Instruction manual

SECTION 6. PROGRAM CONVERSION
PC208W, Version 3.0, Instruction Manual 6-3
FIGURE 6.3-1. Xlate Options Dialog Box
The 21X dataloggers could be ordered with
special PROMS which set the slow integration
rate to 50 Hz (20 ms). Since the CR23X
supports both 50 Hz and 60 Hz integration
times, you must select the "21X Program written
for 50 Hz PROMs" checkbox if the 50 Hz
integration method is to be used.
You can toggle between the remaining two
options to choose the output file type. When
"prompt for destination filename" is chosen, only
one file can be processed at a time, and you
must enter a name for the translated file. The
processed file is given a .CSI extension.
Choosing "batch mode, change source file
extension to 21X", allows you to process
multiple files at once. To select the files,
highlight the first file and then press and hold
the Ctrl key on your computer keyboard while
you select the remaining files. When all files
have been selected, choose OK. You will not
be prompted for a filename. The translated files
will be given the name of the original CR21X
files, and the original files will be renamed with
a *.21X extension (i.e., a 21X file named
site1.CSI will be renamed site1.21X when the
translation process is complete).
Note that your CR21X files which were given a
*.21X extension must be renamed before they
can be used again in Edlog. In Windows 3.1 or
Windows 95/NT, locate the file in File Manager
or Explorer, respectively. With the file
highlighted, choose rename from the file menu
(Windows 3.1) or press F2 (Windows 95/NT).
This will allow you to edit the filename. Rename
the file with a *.CSI extension. Make sure to
choose a unique name that does not conflict
with a newly created CR23X *.CSI file
(Windows will not allow you to overwrite an
existing file when renaming a file).
Caution! If the Xlate process will cause an
existing file to be overwritten when using
the "prompt for destination filename" option,
you will be prompted to choose whether or
not Xlate should continue. However, when
using the "batch mode" option you will not
be prompted and any existing files will be
overwritten!
6.3.3 USING TRANSLATED FILES
Files that have been processed using Xlate can
be opened and used in Edlog without
modification. However, before a program can
be downloaded to a CR23X datalogger,
it must
be compiled
. The compilation process
produces the *.DLD program that contains the
actual programming code for the datalogger.