- In BL-View, select System > Settings > Devices.
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Select Add and configure the device settings according to the notes you made before uninstalling
the previous BL-View version. Make sure to use the same settings in the new BL-View
version.
- Device Name / Latitude / Longitude / Altitude / UTC offset
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Use the same settings that you had in the previous BL-View version.
If Altitude is a new field in your BL-View, do one of the following:
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Type the altitude of the ceilometer location. The resolution is in full meters and feet. For values below sea level, use for example -5.
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Ignore this setting and leave the value to the default 0.
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- WMO station number / File suffix
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Check the information from the settings of the previous BL-View version or from the netCDF file name
L2_<STATION_NAME>_YYYYMMDDHHMM_<FREE_FORMAT>.nc:- Station name = WMO station number
- Free format = File suffix; if there is no file suffix, leave the field empty
- File path
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Select the folder for the netCDF files. The default location is
C:\BLViewData.
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Configure the connection settings according to the notes you made before uninstalling
the previous BL-View version.
Use the same settings that you had in the previous BL-View version.
Here is an example of the TCP Client settings.
- Connection type
- Select TCP Client. If you set BL-View as the TCP server, you only need to specify the local port.
- Local port
- The port on your computer.
- Device IP address
- Ceilometer IP address. Select to match the setting in ceilometer.
- Device port
- Ceilometer port number.
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In Messages, set the Message type and Message interval.
Configure the message settings according to the notes you made before uninstalling the previous BL-View version.
- Select Save and Close.
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Check that BL-View starts to receive data.
The default storage location of netCDF files is C:\BLViewData.
Each device has a separate folder for the files based on the device name as defined in System > Settings > Devices.
The storage location of HIS files is:
- C:\BLView\History\<year>\<month> (automatically generated files)
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Vaisala\BL-View\bin\History\<month> (manually generated / exported files)