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Content ...................................................................................................................... 5
Part A - The DT80 ...................................................................................... 14
DT80 Concepts ........................................................................................................ 14
What is the DT80? ...................................................................................................................................... 14
The DT80 Product Family ........................................................................................................................... 14
DT80-Friendly Software .............................................................................................................................. 18
About This Manual ...................................................................................................................................... 18
A Tour of the DT80's Interfaces .................................................................................................................. 18
Getting Started ............................................................................................................................................ 19
Sending Commands.................................................................................................................................... 20
Getting Help ................................................................................................................................................ 21
Designing Your Data Logging System ........................................................................................................ 21
Measurements ......................................................................................................... 22
What can the DT80 Measure? .................................................................................................................... 22
Analog Channels - Introduction .................................................................................................................. 22
Digital Channels - Introduction ................................................................................................................... 25
Serial Channels - Introduction .................................................................................................................... 25
Programming the DT80 ........................................................................................... 26
Typical Workflow ......................................................................................................................................... 26
USB memory devices .................................................................................................................................. 28
Format of Returned Data ........................................................................................ 30
Real-time data ............................................................................................................................................. 30
Logged Data ............................................................................................................................................... 31
Part B - Channels ...................................................................................... 33
Channel Definitions ................................................................................................ 33
Channel Numbers ................................................................................................... 33
Channel Number Sequence ........................................................................................................................ 34
Channel Types ......................................................................................................... 34
Internal Channel Types ............................................................................................................................... 37
Channel Options ..................................................................................................... 41
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................... 41
A Special Channel Option - Channel Factor ............................................................................................. 42
Multiple Reports .......................................................................................................................................... 42
Mutually Exclusive Options ......................................................................................................................... 42
Order of Application .................................................................................................................................... 43
Default Channel Options ............................................................................................................................. 43
Channel Option Table ................................................................................................................................. 44
Part C - Schedules .................................................................................... 48
Schedule Concepts ................................................................................................. 48
What are Schedules? .................................................................................................................................. 48
Schedule Syntax ......................................................................................................................................... 48
Types of Schedules ................................................................................................ 51
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