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4. Software
Shimmer software offerings can be classified into two main categories:
Shimmer Software Applications – stand-alone applications designed to meet the needs of
Shimmer users, primarily in the area of data capture and Shimmer Software.
Development tools - provided to customers who wish to develop their own software
applications.
The sections below provide high level overviews of both Shimmer Software Applications and
Software Development tools.
4.1. Software Applications
This section provides a brief introduction to the suite of Shimmer Software Applications.
In addition to the summary below, further details on each application can be found in the
Documentation/Software Application User Manuals folder of the Shimmer User Resources
distribution. A copy of each application can be installed from the installation files located in the
folder, Software Solutions. The most recent versions of the user manuals and applications can also
be downloaded from the Shimmer website.
4.1.1. Software for Logging Data to SD card
Consensys
Consensys is an integrated software solution for managing your Shimmer3 devices. This solution
merges several Shimmer software applications into a single software package. Consensys currently
has four core features including: Shimmer3 firmware programming; Shimmer3 configuration through
UART (via a Dock or Base) or over Bluetooth; Multi-Shimmer synchronisation
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; data management for
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When used in combination with either SDLog v0.14.0 or later or LogAndStream v0.8.0 or later.