specify the time (in seconds) that a Reader is to be marked
―down‖ (Tag icon turns red) if messages are not received within the specified timeframe. If
a Reader does not receive any Tag messages for 10 seconds, it will send a ―keepalive‖ Tag
message with a Tag ID of 0, to indicate to the application that the Reader is still functional.
The Reader color is red when communication is down, and green when the communication
is up.
o Tag Comms Down Alert – Specify the time (in seconds) that a Tag is to be marked ―down‖
(Tag icon turns yellow) if messages are not received from that Tag by any Readers within
the specified timeout. The Tag color is red when communication is down, and green when
the Tag is operational.
 2D MapView Settings… – specify the display parameters for the 2D Map View.