Viewing Location Properties - viewLinc 5.1

In the Sites Manager window use the Location Properties tab for at-a-glance review of important Location details. Access to the Sites Manager window requires Manage Sites right.

Icon	Description
	View Trend: View a Location's historical data as a trend in a new browser window.
	Find in Tree: Highlight the selected Location in the Zones and Locations navigation tree.
	Show Linked Channel History: Find out how long a specific device channel has been linked to a selected Location, when the link first began, and for how long it has been linked.

Table 1. Location Properties Columns

Column	Contains
Type	The Location Type icon. This column cannot be moved.
Zone	Full path of the parent Zone.
Location	Location name as displayed in the navigation tree.
Location ID	Number assigned by viewLinc to a new Location. It can never be changed. Used to avoid confusion if more than one Location is given the same name.
Description	User-entered device description.
Device Description	Name of a device, as defined by a user.
Device Serial Number	Device serial number automatically stored in viewLinc .
Channel Description	Description provided by a user.
Device ID	A number assigned to a new device, generated by viewLinc , and can never be changed. Used to avoid confusion if more than one device is given the same name.
Channel ID	A number assigned to a new channel, created by viewLinc , and can never be changed. Used to avoid confusion if more than one channel is given the same name.
Channel Index	Channel number assigned to the linked Location.
Location Units	Unit display format set in viewLinc , often modified for reporting purposes (for example, American sites may want to see readings in standard measurement units, Fahrenheit, while Canadian operations may prefer them in metric, Celsius).
Preferred Units	Unit display option (such as C or F), for the specific Location (units can be set differently for different Locations).
Device Units	Data logger or transmitter units, such as C, DEGC, TDC, set by Vaisala. These can be changed in viewLinc to display in a more meaningful way (Location or Preferred Units).
Measurement Type	The value being measured (temperature, humidity, boolean, pressure).
Decimal Places	System-defined preference.
Device Address	System folder path to this Location.
Link Start	Date the Location started recording data (Unlimited indicates this Location has remained linked to the current channel since it started monitoring data).
Link End	Date the Location stopped recording data (Unlimited indicates the Location is still linked to the current channel, and continuously recording data).
Permission	The permission a user has been granted for this Location.
Threshold Alarm Schedule	The name of the threshold alarm schedule set for this Location, if one has been assigned.