User manual

Table of Contents
About This Manual............................................................................................................................7
Glossary of Acronyms ......................................................................................................................8
Overview...........................................................................................................................................9
Software specifications and features..............................................................................................10
SSA7001.................................................................................................................................10
SSA7004 and SSA7008 .........................................................................................................11
Hardware specifications .................................................................................................................12
SSA7001.................................................................................................................................12
SSA7004 and SSA7008 .........................................................................................................12
Safety Instructions ..........................................................................................................................13
Working inside the Sensorsoft Alert Appliance ..............................................................................13
Replacing the Battery .....................................................................................................................13
FCC & DOC Notice.........................................................................................................................14
FCC Warning Statement.........................................................................................................14
Canadian DOC Notice ............................................................................................................14
Alert Quick Start..............................................................................................................................15
Accessing the Alert appliance using DHCP............................................................................15
Connecting to the Alert serial port console.............................................................................16
Model SSA7001 .................................................................................................................... 16
Models SSA7004 and SSA7008........................................................................................... 17
Configuring IP settings of the Alert Appliance ........................................................................17
Connecting Sensorsoft devices to the Alert Appliance...........................................................18
Model SSA7001 .................................................................................................................... 18
Models SSA7004 and SSA7008........................................................................................... 19
Alert web interface..........................................................................................................................20
Accounts and passwords........................................................................................................20
Logging into the Alert web interface .......................................................................................20
Changing web login passwords: .............................................................................................21
Recovering from a lost web administrator password..............................................................21
Setting date and time..............................................................................................................22
Shutting down or rebooting the Alert Appliance .....................................................................23
Monitoring a Sensorsoft Device..............................................................................................23
Monitoring a non-Sensorsoft Device with Plug-in Support .....................................................24
The View Monitor List Page....................................................................................................25
Monitor List Auto-Refresh Interval ........................................................................................ 26
Displaying Device Variables on the View Monitor List
...........................................................26
Logging Variable Readings to Data Log File ..........................................................................27
Logging Data...........................................................................................................................29
Status and Error Logs ........................................................................................................... 29
Data file Naming Convention ................................................................................................ 29
Graphing data files................................................................................................................ 30
Viewing log files .................................................................................................................... 30
Logging Data on a NFS Server...............................................................................................30
Setting up Alerts .....................................................................................................................32