PicoLog Self-Help Guide
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Below is a sequence of steps to create such a batch file using settings files for two USB
TC-08 devices which have been saved in the PicoLog installation folder:
1.
In a folder, right-click empty space and select New > Text Document
2.
Open the text document and enter the following text, adapting it for the name
and location of your settings files:
cd "C:\Program Files\Pico Technology\Pico Full\"
START plw32.exe "C:\Program Files\Pico Technology\Pico Full\TC_08_1.pls"
TIMEOUT /T 10 /NOBREAK
START plw32.exe "C:\Program Files\Pico Technology\Pico Full\TC_08_2.pls"
Pause
NOTE: For 64-bit operating systems the path to the PicoLog installation directory
should read:
cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Pico Technology\Pico Full\"
3.
Save the text document and close it.
4.
In the folder where the text file has been saved, right-click the file and select
Rename.
5.
Enter a new name for the file, and change the file extension from .txt to .bat
a.
If the file extension is not shown, open the Folder Options dialog as Section 3
in this document and uncheck the Hide extensions for known file types
option.
6.
If a Rename dialog appears, click Yes to confirm that the file extension should be
changed.
7.
Ensure that the required data logger devices are connected to the PC, then
double-click the batch file to start two instances of PicoLog recorder.
12.
Remote data logging in PicoLog
It is possible to connect between two PCs on a network with the logger on one PC
(Server) and another PC acting as a Client:-
Taken from page 19 of the PicoLog User’s Guide (see Related Documents):
The PicoLog IP socket facility is used to take measurements on one or more computers
and record the data on another computer. The measurements are taken by PicoLog on
the Server. Another computer, the Client, requests the data via an IP network.
On the server:
1. Click Start
2. Select Run...
3. Type winipcfg.exe
4. Note the server name
On the client:
1. Open a DOS box
2. Type ping followed by the server name
3. The computer will display the time taken to send a message to the server and
receive a response
4. Check that it is working and note the time