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DataRAM 2000 Particulate Monitor Forest Service User's Guide

Transferring Data to the Laptop

• o Attach the RS-232 cable (gray nine-pin cable) from the DataRAM to the laptop.
• On the laptop, open the 'HyperTerminal' icon created in the 'Laptop Setup' section.
• 'Connected' should display at the left side of the bottom bar of the HyperTerminal window.
• If not, connect by clicking on the phone button on the button bar at the top of the HyperTerminal window-or by clicking on 'Call > Connect' in the menu bar above the button bar.
• On the menu bar, click on 'Transfer > Capture Text'.
• The 'File' window should read:

  Capture Text Folder: C:\windows\desktop\ File: \windows\desktop\Capture.TXT Start

• If the 'File' window doesn't read as shown above, type the information into the box.
• Click the 'Start' button in the 'Capture Text' window.
• [Capture].TXT is the default filename given to the data being downloaded. You can type in a different name if you wish. End the filename with the '.TXT' extension.
• Click on the 'Start' button on the laptop.
• The DataRAM screen should be at 'MAIN MENU 1'. Press the key beside 'Next Screen'.

  14:02:19 01 Oct MAIN MENU 1 RUN (zeroed?) > System Diagnos > Parameters > Purge > Zero > Next Screen >

• Select the key beside 'DumpDataRS232'.

  14:02:19 01 Oct MAIN MENU 2 DumpDataRS232 > Set Date, Time > ScrollDataLog >

• The screen will display the following.

  DUMP DATA LOG MermoryFree 100% TagsUsed? > Select Tag# 1> DumpTagSummary > DumpTagData > DumpAllData > ClearData >

• Select the key beside 'DumpAllData'. DumpAllData will flash as it sends data to the laptop. Next to 'DumpAllData', a number will appear indicating the Tag# that is being down-loaded to the laptop.
• At the laptop, the data being transferred will scroll down the screen.
• Stop the 'Capture' by clicking on 'Transfer > Capture Text > Stop' on the menu bar at the top of the HyperTerminal window.
• Disconnect the connection by clicking on the disconnected phone button on the button bar at the top of the HyperTerminal window.
• Close or minimize the 'HyperTerminal' window.
• Double click to open the '[your filename].TXT' file to verify that the data were transferred to the laptop.

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