SE310 HELP

Introduction

Main Menu

DataLogger(only for model with DATA LOGGER)

Tabular

Graph

Frequently Asked Question

Introduction

TestLink for Humidity and Temperature meter is a program for collecting data from thermometer which is connected with a PC or notebook. One may process these data with graphic or text style interface. The program is very easy to use via the graphic user interface. The users do not have to search the function within a lot of menus. The major functions are all in the main window and they are indicated with large icons.

System Required:

Windows \2000\2003\NT\XP\Vista.

Minimum Hardware Required:

CPU 300 MHz , 64 MB RAM ;

At least 50 MB byte hard disk space available to install TestLink software.

Recommended display resolution 800X600 with High Color(16 bit).

Main Menu

File | Oepn- Retrieve files from the disk.

Save - Save the active window(when the caption bar is highlighted) data to the disk.

Print - Print the data of the acitve window(graph or list).

Printer Setup - Select printer.

Edit | Clear Real Time Tabular and Graph - Clear the data of Real Time Tabular and Real Time Graph.

View | Panel:

By opening the Panel Window, the user can control meter via the button in this window.

View | Real-Time Tabular:

By opening the Tabular window, the present data form the meter will be listed in a scrolling table. These data can be stored as a file or the table can be copy to other software such as EXCEL for further analysis.

View | Real-Time Graph:

Open Real-Time Graph display to graph the present data.

Real Time Data | Run - Start collecting real time data .

Pause - Pause collecting real time data .

Stop - Stop collecting real time data .

DataLogger:

By opening the DataLogger Window, the user can load recorded data of meter to PC in this window.

Option | Graph | Humidity Scale:

This option allows manual control of the range of graph's humidity scale.

Option | Graph | Temperature Scale:

This option allows manual control of the range of graph's temperature scale.

Output To Graph - Graphing ent tabular data .

Undo Zoom - You can zoom in the graph by pressing the left mouse button and drag the cursor to select the new extents,then release the mouse button. When you click "Undo Zoom", it will zoom out the graph to the original .

Real Time Sampling Rate - Time interval between each present data recording. If you want to change it, move mouse cursor to the digit you want to change and click, then input the new sampling rate, the change will work immediately.

Exit:

Terminates TestLink program.

DataLogger

When you have Humidity and Temperature DATA LOGGER meter connected to PC, select "DataLogger" from main menu to load recoreded data from the meter and there will be a progress indicator to show the loading progress.if error occurs, just click "DataLogger" again.

After the data was loaded, the left hand side will show how many data sets were loaded and detail infomation for each data set (start data, start time, recording rate and record numbers).

for examples:

It will transfer first data set to grah and tabule on the right hand side every time after you load recorded data from the thermoter and you can click at any data set to change the set for graph and tabular.

You can choose a rectangle area on the graph to zoom in for detail.

Tabular

Table :

COLUMN - You can adjust the width of each column. Put your mouse cursor on the vertical line between two column in top row, then the cursor will become , click mouse left button and hold , drag to adjust the width.

Graph

You can select "Output To Graph" from Tabular window to get this graph.

You can double click the graph to call the option dialog. In option dialog, it is allowed to customize your graph style.

And you can right click the graph(real time graph is not allowed) to call out the popup menu.

You can Zoom this graph by using mouse:

To Zoom:

1. Press the left mouse button and drag the cursor to select the new extents.

2. Release the mouse button.

To Undo the Zoom:

Click Undo Zoom from the menu .

When you active a graph window(caption bar will be hightlighted), and select the print from the menu, it will output the graph to the printer

Frequently Asked Question

1.I had connected thermometer to PC serial port and turned meter power on, but it still show "NO CONNECTION".

Answer: It could be that all serial port are occupied by other application, close all other application . If it still don't work. Restart your computer and run TestLink again.

2. In TABULAR window , I saved a file. Can I use EXCEL to open this file ?

Answer: When you save a file in TABULAR, the default file format is "*.txt" and you can select *.csv to save files. CSV is an EXCEL file format.You can open it in EXCEL.

3.How to uninstall TestLink ?

Answer:Uninstall TestLink by launching the Add/Remove Programs applet out of the Control Panel, highlighting the TestLink, and clicking on the Add/Remove... push button, then it will remove the TestLink folder and files from your computer.

4.Why loading data fail?

Answer:This might cause by the slow respond from some of the notebook PC system.

5.How to zoom the graph?

Answer: Press the left mouse button and drag the cursor to select the new extents,then release the mouse button.

6.When I setup the real time sampling with a fast rate(eg. 1 sec), Some of the sampling might be lost.

Answer: THis might be caused by slow response time of the PC interface. For better result, the user may disable the realtime graph during the real time sample recording with the data tabular.