MSR MSR175 Brief Instructions

Brief instructions
MSR175

You will find software updates and answers to frequently asked questions in the
s

upport area at www.cik-solutions.com.

CiK Solutions GmbH • Haid- und-Neu-Straße 7 • D-76131 Karlsruhe • [phone]

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Download the i

nstallation program for the MSR175 Dashboard software

from the Internet:www.cik-solutions.com/en/support/

Launch the installation program and follow the instructions to install the
MSR Dashboard onto your PC.

1

Installing the MSR

175 Dashboard software

Launch the MSR175 Dashboard software again.

Connect the MSR175 data logger with your PC with the aid of the USB
cable. The data logger appears in the left column of the MSR175
Dashboard program window.

Click on the data logger in the left column of the program window.

Click on the “Read Record Stop Mission” button of the toolbar. The data
logger moves from the left column to the bottom of the center column while
the measurement data is being transferred to the PC. It then moves again to
the left column where it can be selected and prepared for a new mission.

The measurement data can be found as .mshock file in the “MSR” folder of
your user accounts “Documents” folder on your PC.

4

Stopping recording and retrieving data

Click on the “MS

R ShockViewer” button in the toolbar of the MSR175

Dashboard software.

Select the file that contains the data you want to analyse.

Click on the “Open file with ShockViewer” button underneath the files list.
The file is being opened in the MSR ShockViewer software.

If you are not yet familiar with the MSR ShockViewer software, click on the
“Tutorial” button of its toolbar to access the video series “MSR ShockViewer:
First steps”.

5

Analysing s

hock data

Launch the MSR175 Dashboard software.

Connect the MSR175 data logger with your PC with the aid of the USB
cable supplied.

The orange LED of the data logger indicates that the battery is being
charged. The LED flashes when the battery is full.

The red LED flashes whenever the software communicates with the data
logger.

The blue flashing LED indicates an ongoing measurement. The double
flashing of the blue LED indicates that a measurement task has been
programmed but not started yet.

The data logger appears in the left column of the MSR175 Dashboard
program window.

2

Connecting the MSR data logger to your PC

Click on the square representi

ng the data logger in the left column of the

MSR175 Dashboard software.

Click on the “Set up Mission” button of the toolbar in the upper center of the
program window and define the parameters of the measurement task
(=“Mission”).

Click on the “Start Mission” button of the toolbar. The data logger moves
from the left column to the bottom of the center column while it is being
prepared for the mission. When ready, the data logger moves to the right
column where it remains until the USB cable is disconnected.

3

Starting data recording