Users Manual Rev E System Requirements
OS: Windows XP SP3 or higher
Software Framework: .NET Framework 4.0
CPU: Intel Core2 or later
Storage: 20MB
Storage: 20MB
Additional Details: USB 2.0 or higher (one available controller per gateway) 2 Installing the Sentinel C Dashboard Click on SentinelDashboardInstall on the supplied Sentinel System Flashdrive. Click run. Follow wizard. 3 Opening the Dashboard Upon opening the dashboard the Gateway will load its contents. Upon opening the dashboard the Gateway will load its contents. Without the gateway attached the dashboard will not open. 4 Home Screen The home screen allows navigation between the three main menus of Sentinel C. The Groups, Scheduling and Energy menus. 5 Groups Menu The groups menu has three main tabs Home Tab File Manual Tab 6 Home Tab The Home tab has two different views View by Groups and View by Field Units 7 View by Field Units Gives you a list of all field units in inventory and allows you to add, edit, or delete field units from the dashboard. 8 Adding a New Field Unit 1. Click New field unit button 2. Enter the information from the supplied inventory sheet for the NVID and Serial Number along with Serial Number along with the pole number, model, and description you wish to give the unit into the Field Unit Properties window. 3. Click ok. 9 Editing and Deleting a Field Unit To edit or delete a field unit in the dashboard click to highlight the desired field unit and select Edit Field Unit or Delete Field Unit from the Field Unit Editing ribbon.
(This can also be done by right-clicking the highlighted field unit) 10 View by Groups Allows you to View all of the groups, add, edit and delete groups. You can also expand each group individually and see which field units are in that group by clicking the + next to the group name. 11 Adding new groups 1. Click the new group button in the group editing ribbon. 2. Name the group and Select what units you wish to be in that group. (If the unit is that group. (If the unit is already in another group it will be pulled from that group and placed in the new group). 3. Click ok. 12 Editing and Deleting a Group To edit or delete a group in the dashboard click to highlight the desired field unit and select Edit Group or Delete Group from the Group Editing ribbon.
(This can also be done by right clicking the highlighted group.) 13 Editing or Deleting an Individual Field Unit in a Group 1. Expand the group and highlight the desired field unit 2. Right click the highlighted Field unit and click Edit Field Unit or Remove Field unit. Unit or Remove Field unit.
(when removing a field unit it will only remove it from the group but will keep it in the field unit inventory list) 14 Navigating Back to the Home Screen To navigate back to the home screen from either the groups or schedule window click the back arrow in the upper left corner of the window. 15 Scheduling Sentinel C has two different types of events that can be scheduled:
Events are used for abnormal operation patterns (i.e. one time events or yearly events where the lights need to perform a different task other than whats normally scheduled.) Base events are used for everyday lighting applications. Things that the lights will do on a daily basis, weekly basis or normal operation patterns. 16 Scheduling Restrictions All events can span a period of 23.75 hours Base calendar events for the same group cannot overlap each other Event calendar events for the same group cannot overlap each other Event calendar events can be scheduled over Base calendar Event calendar events can be scheduled over Base calendar events and will always take precedence.
(Any scheduling restriction that Sentinel C has, the dashboard will not let you complete the attempted scheduling conflict.) 17 Creating a New Event or Base Event 1. Click new Base Event or New Event in the Edit Event Schedule ribbon. This will bring up the Event window. Base Calendar Event Calendar 18 Creating a New Event or Base Event 2. Name the event. 3. Select the group from the drop-down menu. 4. Select the setting (or state) of the event from the drop-down menu. 19 Creating a New Event or Base Event- Setting Date 5. Set the date the event is to start. You can manually enter the date or select the date from the calendar by clicking the calendar icon. 20 Creating a New Event or Base Event- Setting Time 6. Set the time the event is to start and stop by dragging the left and right buttons on the timeline. Events are scheduled in 15 minute increments. 21 Creating a New Event or Base Event 7. Set when you would like the event to Repeat Base events can reoccur daily or weekly 22 Creating a New Event or Base Event Repeats Continued 7. Set when you would like the event to Repeat Events can reoccur daily, weekly, monthly or yearly 23 Creating a New Event or Base Event Setting End 8. Set when you wish the event to end. You can set it to:
Always repeat End after a certain number of recurrences End by a certain date. End by a certain date. 24 Viewing Your Event Schedule There are two different views in the Event Schedule Calendar View List View You can navigate between these views using the View Mode ribbon. View Mode Ribbon 25 Viewing Your Event Schedule -
Calendar View Navigation All navigation in Calendar view is done with the top ribbon. Calendar View gives you the option of viewing by week, month, or day. Navigation between dates is done with the date arrow keys and calendar icon. 26 Viewing Your Event Schedule Calendar View By Week Allows you to see every event scheduled for an entire week 27 Viewing Your Event Schedule Calendar View By Month Allows you to view the events for an entire month 28 Viewing Your Event Schedule- Calendar View By Day Allows you to view a single day of scheduling
(Notice the overlapping) 29 Viewing Your Event Schedule- List View List View shows a list of every event scheduled. This is broken down into Base Calendar events and Events Calendar events. Navigate between the two with the Base Calendar Tab and the Events Calendar tab. 30 Editing/Deleting Your Event Schedule- Calendar View To edit or delete an event, first click the event to highlight it. Then choose Edit Event or Delete Event in the Edit Event Schedule Ribbon. 31 Editing/Deleting Your Event Schedule- Calendar View You can also edit and delete events by first left clicking the event to highlight then right clicking the event. If you wish to just edit an event you can double click. 32 Editing/Deleting Your Event Schedule- Calendar View Editing The date and time of an event can also be done by dragging or expanding the event window. Drag to change date Expand to change time 33 Editing/Deleting Your Event Schedule- Calendar View To find out more information about an event just hover over the event 34 Editing/Deleting Your Event Schedule- List View List View is Edited the same way left click the event to highlight and select edit or delete event. Alternately you can first left click the event then right click to edit or delete. Also, if you just wish to edit the event you can double click it to bring up the events menu. 35 Energy Metering Sentinel C Logs Energy usage to the SD card of the gateway This information can be accessed through the energy menu on the main screen. 36 Generating Energy Reports Energy reports can be generated for groups or individual field units. They can be generated for preset date ranges or a custom range (shown below). After youve picked the date range click generate report. 37 Exporting a report to Microsoft Excel After generating your report, click the export to excel button. This will give you the save as menu. Save to a location of your choosing. Open later in excel. 38 Manual Commands Sentinel C gives you the ability to manually control the field units as well. This is done by going into the groups menu from the home screen and clicking the manual tab. From here you can choose to control groups or individual field units by clicking the buttons in the Manual Control ribbon. 39 Manual Commands Group Control When clicking control groups this will make the status of the group bar selectable. After selecting the desired status to Controlled By field will change to manual control. 40 Manual Commands Field Units Control When selecting Control Field Units a new header appears in the field units bar called manual control. From here you can select the desired status of that particular field unit. 41 Manual Commands Field Units Control Continued After selecting the desired state the field unit will report back its status to the gateway to verify it received the command and the controlled by field will change to manual control (This will also happen to every field unit in the group while using Groups control. 42 Manual Commands Exiting Manual Control Mode To exit manual control simply select the Resume Calendar button in the Manual Control ribbon. This will take the lights out of manual control and resume whatever state the light is supposed to be in based on the scheduled calendar
(remember if no event is scheduled they will revert to photo-control). 43 Panic Mode Panic mode is in place so if ever the need arises, you have a quick way to turn every light in every group to full power. This is done by pressing the Panic button in the Manual Control ribbon. Also a hardwired panic button is equip on the front of every Gateway. Panic Button -
Panic Button -
Dashboard Red panic button -
Red panic button -
Hardwired 44 Panic Mode Exiting Panic Mode To take the lights out of Panic mode click the Resume Calendar button and all of the Field Units will revert back to the scheduled event. 45 Saving Changes Whenever there are any changes made to the schedule or groups the information needs to be saved to the gateway or it will be lost. To save information click the Floppy Disk icon at the top To save information click the Floppy Disk icon at the top left corner of the window. 46 Saving Changes If there have been changes that have not been saved a large Floppy Disk will also appear on the home screen 47 Saving Changes As a last reminder if changes were made that have not been saved upon exiting the Dashboard a window will appear asking you if you are sure you want to exit without saving. If you click YES the gateway will close and anything changed after the last save WILL be lost. changed after the last save WILL be lost. 48 Backing up and restoring gateway data To backup the field units, groups and schedules stored to the gateway. Select the groups menu on the main screen, click on the file tab, and select backup. To restore click the restore button and select the file. 49 FCC Statements This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. FRENCH VERSION:
Le prsent appareil est conforme aux CNR d'Industrie Canada applicables aux appareils radio exempts de licence. L'exploitation est autorise aux deux conditions appareils radio exempts de licence. L'exploitation est autorise aux deux conditions suivantes :
(1) l'appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage, et
(2) l'utilisateur de l'appareil doit accepter tout brouillage radiolectrique subi, mme si le brouillage est susceptible d'en compromettre le fonctionnement. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT www.relume.com OR EMAIL US AT info@relume.com 1795 N. Lapeer Road Oxford, MI 48371 Ph: 248.969.3800 Fx: 248.969.3804 50 FCC Statements FCC WARNING You are cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the users authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Gateway Only: This device complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. The antenna used for this transmitter must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. 51