Error and Warning Messages > The data read from this logger shows indications that saturation has occurred
There are portions in the temperature data read from this logger that contain identical consecutive values. This can be an indication that the temperature has exceeded the range over which the logger can record temperature.
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The test Temprecord uses to check for saturated data values is thorough, but is not perfect. Temprecord may well warn you about saturation when none has in fact occurred, and it may fail to detect saturation when it has occurred. There is no substitute for human inspection of the data. |
You should inspect the data to see if this has occurred. If there are "flat-line" portions in the data that appear as shown below, then saturation has most likely occurred. If this is the case, then you must bear in mind the following:
•The statistical data from the logger will likely be incorrect or inaccurate. In particular, the minimum value or maximum value, and the mean value will likely be incorrect.
•If the limits for the logger have been set outside the operating range of the logger, then they will not function correctly. They may show that no limits have been transgressed when in fact they have.
•There is no way of knowing what the temperature was during those periods when the operating range of the logger was exceeded.
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