User Manual
Slam Stick User Manual
Version No. 2.0
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Larger size microSD cards have the potential for hiccups to occur where data can be lost,
especially at high sampling frequencies.
NOTE:
Although the Slam Stick devices operate as USB storage devices, they do not
provide the same high speed USB transfer rate. This is due to the fact the device’s
onboard memory is not directly accessed by the PC, it must “go through” the internal
CPU. Expect transfers of large files to take several minutes.
Slam Stick data is accessible to a computer the same way a flash drive is accessible to a computer.
Slam Sticks use a FAT32 file system for data storage, limiting the maximum file size for a single
recording to 4GB. The use of triggers is recommended when large amounts of data are to be
recorded. See the “Triggering Options” section of this user manual for more detail on available
triggering options.
NOTE:
Slam Stick devices will not initiate a new recording if the 4GB limit is reached.
If a data file becomes corrupted or does not display data (i.e. a 0 Kb file) in the Slam Stick Lab,
the Slam Stick may have stopped recording unexpectedly. The data can be retrieved or fixed by
using the chk dsk command utility using the command prompt on Microsoft computers.
a link with more information on how to use chk dsk on a computer.
Slam Stick Lab Installation
The Slam Stick Lab software is a fully free self-contained program to configure Slam Stick devices,
analyze Slam Stick recording files, and to export data for analysis in third party software
programs. The software is available to download on the website:
loggers/slam-stick-lab-software
There is no installation required for the Slam Stick Lab software, no drivers are necessary. Each
Slam Stick appears as a standard USB storage device when plugged into the computer. Navigate
to the software directory on the device, copy the executable off the device and onto your
computer. Then simply double click the executable to run the program.
