
10. If revisions are needed, press Enter twice within 5 seconds. This will re-enter the process
and allow the user to make changes. After 5 seconds without pressing Enter, the AL205E
stores the new settings and then starts to operate.
3.1 Settings explanations
The following tables show the AL205E settings (numbered 0 through 55) and their default values.
Press Enter or wait about three seconds to move to the next setting. More detailed explanations
of these settings can be found in Chapter 2 of the ALERT2 API Specification 1.0 document found
at
https://s.campbellsci.com/documents/us/miscellaneous/alert2-intelligent-network-device.pdf
.
Table 3-1: Settings
Setting
number
Setting
Description
[00/55]
Start serial boot
loader to load new
program?
To load a new operating system into the AL205E, type 1 then
press Enter to put the AL205E into boot loader mode (see
(p. 19)).
[01/55]
Load default
configuration
parameters & save
in non-volatile
memory?
Type 1 then press Enter to reset the device to factory defaults
and load the default settings in the flash memory.
[02/55]
Enable test
ransmissions?
Type 1 or 2 to put the AL205E in the test mode, which causes
the AL205E and radio to generate a tone. Type 3 to force the
AL205E to send an ALERT2 transmission. See
(p. 17) for more information.
1 = continuous 1 KHz audio tone
2 = continuous 1.2 KHz audio tone
3 = ALERT2 transmission
AL205E ALERT2 Encoder
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