USER MANUAL BATMODE 2S/2S+ SYSTEM
55
The button <
Reset
UltraSoundGate(s)
> restarts connected UltraSoundGates of Avisoft Bioacoustics if
an error occurs in the software RECORDER, when the monitoring is started. For this purpose, the
voltage supply of the green marked USB UltraSoundGate ports is interrupted for a short time. This
triggers a reinitalization of the UltraSoundGates.
By using <S
et monitoring directory
> you can determine the location the recorded bat call files are
stored to. Default
location is: “
C:\BATmode\
“.
By using <
Open Monitoring Directory
> you can open the location the recorded bat call files as well as
environmental data are stored. The defaul
t location is: „C:
\BATmode\
“.
With <Open RecordingTime-Log> you can open the file "rectimelog.txt" in the monitoring directory. It
contains the start and stop times of the monitoring as well as of the recording periods. In addition, the
respective calibration values and monitoring settings are saved. Furthermore, played test signals and
their validity are logged. In order to determine when a monitoring was interrupted by a power failure,
for example (in this case it is no longer possible to generate a normal stop monitoring entry), it is
written in the one-minute interval whether the monitoring is active. When restarting after a
monitoring abort, this value is used to determine the abort time and save it under "Monitoring
aborted". The "rectimelog.txt" file is therefore suitable for the automatic determination of valid
monitoring times and can be imported into PROBAT. As of BATcontrol 3.2.14 the time stamps in the
"rectimelog.txt" file are in accordance with ISO8601 (e.g. 2020-01-01T12:00:00+01:00).
By using <
Open Reference Log
> you can open the file “reference.txt” in the monitoring directory. All
microphone sensitivity tests with the test signal speaker are logged in this file. Consequently, this file
can thus be used as proof of a correct monitoring.
Clicking <
Open Condition Log
> opens the file "conditionlog.txt" in the monitoring directory. This file
contains temperature and precipitation data, which is automatically recorded in a BATmode S+ system,
when the acoustic monitoring is started. The time stamp of the values always refers to the beginning
of a 10-minute mean interval.
In a single point measurement, clicking <O
pen Channel 1 Files Log
> opens the file "FILES.LOG" in the
monitoring directory. For multi-channel measurements, the file "
Channel Name 1
.LOG" is opened in
the location of the first channel. All monitoring start/stop events and times of acoustic recordings are
logged in this file.
By clicking on the other <
Open Channel x Files Log
> buttons the respective files "
Channel Name
x.
LOG" in the location of the xth channel is opened.
4.2.3.5
Daily Backup
To perform a daily backup of the recorded files to a connected USB device with drive address
“
D:/
”
enable the box <
Daily Backup to drive D:
>. The time the daily backup is executed can be chosen with
the two corresponding spin boxes.
To trigger the backup manually use the <Run Backup now> button.
