Monarch Instrument DataChart 1250 Operating Manual

Navigator Software User‟s Manual

Rev 1.1.1 May 2008

Navigator Software

Contents

1. NAVIGATOR SOFTWARE

2. INSTALLATION

3. USING NAVIGATOR SOFTWARE

3.1 STARTING THE PROGRAM

3.2 SYSTEM SET UP

3.3 LOAD DATA FILE

3.3.1 LOADING PARTIAL FILES

3.4 DATA TABLE WINDOW

3.4.1 JUMPING TO A SPECIFIC POINT

3.4.2 CREATING A REPORT

3.5 GRAPH WINDOW

3.5.1 GRAPH BUTTONS

3.5.2 ZOOM TO FIT

3.5.3 CUSTOMIZING THE GRAPH

3.5.4 SEARCH

3.5.5 USING REAL TIME DATA

3.5.6 ANNOTATING REAL TIME DATA

3.6 WORKING WITH REMOTE RECORDERS

3.6.1 SET CLOCK

3.6.2 CARD STATUS

3.6.3 RECORD FUNCTIONS

3.6.4 MEDIA

3.6.5 CONFIGURATION

3.6.6 FILE

3.6.7 RESET DEVICE

APPENDIX A – LANGUAGE FILES

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1 NAVIGATOR SOFTWARE

The Navigator Software is a program for viewing and exporting both real-time and non-real-time data from the
recorder. It also enables recorders to be controlled and configured remotely.

2 INSTALLATION

This program will run on Windows XP/2000 and later. It is not compatible with earlier versions of Windows.

To install the Navigator Software:

1. If you have the USB option on your recorder, make sure it is not plugged in during the installation.

2. Insert the Navigator CD into the CD drive. The setup program should launch automatically if your system
is set to auto play CDs. If not, select the CD directory and run the setup.exe file.

3. Navigator Software needs .NET Framework 2.0 to run. If .NET Framework 2.0 is not installed on the PC,
it will be installed first. This may take several minutes. Make sure you have network access.

4. After .NET Framework 2.0 is installed, the installation will launch the “Welcome to Navigator Setup
Wizard”.

5. Accept the license agreement and the default install directory or modify it as needed.

6. Enter the installer‟s name and organization.

7. Accept the default start menu folder or modify it as needed.

8. Decide whether you want a desktop icon and check the box if you do.

9. The USB installation will be launched.

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If you don‟t have the USB option, click the No button and the Navigator installation will be done.
If you have the USB option and want to install the USB drivers, follow these steps:

a) Since the drivers are being loaded as part of the Navigator Installation, check the radio button “From

Navigator Intallation”. The menu will explain what the option “From A Specified Location” is.

b) Verify the serial number of your unit. Select Yes or No for the question “Is the unit serial number

greater than or equal to 5251200?” If your serial number is greater than 5251200 the USB driver

installed will be from Silicon Lab. If your serial number is less than 5251200 the USB driver will be
from TI.

c) Click the Yes button to continue.

10. To continue with the installation of the USB drivers from Silicon Lab (serial number >= 5251200), follow
these steps:
a) Once you click the Yes button, the 2 Channel Chart Recorder Driver Installer will launch.

b) Change the Install Location if desired and then click the Install button. The installer will scan the

system and the following warning message will appear.

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c) Click the Continue Anyway button and you will be asked to restart your computer.
d) Once your computer has been restarted, turn the recorder on and plug the USB cable into the unit

and your PC.

e) The “Found New Hardware Wizard” will launch.

f) Make sure the installation CD is still in the CD drive and select the “Yes, now and every time I

connect a device” option. Then click the Next> button.
g) Select the “Install the software automatically (Recommended)” option and click the Next> button.
h) The following Hardware Installation warning will appear.

i) Click the Continue Anyway button. When you are done click the Finish button to complete the

installation.
Note: You can check the successful installation by right clicking on the My Computer

icon in the Start menu and selecting Properties. Then choose the Hardware tab and
click the Device Manager button. You should see one instance of the recorder device under Ports (COM
& LPT) listed as 2 Channel Chart Recorder USB Bridge (COMx).

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11. To continue with the installation of the USB drivers from TI (serial number < 5251200), follow these steps:
a) If this is your first installation, the recorder VCP Installer will launch and run. Accept the license

agreement and continue.

Note: If you have previously installed the TI USB driver, the installer will uninstall the old driver. You will

then have to install the driver manually. To install the driver manually run setup.exe, which is
located on the release CD in the Ti-Usb_driver folder.

b) Once the software has been installed, turn the recorder on and plug the USB cable into the unit and

your PC.
c) The “Found New Hardware Wizard” will launch (as shown in step 10e above).
d) Make sure the installation CD is still in the CD drive and select the “Yes, now and every time I

connect a device” option. Then click the Next> button.
e) Select the “Install the software automatically (Recommended)” option and click the Next> button.
f) The Wizard will search for the device – depending on your system this may take some time. Once the

driver is found you will get the following warning message:

g) Click the Continue Anyway button. When you are done click the Finish button to complete the

installation.
Note: Although the recorder connects via the USB port, the PC sees it as a virtual

COM port. You can check the successful installation by right clicking on the My

Computer icon in the Start menu and selecting Properties. Then choose the Hardware tab and click the
Device Manager button. You should see two instances of the recorder device as shown below, one as

“Multi-port serial adapters” and again under Ports (COM & LPT) as USB-recorder (COMx). For successful
operation “x” should be 6 or less.

Tip: Make sure you have no other programs running that take
control of the serial ports in the background (like some Hotsync
programs), as these will prevent the Navigator Software from
seeing the COM port.

Navigator Software is now installed in Demo mode. If you have purchased an upgrade license, you may activate
it by running the software and selecting Setup - Features - Update on the toolbar and typing the license number
provided.

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NOTE: If you wish to load the USB Drivers after Navigator Software has been installed, there is a program called

DC1250USBInstallApp.exe under the installation directory to do so. Run this executable to open the

USB Installation application.

Select “From A Specified Location” and then click the browse (…) button to select the USB driver setup

file.
Follow step 10 or 11 depending on which USB driver is being loaded.

3 USING NAVIGATOR SOFTWARE

3.1 STARTING THE PROGRAM

The Navigator Software has the following main features:

It can display information from existing data files in summarized, tabular and graphic formats.
It is capable of monitoring an external device and collecting real-time data (this requires the USB or

Ethernet option on the recorder(s).

It can export the collected data to Excel™.

To start the program, click the desktop icon if installed (shown left), or use the Window‟s Start menu.

This will launch the main dialog as shown below.

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