User Manual

HOBO U14 Data Logger User Manual

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HOBOU14withOnset’sARARemoteAlarmandAVD‐45AutomaticDialer

NOTE:Thepolaritymustbeasshown.

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3. IfyouhaveanExternalSensormodel(U14‐002):PlugtheexternalsensorintotheRJ‐12jackonthesideoftheHOBO

U14.Holdtheblackrubberflapdownagainsttheconnectorsoitslidesintotheport.NOTE:Thesensorreadingswillnot

bedisplayed

untiltheloggerislaunched(immediateordelayed)orthestatusischeckedusingeitherHOBOwareorthe

U‐Shuttle.Thereadingswillnotbeloggeduntilyoulaunchtheloggerlaterinthisprocedure.

4. ConnecttheU14toacomputerrunningHOBOware.PlugthelargeendoftheUSB

cablesuppliedwithHOBOwareinto

aUSBportonthecomputerandplugthesmallendofthecableintothesideoftheHOBOU14.Iftheloggerhasnever

beenconnectedtothecomputerbefore,itmaytakeafewsecondsforthenewhardwaretobedetected

(Windowsonly).

5. StartHOBOwareandopentheLaunchwindow.FromtheDevicemenu,selectLaunch.ConfigureLaunchparameters,

includingaLaunchdescription,logginginterval,andstarttime.ClickHelpinHOBOwarefordetailsonLaunch

parameters.

6. ConfigureAlarms(optional).UsetheAlarmfeaturetoflashawarningonthe

LCDifthemonitoredtemperatureor

relativehumidityfallsoutsideuser‐selectablelimits.IfthetemperatureorRHmeasuredbytheloggerfallsoutsidethe

selectedhighorlowlimit,theword‘Alert,’analertsymbol,andthetemperatureorRHmeasurementthatwentoutof

limitswillflash.

Ifyourequireremoteorsecondarynotificationofanalarmcondition,youcanconnectaremoteaudioalarmand/oran

AutomaticDialertothecontactclosureasdescribedinStep2.

ToaccesstheAlarmfeature,clicktheAlarmsbuttonintheLaunchwindow,whichopensthefollowingdialogbox.

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