Configure your Gateway

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Configure your Gateway

Under Tools > Setup > Devices, select a gateway, on the right side of the screen the following can be configured:

 

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Info:

ID: Unique device ID, automatically given when the device is added.

Device: Device family, automatically given when the device is added.

Serial number: Device serial number, automatically taken from the device.

Status: the status can be set to enabled and disabled. In order to change the device in RMS-CONFIG, web browser or to add it to another RMS system, it is necessary to disable the device. Click to change the setting.

Battery: Device battery level, automatically taken from the device.

Last refresh: Last time that the device communicated to RMS.

Encryption: Confirms that the LAN communication is encrypted.

 

Important:

Should a gateway be disabled, all wireless loggers communicating with this gateway will no longer be able to communicate to this gateway.

 

Settings:

Name: User defined device name.

Position: User defined device physical position.

Timeout [s]: User defined device time out. When no communication happens within the defined time, then a timeout error is created. The recommendation is to setup the timeout at 4 x the interval.

Owner: User defined device owner. Click to define/change the owner.

Group: User defined group where the device is located. Click to change the group.

Properties: Device properties, automatically collected from the device. Click to show the properties.

 

Wireless settings:

Address: Automatically defined device address of 254 for all gateways.

Network ID: User defined device Network ID.

Channel: User defined device channel.

 

Important:

The wireless settings of a gateway will determine the wireless settings of any wireless devices added to this gateway. Ensure that the wireless settings are correctly understood: Wireless Technology.