User guide

About Locations
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Understanding the Options Dropdown Menu in
Locations
The Options dropdown menu in the left panel of Locations
allows you to select commonly used commands. Some of
these commands will be available or greyed out depending
Device Serial Number The serial number associated with the
device.
Device Description The description that was entered for the
device at the time of configuration.
Channel ID The system defined number associated
with the channel.
Channel Number Number representing the channel for that
device (each device has 1 or more chan-
nels, and labels them 1, 2, and so on).
Channel Description Description of channel (editable from the
System tab).
Value Reading of that channel, for example the
temperature in Celsius.
Timestamp Time that the last reading was taken.
Device Status The current status of the device. Displays
errors if the device is inactive.
Threshold Status “OK” appears if there are no currently
active alarms. Changes to indicate if a
threshold alarm condition has been
detected.
Threshold Summary Summary of threshold status, if active.
Column Displays
Table 3: Columns of information in Locations