User guide

Chapter 1: Getting Started
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Overview
Welcome to viewLinc 3.6, a key element in the Vaisala
Veriteq Continuous Monitoring System (CMS). Using
viewLinc you can easily monitor data logger readings locally
on a PC or across a network using a supported version of
Microsoft
® Internet Explorer® or Mozilla® Firefox® Internet
browser.
With viewLinc 3.6, you can:
• monitor remote conditions from multiple data loggers from
a local or remote PC desktop
• view real-time data in a graphical format
• generate historical data and alarm reports
• receive visual or email alarms when conditions you are
monitoring are out of compliance or if there is a network
communication problem
• analyze automatically documented logger events, such as
when alarms are triggered, acknowledged or there are
logger communication problems
• schedule transfers of Vaisala Veriteq logger data (also
referred to as ‘historical data’) to be viewed and graphed
with Vaisala Veriteq Spectrum or vLog software
• easily identify loggers and the zones in which they operate
• create preconfigured comments for alarm notifications
When installed, the Vaisala Veriteq CMS is comprised of
software components (including viewLinc), and hardware
components (including data loggers, a PC with a supported
Internet browser, and, depending on how you connect the
loggers to your PC, various cables, Vaisala Veriteq vNet or
Digi networking devices).
Your administrator will determine the best way to install
viewLinc for your needs. You will interact with viewLinc by
logging in on the user PC with either Firefox 3.5 or later or
Internet Explorer 6.0 or later. Let’s log in now.