Friendly Log & Forward (FLF) User manual
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1. John Grant 2nd 49 52 3170 348 HMIN 0 1 8 9 Name of Destination destination is cell phone Cell number of Only SMS with status 0 1 8 or 9 destination will be forward to John Page 6 of 13 Feb 2012 Friendly Log amp Forward gt SOLID Applied Technologies Ltd The list of status numbers is enclosed in double quotes and internally separated by commas A semi column separates between this field and the destination type field The actual content of an SMS which is forwarded to a HMN destination is defined in the file hHuman txt and explained in the next section Destinations of the type HMV are also intended for personal cell phones These messages are similar in format to HMN messages except that LEVEL information in the message is replaced by VOLUME information Destinations of the type CST are also intended for personal cell phones The format of these messages is user defined as explained in the section List of user defined messages 2 4 List of pre configured text messages Destinations of type HMN or HMV will receive a pre configured textual SMS rather than a list of numbers characterizing a typical GaugerGSM message The format of this textual SMS is GaugerGSM name reports some text Level is xxxx or a similar one with Volume replacing Level The underlined words are fixed while some text is defined by the user within the human txt file An actua2. custom tc Notepad SEE 0 First message All OK at level of amp i STATUS Line 1 Full faevef amp i and distance apb 1 2 Empty leval amp L and temperature 7s 3 unab Te to measure while external temp js 4 Theft is suspected and vo fime ay 5 Refi ii star is identified at fave di 5 Refill end 7s Tdentified at level amp i and quantity is amp x rr External contact 7s ON and and x amp x 9 At fave amp L External contact js OFF 10 Low trigger 1 crossed upwards fave amp L ii Low trigger i crossed downwards distance of amp D amp D 12 Mid trigger 2 at level 7s crossed upwards iz Mid trigger 2 at volume amp V Ts crossed downwards 14 High trigger is crossed upwards T amp T amp amp amp Last 15 High trigger 3 crossed downwards AI done The number of lines in the file must correspond to the number of possible status messages The first line will be transmitted upon the arrival of status 0 the second line will be transmitted upon the arrival of status 1 and soon At this time there are a total of 16 messages status from 0 to 15 Each line contains two double quotes text in between the quotes and text outside the quotes Text outside the quotes will be ignored and may be used for comments such as corresponding status number or line number Text within the quotes is the user defined te
3. file List of authorized GaugerGSM systems stations file each identified by a cellular number List of final cellular destinations destinations file to which SMS are being forwarded List of pre configured text messages human file to be sent to cell phone destinations List of user defined text messages custom file to be sent to cell phone destinations The last file is optional If this file is not defined than the pre configured text messages will be transmitted instead of user defined messages SMS are logged on the central PC into Excel files A new Excel files is opened by the application for each new GaugerGSM system The name of the file is the cellular number of the originating GaugerGSM Page 3 of 13 Feb 2012 Friendly Log amp Forward E SOLID Applied Technologies Ltd S 2 Software installation and configuration files 2 1 Installing the software application Extract the L amp F zipped file into any PC directory of your choice This will be your installation directory The installation directory should look as follows C Documents and Settings jonathanWesktopiLF F Sle File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ae 2 UO w 0 configuration log Fexe LFStart bat sleeping exe The LFStart bat file should be used to run the application LF exe and sleeping exe are utilities used by LFStart bat The configuration sub folder should hold the following five text files or four fil
4. gt Applied Technologies Ltd Friendly Log amp Forward FLF User manual Version Feb 2012 Page 1 of 13 Solid Applied Technologies Ltd Friendly Log amp Forward Eto SOLID Applied Technologies Ltd Table of Contents Me VB T 3 2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION FILES cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccceccccccecccs 4 2 1 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE APPLICATION ccccececscccceacececccccceccececceceaceceaaeaceceaseceacecsacecenceceasaceceaceceaceceaceceaceaceceacecscenss 4 2 2 LIST OF AUTHORIZED GAUGERG SIV ciodwaivier ota lay de vibe levies oeenbdieneasenkeeusiacwevebebevenweee 5 2 3 LIST OF CELLULAR DESTINATIONS sesccerarctacartacietranssonscieitseeattrneriasoanctatieasitieainitiatonsaa E AA A 5 2A LIST OF a innn 7 2 5 LIST OF USER DEFINED MESSAGE AONT EEEE A EE Ni 8 3 MODEM INSTALLATION AND RUNNING APPLICATION ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccceccceccccccecccs 9 3 1 INSTALLING AN EXTERNAL CELLULAR MODEM ccceccccecccccccccccsccccececeacsceececeecencecesceceececencecenceeeececeeeseaeeceaeeseeeseaceeeseaeacs 9 9 3 10 3 4 BAD PASSWORD WINDOW sccsceccsceccececcececcececcecescecseecseceeecsuecsee
5. I 25 Mt The name is enclosed within two double quotes and must be 30 characters or less Within the double quotes every space counts so that the name in the second and forth lines see the example above are different due to the opening space The cell number is also enclosed within two double quotes Here spaces and hyphens may be added with no constraints The first non blank character must be followed by the country code A semi colon must separate between the name and cell number Double quotes and semi colons may not appear as part of the name 2 3 List of cellular destinations The list is a text file named destinations txt within the configuration sub folder Destinations bet Notepad Sele Monitor station 2 49 71 5765810 SMC John Grant 2nd 49 52 317 348 HUN 0 1 9 Mark J 49 54 5696655 0 1 2 14 16 Page 5 of 13 Feb 2012 Friendly Log amp Forward eo SOLID Applied Technologies Ltd Each line on the list includes a destination name destination cell phone number and destination type Sometimes a forth field consisting of a set of numbers is also present The rules for destination names and destination cell numbers are exactly the same as those described above for the stations list The destination type may take one of three forms SMC or HMN or HMV or CST SMS messages of the SMC type dest
6. and look at the Ports COM amp LPT item In the example that follows COM19 is the COM allocated for the modem If you disconnect the modem this COM allocation will disappear Device Manager 5 Eg Action View Help BS Intel R 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection Intel R PRO wireless 3945456 Network Connection PPP oP WAN Adapter E PCMCIA adapters aif Ports COM amp LPT F Bluetooth Communications Pork COME 3 Bluetooth Communications Pork COMS af HEP COM port COM19 Processors sf SM Driver gt SM Driver Sound video and game controllers System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers Page 10 of 13 Feb 2012 Friendly Log amp Forward Pt lt SOLID Applied Technologies Ltd Most of the 3G modems may register several COM ports on the Ports section of the device manager but the correct COM port number is found in the modem section as follows Device Manager File Action View Help gt mam EA aa IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers Keyboards Mice and other pointing devices Ree Modems 36Modem pork Bluetooth Modern ee ThinkPad Modem Monitors Network adapters 5 PCMCIA adapters Ports COM LPT Processors 7 fas Double click on the 3GModel port and select the MODEM tab The COM port number is found on the top left corner COM15 in this case 3GModem port Properties Driver Deta
7. ecuenecseaecseaecsescsececustecsenscneasuscuseecseaecscaeeucseecasees 12 3 5 OUR OPERATOR TODAY WINDOW 12 36 13 13 Page 2 of 13 Feb 2012 Friendly Log amp Forward Eto SOLID Applied Technologies Ltd 1 Overview Friendly Log amp Forward FLF is a PC software a Windows OS application for e Logging SMS from GaugerGSM systems into a PC e Forwarding these SMS messages to several cellular destinations The architecture is described in the following schematic figure Cellular modem SMS from GaugerGSM Friendly Log amp Forward Software for PC Site Monitoring Center Software for PC The center PC is equipped with a cellular GSM modem plus SIM card GaugerGSM systems transmit SMS to this cellular modem destination On the center PC the user needs to pre configure five files e Configuration password file cfg
8. es if custom txt is not used C 6 Torrent and downloads C CC386 WorkspacestFLF_ Sele File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ae cfg txt custom tsk Destination human txt stations txt The log sub folder includes a set of log files Each log file represents one GaugerGSM system A log file is an Excel file csv type whose name is the cellular number of the represented GaugerGSM Eventually the log folder will contain a set of Excel files like the folder shown in the figure below There is no need to create the files Each transmitting authorized GaugerGSM will automatically create a file While the application is running avoid from opening these files for more than a few seconds An err_log csv file logs error during operation for debugging purposes z p C Documents and Settings jonathanWe SEE File Edit View Favorites Tools Help 27797056 497254567 97254568621 err_log csy 42 Page 4 of 13 Feb 2012 Friendly Log amp Forward gt SOLID Applied Technologies Ltd 2 2 List of authorized GaugerGSM systems The list is a text file named stations txt within the configuration sub folder Each line on the list includes a GaugerGSM name and cell phone number P stations txt Notepad Fie Edit Format View Help S Main st NY NY 1 908 765 1234 40 ave NY Ph FT P54 GaugerGSM 7 249 54 254 7338 40 Fifth ave NY NY Sh IT P543T
9. ils Power Management General Diagnostics Advanced Pork COM15 Speaker volume Dial Control Cie 1 Walt for dial tone before dialing Page 11 of 13 Feb 2012 Friendly Log amp Forward gt SOLID Applied Technologies Ltd Another option for finding the COM port is to run the utility FindCom exe that came with your GaugerGSM CD Once you have the correct COM modify the file cfg txt accordingly and run L amp F LFStart bat again 3 4 Bad password window ex VT SoltidAthLF1 log_forward exe JHM 25 62 2811 O LI OD APPLIE OD TECHNOLGIES LOG amp FORWARD APPLICATION Wait 1H seconds FAD PASSWORD JEEE Report to manufacturer bad password with code 352024026613665 att HAD PASSWORD x _ This window indicates that you do not have a valid password for the application Contact the manufacturer or reseller and report the code number from the display You may be required to pay for the password Once you receive a new password replace the first line in the cfg txt file with this password and run L amp F again 3 5 Our operator today window es C 1_SolidAtLF1 log_forward exe JHM 25 62 2611 OL 1 OD APPLIED TECGCHWANOLGIES LOG amp FORWARD APPLICATION OUR OPERATOR TODAY IL ORANGE This window indicates that L amp F is up and running and ready to receive SMS The line beginning with OUR OPERATOR TODAY indicates which cellular operato
10. inations are mainly PC systems running the Site Monitoring Center software These SMS are sent exactly as received from the GaugerGSM system except that the originating cell phone number is appended at the beginning of the SMS message For example suppose the SMS message 1 20 3 40 0 0 27 5 37 0 8 is received from an authorized GaugerGSM whose cell number is 3312229999 The following SMS will be transmitted to a SMC type destination 3312229999 1 20 3 40 0 0 27 5 37 0 8 SMC Destinations of the type HMN are intended for personal cell phones SMS messages to cell phone destinations are pre configured texts The exact content of the forwarded SMS depends on the status field of the SMS just received from a GaugerGSM Furthermore not all SMS from GaugerGSM are necessarily forwarded to all the listed personal cell phones Status field is a number which indicates which event originally triggered the SMS from GaugerGSM Status field O indicates a periodic SMS Status field 4 indicates theft diesel monitoring applications Status field 11 indicates low level crossing downwards etc The status number is the last field of the SMS from GaugerGSM The destination txt file defines for each destination of type HMN a set of status numbers That destination is registered to receive messages with that status number only and no others In the example above John Grand 2 is will only receive messages with status numbers 0 1 8 or 9
11. l SMS message to a HMN HMV destination may appear as follows 75 Main St NY NY reports Mid trigger 2 crossed upwards Level is 2 03 The text for each status number is defined in the file human txt and may be modified by the user Once modified the text will apply in all SMS to destinations of type HMN HMV human txt Notepad Fie Edit Format wiew Help Al OK Full feve Emoty feve Unab fea to measure 785 suspected Refi i star 7s tdenti fred and 7s Fdentified AZ Externa contact 7s ON External contact 7s OFF iow trigger L crossed upwards iow trigger cis crossed HF oA trigger 5 crossed upwards High trigger 3 crossed The first line corresponds to status number zero the second line corresponds to status message 1 and so forth If a specific message is not relevant write down NA but do not erase the line If there are N lines in this file then the status numbers supported by FLF is between O and N 1 Page 7 of 13 Feb 2012 Friendly Log amp Forward gt SOLID Applied Technologies Ltd 2 5 List of user defined messages Destinations of type CST will receive a user defined textual SMS The user can define message texts in the custom txt file In the absence of this file the pre configured friendly messages will be used for destinations defined as CST An example of a custom txt file is presented in the next figure and then explained
12. r is the default for the SIM card that you inserted into the modem If no operator name appears NONE shut the application off and then try again A variety of errors may appear if the SIM card is bad not inserted correctly or there is no GSM coverage in the area In these cases restart the application replace the SIM and check local cellular coverage If you are unable to fix the problem report to the manufacturer and include in your report the exact messages as they appear on the screen for better diagnostics Page 12 of 13 Feb 2012 Friendly Log amp Forward gt SOLID Applied Technologies Ltd 3 6 Application freeze The application may halt for a variety of reasons In most cases the reason will be presented on the console and you may be able to correct it or to report it to the manufacturer or distributor In any case you can re run the log amp forward application and the SMS operations will resume from the point stopped Logging into Excel files will continue from the last logged SMS 4 Logger SMS messages which are received from GaugerGSM systems are also logged on Excel files An Excel file is created for each GaugerGSM and all SMS messages from that system are logged on that file The name of each file is either the cell phone number Only SMS messages from authorized GaugerGSM systems will be treated logged and forwarded Other SMS messages will only be reported on the console as UFOs While L amp F is
13. running you are allowed as a user to open an Excel file for a few seconds only If you open such a file for a longer time and if an SMS which requires logging arrives at that time the application will halt If you need to analyze the file for a long time simply copy it to a different file and open the copy A typical record in the Excel looks as follows 12 10 05 26 osae29 1477 6523 o o 26 291 12 10705726 o8 sa9 1 477 6523 o 2 291 0 Where Zone Time zone in quarter of hours e g zone 12 is GMT 3 Date Year Month Day Time In 24 hour format Distance Measured distance to the target Level Measured level to the target Full minus Distance Temp in Temperature in Celsius as measured on the sensor Temp ex Temperature on an external temperature sensor as applicable otherwise negative Status GaugerGSM status numbers for example 0 Normal range 1 Full level 2 Empty level 3 No signal Etc Page 13 of 13 Feb 2012 Friendly Log amp Forward
14. ur modem is using Insert a SIM card into your cellular modem Find the cell phone number of your SIM card This cell phone number should be used as the destination in GaugerGSM systems 3 2 Setting cfg txt file Browse to the configuration sub folder within your installation directory Open the file cfg txt using notepad or any other editor You should see contents similar to the following P cfg txt Notepad Ioj x File Edit Format wiew Help Replace the first line with your password If you do not have password leave the one already written Replace the second line with the COM port number of your modem The line should begin with the letters COM immediately followed by the number one or two digits Save the file and exit Page 9 of 13 Feb 2012 Friendly Log amp Forward SOLID Applied Technologies Ltd Double click on the FLF application FLFStart bat and you may see one of the windows defined in the following sections 3 3 Could not open window SolidAt LF 1tlog_forward exe JHM 2582 2811 gt LI OD APPLIED TECHNOLGIES LOG amp FORWARD APPLICATION not open COM port This window indicates that you have not connected a cellular modem or that you selected a wrong COM port number Connect your modem and find out the correct COM port that the modem is using You have several options of finding out the COM port that you modem is using One option is to open the Device manager on your PC
15. xt As part of the user defined text reserved symbols may be included The reserved symbols and their definition are as described in the next table 0 Distance int Temperature 85 Gaugername e 80 Flow ev voume ex retay As an example the second line in the example file is Line 1_ Full level amp L and distance amp D 1 The transmitted SMS may look like this Full level 1 34 and distance 0 65 Page 8 of 13 Feb 2012 Friendly Log amp Forward gt SOLID Applied Technologies Ltd Notice that some symbols may not be operative for all messages and for all GaugerGSM settings For example GaugerGSM must be set to volume and a tank shape must be defined for amp V to be operative Similar comments apply to amp E amp X and amp O Conversely amp D amp T and are always available 3 Modem installation and running the application 3 1 Installing an external cellular modem Install an external cellular modem in your PC Use the instructions that came with your modem hardware or consult with the modem manufacturer The modem should be a GSM modem and must not be used by any application aside from FLF If such an application pops up from time to time it WILL interfere with the proper operation of the FLF You should completely uninstall this application Some modems on the market require the use of custom software and are not applicable Find the COM port number that yo
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