When the wireless gateway is online with all endpoints mapped to sensor assets, you can test your wireless device's ability to acquire data. Automatic acquisitions occur periodically, but you can force an acquisition at any time by using Force Trigger.
Complete the following steps to acquire data from one of your endpoints.
Note
Acquiring data from all a device's endpoints can create network congestion.
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Click the Data Viewer (
) button on the top left of the screen.
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Expand one of the wirelessly monitored equipment assets, select a sensor asset, and then select one of the features. By selecting a feature, you activate the Trend viewer chart (see Figure 22, “Data Viewer InsightCM page with Navigation, Features, and Action Menu indicated in blue text and arrows”).
Figure 22. Data Viewer InsightCM page with Navigation, Features, and Action Menu indicated in blue text and arrows
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In the Trend viewer chart, click the Action menu (
) and select Force Trigger to acquire data from the endpoint mapped to this equipment asset.
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Wait several seconds for the acquisition to complete and click the Refresh button (
) to confirm that your device received new data points. If you force an acquisition for all endpoints, it could take several minutes for the wireless gateway to complete the acquisition.
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Repeat the force acquisition several times to acquire multiple data sets.
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Select a feature level asset for a different equipment asset to confirm in the Trend viewer chart not yet populated with new data. Before the data is available, devices must finish performing the acquisition and the InsightCM server must receive and store the data.