Adding a Remote Unit



There are two ways to add a Remote Unit to the system:
To add a new Remote Unit to the system:
  1. Open the Remote Unit Configuration application.
  2. Do one of the following:
    Click the Add Icon.
    Select Add from the Data menu.
    A radio button pop up box appears for the user to select one of five Product Categories. Click the radio button next to the desired category. Next click the OK button.
    The Add Remote Unit dialog box appears.
  3. In the New Remote Unit ID: box, enter the new Remote Unit ID.
    If the new Remote Unit ID is for a Mercury Instruments Remote Unit product, and the first integers in the ID are zeros, you can type
          the non-zero integers in the New Remote Unit ID box and the zeros are automatically inserted. For example, if the new Remote
          Unit ID is 000018, you can type 18. This feature works for IDs that are as large as six places (as shown in the example).
  4. In the Product Type box, click the arrow and select a product type.
  5. In the Call profile box, click the arrow and select a call profile.
  6. In the Battery type box, click the arrow and select a battery type.
  7. Click OK.
To add new Remote Unit, using information copied from an existing Remote Unit, to the system:
  1. Open the Remote Unit Configuration application.
  2. In the Available Remote Units list, select the Remote Unit.
  3. Do one of the following:
    Click the Add Icon.
    Select Add from the Data menu.
    A radio button pop up box appears for the user to select one of five Product Categories. Click the radio button next to the desired category. Next click the OK button.
    The Add Remote Unit dialog box appears.
  4. In the New Remote Unit ID: box, enter the new Remote Unit ID.
    If the new Remote Unit ID is for a Mercury Instruments Remote Unit product, and the first integers in the ID are zeros, you can type
          the non-zero integers in the New Remote Unit ID box and the zeros are automatically inserted. For example, if the new Remote
          Unit ID is 000018, you can type 18. This feature works for IDs that are as large as six places (as shown in the example).
  5. Select Copy Remote Unit ID:.
    The remaining fields are filled with the information from the selected Remote Unit.
  6. Click OK.

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