User's Manual

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CHAPTer 5 o SENSOR SETTINGS
of the screen to save the changes from all three tabs. You can also use these
buons to discard all your changes and return to the old seings.
Save to Sensor –

Saves the changes you’ve just made to the sensor. If you
do not push this buon after making changes, they will be lost when you
navigate away from this page.
Open from Sensor –

Returns all seings to those currently saved on the
sensor.
Save to File –

Saves the seings currently entered in the Sensor Seings
screens to a SmartSensor conguration le (.ssc) on your computer. This
seing can be used to back up your seings; additionally, if you’re not
connected to your sensor, you can change seings, save them to a le, and
use the le to update your sensor once you’re connected again.
Note
Using the Save to File function does not save the changes to your sensor.
If you want to update and then back up your sensor, you need to use both
Save to File and Save to Sensor.
Open from File –

Restores seings from an existing .ssc le. Once the
seings have been restored, you must click Save to Sensor if you want the
sensor updated with the restored seings.
Note
Return to this page to back up your sensor after you’ve completed the steps
to congure your lanes and data collection.
Sensor Date & Time
To ensure that the data collected is timestamped correctly, use the Sensor Date &
Time screen, located at Edit>Sensor Date & Time (see Figure 5.5).
Change the date by selecting the correct date from the drop-down lists (month,
day, and year) or use the calendar to scroll to the correct date. Change the time
by selecting the correct time (hour, minutes, and seconds) from the drop-down
lists.
Click the check box below the calendar to automatically adjust for local computer
time and daylight savings time seings. The check box at the boom of the page
will automatically synchronize sensor to PC UTC time at a certain interval you
can dene in the text eld.