Delta Electronics SS1-UM-1.05 user manual Autolog function

The Autolog function

You can set up the SunScan system to operate automatically in any of its modes, just as if you were pushing the read, store and average buttons at regular intervals.

Note: don't confuse Autolog with logging the probe as a Linear Quantum sensor, or with logging the Beam Fraction sensor as an independent sensor. These applications are dealt with in the Appendices.

From Menu, Utils, Autolog, Enter you will arrive in the Automatic Logging setup screen:

This is the Autolog setup screen. Use the ↑↓↓ keys to select the choices; edit the prompted values or use the ↔ keys to toggle

through options presented.	System time in the heading is
	constantly updated
	You will be prompted with a current
	Start time, and 6 hours later Stop time
	and date. Edit these appropriately.
	Change the read interval to
	whatever sampling interval you
	want (hh:mm:ss).

Nighttime is defined as when the
sun is more than 6° below the	If you leave the Average interval at 0
horizon. SunScan computes this
	you will not get average summaries.
for you automatically.
	Any other setting (hh:mm:ss) will
	insert average summaries into the data
	file at the specified intervals.

The Start time can be set to a time up to 24 hours before the current time! You might do this for example if you wanted to set up averaging on the hour with sampling at one minute intervals but the system time had just gone past the hour.

When you are satisfied with your choices, press Enter to accept the screen and initiate the logging process. After a few minutes the Workabout will sleep and the screen will go blank. You can safely press Off to blank the screen immediately (it will not stop the Autolog process). From time to time when a reading is logged, the screen will briefly show a Logging in progress message.

At any time, if you want to check the status of the Autolog, press On/Esc to access the screen on the left.

The timing of the next reading (and the Plot and Sample number) will be indicated, with the current system time. You can either select Sleep, Enter (to continue) or Cancel, Enter to cancel (stop) the logging session from this screen. If you select Cancel you must confirm that you want to stop logging by pressing On/Esc.

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