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Contacting Onset Forsupport,pleasecontactthecompanythatyouboughttheproductsfrom:Onset ComputerCorporationoranOnsetAuthorizedDealer. OnsetComputerCorporation 470MacArthurBlvd. Bourne,MA02532 MailingAddress: P.O.Box3450 Pocasset,MA02559‐3450 Phone:1‐800‐LOGGERS(1‐800‐564‐4377)or508‐759‐9500 Fax:508‐759‐9100 TechnicalSupportHours:8AMto8PMET,MondaythroughFriday CustomerSupportHours:8AMto5PMET,MondaythroughFriday E‐mail:[email protected]@onsetcomp.com MainOnsetWebsite:www.onsetcomp.com Copyrights and Trademarks ©2010‐2012OnsetComputerCorporation.Allrightsreserved. Onset,HOBO,HOBOlink,HOBOware,BoxCar,andFlexSmartaretrademarksor registeredtrademarksofOnsetComputerCorporationforitsdataloggerproductsand configuration/interfacesoftware. MacintoshisaregisteredtrademarkofApple,Inc. MicrosoftandWindowsareregisteredtrademarksofMicrosoftCorporation. Allothertrademarksarethepropertyoftheirrespectivecompanies. Part#:MAN‐HL‐WH Doc#:11969‐N HOBOlink Printable Help 2 www.onsetcomp.com Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ......................................................... 6 IntroductiontoHOBOlink...........................................................................................................6 AnOverviewoftheHOBOlinkUserInterface.....................................................................7 CreatingaHOBOlinkAccount...................................................................................................8 RegisteringaDevice......................................................................................................................9 CommunicationsPlanOverview...........................................................................................10 GSMCommunicationsPlanBanners...................................................................................11 GSMCommunicationsPlanNotifications..........................................................................12 ChangingYourAccountInformationandPreferences................................................14 Chapter 2: Basic Configuration ............................................ 16 ConfiguringaDevice..................................................................................................................16 ConfiguringLaunchSettings...................................................................................................16 ConfiguringReadoutSettings................................................................................................18 UnregisteringaDevice..............................................................................................................20 LabelingSensors..........................................................................................................................20 AllowingPublicAccesstoyourData...................................................................................22 Chapter 3: Scaling Data ....................................................... 23 ConfiguringScaling.....................................................................................................................23 CalculatingMultiplierandOffset..........................................................................................24 ScalingConfigurationPane.....................................................................................................25 ScalingExample:CountstoLiters........................................................................................27 ScalingExample:Current(mA)toInchesofWaterColumn(inWC)....................27 CalculatingPowerinKilowatts.............................................................................................29 WattNodeScaleFactorsforPower......................................................................................31 CalculatingEnergyinKilowatt‐Hours................................................................................31 ScalingfortheE50B2Power&EnergyMeter.................................................................33 Chapter 4: Configuring Alarms ............................................ 34 AnOverviewofAlarms.............................................................................................................34 SensorAlarms...............................................................................................................................34 SystemAlarms..............................................................................................................................35 EnablingSystemAlarms...........................................................................................................37 ConfiguringaSensorAlarm....................................................................................................38 HOBOlink Printable Help 3 www.onsetcomp.com ConfiguringSensorAlarmConditions................................................................................39 ConfiguringSensorAlarmActions.......................................................................................40 CopyingaSensorAlarm...........................................................................................................42 DeletingaSensorAlarm...........................................................................................................43 ViewingtheAlarmLog..............................................................................................................44 AnOverviewoftheU30RelayContact..............................................................................45 ConfiguringRelayAlarmsfortheU30/RC........................................................................47 ConnectingEquipmenttotheRelayContact...................................................................48 RelayExample‐StartDevice..................................................................................................49 RelayContactExample‐StopDevice..................................................................................49 Chapter 5: Monitoring Your Devices .................................... 51 OverviewoftheMySummaryPage......................................................................................51 MySummaryWidgets...............................................................................................................52 AddingaDeviceWidgettotheMySummaryPage.......................................................54 AddingaMeasurementWidgettotheMySummaryPage.........................................56 ViewingDeviceStatus...............................................................................................................58 ViewingAlarms............................................................................................................................60 ViewingtheConnectionsLog.................................................................................................61 Chapter 6: Working with Data Files ..................................... 63 ManagingData..............................................................................................................................63 DownloadingDataFiles............................................................................................................63 OpeningDataFiles......................................................................................................................64 TheDataFilesPage....................................................................................................................65 SampleTextDataFile................................................................................................................66 DataFormatSectionofDataFile..........................................................................................68 DataSectionofDataFile...........................................................................................................69 EffectofTimeZoneChangeonDataFile...........................................................................70 GMT/UTCConversionReference..........................................................................................71 WrappedDataInDataFiles....................................................................................................72 PublishingYourDatatoaWebSite.....................................................................................73 Chapter 7: A Tour of HOBOlink ............................................ 76 TheDevicesPage.........................................................................................................................76 RelayStatus...................................................................................................................................77 AlarmsStatus................................................................................................................................77 TheDevicePage...........................................................................................................................77 HOBOlink Printable Help 4 www.onsetcomp.com TheDeviceTaskBar...................................................................................................................78 TheDeviceConfigurationPanel............................................................................................79 TheLaunchConfigurationPanel...........................................................................................80 TheReadoutConfigurationPanel........................................................................................80 LatestConditionsPanel............................................................................................................81 LatestConnectionsPanel.........................................................................................................83 LatestDataPanel.........................................................................................................................84 DeviceInformationPanel........................................................................................................84 TheAlarmPage............................................................................................................................86 TheDataFilesPage....................................................................................................................87 TheSettingsPage........................................................................................................................89 TheSupportPage........................................................................................................................89 AMapofHOBOlink.....................................................................................................................90 Chapter 8: Maintenance & Troubleshooting ......................... 91 FirmwareUpgrades...................................................................................................................91 U30Troubleshooting.................................................................................................................92 LaunchConfigurationTroubleshooting.............................................................................94 FrequentlyAskedQuestions...................................................................................................94 HOBOlink Printable Help 5 www.onsetcomp.com Chapter 1: Introduction Introduction to HOBOlink HOBOlinkisweb‐basedsoftwarethatworkswiththeHOBORemoteMonitoring System.WithHOBOlink,youcan: Accesscurrentandhistoricaldata,providedineithertextorHOBOwareformat, Setandviewalarms,and Manageandcontrolyourdevices. Supported Devices HOBOlinkworkswiththefollowingdevices: HOBOU30/GSM(requiresHOBOlinkCommunicationPlan) HOBOU30/Wi‐Fi HOBOU30/Ethernet ThedevicetypeyouareconnectedtoisindicatedintheDeviceInfopanelofthe DevicePage. Security HOBOlinkprovidesuserswithpassword‐protectedaccountsand108‐bitencrypted connectionsoyoucankeepyourdataentirelyprivateormakeitaccessibletoothers throughthePublicAccessfeature. Alarms HOBOlinkcanautomaticallynotifyyouviacellphonetextmessageoremailwhen conditionsexceeduser‐definedlimits,givingyoupeaceofmindknowingthatyour systemisfunctioningproperly. Supported Browsers HOBOlinksupportsthefollowingbrowsers,withcookiesandJavaScriptenabled: InternetExplorer8andhigher Firefox15andhigher Safari5andhigher Chrome22andhigher What You Need TobeginusingHOBOlink,youmusthavethefollowing: HOBOlink Printable Help 6 www.onsetcomp.com AHOBOU30StationwithRemoteCommunicationcapabilities(GSM,Wi‐Fi, Ethernet), CompatibleSmartSensorsand/orAnalogSensors, HOBOwareProsoftwareandaUSBcableforconfiguringsensors, CellularserviceatthedeploymentlocationifyouareusingtheHOBOU30/GSM. An Overview of the HOBOlink User Interface ThefirsttimeyoulogintoHOBOlink,theDevicespageopenswithalistofallthe devicesyouhaveregisteredtothisuseraccount.Toseedetailsonaparticulardevice, clickthedevicenickname.ToregisteradeviceclickRegisteraDeviceatthebottomof thepage. TheDevicespageopensineitherListorMySummaryviewdependingonwhichview youwereusingthatlasttimeyouloggedintoHOBOlink. List View TheListviewpresentsalistofalldevicesregisteredtotheuseraccountpluskey informationabouteachdevice,includingthelastconnectiontimeandcurrentstatus. My Summary View TheMySummaryviewisacustomizablepagethatallowsyoutoshowasnapshotof eachdevicewithsensormeasurements.SeeMySummaryViewformoreinformation. Device Page Whenyouselectaspecificdevice,youaretakentothatdevice'spage,shownbelow. NOTE:Tochangetheimagethatappearsinthedeviceicon,gotoDeviceConfiguration andclickEditintheImagesection. HOBOlink Printable Help 7 www.onsetcomp.com Creating a HOBOlink Account TocreateaHOBOlinkaccount: 1. GototheHOBOlinkwebsiteatwww.hobolink.com. 2. ClicktheCreateanAccountbutton. 3. Enterthefollowinginformationinthefields: Yourfirstandlastname. AnemailaddressforHOBOlinktosendaccountinformationasnecessary, includingtheemailmessagethatyouwillneedtoactivateyouraccount. Ausernamefrom3to100characters(notcase‐sensitive).Onceyoucreatea username,youcannotchangeit.Theonlywaytocreateanewusernameisto deletetheexistingaccountandcreatenewone. Apasswordfrom4to30characters.Passwordsarecase‐sensitive.Enteritagain toconfirmthatyoutypeditcorrectly. 4. ReadtheTermsofUseandclickIagree. 5. ClickCreateAccount.HOBOlinkwillsendanemailtotheaddressyouprovidedto activateyouraccount. 6. Opentheemailandclicktheactivationlink,whichwillautomaticallylogyouinto HOBOlinkwhereyoucanregisteryourdevice. HOBOlink Printable Help 8 www.onsetcomp.com Registering a Device 1. AfteryoulogintoHOBOlink,clicktheRegisteraDevicelink. TheRegisteraDevicescreenappears. 2. Completethefieldsasdescribedbelow: Nickname‐Anametoidentifythelogger(upto30characters). SerialNumber‐TheSerialnumberofthelogger,locatedonastickerinsidethe loggerdoor. DeviceKey‐TheDevicekeyofthelogger,locatedonastickerinsidethelogger door. 3. ClicktheRegisterbutton. 4. ClickonthedeviceNicknametoopentheDevicepage. HOBOlink Printable Help 9 www.onsetcomp.com Communications Plan Overview IfyouareusingaU30withRemoteCommunication(GSM,WiFi,Ethernet),youmust haveaHOBOlinkCommunicationsPlan.Thereareanumberofplanoptionsdepending onyourmodelandyourconnectionneeds.ContactOnsetSalesfordetails. Plan Information YourplaninformationisdisplayedintheCommunicationssectionoftheDevice Informationpanel.Thisincludes Plannumber Planstartandenddate ForGSMonly,themonthlycellularusage,whichisthepercentageofthe communicationplanusedsofar GSMorWi‐FiSignalStrength.(SignalStrengthisalsoindicatedintheLatest Connectionspanel. Plan Expiration Ifyourplanisnearingexpiration,youwillreceiveanemailnotificationaswellasa warningatthetopoftheDevicePage,asshownbelow. HOBOlink Printable Help 10 www.onsetcomp.com Changing Plans Prior to Expiration Ifyouchangeyourexistingplanpriortoitsexpiration,followthesesteps: NOTE:Changingplanspriortoexpirationwillresultinanadditionalfee. 1. UnregistertheDevice. 2. CyclepoweronthedevicetoforceittoconnecttoHOBOlink.Allowthedeviceto makeonefullconnectiontoHOBOlink. 3. Re‐registertheDevice. ThedeviceisnowregisteredtoyouraccountwiththenewCommunicationsPlan.Note thattheminimumvaluesforyourplanareautomaticallyappliedfortheLaunch ConfigurationandReadoutConfiguration. GSM Communications Plan Banners IfyouhaveaGSMCommunicationPlan,theLaunchConfigurationPanelandthe ReadoutConfigurationPanelincludebannerstohelpyoutrackyourdatausage.There aretwobannersonbothpanels.Onebannerdisplaysthepercentageoftheplanusedto date.Theotherbannerdisplaystheestimated,orprojected,usagewiththecurrent configuration.AsyouchangetheloggingintervalintheLaunchConfigurationpanelor theconnectionintervalintheReadoutConfigurationpanel,theestimatedusagewill automaticallyupdatesoyoucandeterminewhetheryourcommunicationplancan supporttherevisedsettings. Note:Theestimatedusageassumesthedeviceisnotrelaunchedandthereareno trippedalarms.Atrippedalarmusesapproximately7kofcommunicationsdata (dependingonyourconfigurationandnumberofsensors).Factorinthenumberof alarmsyouexpecttoreceivewhendeterminingyourdatausageandrequirements. BannersintheLaunchConfigurationpanel: BannersintheReadoutConfigurationpanel: HOBOlink Printable Help 11 www.onsetcomp.com Exceed Byte Total TheExceedByteTotalbannerwillappearinthesepanelsifyouareindangerof exceedingorhaveexceededthebyteallocationforyourcurrentplan.Thisbanner displaysthedateonwhichthebyteallocationwillreach100percentifyoukeepthe currentsettings.Itisrecommendedthatyouadjusttheloggingand/orconnection intervalifyouareindangerofexceedingthebytelimitonyourplan. GSM Communications Plan Notifications ThistopicdescribesthenotificationsyoumayreceiverelatedtoyourCommunications Plandatausage. Data Limit Caution IfyourcurrentConnectionIntervalandLoggingIntervalsettingsputyouindangerof exceedingyourdatalimit,youwillbenotifiedbyemail.Ifyoureceivethiswarning,you shouldadjustthesettingstoensurethatyoudonotexceedyourlimit.Thiscondition willalsobeindicatedbytheCommunicationsPlanBanners. Data Limit Warning Ifyouhaveusedmostofyourdataallocationfortheperiod,youwillbenotifiedby emailandawarningwillappearatthetopoftheDevicePage,asshownbelow.You HOBOlink Printable Help 12 www.onsetcomp.com shouldadjustyourConnectionIntervalandLoggingIntervalsettingsimmediatelyto avoidsuspensionofservice. ThisconditionwillalsobeindicatedbytheCommunicationsPlanBanners. Data Limit Exceeded Ifadeviceexceedsitsdataallocationforthemonth,youwillreceiveanemail notification,alarmswillbedisabled,andthedevicewillnotconnecttoHOBOlinkuntil thefirstdayofthenextmonth.Thestatuswillchangetoindicatethemonthlybyte usagehasbeenexceededandamessagewillalsoappearatthetopoftheDevicepage asshownbelow. ThisconditionwillalsobeindicatedbytheCommunicationsPlanBanners. HOBOlink Printable Help 13 www.onsetcomp.com Changing Your Account Information and Preferences UsetheSettingspagetomakechangestoyourAccountinformationorPreferences.The usernameisthenameyouestablishedwhenyoucreatedyourHOBOlinkaccount.It cannotbechanged. WhenyouaredonewithchangesclicktheSavebutton. HOBOlink Printable Help 14 www.onsetcomp.com A Summary of HOBOlink Tasks ThediagrambelowshowsthemajortasksyouperformwithHOBOlink. HOBOlink Printable Help 15 www.onsetcomp.com Chapter 2: Basic Configuration Configuring a Device UsetheDeviceConfigurationpaneltoassigna"nickname"toadeviceandtosetthe timezone. Accessing the Device Configuration Panel ToaccesstheDeviceConfigurationpanel,gototheDevicepageandclicktheDevice Configurationiconatthebottomofthepage. Device Configuration Panel Configuring Launch Settings Overview Becausethissystemisdesignedtoallowcontinuousloggingandtransmissionofdata, onceyoulaunchtheU30Stationitwillalwaysusethescheduleyouhaveselectedfor HOBOlink Printable Help 16 www.onsetcomp.com logging.Anychangesyoumaketothelaunchconfigurationwilltakeeffectthenext timetheU30StationconnectstoHOBOlink. YoushouldminimizechangestotheLaunchConfigurationaseachchangecausesare‐ launch,whichusesCommunicationsDataandcreatesanewdatafile. Important:AlthoughyoucanlaunchtheU30StationwithHOBOwarePro,itisstrongly recommendedthatlaunchingbedoneexclusivelythroughHOBOlink.Anylaunch parametersthatyouhavesetupwithHOBOlinkwilloverridethelaunchparameters setinHOBOwarePro. NOTE:TheDelayedLaunchfeatureinHOBOwareisnotsupportedwithHOBOlink.The devicewilllaunchatthenextscheduledlaunchtimeasconfiguredinHOBOlink. NOTE:ThedatashowninthePastMonthgraphislimitedbythemaximumdatafile sizeof512k,whichmaybelessthanonemonthinsomecases.Theamountofdays includedinadatafiledependsonyourloggingintervalandthenumberofsensors. Steps 1. AccesstheLaunchConfigurationpanel GototheDevicepageandclicktheLaunchConfigurationiconatthebottomof thepage. 2. EnterLaunchDescription Enteradescriptionofupto30charactersforthelaunch.TheLaunchDescription isusedasthefilenamefordatareadouts.Notethatchangingthisfieldafterithas beenconfiguredwillcausethedevicetobere‐launchedthenexttimeitconnects toHOBOlink. 3. EnterLoggingInterval Choosetherateatwhichyouwanttheloggertorecorddata.Theminimum loggingintervalisoneminute,andthemaximumformostloggersis18hours. Theshorterthelogginginterval,themorequicklythememoryfillsandbattery powerisconsumed. Changingthisfieldafterithasbeenconfiguredwillcausethedevicetobere‐ launchedthenexttimeitconnectstoHOBOlink. NOTE:IfyoulaunchtheloggerinHOBOwarewithashorterlogginginterval, HOBOlinkwillre‐launchtheloggerwiththeintervalyouconfiguredthenexttime itconnects. 4. EnterSamplingInterval(Optional) Thesamplingintervalisoptional,andisvalidonlyforsensorsthatsupport measurementaveraging.Refertothesensor'susermanualtodeterminewhether yoursensorsupportsmeasurementaveraging. Thesamplingintervalallowsyoutotakemultiplemeasurementswithinthe logginginterval,thenaveragethemtogethertocreateasinglelogged measurement.TheSamplingIntervalmustbelessthanorequaltotheLogging Interval. HOBOlink Printable Help 17 www.onsetcomp.com Ifyouhaveatleastonesensorthatsupportsmeasurementaveraging,checkthe boxtoenablemeasurementaveraging,thensetthesamplingintervalatlessthan orequaltothelogginginterval(uptofourminutes).Rapidsampling(fasterthan oneminute)willreducethelogger'sbatterylife. Ifyoudonothaveanysensorsthatsupportmeasurementaveraging,uncheckthe boxtodisablethesamplingintervalandavoidunnecessarystrainonthelogger's battery. Changingthisfieldafterithasbeenconfiguredwillcausethedevicetobere‐ launchedthenexttimeitconnectstoHOBOlink. 5. EnableOptionalFeatures. WrapAroundWhenFull Youcanallowtheloggertowrapandcontinueloggingafterthememoryhas filledup.Thenewlyloggedinformationwilloverwritetheoldestlogged information.Checkthisboxifyouwanttheloggertocontinuelogging, overwritingtheolderdata,insteadofstoppingwhenitisfull.Onsetrecommends thatyouenablewrappingformostapplications. Changingthisfieldafterithasbeenconfiguredwillcausethedevicetobere‐ launchedthenexttimeitconnectstoHOBOlink. ForceRelaunchonNextConnection Checkthisboxifyouwanttore‐launchtheloggerwithoutchanginganyofthe othersettingsonthispane.Forexample,youmightneedtore‐launchalogger thathasfilledup(withoutwrapenabled)andstopped,ortobeginloggingwith new/changedsensors.Aftertherelaunchthisfeaturewillbedisabled. FullReadoutuponPowerReset Checkthisboxtohavetheloggerdoafullreadoutinthecaseofapowerrest. Thiswilltakeasignificantamountoftime.Onsetrecommendsthatyoudonot enablethisfeature. Ifyouareconcernedaboutlosingimportantdata,youcanconfigureafrequent ConnectionInterval(ReadoutConfiguration),orifyoulosepower,youcanuse HOBOwaretomanuallyretrievedatafromthelogger. 6. WhenfinishedclickSAVE.Changeswillgointoeffectatthenextlaunch. Configuring Readout Settings TheReadoutConfigurationpanelallowsyoutoconfigurethereadout/connection scheduleforyourlogger.ChangingReadoutConfigurationwillnotforcearelaunchof thedevice. NOTE:YoucanmanuallyreadouttheU30usingHOBOware.ConnecttheHOBOU30to acomputerrunningHOBOware.Fromthemainmenu,selectReadout.Whenthe readoutiscomplete,disconnecttheU30fromthecomputer.WhiletheU30is HOBOlink Printable Help 18 www.onsetcomp.com connectedtoHOBOware,itwillnotwillconnecttoHOBOlinkatthenextscheduled ConnectionInterval. Steps 1. AccesstheReadoutConfigurationpanel GototheDeviceswindowandclicktheReadoutConfigurationiconatthebottom ofthepage. 2. EnteraConnectionInterval TheConnectionIntervalistherateatwhichtheloggerwillcontactHOBOlinkand bereadout.Ateachinterval,thedatafileisupdatedontheHOBOlinkwebsite, andthedetailsareupdatedonthedeviceinfopage.Theshortestpossible intervalistenminutesortwicetheLoggingInterval,whicheverisgreater. NOTE:Ifyouareperformingapre‐deploymenttestset‐up,youmaywantto configureafrequentConnectionIntervalsothatyoucanverifyproperoperation withouthavingtowaitaslongforupdates.FortheU30/GSM,thiswillbelimited bytheFastestConnectionAllowedbyyourCommunicationPlan.Tobypassyour GSMCommunicationPlanrestrictionsfortestingseebelow. Onceyouconfirmthereadoutsareoccurringastheyshould,youcanchangethe ConnectionIntervaltoyourdesiredongoingschedulefordeployment. TobypassGSMCommunicationPlanrestrictionsfortesting,youcanmanually connecttoHOBOlinkforatestusingHOBOware.ConnecttheHOBOU30toa computerrunningHOBOware.Fromthemainmenu,selectStatus,andthenclick theContactHOBOlinkbutton.AfterthetestdisconnecttheU30fromthe computer.TheU30willconnecttoHOBOlinkatthenextscheduledConnection Interval. NOTE:Ifanalarmtrips,theconnectionschedulewillbere‐startedfromthattime (unlessthedeviceisinNightMode).Forexample,ifyouhavebeenconnecting everyhour(1:00,2:00,3:00)andthenanalarmtripsat3:15,theloggerwill connectagainat4:15). Keepinmindthatfrequentreadoutswillreducebatterylifeandincreasethe bandwidthneededbyyourdevice. Changestotheconnectionintervaltakeeffectafterthenextconnection. 3. EnableNightMode(Optional) Topreservebatterypowerandminimizeconnectioncharges,enablethe NightModefeature.Thisallowsyoutosetuptworeadoutscheduleswith morefrequentconnectionsduringoneperiodandlessfrequent connectionsduringanother. a. CheckofftheboxtoenableNightMode. b. SelecttheStartingandEndingTime.Nightmodewillbeginsometime between1minuteto59minutesafterthehourthatyouselect. c. EntertheConnectionRatefortheNightModetimeperiod. HOBOlink Printable Help 19 www.onsetcomp.com 4. EnableSavedataastextfilefeature(Optional) Checkthisboxtohavedatafilessavedin.txtformataswellas.dtfformat. 5. Whenfinished,clickSave.Yourchangeswillgointoeffectatthenextreadout. Troubleshooting ChangesImadetotheReadoutConfigurationhaven'ttakeneffect AnychangesyoumaketotheReadoutConfigurationswillnottakeeffectuntilthe nexttimetheHOBOU30StationconnectstotheHOBOlink.Ifyourconnection intervalwassetto2hours,thenchangeswon’ttakeeffectuntilthenext connectiononthat2‐hourschedule. ToomanycallsarebeingmadetoHOBOlink SelectaslowerconnectionintervalinReadoutConfiguration. ConsiderenablingNightMode,whichallowsyoutosetupasecond,slower connectioninterval. Unregistering a Device Tounregisteradevice: BeforeYouBegin:Downloadallthedevice'sdatafiles.Onceyouhaveremoveda device,youwillnotbeabletouseHOBOlinktoaccessthedatafilesfromthatdevice. 1. ClicktheDevicestabtoaccessthedevicelist. 2. ClickListiftheDevicestabiscurrentlydisplayingMySummary. 3. Clickthe iconintherowforthedevicetoberemoved. Thedeviceisnolongerregisteredtoyouraccountandwillnolongerautomatically connecttoHOBOlink.ToforcethedevicetoconnecttoHOBOlink,cyclethepower. Thedevicecanberegisteredtoanotheraccountorre‐registeredonthesameaccount. Labeling Sensors YoushouldlabelyoursensorstoidentifytheminHOBOlink,especiallyifyouhave morethanoncesensorofthesametype. HOBOlink Printable Help 20 www.onsetcomp.com Procedure Label in Data Graph HOBOlink Printable Help 21 www.onsetcomp.com Allowing Public Access to your Data Creating a Public URL When you enable public access for a device, you can distribute a URL that others can use to view your data. Upon marking a device as public and saving your changes, a URL will be provided. Click on the URL to preview the public page for the selected device. You can also provide public access to your My Summary page. By enabling Public Access on your My Summary page, all of your devices will automatically become public also. Sharing Your Data on the Onset Website If you’d like to share your data with other HOBOlink users on the Onset website, fill out the online form located at: http://www.onsetcomp.com/share. See live data feeds here: http://www.onsetcomp.com/live_systems. HOBOlink Printable Help 22 www.onsetcomp.com Chapter 3: Scaling Data Configuring Scaling TheScalingfeatureallowsyoutoscaleyourdatatoadifferentengineeringunit.This includeslinearandpulsescaling,whichallowsscalingforkWh,kW,orforanydevice datathatisoutputinelectronicpulses,aswellasanaloginputsfromtheS‐CIAandS‐ VIAanaloginputadaptersandscalingfortheE50B2Power&EnergyMeter. YouconfigurescalingintheLatestConditionspaneontheDevicespage. Graphswillbeupdatedtoreflectthenewscaleddatavaluesthenexttimethedevice connectstoHOBOlinkandfuturedatafileswillincludescaleddata. IMPORTANTNOTE:Scaledchannelswillonlyappearintext(.txt)format,notinthe raw.dtffiles.Tohavescaledunitsappearinthetextfile,selectSavedataastextfilein theReadoutConfigurationpanel.SeeDownloadinginTextFormatformore information. Whenyouconfigurealarms,makesureyouenterthevaluesinthescaledunits.Ifyou configurescalingandhaveexistingalarms,youmustmodifythealarmstousethe scaledunits. Ifyouunplugascaledsensor,thenplugitbackin,youwillloseyourscaling configurationandmustreenterit. Steps 1. GotothesensoryouwanttoscaleintheLatestConditionspanel.Makesurethe panelisexpandedtoshowallfields(seeLatestConditionsPanel). 2. NexttotheScalingfield,clickadd.TheScalingConfigurationpaneappears. 3. Entertheappropriatevaluesinthefields. HOBOlinkwillconverttherawvaluestoscaledvaluesusingthefollowing equation: y=m*x+b HOBOlink Printable Help 23 www.onsetcomp.com Where: y=scaledunits m=multiplier,inscaledunits x=un‐scaledvalue b=offset,inscaledunits NOTE:HOBOlinkrequiresyoutoenteramultiplierandoffset.Ifyouarenot providedwithmultiplierandoffsetbythesensorspecifications,youmust calculatethemusingtherawoutputrangeandthecorresponding measurementrange.SeeCalculatingScalingValues. 4. Typeanameforthescaledseries.Ifyouwillbeexporting.csvfilestoMicrosoft Excel,thendonotusequotationmarks(")intheseriesname. 5. Clickoktosaveandapplychanges(orclickcanceltoclosetheformwithout savinganychanges). Uponsaving,themeasurementtypeinthedisplaywillchangetothenameyouentered intheResultantSeriesNamefield,followedbytheScaledUnits.Thenexttimethe deviceconnectstoHOBOlink,thescaledunitswillappearingraphs,labels,and exportedtextfiles. Calculating Multiplier and Offset NOTE:MultiplierandOffsetaresometimesreferredtoas"slopeandintercept". Ifyouarenotprovidedwithmultiplierandoffsetbythesensorspecifications,youmust calculatethemusingthesensor'sspecificationsforrawoutputrange(rawvalues)and thecorrespondingmeasurementrange(scaledvalues). Tocalculatethemultiplierandoffsetyouwillneed2rawvaluesandtheir correspondingscaledvalues. raw1‐>scaled1 raw2‐>scaled2 NOTE:Third‐partysensors WattNode: IfyouareusingaWattNodekWhsensor,seeWattNodeSensorScaleFactorsfor EnergyorWattNodeSensorScalingFactorsforPower. VerisIndustries: VerisIndustriesh8051/H8053kWhtransducersprovideachoiceof“kWhper pulse”rate,selectablewithdipswitcheslocatedonthetransducer/CT.Makesure thescalingfactoryouareputtingintoHOBOlinkmatchesyourchoice. IfyouareusingtheE50B2Power&EnergyMeter,therearedifferentscaling factoryoushoulduse.SeeScalingfortheE50B2Power&EnergyMeter. HOBOlink Printable Help 24 www.onsetcomp.com Multiplier Tocalculatethemultiplier(m)usethefollowingequation: m=(scaled2‐scaled1)/(raw2‐raw1) NOTE:Ifbothraw1andscaled1arezero,calculatethemultiplierusingthefollowing equation:m=scaled2/raw2.Inthiscaseyoudonotneedtoenteranoffsetinthe scalingconfigurationpane. Offset Onceyouhavedeterminedthemultiplier,youcandeterminetheoffset(b)usingthe followingequation: b=scaled1‐(m*raw1) Example Assumeyouhaveawaterlevelsensorthatmeasures0‐10feet,outputas4‐20mAtothe HOBOU30Station. Inthiscase: raw1=4mA raw2=20mA scaled1=0feet scaled2=10feet 1. DeterminetheMultiplier m=(scaled2‐scaled1)/(raw2‐raw1) m=(10‐0)/(20‐4) m=0.625 2. DetermineOffset b=scaled1‐(m*raw1) b=0‐0.625*4 b=‐2.5 Scaling Configuration Pane UsetheScalingConfigurationPanetoscaleyourdatatoadifferentengineeringunit. HOBOlink Printable Help 25 www.onsetcomp.com Field Definitions *RequiredField Scaled Units * Entertexttoindicatetheunitstobescaledto,suchas"KWh"(max:20characters). Multiplier * "m"intheequationy=mx+b Enterthenumericalvalueusedtoscaletheunits(max:10digits).Ifthisvalueisnot providedinthesensorspecifications,seeCalculatingScalingValues. NOTE:SeeWattNodeSensorScaleFactorsforEnergy,WattNodeSensorScaling FactorsforPower,orScalingforE50B2Power&EnergyMeterforscalingfactorsfor thosedevices. Offset "b"intheequationy=mx+b Enteranoffsetifapplicable,inthescaledunits(max:10digits).Thedefaultis0. NOTE:Somemanufacturersgivetheiroffsetsinrawunitssoyoumustconvertthe valuetoscaledunits(multiplybymultiplier),usingthefollowingformula: b(offsetinscaledunits)=m(slope)*offsetinrawunits Resultant Series Name * max:30characters Forexample,EnergyUsed. Ifyouwillbeexporting.csvfilestoMicrosoftExcel,thendonotusequotationmarks(") intheseriesname. HOBOlink Printable Help 26 www.onsetcomp.com Scaling Example: Counts to Liters Inthisexampleyouareconvertingcountstoliterstomeasurewaterusageduringpeak hours. Calculating Multiplier Givenaratioof1count=5liters:multiplier=5/1=5 Configuring Scaling 1. NexttoScalingclickAdd. 2. EntertheScaledUnits(liters),theMultiplier(5)andtheResultantSeriesName ("TotalWaterUsage"). 3. ClickOK. Theseriesnameisnow"TotalWaterUsage"andthescalingentryindicates"liters". Youcanoptionallyaddalabeltofurtheridentifytheseries.NexttoLabel,clickAdd andenterthelabelname(inthisexample"peakhours"). Scaling Example: Current (mA) to Inches of Water Column (in WC) InthisexampleyouareconvertingmAtoinchesofWaterColumn(inWC)tomeasure airductpressure. HOBOlink Printable Help 27 www.onsetcomp.com Calculating Multiplier and Offset Assumingthefollowingvalues: raw1=4mA raw2=20mA scaled1=0inWC scaled2=10inWC Thenthemultiplierism=(10.0‐0.0)/(20‐4)=.625 Andtheoffsetisb=0‐(.625*4)=‐2.5 Configuring Scaling 1. NexttoScalingclickAdd. 2. EntertheScaledUnits("inWC"),theMultiplier(.625)andtheResultantSeries Name("Pressure"). 3. ClickOK. Theseriesnameisnow"Pressure"andthescalingentryindicates"inWC". Youcanoptionallyaddalabeltofurtheridentifytheseries.NexttoLabel,clickAdd andenterthelabelname(inthisexample,"airductbldg3"). HOBOlink Printable Help 28 www.onsetcomp.com Calculating Power in Kilowatts Powerinkilowattsiscalculatedbymultiplyingthemultiplierbythepulsecount.You needtocalculatethemultiplierandenteritintheScalingConfigurationpane.Note:See ScalingfortheE50B2Power&EnergyMeterfordifferentscalingfactorsforthat device. Tocalculatethemultiplier,usethefollowingequation: (3600÷LoggingIntervalinseconds)÷pulsesperkWh TodeterminePulsesperkilowatt‐hour: ifyouareusingaWattNodesensor,refertoWattNodeScaleFactorsforPower. Forothermanufacturers,refertothedocumentationthatcamewiththesensor. EntertheresultintheMultiplierfieldintheScalingConfigurationpane.Enter0for theOffset. IMPORTANT:Ifyouchangeyourdevice'sLoggingIntervalyouwillneedtorecalculate thescalefactor. Example 1 Configuration WattNodeTransducerModelWNB‐3Y‐208‐Pwith50AmpCT LoggingInterval=1minute(60seconds) Values samplesperhour=3600÷60=60 pulsesperkWh(fromWattNodeScaleFactorsforPowertable)=800 offset=0 Equation (60÷800)=0.075 Enter0.075intotheMultiplierfieldintheScalingConfigurationpane. HOBOlink Printable Help 29 www.onsetcomp.com Example 2 Configuration WattNodeTransducerModelWNB‐3D‐240‐Pwith100AmpCT LoggingInterval=15minute(900seconds) Values samplesperhour=3600÷900=4 pulsesperkWh(fromWattNodeScaleFactorsforPowertable)=400 offset=0 Equation 4÷400=0.01 Enter0.01intotheMultiplierfieldintheScalingConfigurationpane. HOBOlink Printable Help 30 www.onsetcomp.com WattNode Scale Factors for Power NOTE:Tofindthevalueforothermanufacturers,refertothedocumentationthatcame withthesensor. CTSize(amps) 5 Pulsesperkilowatthour Model#:3Y‐208/3D‐240 Model#:3D‐480 8000.00 3465.70 15 2666.67 1155.24 20 2000.00 866.450 30 1333.33 577.617 50 800.000 346.570 60 666.667 288.809 70 571.429 247.550 100 400.000 173.285 150 266.667 115.523 200 200.000 86.643 250 160.000 69.314 300 133.333 57.762 400 100.000 43.321 600 66.667 28.881 800 50.000 21.661 1000 40.000 17.329 1200 33.333 14.440 1500 26.667 11.552 2000 20.000 8.6643 3000 13.333 5.7762 Calculating Energy in Kilowatt-Hours To calculate energy in kilowatt-hours, enter the Kilowatt-hours per Pulse into the multiplier field in the Scaling Configuration pane. Enter 0 for the Offset. If you are using a WattNode sensor, refer to WattNode Sensor Scale Factors for Energy and find the Kilowatt-hours per pulse value for your CT Size and WattNode model. If you are using another sensor, refer to the documentation that came with the sensor. See Scaling for the E50B2 Power & Energy Meter for different scaling factors for that device. HOBOlink Printable Help 31 www.onsetcomp.com WattNode Sensor Scale Factors for Energy Tocalculateenergyinkilowatt‐hours,findtheKilowatt‐hoursperpulseforyour CTSizeandWattNodemodelandenteritinthemultiplierfieldinthescaling configurationpane.Enter0fortheOffset. NOTE:Tofindthevalueforothermanufacturers,refertothedocumentationthatcame withthesensor. CTSize(amps) 5 Kilowatt‐hoursperpulse Model#:3Y‐208/3D‐240 Model#:3D‐480 0.000125 0.0002885 15 0.000375 0.0008656 20 0.0005 0.0011541 30 0.00075 0.0017313 50 0.00125 0.0028854 60 0.0015 0.0034625 70 0.00175 0.0040396 100 0.0025 0.0057708 150 0.00375 0.0086563 200 0.005 0.011542 250 0.00625 0.014427 300 0.0075 0.017313 400 0.01 0.023083 600 0.015 0.034625 800 0.02 0.046167 1000 0.025 0.057708 1200 0.03 0.06925 1500 0.0375 0.086563 2000 0.05 0.11542 3000 0.075 0.17313 HOBOlink Printable Help 32 www.onsetcomp.com Scaling for the E50B2 Power & Energy Meter IfyouareusingtheE50B2Power&EnergyMeter(T‐VER‐E50B2),youcanapply scalingtotheCountschannel.Thefollowingtableliststhenamesandvaluesyou shouldenterintheScalingfields.ThedefaultsettingsforthethreenativeE50B2data outputsarelistedaswellasallsupportedscalingvalues. ForScaledUnits,enter this: VARh Wh Ah ChooseaMultiplierto enter: 1VARhperpulse(Default) 10VARhperpulse 100VARhperpulse 1,000VARhperpulse 10,000VARhperpulse 1Whperpulse(Default) 10Whperpulse 100Whperpulse 1,000Whperpulse 10,000Whperpulse 0.001Ahper pulse 0.01Ahperpulse(Default) 0.1Ahperpulse 1Ahperpulse 10Ahperpulse ForResultantSeries Name,enterthis: ReactiveEnergy RealEnergy AmpHours Inadditiontothethreenativedataoutputs(VARh,Wh,andAh),youcanalsocalculate othertypesofdataoutputs.Todothis,downloadthe.csvdatafileandfollowthe instructionsintheMicrosoftExcelfilelocatedhere: http://www.onsetcomp.com/files/manual_pdfs/Derived‐Channels.zip Thatfileusesthefollowingcalculationsforeachadditionaltypeofdataoutput: DataOutput ReactivePower Volt‐Amps Volts PowerFactor TruePower TruePower KilowattHours Amp Unit VAR VA V PF W KW KWh A Calculation VARh/h SQRT(Wh^2+VARh^2)/h SQRT(Wh^2+VARh^2)/Ah Wh/SQRT(Wh^2+VARh^2) Wh/h W/1000 Wh/1000 Ah/h (where‘h’ishours=LoggingInterval/3600) HOBOlink Printable Help 33 www.onsetcomp.com Chapter 4: Configuring Alarms An Overview of Alarms YoucansettwotypesofalarmsinHOBOlink:systemalarmsandsensoralarms.From theAlarmspage,youcan: AccessSensorAlarmConfiguration AccessSystemAlarmConfiguration ViewSystemAlarmStatus ViewTrippedalarms ViewAlarmLog Sensor Alarms Youcansetanalarmtotripwhenareadingisaboveorbelowalevelyouselect,or outsideanormaloperatingrangethatyousetforaspecificnumberofreadings. Whenthealarmistripped,HOBOlinkcan: Sendyouanemail Sendyouatextmessage Activatetherelay Deactivatetherelay Pulsetherelay HOBOlink Printable Help 34 www.onsetcomp.com Note:ThedefaultRelayContactsettingfortheU30Stationisnormallyopen.Youcan onlychangethissettinginHOBOwarePro.SeeConfiguringRelayAlarms. Whenthesensorreadingisovertheconfiguredthreshold,thegraphbackgroundwill bered. System Alarms There are two types of System Alarms. Device Alarms - allow you to monitor the state of the physical device. Communication Alarms - alert you when your device is not communicating properly with HOBOlink. In the Edit System Alarms page, you can enable both Device and Communication alarms and set the notification method if the alarm is tripped. Upon receiving any system alarm notification, you should verify your device's state to see if any action is required. HOBOlink Printable Help 35 www.onsetcomp.com Alarm Types Missed Connection This alarm indicates that your U30 missed a scheduled connection. When you enable the Missed Connection alarm, you set the amount of time elapsed after a missed connection to trigger the alarm ( Minimum: 10 minutes , Maximum: 10 days) Every 5 minutes, HOBOlink checks to see if your device has surpassed its specified late time. If it has, the alarm is tripped and the notification action is initiated (text, email or both). You will be notified when the device successfully connects if you have checked the Send on clear also box. The Missed Connection alarm is reset when your device is launched or you edit the Missed Connection alarm settings on the system alarms page. If your Missed Connection alarm is reset, you will not receive a clear notification unless the device continues to be late and trips the Missed Connection alarm again. Battery Low This alarm indicates that the battery level has dropped below 4.05 volts. Memory Low This alarm indicates that there is less than 12.5 % memory remaining. Sensor Failure This alarm indicates that a sensor has failed. This alarm is automatically enabled when you enable a Sensor Alarm. If any Device Alarm trips, all other Device Alarms are automatically disabled. After you resolve the problem, you must re-enable any Device Alarms that you wish to have enabled. Clearing an Alarm When a Device Alarm trips you can either re-enable it or leave it disabled and clear the tripped alarm manually. To clear an alarm without re-enabling it, select the Clear box and then click Save. The Clear box only appears when the alarm is in a tripped state. If you re-enable an alarm, all tripped alarms are automatically cleared. IMPORTANT: When you re-enable the Memory Low or Sensor Failure alarms the logger automatically re-launches. HOBOlink Printable Help 36 www.onsetcomp.com Enabling System Alarms Youcanenable/editsystemalarmsbyclickingEditSystemAlarmsontheAlarms page. System Alarm Conditions Selectwhichconditionsyouwanttoinitiateanactioniftheconditionistripped. SelectCleartoclearatrippedDeviceAlarm. System Alarm Actions DefineswhatactionsaretakenbyHOBOlinkwhenanAlarmistripped. SeeConfiguringAlarmActionsformoreinformation. HOBOlink Printable Help 37 www.onsetcomp.com Configuring a Sensor Alarm ByaddingSensorAlarmsyoucaninitiatecertainactions,includingnotification,when analarmistripped. Onceyouhavecreatedasensoralarmforadevice,youcancopythatalarmtoany otherdevicethathasasensorofthesametypeinstalled.SeeCopyingaSensorAlarm. Whenyouaddasensoralarm,theSystemAlarmforSensorFailureisautomatically enabled. A Note on Scaled Units Ifyouhaveconfiguredscaling,makesureyouenterthealarmvaluesinthescaledunits. Ifyouconfigurescalingandhaveexistingalarms,youmustmodifythealarmstouse thescaledunits. Steps Toaddasensoralarm: 1. FromtheDevicepage,clickGoToAlarmsicon. 2. AtthebottomoftheAlarmspage,click+AddaSensorAlarm. TheAddSensorAlarmpageappears. HOBOlink Printable Help 38 www.onsetcomp.com 3. ConfigureSensorAlarmConditions 4. ConfigureSensorAlarmActions 5. ClickSave. Configuring Sensor Alarm Conditions TheConditionssectionoftheAddSensorAlarmpageisshownbelow. 1. Selectasensorfromthedrop‐downlist.Thislistispopulatedwithallthesensors connectedtothedevice. 2. Selectthethresholdforthealarmtotrip: Above‐Thealarmwilltripiftheactualvalueexceedsthevalueconfigured. HOBOlink Printable Help 39 www.onsetcomp.com Below‐Thealarmwilltripiftheactualvaluefallsbelowthevalueconfigured. Outsiderange‐Thealarmwilltripiftheactualvaluefallsoutsidetherange configured. 3. Selectthevaluetodefinethethreshold.Ifyouselectedanoutsiderangeforthe threshold,twovaluesboxeswillappear. 4. Enterthenumberofsamplesyouwanttobeusedtodetermineifanalarmis tripped. 5. ProceedtoConfiguringAlarmActions. Configuring Sensor Alarm Actions ByconfiguringanAlarmAction,youcandefinewhatactionsaretakenbyHOBOlink whenanAlarmConditionistriggered. TheActionssectionoftheAddAlarmSensorpageisshownbelow. Default Sensor Alarm Action ThedefaultActionistosendanemailtotheaddressassociatedwithyouraccount.You canchangethisaction,buttheremustbeatleastoneactionconfiguredforeachsensor alarm. Toeditthedefaultactionsimplychangetheemailaddress,orselectanewActionfrom thedrop‐downlistandentervaluesifrequired.SeeadescriptionofActionOptions below. Adding Sensor Alarm Actions Toaddadditionalactions HOBOlink Printable Help 40 www.onsetcomp.com 1. Click+AddAction. AnewActionsectionwillappear. 2. SelectthedesiredOptionfromthedrop‐downlistandentervaluesifrequired. TheActionoptionsaredescribedbelow. Email TextMessage ActivateRelay DeactivateRelay PulseRelay(atanygiventime,onlyonesensorcanbesettoPulseRelay) Email Ifyouconfigurethisoption,anemailwillbesenttoallconfiguredaddresseswhenan alarmconditionistriggered. 1. Entertheaddress(es)towhichemail(s)willbesentwhenanalarmconditionis triggered.Separatemultipleaddressesbyacomma. 2. CheckSendonclearalsoifyouwanttosendanemailwhenthealarmcondition clears. Text Message Ifyouconfigurethisoption,atextmessagewillbesentwhenanalarmconditionis triggered. HOBOlink Printable Help 41 www.onsetcomp.com 1. Contactyourmobileserviceprovidertoconfirmyourtextmessageaddress. 2. Enteryourtextmessageaddress. Example:[email protected]. 3. CheckSendonclearalsoifyouwanttosendanemailwhenthealarmcondition clears. Activate Relay/Deactivate Relay See"AnOverviewoftheU30RelayContact". Pulse Relay IfyouhaveanalarmconfiguredwithanActionofPulseRelay,therelaywillclose brieflytoactivateapieceofexternalequipmentandthenopenagain.Forexample,you couldusethistotakeawatersamplewhenawaterlevelreachesacertainamount.To usePulseRelay,theDeactivatedStatemustbesettoOpen. Copying a Sensor Alarm Onceyouhavecreatedasensoralarmforadevice,youcancopythatalarmtoany otherdevicethathasasensorofthesametypeinstalled. IfyouhavemorethanonedeviceregisteredinyourHOBOlinkaccount,theCopyoption willappearintheSensorAlarmpage. Steps Tocopyasenoralarmtoanotherdevice: 1. ChecktheCopyboxforthealarm(s)youwanttocopy. 2. IntheCopyselectedalarm(s)todevice:drop‐downlist,selectthedeviceyouwish tocopythealarmsto. 3. ClicktheCopybutton. Thesensoralarmisnowconfiguredfortheselecteddevice. HOBOlink Printable Help 42 www.onsetcomp.com Error Ifyouattempttocopyasensoralarmtoadevicethatdoesnothaveamatchingsensor, youwillseethefollowingerrormessage. Deleting a Sensor Alarm TodeleteaSensorAlarm: 1. ClicktheicontotherightofthealarmentryintheSensorAlarmspage. Youwillbepromptedtomakesureyouwanttodeletethealarm. 2. ClickOKtodeletethealarm,orCanceltokeepalarm. NOTE:IfyouaredeletingaSensorAlarmthatissettocontroltheU30Relay,therelay willremaininwhateverstateitisinwhenyoudeletedthealarm.Youcanchangethe relaystateusingHOBOwarePro. HOBOlink Printable Help 43 www.onsetcomp.com Viewing the Alarm Log Description TheAlarmLogincludesallalarmsthatyouhavesenttothelog. Sending Alarms to the Alarm Log TohaveanalarmsavedtotheAlarmLog,youmustsendittothelog. ChecktheboxnexttothealarmintheTrippedAlarmspaneandthenclicktheSendto Logbutton. Afteryousendanalarmtothelog,itnolongerappearsintheTrippedAlarmspane. Accessing Alarm Logs ToviewAlarmLogs,clicktheViewLoglinkintheAlarmWindow. TheAlarmLogwindowappearsshowingallalarmsthatyouhavesenttothelog.Upon analarmcondition,therelaycontactontheHOBOU30canbeopened,closed,orpulsed tocontroltheoperationofanexternaldevicesuchasanirrigationsystemorfountain. HOBOlink Printable Help 44 www.onsetcomp.com An Overview of the U30 Relay Contact Uponanalarmcondition,therelaycontactontheHOBOU30canbeopened,closed,or pulsedtocontroltheoperationofanexternaldevicesuchasanirrigationsystemor fountain. To Stop a Device Ifyouhaveexternalequipmentthatyounormallywantrunning,youwouldsetthe DeactivatedStateoftherelaytobeClosed.Youwouldsetanalarmthat,iftripped, wouldchangetherelaytotheActiveState(open)andtheequipmentwouldstop. SeeRelayExample‐StopDevice. To Start a Device Ifyouhaveexternalequipmentthatyounormallywantoff,youwouldsetthe DeactivatedStateoftherelaytobeOpen.Youwouldsetanalarmthat,iftripped, wouldchangetherelaytotheActiveState(Closed)andtheequipmentwouldstart running. HOBOlink Printable Help 45 www.onsetcomp.com SeeRelayExample‐StartDevice. Pulse Relay IfyouhaveanalarmconfiguredwithanActionofPulseRelay,therelaywillclose brieflytoactivateapieceofexternalequipmentandthenopen.Forexample,youwould usethistotakeawatersamplewhenwaterlevelreachesacertainamount.Touse PulseRelaytheDeactivatedStatemustbesettoOpen.Thedefaultdurationis1 second. Power Rating TherelayontheHOBOU30Stationisratedforamaximumof30V,1Amp.Ifyouneed toswitchhigherpowerdevicesyouwillneedtouseanappropriateexternalrelaythat iscontrolledbytheU30. Configuration Deactivated State TheDeactivatedStateisthenormalstateoftherelaywhennoalarmhasbeentripped toactivatetherelay.YouchangetheDeactivatedStateusingHOBOware. Alarm Action FortheHOBOU30/NRC,youuseHOBOwaretoconfigureanalarmtotriggertherelay. FortheHOBOU30/RC,youuseHOBOlinktoconfigureanalarmtotriggertherelay. HOBOlink Printable Help 46 www.onsetcomp.com Configuring Relay Alarms for the U30/RC Thisproceduredetailsthestepstoconfigureanalarmtoopenorclosetherelay contact. Before You Begin Makesurethedefaultdeactivatedstateisconfiguredasrequiredforyour applicationandverifyproperoperation.SeeAnOverviewoftheU30Relay Contact. MakesurethesensorisconnectedtotheU30Station. Closing a Normally Open Relay 1. Configureasensoralarmforthedesiredsensorwithrequiredsettings. 2. IntheActionssection,selectActivateRelay(Close). 3. Testthatanalarmactivatestherelay. Forcethesensorintoanalarmcondition(forexample,placeatemperature sensorinanicebath)andverifythat: E‐mailand/orTextMessagesarereceivedforalarm Relayclosesoropensasexpected RelayStateisproperlyreportedinHOBOlink(aftertheU30hasconnected toHOBOlink). Opening a Normally Closed Relay Ifyouhaveanapplicationwhereyouwanttherelayopenedifanalarmtrips(for example,tostopanirrigationsystemwhenrainfallisdetected): 1. UsingHOBOwarePro,changethedefault(deactivated)statetoClosed. HOBOlink Printable Help 47 www.onsetcomp.com 2. UsingHOBOlink,configureasensoralarmwithanActionofActivateRelay (Open).Tohavetherelaydeactivatedassoonasthealarmiscleared,checkthe DeactivateRelay(Close)onclearbox. Viewing the Relay State YoucanviewthecurrentrelaystateinHOBOlinkintheLatestConditionspaneofthe Devicewindow. Connecting Equipment to the Relay Contact Makesureanywireyouuseisroutedthroughthecableaccessopening. Thediameterofthewireshouldbe4.0mm(0.159”)ifyouarerunningitthrougha smartsensoropening,or6.4mm(0.25”)ifrunningitthoughoneofthelargercable openings,whichwillrequirehavingthe10sensorinputoption. Fordetailsonconfiguringalarmstoactivatetherelay,seeintheHOBOlinkHelp. NOTE:Theserelaysareonlyforlowpowerswitching(seespecificationforrating).To switchhigherpower,useanappropriatelyratedrelayandusetheU30relaytoswitch theexternalrelayonandoff. HOBOlink Printable Help 48 www.onsetcomp.com Relay Example - Start Device Thisexampleshowshowyouwouldconfiguretherelayandalarmsifyouhavean applicationwhereyouhaveequipmentyouwantturnedoninresponsetoanevent.For example,ifyouwantedtoactivateanirrigationsystemonacranberrybogororchardif thetemperaturedropsbelowacertaintemperaturetoavoidfrostdamage. Relay Contact Example - Stop Device Thisexampleshowshowyouwouldconfiguretherelaycontactandalarmsifyouhave anapplicationwhereyouhaveequipmentthatisnormallyon.Forexample,ifyouhave HOBOlink Printable Help 49 www.onsetcomp.com afountainthatnormallyrunscontinuously,butyouwantittoturnoffifthewindspeed exceeds20MPH. HOBOlink Printable Help 50 www.onsetcomp.com Chapter 5: Monitoring Your Devices Overview of the My Summary Page TheMySummarypageallowsyoutocreateacustomizedpagethatdisplayskey conditionsforoneormoredevicesatmultiplelocations.YoucreateaMySummary pagebyaddingwidgetsthatshowselecteddevices,conditions,measurements,and graphs. ThefollowingillustrationshowsanexampleofaMySummarypage.Thenumberof widgetsdisplayedonapagedependsontheirsizeandposition.Youmayneedtoscroll toseesomewidgets. Going to the My Summary page ToswitchtoMySummary,clickMySummaryontheDevicespage. HOBOlink Printable Help 51 www.onsetcomp.com ThefirsttimeyouclickonMySummaryyouaretakentotheEditpage,whereyoucan addandcustomizewidgets.Thereafter,anytimeyouclickMySummaryyouwillgo directlytothemainMySummarypage. WhenyoulogintoHOBOlink,youwillbetakentothelastviewyouwerein,Listview orMySummary. IfyouleaveHOBOlinkandlogbackin,youwillbedirectedtowhicheverviewyouwere lastin,MySummaryorListview. Public Access YoucanallowpublicaccesstoyourSummaryViewfromtheSettingspage.Ifyou enablepublicaccess,alldevicesareautomaticallymarkedaspublic.Whenviewinga publicMySummary,ausercangettothepublicdevicepageforadevicebyclickingon thedevicenameinthetitlebarofthedevicewidget. NOTE:WhenyoumarkaMySummarypageaspublic,alldeviceswillbemarkedas public. RelatedTopics MySummaryWidgets AddingaDeviceWidgettotheMySummaryPage AddingaMeasurementWidgettotheMySummaryPage My Summary Widgets ThistopicdescribesthewidgetsthatyoucanaddtoyourMySummarypage: DeviceWidget GraphWidget MeasurementWidget Device Widget Adevicewidgetdisplays,accordingtoyourselectionswhenyoucreatethewidget,the sensorsconnectedtoadevice,aswellasothercomponentssuchasRelayStateand BatteryState. HOBOlink Printable Help 52 www.onsetcomp.com Graph Widget Agraphwidgetdisplaysthegraphforasensor. Measurement Widget Ameasurementwidgetdisplayssensorsofacertaintype(forexample,Temperatureor Voltage).Youcancreateawidgetshowingallofthesensorsofacertaintypeinyour system,includingsensorsfrommultiplesdevicesorsites. Columnsaresortable. Anyrowsthathavesensoralarmsorareconnectedtoadeviceinawarningstatewill bedispalyedbelowthebarchart. HOBOlink Printable Help 53 www.onsetcomp.com Example Thefollowingdiagramshowsameasurementwidgetthatincludestemperaturesensor readingsfromthreedifferentdevices. Moving a Widget Tomoveawidget,"grab"itbythehandlelocatedinthetoprightcorner. WhenyoudragawidgetitwillbesizedasitwillappearwhenitisdisplayedontheMy Summarypage.Hiddensensorswillnotbedisplayed. Adding a Device Widget to the My Summary Page ThistopiccoversaddingadevicewidgettoyourMySummarypage. RelatedTopics OverviewofMySummary MySummaryWidgets AddingaMeasurementWidgettotheMySummaryPage HOBOlink Printable Help 54 www.onsetcomp.com Steps Toaddadevicewidget: 1. FromtheDevicespage,clickonMySummary. 2. ClickEdit. NOTE:ThefirsttimeyouclickonMySummary,youareautomaticallytakentotheEdit page. Allyourregistereddevicesappearinthebanneratthetopofthepage. 3. Clickadeviceicononthebanner. NOTE:YoucancustomizethedeviceiconswithyourownimagesintheDevice ConfigurationPanel. Adevicewidgetappearsinthegrid. 4. UncheckanysensorsthatyoudonotwanttodisplayontheMySummarypage. Thesensorswilldisappearfromthewidget,butyoucanseethem(inEditmode HOBOlink Printable Help 55 www.onsetcomp.com only)byclickingonthearrowatthetopleftcorner.Todisplayasensoronthe MySummarypage,re‐checkthebox. 5. Creategraphwidgetsasdesiredbyclickingonthegraphicon nexttoeach sensor. 6. Returntostep3tocreateotherwidgets,orclickDonetoreturntheMySummary page. Changing the Order of Measurements Tochangetheorderofthemeasurementsinadevicewidget,youmustchangethe orderintheLatestConditionspaneoftheDevicepagebydraggingthemeasurement tothedesiredlocation. Adding a Measurement Widget to the My Summary Page ThistopicdescribeshowtoaddameasurementwidgettotheMySummarypage. Steps 1. Fromthebanner,clickontheMeasurementwidgeticon. AMeasurementwidgetappearsonthepage. 2. CustomizetheWidgetName(forexample,"Temperature") 3. SelectthedesiredmeasurementfromtheMeasurementTypedrop‐downlist, whichincludesonlyMeasurementTypessupportedbythesensorsyouhave connectedtoyourdevices. HOBOlink Printable Help 56 www.onsetcomp.com 4. Settherangebytypingvaluesinthetextboxes. ThedefaultvaluesaretheminimumandmaximumfortheselectedMeasurement Type.Ifyouattempttoenteravalueoutsideofthedefaultrange,awarningwill bedisplayed. 5. Addanentrytothewidget. Notethatonceyouaddanentry,youcannotchangetheMeasurementTypeof thewidgetwithoutdeletingallentries. 6. Selectasensorfromthedrop‐downlist. Todisplayanaverageofalltheentriesinthewidget,selectAverageofwidget's sensors. 7. Repeatsteps3through7foreachsensoryouwanttoaddtothewidget. 8. SelectaSortbyoption. Device‐sortsallsensorsalphabeticallybydevicedescription/nickname.Within adevicegroup,sensorsaresortedbysensorlabel. Label‐sortsalphabeticallybyuser‐enteredsensorlabel. HOBOlink Printable Help 57 www.onsetcomp.com Value‐sortsbysensorreading(forexample,highesttemperaturetolowest) Alarms‐sortsbyalarmstatusintheorder:Tripped,Active,Inactive(secondary sortbydevicedescription) Custom‐allowsyoutodragthesensorsintotheorderyouchoose. 9. EnableShowStatisticsifdesired. WhenShowStatisticsisenabled,themeasurementwidgetincludesaStatistics Sidebarontherightside.ThesidebarshowsMinimum,Maximum,Standard Deviation,andMeancalcualtedforthesnesorsinthewidget. 10. ReturntoStep1toaddmorewidgets,orclickDoneatthetopofthepageto returntotheMySummarypage. Viewing Device Status FromtheDevicepage,youcanviewthefollowing: LatestConditions LatestConnections LatestData DeviceInformation HOBOlink Printable Help 58 www.onsetcomp.com NOTES ThedatashowninthePastMonthgraphislimitedbythemaximumdatafilesize of512k,whichmaybelessthanamonthinsomecases.Theamountofdays includedinadatafiledependsonyourloggingintervalandthenumberof sensors. ForRainGaugesensors,dailygraphsshowaseriescontaininghourlyrainfall totals,whileweeklyandmonthlygraphsshowdailytotals. Pulse Totalization GraphsforRainGaugesensorsandsensorsthatareconnectedtoaPulseInputAdapter willalsoincludeadashedlineforfilteredtotals. Example:Rain HOBOlink Printable Help 59 www.onsetcomp.com Example:Energy(kWh) Tohidefilteredtotals,clickdisablenexttoGraphTotalsintheDeviceStatusPanel.The graphswillreflecttheenable/disablechangeatthenextdeviceconnection. Viewing Alarms FromtheAlarmspageyoucan: ViewConfiguredAlarms ViewTrippedAlarms ViewSystemAlarmStatus SendTrippedAlarmstotheAlarmLog AccesstheAlarmLog HOBOlink Printable Help 60 www.onsetcomp.com Alarm Page Viewing the Connections Log Description ThisconnectionslogshowsallconnectionattemptsbetweenthedeviceandHOBOlink. Youcanfiltertheresultstoshowscheduledconnectionsonly,errorsonly,orboth. HOBOlink Printable Help 61 www.onsetcomp.com Accessing the Log YouaccesstheConnectionsLogbyclickingontheFullLogbuttonontheLatest ConnectionspanelintheDevicepage. Latest Connections Log HOBOlink Printable Help 62 www.onsetcomp.com Chapter 6: Working with Data Files Managing Data Thefollowingdiagramshowshowyoumanagethetransferofdatafromsensorstothe U30,andthentoviewabledatafilesinHOBOlinkorHOBOwarePro. Downloading Data Files Ateachreadoutinterval,theloggersendsitsnewdatatoHOBOlink.Youcandownload DataFilesas.dtftoopeninHOBOwarePro,or.csvtoopeninanotherprogram. NOTE:Inordertodownloaddatafilesin.txtformat,youfirstmustchecktheSavedata astextfileboxintheReadoutConfigurationpaneltohavedatafilessavedin.csv format.SeeSampleTextDataFileforthesyntaxoftextfiles. HOBOlink Printable Help 63 www.onsetcomp.com Downloading a Single Data File 1. Clickonthedesiredfilename. 2. Selectanopenoption. Openwith‐Thedefaultsettingfora.dtffile(OnsetDTFFile)willlaunchthedata fileinHOBOwarePro.Thedefaultsettingfora.csvfileisgenerallyMicrosoft Excel. SavetoDisk‐Thefilewillbesavedtothelocationdeterminedbyyourbrowser settings. Downloading Multiple Data Files 1. Checktheboxnexttoallofthefilesyouwanttodownload. 2. ClickDownloadasZip. Azipfilesiscreatedinthedefaultlocationdeterminedbyyourbrowsersettings. IfyouarepromptedwithanOpendialog,youcanchoosetoopenthezipfileorsaveit. Opening Data Files Whenyoudownloaddatafiles,theOpeningdialogappears. Ifyouareopeninga.dtffileandyouselectOpenwith,thedatafilewill automaticallyopeninHOBOwarePro(BoxCarProifinstalled). Ifyouareopeninga.csvfileandyouselectOpenwith,thedatafilewill automaticallyopeninMicrosoftExcelorsimilarprogram. IfyouclickSavetoDisk,thefilewillbesavedtothedefaultlocationcontrolled byyourbrowser. HOBOlink Printable Help 64 www.onsetcomp.com Ifyouareopeningazipfile,thefileswillbeextractedandsavedinthedefault locationcontrolledbyyourbrowser. The Data Files Page Description EachtimetheloggerconnectstoHOBOlinkituploadsthenewdataithasreceivedfrom thesensors.Afterthefirstreadout,HOBOlinkcreatesadatafile.Ateachsubsequent readout,thenewdataisaddedtothedatafileuntilthatfilereaches512KB,thenanew datafileiscreated. ThedatafilenameconsistsoftheLaunchDescriptionthatyouconfigured,followedby asequencenumber.Thesequencenumberidentifiestheorderinwhichthefileswere created.HOBOlinkcreatesanewdatafileeachtimetheloggerwrapsorisre‐launched. NOTE:IfyouconfiguredScaling,valuesinthedatafilewillbeinscaledunits. HOBOlink Printable Help 65 www.onsetcomp.com Troubleshooting Datafilecontainserrors Ifyouaremissingdataforaparticularsensor,checkthatitwasproperlyinstalledand configured.RemoveandreconnectthesensorandcheckthestatusinHOBOwareProto verifythatitcanreportaccuratereadings.Ifyoufindthatitisnotcommunicating,it maybedamaged.ContactyourOnsetAuthorizedDealerorOnsetTechnicalSupport. Datafilecannotbeopened Inrarecircumstances,thedatafilemayhavebecomecorrupted.ContactyourOnset AuthorizedDealerorOnsetTechnicalSupport. Sample Text Data File Thefollowingisasampleofadatafiledownloadedintextformatthatyoucanviewin MicroSoftExceloranotherprogram. TheHeaderisformattedusingYAML(YetAnotherMarkupLanguage).SeeYAML.ORG. TheDatasectionisincommadelimitedformat. TIP:WhenyouopenthefileinMicroSoftExcel,theTextImportWizardgivesyouthe optionto"StartImportatRowx".EnterthefirstrowoftheDatasectiontoremovethe Headerinformationfromthefile. FormoredetailseeDataFormatandDataSection. HOBOlink Printable Help 66 www.onsetcomp.com HOBOlink Printable Help 67 www.onsetcomp.com Data Format Section of Data File HOBOlink Printable Help 68 www.onsetcomp.com Data Section of Data File HOBOlink Printable Help 69 www.onsetcomp.com Effect of Time Zone Change on Data File HOBOlink Printable Help 70 www.onsetcomp.com GMT/UTC Conversion Reference US Time Zones Time Zone EDT CDTor EST CSTor MDT MSTor PDT PST Offset ‐4 ‐5 ‐6 ‐7 ‐8 World Time Zones Zone City/Area GMT‐12 Eniwetok GMT‐11 Samoa GMT‐10 Hawaii GMT‐9 Alaska GMT‐8 PST,PacificUS GMT‐7 MST,MountainUS GMT‐6 CST,CentralUS GMT‐5 EST,EasternUS GMT‐4 Atlantic,Canada GMT‐3 Brazil,BuenosAries GMT‐2 Mid‐Atlantic GMT‐1 CapeVerdes GMT GreenwichMeanTime,Dublin GMT+1 Berlin,Rome GMT+2 Israel,Cairo GMT+3 Moscow,Kuwait GMT+4 AbuDhabi,Muscat GMT+5 Islamabad,Karachi GMT+6 Almaty,Dhaka GMT+7 Bangkok,Jakarta GMT+8 HongKong,Beijing GMT+9 Tokyo,Osaka GMT+10 Sydney,Melbourne,Guam GMT+11 Magadan,SolomanIs. GMT+12 Fiji,Wellington,Auckland HOBOlink Printable Help 71 www.onsetcomp.com Wrapped Data In Data Files ThefollowingdiagramillustrateshowdatawillappearindatafileswhentheWrap AroundWhenFullfeatureisenabledintheLaunchConfigurationPanel. AlsoseeConfiguringLaunchSettings. HOBOlink Printable Help 72 www.onsetcomp.com Publishing Your Data to a Web Site This feature allows you to publish your U30 Station data to Weather Underground (wunderground.com). 1. If you do not have an account with Weather Underground, go to the following link and create an account. http://www.wunderground.com/wxstation/signup.html 2. To register your weather station, click Weather Stations at the top left corner of the page. 3. Click the Register my Personal Weather Stations link under Upload Your Data to Weather Undergound. HOBOlink Printable Help 73 www.onsetcomp.com 4. Click the New Weather Station button. 5. Enter your information as required in the fields. For information on setting up a weather station, see the Weather Underground Wiki at: http://wiki.wunderground.com/index.php/PWS_-_Personal_Weather_Stations 6. After you register the U30 with Weather Underground, record the Station ID. IMPORTANT: When registering a new station with Weather Underground, there is a wait time up to 30 minutes before the Station ID/Password can be validated by HOBOlink due to constraints on the Weather Underground system. Wait at least 30 minutes before continuing to step 7. 7. Return to HOBOlink and go to the Settings page. 8. Check the box next to the device name to enable Web Publishing. 9. Enter the Station ID you received from Weather Underground and your Weather Underground password. 10. Click Save. A URL will appear that links to your Weather Underground Station History page. HOBOlink Printable Help 74 www.onsetcomp.com 11. If you have Public Access enabled for the device, you can include this link on your Weather Underground page. Return to your Weather Underground account and click the Manage my Personal Weather Stations link under Upload Your Data to Weather Underground. 12. Click the Edit button for the station. 13. Paste the HOBOlink URL into the Link URL field. 14. Add a title for the link in the Link Text field and click Submit. Data from the U30 Station will begin appearing in Weather Underground within 5 minutes after the latest connection to HOBOlink. Notes: If you see a message that the Weather Underground Station ID and Password are incorrect when attempting to enable Web Publishing in HOBOlink, you may not have waited long enough after registering the U30 Station with Weather Underground. Newly registered stations in Weather Underground will not be detected by HOBOlink for at least 30 minutes due to constraints on the Weather Underground system. If you're certain you've entered the Station ID and Password correctly, wait at least 30 minutes and then try enabling Web Publishing again. When the U30 Station connects to HOBOlink, data from HOBOlink is automatically "pushed" to Weather Underground. This happens at every connection interval (readout time). There may be up to a 15-minute delay from the time the device calls in until the data appears in Weather Underground. HOBOlink pushes information from the device datafiles to the Weather Underground Tabular Data only. HOBOlink does not control the Weather Underground Summaries or Stickers. If you are using Summaries or Stickers, be aware that there may be instances where the values do not match the HOBOlink data due to limitations in Weather Underground. If the Weather Underground push service becomes temporarily unavailable, data that was uploaded to HOBOlink while that service is unavailable will not appear in Weather Underground immediately. Any data offloaded to HOBOlink while the connection to Weather Underground is unavailable will be pushed when the service comes back online. Do not use the same station ID for multiple U30 Stations because Weather Underground is only able to display one data record per logging sample time. Instead, register each of your U30 Stations in Weather Underground separately creating individual station IDs for use in HOBOlink. HOBOlink Printable Help 75 www.onsetcomp.com Chapter 7: A Tour of HOBOlink The Devices Page TheDevicespageisshownbelow.Thisisthemainpageyouseewhenyoufirstloginto HOBOlink.ThepagewillopenineitherListView(shownbelow)orMySummary, dependingonwhatpagewasopenwhenyoulastopenedHOBOlink. FromtheDevicespageyoucan: Registeradevice Removeadevice AccesstheDevicepageforaregistereddevice ViewAlarmStatusiconsandaccesstheAlarmpage. ViewLastConnection ViewSerialNumber ViewCommunicationStatus ViewRelayState Communication Status (WARNINGSTATE)‐Hoveroverthewarningiconfordetails. Adevicecanbeinawarningstateifanyofthefollowingistrue. Devicehasmisseditslastconnectionby10ormoreminutes. AdevicehasexceededthelimitofitsCommunicationsPlan. Thedeviceisinanerrorstatusasindicatedbythestatuslistedinthe DeviceInformationonthedevicepage. Thedevice'sCommunicationsPlanhasexpired. HOBOlink Printable Help 76 www.onsetcomp.com (MoreDetails)‐Hoveroverthewarningiconfordetails. Adevicecanbeinadetailsstateifanyofthefollowingistrue: DeviceisapproachingthelimitoftheCommunicationsPlans. DeviceisapproachingtheexpirationofitsCommunicationsPlan. Devicehasnotyetcalledin. Thedevice'sstatusisstopped. (OK)‐Deviceisoperatingnormallyandwithinthenormalcallingschedule. Relay Status (RelayOpen)‐TheRelayContactontheU30Stationisopen. (RelayClosed)‐TheRelayContactontheU30Stationisclosed. Alarms Status ClickontheicontogototheAlarmspage. (Red)‐Thisdevicehastrippedalarm(s). (Green)‐Thisdevicehasactivealarm(s). (Yellow)‐thisdevicehasalarmchangesbending. (Grey)‐Allalarm(s)forthisdeviceareinactiveorthisdevicehasnoalarm(s) configured. The Device Page TheDevicepageshowsinformationfortheselecteddevice.Fromhereyoucanview informationanddataplotsforthedevice. FromtheDeviceTaskBaratthebottomofthepageyoucanconfigurethedevice,the launchsettings,andthereadoutsettings,andaccesstheAlarmpage. HOBOlink Printable Help 77 www.onsetcomp.com Formoredetails,seeViewingDeviceStatus. The Device Task Bar TheDeviceTaskBarislocatedatthebottomoftheDeviceConfigurationpage. Device Configuration IntheDeviceConfigurationpanelyoucanassignanicknametoadeviceandsetthe timezone. Launch Configuration TheLaunchConfigurationpanelallowsyoutoconfigurehowoftendatafromsensorsis downloadedtothedevice. NOTE:Anychangesyoumakeonthispanewillcausetheloggertorelaunchatthenext connectiontime. Readout Configuration TheReadoutConfigurationpanelallowsyoutoadjustthereadout/connectionschedule foralogger. HOBOlink Printable Help 78 www.onsetcomp.com Go to Alarms ThisiconwilltakeyoutotheAlarmpage,whereyoucanconfigurealarmsettingsand viewalarmlogs. The Device Configuration Panel UsetheDeviceConfigurationpaneltoassigna"nickname"toadevice,setthetime zone,anduploadanimageforthedeviceicon. Accessing the Device Configuration Panel ToaccesstheDeviceConfigurationpanel,gototheDevicepageandclicktheDevice Configurationiconatthebottomofthepage. HOBOlink Printable Help 79 www.onsetcomp.com The Launch Configuration Panel TheLaunchConfigurationpanelallowsyoutoadjustdetailsofyourlogger'scurrent deployment.Anychangesyoumakeonthispanelwillcausetheloggertore‐launchat thenextconnectiontime. ToaccesstheLaunchConfigurationpanel,gototheDevicepageandclicktheLaunch Configurationiconatthebottomofthepage. Formoreinformation,seeConfiguringLaunchSettings. The Readout Configuration Panel TheReadoutConfigurationpanelallowsyoutoconfigurethereadout/connection scheduleforyourlogger.ChangingReadoutConfigurationwillnotforcearelaunchof thedevice. TheHOBOU30StationconnectstoHOBOlinkataregularintervalthatyouselect(for example,every2hours)andreadsoutthemostrecentdatarecorded.Thedataissaved HOBOlink Printable Help 80 www.onsetcomp.com inafileanddisplayedasgraphsinHOBOlink.Youcanalsodownloaddatafilesand viewtheminHOBOwareProforfurtherdataplottingandanalysis. ToaccesstheReadoutConfigurationpanel,gototheDeviceswindowandclickthe ReadoutConfigurationiconatthebottomofthepage. Formoredetails,seeConfiguringReadoutSettings. Latest Conditions Panel YouaccesstheLatestConditionspanelfromtheDevicepage. Thispanelshowsthecurrentreadingsforallattachedsensors,aswellastheRelay StateandBatteryState.Tore‐orderthesensors,graspthesensornameanddragupor down.ThisorderwillalsobereflectedingraphsandMySummaryView. HOBOlink Printable Help 81 www.onsetcomp.com Expanded View ClickonthearrownexttoRelayStatetoseemoreinformationabouteachsensor. Alarm Icons in Latest Conditions Pane (Red)‐AlarmisTripped:indicatesanalarmconditionhasbeentripped.Click theicontoseealltrippedalarms. (Green)‐AlarmisActive:indicatesthatanalarmhasbeendefinedandisnot currentlytripped.Clicktheicontoseealltrippedalarms. (Yellow)Pending:Thisdevicehasalarmchangespending. HOBOlink Printable Help 82 www.onsetcomp.com (Grey)‐Thissensorhasnoalarms:Indicatesthatnoalarmconditionshavebeen definedforthesensor.Clicktheicontoaddanalarmcondition. Latest Connections Panel YouaccesstheLatestConnectionspanelfromtheDevicepage. ThispanelshowsalloftheconnectionattemptsbetweenthedeviceandHOBOlinkand whenthenextconnectionisscheduled.ForRemoteCommunicationmodels,theSignal Strengthisshowninthebanner. Full Log ClickontheFullLogbuttontoviewthecompletelogofconnectionattempts.Youcan filtertheresultstoshowallconnectionattempts,connectionsonly,orerrorsonly. Youshouldreviewthislogoccasionallytoconfirmthattheloggerisconnectingasoften asyouexpect. SeeViewingConnectionsLog. HOBOlink Printable Help 83 www.onsetcomp.com Latest Data Panel YouaccesstheLatestDatapanelfromtheDevicepage. Thispanelshowsyouthelatestdatafilesthathavebeenreadoutofthelogger. Anorangedotnexttothefilenameindicatesthefilehasnotbeendownloaded.Clickon thefiletodownload.SeeDownloadingDataFilesformoreinformation. Device Information Panel YouaccesstheDeviceInformationpanelfromtheDevicepage.Usethetabstoaccess theGeneralInformationorCommunicationsInformationpanes. HOBOlink Printable Help 84 www.onsetcomp.com General Status TheStatusofthedevice:NormallythiswillindicateLogging,unlessthedevicehas filled,inwhichcaseitstopsloggingandthisstatusisStopped.Iftheloggerisstopped youneedtorelaunchitinordertoacquirenewdata.Thisinformationisupdatedevery 2minutes. Memory ShowstheamountofmemoryusedifitisnotinWrapmode.IftheloggerisinWrap ModethentherewillbenomemorybarandWrappingwillbedisplayed.This informationisupdatedevery2minutes. Battery Level Theamountofpowerremaininginthebatteryconnectedtothedevice.This informationisupdatedevery2minutes.Thebatterygaugeisscaledlinearlybetween 3.9and4.3V. Nickname TheNicknameassignedtothedeviceuponregistration. Serial Number Theserialnumberofthedevice. Model Themodelnameofthedevice. Firmware Version TheversionoftheFirmwareinstalledonthedevice. HOBOlink Printable Help 85 www.onsetcomp.com ‐Ifthereisafirmwareupgradeavailable,theupgradeiconandalink willappearnexttothefirmwareversion. FordetailsseeFirmwareUpgrades. Communications Plan Number IndicatesthetypeofCommunicationsPlanyouhave. Plan Start Date ThestartdateofyourHOBOlinkPlanforaccesstoyourdevice(s). Plan End date TheenddateofyourHOBOlinkPlanforaccesstoyourdevice(s). Monthly Cell Usage (GSM Plans Only) Thepercentageofyourallocateddatayouhaveusedforthecurrentmonth. SeeCommunicationsPlanOverviewformoreinformation. IfyouhoverthecursorovertheMonthlyCellUsebar,pop‐uptextwillindicateifyour currentconfigurationiswithinyourmonthlydataallocation,orifyouwillexceedyour monthlydataallotment(bywhatpercent). The Alarm Page Overview FromtheAlarmpageyoucan: AddSensorAlarms EditSystemAlarms ViewTrippedAlarms ViewAlarmLogs HOBOlink Printable Help 86 www.onsetcomp.com Note on U30 GSM IfyouhaveaCommunicationsPlanfortheU30GSM,notethatalarmscanhavea significantimpactonthecommunicationsdatausage.Theamountofallocateddatayou havewithyourserviceplanshouldbeconsideredwhenyouconfigurealarms.See Error!Bookmarknotdefined.formoreinformation. Alarm Page Alarm Status Icons (Red)‐AlarmisTripped:indicatesanalarmconditionhasbeentripped. (Green)‐AlarmisActive:indicatesthatanalarmhasbeendefinedandisnot currentlytripped. (Yellow)‐Pending:thisdevicehasalarmchangespending. (Grey)‐AlarmisInactive:thereisnosensorattachedcorrespondingtothisalarm. Reconnectthesensorandrelaunchthedevice,ordeletethealarmbyclickingthedelete icon( )totherightoftheStatusicon. The Data Files Page Description EachtimetheloggerconnectstoHOBOlinkituploadsthenewdataithasreceivedfrom thesensors.Afterthefirstreadout,HOBOlinkcreatesadatafile.Ateachsubsequent readout,thenewdataisaddedtothedatafileuntilthatfilereaches512KB,thenanew datafileiscreated. HOBOlink Printable Help 87 www.onsetcomp.com ThedatafilenameconsistsoftheLaunchDescriptionthatyouconfigured,followedby asequencenumber.Thesequencenumberidentifiestheorderinwhichthefileswere created.HOBOlinkcreatesanewdatafileeachtimetheloggerwrapsorisre‐launched. NOTE:IfyouconfiguredScaling,valuesinthedatafilewillbeinscaledunits. Troubleshooting Datafilecontainserrors Ifyouaremissingdataforaparticularsensor,checkthatitwasproperlyinstalledand configured.RemoveandreconnectthesensorandcheckthestatusinHOBOwareProto verifythatitcanreportaccuratereadings.Ifyoufindthatitisnotcommunicating,it maybedamaged.ContactyourOnsetAuthorizedDealerorOnsetTechnicalSupport. Datafilecannotbeopened Inrarecircumstances,thedatafilemayhavebecomecorrupted.ContactyourOnset AuthorizedDealerorOnsetTechnicalSupport. HOBOlink Printable Help 88 www.onsetcomp.com The Settings Page UsethispagetomakechangestoyourAccountinformationorPreferences,ortomake adeviceviewablebyothersovertheinternet. The Support Page FromtheSupportpageyoucan: AccesstheonlineHelpandotherdocumentation AccessFAQs AccesstheDataLoggerResourcesLibrary Sendane‐mailwithfeedbackonHOBOlink ViewTermsofUse ViewDataUploadingTerms HOBOlink Printable Help 89 www.onsetcomp.com A Map of HOBOlink ThediagrambelowshowsalloftheHOBOlinkpagesandtheirrelationtoeachother. Toseethepagesorganizedaccordingtotask,seeASummaryofHOBOlinkTasks. HOBOlink Printable Help 90 www.onsetcomp.com Chapter 8: Maintenance & Troubleshooting Firmware Upgrades YoucaninstallHOBOU30firmwareupgradesremotelyviaHOBOlink. Performingafirmwareupgradewillnotcausethedevicetobelaunched.Thedevice willresumereadoutsontheconnectionfollowingtheupgrade.Theupgrademaytake severalminutes,butthebyteusagewillnotbechargedtoyourHOBOlink Communicationaccount. Ifthereisafirmwareupgradeavailable,theupgradeicon[ nexttothefirmwareversion. ]willappear Steps 1. Clickupgradetoexpandthepane. 2. Toscheduletheupgrade,checktheUpgradeto...onNextConnectionboxand thenclickOK. Toseewhatchangesareinthisnewversionbeforeyouscheduletheupgrade,click Showdetails. HOBOlink Printable Help 91 www.onsetcomp.com 3. WhenyouclickOKyouwillseethefollowingmessage.ClickOKtoconfirmthe upgrade,orclickCanceltocancelit. IMPORTANT:DonotunplugtheHOBOU30whileitisbeingupgraded. U30 Troubleshooting ThesearesomecommonproblemsyoumayencounterwiththeHOBOU30Station. Therearenostatusindicatorsblinking Theindicatorsareveryfaintunderdirectsunlight.Ifnoindicatorsappeartobe blinking,shieldtheloggerfromthelightandchecktheindicatorsagain. CheckthestatusinHOBOlink.Makesurethebatterypowerisnottoolow.There needstobeatleast3.5voltsforloggingtocontinueand3.9voltsforGSM communication. IfyouhavenotenabledWrapping,thememorymaybefull.Readoutthelogger andrelaunch. Theloggermaynothavebeenlaunched. ChangesImadetotheLaunchConfigurationorReadoutConfigurationhaven't takeneffect AnychangesyoumaketotheLaunchConfigurationorReadoutConfigurationswillnot takeeffectuntilthenexttimetheHOBOU30StationconnectstotheHOBOlink.Ifyour connectionintervalwassetto2hours,thenchangeswon’ttakeeffectuntilthenext connectiononthat2‐hourschedule. ToomanycallsarebeingmadetoHOBOlink SelectaslowerconnectionintervalinReadoutConfiguration ConsiderenablingNightMode,whichallowsyoutosetupasecond,slower connectioninterval. HOBOlink Printable Help 92 www.onsetcomp.com Toomuchbatterypowerisbeingused Makesurethesolarpanelisinstalledproperlyandfunctioning.Thatshould provideenoughpowertorechargethebatteryduringtheday. UsetheACadaptertorechargethebattery. Thepowerhasrunout Rechargethebatteryfor12hourswithACadapter. Ifthebatterycannotberecharged,youwillneedtoreplacethebattery.Contact yourOnsetAuthorizedDealerorOnsetTechnicalSupport. Important:Theloggerusesverydurable,high‐capacityFlashmemory.Withthis memory,dataisretainedevenwhenthebatteryrunsoutofcharge.Donot relaunchtheloggeruntilthedatahasbeenrecovered.Ifthebatterycannotbe rechargedandyouarestillunabletoreadouttheHOBOU30Station,contactthe vendorthatsoldittoyou.Itmaybepossibletoretrievetheloggeddata. Onlysomeoftheinstalledsensorsarelogging Checkforalooseconnection. IfusingtheSmartSensorExpanderboard,makesureitisconnectedtothebuilt‐ inSmartSensorboardwiththeexpandercable. Makesureyouhavenotexceeded100meters(328ft)ofnetworkcableforall SmartSensors. Makesureyouhavenotexceeded15datachannels. UseHOBOwareProtoseealistofallinstalledsensorsandAnalogSensorPorts intheLaunchpage.TheSmartSensorsarelistedinascendingorderbyserial number.Ifmorethan15datachannelsareconnected,thedeviceswiththe higherserialnumberswillbeignoredandtheirdatawillnotberecorded. Datafilecontainserrors Ifyouaremissingdataforaparticularsensor,checkthatitwasproperly installedandconfigured.Removeandreconnectthesensorandcheckthestatus inHOBOwareProtoverifythatitcanreportaccuratereadings.Ifyoufindthatit isnotcommunicating,itmaybedamaged.ContactyourOnsetAuthorizedDealer orOnsetTechnicalSupport. Datafilecannotbeopened Inrarecircumstances,thedatafilemayhavebecomecorrupted.Contactyour OnsetAuthorizedDealerorOnsetTechnicalSupport. DeviceisnotfoundwhenconnectedtoHOBOwarePro CheckUSBcableconnections. Checkthecomputer’sCOMport/USBsettings. HOBOlink Printable Help 93 www.onsetcomp.com IlaunchedtheHOBOU30StationinHOBOware,butmysettingsarenotbeing logged LaunchesattemptedwithHOBOwareProwillbeoverriddenbytheLaunch ConfigurationsetupinHOBOlinkthenexttimeaconnectionmade.IftheHOBO U30StationiscommunicatingwithHOBOlink,thenitmostlikelyhasbeen relaunchedwiththesettingssavedinHOBOlink. IsettheLaunchConfigurations,buttheloggerisnotlogging Ifitisthefirstlaunch,makesureyouhaveenteredaReadoutConfiguration. IfitisnotthefirstlaunchandtheHOBOU30Stationisconnectingbutstillnot launching,thenselect“ForceRelaunchonNextConnection”andwaitforthe nextconnection. Launch Configuration Troubleshooting IsettheLaunchConfigurations,buttheloggerisnotlogging Ifitisthefirstlaunch,makesureyouhaveenteredaReadoutConfiguration. IfitisnotthefirstlaunchandtheHOBOU30Stationisconnectingbutstillnot launching,thenselect“ForceRelaunchonNextConnection”andwaitforthenext connection. IlaunchedtheHOBOU30StationinHOBOware,butmysettingsarenotbeing logged LaunchesattemptedwithHOBOwareProwillbeoverriddenbytheLaunch ConfigurationsetupinHOBOlinkthenexttimeaconnectionmade.IftheHOBOU30 StationiscommunicatingwithHOBOlink,thenitmostlikelyhasbeenrelaunchedwith thesettingssavedinHOBOlink. Therearenostatusindicatorsblinking Theloggermaynothavebeenlaunched. ChangesImadetotheLaunchConfigurationhaven'ttakeneffect AnychangesyoumaketotheLaunchConfigurationwillnottakeeffectuntilthenext timetheHOBOU30StationconnectstotheHOBOlink.Ifyourconnectionintervalwas setto2hours,thenchangeswon’ttakeeffectuntilthenextconnectiononthat2‐hour schedule. Frequently Asked Questions Whydon'tmygraphsupdatewhenIswitchfromUStoMetric(SI)? Inordertoallowgraphstobeviewedwithnodelay,theyarecreatedatthetime thedevicecontactsHOBOlink.Therefore,graphsinthenewunitswillbe availableafterthenexttimethedeviceconnects. Whydon'tmysensorlabelsshowupimmediatelyontheHOBOlinkgraphs? HOBOlink Printable Help 94 www.onsetcomp.com Sincegraphsarecreatedatthetimethedeviceconnects,thenewlabelswillnot appearonthegraphsuntilafterthenexttimethedeviceconnects. WheredoIfindmydeviceSerialNumberandDeviceKey? TheSerialNumberandDeviceKeyarefoundinsidethedoorofyourU30 enclosure.Pleasekeeptrackofthesevaluessinceyouwillneedthemtoregister yourdeviceinyourHOBOlinkaccount. HowdoIconfigureAnalogSensorPortsontheU30Station? AnalogSensorPortsareconfiguredusingHOBOware.Channelsconfiguredin HOBOwarewillappearinHOBOlink. HowdoItogglemyrelayorsetthedefaultstateoftherelay? Settingthestateofdefaultstateoftherelayinrealtimemustbedonein HOBOwarethroughtheUSBinterface.HOBOlinkwillshowyouthestateand defaultstate,andwillalsoallowyoutosetupalarmconditionsthatwilltripthe relay.HOBOlinkdoesnotallowreal‐timecontroloftherelay. IlaunchedmyloggerinHOBOware,andthenitwasre‐launchedbyHOBOlink. Whydidthishappen? HOBOlinkisdesignedtobetheprimarycontrolleroftheU30Station.Ifyouhave launchedyourloggerinHOBOwarewithdifferentsettings(suchaslogging interval,samplinginterval,launchdescription,wrappingstate)thanyou specifiedinHOBOlink,thenHOBOlinkwillre‐launchtheU30Stationtoensureit isconfiguredtomatchthesettingsintheHOBOlinkaccount. Whydon'tthelabelsIaddedtomyBatteryandDewPointSensorshowupin HOBOware? SinceBatteryandDewPointarewhatarereferredtoas"derivedchannels,"they donothaveapresenceintheheaderofthe.dtffile.Therefore,thereisnoplaceto storethosevaluesforuseinHOBOware.Youcanstillviewthelabelsin HOBOlink.LabelsfromallotherschannelswillbedisplayedinHOBOwarewhen openingthedownloaded.dtffile. HowdoIstoptheU30StationusingHOBOlink? YoucannotstopyourU30Stationfromloggingorconnecting.TheU30and HOBOlinkaredesignedtoruncontinuously,withoutanyuserinteraction.When youconnectthebattery,itstartsconnectingandstartsloggingdata automatically.Tostoploggingand/orconnectingdata,simplyunplugthebattery. HowdoIstopmyloggerfromconnectingtoHOBOlink? YoucannotstopregularconnectionstoHOBOlink.Thereisnolimittohow slowlytheU30StationwillconnecttoHOBOlink. HowdoIstoplogging? ConnecttotheHOBOU30StationtoaUSBcableandstoploggingwith HOBOwarePro. Or,unplugthebattery. Youwilllikelyneedtoselect“ForceRelaunchonNextConnection”underLaunch ConfigurationinHOBOlinktoresumeloggingagain. HOBOlink Printable Help 95 www.onsetcomp.com HowdoIstoploggingandstopremotecommunications? Unplugthebattery. Howdidmysystemalarmsbecomedisabled? Whenyouenableanyorallsystemalarms(BatteryLow,MemoryLow,Sensor Failure),assoonasoneofthesealarmstrips,allsystemalarmsaredisabled. Uponreceivingasystemalarmnotification,youshouldverifyyourdevice'sstate toseeifanyactionisrequired.SeeTroubleshooting. Onceyouhaveresolvedanyproblems,gototheEditSystemAlarmspagefor yourdeviceandre‐enableanysystemalarmsforwhichyouwouldliketoreceive notifications. WhichLaunchConfigurationfieldswillcausemydevicetore‐launchiftheyare modified? ChangingthefollowingfieldsintheLaunchConfigurationpanelwillcauseyour devicetore‐launchthenexttimeitconnectstoHOBOlink: LaunchDescription LoggingInterval SamplingInterval WrapAroundWhenFullcheckbox CanIsettheorderthatmygraphsaredisplayed? Youcanchangetheorderthatgraphsaredisplayedbymovingthesensorsinthe LatestConditionspanel. WhydoesRainfallshowaszeroinLatestConditionseventhoughtithasbeen raining? TheLatestConditionspaneshowstherainthatfellinthelastlogginginterval only.IftheLoggingIntervalis1minuteandtherewasn'taraingaugetipduring thatminute,thentherainshowsaszero. HowcanIsetonealarmactionwhenanalarmtripsandadifferentactionwhen thealarmclears? If,forexample,youwantedtosendamessageto"turnonpumps"whenthe temperaturegoesbelow35degreesF,andanothermessage"turnoffpumps" whenthetemperaturegoesabove35degreesF,youshouldcreatetwosensors alarms: onethattriggerswhentheconditionsgobelow35degreesF onethattriggerswhentheconditionsgoabove35degreesF Eachofthesecanbesetuptosendtheappropriatetextmessage.Besurenotto checktheboxforsendingatextmessagewhenthealarmconditionclears. Whyareoldentriesmissingfrommyconnectionandalarmlog? HOBOlink Printable Help 96 www.onsetcomp.com Inordertokeepourdatabasetoareasonablesize,weremoveconnectionlog entriesover30daysold.Wealsoremoveallbutthelast750alarmlogentries, whichcorrespondsto3monthsofalarmlogs.Doingthisallowsustokeep HOBOlinkmoreresponsive. Whyisthereagapbetweensubsequentdatafiles? Ifyourloggerfillsinatimethatislessthanyourconfiguredreadoutinterval, someofthedatawillhavebeenoverwritteninthelogger.Thiscanhappenon loggersthathaveafullsuiteofsensors,areloggingatthefastest(1minute) loggingintervals,andhaveareadoutintervalofover1day.Toavoidthis problem,OnsetrecommendsthatyousetyourConnectionIntervaltoavalueof lessthan1day,orincreaseyourLoggingInterval. HOBOlink Printable Help 97 www.onsetcomp.com