Year: 2012
Troubleshooting Thermocouple Wiring
Thermocouple Basics for Your Temperature Monitoring Application When it comes to temperature probes, users have many sensor types to choose from, including thermistors, RTDs and thermocouples. Thermocouples come in many different types and tend to be the most commonly used probe due to their low cost, high durability, and wide temperature range. A thermocouple works … Continued
Enabling Multiple Serial Ports on dataTaker Data Loggers
Versatile Automated Solutions for Serial Logging Applications CAS DataLoggers often provides technical support to customers working with dataTaker data loggers featuring 1 or 2 serial ports and who want to add more ports in certain applications such as monitoring GPS weather stations and barometers. These users want to record data from all their sensors by … Continued
Creating a Calibration Polynomial for dataTaker Scaling Using Excel
Using the Bestselling dataTaker Data Loggers Many measurement instruments do not have a linear measurement scale, and require a more complex equation to properly scale them to engineering units in a dataTaker data logger. However, you can use Microsoft Excel to create the correct polynomial equation using the calibration sheet included with these devices. All … Continued
How to View dataTaker Data Files in Excel
To view dataTaker data files in Excel, first connect to the dEX web server in the dataTaker by typing the IP address (as given on the data logger’s display) into your browser. Click on the ‘Monitor the Logger’ button on the homepage, which brings up the main monitor window. Now click on the ‘Retrieve Data’ … Continued
Updating Modem Module Firmware on DT8xM Model Data Loggers
Featuring Integrated Cellular Modems For Remote Applications The bestselling dataTaker DT8xM intelligent data loggers offer users all the capabilities of the popular DT8xM models while adding a built-in cellular modem to suit a wide range of remote monitoring applications. Entirely eliminating the need to travel out to the logger and manually retrieve recordings, the DT8xM’s … Continued
Using dEX to Create an OnInsert Job with a dataTaker DT8x Series 2 or 3
Setup Ease of Programming with dataTaker Intelligent Dataloggers OnInsert jobs offer users a convenient backup on USB stick when working with the popular dataTaker line of intelligent dataloggers. When done writing the program in dEX, you run the command and it creates a USB stick program to reprogram the dataTaker, and if you lose the … Continued