Basic Parameter Templates are provided by AirVision (Configuration Editors > Site/Parameter), such as ozone, PM10, PM25, NO2. You shouldn’t have to make changes to the standard Parameter Templates unless the defaults become outdated by changing EPA regulations, but if you have unique setups you can configure new templates in Configuration Editors > Parameter Template Editor (Figure 3-7) The Parameter Template Editor defines basics like units, EPA reporting codes, and graph limits, and allows you to configure details for an EPA parameter type.

In AirVision a parameter can come from any kind of data source--it is not correlated with data logger channels. Parameter templates allow you to avoid repeating configurations for the same parameter at multiple sites , for example, file import templates, report setups, ADVP rules. The Parameter Template Editor allows you to enter or modify a list of parameter types that each parameter can be referenced to, so AirVision can correlate parameters with different names (e.g., O3 , OZ, OZONE). Linking parameters to parameter types makes reporting easier and eliminates the necessity to link individual site/parameter selections together (e.g., for AIRNow reporting).

All fields in the Parameter Template Editor were explained in the previous section “Adding and Editing Parameters.”

• >>Note: A Parameter Template is required for any parameter imported with the File Import Tool module. File Import will the the most common reason for a user to add to the Parameter Template table.

Figure 3-7 Configuring Parameter Templates