Turner Designs C3 - Downloading and File Management

C3 Submersible Fluorometer
998-2300 Rev. H Page 20
Note: Use the Battery Life Calculator available on the Turner Designs
website C3 product page to calculate a conservative estimation of how
many days you can expect to log data. Factors such as battery charge
and water temperature will affect logging days.
A few seconds after the ‘Yes’ button has been clicked to enable the Data Output
Ready State, the C-Soft program will automatically shut down and users must
disconnect power and serial connections. The instrument is now in the Data
Output Ready State and will remain in that state so long as C-Soft is not used to
communicate with the instrument. Note: As soon as C-Soft is used to
communicate with the instrument, users will need to re-set the parameter
settings in the Log Setup (section 3.4) and again enable datalog to put the
instrument into the Data Output Ready State.
When power is supplied to the instrument while it is in the Data Output Ready
State, it will begin streaming data after a 100 second delay. If power is cycled
(i.e. disconnected and reconnected) please allow 100 seconds for the data
stream to begin.
3.6 Downloading and File Management
Users can download new and existing files saved in the C3 Submersible
Fluorometer memory.
♦ Select Download Data.
Note: This step may take up to 10 minutes depending on file size.
♦ When download has completed choose the files to be saved by clicking the
“Save” box.
♦ Users will be prompted to choose a folder location where data will be saved.
♦ Files will be saved in .csv format.
♦ Select “Clear Datalog” to erase existing data from memory.
♦ Users are able to graphically view downloaded .csv data files using C-Soft
software if desired.