1. Create Backup folder.
2. Select Configuration Save Measurement Unit Configuration.... 3. Select the created Backup folder in the Search in field.
4. Enter a file name in the File field.
5. Click the Save button. The measurement unit configuration is saved with all transducer and correction files under the file “<file name>.cfg”.
Verification
Verification is not necessary.
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4.6.4 Configuring the Control Unit
To configure the System View, User List and General Settings open the Control Unit Configuration window in the Configuration menu.
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4.6.4.1 Configuring the General Settings
1. Select Configuration Control Unit Configuration.... 2. Select the General Settings tab.
3. In the Network Settings fields settings for networking can be changed.
4. If you want to have a background picture enter the path and the name of the file in the Background field or select the file by clicking the Browse... button.
5. Select the time in minutes when a message from ARGUS should appear that the UPS is going to shutdown or the utility power has been restored.
6. Close the Control Unit Configuration dialog window by clicking the OK button.
4.6.4.2 Configuring the System View
4.6.4.2.1 Introduction
ARGUS provides two ways of receiving measurement results from remote measurement units: One is to connect directly to the remote unit and using the remote´s receiver as if it were directly connected to your local PC. This can only be done when nobody is logged in at the remote ARGUS. The other way to get measurement results from distant units is to send orders to them using the Order-Report Manager (ORM). The orders sent to the remote unit are transferred as XML files which contain the measurement definition. The order has to be executed manually by an operator or is being run automatically. After the execution of the order the XML file is being sent back to the issuing unit together with the measurement results.
It is crucial to set up the whole ARGUS network in the System View in order to being able to use these features.
The drawing on the next page shows the structure of an ARGUS system. There are two locations: Munich and Nuernberg. Each location has one measurement PC. Both measurement PCs communicate via a Wide Area Network (WAN).
Looking at the ARGUS installation on the PCs we can identify one Control Unit on each Computer (Control Units "Munich" and "Nuernberg") and three Measurement Units that are assigned to each Control Unit: "Munich", "Munich2" and "Mobile" in Munich and "Nuernberg", "Nuernberg2" and "Mobile" in Nuernberg.
Each location´s Control Unit is able to connect directly to its attached Measurement Units and get measurement results from them. So the Control Unit "Munich" can operate "Munich", "Munich2" and Munich´s "Mobile".
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It´s also possible for "Munich" to get measurement results from "Nuernberg´s" Measurement Units: The Operator just has to use the ARGUS ORM (Order Report Module) feature.
The following section describes how to setup the ARGUS System View in order to use local and remote Measurement Units for generating measurement results.
Structure of two independent ARGUS Systems.
The Measurement Units of each location may be installed on different Computers. Munich´s "Mobile" for example is a system installed in a vehicle. "Mobile" can be remotely controlled by the Control Unit "Munich".
ARGUS´s System View is an image of the complete ARGUS system, including both locations Munich and Nuernberg.
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Measurement Unit "Munich" Measurement Unit "Munich2" Measurement Unit "Mobile" Control Unit "Munich"ARGUS
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4.6.4.2.2 Direct Access to Measurement Units
Setting up the local PC (localhost) – Basic Configuration
1. Select the System View tab. After the first login the window looks similar to the screenshot below.
The ARGUS system in Nuernberg with the first PC (“localhost”), the Control Unit (“NUERNBERG”) and the Measurement Unit (“NUERNBERG (localhost/ARGUS_MT1)") can be seen.
You can use the Measurement Unit „NUERNBERG“ on your local PC in Nuernberg for measurements.
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Integrating remote Measurement Units in Nuernberg
You may configure further Measurement Units (e.g. COLOGNE, MUNICH, MUNICH2, Mobile) accordingly:
1. Click on Connection Wizard button.
2. Enter computer name or IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) and click on Next button.
Make absolutely sure that there is a hosts file in <SystemRoot>\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ ETC with the addresses and names of all PCs in your ARGUS system. Without that communication among the PCs is not possible.
3. Enter ARGUS measurement unit name ("COLOGNE") and click Next button.
4. Select the service "ARGUS_MT1" from the listbox "Service".
The computername as defined in the hosts file together with the service (ARGUS_MT1 - 8) constitutes the unambiguous identity of an ARGUS Measurement Unit. That´s why you can have up to 8 Measurement Units from localhost plus further ones from remote Mus, which may have the same service as the ones on localhost.