CEMB USA N500 - Manual (Page 60)

8 - 4 Data manager mode
Caution
Never extract the USB key while the pop-up wait message is showed and before
proceeding, wait at least for its led to flash slowly. If flashing is rapid, it means that
the data transfer is still in progress and extracting the pen drive could block the
system, besides causing data loss. In such case, it could be necessary to reboot the
instrument.
The archives are copied on the pen drive inside the Db_N500 folder, in a specially created
subdirectory, whose name is the data of transfer in YYMMDD format (e.g. 051221 for 21
st
December 2005). In order to allow downloading of two or more archives in the same day,
there is provision for an adding a suffix “_* ” to this name where * is a letter assigned
progressively from A to Z.
Obviously it is not possible to transfer more the 26 archives on the key on the same day
before proceeding to load them on the PC, with the CEMB PoInTer software
(see 9-7 – Loading of new measurements in the archive), or manually.
Caution:
Never shift, rename or delete the folders or files downloaded on the pen drive from
the N500 instrument because this could cause malfunctions or incompatibility of
the CEMB PoInTer software.
Caution:
If the following error message appears
even with the pen drive inserted correctly, there could be a problem of recognition of
the key.
Try removing it, then inserting it again, switching the instrument off and on again if
necessary. If the problem persists, contact the Technical Service Department.
Sending archive to PC (CEMB PoInTer software required)
Data stored in the N500 instrument can be sent directly to a PC equipped with CEMB
PoInTer software, version 2.6 or greater.
To complete this operation successfully, connect the N500 instrument to the serial port
(RS232) of the PC using the cable supplied by CEMB for this purpose. After starting the
'Import data' function in the CEMB PoInTer software, wait until the communication in
progress message appears (see 9-6 - Reading measurements saved on the N500
instrument
. ), then select the archives to be sent on the N500 instrument and finally press
; the procedure is similar to that followed for the transfer of data using a USB
key.