User Guide

Getting Started: Using HOBOware with HOBO Data Loggers 3
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Doc #: 12284-K
4 Getting Started: Using HOBOware with HOBO Data Loggers
Introduction
This guide is intended to help you become familiar with the basic
functionality of using HOBOware
® with HOBO® data loggers,
including:
• Installing HOBOware on Windows
® and Macintosh®;
• Connecting devices; and
• Working with devices, including launching, reading out, and
analyzing data.
This guide is for both HOBOware and HOBOware Pro and for Windows
and Macintosh. Any differences in functionality are noted.
For detailed information on all HOBOware features, use the online
help or refer to the HOBOware User’s Guide at
http://www.onsetcomp.com/support/manuals/bhw-pro-cd_12730.
This guide covers HOBO data loggers. See www.onsetcomp.com for
details on setting up a HOBO ZW Series Wireless System.
An Overview of HOBOware
HOBOware software is used for launching, reading out, and plotting
data from HOBO® data loggers. With HOBOware, you can also check
logger status, filter and export data, save changes to graphs in project
files, and scale data with the Linear Scaling and Pulse Scaling data
assistants. There are two versions of HOBOware: HOBOware and
HOBOware Pro. HOBOware Pro offers the following additional
features:
• Support for Conductivity, Dissolved Oxygen, and Water Level
loggers, which use HOBOware Pro Data Assistants
• Support for HOBO U-Shuttle and Waterproof Shuttle