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Managing measurements

Use the Measurement panel to control measurements on the selected devices.

User Permissions

Only Global Admins and Organization Admins can start, stop, or schedule measurements. Users and Guests will see the panel disabled.

Screenshot: DynaBoard page with Devices and Measurement panels visible

Select measurements to target​

When you select devices in the Devices table, the Measurement panel lists all unique measurement combinations (type + channel) found across those devices.

  • By default, all measurements are selected
  • Use the checkbox in the table header to Select all / Deselect all
  • Uncheck individual rows to target only specific measurements
  • If you leave all rows unchecked, commands are sent in a plain form (e.g., measure start) and apply to all measurements on the selected devices
Mixed device configurations

If some selected devices don’t support a chosen measurement (type/channel), they may respond with an error and skip the action. Other devices continue normally.

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Your current measurement selection is preserved where possible when the set of selected devices changes.

Start / Stop​

  • Start: sends measure start to all selected devices.
  • Stop: sends measure stop to all selected devices (saves current records).

Selection-aware behavior:

  • With measurements selected: sends targeted commands (e.g.,measure start <type> <channel>) for each selected measurement
  • With none selected: sends a plain command (measure start / measure stop) that applies to all measurements on each device

Schedule​

  • Pick a date and time and Submit to schedule.
  • The command sent is measure plan "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss" in UTC.
    • The UI shows your local time; we convert it to UTC before sending.
    • Example: local 2025‑02‑10 14:00 becomes plan "2025-02-10 13:00:00" if your timezone is UTC+1.

Selection-aware behavior:

  • With measurements selected: schedules only those measurements (type/channel) on each device
  • With none selected: schedules all measurements on each device
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If devices show WAITING FOR TIME SYNC, use scheduling (plan) or ensure NTP is reachable.

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You must select at least one device before sending a command; otherwise the action will be rejected.

Advanced: Command form​

  • Use the command input to send custom commands to selected devices.
  • Handy commands:
    • measure status
    • measure marker show
    • measure marker set <unix_timestamp>

See also: Commands and logs