Adding The Sentinel To The Communications Port - Panametrics Sentinel User Manual

2.3

Adding the Sentinel to the Communications Port

Select the desired communication port by clicking once on it with the left mouse button (see Figure 27 below). Then
press the right mouse button to activate the pop-up menu. Select
If the node ID is known, select "
Figure 28 below). If the node ID is not known proceed to page xlvii)
Note: The default node ID is
order to select "I know the node ID of the meter I am adding to the network."
Note: The network referred to in Figure 28 below is the network of meters under a single communication port. Up to
sixteen meters can be connected to form a PanaView meter network.
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Figure 3: Adding the Sentinel to the Comm Port
I know the node ID of the meter I am adding to the network
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. If another node ID was previously programmed, that data must be available in
Figure 4: Instrument Node ID Acknowledgement
New > Meter > from the pop-up menu.
," then click the
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OK button (see
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