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Select the products that you wish the log file to record from. This is done via the ‘Devices:’ section.
Clicking the radio button will toggle recording of the specific product. If the radio button is orange, then
it will be recording data from the product when the logger is started. If the product is greyed-out and
unable to be selected, then you must enable the product (see Section 3).
If you chose the ‘Selected Packets’ mode, then you must select which packets you need to record. To
select the packets, click on the orange arrows on each of the boxes below the ‘Selected Packets’ text, and
select the packet from the generated list. ‘NONE’ represent no packet. However, the packet will not be
set to record unless the small button to the left of the packet selection box is orange (representing ‘on’).
This can be toggled on and off by clicking on the small button.
Select which method that the datalogger uses for recording. Choose either the “All Packets” or “Selected
Packets” method. The method with the orange radio button is be the selected method:
• ‘All Packets’: This mode records all incoming packets from the selected products.
• ‘Selected Packets’: This mode will record the selected packets and the frequency in the “Log Freq.
(Hz)” textbox. This frequency can be edited by the user by typing in the box, with a range from 0-5Hz
(if you choose a value outside this range, it will default back to 5).
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To enable the data logger (not record, but prepare to record), click on the “ENABLE” button. The data
logger is enabled when the “ENABLE” button is orange. This will create the file using the chosen filename
in the location that you have chosen. The “ENABLE” button will not turn on if you have not chosen a filename
and location. If the” ENABLE” button is on, then you also will not be able to change the filename and location.
To start the data logger and log data to the specified file, you must toggle one of the two “Log Data”
buttons. One of the “Log Data” buttons is on the main screen, while another is in the top of the
DATALOGGING panel (see Figure 38). These buttons will flash orange when the data logger is running and
recording data.
7.3.2 Running the Data Logger
After setting up the data logger for the first time or after editing the data logger settings, you can run the
data logger with the auto-saved previous settings without having to open the DATALOGGING panel. This
auto-saved setting remembers whether the “ENABLE” button was pressed, meaning you do not have to
re-enable it via the DATA LOGGER panel on start.
Running the data logger can be done via toggling the “Log Data” button (“Play/Pause”) at the bottom
left of Reach Control’s main screen. This button will flash orange when logging data. Toggling it off will
pause the logging. See Figure 43.
NOTE:
If the Data logger is disabled (ENABLE button is off) or there is an error, the ‘Log Data’ buttons will
not flash and recording will not happen.
