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9935

Hart Scientific

LogWare II

Real-Time Data Acquisition Software

User’s Guide

9935____ugeng0000

051001

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Fluke Corporation, Hart Scientific Division (Hart) warrants this product to be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use and service for a pe riod as stated in our current product catalog from the date of shipment. This war

ranty extends only to the original purchaser and shall not apply to any product which, in Hart’s sole opinion, has been subject to misuse, alteration, abuse or abnor mal conditions of operation or handling.

Software is warranted to operate in accordance with its programmed instructions on appropriate Hart products. It is not warranted to be error free.

Hart’s obligation under this warranty is limited to repair or replacement of a product which is returned to Hart within the warranty period and is determined, upon exam ination by Hart, to be defective. If Hart determines that the defect or malfunction has been caused by misuse, alteration, abuse or abnormal conditions or operation or handling, Hart will repair the product and bill the purchaser for the reasonable cost of repair.

To exercise this warranty, the purchaser must forward the product after calling or writing Hart for authorization. Hart assumes NO risk for in-transit damage.

For service or assistance, please contact the manufacturer.

THE FOREGOING WARRANTY IS PURCHASER’S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OR MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE. HART SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSS WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE.

Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows, Window for Workgroups, and Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, and VISTA are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Fluke Corporation Hart Scientific Division

799 E. Utah Valley Drive American Fork, UT 84003-9775 USA Phone: +1.801.763.1600 Telefax: +1.801.763.1010 Email: support@hartscientific.com

www.hartscientific.com

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1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.1 What is LogWa re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.2 License agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.3 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.4 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.4.1 Communications requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.4.2 Computer hardware requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.4.3 Computer software requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.4.4 Firmware requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.5 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.6 Running LogWa re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.6.1 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.7 Using LogWa re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

1.7.1 LogWar e main display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.8 LogWa re options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2 Real-time logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.1 File menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.1.1 New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.1.2 Open. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.1.3 Save as . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.2 Datalog menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.2.1 Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.2.2 Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.2.3 Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.2.4 Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2.2.5 Mute all alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2.3 Log session settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2.3.1 Thermometer tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2.3.2 Log Session tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

2.3.3 Channels tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

2.3.4 Delayed Start Date/Time dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

2.3.5 Alarm Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

2.3.6 Statistics Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

2.4 Real-time log session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

2.4.1 Channels grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

2.4.2 Statistics list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

2.4.3 Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

2.4.4 Current Alarm Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

2.4.5 Output file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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2.4.6 Alarm log file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

2.4.7 Trace color dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

2.4.8 File Viewer window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

2.4.9 Statistics dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

2.5 Previous log session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

2.5.1 Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

2.5.2 Statistics list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

2.5.3 Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

2.5.4 Graph zooming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

3 Downloading logged data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

3.1 Download menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

3.1.1 Download logged data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

3.1.2 Log status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

3.2 Select Model dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

3.3 Download options dialogs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

3.3.1 1523 Handheld download options dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

3.3.2 1524 Handheld download options dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

3.3.3 1529 Chub-E4 download options dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

3.3.4 1560 Black Stack download options dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

3.3.5 1575A Super-Thermometer download options dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

3.3.6 1590 Super-Thermometer II download options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

3.4 Log status dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

3.4.1 1523 Handheld log status dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

3.4.2 1524 Handheld log status dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

3.4.3 1529 Chub-E4 log status dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

3.4.4 1560 Black Stack log status dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

4 Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

4.1 Tools menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

4.1.1 Synchronize date/time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

4.1.2 Logging labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

4.1.3 Thermometer settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

4.2 Select Model dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

4.3 Logging labels dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

4.3.1 1523 Handheld logging label dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

4.3.2 1524 Handheld logging labels dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

4.3.3 1529 Chub-E4 logging labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

4.4 Thermometer settings dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

4.4.1 1523/1524 Handheld Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

4.4.1.1 Sampling tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

4.4.1.2 Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

4.4.1.3 Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

4.4.1.4 Misc tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

4.4.1.5 1523/1524 PRT/thermistor channel settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

4.4.1.5.1 Probe tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

4.4.1.5.2 Misc tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

4.4.1.6 1523/1524 thermocouple channel settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

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4.4.1.6.1 Probe tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

4.4.1.6.2 Misc tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

4.4.2 1529 Chub-E4 settings dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

4.4.2.1 Filtering tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

4.4.2.2 Sampling tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

4.4.2.3 Measurement tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

4.4.2.4 Channels Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

4.4.2.5 Misc tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

4.4.2.6 1529 Chub-E4 PRT/thermistor channel settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

4.4.2.6.1 Probe tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

4.4.2.6.2 Calibration tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

4.4.2.7 1529 Chub-E4 thermocouple channel settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

4.4.2.7.1 Probe tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

4.4.2.7.2 Calibration tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

4.4.3 1560 Black Stack settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

4.4.3.1 Filtering tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

4.4.3.2 Sampling tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

4.4.3.3 Measurement tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

4.4.3.4 Modules tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

4.4.3.5 2560 SPRT Module Settings Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

4.4.3.5.1 General tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

4.4.3.5.2 Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

4.4.3.5.3 Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

4.4.3.6 2561 HPRT Module Settings dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

4.4.3.6.1 General tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

4.4.3.6.2 Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

4.4.3.6.3 Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

4.4.3.7 2562 PRTS Module Settings dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

4.4.3.7.1 General tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

4.4.3.7.2 Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

4.4.3.7.3 Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

4.4.3.8 2563 STHR Module Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

4.4.3.8.1 General tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

4.4.3.8.2 Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

4.4.3.8.3 Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

4.4.3.9 2564 THRS Module Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

4.4.3.9.1 General tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

4.4.3.9.2 Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

4.4.3.9.3 Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

4.4.3.10 2565 PTC Module Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

4.4.3.10.1 Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

4.4.3.10.2 Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

4.4.3.11 2566 TCS Module Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

4.4.3.11.1 Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

4.4.3.11.2 Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

4.4.3.11.2.1 Inputs 1 to 6 tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

4.4.3.12 2567 RTD Module Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

4.4.3.13 2568 RTDS Module Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

4.4.3.14 1560 Black Stack PRT/Thermistor Channel Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

4.4.3.15 1560 Black Stack Thermocouple Channel Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

4.4.3.11.2.2 Inputs 7 to 12 tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

4.4.3.12.1 General tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

4.4.3.12.2 Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

4.4.3.12.3 Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

4.4.3.13.1 General tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

4.4.3.13.2 Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

4.4.3.13.3 Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

4.4.3.14.1 Probe tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

4.4.3.15.1 Probe tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

4.4.4 1575A Super-Thermometer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

4.4.4.1 Filtering tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

4.4.4.2 Sampling tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

4.4.4.3 Measurement tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

4.4.4.4 Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

4.4.4.5 Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

4.4.4.6 1575A Super Thermometer/2575 Mighty Mux Channel Settings . . . . . . . . . . 146

4.4.4.6.1 Probe tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

4.4.5 1590 Super-Thermometer II Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

4.4.5.1 Filtering tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

4.4.5.2 Sampling tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

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4.4.5.3 Measurement tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

4.4.5.4 Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

4.4.5.5 Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

4.4.5.6 1590 Super-Thermometer II/2590 ‘Mighty Mux II’Channel Settings dialog . . . . 157

4.4.5.6.1 Probe tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

4.4.6 1594A/1595A Hart Super-Thermometer Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . 159

4.4.6.1 Filtering tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

4.4.6.2 Display tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

4.4.6.3 4.4.6.3 Timing tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

4.4.6.4 Scanning tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

4.4.6.5 Channel Setup tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

4.4.6.6 1594A/1595A Hart Super-Thermometer Probe Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . 166

4.4.6.7 1594A/1595A Hart Super-Thermometer Channel Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . 168

4.4.6.8 1594A/1595A Hart Super-Thermometer Rs Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

5 Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

5.1 File menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

5.1.1 New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

5.1.2 Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

5.1.3 Save as . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

5.1.4 Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

5.1.4.1 Readings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

5.1.4.2 Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

5.1.5 Exit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

5.2 Datalog menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

5.2.1 Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

5.2.2 Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

5.2.3 Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

5.2.4 Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

5.2.5 Mute all alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

5.3 Download menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

5.3.1 Download logged data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

5.3.2 Log status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

5.4 View menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

5.4.1 Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

5.4.2 Status bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

5.4.3 Alarm settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

5.4.4 Show trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

5.4.5 Alarm log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

5.4.6 Readings history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

5.4.7 Open previously logged data file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

5.4.8 MRU list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

5.5 Graph menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

5.5.1 Graph settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

5.5.1.1 Titles tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

5.5.1.2 Axis tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

5.5.1.3 Fonts tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

5.5.1.4 Trends tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

5.5.1.5 Background tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

5.5.1.6 Legend tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

5.5.2 Restore default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

5.5.3 Trace color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

5.5.4 Zoom in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

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5.5.5 Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

5.5.6 Print graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

5.6 Tools menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

5.6.1 Synchronize date/time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

5.6.2 Logging labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

5.6.3 Thermometer settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

5.6.4 Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

5.6.4.1 General tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

5.6.4.2 Folders tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

5.6.4.3 Tools tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

5.6.4.4 Admin. Passcode tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

5.7 Window menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

5.7.1 Cascade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

5.7.2 Tile horizontal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

5.7.3 Tile vertical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

5.7.4 Arrange icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

5.7.5 Window list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

5.8 Help menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

5.8.1 LogWar e help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

5.8.2 Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

5.8.3 About LogWar e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

6 How to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

6.1 Setting up and starting a real-time log session . . . . . . . . . . . 205

6.2 Starting a real-time log session unattended (delayed start) . . . . 205

6.3 Stopping a real-time log session automatically . . . . . . . . . . 206

6.4 Opening a configuration file automatically on start-up . . . . . . 207

6.5 Changing thermometer and probe settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

6.6 Importing logged data into a spreadsheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

6.7 Synchronizing the thermometer readout’s clock to the computer . 214

6.8 Protecting calibration parameters and probe conversion settings . 215

6.9 Setting up an administrator passcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

6.10 Viewing remaining memory for logging data . . . . . . . . . . . 218

6.11 Downloading logged data from the memory of a thermometer readout 218

6.12 Saving probe coefficients to a configuration file. . . . . . . . . . 219

6.13 Using an IR dongle with LogWa re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

6.14 Changing logging label names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

6.15 Unlocking a demo version of LogWa re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

6.16 Setting up LogWa re to read multiple scales . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

7 Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

7.1 Configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

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7.1.1 Log session configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

7.1.2 Alarm configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

7.1.3 Conversion configuration files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

7.2 Data files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

7.2.1 Output file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

7.2.2 Download file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

7.2.3 Alarm Log File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

8 Download process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

8.1 1523/1524 Handheld and 1529 Chub-E4 download process . . . 233

8.2 1560 Black Stack download process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

8.3 1575A Super-Thermometer download process . . . . . . . . . . 235

8.4 1590 Super-Thermometer II download process . . . . . . . . . . 236

9 Conversion settings dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

9.1 ITS-90 Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

9.1.1 Low Range tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

9.1.2 High Range tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

9.2 IPTS-68 settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

9.3 Callendar-Van Dusen Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

9.4 PT100 Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

9.5 High-Temperature PRT Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

9.6 Polynomial Settings dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

9.7 W(T90) Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

9.8 Thermistor Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

9.8.1 Thermistor T(R) Settings dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

9.8.2 Thermistor R(T) Settings dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

9.9 Thermocouple Polynomial Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

9.10 Thermocouple Table Settings dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

9.11 Thermocouple Type Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

9.12 Thermocouple Type Polynomial Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . 254

10 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

10.1 Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

10.2 Troubleshooting common problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

10.3 Communication error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

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Figures and Tables

Figure 1 9935 LogWare II Main Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Figure 2 File Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Figure 3 Datalog Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Figure 4 Graph Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Figure 5 Tools Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Figure 6 Help Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Figure 7 File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Figure 8 Datalog Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Figure 9 Log Session Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Figure 10 Log Session Settings - Thermometer tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Figure 11 Log Session Settings - Log Session tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Figure 12 Log Session Settings - Channels Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Figure 13 Delayed Start Date/Time Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Figure 14 Alarm Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Figure 15 Statistics Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Figure 16 Real-time log session window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Figure 17 Channels popup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Figure 18 Graph popup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Figure 19 Current Alarm Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Figure 20 Trace color dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Figure 21 File Viewer window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Figure 22 Statistics dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Figure 23 Previous Log Session window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Figure 24 Channels popup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Figure 25 Graph popup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 26 Graph zooming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Figure 27 Download menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Figure 28 Select Model dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Figure 29 1523 Download Options dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Figure 30 1524 Download Options dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Figure 31 1529 Chub-E4 Download Options dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Figure 32 1560 Black Stack Download Options dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Figure 33 1575A ‘Super Thermometer’ Download Options dialog . . . . . . . . 57

Figure 34 1590 Super-Thermometer II Download Options dialog . . . . . . . . . 59

Figure 35 1523 Log Status dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Figure 36 1524 Log Status dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Figure 37 1529 Chub-E4 Log Status dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Figure 38 1560 Black Stack Log Status dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Figure 39 Tools menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Figure 40 Select Model dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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Figure 41 1523 Logging Label dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Figure 42 1524 Logging Labels dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Figure 43 1529 Chub-E4 Logging Labels dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Figure 44 1523/1524 Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Figure 45 1523/1524 Settings – Sampling tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Figure 46 1523/1524 Settings – Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Figure 47 1523/1524 Settings – Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Figure 48 1523/1524 Settings – Misc tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Figure 49 1523/1524 PRT/Thermistor Channel Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . 78

Figure 50 1523/1524 PRT/Thermistor Channel Settings – Probe tab. . . . . . . . 79

Figure 51 1523/1524 PRT/Thermistor Channel Settings – Misc tab . . . . . . . . 80

Figure 52 1523/1524 Thermocouple Channel Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Figure 53 1523/1524 Thermocouple Channel Settings – Probe tab . . . . . . . . 82

Figure 54 1523/1524 Thermocouple Channel Settings – Misc tab . . . . . . . . . 84

Figure 55 1529 Chub-E4 Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Figure 56 1529 Chub-E4 Settings - Filtering tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Figure 57 1529 Chub-E4 Settings - Sampling tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Figure 58 1529 Chub-E4 Settings - Measurement Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Figure 59 1529 Chub-E4 Settings - Misc tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Figure 60 1529 Chub-E4 Settings - Channels tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Figure 61 1529 Chub-E4 PRT/thermistor channel settings dialog . . . . . . . . . 90

Figure 62 1529 Chub-E4 PRT/thermistor channel settings - Probe tab . . . . . . . 91

Figure 63 1529 Chub-E4 PRT/thermistor channel settings - Calibration tab . . . . 93

Figure 64 1529 Chub-E4 Thermocouple channel settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . 94

Figure 65 1529 Chub-E4 thermocouple channel settings - Probe tab . . . . . . . 95

Figure 66 1529 Chub-E4 thermocouple channel settings - Probe tab . . . . . . . 96

Figure 67 1560 Black Stack Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Figure 68 1560 Black Stack settings - Filtering tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Figure 69 1560 Black Stack Settings – Sampling tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Figure 70 1560 Black Stack settings - Measurement tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Figure 71 1560 Black Stack settings - Modules tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Figure 72 2560 SPRT Module Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Figure 73 2560 SPRT Module Settings - General tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Figure 74 2560 SPRT Module Settings - Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Figure 75 2560 SPRT Module Settings - Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Figure 76 2561 HPRT Module Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Figure 77 2561 HPRT Module Settings - General tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Figure 78 2561 HPRT Module Settings - Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Figure 79 2561 HPRT Module Settings - Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Figure 80 2562 ‘PRTS’ Module Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Figure 81 2562 PRTS Module Settings - General tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Figure 82 2562 ‘PRTS’ Module Settings - Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Figure 83 2562 ‘PRTS’ Module Settings - Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Figure 84 2563 STHR Module Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Figure 85 2563 STHR Module Settings - General tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

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Figure 86 2563 STHR Module Settings - Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Figure 87 2563 STHR Module Settings - Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Figure 88 2564 THRS Module Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Figure 89 2564 THRS Module Settings - General tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Figure 90 2564 THRS Module Settings - Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Figure 91 2564 THRS Module Settings - Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Figure 92 2565 PTC Module Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Figure 93 2565 PTC Module Settings - Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Figure 94 2565 PTC Module Settings - Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Figure 95 2566 TCS Module Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Figure 96 2566 TCS Module Settings - Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Figure 97 2566 TCS Module Settings - Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Figure 98 2566 TCS Module Settings - Inputs 1 to 6 tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Figure 99 2566 TCS Module Settings - Inputs 7 to 12 tab . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Figure 100 2567 RTD Module Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Figure 101 2567 RTD Module Settings - General tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Figure 102 2567 RTD Module Settings - Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Figure 103 2567 RTD Module Settings - Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Figure 104 2568 RTDS Module Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Figure 105 2568 RTDS Module Settings - General tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Figure 106 2568 RTDS Module Settings - Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Figure 107 2568 RTDS Module Settings - Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Figure 108 1560 Black Stack PRT/Thermistor Channel Settings dialog . . . . . . 133

Figure 109 1560 Black Stack PRT/Thermistor Channel Settings - Probe tab . . . 134

Figure 110 1560 Black Stack Thermocouple Channel Settings dialog . . . . . . . 135

Figure 111 1560 Black Stack PRT/Thermistor Channel Settings - Probe tab . . . 136

Figure 112 1575A Super-Thermometer Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Figure 113 1575A Super-Thermometer Settings - Filtering tab . . . . . . . . . . 139

Figure 114 1575A Super-Thermometer Settings - Sampling tab . . . . . . . . . . 140

Figure 115 1575A Super-Thermometer Settings - Measurement tab . . . . . . . . 142

Figure 116 1575A Super-Thermometer Settings - Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . 144

Figure 117 1575A Super-Thermometer Settings - Calibration tab . . . . . . . . . 145

Figure 118 1575A Super Thermometer/2575 Mighty Mux Channel

Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Figure 119 1575A Super-Thermometer/2575 Mighty Mux Channel

Settings - Probe tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Figure 120 1590 Super-Thermometer II Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Figure 121 1590 Super-Thermometer II Settings - Filtering tab . . . . . . . . . . 150

Figure 122 1590 Super-Thermometer II Settings - Sampling tab. . . . . . . . . . 151

Figure 123 1590 Super-Thermometer II Settings - Measurement tab . . . . . . . 153

Figure 124 1590 Super-Thermometer II Settings - Channels tab . . . . . . . . . . 155

Figure 125 1590 Super-Thermometer II Settings - Calibration tab. . . . . . . . . 156

Figure 126 1590 Super-Thermometer II/2590 ‘Mighty Mux II’ Channel

Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

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Figure 127 1590 Super-Thermometer II/2590 ‘Mighty Mux II’ Channel

Settings - Probe tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Figure 128 1594A/1595A Hart Super-Thermometer settings . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Figure 129 1594A/1595A Hart Super-Thermometer Filtering tab . . . . . . . . . 161

Figure 130 1594A/1595A Hart Super-Thermometer Display tab . . . . . . . . . 162

Figure 131 1594A/1595A Hart Super-Thermometer Timing tab . . . . . . . . . . 163

Figure 132 1594A/1595A Hart Super-Thermometer Scanning tab . . . . . . . . . 164

Figure 133 1594A/1595A Hart Super-Thermometer Channel setup tab . . . . . . 165

Figure 134 1594A/1595A Hart Super-Thermometer Probe settings dialog . . . . 166

Figure 135 1594A/1595A Hart Super-Thermometer Channel settings . . . . . . . 168

Figure 136 1594A/1595A Hart Super-Thermometer Rs1 settings . . . . . . . . . 170

Figure 137 File menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Figure 138 Datalog menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Figure 139 Download Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Figure 140 View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Figure 141 Graph Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Figure 142 Graph Settings - Titles tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Figure 143 Graph Settings - Axis tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Figure 144 Graph Settings - Fonts tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Figure 145 Graph Settings - Trends tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Figure 146 Graph Settings - Background tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Figure 147 Graph Settings - Legend tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Figure 148 Tools Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Figure 149 LogWare Options Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Figure 150 LogWare Options - General tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Figure 151 LogWare Options - Folders tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Figure 152 LogWare Options - Tools tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Figure 153 LogWare Options - Admin. Passcode tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Figure 154 Enter Passcode dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Figure 155 Change Passcode dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Figure 156 Window menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Figure 157 Help menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Figure 158 About LogWare dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Figure 159 Excel XP Text Import Wizard – Step 1 of 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Figure 160 Excel XP data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Figure 161 Excel XP Text Import Wizard – Step 2 of 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Figure 162 Excel XP Chart Wizard – Step 1 of 4 – Chart Type . . . . . . . . . . 213

Figure 163 Excel XP graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Figure 164 IR dongle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Figure 165 Unlock Code dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Figure 166 Output file example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Figure 167 Download file example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Figure 168 Alarm log file example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Figure 169 Downloaded Files dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Figure 170 ITS-90 Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

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Figure 171 ITS-90 Settings – Low Range tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Figure 172 ITS-90 Settings – High Range tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Figure 173 IPTS-68 Settings dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Figure 174 Callendar-Van Dusen Settings dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Figure 175 PT100 Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Figure 176 High-Temp PRT Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Figure 177 Polynomial Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Figure 178 W(T90) Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Figure 179 Thermistor T(R) Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Figure 180 Thermistor R(T) Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Figure 181 Thermocouple Polynomial Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Figure 182 Thermocouple Table Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Figure 183 Thermocouple Polynomial Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Figure 184 Thermocouple Type Polynomial Settings dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Table 1 Troubleshooting Common Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

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What is LogWare

1.1 What is Log

The 9935 LogWare II Software (LogWa re ) is a real-time data acquisition, stor age and analysis program designed specifically for use with the following Hart Scientific’s multi-channel digital thermometer readouts:

1523 and 1524 Handheld Thermometer readouts

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1529, 1529-R, 1529-T Chub-E4 Thermometer readouts

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1560 Black Stack Thermometer readout

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2560 SPRT Module

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2561 HTPRT Module

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2562 PRTS Module

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2563 STHR Module

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2564 THRS Module

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2565 PTC Module

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2566 TCS Module

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2567 RTD Module

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2568 RTDS Module

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3560 Communication Module

• 1575 Super Thermometer readout (real-time logging only!)

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2575 Mighty Mux Multiplexer

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1575A Super Thermometer readout

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2575 Mighty Mux Multiplexer

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1590 Super Thermometer II readout

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Up to five 2590 Mighty Mux II Multiplexers

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1594A/1595A Super-Thermometer Readout

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Up to 2 Model 2590 Mighty Mux II Multiplexers

LogWare also provides utilities for:

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Downloading data that has been logged to the thermometer readout’s logs or memory.

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Setting logging labels in the thermometer readout (for thermometer read outs that support this feature).

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Synchronizing thermometer readout’s clock to the computer’s clock.

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1.2 License agreement

Viewing and editing many thermometer readout, module and probe set

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tings including probe coefficients.

This manual is intended to document the use and features of LogWar e. To e n

sure correct results, verify that the thermometer readout is properly configured before collecting data. Refer to the individual thermometer readout’s User’s Guide for specifics pertaining to the instrument. Follow all warnings and cau tions documented in the readout’s User’s Guide.

For information and details regarding the software End User License Agree ment (EULA), refer to the online help file's License Agreement topic.

1.3 Features

LogWare provides an easy-to-use Windows® interface to acquire, store and an alyze data from Hart Scientific’s multi-channel digital thermometer readouts. LogWare also provides a method to download readings that are stored in the logs or memory of thermometer readouts. After being acquired or downloaded, the readings are written to a file that can be opened by LogWa re , a spreadsheet or other analysis software.

LogWare ’s data logging features include:

• Quick and easy configuration

• Ability to save and open configuration files

• Selectable sample interval from 1 second to 60 hours (depending on ther-

mometer readout)

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Selectable scan sequence interval from 1 minute to 60 hours

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Selectable delayed start date/time for off-hours logging

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Selectable end log options (to stop session after specified time or number

of readings)

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Acquires readings to ASCII text files which can be opened, graphed and

printed

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Graphs readings as they are being acquired

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Ability to acquire data in multiple scales simultaneously

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Maintains statistical data for all channels

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Selectable high and low alarm settings with user defined events

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Can be configured to play .WAV file or launch an application (such as pager software) when an alarm trips

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User-customizable graph settings including titles, legend, grid lines and

statistical and trend lines

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LogWare ‘s data analysis features include:

Can open both real-time log files and downloaded files

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Spreadsheet-style grid to view all acquired readings

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Graph zooming capability

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User-customizable graph settings including titles, legend, grid lines and

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statistical and trend lines

Printing graph and acquired readings

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Can have multiple windows open simultaneously

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Can superimpose up to 10 sets of data on the same graph

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LogWar e also provides utilities that allow access to the following digital ther

mometer readout features (as applicable):

Downloading data stored in the thermometer readout’s logs and/or mem

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ory

• Viewing log status and clearing log data

• Synchronizing thermometer readout's date/time with computer’s clock

• Changing thermometer readout-specific parameters (filtering, sampling,

measurement, calibration constants, etc.)

• Changing probe-specific parameters (serial numbers, conversion type and coefficients, calibration dates, cold junction settings, etc.)

New Features in Version 1.3

Version 1.3 has added support for Models 1594A and 1595A Super-Thermometer readouts. Features supported by these new thermometer readouts include:

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Real-Time logging

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Thermometer settings

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Synchronize Date/Time

Version 1.2

Version 1.2 has added support for Models 1523 and 1524 Handheld Thermom eter readouts. Also, previously logged data files containing more than one data set (up to a maximum of 10 data sets) can now be opened.

Version 1.1

A list of features and enhancements in Version 1.1 follows

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Simultaneous Logging of All Channels in Real Time - A feature has been added to allow readings to be taken on all enabled channels of a real-time log session simultaneously (as fast as possible).

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Download Logged Data from Serial Port on 3560 Communication

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Module - A feature has been added to allow logged readings to be down loaded to the serial port on the Model 3560 Communication Module on a Model 1560 Black Stack thermometer readout.

Write All Real-Time Data to a Single File - A new feature has been

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added to allow data from all channels of a real-time log session to be writ ten to the same output file. In these output files, a new column has been added for the channel number.

Note: Although LogWare is still able to open these files, it does not sepa

rate the data for each channel. All readings are plotted on the graph as if all data was from a single channel.

Branding/Logo change - The logos and graphics displayed in LogWa re

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have been updated.

Also, various features have been added to the software to aid in troubleshooting issues related to real-time log sessions and downloading logged data.

1.4 Requirements

LogWare is designed to work with Hart Scientific’s multi-channel digital thermometer readouts. Refer to Section 1.1, What is LogWa re, for a complete list of supported thermometer readouts.

1.4.1 Communications requirements

The thermometer readout being used with LogWare must be connected to an RS-232 serial port (COM port) on a computer using a “null modem” cable. For more information on this type of cable, refer to the thermometer readout’s User's Guide. The baud rate of the thermometer readout must be set to match the baud rate selected in LogWa re .LogWare supports a wide choice of baud rate settings, depending on the thermometer readout being used.

Selected features of LogWa re can also utilize an IR dongle with thermometer readouts that have an IR port for wireless communications.

1.4.2 Computer hardware requirements

The following minimum computer configuration is required to use LogWa re :

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IBM Compatible 486 PC or better with 8MB RAM (Pentium® class pro cessor with 16MB RAM or more recommended)

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VGA monitor or better

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CD-ROM drive for installation

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1 - RS-232 serial (COM) port

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Optional - IR dongle

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Minimum of about 25MB of disk space for installation (additional space

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is required as data is acquired or downloaded)

1.4.3 Computer software requirements

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Note: To use LogWare, Windows login accounts must be granted full ac

cess to the folder to which the software is installed and all subfolders. If the folder has read-only access, errors will occur when LogWare attempts to access its configuration files.

The LogWare Software requires one of the following operating systems:

Windows® 95/98/ME

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Windows® NT with Service Pack 4 or later installed

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Windows® 2000

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Windows® XP

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• Windows® Vista

1.4.4 Firmware requirements

The thermometer readouts supported by LogWare must have a certain firmware version installed to use the Thermometer Settings option in the Tools menu and the Download Logged Data option in the Download menu. Prior versions of firmware do not fully support these features. Real-time logging can be performed with any firmware version. The required firmware versions are indicated below:

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Model 1523 and 1524 – Requires firmware version 1.0 or later

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Model 1529, 1529-R and 1529-T Chub-E4 – Requires firmware version

1.35 or later

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Model 1560 Black Stack – Requires firmware version 1.31 or later

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Model 1575 Super-Thermometer – NOT SUPPORTED BY TOOLS FEATURES!

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Model 1575A Super-Thermometer – Requires firmware version 5.03n or

5.03o or later

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Model 1590 Super-Thermometer II – Requires firmware version 2.03n or

2.03o or later

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Model 1594A, 1595A – Requires firmware version 1.0 or later

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1.5 Installation

Note: Before installing LogWare, be sure to read the License Agreement

and Warranty.

A backup should always be made of your hard disk drive and registry before in stalling any software, and all running applications should be closed.

Note: To successfully install LogWare, you must be logged into Windows

as an Administrator.

Installing LogWare

1. Insert the LogWare CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The Setup pro gram should run automatically.

2. Follow the on-screen instructions to install LogWar e.

3. When prompted, enter the product serial number. The serial number is provided on a sticker typically located on the CD pouch on the inside back cover of the LogWare User's Guide.

4. After all files have been installed, a program group is created with icons for the software, the Help file, the README.TXT file, and an icon to uninstall the software. The installation process is complete.

5. The README.TXT file can be displayed by checking the appropriate check box before the setup program finishes. Read this file for important information that was not available when the User Guide was printed.

Uninstalling LogWare

To uninstall the software, use the Windows® Add/Remove Programs icon in the Control Panel. Follow the instructions given. The program files that were installed to your system are removed. Any files that were created or saved by users will not be removed from the system. These files, along with the folders that these files are in, must be manually deleted using Windows® Explorer to remove them from your system.

1.6 Running Log

The following sections describe how to get LogWa re up and running quickly.

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1.6.1 Getting started

The following information is intended to provide a brief overview on how to get LogWare up and running quickly.

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Running LogWare

To use this software:

1. Click the Start button, then locate and click the icon created by the setup process.

2. The software will start with the Log Session Settings dialog displayed. If the Log Session Settings dialog is not displayed when the software starts, select the Setup option in the Datalog menu to display the Log Session Settings dialog.

Note: In order to make the Log Session Settings dialog appear automati

cally every time LogWare starts, check the “Show Log Session Settings di

alog on start-up” check box on the General tab of the Options dialog. The Options dialog can be displayed by selecting the Options option in the Tools menu. Please refer to Section 5.6.4, Options, for more details.

3. To start a log session, fill in the information on the Log Session Settings

dialog. The following information must be entered before a log session can start:

Thermometer:

• Select the model of the thermometer readout to use, enter the serial number and select the session temperature scale from the available choices. The reading resolution may also be selected.

• Select the COM port that the thermometer readout is connected to and choose the baud rate to use.

• Power up the thermometer readout and make sure it is connected to the selected COM port and set to the selected baud rate. Click the Test Com munication button to make sure LogWa re can communicate with the ther mometer readout.

Log session:

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Select the interval between readings.

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Optional - Enable and select the interval between scan sequences.

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To set a delayed start date/time, click the Delayed Start button and choose the appropriate date and time for the log session to start. Otherwise, the log session will begin when the Start button is clicked.

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Choose the appropriate end log session option and set the other end log settings as required.

Channels:

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Query the channels from the thermometer readout by clicking the Query Channels button.

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Enable or disable each channel as needed by selecting each channel in the

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Channels list and checking or unchecking the Acquire data from this channel box.

Optional - To customize the statistical data for each channel, click the

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Statistics Settings button.

Optional - To configure alarms for each channel, click the Alarm Settings

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button.

Enter the channel name, output filename, and select the trace color for

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each channel.

These settings can be saved to a configuration file by clicking the Save As but ton. To open the current configuration file every time the software runs, click the Set as Default button.

After entering this information, click the Start button to start the real-time log session.

1.7 Using Log

The following sections describe some of the main features of LogWare .

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1.7.1 Log

The main display consists of the menus, toolbar, a workspace area and a status bar.

Figure 1 9935 LogWare II Main Display

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main display

The menus allow access to the various features of the software. A general de scription of the options in each menu is given below. These menus are de

scribed in more detail in Section 5, Menus:

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File - Open and save configuration files, print options and exit the soft ware.

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Datalog - Setup, Start, Stop and Close real-time log sessions.

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Download - Download logged readings and view log status.

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View - View alarm log, reading history and open previously logged data files.

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Graph - Change graph settings, zoom in and out, and print the current graph.

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Tools - Synchronize thermometer readout date/time, access logging la bels, configure thermometer readout and probe settings, change LogWa re options.

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Window - Rearrange and switch between open windows.

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Help - Display help topics and About dialog.

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The toolbar allows quick access to the most common menu functions. The toolbar is divided into sections that correspond to related functions. Toolbar sections may be rearranged as desired by clicking on the vertical bar on the left side of the section and dragging it to the desired location.

The following toolbars are available:

File Toolbar

Figure 2 File Toolbar

New - Create a new real-time log session configuration

Open - Open a real-time log session configuration file

Save As - Save the current real-time log session configuration to a configura

tion file

Datalog Toolbar

Figure 3 Datalog Toolbar

Setup - Display the Log Session Settings dialog to configure a real-time log session

Start - Start a real-time log session

Stop - Stop a real-time log session

Close - Close the real-time log session window

Mute All Alarms - Mute/unmute all audible real-time log session alarms

Graph Toolbar

Figure 4 Graph Toolbar

Graph Settings - Change graph settings, add trend lines, alarm lines, titles, captions, etc.

Zoom In - Zoom in to view a section of the graph

Restore (Zoom Out) - Restore the graph to its original zoom setting

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Tools Toolbar

Figure 5 Tools Toolbar

Synchronize Date/Time - Synchronize thermometer readout’s date/time with computer

Logging Labels - View/change logging labels

Thermometer Settings - View/change thermometer readout settings

Help Toolbar

Figure 6

Help Toolbar

Help - Open the LogWare Help file

Status Bar

The status bar indicates the function that the software is currently performing as well as the current system date and time.

Note: The date and time displayed are based on the computer’s clock set

tings and can be modified through the Windows® Control Panel.

1.8 Log

LogWare has many features and settings that can be customized by the user to allow LogWare to operate in certain ways. Many of these settings can also be protected by an administrator passcode to prevent unauthorized persons from changing these settings. For more information on these options, please refer to Section 5.6.4, Options.

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2 Real-time logging

The main purpose of LogWare is to perform real-time data acquisition from Hart Scientific multi-channel digital thermometer readouts. This section de scribes in detail how to configure, start and stop a real-time log session. This section also describes the features available during a real-time log session.

2.1 File menu

The File menu contains some options for creating a new real-time log session and for opening and saving real-time log session configuration files.

Figure 7 File Menu

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File menu

2.1.1 New

The New menu option can be used to clear the current real-time log session settings and display the Log Session Settings dialog.

The button on the toolbar corresponds to the New menu option.

When selecting the New option, a prompt is displayed to confirm that the cur rent real-time log session settings (if any) will be reset. To abort resetting the current real-time log session settings, click the No button. Otherwise, click the Yes button to reset the current log session settings. The Log Session Settings dialog will be displayed. Please refer to Section 2, Real-Time Logging, for more information on configuring a real-time log session.

2.1.2 Open

The Open option allows a real-time log session configuration file to be opened. If the same basic configuration is frequently used to perform real-time logging, saving the log session settings to a configuration file can greatly reduce the time it takes to configure and start a real-time log session.

The button on the toolbar corresponds to the Open menu option.

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Note: When opening a configuration file, LogWare attempts to communi

cate with the thermometer readout to verify that the settings saved in the configuration file are compatible with the current thermometer readout configuration. Therefore, it is necessary to have the thermometer readout connected and powered on in order to successfully open a configuration file.

When selecting the Open option, the Windows® Open dialog is displayed. The \Config folder should be selected by default (or the folder that is specified for configuration files on the LogWare Options dialog). Real-time log session con figuration files should have a .rls extension. To cancel opening a configuration file, click the Cancel button. Otherwise, select the configuration file to open and click the Open button. For more details about the real-time log session con figuration file, refer to Section 7.1.1, Log Session Configuration File. Real-time log session configuration files can also be opened by clicking the Open button on the Log Session Settings dialog.

LogWare then reads the log session settings from the configuration file and verifies that the configuration of the currently connected thermometer readout is compatible with the log session settings. If there are any conflicts, or if LogWare is unable to communicate with the thermometer readout, appropriate messages are displayed.

Once the configuration file has been read in, the Log Session Settings dialog is displayed. If LogWare was unable to communicate with the thermometer readout or any other error occurred, the log session settings may be incomplete.

2.1.3 Save as

The Save As option allows the current real-time log session settings to be saved to a configuration file. If the same basic configuration is frequently used to per form real-time logging, saving the log session settings to a configuration file can greatly reduce the time it takes to configure and start a real-time log ses sion. Before attempting to save a real-time log session configuration, use the Log Session Settings dialog to configure the log session.

The button on the toolbar corresponds to the Save As menu option.

When selecting the Save As option, the Windows® Save As dialog is dis played. The \Config folder should be selected by default (or the folder that is specified for configuration files on the LogWa re Options dialog). Real-time log session configuration files are saved with a .rls extension. To cancel saving a configuration file, click the Cancel button. Otherwise, enter the filename for the configuration file and click the Save button. For more details about the real-time log session configuration file, refer to Section 7.1.1, Log Session Configuration File. Real-time log session configuration files can also be saved by clicking the Save As button on the Log Session Settings dialog.

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2.2 Datalog menu

The Datalog menu is used to access the Log Session Settings dialog, to start, stop and close the real-time log session and to mute audible alarms.

Figure 8 Datalog Menu

2.2.1 Setup

The Setup option displays the Log Session Settings dialog. This dialog is used to configure a real-time log session. If a log session has already been configured or a real-time log session configuration file has already been opened, this dialog displays the current log session settings.

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Datalog menu

The button on the toolbar corresponds to the Setup menu option.

Please refer to Section 2.3, Log Session Settings Dialog, for more details on configuring a real-time log session.

2.2.2 Start

The Start option starts a real-time log session. This option is disabled until a log session has been completely configured.

The button on the toolbar corresponds to the Start menu option.

Please refer to Section 2, Real-Time Logging, for more details on a real-time log session.

2.2.3 Stop

The Stop option stops the current real-time log session. This option is only en abled when a real-time log session is running. A log session may be stopped at any time by selecting this option.

The button on the toolbar corresponds to the Stop menu option.

When selecting the Stop option, a message is displayed to confirm stopping the log session.

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2.2.4 Close

2.2.5 Mute all alarms

2.3 Log session settings dialog

The Close option closes the current real-time log session window. This option is only enabled once the real-time log session has stopped and the log session window is still open.

The button on the toolbar corresponds to the Close menu option.

The Mute All Alarms option can be used to mute any audible alarms associated with the current real-time log session. When the alarms are muted, a check mark appears next to this option. Muting the alarms does not prevent alarm events from happening.

The button on the toolbar corresponds to the Mute All Alarms menu option.

When alarms are muted, the toolbar button appears as .

The Log Session Settings dialog is used to configure the real-time log session settings. These settings include the thermometer readout to acquire data from, communications settings, log session sample interval and start and end options, and thermometer readout channel configuration. This dialog can be displayed

by selecting the Setup option in the Datalog menu or by clicking the

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Log session settings dialog

button on the toolbar. This dialog is also displayed after opening a log session configuration file.

Figure 9 Log Session Settings dialog

Note: This dialog displays the current real-time log session settings.

Clicking the Close button on this dialog does not cause these settings to be lost. To display this dialog again, select the Setup option in the Datalog menu.

This dialog has three tabs: Thermometer, Log Session and Channels. All of the information on each of these tabs must be configured before a real-time log session can be started. The following sections describe in detail each of the set tings on these tabs.

Once the log session has been completely configured, the settings can be saved to a configuration file by clicking the Save As button. If these same settings may be used again at a later date, saving the settings to a configuration file greatly reduces the amount of time required to get a log session started.

ration file, click the Cancel button. Otherwise, enter the filename for the config uration file and click the Save button. For more details about the real-time log session configuration file, refer to Section 7.1.1, Log Session Configuration File. Real-time log session configuration files can also be saved by selecting the Save As option in the File menu.

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A log session settings configuration file that has been saved previously can be opened by clicking the Open button.

Note: When opening a configuration file, LogWare attempts to communi

cate with the thermometer to verify that the settings saved in the configu

ration file are compatible with the current thermometer configuration. Therefore, it is necessary to have the thermometer connected and powered on in order to successfully open a configuration file.

When clicking the Open button, the Windows® Open dialog is displayed. The \Config folder should be selected by default (or the folder that is specified for configuration files on the LogWare Options dialog). Real-time log session con figuration files should have a .rls extension. To cancel opening a configuration file, click the Cancel button. Otherwise, select the configuration file to open and click the Open button. For more details about the real-time log session con figuration file, refer to Section 7.1.1, Log Session Configuration File. Real-time log session configuration files can also be opened by selecting the Open option in the File menu.

If LogWare was unable to communicate with the thermometer readout or any other error occurred, the log session settings may be incomplete.

LogWare has a feature which allows a log session configuration file to be defined as the default configuration file. The default configuration file is automatically loaded every time LogWa re is started. To set the current configuration as the default configuration, select the Set as Default button. If the current config uration has not been saved yet, a prompt is displayed indicating that the config uration must be saved to a file before it can be set as the default. The next time LogWare is started, the default configuration file will be loaded.

Note: Real-time log session configuration files contain information about

the current thermometer readout configuration. If the thermometer read

out configuration changes, the configuration file needs to be updated also.

Once the log session settings are complete, click the Start button to start a log session. Please refer to Section 2.4, Real-Time Log Session, for more details on a real-time log session.

If the log session does not need to be started yet, click the Close button. The Log Session Settings dialog is closed but all settings are retained. To display the Log Session Settings dialog again, select the Setup option in the Datalog

menu or click the button on the toolbar.

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Click the Help button to display the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

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The Thermometer tab allows the thermometer readout that will be used to ac

quire data to be identified and configured.

Figure 10 Log Session Settings - Thermometer tab

Use the Model drop-down list to select the type of thermometer readout to use to acquire data. All other controls on this tab will be disabled until a valid model is selected.

Enter the serial number of the thermometer readout to use in the Serial number box. The thermometer readout’s serial number should be located on a label, generally on the back or bottom of the thermometer readout.

Note: Optionally, you may use the Thermometer Settings button to auto

matically determine the serial number of the thermometer readout and fill in this box.

Select the scale of the readings to be acquired from channels that are config ured to read temperature using the Session temperature scale drop-down list. LogWare supports the following temperature scales:

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°C

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°F

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K (Kelvin)

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When a log session starts, LogWare will automatically set the thermometer readout’s system units to use the selected scale. However, if the <keep exist

ing> option is selected, LogWare will query the thermometer readout to deter mine the current system units.

Note: When starting a log session, LogWare checks the conversion setting

for each enabled channel. If a channel is configured to read temperature, the units that were selected in the Session temperature scale drop-down list are used. If a channel is not configured to read temperature (i.e. resis

tance or voltage), LogWare automatically determines the non-temperature units for that channel.

Enter the resolution (number of digits after the decimal point) that LogWare should use to format all of the measurements acquired. This setting is common to all channels from which measurements are acquired. Where applicable, LogWare will automatically set the thermometer readout’s resolution to this set ting when a log session starts. Where not applicable, LogWar e will round more precise measurements or add 0’s to less precise measurements to obtain the desired format.

Note: The resolution setting should be set prior to configuring the alarm

settings for each channel since the alarm values will also use this resolution. Changing the resolution setting after configuring the alarms does not reformat the alarm values!!

Select the COM port on the computer to which the thermometer readout is connected using the COM port drop-down list. Only COM ports that the operating system reports as being available can be used. The following symbols are used to show the status of each COM port:

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- Indicates a COM port that is currently available.

- Indicates the COM port that is currently selected by LogWa re .

- Indicates a COM port that is currently being used by another appli

cation.

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- Indicates an IR port (virtual COM port) that is currently available.

- Indicates an IR port (virtual COM port) that is currently selected by

LogWa re.

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- Indicates an IR port (virtual COM port) that is currently being used

by another application.

Note: For a real-time log session, LogWare requires the use of one COM

port. An IR port (virtual COM port) cannot be selected as the port to use.

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Select the baud rate that the computer should use to communicate over the COM port with the thermometer readout using the Baud rate drop-down list. The baud rate setting of the thermometer readout must be set to the same value as this setting. For best results, use the maximum allowable baud rate setting when possible.

After the model, COM port and baud rate settings are configured, click the Test Communication button to make sure LogWare is able to communicate with the thermometer readout. At this time, the thermometer readout must be connected to the COM port on the computer using a null modem cable. For more informa tion, please refer to the thermometer readout’s User's Guide.

When testing communications with the thermometer readout, there are three possible results:

The thermometer readout is communicating at the correct baud rate on the

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selected COM port.

The thermometer readout is communicating, but possibly at the wrong

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baud rate or the thermometer readout model does not match the selected model.

• The thermometer readout failed to communicate at all. Check the COM port and baud rate settings, make sure the cable is a null modem cable, and make sure the thermometer readout is plugged in and turned on.

Optional: The Thermometer Settings button may be clicked at this time to gain access to various thermometer readout settings as applicable to the selected thermometer readout. This feature is provided solely as a convenience to check the thermometer readout configuration and/or to configure each channel of the thermometer readout with appropriate conversion settings and probe coefficients. The Test Communication button should be clicked prior to clicking the Thermometer Settings button to make sure the thermometer readout is commu nicating successfully.

Warning: When using the Thermometer Settings tool, make sure that the

thermometer readout is not currently in any menu. Using the thermometer readout's menus while using the Thermometer Settings tool may cause the thermometer readout to fail to accept new settings.

Note: When starting a log session, LogWare will override many of the

current thermometer readout settings as needed to acquire data from the configured channels using the specified log session settings!!

Note: If the serial number and session temperature scale settings have not

been configured prior to clicking the Thermometer Settings button, these settings will be configured automatically after successfully viewing the thermometer readout settings dialog.

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2.3.2 Log Session tab

After the thermometer readout and communication settings are configured, the log session settings may be configured.

Figure 11 Log Session Settings - Log Session tab

Select the interval at which LogWare should take readings on subsequent channels using the Interval between readings settings. The range of possible settings is limited by the capabilities of the selected thermometer readout. For most Hart Scientific multi-channel digital thermometer readouts, the minimum sample interval is 2 seconds.

Note: Due to the latency inherent in the measurement process, a thermom

eter readout may not be able to take readings at the exact selected interval (i.e. the 1560 thermometer readout allows a minimum interval of 2 sec

onds, but actually takes about 2.3 seconds to make one measurement). For this reason, using the minimum interval supported by the thermometer readout may cause some duplicate readings to be taken. To avoid this problem, see the Wait until new measurement is ready (when applicable) option on the LogWare Options dialog. Please refer to Seciton 5.6.4, Op

tions, for more details.

If this interval is set to a value of 0, LogWa re will attempt to take simultaneous readings on all enabled channels of the thermometer readout. If this feature is used, you should use the Interval between scan sequences setting to limit how often all channels are sampled.

Note: when using this feature, the Wait until new measurement is ready

option on the General tab of the Options dialog MUST be disabled (un

checked).

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Typically, LogWar e is used to take continuous measurements on all enabled channels. However, LogWa re has a feature that allows one measurement to be taken on each enabled channel at a set interval. For example, LogWar e could be used to monitor the gradients in a liquid bath using 10 probes at various loca tions in the bath. To measure gradients, readings should be taken simulta

neously, or at least as close together as possible, but maybe a set of readings only needs to be taken once every minute, or once every five minutes. This can be accomplished using LogWa re by enabling the Interval between scan se

quences option. The Interval between scan sequences settings are then enabled.

A scan sequence is defined by LogWare as taking a single reading on each en

abled channel. Select the interval to use. LogWare allows this interval to be set anywhere between 1 minute and 60 hours at 1 minute or 1 hour increments. Leaving this feature disabled causes LogWare to begin a new scan sequence immediately following completion of the previous scan sequence.

The Start log session box indicates the current setting for starting a log session. By default, this setting is configured to start a log session immediately after the Start button is clicked. LogWa re may optionally be configured to start a log ses sion unattended on any date at any time. To set the start date and time, click the Delayed Start button. The Delayed Start Date/Time dialog is displayed. Please refer to Section 2.3.4, Delayed Start Date/Time Dialog, for details on using this dialog.

Clicking the Reset button resets the start date/time setting. The log session will start immediately after the Start button is clicked.

The End log session settings allow the log session to be configured to automatically stop logging at a certain time or after a certain number of readings. By default, a log session will continue until manually stopped by the user. Select the method to use to end the log session using the drop-down list. Choices are:

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By user (default)

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After specified number of readings

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After specified time elapses

If the After specified number of readings or After specified time elapses option is selected, the end log criteria must be selected. Enter either the number of readings to acquire on each channel or the desired elapsed time setting. The range of choices is from 1 to 1,000,000 readings (10,000 default) or 1 second to 480 hours (1 hour default).

Note: If either the After specified number of readings or After specified

time elapses option is selected and the Interval between scan sequences feature is enabled, the log session will stop automatically when the end log criteria is met and the current scan sequence is complete.

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2.3.3 Channels tab

After the thermometer readout and communication settings are configured, the channels to acquire data from may be configured.

Figure 12 Log Session Settings - Channels Tab

All controls on the Channels tab (with the exception of the Query Channels button) are disabled until the channel information has been queried from the thermometer readout.

Click the Query Channels button to allow LogWa re to communicate with the thermometer readout to collect as much information regarding the current chan nel configuration as possible.

After querying the thermometer readout for channel information, the Channels list displays one item for each channel on the thermometer readout. The chan nel number, module name, module channel number and currently assigned channel name are displayed in the list.

By default, all channels are enabled, meaning data should be acquired from all channels. The Enable All Channels and Disable All Channels buttons can be used to enable or disable acquiring data from all channels of the thermometer readout respectively.

To configure a channel, select the channel from the Channels list. The selected channel’s settings are displayed in the other controls on this tab.

To acquire data from the selected channel, make sure the Acquire data from this channel box is checked. If this box is not checked, all other channel con

trols are disabled and data will not be acquired for this channel.

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Click the Statistics Settings button to display the Statistics Settings dialog. This dialog is used to specify which statistics are to be maintained and displayed for the selected channel. Please refer to Section 2.3.6, Statistics Settings Dialog, for more details on the Statistics Setting dialog. By default, the statistics that are enabled are: Minimum, Maximum, Spread, Average and Standard deviation.

Note: Statistics are maintained for each channel independent of all other

channels. As a result, each channel has its own settings which must be configured separately.

Each channel can be configured to trip an alarm if the reading on that channel ever exceeds specific low and/or high values. To enable alarms for the selected channel, click the Alarm Settings button. The Alarm Settings dialog is dis played. This dialog is used to specify the alarm values and the actions associ

ated with each alarm. Please refer to Section 2.3.5, Alarm Settings Dialog, for more details on the Alarm Settings dialog. By default, alarms are disabled.

Note: The alarm settings for each channel are independent of all other

channels. As a result, each channel must be configured separately.

Enter the name for the selected channel in the Channel name box. The channel name should be something unique that identifies the purpose, location or other information about the data being acquired on that channel. When a channel name is changed, the Channels list is updated to reflect the change. By default each channel is assigned the generic name ‘Channel n’(wheren is the channel number). This name appears in the Channels grid on the real-time log session window while the log session is running.

Enter the filename to which the data acquired from this channel is to be written using the Acquire data to file box. The default filename for each channel is Channel n.txt (where n is the channel number). The file is saved to the \Output folder or the folder specified for output files on the LogWa re Options dialog. The location for this file can be changed by selecting the “…” (Browse) button.

Check the Overwrite existing check box to allow LogWa re to automatically overwrite an existing file of the same name in the same folder. If this box is not checked and a file of the same name exists, a prompt is displayed and the op

tion to overwrite the existing file or choose another filename is given.

If you want to write the acquired data for all enabled channels to the same out put file, check the Write all acquired data to the same file option. If this option is checked, LogWare will use the filename and path of the first enabled channel for all channels. The header of the output file will then contain information for all enabled channels, and an additional column is added to the file for the chan nel number for each reading.

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2.3.4 Delayed Start Date/Time dialog

Note: This feature should typically only be used if you are using other

software to sort and analyze the logged data. The output file created when using this feature can still be opened by LogWare and displayed on-screen, however all readings are displayed on the graph as if they came from the same channel (single trace).

Select the color to use for this channel’s trace on the graph using the Trace color drop-down list. LogWa re supports 15 different trace colors. By default, each channel is assigned one of the 15 colors.

If the trace for the selected channel is to be shown on the graph, check the Show on graph check box. Once the log session starts, each channel can be shown or hidden at any time. This setting only determines which channels are shown initially when the log session starts.

Continue configuring the other channels as needed by selecting the next chan nel in the list and following this process again.

The Delayed Start Date/Time dialog allows the real-time log session to be scheduled to start at a future date and/or time.

Figure 13 Delayed Start Date/Time Dialog

Select the date on which the log session should start by clicking on the appro priate date in the calendar. Today’s date is indicated by the red outline circle. The currently selected date is indicated by a gray filled circle. Use the left and right arrow buttons at the top of the calendar to scroll through the months and years.

Enter the time at which the log session should start using the At this time box.

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Note: When using the Delayed Start feature, make sure the Prompt to syn

chronize real-time log session option on the LogWare Options dialog is not checked! Otherwise the log session will not start as expected! Please refer to Section 5.6.4, Options, for more information.

Once the start date and/or time have been selected, click the OK button to close this dialog.

To cancel setting the delayed start date and/or time, click the Cancel button.

Click the Help button to display the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

2.3.5 Alarm Settings dialog

The Alarm Settings dialog is used to configure low and/or high alarms. The current low alarm or high alarm settings can be changed by selecting the Low alarm or High alarm tab respectively. Low and high alarms are independent of each other and must be configured independently.

Figure 14 Alarm Settings dialog

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The Low alarm tab and High alarm tab indicate the current low alarm and high alarm settings for the selected channel respectively.

To enable an alarm for the selected channel, check the Enable alarm check box on the appropriate tab. If this check box is unchecked, all other settings on the tab are disabled.

Enter the value to be used for this alarm in the Value box. The low alarm will be tripped if the reading on the selected channel meets or drops below the value on the Low alarm tab. The high alarm will be tripped if the reading on the se

lected channel meets or exceeds the value on the High alarm tab.

Select the event that should occur when each alarm is tripped. The choices are:

No event

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System beep

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Display message

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Play .WAV file indicated below

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• Launch .EXE file indicated below

If either the Play .WAV file indicated below or Launch .EXE file indicated below option is selected, the Path and filename box and Browse button are enabled and the appropriate file must be entered or selected. Use the Browse button to browse for the file. The Test button is enabled once a file has been entered. Select the Test button to make sure the selected file can be played or launched.

Note: The file entered in the Path and filename box MUST exist! When the

OK button is clicked, a search is performed to locate the file. If the file is not found, a warning message is displayed. If the selected file resides on a network resource, the resource must be available and properly connected when the alarm event occurs!

LogWare ships with a few sample .WAV files that can be used. These files are located in the \Config folder.

The Launch .EXE file indicated below option can be used to launch any appli cation such as pager software which could be configured to dial a phone num ber automatically and transmit a fixed message to a pager indicating that an alarm has tripped.

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Note: It is not recommended that the Launch .EXE file indicated below

option be used (especially in conjunction with the After every update op

tion) until the user is familiar with how this feature works. Unless the .EXE file terminates itself automatically (or is limited to a single in

stance), this software will continue to launch new instances of the .EXE file every time the alarm trips, possibly causing the computer to run out of resources.

Select when the specified event for each alarm should occur. The choices are:

Only once when the alarm value is exceeded

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After every update

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If the Only once when the alarm value is exceeded option is selected, the cho sen event will occur on the first reading that trips the alarm. Subsequent read

ings that also exceed the alarm value will not cause the event to occur again until one or more readings are taken that are back within the alarm value (alarm reset).

If the After every update option is selected, every reading that is taken that exceeds the alarm value causes the event to happen again.

The alarm settings can be saved to a configuration file. If the same alarm settings are to be used on multiple channels, this provides a method to quickly configure the alarms on subsequent channels.

When clicking the Save As button, the Windows® Save As dialog is displayed. The \Config folder should be selected by default (or the folder that is specified for configuration files on the LogWa re Options dialog). Alarm configuration files are saved with a .alm extension. To cancel saving a configuration file, click the Cancel button. Otherwise, enter the filename for the configuration file and click the Save button. For more details about the alarm configuration file, refer to Section 7.1.2, Alarm Configuration File.

An alarm configuration file that has been saved previously can be opened by clicking the Open button.

When clicking the Open button, the Windows® Open dialog is displayed. The \Config folder should be selected by default (or the folder that is specified for configuration files on the LogWare Options dialog). Alarm configuration files should have a .alm extension. To cancel opening a configuration file, click the Cancel button. Otherwise, select the configuration file to open and click the Open button. For more details about the alarm configuration file, refer to Sec

tion 7.1.2, Alarm Configuration File.

Once the alarm settings are complete, click the OK button to save these settings and close this dialog.

Click the Cancel button to discard any changes you have made and close this dialog.

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2.3.6 Statistics Settings dialog

Click the Help button to display the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

The Statistics Settings dialog allows specific statistical functions to be enabled or disabled for the selected channel.

Figure 15 Statistics Settings dialog

To enable a statistical function for the selected channel, check the box next to the appropriate function.

The statistical functions supported are:

• Minimum

• Maximum

• Spread

• Average

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Standard deviation

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Sliding window

If the Sliding window function is enabled, a value must be entered into the Readings box. All other statistical values are calculated based on the most re cent n measurements as indicated by the value in the Readings box. The read ings setting can be set to any value between 10 and 1,000.

If the Sliding window function is disabled, the statistical values are calculated based on all readings since the last reset was performed.

Once the statistics settings are complete, click the OK button to save these set tings and close this dialog.

Click the Cancel button to discard any changes you have made and close this dialog.

Click the Help button to display the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

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2.4 Real-time log session

The Log Session window is displayed when a real-time log session starts. This window is divided into three main sections: channels grid, statistics and graph. These three sections can be resized by dragging the bars that divide the sections with the mouse.

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Figure 16 Real-time log session window

LogWare was designed to communicate with only one thermometer readout at a time. Therefore, only one real-time log session can be running at a time. In or

der to optimize data acquisition, many menu options are disabled during a real-time log session.

When a log session is started, LogWa re prepares to acquire data from the en

abled channels. The current conversion settings for each channel and system units are determined at this time. The scale of the readings for each channel de pends on the conversion setting for each channel and the session temperature scale as set on the Log Session Settings dialog.

LogWare attempts to create the output file for each enabled channel. If LogWare is unable to create an output file, or if there is an existing file of the same name and the overwrite option was not selected, a prompt is displayed and a new path and/or filename may be entered for the output file.

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If a delayed start time was selected, a dialog appears indicating the time that the log session will begin. Otherwise, a dialog appears indicating that the log ses

sion will begin momentarily while LogWa re initializes the thermometer readout and finishes preparing to start the log session.

Note: If a delayed start time was selected and the Prompt to synchronize

real-time log session option is selected on the LogWare Options dialog, a prompt is displayed asking if the synchronize feature should be disabled. If the synchronize feature is not disabled, the log session will not start as ex

pected! For more details, please refer to Section 5.6.4, Options.

Once logging starts, one measurement is taken on each enabled channel at the interval specified on the Log Session Settings dialog. If the Interval between scan sequences feature was enabled, LogWare then waits the specified time and repeats this process. Otherwise, this process is repeated without delay.

Note: Be aware that selecting any menu option while a real-time log ses-

sion is running may cause the measurement process to halt temporarily until the menu is closed or the dialog that is displayed is closed! Also, running other applications on the computer while logging real-time data, especially those that require a lot of processing time or that access the disk frequently, may cause the measurement process to halt temporarily while the other application is busy. It is recommended that, once a real-time log session is started, the software and the computer be left alone to log the data without interruption.

If the log session was configured to stop logging at a specified time or after a specific number of readings, LogWare continues to acquire data until the end log criteria is met. The log session can be stopped manually at any time by se

lecting the Stop option in the Datalog menu or by clicking the button on the toolbar.

When a log session is stopped manually, a prompt is displayed asking if the log session window should be closed. The log session window may be closed at this time or left open. In order to start a new log session, the current log session window must be closed. Select Yes to close the log session window immedi

ately or select No to leave the window open.

To close the real-time log session window, select the Close option in the

Datalog menu or click the button on the toolbar. If the Show Log Ses sion Settings dialog after closing log session option on the LogWare Options dialog is checked, the Log Session Settings dialog is automatically displayed. To prevent LogWare from displaying the Log Session Settings dialog after the log session window is closed, uncheck this option. For more details, please re fer to Section 5.6.4, Options.

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Once the log session has been stopped, the output file which contains all of the acquired readings can be opened by selecting the Open Previously Logged Data File option in the View menu. For more details on opening previously logged data files, please refer to Section 5.4.7, Open Previously Logged Data File.

2.4.1 Channels grid

The Channels grid is located in the upper left corner of the log session window and displays the most recent data for each enabled channel. This data includes the channel name, date, time and value and scale of the most recent reading, the current alarm state and whether or not the trace for the channel is currently dis played on the graph. The color of the data in the Channels grid matches the se lected trace color for that channel. The currently selected channel is highlighted.

The first column in the Channels grid indicates the channel names as entered on the Log Session Settings dialog. The second and third columns indicate the date and time that the last reading was taken on each channel. The fourth col umn indicates the last reading value and scale on each channel. The fifth column indicates the current alarm state and the sixth column indicates whether the trace for each channel is currently shown on the graph. Each of these columns may be resized as desired by dragging the lines that separate each column with the mouse.

The current alarm state is determined by comparing the most recent reading on each channel to that channel’s alarm settings. If the low and/or high alarms have been configured, the reading is compared to the alarm values. If the low alarm is enabled and the reading is less than or equal to the low alarm value, the Alarm box in the Channel grid flashes Low to indicate the low alarm has “tripped”. If the high alarm is enabled and the reading is greater than or equal to the high alarm value, the Alarm box flashes High to indicate the high alarm has “tripped”. If the reading falls between the low and high alarm values or if the alarms are not enabled, the Alarms box remains blank (alarm reset).

Double-clicking on a row in the Channels grid toggles the state of the trace on the graph. The current state for each channel is indicated in the Graph column.

Right-clicking on the Channels grid displays a popup menu. This menu consists of some of the more common options for working with channels during a

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real-time log session. The menu options apply only to the currently selected channel.

Figure 17 Channels popup menu

The alarm settings for the selected channel can be viewed by selecting the Alarm Settings option in the popup menu, or by selecting the Alarm Settings option in the View menu. If the selected channel does not have any alarms configured, this menu option is disabled. Selecting the Alarm Settings option displays the Current Alarm Settings dialog. Please refer to Section 2.4.4, Current Alarm Settings Dialog, for more information on this dialog.

The graph trace color for the selected channel can be changed while the log session is running by selecting the Trace Color option in the popup menu, or by selecting the Trace Color option in the Graph menu. Please refer to Section

2.4.7, Trace Color Dialog, for more details on using the Trace Color dialog. The color of the channel in the Channels grid, statistics list and the graph trace are all updated to the new color.

The Show Trace option in the popup menu indicates whether the trace for this channel is currently shown on the graph. A check appears next to this menu op tion is the trace is visible. The Graph column of the Channels grid also indi

cates whether the trace is currently shown on the graph. To toggle showing the trace for the selected channel on the graph, select the Show Trace option in the popup menu, or select the Show Trace option in the View menu.

The View Alarm Log option in the popup menu displays the alarm log file for this log session. Every time an alarm is tripped or reset, an entry is written to the alarm log file. This file is named “alarms.log” and is located in the default output folder. The alarm log file can also be viewed by selecting the Alarm Log option in the View menu. The alarm log file is displayed in the File Viewer window. Please refer to Section 7.2.3, Alarm Log File, for more information on the contents of the alarm log file. Please refer to Section 2.4.8, File Viewer Window, for more information on using the File Viewer window.

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Note: When viewing the alarm log file while a real-time log session is

running, the File Viewer window displays only the information that had been written to the file at the time the file was opened. Click the Refresh button on the File Viewer window to update the file. The alarm log file can also be printed by clicking the Print button on the File Viewer window.

The output file for each channel can be opened and viewed by selecting the View Readings History option in the popup menu or be selecting the Readings History option in the View menu. The output file contains all of the data that has been logged for the selected channel during the current log session. The output file is displayed in the File Viewer window. Please refer to Section 7.2.1, Output File, for more information on the contents of the output file. Please re

fer to Section 2.4.8, File Viewer Window, for more information on using the File Viewer window.

Note: If the data is being acquired using the Write all acquired data to the

same file option, the View Readings History feature displays all readings for all channels!

Note: When viewing the output file while a real-time log session is run-

ning, the File Viewer window displays only the information that had been written to the file at the time the file was opened. Click the Refresh button on the File Viewer window to update the file. To see the statistics for the output file, click the Statistics button on the File Viewer window. The output file can also be printed by clicking the Print button on the File Viewer window or by selecting the Print | Readings option in the File menu.

2.4.2 Statistics list

The Statistics list is located in the upper right corner of the log session window and displays statistical information for the currently selected channel. The color of the statistics data matches the trace color for the selected channel. Each of the statistical settings can be enabled or disabled by clicking the Settings but ton. Only the enabled statistics are displayed in the Statistics list. Please refer to Section 2.3.6, Statistics Settings Dialog, for more information on the Statistics Settings dialog.

Clicking the Clear button resets all statistical values for the selected channel and begins calculating the statistical data again starting with the next reading acquired on the selected channel.

2.4.3 Graph

The graph is located at the bottom of the log session window. The graph gives a visual representation of the readings on all enabled channels.

The trace for each enabled channel can be toggled on or off. The Graph column in the Channels grid indicates the current state of the trace for each channel. To

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show or hide the trace for the selected channel, either double-click on the chan nel, or right-click on the Channels grid and select the Show Trace option in the popup menu or select the Show trace option in the View menu.

The Y-axis of the graph is always labeled in the session temperature scale that was selected on the Log Session Settings dialog. The Y-axis is automatically scaled to keep the entire visible portion of all traces within the graph bounds. As traces are shown and/or hidden, the graph should automatically rescale to maximize the resolution.

Note: For readings on all channels that are configured for non-tempera

ture units (i.e. Ohms or mV), the units of the Y-axis are assumed to be in the appropriate units for that channel.

The X-axis of the graph displays the current time according to the computer’s clock. As the traces reach the right side of the graph, the traces shift to the left and the left-most part of the traces are pushed off the graph. The graph is set to display 600 readings on the X-axis at a time. This setting is fixed and cannot be changed.

Gridlines can be automatically displayed on the graph by checking the Show gridlines on graphs option of the General tab of the LogWar e Options dialog. Please refer to Section 5.6.4.1, General Tab, for more details.

Right-clicking on the graph displays a popup menu. This menu is identical to the Graph menu and consists of options for working with the graph during a real-time log session. Some of the menu options apply only to the currently selected channel.

Figure 18 Graph popup menu

store Default Settings option in the popup menu or in the Graph menu. For more details on customizing the graph settings, please refer to Section 5.5.1, Graph Settings Dialog.

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The Zoom In and Restore options are not applicable to a real-time log session and are disabled.

The graph may be printed at any time by selecting the Print Graph option in the popup menu or in the Graph menu, or by selecting the Print | Graph option in the File menu.

2.4.4 Current Alarm Settings dialog

The Current Alarm Settings dialog displays the current alarm settings.

Figure 19 Current Alarm Settings dialog

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The Low alarm box indicates the current low alarm value and units. If the low alarm is not enabled, the Low alarm box is disabled and no value is displayed.

The High alarm box indicates the current high alarm value and units. If the high alarm is not enabled, the High alarm box is disabled and no value is displayed.

Click the Close button to close this dialog.

2.4.5 Output file

The data that is acquired during a real-time log session is written to a file, called an output file. This file contains information about the thermometer read out used to acquire the data, alarm settings (if applicable), and the date, time, value, scale and alarm state for each reading.

To view the contents of an output file during a real-time log session, select the Readings History option in the View menu, or right-click on the Channels grid and select the View Readings History option in the popup menu.

The output file is described in detail in Section 7.2.1, Output File.

2.4.6 Alarm log file

During a real-time log session, a log of all alarm activity is recorded in a file call the alarm log. This file contains alarm setting information for each channel

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2.4.7 Trace color dialog

and the date, time, value, scale and alarm state for each time an alarm tripped or reset.

To view the contents of the alarm log file during a real-time log session, select the Alarm Log option in the View menu, or right-click on the Channels grid and select the View Alarm Log option in the popup menu.

The alarm log file is described in detail in Section 7.2.3, Alarm Log File.

The Trace Color dialog allows a new color to be selected for the graph trace.

Figure 20 Trace color dialog

The current trace color is selected when the dialog is displayed. Select the new color using the Trace color drop-down list.

Click the OK button to save the settings you have selected and to close the dialog.

Click the Cancel button to discard any changes and close the dialog.

Click the Help button to display the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

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2.4.8 File Viewer window

The File Viewer window displays the contents of the indicated file.

Figure 21 File Viewer window

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The data grid displays the contents of the file at the time the viewer window is displayed. The data displayed in the data grid will vary depending on the contents of the file being viewed.

To update the data in the data grid, click the Refresh button. The contents of file will be read in again and the data grid is updated.

To print the contents of the indicated file to the default printer, click the Print button.

The Statistics button is shown if there is statistical data associated with the dis played data. To see the statistical data, click the Statistics button. The Statistics dialog is displayed. Please refer to Section 2.4.9, Statistics Dialog, for more de tails on this dialog.

The Close button closes this window.

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2.4.9 Statistics dialog

The Statistics dialog displays the current statistical values. Only the values for the enabled statistics are displayed.

Figure 22 Statistics dialog

If the Sliding window statistical setting is enabled, the statistical values are based on the number of readings specified for the sliding window. Otherwise, the statistical values are based on all readings since the statistics were last reset.

Click the Reset button to reset the statistical values.

Click the Close button to close this dialog.

2.5 Previous log session

The Previous Log Session window allows multiple output files or download files to be opened and viewed. This window is divided into three main sections:

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channels, statistics and graph. These three sections can be resized by dragging the bars that divide the sections with the mouse.

Figure 23 Previous Log Session window

A Previous Log Session window can be opened by selecting the Open Previously Logged Data File option in the View menu or by selecting one of the files in the Most Recently Used (MRU) section at the bottom of the View menu. Up to 8 Previous Log Session windows can be open at a time.

When selecting the Open Previously Logged Data File option, the Windows® Open dialog is displayed. The \Config folder should be selected by default (or the folder that is specified for configuration files on the LogWa re Options dia

log). Both output files and download files can be opened in the Previous Log Session window. These files should have a .txt extension. To cancel opening a file, click the Cancel button. Otherwise, select up to 10 files to open and click the Open button. If more than 10 files are selected, only the first 10 files are opened and the rest are ignored. For more details about output files, please re

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fer to Section 7.2.1, Output file. For more details about download files, please refer to Section 7.2.2, Download file.

Note:To open an output file that was created when using the Write all ac

quired data to the same file option (multiple data sets in the same file), you must not select more than one file on the Windows® Open dialog. If the file contains data from more than 10 channels, only the data from the first 10 channels will be displayed. Data sets from each channel are sepa rated into individual files and may be opened in another window if de sired. A message is displayed if the selected file contains more than 10 data sets and indicates the names and path where the files are located.

A progress dialog is displayed as each of the selected files are read in and ana lyzed. As each of the files is read in, a tab is created in the Channels section of the window and statistical data is calculated. Each channel is automatically as signed a trace color that can be changed at any time. The X-axis of the graph automatically grows to accommodate the file with the most readings. The Y-axis of the graph is automatically scaled to display all traces on the graph.

Note: The graph allows a maximum of 32,767 readings per channel. If

any one file contains more readings than that, the first 32,767 readings are read in and the rest are ignored. The graph also limits the total number of data points to 128,000 for all channels. So, for 10 channels, a maximum of 12,800 readings per channel can be displayed.

To close the Previous Log Session window, click the button in the title bar.

2.5.1 Channels

The Channels section is located in the upper left corner of the previous log ses sion window and displays one tab for each file that was opened. Each tab is given the name of the file and the grid on the tab contains all of the data that was read in from the file. Depending on the type of file being opened, this data can include but is not necessarily limited to, the date, time, value and scale of each reading as well as the alarm state at the time that reading was taken.

Note: When opening files that contain data that was downloaded from

some of the thermometers supported by LogWare, no date or time informa

tion is available. Download files never contain alarm information.

Selecting a tab in the Channels section displays the data associated with that channel. The color of the data in the grid matches the graph trace color as

signed to this channel.

Right-clicking on any of the channel tabs displays a popup menu. This menu

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allows channels to be added to or removed from this session, and also allows the trace color to be changed, or the trace can be hidden.

Figure 24 Channels popup menu

LogWare is capable of opening up to 10 files (channels) in the same Previous Log Session window. To add another channel to the window, select the Add Channel option in the popup menu. The Windows® Open dialog is displayed. The \Config folder should be selected by default (or the folder that is specified for configuration files on the LogWa re Options dialog). To cancel opening a file, click the Cancel button. Otherwise, select up to 9 more files to open and click the Open button. Since LogWar e only allows a total of 10 files to be opened, any additional files are ignored. The Add Channel option is disabled if the log session already has 10 channels open.

To remove a channel from the Previous Log Session window, select the tab for the channel and select the Remove Channel option in the popup menu. Any channel can be removed except the first channel. The first channel cannot be removed. When a channel is removed, the corresponding tab, grid and graph trace are also removed and the graph Y-axis is rescaled as needed.

To change the color of the trace on the graph for any channel, select the tab for the channel and select the Trace Color option in the popup menu, or by select ing the Trace Color option in the Graph menu. The Trace Color dialog is dis

played. Please refer to Section 2.4.7, Trace Color Dialog, for more information on this dialog.

The Show Trace option in the popup menu indicates whether the trace for the selected channel is currently shown on the graph. A check appears next to this option if the trace is visible. The trace on the graph for any channel can be tog gled on or off at any time. To toggle the trace for any channel, select the tab for the channel and select the Show Trace option in the popup menu or select the Show trace option in the View menu. If a check appears next to this option, the trace is currently shown. If no check appears, the trace is hidden.

2.5.2 Statistics list

The Statistics list is located in the upper right corner of the Previous Log Ses sion window and displays statistical information for the currently selected channel. The statistics are calculated when the data is read in from the file. The color of the statistics data matches the trace color for the selected channel.

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Each of the statistical settings can be enabled or disabled by clicking the Set tings button. Only the enabled statistics are displayed in the Statistics list. Please refer to Section 2.3.6, Statistics Settings Dialog, for more information on the Statistics Settings dialog.

2.5.3 Graph

The graph is located at the bottom of the Previous Log Session window. The graph gives a visual representation of the readings on all channels.

The trace for each channel can be toggled on or off. To show or hide the trace for the selected channel, right-click on the tab in the Channels grid and select the Show Trace option in the popup menu or select the Show Trace option in the View menu.

The Y-axis of the graph is automatically scaled to display all visible traces in their entirety. The Y-axis is labeled Value by default and the resolution of the values is extracted from the data read in from the channels. The X-axis of the graph grows automatically to display the entire trace of the channel with the most readings. The X-axis is labeled Readings by default and is numbered according to the number of readings in each file.

Note: The graph allows a maximum of 32,767 readings per channel. If

Gridlines can be automatically displayed on the graph by checking the show gridlines on graphs option of the General tab of the LogWar e Options dialog. Please refer to Section 5.6.4.1, General Tab, for more details.

Right-clicking on the graph displays a popup menu. This menu is identical to the Graph menu and allows quick access to graph-related functions. Some of the options apply only to the currently selected channel.

Figure 25 Graph popup menu

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There are many customizable settings for the graph such as titles, a legend, background and text colors, grid lines and trend lines. All of these features can be accessed by selecting the Graph Settings option in the popup menu or in the Graph menu. The default graph settings can be restored by selecting the Re store Default Settings option in the popup menu or in the Graph menu. For more details on customizing the graph settings, please refer to Section 5.5.1, Graph Settings Dialog.

The Zoom In and Restore options are can be used to zoom in to a small section of the graph and to restore the graph to its default state respectively. Please re fer to Section 2.5.4, Graph Zooming, for more details on using the graph zoom ing feature.

The graph may be printed at any time by selecting the Print Graph option in the popup menu or in the Graph menu, or by selecting the Print | Graph option in the File menu.

2.5.4 Graph zooming

LogWare allows the graph in the Previous Log Session window to be zoomed to view a small section of the graph in more detail. The zoom feature can be enabled by selecting the Zoom In option in the Graph menu, or by right-clicking on the graph and selecting the Zoom In option in the popup menu, or by click-

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ing the button on the toolbar. When the zoom feature is enabled, the mouse pointer turns into a crosshair when positioned over the graph, the toolbar button remains depressed and a check mark appears next to the Zoom In option indicating that the graph is now in “zoom mode”.

Figure 26 Graph zooming

To zoom in to a portion of the graph, use the mouse to select the portion of the graph to zoom by clicking the left mouse button and holding it down while dragging the mouse to draw a rectangular box around the desired area. Releas

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ing the mouse button causes the graph to zoom in to the selected area. Repeat this process to zoom in closer and closer.

To restore the graph to its normal state, select the Restore option in the Graph menu, or right-click on the graph and select the Restore option in the popup

menu, or click the button on the toolbar. The check mark is then re

moved in the Zoom In option and the Zoom In toolbar button no longer appears depressed.

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LogWare provides tools to download data that has been logged to the thermom eter readout’s memory or logs and to view the current status of the thermometer readout’s logs or memory. These tools are accessible by selecting options in the Download menu. The following sections describe the download and log status dialogs for each of the thermometer readouts supported by LogWa re.

3.1 Download menu

The Download menu contains options for downloading logged data from the thermometer readout’s memory or logs and viewing the current status of the thermometer readout’s logs or memory.

Figure 27 Download menu

3.1.1 Download logged data

The Download Logged Data option can be used to download data that has been logged to the thermometer readout’s logs or memory. All thermometer readouts supported by LogWare support logging of some type. Please refer to Section

1.4.4, Firmware Requirements, for more information.

When selecting the Download Logged Data option, the Select Model dialog is displayed. LogWare needs to know the model of the thermometer readout in or der to display appropriate options dialog. Please refer to Section 3.2, Select Model Dialog, for more details.

After the thermometer readout model and communication settings have been selected, the appropriate Download Options dialog for the selected thermome ter readout is displayed. The Download Options dialogs are described in more detail in Section 3.3, Download Options Dialogs.

3.1.2 Log status

The Log Status option can be used to view the current status of the thermome ter readout’s logs or memory. This feature is only supported by some of the thermometer readouts supported by LogWare .

When selecting the Log Status option, the Select Model dialog is displayed. LogWare needs to know the model of the thermometer readout in order to dis play appropriate status dialog. Please refer to Section 3.2, Select Model Dialog, for more details on the Select Model dialog.

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3.2 Select Model dialog

After the thermometer readout model and communication settings have been selected, the appropriate Log Status dialog for the selected thermometer read

out is displayed. The Log Status dialogs are described in more detail in Section

3.4, Log Status Dialogs.

When any of the Download menu options is selected, the Select Model dialog is displayed. LogWare needs to know the model of the thermometer readout to interface with.

Figure 28 Select Model dialog

If this dialog has been used previously to select a thermometer readout model and communication settings, the previous settings are restored.

Use the Model drop-down list to select the type of thermometer readout being used. All other controls on this dialog are disabled until a model is selected. The list of available thermometer readouts depends on the Download menu op tion selected. Only thermometer readouts that support the selected feature are listed.

Select the COM port on the computer to which the thermometer readout is con nected using the COM port drop-down list. Only COM ports that the operating system reports as being available can be used. The following symbols are used to show the status of each COM port:

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- Indicates a COM port that is currently available.

- Indicates the COM port that is currently selected by LogWa re .

- Indicates a COM port that is currently being used by another appli

cation.

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- Indicates an IR port (virtual COM port) that is currently available.

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- Indicates an IR port (virtual COM port) that is currently selected by

LogWa re.

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- Indicates an IR port (virtual COM port) that is currently being used

by another application.

Check the Use IR dongle option to use the thermometer readout’s IR port in stead of an RS-232 cable. This option is only enabled when the selected ther

mometer readout has an IR port and the selected download feature allows using the IR port to communicate with the thermometer readout. For more informa

tion on using the IR dongle, please refer to Section 6.13, Using an IR Dongle with LogWa re.

After the model, COM port, baud rate and/or IR settings are configured, click the Test Communication button to make sure communication with the thermometer readout is successful. At this time, the thermometer readout must be connected to the COM port on the computer using a null modem cable or, if the IR dongle is being used, the IR dongle must be connected to the selected COM port and the dongle must be aligned with the thermometer readout’s IR port. For more information, please refer to the thermometer’s User's Guide.

When testing communication with the thermometer readout, there are three possible results:

• The thermometer readout is communicating at the correct baud rate on the selected COM port.

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The thermometer readout is communicating, but possibly at the wrong baud rate or the thermometer readout model does not match the selected model.

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The thermometer readout failed to communicate at all. Check the COM port and baud rate settings, make sure the cable is a null modem cable, and make sure the thermometer readout is plugged in and turned on. If us ing the IR dongle, make sure the dongle is connected to the selected COM port and the dongle is aligned properly with the thermometer readout’s IR port.

After all of the settings on this dialog are configured and communication with the thermometer readout is successful, click the OK button to accept the set

tings and continue.

Click the Cancel button close this dialog and abort using the selected feature.

Click the Help button to display the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

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3.3 Download options dialogs

3.3.1 1523 Handheld download options dialog

LogWare provides a tool to download data from the thermometer readout’s memory or logs. This tool is accessible by selecting the Download Logged Data option in the Download menu. The following sections describe the dialogs for each of the thermometer readouts that support this feature.

The Model 1523 Handheld Thermometer readout can store readings in a log, called the demand log. LogWare can download the readings from this log and write the readings into download files. For more information on download files, please refer to Section 7.2.2, Download File on page 231. When the Download Logged Data option in the Download menu is selected and the 1523 Thermometer readout is selected on the Select Model dialog, the 1523 Down load Options dialog is displayed.

Figure 29 1523 Download Options dialog

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The demand log stores up to 25 readings. For more details on the demand log, see the 1523 User’s Guide.

The Readings section allows the readings to be downloaded to be specified.

Selecting the Download all readings from log option indicates that all of the readings in the selected log should be downloaded.

Selecting the Download only reading for this index option allows only the read ing at the selected index (1 to 25) to be downloaded. If this option is selected, use the drop-down list to select the appropriate index of the reading to download.

Select the resolution to use to format the readings when they are written to the download file. This value can be set between 0 and 3 digits (places after deci

mal point).

Select the method to use when writing the downloaded readings to a file using the options in the Files section.

Selecting the Write all readings into a single file option causes all of the down loaded readings to be written to one file.

Selecting the Separate readings by index option causes one file to be created for each index for which there is a reading available. Each file will contain a single reading.

If the Prompt to enter filename(s) check box is checked, a prompt is displayed after the data is downloaded for each file that needs to be created, depending on the other selections above. If this option is not checked, the default filenames are used.

After selecting the appropriate options on this dialog, click the Download button to start the download process. For more details on the download process, please refer to Section 8, Download Process.

To close this dialog, click the Close button.

Click the Help button to display the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

3.3.2 1524 Handheld download options dialog

The Model 1524 Handheld Thermometer readout can store readings in any of two logs: demand log and auto log. LogWar e can download the readings from these logs and write the readings into download files. For more information on download files, please refer to Section 7.2.2, Download File. When the Down load Logged Data option in the Download menu is selected and the 1524

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Thermometer readout is selected on the Select Model dialog, the 1524 Down load Options dialog is displayed.

Figure 30 1524 Download Options dialog

The Select log to download section allows the log to be specified. The 1524 Handheld Thermometer readout has two logs: demand log and auto log. The demand log stores up to 25 readings while the auto log stores up to 15,000 readings. For more details on the demand and auto logs, see the 1524 User’s Guide.

The Readings section allows the readings to be downloaded to be specified.

Selecting the Download all readings from log option indicates that all of the readings in the selected log should be downloaded.

Selecting the Download only readings with this label option allows only read ings that are assigned the label indicated below to be downloaded from the se lected log. If this option is selected, a list of current labels is read in from the thermometer readout. Use the drop-down list to select the appropriate label.

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Select the resolution to use to format the readings when they are written to the download file. This value can be set between 0 and 3 digits (places after deci

mal point).

Select the method to use when writing the downloaded readings to a file using the options in the Files section.

Selecting the Write all readings into a single file option causes all of the down loaded readings to be written to one file.

Selecting the Separate readings by channel option causes all of the downloaded readings to be separated according to the channel that each reading was taken from and written into separate files.

After selecting the appropriate options on this dialog, click the Download but

ton to start the download process. For more details on the download process, please refer to Section 8, Download Process.

To close this dialog, click the Close button.

Click the Help button to display the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

3.3.3 1529 Chub-E4 download options dialog

The Model 1529 Chub-E4 Thermometer readout (including models 1529, 1529-R and 1529-T) can store readings in any of two logs: demand log and auto log. LogWa re can download the readings from these logs and write the readings into download files. For more information on download files, please refer to Section 7.2.2, Download File. When the Download Logged Data option in the Download menu is selected and the 1529 thermometer readout is selected on the Select Model dialog, the 1529 Chub-E4 Download Options dialog is dis played (Figure 31).

The Select log to download section allows the log to be specified. The 1529 Chub-E4 Thermometer readout has two logs: demand log and auto log. The de mand log stores up to 100 readings while the auto log stores up to 8,160 read ings. For more details on the demand and auto logs, see the 1529 Chub-E4 Thermometer readout User's Guide.

The Readings section allows the number of readings to be downloaded to be specified.

Selecting the Download all readings from log option indicates that all of the readings in the selected log should be downloaded.

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Enter the resolution to use to format the readings when they are written to the download file in the Resolution box. This value can be set between 0 and 4 dig its (places after decimal point).

Select the method to use when writing the downloaded readings to a file using the options in the Files section.

Selecting the Write all readings into a single file option causes all of the down loaded readings to be written to one file.

Figure 31 1529 Chub-E4 Download Options dialog

Selecting the Separate readings by channel option causes all of the downloaded readings to be separated according to the channel that each reading was taken from and written into separate files.

After selecting the appropriate options on this dialog, click the Download but

ton to start the download process. For more details on the download process, please refer to Section 8, Download Process.

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To close this dialog, click the Close button.

Click the Help button to display the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

3.3.4 1560 Black Stack download options dialog

The Model 1560 Black Stack Thermometer readout stores the values of up to the last 1,000 readings taken in the thermometer readout’s memory, and is re ferredtobyLogWar e as the history log. LogWa re can download the readings from the history log and write the readings into download files. For more infor mation on download files, please refer to Section 7.2.2, Download File. When the Download Logged Data option in the Download menu is selected and the 1560 Black Stack Thermometer readout is selected on the Select Model dialog, the 1560 Black Stack Download Options dialog is displayed.

Figure 32 1560 Black Stack Download Options dialog

The Select communication device setting determines the device (serial port) to which the readings will be downloaded.

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Use base serial port - Select this option if the serial cable is connected to the serial port on the base unit of the 1560 (immediately behind the dis

play).

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Use communication module serial port - Select this option if the serial cable is connected to the serial port on the Model 3560 Communication Module.

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The Readings section allows the number of readings to be downloaded to be specified. The history log can contain up to 1,000 readings.

Note: The actual number of readings in the history log depends on the

number of channels on the thermometer readout. Typically, the history log can hold 1,000 readings as long as there are not more than 63 total input channels on the thermometer readout. For every channel over 63, the num

ber of readings that the history log can hold decreases by approximately

16.

Selecting the Download all readings from history log option indicates that the entire history log should be downloaded.

Selecting the Download last n readings from history log option allows a spe

cific number of readings to be downloaded from the history log. If this option is selected, enter the number of readings to download in the readings box. This value can be set between 1 and the total number of readings in the history log.

Enter the resolution to use to format the readings when they are written to the download file in the Resolution box. This value can be set between 0 and 12 digits (places after decimal point).

Select the method to use when writing the downloaded readings to a file using the options in the Files section.

Selecting the Write all readings into a single file option causes all of the downloaded readings to be written to one file.

Selecting the Separate readings by channel option causes all of the downloaded readings to be separated according to the channel that each reading was taken from and written into separate files.

Note: When downloading data from the 1560, the measurement process in

the thermometer readout is halted until downloading is complete!

After selecting the appropriate options on this dialog, click the Download but ton to start the download process. For more details on the download process, please refer to Section 8, Download Process.

To close this dialog, click the Close button.

Click the Help button to display the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

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3.3.5 1575A Super-Thermometer download options dialog

The Model 1575A Super-Thermometer readout can store readings in any of two logs: history log and memory log. LogWa re can download the readings from these logs and write the readings into download files. For more informa tion on download files, please refer to Section 7.2.2, Download File. When the Download Logged Data option in the Download menu is selected and the 1575A Super-Thermometer readout is selected on the Select Model dialog, the 1575A Super-Thermometer Download Options dialog is displayed.

Figure 33 1575A ‘Super Thermometer’ Download Options dialog

The Select log to download section allows the log to be specified. The 1575A Super-Thermometer readout has two logs: history log and memory log. The history log stores the most recent 100 readings taken by the thermometer read out. The memory log can be used to store up to 100 readings manually. For more details on the history and memory logs, see the 1575A Super-Thermome ter readout User’s Guide.

The Readings section allows the number of readings to be downloaded to be specified.

Selecting the Download all readings from log option indicates that all of the readings in the selected log should be downloaded.

Selecting the Download last n readings from log option allows a specific num ber of readings to be downloaded from the selected log. If this option is se

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lected, enter the number of readings to download in the readings box. This value can be set between 1 and 100.

Note: It is not possible for LogWare to determine exactly how many read

ings are currently stored in the memory log. Therefore, memory locations that do not have a value stored in them always return a value of 0 °C.

Enter the resolution to use to format the readings when they are written to the download file in the Resolution box. This value can be set between 0 and 8 dig its (places after decimal point).

Select the options regarding the file to create in the Files section.

If the Prompt to enter filename check box is checked, a prompt is displayed af ter the data is downloaded for the file that needs to be created. If this option is not checked, the default filename is used.

To close this dialog, click the Close button.

Click the Help button to display the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

3.3.6 1590 Super-Thermometer II download options

The Model 1590 Super-Thermometer II readout can store readings in any of two logs: history log and memory log. LogWa re can download the readings from these logs and write the readings into download files. For more information on download files, please refer to Section 7.2.2, Download File. When the Download Logged Data option in the Download menu is selected and the 1590 Super-Thermometer II readout is selected on the Select Model dialog, the 1590 Super-Thermometer II Download Options dialog is displayed (Figure 34).

The Select log to download section allows the log to be specified. The 1590 Super-Thermometer II readout has two logs: history log and memory log. The history log stores the most recent 100 readings taken by the thermometer read out. The memory log can be used to store up to 100 readings manually. For more details on the history and memory logs, see the 1590 Super-Thermometer II readout User’s Guide.

The Readings section allows the number of readings to be downloaded to be specified.

Selecting the Download all readings from log option indicates that all of the readings in the selected log should be downloaded.

Selecting the Download last n readings from log option allows a specific num ber of readings to be downloaded from the selected log. If this option is se lected, enter the number of readings to download in the readings box. This value can be set between 1 and 100.

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Note: It is not possible for LogWare to determine exactly how many read

ings are currently stored in the memory log. Therefore, memory locations that do not have a value stored in them always return a value of 0 °C.

Enter the resolution to use to format the readings when they are written to the download file in the Resolution box. This value can be set between 0 and 8 dig its (places after decimal point).

Figure 34 1590 Super-Thermometer II Download Options dialog

Select the options regarding the file to create in the Files section.

To close this dialog, click the Close button.

Click the Help button to display the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

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3.4 Log status dialogs

LogWare provides a tool to view the status of the thermometer readout’s mem ory or logs. This tool is accessible by selecting the Log Status option in the Download menu. The only thermometer readouts supported by LogWar e that have this feature are the 1529 Chub-E4 Thermometer readout and the 1560 Black Stack Thermometer readout. The following section describes the dialogs for viewing the log status for each supported thermometer readout.

3.4.1 1523 Handheld log status dialog

The Model 1523 Handheld Thermometer readout can store readings in a log, called the demand log. LogWare can display the current status of this log and provides a way to clear all readings from the log. When the Log Status option in the Download menu is selected and the 1523 Thermometer readout is se lected on the Select Model dialog, the 1523 Log Status dialog is displayed.

Figure 35 1523 Log Status dialog

The Demand log progress bar indicates the current state of the demand log. The demand log in the 1523 Handheld Thermometer readout holds up to 25 readings.

To clear all readings from the demand log, click the Clear Demand Log button.

To refresh the log status information on this dialog, click the Refresh button. The log status is read in from the thermometer readout again and the dialog is updated.

To close this dialog, click the Close button.

Click the Help button to display the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

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3.4.2 1524 Handheld log status dialog

The Model 1524 Handheld Thermometer readout can store readings in any of two logs: demand log and auto log. LogWare can display the current status of these logs and provides a way to clear all readings from these logs. When the Log Status option in the Download menu is selected and the 1524 Thermome ter readout is selected on the Select Model dialog, the 1524 Log Status dialog is displayed.

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Figure 36 1524 Log Status dialog

The Demand log progress bar indicates the current state of the demand log. The demand log in the 1524 Handheld Thermometer readout holds up to 25 readings.

To clear all readings from the demand log, click the Clear Demand Log button.

The Auto log progress bar indicates the current state of the auto log. The auto log in the 1524 Handheld Thermometer readout holds up to 15,000 readings.

To clear all readings from the auto log, click the Clear Auto Log button.

To refresh the log status information on this dialog, click the Refresh button. The log status is read in from the thermometer readout again and the dialog is updated.

To close this dialog, click the Close button.

Click the Help button to display the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

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3.4.3 1529 Chub-E4 log status dialog

The Model 1529 Chub-E4 Thermometer readout (including models 1529, 1529-R and 1529-T) can store readings in any of two logs: demand log and auto log. LogWa re can display the current status of these logs and provides a way to clear all readings from these logs. When the Log Status option in the Download menu is selected and the 1529 Chub-E4 Thermometer readout is se lected on the Select Model dialog, the 1529 Chub-E4 Log Status dialog is dis played.

Figure 37 1529 Chub-E4 Log Status dialog

The Demand log progress bar indicates the current status of the demand log. The demand log in the 1529 Chub-E4 Thermometer readout can hold up to 100 readings.

To clear all readings from the demand log, click the Clear Demand Log button.

The Auto log progress bar indicates the current state of the auto log. The auto log in the 1529 Chub-E4 Thermometer readout can hold up to 8,160 readings.

To clear all readings from the auto log, click the Clear Auto Log button.

To refresh the log status information on this dialog, click the Refresh button. The log status is read in from the thermometer readout again and the dialog is updated.

To close this dialog, click the Close button.

Click the Help button to display the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

3.4.4 1560 Black Stack log status dialog

The Model 1560 Black Stack Thermometer readout stores the values of up to the last 1,000 readings taken in the thermometer’s memory, and is referred to by LogWare as the history log. LogWa re can display the current status of the

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history log. When the Log Status option in the Download menu is selected and the 1560 Black Stack Thermometer readout is selected on the Select Model dia log, the 1560 Black Stack Log Status dialog is displayed.

Figure 38 1560 Black Stack Log Status dialog

The history log progress bar indicates the current state of the history log. The history log in the 1560 Black Stack Thermometer readout stores the values of up to the last 1,000 readings taken. The history log of the 1560 Black Stack Thermometer readout will nearly always indicate 100% full. It is not possible for LogWare to clear the history log.

Note: The actual number of readings in the history log depends on the

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To refresh the log status information on this dialog, click the Refresh button. The log status is read in from the thermometer readout again and the dialog is updated.

To close this dialog, click the Close button.

Click the Help button to display the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

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4 Tools

LogWare provides tools to synchronize the thermometer readout’s clock, view/modify logging labels and view/modify various thermometer readout set tings including filtering, sampling, measurement, calibration, module, channel and probe settings. These tools are accessible by selecting options in the Tools menu. The following sections describe the dialogs for these tools for each of the thermometer readouts supported by LogWare .

4.1 Tools menu

The Tools menu contains options for synchronizing the thermometer readout’s clock, viewing/modifying logging labels and viewing/modifying thermometer readout settings.

Figure 39 Tools menu

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Tools menu

4.1.1 Synchronize date/time

The Synchronize Date/Time option can be used to synchronize the thermometer readout’s clock to the computer’s clock. All thermometer readouts supported by LogWare support this feature.

When selecting the Synchronize Date/Time option, the Select Model dialog is displayed. LogWare needs to know the model of the thermometer readout in or der to send the proper commands to synchronize the thermometer readout’s clock. Please refer to Section 4.2, Select Model Dialog, for more details on the Select Model dialog.

After the thermometer readout model and communication settings have been selected, the appropriate commands are sent to the thermometer readout to up date its date and time settings (as applicable to the selected thermometer read out). After the commands have been sent, a message is displayed indicating that the thermometer readout’s clock has been updated.

Note: Before synchronizing the thermometer readout’s clock, make sure

the computer’s clock is accurate. Use the Windows® Control Panel to ad just the date and time as necessary.

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4.1.3 Thermometer settings

Note: The thermometer readout's display may not immediately reflect the

updated time.

The Logging Labels option can be used to view and/or modify the labels that the thermometer readout assigns to readings that are stored in the thermometer readout’s log(s). This feature is only supported by the 1529 Chub-E4 Ther mometer readout.

When selecting the Logging Labels option, the Select Model dialog is dis played. LogWare needs to know the model of the thermometer readout. Please refer to Section 4.2, Select Model Dialog, for more details on the Select Model dialog.

After the thermometer readout model and communication settings have been selected, the Logging Labels dialog for the selected thermometer readout is dis played. The Logging Labels dialog is described in more detail in Section 4.3, Logging Labels Dialogs.

The Thermometer Settings option can be used to view and/or modify many thermometer readout, module, and probe settings including filtering, sampling, measurement, calibration, and conversion settings. All thermometer readouts supported by LogWare support this feature. Please refer to Section 1.4.4, Firmware Requirements, for more information.

When selecting the Thermometer Settings option, the Select Model dialog is displayed. LogWare needs to know the model of the thermometer readout in order to display the appropriate thermometer readout settings dialogs. Please re fer to Section 4.2, Select Model Dialog, for more details on the Select Model dialog.

After the thermometer readout model and communication settings have been selected, the appropriate Thermometer Settings dialog for the selected ther mometer readout is displayed. The Thermometer Settings dialogs are described in more detail in Section 4.4, Thermometer Settings Dialogs.

Warning: When using the Thermometer Settings tool, make sure that the

thermometer readout is not currently in any menu. Using the thermometer readout's menus while using the Thermometer Settings tool may cause the thermometer readout to fail to accept new settings.

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When any of the Tools menu options is selected, the Select Model dialog is dis played. LogWare needs to know the model of the thermometer readout to inter face with.

Figure 40 Select Model dialog

If this dialog has been used previously to select a thermometer readout model and communication settings, the previous settings are restored.

Use the Model drop-down list to select the type of thermometer readout being used. All other controls on this dialog are disabled until a model is selected. The list of available thermometer readouts depends on the Tools menu option selected. Only thermometer readouts that support the selected feature are listed.

Select the COM port on the computer to which the thermometer readout is con nected using the COM port drop-down list. Only COM ports that the operating system reports as being available can be used. The following symbols are used to show the status of each COM port:

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cation.

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LogWa re.

- Indicates a COM port that is currently available.

- Indicates the COM port that is currently selected by LogWa re .

- Indicates a COM port that is currently being used by another appli

- Indicates an IR port (virtual COM port) that is currently available.

- Indicates an IR port (virtual COM port) that is currently selected by

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- Indicates an IR port (virtual COM port) that is currently being used

by another application.

Check the Use IR dongle option to use the thermometer readout’s IR port in stead of an RS-232 cable. This option is only enabled when the selected ther

mometer readout has an IR port and the selected feature allows using the IR port to communicate with the thermometer readout. For more information on using the IR dongle, please refer to Section 6.13, Using an IR Dongle with LogWare .

After the model, COM port, baud rate and/or IR settings are configured, click the Test Communication button to make sure communication with the ther

mometer readout is successful. At this time, the thermometer readout must be connected to the COM port on the computer using a null modem cable or, if the IR dongle is being used, the IR dongle must be connected to the selected COM port and the dongle must be aligned with the thermometer readout’s IR port. For more information, please refer to the thermometer readout’s User’s Guide.

When testing communication with the thermometer readout, there are three possible results:

• The thermometer readout is communicating at the correct baud rate on the selected COM port.

• The thermometer readout is communicating, but possibly at the wrong baud rate or the thermometer readout model does not match the selected model.

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After all of the settings on this dialog are configured and communication with the thermometer readout is successful, click the OK button to accept the set

tings and continue.

Click the Cancel button close this dialog and abort using the selected feature.

Click the Help button to display the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

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4.3 Logging labels dialogs

LogWare provides a tool to view and/or modify the labels that the thermometer readout assigns to readings that are stored in the thermometer readout’s log(s). This tool is accessible by selecting the Logging Labels option in the Tools menu. The following sections describe the dialogs for each of the thermometer readouts that support this feature.

4.3.1 1523 Handheld logging label dialog

The Model 1523 Handheld Thermometer readout can store readings into a log, called the demand log. When readings are stored in the log, a label can be as signed to each reading to indicate the reason, purpose or to otherwise identify the reading(s). LogWare provides a tool that can be used to view and/or modify the current logging label. When the Logging Labels option in the Tools menu is selected and the 1523 Thermometer readout is selected on the Select Model di alog, the 1523 Logging Label dialog is displayed.

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Figure 41 1523 Logging Label dialog

When the 1523 Logging Label dialog is displayed, the current label name is read in from the thermometer readout.

The 1523 Handheld Thermometer readout has a single logging label for the de mand log. The Label name box indicates the current name for this label. Enter the new name for the demand log label.

After the label has been modified as needed, click the OK button to write the new label name to the thermometer readout. A progress dialog is displayed while the new label name is being written to the thermometer readout.

If the label was not modified, or to close this dialog without writing the new la bel name to the thermometer readout, click the Close button.

Click the Help button to display the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

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4.3.2 1524 Handheld logging labels dialog

The Model 1524 Handheld Thermometer readout can store readings into logs. When readings are stored in a log, a label can be assigned to each reading or set of readings to indicate the reason, purpose or to otherwise identify the read

ing(s). LogWare provides a tool that can be used to view and/or modify the cur rent logging label settings. When the Logging Labels option in the Tools menu is selected and the 1524 Thermometer readout is selected on the Select Model dialog, the 1524 Logging Labels dialog is displayed.

Figure 42 1524 Logging Labels dialog

When the 1524 Logging Labels dialog is displayed, all of the current label names are read in from the thermometer readout. The label used for the demand log is displayed in the 1524 Demand Log Label section. The labels used for the auto log are displayed in the 1524 Auto Log Labels section.

The 1524 Handheld Thermometer readout has a single logging label for the de mand log. The Label name box indicates the current name for this label. Enter the new name for the demand log label.

The Labels list in the 1524 Auto Log Labels section indicates the current names of all auto log labels. The 1524 Handheld Thermometer readout has 25 logging labels for the auto log.

To modify any of one of the labels, click on the appropriate label in the Labels list. The Label name box indicates the name of the label that is currently se

lected. Enter the new name for the selected label and press the Enter key or click the Apply —> button. The Labels list is updated to reflect the change. If

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the Enter key was pressed, the next label in the list will automatically be se lected and the name of the next label can be entered in the Label name box.

Repeat this process for all labels that need to be modified.

To reset all labels to their default names, click the Reset All button. The Labels list is updated to show the default names for all labels.

The 1524 Handheld Thermometer readout has a single logging label for the de mand log. The Demand Log Label box indicates the current name for this label. Enter the new name for the demand log label.

After all labels have been modified as needed, click the OK button to write the new label names to the thermometer readout. A progress dialog is displayed while the new label names are being written to the thermometer readout.

If no labels were modified, or to close this dialog without writing the new label names to the thermometer readout, click the Close button.

Click the Help button to display the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

4.3.3 1529 Chub-E4 logging labels

The Model 1529 Chub-E4 Thermometer readout (including models 1529, 1529-R and 1529-T) can store readings into logs. When readings are stored in a log, a label can be assigned to each reading or set of readings to indicate the reason, purpose or to otherwise identify the reading(s). LogWar e provides a tool that can be used to view and/or modify the current logging label settings. When the Logging Labels option in the Tools menu is selected and the 1529 Chub-E4 Thermometer readout is selected on the Select Model dialog, the 1529 Chub-E4 Logging Labels dialog is displayed.

Figure 43 1529 Chub-E4 Logging Labels dialog

When the Logging Labels dialog is displayed, the current logging labels are read in from the thermometer readout. The Labels list indicates the current log ging labels. The 1529 Chub-E4 Thermometer readout has 25 logging labels.

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To modify any of one of the labels, click on the appropriate label in the Labels list. The Label name box indicates the name of the label that is currently se lected. Enter the new name for the selected label and press the Enter key or click the Apply --> button. The Labels list is updated to reflect the change. If the Enter key was pressed, the next label in the list will automatically be se lected and the name of the next label can be entered in the Label name box.

Repeat this process for all labels that need to be modified.

To reset all labels to their default names, click the Reset All button. The Labels list is updated to show the default names for all labels.

If no labels were modified, or to close this dialog without writing the new label names to the thermometer readout, click the Close button.

Click the Help button to display the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

LogWare provides tools to view and/or modify various thermometer readout settings including filtering, sampling, measurement, calibration, module, channel, and probe settings. These tools are accessible by selecting the Thermometer Settings option in the Tools menu. The following sections describe the dialogs for each of the thermometer readouts that support this feature.

4.4.1 1523/1524 Handheld Settings

The 1523/1524 Settings dialog displays information about the thermometer readout including model number, serial number, identification information and

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the total number of channels. It also allows many thermometer readout settings to be viewed and modified.

Figure 44 1523/1524 Settings dialog

The 1523/1524 Handheld Thermometer readout must be connected to an available COM port and the communication settings must be properly configured so that this information can be read in from the thermometer readout. If communi cation with the thermometer readout is not successful, an error message is dis

played and this dialog is blank.

The Model box indicates the model number of the thermometer readout. The Serial box indicates the serial number assigned to this thermometer readout. The Identification box indicates the manufacturer name, model number, serial number and firmware version installed in this thermometer readout. The Chan nels box indicates the total number of input channels on this thermometer readout.

The sampling settings can be viewed and modified by selecting the Sampling tab. The Channels tab displays a list of channels and allows access to channel and probe settings dialogs. The thermometer readout’s calibration settings can be viewed and modified by selecting the Calibration tab. Other settings can be viewed and modified by selecting the Misc tab.

Some of the settings on the 1523/1524 Settings dialog may be passcode pro

tected. If they are, a message appears at the bottom of the dialog and the Edit button is displayed. The controls for the passcode protected settings are dis

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abled. To edit the protected settings, click the Edit button and enter the currentabled. To edit the protected settings, click the Edit button and enter the current passcode for the thermometer readout. If the correct passcode is entered, the controls are enabled and the values may be changed. The controls remain en

abled until this dialog is closed or until the current changes are applied by clicking the Apply button.

After modifying any of the settings on this dialog, click the Apply or OK but

ton to write the new settings to the thermometer readout. If the Apply button is clicked, this dialog remains open. If the OK button is clicked, this dialog closes after writing the settings.

LogWare has a feature that causes all of the thermometer readout settings to be read back in from the thermometer readout after the Apply button is clicked and the new settings have been written to the thermometer readout. This feature can be useful to verify that the desired settings were properly applied to the thermometer readout. To enable or disable this feature, see Section 5.6.4, Options.

To close this dialog without writing the settings to the thermometer readout, click the Cancel button.

Click the Help button to open the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

Select the Sampling tab to view and/or modify sampling settings.

Figure 45 1523/1524 Settings – Sampling tab

Select the units to use when displaying readings in temperature using the Units drop-down list. Temperature readings can be displayed in either °C or °F. This setting applies to all channels that are configured to display readings in temperature.

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Select the Channels tab to view a list of channels and to access the channel and probe settings dialogs to view and/or modify channel and probe specific settings.

4.4.1.2 Channels tab

Select the channel to view or modify from the Channels list. This list indicates the channel number, channel type and the serial number of the probe on each channel.

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Figure 46 1523/1524 Settings – Channels tab

Click the Channel Settings button to display the appropriate channel settings dialog. When this button is clicked, the settings for the selected channel and probe are read in from the thermometer readout.

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4.4.1.3 Calibration tab

Select the Calibration tab to view and/or modify the thermometer readout’s cal ibration settings.

Figure 47 1523/1524 Settings – Calibration tab

CAUTION!! DO NOT CHANGE THESE VALUES UNLESS THIS READ-

OUT HAS BEEN RECALIBRATED OR UNLESS THESE VALUES DO NOT MATCH THE VALUES LOCATED ON THE LATEST REPORT OF CALIBRATION! CHANGING THESE VALUES VOIDS THE CURRENT CALIBRATION!

Select the date this readout was last calibrated using the drop-down calendar or by entering the date. This date should be located on the Report of Calibration.

Enter the reference and offset values for each calibration range in the grid. The calibration ranges are indicated in the first row of the grid. Each calibration range can have up to 4 adjustment pairs consisting of a reference and an offset value. Reference and offset values for unused adjustment pairs must be left blank. These values can be found on the Report of Calibration for the readout only if this readout received an accredited calibration.

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4.4.1.4 Misc tab

Select the Misc tab to view and/or modify other miscellaneous thermometer readout settings.

Figure 48 1523/1524 Settings – Misc tab

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The Enable automatic power off setting determines whether the thermometer readout will automatically shut itself off after a specific amount of time. By checking this option, the time period is set to 30 minutes.

The Disable serial communication setting determines whether the serial port of the thermometer readout is enabled. Disabling the serial port increases battery life. If the serial port is disabled, it can only be re-enabled using the thermome ter readout’s SETUP menu.

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4.4.1.5 1523/1524 PRT/thermistor channel settings dialog

The 1523/1524 PRT/Thermistor Channel Settings dialog displays information about the selected channel.

Figure 49 1523/1524 PRT/Thermistor Channel Settings dialog

Some or all of the settings on this dialog may be passcode protected. If so, a message appears at the bottom of the Probe tab and the Edit button is dis

played. The protected controls are disabled. To edit the protected settings, click the Edit button and enter the current passcode for the thermometer readout. If the correct passcode is entered, the protected controls are enabled and the val

ues may be changed. The controls remain enabled until this dialog is closed or until the current changes are applied by clicking the Apply button.

After modifying any of the settings on this dialog, click the Apply or OK but

ton to write the new settings to the thermometer readout. If the Apply button is clicked, this dialog remains open. If the OK button is clicked, this dialog closes after writing the settings.

LogWare has a feature that causes all of the channel settings to be read back in from the thermometer readout after the Apply button is clicked and the new set tings have been written to the thermometer readout. This feature can be useful to verify that the desired settings were properly applied to the thermometer readout. To enable or disable this feature, see Section 5.6.4, Options.

To close this dialog without writing the channel settings to the thermometer readout, click the Cancel button.

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Click the Help button to open the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

4.4.1.5.1 Probe tab

Select the Probe tab to view and/or modify probe settings.

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Figure 50 1523/1524 PRT/Thermistor Channel Settings – Probe tab

Enter the serial number of the probe attached to this channel in the probe serial number box. The serial number can be any combination of numbers and/or let

ters up to 8 characters in length. The underscore “_“ character can also be used in serial numbers.Select the date this probe was last calibrated using the drop-down calendar or by entering the date. This date should be located on the Report of Calibration for the probe.

Select the appropriate probe type for this probe using the Probe Type drop-down list. The choices are PRT or Thermistor.

Select the conversion type to use for the probe on this channel. The conversion types available in the drop-down list are dependent on the Probe Type selection.

For PRT probe types, the available conversion types are:

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ITS-90

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ITS-90 Subrange 5

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PT100

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Callendar-Van Dusen

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Ohms

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For Thermistor probe types, the available conversion types are:

R(T)

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Ohms

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Refer to the Report of Calibration for the probe for information on the conver sion type that the probe was calibrated for.

If the selected conversion type requires coefficients or other settings, the Con version Settings button is enabled. Click the Conversion Settings button to dis play the dialog for the selected conversion type. Otherwise, the Conversion Settings button is disabled.

Note: The conversion settings are not written to the thermometer readout

until the Apply or OK button is clicked on this dialog!

Select the Misc tab to view and/or modify other probe settings.

Figure 51 1523/1524 PRT/Thermistor Channel Settings – Misc tab

Select the resolution for the readings for this probe using the Resolution drop-down list. The resolution can be set to any value between 0 and 3, or Auto.

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Enter the minimum operating temperature for this probe in the MINOP box. If the temperature measured by the thermometer readout is less than this setting, the display indicates an overload condition (OL).

Enter the maximum operating temperature for this probe in the MAXOP box. If the temperature measured by the thermometer readout is greater than this set ting, the display indicates an overload condition (OL).

To exclusively lock the connected probe to this channel, check the Exclusively lock probe to channel checkbox. Locking a probe to a channel prevents any other probe from being used on this channel, and also prevents this probe from being used on any other channel, including channels of other thermometer readouts.

4.4.1.6 1523/1524 thermocouple channel settings dialog

The Channel Settings dialog for thermocouple probes displays information about the selected channel.

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Figure 52 1523/1524 Thermocouple Channel Settings dialog

Some or all of the settings on this dialog may be passcode protected. If so, a message appears at the bottom of the Probe tab and the Edit button is dis

ues may be changed. The controls remain enabled until this dialog is closed or until the current changes are applied by clicking the Apply button.

After modifying any of the settings on this dialog, click the Apply or OK but

ton to write the new settings to the thermometer readout. If the Apply button is

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clicked, this dialog remains open. If the OK button is clicked, this dialog closes after writing the settings.

To close this dialog without writing the channel settings to the thermometer readout, click the Cancel button.

Click the Help button to open the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

Select the Probe tab to view and/or modify probe settings.

Figure 53 1523/1524 Thermocouple Channel Settings – Probe tab

Enter the serial number of the probe attached to this channel in the probe serial number box. The serial number can be any combination of numbers and/or let ters up to 8 characters in length. The underscore “_“ character can also be used in serial numbers.Select the date this probe was last calibrated using the drop-down calendar or by entering the date. This date should be located on the Report of Calibration for the probe.

Select the appropriate probe type for this probe using the Probe Type drop-down list. Currently, the only choice is TC.

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Select the conversion type to use for the probe on this channel. For TC probe types, the available conversion types are:

Thermocouple Type

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Volts

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Refer to the Report of Calibration for the probe for information on the conver

sion type that the probe was calibrated for.

If the selected conversion type requires coefficients or other settings, the Con

version Settings button is enabled. Click the Conversion Settings button to dis play the dialog for the selected conversion type. Otherwise, the Conversion Settings button is disabled.

Note: The conversion settings are not written to the thermometer readout

until the Apply or OK button is clicked on this dialog!

Select the type of reference junction compensation to use on this channel using the RJC type drop-down list. Available choices are Internal and External. If External is chosen as the RJC type, the external RJC temperature must be entered in the RJC temperature box.

Enter the external RJC temperature value in the RJC temperature box. This box is disabled if the RJC type is set to Internal.

Note: The RJC temperature value must always be in °C!

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4.4.1.6.2 Misc tab

Select the Misc tab to view and/or modify other probe settings.

Figure 54 1523/1524 Thermocouple Channel Settings – Misc tab

Select the resolution for the readings for this probe using the Resolution drop-down list. The resolution can be set to any value between 0 and 3, or Auto.

4.4.2 1529 Chub-E4 settings dialog

The 1529 Chub-E4 Settings dialog displays information about the thermometer readout including model number, serial number, identification information, and

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the total number of channels. It also allows many thermometer readout settings to be viewed and/or modified.

Figure 55 1529 Chub-E4 Settings dialog

The 1529 Chub-E4 must be connected to an available COM port or IR dongle and the communication settings must be properly configured so that this information can be read in from the thermometer readout. If communication with the thermometer readout is not successful, an error message is displayed and this dialog is blank. A progress dialog is displayed while the current thermome ter readout settings are being read in.

The Model box indicates the model number of the thermometer readout. The Serial box indicates the serial number assigned to this thermometer readout. The Identification box indicates the manufacturer name, model number, serial number, and firmware version installed in this thermometer readout. The Chan nels box indicates the total number of input channels on this thermometer readout.

The filtering settings can be viewed and modified by selecting the Filtering tab. The sampling settings can be viewed and modified by selecting the Sampling tab. The measurement settings can be viewed and modified by selecting the Measurement tab. The Channels tab displays a list of channels and allows ac

cess to channel and probe settings dialogs. The settings on each of these tabs are described in detail in the following sections. For more details on these set

tings, please refer to the thermometer readout’s User's Guide.

Some of the settings on the 1529 Chub-E4 Settings dialog may be passcode protected. If they are, a message appears at the bottom of the dialog and the Edit button is displayed. The controls for the passcode protected settings are

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disabled. To edit the protected settings, click the Edit button and enter the cur rent passcode for the thermometer readout. If the correct passcode is entered, the controls are enabled and the values may be changed. The controls remain enabled until this dialog is closed or until the current changes are applied by clicking the Apply button.

After modifying any of the settings on this dialog, click the Apply or OK but ton to write the new settings to the thermometer readout. If the Apply button is clicked, this dialog remains open. If the OK button is clicked, this dialog closes after writing the settings.

To close this dialog without writing the settings to the thermometer readout, click the Cancel button.

Click the Help button to open the appropriate help topic for this dialog.

4.4.2.1 Filtering tab

Select the Filtering tab to view and/or modify the filter settings.

Figure 56 1529 Chub-E4 Settings - Filtering tab

The Moving average setting is sometimes also called a sliding window filter. Enter the number of readings to average (size of window) in the box provided. Setting this option to any value other than 1 causes the thermometer readout to display the average of the last n readings on a specific channel as the current reading for that channel. If the moving average is set to 1, the most recent mea surement on each channel is displayed as the current reading. The moving aver age can be set to any value between 1 and 10.

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4.4.2.2 Sampling tab

Select the Sampling tab to view and/or modify sampling settings.

Figure 57 1529 Chub-E4 Settings - Sampling tab

Select the units to use when displaying readings in temperature using the Units drop-down list. Temperature readings can be displayed in either °C, °F or K. This setting applies to all channels that are configured to display readings in temperature.

Select the resolution for the readings using the Resolution drop-down list. The resolution can be set to any value between 0 and 4, or Auto.

Select the time interval between subsequent measurements using the Sample interval drop-down list. The sample interval can be set to any one of the following settings:

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1, 2, 5, 10 or 30 minutes

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1 hour

Note: Setting the sample interval to 0.1 or 0.2 seconds causes the 1529 to

enter a special “fast” sampling mode. Please refer to the 1529 Chub-E4 User’s Guide for more information on using sample interval settings of less than 0.5 seconds.

Select the decimal format character using the Decimal format drop-down list. The 1529 Chub-E4 Thermometer readout supports using either the period (.) or comma (,) as the decimal separator.

Select the date format using the Date format drop-down list. The 1529 Chub-E4 Thermometer readout supports displaying the date in one of four formats:

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MM-DD-YY

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MM-DD-YYYY

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DD/MM/YY

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Select the time format using the Time format drop-down list. The 1529 Chub-E4 Thermometer readout supports displaying the time in either 12-hour or 24-hour format.

Checking the Stamp all measurements with date and time option causes the 1529 Chub-E4 Thermometer readout to always send date and time information with the measurement when querying measurements using an RS-232, IR, or IEEE interface.

Select the Measurement tab to view and/or modify measurement related set

tings.

Figure 58 1529 Chub-E4 Settings - Measurement Ta b

Select the scan mode for the 1529 Chub-E4 Thermometer readout using the Scan mode drop-down list. The scan mode can be set to one of the following options:

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Scan

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Simultaneous

Select the channels that the thermometer readout should measure. Each channel can be enabled or disabled by checking or unchecking the box next to the chan nel number independent of all other channels.

To enable all channels, click the Enable All button. This causes the box next to every channel to be checked.

To disable all channels, click the Disable All button. This causes the box next to every channel to be unchecked.

4.4.2.4 Channels Tab

Select the Channels tab to view a list of channels and to access the channel and

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probe settings dialogs to view and/or modify channel and probe specific set

tings.

Figure 60 1529 Chub-E4 Settings - Channels tab

Select the channel to view and/or modify from the Channels list. This list indi

cates the channel number, channel type and the serial number of the probe on each channel.

Click the Channel Settings button to display the appropriate Channel Settings dialog. When this button is clicked, the settings for the selected channel and probe are read in from the thermometer readout. The Channel Settings dialogs are described in detail in Section 4.4.2.6, 1529 Chub-E4 PRT/Thermistor Channel Settings Dialog and Section 4.4.2.7, 1529 Chub-E4 Thermocouple Channel Settings Dialog.

4.4.2.5 Misc tab

Select the Misc tab to view and/or modify other miscellaneous thermometer readout settings.

Figure 59 1529 Chub-E4 Settings - Misc tab

The Battery indicator displays the remaining charge available in the battery.

Select the setting for the lamp on the thermometer readout’s display using the Lamp drop-down list. The lamp can be set to one of the following settings:

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Off

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