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Session Scheduling

The Session Scheduling page is used to define sessions, either automatically or manually.

A “session” represents an interval of time during which you want the receiver to log raw data in a G-file at the requested recording interval. By default, sessions are repeated every day at the same time.

   Defining sessions automatically means creating a series of consecutive sessions “in one shot”, from only the four parameters you specify. Data recording is allowed by default in all the sessions created through this method.

   Defining sessions manually means specifying the start and end times of each session. Each of the desired sessions should be defined that way, one after the other.

Whereas by default, sessions defined automatically are necessarily executed one after the other, with no idle time in between, sessions defined manually can from the start be separated by idle times, resulting from adequately chosen start and end times for sessions that are consecutive.

Caution! Enabling the execution of programmed sessions is controlled by the Run Sessions and Reference Day parameters (see Session Settings)

Auto Configuration

Using this pane, you can automatically define a series of sessions in one operation by entering the following parameters.

 

Parameter

Designation

$PASHS

Start Time

Enter the start time of the first session (hh:mm:ss).

SES,AUT

UTC

Check this option if “Local” is chosen as the time unit (see Units pane on the left) and you wish to en­ter the Start Time above in UTC time.

-

Duration

Enter the duration of the session. This duration will be the same for all the sessions.

SES,AUT

Number of ses­sions

Enter the number of sessions that should take place every day (96 max.).

SES,AUT

Recording In­terval

Enter the data recording rate, in seconds, that will be used during every session.

SES,AUT

Auto Set button

Click on this button to create sessions according to your three choices above. Clicking on this button will overwrite the last session settings entirely.

SES,AUT

 

Example:

Choosing “Start Time=09:00:00”, “Duration=01:00” and “Number of sessions=12” means that you are asking the receiver to perform 12 one-hour sessions, from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm. The series of sessions will be repeated every day.

 

Manual Configuration

Use this pane to create or modify each of the sessions you need, one after the other.

 

Parameter

Designation

$PASHS

Session ID

Enter the identification string of the session (allowed values: A to X;AA to XA;AB to XB; AC to XC).

SES,SET

Use

Enable this option to allow data recording during the session.

SES,SET

Start Time

Enter the start time of the session (hh:mm:ss).

SES,SET

UTC

Check this option if “Local” is chosen as the time unit (see Units pane on the left) and you wish to en­ter the Start Time (above) and End Time (below) in UTC time.

-

End Time

Enter the end time of the session (hh:mm:ss).

SES,SET

Recording In­terval

Give a name to the site where data are recorded. G-file names will be derived from this name.

SES,SET

Manual Set button

Click on this button to create a session according to your four choices above. Repeat the procedure as many times as there are sessions to define.

SES,SET

 

Sessions

This pane lists the sessions currently programmed in the receiver. You can do the following from this pane:

   Modify a session: Click in the corresponding row. As a result, all the fields in the Manual Configuration pane are filled accordingly so you can edit any of them. Click on the Manual Set button once you have made the desired changes (equivalent to running $PASHS,SES,SET). Sessions generated through the automatic method can also be edited through this procedure.

   Delete one or all sessions: Select the row containing the session you want to delete and then click on the Delete button located at the foot of the page. To delete all the sessions, no prior selection is required: just click on the Delete all button, also located at the foot of the page (equivalent to running $PASHS,SET,DEL).

 

NOTE: The session currently run by the receiver is shown in bold characters.