HTA102
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6. USING SOFTWARE SOUNDLINK
Software
“
SoundLink
”
can be used to connect instrument HTA102 to the PC, start real-time
recordings of sound pressure level (SPL) and save data.
6.1. MINIMUM
SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS
Hardware: Pentium
IV
RAM memory:
32MB
Output interface:
USB ports
CD-ROM reader:
present
Screen resolution:
800x600 (16 bit)
Operating system:
Windows XP o higher
6.2. INSTALLATION OF SOFTWARE SOUNDLINK AND OF USB DRIVER
1. Insert the installation CD-ROM into the reader of the PC.
2. Launch file
“
SoundLink_setup.exe
”
found on the CD-ROM and follow the guided
installation procedure.
3. Install USB driver by launching files
“
CP210XCPInstaller_x86.exe
”
(32 bit systems) or
“
CP210XCPInstaller_x64.exe
”
(64 bit systems) found on the CD-ROM.
4. Use ports
COM3
or
COM4
to connect the instrument to the PC.
6.3. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF SOFTWARE SOUNDLINK
With launched program, the PC shows the following initial screen:
Fig. 12: Starting screen of software SoundLink
Main characteristics of software SoundLink:
Real-time display of the values shown on the instrument
’
s display
Setting of sampling interval for recording (DataLogger)
Starting of SPL recording and display of data in numerical/graphic format.
Data saving in TXT test format and exporting to an Excel (XLS) file.
For information about the use of software SoundLink, please refer to the Help on
line of the software itself.