Chapter 9: Setting Up and Downloading Sensor Data
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5
Click
Download
.
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If you want to cancel the download or if you only want to down-
load a certain number of intervals, click the
Stop
button as soon
as the desired number of interval data records are downloaded.
Interval data buffer buttons
˿
View Data Buffer Status –
Takes you to the Interval Data
Buffer Status screen. It can be helpful to see how much storage
space you have left. See the previous section of this chapter for
more information.
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Erase Data Buffers –
Clears the sensor’s memory and starts
fresh. If the storage space is full, data must be downloaded or
erased in order for the sensor to continue collecting data.
Data Logs
If you go to
File > Data Logs
, you can either create new data logs,
open existing ones, or export logs into 3 Card format.
Creating new data logs
1
Go to
File > Data Log > New
.
2
Select either
Download Log
,
Interval Log
, or
Event Log
.
3
Enter a new file name in the
File name
textbox, and click
Open
.
This creates a file that will be used to log data.
Filling data logs
After creating a new data log, you need to tell the software to
begin logging data. You can enable data logging for each type
of data log by going to the following locations in SmartSensor
Manager:
˿
Download Log –
Go to
Data Collection > Download
. Then,
follow the directions in the Download Interval Data section.
˿
Interval Log –
Go to
View > Interval Data
. Then click the data
logging button (it has a clock and a light switch on it).
˿
Event Log –
Go to
View
>
Traffic (Event Data)
.
Then click the
data logging button at the bottom of the screen (the button has
a car and a light switch on it).
Opening existing data logs
1
Go to
File > Data Log > Open
.
Note.
Each time
a data download
is performed, a
header is inserted
into the log file that
indicates the date
of the download.
Note.
If intervals
expire during (or
immediately after)
your download, you
will be prompted
to download the
new intervals
before you erase.
Note.
If you haven’t
created a log file
when you go to
start logging, SSM
will prompt you to
create one then.
