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Microphone Settings and Schedules
Each microphone connected to a SMART Controller can have its own Setting Profile and Schedule Profile. These profiles determine when the microphone is active; the settings it uses to detect, record, and analyze bat echolocations; and set the scheduling of microphone sensitivity testing and moisture clearing.
SMART MIC-1 Schedules
Each microphone attached to a SMART System can run an independent schedule, which determines when the microphone will monitor for bat activity each day.
Schedules Using Sunrise and Sunset
Schedule blocks can start and end relative to sunrise or sunset, allowing them to automatically shift with seasonal changes.

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Introduction
Song Meter® with Analysis and Remote Transfer, or SMART™, is a multi-channel, ultrasonic audio recording and analysis platform from Wildlife Acoustics®.
Getting Started
The first time you use a SMART System, we recommend setting it up in an accessible location, such as an office. This will make it easier to configure the SMART and perform any necessary troubleshooting.
Microphone Settings and Schedules
Each microphone connected to a SMART Controller can have its own Setting Profile and Schedule Profile. These profiles determine when the microphone is active; the settings it uses to detect, record, and analyze bat echolocations; and set the scheduling of microphone sensitivity testing and moisture clearing.
- Select a Microphone Setting Profile and Schedule Profile
  Each microphone attached to a single SMART Controller can have a unique Setting Profile and Schedule Profile selected from the ones included by default or that you create yourself.
- Creating and Editing Settings Profiles
  The Setting Profiles tab is where you can create and edit profiles to apply to each of the SMART System's microphones.
- SMART MIC-1 Settings
  Each SMART MIC-1 microphone connected to a SMART System can have independent settings. These settings govern everything from basic audio parameters to parameters defining how the SMART System detects bat pulses in each microphone's recorded audio.
- SMART MIC-1 Schedules
  Each microphone attached to a SMART System can run an independent schedule, which determines when the microphone will monitor for bat activity each day.
  - Create a New Schedule
    You can create a new schedule for any of your SMART microphones using the SMART Control Panel.
  - Schedule Blocks
    A microphone schedule is comprised of up to ten blocks, each of which allows you to define a start point, end point, and an optional on-off cycle to occur during the block. Many of the most common recording schedules can be configured using only one or two schedule blocks.
  - Schedules Using Sunrise and Sunset
    Schedule blocks can start and end relative to sunrise or sunset, allowing them to automatically shift with seasonal changes.
  - Schedules with Multiple Blocks
    Each SMART microphone schedule can be made of up to ten schedule blocks. Blocks can be set independently, and overlapping recording periods from separate blocks are automatically combined.
- Change Microphone Name (Prefix)
  Each microphone attached to a SMART Controller can be given a unique name, or prefix. This prefix is used as part of the file name of any recording, results table, or log file associated with the microphone.
SMART Controller Configuration
Before you deploy the SMART System, you should configure basic system and network settings. These include login credentials, date, location, and network configuration settings.
Data Management
The SMART System stores recordings and logs on its internal drive initially, and it can periodically transfer new data to a USB or networked storage drive.
Installing SMART
Installing the SMART System on a wind turbine, meteorological tower, or similar structure requires careful planning. Proper connectivity, grounding, and microphone placement will help ensure a successful deployment.
Bat Activity Alarms and Control System Integration
The SMART System can integrate with a windfarm SCADA network or similar control system to perform acoustically triggered curtailment (ATC). You can define custom alarms that detect bat activity based on custom-defined parameters. When these alarms trigger, you can send control signals to other devices on a control system to trigger turbine shutdowns.
Troubleshooting
Specifications
SMART Enclosure
The SMART Enclosure is a preconfigured, weatherproof enclosure that can be purchased with the SMART System.
SMART API and Command Reference
The SMART System software includes utilities, command-line scripts, and APIs that can be used for additional customized programming of the SMART System.
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Schedules Using Sunrise and Sunset

Schedule blocks can start and end relative to sunrise or sunset, allowing them to automatically shift with seasonal changes.

A schedule block's Start and End points can be set at fixed times on the clock, or they can be set at some fixed offset from sunrise or sunset. If either point is set relative to sunrise or sunset, the SMART uses its location, date, and time zone information to calculate when sunset and sunrise occur on each day in order to time its schedule.

As a common example, we can program a schedule to record overnight from 30 minutes before sunset to 30 minutes after sunrise.

Start: Sunset - 00:30
Duty: Always
End: Sunrise + 00:30

Start: Offset from Sunset

Sunset means the Start point is defined relative to the time of sunset on a given day. The negative sign, -, means the block starts earlier than sunset, and the offset, 00:30, means it starts 30 minutes prior to sunset.

If you want the schedule block to start exactly at sunset, you should set the offset to 00:00. The value of the positive or negative sign does not matter in that case.

Duty Cycle: Always

Setting Duty to Always means the schedule block runs from the Start to the End with no pauses in between.

When Always is selected, the On and Off commands are not used.

End: Offset from Sunrise

The structure of the End command is the same as for the Start command. Selecting Sunrise means we define the End for this schedule block relative to the time of sunrise on each day. The positive sign, +, means we want to specify a time after sunrise occurs. 00:30 specifies 30 minutes after sunrise.