Set System Name

The Set System Name page is used to set the System Name of the NetRS receiver. The System Name provides a way to distinguish between receivers other than by their IP addresses or serial numbers. The name can be up to 12 characters in length.

The System Name is displayed in the title block on the Web Page user interface and in other pages that describe the identity of your system. It is also used as the first part of file names generated by the internal data logging system. The System Name can also appear in the contents of various logged files or output data streams.

The system name defaults to the string 'RS' followed by the ten digit serial number of the NetRS, as in RS1234567890. You can change it by selecting the Set System Name button on the Receiver Status - Identity page. Enter the new name and click OK to finalize your choice.

The system name is used as the hostname for the receiver's internal operating system. This means that the characters used in the name are restricted to only those characters allowed in an Internet hostname. Although spaces can be entered, they are translated automatically into underscores.

The valid characters that can be used are:

The system name is used as part of the automatically generated filesnames for logged data files. This is designed to aid in determining which system was used to create any particular file. Filenames are always of a form similar to:

     SystemName200404220053a.t00
which shows a name followed by a date code. A careful choice of System Name can make these names more readable. Try to avoid names that end in digits. Making the last character an underscore might also help with readability.

The assignment of system names, especially in large networks, should be planned to facilitate network administration. If you use a DNS on your network to map IP addresses to network names, it would be ideal to have the System Name of each NetRS match the corresponding DNS name.

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