Summary of Contents for DDB C3
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Introduction Temperature Sensor Installation Software Installation Product Key Registration COM Port Settings Company Information and Settings Entering your Company Information Temperature Monitoring Settings Email Settings Retrieving Sensor Information Temperature Zone Configuration Main Monitoring Screen Alarm Notification Notification Types Send Options Device Options Access Providers... -
Page 4: Introduction
Introduction Data Logger: Welcome to the This system is designed to read and log temperatures in hot or cold environ- Data Logger ments 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The can operate in temperatures running from -67° to 257° Fahrenheit (–55° to 125° Celsius) in one or more coolers, chillers and/or freezers. -
Page 5: Temperature Sensor Installation
Temperature Sensor Installation Computer Interface Installing the Temperature Sensors: The package you received has several water resistant plastic elec- trical boxes. Find the box labeled ’Computer Interface’ on the face plate. Place this box beside your computer and plug the connected Data Logger cable into the interface supplied. - Page 6 Install the cable at each box using the following procedures:. Fig. 1 1) Remove the cover plate from the box and you will see the temperature sensor (Fig. 1) pre-wired to a terminal strip. Fig. 2 2) Loosen the plastic nut and rubber compression fitting on the box (Fig.
- Page 7 Fig. 6 6) Loosen the screws on the terminal block the ones with no wires on them already). Match the colors and connect the wires to the terminal block. Each screw should have two wires under it, (i.e. 2 blue-white, 2 blue, 2 orange). The end result should look like (Fig.
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Page 8: Software Installation
Data Logger up and going is to first install the software. Please insert C3 CD into the CD Rom. The installation should automatically begin, if not then you must start it manually by clicking on Start and Run. In the text box type in X:\Setup where X is the drive letter corresponding to the CD Rom Drive. - Page 9 It is always recommended that you select Typical Installation so that all the required components and files are installed to get the maximum performance. Make sure that you have successfully completed all the previous entries. Once you click on the Install button, all data will be written to the registry.
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Page 10: Product Key Registration
Product Key Registration Data Logger, a windows will appear asking for When you first execute the the Product Key. The Product Key can be found on the Computer Interface box. ***The Product Key refers to the Master Sensor. You must have installed the Master Sensor in order for the program to function. -
Page 11: Com Port Settings
Communications Port Settings In order for the computer to communicate with the temperature sensors, you must first set up the communications properties. The most common settings are the program defaults. In some situations a mouse might be connected to Com Port 1, in this case you wo uld need to set the program to Com Port 2. Older PCs might have a modem connected to Com2. -
Page 12: Company Information And Settings
Company Information and Settings Data Logger Software This section of the allows the user to enter in infor- mation about the company such as name, address & phone number. It also contains the master password where the user can at any time change it. Due to the fact that the password is part of a security function, the user must first enter in the current password before the system will allow him/her access. -
Page 13: Entering Your Company Information
The information entered here should be as accurate as possible as it what will used when you register your product with DDB Data Systems Inc. As explained on the previous page, the password box below is what is used to gain access to the secured sections of the program and to also shut it down. -
Page 14: Temperature Monitoring Settings
Temperature Monitoring Settings Once the program is executed, the computer will only monitor the number of zones that are specified in the Default Settings window. The total number of Monitoring Zones must equal the number of temperature sensors installed. The program comes with an audible alert that might at times become quite a n- noying. -
Page 15: Email Settings
Email Settings One of the options in the Alarm Notification is Email. This will allow one or sev- eral recipients to receive an Email when ever the temperature in one or several zones fall out of their set limits. When we are setting up configurations through the internet, there are usually several different types of setups and due to the numerous options to the end-user, the system must also contain different types of setups. -
Page 16: Retrieving Sensor Information
Retrieving Temperature Sensor Information Data Logger Software At the time of installation the has no idea which Temperature Sensors are installed and in which rooms. This procedure will force to send out a read command that will gather all the Temperature Sensors on the line and display them o n the screen. -
Page 17: Temperature Zone Configuration
Temperature Zone Configuration The zone configuration windows will allow you to set your alarm limits & enable/ disable each sensor. The Information that was entered in the Sensor Installation will be presented as is shown below. From here, the user can then set the High/Low Alarm and the recording option. -
Page 18: Main Monitoring Screen
Main Monitoring Screen The screen shown below is what you should see running on your computer at all times. The main monitoring window lists all monitoring zones along with their description and current temperature. As you can see from the picture below, the Zones (1,2,4, &... -
Page 19: Alarm Notification
Alarm Notification Data Logger (Only on Enhanced software) Data Logger The Enhanced has the ability of remote alarm notification us- ing several different types of communications such as alphanumeric Paging, Text Messaging to a Cell Phone or Emailing. This feature can be activated by selecting any one of the options from the drop down list in the notify column. -
Page 20: Notification Types
Email Notification: The settings entered under Email Settings in the Company Information and Settings Module is what will be used for the communications settings. Wha t- ever information is entered here will be the used during the notification. The i n- formation below the grid does not apply here. -
Page 21: Access Providers
Access Providers: Due to the numerous amounts of communication providers and the different ways of communicating, we need a way to track the ones that will used in the Alarm Notification. The user can chooses from any one of the predefined pro- viders already entered into the system or they can at any time, enter them in manually by selecting the provider option on the top toolbar. -
Page 22: Data Archiving & Purge
Data Archiving and Purge Depending on how often you log your data, the database can grow to a large size. As it grows you might notice that program and reports take longer to proc- ess. To resolve this issue we integrated a Data Archiving and Purging option. Data Logger All data will be deleted from the database up to and including... -
Page 23: Monitoring Reports
Monitoring Reports Data Logger offers three different reports to the user. The first one is the Daily Temperature Report which will include all data logged within the date range specified. The second report, the Alarm Report, will list all alarms within the date range specified . -
Page 24: Daily Temperature Readings
Example of the Daily Temperature Report with data logged every hour. Page 24... -
Page 25: Graphic Data Display
Graphical Display Data Logger (Enhanced software) To display the recorded temperatures on a graph, you need to enter the Date Range, select the zones to include and the type of graph to display. Once com- pleted, click on the button with the graph symbol. You can print the graph by hitting the button. -
Page 26: License Agreement
DDB Data Systems Inc. warrants that the media on which the Software is distributed will be free from defects for a period of sixty (60) days from the date of delivery of the Software to you. Your sole remedy in the event of a breach of this warranty will be that DDB Data Systems Inc.