Kobold ZLS-2 - II. USER MANUAL FOR “LOGY SOFT”

User manual - DATA RECORDER and cooperating software
II.
USER MANUAL FOR “ LOGY SOFT ”
System requirements:
At least i486 computer,
Colour monitor with minimum resolution of 640 x 480,
20 MB of free hard drive space.
Designed for Windows
tested on Windows
®
XP, Windows
®
Vista, Windows
®
7, Windows
®
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1. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
The
Logy Soft
program enables the visualization, archiving and printing of measurements (e.g.
temperature, humidity, pressure) stored in memory of device such as Data Logger with
monochrome display
. Work with
Data Logger
devices takes place
through an RS-485 serial
interface, or via the USB FlashDrive (PenDrive) device (optional interface). Connecting a
network of units to a serial port (RS 232) or USB port of a PC is possible using a proper
converter (RS-485 to RS-232 or RS-485 to USB).
2. INSTALLATION A ND STARTUP
The
LogySoft-install
file is designed to install the program. The install file is located in
Logy Soft
folder on CD delivered with device. In addition, the software can be downloaded
from our homepage www.kobold.com under Product search "ZLS", Selection of device type
(ZLS-1 / -2).
During installation follow the directions provided by
Installation wizard.
The wizard will create a
folder called
Logy Soft
on the computer’s hard drive, the program files will be placed in this
folder. The shortcut to the program will be placed in a location specified by the user.
Manual startup of the program is done using the
Loggy.exe
executable file.
Initial startup of the application enables detection of all
Data Logger
devices present in
the network. The user is asked to perform devices installation and measurement channel
configuration procedure for all detected devices.
Follow the guidelines in the windows displayed by the program.
WARNING!
There is no need of detecting the devices using USB FlashDisk data download at
this point. Devices of that kind will be detected and installed later, during the first data
download. If the system consist of FlashDisk-served devices only, you can skip the following
installation steps by pressing
[FLASH DRIVE only]
button.
To continue installation procedure, click on the [
Next>>
] button.The next screen (
Fig. 2.1
)
enables the selection of the number for the RS 232 serial port for the converter, and the
transmission speed. The number of chosen for the selected port must comply with number of
the port to which the converter is connected.
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