Help For Machine Add New

This help file covers the following topics:
Overview Enter Identification Fields Enter Map Location Add Notes Select Group/Status Add Parameters	Related Pages Machine Update Machine Parameters

Overview

Adding a machine through BackOffice is done for "test purposes" only.

When a new machine is brought online it automatically creates a new machine record in BackOffice with some basic information (Unit ID, Serial Number). You will then need to update the existing record, if you wish to add the keywords, group, status, location and machine parameters.

Enter Identification Fields

This section is for entering identification information (UnitID, IP Address), location, and keywords.

Update IP/Keyword

1. * Unit ID	Enter machine unit ID.
2. + Serial No.	Machine serial number. (read only field!)
3. IP	Enter IP address assigned to this machine.
4. ^ Location	Enter the location to be used for filtering this machine.
5-6. ^ Keywords	Enter keywords to be used for filtering this machine.

Note:	1.	* The Unit ID field is the only required field.
	2.	+ Serial number is received from machine and entered into the database when it first connects to BO.
	3.	^ Location & keywords are used for filtering machines in the "monitoring/machine status" section.
	4.	^ Location is also used for filtering machines in the "reports" section.

Enter Map Location

This section is used for storing location parameters, used by google maps, for pinpointing this machine on a map.
A google map, displaying machine locations, can be viewed by clicking on the "monitoring/machine status/map" tab.

You have the option of:

Entering the machine's latitude and longitude.
Entering full address (including province, country & postal code)

Update Location

1. * Latitude	Enter latitude. (default 0)
2. * Longitude	Enter longitude. (default 0)
3. * Address	Enter full address. (if entering address, longitude and latitude should be 0)

Add Notes

Add notes if you wish to store additional information about a particular machine.

Mach Details Notes

Select Group/Status

This section allows you to add the machine to a group and to update the status.

Update Group/Status

1. * Mach Group	Select machine group.
2. + Status	Select status. (active/inactive)

	Note:	1. *	The machine group is used for filtering machines in the "monitoring/machine status", "remote administration" and "report" sections.
		2. +	You may want to set a machine to "inactive" if it will be out-of-service for an extended period of time. Once inactive, it is removed from "monitoring" and "commands", but still included in reports.

Add Parameters

This section allows you to add machine parameters.

Update/Add Parameters

1. * Param Group	Group that parameter belongs to.
2. * Param ID	Parameter ID. (click to edit parameter data) (see notes)
3. + Param Data	Parameter Data. (overrides param data inherited from the property)
4. Comments	Description of parameter.
5. ^ Delete	Select checkbox for any machine parameter you wish to delete.

Click this button to add a new machine parameter. Click here for more information.

Note:	1.	* The underlined column headers are sortable fields. (You can toggle between ascending and descending sorts)
	2.	* When sorting by param group the primary sort is "param group" and the secondary sort is "param id".
	3.	* For information on editing paramater data or adding a machine parameter see machine parameters.
	4.	+ The parameter data set at the machine level overrides the parameter data inherited from the property.
	5.	^ Deleting a machine parameter resets the parameter data to the parameter data stored at the property level.