How to Setup Internal/External Battery Alarms on 3G Products – Outpost Support

This guide steps you through the process of adding voltage alarms to a site. Internal voltage alarms can be useful for non rechargeable units such as the WASP2 and WILD-B products, to monitor internal battery voltage. External voltage alarms can be useful for rechargeable units such as the COBRA2 and WILD-R products, to monitor external charge voltage.

Internal Voltage Alarm - 3G Products

External Voltage Alarm - 3G Products

1.	From the Sites tab located the logger and click on the Config sensors icon.
2.	Under Other Inputs click the Add... button.
3.	From the Select Input Type drop down select Calculated Input V2 (Beta), then click Ok.
4.	Under the newly created Calculated Input click on the New Input link.
5.	In the Input Name field enter in “Internal Battery Voltage” then click Save.
6.	Under the Calculated input click on the <NOT CONFIGURED> link.
7.	In the User Script field enter the text “return Inputs.Battery Voltage.value”
8.	Click the Standard radio button then in the Unit field type “volt” and select it from the drop down list.
9.	From the Category drop down select Voltage – Device Non-Rechargeable Battery.
10.	Click on the Test Script button. If all details have been entered correctly the message Test succeeded will display at the top of the window.
11.	Click the Update button.
12.	Click on the Alarms tab then click the Add button to add an input alarm.
13.	From the Please select a alarm type: drop down list select High/Low then click the Next button.
14.	Enter the Alarm conditions and recipients as desired. This example will send an email to myemailaddress@mydomain.com with the message “OP45525 has reported an internal battery volatge below 3.2V” if the internal battery voltage measures below 3.2V and will send an alert each day that the voltage measures below 3.2V
15.	Click the Finish button.

1.	From the SITES tab locate the logger and click on the Config sensors icon.
2.	Under Other Inputs click the Add… button.
3.	From the Select Input Type drop down select Calculated Input V2 (Beta), then click Ok.
4.	Under the newly created Calculated Input click on the New Input link.
5.	In the Input Name field enter in “External Battery Voltage” then click Save.
6.	Under the Calculated input click on the <NOT CONFIGURED> link.
7.	In the User Script field enter the text “return Inputs.External Voltage.value”
8.	Click the Standard radio button then in the Unit field type “volt” and select it from the drop down list.
9.	From the Category drop down select Voltage – Device External Charge.
10.	Click on the Test Script button. If all details have been entered correctly the message Test succeeded will display at the top of the window.
11.	Click the Update button.
12.	Click on the Alarms tab then click the Add button to add an input alarm.
13.	From the Please select a alarm type: drop down list select High/Low then click the Next button.
14.	Enter the Alarm conditions and recipients as desired. This example will send an email to myemailaddress@mydomain.com with the message “OP34969 has reported external voltage below 12V” if the external voltage measures below 12V and will not send another alert until the voltage has first risen above 12V
15.	Click the Finish button.

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