User guide

9
addVANTAGE Pro 6.2 User Guide CHAPTER 1
Summary
Documentation
Certain conventions apply in this documentation.
Tags
You’ll see the terms tag and sensor used throughout this manual. Tag is a
generic term for something that pertains to data, regardless of whether it
collects or controls that data. Tags can represent any of the following:
• Physical sensors, such as those for temperature, leaf wetness, or humidity.
• Actuators, such as switches, relays, or valves.
• Virtual sensors, which are the result of a computation, such as an average,
a sum, or an ET
0
(evapo-transpiration reading). Virtual sensors are created
with extensions. With some extensions, you can use a virtual sensor in
combination with other sensors to create a new virtual sensor, which in
itself is another tag.
Summary
Adcon’s Data Acquisition system contains hardware and software parts. The
hardware components are:
• A personal computer and/or a server machine
• The receiver or Telemetry Gateway (A840, A850, A440 modem)
• The RTUs (also referred to as devices), for example addWAVE A733,
addWAVE A733GSM, addIT A723, and addNODE A740.
• Sensors and actuators
• Various supplementary parts (accessories such as antennas, cables, and
masts)
The software consists of:
• The addVANTAGE Pro 6.2 server
• Application-specific server extensions
Listbox This area shows a list of choices you can select by
clicking.
Dropdown
A box with a small down arrow ( ) you must click
before you can see the list of choices to select from.
Button These are rectangular shapes with a name. Select a
button by clicking it.
Tab Cl i c k t o se e a no t her view of the dialog.
Italics Indicate the text is variable and must be
substituted for something specific, as indicated in
the explanation. Italics can also be used to
emphasize words as words or letters as letters,
and for cross references to other books.
Bold Indicates special emphasis of the text.
fixed font Indicates characters you must type or system
messages, as well as default values and file
names.
HelpAbout
Indicates menu selection. For example, select the
Help menu, then the About option. Also indicates
items on the graphical user interface.
Note Indicates information of interest. Notes appear
after the information they apply to.
CAUTION
Indicates that you might get unexpected results if
you don’t follow the instructions. Cautions appear
before the information they apply to.
WARNING
Indicates danger to yourself or damage to the
device if you don’t follow the instructions.
Warnings appear before the information they
apply to.