Instruction Manual for the SADPmini Logger
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1. File path J CIS AD mini 2 7test txt Onvott File Path controller default c SADPmini 2 7 test txt The file logging function is selected by clicking on the LED The LED turns light green and the data points are automatically written to the default file test txt Clicking on the LED again turns the LED dark green and stops writing data to file Note Data points are always appended to this file The file is never overwritten It is therefore recommended that if this facility is required that the file is deleted before starting to log as if the file does not exist the program will create it The test txt file can easily be imported into Microsoft Excel for data manipulation as the format used in creating the file is CSV Logging button Used to start and stop the logging of data points from the SADPmini The LED turns green for logging and red for not logging Note It is advisable to stop logging before performing graph manipulation It is also required to stop logging before exiting the External Logging function Exit button This control returns the PC software to the Main screen See section 6 1 3 Note This button is greyed out when logging is in progress Stop logging to activate the Exit button Page 7 of 10 6 4 Review DATA a Review Stored Data Software TAG Name TONY 1 Date 11 2000 Print Is j lo Sample Rate mins 0 1 Start Time 4 8 16 04 41 5 AYETEM 41 6 a 442. Model SADPmini Logger Software Version 2 8 Instruction Manual Alpha Moisture Systems Alpha House 96 City Road Bradford BD8 8ES England Tel 44 1274 733100 Fax 44 1274 733200 Email mail O amsytems co uk Web www amsystems co uk Page 11 Instruction Manual for the SADPmini Logger Software Ol External logging software E B hs Reading number 6 second intervals 1225 SADPmini Logger User Manual doc Issue 14 0 1 3 12 Page 111 1 SADPMINI SPECIFICATION cccecececesesescccscececececececececececececscscecececsesesesesesescecscscecesetereeseseresescscses 1 Dee EAS 1 3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION wie esa e a a a ok fae dd a tad Se to td a 1 3 1 AUTOMATIC INST ABTA TION a alicia 1 3 2 MANGAL INSTALLATION ran sos 4e bovanis can ie a a e assets cea awh aa ois eo ene oh beaa a eek 1 a UNFINS TALEA TION OF OA see ore oud de Laredo da 1 de ANTRODUCTON ra aclaradas 2 O OPERATION ee ea a a en a A A 2 6 1 STARTUP coronen e E E E T E EE Ne E OR 2 OLE Spas MSCE ea E E E E A N 2 Gil Connection Pop Up Dreesen aE E A EN E R 2 6 1 3 WEES A II A E ATAT E AE SA AEE NE TET 3 6 2 PESPORT DA TA AA ETE E AEO 4 62 0 EXPortDATA P Op sp S eea OS 4 G22 DINOS e a a a Ad 4 6 3 ENERO DESNUDO 5 GE Exem LOS POP UNS sa 5 A a oe ori OS A RS 6 6 4 REVIEW DATA naaa lo ere De eo cesto da 8 6 4 1 The Review Stored Data screen ccceccssceccecoscoscascecceccecoscanc
3. and Com Port settings have been set and that the PC Comms function has been activated on the SADPmini Note If the Logging LED flashes Green for an instant before turning back to Red when the Logging button is pressed the Com Port selected is incorrect Press the Exit button and return to the Main Screen Graph Manipulation Palette E E sn The graph manipulation palette enables the graphical display to be manipulated in various ways Before using this palette it is recommended that the logging of new data be stopped because new data points cause the graphical display to refresh in the default form over writing any manipulation that had been performed Page 6 of 10 The top three Icons enable specific areas of the graphical display to be enlarged The area to be enlarged is selected by depressing the left mouse button and dragging the cursor The graphical display is then redrawn The Bottom left Icon performs an undo function The other 2 Icons are zoom in and out functions activated by pressing the left mouse button Digital Display indicator This displays the last data point value in and the associated engineering units Interval min selector default 0 1 This control sets the delay between subsequent data points in minutes The value increments and decrements in 0 1 minute steps It is also possible to set the delay period by highlighting the current value and typing a replacement value
4. A E aae A TT s q a k a 7 q o U u m A A o a 3 QU E eS ger che P 5 E 4 PT a z FL y x Fi J Y LARK l 7 A Se ys baT Sarre oe A ase a pay irni 5 BOTAL pei TENT S Ne Ll roe ort ek a ame a aah ae os rd rati sos e a e cet ue Pci a ao A x 1 r i 6 O i a o tt nee ae fat rd La 7 Air pata uy m 1 ae mi ana fe E r E ce i pe Lt al 3 Zag rT i Cra E Export DATA Pop up Screen Activate the Logging Menu on the SADPmini and select the PC Comms function Click the OK button to continue to the next screen Note See the section on Disabling Pop ups to prevent this screen appearing 6 2 2 Downloading Screen The Downloading screen will automatically communicate with the attached SADPmini and list all the TAGs Note If a window appears reporting a Timeout or Error Message and all buttons are grayed out except the Exit button the SADPmini logger software is not communicating with the SADPmini Press the Exit to return to the Main Screen Ensure that the correct cables are connected and that the correct Address and Com Port settings have been set and that the PC Comms function has been activated on the SADPmini There are 20 TAG locations available in each SADPmini Each location can store up to 20 separate blocks of data Downloading a TAG automatically downloads the data blocks Each TAG is saved to an auto
5. computer using the associated cables See the SADPmini user manual for more details Click on the OK button to continue to the next screen Note See the section on Disabling Pop ups to prevent this screen appearing Page 2 of 10 6 1 3 Main Screen It should be noted that before the SADPmini and the PC logging software can communicate the SADPmini needs to be put into communication mode to achieve this activate the Logging Menu on the SADPmini and select the PC Comms function See the SADPmini user manual Com Port selector default setting 1 This control sets the COM Port on the logging computer used to talk to the SADPmini Note Refer to your Windows Manual for information on how to find out your COM port setting SADPmini Unit Address selector default setting 1 This control sets the address that the SADPmini will respond to see section 9 2 9 Unit Address in the Model SADPmini Instruction Manual for instructions on how to set the SADPmini address Note Failure to set these variables correctly will result in the communications between the SADPmini and the logging computer failing EXIT button This control aborts the PC software Export DATA button See Section 6 2 External LOG button See Section 6 3 Review DATA button See Section 6 4 Page 3 of 10 6 2 Export DATA 6 2 1 UUDUVUDO DUDO UD DODDDL a A AA e san ae Zal J
6. progress of the download Once all the data has been downloaded to the PC returns to the Main Screen 6 1 3 6 3 External LOG 6 3 1 External LOG Pop up Screen External LOG l l o Activate the Logging Menu on the SADPmini and Elorihe Sabo mint Cansing Men select the PC Comms function Select the PE Comms Function Click the OK button to continue to the next screen Note See the section on Disabling Pop ups to prevent this screen appearing Page 5 of 10 6 3 2 External Logging Screen a External logging software lay CIS Oi 3YOTEMA Dewpoint F Reading number 6 second interval File path AciSADPmini2Ttestht gl onori Interval J min jo The External Logging screen will automatically communicate with the attached SADPmini and update the graphical and digital displays The graph has auto scaling axis The Y axis shows the moisture level in the current engineering units of the SADPmini The X axis shows the number of readings and the interval between each reading Approximately 8000 readings can be displayed on the graph before the display automatically scrolls Note If a window appears reporting a Timeout or Error Message and all buttons are grayed out except the Exit button the SADPmini logger software is not communicating with the SADPmini Press the Exit to return to the Main Screen Ensure that the correct cables are connected that the correct Address
7. the first block of data within that file to the graphical display The graph has auto scaling axis The Y axis shows the moisture level in the selected engineering units The X axis shows the number of Page 8 of 10 readings pressure when the readings were taken and the start and finish time of the test A maximum of 12800 readings can be displayed on the graph It is therefore strongly recommended that the logging time interval is chosen so that during the data logging process the number of readings stored does not exceed 12800 Graph Manipulation Palette En un The graph manipulation palette enables the graphical display to be manipulated in various ways The top three Icons enable specific areas of the graphical display to be enlarged The area to be enlarged is selected by depressing the left mouse button and dragging the cursor y The graphical display is then redrawn The Bottom left Icon performs an undo function The other 2 Icons are zoom in and out functions activated by pressing the left mouse button Digital Display indicators The following information is read from the selected file and displayed in four digital display indicators located above the graphical display TAG Name Sample Rate mins Date Start Time Print button This button will automatically send a printout to the computers default printer There is no printer setup function so the printout will conform to the printers default settings 1
8. 8 41 9 42 0 a La E D a D a GA AG e 42 3 42 4 42 5 42 6 l 18 16 04 19 00 52 449 Samples 0 psig HA a 6 4 1 The Review Stored Data screen The Review Stored Data function enables downloaded data from the SADPmini mst or files logged to the PC in real time txt to be viewed quickly without the need to manipulate the data in Microsoft Excel This function is not intended as a replacement for data manipulation merely as an aid to analysis Choose or Enter Path of File Look in E Sadpmini 2 7 4 ek Eg File selector panel 0 aver El test txt B AT PRESS mst E testppm Ext Recent IBJATPRESS_2 mst B TONY 1 mst This panel appears when the B AT PRESS_3 mst B TONY 1_2 mst 3 2 DEFAULT TAG mst E TONY 1_3 mst function 1S first run and 2 DEFAULT TAG_Z mst E TONY 1_4 mst whenever the Select File Dee EE new test tt IP TONY 1_S mst PPM mst button is pressed It operates in ca Cil A PPM _S mst the same way as a normal File M Documens oa mst selector panel within Microsoft pa Binion Windows Me Computer E test2bar bxt E testi Obar Ext Select the file to review by left Temes ae O clickine on the required file and Places E qd Files of type Custom Pattern mets txt Cancel then pressing the OK button y The Review Stored Data function will open the specified file and plot
9. al Pop up Screen see section 6 1 2 Export DATA Pop up Screen see section 6 2 1 External LOG Pop up Screen see section 6 3 1 The pop up screens can be re enabled at any time by de selecting the radio button on the splash screen see section 6 1 1 7 Cables and Interfaces There are 2 types of interface that can be used with the SADPmini and SADPmini Logging software 7 1 RS232 to RS485 Interface The Interface unit INTOO7 has two 9 way D type connectors The connector marked with a B connects to a PC or Laptop serial Port using a 2 0m serial cable Part No CAB029 The connector marked with a S connects to the SADPmini using a 1m special cable Part No CAB032 7 2 USB to RS485 Interface The Interface unit INTOOS has a 9 way D type connector and a USB connector The USB connects to a PC or Laptop USB Port using a 1 8m USB cable Part No CABO031 The D type connects to the SADPmini using a Im special cable Part No CABO033 Note The drivers for the USB Interface are supplied on the included CD Page 10 of 10
10. e the printout will be in portrait if that is the default setting of the printer Select File button This button brings up the File Selector panel Block Indicator LEDs These controls are disabled and grayed out when reviewing a real time file There are 20 LEDs one for each permissible block of data that can be stored under each TAG name on the SADPmini When a file is opened the LEDs indicate as follows Light Green Block containing data Blue Block containing data and currently selected D for graphing lt Dark Green Block containing no data 5 l c0 Page 9 of 10 Block Selector buttons ni The 2 small buttons located at the top left hand side of the Block Indicators are used to select the data block to be graphed The blue LED signifies the data block that is currently plotted The block selector buttons move the selected block up or down Note Only blocks containing data can be selected for graphing Exit button This control returns the PC software to the Main screen See section 6 1 3 6 5 Disabling Pop ups To disable the information pop up screens simply select the Disable Pop up radio button on the Splash screen see section 6 1 1 This will prevent the information panels from appearing It is recommended that this process is not used until the user is completely confident with the physical operation of the SADPmini logging software and the Model SADPmini The screens disabled are Initi
11. matically created and named MST file in the SADPmini directory The filename created is based upon the TAG name If multiple files are to be saved using the same TAG name the software automatically appends a _ discriminator to the end of the filename e g DEFAULT TAG_2 MST These files can easily be imported into Microsoft Excel for data manipulation as the format used in creating the files is CSV Comma Separated Values DEFAULT TAG SAMPLE PT 1 J SAMPLE PT 2 pe Select tags rocker switches default OFF These controls are used to select the data that is to be downloaded When the switch is Yellow the associated TAG data will be downloaded when the Download selected tags button is pressed Page 4 of 10 Select all and De select all buttons These controls are used to turn all the rockers switches to ON or OFF Read tag names button NOT USED IN NORMAL OPERATION Used to re read the SADPmini TAGs This is useful for re establishing the communications link between the computer and the SADPmini when the SADPmini has been used for other functions which will lose the link Exit button This control returns the PC software to the Main screen See section 6 1 3 Download selected tags button This control starts the process of downloading the required TAGs After the button is pressed an indicator appears that calculates the number of samples that are to be downloaded A progress bar then appears that indicates the
12. n directory of c sadpmini 2 8 Se ea ee O Files installed in the SADPmini folder e data lvtime dll alpha ico SADPmini exe SADPmini ini SADPmin1 set 4 Un installation of Software To un install the SADPmini Logger program simply follow the instructions in Section 3 Software Installation from 1 to 4 The installation wizard will automatically remove the software from the PC Page 1 of 10 5 Introduction The SADPmini Logger software consists of three parts a downloading facility called Export DATA a remote logging facility called External LOG and a stored data reviewing facility called Review DATA See the associated sections in this manual for more details on each operation 6 Operation 6 1 Startup if Intel Network Adapters fm Lavasoft Ad Aware SE Personal b fim Macromedia FreeHand 4 Mentor Graphics rr S4DPmini Logger S4DPmini Start the program by pressing the Start button selecting All Programs followed by SADPmini Logger and SADPmini The splash screen shown in 6 1 1 below will appear as the program starts 6 1 1 Splash Screen Click on the OK button to continue to the next screen The radio button in the bottom left hand corner will be explained in the section Disabling Pop ups 6 1 2 Connection Pop up Screen Using either the USB to RS485 Interface or the Serial to RS485 Interface connect the SADPmini to the logging PC or laptop
13. scoecscasceccecescascasseceecscancaceecescescs 8 6 5 DISABEING POP UPS traspaso blica 10 CABLES ANDUNTEREACES o oa LO Ad 10 7 1 R9222 TOROS F INTERFACE menaa E O E 10 T2 USB TORES INTERFACES 10 Page 1v 1 SADPmini Specification SADPmini Logger Software Version 2 8 requires that the SADPmini being communicated with is running version 5 3 firmware or higher If the SADPmini has a lower firmware version then obtain SADPmini Logger Software Version 1 32 2 PC Specification The PC should be running Windows XP Vista or 7 The PC screen resolution should be set to a minimum of 1024 x 768 pixels 3 Software Installation If applicable make sure you are logged on with sufficient privileges to install new software 3 1 Automatic Installation Place the CD into the CD drive The CD will automatically start the Installation Wizard Follow the on screen instructions Use the default installation directory of c sadpmini 2 8 Ed a 3 2 Manual Installation If the Software does not automatically install follow the sequence below Place the CD into the CD drive Press the Start button and select the Run option Press the Browse button Select the CD from the Look in pull down menu Highlight the Setup exe file and press the Open button Press the OK button The Installation wizard will then take you through the installation process Follow the on screen instructions Use the default installatio
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