System Operation Manual
SAT-DN-00434, Rev. B
LOBO
2017-05-16
Page 56 of 86
Copyright
2017 Sea-Bird Scientific. All rights reserved.
STOR-X will continue to download the schedule file each time it checks, even if it has not changed. There is
not a problem in doing so, although it will add to the overall cellular data plan usage. The user may manually
delete the schedule file after it has been downloaded by the STOR-X if they wish, but this is not required,
as the schedule file will remain in the folder for normally 24-48 hours to ensure that the STOR-X has had
time to download it, and then will be moved automatically to the previous folder. This is a simple but
effective way to reduce the total amount of data transferred, as the STOR-X will download the schedule
every time it connects if it is present
–
there is currently not a mechanism for the STOR-X to check if the
schedule file has already been downloaded
As explained previously, sending a properly configured email to the server will update the schedule file in
the folder. For example, to update the schedule for STOR-X serial number 0022, send an email to the server
with the subject “schedule update 0022” with a properly written schedule file named “schedule.txt”. The
server will extract the schedule file and save it to the schedule folder with the STOR-X serial number
prepended to the file name, e.g. “0022
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schedule.txt”.
For a discussion regarding the format of the schedule file, please refer to Section 8 Event Scheduling.
