Sutron 8310 - Page 104

Sutron Corporation 8310 & 7310 Users Manual 8800-1125Rev. 2.7 (BETA) 4/16/2014 pg. 104
MsgInterval 00:00:00
PwrOnInterval 00:00:00
PwrOnTime 00:00:00
PwrOnDuration 01:00:00
SetupPassword
DataPassword
SyncTime Yes
LocalTimeOffset 0
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Enabled
This property must be set to YES to enable Iridium processing, including self-timed and alarm
transmissions, as well as incoming message processing.
TxInterval
The property, along with the TxTime property, determines when transmissions are made. The
units for the rate are HH:MM:SS. Typical rates are 01:00:00 for hourly transmissions and
04:00:00 for transmissions every 4 hours.
TxTime
TxTime is the transmission time assigned to the station. It is used to specify an offset to
TxInterval for transmissions. For example, if TxTime is “00:15:00” while TxInterval is “01:00:00”,
then hourly transmissions will be made at 15 minutes past the hour.
TxFormat
Several formats are supported. Please refer to Appdendix D, Telemetry Formats, for information
on specific formats.
AlarmData
This property helps determine how much data is sent in an alarm transmission. When set to
“AllSensors”, all sensors are included in the transmission. When set to “SensorsInAlarm”, the
transmission includes only sensor(s) that have triggered an alarm since the last transmission
(note: the Pseudobinary B, NIFC, and NFDRS formats transmit all data even when
SensorsInAlarm is selected, since decoding those formats depends on the entire content being
present).
MsgInterval
Specifies the interval at which the system will connect to the Iridium satelite to check for
incoming messages. Whenever the interval overlaps with a self-timed transmission or
PwrOnDuration, the message check is ignored (since message checks are automatic in those
instances).
How to Send a Command via Iridium
To send a command to the 8310 via Iridium, simply send an email message to
data@sbd.iridium.com, with the modem’s IMEI number on the subject line, and a text file
attachment with “.sbd” extension containing the command(s) to be processed. The email
message body should be left empty. The response to the command, if any, will be sent
according to the provisioning of the modem (typically either by email or DirectIP).
Multiple commands may be issued using one text file, by putting a single command on a single
line. For example, the following file contents would request the contents of the setup file,
followed by the current system time…
Example file “commands.sbd”: