Casella CEL Nomad portable weather station - Manual (Page 21)

5. ONLINE PRO APPLICATION SOFTWARE
5.1 Introduction to Online Pro, Version 1.2
Casella Online Pro Application Software V1.2 provides users of Casella Automatic
Weather Stations and Nomad Portable Stations, Multimet instruments and Wind
Speed and Direction Systems with a powerful and versatile program for the
accumulation, processing and presentation of environmental data.
Replacing the earlier Casella “Online” application, Online Pro has been
completely rewritten to take advantage of the 32 bit facilities available from
current versions of Windows and provide greater ease of use. This allows the
operator to concentrate on the data, while maintaining and extending the
flexibility with which data can be gathered and displayed. Data from multiple
sources can be viewed on common screens in real time, allowing easy
comparison of environmental conditions.
This software integrates the functions of real time data presentation,
data archiving and historical presentation into an easily used package. It is
designed to run on Windows 95
TM
, Windows 98
TM
, Windows NT 4
TM
, Windows
ME
TM
and Windows 2000
TM
. Online Pro offers the following Display features:
¤ Real time display showing prevailing conditions that provides critical
information for on-site decisions
¤ Dynamic Data Exchange that allows real-time data to be viewed in
another program
¤ Automatic switching between user specified display screens
¤ Alarm display
¤ Save function for screen layout
¤ Windows bit map (.bmp) image presentation for displaying site maps,
company logos, hazards etc
¤ Multi-section bit maps, where the displayed section is dependant upon
the condition of a data input value
¤ Individual site maps with dynamic wind direction overlay
Plus the following features for User Convenience:
¤ Standard screen layouts loaded as default
¤ Password protection
¤ Comprehensive on-line help
¤ File loading displayed automatically
¤ Convertion of on-line log files
¤ Archiving of data to disk at user defined intervals
¤ Dynamically changing screens including scrolling graphs and alarm
warnings
¤ Production of line graphs based upon historical data
¤ Tabular report presentation of data files
The versatility of the Online Pro application enables a variety of other
parameters to be incorporated and mathematically determined from basic
sensor values.
¤ Linear Scaling maths functions (y = mx + c)
¤ Vapour pressure and Dew Point calculation, based upon Temperature
and Humidity
Online Pro Software
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