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EX1401 Operation of Data Logger
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O
PERATION OF
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ATA
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OGGER
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NTRODUCTION
The EX1401 can be used as a data logger, in conjunction with an external USB disk. There are two
major use cases to this feature. First, it can be used for standalone operation, where the instrument
has no connectivity to host computer. Secondly, it can be used as non-volatile storage space, where
the measured data will be stored during network/host computer fault.
USB
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ISK
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ELECTION AND
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REPARATION
The standard USB host port available on EX1401 supports USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 standard disks,
which are formatted with EXT2, EXT3, EXT4, VFAT/FAT32, and MSDOSFS file journaling
formats.
NOTE
Typical USB thumb/pen drives may be formatted using NTFS file system, which is widely
supported on latest Windows OS. However, this file system is not yet supported by EX1401
instrument, so data transfer will not take place. Before using a particular USB disk for critical
applications, users are advised to test the configuration by performing a dummy acquisition.
The maximum current available on the USB port is limited to 0.5A @ 5V. USB disks which requires
more than 2.5W of power for their operation (such as USB hard disk drives) must be externally
powered.
The data will be stored in Hierarchical Data Format, HDF5 file format. HDF5 is an open-source
data file format with a wide variety of tools available to decompress, view and export the time
stamped measurement data. For more information on HDF5 file formats and tools, visit the HDF
Group’s website:
. The measurement data can be stored across any
number of files, optionally overwriting the oldest file when the maximum is reached.
USB
D
ISK
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NSERTION AND
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AFE
R
EMOVAL
It is recommended to use an empty USB disk which is containing no other data files, other than
device configuration file. Whenever a USB memory device that can support data logging is inserted
into the USB port of EX1401 instrument, it will be detected by EX1401 instrument, which will add
a menu page to the LCD menu containing "Data Logger: sda1", "Hold MENU to run" (assuming
the device is mounted at sda1). Pressing and holding MENU button for 5 seconds on this page will
then begin data logging. Pressing and holding MENU button again for 5 seconds, on this page,
before completion, will abort data logging.
Note
If the USB disk is disconnected or the instrument is powered off abruptly while data logging
operations are in progress, the data files may be corrupted.
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