WSDA
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-Base-104
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USB Base Station
User Manual
System Operational Overview
10
3.
System Operational Overview
The gateway is the interface between LORD MicroStrain
®
sensor nodes and the data acquisition
computer. The gateway co-ordinates the configuration and sampling of the nodes and can handle
many nodes simultaneously. Communication between the nodes and gateway is wireless and
uses the LORD MicroStrain
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LXRS
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data communications protocol. LXRS
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nodes, and many
legacy nodes, will communicate with any LXRS
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gateway.
LORD MicroStrain
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has two software programs available for data acquisition from the wireless
sensor network: SensorCloud™ and Node Commander
®
. SensorCloud™ is an optional web-
based data collection, visualization, analysis, and remote management platform based on cloud
computing technology. Node Commander
®
is used for configuring gateways and nodes, selecting
sampling modes and parameters, initializing data acquisition, and viewing and saving data.
The operational overview describes system hardware and software setup, and the basic
navigation of Node Commander
®
used to configure the node and begin data acquisition. A brief
overview of porting data to SensorCloud™ is also included. This section is included as a quick start
guide and is not a complete demonstration of all system and software capabilities.