Data Filer Requirements

Data Filer is an application that is capable of accessing the data in the LoggerNet data cache and storing that data to a file. The Data Filer can run on the same computer as the LoggerNet software, but more commonly it connects to a LoggerNet server computer over a TCP/IP connection. The LoggerNet server must be configured to allow remote connections; this is set up during the installation of the LoggerNet software (see Allowing Remote Connections to the LoggerNet Server for additional information on allowing remote connections).

Because Data Filer retrieves data from LoggerNet’s data cache (and not the datalogger directly), LoggerNet must first collect the data from the datalogger before it is available for use by the Data Filer. Data collection in LoggerNet can be performed manually by a user or automatically by setting up a data collection schedule.

For information on collecting data from a datalogger, refer to Real-Time Tools. For a description of LoggerNet’s data cache, refer to Software Organization.