How to setup your PC40 connection

Setting Up PestScan for PC40

This manual helps you to set up the PC40 connection for any hardware provider.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure that:

• You have an active PestScan account with admin access
• The Permanent Monitoring module is enabled on your account
• You have enough licenses for all your locations you want to set up.

Step 1: Create a PC40 Profile

1. Navigate to General Settings (cog wheel icon in the main navigation bar)
2. Select Permanent Monitoring from the menu
3. Open the Profiles, for each specific hardware provider you need to create a new profile.
4. click New and configure the profile:
   • Description: Enter a descriptive name (e.g., PC40)
   • Type: Select PC40 from the dropdown
5. Click Save
6. Copy the PCO-IDand provide this to your hardware provider
   • Note: The PCO-ID uniquely identifies your PestScan profile

Step 2: Configure the Customer

1. Navigate to your customer:
   • Go to Equip Company → Customers → Select your customer
2. Verify you are on the customer page(not a location)
   • If you see a "Back to customer" button in the top left, click it
3. Open the Settings tab
4. Under Display on this customer's site, enable Permanent Monitoring
5. Click Save

Step 3: Configure the Location

1. Navigate to the location that will use PC40
2. Open the Inspections tab
3. Select the Permanent Monitoring sub-tab
4. Configure the following:
   • Type: Select the PC40 profile you created in Step 1
   • Provider ID (optional): Enter a unique identifier for this location

Note: The Provider ID is used as the LocationId in API calls. If provided by the hardware provider, this ID links automatically traps to their corresponding location in PestScan. Use a unique value which is provided by the hardware provider.

If you leave the Provider ID empty, traps that send events without a LocationId can be manually assigned to locations using the Trap Assignment feature (see Step 4).

5. Click Save

Step 4: Assign Unlinked Traps (Optional)

If traps send events to the API without a LocationId, you can manually assign them to locations:

1. Navigate to General Settings (cog wheel icon in the main navigation bar)
2. Select Permanent Monitoring from the menu
3. Open the Trap Assignment tab
4. You will see a list of traps that have sent events without an associated location
5. For each trap:
   • Select the target Location from the dropdown
   • Click Assign
6. The trap will now be linked to the selected location

Tip: You can also use this feature to reassign traps to different locations at any time.

Your location is now configured to receive PC40 events!