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SmartLeague software package: Installation
What is the difference between "All User" and "Current user" installation?
Where is my programming data stored? Where is the SmartLeague software installed? Do I have to install Microsoft .Net Framework, Windows Installer and Acrobat Reader? I get asked if I want to Restore or Uninstall Microsoft . NET Framework. What should I do? During installation I get a message saying the "Install .NET Framework requirements" are missing. What does it mean? How much disk space will SmartLeague take up? My antivirus and/or Internet security locks SmartLeague out. What should I do? Are there any minimum requirements for the Internet Explorer version? SmartLeague software package: this section is dedicated to SmartLink
Can I tailor the position and dimensions of the various programming windows during the SmartLink programming phase?
I changed the window layout during the SmartLink programming phase. How can I restore default settings? If I select Programming/Download from the main menu which parameters will be downloaded to the device? How can I send the parameters in the "Programmable events" page to the SmartLink? Can I view the device status in real-time? Sometimes an asterisk appears next to the page header. What does it mean? SmartLink: programming and device characteristics
Can I configure the five IOx terminals as inputs and/or outputs?
Why can't I program the input parameters without first selecting the "Enable Intrusion control" option on the "Parameters" page? If I use a terminal as an input, how should I deal with the output parameters? How can a terminal be an input and an output at the same time? How will I know when an output isn't working properly? How can I get feedback from issued remote commands? How can I alert users of incoming calls? How can I generate "silent" alarms? How can I view the events which activate/deactivate a specific output? How can I view the events which trigger calls to a certain phone number? What will happen if I choose "Simplified management of Bistable outputs" option in the Parameters page? How can I make Armed/Disarmed status evident? How can I get the device to alert users of calls from/to black-list numbers? The SmartLink must operate as a reserve line for a telephone device which passes through a switchboard. How can I eliminate the switchboard number automatically and allow the SmartLink to manage GSM network calls? Can I use the land line (PSTN) as a reserve line for the GSM network? Can the Smartlink manage an external buzzer? Can I connect SmartLink to an old installation? What are the user codes for? What is the installer code for? How can I restore factory default settings? How can I boost the GSM Network signal? Must I use a lead battery? Why am I having trouble programming events for output 5? Why am I having trouble selecting a certain output in the "Phone number functions" page? Using a Pay-As-You-Go SIM card: how can I check my credit (valid for Italian providers only: TIM, Wind, Vodafone)? Using a Pay-As-You-Go SIM card: how can I check the expiry date of my SIM card (valid for Italian providers only: TIM, Wind, Vodafone)? Are there different ways of programming the SmartLink? SmartLeague software package: Installation  The choice you make will affect: Location of the data used by SmartLeague If you choose "All User", the application will create a folder in the space reserved by the operating system for All Users (typically directory C:\DocumentsandSettings\AllUsers\Documents\InimAppData). Whereas, if you choose "Current User", the application will create a folder in the space reserved by the operating system for the user who activated the installation. Therefore, if this user is called "Rupert", the typical installation directory will be C:\Documents and Settings\Rupert\Documents\InimAppData). The folder ...\InimAppData\ will contain for example the saved programming data. Important: NEVER rename, cancel or modify the contents of this folder. These operations may cause application and system instability and the irretrievable loss of data. Data "visibility" Your choice determines the data "visibility" in compliance with the protection rules of the operative system. Therefore, if you choose "Current User" you will be unable to access the data of other users configured to use the SmartLeague software on the PC. Start menu Your choice also creates the folders in the start menu and consequently the links on your desktop. See the previous answer "Location of the data used by SmartLeague". The installation procedure creates a folder for the application (the "executable" part) and a folder for the data. The application folder can be selected in the dialogue window shown below.
 In regard to the application data, refer to the previous answer "Location of the data used by SmartLeague". Yes, you must install .Net Framework as it allows the application to run properly. Furthermore, you need version 2.0 or higher. Installation of the updated version of Windows Installer is also necessary, as you cannot install .NET Framework without it. If you do not have the correct version of Windows Installer, you will get a error message saying you are missing requirements. Installation of Acrobat Reader is necessary for proper visualization of the help files. To check if .Net and Adobe Reader have been installed, select "Application installation" from "Control Panel" in the Start menu.
You have chosen to install .NET Framework even though it is already installed on your PC. Click-on "Cancel" bottom right.
This will cancel installation of the .NET Framework only, the rest of the installation will proceed regularly. During installation I get a message saying the "Install .NET Framework requirements" are missing. What does it mean?
This message means that the correct version of Windows Installer is missing from the .NET Framework requirements.
In all cases, the following error message will appear in regard to the missing component. The suggested link will allow you to download the missing component. Once you have installed the missing component (the updated version of Windows Installer) you will be able to restart the installation of SmartLeague. Alternatively, you can ask SmartLeague to carry out installation of the updated version of Windows Installer directly, by selecting this component in the dialogue window shown below. The application files take up less than 30MB of disk space. A complete installation, including .Net Framework and Acrobat Reader uses less 90MB of disk space. SmartLeague must access the Internet. This access will be used for a series of functions connected to the SmartLeague "Direct Line" page. Therefore, if you intend using these functions, you must instruct your antivirus (or your Internet access tool) to let SmartLeague through. If you are using Symantec Norton Internet Security, the following screen may appear.
In this case, select "Allow all connections from here to all ports" and click-on OK. Yes. You must have version 5.x or higher. To check, open Internet Explorer and select "Information about Internet Explorer" in the "?" menu.
SmartLeague software package: this section is dedicated to SmartLink Can I tailor the position and dimensions of the various programming windows during the SmartLink programming phase?
Yes, the position and dimensions of the programming windows can be tailor-configured. To save a specific window layout, select the Settings>Layout>Save from the main menu and assign a name to the layout on the display. You can save several layouts which can be retrieved when needed by means of the Settings>Layout>Load command. The installation provides several configurations.
I changed the window layout during the SmartLink programming phase. How can I restore default settings?
Using the main menu, select Settings>Layout>Load. A dialogue window will open. Select EnvDefault and click-on Load.
If I select Programming/Download from the main menu which parameters will be downloaded to the device?
All the parameters on all the programming pages except those on the "Programmable events" and "Log" pages will be downloaded to the device.
Just click-on the "Initialize" button to send the Periodic, Maintenance and the SIM Expiry events programming data. Yes, select Status enquiry>Supervision, a view window will open showing the real-time status of the device, including information on the GSM network, input/output terminals and the battery status, etc.
The asterisk indicates that programming changes have been made but not saved. The asterisk will disappear when you exit the page. If you save the new data to the disk, the asterisk will delete automatically. SmartLink: programming and device characteristics Yes, each of the 5 terminals can be used as an input or as an output. Why can't I program the input parameters without first selecting the "Enable Intrusion control" option on the "Parameters" page?
If the device is not used for Intrusion control purposes, the input parameters are irrelevant. In fact, each of the 4 inputs on the "Events" page has 4 programming fields which correspond to the 4 different input statuses. To associate an action (e.g. a voice call) with a specific input status, program the required action (the call) in the programming field which corresponds to the status concerned. For example, if you want the device to generate calls (digital, voice or SMS text message) when terminal 3 (input) closes to ground, program the respective calls in line 12 [Input 3 Status 4 (Closed -Shorted)]. If you use a terminal as an input, you must ensure that the part of the circuit that manages the terminal as an output is disconnected virtually from it, in this way, the readings will be correct. This can be done by simply programming the "Polarity" parameter of the terminal concerned as "Normally Open". Using the SmartLeague software, select the "Only Input" option from the "Use as" column for the respective terminal. The "Polarity" check box will change automatically to "Normally Open".
The SmartLink can read the status of an input even when it is used as an output. Therefore, you can associate actions (on the "Events" page) with the various statuses the terminal manages. This programming feature can be used when an output terminal requires a feedback signal to confirm status changes.
This information can be obtained by associating the "Output Malfunction" event with an action (e.g. Call or activation of another output). For example, if you associate this event with a "Normally closed" output which, if activated, fails to signal "open" status (due to short-circuit, etc.) the device will trigger the "Output Malfunction" event.
Select the respective option from the "Confirm" column. You can choose an SMS message or ring or both.
Set up the "Ring" event to activate an output terminal which is connected to an LED or a buzzer. Usually, the problem is not wanting to make outgoing calls evident. For this purpose, the SmartLink provides the "Do not signal outgoing call" option ("Options" section) for each event. This option will allow you to inhibit the outgoing call LED and "Start call" and "End call" events.
If you click-on the "+" sign which corresponds to the terminal (on the Input/Outputs page), a screen will appear with the events which activate/deactivate the output in question. This screen is an important diagnostics tool which allows you to validate all the previously saved programming. In the example, terminal 1 is an output in bistable mode for Low battery, Land line (PSTN) down and No GSM Service signals.
If you click-on the "+" sign which corresponds to the phone number (on the Phonebook page), a screen will appear with the events which generate calls (voice, digital SMS messages) to the phone number in question. This screen is an important diagnostics tool which allows you to validate all the previously saved programming.
In the example, SMS messages will be sent to the Installer's phone number when Output trouble, Low battery, Land line (PSTN) down and No GSM Service events occur.
What will happen if I choose "Simplified management of Bistable outputs" option in the Parameters page?
If you intend using an output in bistable mode, you must program the ON section in the Outputs column (Events page) which corresponds to the event which is to activate the output, and the OFF section which corresponds to the event which is to deactivate it.
This programming option optimizes flexibility, as it allows the device to activate an output when a certain event occurs and deactivate it when a different event occurs. However, installers may expect outputs to restore automatically when certain events clear, such as:
1. Low Battery
2. Land line (PSTN) down
3. No GSM Service
4. Emergency calls only
5. Arm
6. Ring
If you choose "Simplified management of Bistable outputs", the SmartLeague will select the respective restoral event automatically (tick the corresponding check box in the OFF section) when you select the event in the ON column. You can associate, for example, the "Arm" and "Disarm" events with an output status which switches On/Off a visual signal (LED). In the same way, you can program the device to send a voice call, digital report or SMS message when the status toggles.
You can also make status enquiries from any remote touch-tone (DTMF) telephone.
Furthermore, if an arm/disarm command with Caller ID is issued over-the-phone, the SmartLink-GP will send a feedback ring to the caller to confirm command acceptance. You can associate the "Incoming black-list call" or "Outgoing black-list call" events with output activation or calls, as required.
NOTE: These events will be generated for calls to/from the GSM network only. The SmartLink must operate as a reserve line for a telephone device which passes through a switchboard. How can I eliminate the switchboard number automatically and allow the SmartLink to manage GSM network calls?
You can program the SmartLink to remove the number of digits the connected telephone device usually dials before dialling outgoing telephone numbers. To do this, you must configure the "Remove no. digits" parameter under Dialling parameters in the Parameters page.
Yes. The "GSM as priority channel" option in the "Other parameters" section on the "Parameters" page will allow you to select GSM as the priority network. Yes. Using the Output parameters page, select the "Buzzer" option of a terminal and apply a 1KHz frequency to the terminal concerned. This will allow SmartLink to manage a buzzer. Yes. If you want to manage the balance signal coming from already-installed detectors, you can tailor the input threshold values.
The user codes allow access to the SMS and DTMF command management.
You can disable the code entry requirement for DTMF command management (Parameters page, DTMF menu without code). In regard to SMS command management, you can enable access on the grounds of the phone number which issued the SMS command. This can be done in the "Enable SMS without code" column on the "Phone number functions" page. The installer code allows access to the device programming phase. Short-circuit pins 2 and 3 of the DB9 connector and power up the board. The board parameters, including any input calibrations will reset to factory default after approximately 1 second. If you are forced to mount the SmartLink in a placement where the GSM network signal is weak, you can fit a SmartLink-REM-ANT indoor aerial (accessory item) which substitutes the in-box aerial supplied with the Smartlink. This remote aerial has a 3 meter cable and a sturdy magnetic base, and can be located in places where the GSM network signal is stronger. Yes you must! The battery provides power to the device in the event of black-out and allows it to continue working (even if only for a limited period). It also supplies the GSM transmission power which the external power supply may be unable to provide.
You may have enabled the "Enable intrusion control" feature. If so, you will be unable to program events for output 5 as, in this case, it is reserved for arm/disarm operations.
Probably the output concerned has been associated with an "Inhibit" event (refer to appendix D in the Programming Manual). These events are, for example, all the trouble events (low battery, no GSM Service, etc.). If an output is associated with any of these events, it cannot be activated/deactivated by DTMF, SMS or Caller ID commands. Using a Pay-As-You-Go SIM card: how can I check my credit (valid for Italian providers only: TIM, Wind, Vodafone)?
You can establish a low-credit point (in euro) that once reached will cause the device to send a low-credit signal (SMS, ContacID, voice, output activation). You can set up this signal by simply programming the credit limit on the Parameters page and the associated operations on the Events page. All the other parameters, even the operator parameters, are managed automatically by the device so there is no need to program anything else. You can also set up an option on the Parameters page that will allow the device to repeat the signal each time the low-credit point drops by another euro. This is valid for Italian operators only: TIM, WIND and Vodafone. Using a Pay-As-You-Go SIM card: how can I check the expiry date of my SIM card (valid for Italian providers only: TIM, Wind, Vodafone)?
You can set the time and date for the SIM expiry date signal in the Programmable Events page. This event (refer to Events page) can be associated with the various operations the SmartLink manages (SMS, ContacID, voice, output activation). The SmartLink will add 11 months to the SIM expiry date each time you top up your credit. This is valid for Italian operators only: TIM, WIND and Vodafone.
Yes, you can program the SmartLink:
* From a computer, through the SmartLeague software. The programmed data can be downloaded to the SmartLink via the RS232 serial port on the electronic board. If you intend using this method, you will need a Link232F9F9 serial link cable.
* Using a mobile phone, by writing (as per the programming language described in the manual) and saving SMS text messages to the SIM card memory. Once the messages have been properly saved, just insert the SIM card into the SmartLink which will then upload the data automatically. If you are programming a large number of new parameters, it may be necessary to repeat this operation several times. Parameter changes are done in exactly the same way, in this case the device will simply overwrite the old data.
* By sending SMS text messages to the SmartLink
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