Category Archives: Technical Articles

Point-to-Point Range for Accsense Monitoring Systems

Wireless Monitoring and Alarming for Healthcare and Industry
CHESTERLAND OH—April 2, 2013

Accsense Wireless Monitoring and Alarming Systems

Accsense Wireless Monitoring and Alarming Systems

CAS DataLoggers
manufactures and supplies its Accsense monitoring and alarming systems to provide users with cloud-based data storage and reporting and also serves as a convenient temperature alarm system complete with email, pager, and phone alert capabilities. Combined with the Accsense Wireless Data Logger Gateway, these cost-effective data loggers offer customers a complete wireless monitoring system with the ability to view and remotely access data in real-time, transmitting recorded temperature data online for easy storage and analysis. Read more on our Accsense Technical Articles page.

Fixing the 1st Column in a CSV File From a dataTaker DT8X Series 2 or 3

Intelligent dataTaker Data Loggers Export Into Excel and Other Spreadsheets
CHESTERLAND OH—April 19, 2013

ftp_dataloggerOur dataTaker data loggers are commonly used in industrial applications to log, save and export data. The dataTaker DT8X series can sample at sub-second ranges (15-20hz), but since that speed is shared across all the inputs, it is seldom used. In these cases, the CSV file produced by a dataTaker DT8X data logger running the DEX programming environment can display strangely in Excel. CAS DataLoggers Technical Support has made this brief tutorial for users who want a quick fix if this should occur. Read more on our dataTaker Technical Articles page.

Using a dataTaker DT80 to Control a Hydraulic Valve

Versatile All-in-One Data Logger for Monitoring and Control Applications
CHESTERLAND OH—March 29, 2013

usb_loggerA CAS Data Loggers customer who had recently purchased a dataTaker DT80 data logger called in to our tech support asking how to set it up to not only control a hydraulic valve used in materials testing, but also to only log data when the hydraulic valve was active. This would enable the user to save memory on the DT80 and streamline data organization. Check out how it was done, using the built-in interface included on all dataTaker data loggers. Read more on our dataTaker Technical Articles page.

Using a dataTaker Data Logger to Scan Bar Codes for QA

Intelligent Automated dataTaker Systems Record Serial Data
CHESTERLAND OH—February 13, 2013

Our dataTaker intelligent data loggers

Our dataTaker intelligent data loggers

CAS DataLoggers
receives many calls from manufacturers who need a datalogging solution for quality assurance purposes. A common project involves scanning bar codes on products coming off of manufacturing lines. For these jobs, our Applications Specialists usually recommend a cost-effective monitoring and alarming solution: our popular dataTaker DT80, DT85 and DT82I models. These automated devices can simultaneously capture a scanned bar code and additional values to determine whether a product is high-quality or defective. Read more on our dataTaker Technical Articles page.

Best Practices for an Optimal Accsense System Deployment

Accsense cloud-based monitoring and alarming systems

Accsense cloud-based monitoring and alarming systems

Accsense Systems for Real-Time Monitoring and Alarming
CHESTERLAND OH—January 24, 2013

CAS DataLoggers provides its Accsense continual monitoring and alarming systems for use in a variety of industries as a way to securely store and view your data on our cloud servers. Accsense data loggers are easy to install with minimal need from your IT department, but as always, setting up a reliable sensor network still requires some consideration and some fine-tuning. Network setup can be done in a few easy steps. Read more on our Accsense Technical Articles page.

CAS DataLoggers Posts New Videos to its Website

Electrocorder current/voltage/power data loggers

Electrocorder current/voltage/power data loggers

CHESTERLAND OH—January 17, 2013
CAS DataLoggers has just posted new Electrocorder setup videos on our website at www.dataloggerinc.com detailing basic operation and software overview for many of our voltage, current and power data loggers. We’ve also added screenshots so you can see examples of the software included free with Electrocorder loggers. We stock many models to suit a wide variety of data logging applications and project needs. Read more on our Electrocorder Technical Articles page.

LabVIEW Goes Wireless With T&D!

remote_monitorCAS DataLoggers and T&D are pleased to announce that National Instruments has recently released LabVIEW drivers for T&D’s RTR-500W Wireless Data Collectors. T&D’s inclusion in LabVIEW, the industry leading standard for measurement control software, is the result of increased customer demand. Now T&D is a Certified Plug & Play component for LabVIEW software. Read more to get links for downloading the new drivers. Read more on our T&D Technical Articles page.

A Faster Way to Automatically Unload Data via FTP with DT8X DataLoggers

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 to allow these data loggers to periodically send your data automatically to a server without any user interaction required. Read more on our dataTaker Technical Articles page.

Don’t Lose Your Data—Log Directly Onto Your dataTaker

Our intelligent dataTaker data loggers are used every day in machine monitoring, geotechnical, and environmental applications. One of their most convenient features gives users the choice to record data onto a USB flash drive or just to log directly onto the system’s large internal memory. The Applications Specialists at CAS DataLoggers assembled this quick overview to show how you can protect your critical data by recording onto these automated solutions. Read more on our dataTaker Technical Articles page.

4 Quick Steps to Install your Electrocorder Data Logger from the Web

CAS DataLoggers offers the popular Electrocorder data logger kits for common and specialty applications such as energy usage/power factoring, machine monitoring, solar/alternative energy research and more. Now our Applications Specialists have put together this brief guide to show you how to get your project started quickly by installing your Electrocorder data logger directly from the Web. Read more on our Electrocorder Technical Articles page.