Quick start guide – Heath Consultants Heath Data Recorder (HDR) User Manual
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Click “Finish” to complete the installation. Select the box to view the “README.TXT” file.
Quick Start Guide
1. Run
“HDR Host Setup 4.02.exe” to in
stall the HDR Host software from the CD software disk provided.
2. After first time running of the software- message: Verify PC time is correct (“Check” to remove if needed or leave
to remind).
a. Setup “Host Setup” (Com 1, 19200, Direct, is most common). If your com port is different than com 1 (or you
are using a USB to serial adapter, find out the port number and select it). Make sure to use the same USB port
every time.
b. Click “OK” to save the Host Setup.
3. Connect the communication cable from the PC to the instrument.
4. Using the HDR Host software, Select “Display/ Display1 Live Readings” to confirm connection.
5. Optional: To set up device naming conventions or enable devices: Select “Configure/ User friendly names”.
Customize the names and enable devices as appropriate. (If no names are chosen, default values will be used).
6. To customize site information: Select "Configure/ Site Info" and enter site address in lines 1 – 3.
7. Initialize the “Profiler” to record pressures, temperatures, battery voltage etc. over time. Select: “Configure/
profiler", then select the items you wish to record from, and select the record interval from 1 to 60 minutes. To
maximize the data storage time, select longer record intervals and the least record types necessary. Select smaller
record intervals for short term but very detailed data.
8. Configure the following as desired: Set up the alarms – Configure/ Alarms; Configure Fast logs: Configure/ Fast
logs. To configure the Watch log go to: Configure/ Watch log.
9. To retrieve data or directly print a report: Select “Data”, and then select the desired download or report to view or
print (Download: Profiler, Alarm log, IOR Snapshot, Configuration Log, Modem Error Log) (Print: Profiler, Print
Alarm log, Print IOR Snapshot, Print Configuration Log, Print Modem Error Log or View Saved Fast Logs).