ALEOS User Guide
Advanced
Features which should rarely be changed and which will affect the operation of the device are present on this screen.
Figure 14-2: ACEmanager: Admin > Advanced
Field
Date and Time
Description
Sets and queries the internal clock. Either the date and time can be specified, or one of the two can be specified while the unspecified value will remain unchanged. The date and time are always specified in a 24-hour format.
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mm/dd/yyyy= date in month/day/year format
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hh:mm:ss= time in a 24-hour format — The time noted by this setting will be changed by the GPS or SNTP as applicable.
Displays only the current date in a month/day/year format (mm/dd/yyyy).
Date only
Periodic Reset Timer
(Hours)
Time of Day Reset – number of days
Resets the device after the specified number of hours. 0 = disabled.
Number of days before the reset occurs.
0 is Disabled.
TOD Time Offset from
GMT
Time zone adjustment (Offset from Greenwich Mean Time)
TOD Hour when reset occurs
Time of day the reset occurs.
The time of reset has an offset of 0–10 minutes
An IP address ending in x.x.x.255 will reset 10 minutes after the time specified.
An IP ending in x.x.x.0 will reset exactly at the time specified.
Having random IP addresses for devices on your system results in random reset times.
Having sequential IP addresses (for example, on a private network) results in the devices resetting in sequential order.
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Field
Block Configuration
Reset button
Enable Over-the-Air
Programming
Description
Blocks the action of the device reset button.
Yes—Pressing the reset button on the device has no effect.
No—Pressing the reset button on the device results in a configuration reset.
Enables/disables over-the-air firmware upgrading of the AirLink device. When Sierra
Wireless releases a new version of ALEOS, you can upgrade your remote devices with
Over-the-Air Programming (OPRG) enabled.
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Disabled
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Enabled (default)
Caution:
After installing the new firmware, clear the browser’s cache before using the new firmware.
Enable Event
Reporting
Select one of the options below:
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Disabled (default)
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Standard ER
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Data Usage ER
Click Apply after selecting your option.
Status Update
Address
Device Status Update IP Address where Name/Port is the domain name and port of the machine where the device periodic status updates will be sent. The status parameters are sent in an XML format.
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name= domain name
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port= port
Status Update Period
(Seconds)
Enter the Status Update Period in seconds to set how often the Status Update is sent to the
IP in *MSCIUPDADDR
Power IN Voltage
(Volts)
Board Temperature
(°C)
Displays the Power In Voltage in volts.
Displays the temperature of the device board in degrees Celsius.
Radio Module Internal
Temperature
Displays the temperature of the internal radio module in degrees Celsius.
Number of System
Resets
Counter of the number of system resets over the life of the device or since the configuration was reset.
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The Events Reporting tab that displays in ACEmanager is applicable across all Sierra Wireless AirLink devices.
Events Reporting allows the users to generate reports or perform actions in response to the events that are configured in the ALEOS software.
An Event is a measurement of a physical property AND a state change or a threshold crossing. For example, radio module signal strength (RSSI) is a physical property. A threshold crossing could be set to -105 dBm. The user can configure an Event which consists of the RSSI with the -105 dBm threshold. There are many Events that can be configured; these are described in detail below.
Event Reporting Protocol is an intuitive embedded protocol, which automatically formats the messages based on an event trigger. The messages generated are then reported to the remote server.
An event occurs, when any of the following takes place:
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Customer device opens or closes a switch
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Customer device raises or lowers analog voltage
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Device RSSI goes below or above a threshold
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Device power goes below or above a threshold
A report is generated when the device sends a message caused by an event.
Both events and reports are configured by the customer and can be considered as the “next Generation” of RAP.
The Events groups define the triggers for reports.
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