Communications Preferences - Measurement Computing USB-5100 Series Software Help

USB-5100 Series Software Help
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Include sensor serial number, or label if available:
number or label (if available) is listed in each column header in the exported file. This is especially useful
when exporting data from multiple sensors recording the same measurement type (for example, three
temperature sensors).
Note
If
No quotes or commas in headings, properties in parenthesis
to the column header instead of the sensor serial number.
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Date format: Select the format in which you want the date to be shown (Month, Day, Year; Day, Month,
Year; or Year, Month, Day).
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Date separator:
format.
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Time format: Select whether to show the time in a 12-hour or 24-hour format.
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Positive number format:
1,234.56; 1 234,56; 1.234,56; or 1.234 56).
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Negative number format:
123-, or (123).
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Automatically export table data upon reading out a logger:
Series to automatically create an export file each time you read out a logger (note that you must save and
plot the data before the exported file is created). When this setting is enabled, the default option is to export
the data to a single file (as controlled by
exported file saved in the same directory as the data file offloaded from the logger. Both files does also
have the same prefix. If you do not want to save it to the default directory or use the default name, then
select
Show export dialog
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Include plot details in exported file:
of the plot in the Details pane (series information, the type of logger, deployment information, and so on) is
included in the exported file along with the sensor data. This option only applies to text (
type exports, not Excel®. It also requires that the file is saved and plotted before exporting. Finally, select a
tab or semicolon for the
comma separator, then details may span multiple cells.
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Use export ordering rules:
box by default. Select the measurement type from the drop-down list and then click Add to add it to the
ordering rules list. In this example, we have set the order to temperature, RH, rain, wind speed, and then
wind direction. This means the
speed, and then wind direction series first in the list, in that order, followed by any series that were not
defined in the rules. (You can override this order as needed in the Export dialog box by clicking the column
header or dragging a row.) To delete an item from the ordering rules, click the measurement type and then
click Remove. To change the order of items, drag them up or down.

Communications Preferences

Use the Communications category within Preferences to set the default device type, device speed, and status
dialog box operation.
To change these settings, complete the following steps:
1. Select File»Preferences
2. Select Communications
3. Adjust any of the settings described below and then click
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USB logger readout:
only if you are having communication problems with the logger. Communication between the computer
and the logger is slower when this option is disabled.
Select either a slash ( / ) or a dash ( - ) to separate the months, day, and year in the date
Select the format in which positive numbers are displayed (for example:
Select the format in which negative numbers are displayed (for example: -123,
Bypass export dialog and save as single file
instead to select your own directory or name.
When this setting is enabled, the information that appears to the left
Export table data column separator
Select this option to define the order that series are listed in the Export dialog
dialog box does always show any temperature, RH, rain, wind
Export
(Windows) or USB-5100 Series Software»Preferences
and then click the subcategory you want to change.
Select Fast readout enabled
When this setting is enabled, each sensor serial
is selected, the label (if available) is added
Select this checkbox if you want USB-5100
when using this option. If you choose a
.
OK
to read out a USB logger quickly. Disable this option
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Preferences
). This results in an
or ) file
.txt .csv
(Macintosh).