HOBO MicroRX Station Manual
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9. Configure the station in HOBOlink.
In HOBOlink, click Devices, then RX Devices and click the
icon next to your station. Use the configuration screens
in HOBOlink to finish setting up the station, starting with
General Configuration (the nickname, time zone, and
image for the station). Use the Next button to move from
one configuration screen to the next or use the left menu
to select a specific item to configure. Follow the steps in
the next subsections to configure the readout settings,
smart sensors (if applicable), and water level sensor (if
applicable). Note: Click Save or Next in any screen to save
your changes. You will lose any changes made if you click
Back without clicking Next or Save first.
Important: Do not configure the water level and water flow
channels yet. Set the logging and sampling interval for the
water level sensors module and optionally add labels,
scaling, or enable graphing. Continue to step 10 to start
logging and then obtain a water reference level reading in
step 11 before configuring water level and water flow.
Readout Configuration
a. Click Readout from the Configuration menu.
b. Set the connection interval, which is how often the
station will connect to HOBOlink. The minimum
connection interval depends on your communication
plan.
c. If you wish to set up a second connection interval, select
the “Night mode” checkbox. Select when night mode
should begin and end and then enter the connection
interval you want to use during that part of the day.
(The night mode schedule can take effect any time
during the day; it does not have to be at night.) Use this
option to save data in your communications plan (if
applicable) or to conserve battery power at night when
solar charging is unavailable. You can view current plan
usage in the Device Information section on your
station’s page in HOBOlink.
d. Click Save or click Next.
Smart Sensors Logging and Configuration
You can configure both the global settings that affect all
smart sensors (logging interval and sampling interval) and
the settings for each smart sensor (labels, graphs, and
scaling).
a. Click Smart Sensors Logging from the Configuration
menu.
b. Select the logging interval. This will be used by all
configured smart sensors.
c. Enable the sampling interval and enter the rate to use in
minutes and seconds.
Tip: When a sampling interval is configured, the station
will take multiple measurements within a given logging
interval and then average them together to create a
single logged data point. This is only an option for the
following smart sensors that support measurement
averaging: temperature (S-TMB-M0xx), PAR (S-LIA-
M003), solar radiation (S-LIB-M003), barometric
pressure (S-BPA-CM10 and S-BPB-CM50), 4-20mA input
(S-CIA-CM14), 12-bit voltage input (S-VIA-CM14), and
FlexSmart TRMS module (S-FS-TRMSA-D). Disable the
sampling interval if none of your smart sensors support
measurement averaging to avoid unnecessary drain on
the battery power.
d. Click Save or click Next.
e. Click a smart sensor from the Configuration menu.
f. Type a label for the smart sensor (optional) and click to
enable or disable the graph (enabled by default).
g. To set up scaling for the smart sensor, click the Enable
Scaling checkbox and fill in the Scaled Units, Multiplier,
Offset, and Scaled Measurement Type fields.
Or, you can choose a
specific item to configure
from this menu
Use the Next button to save
changes and move through each
configuration screen
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