Sensornet ORYX DTS, User Manual

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The “Channel specific settings” tab is where the detailed measurement settings are
entered. A particular channel of the Oryx (channel 1 to 4) is selected from the drop
down menu near the top of the window (Figure 21). A channel is made active by
selecting the ‘channel details’ sub-tab and clicking the ‘channel active’ button to
make it illuminated. The other sub-tabs set various calibration parameters and the
range and averaging time.
NOTE: See the section on “Oryx configuration wizard” page 52, for a more detailed
explanation of the terms and parameters that can be set under the “Channel
specific settings” tab.
NOTE: Some values, specifically distance values, will be coerced to the nearest
allowable value to that entered by the user. Hence these parameters will not be set
exactly as entered.
Once one or more channels have been activated for measurement, the “installation
settings” tab shows a coloured representation of the measurement settings for easy
review. As can be seen in Figure 22, two channels are active each with a
measurement or averaging time of 1 minute and a repetition time of 5 minutes. If
the idle period is greater than 1 minute, the laser and data acquisition module are
powered off to reduce power consumption.
Figure 22 - Edit configuration – 2 channels active