Receive

The „Receive“ command reads the measured data stored in the Bootloader and saves it as a LOG file in the Winsol file system on the PC. A separate LOG file is created in the corresponding subdirectory („…\log“) for each month. When logging data from two controllers or some frames, Winsol saves the data in separate subdirectories „…\log1“ and „…\log2“ etc.. The filenames of LOG files contain year and month information of the data. For example, the file „Y201012.log“ contains measurements from December 2010.
Note: When acquiring data from several systems, before reading the data it is essential to select the correct „customer“ (see customer mode)!
The process of reading „own data“ (customer: „own data“) automatically deletes the data storage of the Bootloader, but in the customer mode it is possible to specify that the data in the Bootloader is retained. It is recommended that after successfully reading in the data, the data is then deleted from the data converter. The data is deleted in the Winsol menu „File/module“.
If a power failure occurs when logging data from controllers that do not have an internal clock then only the data recorded by the Bootloader after the power failure can be edited. A timestamp can no longer be generated for earlier data.

The data can be automatically read when the PC starts up, via the options in the „File \ Autostart“ menu.

If this option is activated, the data which have been selected in the menu „Manage customers“ are, upon booting of the PC, automatically read in and saved by the Bootloader. The customers selected for the AutoReceive process are read in in alphabetical order (see selection box in „Manage customers“ dialogue). After reading-out, the data are automatically deleted from the boot loader. There is a possibility of using Windows own functions „Scheduled tasks“ (Windows XP) or „Task scheduler“ (Windows Vista, Windows 7) to initiate automatic reading in on a running PC.

In addition to „AutoReceive“ after the reading in, *.xls- or *.csv files are automatically created with the settings specified in the function „EXCEL“. In this respect, files are created for the months contained in the read-in data. Existing files are overwritten.

This option is possible in addition to „AutoReceive“ and „AutoReceive + xls/csv Conversion“. Here, as the PC boots up, the data are automatically read in (incl. possible xls/csv conversion) and then the PC shuts down after the subsequent countdown. This function is intended for computers that are used exclusively for data acquisition. In this case the PC must be automatically powered up at specific times. This can be done with (e.g.) an external power timer that provides power to the PC at appropriate times and by making appropriate BIOS settings (power up when mains voltage is present).