Mini-Seis III Pro™ Operating Manual
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Using a USB Thumb Drive
A very useful feature of the Mini-Seis III Pro is the ability to write records to a USB thumb
drive at a very high rate. To do this a special cable is supplied. The cable has a female DB9
pin on one end and a USB slave receptor connector on the other end. The following steps
can be used to copy records to a USB thumb drive.
1.
Turn the seismograph on and wait for it to stabilize. It is not necessary to connect any
sensors to active the instrument.
2.
Connect the thumb drive cable to the instrument.
3.
Connect the thumb drive to the cable.
4.
Navigate to the Event Screen. While on the screen, determine what data you want to
transfer. All records, a range of event numbers, or a range of dates.
5.
Press the Copy soft key.
6.
On the Copy Event Options screen, set the copy type and supply any additional
information.
7.
Press the Copy soft key.
8.
When finished copying, press the Done soft key.
9.
Disconnect the thumb drive from the cable and the cable from the seismograph.
10.
It is recommended to verify that the thumb drive contains the desired files in a folder
with the instrument serial number before erasing the memory.
The instrument stores the files in a folder on the thumb drive specified by the unit serial
number. If the same thumb drive is used with multiple units, there will be a directory for
each serial number. The filenames will be of the format
[sn][yyyy][MM][dd][hh][mm][ss][event] where
[sn] is the unit serial number
[yyyy] is the event year
[MM] is the event month
[dd] is the event day
[hh] is the event hour
[mm] is the event minute
[ss] is the event second
[event] is the event number
