Grodan WCM-control Quick Manual page 2

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- The meter now displays a summary of the
measurement settings and requests whether
the measurements should begin; yes – no with
the M or N arrows
Reading out data to a PC
Hand-held meter:
- Switch on the hand meter, in the menu screen
move to "communications", and activate by
pressing the menu button
- Position the hand meter in such a position
that the IR eye (top left-hand corner, above
the screen) is at a distance of between 2 and
20 cm in front of the IR eye of the PC.
Starting the logging program on the PC:
- Connect the IR transmitter/receiver to the
PC's COM 1 port
- Ensure that all other open links with the
COM 1 port are closed
- Start the graph program using the CD-ROM
supplied with the meter, or by using the short-
cut icon displayed on the computer's screen
- Ensure that the WCM-control is set to
communications mode, and that there is a link
with the IR eye
- Click the lightning icon to start the reading
out of the data
- In the event that there is no connection,
check:
- There are no open links with other
programmes
- The position of the IR eyes
- The meter is on, and set to the communi-
cations mode
- Logging measurements read in by the PC are
immediately displayed in a graph above a table
listing individual measurements
- Each measurement in a multi-measurement
series read in by the PC is displayed in the
table below the empty graph
Setting the scale of the graph:
- Press "1" to display measurements during a
24-hour period (1 day) from 6:00 a.m.
to 6:00 a.m.
- Press "3" to display measurements during a
72-hour period (3 days) from 6:00 a.m.
to 6:00 a.m.
- Press "7" to display measurements during a
168-hours period (7 days) from 6:00 a.m.
to 6:00 a.m.
- Press the O or P arrows to scroll through the
1-day, 3-days or 7-days graph
Saving and transmitting measurements by
E-mail:
- Measurements can be saved in one of two
ways:
- As an original WCM-control file, which can be
opened solely by the graph program
- As an Excel file, which can be opened by third
parties not in the possession of the graph
program, and which can also be processed in
Excel
- Measurements can be transmitted by E-mail