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How Do I Copy the ThermaViewer chart to a Computer?
The ThermaViewer collects large amounts of data, which can be backed up or copied to a computer at any time. A regular schedule for downloading data should be established so that on a periodic basis, say - once every six months, data is uploaded to a computer for archiving.
The ThermaViewer can be unplugged from its sensors and the power cord (assuming that a good 9VDC battery is installed) carried over to a computer, plugged into the serial cable and the data copied with the 2DI data transfer program (TView).
Temperature graph on the PC.
Auto Download
ThermaViewer
The TView program can also automatically download data from the ThermaViewer to your computer once every: 5 minutes, 8 hours, 7 days or 30 days.
In this mode a file is written to your computer to which recent data is appended during each subsequent download until the end of the calendar month is reached, when a new file is started.
To use this feature, the serial cable between the ThermaViewer and the archive computer must be in place and the TView program left running on that computer. A 10 foot serial cable is supplied with the TView program, which you can lengthen by adding a 'straight through' three wire cable terminating in a DB9 connector. Wires 2, 3, & 5, are the critical ones.
For alternate ways to access data stored in the
ThermaViewer® see:
Archiving and Printing Data from the ThermaViewer®