User's Manual

INTEGRATION WITH SKF @PTITUDE OBSERVER
IMx-1 system configuration
SKF Enlight Collect IMx-1 System
User Manual
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Figure 16 Configuring a new gateway – General settings tab
The General settings tab has user editable areas for a gateway descriptive Name, a
descriptive Location, a Virtual ID and a choice of using Standard or Alternative
firmware. Refer to the SKF @ptitude Observer user manual or help file for an
understanding of why Alternative firmware might be used in some circumstances.
Virtual ID is a unique identifying number for each gateway in the database. Valid
assignments are in the range 1 to 65 535, the system will suggest the lowest
available Virtual ID.
The Virtual ID can be thought of as a reference to a specific ‘slot or position’ in the
database. During commissioning an individual gateway’s Hardware ID is assigned to
that position to ensure that data reaches the intended destination. If a gateway has to
be replaced, that assignment of Hardware ID to Virtual ID has to be cleared before
the new gateway can connect to that Virtual ID.
If a user has appropriate rights, the Request logs button can be used to upload log
files from the gateway to the file system on the @ptitude Observer computer. The log
files can be useful for IMx-1 system troubleshooting and are uploaded as a single,
password protected, zip file. The file transfer dialog will confirm the location where
the file has been stored.
The Network settings tab allows the gateway network connection to be selected as
Ethernet (wired) or WiFi and to be set for dynamic (DHCP) or static addressing and
as appropriate to allocate static settings for its own IP Address, Sub-net Mask, the
network Gateway address, DNS addresses, etc.
Wi-Fi specific selections include as a minimum Security type, Password, Country
and SSID for the wireless network. Note that the country setting is used by the
gateway to determine the correct frequencies to be used for Wi-Fi.
For security there is a choice between WPA2-Personal and WPA2-Enterprise.