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Smart Config - Device configuration

GDC offers are versatile template configuration to easily create and distribute configuration template to gas detectors - Smart Config

Contents

How to create and edit configuration template

How to assign a configuration template to a device

How to check status of template distribution

General

X-dock firmware 04.02.01 or newer is required to support Smart Config.

How to create and edit configuration template

  1. Navigate to GDC asset management table
  2. Click "Config" Icon in upper right corner
  3. Create new template with click on "New" button. To edit an existing template click on pencil icon for the respective template.
  4. Template Options:
    1. Configuration overview
      1. Name: Name of the template
      2. Last changed: Date on which the template was last edited.
      3. Changed by: Name of the user who last edited the template.
      4. Used by: Number of devices using the template
    2. Device settings
      1. Accoustic life signal: Determines if the visual life signal of the gas detector is accompanied by an acoustic signal.
      2. Visual life signal (not configurable): Determines if the visual life signal of the gas detectors is active.
      3. Motionless alarm: Determines if the detection of motionless alarms is enabled in the gas detector.
      4. Switch-off mode: settings to configure allowed switch-off behavior
      5. Exposure parameter settings: TWA duration in minutes
      6. Bump test interval: Bump test settings and interval configuration
      7. Calibration interval: Calibration settings and pre-warning configuration
      8. Quick menu settings: Configuration of quick menu setting availability personal air monitors (Pac & X-am) 
    3. 💡 Dedicated and detailed settings for alarm levels launching at a later stage

How to assign a configuration template to a device

Templates can be assigned to individual devices or multiple at once.

  1. Single device:
    1. Select device in asset management and open device menu (double click on device in list or with pen icon in blue bar at the bottom of the page).
    2. Select template from "Fleet configuration" menu and save
    3. The template is automatically applied to the device via X-dock during the next bump test or calibration
  2. Multiple devices:

    1. To select multiple devices from a list:

      • SHIFT + Click selects a range. Click the first device, hold SHIFT, then click the last device to select everything in between.
      • CTRL (or CMD on Mac) + Click selects multiple individual devices. Hold CTRL/CMD while clicking each device to add or remove it from the selection.
    2. Click on Edit/pencil icon at the bottom of the page. 
    3. Select "Configuration Template" column, choose template that shall be assigned to the selected devices, click "Add" and "Save"
    4. The template is automatically applied to the device via X-dock during the next bump test or calibration

How to check status of template distribution

Check "Configuration template" column in devices table:

  • "Pending" shows devices were a template was assigned to a device, but not yet applied (e.g. because the device was not tested in a connected X-dock yet)
  • Individual configuration: Device has no template assigned and is using another configuration