Sutron Satlink 3 - Page 47

Sutron Corporation Satlink Operations & Maintenance Manual, Rev 8.04.2 11/3/2016 pg. 47
 To give a setup created by LinkComm to Satlink, you may either use the setup status
button as described in the previous section, or select the Send Setup To Satlink item
from the main menu
Unless the setup status button menu item is selected, or the Send Setup to
Satlink button is clicked, none of the changes made to the setup in LinkComm
will be in Satlink!
5.5.3. Handling Setup Differences Following Setup Send
On some occasions, LinkComm will detect that differences remain after sending setup changes to
Satlink. This can happen because of a communication error, but more commonly, it occurs
because Satlink doesn’t allow certain changes to occur remotely.
In any case, when LinkComm detects such a difference exists, LinkComm warns you that changes
still exist, and will offer a dialog to “View Differences”. To rectify the situation, it is usually best to
get the setup from Satlink to again be “in-sync”, and then try making and sending your changes
again.
5.5.4. Setup Files
You can save a Satlink setup to a file and later re-use that setup by loading it into LinkComm. To
save a Satlink setup to a file, select Export setup… from the main menu.
You may find it helpful to save reference copies of setups outside of LinkComm, as a backup in
case you accidentally overwrite changes to the setup in LinkComm. Use the export setup menu
item to achieve this.
To load a Satlink setup from a file, select Import setup… from the main menu. After loading the
setup file, you still need to send the changes to Satlink. As always, use either the setup status
button, or the Send Setup to Satlink menu item, to send the setup to Satlink.
5.5.5. Metadata - Pictures, Wiring Diagrams, and Special Text
LinkComm enables you to associate pictures, wiring diagrams, and special text items with your
Satlink station definitions. This “metadata” is NOT stored in the Satlink logger, since the logger
needs to use its storage space for more important things like sensor readings.
Some examples of metadata in LinkComm:
o Station picture, notes, and site images
o Measurement picture, model, manufacturer, description, units
This station metadata is not stored in the station setup files created by Export Setup…. The
metadata is saved, however, when saving the stations database using the Export Database…
menu item from the Station View main menu.