Hobo MX100 User manual

HOBO®MX100TempLoggerManual
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TheHOBOMX100Temploggermeasurestemperatureinindoorenvironments.WithanIP67
environmentalrating,theloggercanbedeployedinindoorlocationswheremoisturemay
form.ThisBluetooth®LowEnergy‐enabledloggerisdesignedforwirelesscommunicationwith
amobiledevice.UsingtheHOBOmobile®orHOBOconnect®app,youcaneasilyconfigurethe
logger,readitout,andviewdataonyourphoneortablet,orautomaticallyuploadthedatato
HOBOlink®forfurtheranalysis.Theloggerhasabuilt‐inalarmyoucanconfiguretotripat
thresholdsyouspecify.Designedwithanon‐replaceablelithiumbattery,thisloggeralsohasa
power‐savingmodethatallowsyoutousetheBluetoothsignalonlywhenneededtomaximize
batterylife.Note:ThisloggerisnotsupportedbytheHOBOMXGateway.ContactOnset
TechnicalSupportforquestionsonMX100loggercompatibilitywiththegateway.
Specifications
TemperatureSensor
Range‐30°to70°C(‐22°to158°F)
Accuracy±1.0°Cfrom‐30°to‐5°C(±1.8°Ffrom‐22°to23°F)
±0.5°Cfrom‐5°to50°C(±0.9°Ffrom23°to122°F)
±1.0°Cfrom50°to70°C(±1.8°Ffrom122°to158°F)
Resolution0.04°C(0.072°F)
Drift<0.01°C(0.018°F)peryear
ResponseTime6minutestypicalto90%inopenairmoving1m/s,unmounted
Logger
LoggerOperatingRange‐30°to70°C(‐22°to158°F)
RadioPower1mW(0dBm)
TransmissionRangeApproximately30.5m(100ft)line‐of‐sight
WirelessDataStandardBluetoothLowEnergy(BluetoothSmart)
LoggingRate1secondto18hours
TimeAccuracy±1minutepermonthat25°C(77°F)
BatteryCR24503Vlithium,notreplaceable
BatteryLife1year,typicalwithloggingintervalof1minuteandBluetoothAlwaysOn
enabled;2years,typicalwithloggingintervalof1minuteandBluetooth
AlwaysOndisabled.Fasterloggingintervals,remainingconnectedwith
theapp,excessivedownloads,andpagingmayimpactbatterylife.
Memory30,000measurements
FullMemoryDownload
Time
Approximately30seconds;maytakelongerthefartherthedeviceis
fromthelogger
Dimensions6.9x4.5x1.1cm(2.71x1.76x0.42inches)
W
eight25.5g(0.90oz)
EnvironmentalRatingIP67
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TheCEMarkingidentifiesthisproductascomplyingwithallrelevant
directivesintheEuropeanUnion(EU).
 Seelastpage
PassedRTCADO160G,part21H
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HOBOMX100
TempLogger
RequiredItems:
Mobiledevicewith
Bluetooth
HOBOmobileappfor
deviceswithiOS
HOBOconnectappfor
deviceswith
Android™
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HOBOMX100TempLoggerManual
1‐800‐LOGGERS2www.onsetcomp.com
LoggerComponentsandOperation

MountingLoop:Usethiswhendeployingtheloggerbytyingit
toanobject.
AlarmLED:ThisLEDblinksredevery4secondswhenanalarm
istripped(unlessShowLEDisdisabledasdescribedin
ConfiguringtheLogger).BoththisLEDandthestatusLEDwill
blinkoncewhenyoupressthestartbuttontowakeupthe
loggerbeforeconfiguringit.IfyoublinktheloggerLEDwiththe
app,bothLEDswillbeilluminatedfor4seconds.
StatusLED:ThisLEDblinksgreenevery4secondswhenthe
loggerislogging(unlessShowLEDisdisabledasdescribedin
ConfiguringtheLogger).Iftheloggeriswaitingtostartlogging
becauseitwasconfiguredtostart“OnButtonPush”orwitha
delayedstart,itwillblinkgreenevery8seconds.
StartButton:Pressthisbuttonfor1secondtowakeupthe
logger;boththealarmandstatusLEDswillblink.Oncethe
loggerisawake,pressthisbuttonfor1secondtomoveittothe
topoftheloggerslistintheapp.Pressthisbuttonfor4seconds
tostartorstoptheloggerwhenitisconfiguredtostartorstop
“OnButtonPush”(seeConfiguringtheLogger).BothLEDswill
blinkfourtimeswhenyoupressthebuttontostartorstop
logging.Pressthisbuttonfor10secondstoresetapassword.
DownloadingtheAppand
ConnectingtoaLogger
Installtheapptoconnecttoandworkwiththelogger.
1. IfyouareusinganiPhone®oriPad®:Download
HOBOmobilefromtheAppStore®.
IfyouareusinganAndroidphoneortablet:Download
HOBOconnectfromGooglePlay™.
2. OpentheappandenableBluetoothinthedevicesettingsif
prompted.
3. Pressthebuttonontheloggertowakeitup.
4. TaptheDevicesiconintheapp.(InHOBOmobile,tap
Loggersatthetopofthescreen.)Taptheloggerintheapp
toconnecttoit.Iftheloggerdoesnotappear
Iftheloggerdoesnotappearorifitishavingtrouble
connecting,followthesetips.
Makesuretheloggeris“awake”bypressingthestart
button.ThealarmandstatusLEDswillblinkoncewhen
theloggerwakesup.Youcanalsopressthebuttona
secondtimetobringittothetopofthelistintheappif
youareworkingwithmultipleloggers.
Makesuretheloggeriswithinrangeofyourmobile
device.Therangeforsuccessfulwirelesscommunication
isapproximately30.5m(100ft)withfullline‐of‐sight.
Ifyourdevicecanconnecttotheloggerintermittentlyor
losesitsconnection,moveclosertothelogger,within
sightifpossible.
Iftheloggerappearsintheapp,butyoucannotconnect
toit,closetheappandpowercyclethemobiledevice.
ThisforcesthepreviousBluetoothconnectiontoclose.
Oncetheloggerisconnected,youcanselectoneofthe
followingactions:
ConfigureinHOBOmobileorinHOBOconnect.
Selectloggersettingsandloadthemontotheloggerto
startlogging.SeeConfiguringtheLogger.
ReadoutinHOBOmobileorinHOBOconnect.
Downloadloggerdata.SeeReadingOuttheLogger.
FullStatusDetailsinHOBOmobileorin
HOBOconnect.Checkinformationaboutthelogger.In
HOBOconnect,accesssomeoftheactionsdescribedin
thissection.
StartLogginginHOBOmobileorandthenin
HOBOconnect.Selectthisoptiontobeginlogging(ifthe
loggerisconfiguredtostart“OnButtonPush”as
describedinConfiguringtheLogger).
StopLogginginHOBOmobileorandthenin
HOBOconnect.Stoptheloggerfromrecordingdata.This
overridesanyotherStopLoggingsettingsthatmaybe
configured.
PageLoggerLEDinHOBOmobileorandthenin
HOBOconnect.Pressandholdthisoptiontoilluminate
thealarmandstatusLEDsfor4seconds.
LoggerPasswordinHOBOmobileorandthenin
HOBOconnect.Selectthistocreateapasswordforthe
loggerthatwillberequiredifanothermobiledevice
attemptstoconnecttoit.Toresetapassword,connect
tothelogger,tapSetLoggerPasskey,andselectResetto
FactoryDefaultinHOBOmobileortapandtapReset
inHOBOconnect.Youcanalsopressthebuttononthe
loggerfor10secondstoresetthepassword.
UpdateFirmwareinHOBOmobileorandthenin
HOBOconnect.Whennewloggerfirmwareisavailable,
thisactionappearsinthelist.Selectitandfollowthe
instructionsonthescreen.Aloggerreadoutwillbe
completedautomaticallyatthebeginningofthe
firmwareupdateprocess.Iftheconnectionislost
betweentheloggerandthemobiledeviceduringthe
firmwareupdate,aFirmwareUpdatePendingStatus
displaysfortheloggerintheDeviceslist.Connecttothe
loggerandupdatethefirmwareagain(orselectRestore
LoggerifavailableinHOBOmobile).
AlarmLED
StatusLED
Mounting
Loop
StartButton

HOBOMX100TempLoggerManual
1‐800‐LOGGERS3www.onsetcomp.com
Important:Beforeupdatingthefirmwareonthe
logger,checktheremainingbatterylevelbyselecting
FullStatusDetailsandmakesureitisnolessthan30%.
Makesureyouhavethetimetocompletetheentire
updateprocess,whichrequiresthattheloggerremains
connectedtothedeviceduringtheupgrade.
ForceOffload(HOBOmobileonly).Thismayappearifan
errorwasencounteredwhenloadingconfiguresettings.
Selectthistooffloadallthedataontheloggerbefore
reconfiguringit.
ConfiguringtheLogger
Usetheapptosetupthelogger,includingselectingthelogging
interval,startandstoploggingoptions,configuringalarms,and
othersettings.
1. Pressthebuttonontheloggertowakeitup.
2. Intheapp,taptheDevicesicon(inHOBOmobile,tap
Loggersatthetopofthescreen).Ifyouareworkingwith
multipleloggers,youcanpressthebuttonontheloggera
secondtimetobringittothetopofthelist.Tapthelogger
intheapptoconnecttoit.
3. TapConfigureinHOBOmobileortapinHOBOconnect.
4. TapNameandtypeanameforthelogger(optional).In
HOBOmobile,tapDone.Ifnonameisselected,thelogger
serialnumberisusedasthename.
5. TapGrouptoaddtheloggertoagroup(optional).TapDone
orSave.
6. TapLoggingIntervalandchoosehowfrequentlythelogger
willrecorddata.
7. TapStartLoggingandselectwhenloggingwillbegin:
Now.Loggingwillbeginimmediatelyafterthe
configurationsettingsareloadedonthelogger.
OnNextLoggingInterval.Loggingwillbeginatthenext
evenintervalasdeterminedbytheselectedlogging
interval.
OnButtonPush.Loggingwillbeginonceyoupressthe
buttonontheloggerfor4secondsorstartloggingwith
theapp.
OnDate/Time.Loggingwillbeginatadateandtimeyou
specify.SelecttheDateandtime.InHOBOmobile,tap
Done.
TapDoneorSave.
8. TapStopLoggingandselecttheoptionsforwhenlogging
willend.
a. Chooseoneoftwomemoryoptions:
WhenMemoryFills.Theloggerwillcontinuerecording
datauntilthememoryisfull.
Never(WrapWhenFull).Theloggerwillcontinue
recordingdataindefinitely,withnewestdata
overwritingtheoldest.
b. SelectOnButtonPushifyouwanttobeabletostop
loggingbypushingthebuttonontheloggerfor4
seconds.ForHOBOmobile:IfyoualsochooseOnButton
PushfortheStartLoggingoption,thenyouwillnotbe
abletostoplogginguntil30secondsafterloggingbegins.
c. Selectoneofthefollowingtimeoptionsforwhentostop
logging:
Never.Selectthisifyoudonotwanttheloggertostop
atanypredeterminedtimeframe.
OnDate/Time.Selectthisifyouwanttheloggerto
stoploggingonaspecificdateandtime.Selectthe
dateandtime.InHOBOmobile,tapDone.
After.Selectthisifyouwanttocontrolhowlongthe
loggershouldcontinueloggingonceitstarts.Choose
theamountoftimeyouwanttheloggertologdata
andthentapDone.Forexample,select30daysifyou
wanttheloggertologdatafor30daysafterlogging
begins.
d. TapDoneorSave.
9. EnableordisableShowLED.IfShowLEDisdisabled,the
alarmandstatusLEDsontheloggerwillnotbeilluminated
whilelogging(thealarmLEDwillnotblinkifanalarmtrips).
YoucantemporarilyturnonLEDswhenShowLEDis
disabledbypressingthebuttonontheloggerfor1second.
10. EnableordisableBluetoothAlwaysOn.IfBluetoothAlways
Onisenabled,theloggerwill“advertise”orregularlysend
outaBluetoothsignalforthephoneortablettofindviathe
appwhileitislogging,whichusesbatterypower.When
BluetoothAlwaysOnisdisabled,theloggerwillonly
advertiseduringloggingwhenyoupressthebuttononthe
loggertowakeitup,therebypreservingasmuchbattery
poweraspossible.
11. Setuptemperaturealarms(optional).
a. EnabletheHighAlarminHOBOmobileorselectHighin
HOBOconnectifyouwantanalarmtotripwhenthe
sensorreadingrisesabovethehighalarmvalue.Dragthe
sliderortypeavaluetosetthehighalarmvalue.
b. EnabletheLowAlarminHOBOmobileorselectLowin
HOBOconnectifyouwantanalarmtotripwhenthe
sensorreadingfallsbelowthelowalarmvalue.Dragthe
sliderortypeavaluetosetthelowalarmvalue.The
actualvaluesforthehighandlowalarmlimitsaresetto
theclosestvaluesupportedbythelogger.
c. FortheDuration,selecthowmuchtimeshouldelapse
beforethealarmtripsandselectoneofthefollowing:
Cumulative.Thealarmwilltriponcethesensorreading
isoutoftheacceptablerangefortheselectedduration
anytimeduringlogging.Forexample,ifthehighalarm
issetto85°Fandthedurationissetto30minutes,
thenthealarmwilltriponcethesensorreadingshave
beenabove85°Fforatotalof30minutessincethe
loggerwasconfigured.
Consecutive.Thealarmwilltriponcethesensor
readingisoutoftheacceptablerangecontinuouslyfor
theselectedduration.Forexample,thehighalarmis
setto85°Fandthedurationissetto30minutes,then
thealarmwillonlytripifallsensorreadingsare85°For
aboveforacontinuous30‐minuteperiod.
d. TapDoneorSave.
12. TapStartintheupperrightcorneroftheConfigurescreen
inHOBOmobileortapinHOBOconnect
Loggingwillbeginbasedonthesettingsyouselected.Pressthe
startbuttonontheloggerifyousetituptostartloggingwitha

HOBOMX100TempLoggerManual
1‐800‐LOGGERS4www.onsetcomp.com
buttonpush.SeeMountingtheLoggerfordetailsonmounting
andseeReadingOuttheLoggerfordetailsondownloading.
Iftheloggerwasconfiguredwithalarmsettings,analarmwill
tripwhenthetemperaturereadingisoutsidetherange
specifiedintheloggerconfiguration.Whenanalarmtrips,the
loggeralarmLEDblinksevery4seconds(unlessShowLEDis
disabled),analarmiconappearsintheapp,andanAlarmOut
ofRangeeventislogged.Evenifthetemperaturereading
returnstoanormalrange,thealarmindicatorwillnotclearin
theappandthealarmLEDwillcontinuetoblink.
SettingaPassword
Youcancreateanencryptedpasswordfortheloggerthatwill
berequiredifanotherphoneortabletattemptstoconnectto
it.Thisisrecommendedtoensurethatadeployedloggerisnot
mistakenlystoppedorpurposelyalteredbyothers.This
passwordusesaproprietaryencryptionalgorithmthatchanges
witheveryconnection.
Tosetapassword:
1. TaptheDevicesicon(inHOBOmobile,tapLoggersatthe
topofthescreen).Taptheloggerintheapptoconnectto
it.
2. TapLoggerPasswordinHOBOmobileortapandthen
inHOBOconnect.
3. TypeapasswordandthentapSaveorSet.
Onlythephoneortabletusedtosetthepasswordcanthen
connecttotheloggerwithoutenteringapassword;allother
mobiledeviceswillberequiredtoenterthepassword.For
example,ifyousetthepasswordfortheloggerwithyourtablet
andthentrytoconnecttothedevicelaterwithyourphone,
youwillberequiredtoenterthepasswordonthephonebut
notwithyourtablet.Similarly,ifothersattempttoconnectto
theloggerwithdifferentdevices,thentheywouldalsobe
requiredtoenterthepassword.Toresetapassword,pressthe
buttonontheloggerfor10secondsorconnecttothelogger
andthentapSetLoggerPasskeyandselectResettoFactory
DefaultinHOBOmobileortap,then,andtapResetin
HOBOconnect.
ReadingOuttheLogger
Todownloaddatafromthelogger:
1. TaptheDevicesicon(inHOBOmobile,tapLoggersatthe
topofthescreen).Iftheloggerwasconfiguredwith
BluetoothAlwaysOndisabled,pressthebuttononthe
loggertowakeitup.Whenworkingwithmultipleloggers,
youcanalsopressthebuttonontheloggertobringittothe
topofthelist.
2. Taptheloggerintheapptoconnecttoit.
3. TapReadoutinHOBOmobileortapinHOBOconnect.
4. InHOBOmobile:TaptheDataFilesiconandthentapthe
mini‐graphtoviewalargerversionofthegraphorshare
thefile.
InHOBOconnect:TaptheHOBOFilesiconandselectthe
filetoviewit.Tapandthentoexportandsharethe
data.
DatacanalsobeuploadedautomaticallytoHOBOlink,Onset’s
web‐basedsoftware.Fordetails,seetheappuser’sguideand
seetheHOBOlinkhelpfordetailsonworkingwithdatain
HOBOlink.Note:MX100loggersarenotsupportedbythe
HOBOMXGateway.ContactOnsetTechnicalSupportfor
questionsonMX100loggercompatibilitywiththegateway.
LoggerEvents
Theloggerrecordsthefollowingeventstotracklogger
operationandstatus.Youcanvieweventsinexportedfilesor
ploteventsintheapp.
ToploteventsinHOBOmobile,tapamini‐graphandthen
tap.Selecttheeventsyouwanttoplotandthentap
again.
ToploteventsinHOBOconnect,taptheHOBOFilesicon
andselectafiletoopen.Tapandthentap.Select
theeventsyouwanttoplotandtapOK.
EventNameDefinition
HostConnectTheloggerwasconnectedtoamobile
device.
StartedTheloggerstartedlogging.
StoppedTheloggerstoppedlogging.
AlarmOutof
Range/InRange
Analarmhasoccurredbecausethereading
wasoutsidethealarmlimitsorbackwithin
range.Note:Althoughthereadingmay
returntoanormalrange,thealarm
indicatorwillnotclearintheappandthe
alarmLEDwillcontinuetoblinkuntilyou
reconfigurethelogger.
SafeShutdownThebatteryleveldroppedbelowasafe
operatingvoltageandperformedasafe
shutdown.
MountingtheLogger
Youcanmounttheloggerbyusingtapeorthemountingloop.
Onthebackofthelogger,removethebackingonthe
tapethatisadheredtothetopandbottomofthelogger
andthenmountitonaflatsurface.
Usethemountinglooptotietheloggertoanother
object.
Theloggercanbeplacedinindoorlocationsthatexperience
condensation.Althoughtheloggercanwithstandincidental
splashingwithwater,donotdeployitinapermanentlywet
location.
ProtectingtheLogger
Note:Staticelectricitymaycausetheloggertostoplogging.
Theloggerhasbeentestedto8KV,butavoidelectrostatic
dischargebygroundingyourselftoprotectthelogger.Formore
information,searchfor“staticdischarge”on
www.onsetcomp.com.

HOBOMX100TempLoggerManual
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1‐800‐LOGGERS(564‐4377)•508‐759‐9500
www.onsetcomp.com/support/contact
©2016–2020OnsetComputerCorporation.Allrightsreserved.Onset,HOBO,HOBOmobile,HOBOconnect,and
HOBOlinkareregisteredtrademarksofOnsetComputerCorporation.AppStore,iPhone,andiPadareservicemarks
orregisteredtrademarksofAppleInc.AndroidandGooglePlayaretrademarksofGoogleLLC.Bluetoothand
BluetoothSmartisaregisteredtrademarkofBluetoothSIG,Inc.Allothertrademarksarethepropertyoftheir
respectivecompanies.
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BatteryInformation
TheloggerusesoneCR2450non‐replaceablelithiumbattery.
Batterylifeis1year,typicalwithaloggingintervalof1minute,
butmaybeextendedto2yearswhentheloggerisconfigured
withBluetoothAlwaysOndisabled.Expectedbatterylifevaries
basedontheambienttemperaturewheretheloggeris
deployedandthefrequencyofconnections,downloads,and
paging.Deploymentsinextremelycoldorhottemperaturesor
aloggingintervalfasterthan1minutecanimpactbatterylife.
Estimatesarenotguaranteedduetouncertaintiesininitial
batteryconditionsandoperatingenvironment.
WARNING:Donotcutopen,incinerate,heatabove85°C
(185°F),orrechargethelithiumbattery.Thebatterymay
explodeiftheloggerisexposedtoextremeheatorconditions
thatcoulddamageordestroythebatterycase.Donotdispose
oftheloggerorbatteryinfire.Donotexposethecontentsof
thebatterytowater.Disposeofthebatteryaccordingtolocal
regulationsforlithiumbatteries.
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FederalCommunicationCommissionInterferenceStatement
ThisequipmenthasbeentestedandfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforaClassBdigitaldevice,pursuanttoPart15oftheFCCRules.Theselimitsaredesignedtoprovide
reasonableprotectionagainstharmfulinterferenceinaresidentialinstallation.Thisequipmentgeneratesusesandcanradiateradiofrequencyenergyand,ifnotinstalledand
usedinaccordancewiththeinstructions,maycauseharmfulinterferencetoradiocommunications.However,thereisnoguaranteethatinterferencewillnotoccurina
particularinstallation.Ifthisequipmentdoescauseharmfulinterferencetoradioortelevisionreception,whichcanbedeterminedbyturningtheequipmentoffandon,theuser
isencouragedtotrytocorrecttheinterferencebyoneofthefollowingmeasures:
Reorientorrelocatethereceivingantenna
Increasetheseparationbetweentheequipmentandreceiver
Connecttheequipmentintoanoutletonacircuitdifferentfromthattowhichthereceiverisconnected
Consultthedealeroranexperiencedradio/TVtechnicianforhelp
ThisdevicecomplieswithPart15oftheFCCRules.Operationissubjecttothefollowingtwoconditions:(1)Thisdevicemaynotcauseharmfulinterference,and(2)thisdevice
mustacceptanyinterferencereceived,includinginterferencethatmaycauseundesiredoperation.
FCCCaution:Anychangesormodificationsnotexpresslyapprovedbythepartyresponsibleforcompliancecouldvoidtheuser'sauthoritytooperatethisequipment.
IndustryCanadaStatements
ThisdevicecomplieswithIndustryCanadalicense‐exemptRSSstandard(s).Operationissubjecttothefollowingtwoconditions:(1)thisdevicemaynotcauseinterference,and
(2)thisdevicemustacceptanyinterference,includinginterferencethatmaycauseundesiredoperationofthedevice.
Avisdeconformitépourl’IndustrieCanada
LeprésentappareilestconformeauxCNRd'IndustrieCanadaapplicablesauxappareilsradioexemptsdelicence.L'exploitationestautoriséeauxdeuxconditionssuivantes:(1)
l'appareilnedoitpasproduiredebrouillage,et(2)l'appareildoitacceptertoutbrouillageradioélectriquesubi,mêmesilebrouillageestsusceptibled'encompromettrele
fonctionnement.
TocomplywithFCCandIndustryCanadaRFradiationexposurelimitsforgeneralpopulation,theloggermustbeinstalledtoprovideaseparationdistanceofatleast20cmfrom
allpersonsandmustnotbeco‐locatedoroperatinginconjunctionwithanyotherantennaortransmitter.