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5.3 - General Settings and Status of an
EnCompass
Applying changes to an
EnCompass
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can take up to 15 minutes, or longer if the reporting
interval is set to a higher value than 15 minutes.
To find the general settings for an
EnCompass
, open
Configuration
and then
Node Status & Settings
in the
menu and click on the text of the serial number or name for the relevant
EnCompass
. The settings in this
section include:
•
Mode
: Indicates whether the
EnCompass
is acting as a sensor
node
(measuring inputs) or a
repeater
(forwarding data for other nodes) or both (
node / repeater
)
•
Power Mode
: Indicates the current power source i.e. battery, or external power (either directly
from a power adapter or from a computer). This must always be correctly set to prevent loss of
functionality or fast battery loss.
•
Battery
: See
Checking the Battery Life of an
EnCompass
•
Name
: A name can be used to refer to this node instead of the serial number.
•
Sampling Interval
: The interval between any two consecutive data values for any input, between
10 seconds and 4 hours. When more than 2 inputs are reporting, a sampling rate of 10 seconds is
liable to cause a buffer overload, resulting in lost data. Likewise when more than 4 inputs are
reporting, the same would be true of a sampling rate of 20 seconds. For sampling intervals over
(and including) one minute, this issue is avoided, however many inputs are reporting.
•
Reporting Interval
: The maximum amount of time that will pass between the
EnCompass
sending all
the latest sampled values for any one input back to the gateway/receiver. Higher values are likely
to result in improved battery life but also in delays to implement changes to node parameters.
The firmware version number for the
EnCompass
is also shown.
5.4 - Default values for new nodes
You can set the default values for battery capacity, sampling interval and reporting interval, or change
these settings for all nodes already on the network, using the
All Nodes
page which is found by opening
the by opening the
Configuration
folder and then the
Node Status & Settings
folder in the menu and
clicking
All Nodes
.
5.5 - Deleting an
EnCompass
In the page for general settings for an
EnCompass
(see Section 5.3 above), there is a link at the bottom to
delete the device. Clicking this will mean data for that device will be removed, but any new data sent, if
the device is on and within range, will cause it to be shown again.
