Omega FOB100 manual Acquiring and viewing temperature data, Logging temperature data to a file

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Warning: Doing a temperature offset adjustment on a channel will alter its reading. In effect, it alters the thermometer own calibration. It must be used with care!

To perform an offset adjustment, folloow these instructions:

1- Click the “Offset Adjust” button ( ) that is just next to the channel number youu want to calibrate. The following menu window is available:

2- Type in the “Set Point” box the actual temperature that you would like to force foor this channel (this temperature is normally obtaained using an accurate NIST-certified primary temperature reference).

3- Press the “OK” button to activate the reference temperature. The “Offset” value will reset to its new value, as a result of your new forced temperature; this new offset is now dispplayed in the main window.

4- To reset this forced temperaature setting, go back to the “Channel Offset” window, and click the Clear button.

5- Repeat the same procedure for the other channels that you want to modify.

7.3 Acquiring and viewing temperature data

Once all your thermometers are propperly connected and configured, you may want to log data to a file, or to display their values on screen. A nummber of tools are available for that.

To view or acquire data, the “Acquisition” pane must be active.

7.3.1 Logging temperature data to a file

FOB100-SOFT offers the possibility to log temperature values to an Excel compatible file. The default file extension is .tem; this file can be subsequently open using Excel, which should open itt and automatically recognize as an Excel compatible filee (tab delimited).

The parameters that are useful to control the logging are shown in the lower left portion of the window, as shown here:

To set the logging filename, click on “SAVE AS…”; this allows you to enterr a file name. For information, the current filenaame is displayed just below this button.

To set the acquisition rate, enter a number, in seconds, in the appropriate text boox. Rate can be set from 0.2 to 3600 seconds.

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