Summary of CR310
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Table of contents g etting s tarted .............................................................................................................................. 1 overview .................................................................................................................................
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Getting started 1 getting started getting started provides a cursory view of data acquisition and walks you through a procedure to set up a simple system. You may not find it necessary to progress beyond getting started. However, should you want to dig deeper into the complexity of the datalogger's ...
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2 connecting via usb or rs-232 connecting via usb or rs-232 setting up a usb or rs-232 connection is a good way to begin communicating with your datalogger. Because these connections do not require configuration (like an ip address), you need only set up the communication between your computer and t...
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Connecting via usb or rs-232 3 12. Click next. 13. Review the communication setup summary. If you need to make changes, click the previous button to return to a previous window and change the settings. Setup is now complete, and the ezsetup wizard allows to you click finish or click next to test you...
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4 testing communication and completing ez setup testing communication and completing ez setup 1. Using datalogger support software ez setup, access the communication test window. This window is accessed during ez setup (see "usb or rs-232 communications" on page 2 for more information). Alternativel...
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Connecting the datalogger to a computer 5 connecting the datalogger to a computer once you have configured your connection (see "usb or rs-232 communications" on page 2), you can connect the datalogger to your computer. • pc200w and pc400 users, select the datalogger from the list and click the conn...
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6 creating a program in short cut creating a program in short cut use the short cut software to generate a program for your datalogger. Short cut is included with your datalogger support software. This section will guide you through programming a cr300 series datalogger to measure the voltage of the...
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Creating a program in short cut 7 11. Use the output setup options to specify how often measurements are to be made and how often outputs are to be stored. Note that multiple output intervals can be specified, one for each output table (table1 and table2 tabs). For the example program, only one tabl...
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8 sending a program to the datalogger sending a program to the datalogger the datalogger requires a crbasic program to direct measurement, processing, control, and data storage operations. The program file may use the extension .Cr300 or .Dld. A good practice is to always retrieve data from the data...
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Working with data 9 working with data by default, the datalogger includes three tables: public, status, and datatableinfo. Each of these tables only contains the most recent measurements and information. • the public table contains the measurements as they are made. It is updated at the scan interva...
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10 collecting data collecting data the datalogger writes to data tables according to the schedule set within the crbasic program. After the program has been running for enough time to generate data records, data may be collected and reviewed via your datalogger support software. Collections may be d...
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Viewing historic data 11 viewing historic data view historic data in a spreadsheet format using view pro. View pro also contains tools for visualizing data in several graphical layouts. Follow a tutorial or use the following instructions: once the datalogger has had ample time to take multiple measu...