AK30 and AK30Mini programs` manuals
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1. AK30 Capteur Humidit bo 4 Librairies Calibration Num rique D marrage Etat capteur Acqu rir Archives Banques M moires I Champs texte pour les dossiers de donn es MISEAJOUR ID VERIF ETAT F Sauvegarder etat al a AK30 10413 Eco nergie jobNNN ACQ Serial Rapport HTML Copie Graphique Excel or or Lorr BANK Etat Sauvegarder etat capteur Rapport VERIF BANQUES Nbre total banques Banque N Original 404 403 de banque T l charger Stop o iani and Nbre chant banque Tag de fichier de donn es banque 0 FETCH zj 0 Fichier de donn es Donn es t l charg es Ue 057 AIDE FL E E i20 5 i 05 1 T l charger de banques S lection de la table de calibration VERIFIER CALIBRATION UTILIZEE INDEX Clicquez sur les RAPIDE Bas 1 boutons Haur RAPIDE ECHELLE 3 AK30Mini Capteur humidit Yo cc Num rique D marrage Etat capteur Acqu rir Archives Banques M moires VERIF ETAT MISE A JOUR Champs texte pour les dossiers de donn es a Sauvegarder etat Cross Eco nergie m Job AK30 10413 Eco nergie Rapport HTML Copie Graphique Excel er Lon oFF OFF Sauvegarder etat capteur Rapport VERIFIER Nbre total banques BanqueN Original 404 403 de banque Tag de fichier d2. D E YS i x SAFE EXIT 1 1 1 D 1 1 1 i D 1 D 1 i 1 Et 500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000 2250 2500 2750 3000 3250 3500 3750 4095 sample i s CHECK FAST DOWN INDEX CALIBRATION UP FAST 11 24 2013 E Date and time fields f gt pm C CHECK to see b SCALE wana D wii Ne TETT gt 3K AK30Mini Portable Moisture Meter Figure 6a The Archives page AK30 and AK30Mini 23 Starting Meter status Acquire Archives Fetch Banks Numeric STOP 5 Channel 4 Channel Average Std dev Min Max Last acq 0 FastUp al i Print on OFF 10 24 0 030 10 18 10 31 z Last stop 1 Channel 5 Up 1 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 OFF OFF 2 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 Down EN p Channel2 Channel x 3 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 Lop EN oF oF A 4 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 h FastDown Chan2 A fe Channel 7 D 5 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 Chan3 A OFF OFF 6 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 Memory Banks can an 7 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 chans BM Statistics between cursors Chan LA 73 1 Center Cursors Chan A 117 10 b t 5 bi o HELP F1 b t SAFE 1 1 Uu 1 1 U Uu 1 1 Ft EXIT 250 500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000 2250 2500 2750 3000 3250 3500 3750 4095 samples AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual AK AK30 Capteur Humidit Calibration Num rique STOP D marrage Etat capteur Acqu rir Archi
3. AK30 Manual AK30 USER S MANUAL PC PROGRAM FOR WINDOWS 8 7 XP Vista AND FUTURE VERSIONS AK30 AK30Mini AK30 FR AK30Mini FR V1 33 with images and explanations to French versions _FR Please note that this program does not work in Windows 2000 Manual printed in Finland 2015 13 PART 700135 Copyright c 2015 Visilab Signal Technologies Oy Visilab Signal Technologies Oy SS Tel el e mail Keskustie 15 358 45 635 4885 info visilab fi FI 07560 PUKKILA Y 0631208 0 ALV Rek AAA rated VATFIO6312080 M nts l Reg 365 258 www visilab fi AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual Revision history V1 00 3 1 2010 first production version V1 10 2011 with some fixes V1 17 2011 timing reporting developed memory bank fetching added Time rubberbanding is removed and accurate regular sampling instead V1 27 small fixes Excel raw data saving added Moisture program images and its French version V1 28 original stamp shown separately V1 33 addition of configuration saving AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual Contents 1 Introduction and Taking into Use 4 1 1 Installation of the PC program 4 Important Notice for Windows 7 8 and Vista Users 4 1 2 System Requirements 5 1 3 Style Issues 5 2 Configuration Page 6 3 Meter Status Page 12 4 Acquire Page 15 5 Fetch Banks Page 18 6 Archives Pag
4. File not found The File might have been moved ar deleted or the File path might be incorrectly Formatted for the operating system For example use as path separators on Windows on Mac O5 and j on UNIX MI 488 Non existent board Figure 12 4 The case of nonexistent settings file ini file 37 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual 13 Note for Users This being a new version of software it is recognized the need of having user feedback If you ever meet any bugs or problems with this software check first our web site to see if the latest version available there has this bug fixed You can then download that version Else you can report all problems to us at support visilab fi Thank you for your cooperation 38 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual Index A ACQ 15 21 Acquire Page 15 AK30Mini 4 Annotation 22 Archives Page 21 AST UP 25 Autoscale Y 18 B BNK 21 C Calibration Page 28 CHECK STATUS 12 Clear annotation 22 Configuration Page 6 Configuring the High speed Serial Port 35 cursor 18 D Data files 21 data files 6 Date time code key 22 download 25 F FAST DOWN 25 G GET material 28 l Incorrect Asynchronous Serial Port 35 Incorrect Path or Nonexistent File 35 Installation of the PC program 4 Interval 15 Introduction and Taking into Use 4 IRMA7BASIC 4 K Keyboard Mode Page 31 L Library Page 25
5. Meter status Acquire Archives Library Calibration Numeric Fetch Banks Moisture PENDING TASKS ACQ FETCH LIB CAL Select signal moisture temperature Lor HELP F1 D SZ O SAFE TUE EXIT Moisture Run Time Filter OFF CHECK FAST DOWN INDEX CALIBRATION UP FAST Autotimer ul 46 BAISREEL gt LRO Steet Stop a A C 1 CE bio boss 10 39 18am CD C 3p AK30Mini Portable Moisture Meter Starting Meter status Acquire Archives Fetch Banks Numeric STOP Moisture Acquired Figure 9a The Nu j meric indicator page AK30 and AK30Mini HELP F1 O I 31 O AK30 Data Logging Software AK AK30 Capteur Humidit ACQ BANK LIB FETCH AIDEJF1 L ARRET SECURISE D marrage Etat capteur Acqu rir Archives Banques M moires Calibration Num rique 0 1 Select signal humidit temperature O OFF Filter pour humidit OFF Lecture humidit 3 AK30Mini Capteur humidit D marrage Etat capteur Acqu rir Lecture humidit AIDE F1 ARRET SECURISE AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual DoR Librairies Archives Banques M moires Num rique Figure 9b The Numeric indicator page AK30 and AK30Mini French version 32 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual 10 OFF LINE Use The AK30 software is designed to be used with AK30 moisture meters Without a meter connected to the
6. PC and the program delays invalid data ineffective commands etc will appear on some of the pages if any UPDATES or alike are started The Archives page still works without a meter for retrieving old data 33 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual 11 Wireless Bluetooth Communications The AK30 software can utilize the wireless technology offered by Bluetooth Your meter is equipped with a Bluetooth capability standard in AK30 You can also use any Bluetooth add on package that will offer a serial port capability to your PC Install the software that came with the PC Bluetooth USB dongle Then plug in the dongle and launch the Bluetooth program for setting up the new serial port Turn on the meter and if it has a separate Bluetooth module turn that on too and connect it properly at the meter end In the program ask for locating any nearby Bluetooth capable units Soon a list of them is visible showing also your meter to be identified with the serial number Click on that and configure it to offer the serial port service You may need to type in the Bluetooth PIN security code which is 0000 for all our products when shipped Then you can open up the service for this new serial port and memorize the port name like COM7 or COMIS etc In AK30 AK30Mini software you can on the configuration page select this new port name to be used in the program When you go into ON LINE in either of these programs the Blue
7. are not compatible with this software It is not recommended to be done in that way Uploading a library to the meter is a critical operation asit will wipe away the old library in the meter Unless you know exactly what you are doing you may destroy the library It is advised to keep copies of the current valid library at safe locations to prevent any disaster The same danger lies in uploading single table entries but the damage is not total Be careful You can check the current library name in the meter at any time in the box Calibration in moisture meter CHECK No harm is done If you wish to edit the name do it in the text field and then send the new name to the meter by pressing SET The meter AK30 does not yet save this change of configuration and needs to be performed manually in its Menu by pressing there the Save key Uploading a calibration table requires a little bit more mouse exercise First check the current calibration index in the meter by pressing the button CHECK right above the index counter window in the box Calibration in moisture meter As a result the text field below the index display and the calibration mode indicator are updated This is the entry you are using for the Acquire operation right now If you change it it is better not to do any measurements at the same time Press the keys UP FAST UP DOWN FAST DOWN besides the index counter display to find the calibration you are interested in This will change the cu
8. curseurs 2 Centrer Curseurs cv E 117 10 Gd 2 3 E AIDE F1 ARRET 1 1 Uu 1 1 t U U 1 U Uu 1 LER SECURISE 250 500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000 2250 2500 2750 3000 3250 3500 3750 4095 Echantillon Figure 6b The Archives page AK30 and AK30Mini in French 24 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual 7 Library Page On the Library page you can download the calibration library in the meter save it to a library file load a library file to the program and upload the library to the meter You can also upload and download single tables in the libraries In this way you can tailor the library in the meter or some library file on disk to match your requirements The only way you can affect the contents of any calibration entry here is to change its name You can finally print out the corresponding calibration entry in full with a graph seen on the screen This may prove useful for your documentation See Figures 7 To download the meter s library press the button DOWNLOAD You can always do this safely no harm is done to the meter Then the library is in the program s memory replacing the otherwise empty library generated at the time of pressing the GO AHEAD button You can now save the library to a file by pressing the button Save lib The file format is ASCII text which means you can read the file into Excel for further studying Note however that the spreadsheet file formats
9. this is the first time installation of any of Visilab software you may have to restart the computer for the program items to be available There may be other programs on the stick which are not listed in the Visilabo installer Therefore we advise you to check the memory stick folder contents Locate the item in the Start gt Programs gt AK30 and click it to start You can also locate a shortcut of this program on your Desktop to easier start it in the future Refer to your operating system AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual manuals for details In the following we will go through all the features available in this software When meeting any error messages and dialogs refer fo Chapter 11 for solving those cases 1 2 System Requirements This software operates in Windows 8 7 XP Vista environments if you have at least 550 MB of memory available Hard disk space of 800 MB is required for installation and starting the program Archives will require more space A 2GHz Pentium is the minimum CPU requirement but higher is recom mended for Windows 8 Vista 7 users The minimum screen size required by this program is 743 x 768 pixels Smaller screens will lead to more cumbersome use of the program The AK30 and AK30Mini programs will work fine on a 640 x 480 display Efficient use of multi core computers is supported 1 3 Style Issues In the English versions of both software most oval buttons at any page s
10. used in total Current bank Filename CAL C 404 403 Sea Original stamp From bank DOWNLOAD Abort download n Samples A O C e x Print 0 Tag in file to bank A Center Cursors y 0 pa Std dev Minimum Maximum 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 LP HELP FL ue y i o z SAFE 5 30 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 iU sample Download several banks data archived SR FAST DOWN INDEX CALIBRATION UP FAST 30 Jun 15 Start Stop C S C9 C 1 CHECKtosee SCALE C C Need e N wf 12 13 02 PM Autotimer AK30Mini Portable Moisture Meter a Mh mat Starting Meter status Acquire Archives Fetch Banks Numeric UPDATE E ID text field to data files ave P VYY D cHeckstatus B es RE Low power P Job text field AK30 10413 RE X a jobNNN HTML report Hardcopy report Excel files Serial r OFF Save meter settings OE Reporting CHECK Banks used in total Currentbank Original stamp 403 gt 404 Jo oa From bank amples ag in tile Abort download 2 o DOWNLOAD pr 0 to bank 2 Jj o Filename 05 P 3 05 4 HELP F1 Sd C D r Selection of calibration tablef w CHECK FAST DOWN INDEX CALIBRATION IN USE UP FAST SAFE _ em QJ CD PR FT C C mj Figure 3a The Meter status page AK30 and AK30Mini 13 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual
11. 0 006 Maximum 2 344 Humidit 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 6063 Echantillon Statistiques entre curseurs Original 2 24 14 12 48 29 84 Tag in file 02 24 2014 12 40 13 4096 ProjectYYY jebNNN 42 Xerox sampling intervalz0 200000s 02 24 2014 12 40 13 channel Moisture REEL_45_2 24 14 12 48 29 84 BNK REEL 45 2 24 14 12 48 29 84 M Capteur Humidit ACQ BANK LIB CAL FETCH ARRET SECURISE Librairies D marrage VERIFIER Nbre total banques Ld s Progression Fichier l 7979 02 24 2014 12 44 17 BNK Humidit Etat capteur Calibration Acqu rir Nbr Banque t l charger Banque N pum 5 foo Verifier amp T l charger Rapport 30 Echantillon Nbre chant banque Num rique Archives Banques M moires D marrer Stop 64 ive Original 2 24 14 12 39 23 79 Moyenne 1512 Minimum 0 000 Centrer Curseurs Statistiques entre curseurs Vider le tableau Commandes Dev Std 1131 Maximum 2377 Voir A Voir E IE Voir Voir Position 0 Figure 5b The Fetch Banks page AK30 and AK30Mini programs as French ver sions 20 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual 6 Archives Page You can retrieve and display any old data files saved during program runs on this page even wh
12. 13 11 04 06 AM STOP Intervalle s Web Temp Fer 0 2 1299 i OFF Humidit Temperature E ACQ BANK LIB FETCH Humidit aunqesadwa AIDE F1 Ld ARRET SECURISE Temps ky AK30Mini Capteur humidit D marrage Etat capteur Acqu rir Archives Banques M moires Num rique MAY Obtenir une tendance continue 10 56 04 AM 11 24 2013 Intervalle s 0 2 201 Goo Ar 29 s Humidit B 2 3 E 2 AIDE F1 10 12 4 TUE 10 55 24 11 09 03 24 11 13 24 11 13 Temps Figure 4b The Acquire page French versions for AK30 and AK30Mini 17 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual 5 Fetch Banks Page Figures 5 show you the looks of the Fetch Banks page The memory bank system is a nonvolatile memory built into the meter capable of saving data at the fastest speed AK30 AK40 have at least 820 independent banks with maximum 500 samples The Autotimer can be started manually with the large button at the bottom right Stopping is done manually with the large button at the right or it will stop automatically as soon as the number of samples in the batch has been reached or the maximum number 500 The memory banks can not be cleared with this program and will need the use of the meter s own menu system e g the Service menu The basic idea of this page is to turn on the Checking Then the program will regular
13. 39 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual M Material in PC library 25 Meter Status Page 12 N Note for Users 38 O OFF LINE Use 33 ON LINE 6 oval buttons 5 Overloading 15 R Regular Calibration Table Editing 28 S Save settings 6 serial port 6 slave address 6 Some of the Most Important Error Messages 35 SPE 21 Style Issues 5 System Requirements 5 T traditional IRMA7 data files 6 Trying to Open a Nonexistent Settings File 37 u UPDATESETTINGS 12 upload 25 User Interrupt or Nonexistent File 356 W Wireless Bluetooth Communications 34 40
14. arting Meter status Acquire Archives Fetch Banks Numeric Configure Asynchronous serial port Yellow items are required u G COM23 Click Use only ports COM1 to COM64 or ASRL1 64 Changed settings are effective only after entering OFF LINE first This program works in Windows 8 7 XP Vista and in Future versions Always first CHECK Baud rate settings before you SET them The program does nothing in the TOP SPEED 115200 background unless you explicitly ask it to do Copyright C Visilab Signal j Technologies Finland Refer to www visilab fi For latest information and free upgrades Meter address default 1 Jg AK30 file path Help path CAK30 em 4 1 HELP F1 Check y D Data file path C hak30 dat 3 Save settings Settings saveable 7 id Configurations Figure 2b The Configuration page in AK30Mini AK30 Data Logging Software AK AK30 Capteur Humidit Calibration DEMARRER D marrage Etat capteur Acqu rir AIDE F1 Ld ARRET SECURISE Port s rie asynchrone COMm23 7 Clicquez Adresse esclave Vitesse Zn TOP SPEED 115200 R pertoire pour AK30 AAK30 re R pertoire pour fichiers de donn es C ak30 dat re E R glages sauvegardables Sauvegarder r glages Configurer AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual Num rique Archives Banques M moires Librairies AK30 1 27 build L 2013 DATA LOGGING SOFTWARE FOR AK30 am
15. ax 8 char s DEUS Signal Moisture Se Edt BA13REEL 1 0 944199 Joss PENDING gt x P TASKS Cal mode Points in use GET Signal ACQ UPDATE ss y C amp Signaldisplay Apply i qu Print amp L FETCH Print 2 Edi Calibration LIB 7 CAL 5 c a wu HELP F1 D LL SAFE EXIT moisture CHECK FAST DOWN INDEX CALIBRATION UP FAST 11 24 2013 m DIM es B 1 BA13REEL 9 e 46 D D 10 37 57 4M D LJ Figure 8a The Calibration page AK30 only 29 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual AK AK30 Capteur Humidit ALI D marrage Etat capteur Acqu rir Archives Banques M moires Librairies STOP Calibration Num rique Acqu rir la calibration Nombre de calibration Point Signal Humidit Edit BLK140 ui 1 0 9547 10 1999 Cal mode Points utiliz e Acqu rir la signal A mum po Lecture de signal Effective MISE A JOUR 0 BANK m Rapport LIB Calibration CAL ste 2 4 FETCH AIDEJF1 P ARRET SECURISE Humidit Figure 8b The Calibration page AK30 only French version 30 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual 9 Numeric Indicator Page When you are acquiring data on the Acquire page with any rate you can go to Numeric page and see the moisture reading as big numbers They are visible at a distance Refer to Figures 9 AK AK30 Portable Moisture Meter Configuration
16. creen preventing access to some buttons English version only and you can not see the selection display either When you go GO AHEAD the cover disappears and you can use them AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual 3 Meter Status Page You can quickly check the meter settings by selecting the Meter status page There you can press the CHECK STATUS key to see all information possible of your meter Always do this first when entering this page The amount of datais very limited for model AK30 as its operation is mainly done with the built in keyboard You can also see the meter s serial number at the leftmost window The button Low power reflects the powering status of the meter Normal energy saving If you wish to turn the meter into Low power state press this button and then press the UPDATE key The following state is again an indication of the resulting meter status The next button Beep will cause an audible sound at the meter Press it and then update You should hear a short tone signal See Figures 3 The operations of the French versions are very similar The second box marked Documentation allows the user to add text fields to each data file in this session There are two optional buttons for selecting either a real printed report or a HTML file put among other data files The HTML report may have an associated JPG image file too You can possibly use these files later in your own more com
17. e 21 6 1 Data files 21 7 Library Page 25 8 Calibration Page 28 8 1 Regular Calibration Table Editing 28 9 Numeric Indicator Page 31 10 OFF LINE Use 33 11 Wireless Bluetooth Communications 34 12 Error Message Dialogs 35 12 1 1 Some of the Most Important Error Messages 35 12 1 2 Incorrect Asynchronous Serial Port 35 12 1 3 Incorrect Path or Nonexistent File 35 12 3 4 User Interrupt or Nonexistent File 36 12 1 5 Trying to Open a Nonexistent Settings File 37 13 Note for Users 38 Index 39 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual 1 Introduction and Taking into Use This document instructs you on how to use the AK30 and AK30Mini PC user interface programs with your portable meter AK30 and the on line meter AK40 Also the special models AK30 M and AK40 M are fully supported by these programs Refer to the instrument s own user s manual covering details using the meter itself This software is not compatible with any other instruments at this writing and is specifically tailored for AK30 derivatives Also the corresponding programs translated to French language are shown as graphics but explanations are in English These programs have a number of features most useful for users of AK30 moisture meters One can acquire real time data from the meter download memory banks and setup some features of the meter available through the ser
18. e donn es T l charger Stop Nbre chant banque 0 0 banque Fichier de donn es Jj 0 Rapport 1 e in 1 p mo LE E 05 AIDE F1 T l charger de banques S lection de la table de calibration VERIFIER oo INDEX CALIBRATION UTILISEE 39 Ch OS RAPIDE 39 pus HAUT RAPIDE MULTI Haut Figure 3b The Meter status page AK30 and AK30Mini French versions 14 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual 4 Acquire Page To start measuring right away we assume you have the meter ready and pointed at some target paper Go to Acquire page and press the large button marked START to change it to STOP This will start data retrieval from the meter if the connection is working correctly The graphic display shows the accumulating moisture values with automatic scaling The time scale shows the correct time taken from your computer Refer to Figures 4 You can work fine with the default settings without ever touching any adjustments of the display If you are interested explore the possibilities available by clicking either the right or left button of your mouse with the cursor over some display control Learn the possibilities by reading what is in the help messages or in the dialogs to change the zooming scales and colors of your display If your display gets mixed up do not be alarmed You can always restart the software or try to restore it b
19. e recommended path is C AK30 DAT You can also use the small directory dialog buttons to the right to select and even create new paths Leaving these folders undefined will soon lead to error messages and lost data Pressing the Save settings key will save the settings in this box when starting the next session and you don t need to return to this point later Some of the programs have automatic saving after first use so you don t need to worry about that either Note that this software always saves traditional IRMA7 data files to the data file path you have defined You don t have any possibility of turning it off This will save you a lot of headache as all of your data is saved in the future The only discomfort you may have is that you have to clean up the data file directory occasionally to prevent it overflowing physical memory limits The typical data file size is about 30 kb for each run 4096 points in Acquire task Some of the French programs do not do automatic saving of data but you will need to tell the program it by pressing the relevant button AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual The selector for the serial communications port Baud rate selector for AK30 40 AK30 115200 AK40 9600 or 115200 AK AK30 Portable Moisture Meter E im x amp 0 Configuration Meter status Acquire Archives Library Calibration Numeric Fetch Banks AHEAD Yellow ite
20. ed for AK30 if the wider downloading feature is requested Contact Visilab or the nearest representative for details The meter s slave address is highly important for proper working of the meter The default address is 1 but you may have changed it for some reason with the meter s own keyboard The allowed range is 1 255 Zero is reserved for the program itself master and can not be used for slaves Using incorrect slave address will cause inoperable software with long delays between actions messages like No response etc If you have changed the address and can not remember it press the Menu key in your meter and select 7 Communications to go changing checking it Refer to the moisture meter s User s Guide for details The baud rate setting is always 115200 for the AK30 portable meter For AK40 meters the setting may be either 9600 or 115200 bauds depending on the initial setup of The meter itself That depends on the length of the cables in delivery Long cables prevent using the fast speed The Bluetooth link allows the fast rate to be used irrespective of any cables To properly save all library meter configuration and data files it is recommended to set the two fields in this same box as well The AK30 file path is used for saving the library and meter configuration files in the future The recommended path is C AK30 The data files generated during operation are saved into another directory whose path you can set in the lower dialog Th
21. er to Fig 12 2 35 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual X Error 7 occurred at New File Possible reason s LabVIEW File nat Found The File might have been moved or deleted or the File path might be incorrectly Formatted For the operating system For example use as path separators on Windows on Mac Q5 and j on UNIX MI 488 Non existent board Figure 12 2 The case of nonexistent path or file 12 3 4 User Interrupt or Nonexistent File This is the direct result of canceling retrieval of any data file to for example the Archives page Press Continue and press again the file name button to clear it This might also happen if you tried to access a file via network but met some access restriction Refer to Fig 12 3 aJ Error 43 occurred at Open File viFile Dialog Possible reason s LabVIEW Operation canceled by user Figure 12 3 The case of User interrupt when accessing a file 36 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual 12 1 5 Trying to Open a Nonexistent Settings File This is the result of not finding any file containing the basic settings of this program of type ini Press Continue and check all program settings Then on the Configuration page press the Save settings button The error message will not be displayed again after this Refer to Fig 12 4 X Error 7 occurred at Open Config Data vi Possible reason s LabVIEW
22. ial port Rest of the features are set up via the integrated keyboard and display as is natural A printer connected to the PC can be used for documentation as well as reporting to HTML files All acquired and downloaded data is saved into traditional IRMA7 format files which are compatible with all spreadsheet programs textual ASCII data This program is a true multitasking system capable of performing simultaneously several tasks at the same time You can operate with the memory bank system and control it fully while at the same time acquiring e g real time data for your quality control system The program has been made as simple as possible to use reasonably especially the AK30Mini There are no menus at all except some associated with the graphical displays and everything you see is what you get All actions are started by pressing buttons and meter status is indicated with various LEDs or numeric indicators You are using a virtual instrument in your PC though there is a true instrument behind it producing the data and may even be wireless connected to your PC at distance 1 1 Installation of the PC program Important Notice for Windows 7 8 and Vista Users Before starting it is important to make sure you have the administrator s rights in your PC to install programs read and write files etc with full and widest possible rights If not ask your computer manager at the IT department to do this phase for you or switch the PC user to an administ
23. ile some other operation is running in the background On this page you have eight channel selectors statistics displays for each channel a graphical display and the Print button By pressing one of the channel keys you can retrieve any old data file as long as you know where it is and what is its name The data is shown on the graphical display and the corresponding statistics are calculated automatically You can move the cursors to proper points freely The scaling is very much like on the Acquire or Memory Banks pages In this way you can compare and study data and adjust the scaling to make it look best for printing Refer to Figures 6 The first two channels are actually fresh data from the Acquire operation The first one is the real time data which can be observed to progress all the time The second channel is the last stopped acquired signal They are copied directly from the Acquire operation with no files between 6 1 Data files When you run the Acquire operation you will have files with the following names See below an example directory listing Data of last modify size file name 03 07 2014 11 31 AM 28 984 HT0307141130420 ACQ 03 07 2014 11 30 AM 28 899 M0307141130424 ACQ 03 07 2014 11 30 AM 28 983 WT0307141130424 ACQ 03 07 2014 11 31 AM 28 908 XM0307141130421 ACQ 03 07 2014 11 30 AM 28 909 XT0307141130424 ACQ 03 07 2014 11 41 AM 28 899 M0307141140381 BNK 03 07 2014 11 42 AM 29 926 T0307141141553 BNK You may get a large number
24. ly check the meter to see if any new banks have been saved while measuring with the meter For this feature to operate the meter needs to be connected to the PC all the time either with the RS232 cable or with the Bluetooth wireless connection If the link is broken this feature will stop functioning When a new bank is found it is automatically downloaded to PC There is a field marked as Original stamp which shows the original date and time stamp and the corresponding memory bank number of the data in the meter On the display you have the downloaded data as a curve and two cursors in addition If the cursors are not visible click the grey buttons at the lower edge having crosses on them The opening menu has an option Center the cursors button You can use the cursors to calculate statistics automatically The results will be seen at the four numerical displays at the right side Grab the cursor at the vertical line and drag it to the desired position The statistics are updated automatically You can also change the scaling The default vertical scaling is automatic To change the scales you have to right click at the display to see a menu There is an option Autoscale Y which you should change mark unmark Then you can click at the top scale number to edit it and also at the bottom scale number You can set them freely If you get lost with this turn on the Autoscale Y and start again The same applies for the horizontal scale except i
25. m allows you to feed in the generated data and to take into use the new table The calibrations consist of point pairs raw signal moisture maximum 10 of them They form together a calibration curve linearizing the usually curved low moisture end Of these number pairs only a number of points is in use marked Points in use The rest of the points can be left inactive If you wish to use a calibration table for linearization it is required to have 2 to 10 points in use Deflection from this will cause invalid moisture data Refer to Figures 8 To start editing a calibration select first a suitable calibration with the buttons at the bottom edge of the program display CHECK UP DOWN etc We assume you already have the calibration point data available Then press the GET calibration button to copy to the program s memory for editing You will immediately see a curve if it can be displayed and the first data point in the box marked Calibration Press the button Edit to start editing You can edit the name of this calibration and the number of points in use The calibration mode can be set to reflect the use of the calibration table MULTI use the table SCALE do not use it If the mode is left as SCALE the table is not in use but instead the SCALE scaling is used That is not a linearization at all The Point selector goes from 1 to 10 and you can fill in any points in any order Just click the small arrows at the left edge of this contr
26. moires VERIFIER Nbre total banques Banque N Nbre chant banque D marrer dp 84 svete gs 64 Verifier amp T l charger Commandes Progression Fichier CE RER I Rapport REEL 45 2 24 14 12 45 27 83 BNK 243 Moyenne Dev Std T 2 405 0 002 2 Minimum Maximum 242 2 403 2408 Statistiques entre curseurs 2415 i 1 i t 1 t 1 Original 2 24 14 12 45 27 83 24 Tag in file w 02 24 2014 w 24 12 37 10 5 4096 E Projet EI Job 42 Xerox sampling intervalz0 200000s AIDE FL 23 JL ioca channel 2 385 T 7 Moisture REEL 45 2 24 2 DE ee S i T 14 12 45 27 83 BNK REEL 45 2 24 14 12 45 27 83 ARRET 23 DES SECURISE 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 6063 Echantillon Figure 5a The Fetch Banks page AK30 and AK30Mini programs 19 AK30 Data Logging Software EX AK30 Capteur Humidit AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual AENEAM ACQ BANK LIB CAL FETCH ARRET SECURISE Librairies D marrage Calibration Etat capteur VERIFIERNbre total banques Leal Progression 85 Fichier Verifier amp T l charger REEL 45 2 24 14 12 48 29 84 BNK Acqu rir Banque N 84 Num rique Archives Nbre chant banque 64 Rapport Moyenne 2 332 Minimum 2 326 D marrer Ld Banques M moires Stop Commandes Centrer Curseurs Dev Std
27. ms are required AK30 1 27 build L 2013 Asynchronous serial port DATA LOGGING SOFTWARE FOR AK30 amp AK40 METERS PENDING X cov Eg TASKS Click aco Slave address Baud rate FETCH rl 1 J TOP SPEED 115200 cp AK30 file path e Fia m Help path 1 4 _Check Data file path Ra epe N Use only ports COM1 to COM60 or ASRL1 60 Changed settings are Ci ak30 dat effective only after pressing STOP first This program works in 3 N Windows 8 7 XP ista and in Future versions Always First CHECK settings before you SET them The program does nothing in the background unless you explicitly ask it to do HELP F1 p 2 n N opyright C Visilab Signal Technologies Finland Refer to D ae eure For latest information and free upgrades Settings saveable C w Basic settings N VISILAB User modifiable al SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES x in lighter colour ai N Test the existence and general Figure 2a The Configuration page in AK30 availability of the suggested folders AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual AK30 Data Logging Software im AK30Mini Portable Moisture Meter Starting Meter status Acquire Archives Fetch Banks Numeric 60 AHEAD Configure AK30Mini 1 27 build LV2013 DATA LOGGING SOFTWARE FOR AK30 METERS HELP F1 C User modifiable fields VISILAB in lighter colour nl SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES SAFE EXIT Configurations 3 5 AK30Mini Portable Moisture Meter St
28. nfiguration Otherwise the meter will ignore any changes when restarted AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual 2 Configuration Page 2 1 Configuring Note that in the following we talk about program or software but we mean any all of the programs handled in this manual AK30 AK30Mini AK30 French AK30Mini French Before starting actual use of the program you need to check the settings with yellow background port and slave address They need to be set before you can start communicating with the meter in ON LINE state The port selection is highly important and refers to the serial port your meter is connected with in your PC Use only ports COMI COM127 or ASRL1 127 depending on your system There are USB to RS232 adapters available for Windows 8 7 Vista XP operating system in case you do not have any RS232 ports in your PC Incorrect port selection will cause error messages when you try to start using the software Use the grey arrow down button at the right end of the selector to choose from the list of available ports This setting is saved but it is wise to check it Refer to Figures 2 You can also use the Bluetooth wireless connection which is capable of operating within a range of 100 m in good conditions Note that model AK30 is limited in features but all revisions work alike except some of the earliest meters do not support downloading of multiple memory banks at a time Upgrading is recom mend
29. nue forever until you explicitly stop the acquisition You can change the rate data is acquired by adjusting the time interval 0 05 to 3600 seconds at the center box Interval control Overloading will happen if you try to acquire too many signals at a too fast rate Changing the interval needs restarting the acquisition to take effect As you can see there is an LED indicator at the left edge ACQ which is lit when you have started this operation It is there to remind you of a pending operation which should be properly stopped before stopping the program There are also some other operations which might interfere with this operation and therefore it is recommended to turn it off In principle you can use most of the operations in this program simultaneously Of course if you are uploading a new library to the meter there is no sense in doing measurements at the same time as the calibration table in use may change suddenly and cause a transient to the moisture signal The buttons at the lower edge of the program display are used for checking setting the current calibration table in the calibration library in the meter AK30 programs You can step up in the index or step down either one entry at a time or ten entries at a time The resulting entry is displayed at the center with data pertaining to it Of course all data and settings located in the meters themselves are always saved In AK30Mini programs the same buttons are located on the Mete
30. of files in the worst case Therefore it is good to know how to recognize them The file name coding consists of a set of letters a date time numbering and a file type coding The key to codes are as follows Code signal M moisture code source ACQ acquired signal BNK memory bank download code format ACQ IRMA7 format ASCII data as text BNK IRMA7 format ASCII data as text HTML Report in HTML mainly pictures and text 21 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual Date time code key 0307141141553 month day and year ene time in hours minutes time in seconds a running random number In this way the program produces files whose names are unambiguous but recognizable Needless to say but it is advised to clean up the data file directory of unnecessary files regularly Make backup copies to e g CD s before removing them It is a good bookkeeping method to use various folders for different measurement projects or higher level tasks to keep the data separate Annotation It might be tempting to add some text into various graphs while studying either signals coming in or after being analyzed with various methods You can do it It is allowed on all graphs except the Acquire graph You can either write freely floating text or annotate certain data points into a curve Right click over the graph area and activate Create annotation option The Annotation name is the text becoming visible Lock
31. ol Do not leave any empty points when finished Also the signal moisture values must be increasing when the Point increases else you will get a folded curve and the future moisture values will be quite useless Adjust the Points in use control to reflect the actual number of points to be used in the calibration Press again the Edit button to stop editing The curve is now updated and you can make a check against the curve you have possibly obtained earlier in your calibration measurements If you are happy with this you can update the calibration in the meter by pressing the UPDATE button You are ready to use the new calibration If you are doing real time calibration with the meter in the climate chamber or on line and you have the sample in front of the meter properly placed you can in the Edit phase get a signal from the meter by pressing the GET signal button The obtained signal is displayed in the small window besides the button If you accept this signal for the current point press the Apply button which copies the signal value to the signal field Then you have to fill in the corresponding moisture reading for this signal Of course these buttons are active only while editing 28 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual AK AK30 Portable Moisture Meter sto Configuration Meter status Acquire Archives Library Calibration Numeric Fetch Banks GET calibration 7 j Calibration name m
32. p AK40 METERS French R pertoire pour aid 4 VISILAB SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES Use only ports COM1 to COM64 or ASRL1 64 Changed settings are effective only after entering OFF LINE first This program works in Windows 8 7 XP ista and in future versions Always First CHECK settings before you SET them The program does nothing in the background unless you explicitly ask it to do Copyright C Visilab Signal Technologies Finland Refer to www visilab fi For latest information and free upgrades Champs modifiables en couleur claire Figure 2c The Configuration page in AK30 French version AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual 3 AK30Mini Capteur humidit Etat capteur Banques M moires Num rique Configurer AK30Mini 1 27A build L 2013 DATA LOGGING SOFTWARE FOR AK30 METERS FRENCH Champs modifiables en couleur claire V S i L A B eed SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES ky AK30Mini Capteur humidit DiR D marrage Etat capteur Acqu rir Archives Banques M moires Num rique STOP Configurer Port s rie asynchrone I com23 Clicquez Vitesse Baud r Use only ports COMI to COM64 or ASRL1 64 Changed settings are TOP SPEED 115200 effective only after entering OFF LINE first This program works in Windows 8 7 XPjVista and in Future versions Always First CHECK settings before you SET them The program does nothing in the backgro
33. page It is used for checking and showing the present calibration table name and for stepping up down in the library Pressing the UP DOWN keys will right away change to a new table If unsure CHECK first and then make a change If you wish to save the incoming raw data files into Excel spreadsheet files select the corresponding button on this page All programs have it There is a field marked as Original stamp which shows the original date and time stamp and the corresponding memory bank number of the data in the meter There is now a new button at the center for explicitly saving the meter s internal configuration As the meter AK30 40 s philosophy is to maintain the last saved configuration until explicitly saved this allows the user to save it with the AK30 PC program Else it would be needed to do by the keyboard Menu Save keys in sequence Note that the old configuration is really lost and the meter will behave in the present setup calibration timing etc AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual m Fetch Banks Configuration Meter status Acquire Archives Library Calibration Numeric ID UPDATE ProjectYYY CHECK STATUS e PENDING i configuration Job TASKS jobNNN AK30 10413 Low power 9 aq Serial Low power HTML reportHardcopy Excel file FETCH OFF or or Meter status Save meter settings Documentation CHECK Banks
34. prehensive reporting The settings in this box are not in the meter but in the AK30 program only and will be saved along with other program settings The third box offers downloading memory banks from the AK30 meter You will need to press the CHECK button first to detect how many banks there are altogether Then you can indicate with bank number range which of them should be downloaded one at a time Edit the number in each filed and click the mouse elsewhere or press Enter Then you can press Download to start collecting banks within the indicated range Each bank is saved to its own file and the date and time of each bank s capture is saved with other data to the tail part You can see the progress of this process and each bank s header tailer data are momentarily shown in the text box to the right Also a simple curve is displayed of each bank If some error occurs you can stop this process by pressing the Abort button The CHECK STATUS can always be used safely without activating anything The UPDATE SETTINGS upaates the meter with the settings visible on this page Think first before you press this one Always first CHECK and perhaps then UPDATE to make sure you do not change anything vital unintentionally NOTE Always CHECK first the settings before you UPDATE them The program does nothing in the background unless you explicitly ask it to do The English AK30Mini and the French AK30 and AK30Mini programs have one more box available on this
35. r Status page AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual Figure 4a The Acquire page AK30 and AK30Mini AK AK30 Portable Moisture Meter DiR sroP Configuration Meter status Acquire Archives Library Calibration Numeric Fetch Banks Web Temp Interval s 0 STOP 140 OFF Print D PENDING e D ud i i Sel Moisture E TASKS Temperature E ACQ FETCH 0 8 LIB D 0 6 CAL 0 4 50 2 08 0 2 HELP J F1 Ii ns E ni D 0 6 0 8 SAFE He peo 11 24 13 11 24 13 Time CHECK FAST DOWN INDEX CALIBRATION UP FAST 11 24 2013 pd DL F2 CHECK to see SCALE C C D 10 29 54 AM uod Va Change the current material by increasing ae decreasing the index Check the current mate Current material index 9 rial index name and name and calibration 3 calibration mode mode KJ AK30Mini Portable Moisture Meter Starting Meter status Acquire Archives Fetch Banks Numeric STOP Get a continuous trend 10 44 54 AM 11 24 2013 Interval s Print stor ee 0 2 131 i A w Moisture Moisture HELP F1 St 10 18 i SAFE 10 44 28 10 58 07 EXIT 11 24 13 11 24 13 Time 16 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual AK AK30 Capteur Humidit Calibration Num rique STOP D marrage Etat capteur Acqu rir Archives Banques M moires Librairies Obtenir une tendance continue E 11 24 20
36. rator It is possible that after a successful installation you encounter strange error messages when files are tried to be saved to a hard disk These problems are mostly due to insufficient file writing rights If it is about a data file saving when the data Acquisition is stopped the system refuses to open a file for writing a typical case of insufficient R W rights You have as alternatives increasing the user rights or separately allowing full file rights to that particular folder you are trying to access You can also find another folder for file saving which is not limited in access e g My Documents My Folders etc Also if right after starting the program an error message appears it is likely from a missing configuration file of the program itself This is not dangerous at all since you are about to set up the program features first and then to save the configuration Stay calm even if error messages appear and try to logically induce where they come from if ever possible The PC program is installed as follows Place the USB stick to a free USB receptacle and locate the program setup exe for AK30 or you can just start the Visilab installer exe which allows you to install the programs on the stick Launch it and perform the installation accepting the selections unless There is a reason to modify Don t start any other installation sequence until the first one has been completed You are ready to start working with this program However if
37. rrent table in the meter but it should not be important at this time Then goto the box Calibration in PC library and click the arrows up and down right at the left edge of the index counter to find the other calibration entry in the PC library The corresponding calibration data and calibration curve are shown at the same time When happy with the selection you can now either download a calibration from the meter by clicking the button DOWNLOAD under the word CALIBRATION or upload a calibration entry to the meter by clicking the button UPLOAD over the same word The data is updated at once If UPLOAD is done the new calibration is saved to the AK30 s nonvolatile memory In this way you can do complete tailoring of any library It is advised that you change a little their calibration names to match the indices if changed A recommended practise isto make a backup copy of a new library by saving it If changes are made to a library it is recommended to change its name too 25 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual AK AK30 Portable Moisture Meter STOP PENDING TASKS ACQ FETCH LIB CAL HELP F1 j SAFE EXIT CHECK Configuration Meter status Load library file Save lib E BLK140 Calibration in PC library id Calibration ane FAST DOWN gt 1 PC Lib path Points 5 Calibration INDEX CALIBRATION CHECK to see Acquire Archive
38. s Library UPLOAD LIBRARY l DOWNLOAD UPLOAD Edit name C CALIBRATION Print DOWNLOAD M C us M UP FAST J GS B SCALE Figure 7a The Library page AK30 program only 26 Library name METER FAST DOWN St Calibration in moisture meter Autotimer Stop Nw V AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual AK AK30 Capteur Humidit Calibration Num rique D marrage Etat capteur Acqu rir Archives Banques M moires Librairies PC CAPTEUR Charger librairie Chemin lib ENVOYER VERIFIER Library name MISE A JOUR Sane1311 LIBRAIRIE Sauvegarder Lib RECEVOIR Index HAUT RAPIDE MU 5 46 BAISREEL Charger nom EER Bas RAPIDE CALIBRATION Rapport RECEVOIR Calibration dans librairie PC Calibration dans la jauge 2 6 S o pu SECURISE Calibration mos Figure 7b The Library page AK30 program only in French 27 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual 8 Calibration Page 8 1 Regular Calibration Table Editing Calibrations are usually made at field conditions with known moisture samples or in laboratory conditions in a climate chamber and with a laboratory balance An oven for drying samples is usually required Refer to the AK30 meter s user s manual for more details of actually making the calibrations This part of the progra
39. style has options Free Snap to All Plots and Snap to One Plot Locked Plot is the resulting name of the plot selected You can also tick in the boxes Hide arrow and Lock name if you wish Try these out to see the effect The annotation is visible in reporting too but is not saved otherwise You can later move the annotation text to a better position by dragging it with the mouse When you do not need the annotation anymore and want to clear it right click on the graph again and select Clear annotation or Clear All annotations 22 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual AK AK30 Portable Moisture Meter SEC sTOP Configuration Meter status Acquire Archives Library Calibration Mumeric Fetch Banks Last acq 0 Channel 4 FastUp Channel Print on OFF uL 1 011032 0 032 10 26 10 40 QT u PENDING Last stop 1 Channel 5 3 2 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 TASKS OFF OFF N 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 own 3 ACQ Channel2 Channel 6 4 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 WA FETCH OFF OFF FastDown g 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 taco ZAM Channel3 Channel 7 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 LStopi i LIB t 6 Cha NE OFF OFF Memory Banks 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 CAL 7 Chans ANE 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 Chant EN Average Std dev Min Max Chan5 Bk 0 Statistics between cursors aii i Chan 2 237 10 EP Dot Center Cursors S D EH 79 3 amp cha NN E Pre io ERE ERE RULES 10 f HELP F1 x
40. t is set as fixed scaling to keep all the samples visible You can change this freely as well Feel free to learn how they behave These methods above apply to all graphical displays available in this software Right clicking at various places over the display will open up different submenus Do not leave the checking on if you do not use it If one needs a more specific downloading per each bank in the meter please use the Meter Status page s Downloading utility AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual Configuration Meter status Acquire Archives Library Calibration Numeric Fetch Banks CHECK Banks used in total Current bank Samples PENDING K heck d amp download TASKS Center Cursors Fiere seeng an Swrros ACQ Average REEL 45 2 24 14 12 57 50 85 BNK 0973 FETCH S Minimum Maximum 2n Start Stop Statistics between cursors chec king CAL Original stamp 2 24 14 12 57 50 85 Tag in file 02 24 2014 3 12 49 45 i 4096 E ProjectYYY 2 jobNNN 42 Xerox HELP F1 sampling_interval 0 200s 02 24 2014 D 12 49 45 Nh channel Moisture REEL 45 2 24 14 12 57 50 gf BNK REEL 45 2 24 14 12 57 505 sample CHECK FAST DOWN INDEX CALIBRATION UP FAST 24 Feb 14 mt Stop Bi 42 42 Xerox C B we 12 49 49 P me A AK30Mini Capteur humidit E Ct Num rique D marrage Etat capteur Acqu rir Archives Banques M
41. tart some action and are not left pressed down except for a short moment a few exceptions exist see below Most rectangular buttons are settings which are either left as pressed down or are later updated to reflect the status of the meter The indicator lights are statuses read from the meter or generated by the program and can not be changed by the user directly Typically they have either a grey or orange color In some special cases the color may be red to warn the user of some serious problem You can always get a one line description of every button control and LED by moving your mouse cursor over it There are some large oval buttons at several pages whose color when pressed down is bright yellow instead of the regular orange They are left at their state until the user changes the settings These buttons are used for example for acquiring data continuously Also the Acquisition operation has a button like this The purpose of this is to indicate the user to change himself the button s state Each of these buttons have an indicator light at the left edge of the display to remind of their active use There are also LEDs for other operations whose momentary operation may take a longer time to finish like downloading a library The French version has square buttons as a rule but the working idea is the same including the LEDs Remember also the philosophy of the AK30 series meters If some new setting or configuration is important Save the co
42. tooth connection is established and The red indicator light on the AK30 panel is lit Please be patient with this since creating a new service in Bluetooth will take a few seconds Do not expectitto work fully at the same moment After that you can use it normally When you press the STOP button the light goes out 34 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual 12 Error Message Dialogs 12 1 1 Some of the Most Important Error Messages While starting or using the software you may encounter the following error situations Below we explain how to proceed at that time 12 1 2 Incorrect Asynchronous Serial Port This is the most common error caused by selecting a serial port which does not exist or is already reserved for some other application Press the Continue button and check the port Then try again Refer to Fig 12 1 Error 1073807343 occurred at Property Node arg 1 in VISA Configure Serial Port Instr vi 2irmaTbasic vi Possible reason s VISA Hes OxBFFFOO11 Insufficient location information or the device or resource is not present in the system Figure 12 1 The case of incorrect serial port a VISA related message 12 1 3 Incorrect Path or Nonexistent File This is the direct result of not defining and setting a sensible path for data files Press Continue and check what you have done on the Configuration page Save settings when happy with them to avoid this to happen again Ref
43. und unless you explicitly ask it to do Copyright C Visilab Signal Technologies Finland Refer to www visilab fi For latest information Adresse jauge d faut 1 and free upgrades Ji R pertoire pour AK30 R pertoire pour aid ICAAK30 gj m 4 R pertoire pour fichiers de donn es AIDE F1 C ak30 dat zm alll C Ei Sauvegarder r glages aal SECURISE Figure 2d The Configuration page in AK30Mini French version 10 AK30 Data Logging Software AK30 amp AK30Mini Program User s Manual Notice that changed settings are effective only after entering GO AHEAD STOP or DEMARRER STOP in the French version first The operations available in this software except the Archives are usable only if you have a moisture meter connected to the serial port If you want to use the Archives page only and have no connection to the meter that is OK if you have ANY serial port available in your PC Then you can select that port and go ON LINE and start working on the Archives page only Attempts of using any features or commands referring to the meter will fail To start running the software press the large button marked GO AHEAD Pressing the same button with name STOP at that time again will return you to the same Configuration page after a few seconds However you need to have all pending operations stopped before doing that yellow lights at the left edge You will soon realize that there is a cover at the bottom of the s
44. ves Banques M moires Librairies Dernier acq 0 Canal a Rapide Canal 0 10 14 0 033 10 05 10 24 Rapport ov eus L 1 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 Dernier Arr t 1 Canal 5 2 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 SRE SE Bas 3 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 fea Canal 2 RIE 4 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 Daco MAN BANK oF oit Rapide 5 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 Dstopi a Canal 3 anal 6 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 coo B LIB OFF OFF Banques M moires 7 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 Can3 Iw Moyenne Dev Std Min Max x na CAL BB cursoro Statistiques entre curseurs Can5 Iw H TEMA xs 103 Centrer Curseurs co mM FETCH Bae amp co A ERARA 10 piii i i j AIDE F1 Humidit ARRET i SECURISE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 mad 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000 2250 2500 2750 3000 3250 3500 3750 4095 Echantillon 8k AK30Mini Capteur humidit D marrage Etat capteur Acqu rir Archives Banques M moires Num rique stop Dernier acq 0 Canal 4 Rapide Canal Moyenne Dev Std Min Max on 1 FE pee o 1017 0 032 10 00 1025 Renpart Dernier Arr t 1 Canal 5 Haut 1 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 OFF OFF 2 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 Daco EN Bas Canal 2 Canal 6 3 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 DStopi ANE orr OFF ERE 4 Lou 0 000 0 00 0 00 co EH Canal 3 Canal 7 p 5 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 cans MA orF OFF Each re 6 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 c m Cans 7 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 00 Bai Can6 nau EM mi p Statistiques entre
45. y studying the menus There are some control buttons connected to the display only to allow a selection of settings We are not going to any further details in this about them This same applies to the other graphical displays which are similar in features This display does not have any cursors The Memory banks page display does have and also the archives display The cursors are used e g for determining the interval from which one calculates statistics of the moisture or one can directly read the values on the curve The button at the center isfor printing the display graphics if you have activated any printing option You do not have to print everything unless you really want to All data is always saved into IRMA7 file format readable with any spreadsheet program too You can also later retrieve the files on the Archives page The small number display at the center together with a small LED indicator is the total sample counter It shows the total number of samples acquired after the operation started The LED indicates when data is actively inquired from the meter From it you can determine when the serial bus may be overloaded LED lit all the time That may cause slipping in time schedules see below The Acquisition operation will stop after having 4096 samples taken It will then save data to a file or a set of files as configured on the Configuration page Then it will restart acquiring to have the next set of 4096 points This will conti
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