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Trap
On the website and in these instructions, the word “trap”
refers to a complete system including a trap (BG-Pro or BG-
Sentinel) and a BG-Counter 2. Each trap is uniquely identi-
fied by the IMEI of the BG-Counter 2.
Location
Each trap is assigned to a location – the place where the trap
is installed to count and collect mosquitoes.
IMEI
IMEI stands for International Mobile Equipment Identity.
Think of it as your BG-Counter‘s fingerprint — it‘s a 15-digit
number unique to each device.
Info Icons
You find info icons at several places of the web app. Hover
over the icon with the mouse and a window with more infor-
mation will pop up.
Basic Concepts
Geo-tags
Each Location automatically gets the geo-tags “Country”,
“State”, and “City” assigned.
There are two additional geo-tags that you can define your
-
self: “Custom Group 1” and “Custom Group 2”. If you have
multiple traps in the same city, you could, for example, use
“Custom Group 1” to specify the neighborhood, and “Custom
Group 2” to characterize the biotope, such as for example:
suburban, urban, forest, lake, swamp, park, or similar. It is not
mandatory to assign your locations to custom groups. The
geo-tags allow you to make group-based analyses of your
catch count data.
Tables
Sorting function
All tables include a sorting function for every column: click
on the arrow that appears, when you hover with the mouse
over the name of each column. When you click on the arrow
for the first time, it will show upwards and sort the table in an
ascending order. When you click on the same arrow again, it
will point downwards and sort the table in a descending or-
der. This function is helpful if you have many traps and want
to easily identify for example those traps, that have error no-
tifications, or traps that had an unusually high or low catch
rate in the previous night.
Search function
All columns that have a magnifying glass icon include a
search function: click on the magnifying glass and type in
some info that makes it easier for you to find the desired
trap/s. For example, in the dashboard, you can specify in the
“Catch Count” column, that you only want to see the traps
that collected between 150 and 200 mosquitoes since last
noon.
•
go to “
Dashboard
”, then click on a location name, then
on the “View/Edit” button to set the trap name, schedu-
le, mosquito catch threshold, custom groups, etc.
•
go to “
Traps
” to check the subscription status of your
devices, to assign a manually created location to an IMEI,
to register traps, to change the geolocation mode of your
traps.
BG-Counter App: Quick Start
•
go to “
Users
”, then click on the “New User” button to
invite other users
•
click on “
Analyzer
” to analyze your data (charts, tables,
and maps)
•
go to “
Profile
” to set a new password for your account
