ThermoWorks RF ThermaData Quick Start Manual

RF ThermaData® Loggers

Wireless Temperature Monitoring

Quick Start Guide

QUICK START GUIDE FOR THERMADATA™ RF LOGGERS

• Remove old versions of ThermaData Studio software prior to installing new version (your data
files will not be removed or lost).

• Install the software by following on-screen instructions BEFORE plugging the
base-station into PC (see below for more information).

• Open the ThermaData Studio program using the desktop icon.

PC SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

• Place the CD in the CD drive. The CD will autorun. (If it does not, click 'Start',

'Run' and browse to the CD drive and click 'Setup.exe'.

or double click the 'My Computer' icon on the Desktop and double click the CD drive.)

• ThermaData Studio Software requires Microsoft .Net Framework to be installed

on the PC. Some PC's will already have this installed but if not it will be installed
from the CD. Click the 'Accept' button in the 'Microsoft License' window. (This may
take a few minutes to install). When installed, the ThermaData Studio software
installation will resume.

• The program files will be installed by default to "C:\Program Files\Thermoworks Inc.\

ThermaData Studio\" (Recommended). The 'Browse' button can be used to install to an
alternate location (Advanced Users). The 'Disk Cost' button will show the space on
available drives and the amount required.

• The software may be installed for the current user or all users of the PC. The default

installation is 'Everyone'. Select the alternate button for 'Just me' (Advanced Users).

• The final installation dialog box gives a last opportunity to go back and revise the

installation settings. Click the 'Next' button to install the software. A moving bar will
show the installation progress.

• Click the 'Close' button to exit the installation procedure.

• An icon for the ThermaData Studio software will be placed on the desktop.

ThermaData Studio and Help shortcuts will be placed in 'Start ' - 'Programs' - 'Thermoworks Inc.'

- 'ThermaData Studio'.

SETTING UP THE BASE-STATION

• Attach the antenna to the rear of the base-station by screwing the antenna plug onto the base­station socket until finger tight. Start with the antenna pointing vertically up from the base­station.

• Plug one end of the USB cable into the USB socket on the back of the base-station and the other
end to a USB socket on the PC. The base-station will automatically be recognized and a new
summary document will open on the ThermaData Studio software.

• If any RF ThermaData loggers are within range of the base-station they will automatically
be recognized and they will appear in the summary document. This is real-time data being
transmitted from the loggers.

• 'View' readings using data window or graph window.

This radio transmitter (IC:10316A-2938) has been approved by Industry Canada to operate
with the antenna types listed below with the maximum permissible gain and required antenna
impedance for each antenna type indicated. Antenna types not included in this list, having a
gain greater than the maximum gain indicated for that type, are strictly prohibited for use
with this device.
Mobile Mark, Inc. PSKN3-925/1800RS (3 dBi gain), 50 Ohm

SETTING UP THE LOGGER TO LOG TEMPERATURES

• Click the RF ThermaData Logger tab on the software and click the 'Logger Settings' icon in the
'Control' icon group. Enter a name for the logger in the Title (User ID) box.

• Select temperature settings for 'over' or 'under' alarm using the drop-down menu boxes.

• Select the data storage method – 'Stop when full' or 'Overwrite oldest data'.

• Select a 'Start Delay' (note: for immediate start enter 0 hours, 0 minutes).

• Select the logging interval (note: the total time the log will last is shown below the drop-down
box).

• Click the 'Send Settings' button.

• Start the logger by clicking the 'Start button' on the PC screen or using the magnet key fob
(supplied with the base-station) until the LEDs flash.

READING THE TEMPERATURES STORED IN THE LOGGER

• Click the RF ThermaData Logger tab on the software and click the 'New Document' icon in the
'Download' icon group.

TESTING SIGNAL STRENGTH

• Place the ThermaData Loggers in position for the measurements you require.

• Click the RF ThermaData Logger tab on the software and click the 'signal strength' icon in the
'Advanced' icon group. The more green showing in the signal strength bar the better the signal.