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This displayed data is in the same format as the logged data retrieved by hours. See
Figure 7 on page 18 and the preceding section “Display Log by Hours” for a detailed
explanation of the data format.
To display logged data sorted by days:
Press"4" at the main menu. Enter the number of days to be retrieved (any number from
1 to 100).
A maximum of 18 records can be displayed on a single screen, so if more than 18 days
were requested the data will be continued on subsequent screens.
To view the next screen, simply press the space bar. Each successive screen may be
viewed by pressing the space bar. You may not, however, return to a previous screen
You must return to the main menu and begin the retrieval procedure anew.
If you want to further manipulate the data, or obtain a printed copy, follow the procedure
described in the data download section below.
3.8 Data Download
Selection 5 on the main menu allows you to save a permanent record of the WS-16-A’s
stored data. The data retrieval procedure is dependent on the communications software
program used. Using Microsoft’s HyperTerminal software, saving the data to disk is
accomplished as follows:
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Press "5" at the main menu.
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Then press "Y".
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At the top of the HyperTerminal screen, click on "Transfer".
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Click on "Receive File"; make sure the protocol is XMODEM; enter the directory
and folder name where you want to store the data.
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Click on "Receive" and enter the file name (e.g. weather01.txt).
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Click on "OK". The download will start and a new window will pop-up.
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Press "Enter" when complete. The pop-up window will close.
Transfer time from a full memory may take up to eleven minutes due to the error
checking and the de-convolution of the binary data to ASCII format. The downloaded
file can be imported into a spreadsheet or word processing program for viewing or
manipulating.
The format of downloaded data is shown in Figure 8 on page 20. The downloaded data
has a header for each column. From left to right, date and time are always the first two
columns. Next are columns for the digital input channels, P1, P2, & P3, if activated.
Following the digital channels are the analog channels, A0 to A9, are listed in
increasing address order. The definitions of the column headers are listed in
alphabetical order below:
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