Wireless Connectivity
VFC400-WiFi User Guide
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Wireless Connectivity
The VFC400-WiFi is designed to upload real time data to the LogTag
®
Online cloud application. To do this, the
logger must be connected to a wireless network (WLAN) and be able to connect to Control Solutions's cloud
service on the internet.
Before real-time data can be uploaded, a number of setup steps need to be completed:
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You need to have access to a LogTag
®
Online account.
You can create an account by navigating to
Create an Account
. You
can also use the
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The logger needs to be configured for connecting to your network and to LogTag
®
Online.
This is done with the
Control Solutions Online Connection Wizard
during the logger's configuration.
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The logger needs to be registered against your team's account.
The LogTag
®
Online Connection Wizard will automatically register the VFC400-WiFi for you if you
provide your sign in details when you run the Wizard. You can also register the device by signing in to
your LogTag
®
Online account at
and completing the steps for device
registration.
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The logger needs to be associated ("attached") to a location.
The logger's uploaded real-time readings will only appear in LogTag
®
Online, if you have allocated a
place where the data can be stored. In LogTag
®
Online this is called a
location
, and associating the
logger with this location is called
attaching the logger
.
Unlike other loggers uploaded via one of the wireless interfaces a VFC400-WiFi does not
generate files on Control Solutions Drive.
You can find more information about locations, device registration and attaching loggers in the
.
Before you start the LogTag
®
Online Connection Wizard please make sure you have following information:
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Your wireless network name (the network SSID)
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Your wireless network password (WiFi password)
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Your LogTag
®
Online account name (email address)
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Your LogTag
®
Online sign in password
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If you are part of more than one team, the name of the team for which you want to register the logger
Transferring data to LogTag
®
Online
Temperature readings
Data recorded by the VFC400-WiFi are stored in internal memory, ready to be uploaded to the LogTag
®
Online
cloud server. The upload to the server is taking place at pre-determined times that cannot be changed:
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If the logger is permanently powerd via USB power supply
The upload to the server takes place every log interval, or multiple thereof, but no sooner than every 5
minutes.
For example, a logger that records every 2 minutes will upload readings to the cloud server every 6
minutes, a logger that takes a reading every 15 minutes will upload readings to the cloud server every 15
minutes.
