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What is Commissioning? Commissioning the RF Sensors • 15
5 Commissioning the
RF Sensors
5.1. What is Commissioning?
Commissioning is the act of linking an RF
Sensor’s input to a virtual "board and point"
address in a specific RF Gateway’s memory so it
can be read and used by a CPC area controller.
The act of commissioning involves assigning
each virtual board and point in an RF Gateway’s
software with either the temperature value or the
digital input value from a specific RF Sensor.
This is achieved by:
• Specifying the unique ID number of the RF
Sensor that will supply the value to the cho-
sen board and point address, and
• Specifying whether the board and point
address will output the sensor’s temperature
value or the digital input value (from either
the clean switch or the defrost termination
sensor).
A sensor can be commissioned either by
manually entering sensor ID numbers into the
RF Gateway software or by pressing a sensor’s
service pin to broadcast the ID number to the RF
Gateway via an operational RF Receiver.
5.2. Manual Entry Method
Each RF Sensor and product simulator has a
sticker on the enclosure that displays an ID num-
ber unique to the sensor. This sticker also has a
perforated tag that may be removed from the
enclosure.
When using the Manual Entry method of
commissioning sensors, it is recommended you
remove each perforated ID tag after installation
and attach it to a data sheet along with informa-
tion about its location and the name of the Ein-
stein or REFLECS controller that will read the
sensor’s value. Appendix A provides a template
that may be photocopied for creating RF Sensor
data sheets.
When you’ve collected all the ID numbers
from the RF Sensors and product simulators for
your site, the ID numbers may be entered on the
RF Gateways to commission the sensors.
Figure 5-1 - The Process of Commissioning