XLINK 500/100 Operations & Maintenance Manual page # 105
ASCII Sensor
CSV
MIS
SHEF, SHEFFIX, and Pseudobinary formats are traditionally used for GOES applications. They are
characterized by a short message length and little to no metadata.
MIS and CSV formats include much more metadata and result in longer messages. They are
typically transmitted over the cellular network.
The specifics of formatting are covered in greater detail in
To see w
hat your data will look like after it has been formatted, click the “Show Tx Data” button
in the Telemetry Status section of the telemetry tab.
Date Format
The Date Format setting is used for
. It defaults to YYYY/MM/DD. It may be used to change
the format of the date in the transmitted data.
10.2.
Cell Setup
XLink may be equipped with a cell modem. A cellular modem is similar to equipment found in a
mobile phone.
The station will use the cellular modem to connect to the internet and deliver sensor data to a
server. If the station is setup to allow incoming TCP/IP connections, the station may be accessed
remotely over the internet. The modem is also used to send and receive SMS (text) messages.
Please make sure to read the section
for additional information.
Some of the cell settings are found on the Telemetry tab and are specific to a single telemetry
setup. Additional settings are found on the Other Setup tab of LinkComm; those are global
settings.
10.2.1.
Tx Mode and Protocol
When the station has access to the internet, it may be setup to deliver sensor data to a server.
Several different modes of connecting to a server are provided:
TCPIP
This method uses raw socket communications. The station connects to a port on
the server and delivers the sensor data.
If
Protocol
is set to
HydrometCloud
, there is a bit of handshaking between the
). This option should be selected
when transmitting to Hydromet Cloud.
If
Protocol
is set to
None
, the raw sensor data is delivered to the server. Use this
option if you are hosting your own server.
for details on the connection.
TCPIP
mode used to be called
Internet Only
prior to version 8.21.
FTP
File transfer protocol is a standard means of transferring files. When this option is
chosen, the station will connect to an FTP server and deliver sensor data as a file.
