User guide

Chapter 1: Getting Started
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Overview
Welcome to viewLinc 4.0, a key element in the Vaisala
Veriteq Continuous Monitoring System (CMS). Using
viewLinc you can easily monitor device readings locally on a
PC or across a network using a supported version of
Microsoft
® Internet Explorer® or Mozilla® Firefox® Internet
browser, or from mobile devices like the iPhone
®, Google
Android
®, or Blackberry®.
With viewLinc 4.0, you can:
• Monitor remote conditions from multiple devices from a
local or remote PC desktop
• View real-time data in a customizable 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 device events, such as
when alarms are triggered, acknowledged or there are
device communication problems
• Schedule transfers of Vaisala Veriteq device data (also
referred to as ‘historical data’) to be viewed and graphed
with the vLog software
• Easily identify devices and the zones in which they
operate
• Swap a device for calibration or replacement purposes
without breaking the data audit trail
• Create preconfigured comments for alarm notifications
• Create reusable alarm templates
When installed, the Vaisala Veriteq CMS is comprised of
software components (including viewLinc), and hardware
components (including devices, a PC with a supported
Internet browser, and, depending on how you connect the
devices to your PC, various cables, Vaisala Veriteq vNet or
Digi networking devices).
How you connect your devices to your PC is a very important
administrative decision. There are four methods and each
requires certain hardware connections. The most convenient