Sending a Program to the Datalogger from Setup

In most instances, you will send a new program to the datalogger from the Connect Screen. Once the program is sent from Connect, you can view measurements in the Table Monitor to ensure the program is working correctly. However, for convenience when configuring a datalogger for communication and data collection, a program can also be sent from the Setup Screen.

Select the Program tab for the highlighted datalogger. If a program exists in the datalogger that LoggerNet has knowledge of, it will be displayed in the Current Program fields. To send a new program, press the Send button.

The Associate button can be used to associate a TDF file with a datalogger. TDF stands for Table Definitions File. When a program is compiled for a datalogger, a program_name.TDF file is created along with the original program file. This file contains the table definitions (table size, variable names, data types, etc.) for that program. Associating the TDF file with a datalogger can be useful if communication is taking place over a slow or unreliable communications link where the attempt to receive table definitions back from the datalogger fails.