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Getting Started with DT800
dataTaker
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About this User’s Guide
Welcome to
Getting Started with DT800 dataTaker
.
This quick-start user’s guide is a tutorial that uses step-
by-step instructions, simple explanations and simple
examples to get you up-and-running with your
dataTaker
DT800 data logging and acquisition system.
If You Never Read Manuals
If you’re new to
dataTaker
, this user’s guide is one
manual you must read.
It won’t take you long and, just like any good
investment, the time you spend working through the
information provided here will be repaid to you many
times over as you use your
dataTaker
.
Which User Are You?
This guide is primarily designed for
new
dataTaker
users. If you work through all the steps in the order in
which they’re presented, you can be confident that
you’ll learn enough about data acquisition and
logging, your DT800 data logger, and the software
you use to communicate with it to satisfy your needs for
a very long time.
If you’re an
experienced
dataTaker
user, you can skim
through this guide noting only the major instruction
steps. These are designated by the arrow icon shown
in the example immediately below. Instructions tagged
in this way form a quick guide to prompt experienced
users.
➲
This is an example of a major instruction
step. Instructions tagged like this summarize
what follows, and experienced users may need
to read only these.
If you’re an experienced
dataTaker
and computer user
in a hurry, you can go directly to the
DT800 dataTaker
User’s Manual
supplied with your DT800.
Extras
All readers will benefit from the “Extras”
included with many of the topics. Extras
are additional information intended to
supplement each topic. You don’t need to
read the Extras to be able to work through this guide,
although we do recommend you read them at some
time because they contain valuable background
information that will enhance your “big picture” of
data acquisition, data logging and the DT800
dataTaker
system.
More Information
Your DT800 is capable of extremely sophisticated data
acquisition and logging. So if you want more
information than this guide provides, refer to the
DT800 dataTaker User’s Manual
supplied with each
new DT800, or other DT800 documentation available
separately (ask your
dataTaker
distributor, or visit
www.datataker.com).
In any case, at your leisure, we recommend that you
browse through the
DT800 dataTaker User’s Manual
to
get an overview of everything your DT800 is capable
of.
This Guide Assumes…
• Microsoft
®
Windows
®
95, Windows
®
98,
Windows
®
2000 or Windows NT
®
is correctly
installed on your computer and works reliably.
• You are familiar with basic Microsoft Windows
operations and the concepts of COM ports and
Windows communications.
If you are inexperienced with Windows, refer to
Microsoft publications such as
Microsoft Windows
User’s Guide
and
Getting Started with Microsoft
Windows
, or any of the many third-party
Windows reference books available.
What Now?
Go to “Contents” on page 5 for a bird’s-eye-view of
what’s in store, then begin working through this tutorial
starting with Chapter 1 “Acquisition? Logging?…” on
page 6.
Summary of Contents for DT800
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