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1. 26 ius du P e oe P 28 Al Ee PG GS NT TT T Tm 28 A2 ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange eeeeeeeessisiesessesseseeee enne nenne eene nennen nnns 3l A3 OU EHE ooo T E E E ded E E M DP DENM MEM DII MEE MM SM E E E DIS E A E E S M 32 A4 Ig e ESAE ESAE e LOS Contorni yaseen TOTO PETER 33 AS WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Statement eeeesesssssiissssessssseee enne eene eene n nnne 34 A6 TROT Se SUM DIES ood eism DUM etudes usd UM E E uet piece 34 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 017SL167 5 22 05 14 SpaceLogger S10 A User Manual www r p r co uk 1 INTRODUCTION The SpaceLogger S10 is designed as a stand alone data logger for serial data logging from a wide range of devices and sensors with RS232 output SpaceLogger S10 records samples of data from up to two RS232 data sources Each data record is date amp time stamped A new file default format is CSV is generated for each day s worth of data Data is stored onto an SD card SD cards with up to 2 GByte capacity are compatible with SpaceLogger Higher capacity cards are not compatible SpaceLogger will also accept other compa
2. By default the SpaceLogger S10 will pre pend each data sample before or in place of the STX identifier depending on if LOGSTX Y or N with the date and time in the format as follows DD MMY Y Y hh mm ss data sample defined by STX and ETX data sample defined by STX2 and ETX2 The time stamp is to the nearest second and is the time at which the data is written to the SD card The date and time stamping of data by the SpaceLogger S10 may be switched off by using the following SETUP TXT command line TIMESTAMP t Where t Y or N e ft Y on detection of the start of the sample STX the date amp time stamp will be inserted into the stored data pre pending the data sample s e Ift N data will not be date amp time stamped 5 15 To Record all Data Disable Sampling It is possible to disable the sampling function of the SpaceLogger S 10 and to record all data that 1s received on the RS232 input s In order to disable the data sampling 1 e the detection of the STX and ETX STX2 and ETX2 conditions the following SETUP TXT command line is required LOG ALL a Where a Y or N e Ifa Y detection of STX and ETX STX2 and ETX2 will be disabled and all data logged Note that this disables the time date stamp and logging of switch status e Ifa N only data between STX and ETX will be logged where STX and ETX are defined by the STX and ETX commands Data between STX2 and ETX2 will also be logged if command line SENTENCE2 Y
3. and design improvements may be implemented without prior notice Please visit our web site WWW r p r co uk for the most up to date information on our products 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk EU 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 User Manual WWW r p r co uk 2 QUICK START EASY STEPS TO DATA LOGGING 0 Connect RS232 inputs see section 4 Set up logging preferences with SETUP TXT file see section 5 e Power on see section 4 6 Q Set time and date see section 5 1 Insert SD card see section 6 1 Q Start recording data see section 6 2 Qo Stop recording data press purge button see section 6 2 Remove card and transfer to PC to view and analyse data see section 6 2 3 EXAMPLE APPLICATION RS232 data RS232 data Switch SD card optional of SD card to I I Manual transfer i PC card reader I SpaceLogger S10 Figure 1 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk En 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 User Manual WWW r p r co uk 4 CONNECTING 4 1 Terminal Strip Arrangement J
4. PN WWW r p r co uk SpaceLogger S10 User Manual For the latest information and support please go to our website www spacelogger com 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea S041 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail saleser p r co uk web www r p r co uk 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 A User Manual www r p r co uk 1 INTRODUC TION meu 2 2 QUICK STARI EASY STEPS TO DATA LOGGING Ier teinte reor EREE CHEER iaiia aaa nee ena 3 3 EXAMPLE APPEICA TON 61i iD EE RECEREHL OUO HOHER HEURE ATL CORE O SEES 3 4 Se depict 4 4 1 OD aA eh Tok IN ON TT EO OO ETT 4 4 2 Gene e Terme A TOP AUIONG eren E E E E CE Dabo en ON eate dence p ate HN e cette 4 4 3 leen 9 5 PM PISTE Ie NN RET Md scat a aston UA AEE A NEE EE ETEA EA INSTEAD isin EEA ENA 5 4 4 a E a A TE E OE A EM AA E N A AA TT 5 4 5 Cabe PUG At IO otic cx Tm O E E O TRS 6 4 6 Power SUDDIS sercas a a E rr a E ir aE ria an 6 5 SETUP FEATURE Sopii E EE EEE A 7 5 1 wis CUMIN ates UTIL NG A S NN RR TR TN ERE 8 5 2 To Define the Data Sample s to De Recorded uu digerere eterne epu eaua gab ier KE Er E Neb con Rv e DER bua UO cM CU Fu rra E ba atre UM UA 9 5 2 1 To Define a Fixed Length Sample to be f
5. Can also be used to define handshake initiator 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 User Manual SEPARATOR Enables addition of a comma separator before Y the second data sample N NEWLINE Adds CR LF to end of each data sample TIMEOUT Sets a time limit within which the next ETX STX2 or ETX2 must be detected after the first SIX before the logger jumps on to await next data sample in seconds RX2 Enables monitoring of the second RS232 input Y Input 2 N BAUD Sets baud rate for RS232 data input and output on RS232 input 1 and RS232 output 1 NB RS232 Input 2 and Output 2 are fixed at 4800 baud PARITY Sets parity and data bits for RS232 data input N N 8 and output on RS232 input 1 and RS232 output O 1 E 7 NB RS232 Input 2 and Output 2 are fixed at 8 8 bits no parity RATE Sets the sample rate logging interval in O to 60 integer seconds SINGLEFILE Sets logging to one continuous log file rather Y N than daily files N FILE Modifies file name and extension format ff nnn 20 CSV TIMESTAMP Switches data amp time stamping on or off Y N LOG ALL Disables sampling of data via STX and ETX Y commands so that all data is logged N OUTPUT Controls RS232 output of data to RS232 Output 1 L N PN WWW r p r co uk 0 to 255 integer 9600 or ffffffff nnn Y N N N HANDSHAKE Enables transmission of response string defined STX
6. H J K L M N O Fro 070 OQ Oo O 9 YN s N Ce gt asFNX KX Se CANDO u 2a a N X x SF lt d c U m m 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea S041 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 23 2 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 A User Manual www r p r co uk A3 Guarantee System components are warranted for a period of twelve 12 months from the original date of purchase against defective materials and workmanship In the event that warranty service is required please contact Richard Paul Russell Ltd This warranty is only valid if when warranty service is required a full description of the fault 1s provided and presented with the original invoice and the serial number s on the component has not been defaced Richard Paul Russell Ltd s liability is limited to items of its own manufacture and it does not accept liability for any loss resulting from the operation or interpretation of the results from this equipment This warranty covers none of the following e Periodic check ups maintenance and repair or replacement of parts due to normal wear and tear e Cost relating to transport removal or installation of the component e Misuse including failure to use the component for its normal purpose or incorrect installation e Damage caused by Lightning
7. STX xX or STX cc ETX x or ETX cC Where o xis the decimal value 0 255 of the ASCII character that indicates the start STX or end ETX of the data string that is to be stored Default value for STX is 2 Default value for ETX is 10 o cc 1s a string of up to 31 ASCII characters Note e The string is case sensitive e Question marks may be used to denote any character 1 e as wildcards e The following escape codes may be included in the STX and ETX strings n 0x0A LF r OxOD CR V 0x22 V 0x27 0x5C M 0x01 SOH V 0x02 STX 3 0x03 ETX M 0x04 EOT 5 0x05 ENQ 6 0x06 ACK 7 0x07 BEL a 0x07 BEL b 0x08 BS f 0x0C FF t 0x09 HT v OxOB VT For table of ASCII characters and their decimal values refer to the Appendix A2 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea S041 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 9 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 A User Manual www r p r co uk By default the start character or string of characters STX is not recorded with the data sample To change this setting please refer to section 5 4 Example If the logger was required to record the position from a GPS every 10 seconds the following could be specified to record every 10 RMC sentence of an NMEA data stream 5 2 1 To Define a Fixe
8. RS232 Data Trom die SDaceLosser IU Loi oec blue resa Pede boxer tad teen Sd bes av tad pedea istos Pati bo ua cid tessuti bud Md sopa Udo 17 5 17 To Enable a Handshake Response or POIDS ciet roioe tto err ER ra PE PR TUL abo Sex FERRE EVE S dRUvE TCU eX PER Ede FEPEEREE MANT d Bose k dae oe URP PE Fev pe EEEde 17 5 18 To Record Unpriable SC ID Datdolef8 sasssisiesesvotucdes uit eer eeri eei droein EEEE ET atl eu duae o bua retro vn Opa aad uv dtu 19 5 19 TO Record the Status or the Digital Input C ha nt elsi ocn sa cen pavo epe dete nnee e Er en ERNE 19 5 20 To Output a File s Content to RS232 Output on Card Initialisation c ccc ccccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeseeeeess 20 5 21 Logic Inversion or the Received 5 1 sree ceasc satan cucine rasa aos d urine opu tend EO UMOR PN E DR Uh QD t QU E i 20 23 22 Resetting the SpaceLosser 510 to Default Settings vies desvedeasrtscdnarenseteasasieensseiandensadiececsardalansanddenereanadacsrtdvlansendaleasaadineaserunice 21 5 23 SETUP Dat ie cll T 22 5 24 Notes onson He SETUP TX QU eiee A E 23 6 LOGGING a i 24 6 1 DE A EE C 24 6 2 WAM a TASTE A 25 7 SPACELOGGER 510 2s Jie ug
9. baud rate of RS232 Output 1 The baud rate on RS232 Input 2 and RS232 Output 2 is fixed at 4800 bits per second 5 10 To Set the Parity and Number of Data Bits The parity and number of data bits on RS232 Input 1 is selectable to match the connected device The default parity and number of data bits setting is 8 bits and no parity If the input data stream has even or odd parity the following SETUP TXT command is required PARITY p X 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 213 017SL167 5 22 05 14 SpaceLogger S10 A User Manual www r p r co uk Where p is the parity type And x is the number of data bits Valid parity settings are N none O odd and E even Valid numbers of data bits are 7 and For example to set up for 8 bits and even parity use command line PARITY E 8 NB The setting of N none for parity and 7 data bits is not a valid command the SpaceLogger will use the default settings of 8 and none This setting also determines the parity and number of data bits of RS232 Output 1 The parity and number of data bits on RS232 Input 2 and RS232 Output 2 is fixed at 8 bits and no parity 5 11 To Select a Logging Interval By default the SpaceLogger S10 will record every sample output by the attached sensor If an alternative logging
10. is implemented 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 16 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 User Manual WWW r p r co uk 5 16 To Output RS232 Data from the SpaceLogger S10 RS232 data may be output in two forms from the SpaceLogger There is the option to output data exactly as it is received by the SpaceLogger from the attached device sensor s or the option to output the data in the format it is written to the log file on the memory card The wiring connections for RS232 output are as described in Section 4 2 signal to terminal 14 green RS232 Output and ground to any GND terminal blue The baud rate of the output data stream is as per the data received on RS232 Input 1 1 e default 9600 baud or as selected per Section 5 9 RS232 data output from the SpaecLogger S10 is enabled by using the following SETUP TXT command line OUTPUT 2O Where o I Lor N e Ifo l the data input on the RS232 input Rx is output on the RS232 output Tx e Ifo L the data as written to the log file on the memory card is output on the RS232 output Tx e Ifo N no data will be output Please note that the SpaceLogger model software version and time amp date are also output on powering on 5 17 To Enable a Handshake Response or Polling Should one
11. of the connected devices require a handshake response to initiate data output the SpaceLogger S10 may be set to detect a message from the device defined by any one of the STX ETX STX2 or ETX2 conditions One receipt of this message the logger outputs the ASCII string defined by command RESPONSE It is also possible to enable polling of a device on a timer basis linked to the time interval defined by command RATE At the specified time interval in range 1 to 60 seconds the character string defined by command RESPONSE is output The handshake function may be enabled via the following SETUP TXT command line HANDSHAKE h Where h STX ETX STX2 ETX2 R or N e If h STX the logger will output the ASCII string defined by command RESPONSE on receipt of the STX identifier on RS232 Input 1 e If h ETX the logger will output the ASCII string defined by command RESPONSE on receipt of the ETX identifier on RS232 Input 1 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea S041 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 17 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 User Manual WWW r p r co uk e If h STX2 the logger will output the ASCII string defined by command RESPONSE on receipt of the STX2 identifier on RS232 Input 1 or 2 determined by the condition of command RX2 e If h ETX2 the logger will output the ASCII s
12. that may cause undesired operation The user is cautioned that changes or modifications not approved by the responsible party could void the user s authority to operate the equipment in line with the FCC guidelines A5 WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Statement The WEEE directive places an obligation on all EU based manufacturers and importers to take back electronic products at the end of their useful life Richard Paul Russell Ltd accepts its responsibility to finance the cost of treatment and recovery of redundant WEEE in accordance with the specific WEEE recycling requirements BEEN This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that the product must NOT be disposed of with normal household waste Instead it 1s the end user s responsibility to dispose of their waste equipment by arranging to return it to a designated collection point for the recycling of WEEE By separating and recycling waste equipment at the time of disposal natural resources will be conserved and it will be ensured that the equipment is recycled in a manner that protects human health and the environment For more information about where you can send your waste equipment for recycling please contact your local council office or visit our website www r p r co uk A6 RoHS Statement The Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006 SpaceLogger has been designed to comply wit
13. Defines ASCII character string to be output on cc a string of receipt of handshake string as specified by up to 31 ASCII by RESPONSE on receipt of one of STX ETX ETX SIX2 or ETX2 or at a time interval defined by STX2 RESPONSE HANDSHAKE characters RAW Controls modification of unprintable characters Y those of value lt 10 to lt SP gt characters N 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk _29 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 User Manual WWW r p r co uk SWITCH Enables logging of status of switches on Digital Y N I O terminals N STARTUP Controls output of file STARTUP TXT content to Y N RS232 Output 1 N Y N N A A RX_INV Controls logic inversion of the received data RESET Returns logger to default settings 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea S041 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk _ 30 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 A User Manual www r p r co uk A2 ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange vier esr ve jn sr ve ox hosce vs es non CO NOOO FW DY c ON Oa FWwWN e per een vnc ne pr ne ve B C D E F G
14. ORMITY ACCORDING TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2004 108 EC We Richard Paul Russell Limited of New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington Hampshire SO41 3SE United Kingdom Declare under our sole responsibility that the product SpaceLogger RS Manufactured by Richard Paul Russell Limited to which this declaration relates is in conformity with the protection requirements of Council Directive 2004 108 EC on the approximation of the laws relating to electromagnetic compatibility This Declaration of Conformity is based upon compliance of the product with the following harmonised standards Emissions EN 61326 2006 Immunity EN 61326 2006 Signed by R P Rassell Richard Paul Russell Director Date of Issue 3 August 2009 Place of Issue Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE UK 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea S041 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk Eo 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 A User Manual www r p r co uk SpaceLogger has been tested for compliance with FCC standards FCC CFR 47 Part 15 2004 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference
15. R SWITCH SpaceLogger S10 Figure 3 Note if it is required to drive a switch input directly from the user s circuit the input signal must not exceed 3 volts 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk n ec 017SL167 5 22 05 14 SpaceLogger S10 A User Manual www r p r co uk 4 5 Cable Preparation The logger uses screwless terminals and to ease connection wires should be prepared as per Figure 4 It is important that the stripped ends be accurately 9 to 10mm long to ensure good connections in the terminals 9 to 10mm gt A Tinned end a Figure 4 Either solid or stranded cable 1s acceptable in the range 0 32 to 0 65 mm diameter AWG 28 to 22 with gauge 24 being ideal Using a small flat headed screw driver fully depress the grey plunger for the required terminal and insert the wire as far as it will go into the hole below the plunger Release the grey plunger and the wire is held captive by the connector A gentle tug on the wire will confirm that it 1s held firmly If the wire in question is multi strand ensure that all strands are inserted in the terminal hole Please note that interconnection of all components should be completed prior to applying power 4 6 Power Supply When the logger is powered using a 7 to 30 V DC supply the
16. Water Fire Acts of God War Public Disturbances incorrect supply voltage or any other cause beyond the control of Richard Paul Russell Ltd e Units which have been repaired or units altered by a party other than Richard Paul Russell Ltd s employees or agents without prior written consent from Richard Paul Russell Ltd In no event shall Richard Paul Russell Ltd be liable under any circumstances for any direct indirect or consequential damages any financial loss or any lost data contained in any product including any returned product regardless of the cause of loss Richard Paul Russell Ltd products are not warranted to operate without failure Richard Paul Russell Ltd s products must not be used in life support systems or other application where failure could threaten injury or life The Customers statutory rights are not affected by this warranty Unless there is national legislation to the contrary the rights under this warranty are the customer s sole rights and Richard Paul Russell Ltd shall not be liable for indirect or consequential loss or damage to any other related equipment or material 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk Eon 017SL167 5 22 05 14 SpaceLogger S10 User Manual WWW r p r co uk A4 Electromagnetic Conformity EC DECLARATION OF CONF
17. X 017SL167 5 22 05 14 SpaceLogger S10 A User Manual www r p r co uk 7 Save this text file as SETUP TXT on the SD card in the root folder Note if folder DATA already exists on the card ensure the file SETUP TXT is not in this folder but at the top level in the root directory If using Windows and Vista please also refer to section 5 24 8 Remove card from card reader and insert the card into the SpaceLogger S10 9 The command lines will now be effective The configuration is saved to the SpaceLogger S10 and the file SETUP TXT is automatically renamed to SETUPOLD TXT on the memory card Settings are stored in eeprom and are preserved when power is switched off 10 To intentionally return to the default settings a new SETUP TXT file must be created containing the command RESET 5 24 Notes on saving file SETUP TXT File SETUP TXT must have its name and file extension in capitals e g not SETUP txt To ensure saving correctly from Notepad or similar text editor select Save As When the Save As box appears select All Files from the pull down list next to Save as type and type SETUP TXT in the File name box With Windows PC it is beneficial to have File Extensions visible when viewing documents in Explorer 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web
18. aDoyaaeds ee ee oe IL 1 AEQ LU Ge LL L 9 10 11 12 13 16 6 8 15 Figure 2 4 2 Generic Terminal Allocations NA Resevedforfuureoptions NA Resevedforfuureoptions Switch to ground see section 5 19 see section 5 19 see section 5 17 eles o see section 5 6 RS232 output 1 RS232 signal output emet jest id OOO O Primary RS232 signal input from 16 device sensor Table 1 3 5 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk zd 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 A User Manual www r p r co uk 4 3 RS232 Interface Connection to the RS232 serial data source s should be made as per Table 1 This table should be read in conjunction with Figure 2 Wires should be prepared as per section 4 5 When just one RS232 source is connected the Primary RS232 input should be used The Secondary RS232 input 2 is limited to 4800 baud rate Details on how to enable the secondary input via the RX2 command are given in section 5 6 4 4 Switch inputs The status of two switches connected between terminals 7 and 8 and terminals 9 and 10 can be added to the logged data Details of how this is activated are given in the SWITCH command section 5 19 Figure 3 shows the input circuit for one of the switch inputs PROCESSO
19. aud rate of RS232 input output See section 5 9 e Parity and data bits of RS232 input output See section 5 10 e Logging interval sample rate See section 5 11 e Recording to single log file See section 5 12 e File name format for the recorded data See section 5 13 e Time stamping See section 5 14 e Data sampling See section 5 15 e RS232 data output See section 5 16 e Handshake amp response between devices See section 5 17 e Handling of unprintable characters See section 5 18 e Logging of switch status on Digital I O channels See section 5 19 e Output of a file s content on start up See section 5 20 e Logic inversion of the input signal See section 5 21 e Resetting SpaceLogger to defaults See section 5 22 Refer to the sections below for command details and section 5 23 for how to create the SETUP TXT file Please refer to Appendix A1 for full list of commands and the valid inputs for their values and the default settings 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea S041 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk Beg ee 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 A User Manual WWW r p r co uk 5 1 Setting the time amp date To set the time and date for correct stamping of the data records a file named SETUP TXT must be created on the SD card This file is read by the SpaceLogger when the card is inserted into the log
20. ax input voltage Must not exceed 3V Current out 7uA max RS232 compatible 8 bits and no parity default even or odd parity or 7 bits and even or odd parity Trancmicsionceged 9600 Baud default or selectable from 115200 57600 38400 p 19200 4800 2400 1200 300 or 110 Baud Output of data defined by command OUTPUT Output of Data Transmission handshake response unless already allocated to output data Output of file STARTUP TXT Transmission standard RS232 compatible 8 bits and no parity only Transmission speed 4800 Baud only Only used for handshake response if RS232 Output 1 is already allocated to output data Data Storage Card Removable SD MMC or MMC mobile card Data Capacity 2 Gbyte max l FAT16 or FAT32 with 8 3 file names Data Storage File System Sector size 512 Bytes Default is to log every data sample output by the device sensor Data logging interval or select logging interval from 1 to 60 seconds Data sampling may be disabled so all data is recorded Green Ready to record data LED Indicators Red Power on Writing data to SD card Waiting for second Audible Visual data sample in timeout mode Transmission standard Data Transmission Indicators Two tone signal on correct card insertion Audio Bleeper Single tone when data purge button depressed Four bleeps per minute when time amp date not set l Accuracy 40 ppm at 25 C Real Time Clock Backup battery CR2032 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd Th
21. central pin on the power socket should be to GND Alternatively power may be supplied via terminals 1 black and 2 red on the screwless terminal connector strip as per Table 1 Note that if power is supplied via the supply socket then terminal 2 red 1s automatically disconnected Warning All GNDs are common and so damage to the logger may result if they are connected to different voltages 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk EE m 017SL167 5 22 05 14 SpaceLogger S10 A User Manual www r p r co uk 5 SETUP FEATURES The SpaceLogger S10 settings are customisable using a configuration file named SETUP TXT written to the SD card The following parameters may be modified using defined commands e Setting the time amp date See section 5 1 e Start and end character strings to define each data sample See section 5 2 e Definition of a fixed length string data sample See section 5 2 1 e Logging of a second data sample See section 5 3 e Selective logging of the sample start and end identifiers See section 5 4 e Addition of separator between first amp second data samples See section 5 5 e Line breaks after data samples See section 5 6 e Timeout when waiting for second data sample See section 5 7 e Logging of data from second RS232 input See section 5 8 e B
22. d Length Sample to be recorded If a data record has no identifying start character s but is always a string of fixed number of characters the following set up may be used Where the number of question marks should match the number of characters in the string to be recorded and the end of line escape code should be set to match the data format r or n are typical The STX string may contain up to 31 ASCI characters in total 5 3 A second To Enable Recording of Second Data Sample A second data sample may be defined exactly as above but using commands STX2 and ETX2 The default values are as per the primary STX and ETX commands start character STX2 1s ST X 2 and end character ETX2 is lt LF gt 10 The recording of this second data sample may be enabled by using the following SETUP TXT command line SENTENCE2 s Where s Y or N e Ifs Y after detection of the primary data sample defined by STX and ETX the logger will expect the sample defined by STX2 and ETX2 e Ifs N the logger will not record the sample defined by STX2 and ETX2 This second data sample defined by STX2 and ETX2 will be appended to the first sample defined by STX and ETX rather than being independently time amp date stamped The SpaceLogger S10 will only monitor for this second data sample once the first data sample has been detected When only one RS232 input is connected the SpaceLogger S10 will look for both data samples in the data s
23. e To set the SpaceLogger S10 to invert the logic of the received signal command RX INV is used RX_INV Y Logic inverted on received signal on RS232 Input 1 RX_INV N Signal not inverted on RS232 Input 1 The default setting is RX_INV N V Input threshold low 0 6V min 1 2V Typ Vix Input threshold high 1 5V Typ 2 4V max 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 20 017SL167 5 22 05 14 SpaceLogger S10 A User Manual WWW r p r co uk 5 22 Resetting the SpaceLogger S10 to Default Settings To intentionally return to the default settings create a new SETUP TXT file containing the command line RESET RESET loads the following default settings STX 2 ETX 10 SENTENCE2 N STX2 2 ETX2 10 LOGSTX N LOGETX Y LOGSTX2 N LOGETX2 Y SEPARATOR N NEWLINE N TIMEOUT 0 RX2 N BAUD 9600 PARITY N 8 RATE 0 SINGLEFILE N FILE 20 CSV TIMES TAMP Y LOG_ALL N OUTPUT N HANDSHAKE N RESPONSE Q RAWZN SWITCH N STARTUP N RX_INV N 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea S041 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk SM 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 A User Manual www r p r co uk 5 23 SETUP TXT file The SETUP TXT f
24. e Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea S041 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 26 017SL167 5 22 05 14 SpaceLogger S10 A User Manual www r p r co uk Power requirement 7 to 30 Vdc Current at 12Vdc 10 mA typical Supply input protection Polarity reversal protected and internal re settable fuse 140 mA 1 3 mm centre pin DC connector or Connection Screwless terminals 0 32 to 0 64 mm AWG 28 to 22 diameter conductors Operating Temperature Range 25 C to 70 C Environmental Storage Temperature B 40 C to 70 C ange Enclosure protection 1P203 Period 1 year refer to Appendix 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea S041 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk a7 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 User Manual PN WWW r p r co uk APPENDICES A1 SETUP TXT Commands Valid command Default Command Description inputs VENUE WAIT Puts SpaceLogger in wait mode for clock N A N A synchronisation TIME Time at which clock will be synchronised none DATE Date at which clock will be synchronised DD MM Y YYY none SIX Defines the start character s of the first data cc a string of 2 sample to be logged up to 31 ASCII Can also be used to define hands
25. e STX identifier are excluded from the recorded data sample 5 5 To Add Separator between First amp Second Data Samples By default the second data sample will be recorded immediately following the first sample Depending on the format of the data it may be beneficial to add a comma as a separator between the two data samples to improve processing via a spread sheet etc This 1s enabled with the following SETUP TXT command line SEPARATOR p Where p Y or N e Ifp Y the logger will add a comma ASCII character 2C 44 after the first data sample e If p N the logger will not add a separating character 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 1 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 A User Manual www r p r co uk 5 6 To Add a Line Break after Each Data Set If required for formatting the logged data a line break may be added at the end of each recorded data set one or two data samples by using the following SETUP TXT command line NEWLINE 1 Where Y or N e If Y at the end of the data sample s the characters lt CR gt lt LF gt are appended so that the next data set 1s recorded on a new line e Ifl N no additional lt CR gt lt LF gt is added If two data samples are enabled via command SENTENCE2 and a timeout occurs before the sec
26. ecorded cssctevaccaascvacerivincasacsinndeanoerdentaaividagiusnanasiraeitaniodebensscasideximacsaearaeterseyweles 10 5 3 A second To Enable Recording of Second Data Sample sesccsrcccceccccsasaevscsovnvedaswnsctactatervuctasevbessadarecataanrteavadeewexieiasbeaiednsdtess 10 5 4 To Select whether the STX and ETX Identifiers are LOPSeq uec eerte pete eh ha ru yecteivennetabavecemavehuateuzerscvtivehearecesatete 11 5 5 To Add Separator between First amp Second Data Samples cccccccccceccccccceceeeeeseeseeeeeececeeeeeeeeaaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaegegeeses 11 5 6 To Add a Line Break acter Each Data Sel RT 12 5 7 Us Se P MISERE 12 5 8 To Enable Lossing from the Second R5232 INPUT i asssscienssadcecrstaceseaseesvsanssddiedaaattegesashie Sironin e r rie Eiro i Unirea Eri ieir e TEn EE E 13 5 9 DG SCE US Eo E a a A E E E E E E 13 5 10 To set the Parity and Number or Data B1l8 nea dc ceri diuuea eSa aeri eS irai 13 5 11 TO Selecta RETURN T T UU m 14 3 12 To Record Dara to d mele Los Pile uei eximi pEREEEO 1d ORE IESU FE SbEEPPE CUP IERI E ERA E RO EE r EP Qut DEZ NEM HE VIT QMDR PE UUa DET QUADR r ES iE 14 5 13 To Customise File Names PEE LT D LS 15 5 14 To Disable the Wine dI OM OMNI em 16 5 15 To Record all Data Disable Sampling en socsusetssveduvasoonntutests deeper pa SHEER Fa Es kp a sepu e TERI EE NE Ope ka XR DURAS epa sepe Eu RNSPE E2R E Sock a RRDU DE ddp 16 5 16 To Output
27. ger and the clock synchronised to the given time when the button to the left of the card slot is pressed Steps to set the time and date 1 Insert SD card into card reader attached to USB port of PC or use integrated card reader if the PC has one 2 Open notepad or similar text editor and type the following three lines WAIT TIME hh mm ss DATE DD MM YYYY Where hh mm ss is the time in say a couple of minutes and DD MM Y YYY is today s date 3 Save this text file as SETUP TXT on the SD card in the root folder Note if folder DATA already exists on the card ensure the file SETUP TXT is not in this folder but at the top level in the root directory If using Windows and Vista please refer to section below 4 Remove card from card reader and with the power on insert the card into the SpaceLogger Both the red and green LEDs will come on 5 Atthe time saved in the SETUP TXT file press the button to the left of the card slot The SpaceLogger will Beep once and both LED s switch off Release the button The red LED may flicker on and off after this and once the card has completed its initialisation the green LED will come back on and remain on 6 After updating the time and date the SpaceLogger renames the file SETUP TXT to SETUPOLD TXT to avoid unintentionally repeating the commands next time the unit is switched on or the card re inserted The SpaceLogger has an internal battery to maintain the time and date when
28. h EU Directive 2002 95 EC on Ho HS RoHS regulations that came into force on 1 July 2006 The unit is assembled from compliant components of RoHS is often referred to as the lead free directive but it restricts the use of the following six substances Lead Pb Mercury Hg Cadmium Cd Hexavalent chromium Cr6 Polybrominated biphenyls PBB Polybrominated diphenyl ether PBDE PBB and PBDE are flame retardants used in some plastics 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea S041 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk zs 017SL167 5 22 05 14
29. hake initiator characters Or Decimal value of single ASCII character CC a string of up to 31 ASCII characters ETX Defines the end character s of the first data sample to be logged Can also be used to define handshake initiator Can be set ETX N to define fixed length string via STX command Or Decimal value of single ASCII character Or N to define fixed length string using the STX command SENTENCE2 Controls whether a second data sample is Y monitored for and logged N STX2 Defines the start character s of the second data cc a string of sample to be logged up to 31 ASCII Can also be used to define handshake initiator characters Or Decimal value of single ASCII character CC a string of up to 31 ASCII characters Or Decimal value of single ASCII character LOGSTX Controls whether the characters defined by STX Y are logged or not N LOGETX Controls whether the characters defined by ETX Y are logged or not LOGSTX2 Controls whether the characters defined by STX2 are logged or not LOGETX2 Controls whether the characters defined by ETX2 are logged or not 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk _ 28 ETX2 Defines the end character s of the second data sample to be logged
30. ile 1s created as follows l 3i Insert SD card into card reader attached to USB port of PC or use integrated card reader if the PC has one Open notepad or similar text editor and type the required command line or lines Refer to sections above for explanation of commands Commands may be typed in upper or lower case but they will be converted to upper case before execution The SETUP TXT file may contain a list of commands For example to set up all available parameters the file SETUP TXT should contain the following lines WAIT TIME hh mm ss DATE DD MM YYYY ETX cc LE SENTENCE2 S STX2 CC ETX2z celle LOGSTX g LOGETX g LOGSTX2 g LOGETX2 g SEPARATOR p NEWLINE 1 TIMEOUT m RX2 X BAUD b PARITY p X RATE r SINGLEFILE f FILE ff nnn TIMESTAMP t LOG ALL 2a OUTPUT O HANDSHAKE h RESPONSE CC RAW W SWITCH C STARTUP u RX_INV 1 Note that the quote marks used for STX ETX and RESPONSE commands must be ASCII character 34 some word processing packages will convert them to for example but typing directly into Notepad will generate the correct character Comments may be added to the SETUP TXT file using The SpaceLogger will not read any text following until the end of the line 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk D
31. interval is required the SpaceLogger S10 may be set to record at a less frequent sample rate by using the following SETUP TXT command line RATE r Where r is the time in seconds between sampling for the STX condition as an integer Note e r 0to 60 e r should be set to a value greater than the sensor output interval or 0 e Ifr 0 every sample received by the SpaceLogger will be recorded 1 e the SpaceLogger looks for the next STX condition immediately after the ETX condition or ETX2 condition if enabled is detected e If HANDSHAKE R RATE defines the time interval between output of string defined by command RESPONSE 5 12 To Record Data to a Single Log File SpaceLogger S10 creates a folder DATA on the SD card root folder Data files are written to this folder By default a new file 1s generated at the start of each day If preferred rather than the SpaceLogger S10 creating daily files all data may be set to record to one continuous log file This 1s enabled using the following SETUP TXT command line SINGLEFILE f Where f Y or N e Iff Y datais stored in a single log file 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 14 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 A User Manual www r p r co uk e Iff N data is stored in daily files 5 13 To Customi
32. k web www r p r co uk om 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 A User Manual WWW r p r co uk 6 2 Data Transfer Received data is stored temporarily in a buffer 1024 bytes The SpaceLogger inserts the time and date at the start of each data record Data is transferred from the buffer to the SD card in 512 byte packages If no data has been received from the data source s for a set time period a time equal to twice the selected logging rate plus 12 seconds any remaining data in the buffer is written to the SD card The red LED blinks each time data 1s written to the card The SD card should not be removed while data is being written to it To stop recording data the small button to the left of the card slot on the front of the SpaceLogger should be depressed There will be an audio signal to indicate that the button has been pressed This action will also purge any data in the buffer to the SD card so the card is ready to be removed from the SpaceLogger The green LED will automatically switch off to indicate that the unit is no longer enabled to record further data To recommence data logging the power must be cycled or a card re inserted in order to re initialise the card The green LED will again indicate the unit as Ready to Record Data To avoid losing data or corrupting the card never remove the card or disconnect the power supply when the red LED is flashing or blinking When the memory card becomes full the S
33. necting the digital I O terminals 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 19 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 A User Manual www r p r co uk 5 20 To Output a File s Content to RS232 Output on Card Initialisation Should it be useful to output a command line to the RS232 Output 1 for example to start the output of data from a sensor it 1s possible to write this command line to a file called STARTUP TXT This content of this file may be set to output each time the SD card is initialised To enable output of file STARTUP TXT the following SETUP TXT command line is available STARTUP u e f u Y the content of file STARTUP TXT will be output on the RS232 Output each time the memory card is initialised e Ifu N STARTUP TXT will not be output Note e File STARTUP TXT must be located in the root directory on the card e File STARTUP TXT may contain any characters with values 0 to 255 e The data contained in file STARTUP TXT is not recorded by the SpaceLogger 5 21 Logic Inversion of the Received Signal The SpaceLogger S 10 is RS232 and TTL CMOS logic compatible To assist with input of TTL CMOS data the SpaceLogger S10 may be configured to invert the logic of the received signal on RS232 Input 1 By default the input is RS232 logic compatibl
34. o 4800 baud rate 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 18 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 A User Manual WWW r p r co uk 5 18 To Record Unprintable ASCII Characters By default to ensure logged data can be easily read with Microsoft notepad any un printable characters with an ASCII value less than 10 0x00 to Oxff are converted to a space character lt SP gt To disable this modification of the data the following SETUP TXT command line is required RAWZW e Ifw Y all characters with values 0 to 255 will be logged If w N characters with a value less than 10 will be logged as a space character SP 5 19 To Record the Status of the Digital Input Channels It is possible to record the status of switches connected to the 2 digital I O terminals To enable recording of the switch status the following SETUP TXT command line may be used SWITCH C e Ifc Y the following is appended to each data sample s 88 8 LO lt CR gt lt LF gt e Ifc N the switch status is not logged Where e s8 is the status of the switch to ground connected to terminal 8 e slOis the status of the switch to ground connected to terminal 10 e s8 and s10 are O if the switch is open and 1 if the switch is closed Refer to section 4 2 and 4 4 for details of con
35. ond sample is received the first data sample is recorded and a lt CR gt lt LF gt appended if NEWLINE Y 5 7 To Seta Timeout By default when the SpaceLogger S10 is set to sample data it will expect to receive the appropriate STX EXT STX2 and ETX2 in that order It will not be able to advance to monitor for the next data sample until each of the first set of 1dentifiers have been detected and logged In applications where one of ETX STX2 or ET X2 may be missed it may be desirable to set a timeout so that the SpaceLogger will move on to monitor for a new sample s STX The duration of this timer may be set using the following SETUP TXT command line TIMEOUT m Where m is the time in seconds after detecting the STX ETX or STX2 condition as an integer Note e r O0to 255 e r should be set to a value greater than the normal time taken to transmit a data sample defined by STX and ETX or STX2 and ETX2 e Ifr O0 no timeout will occur e The timer is cleared each time the next ETX etc is detected Should the timeout condition be exceeded the SpaceLogger will record any data received for the current sample to the SD card with the date amp timestamp 1f enabled While the logger is in timeout mode the red LED will be continuously on until either the second data sample STX2 is received or the timeout limit is reached This means that it is possible to tell whether the logger is next expectng either the first data sample red LED off o
36. paceLogger will stop logging data it will not overwrite files already saved 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 25 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 A User Manual WWW r p r co uk 7 SPACELOGGER S10 SPECIFICATION Width 67mm Dimensions Depth 67mm Physical Height 28 mm excluding optional rubber feet Weight 75g Enclosure material GP ABS UL94 HB plastic and acrylic Screwless terminals capable of accepting wire 0 32 to 0 64 mm Type diameter AWG 28 to 22 conductors RS232 and TTL CMOS logic compatible Vii Input threshold low 0 6V min 1 2V Typ Vin Input threshold high 1 5V Typ 2 4V max 8 bits and no parity default even or odd parity or 7 bits and even or odd parity Logic inversion on received data is selectable 9600 Baud default or selectable from 115200 57600 38400 19200 4800 2400 1200 300 or 110 Baud Data Samole Records only the data between specified start STX STX2 and P end ETX ETX2 identifiers unless configured to LOG ALL ZY Transmission standard RS232 compatible 8 bits and no parity only Transmission speed 4800 Baud only Data Sample Records only the data between specified start STX2 and end P ETX2 identifiers unless configured to LOG_ALL Y Transmission standard Transmission speed M
37. r second data sample red LED on 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 12 017SL167 5 22 05 14 SpaceLogger S10 User Manual WWW r p r co uk 5 8 To Enable Logging from the Second RS232 Input By default only one RS232 input RS232 Input 1 is enabled Data received on the second RS232 input RS232 Input 2 may also be logged and or used for handshake purposes This is enabled by using the following SETUP TXT command line RX2 X Where x Y or N e If x Y the logger will monitor RS232 Input 2 for STX2 and ETX2 identifiers and will record all data received if set to LOG_ALL Y mode e Ifx N the logger will not monitor RS232 Input 2 The wiring connections for RS232 Input 2 are as described in Section 4 2 signal to terminal 13 grey RS232 Input and ground to any GND terminal blue Note the RS232 Input 2 is limited to 4800 baud rate 5 9 To Set the Baud Rate The baud rate on RS232 Input 1 is selectable to match the connected device The default baud rate is 9600 bits per second If an alternative baud rate is required the following SETUP TXT command line may be used BAUD b Where b is the baud rate Valid baud rates are 115200 57600 38400 19200 9600 4800 2400 1200 300 and 110 bits per second This setting also determines the
38. se File Names When SINGLEFILEEN the default file name for each day s data is 20Y YMMDD CSV where YYMMDD is that day s date This may be customised to the format fftY YMMDD nnn by using the following SETUP TXT command line FILE ff nnn Where ff is a pair of ASCII characters that set the start of the file name Default characters are 20 And nnn are the ASCII characters that set the file extension Default characters are CSV Note e Lower case characters are converted to upper case characters so will not be differentiated e Question marks may be used to denote a space The stored file name will now take the format ffY YMMDD nnn When SINGLEFILE Y is set the default file name becomes 20 CS V This may be customised to the format ffffffff nnn by using the following SETUP TXT command line FILE ffffffff nnn Where TITIfff is up to 8 ASCII characters that define the file name And nnn are the ASCII characters that set the file extension Note e Lower case characters are converted to upper case characters so will not be differentiated e Question marks may be used to denote a space 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk Se Le 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 User Manual WWW r p r co uk 5 14 To Disable the Time Stamp
39. the power to the unit is switched off When it is necessary to reset the time and date please repeat the steps outlined above If no time and date is set up on the SpaceLogger the unit will emit a warning Beep four times a minute as a reminder 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk amp 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 A User Manual WWW r p r co uk 5 2 To Define the Data Sample s to be Recorded The SpaceLogger S10 is capable of being used with any sensors that output their information in ASCII sentences It is a requirement that each data record has identifying start and end characters to define the data sequence to be sampled if this 1s not the case please seen section 5 2 1 below Up to two different data samples may be defined By default just one sample is recorded defined by STX start and ETX end identifiers The start and end identifiers may be defined in one of two ways either a single ASCII character specified by its decimal value 0 255 or by a string of up to 31 characters contained by quote marks The SpaceLogger S10 s default start character is lt STX gt 2 and end character is lt LF gt 10 The SpaceLogger S10 may be set to recognise any other start and end characters using the following SETUP TXT command lines
40. tible data storage cards such as MMC and MMC mobile The SD card can be removed from the logger and inserted into a card reader connected to a PC Stored data files are accessed in the same way as files on the computer s other disk drives The text files may be read and manipulated in any standard Office applications e g Notepad or MS Excel The SpaceLogger S10 will also output RS232 data to another device Refer to section 5 16 for details The logger requires a 7 30 volt DC supply which can be provided by an AC DC mains adaptor or suitable battery Document revision summary Issue Date Description 0 SENE Feb 2012 Original document Aug 2013 Firmware version 2v2h Second RS232 input implemented Second data sample added Single log file option added Handshake with response function added Improved definitions for STX and ETX including extended strings and logging controls Logic inversion of RS232 input enabled m we 2013 Firmware version 2v2j Timeout LED indication added Option to Pec comma separator between 2 RS232 samples added uM Sept 2013 Firmware version 2v2 Handshake command linked to Rate command for timed polling of connected RS232 device 5 May 2014 Firmware version 2v2n Option to configure for fixed length strings with no unique start character added PARITY function added Our products are in continuous development and therefore specifications may be subject to change
41. tream received on the RS232 Input 1 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 10 017SL167 5 22 05 14 SpaceLogger S10 A User Manual www r p r co uk When both RS232 inputs are connected the SpaceLogger S10 will expect the second sample to be within the data received on RS232 Input 2 For details on how to enable RS232 Input 2 please refer to command RX2 in section 5 6 The data samples may be comma separated via command SEPARATOR please refer to section 5 5 After the first data sample is received a timer may be enabled with a timeout in seconds in the event that the second data sample is not output This timeout enables the logger to reset to wait for a new first data sample again Please refer to section 5 7 5 4 To Select whether the STX and ETX Identifiers are Logged By default the character s in the incoming data stream defined by STX and STX2 are not recorded with the data sample s By default the ETX and ETX2 identifiers will be recorded It is possible to change these settings with the following SETUP TXT command lines LOGSTX g LOGETX g LOGSTX2 g LOGETX2 g Where g Y or N For example e If LOGSTX yY the characters included in the STX identifier are included in the recorded data sample e If LOGSTXEN the characters included in th
42. tring defined by command RESPONSE on receipt of the ETX2 identifier on RS232 Input or 2 determined by the condition of command RX2 e If h R the logger will repeatedly output the ASCII string defined by command RESPONSE at the time interval defined by command RATE e Ifh N the logger will not output the ASCII string defined by command RESPONSE The response to be output by the logger is defined using the following SETUP TXT command line RESPONSE CC Where cc is a string of up to 31 ASCII characters Note e The string is case sensitive e The following escape codes may be included in the STX and ETX strings n OxOA LF r 0x0D CR 0x22 a 0x27 0x5C M 20x01 SOH 2 0x02 STX 3 0x03 ETX M 0x04 EOT 5 0x05 ENQ 6 0x06 ACK 7 0x07 BEL a 0x07 BEL b 0x08 BS f 0x0C FF t 0x09 HT v OxOB VT The default setting is RESPONSE Q The response to the handshake is output by the SpaceLogger S10 on RS232 Output 1 by default unless the logger has been set up to output RS232 data using command OUTPUT L or I If data has been set to output on RS232 Output 1 the response to handshake will be output on RS232 Output 2 instead The wiring connections for RS232 output are as described in Section 4 2 either signal to terminal 14 green for RS232 Output 1 or to terminal 12 pale green for RS232 Output 2 and ground to any GND terminal blue Note the RS232 Output 2 1s limited t
43. www r p r co uk 23 017SL167 5 22 05 14 Spacelngger S 10 User Manual WWW r p r co uk 6 LOGGING Red LED r p r FLASH Power www r pP r CO UK on and Writing data to card Green LED ON Ready to Record Data Clock synchronisation Stop Recording amp Buffer Purge Card Slot for Rutton SD card insertion Figure 5 6 1 SD Card Once the time and date have been set on the SpaceLogger when the SD card 1s next inserted correctly into the SpaceLogger with power supplied the unit should Beep once and the red LED blink as the card initialises At this stage the SpaceLogger s internal buffer is cleared and is ready to start receiving new data from the connected equipment The length of time the memory card takes to initialise will depend on the formatting of the card and the amount of data already stored on it The green LED will then switch on indicating that the unit is Ready to Record Data The green LED will remain on while the unit is in this state The SD card is designed to fit easily into the card slot one way only Do not bend the card or force it into the slot SpaceLogger is compatible with SD cards up to 2GB capacity but not SDHC cards MMC and MMC mobile cards up to 2GB capacity are also compatible 2012 14 Richard Paul Russell Ltd The Lodge Unit 1 Barnes Farm Business Park Barnes Lane Milford on Sea SO41 OAP UK Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co u

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