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I would like to configure NetBotz570 external sensor ports. The sensors are temperature and humidity sensors.
What is the correct sensor name when I add custom analog sensor to the system?
I would like to add this temperature and humidity data to the DCE virtual sensor option. Where I can get the average of this sensors. There is a predefined sensor, Temperature Detector TS-100 where the sensor is identified like a temperature sensor via the NetBotz systems.
How to configure the system to show a temperature sensor is connected to the 0-5V external port?
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Hi,
The proper values for the 0-5v device should show properly in both NetBotz and DCE regardless of what icon is displayed in the UI. There is no way to force the icon to show up as the temperature icon. Yes, they will always show up as the generic blue sensor icon.
As for reports in DCE, I added a 0-5v cable on an appliance:
DCE can see it as the "Temperature (temperature_forum)" sensor:
As with your report, I do not see it available under the temperature report:
The only thing I can suggest is to create a "custom" report in DCE instead of a temperature report to see these values. As you can see here, I am able to filter by the partial word "temp" and I see not only my temperature (temperature_forum) sensor but the other temperature sensors in that group as well:
I can add this as an enhancement request but I can not promise it will make it into the system.
Steve
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If I choose the predefined sensor Temperature Detector TS-100 the NetBotz recognize that is a temperature sensor. You can see the icon before the label text.
When I create a new custom sensor. I set the sensor type to temp or temperature, there is no change. The icon is set to default sensor. (blue icon)
I don’t know what is the proper name for the sensor type to be recognized it as a temperature or humidity sensor.
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Dear @spezialist, system and radio engineer
I suspect that's how NetBotz software works with custom analog (0-5V) and custom current (4-20mA) ports. This means, that they will always appear as a blue circle no matter what name you give them.
I don’t think so, because there is the predefined sensor which is called Temperature Detector TS-100 is 0-5V sensor. The screenshot above was made, when I changed the 0-5V sensor form the list.
When we look the DCE system, you can view this kind of “blue icon” as other numeric sensor. You can’t create report for temperature and humidity. Because the systems doesn’t recognize it as temperature and humidity sensor. You can’t create virtual sensor from this “blue icon”, the temperature and humidity doesn’t appears in the DCE system.
For example when I look into the DDF file, there is the same sections.
(num=numeric) for the temperature
The type of the sensor is telling the systems, which kind of sensor is that.
num MANUFACTURER_CODE MANUFACTURER_CODE 1 Status Information
When we add a new custom sensor, if I’m correct we tell the same information to the netbotz system. The type of the sensor (temp, hum, etc.). The label and the working parameters. (scaling, units)
By the way, what is your version of NetBotz software?
It is the newest, 4.6.4.
Gabor
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Hi,
The proper values for the 0-5v device should show properly in both NetBotz and DCE regardless of what icon is displayed in the UI. There is no way to force the icon to show up as the temperature icon. Yes, they will always show up as the generic blue sensor icon.
As for reports in DCE, I added a 0-5v cable on an appliance:
DCE can see it as the "Temperature (temperature_forum)" sensor:
As with your report, I do not see it available under the temperature report:
The only thing I can suggest is to create a "custom" report in DCE instead of a temperature report to see these values. As you can see here, I am able to filter by the partial word "temp" and I see not only my temperature (temperature_forum) sensor but the other temperature sensors in that group as well:
I can add this as an enhancement request but I can not promise it will make it into the system.
Steve
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Sorry, I addressed the image and report mentioned (in reply to spezialist) but missed the virtual sensor aspect of your question. I've specifically noted this aspect of the issue to the enhancement request I created on the initial response. Again, as with the report, you can choose to create a different virtual sensor. In this case, you can add these as "Other Numeric" sensors.
Here, you can see I haven't yet deleted the "temperature_forum" 0-5 volt sensor I created for the initial response and it is available as different type:
I know this is not exactly what you're looking for but if you have multiple sensors of this type, you can still get a virtual sensor for them.
Steve
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