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ART

Song Meter with Analysis and Remote Transfer

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Page 1: ...See Page 1 for Quick Start Guide SMART Song Meter with Analysis and Remote Transfer User Guide Last updated on 04 22 2022 ...

Page 2: ...igurations 15 5 SMART Web Interface 17 Connect To The SMART Web Interface 17 Devices Tab 18 Data Files Tab 20 Settings Profiles Tab 21 Schedule Profiles Tab 27 Time and Location Tab 31 Serial Output Tab 32 Networking Tab 33 Maintenance Tab 37 Administration Tab 40 6 Connection to the SMART System 42 Direct Keyboard and Monitor 42 Network Configuration 42 WIFI 43 RJ45 Ethernet 44 Serial 44 7 SMART ...

Page 3: ...ww wildlifeacoustics com support documentation Tutorial Videos not yet online Visit www wildlifeacoustics com support tutorial videos to view tutorial videos for the SMART System Technical Support For technical queries contact the Wildlife Acoustics support team https www wildlifeacoustics com contact us North America toll free 1 888 733 0200 Outside North America toll charges may apply 1 978 369 ...

Page 4: ...s long as they meet the SMART Controller power specifications 4 The SMART Controller will power on automatically There is no need to press the Power button Initial system boot up could take up to two minutes NOTE If power is ever interrupted the SMART Controller will automatically restart when power is restored In default configuration the SMART Controller will automatically generate a WIFI HotSpo...

Page 5: ...logy license required on an open platform with additional open source components available from Wildlife Acoustics Open source PHP scripts and other pieces provide a web based user interface to the SMART System o The SMART Web Interface and use of the SMART library functions can be customized to support a wide range of applications and integrations o The proprietary technology comprises the SMART ...

Page 6: ...omatically reboot and resume operation again when power is restored It takes one to two minutes for the SMART Controller to boot up into an operational state It is recommended that the SMART Controller be powered down by pressing and holding the power button and waiting for the power LED to turn off before disconnecting external power PowerRequirements The SMART Controller requires 9 36V DC power ...

Page 7: ... heaters enabled 20 2 Does not include power for necessary PoE switch NOTE Additional hardware such as external SDD drives will consume additional power SMARTControllerProcessingLimitations The base model 2 core 4GB version of the SMART Controller has tested processing limitations The basic specifications can be expanded The base model SMART Controller Can connect to two simultaneous microphone in...

Page 8: ...s Inc page 7 USB 3 0 X4 Power Button and status LED Blue when powered on Grounding Lug Antenna connection Antenna connection Power Connection 2X RS 232 422 485 Serial connection Display Ports RJ45 GbE LAN Ethernet RJ45 2X GbE LAN Switch with PoE Devices ...

Page 9: ...nal transfer of audio data o On a 100Mbps Ethernet LAN the SMART System can theoretically support up to 6 million samples per second across all microphone Devices Supports sample rates of 256 384 and 500kHz a high pass filter of 8 or 16kHz and gain settings of 0 or 12dB Is comparable to the Wildlife Acoustics SM4BAT FS and SMM U2 microphone o Settings for gain filters etc as well as frequency resp...

Page 10: ...s and adapters on each end Maximum cable length between the MIC 1 and the SMART Controller or a PoE Ethernet switch injector is 100 meters Maximum length with multi mode fiber is 2km The connection provides o Automatic discovery of the SMART MIC 1 microphone device o Access for monitoring and control of all functions of the SMART MIC 1 o Efficient streaming of audio data between the SMART MIC 1 an...

Page 11: ...used to measure the sensitivity of each Ultrasonic Sensor o The Ultrasonic Speaker functions are configured within a Settings Profile Heater The SMART MIC 1 features an integrated heating element on its front plate o The Heater is used to evaporate condensation from blocking the Ultrasonic Sensors o The Heater is designed to warm the front plate to 20ºC above ambient temperature o The Heater is co...

Page 12: ...ure the pieces are in the correct order Make sure the End Collar is oriented with its open threads towards the connector 3 Thread the CAT5 6 cable with RJ45 jack through the Connector Body so the tab on the RJ45 jack fits through the slot at the end of the Connector Body 4 Push the Cable Sleeve into the Connector Body followed by the Waterproof Grommet The Waterproof Grommet should be flush with t...

Page 13: ...the cable as close as possible to the End Collar This is to prevent the Ferrite from knocking or vibrating against the End Collar NOTE Do not overtighten the zip tie The zip tie should only be tight enough to prevent the ferrite from slipping down the cable Overtightening the zip tie can damage the the cable Position the Ferrite under the cable and fold it over to close The two tabs will snap shut...

Page 14: ...he end of the cable which connects to the SMART MIC 1 and must be as close as possible to the connector The CAT5 6 cable is now connected to the RJ45 port of the SMART MIC 1 The Integrated Screw On Collar has been turned and tightened to provide a secure and waterproof connection The Ferrite is tight against connector and held in place with the two zip ties ...

Page 15: ...end of the CAT5 6 cable which connects the SMART MIC 1 to either the SMART Controller directly or a PoE switch The cable used to connect the Surge Protector to the SMART Controller or PoE switch should be as short as possible There are two RJ45 ports on the Surge Protector It does not make any difference which port is used to connect to the SMART MIC 1 or the SMART Controller PoE switch The Surge ...

Page 16: ...h Furthest away from the SMART MIC 1 The connection cable between the Surge Protector and SMART Controller or PoE Switch should be as short as possible Maximum distance between a SMART MIC 1 and SMART Controller or PoE switch is 100 meters o This distance includes the RJ45 Surge Protector and connection cable An Ethernet to Fiber system can be used for further extension Single SMART MIC 1 Connecte...

Page 17: ...d surge protector Grounded SMART Controller Three SMART MIC 1 Devices Connected to PoE Switch and SMART Controller Each SMART MIC 1 connects to Grounded metal mounting bracket Waterproof RJ45 connector Ferrite Up to 100 meters CAT 5 6 cable Grounded surge protector One to three SMART MIC 1 devices can then connect to PoE Switch PoE switch can then connect to Up to 100 meters CAT 5 6 cable Grounded...

Page 18: ...stem can also be monitored and controlled via command line functions ConnectToTheSMARTWebInterface Connection to the SMART interface can be done through a local connection or Internet Gateway For first time setup and access to the SMART Web Interface see Quick Start Guide For access to the SMART Web interface via the Internet Gateway see Connect the SMART System to the Internet When a web browser ...

Page 19: ... a switch or injector is in use make sure it is providing adequate PoE Power Over Ethernet to the SMART MIC 1 Once a Device is seen for the first time it will remain listed on this page even if it is disconnected or loses communication with SMART System o Causes of lost communication could include the cable being disconnected or a loss of PoE to the Device If the Device loses communication with th...

Page 20: ...can be created and saved and then recalled for each SMART MIC 1 Device as required 1 Choose the saved Schedule Profile for the Device 2 Press the Apply Changes button Device Status The Devices tab displays a real time update of the status of each Device which is listed for this SMART System o Idle The Device is detected but not currently running a Schedule Profile o Streaming The Device is current...

Page 21: ...ed by o Device o Date range o Result CSV files o Log files o WAV W4V recordings o ZC recordings Press the Apply Filters button to create a list of filtered files Individual files can be downloaded by clicking on the file links Multiple filtered files can be selected and downloaded as a single ZIP archive Select File Types Select the file type to be included in the list o Result CSV files o Log Tex...

Page 22: ... all files before or after the date which is specified will be listed SettingsProfilesTab The Settings Profiles tab provides functions for creating and saving Device configurations Individual Settings Profiles can be recalled and assigned to a Device under the Devices tab Kaleidoscope Pro software is built into the SMART System Kaleidoscope Pro provides real time analysis functions ...

Page 23: ...the Calibration Target The SMART MIC 1 then switches audio streaming to the Ultrasonic Sensor which measures closest to the Calibration Target The selected Ultrasonic Sensor will be used until the next time the Calibration is activated A Device Profile determines if and when the Calibration will be activated within the currently assigned Schedule Profile Model menu This menu is used to select whic...

Page 24: ... pass The Duration setting takes effect regardless of whether Bat Analysis Triggering is enabled or not If no Duration is specified recording length is determined by trigger presence or 2 GB maximum file size If a recording reaches maximum Duration but the trigger is still present the recording file is ended and a new consecutive recording file is created Values Not Specified 1 no upper limit but ...

Page 25: ...measures closest to the Calibration Target Typical sensitivity of the Ultrasonic Sensor is approximately 20 dB FS at 40 kHz Values Not Specified Default 25 dB Bat Analysis Triggering This checkbox determines whether the analysis and triggering functions are enabled If Bat Analysis Triggering is unchecked the SMART System will not generate analysis statistics If Bat Analysis Triggering is unchecked...

Page 26: ...lowing parameters are used by the embedded Kaleidoscope Pro software for detection and analysis of bats These functions are enabled or disabled via the Bat Analysis Triggering checkbox Disable Enhanced ZC Enhanced ZC is a collection of advanced signal processing algorithms applied to enhance bat calls Enhanced ZC removes noise and competing signals prior to the zero crossing process Enhanced ZC pr...

Page 27: ...er than the maximum duration and within the specified frequency range If two such signals exist the file is saved otherwise the file is not saved Values none 0 1 to 99 9 milliseconds in 0 1 millisecond increments Default 0 002 Maximum pulse duration s Sets the maximum duration of a signal in the specified frequency range that qualifies as a valid signal for the scrubber A value of none is recommen...

Page 28: ...no classifier is selected the auto ID analysis will not be run Classifier Threshold A threshold can be specified to adjust the sensitivity of the classifier Values 1 More Sensitive Liberal 0 Balanced Neutral 1 More Accurate Conservative Default 0 Balanced Neutral ScheduleProfilesTab A Schedule Profile is used to determine when a Device profile is active Schedule Profiles are assigned to Devices un...

Page 29: ...cified as an absolute time of day or can be based on sunrise or sunset times When Time is selected the next two fields specify the hour and minute of the Start time o Hour 00 is midnight When Sunrise or Sunset is selected another menu appears which provides the choice of or o Sunset and sunrise times are calculated based on date and current programmed location of the SMART System o If Hours and Mi...

Page 30: ... Schedule Blocks can be deleted A maximum of ten Schedule Blocks can be created in a single Schedule Profile The following examples are designed to illustrate each of the functions of one or more Schedule Blocks Record Always The Start and End times are both set to midnight The Duty Cycle is set to Always This causes the Schedule Block to be active continuously per each 24 hour period Record At Ni...

Page 31: ...k And Dawn This Profile Schedule uses two Schedule Blocks The first Schedule Block is set to run continuously from one hour before sunset to two hours after sunset The second Schedule Block is set to run continuously from two hours before sunrise to one hour after sunrise ...

Page 32: ... specified which will then be used for calculating sunrise and sunset times and for recording metadata By default the automatic time synchronization service is running to adjust the SMART System clock with the network time If the SMART System will be connected to a public IP network this is preferred Otherwise to manually set the date and time the automatic time synchronization service must first ...

Page 33: ... Serial Output All currently active streaming Devices will be included in the Serial Output As analysis results are generated by the Device stream s the selected columns will be output to the selected serial port On the web interface these are identified as ttyS0 and ttyS1 corresponding to their Linux device names Port settings can be configured baud rate data bits parity and stop bits Output colu...

Page 34: ...ation view or the Advanced Network Configuration view The SMART Controller ships with a default netplan o The default netplan of the SMART Controller configures the Ethernet port to use DHCP to acquire it s configuration from a network DHCP server o The default netplan of the SMART Controller configures the on board WIFI as a network HotSpot access point NOTE If there is some sort of network conne...

Page 35: ...e to 192 168 19 1 to access the SMART Controller s web based user interface If you plan to simultaneously connect the SMART Controller s Ethernet interface to a second network it must not conflict with the 192 168 19 0 24 subnet If there is a conflict you can change the subnet of the SMART Controller s WiFi access point change the SMART Controller s WiFi to client mode and connect to a different W...

Page 36: ...to configure the SMART WIFI to be a convenient access point for laptop computers The DHCP server function requires the following Subnet IP Address o This specifies the subnet for which dynamic addresses will be allocated Subnet IP netmask o The SMART System uses the dotted quad notation of 255 255 255 0 for the network mask IP Range From IP Range To o Specify a range of IP addresses that the DHCP ...

Page 37: ...SMART User Guide SMART Web Interface Wildlife Acoustics Inc page 36 Interface Status Current status of all network functions are displayed ...

Page 38: ...rve power The SMART System will not be accessible during this shut down period without physically pushing the power button NOTE To prevent the SMART System from shutting down after maintenance set the After maintenance power down until time to the same or earlier Start of daily maintenance window time Start of daily maintenance window Set the Hour and Minute each day when the SMART System will ent...

Page 39: ... Checked Destination The user host and path is specified Password An optional ssh password can all be specified The www data public ssh key is provided should that be necessary to set up remote server access To test the connection press the Send test file button which will send a file with the name testfile_YYYYMMDD_hhmmss txt to the destination folder Rotate CSV results and logs days CSV results ...

Page 40: ... be 01 00 18 streaming 5 512 5 512 10 002 840 Uptime 05 00 02 up 16 02 1 user load average 0 00 0 22 0 39 Mounting external drive dev disk by id usb PNY_PNY_PRO_ELITE_PS_511200818148D38200B4 0 0 part1 FileSystem 1K blocks Used Available Use Mounted on dev sdb2 60761956 25224076 32421644 44 dev sda1 976730112 931072 975799040 1 mnt smart external Synchronizing with external storage Synchronization ...

Page 41: ...ons for the SMART System All authorized users with access to the SMART System have access to the Administration functions Unix and Web Password for smart The default password is wildlife To change the default password 1 Enter Password 2 Enter Password again 3 Press Change Password SMART System Name The default SMART System name is smart ...

Page 42: ...nnected to the SMART Gateway 1 Check to Enable Uncheck to Disable 2 Press the Apply Changes button Upgrade or Install Package Wildlife Acoustics will make SMART System updates and Device firmware updates available periodically The update will be in the form of a downloadable file A SMART System update may or may not include a SMART MIC 1 firmware update If the SMART System update does include a SM...

Page 43: ...on with user name and password The default user name is smart The default password is wildlife until changed either by the web interface or the passwd command 4 Further command line functions are now available 5 The SMART user is allowed to sudo for super user access to the underlying Linux System NetworkConfiguration The base model SMART Controller provides pre configured network connection via b...

Page 44: ...ly SMART WIFI can be configured to provide network server client functions WIFI connection is independent from Ethernet connection WIFI and Ethernet connections are configured separately SMART System SMART Web Interface SMART Controller WIFI Device Laptop PC smartphone tablet WIFI SMART Controller is WIFI HotSpot default configuration WIFI or Ethernet SMART System SMART Web Interface SMART Control...

Page 45: ...net Gateway Serial The base model SMART Controller includes two DB 9 serial ports The SMART System can be configured to utilize RS 232 RS 422 or RS 485 serial protocols The DB 9 serial ports are general purpose connections which can be used to transmit and or receive serial data Potential applications include Weather stations Data Loggers SCADA Systems The SMART System includes the feature of bat ...

Page 46: ...ART Controller is connected to the Internet the SMART Controller will acquire an IP address and will be available for connection to the Internet Gateway o If WIFI is to be used to connect to the Internet Gateway that must be configured separately The initial administrator of the SMART System can add or delete unlimited authorized users with Internet Gateway access Authorized users have full access...

Page 47: ...acoustics com account login Only authorized users have access to a SMART System through the SMART Gateway Authorized users can be added or deleted from SMART System Gateway access at any time Adding or deleting authorized users is done under the Administration tab in the SMART web interface Any currently authorized user can add or delete other authorized users from the SMART System Gateway access ...

Page 48: ... Wildlife Acoustics IOT Gateway Under the Administration tab in the SMART Web Interface 2 Log on to any Wildlife Acoustics authorized user web account a For each authorized user there will now be a SMART Gateway tab on the left b If there is no SMART Gateway tab in the user account this means the Wildlife Acoustics managed gateway has not received authorization for that user account from the SMART...

Page 49: ...sion for the device IP address press the Revoke button c It is possible to manually enter a local IP address or network address mask and then press the Change button d If the SMART System is no longer connected with the Internet Gateway it is possible to delete the SMART System from the list 5 Click on the HTTPS Link 6 Enter the SMART System username and password Default user name is smart Default...

Page 50: ...AWS and the client runs on the SMART Controller The SMART Controller establishes an AES128 SHA encrypted connection to the IOT gateway on a TCP connection The SMART Controller and Gateway identify and authenticate each other with a SHA256 hash The encrypted TCP connection can then multiplex multiple HTTPS and SSH encrypted tunnels between a SMART Controller and authorized clients so these sessions...

Page 51: ...nput Voltage 9 36V DC power 100 240V AC to 24V DC adapter is included with the SMART Controller Typical power consumption in watts in various scenarios Powered down 0 6 W Idle no PoE microphones attached 6 4 W Idle one PoE microphone attached 8 4 W Streaming and analyzing one microphone 9 5 W Idle two PoE microphones attached 10 4 W Streaming and analyzing two microphones 12 2 W Streaming analyzin...

Page 52: ...recordings made from strongest sensor Ultrasonic Speaker 40 kHz test tone Condensation ice Heater 20ºC above ambient temperature Recording Format 16 bit PCM WAV Supported Sample Rates kHz 256 384 and 500 Amplifier Gain 0 or 12 dB High Pass Filter Selectable 2 pole at 8 or 16 kHz Cable Up to 100 meters CAT 5 6 cable ...

Page 53: ...the next prompt type sudo config sh 3 Press Return 4 At the next prompt type the network password The default netplan is now restored SerialPortConfiguration The serial ports on the base model SMART Controller are DTE ports This means in RS 232 they are the male connectors which would be the host side of a connection rather than the network side of the connection In most applications a null modem ...

Page 54: ... weighted mean frequency of the call TBC Average time between calls ms if N above is greater than one this is the average period of the calls from the start of one call to the start of the next Fk Average frequency of the knee kHz the frequency at the beginning of the call body Tk Average time to the knee ms the time from the beginning of the call to the beginning of the call body S1 Average initi...

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Page 56: ...gwithallapplicablelawswithinyourjurisdiction PRODUCTDOCUMENTATION 2015 2022WildlifeAcoustics Inc AllRightsReserved Thisdocumentationmaynotbereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans graphic electronic ormechanical includingbutnotlimitedtophotocopying scanning recording taping e mailing orstoringininformation storageandretrievalSystemswithoutthewrittenpermissionof WildlifeAcoustics Productsthata...

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