Campbell Scientific PC400 Datalogger Support Software - Manual (Page 133)

Section 7. Short Cut Program Generator
The Summary tab displays the information in the DEF file as described above.
The Advanced tab (for CRBasic dataloggers) displays the CRBasic program
that was generated. It includes a CRBasic Editor button which opens the
program for editing in the CRBasic Editor. Note that any changes made to the
generated program in the CRBasic Editor will not be reflected in Short Cut or
future programs generated by Short Cut.
Note that, while Short Cut can generate a program file for the datalogger, you
must use datalogger communication software to transmit that program to the
datalogger. (This is true even when pressing the “Send Program” button from
Short Cut’s Finish screen. Short Cut relies on the datalogger communication
software to transmit the program.)
7.3 Short Cut Settings
The Program and Tools menus on the Short Cut menu offer several settings
that may prove useful.
7.3.1 Program Security
Some dataloggers allow you to set security by entering one or more numbers
into their security fields. You can allow different levels of access (e.g.; only
allow data retrieval, or also allow monitoring of values, or also allow sending a
new program or setting the clock) by entering multiple levels.
Datalogger security is not meant to be extremely tight. Rather, it is designed to
prevent honest people from making mistakes.
Notwithstanding its intention, one mistake you can make is to set security and
then forget the values. If you send a program with security set, you will then
need to add that security setting to LoggerNet’s Setup Screen or RTDAQ or
PC400’s EZSetup Wizard for that datalogger. If you don’t, you may find that
you can no longer communicate with the datalogger. Should this happen and
you forget the security code and have lost the Short Cut program file, you may
have to visit the datalogger site and cycle power on the datalogger to be able to
communicate with it. Most dataloggers that offer security will communicate
over their CS I/O port directly with a keyboard/display or PC in the first few
seconds of powering up. See the datalogger manual for a full description of the
security features.
7.3.2 Datalogger ID
Mixed-array dataloggers keep a memory location available for a datalogger ID
value. This is typically an integer that you can read from within the program
and store into final storage to keep track of the identity of the datalogger that
created the data. Valid Datalogger IDs are 1 through 12 and 14 through 254.
Use the Datalogger ID instruction in Short Cut (found under Miscellaneous
Sensors) to use the ID in the datalogger program.
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