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Sentinel™ User’s Manual 47
Chapter 2. Initial Setup
Adding the Sentinel to the Communications Port (cont.)
If the node ID is not known, select
“
I don't know the node ID of the meter I am adding to the network
”
and then click on the
OK
button (see Figure 30 below).
Note: The network referred to in Figure 2-6 below is the RS485 connection between the instrument and the
computer RS232-to-RS485 connector.
Note: The new meter must be the only powered meter on the network.
Figure 6: Instrument Node ID Unknown
At the next prompt (see Figure 31 below) select “
It is the only meter connected to the communication port
” and then
click on
OK
.
Figure 7: Searching the Port for Instrument Node ID