VEMCO – ASCENT–AR / AR2 Manual
28 July
2018
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7
Common Questions
7.1
VUE related questions
7.1.1
What is initialization?
Initialization, which is also referred to as starting a study, is an important step required to configure your
release correctly. During initialization, you can input the station name (location) where the ASCENT-AR
will be deployed, and set the release clock based on your computer clock. The
release clock is always updated based on your PC clock during the initialization
process. This information will be resident with the ASCENT-AR and will be
available during offload, regardless of whether you use the same computer or not.
Initialization also erases the release memory so be sure to offload data from your
release
before
initializing it. When data is offloaded from a release, the VRL file
created contains information about how the release was initialized.
If the ASCENT-AR is deployed without being initialized, the release will log sensor values but will not
necessarily have the correct clock settings.
7.1.2
What Date/Time format is my sensor data stored in the release and
displayed in VUE?
All sensor data and events are stored in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). UTC time is calculated by your
PC and stored in your ASCENT-AR during initialization. Provided your computer time and the Time Zone
settings are correct and match, i.e. your computer time is correct for the time zone you have selected, then
your data will be stored in the correct UTC format at the time of initialization and data offload.
In VUE, your data is also stored in UTC format in the database. You can choose to display your data in UTC,
your local time or in a different time zone. It is important to know that regardless of whatever display format
you choose VUE maintains the detection data in UTC.
7.1.3
What does the “Hide this alert in future” mean?
There are a number of pop-up windows that appear while using the VUE
software. These windows are wonderful when you’re just learning the software
or when you’ve been away from it for an extended period of time, but they can
be very annoying when you’re in the middle of a study. A number of these pop-
up windows have a selection box in the bottom left corner that say something
along the lines of “Hide this alert in future.” Selecting this option means that
this window will not appear the next time the task is performed. The pop-up windows can be returned by
altering the local options or selecting “Restore All Hidden Dialogs” in the
Options
window (see section 6.3).
All hidden dialogs are restored automatically if one week elapses without VUE being opened.
NOTE:
The screenshot shown at right displays the “VR2AR” receiver name, but the pop-up window are the
same for the ASCENT products.
WARNING
Offload your data first!
Initializing a release will
ERASE all data!
