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EuropeanandUSAnumericalformatsdiffer.ThedataontheSDcardcanbeformattedfor
eitherformat.ThemeterdefaultstoUSAmodewhereadecimalpointisusedtoseparate
unitsfromtenths,i.e.20.00.TheEuropeanformatusesacomma,i.e.20,00.Tochangethis
setting,
refertotheSetupModesection.
ManualDatalogging
InthemanualmodetheuserpressestheLOGbuttontomanuallylogareadingontotheSDcard.
1. Setthesamplingrateto‘0’secondsasdescribedintheSetupModesection.
2. PressandholdtheLOGbuttonforatleast1.5secondsandtheDATALOGGERiconwill
appearontheLCD;thelowerportionofthedisplaywillshowp‐n(n=memoryposition
number1‐99).NotethatifPSIissetastheunitofmeasureitappearsasP51(wherea‘5’is
usedasan‘S’)inthesameareaoftheLCDwherememorylocationsareshown.Thiscanbe
disorientingatfirst.
3. MomentarilypresstheLOGbuttontostoreareading.TheDATALOGGERiconwillflashand
thebeeperwillsound(ifsettoON)eachtimeadatapointisstored.
4. Usethe▲and▼buttons
toselectoneofthe99datamemorypositionsinwhichtorecord.
5. Toexitthemanualdataloggingmode,pressandholdtheLOGbuttonforatleast1.5
seconds.TheDATALOGGERiconwillswitchoff.
AutomaticDatalogging
Inautomaticdataloggingmodethemetertakesandstoresareadingatauser‐specifiedsampling
rateontoanSDmemorycard.Themeterdefaultstoasamplingrateoftwoseconds.Tochange
thesamplingrate,refertotheSetupModesection(thesamplingratecannotbe‘0’for
automaticdatalogging):
1. SelectthesamplingrateintheSetupModetoavalueotherthanzero.
2. PressandholdtheLOGbuttonforatleast 1.5seconds.Themeterwillflashthe
DATALOGGERiconattheselectedsamplingrateindicatingthatreadingsarenowbeing
automaticallyrecordedtothe
SDcard.
3. Ifacardisnotinsertedorifthecardisdefective,themeterwilldisplayEMPTYandexitthe
DATALOGGERmode.Inthiscase,switchthemeterOFFandtryagainwithavalidSDcard.
4. PausethedataloggerbypressingtheLOGbuttonmomentarily.
TheDATALOGGERiconwill
stopflashingandthesampleratewilldisplayforashorttime.Toresumeloggingsimply
presstheLOGbuttonagainmomentarily.
5. ToterminatethedataloggingsessionpressandholdtheLOGbuttonforatleast1.5
seconds.
6. WhenanSDcardisusedfor
thefirsttimeafolderiscreatedonthecardandnamed
PMA01.Upto99spreadsheetdocuments(eachwith30,000readings)canbestoredinthis
folder.
7. WhendataloggingbeginsanewspreadsheetdocumentnamedPMA01001.xlsiscreatedon
theSDcardinthePMA01folder.Thedata
recordedwillbeplacedinthePMA01001.xls
documentuntil30,000readingsarereached.
8. Ifthemeasurementsessionexceeds30,000readings,anewdocumentwillbecreated
(PMA01002.xls)whereanother30,000readingscanbestored.Thismethodcontinuesfor
upto99documents,afterwhichanotherfolderiscreated(PMA02)
whereanother99
spreadsheetdocumentscanbestored.Thisprocesscontinuesinthissamefashionwith
foldersPMA03throughPMA10(lastallowablefolder).