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STEPS TO INSTALL AN XPERT

Connect Earth Ground to the Earth connection. The earth connection is on the side of the
Xpert.

WARNING:

Failure to ground the Xpert can make it susceptible to malfunction or

damage by surges and other types of interference.

Optional: Wire sensors to the SDI-12 port on the Xpert. You can insert multiple wires into
each connection. If the connection is awkward to use, run wires to a separate terminal strip.
Note: on the Xpert, you may need to temporarily remove the I2C connector to get better
access to the SDI-12 port.

Optional: Stack I/O modules together, if multiple modules of the same type are used (i.e. 3
Analog I/O modules) note the serial number of each module before connecting them; you
will need this for configuration. Mount as desired. Wire sensors to the terminal strips as
needed. Connect I/O modules to the Xpert I2C connection.

Optional: Connect SATLINK, SPEECH/MODEM or other communication devices to the
desired communications port COM2, COM3 or COM4. The Xpert is wired as DTE so use a
straight cable to make the connection. (Note: if your Xpert has COM2, 3 and 4 as Female
connections, the ports are still DTE). If you are connecting a modem or other devices to the
Xpert, you will need to modify the autoexec.bat to support these devices as explained in the
sections that follow.

Connect a PC to COM1 using a straight through cable.

Connect power to the Xpert. Turn on the power. Observe the Xpert startup.

Press Setup Access and log into the Xpert.

If you are using I/O modules do the following to make sure the I/O modules are at the desired
addresses.

Select the Setup tab

Select the + in front of the I/O Module label

Examine the names of the I/O modules. The names will be AIO and DIO followed by
a module number. For each type of module (AIO or DIO) there can be only one
number of each type (e.g. there can’t be two AIO1 modules). If there are, follow the
next step to change. Furthermore, the setup will expect you to connect sensors based
on the module number. You have multiple AIO or DIO modules; make sure they each
have the proper module number.

Select each module and press EDIT. Examine the name, serial number and module
number.

If you want to change a module number use the button to enter a new module
number.

If you have a users.dat file use XTerm to load it into the flash disk. This defines the login
accounts for the Xpert. If you don’t have a user.dat file you may use the users branch of the
Setup tab to set one up. Then save it back to the PC so you can use it at other sites if desired.

10.

If you will be using a voice modem, transfer to the Xpert the desired speech files. The speech
files take up considerable space on the flash disk. Therefore, you will only want to send to
the Xpert the files you expect to need. The speech files are found on the CDROM provided
by Sutron with the Xpert. The speech files can also be downloaded from the Sutron web site.
On the CDROM, files in the main ENGLISH folder are essential for basic speech operation.
Files in the ENGLISH-EXTRA should only be loaded as needed. Use XTerm to transfer the
files to the appropriate folder in the \flash disk\speech\ (\English, \Spanish etc.). If the folders

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