Future Design MCTB 4.3, User Manual

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8.1 Selecting Points for Logging
In order for the data logging function of the MCTB to operate, the user must first select what variables are to be
logged to the data file. To choose which points are to be logged, select
“Assign” from the Data menu.
Press the on/off button for each item to toggle it on/off. When on, the variable will be logged to the data file.
When selections are completed, press the
“Save” button to save the point selection to memory. New selections
will not take effect until the Save button is pressed.
8.2 Starting/Stopping Data Logging
The MCTB logs data to its SD card. Current data for each variable is written to the log at a fixed interval based
on the settings entered in the
“Length” and “Interval” fields. File names are automatically generated using
MMDDYYYY-HHMMSS format (where MM = month, DD= day, YYYY = year, HH = hour, MM = minutes, SS =
seconds). To
use a specific file name, touch the “File Name” field and enter the desired name (up to 16
characters). When a file name is entered, the file will be saved as FileName_MMDDYYYY-HHMMSS.
The data logger also provides two entry fields,
ID#1 and ID#2 , which allow the user to enter in information
specific to the file such as a batch and/or lot number to identify product that may be associated with the new
data file. These entries will be saved with the data log file for later identification.
The ID#1 and ID#2 fields are also used to identify the MCTB when DataWeb is active (see section
8.5
FTP/FileWeb/DataWeb Interface ). When the DataWeb feature is in use, the ID#1 and/or ID#2 entries are used
to identify a specific MCTB from many units that may be sending data to the same database. The ID#1 and
ID#2 fields also allow the user to search for only the data specific to a single unit in the remote database. The
entries in these fields should be unique to each MCTB connected to the server.