Vemco VR100 - Offloading Data from VR100; Getting All Data; Getting Recent Data; Saving Offloaded Data

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3.4 Offload Data
The Logs menu is used to offload, or copy, the data stored on the VR100 receiver to a log file on the
computer. There are two options in loading data, to retrieve all the data stored in the VR100 (Get All Data)
or to only retrieve the data stored since the last upload (Get Recent Data).
When data is loaded to the computer, it’s actually copied to the computer. The original copy is still in the
receiver’s memory. Once receiver log data has been saved, you may erase the data from the receiver (see
section 3.6).
To offload data from the VR100:
1. Open the VR100 Receiver window (see section 3.2) for the receiver containing the data.
2. Select either Get All Data or Get Recent Data (see below for descriptions) depending on the amount
of data you want offloaded.
3. Wait while the data offloads to the computer, which will finish in less than four minutes.
4. Save or export the log data to a file depending on the desired file type. To create a log file, use the
Save feature (see section 3.5) but to create a .csv file, use the Export feature (section 3.7).
3.4.1 Get All Data
The Get All Data command loads all data from the VR100 receiver to the computer. This could take up to
four minutes, depending on how much information is stored in the receiver’s memory. The loaded data is
stored as a log file (see section 4.1).
3.4.2 Get Recent Data
The Get Recent Data command loads any new data stored in the VR100 receiver since the last command was
given to load data. If the Get All Data has never been given to this receiver, or if a different computer is
being used since the last Get Recent Data command, then the computer will get all the stored data.
NOTE: The method used to mark which data has been loaded to the computer is stored on the computer. If
the Get Recent Data command is sent from a different computer, then the computer doesn’t have a record of a
previous upload and will load all the data from theVR100.
3.5 Save Data
The data retrieved from the VR100 receiver can be saved as a ZLOG file (see
section 6.6.1). The Save As… feature in the VR100 Receiver window opens the
Save Current Log As window to allow the log file to be named. The file is saved
with the “.zlog” extension to distinguish it as a log file.
ALWAYS save your
data before erasing
the VR100 memory.