Logtag Usric-8 Specification sheet

LogTag

TEMPERATURE RECORDER

USRIC-8

USB PDF Temperature Recorder

Product User Guide

Revision 1.6

Friday, 4. September 2015

Contents

Safety Information .............................................................. 3

Liability....................................................................... 3

Useful life ..................................................................... 3

Disclaimer..................................................................... 3

Typographical conventions ....................................................... 3

Introduction ................................................................... 4

Checklist - Required Equipment ................................................... 4

Features ....................................................................... 4

Case ........................................................................ 4

Buttons...................................................................... 4

Indicator LEDs................................................................ 4

Software Requirements........................................................... 4

Conguring the USRIC-8 ........................................................ 4

Standard Conguration Options................................................... 5

Advanced Conguration Options .................................................. 5

Finalising the conguration ...................................................... 5

Starting the USRIC-8 ............................................................ 5

While recording.................................................................. 5

Alerts ....................................................................... 5

Marking a reading with an inspection mark .......................................... 6

When does the USRIC-8 stop recording? ............................................ 6

Automatically ................................................................. 6

Manually .................................................................... 6

Plugging the USRIC-8 into a USB port.............................................. 6

Accessing the les .............................................................. 6

Unplugging................................................................... 6

Tips and Tricks ................................................................. 7

Conguration ................................................................. 7

During the trip ................................................................ 7

Data evaluation................................................................ 7

Interpreting the data............................................................. 8

Getting help ................................................................... 9

USRIC-8 Factory Presets ........................................................ 10

Technical Specications ......................................................... 11

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Safety Information

e USRIC-8 PDF USB temperature recorder contains a non-replaceable Lithium Battery. When the battery indicates “LOW” the

recorder should be replaced and the battery recycled or disposed of according to your local regulations.

Do not expose the recorder to extreme temperatures as it may lead to the destruction of the battery and may cause injuries.

Keep out of the reach of children.

Liability

LogTag’s standard warranty terms apply. A copy can be requested by emailing info@logtagrecorders.com.

In addition LogTag Recorders shall not be held liable:

• If the device was used beyond LogTag Recorders’ stated limitations.

• For any claims due to the improper storage and use of the device.

• For any problems with refrigeration units.

• For the bad quality of the monitored goods, if any.

• For incorrect readings if the device was used with a low battery.

• For consequential loss.

Useful life

e operational life of the USRIC-8 is approx. 6 months after conguration, provided...

• ...the device was not stored for over 2 years prior to activation,

• ...the device is not downloaded excessively (more than once a week),

• ...the device is stored and operated according to LogTag Recorders’ recommendations.

Disclaimer

e USRIC-8 monitors temperature exposure and not the quality of the goods it accompanies. Its purpose is to signal if product quality

evaluation/testing is required.

Typographical conventions

Text in this font refers to buttons on the USRIC-8.

Text in this font refers to option settings, dialogue boxes or actions to be taken in LogTag Analyzer.

Text in this font describes features of the product.

Introduction

LogTag’s USRIC-8 is a fully congurable, single-use USB

temperature recorder that can create temperature reports without the

need to install proprietary software or hardware at the destination.

e product can be ordered with pre-set proles ready to start, or

congured using LogTag Analyzer, and is then placed with the goods

to be monitored. At the destination the USRIC-8 can be plugged

straight into a computer’s USB port and generates a PDF le, which

can be accessed using PDF software such as Acrobat Reader.

Checklist - Required Equipment

• LogTag® USRIC-8 USBPDF temperature recorder.

It is recommended that you connect all USRIC-8 devices via a

permanently plugged in USB extension cable to protect your

computer’s USB socket.

• A computer running Windows XP, Mac OSX or Linux.

• For conguration - a PC running Windows XP SP3 or later.

Features

e USRIC-8 USB PDF temperature recorder features the familiar

LogTag case layout with an additional USB plug at the bottom,

enclosed by a protective cap.

Case

• Mounting lug

For secure fastening of recorder to xtures

• USB plug with Protective Cap

Protects the USB connector from moisture and dirt

• Temperature sensor

located inside case

• Durable polycarbonate case, IP64

Buttons

• START/Mark button

Can be used to start the unit or place an inspection mark in the

data listing

• STOP button

Can be used to stop the unit.

MOUNTING LUG

START/MARK BUTTON

STOP BUTTON

SENSOR

ALERT LED

Protective USB Cap

OK LED

Indicator LEDs

• Green OK LED

Indicates the unit is operating without alerts being present.

• Red ALERT LED

Indicates an alarm condition has occurred during the trip.

Software Requirements

Software requirements vary depending on the type of le you want

the USRIC-8 to generate when plugged into USB at the destination.

• If you wish to congure USRIC-8 products you will need to

download the LogTag® Analyzer software from LogTag’s web site at

http://www.logtagrecorders.com/software.php. Follow the

instruction to install and start the software.

• If you only plan on evaluating data, plug the USRIC-8 into a

computer‘s USB socket. A PDF le will be generated1, which you

can open from the recorder‘s USB memory storage with Acrobat

Reader 4.0 or later, or any other compatible PDF reader software

of your choice.

• At the same time an LTD le will be created1that can be opened

with LogTag Analyzer. Here you can not only analyse data in

detail and generate report les, but also create charts from multiple

recorders for comparison.

• You can also download data directly into LogTag Analyzer

without accessing the recorder‘s USB memory storage.

Configuring the USRIC-8

USRIC-8 recorder can be ordered pre-congured, ready to start.

Dierent proles are available; if none of these suit or the USRIC-8

needs dierent conguration settings to those already installed, the

unit can be congured using LogTag Analyzer.

• Start the LogTag Analyzer software.

• Remove the protective cap and insert the USRIC-8 into a USB

port. You will receive a message that a new USB device has been

found2, and a generic driver will be installed.

• Once the driver is installed and the USRIC-8 is ready (indicated

by the green OK LED blinking), it can receive conguration data.

Click LogTag - Congure; LogTag Analyzer will scan all ports

and display the conguration options for connected USRIC-8‘s.

Although you can congure many devices at the same time, it

is practical to limit the number of devices to about 10, using a

powered USB hub.

1 Depending on the conguration, the USRIC-8 may produce any of the supported le types *.ltd,

*.csv or *.pdf, or none at all if le generation is disabled when conguring the unit.

2 Depending on the factory conguration additional drivers may be installed at this time.

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Standard Configuration Options

ese standard conguration options are very similar to those of

standard LogTag® recorder products and include settings such as

User ID, start method, pre-start recording, logging interval and

duration, start delay, temperature alert parameters and password.

Figure 1 - USRIC-8 basic conguration screen

For detailed information about each parameter please read the

section about Conguring a LogTag® for logging in LogTag

Analyzer’s User Guide or press F1 for help.

Advanced Configuration Options

Select Advanced Options for additional

conguration options.

ese options decide which les -if any- are generated at the end of

the trip, whether or not the recorder can be stopped using the STOP

button and also determine the appearance of the PDF le.

Figure 2 - USRIC-8 advanced conguration screen

Parameters that inuence the appearance of the PDF le are

• creation of the data list

• setting of the temperature unit, date and time format

• Time zone and MKT

• setting scaling parameters for the chart

Enter the desired options and click Close to accept the new values.

is returns you to the standard conguration dialogue.

Finalising the configuration

• Click Next to upload the conguration data to the USRIC-8.

• When the conguration is complete, unplug the USRIC-8 from

the USB socket and replace the protective cap.

If you wish to congure more USRIC-8 units with the same

conguration, insert the next recorder into the USB socket, wait

until it is ready for conguration and click Again. Alternatively you

can use the Prole function to congure multiple units with the

same settings.

You can upload the conguration to a USRIC-8 recorder as often as

required, however once started the unit cannot be congured again.

Starting the USRIC-8

During conguration you can decide when the USRIC-8 recorder

should start taking temperature readings.

• ... via Push button start

e recorder will start taking temperature readings immediately

when you press the START/Mark button, or after the time

period you have specied in the Begin recording after a delay of

eld.

• ... via Push button start with pre-start logging enabled

When you choose to record pre-start readings, the USRIC-8

starts recording as soon as it is unplugged from the USB port3. It

will continue to record pre-start readings until you start the unit

by pressing the START/Mark button. is way you do not lose

readings even if you forget to start the unit. Note, however, that no

alarms are processed while pre-start readings are being taken.

Pre-start readings will not appear in the PDF le, and if only

pre-start readings were recorded, no PDF le will be generated.

In this case you will need to download the readings using LogTag

Analyzer.

• ... via Date/Time start

When this option is selected the recorder will start taking

temperature readings at the date and time you specify (local time).

You cannot combine a date/time start with pre-start readings or

the start delay function.

If you congure the USRIC-8 for a time start, but you leave it

plugged into the USB port until after the congured time has

passed, the unit will start as soon as it is unplugged.

While recording...

While the USRIC-8 is recording the green OK LED blinks every 4

seconds if none of the congured alarm conditions have been met.4

Alerts

As soon as one of the alarm conditions is met, the red alert LED

blinks every 4 seconds.

Depending on the alarm conguration the red LED may remain on

for the rest of the trip, or the green OK LED may blink again once

conditions return back inside the limits.

If congured, you can reset an alert by pressing the START/Mark

button. Alerts which are a result of accumulative alarms cannot be

cleared.

3 e rst pre-start reading is taken one log interval after you unplug the unit from the USB port.

4 e blinking of the green OK LED can be disabled during conguration of the unit.

Marking a reading with an inspection mark

When you press the START/Mark button, the next reading taken

by the USRIC-8 will be identied in the downloaded data with

an inspection mark. If the Allow stopping with the Stop button

feature is congured, a mark will also be registered when you press

the STOP button, but do not complete the process of stopping the

recorder.

When does the USRIC-8 stop recording?

Automatically

e USRIC-8 stops recording temperature when the maximum

number of readings specied during conguration has been reached.

Your unit may also stop when inserted into a USB socket. is is a

factory set option which cannot be changed during conguration

of the unit with LogTag Analyzer. Your distributor can supply more

information about this option.

Manually

You can set up a USRIC-8 so it can be stopped with the STOP

button. is feature is useful when you take the recorder out of a

shipment and don’t want to falsify the statistics with readings taken

after the shipment completion. You can enable stopping in the

Advanced Options dialogue during conguration. When enabled,

following sequence will stop the unit:

• Press and hold the STOP button. For the next 4 seconds both

LED’s will blink simultaneously.

• When the LED’s start blinking more rapidly release the button.

e recorder will now stop taking readings and cannot be re-

started.

• If you change your mind half way during the process, simply keep

holding the button until all LEDs have stopped blinking. Instead

of stopping, an inspection mark will be recorded against the next

temperature reading taken.

Plugging the USRIC-8 into a USB port

What happens when you plug the USRIC-8 into a USB port

depends on the Operating System of the computer, the settings

made during conguration and whether or not LogTag Analyzer is

running.

• If you have congured the USRIC-8 to Generate les, PDF, CSV

or LTD les will be created every time you plug the recorder into

the USB port. is will be indicated by the green OK LED being

permanently on.

Once nished, the green OK LED will blink every second, twice

in quick succession, to indicate these les can now be accessed.

• If you have disabled le generation, the USRIC-8‘s green OK

LED will blink once every second.

As part of the process up to four drivers will be installed. ese

drivers are part of the Operating System and will typically not

require administrator privileges for your computer.

1. Mass Storage Device

2. LogTag Mass Storage USB Device

ese two devices are required so you can access the data les in

the same way as a USB memory stick. ese drivers will not be

installed if the USRIC-8 is congured not to generate les. not

3. USB Input Device (HID)

is device is used for communication to LogTag Analyzer and

its driver will always be installed, even if LogTag Analyzer is not

present on the PC.

4. USB Composite Device

Which of these drivers will be installed depends on the USRIC-8’s

conguration.

While a USRIC-8 is plugged into USB, no temperature readings

are taken. e graph will display a gap and the data list will indicate

“paused”. is also applies when the recorder is connected to a USB

power supply.

Accessing the files

If les are generated, a new storage device or mounted device will

appear. e device name will be created from the serial number of

the USRIC-8. You can access the les by browsing to the newly

created drive and double-clicking the PDF, CSV or LTD les. For

PDF les you need Adobe Acrobat Reader or a similar PDF viewer.

To open the LTD le you need to install the free LogTag Analyzer

software. CSV les can be opened with a text editor, or imported

into a spreadsheet program such as MS ExcelTM.

e le names contain information about the recorded data, which is

detailed in the section about “Interpreting the data” on page 8.

If a device only has pre-start readings, PDF and CSV les will not be

created.

e les created by the USRIC-8 are not automatically copied to a

permanent storage volume on your computer. If you wish to retain

the les you need to manually copy them to a location such as your

Documents folder.

Unplugging

You can unplug a USRIC-8 at any time; there is no need to stop the

device via the shortcut menu in the notication area on the taskbar.

If you plug a unit into a USB port during a start delay, the delay

period will re-start when the unit is unplugged. You will see the

start and delay signals indicated by the LED’s. e delay will also be

restarted if you press the START/Mark button during the delay

period.

You may see the start signal if you have congured a time start, but

have left the unit plugged in beyond the start time of the USRIC-8.

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Tips and Tricks

Configuration

When conguring a USRIC-8, allow enough time for the readings

to stabilise if you have an upper alert congured. is can be best

achieved with a start delay, or a date/time start if you know when the

shipment takes place.

Make sure you remove your USRIC-8 from the USB socket when

you have congured a time start, so it starts at the time you want,

rather than when unplugged from the port.

During the trip

Always replace the USB protective cap before placing the USRIC-8

with the goods for recording. While recording, place the USRIC-8

so the protective cap is facing down. e protection rating can only

be achieved when used in this orientation. For applications requiring

a higher IP rating the unit should be used in the protective case,

available as an accessory.

Data evaluation

Although the les generated by the USRIC-8 are not automatically

copied, the data on the unit is retained, so each time you plug it

back into the computer the les are re-generated, albeit with a new

le name. Once the battery is exhausted, the data can no longer be

accessed.

Signal Sequence Occurrence

Wake-up signal

Sequence of four quick

alternate ashes of green-red

LED’s

• displayed after conguration has been successfully applied to the USRIC-8.

Not to be mixed up with...

Start signal

Sequence of ten alternate

ashes of green-red LED’s

• displayed when the USRIC-8 starts its recording cycle.

• e delay timer is re-started (followed by Delay Signal).

Mark signal

Delay Signal

Sequence of ve

simultaneous ashes of green

and red LED’s

• displayed when pressing START/Mark button while recording to indicate an

inspection mark in the software.

• displayed directly after the start-up signal following a push button start where a recording

delay has been congured. In this instance the start-up signal is repeated when the actual

recording begins.

Logging active, no alert present

Single ash of green LED

every 4 seconds (approx.)

• indicates USRIC-8 is recording.

• is is not displayed when pre-start is active and the main logging cycle has not yet started.

It is also not displayed when the green LED has been turned o in the conguration

screen.

Logging nished, no alert

present

Single ash of green LED

every 8 seconds (approx.)

• indicates USRIC-8 has nished recording.

• is is not displayed when the green LED has been turned o in the conguration screen.

Logging active, alert condition

present

Single ash of red LED every

4 seconds

• indicates USRIC-8 is recording, an alert condition has occurred.

• is is not displayed when pre-start recording has been congured and the recorder has not

yet been started.

Logging nished, alert

condition present

Single ash of red LED every

8 seconds

• indicates USRIC-8 has nished recording and an alert condition was present during the

trip.

Communication

e green LED will ash

occasionally

• during USB communication the green LED will ash occasionally; no additional

information is conveyed in this.

Initiate Stop Sequence of simultaneous

ashes of green and red

LED’s for 4 seconds

• is LED sequence appears when the stop sequence is initiated and requires that the

STOP button is enabled.

Stopping Sequence of very quick

simultaneous ashes of green

and red LED’s for 2 seconds

• When this LED sequence starts, the STOP button must be released for the recorder to

stop.

Ready for USB Two quick ashes of the

green LED every second

• e USRIC-8 is connected to a USB port and waiting for USB communication.

Ready for re-ash e red LED is on

permanently

• A permanently lit red LED light indicates the USRIC-8 is ready to receive new rmware.

Special software is required to upload new rmware to the USRIC-8.

Generating Files e green LED is on

permanently

• A permanently lit green LED light indicates the USRIC-8 is generating les. No USB

activity will be observed on the computer screen during this time.

Low Serial #: Model #: Trip #: Battery:

High Desc:

Start Type:

Start Delay:

Interval:

Alarm Indicator:

Temperature Alarms

Lower:

Upper:

First Reading:

Last Reading:

Elapsed Time:

Total Readings:

Temperature Statistics

Lowest:

Highest:

Average Reading:

Standard Deviation (S):

Triggered:

Time Below:

Occurrences:

°C - Minutes Below:

Triggered:

Time Above:

Occurrences:

°C - Minutes Above:

1/3

4035000025 USRIC-8 OK1

Date/time start

none

5 minutes

Enabled lower & upper

8.0 °C after 24 accumulative

15.0 °C after 72 accumulative

✖

07/11/14 09:52:00

10/11/14 02:12:00

2 days 16 hours 25 minutes

773

-0.8 °C @ 08/11/14 11:22:00

25.5 °C @ 07/11/14 09:52:00

7.1 °C

9.3 °C

08/11/14 00:07:00

1 day 20 hours 20 minutes

18843.56

07/11/14 15:47:00

19 hours 55 minutes

7195.56

Alarm Status Recorder Info

Recorder Configuration

Recorded Data

Low Alarm High Alarm

Filename:

File created:

Note:

LogTag_4035000025_1_141110_0212_ALM.pdf

10/11/14 02:12:36

All times are in 24hr UTC +1:00, All dates are DD/MM/YY

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