Fourier EcoLog User manual

EcoLog
User guide
First Edition
First Print
Printed in July 2003

Contents
Introduction .........................................................................11
Working with EcoLab...........................................................12
Install the Software ................................................................12
System Requirements..........................................................12
Software.............................................................................12
Hardware............................................................................13
Installation.........................................................................14
Overview...............................................................................15
EcoLab On-screen Layout .....................................................15
EcoLab Window Layout ........................................................17

Working with Projects.......................................................... 18
Getting Started...................................................................... 19
Set up a Recording Session .................................................. 19
Prepare EcoLog ................................................................ 19
Enable online Video .......................................................... 20
Setup the EcoLog.............................................................. 20
Start Recording ................................................................. 21
Data recording options ........................................................ 22
Single measurement ......................................................... 22
Replace ............................................................................. 23
Add.................................................................................... 23
Online Video ...................................................................... 24
Online video ...................................................................... 24
Recording .......................................................................... 25
Replaying an experiment................................................... 26
Video and Audio Properties............................................... 27
Download Data................................................................... 29

Save Data ..........................................................................30
Open a File.........................................................................31
Create a New Project ...........................................................32
Print..................................................................................33
Print a graph.......................................................................33
Print a table ........................................................................34
View the Data ........................................................................35
Display Options...................................................................35
Graph Display.....................................................................37
The Cursor .........................................................................38
Zooming .............................................................................40
Panning..............................................................................42
Scrolling .............................................................................42
Changing the X axis values................................................43
Bar graph ...........................................................................43
Format the graph................................................................44
Add a graph to the project ..................................................45

The Table Display ............................................................... 46
Editing data values ............................................................ 47
Adding comments to the table ........................................... 47
Adding or removing data from the table............................. 49
Formatting the table .......................................................... 49
The Meters Display.............................................................. 50
Data Map........................................................................... 51
Control the display with the Data Map............................... 51
Understanding Data Map icons ......................................... 53
Export Data to Excel............................................................ 55
Copy the Graph as a Picture ................................................. 55
Program EcoLog..................................................................... 56
Setup................................................................................ 56
Start Recording .................................................................. 58
Stop Recording................................................................... 58
Communication Setup ......................................................... 58
Analyze the data .................................................................... 62

Reading Data Point Coordinates.............................................62
Reading the Difference Between two Coordinate Values ............62
Linear fit ............................................................................63
Slope ................................................................................64
Area..................................................................................64
Statistics............................................................................65
Workbook..............................................................................67
About Workbook .................................................................67
Working with a Worksheet ....................................................68
To open a Worksheet.........................................................68
To print the current Worksheet...........................................70
To launch an experiment....................................................70
Working with a text window................................................71
Create Your Own Worksheet .................................................73
Create an HTML document with Word ...............................74
Create a configuration file ..................................................75
Special Tools..........................................................................79

Predicting .......................................................................... 79
Crop Tool........................................................................... 81
To trim all data up to a point .............................................. 81
To trim all data outside a selected range........................... 82
Toolbar Buttons ..................................................................... 83
Main (upper) Toolbar........................................................... 83
Graph Toolbar .................................................................... 87
Meter Toolbar..................................................................... 89
Workbook Toolbar............................................................... 90
Working with EcoLog .......................................................... 92
Operating the EcoLog ............................................................. 92
Quick reference .................................................................. 92
EcoLog Modes .................................................................... 93
Displaying the EcoLog current mode ...................................... 93
Switching between data collection mode and standby mode ...... 94
Sleeping mode ................................................................... 94
EcoLog connections ................................................................ 95

Power connections...............................................................95
Working with batteries........................................................95
Working with the AC – DC adaptor ....................................95
Communication connections..................................................96
Connecting the EcoLog to the computer ............................96
Connecting external sensors..............................................96
Specifications ......................................................................97
Index .......................................................................100