Getting Started |
  
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Getting Started |
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The manual will take you through all of the following in detail. This is a very short tutorial/summary of getting started and the day to day skills you will need to use eTemperature.
You must be logged in with full administration rights to install the software. It is strongly recommended that eTemperature be run once by the administrator to ensure hardware access is initially granted.
1. Install eTemperature
2. Plug the reader into a USB port
3. The "Found new hardware" wizard should automatically identify the driver.
4. Start the software
(This is not required if just retrieving/viewing previously saved results)
1. In the status box of eTemperature (at the top of the window) will be a message that indicates that the software is searching for a port, reader and then disappears.
2. If the message remains at "No reader found" then ensure that the reader is plugged in.
3. If you still can not get the system to communicate then contact your local distributor.
4. The first time the software runs you may be asked to enter an unlock code. This should be written on the reader bag. Once it has been successfully entered you will not be asked for it again.
5. If a new reader is used on the PC a new unlock code may be required.
1. Plug the logger into the reader.
2. A "Details" tab will appear with information about the logger.
3. A "Reprogram" button will be available on the Details tab..
4. Click on the "Reprogram" button to display the Settings tab.
5. Set the high limit to 25°C, the low limit to 21°C, the sample rate to 3 minutes, start delay to 0 minutes and allow rollovers. These are all the settings that are downloaded to the logger..
6. Press the "Start Logging" button. See the Settings Tab section of this manual to find out more information on what these settings do.
7. After the programming complete message appears remove the logger..
8. Remove the logger and wait for half an hour to collect some data.
1. Plug the Thermocron back into the reader.
2. The "Read Log" button will be visible. Press it and wait for the readings to finish. A box at the top of the screen will indicate the download status.
3. Once the item has been read a number of extra tabs will be available.
4. View the log, See the Log section of this manual to find out the full capabilities of this screen.
5. Press the actions tab. It is possible to save the information to a text file, Microsoft Excel and to eTemperature's own format.
6. Press the Print button. A summary report is available and can be printed by pressing the button with the printer on it.
7. Close the report