Owner's Manual

The most important item of Special Data is the Comm Port. If you are not sure which port Sentinel uses to communicate
with a field unit, you can run the Serial Port Scan from the Utility/Diagnostics menu. This function can detect a Sentinel
field unit, Sentinel modem, or phone modem on any of the central computer serial ports. See Chapter 16 for more details.
After selecting the correct Comm Port, you can click the Receive button to verify the field unit version and number of
stations from the unit itself. During communication with the field unit, a status window labeled Communication in Progress
will briefly appear. This window, referred to as the Comm Progress window, indicates progress
as communication is established and while data is being transmitted or received. This window
will appear every time the Send or Receive button is clicked from any Sentinel screen. It can
also be used to monitor if a break or an error in communication occurs. The top blue box will
indicate the type of communication in progress, in this case Special Data Receive. It will turn
green when the operation is successfully completed or it will turn red if an error occurred during
transmission. The blue boxes below the window displays the data being sent or received. The
check boxes at the bottom half of the window are successively checked to indicate completion
of each step during the communication process.
After the data transfer is completed, Sentinel will display the received field unit version, unit code, number of stations, pager
number, day change hour and pump setup.
If you are using a phone modem to communicate with the field units at a remote site, enter the field unit phone number under
Field Access Phone. If you are using the internet to communicate with the field unit, enter the URL or IP address under
URL or IP Address used if no Phone#. If you will use the paging feature, enter the pager number in the box labeled
Pager Number for Alarms. With a pager number entered, Sentinel is able to send a page notification whenever an alarm
is activated.
In the Special Data window, you can assign any station to a pump. Type the
station number in the box labeled Pump Output. Each unit has four clusters of
four programs for a total of 16 programs which are discussed in detail in
Chapter 5. Check all programs that need the pump activated. If you do not wish
a program to start the pump, leave the box unchecked.
After Special Data is received from each unit, the time and date can be
synchronized in one group operation. From the Group Operations
menu, select Time/Day. The new window will list all units in the current
system that can be synchronized.
By default, all units are selected but you can deselect each unit by
clicking on the box under the Select? column which toggles the
selection from Yes to No. If groups of units have been set in System /
Group Maintenance, the group names will be available for selection
under the Group(s) column at the right side of the window. Select All
and Clear All buttons are also provided at the bottom of the window.
The first five text boxes along the bottom of the window displays the
Time, Day of the Week, Month, Day of Month and Year. These are
the values that will be sent to the selected field units. These values are
based on the time and date information set in the PC. If the values are
not accurate, you can adjust the settings by clicking the Set PC Time
button. This will launch the PC Date and Time Properties window.
Synchronizing Time and Data in Field Units
Pump Setup
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