LogTag TRID30-7 User manual

Wh a t h a r d W a r e d o y o u n e e d ?
• LogTag TRID30-7 Temperature recorder.
• LogTag LTI/USB Interface Cradle.
• PC running Windows XP or later version.
Wh a t a b o u t s o f t W a r e ?
LogTag Analyzer software is available for download from LogTag Recorders
website.
• Goto http://www.logtag-recorders.com/support.html
and download the software.
• After installation is complete, a new icon will appear on your desktop.
In s t a l l I n g t h e I n t e r f a c e c r a d l e
• Plug the Interface Cradle into a USB port.
• USB drivers will install automatically. Your operating
system will inform you when installation is complete.
co n f I g u r I n g t h e trId30-7
The Recorder must be congured before you can take readings.
• Start the LogTag Analyzer software.
• Insert the Recorder into the Interface Cradle with the blue label to the front. You
will here a click as the contacts engage.
• The screen will show ‘A new LogTag has been detected... Please wait...‘.
• If a Recorder has been used previously, a chart will appear.
• Select ‘LogTag - Wizard‘ to bring up the conguration wizard. The ‘Welcome
and general instructions‘ will be displayed.
• Click on ‘Next‘; LogTag Analyzer will scan for a Recorder, once found the con-
guration options will be displayed.
• User ID - user can enter details about each Recorder.
• Select ‘Push button start’ or ‘Date/Time start’
depending on requirements.
• Enter the start Date and Time if selected.
• Tick ‘Enable pre-start logging’. Enabling this
function causes the Recorder to start taking readings immediately after congu-
ration (useful in case the user forgets to press the Start button).
• Select recording mode - Continuously (overwrites old readings when memory
is full) or Reading for a specic time (note that changing the recording interval
automatically re-calculates the recording duration).
• Enter a start delay if required (allows the Recorder to stabilise before recording
starts).
• Set a upper temperature alert value and tick ‘Trigger alarm’ if you require a visual
upper ‘ALARM’ to show on the Recorder’s display once triggered.
• Set a lower temperature alert value and tick ‘Trigger alarm’ if you require a visual
lower ‘ALARM’ to show on the Recorder’s display once triggered.
• You can also setup various trigger conditions for both the upper and lower
alarms, single violation or a set of consecutive violation readings or a total of
violation readings encountered (called accumulative).
• If you wish to control future conguration of this Recorder, tick the ‘Congure
requires a password’ box and enter a password. You can also control future
downloads, tick the ‘Download requires a password’ . NOTE: Passwords are
case sensitive.
• Click ‘Advanced options’ to view and change the Recorder’s Advanced fea-
tures including the ‘Pause’ function, Stopping and Re-activation, Clearing and
Latching Alarms, Power save and displayed units oC or oF.
• If enabled, any button activity will prevent readings being processed for max/
min/duration statistics and alarm triggers for the congured paused duration.
This allows the user to review current statistics or clear an alarm without causing
a false alarm or statistic while handling the Recorder.
• The Recorder can display temperature in units of oC or oF, select the units you
require.
• The option ‘Switch o the display after 30 seconds (Power save)’ will extend
battery by automatically deactivating the display after 30 seconds of no button
activity, button activity will temporarily reactivate the display.
• The Recorder can be congured to allow the user to Stop and/or Re- activate the
Recorder, tick which options are required.
• Click ‘OK’ to exit the Advanced dialog, returning to Conguration Options.
• Click ‘Next’ and the Recorder will be congured.
• When conguration is complete remove the Recorder from the Interface Cradle.
• If you wish to congure more Recorders with the same conguration prole,
insert the next Recorder into the Interface Cradle and click ‘Again’. Repeat until
all Recorders are congured.
The temperature can be displayed in °C or °F.
Reading type:-
CURRENT = The temperature of the last reading taken.
MAX = The maximum reading in a given 24hour period.
MIN = The minimum reading in a given 24hour period.
Above/below limit markers:-
Up arrow marker appears when the temperature
displayed is above the upper alert limit.
Down arrow marker appears when the temperature
displayed is below the lower alert level.
ALARM appears when an alarm is triggered.
The time (in HH:MM) can be current time, time remaining to
start of a delayed start or duration of a given max min value
above or below the specied limits. The value displayed is
indicated by the following:-
TIME = displaying Current Time.
TIME DELAY = displaying DELAYED START time remaining.
DURATION = displaying duration of a given MAX or MIN
statistic above/below the limits on a given day.
Battery test is performed hourly:-
displayed when battery tested OK
displayedwhen battery tested LOW.
State indicators:-
READY Ready to start recording.
STARTING Preparing to start recording. If a delayed start
is congured then displays time remaining to
start recording.
RECORDING Recording.
PAUSED Max/Min statistics collection paused due
to button press activity.
STOPPED Recording has stopped.
The display is organized with a table of ‘day alarm indica-
tors’ segments named ‘Today’ to ‘-29d’ which are switched
on when a given day has an alarm trigger present.
The day number of the currently selected day statistic is
displayed when in review mode. TODAY is day 0, yesterday
is day ‘-1’. Can be congured to display the total number of
days collected while recording.
co n f I g u r a t I o n o p t I o n s
TEMPERATURE RECORDER
TRID30-7 QUICK START GUIDE
DISPLAY
MOUNTING LUG
REWIEV/MARK Button
START/CLEAR/STOP Button
SENSOR
dI s p l a y o v e r v I e W
Battery statusTime valueDay number
ALARM indicator
Temperatur value
State indicators
Above/below limit markers
Reading type
Day alarm
indicators

st a r t I n g t h e r e c o r d e r
If the Recorder has been congured with a Date/Time
start, it will start automatically.
Only when the display shows READY can the Recorder be started manually. Press
and hold the Start  button. Continue to hold while STAR-
TING ashes on the display; release the button when the
ashing stops (after approx 5 seconds).
The Recorder will now display the delayed start time re-
maining (if congured). This example shows a start delay
of 30 minutes remaining.
At the end of the delayed start (if congured) the Recor-
der will start collecting data and show the word RECOR-
DING on the display.
pa u s e d f u n c t I o n
If enabled, any button activity will suspend processing of readings and the Re-
corder will display PAUSED. This allows the user to review the statistics or clear an
alarm without causing an invalid reading, alarm or statistic.
se t t I n g t h e d I s p l a y c l o c k
LogTag Analyzer sets the Recorder’s internal real time clock to the conguration
PC’s time however the user can manually change the display clock if required.
Press and hold the  and  buttons together continuously for 8 seconds. During
this period the display will ash CLOCK ADJ. Release the buttons when the ashing
stops to enter ‘clock adjust’ mode.
The minutes will ash. Press  to increment the minutes and 
to accept the minute changes and to start editing the hours. The
hours will now ash, press
to increment the hours and  to accept and store the new time.
If recording is active a clock change event will be recorded with the next logged
reading which will be displayed when the data is downloaded.
re c o r d I n g d I s p l a y
During recording, the display shows the temperature of the last reading taken,
the current time, battery status and a combination of alarm status and history. A
reading is taken and the display updated every logging interval as congured in
LogTag Analyzer.
Following are some examples:
Here the display shows that alarm events occurred 7 and
19 days ago. The current temperature is over the upper
limit (indicated by the  ) but has not been over for long
enough to trigger an alarm.
10 Hours later the over temperature has triggered an
alarm. The ALARM symbol and the today marker day
alarm are shown.
A further 2 hours later the temperature has returned to the
acceptable range but the alarm remains present.
The day summary has shifted by 1 day as the time has
gone through midnight.
cl e a r I n g a n a l a r m
When an alarm event has occurred, the ALARM symbol is displayed.
To clear the ALARM symbol from the display, press and hold the Clear  button
until the ALARM symbol stops ashing then immediately release.
Alarm events continue to be displayed in the history area of the display and can be
reviewed with the day statistics.
Note: The option to clear and latch alarms can be disabled see advanced options
in LogTag Analyzer.
re v I e W I n g d a y s t a t I s t I c s
The Recorder will display up to 30 days of max/min/duration and alarm statistics.
If the Recorder is congured to record longer than 30 days (or continuously) then
the day statistics will contain up to the latest 30 days.
To review the day statistics press the Review  button. Each press of the button
will step through the Max and Min temperatures for each day starting with today
and moving backwards through the days (displayed day will ash).
Any button activity during recording will place an inspection mark in the next rea-
ding of logged data which will be displayed when the data is downloaded.
Following are some examples:-
Pressing the Review  button displays current dayís
MAX statistic.The today segment ashes and DAY 00
is shown to indicate the ‘Today’ selection. The selec-
ted day (today) does not have any recordings outside
the preset limits.
Pressing the Review  button again displays the
dayís MIN statistic.
The MIN statistic is not below the limit and did not
trigger an alarm.
Pressing the Review  button again displays the next
previous day’s MAX statistic. There are recordings that
are above the upper limit. The MAX statistic is above
the upper limit (indicated by ) and the ALARM was
triggered for a duration of 10 hours and 11 minutes.
Pressing the Review  button again displays the
day’s MIN statistic.
The MIN statistic is not below the limit and did not
trigger an alarm.
If less than 30 days of recordings have been
collected, the day marker only advances as far as there is data available.
After the last day for which statistics have been collected is displayed,
the next press of the  button rolls the summary back to the statistic for
today . Pressing the  button at any time shows the normal recording
display again.
st o p p I n g t h e r e c o r d e r
If enabled you can stop the Recorder; press and hold the Stop  button.
Continue to hold while STOPPED ashes on the display; release the button
when the ashing stops.
The Recorder will no longer take any readings, however you can still re-
view the day statistics and download the logged results to a PC with
LogTag Analyzer.
Note: The option to stop the Recorder can be disabled, see advanced
options in LogTag Analyzer.
re-a c t I v a t I n g t h e r e c o r d e r
If enabled, the Recorder can be re-activated for re-use by either re- conguring
using LogTag Analyzer or using the Start  button.
To re-activate using the Start  button, press and hold the Start  button obser-
ving the READY text ashing on the display; release the button when the ashing
stops. The recorder will then be ready for a push button start. Data/time start is
only possible by re-conguring with LogTag Analyzer.
Re-activating the Recorder will erase all previously recorded readings and stati-
stics!
Note: The option to re-activate the Recorder can be disabled, see advanced op-
tions in LogTag Analyzer.
ba t t e r y
The Recorder contains a Lithium Battery. Dispose or recycle the bat-
tery in accordance to your local regulations. Do not expose to extre-
me temperatures.
The end of battery life is indicated by a low battery symbol, the Battery/ Recorder
should be replaced within 30 days when this symbol appears.
The TRID30-7R has a replaceable CR2032 battery. Battery access sits behind the
square white label on the back of the Recorder’s case. Contact your supplier or
check the LogTag website for further details.
The TRID30-7F Recorder’s battery is not user replaceable and should be replaced
or serviced by a suitably qualied and authorized service centre.
do W n l o a d I n g d a t a
• Start LogTag Analyzer software.
• Insert the Recorder into the Interface Cradle.
• The screen will show ‘A new LogTag has been detected..... Please wait.....‘.
• After a few seconds, the downloaded data will appear (by default shown as a
chart, see below).
• Data can be displayed in Chart, Data, Summary or Day Summary formats by
clicking the tabs at the bottom of the chart dialog.
• Data can also be saved in a number of formats including TXT, PDF, HTML and
CSV for import into a spreadsheet program.
ge t t I n g h e l p
If after reading this guide you still need further information, please visit the
LogTag Recorders website. For support visit
http://www.logtag-recorders.com/support.html
Example of a Zoomed in chart within LogTag Analyzer.