| See the Common Device Configuration guide for assistance configuring the General, Options, Details, and Logging tabs. See the Connection/Schedule page for assistance with the Connection tab. |
Device Tab
Device identification.
Default = 2. Ack Timeout used in the device to set response timeout when host requests data.
Default = 0. The number of null bytes to prefix on each transmit message.
Default = 0 Seconds. Link establishment time from 0, 1, 2 to 4 seconds.
Default = 9600. Device baud rate on communication.
Default = 8. Word length from 7 to 8.
Default = 4K. Transmit packet size from 1K to 32K. Custom packet size can be entered if desired.
Default = 1024. Data block size from 128, 256, 512, to 1024. Custom block size can be entered if desired.
Newer devices use the DB2 or DB2 Compressed packet communication protocol. Older devices use a non-packetized communication protocol called DB1. The selected option will be used to communicate to the device. DB2 Compressed is the recommended setting if the device supports this feature and if history collection is performed. The compressed mode reduces the bandwidth required to retrieve history records from the field device.
The method used to collect history - Sequence number or number of days from the current day. Both options can be used with DB2 devices. DB1 devices only support the 'Number of Days' option.
Default = 0000. Second level of security used by device to allow read and write data if security is turned on.
Identifier name for ACM which is recorded in the device event log if configuration changes are made from the host system.
Password for user authentication.
The maximum number of registers to request in a single poll message.
Default = Not selected.
Default = Not selected. This is required on some older models with firmware that doesn't send a full contract day's worth of history in specific instances.
Default = Not selected. If selected, ACM retrieves the meter configuration data and compares the meter name configured in the device against the name of the ACM meter object. If they don't match, an error is logged and the history is not retrieved. ACM moves on to other meters if enabled, or to the next due device.
Default = Not selected. If selected, ACM will not publish log period records if they should be merged with GC trend records but the GC trend records can't be retrieved. This only affects configurations that use the option to 'Collect Analysis Data and Merge with Log Period' (as shown below from the 'Meter Runs' tab of the Totalflow configuration view).
Time Sync is used to synchronize the device time to the host time.
Default = Disabled. Enable this to configure and allow requests to be made.
Click 
to select or create the Connection Object assigned to this device. See the Time Synchronization section for more details.
Select the desired Time Synchronization Interval relating to the Schedule object assigned on the Connection tab. Time Synchronization checks occur on the frequency of this interval.
Default = UTC-06:00 Central Time (US & Canada).
Low. Queues up with other Low priority items.
Medium (Default). Interrupts Low priority items, and queues up with other Medium priority items.
High. Interrupts Medium and Low priority items, and queues up with other High priority items.
To successfully perform a time sync command from ACM, the Device Type property must be set to 'NGC8200' on all NGC devices. No selection is necessary for other device types. |
to select the identifier used by publishers to correctly place the debounce value in the output file. to select the identifier used by publishers. to select the identifier used by publishers. to select the identifier used by publishers.Select the appropriate option for the PGAS Output:
Meter 1-20. Select the meter run to configure.
Default = Meter run number (1-20). This property controls which meter in the device is retrieved for the selected ACM meter run. The default behavior is to retrieve device meter 1 for ACM meter 1, device meter 2 for ACM meter 2, etc. Use the default value for field devices with 20 or fewer meter runs.
To configure meter runs for field devices with greater than 20 meters, create an ACM device for every group of 20 meters in a single field device and set the Remote Meter Index to the appropriate meter in the field device. For example, 'Device1' meter runs 1-20 in ACM can retrieve meter runs 1-20 from the field device. Using the Remote Meter Index, 'Device2' meter runs 1-20 in ACM can be configured to retrieve meters 21-40 from the field device.
Click to select or create the Meter Object assigned to this meter run number. See the Meter section for more details.
Default = Not selected.
Default = Not selected.
Default = Not selected.
Click to select or create an Archive Limits. See the Archive Limits section for more details.
Click to select or create an Archive Limits. See the Archive Limits section for more details.
Click to select or create an Archive Limits. See the Archive Limits section for more details.
Click to select or create an Archive Limits. See the Archive Limits section for more details.
Default = Not selected. If selected, ACM will retrieve the specified trend and attempt to merge the data in the trend records with data in the log period records so volume and analysis data are combined into a single record. If the Totalflow device supports Enhanced meters, ACM can use the gas analysis data in each log period record if it is present. ACM will use the Enhanced meter gas analysis data only if this option (Collect Meter Analysis Data and Merge with Log Period) is disabled, and the option to "Include Fixed Analysis in Log Period Records" is also disabled.
Full path and name of the trend file.
Trends 1-24. Select to collect by trend number.
Select the desired Trend Interval relating to the Schedule object assigned on the Connection tab. Trend collection will occur at the frequency defined for the this interval.
Click to select or create an Archive Limits. See the Archive Limits section for more details.
Click to select or create the Meter Object assigned to this device representing the Trend number. See the Meter section for more details.
The full path and name of trend file. Example: \TREND\FILE.