What do I need to do to get ready to install a Matrix system?

What do I need to do to get ready to install a Matrix system?
1. Gather answers to the following:
- How many fluids will you be using?
- How many tanks do you have and how many will need tank level monitors (TLMs)?
- How many tanks and pumps on the tanks do you have? This will tell you have many pump air controls (PACs) you need
- How many meters do you need?
- How many hose reels do you need?
- Do you want to network the system to multiple PCs?
- Do you want to track dispenses for fleet management (unique vehicle ID)
- Do you want Matrix to interface with your Dealer Management System (DMS, i.e. ADP or Reynolds & Reynolds)
- What kind of reporting do you need?
- Decide how many transceivers the Matrix system will need. You can ask your distributor/Graco representative to use the Matrix demo kit to do an RF test throughout your whole facility where the Graco meters, TLMs and PACs will be used and this will tell you how many transceivers you’ll need.

2.) Take this information and compare it to the three different levels of Matrix software available (Basic, Pro, Premier) to decide on the package that’s best for you.

3.) Contact your local distributor/sales rep and ask for a quote. They will get back you with the Matrix Templates and record how each component will be set up (fluid names, TLM profiles, meter profiles, etc.)

4.) Ask your distributor/sales rep to do a test-run of the Basic, Pro or Premier software by building it back in the office using the information gathered in step three. Building the system and exporting the database ahead of time will make for a fast and easy installation on-site later. All you’ll have to do is have the database imported, the software then the hardware installed.