iTrixx-WFMN Setup Guide

Quick Setup Guide
⏱ Estimated Setup Time: 20–40 Minutes

1 Materials 2 Wiring and Initial Setup 3 Initial Access 4 Configuration 5 Advanced Configuration

Prerequisites

Steps for a Smooth Initial Setup of Your Wi‑Fi Hour Meter

  • Document the Destination WiFi SSID and Passkey

    Write down the Wi-Fi network name (SSID) and password before beginning setup, as you will need to enter this information manually into the device.

    Note: The Wi-Fi Hour Meter supports only 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi networks.

  • Configure a computer on the same network as the Wi-Fi Hou Meter

    Connect a computer to the same Network that will be used for the Wi-Fi Hour Meter.

    Download the Linortek Hour Collector App by clicking here

    Further documentation on the app can be found here

    Finally, ensure you have the telnet client enabled on your PC.

    On windows 10/11:

    1. Open Control Panel
    2. Select Programs
    3. Under Programs and Features select Turn Windows features on or off
    4. Scroll down and select the checkbox for Telnet Client and click OK
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Step 1 – Unbox and Identify Materials

Unbox all components and compare with the included packing list.

  • Itrixx-WFMN

    ITrixx-WFMN Variants:

  • 12VDC Power Supply

  • Itrixx WFMN Quick Setting Instructions

Step 2 – Initial Wiring and Setup

Connect your devices to a power supply and your network.

  • Power

    12VDC Power Adapter (Recommended for initial setup):

    Identify the included 12VDC power supply.  Connect the power supply’s solid black wire to the Hour Meters red 12-48VDC wire. Next connect the power supply’s white stripped wire to the Hour Meter’s black GND wire. Finally plug the power supply into a suitable source of power.

    NOTE: The WFMN-DI only contains cable set 3 as shown in the image

    WARNING: To prevent risk of electric shock causing injury, death, or damage to equipment; ensure power to equipment is shut off at the CIRCUIT BREAKER. If installing on a vehicle, ensure the vehicle’s battery is disconnected. Installation should be performed by a qualified technician or electrician.

    Power from Tracked Device:

    Connect the Hour Meter’s red 12–48VDC wire to the circuit’s positive (+) power terminal. Connect the Hour Meter’s black GND wire to the circuit’s negative (–) or DC ground terminal.

    Note: The circuit powering the Wi-Fi Hour Meter MUST be separate from the circuit used to trigger the Hour Meter. Using the same circuit for both power and triggering may cause the Wi-Fi Hour Meter to crash.

    NOTE: The WFMN-DI only contains cable set 3 as shown in the image

  • Connecting your device to Wi-FI

    After powering on the iTrixx server, you then need to connect it to your network. To connect your server to your network, follow the steps below:

    1. Unscrew the 4-front screws and remove the front of the enclosure.
    2. Push and hold the DFLT button until the blue LED starts flashing. Your device is now in Provisioning Mode. You now have 2 minutes to configure connect to your network before this mode times out.
    3. Use a WiFi enabled PC or a mobile device to connect to your server’s AP. This will be displayed as a WiFi network named WiFiHM_xx:xx:xx (The x’s make up the last 6 characters of your device’s MAC address. Write this down you will need it later).
    4. When prompted enter the password: wifihmpsk
    5. Once connected you may receive a message stating there is no internet connection. Disregard this message.
    6. Using your web browser, navigate to http://wifihm-config.com
    7. Enter the name of your WiFi network under Network Name and your WiFi password under Pass phrase
    8. Click Connect. The Blue LED on your device will stop blinking and stay on. Your iTrixx server is now connected to your network.

  • Wiring an external signal to the WFMN

    Digital Inputs:

    iTrixx servers have 2 digital inputs (5-24VDC or dry contact signaling). A circuit that switches on and off with your equipment can be wired to this digital
    input to detect whether or not your machine is running.

    There are two modes of operation for the digital inputs: ISOLATED and PULL UP.

    • ISOLATED mode allows you to directly drive the iTrixx’s opto-isolator with an external voltage though an internal 1K
      resistor. This voltage may be in the range of 5VDC to 24VDC supplying a minimum of 2mA or a maximum of 30mA to the
      opto-isolator diode. There is no other internal connection to this voltage so it is an isolated input. The DIN in this mode will
      default to an OFF state. To set this mode, move the DIN switch to the right (Towards center of board).

      • when connecting a 12VDC-24VDC circuit to the input, an external resistor must be used.
    • PULL-UP mode connects a 1K resistor to an internal voltage allowing you to use a simple switch (such as a magnetic door
      switch) across terminals 1 and 2. When the switch is activated a signal is sent to the input. These modes are selected by the
      switch on the server (see the board layout for reference). The DIN in this mode will default to an ON state. To set this mode,
      move the DIN switch to the Left (Towards edge of board).
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Step 3 – Configuring Your Hour Meter

Finding the Network Hour Meter on your network, accessing it via Telnet and configuring the device

  • Finding your Hour Meter’s IP address

    Identifying using Hour Collector:

    The easiest way to find your server’s IP address is by using the Linortek Hour Collector app. It will automatically display upon connecting to your network, or if already connected, press the RESET button and it will identify upon reboot.

    Write down the IP address listed for the device

    Note: It is recommended that the device running hour collector is on the same LAN/VLAN and subnet of the Hour Meter. Otherwise, it will not be listed.

    Identifying using your router:

    You may also find your device’s IP address by signing on to your router and searching the list of connected devices. Your iTrixx hour meter will be identified on your router as WiFiHM_xxxxxx where the x’s are the last 6 characters of the device’s MAC address.

    Write down the IP address listed for the device

  • Connecting to your Hour Meter via Telnet

    To connect to the iTrixx server using your PC, follow these steps:

    1. Open Command Prompt
    2. Enter telnet nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn 30316 where n is your device’s IP address
    3. Once connected, it will prompt you for a password. By default, this password is the last 6 characters of its MAC address –without colons – which can be found printed on the enclosure. (ex: cd56ef)
    4. After entering your password, all available commands will be listed in the command prompt window.

Step 4 – Configuring your Hour Meter

Configure Your Hour Meter to Count Using the Desired Input

  • Setting Device Name, Time/Date, and Email Notifications

    To configure your server, you will need to issue commands via the Telnet terminal. This section will cover the basic configuration of your device. For a full list of commands and syntax click here

    Naming your server

    To make your iTrixx server more identifiable on your network, enter server= replacing with your desired server name.

    Setting Time and Date

    By default, your server is configured for GMT. To adjust the time zone, enter timezone=x where x is your time zone offset. For example: timezone=-5 for EST. To check your server’s time, you may enter the command: time. This will display the current time and date formatted as: yyyymmddThhmmss followed by the time zone offset (ISO 8601).

    You may also set your preferred NTP server and update interval. By default, you server uses the NTP server: time.nist.gov and updates the time every 11 minutes. To change the NTP server, enter ntphost= (ex: ntphost=time.nist.gov). To change the update frequency, use the command ntpperiod=x where x is the update frequency in minutes (ex: ntpperiod=11)

    Enabling Email Notifications

    The iTrixx server supports SSL. To enable email notifications, you will need your email provider’s SMTP server name, an email address to send from, the password for the account to send from, and an email address to send to. Use the following commands to configure your email:

    • emailsmtphost=
      • This command will set the SMTP server for the ‘send from’ email account
      • Ex: emailsmtphost=smtp.gmail.com
      • SMTP servers include (but not limited to):
        • smtp.gmail.com (Gmail)
        • smtp.mail.yahoo.com (Yahoo Mail)
        • smtp.mail.me.com (iCloud)
    • emaillogin=
      • This command sets the username for the ‘send from’ email account
    • emailpassword=
      • This command sets the password to the ‘send from’ email account
      • Ex: emailpassword=mypassword
    • emailto=
      • This command sets the ‘send to’ email account

    You may set a periodic email report using the command: emailperiod=x where x is the interval in minutes to send an email report (ex: emailperiod=30 for a report every 30 minutes)

  • Configuring Triggers

    After configuring your iTrixx server, you can configure triggers to activate the different features of your device.

    Your device is capable of tracking two separate hour counts. The hour meters are referenced as hm.1 and hm.2. The triggers covered in this section will start counting on hm.1, hm.2, or both.

    Trigger syntax consists of 3 variables: a source (what activates the trigger), a value (the required condition of the source), and the target (what to do).

    For a full list of sources, values, and targets please see the complete WFMN manual found HERE

    This guide will cover the most commonly used.

    Sources:

    • Digital Inputs
      • din.1
      • din.2
      • dinfreq.1
      • dinfreq.2

    Only available on ITrixx-WFMN-ADI

    • Relays
      • relay.1
      • relay.2
    • Digital Inputs
      • din.1
      • din.2
      • dinfreq.1
      • dinfreq.2
    • Analog Inputs
      • ain.1
      • ain.2
    • Hour Meter
      • hm.1
      • hm.2

    Values:

    • Greater than
      • gt
    • Greater than or equal
      • ge
    • less than
      • lt
    • less than or equal
      • le
    • every
      • every.x
      • Every x, where x is the desired interval
      • ex. hm.every.50

    Targets: 

    • Hour Meter
      • hm.1
      • hm.2
    • Reset Hour Meter
      • resethours.1
      • resethours.2
    • Report
      • report
      • sends an email notification if properly configured.

    Only available on ITrixx-WFMN-ADI

    • Relays
      • relay.1
      • relay.2

  • Example Triggers to Start your Hour Meters

    Hour Meters:

    • trigger=relay.2,high,hm.2  
      • when relay 2 state:1, start hour meter 2
    • trigger=din.1,high,hm.1
      • when digital input 1 state:1, start hour meter 1
    • trigger=hm.1,ge.120,resethours.1
      • when hour meter1 is greater or equal 120 hours, reset hour meter 1 data to zero

    Relay Activation:

    • trigger=ain.2,lt.3.5:4.1,relay.2
      • when analog input 1 less than 3.5 (resets at 4.1), turn on relay 2
    • trigger=tsensor,ge.40:35,relay.1
      • when temperature sensor is greater or equal 40C (resets at 35C), turn on relay 1

    Reports:

    The report target force updates the Hour Collector app and sends an email notification if configured

    • trigger=shock,gt.5:1,report 
      •  when accelerometer sensor shows 5 (resets at 1), send report
    • trigger=hm.1,eq.100,report 
      • When hour meter 1 reaches 100 hours, send report

    Duration:

    duration measures time from the point when source becomes active. It resets to zero when source becomes inactive. For example, if I activate a duration when a digital input goes high it will reset once the digital input goes low.

    • trigger=din.1,high,duration.1 
      • when digital input 1 state: 1, turn on duration 1
    • trigger=duration.1,ge.60,report
      • when duration 1 is greater or equal 60 sec, send report

  • Listing and Deleting Triggers

    Listing Active Triggers:

    To list every active trigger on your WFMN enter the command triggersdump . You should see every active trigger with an identifier to its left [N] where N is the triggers unique identifying number.

    Deleting a Trigger:

    To delete a trigger from use the command triggerdelete=N where N is a trigger’s unique identifying number.

Advanced Configuration

Configuring your Hour Meter to publish to a MQTT broker and analog inputs.

  • Publishing to a MQTT Broker

    Your WFMN can publish data to an MQTT broker using the following topic:

    lt1000/xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx/tele

    Where xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx is the MAC address of your WFMN.

    The WFMN publishes a single payload in JSON format to the configured MQTT broker at a 1-minute interval using QoS 0.

    Subscribe to the MQTT Topic

    Configure your MQTT broker or MQTT client to subscribe to the lt1000 topic to receive data published by the WFMN.

    Configure the WFMN

    Next, configure your WFMN to publish data to your MQTT broker.

    Set the MQTT broker address using the following command:

    mqtthost=brokeraddress

    Replace brokeraddress with the IP address or domain name of your MQTT broker. The broker may be hosted on a device on your local network or on an external network.

    Next, configure the MQTT broker port using:

    mqttport=xxxx

    Replace xxxx with the port used by your MQTT broker. The default MQTT port is 1883. Refer to your MQTT broker’s documentation for the correct port number.

    Once configured, the WFMN will publish its JSON payload to the MQTT broker every 1 minute.

  • Analog Inputs

    The analog inputs allow the SERVER to read the value of external equipment. iTrixx WFMN-ADi has 2 analog inputs (5v 420mA) built in to the board. The 2 analog input wires are connected to nonisolated 05V current sensors which may be connected to a variety of devices such as temperature or pressure sensors.

    The SERVER provides a ground and power connection so that measurements can be made without external voltage references. You should use a sensor that is isolated so that the it makes no connection to a remote ground. This information can be set to trigger a notification. There are 3 wires for each analog input, see the Board Reference Layout.

    NOTE: These units are ground isolated. Always connect so that power loop is only connected to the iTrixx unit. Do NOT use external ground connections. Doing so may damage the SERVER or POE originating device.

FAQ’s

Yes. If your PLC sends a 5–48 VDC pulse lasting 36 seconds, the meter will increment by 0.01. It can count up to 999,999.99.

The most common cause of this issue is the computer and Linortek device being connected to different subnets. This can often occur when your computer is connected through Wi-Fi. Ensure your computer and the Linortek device are connected to the same subnet.

Also, verify that the Linortek device has successfully connected to your network. The device’s MAC address is printed on the unit. Use this MAC address to locate the device with a network scanning tool or through your router’s connected-device list.

If you are unable to locate the device on your network, refer to the “Connecting Your Device to Wi-Fi” section in Step 2 of this guide and follow the instructions to connect the device to your network.

It is recommended to power you Linortek devices with a surge protector, as power surges can temporally cause software hangups or even permanent hardware damage.

In the case with no surge protector, please perform a factory reset on your device.

NOTE: This will reset your network (DHCP enabled), time, and tasks configurations.  You will need to re-discover your device’s IP and set your configurations to their previous state once the device.

In a standard unit you can set the time interval for reporting. We do have customers that build their own program for this kind of custom report. We also have RESTful command available for custom developed application.

Additional Resources

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Troubleshooting Tips

Common issues and solutions when setting up or operating your Hour Meters.

Full Manual Full Manual

Full Manual

For more information follow the WiFI Hour Meter Manual.

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Automatic iTrixx JSON to CSV Logger

How to automatically fetch data from your iTrixx device every hour and append it to a CSV file on a Windows computer.

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