Product User Guide
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Software Installation
Installing the MadgeTech 4 Software
The MadgeTech 4 Software makes the process of downloading and reviewing data quick
and easy, and is free to download from the MadgeTech website.
1.
Download the MadgeTech 4 Software on a Windows PC by going to:
madgetech.com/software-download
.
2.
Locate and unzip the downloaded file (typically you can do this by right clicking on the
file and selecting Extract).
3.
Open the MTInstaller.exe file.
4.
You will be prompted to select a language, then follow the instructions provided in the
MadgeTech 4 Setup Wizard to finish the MadgeTech 4 Software installation.
Device Operation
Connecting and Starting the data logger
- Once the software is installed and running, plug the interface cable into the data logger.
- Connect the USB end of the interface cable into an open USB port on the computer.
- The device will appear in the Connected Devices list, highlight the desired data logger.
- For most applications, select “
Custom Start
” from the menu bar and choose the desired
start method, reading rate and other parameters appropriate for the data logging
application and click “
Start
”. (“
Quick Start
” applies the most recent custom start options,
“
Batch Start
” is used for managing multiple loggers at once, “
Real Time Start
” stores the
dataset as it records while connected to the logger.)
- The status of the device will change to “
Running
” or “
Waiting to Start
” depending
upon your start method.
- Disconnect the data logger from the interface cable and place it in the environment to
measure.
Note: The device will stop recording data when the end of memory is reached or the device is stopped. At this point the
device cannot be restarted until it has been re-armed by the computer.
Downloading data from a data logger
- Connect the logger to the interface cable.
- Highlight the data logger in the Connected Devices list. Click “
Stop
” on the menu bar.
- Once the data logger is stopped, with the logger highlighted, click “
Download
”. You will
be prompted to name your report.
- Downloading will offload and save all the recorded data to the PC
