Battery Voltage; Auto Power-Off - Fluke Datapaq TP3 User Manual

For alkaline batteries, the battery-charge level displayed by Insight will be valid
only if Duracell or other quality batteries are fitted. Using inferior batteries may

Battery Voltage

The logger records the battery voltage during a profile run. This is then
downloaded to be stored in the paqfile and can be displayed on screen alongside
the temperature profile. See p. 53.

Auto Power-off

To save battery life, the logger will power-off automatically in the following
situations.
• The communications lead is unplugged when the logger does not contain
data which has not been downloaded (e.g. after a data-download) and the
logger has not been reset.
• The PC is powered down while the logger is connected to it.
• The logger contains data from a previous run which has not been
downloaded (the logger-status red LED will be flashing every 5 seconds), and
has been in this state for 5 minutes (or for 30 mins if Bluetooth is turned on;
see p. 29). Note that:
○ The power-off will not cause this data to be lost.
○ The data will continue to be marked as 'not yet downloaded', reducing
the chance of it being accidentally deleted later.
• The logger-status LEDs have been indicating an error (red LED will be
flashing every second) for 5 minutes.
• The logger has Bluetooth turned on but there has been no Bluetooth
communication for 30 minutes.
When the communications lead is attached, the logger is powered via USB (see
The logger will automatically power-up in the following situations.
• The communications lead (connected to a powered PC) is plugged in. The
logger is then ready to communicate with the PC.
• The start button is pressed. The logger will then resume the mode that it
was in when it powered-off, e.g. not-yet-downloaded data will continue to
be protected from accidental deletion.
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Specifications and Operation
cause misleading percentages to be shown.
p. 18) and will not automatically power-off.
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