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received from a Reader. Once a Reader alarm event has fired, the Location Software will wait a
configurable amount of time before sending another Reader alarm event. A Tag timeout alarm is fired
when the Location Software has not received a Tag transmission in a configurable amount of time.
4.5.2.1.1 SetTrackerAlarmTimeout Function
public virtual int SetTrackerAlarmTimeout( int alarmType, ,
int alarmTimeoutValue )
This function sets alarm timeouts.
alarmType is the alarm that the timeout controls.
Reader Timeout = 2
Reader Alarm = 3
Tag Timeout = 4
alarmTimeoutValue is the timeout value. The units are in seconds. Its meaning depends on alarmType :
Reader Timeout - a Reader has not been heard within alarmTimeoutValue seconds.
Reader Alarm – once a Reader alarm has fired, it will not refire within alarmTimeoutValue seconds.
Tag Timeout - a Tag has not been heard within alarmTimeoutValue seconds.
The default value for all alarm types is 10 seconds.
For all alarm types, a timeout value of 0 will disable alarms of that type.
Returns
0 – Success,
Less than zero – either invalid alarm type or timeout value is out of range.
4.5.2.1.2 GetTrackerAlarmTimeout Function
public virtual int GetTrackerAlarmTimeout( int alarmType, ,
int out alarmTimeoutValue )
This function retrieves the timeout value for a specific alarm.
alarmType is the alarm that the timeout controls.
Reader Timeout = 2
Reader Alarm = 3
Tag Timeout = 4
alarmTimeoutValue is the timeout value. The units are in seconds. Its meaning depends on alarmType :
Reader Timeout - a Reader has not been heard within alarmTimeoutValue seconds.
Reader Alarm – once a Reader alarm has fired, it will not refire within alarmTimeoutValue seconds.
Tag Timeout - a Tag has not been heard within alarmTimeoutValue seconds.
Returns
0 – Success,
Less than zero –invalid alarm type.