Instruction manual

PC208W 3.0 INTRODUCTION
2 PC208W, Version 3.0, Instruction Manual
I.3 OTHER SOFTWARE OF INTEREST
There are other programs available from
Campbell Scientific that you may find useful.
These packages are free and are available from
our Internet site (www.campbellsci.com) or on
disk (call 435-753-2342 and ask for an
Applications Engineer):
• SHORT CUT: An alternative to EDLOG for
creating simple programs. SHORT CUT
guides the user through the selection and
setup of sensors (including wiring) and data
storage for many meteorological,
hydrological, and industrial applications.
SHORT CUT supports the CR10(X) ,
CR500, and 21X dataloggers. (You can
then download the program to the
datalogger and retrieve data with PC208W.)
• PC TOUR: A computer-based tutorial
which introduces a new user to basic
datalogger and datalogger support software
use. It provides an overview of a CR10X
datalogger wiring panel, discusses the
concepts behind a data acquisition system,
and presents an overview of PC208W.
I.4 INSTALLATION
CAUTION: As with all software, Campbell
Scientific strongly recommends that a
system back-up be performed before
software installation. In addition, periodic
back-ups should be performed on files in
the PC208W directory. These files include:
PC208W.dnd (datalogger network map),
Wmodem3.ini (modem setup information),
Edlog program files (*.DLD, *.CSI), Split
Parameter files (*.PAR), and collected data
files (*.DAT).
PC208W requires Windows 3.1

, Windows 95
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,
Windows 98
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, or Windows NT

. We
recommend at least a 486 computer with 16 M
RAM. Though PC208W may run on slower
systems, better performance will be seen with
faster systems. A mouse is also required. A
minimum of 10 M of hard disk space is required
for software installation. Additional disk space
may be required for I/O log files if you choose to
log these files to disk (refer to Section 1.4.2 and
Appendix A for more information on log files).
Working Directory:
• Programs
• Data files
• etc.
PC208W Software
and templates:
• pc208w.exe
• edlogw.exe
• etc.
“ini” files for the main PC208W
screens and connect screen
setting for each datalogger.