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USER MANUAL AKVAconnect 4.1 Technology for sustainable biology...
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“NEK EN 82079-1”. Unless such responsibility has been agreed upon in a separate written contract with AKVA group, we are not responsible for loss, damage or incorrect use of equipment or software that arises as a result of errors in text or illustrations, or by following instructions in this user manuals.
1 SAFETY Safety for the users of our equipment is main focus when AKVA group ASA develop new products and product manuals. We strongly recommend that everyone who are going to be using the AKVA product, all who perform any type of repairs, service or other maintenance to AKVA products, and all who work in areas where such products are installed, are aware of the contents in this manual.
If any of the equipment is operated in defective condition, safety features and availability will be weakened. Manual for Akvasmart Camera with and without winch and other relevant manuals may be read and downloaded from www.akvagroup.com/products/user-manuals. Use only original spare parts supplied by AKVA group. Unauthorized rebuilding and modifications of the equipment is strictly prohibited.
This manual applies to AKVAconnect 4.0, and is to be regarded as part of the product equipment. Keep the manual for as long as your AKVA product is in use, and note any changes in the back of this manual as they are performed.
Basic users: only access to operate and view system components they have access to. • Advanced users: have access to a limited menu. • AKVA Engineers: have access to everything. • Site manager: full access with admin tools. Will not see debug information...
Click the icon to open the Main Menu. For a user with basic access this menu will pop up: AKVA Engineers will find the full menu, and Advanced users will have access to the limited menu: DOCUMENT NO:...
3 .5 NAVIGATION FOOTER The Navigation footer is found in the bottom of a AKVAconnect window. When opening a view from the Main Menu, a tab will appear in the Navigation Footer. For example, when Alarm is selected from the Main menu, the Alarm list will appear in the main view, and an Alarm tab will appear in the Navigation Footer.
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When holding the mouse pointer over the tab, a pad lock symbol will appear in the left side of the tab. When the pad lock is open, and has no fill, the lock is open. This means that the tab will be removed when the Alarm view is closed.
4 THEME To change theme, click Main Menu and select Theme. This will change from light to dark theme, or from dark to light. Example with the dark theme: Example with the light theme:...
5 APP CREATOR To open the AppCreator, click the Main Menu icon on the left, and select AppCreator to open. A new window opens, showing all an empty AppCreator for the current site. Click on «Site Settings» and enter a name for the site. Here, the name is «Demo site». SMS Sender If you have a teltonika sms sender you can set it up to send alarms on sms: Check off Enable...
5 .1 CONNECTING HARDWARE Click on «HW Connections». 5 .1 .1 ADD SENSOR OR WINCH To add a new sensor or winch: 1. Click on «Add sensor» or «Add winch». 2. Then select the type of sensor or winch from the drop down list shown in type. 3.
5 .1 .2 REMOVE SENSOR OR WINCH To remove a sensor or winch, click on the red cross to the right for the device that is going to be removed. Click on the green «Generate program» button to make the changes permanent. 5 .2 SETTING UP LOCATION Click on «Location setup»...
5 .2 .1 .1 ADD SENSORS TO A CAMERA Click the green and white + symbol in the Sensors row to open this window: Here are all available/created sensors are. Filter among the sensor types to make it easier to find the right sensor, by clicking on the desired tab.
5 .2 .1 .2 REMOVE SENSORS FROM A CAMERA To remove a sensor from a camera, click on the black and white X next to the sensor name. 5 .2 .2 REMOVE CAMERA A red cross is found to the right of every camera row. Click this cross to remove the current camera.
6 VIEW CREATOR It is possible to select five different layouts, showing 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6 camera view layouts. 1. Name the layout, for instance “3 split”. 2. Choose Camera Ratio (must be in accordance with the cameras that are going to be used in this particular view).
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In the top left corner is a menu called ‘select’. Here it is where the cameras are added to the view. Click ‘select’ and ‘More’ and the camera selection window will appear. In the ‘Other sources’ list, select the correct Pen, and the cameras that are connected to this pen will appear in a list in the right side of this window: DOCUMENT NO: REVISION NO:...
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All views will have the possible camera sources available for selecting. Selecting the All-source will enable the user to select all cameras, in the order they are set up in the AppCreator. Selecting the Pen 1-source will enable the user to select all cameras listed in Pen 1 = Surveillance, Up and Down, as set up in the AppCreator.
7 CONFIGURATION To open the configuration, click Main Menu and select Configuration. A new window opens, showing Alarm configuration, winch configuration and sensor configuration. 7 .1 ALARM CONFIGURATION Here is an example of how the alarm configuration window may look like: Alarm configuration contains 2 different groups.
Here is an example of how the Winch configuration may look like: In this configuration it is possible to adjust the default speed settings for the winch. Remote is the control from AKVAconnect4 and local is the control from the local button panel on the winch. Low and high speed adust the difference in speed between the WinchV5 drums to keep the camera in approximately the same depth.
8 CAMERA Click on the Main Menu icon and select Camera. If a 3-split is selected in the ViewCreator, a window similar to this one will appear: DOCUMENT NO: REVISION NO: DC10001590...
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When cameras are added to the views, the video images will appear on the screen after at few seconds. If several cameras are selected for the same view, the image will be shown in the order they are set up. In the top banner of each of the 3 views, the source for the current source will show.
9 ALARMS To open the alarms, click Main Menu and select Alarm. A new window opens, showing all alarms that are activated in the program. Alarm types: AKVAconnect 4.01 has defined 4 levels of severity and priority for alarms. These levels also have colour codes for simple perception for how severe the alarms are.
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When using the light theme, and no active P1 alarms, the bell and its background will be white. And when using the dark theme, and no active P1 alarms, the bell and its background will be dark grey. Here is an example of a P2 alarm: Explanation for the various information: Counter is zero = alarm text, explaining why the alarm is set off P2 = severity and priority (critical/environment/equipment)
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It is also possible to acknowledge several or all alarms. To acknowledge several alarms, click the check boxes in the first column for the desired alarm rows and click the Acknowledge selected button below the alarm list. To acknowledge all alarms, click the check box on top of the first column, and all boxes below will be checked.
10 LOG To open the Log, click Main Menu and select Log. Explanation to LOG system alarm: • The Timestamp column shows the time for when this exact system log entry was logged. • The Source column shows where the system log entry was logged from. •...
• Debug log shows information that can be usefull to see how the system behaves in detail. • Information here is only helpful for AKVA group technicians. 10 .3 AUDIT LOG • Audit log gives information of all the users in the AKVAconnect system.
APPENDIX A - DEVIATION FORM Deviation control number: Unit: Producer: Prod. No.: Purchase year: Deviation description: Follow up proposition: Date and signature, declarer: Follow up directed: Status: New action for deviation: Date and signature, declarer: DOCUMENT NO: REVISION NO: DC10001590...
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BP/IL About AKVA group AKVA group is present in all markets with offices in Norway, Chile, Denmark, Scotland, Spain, Greece, Iceland, Canada, Australia and Turkey. AKVA group is a unique partner with the capability to offer both pen farming and land based aquaculture operations with complete technical solutions and service.
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