Decatur Electronics EZ Stat User manual

EZ Stat™
Version 3
User’s Manual &
Installation Guide
Rev 5-2-19

EZ Stat™
Version 3
User’s Manual

Table of Contents
Welcome to Decatur Electronics ...........................................6
EZ Stat™ Features..........................................................7
About This Manual ........................................................7
1 Components .........................................................8
1.1 EZ Stat™ Module . .................................................8
1.1.1 The USB Port ...................................................8
1.2 EZ Stat™ Software Installation .....................................8
2 EZ Stat™ Module ......................................................9
2.1 EZ Stat™ Operation Indicators .....................................9
3 EZ Stat™ Software ....................................................10
3.1 System Requirements ............................................10
3.2 Installation ......................................................10
3.3 Logger Setup ....................................................12
3.4 Connection ......................................................13
3.5 Settings .........................................................15
3.6 Log File ..........................................................15
3.7 Generate Report .................................................16
3.8 Generate Charts .................................................18
3.8.1 Count vs. Speed (Bar Graph)....................................18
3.8.2 Count vs. Time (Line Graph) ....................................19
3.8.3 Count vs. Hour (Bar Graph) .....................................20
3.8.4 Trac Speed Survey (Any Graph) ...............................21
3.8.5 Understanding the Charts (Any Graph) .........................21
3.9 Data Collection ..................................................21
4 Connecting via Bluetooth ............................................22
4.1 Requirements....................................................22
4.2 Pairing Using Windows®7........................................22
4.2.1 Getting Started ................................................22
4.2.2 Checking for the Correct Port ..................................25
4.3 Pairing Using Windows®10 .......................................26
4.3.1 Getting Started ................................................26

5 Specications ........................................................28
5.1 EZ Stat™ Module Specications...................................28
6 Service. . .............................................................29
6.1 Warranty ........................................................29
6.2 Service Return Procedure ........................................30
7 Care, Cleaning and Storage ...........................................32
8 How To Order Additional Products ....................................32
User Notes . . . . ...........................................................33

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Welcome to Decatur Electronics, Inc.
Thank you for choosing the Decatur Electronics EZ Stat™ — an
advanced trac statistics module and software package designed to
record and report trac speeds.
The EZ Stat is small, light weight, dependable, and connects easily to
any computer's USB port. If you are as pleased with its performance
as we think you will be, ask your Decatur sales representative about
other Decatur products including the Genesis™ line of radars,
the Onsite™ line of speed trailers, dollies, and pole signs and the
Responder™ line of in-car video systems.
—The Management and Sta at Decatur Electronics,
The Nation’s Oldest Radar Company

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EZ Stat™ Features
The EZ Stat™ is a trac statistics module and software package
and is easily used with most Decatur Electronics products. Create
customized trac speed and ow reports with the EZ Stat™ software
technology. Generate bar graph and line graph reports through the
EZ Stat™ software or export the data to your own customized reports
in Microsoft Oce Excel® .
When used with optional Bluetooth equipped OnSite™ Series
devices the EZ Stat™ data can be downloaded without having to
remove the EZ Stat™ from the OnSite™.
For more information on radar/message trailers and signs, contact us
toll-free at 800.428.4315 or visit the web at www.DecaturElectronics.
com.
About This Manual
This manual contains valuable information to help you set up, use
and maintain your EZ Stat™, so you can extend its life and keep it at
peak performance. Please take a moment to read through it and keep
it handy for future reference.
Note the following symbols in this manual:
Indicates a warning message about safety
precautions. Please read it carefully.
Indicates a helpful tip or precaution to note
• The Decatur EZ Stat™ is only compatible with the
Decatur OnSite™ series of radar speed trailers and
signs..

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1. Components
The EZ Stat™ package includes a USB Product ash drive, a USB cable
and the EZ Stat™ module.
Figure 1
Flash Drive, USB cable and EZ Stat™Module.
1.1 EZ Stat™ Module
Use the EZ Stat™ module to collect trac data from a select number
of Decatur’s speed measurement products.
1.1.1 The USB Port
The EZ Stat™ has a mini-USB receptacle. Use the included USB cable
to connect the EZ Stat™ to the computer's USB port.
1.2 EZ Stat™ Software Installation
The ash drive contains the User Manual, EZ Stat™ software and a
USB driver along with additional information on Decatur products.
(Refer to Section 3.2 for installation instructions.) Use the EZ Stat™
software application to examine data collected with the module.
• To install the Decatur EZ Stat™ software you must
have administrative rights. In addition, the software
automatically downloads a driver from the web.
Therefore, the computer must be connected to the
internet and the automatic update feature must be
enabled, otherwise an error message will occur when
you try to run the application.

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2. EZ Stat™ Module
2.1 EZ Stat™ Operation Indicators
Figure 2.1b
Red indicator
Figure 2.1a
Green indicator
When the module is connected to power, the green LED indicates the
module is on.
The green LED also indicates memory usage when powered by a
Decatur Electronics' speed measurement device. When plugged into
the measurement device the green LED will ash a number of times,
pause and then ash a number of times again. It will continue to
report the amount of memory usage until the measurement device is
turned o. Memory capacity is approximately 130,000 counts.
Eight ashes indicate that the EZ Stat™ module has no data and is
ready to be used. As the module records data the number of ashes
will decrease. Once the module is full and no more data can be stored
the green LED will no longer ash (See Table 2.1).
• Data is only collected in real time. The OnSite™ product
does not store data in a le for later transfer. Instead
speed data is sent immediately to the EZ Stat™. For that
reason the EZ Stat™ must be left connected until such
time as data analysis is needed.

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Table 2.1
Memory Usage.
8 ashes Empty
7 ashes 1/8 used
6 ashes ¼ used
5 ashes 3/8 used
4 ashes ½ used
3 ashes 5/8 used
2 ashes ¾ used
1 ashes 7/8 used
0 ashes Full
The red LED indicates data transfer when connected to a computer.
When connected to a speed measurement device, the red LED on the
EZ Stat™ blinks each time an event is recorded.
3. EZ Stat™ Software
3.1 System Requirements
Microsoft Windows®7, 8, or 10
Microsoft Oce Excel®2000 or newer
USB Port 2.0 or 3.0
Minimum Screen Resolution 800 x 600, 1024 x 768 for internal graphs
3.2 Installation
If you are not familiar with installing software it is recommended
that you contact your IT department for assistance. The following
instructions uses Windows 7 as the example.
1. Insert the ash drive into the USB port of the computer. Windows
will then display the "AutoPlay" screen as shown in Figure 3.2a.
Make sure the "Open folder to view les using Windows Explorer"
is selected. Next, click OK.

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Figure 3.2a
• If the information screen is not automatically displayed
click on the WINDOWS EXPLORER icon at the bottom
of the screen and then proceed down the folders tree
until you locate the drive letter that has been assigned
to the ash drive. Using the left mouse, click on the
drive letter. The les on the ash drive will be displayed.
2. The following screen shows the folders that are on the ash
drive. Double click on "Start" to run the Product utility
Figure 3.2b
Folders Window.

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3. Click on the "Software" button as shown in Figure 3.2c.
Figure 3.2c
Product Start Screen
4. Click on and install the "EZ STAT SOFTWARE" .
Figure 3.2d
Software and Utilities Screen
5. Installation is now complete and you are ready to exit the
Product utility and view, download data and run reports on any
information stored on the EZ Stat™ Data Logger.
3.3 Logger Setup
The EZ Stat™ program will automatically detect the EZ Stat™
module and assign a port providing the module is plugged into the
computer's USB port. Follow the steps as outlined in 3.4.

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3.4 Connection
1. Plug the EZ Stat™ into the computer's USB port.
2. Run the EZ Stat™ software by clicking on the EZ Stat™ icon on the
desktop.
Once opened, if you get a "No COM available" error as shown in
Figure 3.3a give the program a few seconds to locate the port. If it
does not detect the port even after waiting then exit the EZ Stat™
program, make sure the EZ Stat™ module is plugged completely
into the computer's USB port and open the EZ Stat™ program
again. Once the port has been detected set the "SPEED".
Figure 3.4a
Port assignment
3. SPEED: Set the speed to "Normal". If you have a hard time
retrieving data from the unit, set the speed to "SLOW" or one of
the other available settings.
Once the speed setting has been made then:
4 CONNECT: Connect to the logger device. If the USB driver has
been installed as described in Section 3.2, the EZ Stat™ software
screen will now display any information stored on the EZ Stat™.
(Once you have completed downloading and analyzing the EZ
Stat™ information, the software can be closed by pressing the
Disconnect button.)

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Figure 3.4b
Press the "Connect" button.
5. DISCONNECT: Use Disconnect when you are nished
downloading the information from the logger device.
Figure 3.4c
Press the "Disconnect" button.

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3.5 Settings
The following settings should be checked and changed as needed:
• SET LOGGER TIME FROM PC CLOCK: Sets the EZ Stat™
module’s time to the PC’s time. This sets the EZ Stat's™ internal
clock so that future data recorded reects the actual time of day
the event was logged. This is useful if the data logger battery
should need to be replaced or your state observes daylight
savings time.
• USING ONSITE SERIES: The EZ Stat™ can be used on a range of
Decatur products. These products export data at dierent baud
rates. Use this section for trailers or Decatur’s SI units.
• USING DECATUR RADAR: Use this selection when using the EZ
Stat™ with radar guns for readings.
• CLEAR THE LOG: This selection erases all data from the logger
device.
3.6 Log File
• SAVE TO FILE WHEN READING: If checked, this function
saves the information from the logger to the le listed in box
“lename.” If you forget to check this box before reading from the
logger device, you can go to the File Menu Save Logged File,
to save to your hard drive.
Figure 3.6
Check box to save le.

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• READ LOG FILE FROM UNIT: Read the log entries from the data
logger if connected.
• READ LOG FILE FROM FILE: Open an old log le.
• FILENAME: Shows the name and location of the current le.
• COMMENTS: Add comments to the log le here. Comments
previously saved to the log le will be read and displayed.
• PROGRESS: Shows the progress of reading data from the logger
unit or le.
3.7 Generate Report
This window will appear after data has been loaded from a logger
unit or le.
Figure 3.7
Generate Report Window.
• REPORT START/FINISH: Set the Hour, Month, Day and Year for
your report. Based on the information from the loaded data, the
start and nish settings will be set for you.

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• Changing the Year or Month will alter the number of
days and may reset this value.
• TIME INTERVAL: Read data at that interval, Example: A setting
of 15 minutes between 4:00 and 5:00 would have 4 Points of
data (4:00-4:14, 4:15-4:29, 4:30-4:44, 4:45-4:59), 30 minutes would
have 2, etc.
• HOUR FORMAT:12 or 24 hour clock.
• MEASUREMENT: mph or km/h.
• SPEED INTERVAL: The range between speeds (5, 10, or 20). At 5
the range goes from 16-20, 21-25, 26-30, etc., at 10, 16-25, 26-36,
etc.
• INTERVAL MIN: The lowest point at which intervals start.
Example: If the MINIMUM SPEED is 0, and the INTERVAL MIN is
30, the rst speed range is 0-30. If MINIMUM SPEED is 20 and the
INTERVAL MIN is 30, the rst speed range would be 20-30.
• INTERVAL MAX: The highest speed for your interval stats. If your
Interval Max is 80, then your last category will be 80+.
• POSTED LIMIT:The posted speed limit.
• MINIMUM SPEED: Any speed below this number will not be
counted in the survey.
• MAXIMUM SPEED: Any speed above this number will not be
counted in the survey.
• DATE FORMAT: This option allows you to change the format of
the displayed dates. There are three available options.
• FIXED REPORT STYLE #1: This report style sets the Interval Min
and Interval Max based on your Posted Limit so that there are
3 categories: those below the speed limit, those within 5 of the
speed limit, and those above the speed limit. This report style
does not generate a graph.

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• EXPORT DATA: > EXCEL: Exports the raw data to Microsoft
Excel®. It will also generate a report and summary based on the
selections in Excel.
• CHART SIZE: Based on your computer settings, this allows for
various sizes of graphs for printing.
3.8 Generate Charts
3.8.1 Count vs. Speed (Bar Graph):
Shows how many vehicles passed the logger and at what speed,
best used for showing speed patterns over large date ranges.
• GRAPH: Generates the graph.
• 3D: If checked, the graph shows 3-D cylinders.
• SHOW POSTED LIMIT: If checked, a line shows the posted limit.
Figure 3.8.1
Count vs. Speed (3D)

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3.8.2 Count vs. Time (Line Graph)
Shows the number of vehicles passing the logger at a particular
time, grouped by their speed. This graph is more suitable for fewer
speed ranges and smaller date ranges. We recommend setting your
Time Interval to 24 hours if using this to graph for more than one
day.
• GRAPH: Generates the graph.
• 3D: If checked the graphs shows 3-D lines.
Figure 3.8.2
Count vs. Time.

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3.8.3 Count vs. Hour (Bar Graph)
Shows speeders vs. time of day. For best results we recommend no
more than an eight hour window.
• GRAPH: Generates the graph.
• 3D: If checked the graphs shows 3D bars or pyramids.
•SHOW SPEEDERS: If checked, there will be two bars, one for
speeders and one for those driving legally. If not checked then
there will be just one bar with the count.
• SPEEDS STACKED: If checked and Show Speeders is checked,
then the speeds will be stacked on top of each other to give both
a total count and visually show the number of speeders.
• START/ FINISH: The time of day to start/nish.
Figure 3.8.3
Count vs. Hours (3D)