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Getting Started with DT800
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CHAPTER 3
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Host Software
You communicate with, supervise, and transfer data
from a DT800 by sending commands to it from the
host computer using host software.
DeLogger
host software is a powerful Windows
application designed to make this communication,
supervision and data return as simple yet fully-featured
as possible.
As you work through this chapter, you’ll become
familiar with DeLogger and some basic DT800
operations.
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OGGER
Follow the steps in this section to install DeLogger from
the CD supplied with your DT800 to your computer’s
hard disk. The process requires about 40MB of free
space on the hard disk (installed DeLogger occupies
25MB) and takes less than five minutes.
If you already have DeLogger or DeLogger Pro
installed on your computer, see the Extras panel
“Re-Installing and Project Compatibility”.
DeLogger Serial Number
DeLogger is free to use and requires no serial number.
(But you do need one for DeLogger Pro — see the
“Enabling DeLogger Pro” Extras panel on page 18.)
DT800 Host Software
Although you can use any terminal software to
communicate with your logger, you’ll find that
DT800-friendly software packages incorporate
productivity features specific to data acquisition,
data logging and the DT800 that make it pointless
to use anything else.
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DeLogger
(used predominately throughout this
guide) has a totally graphical interface, which
means that knowledge of the
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programming language is not required. Instead,
you supervise the DT800 just by clicking on icons
and making selections from menus and dialog
boxes. And, in addition to standard text output,
you can display and print real-time and logged
data in dynamic table, chart and mimic (needle
meter) views, load data into a fully-featured
spreadsheet, and replay saved data to any of the
dynamic views.
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DeLogger Pro
is the big brother of DeLogger. It has
the added features of modem support, a database
data storage option, the ability to connect to more
than one data site at a time, enhanced mimic
screens, and additional spreadsheet/graphical
analysis tools.
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DeTransfer
(included on the CD provided with
your DT800) is the easiest non-graphical host
software to use with the DT800 programming
language. It provides complete access to all of the
DT800’s capabilities, and has separate send and
receive windows, which are the basis of its
exceptional and unique functionality. If you prefer
command-line interfaces, DeTransfer is for you.
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