Casella CEL Nomad portable weather station - Manual (Page 36)

3. Specify a filename for the downloaded (cloned) data and choose a
directory in which to save it.
Online Pro downloads the data from the logger in the measuring station
and converts it into log file format. During download, a progress
indicator will be displayed.
5.4.2 Downloading from CompactFlash
TM
Cards
When data from the Sensus Data Logger has been stored on a CompactFlash
Card
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, it can be downloaded to a PC in two ways.
When your PC has a PCMCIA socket, you can use a Flash Card Adaptor
that plugs into the socket, otherwise a stand-alone Flash Card Reader can be
plugged into one of the PC communication ports. Once connected, both of these
devices will log on to your PC system as an additional drive which can be
accessed via your normal Windows Explorer
TM
. Note that the file format of
FlashCard files must be converted for use with Online Pro.
The conversion can be performed at the same time as the files are
transferred to your PC, converted as described in Section 5.4.3, or the files may
be be copied from drive to drive for later conversion.
5.4.3 Converting Online and CompactFlash Files
Different formats are used for the log files produced by earlier versions of Online
software, for CompactFlash files, and for the log files produced by Online Pro.
Online Pro can convert files produced by earlier Online software and
the files stored on a Flash Card into .log files that can be used by Online Pro.
1. Use the Convert... option on the File menu.
Options for Online Log File... and Compact Flash... are offered.
2. Select the required conversion.
A standard Windows Open dialog is displayed.
3. For Online files, select the file (.dat) to be converted, or for FlashCard
files, select the header (.txt) and data (.dat) files for the card
information to be converted.
A standard Windows Save dialog is displayed.
4. Specify a filename and location for the converted file.
To avoid confusion DO NOT USE the same naming convention for the
new file(s) as used for Online Pro log files:
name-yyyymmdd.log
Where:
name
name of the weather station,
yyyy four digit year number,
mm two digit month number (with leading 0
if required),
dd two digit day of the month (with leading 0
if required).
For example: Bedford-20010905.log indicates a weather station
called Bedford on the 5th September 2001.
Note 7: A CompactFlash card which has already stored or download data, cannot function with
a measuring station that has a different configuration from the last used station.
Therefore, either clear the card before starting operations with a different station, or
select only a card that has previously been used with the same station.
Online Pro Software
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