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MDL-DataManager™ Reference Guide Architectural Energy Corporation
Section 3.0 MDL-DataManager™ Software Page 11
Note:
If File–Use Existing Config from the File menu is chosen, the software will fill in
all fields using the information stored in the existing file. However, if there are
modules plugged into the logger and there is a difference between the physical
module and the module type in the configuration file, a warning dialog will be
displayed to ask if you want the contents of the file to override the actual
configuration.
All of the fields also can be manually configured. Descriptions of each field are
contained in the following topics.
Channel Name Field. Enter up to a 14-character alphanumeric label for each channel
to easily identify the channel of data when plotting or exporting the data.
Module Description. The Module Description field identifies the type of module that
the MDL will be configured for use. This field will be filled in automatically as
described in Operation of Auto-ID. To manually select a different module type, use the
drop-down list. Entering the first letter of the module type will automatically scroll the
list to that entry.
Manual module description is used if the MDL being configured currently does not
have any modules installed.
Edit Module List. This menu choice opens a window that displays all the current
supported module types and allows the user to select whether the module type will be
displayed in the drop down list on the MDL configuration screen. This makes it easier
to find a module when the list only contains frequently used modules. If a module is
Auto-ID’d by the software, and that module was not already selected, it will be selected
and the module will appear in the list.
To select modules to be displayed in the list, click on the desired module.
Configuration
Parameters
Window
Run-Time
Parameters
When Logger–Configure MDL is initially chosen from the Logger menu, the Start
Date and Start Time, Duration, Sample Interval, and Samples to Average fields are
filled in based on the configuration information stored in the MicroDataLogger unit