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TestLink SE500 for Temperature Recorder is a program for collecting data
from Temperature Recorder which is connected with a PC or notebook. One may
process these data with graphic or text style interface. The program is very
easy to use via the graphic user interface. The users do not have to search the
function within a lot of menus. The major functions are all in the main window
and they are indicated with large icons.
System Required:
XP/ Windows NT/Vista 32bit.
Minimum Hardware Required:
PC
or laptop with 900 MHz CPU or higher
256
MB RAM ;
At
least 15 MB byte hard disk space available to install SE3500 software.
Recommended display resolution 800X600 with High Color(16 bit).
1.Recording real time data in waveform.
.Power on the Temperature Recorder
first and connect it to a PC RS-232 serial port wit the cable,
2.Run the Software.
3.If the connection is successful the
LCD simulation will display the same value as the Temperature Recorder. If fail
to connect the meter with PC, it will display "No Connection" on the
LCD simulation window .
4.When the connection is successful ,
select Real Time Data | Run from main menu or click 
from tool bar , there will be a dialog
for you to select record interval and record numbers and click start button to
start recording.
5.
When the recorded data numbers reach to the amnount you set , it will stop
recording, or click 
to stop recording .
2.How to save the recorded real time data to a file ?
1.Click the graph window you want to save
and the graph window will
become active , then choose File |
Save from main menu or click 
from the tool bar .
2.
There will be a save dialog window for you to choose the file name and file
type to save.There are three types of file name you can choose, they are binary
file(*.ghf), text file(*.txt) and EXCEL format file(*.csv). The *.ghf file use
much fewer disk space to save the data than the other two file format, but it
can only be used in TestLink SE500. Text file can be opened by TestLink SE500
and any other word processor program like word, notepad etc. EXCEL format file
can be opened by TestLink SE500 and
Microsoft EXCEL.
3.How to load the recorded data from the memory of Temperature Recorder
1. Power on the Temperature Recorder.
2. Connect the Temperature Recorder to
PC
3. Start SE500 program.
4. Choose Data Logger from main
menu or click 
from tool bar.
5.In reference to Data Logger , see
DataLogger.
File : Oepn- Open files saved previously from the disk.
Save - Save the
active window(when the caption bar is highlighted) data to the disk.
Print - Print the data of the acitve window(graph or list).
Printer Setup - Select printer.
Exit - Terminates TestLink program.
DataLogger: By opening the
DataLogger Window, the user can load recorded
data of meter to PC in this window.
Real Time Data : Run - Start
recording real time data .
Stop - Stop recording real time data .
Option : Setup Temperature
Recorder from PC.
COM port : Select PC connector
port manually.
View : LCD - Open LCD simulation
window.
Real Time Graph - Open Real-Time Graph window to graph the
present data.
Window : Arrange windows
Help : On line help.
When you have Temperature Recorder meter connected to PC and select
"DataLogger" from main menu or click from tool bar to load recoreded
data from the meter and there will be a progress indicator to show the loading
progress.if error occurs, just click "DataLogger" again. After the data was loaded
completely , the top left hand side will show how many data sets were loaded
and detail infomation for each data set (start data, start time, recording rate
and record numbers).
For
examples, the figure below means there are two data sets, set 1 recorded 1325
records and set 2 recorded 19349 records.
It will transfer first data set to grah on the right hand side and list
data after loading, You can click other data set to view the graph and list of
the data set you select.
Tool
Bar
- Display or hide
Statistic1.
- Display or hide
Statistic2.
- Normal cursor.
- When selected, the
mouse cursor will become a cross sign when moving to the graph, click on the
graph to mark a cross sign on the graph. This is available only when "
-When selected, the mouse cursor will
become a "I" sign when moving to the graph, click on the graph to
annotate.This is available only when "Split " option is unchecked. And all the text
you make will exist with T1.
- Seperate the T1 T2
channel.
- Combine the T1 T2
channel.
-Graph Customization
-Change the Y axis extention
Note:When
the
To Undo the Zoom
You
can Zoom this graph by using mouse:
To
Zoom:
1.
Press the left mouse button and drag the cursor to select the new extents.
2.
Release the mouse button.
You
can choose channel number showing in the graph:
a.Click "Graph
Option" to call Customization dialog.
b.Select Subsets tab.
c.Select a single
channel or multiselect(hold Ctrl key, use mouse to choose) channels .
Data Indicator :
The
vertical dash line in the graph will match the highlight row in the Data List, when one
click on another row in the Data List, the vertical dash line will move to the
corresponding position to match the time, or when you move the mouse cursor
directly on the data point in the graph, the shape of the cursor will change
into a "hand", click this data point will direct the highlight of row
to the corresponding record.
1.I had connected Temperature Recorder to PC serial port and turned
Temperature Recorder power on, but it still show "NO CONNECTION".
Answer:
It could be
that all serial port are occupied
by other application, close all other application . If it still don't work.
Restart your computer and run TestLink SE500 again. When program start, it will
search automatically from COM1 to COM4 to check connected Temperature Recorder.
You can check the connection status from main window like the figure below, for
example,the graph below means Com1, Com2 and Com4 are available to this PC
and Temperature Recorder is
connected to Com2. You can manually change to another COM port when you find
out that program can not find the correct COM port which Temperature Recorder
is connected to.
2. How can I save the graph to a file which can be used in EXCEL ?
Answer: When you save a graph to a
file , the default file format is "*.ghf" and you can select *.csv to
save files. CSV is an EXCEL file format.You can open it in EXCEL.
(note.
If decimal separator is comma in your country, this file format will be
disabled, because .CSV file also use comma to be data separator. for example
78,6 will become 78 and
3.How to uninstall TestLink
SE500 ?
Answer:Uninstall TestLink SE500
by launching the Add/Remove Programs applet out of the Control Panel,
highlighting the SE500, and clicking on the Add/Remove... push button, then it
will remove the SE500 folder and files from your computer.
4.Why loading data fail?
Answer:This might cause by the
slow respond from some of the
notebook PC system.
5.How to zoom the graph?
Answer: Press the left mouse
button and drag the cursor to select the new extents,then release the mouse
button.
6.When I setup the real time sampling with a fast rate(eg. 1 sec), Some of the sampling data might be lost.
Answer: THis might be caused by
slow response time of the PC interface. For better result, the user may close
the LCD window .
7.My graph is not showing expedted output.
Answer: Please click button to setup the proper y
axis scale.
8.How to print out a color or monochrome graph ?
Answer: Click button to setup graph
style before printing. when you
print , there will be customization dialog for you to select the graph style to
print .
