XLINK 500/100 Operations & Maintenance Manual page # 65
Stations equipped with an Iridium modem will automatically sync their clock to network time.
6.15.
USB Thumb Drive (Flash Drive) Operation
Several convenient functions are provided via the USB Host port. A USB thumb drive (aka Flash
drive) is required to use the port. The drive must be pre-formatted with the FAT32 operating
system.
6.15.1.
Download data to USB Thumb Drive
To download data to a USB drive, simply insert a USB drive (already formatted FAT32) into the
station. When you do, the green LED (red if an error condition is present) will start blinking
rapidly while processing the drive. The station will write the log data since the last download to
a file along with setup and diagnostics information. The thumb drive may be removed once the
LEDs resume normal blink pattern.
The following folder structure is used on the Thumb Drive (and will be created if not present):
\Sutron\XLink\<station>\<date>
where
<station>
is the name of the station and
<date>
is the current date in yyyymmdd format
(ex: "20160204")
Output files are always placed under the full path and given a unique name by appending _01,
_02, _03, ..., _99 to the name as necessary.
The files include:
log data (ex: "TestStation_log_20161231_02.csv")
diagnostic data (ex: "TestStation_diag_20161231.txt")
setup files (ex: "TestStation_setup_20161231.txt")
results from setup import (ex: "TestStation_setup_results_20161231.txt")
output from script execution (ex: "TestStation_script_results_20161231.txt")
6.15.2.
Upload Setup via USB Thumb Drive
It is possible to change station setup by plugging in a USB drive that contains the new setup.
LinkComm’s
setup files can be exported by LinkComm and then copied to a USB drive such that
they will automatically installed when the USB drive is plugged into the USB Host slot in the
station. The setup is specific to the station. For every station you wish to setup, a different setup
file must be created and placed on the drive.
To update station setup with a USB drive:
Use LinkComm to create a setup.
Use LinkComm’s export
setup menu option to create a setup file.
The setup file must be named “StationName_setup.txt”, where “StationName” is the
current name of the station that will have its setup updated. If you do not know the
name of the station to update, you will not be able to update it with the USB thumb
drive.
