FAQ 5

Backing Up ThermaViewer™ Temperature Data to a PC

Several different versions of TView, the PC backup software are available.  You must use the one that corresponds to the software installed on your ThermaViewer™.  To determine which version you have, go to the main system menu on latter models (press the 'enter' key) or press the reset button with a paperclip on earlier models, the version number will be in the format n.n.n.  

To download data, plug in the supplied cable to a COM port on your computer, 

1.  Check the 'Auto range for entire memory' button or type in a date and time range in the four data windows in the lower left hand portion of the screen. 

2.  Select which probe's data you want to save by clicking on 'Channel 1' or 'Channel 2'.

3.  Click the 'Upload Data' button.  

As data is captured by the PC it will be displayed on your monitor.  You can manipulate the data on screen by using the mouse (see instruction on screen in lower right hand portion).  Should your data disappear from the screen while you are manipulating it click the "Auto Scale' button and it will reappear.  This could happen if you pan through data and then un-zoom.  The data is still there but it's not on the part of the graph that you are seeing.

The data displayed on the PC screen can be saved as a file by clicking on the 'Save data' button and typing a file name.  Some header information will pop up so you can identify the ThermaViewer™ that the data came from.  The data will be saved with a CSV extension, so that it can be imported into other MS programs (Excel, Word, Access, etc.).  

If you using the 'encrypted' mode (under the 'setup' tab) two copies of the file will be saved.  One of the is an encrypted file that can only be viewed or printed by the TView program while the other one is a regular text file with a .txt extension.

Previously saved data can viewed by clicking on the 'Load data' button and entering the file name.

Temperature and RH Graph on a PC

Once the temperature or temperature/RH data is saved in the computer it can be opened as a text document.	Once the temperature or temperature/RH data is saved in the computer it can imported into Excel, Access, Word, etc!