Set up a Svantek noise monitor

Svantek devices can connect to SiteHive Enviro Pro via the FTP export setting in Svannet.

A valid Svannet licence that enables projects is required. There are slightly different configurations based on the model of the Svantek device being used.

Measurement setup on the device

Svannet configuration

Verify in SiteHive

Measurement setup on the device

The measurement on the device is set up to enable data transfer. To check this, under the project go to Configuration, then Edit station configuration:

The Svannet dashboard with the Configuration tab on the left highlighted, showing where to click Edit station configuration for a Svantek station.

The settings here do vary per device and firmware, but most Svantek devices support automatic logger splitting.

The example below is from a 977. The key settings are: Save summary results switched on with a summary step of 15 minutes, and Logger splitting set to Every SR (every summary result). The result: a results file every 15 minutes, which is what SiteHive ingests.

The Storage tab of the station configuration with the data logger enabled, Logger splitting set to Every SR, Save summary results on with a 15-minute summary step, and statistical levels L10 through L95 selected.

Once this is set up, expect to see a file downloaded to Svannet every 15 minutes. This can be checked under the project, then Data files:

The Svannet project Data files page showing result files arriving from the unattended noise monitoring device.

Svannet configuration

Once logged in, the setup for connection to SiteHive is in Automatic Download, under each project:

The Svannet project page listing the stations on the project, with the Automatic Download menu option on the right highlighted.

The Automatic Download page is where you configure when and what is retrieved from the device (download period, file types), and where these files are then sent (file upload destination). In the setup below, results and logger files are retrieved continuously, so every 15 minutes when ready, based on the setup above:

The Automatic Download settings page with automatic download toggled on, the download period set to Continuous, Results and Logger file types selected, and the file upload destination set to SiteHive's SFTP ingest address.

The setup for sending the files to SiteHive is done in File upload destination. Each project site has its own username and password (if you don't have these, ask the SiteHive team).

Press Test connection to check that the credentials have been entered correctly. Note the other settings as below:

The File upload destination settings: type SFTP, host name ingest.sitehive.co, the site username and password, remote folder uploads, Results CSV and Logger CSV file upload types, and Point folder naming set to Point names.

Verify in SiteHive

Once files are uploading, data from the Svantek device appears in SiteHive Enviro. A results file arrives every 15 minutes with the setup above, so allow at least 15 minutes for the first data to show.

If no data appears after the first few upload cycles, check the project's Data files list in Svannet and re-run Test connection on the file upload destination, then contact the SiteHive team.