User's Manual

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• To stop Low Duty Cycle sampling, click Stop Monitoring.
• To save the Low Duty Cycle session to file, click Save Stream. A ‘Save As’
window will appear allowing you to name and save the session data. Click OK.
• To close the Data Collector window, click its upper right hand X.
• To return to normal node operations, right-click the node in the Localhost frame
to get its main menu.
• Note: If you are using continuous Low Duty Cycle sampling or want to
prematurely stop a finite Low Duty Cycle sampling, you may do so using the Stop
Monitoring and Save Stream software functions. However, the node will continue
to operate in Low Duty Cycle mode (and not be able to communicate normally)
until you cycle its power. After cycling, you will again be able to communicate
normally with the node.
Operating multiple nodes in LDC
• As was stated above, operating multiple nodes in Low Duty Cycle should be
started by individually setting each node’s configuration and Channel Actions.
• Multiple nodes can be started in Low Duty Cycle at the same instant.
• Press and hold down the Ctrl key.
• Click each node that you want to include in the session.
• Release the Ctrl key.
• Right-click the base station and a menu will appear.
• Click Low Duty Cycle. All nodes that were selected will now begin LDC and will
all be sampled by the software.
• Note: The nodes will commence at the same instant and although each node runs
independently, the nodes will have near real-time synchronization subject to very
small error as a result of their individual clock crystals.
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