Getting Started with Temprecord

If you are new to Temprecord, this topic provides a step by step tutorial on how to use a logger to record temperature and then reading and displaying the recorded temperature data. The following steps assume you have just taken delivery of a ‘starter pack’ consisting of the Temprecord program, a Temprecord Scientific or Multi-trip logger, and a Temprecord Reader Interface.

•Connect the Temprecord Reader Interface to your computer’s serial port or USB port. If you are unsure about this step, see the topic Where do I plug my reader in?

•Insert the Temprecord logger into the Reader, making sure it is pushed all the way in.

•Select Program/Parameters. After a few seconds you will see the Logger Parameters screen, which allows you to set the logger up. Change the sample period to 00:00:10 (one sample every 10 seconds). Set the start delay to 00:00:20 (20 seconds).

•Click on ‘OK’. After a few seconds the logger parameters screen will close.

•When the logger parameters screen has closed, remove the logger from the reader interface. The logger will flash the green LED every ten seconds to indicate the start delay is counting down. When the start delay has counted down to zero, the logger will flash the red LED four times in quick succession and take the first sample, and the LED's from that point will then flash every ten seconds to indicate the state of the limits (a brief green flash for inside the upper and lower limits, a red flash for outside the limits). On the LCD logger this behaviour is configurable - i.e. when you program a logger you can determine whether the LED's indicate the state of the limits.

•Place the logger in an environment you wish to measure the temperature of (e.g. a refrigerator) and leave it for a few minutes.

•Select the File/Read Logger function. A window will open indicating the data is being read from the logger. When this step is complete a graph of the recorded samples will display.

•Select the View/Values function. The Window will change to display the logged temperatures as a series of temperature values.

•Select the File/Save function. This allows you to save the logged temperatures to a file so that they can be read from disk later. Temprecord initially chooses a filename based on the serial number of the logger, but you are free to change this if you wish.

Your Temprecord logger continues to record samples until it is stopped (see Program/Stop Logger) or the maximum number of samples is taken (unless the Loop Overwrite Option is turned on). You do not need to stop the logger in order to read and display the logged temperature.

On the LCD logger the behaviour of the LED's when limits are transgressed is configurable - i.e. when you program a logger you can determine whether the LED's indicate the state of the limits. See Enable Status LEDs for more information.

Congratulations! You have just used your Temprecord logger to record and display temperature samples.