User guide

Contents
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Searching for Zones and Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Ordering Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Linking and Unlinking Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Deleting Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Editing Location Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Hiding and Showing Location Columns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Creating and Editing Location Thresholds. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Chapter 3: System Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Discovering Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Adding Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Swapping Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Removing Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Editing Device Properties and Aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Editing Channel Properties and Aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Adding Hosts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Configuring Email Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Editing Alarm Email Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Working with Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
About Contact Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Editing Users and Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Deactivating Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Reactivating Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
About Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Choosing Device and Channel Description Lengths (Aliases) 56
Choosing Temperature Measurement Unit Preferences . . 56
Setting Session Expiry Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Creating Preconfigured Comments for Email Messages. . 58
Chapter 4: Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
About Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
What is a Location? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Understanding the Locations Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Understanding the Options Dropdown Menu in Locations . . 65