Logger Utilities - UREAD

This is a utility to read historic data from a logger and append it to a file in "DF2" format. This file can be subsequently imported into Stark RT energy monitoring software. This is useful if it is not possible to interrogate the logger directly from the RT host.

The historic logged data is normally read by a sophisticated software package (eg. Stark RT) that can store the data and generate reports based on it. The reading of this data is scheduled automatically (typically daily). The logger or loggers are interrogated via the PC's serial port, possibly using a dial-up modem or Paknet. Several of the loggers may be connected in a network.

However, should there be a failure of the communications network, modem or telephone line, UREAD is designed to provide a fall-back mode of operation until communications are restored.

UREAD can be installed in a portable PC and taken to each logger that cannot be contacted by the host PC. SHM Loggers have a separate RS232 connector that is designed for local interrogation. By plugging the portable PC into this connector, the historic data can be read and stored as a disk file in standard Stark DF2 format.

The resulting file is then transferred to the host PC. The Stark RT software can then import the data from this file in lieu of 'live' data.

The utility supports communication with the logger in a variety of ways :-

• RS232 direct connection to local interrogation port (9-way D type)
• Dial-up modem (where logger has a modem fitted)
• Ethernet TCP/IP (where logger is connected to an Ethernet Gateway Unit)

A full manual is available on our technical manuals page.