Geosignal XP 101K USB Manuale utente
Geosignal ™
Dataloggers
XP 101K USB
Version 1.0.1
User Manual
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION..........................................4
GETTING STARTED....................................6
MEMORY STRUCTURE............................13
CA IBRATION...........................................17
TROUB ESHOOTING...............................20
TECHNICA SPECIFICATIONS................21
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Introduction
Thank you for pur hasing a data logger XP 101K USB (waterproof
standard alone pressure data logger.
XP 101K is a stand alone pressure data logger storing up to 3.9
million measures on its internal memory, it is implemented as generi
USB disks and is designed to operate under any operating system
apable to read standard USB flash drives (pen drives).
Some of the features XP 101K are:
•One analog hannel with 16 bit oversampling resolution.
•Double alibration for maximum pre ision.
•Multiple starts with separate timestamps for ea h sampling
se tion.
•Text file output ompatible with ommon software like Open Offi e
and Ex el.
•Memory erasing prote ted by password.
•Programmable sampling interval from one millise ond to one
week.
•Re hargeable High quality NiMH 2.4V battery,
XP 101K does not need a spe ifi software for data downloading and
programming, as programming is done by editing a text file
“CONTROL.TXT” whi h is found in the disk itself.
Type A
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Type B
Data is saved on a read only file named “DATALOGS.CSV”
The data logger will start s an at the given time with the given s an
rate after it will be deta hed from the USB so ket.
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Getting Started
Initialising
•The data logger is password prote ted and needs to be
initialised before use. Ea h data logger has a different
password ( ode) whi h is required for erasing and initialising.
•Please keep the ode in a safe pla e as it is always required
for erasing the memory.
•Pull to remove the waterproof ap and onne t the data
logger to a USB so ket of a USB host enabled devi e (PC,
tablet, et ), to guarantee waterproofness make sure that a
layer of sili on grease is always present on the o-ring.
•The data logger will appear like a USB disk storing three files:
and DATALOGS.CSV, CONTROL.TXT, and CALIBRAT.TXT.
Open the file CONTROL.TXT with a simple text editor. If your
system does not have a native text editor please install one
before using the logger. We have tested Notepad on
Windows, Gedit on Ubuntu, and Ted on Android 4.0.
•Please note that some Android devi es have no host
apability, others do not immediately open USB drives and
require a spe ifi app to manage USB drives, he k with
devi e spe ifi ations for USB Host apability.
•The latest Ma versions an open the logger in read only
mode an error message is shown “Cannot repair disk”:
however this logger works up to Snow Leopard. In this ase
Ma users should install a “Virtual Ma hine” (VirtualBox) that
an be downloaded for free and run a Snow Leopard image or
a free Linux image or a Windows one to program the devi e.
However the logger remain fully readable by the latest Ma s
OS Versions: Data an be downloaded (sampling will resume
on e the devi e is unplugged, ex luding millise ond
sampling).
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The file CONTROL.TXT on a XP 101K will appear as below:
GEOSIGNAL USB DATA LOGGER
SN:00000001
MEMORY: code?
DATE: 18Y/04M/06D Fr
TIME: 12 :00M:48S
SCAN RATE: 00s
START TIME: 05M/04D 12 :00M:30S Fr
CLOCK: +000
SENSOR:000.50 Bar+0000 Bt50%
Edit values & save file to program them.
Do not change position/length of fields.
Detach and plug device to show actual
programmed values.
Log starts at Start Time after device is
detached from USB.
Scans: @ms 00s 01s 10s 01m 10m 01h 01d
Clock +-sec per week
Sensor Bar/Psi +-.0015%
Input code to unlock device.
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(Note: Above colours are not shown on the file; they are only
for clarity)
•Repla e the line “MEMORY: ode?” with “MEMORY: xxxxx”
where xxxxx is the 5 digit ode spe ifi to your data logger.
For example if your ode is 01234, type:
•“MEMORY: 01234”
•Save the file to a tivate the ode: the red LED of the data
logger will qui kly flash for a few se onds and the data logger
will restart. (The LED is lo ated near the USB plug behind the
transparent window ap).
•Close and and reopen the file CONTROL.TXT. Now, if the
ode was orre t, it will read: “Memory: 00000” indi ating that
the memory is blank and the devi e ready.
Programming: Adjust Time, Date, Scan Rate
•Ea h time the data logger is onne ted to a USB so ket and
CONTROL.TXT is read by the omputer operating system:
the data logger reads its memory, registers and sensor and
hanges the information ontained in CONTROL.TXT. Please
NOTE: we have found that after the data logger has been
onne ted to a USB so ket, all the different operating systems
(we have tested) read the file just ONCE.
•CONTROL TEXT IS CASE SENSITIVE! Use the indi ated
hara ters. Do not hange low ase with High ase one and
vi eversa.
•Open CONTROL.TXT and edit the s an rate, urrent time,
and starting time; do not hange position and length of the
fields; for example: “DATE: 18Y/01M/01D Mo” must not be
hanged in “DATE: 18Y/1M/1D Mo”
•Possible s an rates are: @ms, 01s 10s, 01m, 10m, 01h, 01d,
(00s means stop)
•Save the file, the data logger LED will blink.
•If the data logger LED did not blink the file was not really
saved, but it is just temporarily stored in the omputer a he.
This behaviour depends on the operating system. Windows
and Ubuntu immediately save the file but some other
operating systems or older versions may require you to
unmount the devi e or go through the pro ess of “Safely
remove the devi e”.
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•Please also note that the data logger internal time is
programmed into the data logger in the pre ise moment the
red LED blinks: what is written in CONTROL.TXT is what is
programmed when the led blink.
•Deta h the data logger to start the a quisition.
•Close the waterproof ap making sure an uniform layer of
sili on grease has been pla ed all around the o-rings.
• If the starting time is past the data logger will start
immediately, if the weekday is in orre t the logger will wait
indefinitely to start even if the starting time is past.
•If you instead only wanted to stop the data logger then you
should have programmed the s an rate as: “SCAN RATE:
00s”
•At s an time the red led will blink for an instant.
•“SCAN RATE: @ms” will set the logger to s an at
millise ond s an rate whi h needs to be set with a separate
ommand (please see the below millise ond s an rate
paragraph).
Downloading Data
•Conne t the data logger to any USB so ket of a omputer.
•If the logger shows “SCAN RATE: pgm” that indi ates it is still
waiting for the first s an.
•S an will stop and will be resumed on e the data logger is
deta hed.
•Copy the file DATALOGS.CSV from the disk drive to your
omputer and open it with a text editor, or Open Offi e, or
Ex el.
•Large files need more time to be opied please be patient, do
not overload the memory if not ne essary.
•Make sure the data has been a tually opied onto your
omputer hard disk before erasing the data logger memory.
Erasing memory
•Conne t the data logger to any USB so ket of a omputer.
•Do not try to erase dire tly the file DATALOGS.CSV as it will
only be removed from the omputer a he, not from the
memory of the data logger.
•Open the file CONTROL.TXT with a text editor,
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•Repla e the line “MEMORY: 32767” with “Memory:
ERASExxxxx” where xxxxx is the 5 digit ode spe ifi to your
data logger. For example if your ode is 01234, type:
“Memory: ERASE01234”
•Please note: The ommand is ase sensitive “ERASE” must
be in apital letters.
•Save the file to a tivate the ode: the red LED of the data
logger will qui kly flash for a few se onds and the data logger
will restart.
•CLOSE the file CONTROL.TXT and reopen it: Now, if the
ode was orre t, it will read: “Memory: 00000” indi ating that
the memory is blank and the devi e ready.
Charging battery
•Please note that the battery of the logger is harged while the
logger is onne ted to the USB port.
•Battery Life Expe tan y: A battery with 50% harge would
allow the logger to re ord a full memory a few times.
•Battery voltage is he ked automati ally by the data logger
when it is inserted into the USB so ket. The harge
per entage is shown as “Bt 99%” in the file CONTROL.TXT
and it is worked out from the battery voltage whi h may not
refle t the real level of harge all the times, harge the logger
to 70% for a few hours, please take also in a ount that the
battery may have an internal self dis harge.
•99% (2.9V) is the maximum level of harge possible and it
depends on the battery brand and age normally a 70%
(2.75V) is a eptable. Batteries polarise and show less after a
few minutes harging has stopped, as the battery ages the
effe t in reases.
•Pro edure: Make sure the data logger is stopped and it is not
sampling in the next minutes, lose the file CONTROL.TXT,
deta h the data logger from the USB so ket, reatta h the data
logger to the USB so ket, reopen the file CONTROL.TXT,
read the updated battery value.
•The harge level shown an vary between 0% and 99%
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