Instruction manual
SECTION 1. SETTING UP THE NETWORK AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE DATALOGGER
1-2 PC208W, Version 3.0, Instruction Manual
scheduled data collection from their
dataloggers, and put PC208W in the Windows
Startup group. That way, it loads when they
turn on their PC in the morning, and it proceeds
to collect data or do other Tasks as scheduled
throughout the day.
PC208W also allows you to set up other DOS or
Windows programs to be run at scheduled
times. These programs are referred to as
TASKS. To set up a task to be run, press the
Add Task button. On the HARDWARE tab, you
can enter a unique name for the task to be run
in the "Task Name" field. In the "Name of
Program to Start" field, enter the command line
for the program, batch file, or DOS command
you want to execute. On the SCHEDULE tab,
enter the "Calling Interval" for the task and
ensure the "Schedule On" box is checked.
You will notice a list-box on all of the SHEDULE
tabs called “After Call Do”. If you select the name
of a device or Task from the Device Map, that
device will be called or Task executed after the
first Device is called (only for Scheduled Calls).
In this way, you can set up a sequence of calls to
dataloggers, or run other programs after that call
(such as data processing applications like SplitR).
Note that the After Call Do function is executed
regardless of whether the first call is “successful”.
1.2.3 DEVICE MAP NOTES
The Device Map provides a pictorial
representation of how each device is connected
in your communications link. "Parent" and
"child" connections are shown by right angle
lines which connect the components, and the
child components are indented beneath the
parent component to help depict the logical
order of the connection.
Review the example below:
The first item shown on the Device Map above
is COM1it is considered a parent component.
The CR500 under it is a child. This
communications link could be for direct
connection from a desktop PC's COM1 port to
the CR500.
The Modem1 connection is a link from the PC's
COM1 port, that has a phone modem
connected to it, with an RF modem connected
to the phone modem, and a CR10X with a
storage module connected to the RF modem.
COM2 is a similar example, with a CR10X
connected to COM2 through a phone modem.
Following are some hints which may help when
setting up your Device Map.
• When you choose Add Device, a two
column popup screen appears. The device
which you want to add should be chosen
from the left-hand column; the component
which you want for the parent device should
be chosen from the right hand column.
PC208W will only allow you to choose valid
parent components for each device; other
devices are grayed out.
• Add your COM port first, and then attach
each component in the order that it
physically appears in your communications
link.
• PC208W recognizes that modems are used
in pairsone at the computer and one at
the datalogger. Therefore, once you attach
a modem to the COM port, you do not have
to add another modem for the datalogger
site.
• Each device can be given a unique name.
This can be helpful if you have a large
network of datalogger sites and you want to
remember which connections are for which
sites. Device names can be edited by typing
in a new entry directly in the component's
Name field on the Hardware, Data
Collection, or Schedule tab.
• If you need to change the logical order of a
site's communication link, you can select a
component with the mouse pointer and drag
it to a new location. If PC208W is unclear of
the connection to be made it will ask you to
select whether the device should be