DCT Antares SB, User Manual

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3 Operation
The Antares SB
TM
operates on an automatic basis according to an
user-defined configuration which can be modified at any time locally
or remotely using the GSM/GPRS network. The unit’s operation in-
cludes actions/reports based on interaction with its surroundings like
remotely-given commands, input sensing, accessories’ messages, etc.
The unit does not requires any starting command/action to start
working: Once a valid configuration is loaded the unit is ready to
work.
Follow the essential configuration parameters marked with an “*”
on the Configuration chapter in order to have the minimal oper-
ational parameters.
Note:
Many configuration scenarios are possible, the most common one for
the unit’s operation is having it reporting a periodic
status event to
any IP server
1
according to a Time And Distance
2
or Time-only cri-
teria and having the unit report other sort of events as an exception
to this normal status event reporting. Such an example is configuring
the unit to report an input change to the same IP address and to a
phone number via SMS whenever a driver presses a panic or assis-
tance button.
For information on how to configure the unit refer to the next section
and to the
Configuration chapter.
3.1 Serial Port
The unit’s RS-232 serial port can serve one of two non simultaneous
purposes:
1. Make a user or software interact with the unit’s TAIP console
for configuration and operational purposes. In this mode only
printable ASCII characters are used to communicate with the
unit.
1
Running an AVL server.
2
A Time And Distance criteria is preferred over a Time-only criteria