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5.6 - Checking the Battery Life of an
EnCompass
In the page for general settings for an
EnCompass
(see Section 5.3 above), if the
EnCompass
is battery
powered, there are settings that relate to the capacity of the battery:
•
Battery Capacity
: Total capacity in mA. This must be correct to calculate remaining capacity.
•
Battery Changed / First Used
: Given as a date, so that the system knows when the battery was
full. This must be correct to calculate remaining capacity. This will be populated automatically
when an
EnCompass
is first used on the network. After a change of battery, you should enter the
date of change. If you forget to do this at the time you can do it at a later date. (Hovering over the
help box on this setting will show you dates when a restart of the
EnCompass
was detected, which
may help to remind you of when the battery was changed.)
•
Remaining Battery Capacity
: Not known with high accuracy but can be taken as a guide. After 1%
of battery capacity has been used you will be able to see an estimate of how much longer this
battery will last, based on battery usage over the last month.
When it is calculated that an
EnCompass
has a low battery, a low battery icon will show next
to the serial number or name of that device in the menu.
5.7 - Settings for
EnCompass
Inputs & Outputs
Applying changes to an
EnCompass
868
can take up to 15 minutes, or longer if the reporting
interval is set to a higher value than 15 minutes.
These settings are located by opening the
Configuration
folder, then the
Node Status & Settings
folder, and
then the folder named as the serial number or label for the relevant
EnCompass
device in the menu. There
are pages for each type of input as described below.
5.7.1 - Labels for all inputs
All the inputs can optionally be given a label with maximum length of 17 characters, which is used for
display purposes on these pages and is also used as a column heading in CSV files. (See Section 6.4 - CSV
Files and Reporting Schedules, P23)
5.7.2 - Voltage
A voltage input is automatically activated when physically connected. See the
Consumption
section for
more information on setting up voltage inputs.
5.7.3 - Current
A current input is automatically activated when physically connected. A current input needs to be
assigned a CT sensor, so that the value can be given in terms of Amps. Enter the manufacturer first, then
the sensor category, then the sensor label. If the sensor is not available it needs to be added to the library
and calibrated for use on an
EnCompass
(See Section 5.8 - Adding Sensors for
EnCompass
Inputs, P19).
