SysAdmin/System-Administrator-Introduction.md

-This System Adminstrator documentation explains how to install and configure the system for your particular buildings and sensors.  These activities should be the task of one or two system administrators who more expertise with the system than the Users who are interested in viewing and analyzing the data held by BMON.
+This System Administrator documentation explains how to install and configure the system for your particular buildings and sensors.  These activities should be the task of one or two system administrators who more expertise with the system than the Users who are interested in viewing and analyzing the data held by BMON.
 
-The separate topics addressed are summarized below and also available through the sidebar on the right.
+The separate topics addressed are summarized below, and the associated documents are available through the sidebar on the right or by clicking on the section headings below.
 
 ### [[BMON Installation|How to Install BMON on a Web Server]]
 
+This document gives instructions for installing BMON on a web server.  Linux skills and preferably some Python and Django skills are necessary to perform this task.
+
 ### [[Add Buildings & Sensors|Adding Buildings and Sensors]]
 
+After installing BMON, you will need to configure your Buildings and Sensors in the system. This document shows how to do that using the web-based Admin interface of the BMON system.
+
 ### [[Setting Up Sensors to Post to BMON]]
 
+A few different sensor types have been set up to work with BMON (e.g. [[Monnit Wireless Sensors|http://www.monnit.com/]]).  Other sensors that have access to the Internet can be configured to work with BMON.  This document gives details on this topic.
+
 ### [[Multi-Building Charts]]
 
+BMON can produce some reports and graphs that compare data across buildings.  These multi-building charts need to be configured through the web-based Admin interface.  Single building reports and charts come pre-configured so work out-of-the-box.
+
 ### [[Sensor Alerts]]
 
+You can have BMON send you a text message or email if important sensor conditions occur, such as too low of Domestic Hot Water temperature.  Configuration of this feature is described in this document.
+
 ### [[Creating a Dashboard]]
 
+A "Dashboard" can be created for any of the buildings in the BMON system.  Here is an example:
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+[[images/sample_dashboard.png]]
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+This document describes how the Dashboards are created.
+
 ### [[Transform Functions]]
 
+Some sensors do not send data in format you would like to display.  Or, some sensors have small errors that need correction.  "Transform" function allow you to convert units or transform values before storage and display in BMON.
+
 ### [[Calculated Fields]]
 
+You may want to calculate a value from multiple different sensors or have one sensor display its value in two different ways.  "Calculated Fields" serve this need.  Also, Calculated Fields can be used to acquire data from Internet weather services instead of installing your own sensors.
+
 ### [[Archiving Data|Archiving and Analyzing Data from the System]]
 
-### [[System Capacity|System Performance with High Loading]]
+This document explains how sensor data is stored in BMON and how it can be archived or exported from the system for analysis elsewhere (basic knowledge of database systems is required).  The document is also useful if you need to clean-up or remove data from the system.
 
 ### [[Mini-Monitor|Mini Monitor]]
+
+The "Mini-Monitor" is an inexpensive data acquisition device built using the [[Raspberry Pi|https://www.raspberrypi.org/]] computer.  It was designed and deployed as part of the BMON project, and it is described further in this document.
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+### [[System Capacity|System Performance with High Loading]]
+
+The BMON system was tested under high rates of sensor posts and chart/report requests.  Also, large amounts of historical data were present in the test.  This document describes the results of that testing.