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1. C Acknowledge pathname f se filename no acknowledge Compressed view maximal 50000 values Minmize to system tray Meteor Local application 54741 C This is the display server Sirena Send values ta the server f 3 168 0 0 Cancel When TFA USBTemp Control is running on the client PC the values are displayed unchanged The only difference is that the values are also transferred to the server When such remote data is received by the server they will be displayed on the server with the remote indicator R RG www tfa dostmann de Page 22 User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control 16 Export of the measured values To process the measured values with other programs these values could we exported to a text file The data export is configured with the Export dialog located in the File menu Device Start time 14 12 05 18 Mov U2 woo 15 12 05 18 Nov 02 Curve consists of E values Compress Format Text lines Use as decimal point C other format coming Line format 47 2 temperature 25M device name 1 4shme LD amp zzdate 207 t date time el Lez ou Esport ta search xe The device whose data should be exported is selected in the list on the top of dialog The data could be cutted by defining a start and end time The small grey text window below the end time checkbox informs about the number of items that are found in the selec2. Switch points gt 29 0000 C Switch on othenwse off Cooling Fan Ok Cancel The device name has to be unique The refresh interval must be in the range 1 5 to 3600 seconds The refresh interval is the time between two probes For most applications a refresh rate of 10 to 60 seconds is recommended The colour of the curve can be changed with the button Change colour After pressing the button there is a dialog for colour selection By pressing the button Recorder next to the button Change colour the recording capabilities can be regulated Recorder Change color Calibration www tfa dostmann de Page 5 User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control 4 Calibration Sensors If the displayed temperature 1s not correct the sensor has to be adjusted This 1s done by pressing the button Calibration in the device properties A new dialog shows up Temperature sonsor calibration 1 X Received temperature Corect temperature Get Heady Cancel First the current temperature must be fetched by pressing the button Get Then the correct value must be entered in the field next the Set button The calibration will be done when in the third step the button Set was pressed These three steps may be repeated to get a higher accuracy Temperature sonsor calibration x Received temperature Get 72 1250 Corect temperature Ready Cancel When th
3. Copying Files lax OWING SESSETLIPSWINSS Just click on the button Skip File three times and the last dialog appears Add New Hardware Wizard A last click on Finish button and the device is ready for use
4. an SMS by DOS command www tfa dostmann de Page 15 User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control 11 Sensor Action Event With Windows 2000 or following an entry in the system event log could be written when an action condition is true TO do this the action type Event must be chosen The field Action is used to define the text to enter in the event log Some replacement pattern are available PSN 2o T 96 2o D T 96 PDA 2o TI96 Start action if Name of the temperature sensor actual temperature actual date and time e g 02 05 2002 11 54 23 actual date e g 02 05 2002 actual time e g 11 54 23 Switch temperature 23 2500 E exceeded falls below andthe temperature iz continuously nsing C falling Event Action type Search Cancel In the Event Viewer the taken actions will show up in the Application Log Event Viewer Tree action vew gt Slam iS E 9 Event Viewer Local oo Bl Application Lag 4H Security Lag wt System Log Application Log 2 501 event s Information 15 Nov 02 A Information 15 Nov U2 14 55 81 L Information 15 Mav Uz 13 5553 Information 15 Nov 02 13 55 35 www tfa dostmann de Page 16 User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control The event text looks like this mem Properties Tots ofe Baten cb er Ej dta PE Dry uo uet sey ara Spay www tfa dostmann de Page 17 User Manua
5. is true The field Action is used to specify the sound file wav The button Search will open the standard file open dialog to search and specify a sound file The sound file may be played by pressing the button Test www tfa dostmann de Page 12 User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control Start actian if Switch temperature 29 0000 CE exceeded C falls below and the temperature is continuously nsing C falling of if connection is broken Action type Sound Action Ic WA IAAT WMediachimes way 9 Sensor Action automatic emails Another action 1s the automatic sending of email The PC must know the SMTP Protocol which is true in most cases with installed email Unfortunately the standard Windows installation lacks a tool for sending email from the command line But other programs may be chosen to do the job In the default installation of TFA USBTemp Control the public domain program blat is used More information about this program can be found at http www interlog com tcharron blat html or in the file Blat Readme txt in the installation directory of TFA USBTemp Control If another program should be used the action Program execution 1s the way to go When setting the action Send email for the first time a dialog will show up to do the initial setting as of blat The setting may be changed anytime by pressing the button Mail address Sendmail eee
6. program start e g 02 05 2002 2o T1906 time of the program start e g 11 54 23 www tfa dostmann de Page 18 User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control The setting in dialog shown on the last page a filename that looks like Data 26 05 2003 11 44 36 cwc will be used When leaving the system settings dialog with the OK button this setting will be stored and activated To make sure the supplied path is ok the first saving operation will start immediately The settings are stored in the registry and used at the next time the program starts To avoid a inadvertent overwriting of the file the system dialog will be opened when the automatic save is selected In some cases the popup of the dialog should be avoided e g if the system should reboot automatically The popup of the dialog may be disabled by checking the box Use filename no acknowledge 13 System Settings Optimizing memory needed and speed When temperature sensors are used several weeks with a low refresh interval a large amount of memory will be needed to hold the values When refreshing every 2 seconds the memory consumption will be about 337 KB per day This may lead to memory problems and the display speed in the data window will slow down This 1s the reason for compressing the data The used algorithm assures that minimum or maximum values will be unmodified It is also guaranteed that there is at least one value in a period of 10 minutes When selecting
7. the compressed view check box the maximal used values must be specified The default value is 500000 values When the specified amount of values is reached the compression will start automatically and reduces the count of values by about 50 System settings 7 X Automatic saving Save automatically every 20 Minutes Search Path name JOAMpData Data 207 A CAC Substitute ADT DateTime HRA unique number t Acknowledge pathname f se filename no acknowledge if Compressed view masimal 50000 values Minmize to system tray Hetwork E ARE SRE Seq prn This is the display server Fort rimas C Send values to the server Cancel www tfa dostmann de Page 19 User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control The compression could also be started manually with the view menu item Compress or the button 4 The dialog shown below will be displayed The compression is done per device The value count is displayed in the text window below the device selection x Device Server Compress Curve consists of 143 values 14 System Settings System tray When TFA USBTemp Control should run as a background process it is desirable to display the process in the system tray when minimized This 1s done by checking the box Minimize to system tray System settings 1 E ES x Automatic saving Save automatically every 20 Minutes Search Path name CAMpData Data ZOTZ ewe Su
8. Sendmail pragram bat Server name mymailserver cam From myname myserver com Cancel The server name is the name of the computer used to send the emails The correct values could be found in the server settings of Netscape Messenger Outlook The field From is used to define the email address of the sender www tfa dostmann de Page 13 User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control The field Action is used to define the command line arguments used for the blat program The destination address is specified with t receiver myServer com The mail subject is defined with the option s Switch point EE Start actian if Switch temperature 30 0000 D exceeded C falls below and the temperature is continuously nsing C falling Action type Send email Mail address Acton Einfaceivourpc com s Sensor 25h Temperature zT C Test cres At the time the action was be taken the email arguments are filtered and some text substitutions will take place The following substitution pattern are possible PSN Name of the temperature sensor o T 96 actual temperature WDT actual date and time e g 02 05 2002 11 54 23 DA actual date e g 02 05 2002 2o T1906 actual time e g 11 54 23 The button Test could be used to test if the email will reach the address The text of the email contains sensor name temperature and time of the event If may look like this Temper
9. TTER ccH NES WF USB devices made by TFA Dostmann 31 1026 USB Temp PC Thermometer 31 1027 USB Batt Battery module for USB Temp User Manual Version 2 9 2 05 08 2003 TFA Dostmann GmbH amp Co KG Zum Ottersberg 12 97877 Wertheim Reicholzheim www tfa dostmann de TFA Devices User Manual Contents E JIntrOOUCHODsemneniiieii 9 niihi ien diei i end oiv indienne 2 USB LEMP m USB Temp and USB Battery 4 oti ether renren ai www tfa dostmann de Page 2 TFA Devices User Manual 1 Introduction The TFA device 1s a USB device connected with a 2 m USB cable The device will be detected automatically by Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows XP und Windows NET Windows 98 will ask some questions see special chapter Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation The TFA device would also operate with some versions of Linux No device driver are needed to operate the TFA device with Windows The already installed standard USB drivers 1s sufficient This protects the stability of the PC Depending of the configuration of the PC more than 100 USB devices could be connected In case of Linux only 16 TFA USB devices are supported Every TFA USB device has its own unique serial number This makes it possible to identify a certain device even the position in the USB hubs have changed The serial number could also be used by user programs so t
10. am that makes a hardware device work Cancel After clicking on Next this dialog shows up Add New Hardware Wizard What da you want Windows to da Search for the best driver for your device Recommended x Back Cancel Note In this dialog it is imported to select the lower option Display a list Then the Next button should be pressed Add New Hardware Wizard ag Select the manufacturer and model of your hardware device If you have a disk that contains the updated driver click Have Disk To install the updated driver click Finish Models USB Human Interface Device Show compatible hardware Have Disk C Show all hardware x Back Cancel Just click on Next Add New Hardware Wizard Windows diver file search for the device USB Human Interface Device Windows Is now ready to install the selected driver For this device Click Back to select a different driver or click Next to continue Location af driver 3 LAIN DOYS IN FMHIDODEW INF Cancel und again Next Insert Disk e Please insert the disk labeled Windows 98 Second Edition CD ROM and then click OK After inserting the Windows 98 CD the already installed USB driver will be installed again So in almost every case the reinstallation could be avoided by clicking on the button OK without inserting the CD Then the following dialog appears
11. ature Sensor Server Temperature 22 0625 Celsius Time 14 55 51 www tfa dostmann de Page 14 User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control 10 Sensor Action Start program With this action any available program on the PC could be started This may be a special email program the shutdown of the PC or the entry in a log file The command line is defined in the action field and goes through the same substitution mechanism as the email action The following substitutions may be used PSN Name of the temperature sensor o T 96 actual temperature WDT actual date and time e g 02 05 2002 11 54 23 DA actual date e g 02 05 2002 2o T1906 actual time e g 11 54 23 Start action if Switch temperature 25 0000 D exceeded C falls below and the temperature is continuously feng C falling Action type Start pragram Action CMD C echo SN TA at ADT 4 2c Wwalues log Search Test In this example the DOS command echo will be called to write some text at the end of a file The DOS shell will be reached with the CMD command With Windows 98 the CMD text must be replaced with COMMAND COM The contents of the file values log after executing the action above is as follows oerver 25 0000 ae 15 11 2002 15 152530 To find valid programs for execution the button Search will open a file search dialog Reasonable examples could be to shut down the PC or to send
12. bstitute ADT DateTime HRA unique number t Acknowledge pathname f se filename no acknowledge Compressed view maximal 50000 values Hetwork Local application Ess This is the display server Fort ruris C Send values to the server Cancel When active the TFA USBTemp Control icon could be found in the system tray 18 55 sample icon Double clicking on the icon will restore the TFA USBTemp Control window This and other actions could also be chosen by pressing the right mouse button on the blue icon www tfa dostmann de Page 20 User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control 15 System Settings switching and measuring through the network In many cases the sensored values should be displayed on another computer than the one that owns the used USB interface A typical example is the supervision of a server from the system administrator PC or the controlling of rooms from the factory security Even the activation of an USB Switch through the network is useful e g to turn on the light before looking through a remote camera For that reasons the TFA USBTemp Control software contains some network functions These functions are based on the sockets of TCP IP which could be typically found on nearly every PC If there are problems the system administrator will help The PC to show the values and do the control is called the display server On this PC the option This is the display ser
13. e result is acceptable the dialog could be closed with the Ready button Before starting the calibration it is recommended that the corresponding temperature curve is horizontal for a longer period The calibration is done inside the sensor and is independent from the used PC www tfa dostmann de Page 6 User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control 5 Import of recorded values When TFA USBTemp Control W coal s i emperatdre Sensor detects recorded values inside the 2 adi SEE USB Temp this will indicated in the 20 9375 Celsius Minimum temperature tree view To read the records a 21 5000 Celsius Max temperature double click on this text will start nad import menu Records available Record interval 3 s Refresh interval 2 0 seconds Version 13 Serial number 587 After the double click the menu for reading and assigning the values pops up Up to 4000 values could be recorded Multiple record sessions even with different timing are possible Every record session reduces the total amount of values by 4 peaces Because the USB Temps lacks a battery buffered real time clock the start time must be defined The accuracy of the internal clock is about 1 96 When the dialog appears the import of the data starts immediately It took up to 4 minutes to read all data depending how much values are recorded The import may be stopped by pressing the button Stop reading The amount of recorded values are updated regularly Ev
14. ecorder settings Press the Recorder button After entering the time distance the set button programs the sensor appropriate Any available records will be deleted immediately after pressing the button delete records recorder settings q X measure interval lo Minutes 45 Seconds delete records Exil Both buttons work immediately without further request 7 Switch Points Sensor Actions If the measured temperature is beyond a defined limit different actions could be initiated by TFA USBTemp Control These temperature limits are called switch points Every sensor may define up to 256 different switch points Switch points will be added by pressing the button Add in the device settings When a switch point is selected in the list of switch points this switch point can be deleted with the Delete button or modified by either pressing the Modify button or double clicking on the item in the list www tfa dostmann de Page 9 User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control Device properties 3 NE X Protector Cooling Fan Server Device name 5 erver Refresh interval B 0 Seconds Change color Calibration Switch points gt 29 0000 C Switch on ethemwise off Cooling Fan gt 40 0000 C Send email t infoticleware de s SM 12 L gt SOLOD00 C Continous sound CMW INN TAM ediasringin waw Add Delete Change Cancel Different actions may be de
15. ed with a short light on the LED Then every taken value is signaled by flashing the LED If the LED 1s turned on constantly an error was detected The reason for that is in most cases a full measuring buffer On the left side of the USB Battery a battery low indicator and an power plug could be found The USB Battery is delivered with an AC AD adapter running at 230V www tfa dostmann de Page 5 TFA Devices User Manual Battery power Start button switch Left right zA C C Battery low AC DC adapter www tfa dostmann de Page 6 ER ccHONES WET TEAN Software for the USB device made by TFA Dostmann GmbH amp Co KG User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control Version 2 9 2 30 09 2003 TFA Dostmann GmbH amp Co KG Zum Ottersberg 12 97877 Wertheim Reicholzheim www tfa dostmann de Germany User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control Contents P JntFOOGUCUOD c i inei e ener a a ete a aede 2 2 TEFA USBLEenip COOL uiii e mea ea eene PEOR ES Ea EUER eH ERE eo REFER IECUR cussvasesecezeses 3 De Deyice SetUligsacscoeeeseiete ae S RERO Ist esae iSt NEMPE HIN MM ME 5 4 Calibration SOHSOES Geiscees est sse es ee eco De ee Eee ee eoo ae Ee FE EEN EU OE FoU Ras Eo ve aae ODER EIER RENE Ree uo SE cR EE OPUS 6 Se dmportol recorded Values oci cse Eee eb etre Rr ere E eI EE Ev ENESUNe uda EAE Y EE REPRE EISE 7 Ox Recorder settines SeRsOE i deco vro evo a PE a rea asa leuko e eer un vea I Ue dure U
16. ery line contains the number of values the distance between the measurements and the state of the record Read values j x stored data start time 1 100 3s nat set zJB sep 3 16 37 53 T ser delete stop reading finish I www tfa dostmann de Page 7 User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control When all data was received the start time of the record must be defined This is done by selecting the record choosing the day and time on the right and then pressing the set button Read values j x stored data start time dat Pare e 28 Sep 03 15 37 58 r set After pressing set the computer checks the time and the duration of the record to avoid conflicts with other records and already measured values If all 1s ok the time is displayed in the left window The assignment may be deleted with the button delete x stored data start time zJB sep D3 13 00 00 sel delete Settings Cancel finish The button finish closes this dialog and inserts the assigned records in the program The values in the sensor are still valid To delete the records in the sensor the button Settings open the configuration dialog of the sensor described in the next chapter www tfa dostmann de Page 8 User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control 6 Recorder settings Sensor The time between two measurements in the recorder mode is defined in the r
17. fined at the same temperature Every action will be taken which condition is true Once taken the actions point will be deactivated until the condition changes again So if an email will be send at 40 C it will be send only once It will be send again if the temperature goes below 40 C and exceeds it again When pressing the Add or Modify button the following dialog will show up Start action if Switch temperature 0 0000 ee gees C falls below and the temperature is continuously rising falling or ifconnection is broken Action type Sound E Action www tfa dostmann de Page 10 User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control Here the temperature and change direction will be defined In addition a second condition may optionally defined that demands a continuously falling or rising temperature The last condition will be evaluated with four values If all values are greater than the first one the curve is defined rising and if all values are less falling With this condition a very smooth controller could be build Another condition that could case an alarm is the disappearance of the device This condition is the second entry in the dialog above Action type Sound Continuous sound Send email Start program Event Action Search Five different actions sound continuous sound emails program start and event are possible The fields and buttons in the action fie
18. he device may be used as a simple dongle The controlling of all TFA devices is done by the program TFA USBTemp Control This program will also do the visualization of the measured values and states The supplied software 1s described in the software manual Caution It is strongly prohibited to use any of the TFA devices if the failure of the product may harm people Usage in any medical applications is also prohibited www tfa dostmann de Page 3 TFA Devices User Manual 2 USB Temp The housing of the sensor is made of black anodized aluminium It 1s filled with casting resin which complies with the best non inflammability class V O as per UL 94 The size of the sensor is 25 mm x 15 mm x 40 mm The USB cable is about 2 m long The current needed by this USB device is less than 20 mA best place to measure To get the best results the object to by measured should be placed at the position shown above The sensor is thermically connected with the aluminium housing so changes in temperature will cause an immediate reaction The temperature is measured in steps of 0 0625 Celsius The accuracy is at least 0 5 Celsius The sensor could be calibrated with the software TFA USBTemp Control Before delivery the USB Temps are calibrated with an accuracy of 0 2 Celsius The operating temperature should be between 20 and 80 Celsius Using it outside this range may cause the destruction of the sensor If temperature fall
19. into two major windows In the left tree based window the connected devices and their properties are listed The right data window displays temperature curves T rona shines Senor D S00 Cd PE 4 mu D RAHJERU bcr Peri E i MEET Me bere j Penne e de oaa ee s ped news Ss X p poU HEUESUEUERRI P ADUHEDUER DER MI IU HEDERU UE ET RUEUET EGERIT AD EURO NU ED fh rhe d T rece mo qT SC 4 XC4 4 me d Q4 y Weg SS ee 1e iieii ii i ii i i i i 21 64 AUC 15 37 1513 55 59 1340 141 1242 1343 244 01345 4345 1347 1343 1148 14 10 HN SES on qha Beaty Ge desHcoWxS Fe kurvene rA USE www tfa dostmann de Page 3 User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control The entries in the left state window could be as follows i sensor name e device type temperature sensor e current temperature e minimal detected temperature e maximal detected temperature e State of recorder e switch points 1f any e refresh interval e version of the sensor e seria
20. l Software TFA USBTemp Control 12 System Settings automatic file save Major TFA USBTemp Control settings are managed with the System settings dialog located in the View menu The settings for automatic file saving compression tray display and networking are controlled here When a program or computer crashes all values stored in RAM will be lost For that reason the data should be stored to disk from time to time using the file save menu item This saving could also be automated with the systems settings dialog item automatic saving The interval between savings must be specified as well as the path of the data file The Search button may be used to pick a file with the file search dialog System settings x Automatic saving M Save automatically every 20 Minutes Search Path name C MpDatasData EDTX cwc Substitute ADT DateTime HRA unique number C Acknowledge pathname f Use filename na acknowledge Compressed view maximal E valles Minmize to system tray Hetwork Local application Fart number 54741 This is the display server Send values ta the server cena The filename may contain substitution strings They will be replaced at time the program will be started The following replacement strings are detected PSN name of the sensor PHHH automatic incremented number DT start date and time of the program e g 02 05 2002 11 54 23 DA date of the
21. l number of the sensor A double click on the current temperature causes an immediate call for new temperature data no matter of the state of the refresh interval The recorded values can be stored for later display with the menu File save and Save as When moving the cursor inside the data window the values next to the cursor position will be displayed This will help to get 1nformation about a specific time pce EE Po Er o 26 C f Zo EE 15 44 23 25 813 Celsius Raum 1 15 44 23 23 313 Celsius Raum Z 24 C WX PCIE eS EE 220 H 210 C FE 20 C 19 42 1719543 1544 19545 1546 1547 19548 22 04 The time scale could be compressed or expanded with the menu point View increase decrease view or with the buttons gt The recorded values could also be printed The print out will use the same time scale as the data view www tfa dostmann de Page 4 User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control The display may be refreshed with the button to find new devices Remote devices will be added automatically 3 Device Settings The settings of the devices could be manipulated with the menu item View Device properties or by pressing the button E Device properties E AX Protector Cooling Fan Server Device name Server Refresh interval 2 0 Seconds Change color Calibration
22. ld of the dialog will change dynamically with the chosen action The event action is available starting with Windows 2000 www tfa dostmann de Page 11 User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control The switch points will be drawn with a dotted line in the data window EDIDI af JE 558 es she Senor 20 PS Pd FO BAe Mie beeper sb ge s els Pla prre i Pen rae Peco nies 5s meee uk CU m Evert REINO Pele PED pdh urs A e Se Refresh niera 5 mom Varn 13 ai rier m SR Hal og oi T EGEE EUGNEMOd a a d NNNSSNOG UNS GO BOOGES R OG NNUS 7d DCN UG Gp a ee DG UNDO 7d DONO Gp UNS OG CES GO NDONEN OS GR UNDO GOD NOU Gp ee GS NDS 73073 GEN 7373 CUN 7 URN d 21 C 4 WC 1337131335 13 398 1340 141 13427 1343 1344 1345 13495 1347 14 1 i pes in feet EUR OOMARSO 9 GS os Fu trees TRA USL Gi Deman rera w a All temperature switch points are evaluated with a hysteresis to get a secure switching behaviour The used hysteresis 1s 0 25 Celsius In the example above the Switch is turned on at 29 0 C and turned off when the temperature falls below 28 75 C 8 Sensor Action acoustic switch points The acoustic switch point types are Sound or Continuous sound The Sound is created by playing a sound file once The Continuous sound is produced by playing the file in an endless loop as long as the condition
23. s below 0 C the cable must not be moved or bent The construction of the USB Temp is very robust Even hard conditions shown below do not harm the sensor www tfa dostmann de Page 4 TFA Devices User Manual The casting resign protects the sensor against humidity The sensor must not be located under water for a long time because the plastic may suck up water very slowly There is no warranty that the materials of the sensor will not react with components of wet or aggressive environments Attention for use inside aquariums The display of the measured values are done with the software TFA USBTemp Control This software could be configured to activate an alarm on several ways 3 USB Temp and USB Battery By USB Temp recording of temperature values without PC 1s possible This is done by plugging the USB connector to the power supply USB Battery The sensor runs than with battery power and is capable to record 4000 values The values are stored permanently even if the sensor will be disconnected They must be deleted explicitly by a command from TFA USBTemp Control The time slice between the measurements are also defined in TFA USBTemp Control 8 As shown on the picture an USB Battery could supply up to two devices with power After connecting the sensor the USB Battery will be turned on The measurement will start when pressing the right push button see below The start of the measuring will be acknowledg
24. ted time This amount could be reduced by pressing the compress button on the left The only supported output form until now are text lines The format of the lines must be defined in the line format window Several substitutions will be processed when the data is exported PSN Name of the temperature sensor o T 96 actual temperature WDT actual date and time e g 02 05 2002 11 54 23 DA actual date e g 02 05 2002 2o T1906 actual time e g 11 54 23 www tfa dostmann de Page 23 User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control Between the different parts of the line inserting an unique delimiter like 1s useful This simplifies the later import The format may look like T1I T where the time and temperature is delimited by a semicolon By checking the Use as decimal point checkbox all numbers are transformed this way The destination file for the export is asked for in the Export to field The button Search may be pressed to display the file open dialog for easier file selection The export will be started when the Export button will be pressed www tfa dostmann de Page 24 Installation on Windows 98 When a TFA USB device is connected to a Windows 98 driven PC for the first time the PC detects new hardware and requests a driver even this 1s not necessary Add New Hardware Wizard This wizard searches for new drivers for USB Human Interface Device A device driver is a software progr
25. ude 9 T Switch Points Sensor AC IODS iiiieeee e eee ee ce cote e sese pape oou s eoe a Sos E oa sup ede ere a Ure E EP Co cu OP Ee 9 8 Sensor Action acoustic switch points eee e eee ee eee eee eee eee ee eese eese eeeaos 12 9 Sensor Action automatic EMallls cccccccccccccssscccsssscccssscccscccccccscccscsccccsssccsccscoess 13 10 Sensor Action Start program arrinca ee ra Eaa Tn 15 Ti Sensor A CHOON gE VOI rS 16 12 System Settings automatic file save sscccccccccsssssssssscsccccccsssssscsscccsssssssssscsees 18 13 System Settings Optimizing memory needed and speed 19 14 System Settings System tray iir reete ev Eee Roo eee o a eve pa eue o eoe e dE e TR uen e EE eVa Mov Uus 20 15 System Settings switching and measuring through the network 21 I6 EXport Of the measured values eiets espe Eee o eee Ene ng ee ER CERES Sonne ERE Pe vns Eae pa eS eae Eee aea ue 23 1 Introduction For operation of the TFA devices this Windows program is included in the distribution It allows a very simple and easy controlling of the devices www tfa dostmann de Page 2 User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control 2 TFA USBTemp Control Every TFA USB device will be configured and controlled by the application TFA USBTemp Control It will also do the visualization of values received from the devices The program window splits
26. ver must be checked along with the port number to use In most cases the default number 54741 should be ok System settings E X Automatic saving Save automatically every Path name CAM iData Data ADT ewc Substitute ADOT DateTime ZHHHE unique number Acknowledge pathname f se filename no acknowledge Compressed view ma imal 50000 values Minmize to system tray Hetwork Local application NEUTER aed 54741 ie This is the display server masas Send values ta the server cena The other PCs clients who should send data to the server must activate the option Send values to the server The name or IP number of the server must also be specified and the port number must be identical www tfa dostmann de Page 21 User Manual Software TFA USBTemp Control System settings l X Automatic saving Save automatically every 20 Minutes Path name CAMbpData Data 207 4 ewe Substitute OT DateTime SHAH unique number C Acknowledge pathname se filename no acknowledge Compressed view ma imal 50000 values Minmize to system tray Metwork Local application 54741 C This is the display server pinea ia Send values ta the server Mys erve Cancel Or System settings E E B xl Automatic saving Save automatically every 20 Minutes Search Path name EMD ata Data DTZ CWC Substitute zD T DateTime HH unique number
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