Year: 2012
A Faster Way to Automatically Unload Data via FTP with DT8X DataLoggers
The recent dataTaker 9.08 firmware upgrade features improved procedures and menu options which make it much easier and faster to unload your data via FTP. The Applications Specialists at CAS DataLoggers show you in this brief tutorial how to automatically unload data from dataloggers in the popular DT8X series by using FTP. This is done … Continued
Monitoring and Controlling Pretreated Liquid Waste
Intelligent dataTaker System Handles All Data Collection CAS DataLoggers has just provided an intelligent data logger for a manufacturer facing stringent environmental regulations requiring them to continuously monitor and manage their effluent disposal. Before effluent is discharged from the facility, it had to be heavily treated in a pre-treatment pool. This particular manufacturer had an … Continued
Determining Thermocouple Accuracy on a dataTaker Data Logger
The spec sheets for any of the dataTaker DT8X series of loggers do not contain direct accuracy information on temperature measurements by thermocouple. Instead it offers a voltage accuracy based on the full scale of the voltage being measured. The Applications Specialists at CAS DataLoggers have assembled this brief tech article to show you how … Continued
Protect Your Data! Log Directly Onto Your dataTaker
Intelligent dataTaker Loggers Store Your Critical Data Onto Memory or USB Our bestselling dataTaker data loggers are used every day in industry, construction, and environmental applications. One of their most convenient features gives users the choice to log data onto a USB thumb drive or just to log directly onto the system’s large internal memory. … Continued
Wireless Greenhouse Monitoring and Control
CAS DataLoggers Provides the Intelligent Automated Solution A fruit crop experiment station needed to remotely monitor and control its climate systems in a number of greenhouses. The proposed system needed to monitor soil moisture content and temperature and actively control irrigation and airflow by opening and closing windows to ensure that the appropriate temperature was … Continued
Upgrading Firmware and Retrieving Data on a dataTaker DT8x Using a USB Drive
Convenient USB Transfer Saves You Time and Hassle Many manufacturers and organizations use dataTaker data loggers for their machine monitoring, temperature profiling, remote monitoring, and other applications. The dataTaker DT8X product line offers you the convenient ability to use a USB stick to handle useful functions including updating the firmware and retrieving data from these … Continued
Exhaust System Monitoring for Diesel Engines
Cutting down on particulate emissions has become important in the diesel engine industry due to new standards such as RICE NESHAP, a new EPA regulation focusing on air toxins. As an example, CAS DataLoggers is currently involved in the monitoring of a new catalytic converter system under development, using a dataTaker DT82I industrial data logger … Continued
Should You Use Current or Voltage in Analog Transducer Readings?
Transducers for Equipment Monitoring and More When choosing an analog measurement transducer in analog transducer readings or not; for a variety of instrumentation monitoring applications including machine monitoring, quality assurance, and more, you will be given a choice of signal types. The most common signals for these transducers are either voltage (0-5 volts DC, or … Continued
Using a 3-Wire RTD to Prevent Temperature Measurement Errors
Ensure High Accuracy in Your Critical Temperature Measurements To prevent inaccurate temperature measurements which can potentially cause disastrous inventory losses, CAS DataLoggers recommends using 3-wire RTDs to customers taking temperature measurements using RTD sensors. These sensors are affordable and easily available for use with our wide inventory of temperature dataloggers, but some users are unaware … Continued
Automated Pendulum Demo Shows ADwin Microsecond Response Time
ADwin-Gold Data Acquisition System CAS DataLoggers Sales Manager Pete Martin impressed attendees with a unique ADwin demonstration at a successful exhibition at the 2012 Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) Executive Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. This demo utilizes an interesting program highlighting how to achieve microsecond response times with a measurement and control system while operating … Continued