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C HAPTER 3
Quick Start Guide
You've got the software installed on your computer and now you want to use the LogTag,
see how it goes and what it can do. This chapter will briefly cover the steps involved to
get your LogTag ready to use, how to get it started and then retrieve the recorded
information out of the LogTag. The subsequent chapters will explain in more depth these
steps and the various options available to you.
In This Chapter
Connecting the Interface ........................................19
Using the LogTag with the Interface........................21
Get a LogTag ready for use ....................................23
Starting and using the LogTag ................................30
Retrieve information from LogTag ...........................31
Connecting the Interface
There are two types of the Interface Cradle available. The first connects to the computers
serial (RS232) communications port and the other connects to the computers USB
(Universal Serial Bus) communications port. Although there may be multiple connectors
on the computer for each of these types of communications ports, the shape of each is
unique and therefore it is not possible to connect the Interface Cradle to the wrong type
of communications port. The software supports the connection of multiple Interface
Cradles at the same time and therefore as many serial and/or USB Interface Cradles as
are needed and the computer supports may be connected.
The connectors for the serial (RS232) communications ports typically look like the
following picture.