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waiting for the thermometer to transmit data through your RS-232 port.

4.Begin transmitting data from the thermometer by

pressing and holding the key on the thermometer until the Print Data Display Mode (PRN) appears.

5.Press the "UP" key to increment the printing interval. Press the "Down" key to decrement the printing interval. The printing interval (from 1 to 1999) is the time between data points. The default value is 2 seconds.

6.Press the key on the thermometer to begin transmitting data. The "PRN" icon appears on the

thermometer display. You should now see the current temperature, the downloaded parameters, and the temperature data being charted.

If instead the "Scanning CommPort for IR Transmission" popup is still visible, then there is a communications error. Check the communications cable, and its connection at both the IR device and computers comm-port. Make certain that you are connected to your configured comm-port.

From the main menu, click on Help, and select On-Line Manual. The on-line Manual has more detailed information regarding all the features of the software.

To stop the data transmission from the thermometer, press

the key and the PRN icon will disappear.

NOTE

The transmitter temperature data is the average temperature for every printing interval period.

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