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Freshness
Meter
User
Manual
Page
20
Once
you
have
connected
the
meter
and
selected
the
correct
communication
port,
select
Download
Historical
Data
from
the
Download
menu.
The
DMS
will
now
monitor
the
COM
port
for
incoming
data
from
the
meter.
Step
3:
Initiate
the
download
from
the
meter
Once
the
DMS
is
ready
and
waiting
for
data,
the
meter
needs
to
be
told
to
begin
the
download.
Find
the
‘Download’
option
in
the
choices
menu
(see
‘Menu
At
the
‘Standard
D/L’
option,
press
the
Read
/
Yes
button
then
look
for
the
data
arriving
at
the
DMS.
If
no
data
is
seen
at
the
DMS
then
you
may
have
selected
the
wrong
COM
port.
Go
back
to
step
2
and
try
an
alternative
port.
Once
the
data
has
been
safely
downloaded
then
you
can,
if
you
wish,
erase
the
data
from
the
meter.
You
can,
alternatively,
allow
data
to
build
up
in
the
meter
up
to
the
maximum
1000
readings.
If
you
wish
to
clear
the
data
from
the
meter
at
a
later
stage
then
you
can
go
through
the
download
process
but
without
connecting
the
meter
to
the
PC,
then
reply
Yes
to
the
‘Erase?’
question.
When
the
data
has
been
successfully
downloaded,
it
will
appear
in
the
DMS
in
a
spreadsheet
/
grid
form.
With
the
data
in
the
DMS
you
can
now:
•
the
data
•
Add
extra
columns
of
information
•
Save
the
data
in
native
form
as
an
.FMD
file.
•
Export
the
data
as
a
Comma
Separated
Value
(.CSV)
file
for
exporting
into
other
applications
such
as
Excel,
Access,
etc.
Real
Time
Data
Download
You
can
use
this
function
to
download
data
in
real
time,
sample
by
sample,
each
time
that
an
average
reading
is
created
by
the
meter.
The
real
time
data
will
appear
on
screen
line
by
line
as
you
use
the
meter.
C H O I C E S M E N U
Y D O W N L O A D N
No
Data
Standard
D/L
Downloading
Download
Complete
Erase?
Y
N
If
Yes
then
data
is
erased
from
the
meter‘s
memory
If
No
then
data
is
retained
in
the
meter‘s
memory
