
48
Night shutdown (
This switch offers the option to shut down the camera during the night. Requires a connected solar
panel.
8.14
Data transmission
To enable scheduled data transmission, an HTTP or FTP server has to be specified in at least one of the
three available server configurations (
or
). By default, the
Measurement Data Server
(MDS)
of SOMMER Messtechnik is configured. If you have subscribed to this service, you can access the trans-
mitted data on the server’s webpage. To complete the data transmission setup you may need to adapt
the following settings:
Target server type (
The server type to which the data are sent to; either FTP or HTTP.
Data transmission interval (
The interval at which data are transmitted from the data logger to the server. The interval is entered
in the format hh:mm:ss. For example, to transmit data each hour
01:00:00
has to be entered.
At each interval, data since the last successful transmission are sent to the server. A copy of the data
remains on the data logger until overwritten by newer data.
Data transmission offset (
If multiple communication tasks are configured, the offset is used to separate these tasks and thus
avoid transmission conflicts. The offset is entered in the format hh:mm:ss. For example, an offset of
one minute has to be entered as
00:01:00
. Each data transmission configuration should have a
different offset.
Content (
Specifies whether measurement data or camera images need to be transmitted to the server. If both
is required, two separate data transmission tasks need to be configured.
FTP (
The port at which the data server is listening for data transmissions. Depending on the server type, the
following ports may be used:
-
FTP:
21
-
HTTP: 80
8.15
Serial interfaces
The MRL-7 is equipped with one RS-232 and one RS-485 interface. While the first is primarily desig-
nated for communication of the data logger with a PC, the latter can be configured to communicate
with digital sensors (Section
), a camera (Section
) or with other data acquisition devices.
8.15.1
RS-232 interface
The settings of the RS-232 port are listed in
. The format and timing of the data output via