Onset HOBOware Getting Started

Contents

Contents........................................................................................................ 1

Introduction .................................................................................................. 4

An Overview of HOBOware .............................................................. 4

Installing HOBOware ..................................................................................... 6

Installing HOBOware or HOBOware Pro from the Onset Website ... 6

Installing HOBOware Pro from the Installation CD ........................... 6

Activating HOBOware Pro ................................................................ 7

Running the Setup Assistant ............................................................ 7

Connecting Devices ....................................................................................... 9

Connecting a USB Device ................................................................ 9

Connecting a Base Station/Coupler ............................................... 10

Connecting a Device Using a Serial Cable ..................................... 11

Working with Devices .................................................................................. 12

Launching the Logger ..................................................................... 12

Checking Logger Status ................................................................. 14

Reading Out the Logger ................................................................. 16

Plotting and Analyzing Data ........................................................... 17

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This software is furnished in accordance with a separate license agreement included
with the software, and subject to any restrictions set forth therein. For more
information about Onset's licensing terms and policies, contact Onset Customer Service
at 1-800-LOGGERS, or visit http://www.onsetcomp.com/legal.

Contact Information

For support, please contact the company that you bought the products from: Onset
Computer Corporation or an Onset Authorized Dealer.

Onset Computer Corporation
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Bourne, MA 02532

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 3450
Pocasset, MA 02559-3450

Phone: 1-800-LOGGERS (1-800-564-4377) or 508-759-9500
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Introduction

This guide is intended to help you become familiar with the basic
functionality of using HOBOware

including:

• Installing HOBOware on Windows

• Connecting devices; and

• Working with devices, including launching, reading out, and

analyzing data.

This guide is for both HOBOware and HOBOware Pro and for Windows
and Macintosh. Any differences in functionality are noted.

For detailed information on all HOBOware features, use the online
help or refer to the HOBOware User’s Guide at
http://www.onsetcomp.com/support/manuals/bhw-pro-cd_12730.

This guide covers HOBO data loggers. See www.onsetcomp.com for
details on setting up a HOBO ZW Series Wireless System.

An Overview of HOBOware

HOBOware software is used for launching, reading out, and plotting
data from HOBO® data loggers. With HOBOware, you can also check
logger status, filter and export data, save changes to graphs in project
files, and scale data with the Linear Scaling and Pulse Scaling data
assistants. There are two versions of HOBOware: HOBOware and
HOBOware Pro. HOBOware Pro offers the following additional
features:

• Support for Conductivity, Dissolved Oxygen, and Water Level

loggers, which use HOBOware Pro Data Assistants

• Support for HOBO U-Shuttle and Waterproof Shuttle

® with HOBO® data loggers,

® and Macintosh®;

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• HOBOnode Manager and support for wireless HOBO data

nodes

• Launch and readout time-saving options

• Additional data assistants (Barometric Compensation,

Conductivity, Dissolved Oxygen, Grains Per Pound, Growing
Degree Days, and kWh)

• Importing of text data

• Bulk Export Tool

• Pie charts for UX90 series loggers

• Additional plot preferences (font type, style, and color, and

series and value axis rules)

• Subset statistics tool for graphing a subset of data

• Series cropping on plots

• 21 CFR Part 11 Compliance

To upgrade from HOBOware to HOBOware Pro, call 1-800-564-4377
and ask for Onset Customer Service.

Note: HOBOware supports the following languages: English, Chinese,
French, German, Japanese, Spanish, and Portuguese. The HOBOware
user interface can display all of these languages as configured by your
computer (see the HOBOware Help for details). HOBOware
documentation is available in English only.

Installing HOBOware

You can download and install HOBOware from the Onset website.
HOBOware Pro is available from the Onset website or a software CD
and requires a license key, which is located in the email confirmation
or online receipt you received when purchasing the software or on the
back of the CD case.

To upgrade from HOBOware to HOBOware Pro, call 1-800-564-4377
and ask for Onset Customer Service.

Installing HOBOware or HOBOware Pro from the Onset
Website

To download HOBOware from the Onset website, go to the following
URL and follow the instructions for downloading and installing
HOBOware:

http://www.onsetcomp.com/products/software

Installing HOBOware Pro from the Installation CD

Windows

You must be an administrator to install HOBOware (you do not need
to be an administrator to run HOBOware once it is installed).

1. Insert the CD into the appropriate drive. The installation program

should start automatically. If it does not, navigate to the CD drive
in My Computer or Windows Explorer and double-click
HOBOware_Setup.exe to launch the HOBOware installer.

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Note: HOBOware for Windows requires the Java™ Runtime
Environment. If the correct Java Runtime Environment version is
not already installed on your computer, the HOBOware Setup
program will ask if you want to install it now. Click Yes and follow

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