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- Page 1 USB devices made by TFA Dostmann 31.1026 „USB-Temp“ PC Thermometer 31.1027 „USB-Batt“ Battery module for „USB-Temp“ User Manual Version 2.9.2 05.08.2003 TFA Dostmann GmbH & Co. KG Zum Ottersberg 12 97877 Wertheim / Reicholzheim www.tfa-dostmann.de...
- Page 2 TFA Devices User Manual Contents Introduction........................ 3 USB-Temp ........................4 USB-Temp and USB-Battery ..................5 www.tfa-dostmann.de Page 2...
- Page 3 TFA Devices User Manual 1. Introduction The TFA device is a USB device, connected with a 2 m USB cable. The device will be detected automatically by Windows® ME, Windows® 2000, Windows® XP und Windows® .NET. Windows® 98 will ask some questions (see special chapter). (®...
- Page 4 If temperature falls below 0° C the cable must not be moved or bent. The construction of the USB-Temp is very robust. Even hard conditions shown below do not harm the sensor.
- Page 5 This software could be configured to activate an alarm on several ways. 3. USB-Temp and USB-Battery By USB-Temp recording of temperature values without PC is possible. This is done by plugging the USB connector to the power supply USB-Battery. The sensor runs than with battery power and is capable to record 4000 values.
- Page 6 TFA Devices User Manual Battery power Start button switch Left right Battery low AC/DC adapter www.tfa-dostmann.de Page 6...
- Page 7 Software for the USB device made by TFA Dostmann GmbH & Co.KG User Manual Software “TFA USBTemp Control” Version 2.9.2 30.09.2003 TFA Dostmann GmbH & Co. KG Zum Ottersberg 12 97877 Wertheim / Reicholzheim www.tfa-dostmann.de Germany...
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Page 8: Table Of Contents
15. System Settings –switching and measuring through the network....... 21 16. Export of the measured values................23 1. Introduction For operation of the TFA devices this Windows program is included in the distribution. It allows a very simple and easy controlling of the devices. www.tfa-dostmann.de... -
Page 9: Tfa Usbtemp Control
User Manual Software “TFA USBTemp Control” 2. TFA USBTemp Control Every TFA USB device will be configured and controlled by the application “TFA USBTemp Control”. It will also do the visualization of values received from the devices. The program window splits into two major windows. In the left tree based window the connected devices and their properties are listed. - Page 10 User Manual Software “TFA USBTemp Control” The entries in the left state window could be as follows: sensor name • device type temperature sensor • current temperature • minimal detected temperature • maximal detected temperature • State of recorder • switch points (if any) •...
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Page 11: Device Settings
User Manual Software “TFA USBTemp Control” The display may be refreshed with the button to find new devices. Remote devices will be added automatically. 3. Device Settings The settings of the devices could be manipulated with the menu item “View”->”Device properties”... -
Page 12: Calibration (Sensors)
User Manual Software “TFA USBTemp Control” 4. Calibration (Sensors) If the displayed temperature is not correct, the sensor has to be adjusted. This is done by pressing the button “Calibration” in the device properties. A new dialog shows up: First the current temperature must be fetched by pressing the button “Get”. Then the correct value must be entered in the field next the “Set”... -
Page 13: Import Of Recorded Values
User Manual Software “TFA USBTemp Control” 5. Import of recorded values When TFA USBTemp Control detects recorded values inside the USB-Temp, this will indicated in the tree view. To read the records a double click on this text will start the import menu. - Page 14 User Manual Software “TFA USBTemp Control” When all data was received the start time of the record must be defined. This is done by selecting the record, choosing the day and time on the right and then pressing the “set”...
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Page 15: Recorder Settings (Sensor)
7. Switch Points (Sensor Actions) If the measured temperature is beyond a defined limit, different actions could be initiated by TFA USBTemp Control. These temperature limits are called switch points. Every sensor may define up to 256 different switch points. - Page 16 User Manual Software “TFA USBTemp Control” Different actions may be defined at the same temperature. Every action will be taken which condition is true. Once taken the actions point will be deactivated until the condition changes again. So if an email will be send at 40 ° C, it will be send only once. It will be send again, if the temperature goes below 40 °...
- Page 17 User Manual Software “TFA USBTemp Control” Here the temperature and change direction will be defined. In addition a second condition may optionally defined that demands a continuously falling or rising temperature. The last condition will be evaluated with four values. If all values are greater than the first one, the curve is defined rising and if all values are less, falling.
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Page 18: Sensor Action „Acoustic Switch Points
User Manual Software “TFA USBTemp Control” The switch points will be drawn with a dotted line in the data window. All temperature switch points are evaluated with a hysteresis to get a secure switching behaviour. The used hysteresis is 0.25 °Celsius. In the example above, the Switch is turned on at 29.0 °C and turned off when the temperature falls below 28.75 °C. -
Page 19: Sensor Action „Automatic Emails
But other programs may be chosen to do the job. In the default installation of TFA USBTemp Control, the public domain program “blat” is used. More information about this program can be found http://www.interlog.com/~tcharron/blat.html... - Page 20 User Manual Software “TFA USBTemp Control” The field „Action“ is used to define the command line arguments used for the blat program. The destination address is specified with „-t receiver@myServer.com“. The mail subject is defined with the option “-s” At the time the action was be taken the email arguments are filtered and some text substitutions will take place.
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Page 21: Sensor Action „Start Program
User Manual Software “TFA USBTemp Control” 10. Sensor Action „Start program “ With this action any available program on the PC could be started. This may be a special email program, the shutdown of the PC or the entry in a log file. The command line is defined in the action field and goes through the same substitution mechanism as the email action. -
Page 22: Sensor Action „Event
User Manual Software “TFA USBTemp Control” 11. Sensor Action „Event“ With Windows 2000 or following an entry in the system event log could be written when an action condition is true. TO do this the action type “Event” must be chosen. The field “Action”... - Page 23 User Manual Software “TFA USBTemp Control” The event text looks like this: www.tfa-dostmann.de Page 17...
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Page 24: System Settings - Automatic File Save
User Manual Software “TFA USBTemp Control” 12. System Settings – automatic file save Major TFA USBTemp Control settings are managed with the “System settings” dialog located in the “View” menu. The settings for automatic file saving, compression, tray display and networking are controlled here. -
Page 25: System Settings - Optimizing Memory Needed And Speed
User Manual Software “TFA USBTemp Control” The setting in dialog shown on the last page, a filename that looks like “Data_26.05.2003 11.44.36.cwc” will be used. When leaving the system settings dialog with the “Ok” button this setting will be stored and activated. -
Page 26: System Settings - System Tray
The value count is displayed in the text window below the device selection. 14. System Settings – System tray When TFA USBTemp Control should run as a background process it is desirable to display the process in the system tray when minimized. This is done by checking the box „Minimize to system tray”. -
Page 27: System Settings -Switching And Measuring Through The Network
USB-Switch through the network is useful, e.g. to turn on the light before looking through a remote camera. For that reasons the TFA USBTemp Control software contains some network functions. These functions are based on the sockets of TCP/IP which could be typically found on nearly every PC. - Page 28 User Manual Software “TFA USBTemp Control” When TFA USBTemp Control is running on the client PC, the values are displayed unchanged. The only difference is that the values are also transferred to the server. When such remote data is received by the server, they will be displayed on the server with the remote indicator “R”...
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Page 29: Export Of The Measured Values
User Manual Software “TFA USBTemp Control” 16. Export of the measured values To process the measured values with other programs these values could we exported to a text file. The data export is configured with the “Export” dialog located in the “File”... - Page 30 User Manual Software “TFA USBTemp Control” Between the different parts of the line inserting an unique delimiter like ‘;’ is useful. This simplifies the later import. The format may look like “%TI%;%T%” where the time and temperature is delimited by a semicolon.
- Page 31 Installation on Windows® 98 When a TFA USB device is connected to a Windows 98® driven PC for the first time, the PC detects new hardware and requests a driver, even this is not necessary. After clicking on „Next“ this dialog shows up: Note: In this dialog, it is imported to select the lower option “Display a list …”.
- Page 32 Just click on “Next” und again “Next”:...
- Page 33 After inserting the Windows 98 CD the already installed USB driver will be installed again. So in almost every case, the reinstallation could be avoided by clicking on the button “OK” without inserting the CD. Then the following dialog appears: Just click on the button “Skip File”...
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