68 Part D: Monitoring MB8100-00-00-806 © TEL 2003Viewing System DataThe base station stores data about its own operation. It keeps count of someitems, records the maximum or minimum value of others, and also calculatessome averages. Averages are rolling averages over the last 24 hours. Forexample, the base station stores the highest temperature that the PA has reachedand it adds up the total number of hours that the fan has been operating for.You can view this information in the System Data form (Monitor > DataLogging > System Data).The Resettable and Permanent option buttons give you the choice of twosets of data. These sets are rather like the trip meter and the odometer of a car.Click Permanent to display the permanent data set. This data set is maintainedfor the whole life of the base station and can only be reset by authorised servicecenters, for example after repairs to a module.Click Resettable to display the ‘trip meter’ set of data. With administratoraccess, you can reset any or all of the data.Reset buttons let you reset an individual parameter and the Reset All buttonresets all system data values. These buttons are disabled when you view thepermanent set of values, unless you are logged on as a service center. If you reseta counter, it starts counting again from zero. If you reset a maximum, average,or minimum, it initially displays the current parameter value.Base Station DataThe Base station area (Monitor > Data Logging > System Data) displays thefollowing data.Base stationoperating timeThe number of hours that the base station has been powered up and operatingin Run, Standby, or Download mode.Transmitter dutycycleThe percentage of the operating time that the base station has actually beentransmitting.
