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| Q:
What is the difference between Auto-Poll mode and Auto-Answer
mode? |
A: When HAP
is running on a PC, it can be configured to call out to loggers
and interrogate them periodically based on time, the Auto-Poll
mode, or it can be setup to accept incoming calls initiated
by field loggers, the Auto-Answer mode. |
| Q: How
do I configure HAP for the Auto-Poll mode? |
A: Using the
graphic interface in HAP, configure a Site File for each of
the loggers to be interrogated. This Site File will contain
parameters such as the name of the site, the connection details
for the logger (phone number), how often to call the logger,
and the action to perform when the logger is contacted, e.g.
download of data, clear of memory, file conversion to Excel.
After a Site File is built for each logger, combine them into
a group of Site Files called a Polling File, and click on the
Auto-Poll button. HAP will start executing the Polling File,
interrogating each of the loggers per the instructions contained
in their Site Files. |
| Q:
How do I configure HAP for the Auto-Answer mode? |
A: Configuration
of the Auto-Answer mode is done by programming the logger to
call out upon an event or time. A special HAP Icon is incorporated
into the logger Program Net built within HyperWare. The HAP
icon configuration dialog allows for User entry of setup parameters
such as the method of communication, phone number of the PC
running HAP, and the action to perform in the interrogation
such as download of data, clear of memory, file conversion to
Excel, Excel report generation, etc. The Program Net is then
uploaded to the logger where it executes calling out to the
PC running HAP periodically based on time or upon an event occurrence.
The PC that will answer the incoming call must be running HAP
and be enabled in the Auto-Answer mode. |
| Q: Can
the logger send out alarms to HAP? |
A: In addition
to all of the standard logger output alarms (e.g. digital and
relay outputs, paging, LCD, etc) a logger configured for use
with HAP can also send out a text message alarm that contains
any custom User specified message. This message will pop-up
in a text window on the monitor of the PC running HAP as well
as be logged into the report log file. |
| Q: What
is the HAP `Reporting' function used for? |
A: In addition
to data downloads, during a HAP interrogation, logger values
(Probe Point icon values and system parameters) can be transferred
from the logger to HAP and then into a custom User defined Excel
spreadsheet. Much like mail-merge, an Excel template is built
from within HAP and saved. When the logger is interrogated,
information as specified by the User is imported into the template
and the report is completed. Optionally, after a report is generated,
a User written macro can be automatically called that can perform
any further processing desired. The macro can be written in
Excel Macro language or Visual Basic... allowing for very powerful
further data processing, printing, etc.
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