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datalogger within its own PakBus subnetwork. Hence, each datalogger in a
PC400 network could, in fact, use the same PakBus address. However, even
though each PakBus datalogger has its own subnetwork, these dataloggers do
keep track of the PakBus addresses of other devices that communicate with
them, including PCs. Therefore, if more than one PC is communicating with a
single PakBus datalogger, it may be helpful to assign each PC its own PakBus
address. Keep in mind that, although PakBus devices keep their own routing
tables, they will communicate with any other PakBus device that has an
address >3999. Therefore, you may want to use different PakBus addresses for
each PC communicating with your PakBus dataloggers. This menu item
provides that access.
4.5.4 Tools Menu
4.5.4.1 Stand-alone Applications
Use these menu items to launch the stand-alone tools, including Split, View,
CardConvert, Short Cut, Edlog, and CRBasic Editor. Some users prefer using
the keyboard to the mouse, and the Alt-T keystroke provides this access. These
stand-alone applications are described in more detail in their own sections of
this manual.
4.5.4.2 Options
The following two options can be set:
1)
Automatically Check Datalogger Status
- This option allows you to
determine when the datalogger status is automatically checked. The
options include After Connection, After Program Send, and/or On
Interval.
The status values checked include the following: PakBus Address,
WatchDog Errors, Skipped Scans, Skipped Slow Scans, Skipped Records,
Variable Out of Bounds, Program Errors, Battery Voltage, Lithium
Battery, Number of times voltage has dropped below 12V, Number of
times voltage has dropped below 5V, Stack Errors, and Calibration Errors.
Note that not all status values are applicable to all dataloggers. Only those
status values applicable to the current datalogger will be checked.
If a problem is found during a datalogger status check, the status table will
pop-up along with a warning indicating the problem that has been
identified.
2)
Show Hints - The Show Hints
option is used to turn on/off the tool tips
that appear when your mouse hovers over a control (button or field).
When a check mark appears beside the menu item, the tool tips will be
displayed. When the check mark does not appear beside the menu item, no
tool tips will be displayed. This menu item is a toggle; select it to change
its state.
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