PressureMAT User Guide
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APPENDIX G: Using the PressureMAT with WinWedge Software
The PressureMAT has RS232 serial data output to a PC and if the PressureMAT Data Acquistion
Software is not used, WinWedge software may be used to collect data directly to Excel.
Winwedge Standard Edition available at:
http://www.taltech.com/products/winwedge.html
Instructions
1. Connect the data output cable to the serial port on the back panel of the PressureMAT
2. Connect to your PC via serial port or to a USB port via adapter cable.
3. In the Global Settings menu, set the clock in the PressureMAT and set next report time after the
current time and set report frequency
4. Open the WinWedge software from the Programs menu
5. Open WinWedge file called PressureMAT4.sw3 (this file is available from PendoTECH)
6. Select port / settings and select the COM port (if not sure of COM port number, Open PC Control
Panel and select System/Hardware/Device Manager/Ports and the COM port number should be
evident)
7. Select File/Save in Winwedge
8. In WinWedge, select Activate/Test mode and pressure data should appear in the table
9. Close the WinWedge window
10. Select Activate Normal Mode but in the future open the PressureMAT4.sw3 file by double-
clicking (this file is available from PendoTECH)
11. Using the Input Programming menu in the PressureMAT, select the Comm Port setting in all
channels of data to be collect to Sio Reports
12. Open the PressureMAT4.xls Excel spreadsheet (this file is available from PendoTECH)
and Enable Macros if asked
13. In cell D1, select the same COM port as selected in WinWedge and data should appear at the freq
set in the PressureMAT. Cell D2 can be used to change the frequency of readings recorded in Excel
coming from the PressureMAT.
14. The Excel spreadsheet can be saved as a different file name so it is suggested that a master copy is
kept and use "Save As" for new projects.
For collection to software besides Excel- The data from each channel is output and the pressure
reading is the 6
th
field in each row. At the beginning of each report, there is a triangle turned on its
side then a heart. At the end there is a triangle turned on its side then a smiling face:
►♥AZ,00000.01,1, 0.00, 0.00,
- 0.1 ,- 0.1 ,00026,X,X,X,X,X,F0
AZ,00000.03,1, 0.00, 0.00, 0.0 , 0.0 ,00010,X,X,X,X,X,11
AZ,00000.05,1, 0.00, 0.00,- 0.0 ,- 0.0 ,00010,X,X,X,X,X,F5
AZ,00000.07,1, 0.00, 0.00,- 0.0 ,-
0.0 ,00010,X,X,X,X,X,F3 ►☻
The command AZK
<cr>
can be also used to generate a report as desired. The unit operates using half
duplex request-and-reply protocol; after sending the request, DO NOT send anything else until the
resulting expected response is received. THEN the requestor is free to proceed.
(ie, send one AZK
<cr>
, THEN make sure a successful response is received).
