Extech Instruments SDL900

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DataloggerMode
PreparationfortheDataloggerFunction
InserttheSDcardintotheSDcardsocket.IftheSDcardhasneverbeenusedwiththeSDL900,
pleaseformatit(seethesectiontitled“SDMemoryCardFormat”intheSetModeabove).
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Note:ItisstronglyrecommendedthatmemorycardsbeformattedbytheSDL900.
IftheSDcard
hasproblemsuseacomputertoreformattheSDcardandtryagain.
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Ifthisisthefirsttimethemeterisbeingused,settheDateandTime(see the section“Setthe
ClockTimeandDate”intheSetModeabove).
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AutomaticDatalogging
1. Selectthesamplingtime(rate)asdescribedintheSetModesectionabovetoavalue
otherthanzero.
2. PressandholdtheLOGbuttonfor2seconds.ThemeterwillflashtheDATALOGGERicon
attheselectedsamplingrate,indicatingthatreadingsarenowbeingautomatically
recordedto
theSDcard.
3. Ifacardisnotinsertedorifthecardisdefective,themeterwilldisplay‘EMPTY’andexit
theDATALOGGERmode.Inthiscase,switchthemeterOFFandtryagainwithavalidSD
card.
4. PausethedataloggerbypressingtheLOGbutton
momentarily.TheDATALOGGERicon
willstopflashingandthesampleratewilldisplayforashorttime.Toresumelogging
simplypresstheLOGbuttonagain.
5. ToterminatethedataloggingsessionpressandholdtheLOGbuttonforatleast2
seconds.
6. WhenanSDcardisusedfor
thefirsttimeafolderiscreatedonthecardandnamed
MGA01.Upto99spreadsheetdocuments(eachwith30,000readings)canbestoredin
thisfolder.
7. Whendataloggingbegins,anewspreadsheetdocumentnamedMGA01001.xlsiscreated
ontheSDcardintheMGA01folder.Thedata
recordedwillbeplacedinthe
MGA01001.xlsdocumentuntil30,000readingsarereached.
8. Ifthemeasurementsessionexceeds30,000readings,anewdocumentwillbecreated
(MGA01002.xls)whereanother30,000readingscanbestored.Thismethodcontinues
forupto99documents,afterwhichanotherfolderiscreated(MGA02)
whereanother99
spreadsheetdocumentscanbestored.Thisprocesscontinuesinthissamefashionwith
foldersMGA03throughMGA10(lastallowablefolder).
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