Data Harvest EASYSENSE Q Advanced, Manual

Page 1: ...anced 23 Mains Power Batteries and Automatic standby Specifications 25 Care Maintenance 25 Updating EASYSENSE Q Advanced s firmware 26 Trouble Shooting 27 Appendix 1 EasyLog Logging samples duration 28 Appendix 2 Duration and Interval table for Logging 29 Appendix 3 Logging menu 33 Appendix 4 Timing Interupters and Parameters 34 Appendix 5 Timing Options 35 Appendix 6 System menu 41 Appendix 7 Blu...

Page 2: ...ble for use on a computer with an operating system that supports USB e g 98SE 2000 Me and XP It will not be supported by Windows 95 98 or Windows NT workstation and server Note The battery pack in EASYSENSE Q Advanced is fully charged before it leaves Data Harvest Even when turned off EASYSENSE Q Advanced will use a small amount of current and the battery will slowly empty If the unit is to be sto...

Page 3: ...confirm a choice or take a sample The red square STOP button is used to stop data being recorded or return to the previous screen The blue triangle buttons SCROLL are used to scroll through menus on the LCD screen or to browse measurements during data logging To wake up EASYSENSE Q Advanced press any of the buttons on the top panel 3 Bluetooth LED indicator LCD Display USB input Power Light Power ...

Page 4: ...onnected to either Input 5 A or Input 5 A and 6 B during Timing operations Four sensor leads have been provided to connect Smart Q Sensors to Q Advanced 1 Hold the Smart Q sensor housing with label on top 2 Push one end of the sensor cable into the socket on the sensor housing with the flat of the connecting plug facing upwards 3 Connect the other end of the cable to the shaped input socket on the...

Page 5: ...e USB port the USB drivers will need to be installed Note for Windows 2000 and XP users You need to be logged on as administrator or with equivalent access rights to install the EASYSENSE Q Advanced USB drivers Connect the square USB plug of the USB cable to the USB input on the side of EASYSENSE Q Advanced Connect the flat USB plug to a USB port on your computer Windows will automatically detect ...

Page 6: ...SYSENSE program is opened a Select Program Level window will automatically open Select a suitable user s level Level 1 is aimed at start level e g up to 9 years old Level 2 is aimed at mid level e g 9 15 years old Level 3 is aimed at exam level e g 15 years plus Note The program level can be altered at anytime using the Level icon once a logging option has been opened Step 5 An Interface option wi...

Page 7: ...hey can be any combination of sensors and displays The program will open with live data from one sensor in a Numeric window Click on the appropriate picture icon on the Menu bar to open other section displays i e Numeric Gauge Colour Change or Bar To alter the sensor displayed in a section right click in the individual section window and select the sensor from the list Click on the Start Stop icon...

Page 8: ...pend on the level you have selected to work at When the selection has been made click on Finish Click on the Start Stop icon and a reading will be displayed when a change is detected in signal from the digital sensors Open File Used to load a previously saved sid or ssl file Locate the correct file and click on open Open Worksheet To select and open a worksheet and its accompanying experimental se...

Page 9: ...nts from the active sensors on the LCD screen but will not store any data The display is updated every half second The range of a Smart Q sensor can be altered whilst in Meter mode Connect the sensors If the display is turned off press any button to wake up EASYSENSE Q Advanced Use the blue up down buttons to scroll the list until the pointer is pointing at Meter Press the green button to select M...

Page 10: ...roll the list until the pointer is pointing at the required range Press the green button to select the range and return to Meter Snapshot Snapshot mode enables you to capture sensor readings every time the green button is pressed rather than at a regular time intervals The readings are stored as a data set in EASYSENSE Q Advanced s memory Connect the sensors If the display is turned off press any ...

Page 11: ... readings EASYSENSE Q Advanced will go into sleep mode Press any button to wake up the unit and then press to take a reading When you have finished sampling press the red button to close the data set then green to confirm your choice and enter the Recording finished menu Press the green button to return to the Main Menu or scroll to Repeat the experiment or Name the data set Repeat experiment will...

Page 12: ...ill logging Note If more than 2 minutes have elapsed between readings EASYSENSE Q Advanced will go into sleep mode Press any button to wake up the unit When the experiment is complete press the red button Q Advanced will continue to log data until you press the green button to confirm your choice and go to the Recording finished menu Note If the Stop button was not pressed intentionally press the ...

Page 13: ...to see a logging summary i e samples taken elapsed time current logging interval and the time started Press again to return to the normal screen When the sample interval is greater than or equal to one second i e after logging for 8 minutes and 20 seconds it is possible to download data from EASYSENSE Q Advanced to a computer without interrupting the recording using Retrieve remote from the Home p...

Page 14: ...a sensor falls below a set level When pressed Use the blue up down buttons to scroll though the menu until the pointer is pointing at When pressed Press the green button to select Press the green button on the EASYSENSE Q Advanced unit and logging will start At date time Note When you select this option the LCD screen will show time date and the date format currently set If these are not correct c...

Page 15: ...t level as appropriate Pre trigger If sensor rises or sensor falls has been selected as the trigger event and the selected logging duration interval is fast enough an option to set a pre trigger will be available None 25 50 75 and 100 Pre trigger will cause a percentage of samples to be taken before the trigger condition is met and the remainder to be taken afterwards e g if 1 000 readings are to ...

Page 16: ...SENSE Q Advanced will sleep between samples to conserve battery power Press any of the buttons to wake up the unit so the current value from the sensors can be viewed While logging press the green button to see a logging summary i e samples taken the time elapsed since the recording was started the current logging interval and the time started using the date and time set in the Q Advanced s clock ...

Page 17: ...40 for further details Either connect a digital sensor to Input 5 A or a pair of digital sensors to Input 5 A and 6 B If the display is turned off press any button to wake up EASYSENSE Q Advanced Use the blue up down buttons to scroll the menu until the pointer is pointing at Time Motion Press the green button to select Use the blue up down buttons to scroll the menu until the pointer is pointing ...

Page 18: ...select Speed at A 1 Interrupt card Length of card 30 40 50 95 100 or 120 mm 2 Interrupt card Length of segment 30 40 50 95 100 or 120 mm Picket fence Pitch width of black clear stripe 10 20 40 60 or 80 mm 10 Spoked pulley For use with the Data Harvest Spoked pulley Product No 3177 which has a 47 mm diameter Speed at A or B 1 Interrupt card Length of card 30 40 50 95 100 or 120 mm 3 Speeds at A or ...

Page 19: ...red Either press the green button to return to the Main Menu or scroll to Repeat the experiment or Name the data set Repeat experiment will take you direct back to the recording window Name data set will open a window in which text or numbers can be selected for the name of the data set Use the blue up down buttons to scroll through the letters and numbers Press the green button to select as appro...

Page 20: ...ed as Bluetooth If not then the System menu will show No Bluetooth Bluetooth On Off Shows the status of Bluetooth Use the blue up down buttons to scroll between ON and OFF When the Bluetooth device is active the Bluetooth indicator LED will blink a fast blink indicates data is being transferred Note Bluetooth cannot be switched on until EASYSENSE Q Advanced has been paired with a computer Pair Blu...

Page 21: ...d Line 3 Battery Life EasyLog some methods of logging i e EasyLog or Logging with a long duration will switch EASYSENSE Q Advanced automatically into sleep mode between samples to reduce power consumption Battery Life EasyLog will indicate the theoretical number of days that EASYSENSE Q Advanced could record in this mode Line 4 Will indicate the capacity level of the battery The LCD display will s...

Page 22: ...ow in comparison to a plug in Temperature sensor due to EASYSENSE Q Advanced s plastic case Press to return to the System menu 5 Data sets Data Sets Stored Indicates the number of individual data sets stored Memory Used Indicates the amount of memory used in storing the captured data as a percentage of the total memory To delete all or some data sets Press for the delete menu Use the scroll button...

Page 23: ...e red button to exit Meter mode and return to the Main Menu Hard Reset Should EASYSENSE Q Advanced fail to respond to the computer or a button press carry out a HARD RESET 1 If necessary attach EASYSENSE Q Advanced to mains power 2 Hold the red square and both blue triangle buttons down at the same time for a second and then release If the hard reset has been done correctly the LCD will momentaril...

Page 24: ... with an unpowered hub EASYSENSE Q Advanced requires an output current of 500mA Lithium ion batteries are memory free and prefer a partial rather than a full discharge Constant partial discharges with frequent recharges will not cause any harm Frequent full discharges should be avoided whenever possible Ideally EASYSENSE Q Advanced should be stored at about 40 or more charge Do not store EASYSENSE...

Page 25: ...ble Memory Capacity 256KB Rate max logging speed is 20 microseconds between samples 50 kHz Digital timing from A to B 4 ìs resolution 12 bit sampling resolution Firmware upgradeable Operating range 0 40 C and 0 to 95 RH non condensing Bluetooth functionality if fitted Compatible with a Bluetooth V1 1 or later devices Operating range 10 metre 33 Feet radius indoors Care Maintenance Clean with a dam...

Page 26: ...h blue buttons for a second Wait for a few seconds A progress bar will indicate EASYSENSE Q Advanced being programmed A tick will indicate if the process was successful Disconnect the EASYSENSE Q Advanced unit If you wish to repeat these processes connect another EASYSENSE Q Advanced unit and hit any key on the computer s keyboard to go back to the start screen step 2 A cross will indicate that an...

Page 27: ...to return to the Main Menu You will need to free some memory by deleting some or all data sets from EASYSENSE Q Advanced s memory using delete in Data Sets from the System menu See page 22 for further details Q 3 Will I get a warning if the battery level is low When the charge level of the battery is very low about 10 or less a Battery low message will start to appear on the LCD screen Connect EAS...

Page 28: ... rate of 40 samples per second until it has captured 1000 samples At this point the sample rate halves i e 20 samples per second and alternate samples are discarded leaving 500 samples It will continue at this speed until it has captured another 500 samples 1000 total then the sample rate halves again i e 10 samples per second and it discards half the stored data and so on 28 Sample Rate Interval ...

Page 29: ... Product No 3705 or 3270 and the Polar Heart Rate Exercise Sensor Product No 3148 29 Duration Interval Samples Max no of sensors Pre trigger 0 02 s 20 µs 1000 1 20 ms 50 µs 400 2 100 µs 200 4 200 µs 100 500 µs 40 1 ms 20 2 ms 10 Duration Interval Samples Max no of sensors Pre trigger 0 05 s 20 µs 2500 1 50 ms 50 µs 1000 2 100 µs 500 4 200 µs 250 500 µs 100 1 ms 50 2 ms 25 5 ms 10 Duration Interval...

Page 30: ... 500 ms 20 1 s 10 Duration Interval Samples Pre trigger 30 s 10 ms 3000 20 ms 1500 50 ms 600 100 ms 300 200 ms 150 500 ms 60 1 s 30 2 s 15 Duration Interval Samples Pre trigger 1 min 20 ms 3000 50 ms 1200 100 ms 600 200 ms 300 500 ms 120 1 s 60 2 s 30 5 s 12 Duration Interval Samples Pre trigger 20 s 5 ms 4000 10 ms 2000 20 ms 1000 50 ms 400 100 ms 200 200 ms 100 500 ms 40 1 s 20 2 s 10 Duration I...

Page 31: ...rs 5 s 2160 10 s 1080 20 s 540 30 s 360 1 min 180 2 min 90 5 min 36 10 min 18 Duration Interval Samples 5 hours 5 s 3600 10 s 1800 20 s 900 30 s 600 1 min 300 2 min 150 5 min 60 10 min 30 20 min 15 30 min 10 Duration Interval Samples 6 hours 10 s 2160 20 s 1080 30 s 720 1 min 360 2 min 180 5 min 72 10 min 36 20 min 18 30 min 12 Duration Interval Samples 7 hours 10 s 2520 20 s 1260 30 s 840 1 min 4...

Page 32: ...al Samples 14 days 10 min 2016 20 min 1008 30 min 672 1 hour 336 Duration Interval Samples 21 days 10 min 3024 20 min 1512 30 min 1008 1 hour 504 Duration Interval Samples 28 days 20 min 2016 30 min 1344 1 hour 672 Duration Interval Samples 35 days 20 min 2520 30 min 1680 1 hour 840 Duration Interval Samples 2 days 1 min 2880 2 min 1440 5 min 576 10 min 288 20 min 144 30 min 96 1 hour 48 Duration ...

Page 33: ...lue buttons to scroll the numbers up and down press the green button to select and move to the next set Use the blue buttons to scroll through to the required number and press the green button to select Use the blue buttons to scroll through to the required number and press the green button to select ...

Page 34: ...40 0 60 0 80 0 mm Measure from the start of one black edge to the start of the next black edge 10 Spoked Pulley The measurements for the Data Harvest Spoked Pulley are pre defined Distance Preset values are 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 mm 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 or 6 0m Measure from the sensor connected to Input A to the sensor at Input B E g with Timing mats measure from the centre of one mat ...

Page 35: ...uttons can be used to scroll through and examine the readings already taken The average measurement The measurement Over this number of readings The reading number of this measurement The measurement The reading number of the measurement shown Timing starts when the signal at input 5 A changes and stops when the signal reverts back With Light Gates it will be the time it takes for an object to pas...

Page 36: ...s light gate going back t4 Stop front edge of pendulum passes light gate going forward Push button switch A Press to Start A On then press again to Stop A On Start the pendulum swinging and when it is moving freely press the green button on the EASYSENSE Q Advanced unit for the recording to start the symbol will disappear from the first line The time will start to be measured when the pendulum fir...

Page 37: ...f 10 mm is used that it will be used on a buggy type investigations which produce slower times than dropping thorough light gates the times are therefore averaged over less pitches Pitch length l 80 mm readings taken with a pitch increment of 1 80 mm 37 Pitch length l Readings taken with a pitch increment of 80 mm 1 80 x 1 80 mm 60 mm 1 60 x 1 60 mm 40 mm 2 40 x 2 80 mm 20 mm 4 20 x 4 80 mm 10 mm ...

Page 38: ...tons can be used to scroll through and examine the readings already taken Speed at A or B A measurement is taken each time a signal change is detected when an object passes through either sensor 5 A or sensor 6 B The current measurement from A or B will be displayed on the LCD screen 3 Speeds at A or B Three measurements will be taken for a signal change at either sensor 5 A and or sensor 6 B E g ...

Page 39: ...wer times than dropping thorough light gates the times are therefore averaged over less pitches Instantaneous Acceleration is calculated using the change in Velocity of 2 pitches divided by the time taken for the velocity to change 39 The blue button can be used to scroll through and examine the readings already taken Time taken for velocity to change Raw Data 0 1 0 1 t3 V2 V1 t2 t1 t0 l l Average...

Page 40: ...e results When all is ready press enter on the EASYSENSE Q Advanced unit for the recording to start the symbol will disappear from the first line The blue buttons can be used to scroll through and examine the readings already taken Acceleration A to B A single interrupt card is used to measure the Velocity at A the Velocity at B and the time taken to travel from A to B Acceleration Change in Veloc...

Page 41: ...as there will be A Bluetooth logo above the Data Harvest logo on the top panel of the EASYSENSE Q Advanced unit Bluetooth listed as a menu item in the System menu from the Main Menu select System Note If Bluetooth is not fitted then it will list No Bluetooth 2 Your Desktop or Laptop must be Bluetooth enabled Bluetooth can be built in to a computer or added by using an external adapter that plugs i...

Page 42: ...luetooth is switched on blue LED is flashing that the sensors to be used are connected and then select Battery life from the System menu Installing the Bluetooth USB adapter The instructions supplied apply for use with EASYSENSE Q Advanced used with the Bluetooth USB adapter Product No 4002 supplied by Data Harvest Microsoft s Service Pack 2 for Windows XP includes its own Bluetooth stack To insta...

Page 43: ...the blue up down buttons to scroll the menu until the pointer is pointing at Pair Bluetooth Press the green button to select The screen will show ID this is the EASYSENSE Q Advanced s serial number which will be used to identify the logger in the new devices list e g 060131 01256 Passkey All EASYSENSE Q Advanced units have a passkey of 1234 Note The passkey is not configurable and is fixed at manu...

Page 44: ...the search is complete 7 Click on the EASYSENSE Q Advanced that is going to be paired Click on Next Note The EASYSENSE Q Advanced unit is identified by its serial number which is written on the base of the unit and shown on the LCD display when Pair Bluetooth is selected Note If you have taken more than 2 minutes Q Advanced may show a Pairing failed message Press the red button on the Q Advanced u...

Page 45: ...ard will be shown Windows XP will assign two COM ports one for incoming and one for outgoing connections EASYSENSE Q Advanced will communicate with the computer and therefore the EASYSENSE software over the Outgoing COM port Make a note of the Outgoing COM port number Note Windows has up to 255 COM ports available depending on the PC s set up COM ports indicated may have very high number values wi...

Page 46: ...tware As long as the EASYSENSE Q Advanced unit is being used with the same computer Bluetooth USB adapter connected to the same USB port communication will be established and the Home page will open Trouble shooting Q 1 The blue LED on EASYSENSE Q Advanced isn t flashing Press any button on EASYSENSE Q Advanced to wake up the unit If the blue LED doesn t start to flash check that Bluetooth is On S...

Page 47: ...ber for the Bluetooth device From Start select Control Panel on the PC Double click on the Bluetooth Devices icon Select the COM Ports tab The devices and the virtual Com ports they use will be shown in a list Identify the EASYSENSE Q Advanced unit by its serial number and note its Outgoing Com port number Check the EASYSENSE software it set to the same port number Q 5 If I press a button on Q Adv...

Page 48: ...identified as life expired and we will dispose of them for you Warranty EASYSENSE Q Advanced is warranted to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 12 months from the date of purchase provided it has been used in accordance with any instructions under normal laboratory conditions This warranty does not apply if the EASYSENSE Q Advanced has been damaged by accident or mis...