Contec C-LOGGER Owner's manual

Data Logger Software

User’s Guide

Introduction

Thank you for your interest in our C-LOGGER. Before using this software, be sure to

read the following “Software License Agreement” and “Precautions.” Also, for the

correct usage of this software, do not fail to read the contents of the instruction

manual.

◼ Software License Agreement

Use of this software is permitted only to those who agree to the following terms and

conditions. Moreover, you shall understand that you agree to be bound by the

following terms and conditions at the time you start to use this software.

1. License

CONTEC CO., LTD. (hereinafter called CONTEC) grants to you the non-exclusive

license to use this software free of charge provided you agree to the provisions

specified in the terms and conditions on this Software License Agreement.

2. Scope of License

You may make a minimum number of copies of this software solely for backup

or achievable purposes. Other than for cases where the terms and conditions

on this Software License Agreement apply, the entire software or a part of the

software shall not be used, reproduced, revised, adapted, processed or changed,

nor may it be leased or transferred to a third party.

3. Copyright

The copyright of this software as well as of manuals, etc. shall belong to

CONTEC and no rights shall occur to you other than the right to use of this

software granted by the terms and conditions on this Software License

Agreement.

4. Term of the agreement

This Software License Agreement shall come into effect at the time you start to

use this software.

5. Warranty

CONTEC shall not undertake, and you hereby expressly waive, any

representations or warrantees, including the non-defectiveness of the software.

6. Exemption

CONTEC shall not be responsible in any way for any loss of expected profit in

relation to this software, for loss occurring from special circumstances,

(including cases where CONTEC predicted or could predict the occurrence of

damage), as well as for direct or indirect damage to the user by demand for

compensation from a third party, irrespective of the reasons.

7. Termination

In case you violate any of the terms and conditions on this Software License

Agreement, this agreement shall be immediately terminated and you shall scrap

the software as well as any copies.

8. Miscellaneous

In case you carry this software outside of Japan, the export control rules of

Japan shall be strictly observed. Irrespective of the country in which the

software is to be used, this agreement shall be governed, in all respects, by and

under the laws of Japan.

◼ Precautions

• Reprinting of a part or the entire contents of this manual without permission is

prohibited.

• The contents of this manual may be revised in the future without any advance

notice.

• Efforts have been exerted to make the contents of this manual as complete as

possible but in case you find any irregularities or have any questions on this

manual, please contact the sales agent where you bought this or our

“ Technical Support Center”.

• MS, Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, MS-DOS are the registered trademarks

or trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation of the United States, registered in

the respective countries. Also, the company names and product names used

in this manual are generally trademarks or registered trademarks.

 
 
Contents 
1 Introduction ............................................................................ 6 
1-1 Summary ..................................................................................... 6 
1-2 Features ....................................................................................... 6 
1-3 Inquiry ......................................................................................... 8 
2 Software Installation ................................................................ 9 
2-1 Installation for Device Driver ........................................................... 9 
2-2 Execution for Diagnosis Program .................................................... 15 
2-3 Installation for Application ............................................................. 16 
2-4 Un-installation for Application ........................................................ 18 
3 Basic Operation ..................................................................... 19 
3-1 Starting C-LOGGER ....................................................................... 19 
3-2 Acquiring Data ............................................................................. 20 
3-3 Observing Data ............................................................................ 26 
3-4 Saving Data ................................................................................. 30 
3-5 Sending Data to Excel ................................................................... 31 
4 Desktop ................................................................................ 34 
4-1 Desktop Layout ............................................................................ 34 
4-2 Menu Bar ..................................................................................... 35 
4-3 Tool Bar....................................................................................... 36 
4-4 Status Bar ................................................................................... 38 
4-5 File Viewer ................................................................................... 38 
4-6 Property Viewer ............................................................................ 39 
4-7 YT Window .................................................................................. 42 
4-8 Value Window .............................................................................. 44 
5 Usage ................................................................................... 45 
5-1 Selecting Device ........................................................................... 45 
5-2 Setting Acquisition Conditions ........................................................ 46 
5-3 Starting and Stopping Acquisition ................................................... 63 
5-4 Observing Data ............................................................................ 64 
5-5 Saving and Loading Data ............................................................... 66 
5-6 Printing ....................................................................................... 73 
5-7 Save Image ................................................................................. 76 
5-8 Options and Customization ............................................................ 78 
6 Specification ......................................................................... 83 

6-1 C-LOGGER Specification ................................................................ 83

6-2 Device Specification ...................................................................... 85

7 Appendix .............................................................................. 97

7-1 Q&A ............................................................................................ 97

7-2 Message List .............................................................................. 101

7-3 Reference .................................................................................. 103

7-4 The history of version-up ............................................................. 106

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1. Introduction

1 Introduction

1-1 Summary

C-LOGGER is an application for performing data acquisition easily by using

CONTEC Analog Input devices. It does not need complicated programming at all.

1-2 Features

⚫ Sampling and Displaying Data with High-speed

By optimizing the logic of data transfer, the acquisition can be performed at

the maximum extent of sampling rate which hardware has.

Moreover, by using CONTEC unique technology for drawing graph, the

movement will not be aggravated even if there is a lot of data to display.

⚫ Supporting Many CONTEC Analog Input Devices

C-LOGGER supports many CONTEC analog input boards, such as F series

(multi-function type), EV series (mass on-board memory type), L series (low

price type), and so on. It supports USB type as well as various board types, so

you can use C-LOGGER for a wide range of applications.

Available functions depend on the devices being used. Please refer 6-

2 [Device Specification] for details.

⚫ Supporting Plural Windows

More than one YT Window and the Value Window for observing acquired data

can be opened at the same time and those sizes can also be changed freely.

Moreover, the settings of channel to display can be specified for windows one

by one. Thereby, it can be used as user’s fancies.

⚫ Sending to Excel with High-speed

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During data acquisition, the data can be sent to Excel dynamically.

⚫ Supporting 2 Data Forms

The acquired data can be saved in 2 forms, Binary and CSV. As Binary form,

the size of file is small and it can be saved and read with high-speed. As CSV

form, it is text form so it can be read with application, such as an editor and

Excel.

⚫ Setting Acquisition Conditions Easily with Wizard

The settings for data acquisition conditions is performed by using the wizard.

By dialogue interface, the settings for acquisition conditions can be performed

easily. Moreover, the acquisition conditions which have been specified can be

saved to a file. By loading this file, the acquisition can be performed

immediately in the same conditions.

⚫ Operating Intuitively with File Viewer and Property Viewer

The acquired data or the data loaded from file is shown as tree-view in File

Viewer. C-LOGGER can load plural files and manage them in File Viewer. The

information of files and acquired data is shown in Property Viewer.

⚫ Saving to File Automatically for Long-time and Mass-data Acquisition

By using the function that automatically saves data to a file during data

acquisition, long-time and large-capacity data acquisition can be performed.

⚫ Displaying Graph in 2 Screens: Whole and Zoom

In YT Window, the graph can be displayed in 2 screens: Whole Screen and

Zoom Screen. All of the acquired data are displayed in Whole Screen, and a

part of data is displayed in Zoom Screen for being confirmed in detail. The

scope that determines the position of Zoom Screen is shown in Whole Screen.

By these 2 screens, high-level operability is provided.

⚫ Abundant Function for Customization

It is possible to customize the YT Window in detail that is for observing data

mainly.

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1-3 Inquiry

Please inquire of the CONTEC technical support center about the matter which is

not described in this manual or unusual operation. Moreover, because the contents

of question are hard to grasp as being oral, please inquire it in E-mail or Web form.

We will contact you back. When it is thought that operation is unusual, please

write down the version of driver and the hardware environment of PC or other

using devices in detail.

Inquiry Form

Please fill in E-Mail or Web form with the following contents.

• Company

• Department

• Name

• Telephone

• E-Mail Address*

• OS*

• Device*

• Device Serial Number

• API-AIO(WDM) Version*

• C-LOGGER Version

• Question Summary

• Question Description

Items with * mark are unnecessary when the diagnosis report is attached with E-

Mail.

Please refer to [2-2 Execution for Diagnosis Program] for how to make a diagnosis

report.

The version of C-LOGGER is shown by menu [Help]–[About CLogger...].

Inquiry Contact to

HP：https://www.contec.com/support/technical-support/

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2. Software Installation

2 Software Installation

2-1 Installation for Device Driver

It is necessary to install device driver for analog input devices before using C-

LOGGER. If device driver has been already installed and enabled, please proceed

to [3 Basic operation].

When the version of the device driver installed is earlier, an error message may be

displayed by C-LOGGER. In this case, please update the device driver to the latest

version.

◼ Download Device Driver

The latest device driver can be obtained from the URL below.

https://www.contec.com/download/list/driver-software/apipac/

1. Please download [Run-Time Environment (Run-Time only)] of API-AIO(WDM).

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2. Execute the downloaded file to extract to a suitable place.

◼ Installation of device driver

Please perform installation of the device driver by the user with Administrator

authority.

1. Please install device driver before installing a hardware device. If you have

already installed the device driver, please go to step 2.

⚫ Installing downloaded device driver

1-1. Run <the folder where the file was

extracted>¥INF¥WDM¥AIO¥Setup.exe.

Installing from API-PAC(W32) media

1-1. Run ¥Autorun.exe then select [Install Development or Execution

Environment].

1-2. Check [API-AIO(WDM)] and select [Runtime only] in [Driver to install]

dialog and click [Install] button.

2. Please turn the PC off when you want to install a hardware device. You can

plug in devices such as card bus and PC card with OS started.

3. Found New Hardware Wizard will start by starting up OS or plugging in a

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device, please complete the installation according to the following procedure.

⚫ In case of Windows 10

3-1. The device will be installed automatically by starting up OS or plugging in

a device.

⚫ In case of Windows 8.1

3-1. The device will be installed automatically by starting up OS or plugging in

a device.

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⚫ In case of Windows 7

3-1. The device will be installed automatically by starting up OS or plugging in

a device.

⚫ In case of Windows Vista

3-1. The device will be installed automatically by starting up OS or plugging in

a device.

⚫ In case of Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

3-1. Please select [No, not this time] while being asked whether connect to

Windows Update.

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3-2. Select [Install the software automatically (Recommended)]. And the

device installation will be completed automatically.

⚫ In case of Windows 2000

3-1. The device will be installed automatically by starting up OS or plugging in

a device.

If hardware is installed without device driver, hardware wizard starts automatically.

In this case you have to cancel the process of wizard and then perform installation

of device driver of term 1 to finish installation.

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2. Software Installation

2-2 Execution for Diagnosis Program

By Diagnosis program, you can confirm whether the device is installed correctly.

1. Select [Run…] from start menu and run [CAioDiag]. (In case of Windows 7,

input to [Search programs and files])

2. Diagnosis program starts then select the device that you want to use and click

[select] button.

3. By Diagnosis program, it is easy to confirm the analog input signal.

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4. Click [Diagnosis...] button to make a diagnosis report.

Diagnosis report is necessary for inquiry on unusual operation.

2-3 Installation for Application

The C-LOGGER in API-PAC(W32) media maybe is an earlier release. It is a

possibility that functional additions and bug fixes are made in the latest version, so

please install the latest version of C-LOGGER as possible. The latest version of C-

LOGGER can be downloaded from the following URL.

https://www.contec.com/products-services/daq-control/pc-helper/daq-software/c-

logger/support/

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2. Software Installation

1. Execute CLoggerInstaller.exe.

Please complete installation following directions of setup wizard.

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2-4 Un-installation for Application

Uninstall C-LOGGER from [Add/Remove Programs] of the Control Panel. Delete

[CONTEC Data Logger] from Currently installed programs.

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3. Basic Operation

3 Basic Operation

This chapter explains the basic operation of C-LOGGER along with the procedure of

data acquisition. Please refer to Chapter 4 (Desktop) and Chapter 5 (Usage) for

more detailed description of C-LOGGER.

3-1 Starting C-LOGGER

Select [Start Menu]-[Programs]-[CONTEC Data Logger]-[C-LOGGER]. Or double-

click on shortcut icon on desktop.

Shortcut Icon of C-LOGGER

Starting Screen of C-LOGGER

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3. Basic Operation

3-2 Acquiring Data

◼ Select Device

First select device to use for data acquisition. Select [Device]-[Select] from Menu

bar, and the following Select Device dialogue is shown. Please select the device to

use for data acquisition from combo box on left-top of window.

Select Device Dialogue

In Select Device dialogue, the signal on each channel of device can be monitored

simply. In combo box on left of window, Input Channel, Input Type and Input

Range can be modified.

The device to be used is determined while OK button is clicked.

◼ Specify Data acquisition Conditions

Then, specify conditions of data acquisition. The data acquisition conditions include

conditions on device such as number of channels and sampling rate, and the

conditions on software such as whether send data to Excel.

All of the settings of acquisition conditions are performed with a dialogue interface

that named Logging Wizard. Select [Device]-[Wizard] from menu bar to start

Logging Wizard.

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