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    User Manual SMS Bridge Global Monitoring System YORK Marine, Controls / – the people to talk to[...]

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    User Manual YORK Marine, Controls Jens Juuls Vej 28, 8260 Viby J, Denmark Phone: +45 87 36 35 00 Web: www.yorkref.com  Copy right YORK Marine ApS All Rights Reserved Table of Contents YORK Ma rine, Controls Revision 1.3 · Updated: 070507 Author: Marc Anderson · Owner: RS Project : SMS Bridge Page 2 of 15 File: e:yorksm s bridgemanualsmsbri[...]

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    User Manual Introduction YORK Ma rine, Controls Revision 1.3 · Updated: 070507 Author: Marc Anderson · Owner: RS Project : SMS Bridge Page 3 of 15 File: e:yorksm s bridgemanualsmsbridge-manual_13 .doc Introduction System ov erview The SMS Bridge provides an economical means of transmitting re efer monitoring data to the YORK Global Monitoring[...]

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    User Manual Introduction YORK Ma rine, Controls Revision 1.3 · Updated: 070507 Author: Marc Anderson · Owner: RS Project : SMS Bridge Page 4 of 15 File: e:yorksm s bridgemanualsmsbridge-manual_13 .doc Introduction, Continued Services The SMS Bridge application consists of th ree following components, or se rvices. • MailHandler service Send[...]

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    User Manual Requirements YORK Marine, Controls Revision 1.3 · Updated: 070507 Author: Marc Anderson · Owner: RS Project : SMS Bridge Page 5 of 15 File: e:yorksm s bridgemanualsmsbridge-manual_13 .doc Requirements Computer The SMS Bridge runs on Windows 200 0 and XP personal computers. Th e computer must have an RS-232 serial (COM ) port for c[...]

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    User Manual Installation YORK Marine, Controls Revision 1.3 · Updated: 070507 Author: Marc Anderson · Owner: RS Project : SMS Bridge Page 6 of 15 File: e:yorksm s bridgemanualsmsbridge-manual_13 .doc Installation Before you be gin Before installing the modem and soft ware: • Verify that the PC has an RS-232 serial (COM) port. If no serial p[...]

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    User Manual Configuration YORK Marin e, Controls Revision 1.3 · Updated: 070507 Author: Marc Anderson · Owner: RS Project : SMS Bridge Page 7 of 15 File: e:yorksm s bridgemanualsmsbridge-manual_13 .doc Configuration Service startup By default, the services do not automatically start when the application is launched. To start a service, you cl[...]

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    User Manual Configuration YORK Marin e, Controls Revision 1.3 · Updated: 070507 Author: Marc Anderson · Owner: RS Project : SMS Bridge Page 8 of 15 File: e:yorksm s bridgemanualsmsbridge-manual_13 .doc Configuration, Continued Mail handler confi guration (continued) Step Action 5 From name: Enter a name to identify the sender as the SMS Bridg[...]

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    User Manual Configuration YORK Marin e, Controls Revision 1.3 · Updated: 070507 Author: Marc Anderson · Owner: RS Project : SMS Bridge Page 9 of 15 File: e:yorksm s bridgemanualsmsbridge-manual_13 .doc Configuration, Continued SMS Handler configuration Configure the SMSHandler as follows. Step Action 1 Click SMSHandler in the main screen. 2 C[...]

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    User Manual Configuration YORK Marin e, Controls Revision 1.3 · Updated: 070507 Author: Marc Anderson · Owner: RS Project : SMS Bridge Page 10 of 15 File: e:yorksm s bridgemanualsmsbridge-manual_13 .doc Configuration, Continued SMS Handler configuration (continued) Step Action 4 COM port : Enter the number of the COM port to which the GSM mod[...]

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    User Manual Operation YORK Marine, Controls Revision 1.3 · Updated: 070507 Author: Marc Anderson · Owner: RS Project : SMS Bridge Page 11 of 15 File: e:yorksm s bridgemanualsmsbridge-manual_13 .doc Operation Starting the SMS Bridge After the system has been installed and c onfigure d as described in the previous sections, start the SMS Bridge[...]

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    User Manual Troubleshooting YORK Ma rine, Controls Revision 1.3 · Updated: 070507 Author: Marc Anderson · Owner: RS Project : SMS Bridge Page 12 of 15 File: e:yorksm s bridgemanualsmsbridge-manual_13 .doc Troubleshooting Monitoring activity The log function allows you to monitor system a ctivity. To view the log, click the Log tab. To make th[...]

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    User Manual Troubleshooting YORK Ma rine, Controls Revision 1.3 · Updated: 070507 Author: Marc Anderson · Owner: RS Project : SMS Bridge Page 13 of 15 File: e:yorksm s bridgemanualsmsbridge-manual_13 .doc Troubleshooting, Continued MailHandler Use the table below to troubleshoot problems with the MailHandle r service. Problem Likely Cause Sol[...]

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    User Manual Troubleshooting YORK Ma rine, Controls Revision 1.3 · Updated: 070507 Author: Marc Anderson · Owner: RS Project : SMS Bridge Page 14 of 15 File: e:yorksm s bridgemanualsmsbridge-manual_13 .doc Troubleshooting, Continued SMSHandler (continued) Problem Likely Cause Solution Wrong COM port Select correct COM port in configuration dia[...]

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    User Manual Document Revision Reco rd YORK Marine, Controls Revision 1.3 · Updated: 070507 Author: Marc Anderson · Owner: RS Project : SMS Bridge Page 15 of 15 File: e:yorksm s bridgemanualsmsbridge-manual_13 .doc Document Revision Record Rev. Date Author Brief description of change Pages affected 1.0 8 aug 2003 PCL Original issue of this doc[...]