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HyperWare™ (HW)
is a powerful multi-purpose software package for use in concert
with the HyperLogger™™, ModuLogger™, and ModuLogger™
Mini Portable Data Logging Systems. Within the HyperWare software,
all of the functions required for configuration and use of
the Logic Beach data loggers are provided.
HyperWare simply and graphically
provides the following features:
- Communications
between a PC running HyperWare and the Logger
- Logger Programming
via graphic drag and drop icons
- Real-time
Trending of data as the Logger operates
- Graphic
plotting of collected data
- Conversion
of data to Spreadsheet formats
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Serial communication between
the logger and the PC is supported in the HyperCommTM window in the HyperWare software. RS-232, telephone modem
(cell and land), Ethernet, and even spread spectrum radio
are supported. Serial communicatons between the logger and
the PC include commands for...
- Collected
data downloads
- Logger
current status checks
- Reprogramming
of the logger
- Real-time
trending of data on the PC while the logger executes
- Remote
control of the logger
To establish a connection between
the PC and Data Logger, click on the serial link icon showing
as a modem or a DB-25 connector.
[click for a Serial
Communications screen image and further details]
Once the connection is established,
merely dragging and dropping icons between the PC and the
Logger results in transparent communications with `behind
the scenes' error checking. The visual communications implementation
allows for quick and simple communications between the PC
and a connected HyperLogger™ for Status , collected
data downloads, programming, and remote control.
Example
To download data from the HyperLogger™
memory to a file on the PC, merely click on the Memory Icon
overlaying the virtual HyperLogger™, then drag it over
the virtual PC icon and release it, the data transfer begins.
Robust data error checking and automatic
retry during communication insure reliable data transfer,
even with poor quality telephone links.
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The Logic Beach data logging
instruments are fully programmable for intelligent data
logging strategies, alarming, conditional logging, inter-channel
calculations, log to memory on change, statistical calculations
and much more. In a never-ending effort by Logic Beach Engineers
to keep our data loggers extremely easy to program, without compromising flexibility and capability, Logic Beach developed
a revolutionary and unique graphical programming
method for our instruments called HyperNet™.
[click for a Programming
Window screen image and example Program Network]
Within the HyperNet window (a standard
environment within the HyperWare software) a `NET' program
is developed graphically on the PC using icons and interconnects,
then transferred to the Data Logger memory. The Logger is
then ready for stand-alone logging and can be disconnected
and enabled for operation at which time it will start executing
its new NET program.
Programming the HyperLogger™
or ModuLogger is a simple (but powerful) three step process.
1. Query the logger for its
hardware configuration
- First, via a serial communication
connection, the logger is queried for its current hardware
configuration by simply clicking on the NEW icon from
within the HyperNet Development Screen. With this simple
step, the Logger is automatically interrogated for installed
Interface Modules and other accessories. Input and Output
Icons will then appear on the screen ready for software
configuration and interconnection.
2. Visually develop
the logger "NET" program
Additional icons are dragged
and dropped onto the HyperNet Development Screen from
the Icon toolbar. Start/Stop clock icons, Sampling Rate
clock icons, math icons, alarm icons, comparator icons,
pager alarm icons, various logging methodology icons,
and many more are available to meet the logging needs
for nearly any User desired data logging and alarming
strategy.
- The mouse is then used to add
interconnection lines indicating data flow from icon to
icon. Individual icons are configured by double-clicking
on the icon and completing the pop-up dialog box. Dialog
boxes provide entry fields for icon names, signal names,
and icon unique parameters such as thermocouple type,
signal range, and equations. Upon completion, save the
NET program to disk and return to the Communication Screen.
- 3. Transfer the NET program
to the Logger's memory
From within the Data Logger
Communication Screen, drag the NET program icon from
the virtual PC image to the virtual Data Logger. The
NET program is automatically error checked and transferred
to the HyperLogger's memory, ready for deployment
and data collection.
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HyperTrack™ (included within
HyperWare) provides a real-time, scrolling display of HyperLogger™
collected data on a serially connected PC.
Additionally, with the introduction
of the NEW Remote Control and Variable Constant icons, Users
can now change operation of the program running in the logger
via a serial link from their PC! From within the HyperTrack
window, set-point parameters can be adjusted and outputs
or logic within a program can be changed, all while the
logger is executing its program.
[click for a HyperTrack,
Real-time Trending screen image and further details]
HyperTrack provides immediate data
display of User defined parameters pre-defined within the
Datalogger NET program. HyperTrack is an extremely valuable
tool for critical real-time process monitoring as well as
serving as a quick method of checking on Logger I/O values
and status.
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HyperWare includes a powerful
graphic data plotting tool called HyperWare Plotter™.
After the data has been acquired in the field by the Logger
and downloaded to the PC via a serial link, HyperWare Plotter
is used to graphically plot up to 7 data channels versus
time.
[click for a HyperWare
Data Plotter screen image and further details]
Data analysis is enhanced with mouse
stroke Zooming and a full spectrum of display options include
X and Y-axis scaling and formatting, grids, cursor data
display, symbols, instant min/max/average and integral view
analysis, and more.
Complying with the Windows standard,
plots generated from within the plotter can be printed directly
or saved as *.BMP files (Windows Bit Map file format). The
*.BMP plot can be seamlessly integrated into other Windows
applications including word processors and spreadsheets,
allowing for powerful report generation without associated
graphic format conversion hassles.
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HyperWare also includes additional
post-processing options including collected data conversion
to columnated ASCII (text) files and direct output to the
Microsoft Excel spreadsheet format. Additionally, post-processing
can be performed during the file conversion process using
visually programmed icon networks similar to that employed
in HyperNet.
Example
Two channels of field recorded temperature
data contained within the original HyperLogger™ download
file can be merged via a math icon and output to an Excel
file format resulting in the original two channels and a
third `delta-T' channel.
[click for details of the file
conversion process and an example spreadsheet output
format]
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For optimum performance, the following minimum hardware
and software is required for running all features of the
HyperWare software package.
- 386 or higher IBM compatible
- 4 MB RAM
- 10 MB Hard Disk Space
- Microsoft Windows 3.1, 95, 98, NT
4.0, 2000, XP
- Windows supported/installed Mouse
- VGA display
- Serial port for HyperLogger™
connection
- Windows supported/installed printer
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Data
Logger Selection Guide | Data Logger Applications | Data Sheets and Downloads | Testimonials | About Logic Beach | Contact
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8363-6F Center Drive
La Mesa, CA 91942
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