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DATA TRANSFER
Data transfer is possible from the SENTRY
®
200 instrument to a personal computer running a Microsoft Windows
Operating system (Windows XP or above). Depending on your instrument, either a USB, RS232 or a Bluetooth
®
connection may be used to transfer test results data to the computer.
Data from SENTRY
®
200 can be transfered to your computer by:
1. Assay Retrieval Tool Application
2. SentryCommander Microsoft Excel AddIn
SENTRY
®
200 is now able to communicate with Microsoft Excel directly. This is possible by using special
Microsoft Excel AddIn which is installed as part of Sentry Tools installation.
A special software program needs to be installed on your personal computer in order to transfer data. Please complete
the following steps to install the program.
Prereqsuites
You can run Sentry Tools on the Microsoft Windows XP/7/8, with Microsoft Office Excel 2003/2007/2010 installed.
ELLIE LLC Sentry Tools requires 200 MB of available hard-disk space. Hard disk requirements vary, depending on
your configuration. Custom installation choices may require more or less hard disk space.
Administrative priviledges on computer are required for Sentry Tools installlation. User should be allowed to write
to ‘%ProgramFiles%’, ‘%AppData%’ and ‘C:\Sentry 200’ folder. Please consult your System administrator for help.
Installation of Assay Retrieval Tool Program on a Personal Computer
1. Insert the Sentry Tools CD into the personal computer. (The computer’s operating system must be
Windows XP or above.) You can also download the software from the Internet. Please contact Ellie at
[email protected] for download location link.
2. Open the folder on the hard drive where you downloaded software, or the root folder of your CD rom drive.
3. Double click on ‘Setup.exe’.
4. The ‘Welcome to Sentry Tools Setup Wizard’ dialogue box will be displayed. Click ‘Next’.
5.
The ‘Choose a file location’ dialogue box will be displayed. Enter appropriate folder name. Click ‘Next’.
6. The ‘Begin installation of Sentry Tools‘ dialogue box will be displayed. Click ‘Next’.
7. During the installation of software you will see ‘Installation progress’ screen with explanation of each step that
installation program is performing.
8.
The ‘Sentry Tools has been successfully installed.‘ dialogue box will be displayed. Click on ‘Close.
9.
The software program is now installed as “Start Menu->All Programs->Sentry Tools->ELLIE Assay Retrieval Tool”.
10. If you are going to use a RS232 connection, the software installation process is complete.