iLog User Guide
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Connecting your iLog to your PC
You can connect your iLog logger directly to an ESCORT Logger Interface, which is attached
to a serial port located on your PC.
Remember the COM port that the logger was connected to and open your ESCORT Console
software. To learn how to use our ESCORT Console Software, kindly refer to the help file
attached to the software or section.
Installing and using a USB to serial port cable
Close any ESCORT software which may be currently running on your machine.
Open the Device Manager (Click Start, go to Control Panel, choose System, in Hardware tab
click on Device Manager) and look up which COM ports are already available
Connect a USB to serial port adapter (available from ESCORT as JA-USB-SER or at your
local electronics store) to a USB port on your computer
Do
not
connect the logger interface to the USB cable yet
Install the USB to serial port adapter
Windows XP: Wait for operating system to
recognize the new hardware (USB device).
Windows 98 and 2000: Follow Installation
Manual delivered with the adapter
Simplified instructions for JA-USB-SER:
Restart you computer
Plug in the USB-Serial cable into the USB
port and run the Add New Hardware Wizard
(Click Start, go to Control Panel, choose
Add Hardware) to assist you in setting up
the new device
Insert the USB-Serial cable software driver
into the CD-ROM drive and locate the driver
on the CD-ROM drive
D:\un8be-a\pc driver
(D: represents CD-ROM)
Follow the instructions provided within the
provided driver disc
Complete installation using the Add Hardware Wizard
See the Device Manager (screenshot on right) to check which number was assigned to the
new COM port
USB Serial Port
Connect your iLog logger and interface to your USB serial port adapter
Note: It is not possible to install the USB to serial port cable drivers on thin client
work stations. A thin client is a term used to describe a network computer that is
designed to interface with a client’s server directly. A thin client does not have a
hard disk drive, whereas a fat client includes a disk drive.
Example of a thin
client work station
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