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10.2 Viewing/Monitoring Incoming Measurements
You can monitor the measurements in real time by in the following way:
1. Connect your PC to the datalogger
2. Open up PC200W
3. Click on “Setup/Connect” tab on the main PC200W screen.
4. Click on the “Connect” button to initiate communication with the datalogger.
5. Click on the “Monitor Values” tab on the main PC200W screen.
6. Click on the “Add”
7. A list of all the items that can be monitored will then show up. The public
variables are listed under “Public” and can all be selected together by clicking on
the first one, pressing shift and clicking on the last. Then click on paste and all the
variables along with their real time current values should appear in the main screen
of PC200W.
8. You can observe them changing every 10 seconds as the sensor outputs change.
A typical screen shot for the Basic Weather Station running the standard program
is shown in Figure 6, below. Please see Appendix A for details of each
measurement.
Figure 6 Monitor Values Screen showing measured values
10.3 Collecting and Viewing Recorded Data
Initiate data collection by clicking on the ‘Data Collection’ button on PC200W’s
Main Screen. On the Data Collection Screen you will be given the option to collect
data from the datalogger by clicking the ‘Collect Now’ button. You choose
what
data to collect
and where to
collect it to
.
You should choose to collect data from the Datalogger Tables by checking the
checkbox against Table1 and Table2 (see Figure 7).
