Campbell-scientific LoggerNet Datalogger Support Software Manual de usuario

INSTRUCTION MANUAL LoggerNet Version 4.2 Revision: 7/14 Copyright © 1999- 2014 Campbell Scientific, Inc.

Table of Contents 7.3.3.8.1 Editor Preferences ... 7-33 7.3.3.8.2 Instruction Panel Preferences ...

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Advanced Extra Response Time – The amount of additional time, in seconds, that LoggerNet should wait for th

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks If you are using LoggerNet Admin or LoggerNet Remote 4.0 and using the Connect Screen to connect to a remot

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Routing Tab Outbound PakBus Connections This box is used to specify IP addresses and port numbers for outbo

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks When configuring a SerialPortPool, use the Serial Ports tab to add all the serial ports that are connected

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Maximum Time On-Line – Enter a time limit for maintaining a connection to the device. (This may be useful

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks All of the COM ports which are set up and recognized by Windows will be shown in the Available Ports list.

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks When configuring a TerminalServerPool, use the Terminal Servers tab to add all the terminal servers that a

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks period of time.) Maximum Time On-Line applies to both scheduled connections and manual connections. Howev

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks To add a terminal server to the pool, type in the address of the terminal server port in the Terminal Serve

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Table Data Dataloggers When connected, data from table data dataloggers is updated based on the Update Inte

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Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks If data collection is enabled for input location data (Inlocs) on the CR10X-TD/PB family dataloggers or Pu

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks You should check the directory path and the data file options to make sure the files are where you want the

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks 4.2.6 Setting the Clock A datalogger’s Clock tab can be used to define a schedule at which an automatic cl

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks 4.2.7 Sending a Program to the Datalogger from Setup In most instances, you will send a new program to the

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Data File Settings This box is used to set a maximum size, in bytes, for data files. When the maximum file

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks 17338. However, if a firewall is in use, the port value may be changed when passed through the firewall. T

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks This dialog box allows you to copy setting(s) from the device currently selected in the network map to othe

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Press the New Subnet button to add a new subnet. You will be asked to enter a name for the subnet. All o

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks 4.3 Network Planner The Network Planner is a graphical application that assists you in designing PakBus da

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks 4.3.2.1 Adding a Background Image A background image can be associated with the model by using the Option

Table of Contents 8.1.7.3.1 Selecting Data to be Plotted ... 8-23 8.1.7.3.2 XY Plot Toolbar ...

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Using the Scroll Buttons Navigation buttons that can be used to scroll the model canvas are highlighted in

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Using the Mouse While the Hand Tool is selected by pressing the hand icon on the toolbar, you can scroll th

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks You must select the communication interface for the new peripheral from the dialog list box. These interfa

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks When the canvas is operating in this mode, the mouse cursor changes from a hand to a jagged line. While in

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks In this instance, for radio based links, the icon is a small yagi antenna. If you hover the mouse cursor o

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Aside from providing a means of documentation, activities in the Network Planner model serve an important r

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Source Device – Specifies the device that will initiate the activity. This choice box will be populated wit

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks 4.3.7 The Station Summary The station summary is a view that displays details about the station that is c

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks • An optional link to perform the Configure Devices list item for the device. • A description of any acti

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks and provides check-boxes that allow these items to be checked off to indicate when an item has been complet

Table of Contents 8.2.6.3.1 Input/Output File Command Line Switches for Processing Alternate Files ... 8-83 8.2.6.4 Processing

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Connect – When clicked, this button will disable the dialog controls and initiate communication with the de

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks This dialog allows you to specify a user name and password for an administrative account on the local serve

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks This dialog has the following controls: Model Prefix – This field allows you to enter a string that will b

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Help Window – The HTML window in the upper right corner of the dialog shows context sensitive help about th

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks The colors of items in this dialog indicate the impact they may have on the operation of devices that are a

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks 4.3.10 Arranging Screen Components The Network Planner user interface has been designed so that you can ex

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Section 5. Real-Time Tools LoggerNet’s real-time tools are used to manage your stations in the datalogger network. Tools are provided for sending n

Section 5. Real-Time Tools As noted above, you can work with a datalogger station while actively connected to it or when you are in a disconnected s

Section 5. Real-Time Tools Once the datalogger connection is established, an elapsed time for the connection will be shown on the bottom left of the

Table of Contents 10.3.3.5 Data Tab ... 10-18 10.3.4 Deleting a Station ...

Section 5. Real-Time Tools Once you have started data collection with Collect Now, you can stop it by clicking the Cancel button on the animated scre

Section 5. Real-Time Tools − Collect All Since Last Collection – When this option is selected, LoggerNet will attempt to collect all the data since

Section 5. Real-Time Tools While retrieving data from the datalogger using Custom Collection, scheduled data collection will be suspended. The defau

Section 5. Real-Time Tools − Data Since Last Collection will retrieve the data stored since the last time a custom collection was performed. Logger

Section 5. Real-Time Tools When the Don’t Quote Strings check box is selected, strings in the data will not be surrounded by quotation marks. If the

Section 5. Real-Time Tools Different datalogger models have a different number of ports and flags. The Ports and Flags dialog box will display only

Section 5. Real-Time Tools A control port must first be configured for output in the datalogger program before it can be toggled on or off. Conseque

Section 5. Real-Time Tools 5.1.5 Program Management The Program section on the Connect Screen is used to send programs to or retrieve programs from

Section 5. Real-Time Tools 5.1.5.2 CR200 Series Programs Programs for the CR200 Series dataloggers must be precompiled before being sent to the data

Section 5. Real-Time Tools after associating the file, you may need to recompile the program file with a version of Edlog that stores this informatio

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Section 5. Real-Time Tools If clock updates and display updates are paused while connected to a datalogger, the connection may time out and terminate

Section 5. Real-Time Tools 5.1.7.2.1 Adding and Removing Values The Numeric Display is initially blank when opened; the fields to be displayed must

Section 5. Real-Time Tools Selecting a table name or final storage array ID will bring up a list of data fields in the right hand window. Select th

Section 5. Real-Time Tools To delete data fields from the Numeric Display, select the data fields on the display and press the Delete button. You ca

Section 5. Real-Time Tools Alarms Tab Enable Alarms – Alarms can be set to turn the background of a field a different color depending on the value of

Section 5. Real-Time Tools A mixed-array datalogger’s final storage data must be collected by LoggerNet before it can be displayed. When a value de

Section 5. Real-Time Tools Table-based dataloggers – If the Add Selection dialog box is empty, return to the Setup Screen’s Data Files table and se

Section 5. Real-Time Tools Scaling Tab The Scaling options has tabs to set up the scale for the left and right axes. The axes can be scaled automati

Section 5. Real-Time Tools value is less than –10, all of the points in the series are divided by 10 until the maximum value is less than or equal to

Section 5. Real-Time Tools Visual Display Tab The Visual Display options allow the user set the appearance of the graph. The colors for the grids a

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Section 5. Real-Time Tools Display Options – These options are used to set the look of the graph itself. The Background Color selects the color of t

Section 5. Real-Time Tools Plot NAN as value – With this option is selected, each NAN value in the data will be represented by the specified value. C

Section 5. Real-Time Tools Display Tab Color – Sets the color of the trace and the data points. The user can choose from the Windows color palette f

Section 5. Real-Time Tools Save As – Allows you to save a picture of the current graph in a BMP or WMF format. Copy – Save a copy of the current grap

Section 5. Real-Time Tools Trace Options – Displays a dialog box that lets you set the color and appearance of the trace. Help – Brings up help for

Section 5. Real-Time Tools 5.1.9 File Control for CR5000, CR1000, CR800 Series, CR3000, and CR9000 Dataloggers CR5000, CR1000, CR3000, CR800 Series,

Section 5. Real-Time Tools modified and the file attributes which indicate whether the file is Read Only (R) or Read/Write (RW). Note that the Size,

Section 5. Real-Time Tools CR1000/CR3000/CR800 Series Datalogger Run Now Options When Run Now is checked, the program is compiled and run in the dat

Section 5. Real-Time Tools To summarize, any change in data table structure will delete all tables on the datalogger’s CPU, regardless of whether or

Section 5. Real-Time Tools CR1000, CR3000, and CR800 Series Dataloggers — A program marked as “Run on power up” can be disabled when power is first a

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Section 5. Real-Time Tools To activate the remote keyboard select Datalogger | Terminal Emulator from the menu. The remote terminal mode should be us

Section 5. Real-Time Tools Only the summary tab is available for array-based dataloggers. The Table Fill Times tab lists the tables in the datalogger

Section 5. Real-Time Tools FieldCalStrain instruction are zeroing, 1/4 bridge strain shunt, bending 1/2 bridge strain shunt, and bending full bridge

Section 5. Real-Time Tools RTMC was designed to be easy and straightforward to use. Experiment with different combinations and options to get the di

Section 5. Real-Time Tools 5.2.1.2 Display Components Display components are the objects that are used to display data. To add a component to the w

Section 5. Real-Time Tools Label displays a text string that can be used to label other components. Switch indicates the state of a port, flag, in

Section 5. Real-Time Tools File Menu New Project starts a new RTMC project. The currently opened project will be closed. If there are changes that

Section 5. Real-Time Tools data value changes, and specify whether high quality or high speed is more important. (Disabling animation disables the sm

Section 5. Real-Time Tools number is 6789. Note that the remote LoggerNet server must have Remote Connections enabled (Tools | Options | Allow Remot

Section 5. Real-Time Tools Cut deletes the selected component and places a copy on the Windows clipboard. Copy places a copy of the selected componen

Table of Contents 8-3. Processed Data File Using Option C ... 8-51 8-4. Input File Entries to Process the

Section 5. Real-Time Tools When components are grouped, the properties for each of the components will show up as an item in the Component right-clic

Section 5. Real-Time Tools StartRelativeToNewest(nsecPerDay,ordercollected); MaxRunOverTime(“Server:CR1000.QtrHour.Temp”,Timestamp(“Server:CR1000.Qtr

Section 5. Real-Time Tools Timestamps are truncated to seconds prior to synchronization. Therefore, synchronizing sub-second data is not recommended

Section 5. Real-Time Tools 5.2.1.4.2 Order of Precedence When processing mathematical expressions, the order of precedence is: • Anything inside pa

Section 5. Real-Time Tools nsecPerDay Number of nanoseconds in a day nsecPerWeek Number of nanoseconds in a week 5.2.1.4.5 Functions The following f

Section 5. Real-Time Tools Function Description LOG(x) Returns the natural log of a number. (Note that LN or LOG may be used to perform the same fun

Section 5. Real-Time Tools 5.2.1.4.7 String Functions Function Description Hex Returns a hexadecimal string representation of an expression. HexToDe

Section 5. Real-Time Tools 5.2.1.4.9 Time Functions Function Description FormatTime Produces a string that formats a timestamp in the manner specifi

Section 5. Real-Time Tools 5.2.1.4.11 Statistical Functions Function Description AvgRun Returns a running average of up to the last specified number

Section 5. Real-Time Tools Function Description StdDevOverTimeWithReset Returns the standard deviation of the specified value since the function was

Preface — What’s New in LoggerNet 4? Product History LoggerNet 4 continues the original design of client-server functionality that first appeared whe

Section 5. Real-Time Tools and Run Project menu or clicking the Run-Time icon on the toolbar. This will start the project window with RTMC Run-Time

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems LoggerNet provides several tools for monitoring the status of a datalogger network an

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems 6.1.1 Visual Status Indicators There are three visual status indicators in the first

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems where failures = number of communication failures retries = number of communicati

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems Entries in the Available Columns field will not be displayed on the main screen. Entr

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems Primary Retry – A data collection failure has led to the primary retry collection sch

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems last clock check was performed. If the datalogger clock is slower than the computer c

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems • Memory Code (Mem Code) – (Array-based dataloggers only) This number is an indicatio

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems • Total Retries – The total number of communication attempts with a device after the

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems a lot of uncollected data and it would take too long to get it all. These functions a

Preface — What’s New in LoggerNet 4? PakBus network, proposes and verifies valid connections between devices, and allows integration of the model dire

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems 6.1.2.7 Pool Devices The Tools | Pool Devices menu item opens a new window that offe

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems Column Descriptions Device Name – Indicates the name of the device associated with th

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems Remove Operations When Finished When this check box is selected (default), operations

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems 6.2.1 Log Types Transaction Log (tran$.log) – This log includes information on the tr

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems I/O Log – Opens the Low Level I/O log for a specific COM port in a new window. TimeSt

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems The following settings are used to save the logs to disk as well as to control the num

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems When you first open Comm Test, the state of the devices is unknown, so the circles for

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems 6.4.1 Selecting the PakBus Network to View When PakBus Graph is opened, it is set to

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems 6.4.4 Right-Click Functionality There are several options available from the floating

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems devices in its communications link. If Datalogger Network is highlighted, the status

Preface — What’s New in LoggerNet 4? can choose to view a subnet rather that the entire network in the Setup Screen, Connect Screen, and Status Monito

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems Scheduled Collection – This is the automatic data collection schedule. The state is e

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems The left-hand pane of the TD-RF Quality Test window displays the network map as config

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems Back 2T – Applicable only to an RF Link Quality test, this is the maximum transition p

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems Clear – Clicking this button clears the contents of the right-hand pane. Start Test –

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems LoggerNet responds by sending an RF Test command packet, containing a definition of th

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems The information recorded in the TD-RF Quality Report includes the location of the max

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems modem acknowledge the reception of an RF Test Packet. If the sending modem does not re

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems 6.5.5 Other Tools in Troubleshooter Other network status tools can be launched from t

Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems (white background/red text) The LoggerNet server is no longer running. If Warnings

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Datalogger must be programmed before they can make measurements. LoggerNet offers three options

Preface — What’s New in LoggerNet 4? A Constant Customization feature has been added to the CRBasic Editor. This allows you to define values for one o

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs way, but store the processed data in individual tables instead of arrays. Each final storage tab

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Short Cut was designed with extensive built-in help. Help can be accessed at any time by pressin

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7.2.2.2 Step 2 – Select Datalogger and Specify Scan Interval Click the arrow next to Datalogger

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs From this box, you indicate which CR9000X modules are inserted into which CR9000X slots. To add

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs This setting is similar to the Integration setting in that the dialog box will be displayed only

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7.2.2.3 Step 3 – Choose Sensors to Monitor In step 3, you tell Short Cut which sensors you’ll be

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Note that this sensor not only offers a custom name field and units, but also allows you to corr

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Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Click on the Wiring tab of a sensor’s parameter form to show the wiring for the sensor (or the fi

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs In addition to actual sensors, Short Cut provides functionality to perform various calculations a

Preface — What’s New in LoggerNet 4? Setup Screen The Setup Screen now has the option of being used in an EZ View or a Standard View. The Standard Vi

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Short Cut provides you with a wiring diagram by clicking on Wiring Diagram on the left side of th

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Short Cut can also create programs for dataloggers using a variety of interface devices, includin

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7.2.2.4 Step 4 – Setup Output Tables After selecting the sensors to be measured, you can choose

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Note that outputs for a sensor don’t have to be added in the same sequence as the measurement.

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs The Advanced Output allows you to store data based on time, the state of a flag, the value of a m

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7.2.2.5 Step 5 – Generate the Program in the Format Required by the Datalogger The Finish button

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs The Summary tab displays the information in the DEF file as described above. The Advanced tab (f

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs controls are off when a datalogger powers up so as to make the control decision based on a fresh

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7.2.3.6 Integration Some dataloggers have parameters available in their measurement instructions

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7.2.5 New Sensor Files Short Cut was designed with future flexibility in mind. Datalogger and s

Preface — What’s New in LoggerNet 4? Connect Screen The Connect Screen has been reorganized with most of the buttons now residing on a toolbar at the

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7.3.2 Inserting Instructions An instruction can be easily inserted into the program by highligh

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Below is an example of the Parameter dialog box for the differential voltage instruction (VoltDif

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Pressing F9 at any time will also bring up a list of variables. However, when a variable is chos

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs • Insert File: Inserts a library file into the current program overwriting the highlighted text.

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Undo – Each time the Undo button is clicked it will step back through the last changes made to t

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Clear Bookmarks – Erases all bookmarks from the program. GoTo – Moves the cursor to a particula

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs This function first checks the program for errors using the pre-compiler, then saves the program

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs programs. A program with the extension of .DLD will be associated with all CRBasic-programmed dat

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs CR9000(X)/CR5000 Datalogger Run Now Options The Run Now options and behavior for the CR9000(X) an

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Sending the Program To send the file and perform the associated functions you have selected in th

Preface — What’s New in LoggerNet 4? Short Cut Support has been added to Short Cut for the CR9000X datalogger, the ET107 Evapotranspiration Monitorin

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Save as Default Template - Saves the comments and instructions in the active file as a template t

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7.3.3.7 CRBasic Editor Edit Menu This menu item allows you to edit and manipulate the text curre

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs The Vertical Spacing tab is used to set up the rules for the CRBasic Editor's Rebuild Inden

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs The Syntax Highlighting tab sets up the appearance of different text elements in the program usin

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Background Color - Displays a color selection dialog to set the color of the CRBasic program wind

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7.3.3.9.2 Constant Customization The Constant Customization feature allows you to define values

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs The Constant Customization syntax may be best understood by looking at an example. Consider the f

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs The constant SInterval is defined with a default value of 10, a maximum of 60 and a minimum of 5,

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7.3.3.10 Available Help Information Pressing the Help button of the Parameter dialog box will br

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Program The program section defines the action of datalogging. Set scan interval The scan sets

Preface — What’s New in LoggerNet 4? Variable Name Matching – When enabled variable names will be capitalized based on how they are declared in the pr

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7.3.4.3 Mathematical Expressions Mathematical expressions can be entered algebraically into prog

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7.3.4.5 Line Continuation Line continuation allows an instruction or logical line to span one or

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7.3.4.7 Example Program The following program will serve as a programming example in this sectio

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs The data table header may also have a row that lists units for the output values. The units must

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs The output processing instructions included in a data table declaration determine the values outp

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs The Scan instruction determines how frequently the measurements within the scan are made: Scan(In

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs TABLE 7-3. Synonyms for True and False Predefined Constant True (-1) False (0) Synonym High

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7.3.4.12 Flags Any variable can be used as a flag as far as logical tests in CRBasic are concern

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs DataTable(Name, TrigVar, Size) DataTable(Temp, TC(1)>100, 5000) Entering the trigger as the ex

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Tablename.record(1,n) = the record number of the record output n records ago. Tablename.output(1,

Preface — What’s New in LoggerNet 4? In RTMC Run-Time, all alarms on a screen can be acknowledged by right-clicking on the screen and then choosing “A

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs is also created. For mixed-array dataloggers the precompiler also creates a Final Storage Label

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs For example, the following expression could be used to create a new input location for temperatur

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs The first line of text identifies the type of datalogger program to be written. This is followed

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs − Control – Do any control of external hardware or devices. − Output Data – Check to see if it

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs • *.TXT – Printer output files created by Edlog are saved with a TXT extension. These files can

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7.4.2.4 Entering Parameters for the Instructions When an instruction is inserted, the cursor mov

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7.4.2.6 Expressions Algebraic expressions can be used in a program to easily perform processing

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs TABLE 7-5. Operators and Functions Operators * multiply / divide + add – subtract ^ raise t

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Execution Interval = 10 sec ;this instruction reads the temperature probe ;the output is in degr

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Errors That Can Occur With Expressions Some of the error messages that occur when using expressio

Preface — What’s New in LoggerNet 4? Splitr is started when one is already running, another log file, splitrunning.log, will be written. This file sim

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Floating Point Numbers Limited to 5 Digits All fixed numbers are limited to five digits not inclu

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs For Example: This error message is displayed when a program contains any of these expressions: re

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs TABLE 7-6. Editor Keystrokes PgUp Page Up PgDn Page Down Up Arrow Move Up One Line Down Arrow

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7.4.2.8 Editing Comments, Instructions, and Expressions To edit Comments, Expressions, and Instr

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Programs created with the DOS versions of Edlog earlier than 6.0 were stored with the instruction

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Open the on-line help system. 7.4.5.2 Renumbering the Instructions When Automatic Renumbering i

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7.4.7 Entering Input Locations When a parameter requires an Input Location, the cursor automatic

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 12: If time is (P92) 1: 0 minutes into interval 2: 60 minute interval 3: 10 S

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Editing functions are available from the Input Location Editor’s Edit menu and a hot key: Insert

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs • Instruction 75, Histogram • Instruction 80, Store Area • Instruction 81, Rainflow Histogram

Preface — What’s New in LoggerNet 4? Status Monitor, Task Master, Short Cut, CRBasic Editor, View Pro, Card Convert, TroubleShooter, Network Planner,

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs The user can create a custom label to reflect the meaning of the value that is being stored. Cli

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs If changes are made to measurement or output instructions after custom final storage labels have

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7.4.14 Final Storage Area 2 The ring memory for CR10, CR10X, CR510, and CR23X dataloggers can be

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs If you are trying to minimize the size of your DLD file but still want to be able to monitor inpu

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7.4.18 PakBus Settings PakBus dataloggers have various settings that allow them to function prop

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs 7.4.18.3 Neighbor Filter This option allows you to list expected neighbors that are available to

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs The Source File is the CSI or DLD file to be converted. The Program File is the new CR* file tha

Section 7. Creating and Editing Datalogger Programs Comments about the conversion are shown in the Action Log (bottom portion of the window). The Ac

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Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC After data has been collected from the datalogger, you need a way to analyze that data. LoggerNet prov

License for Use This software is protected by United States copyright law and international copyright treaty provisions. The installation and use of t

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Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC View Pro is closed by selecting File | Exit from the menu or pressing the red X in the upper right-hand

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC New Histogram. Brings up a Histogram window from which you can view Histogram data values. New XY Plot

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.1.3 Opening a File View Pro provides three ways to open a file. The one you use depends on the type

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC The information to enter changes depending on the database type as described below: SQL Server Compact

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC SQL Server To configure a connection to SQL Server you must select a SQL Server instance. The list of p

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC MySQL The MySQL connection is an ODBC connection. You must use the Windows ODBC Data Source Administrat

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.1.4.2 Selecting a Table The Select Table dialog box comes up once a database has been selected. Sel

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC File The name of the file to be imported. Press the File button to bring up a browser to select the de

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Date and Time Format Codes yy = Year last 2 digits yyyy = Year as 4 digits m = Month number no-leading

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.1.6 Data View The initial display for data files in View Pro is as normal text in a grid format. The

Section 1. System Requirements 1.1 Hardware and Software LoggerNet is a collection of 32-bit programs designed to run on Intel-based computers runn

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Array-based data files do not contain timestamps. If an FSL file is associated with the data file, View

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.1.6.7 Window Arrangement When multiple data files are opened, they are arranged so that the title bar

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Zoom Feature You can zoom in on a particular area of a graph by holding the left mouse button and draggi

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.1.7.1 Line Graph From the Line Graph screen, you can graph data values on the y-axis against their ti

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Creating Multiple Line Graphs To open an additional Line Graph, select “None” from the Selected Graph dr

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.1.7.1.5 Line Graph Toolbar The Line Graph toolbar includes the following icons: Statistics. Display

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Lock Scrolling. Locks and unlocks the scroll bar at the bottom of the graph. When unlocked, moving the

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC When the data panels and graphs are currently synchronized, the button icon will have a check mark in t

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.1.7.2.1 Selecting Data to be Viewed From a Histogram Screen When a Histogram screen is first opened w

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC All histogram records from the same histogram will have the same default name in the list. They can be d

Section 1. System Requirements 1-2

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Show/Hide Gradient. A toggle button that turns on and off the gradient background of the Histogram. It

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.1.7.3.1 Selecting Data to be Plotted To select the data value(s) to be plotted, highlight the column

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.1.7.4 Rainflow Histogram From the Rainflow Histogram screen, you can view rainflow histogram data. T

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.1.7.4.1 Selecting Data to be View From a Rainflow Histogram Screen When a Rainflow Histogram screen i

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC left side of the Rainflow Histogram screen. A rainflow histogram record can then be displayed by clickin

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Show/Hide Gradient. A toggle button that turns on and off the gradient background of the Rainflow Histo

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.1.7.5.1 Selecting Data to be Graphed From an FFT Screen When an FFT screen is opened, a Fast Fourier

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC All FFT records from the same FFT will have the same default name in the list. They can be distinguished

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Show Table. Brings the main View Pro window in front of other windows, making the data file(s) visible.

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC The records included can be defined by initial and ending time, time span, initial and ending record, or

Section 2. Installation, Operation and Backup Procedures 2.1 CD-ROM Installation Place the installation disk in your computer’s CD-ROM drive. If a

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Goto Bookmark If the data panel contains one or more bookmarks, hovering over the Goto Bookmark menu ite

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.1.9.2 Printing Text To print numerical data, press the Print button or select File | Print from the

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC In addition to splitting out mixed-array data, Split can filter output data based on time or conditions,

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC When Edlog compiled Birch.dld, it also created the Final Storage Label file, Birch.fsl that lists the f

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC When you start Split a blank template similar to the one above is shown. This template is used to ente

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC In this example we want the hourly data (note the Output Interval at the bottom of the Data File Label

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Note that the cursor in the INPUT FILE(S) screen must be in valid paste area (Copy or Select). If the

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Maximum column heading width is one less than the number entered in the Default Column Width field. Ho

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Close the Run window. If you wish to save this parameter file for future reports, choose FILE | SAVE.

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Split’s default output file, a field-separated ASCII format with a *.PRN file extension, can be processe

Section 2. Installation, Operation and Backup Procedures Note that the trial version will install some applications in the C:\Program Files\Campbells

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC A maximum of eight input files may be processed by Split at one time. Additional input files are added

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Last Count Each time Split runs a parameter file, it keeps track of the number of bytes it read from the

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC In the following figure, Split will skip the first 256 bytes of data before it begins processing the dat

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Stop Offset This number specifies the number of bytes from the beginning of the file that Split should s

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC For example, with an input timestamp of “2008-10-09 10:25” and an offset of 3600, the timestamp output b

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Logical “and” and “or” statements can be used when specifying the Start Condition. A logical “and” stat

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC telling Split where to Start reading relative to the PC clock, the Start Conditions do not need to be ch

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.2.3.1.4 Stop Condition The Stop Condition specifies when to stop processing data. This feature allow

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Split menu. The same data file will be used as the Input File for each array. • Type in the array ID i

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC To process these files using the C option, the parameter file would be set up as follows (assuming the n

Section 2. Installation, Operation and Backup Procedures 2.3.1 LoggerNet Directory Structure and File Descriptions 2.3.1.1 Program Directory As des

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC A typical application for the Trigger on Stop Condition is to reduce days of hourly data into daily summ

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC The Copy Condition is used almost exclusively for mixed-array dataloggers, except when time-syncing two

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.2.3.1.7 Ranges Element numbers may be entered individually (e.g., 2,3,4,5,6,7), or, in groups (e.g.,

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC In this instance, out of range data refers to data outside of the specified output range. It is not to

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.2.3.1.10 Mathematical Functions, Details, and Examples TABLE 8-6. Split Operators and Math Function

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC The following array of ASCII data will be used for all Mathematical function examples. 0105 0176 1200

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC SpaMax(x..y) returns the maximum value of elements x through y. Examples: SpaMax(1..7) = 1200 SpaMa

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Time Series functions are used to perform vertical processing on selected elements, such as calculating

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Semicolons are used in Time Series functions to separate the elements or expressions from the count whic

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Count(x;n) returns the number of data points (non blanks) in element x over a full data set or every nt

Section 2. Installation, Operation and Backup Procedures By default, the files that you create in each of the applications will be stored in their r

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 1.1182 (Sd temp for 8 hours) 4.965 (Sd temp for 8 hours) Smpl(x;n) returns a sample of

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.2.3.1.12 Special Functions, Details, and Examples TABLE 8-8. Split SPECIAL FUNCTIONS Crlf = Insert

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC The Crlf is placed after the maximum temperature 67.33 so that the maximum RH is on the next line. A c

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 23 38.8 17.12 24 37.13 11.86 Smpl (Line;8), Smpl (4;8), Smpl (5;8) 1 23.98 6.588

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC When using the Date function for a table-based datalogger (e.g., a time stamp in the format “2002-02-0

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC edate(“mm/dd/yy, hh:nn”;1;1;1;1) 02/25/02, 04:10 edate(“yyyy”, “dayofyear”, “hhnn”;1;1;1;1) 2002, 56,

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.2.3.1.13 Split Functions Example The following is a parameter file that operates on the Mt. Logan da

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC The following screen shows the output file setup including the column headings and the units. This .PAR

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Wind Chill Report from Mt. Logan Temp deg C Wind Speed m/s H Wind Chill deg C Wind Chill deg F 14.75

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC • A single expression can operate on a set of elements. For example, the expression (3..6,8)/2.0 is th

Section 2. Installation, Operation and Backup Procedures files and help files for all dataloggers supported by the CRBasic Editor. The definition fi

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Typically, the starting time specified must actually be found in the input file before the Start Conditi

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.2.3.1.15.1 Time Synchronization and the Copy Condition To use the time synchronize function, time ele

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.2.3.2 Output Files To create an Output File, click the OUTPUT FILE tab. The file is created on the d

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.2.3.2.1 Description of Output Option Commands File Format There are five File Format options to cho

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Screen Display The Screen Display field controls writing the processed data to the screen. To write to

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC It allows the following settings to be modified: Replace bad data with – The text in the field, to the r

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC The Copy Condition determines the interval of your data. Therefore, to output data that occurs every 24

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC summary of the left over values and the Time Series Heading from the report. No Date Advance – When proc

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC Heading and Column Headings from being printed at the bottom of the report. The “left over” summary dat

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.2.5 Editing Commands Split supports the Windows Cut, Copy, and Paste commands. Text from any field i

Section 2. Installation, Operation and Backup Procedures The backup file is named LoggerNet.bkp and is stored in the C:\CampbellSci\LoggerNet directo

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.2.6.1.3 Running Multiple Copies of Splitr (/M Switch) Multiple copies of Splitr can be run at one tim

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC If a parameter is to be left as it is in the parameter file, then space comma space ( , ) may be entered

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC /[text] Sets the text that will be used in the place of bad data. This is the same as the text string u

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC /H Removes the dashed lines from the heading of the RPT file. This is the same as choosing the No Dashe

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC /M Changes the value for midnight to 2400 instead of 0000. This is the same as selecting Midnight is 24

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.3.1 Input/Output File Settings The file settings are used to specify the directory where the binary d

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC 8.3.2.1 File Format The File Format is used to specify the format in which the data file should be save

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC _1 at the end of the root file name (e.g., TOA5_Mytable_1.dat). The number is incremented by one with ea

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC The Create New Filenames option is disabled when the Use Filemarks, Use Removemarks, or Use Time option

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC In some instances, data on a card can become corrupted. Corruption can occur if the card is subjected to

Section 2. Installation, Operation and Backup Procedures Automatic Backup Configured in Task Master 2.3.2.4 Restoring the Network from a Backup Fil

Section 8. Working with Data Files on the PC When running CardConvert from a command line, you can designate the CCF file using the command line opti

Section 9. Automating Tasks with Task Master The Task Master is an application that is used to set up a Task that can be run on a defined schedule o

Section 9. Automating Tasks with Task Master 9.1.1 Setup Tab 9.1.1.1 Adding Tasks To add a task that will run based on a data collection event for

Section 9. Automating Tasks with Task Master Tasks can be renamed by selecting the task and then clicking again on the task name. The name will turn

Section 9. Automating Tasks with Task Master • After Any Scheduled Call – After a scheduled data collection attempt, regardless of whether or not th

Section 9. Automating Tasks with Task Master the file name ahead of time. Therefore, the %F option can be used to insert the file name in the command

Section 9. Automating Tasks with Task Master 9.1.1.3 Scheduled Event Tasks An alternative to event driven tasks, scheduled tasks are repeated at a s

Section 9. Automating Tasks with Task Master 9.1.1.3.2 Calendar Set the Hours of the Day, Minutes of the Hour, Days of Month, Days of Week, and Mon

Section 9. Automating Tasks with Task Master Month to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, the Days of the Week to 2-Monday, and leave the other settings blank. To e

Section 9. Automating Tasks with Task Master 9.1.1.4 Define What the Task Does The “What Task Does” tab describes the action that will be taken when

Limited Warranty The following warranties are in effect for ninety (90) days from the date of shipment of the original purchase. These warranties are

Section 2. Installation, Operation and Backup Procedures If computer system power is lost while the LoggerNet server is writing data to the active fi

Section 9. Automating Tasks with Task Master Always enter the full path when specifying the file to execute. Otherwise, the file may not be found or

Section 9. Automating Tasks with Task Master Any data file associated with the designated station will be transferred, whenever that file is closed.

Section 9. Automating Tasks with Task Master Example #2: The following configuration will run LNBackup.exe to perform an automated backup. The –Appe

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Section 9. Automating Tasks with Task Master Example #4: The following configuration will set up a task to perform a clock check on the datalogger th

Section 9. Automating Tasks with Task Master Task Name – The name that was given to the task when it was set up. Action – Indicates whether the tas

Section 9. Automating Tasks with Task Master • Communications Disabled • Bad Table Definitions • Task Disabled • Datalogger is Locked • File

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Along with LoggerNet’s server, clients and program editors, we also install several utilities. These

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet 10.1.2 Main DevConfig Screen The DevConfig window is divided into two main sections: the device sele

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Two common operations are sending a new operating system and communicating with a device in terminal e

Section 2. Installation, Operation and Backup Procedures Note that when running LoggerNet as a service, tasks being run by the Task Master cannot int

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet When the operating system has been sent to the device, a message dialog will appear similar to the on

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet 10.1.4 Terminal Tab The Terminal tab will be available when the application is connected to any devic

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Clicking Connect puts DevConfig into Terminal emulation mode on the Serial Port and at the Baud Rate

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet 10.2 CoraScript 10.2.1 CoraScript Fundamentals CoraScript is a command line interpreter that reads i

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet • Command parameters are often set using a combination of the parameter name and the value in this fo

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet You may want to consider using LoggerNet’s Scheduled Backup/Manual Backup/Restore Network options avai

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet 10.2.2.5 Scripting CoraScript Commands To automate network processes, scripts can be created with oth

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet The following items are available from this main screen: RWIS Stations – Lists all RWIS stations that

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet in the Stations List once the add is complete and the settings panels will reflect the default setting

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet SNMP Private Community – Enter the “community” string that will be sent with SNMP SET requests. Like

Section 2. Installation, Operation and Backup Procedures Giving the LoggerNet user write access This is the process for giving the LoggerNet user wri

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet elapsed since the last attempt, LoggerNet will immediately try to perform a poll. In some cases, this

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet File Format – Specify the format for the selected file. Options include the following: CSV – Data i

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Controls on this panel include the following: Collect Snapshots on Schedule – Select this check box to

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Controls on this panel include the following: Automated Clock Check – This check box is used to turn t

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet 10.3.3.5 Data Tab The fifth tab can be used to view the values associated with the most recently coll

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet station’s version number. Variables that can have multiple instances are represented as subscripted a

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet To: • TOA5 • TOACI1 • TOB1 • CSIXML • CSV File Format Convert cannot produce TOB2 or TOB3 files,

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet File Check Write File to cause an output file to be created. The file will be created in the same dir

Section 10. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Discontinuity – A new file is created when missing records are encountered (see Check section above).

Section 11. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote The LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote packages include several additiona

Section 2. Installation, Operation and Backup Procedures (which will already be “behind” the PC’s local firewall), the server is capable of distribut

Section 11. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote Enter the IP address or alias for the LoggerNet server (e.g., LocalHost), l

Section 11. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote Confirm Password Enter the password for the account a second time. Securi

Section 11. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote TABLE 11-1. Security Manager Access Table Read Station Network Full Onl

Section 11. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote Deleting an Account To delete an account, highlight it and press the Delete

Section 11. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote hole. If the data has been overwritten by the datalogger, then it is an unc

Section 11. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote detected – This state, printed with black text, indicates that the hole h

Section 11. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote 11.3 Data Filer Data Filer is a LoggerNet application that is used to retr

Section 11. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote 11.3.2.1.1 Setting Up the Data Filer Once connection to the LoggerNet serv

Section 11. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote File Format This option is used to determine the format in which the data f

Section 11. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote Starting Date/Time and Ending Date/Time The Starting Date/Time and Ending D

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Section 11. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote 11.3.5 Record Number Anomalies Under certain circumstances it may appear t

Section 11. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote Once the data tables to be exported are specified, the user selects an outp

Section 11. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote where “directory” is a keyword indicating that the next parameter “pathname

Section 11. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote the unsent records remain in the LoggerNet server’s data cache. The Data E

Section 11. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote of the datalogger name, table name and the record number of the received re

Section 11. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote Session Openexit: Close Session ( )Rec RdySession Failed/ReportReg OK/Repo

Section 11. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote report a broken socket and so the watchdog is necessary for reliability. Re

Section 11. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote well being of that record. The server moves on to the next record. Stop N

Section 11. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote 11.4.5 RTMS Format Description The EBNF description of RTMS syntax is as f

Section 11. Utilities Installed with LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote 11.4.6 Standard Format Description The following is an EBNF syntax of a ne

Section 3. Introduction 3.1 What is LoggerNet? LoggerNet is a software application that enables users to set up, configure, and retrieve data from

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Section 12. Optional Client Applications Available for LoggerNet Several client applications are available that are compatible with LoggerNet. Many

Section 12. Optional Client Applications Available for LoggerNet 12.3 RTMC Run-Time RTMC Run-Time is an application that allows you to remotely run

Section 12. Optional Client Applications Available for LoggerNet 12.7 CSIOPC Server (PC-OPC) The CSIOPC Server is a LoggerNet client that makes OPC

Section 12. Optional Client Applications Available for LoggerNet 12-4

Section 13. Implementing Advanced Communications Links This section describes the configuration and operation of a variety of communications links.

Section 13. Implementing Advanced Communications Links 13.1.2 Operational Considerations 13.1.2.1 Scheduled Data Collection The intervals for sched

Section 13. Implementing Advanced Communications Links 13.1.3.1 Hardware Setup The RF modem in the RF Base has to be configured to work in Synchrono

Section 13. Implementing Advanced Communications Links To begin, add a Serial Port to the device map if one does not exist. Add a Phone Modem to th

Section 13. Implementing Advanced Communications Links 13.2.2.5 Grounding Depending on the configuration and distance of the MD9 network, be sure to

Section 3. Introduction 3.2 Overview of Major LoggerNet Functions and Associated Software Applications 3.2.1 The Heart of it All – LoggerNet Toolba

Section 13. Implementing Advanced Communications Links 13.3.3 Special Considerations To implement TCP/IP to RF communications, a serial server has t

Section 13. Implementing Advanced Communications Links Subnet Mask – This setting is used to limit the search applicability area for IP addresses. I

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Section 14. Troubleshooting Guide This section is provided as an aid to solving some of the common problems that might be encountered using the Logge

Section 14. Troubleshooting Guide Problem: Message indicating Server Connection Lost. Remedy : This message indicates that the main communications

Section 14. Troubleshooting Guide TABLE 14-1. Socket Error Messages Socket Error Number Message Meaning User Response to Message 10013 Permissi

Section 14. Troubleshooting Guide 14.2.3 Data Collection Issues Problem: Scheduled data collection is enabled but no data is being saved in the data

Section 14. Troubleshooting Guide 14.5 Terminal Emulator to Test Communications Terminal Emulator is a utility to test communications with the devic

Section 14. Troubleshooting Guide Dataloggers The example above shows a terminal emulation session with a datalogger. Once you have selected the dat

Section 14. Troubleshooting Guide assume you have a Hayes-compatible modem and an array-based datalogger on a phone link with the phone number “752-7

Section 3. Introduction By default, the LoggerNet menus are not shown on the toolbar. Press the arrow button in the upper right corner to view the Lo

Section 14. Troubleshooting Guide too poor to support communications. A long series of nonsense characters usually indicates electrical noise in the

Section 14. Troubleshooting Guide sections following illustrate things to look for and tests to perform to troubleshoot RF operations. 14.6.1 Checki

Section 14. Troubleshooting Guide If you are using a data radio that does not have a transmit button built in, you can easily build a push to transmi

Section 14. Troubleshooting Guide If the VSWR is below 1.5:1, then power transmission is good. However, be sure the antenna is oriented properly. Wh

Section 14. Troubleshooting Guide between –95 and –115 dBm which is below the power limit for good data transmission. Similarly, if a 10 dBm attenuat

Section 14. Troubleshooting Guide will not be picked up. If squelch is not broken, then either the signal power is less than –115 dBm, or something

Section 14. Troubleshooting Guide To start Data Table Monitor open Windows Explorer and got to the Program Files\CampbellSci\LoggerNet directory. Do

Section 14. Troubleshooting Guide Setup Screen, no data will be coming into the data cache. Data Table Monitor can only display and output data from

Section 14. Troubleshooting Guide • At Offset from Newest: This option allows you to specify how many records back from the current write index to g

Section 14. Troubleshooting Guide 14.8 Troubleshooting PakBus Communications For additional information on PakBus communication, refer to our PakBus

Section 3. Introduction an application up in the Favorites column, select the application and press the up arrow until the application is in the desi

Section 14. Troubleshooting Guide include the remote datalogger’s address. Whether you set up a beacon or Neighbor Filter make sure the port so conf

Section 14. Troubleshooting Guide Remedy: Change one of the duplicate PakBus Addresses. Make all addresses unique throughout the network. Problem: I

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Appendix A. Glossary of Terms A Advise – See Data Advise ASCII File – A computer file containing letters, numbers, and other characters using the AS

Appendix A. Glossary of Terms Cancel – Choosing Cancel from a dialog box will typically ignore any changes made and close the box. Carrier – An elect

Appendix A. Glossary of Terms D Data Advise (Datalogger) – A mutual agreement between the communication server and the datalogger about which tables

Appendix A. Glossary of Terms E Edlog – Campbell Scientific’s software application used to create new or edit existing datalogger programs. Edlog su

Appendix A. Glossary of Terms G Ground Connection – Most sensors require one or more ground connections in addition to excitation or signal inputs.

Appendix A. Glossary of Terms Intermediate Storage – Datalogger memory used to temporarily store values (such as a running total and number of sample

Appendix A. Glossary of Terms Modem – From “modulator-demodulator”; a device used to transmit and receive digital data over normally analog communica

Section 3. Introduction Currently, there are three command line arguments: /WorkDir Sets the working directory to something other than the default.

Appendix A. Glossary of Terms P Packet – a unit of information sent between two BMP or PakBus devices that are communicating. Each packet can contai

Appendix A. Glossary of Terms PROM – Programmable Read-Only Memory ─ integrated circuit chips that are used to store the Operating System (OS) in the

Appendix A. Glossary of Terms RTMS – Real-Time Monitoring Software. A software application designed by Campbell Scientific for fast real-time data a

Appendix A. Glossary of Terms Station Number – The LoggerNet server assigns and uses station numbers for routing packets to the dataloggers. These n

Appendix A. Glossary of Terms V Variable Name – Edlog uses variable names in expressions. Variables are another name for input location labels. For

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats Campbell Scientific, Inc. uses different formats for data in datalogger memory, external PC cards, data

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats B.1.2 ASCII Printable Files in ASCII Printable format have the following features: • Data are printed

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats B.1.3.1 Field Name Suffixes Each field name will have a suffix corresponding to the output instruction

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats B.1.4 TOA5 TOA5 is a text-based file format similar to TOACI1 but with additional information in the he

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats An example of a TOB1 ASCII header: "TOB1","STATION","CR9000","1000&qu

Table of Contents PDF viewers: These page numbers refer to the printed version of this document. Use the PDF reader bookmarks tab for links to spec

Section 3. Introduction 3.2.2 LoggerNet Admin/LoggerNet Remote LoggerNet Admin and LoggerNet Remote add functionality to aid in the management of ne

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats The timestamp and record number for each record are an optional output in a TOB1 file. If these element

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats attributes. The document is expected to have a single root element which can contain any number of sub-e

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats In addition to these pre-defined entities, arbitrary unicode characters can be represented by using the

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats <xsd:element name="model" type="xsd:string" m

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats use="optional" type="xsd:string"/> <xsd:attribute

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats B.1.7.3.1.1 The environment Element This element contains sub-elements that provide information about t

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats xsd:short 16 bit signed integer xsd:unsignedShort 16 bit unsigned integer xsd:byte 8 bit signed integ

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats <head> <environment> <station-name>logan-nw</station-name> <

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats <v6>2006-08-16T06:13:46</v6> <v7>52.5</v7> <v8>2006-08-1

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats B.1.8.2 File Syntax CSIJSON contains two subordinate objects: “head” and “data”. The head object contai

Section 3. Introduction automatically specifies many individual device settings such as PakBus address, neighbor lists, verify intervals, network par

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats B.1.8.2.1.3 head.environment Object The environment object contains information about the datalogger a

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats B.1.8.2.1.4 head.fields Array The fields object is an array of field descriptions for the data contain

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats B.1.8.2.2 The data Array The data array is an array of record objects. Each record object will contain

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats 69.62625, "2010-01-19T07:53:40", 73.69058, 78.82542, "2010-01-19T17:41:05

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats The TOB2 or TOB3 binary file format has the following structure with each header line terminated with a

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats Header line five describes the processing performed in the datalogger to produce the value for each fiel

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats B.4 Converting Binary File Formats Campbell Scientific dataloggers not only use the previously mentione

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats B.4.5 TOB32.EXE The TOB32.EXE command line utility is installed by default in the LoggerNet program dir

Appendix B. Campbell Scientific File Formats Only without the tabs and carriage return in the middle. One with strings might look like this. PC1,Stat

Appendix C. Table-Based Dataloggers This section describes some of the characteristics and features of the CR10X-TD family and CRx000 family of tabl

Section 3. Introduction Troubleshooter is used to identify possible problems disrupting communications or data collection. You can narrow the displa

Appendix C. Table-Based Dataloggers Event driven tables should have a fixed size rather than allowing them to be allocated automatically. Event driv

Appendix C. Table-Based Dataloggers will calculate the amount of memory for the table based on the execution interval. The CR200 Series dataloggers h

Appendix C. Table-Based Dataloggers 6. Check the Options | DLD File Labels setting to ensure the “Include first ___ Input location labels” field is

Appendix C. Table-Based Dataloggers • Instruction 96, Serial Output – Instruction 96 is used to send data in the active Final Storage area to a stor

Appendix C. Table-Based Dataloggers Example: A CR10X-TD is to be used to monitor three thermocouples. Each hour a temperature for each of the three

Appendix C. Table-Based Dataloggers • Status Table – The Status table contains information on the datalogger. Data is written to the table with eac

Appendix C. Table-Based Dataloggers TABLE C-1. Example of Status Table Entries (CR10T) Battery Current value of the battery voltage. This measureme

Appendix C. Table-Based Dataloggers TABLE C-1. Example of Status Table Entries (CR10T) SkippedSlowScan The number of scans that have been skipped in

Appendix C. Table-Based Dataloggers TABLE C-1. Example of Status Table Entries (CR10T) CardStatus Contains a string with the most recent card status

Appendix D. Software Organization D.1 LoggerNet/Client Architecture The LoggerNet communication server provides the interface to all of the datalog

Section 3. Introduction For straightforward “measurement/control/data storage” datalogger programs, the Short Cut program generator is an excellent c

Appendix D. Software Organization the last poll. The tables to be collected are specified by the user in the Setup Screen. As each record is written

Appendix D. Software Organization D.3 Directory Organization The default installation of the LoggerNet software creates folders and installs softwa

Appendix D. Software Organization application (such as the *.SCW program file for Short Cut for Windows). The client applications are each given the

Appendix E. Log Files E.1 Event Logging As LoggerNet performs its work, it will create records of various kinds of events. The logs can be very us

Appendix E. Log Files E.1.2 Enabling Log Files Use LogTool (Options |Log File Settings) to enable logging of events to files. If enabled, the serve

Appendix E. Log Files E.1.3.2 Transaction Log Format Each record in the transaction log includes at least two fields in addition to the timestamp an

Appendix E. Log Files TABLE E-1. Transaction Log Messages Code Message Text Message Parameters Message Meaning User Response to Message 8 Securi

Appendix E. Log Files TABLE E-1. Transaction Log Messages Code Message Text Message Parameters Message Meaning User Response to Message 15 Start

Appendix E. Log Files TABLE E-1. Transaction Log Messages Code Message Text Message Parameters Message Meaning User Response to Message 24 Hole

Appendix E. Log Files TABLE E-1. Transaction Log Messages Code Message Text Message Parameters Message Meaning User Response to Message 36 Logg

Section 3. Introduction histogram, or FFT as appropriate for the data type. You can also print graphs or save them to disk in a variety of formats.

Appendix E. Log Files TABLE E-1. Transaction Log Messages Code Message Text Message Parameters Message Meaning User Response to Message 44 Term

Appendix E. Log Files TABLE E-1. Transaction Log Messages Code Message Text Message Parameters Message Meaning User Response to Message 54 Prog

Appendix E. Log Files TABLE E-1. Transaction Log Messages Code Message Text Message Parameters Message Meaning User Response to Message 62 Prima

Appendix E. Log Files TABLE E-1. Transaction Log Messages Code Message Text Message Parameters Message Meaning User Response to Message Frequent

Appendix E. Log Files TABLE E-1. Transaction Log Messages Code Message Text Message Parameters Message Meaning User Response to Message 75 Logg

Appendix E. Log Files TABLE E-1. Transaction Log Messages Code Message Text Message Parameters Message Meaning User Response to Message 85 Data

Appendix E. Log Files TABLE E-1. Transaction Log Messages Code Message Text Message Parameters Message Meaning User Response to Message 93 Coll

Appendix E. Log Files TABLE E-1. Transaction Log Messages Code Message Text Message Parameters Message Meaning User Response to Message 102 Coll

Appendix E. Log Files TABLE E-1. Transaction Log Messages Code Message Text Message Parameters Message Meaning User Response to Message 105 BMP1

Appendix E. Log Files TABLE E-1. Transaction Log Messages Code Message Text Message Parameters Message Meaning User Response to Message 108 Tabl

Section 3. Introduction data collection must occur in LoggerNet (either by a scheduled or manual data collection), for the data to be available to th

Appendix E. Log Files Transaction Log Example "2009-04-15 16:41:05.367","CR1000","11","Clock check started" &

Appendix E. Log Files Communications Status Log Example "2009-04-15 16:41:05.367","IPPort","S","Device dialed"

Appendix E. Log Files TABLE E-2. Communication Status Log Messages Message Text Message Meaning User Response to Message PakBus framing error Logg

Appendix E. Log Files E.1.3.4 Object State Log Format The object state log includes two fields in addition to the timestamp and device name: Object

Appendix E. Log Files E.2 CQR Log (RF Link) The CQR log contains information about the quality of communication each time an RFBase is dialed. (Note

Appendix F. Calibration and Zeroing F.1 Calibration Essentials F.1.1 Definition of Calibration Calibration, in general, refers to actions taken on

Appendix F. Calibration and Zeroing F.2 Writing Calibration Programs with the CRBasic Editor F.2.1 The FieldCal Instruction If you wish to make mea

Appendix F. Calibration and Zeroing program start or under other conditions, use the LoadFieldCal instruction. To store calibration values to a data

Appendix F. Calibration and Zeroing F.3.2 Offset Calibration Offset Calibration is the act of placing a sensor into a state where the output conditi

Appendix F. Calibration and Zeroing those two conditions. For future measurements (unknowns), a linear response will be used based on the line defin

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Appendix F. Calibration and Zeroing The following values of the mode variable give the status of the calibration: 0 No calibration has been performe

Appendix F. Calibration and Zeroing 5. Note that the datalogger automatically sets the mode variable to 2 during the calibration process. 6. Note t

Appendix F. Calibration and Zeroing F.5 Using the Calibration Wizard with Running Programs The LoggerNet Calibration Wizard provides an easy to use

Appendix F. Calibration and Zeroing Now select the kind of calibration you wish to perform, which in this case is Multiplier and Offset, and press Ne

Appendix F. Calibration and Zeroing The currently measured value for the sensor will be displayed in the next screen. Now place the sensor into the

Appendix F. Calibration and Zeroing After the multiplier and offset have been calculated and set, the ending screen of the Wizard appears. You can c

Appendix F. Calibration and Zeroing F.5.3 Using the Wizard to Perform Zeroing Calibrations In the Wizard, select Zero for the type of calibration.

Appendix F. Calibration and Zeroing The Current Value box will be yellow during the calibration process. When it finishes, you will see the new val

Appendix F. Calibration and Zeroing Select the sensor you wish to calibrate, press Next. Now you can view the current reading on the sensor to be ca

Appendix F. Calibration and Zeroing F.6 Strain and Shunt Calibration In addition to the FieldCal instruction that performs calibrations on measureme

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks The EZ and Standard Views of the Setup Screen provide ways to create and maintain the communications link

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Appendix G. Importing Files into Excel Data files saved by LoggerNet can be imported into a spreadsheet program for analysis or manipulation. Instr

Appendix G. Importing Files into Excel Step 2 of 3 From the Delimiters group box, select Comma and Space. The Comma option directs Excel to place ea

Appendix G. Importing Files into Excel Step 3 of 3 A quick look at the columns of data is provided in the Data Preview group box. To complete the i

Appendix G. Importing Files into Excel ([Year]–1900)*365+1+Int(([Year] –1901)/4)+[Day]+Int([HHMM]/100)/ 24+([HHMM]/100-Int([HHMM]/100))*100/60/24+[Se

Appendix G. Importing Files into Excel Step 2 of 3 From the Delimiters group box, select Comma and Space. The Comma option directs Excel to place ea

Appendix G. Importing Files into Excel Step 3 of 3 A quick look at the columns of data is provided in the Data Preview group box. Highlight the colu

Appendix G. Importing Files into Excel The quotation marks can be removed by using Excel’s Search and Replace feature. From the Excel menu, select E

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Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Subsequent pages are similar. Previous and Next buttons are provided to move through each step of the wiza

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Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Wizard to send a program to a table-based datalogger, the software will already be aware of the data tables

Table of Contents 3.2.11 Optional Client Products Compatible with LoggerNet ... 3-10 3.2.11.1 LoggerNetData ...

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks The number of tabs will vary, based upon the type of device that is selected. Some devices may have only h

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks The contents of the Add Device window will change as each device is added to the network map. Only those

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks To delete a device from the network map select the device and click the Delete button. This will delete t

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks 4.2.3 Renaming Network Devices The names of all of the devices can be changed as desired. Rename a device

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Extra Response Time – LoggerNet is preconfigured to allow time for responses based on type of device and ba

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Advanced Call-back Enabled – Enabling call-back tells LoggerNet to watch for a call-back from the datalogge

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Standard Communications Enabled – Before communication can take place, all devices in the chain must be ena

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks 4.2.4.4 Datalogger Dataloggers have several different tabs. Similar to the serial port, a hardware tab is

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks If you are using LoggerNet Admin or LoggerNet Remote 4.0 and using the Connect Screen to connect to a remot

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks BMP1 Station ID – The address that will be used for the device in the BMP1 network. When adding a new devi

Table of Contents 4.2.5.2.3 Communications Path Considerations ... 4-54 4.2.5.3 Setting Up Scheduled Data Collection ...

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Apply to Other Stations – This button allows the schedule setup for this datalogger to be copied to other s

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Stay On Collect Schedule – By default, when LoggerNet has missed a scheduled collection because of some con

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks • Automatically Reset Changed Tables – LoggerNet will reset (delete and recreate) any tables that have cha

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks 4.2.4.4.3 Final Storage Area 1 and 2 Tab (Edlog Dataloggers with Mixed-array Operating System) Mixed-array

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Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks The individual tables can be highlighted by clicking the table name. The settings on the right side of the

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks specify if a timestamp and record number should be included, and whether midnight is specified as 2400 or 0

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Use Reported Station Name – Enabling this check box will cause the station name from the Status Table to be

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Set Station Clock – Press this button to manually set the clock to that of the LoggerNet server. The Allow

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Delete Files After Retrieval – When this box is selected, the files will be deleted from the datalogger aft

Table of Contents 5.1.7.2.1 Adding and Removing Values ... 5-15 5.1.7.2.2 Display Options ...

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks configurations. When the Edit Modem Database button is selected, the reset and initialization strings for

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks the delay specified. The amount of time to delay is in milliseconds so a 5-second delay would be entered a

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks If you are using LoggerNet Admin or LoggerNet Remote 4.0 and using the Connect Screen to connect to a remot

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Advanced Use F Command – The “F” command forces the baud rate to 9600. In the modem enabled (ME) state, th

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks For Example: If: RF Polling Interval = 5 minutes RF Poll Offset = X Computer Offset = 4 minutes 47 s

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks When the device is connected in the Connect Screen and the time limit approaches, a dialog box is displayed

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Delay Hangup – The amount of time, in seconds and milliseconds, that LoggerNet should delay before hanging

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Adjusted Server Date/Time – Displays the date and time for the computer on which the LoggerNet server is ru

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks LoggerNet to use a default verify interval of 2.5 times the beacon interval. If the beacon interval is als

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks When the device is contacted on a schedule, communication with the device will be terminated once this time

Table of Contents 6.4.1 Selecting the PakBus Network to View ... 6-17 6.4.2 Dynamic and Static Links ...

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks 4.2.4.13 MD9 Remote The MD9 remote is the MD9 modem device that is connected to the datalogger at the fiel

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks If you are using LoggerNet Admin or LoggerNet Remote 4.0 and using the Connect Screen to connect to a remot

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks When the device is contacted on a schedule, communication with the device will be terminated once this time

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Maximum Time On-Line – This field is used to define a time limit for maintaining a connection to the device

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks 4.2.4.16 Generic Modem The Generic Modem is used to set up any device in the communications network whose

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks Hardware Tab, Advanced Extra Response Time – In this field, specify the additional time that LoggerNet shou

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks PakBus Graph can be used to visually monitor and retrieve settings from devices in a PakBus network. Refer

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks If you are using LoggerNet Admin or LoggerNet Remote 4.0 and using the Connect Screen to connect to a remot

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks TCP Password – This is a password that is used to control IP access to a datalogger. Passwords are assigne

Section 4. Setting up Datalogger Networks 4.2.4.19 PakBusPort HD This virtual device is used to facilitate communication with a PakBus datalogger in