WinTrac™ 5.X

Chapter 4Communicating with your Thermo King UnitsTrailer IDThe Trailer ID is a 10 character text field, used to identify the Controller. The Trailer ID is normally set to theRegistration Number of the Trailer, for easy identification.Unit IDThe Unit ID is a 10 character text field, normally used to store the Unit Serial ID number.Controller Date and TimeWinTrac allows you to view the current Date and Time of the controller. It is important that the controller clockis set to the correct Date and Time since this will affect the data stored on the controller. You can change theDate and Time using WinTrac software, if it is incorrect.Text HeaderYou can send a Text Header to your controller using WinTrac software. A Trip Header consists of a series oftext fields containing useful information about a particular Trip. Once you send a header, WinTrac willremember your settings and will automatically fill in the fields for you the next time you choose to send a TextHeader to your controller.Start-of-Trip [SOT] HeaderYou can send a Start-of-Trip Header to your controller using WinTrac software. Simply select the SOT optionon the Header Tab, and click on the ‘Send SOT Header’ button.Logging IntervalThe controller logs the readings for each probe each Logging Interval. The logging interval for the controlleractually changes if the unit is turned off. The range of logging intervals (for unit on and off) are:Unit ONUnit OFF2 minutes 1 hour5 minutes 1 hour10 minutes 1 hour15 minutes 4 hours30 minutes 4 hours1 hour 12 hours2 hours 12 hours4 hours 12 hoursThe default logging interval would normally be 15 mins when your Thermo King unit is ON, resulting in alogging interval of 4 hours when your Thermo King unit is switched off.32