PicoLog Self-Help Guide
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7.
What power settings should my PC have?
If, for any reason, the USB port shuts down because of Windows settings for power
saving, then the logger will freeze and the logged file will probably be corrupt. Please
ensure that all power-saving and screen-saver settings are turned off in Windows.
For instance, in Windows XP:-
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Start > Control Panel > Power Options > Turn off hard disks = Never
Windows Vista/7/8:
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Click Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Power Options and click Change
plan settings to edit the power settings. Set Put the computer to sleep to Never.
and:
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Device Manager > Universal Bus Controllers > USB Root Hub (multiple instances) >
Properties (right click) > Power management > untick “Allow the computer to turn off
this device to save power”.
8.
When you start PicoLog, you get Player and not Recorder
If, when running PicoLog, you minimise the Recorder window, it will shrink to a small PL
logo in the bottom right of the toolbar:
Figure 2 - PicoLog icon in System Tray
After a short while, the icon may disappear. Expand the System Tray to locate the icon:
Figure 3 - PicoLog icon in expanded System Tray
When you wish to restore to the original window size, just double-click on that small PL
logo. The display will return to its previous state.
If, at any time Recorder is running, even when minimized, you double-click the main
PicoLog icon on the desktop, Player will start. (This will happen even if Recorder has
crashed, as it is often still running in the background. In that case, go to Windows Task
Manager, Processes, highlight plw32.exe and click End Process.)