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DATA EXPORT
Gathering Data on a USB Flash Drive
The USB flash drive can be left in the Retriever or temporarily
inserted to offload data stored in the Retriever’s memory. While
the flash drive is inserted, data is automatically saved to it. If the
flash drive is inserted only at the time of data collection, a manual
dump of the data is necessary. This is also true for instances
when the drive is normally left in the Retriever, but must be taken
off site temporarily to transfer the data. In that case, a quick data
dump should be done at insertion to capture data recorded during
that interval and before automatic data collection begins.
The Retriever creates a single file with all the historical data on
the Retriever. The name for this file will be the serial number of
the Retriever. This is the only file available for a flash drive
inserted at the time of data collection.
A flash drive left in the Retriever will also contain a unique data
file for each day of data stored on the Pups since it was last
plugged into the Retriever. Data files are in semicolon-delimited
text format. These daily files will have the naming convention
“
YYYYMMDD.txt” where Y is the year, M is the month and D is
the day.
To offload data to a newly inserted flash drive, the Retriever must
be in Active mode (no regular LED flashing) before initiating the
download. If the Retriever is in Setup mode (LED flashing amber),
press and hold the button for two seconds to put it into Active
mode. While in Active mode, initiate the download by quickly
pressing and releasing the button. The LED will show the battery
state, then glow amber until the data transfer is complete.
It is recommended that data be cleared from the USB stick once it
is saved in a safe location.
