Fielder User Manual Fielder User Manual
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1. 12 10 Press Select Skin Temp Exp Data set 01 Press Select again The date and time of the first reading is shown on the top line and the value is shown on the bottom line 18 08 18 07 02 4 1 Temp 27 7 C In this example the time display includes tenths of seconds because of the fast recording rate To step though the data values press Down The time on the flashing top line advances as Down is pressed and the corresponding reading appears on the second line until the end of the data Up does the reverse When you have finished viewing the results press Back three times to return to the Main Menu Now both the menu item Results and the name of the experiment you have just run Skin Temp Exp appear in the MAIN MENU This is just for convenience so that it is easy to relate the results to the corresponding experiment It is also likely that the same experiment will be run again so it is made readily available in the menu Results recorded for a Quick Start experiment can be transferred to a computer as explained in Section 4 The asterisk in Skin Temp Exp indicates a special feature The same applies in the next experiment in the Quick Start menu Sealed Temp Exp The means that the Fielder will always read Input 1 and then test Inputs 2 3 or 4 for the presence of a probe When an unused input is found no more are read If you repeat step 8 and run this experiment again another set of res2. appear in the Main Menu 6 System Status Selecting this item displays four pieces of information Date the current date that the Fielder is set to day month Time the current time that the Fielder is set to hour minute second Mem free the amount of free memory for readings max is 31 kbyte ie empty e Battery the level of the battery battery fully charged Recharge when the level falls to only two squares Connect the plugpack power supply check that the External power connected message appears and then leave the power on for at least 14 hours Although longer charging will not damage the battery continuous charging is not recommended Experiment Settings This section refers to the menu having either the name of an experiment or else My experiment on the top line Experiment Settings never appears on the display This menu appears whenever a Quick start experiment is selected a new one created as below or an experiment is loaded from a computer by the Wintec PC software Note that if a Quick start menu or Wintec experiment is edited its name changes to My Experiment The Experiment menu contains the five items described below Press Up or Down to cycle around the menu and then press Select to choose From this menu the experiment can be run or its settings can be edited In the case of a Quick start Timing experime
3. the Fielder To bring the Fielder out of standby mode and back into normal operation press the Select button 11
4. the same procedures as in Tutorial 1 from step 3 onwards 8 Note that by NOT making the experiment current from Wintec an extra experiment can be added to the Quick Start menu while My Experiment possibly another Wintec experiment remains in the main menu 9 Only experiments of the Data Logging type may be programmed into the Fielder from the PC Tutorial 5 How to use the Fielder as a PC interface 1 Connect the Fielder to the PC via a serial cable 2 Run WinTec Version 4 or later 3 Select the desired experiment from the WinTec Quick Start menu or set up a new experiment 4 Run the experiment on WinTec While the PC collects data from the Fielder the buttons are disabled Using the Menus All Fielder menu procedures follow a few simple rules Each menu offers a range of items Press the Up and Down buttons to step through the sequence of items and then Select to make your choice Mostly these operations occur on the lower line Where both lines can be manipulated the active line flashes When Select is pressed to choose the flashing item the next step is usually to choose an item on the other line Therefore the flashing usually switches to the other line when Select is pressed In most of the menus the Up and Down buttons cycle through the list of items so that pressing Down at the last item returns to the top of the list again The Back button returns to the previous menu level without choosing an item Ba
5. Tainlab Fielder User Manual Contents Introduction 2 Tutorials How to 1 Use a Quick Start experiment for data logging 2 Create and run a new data logging experiment 3 Use the Fielder as a timer 4 Set up an experiment in WinTec and run it on the Fielder N OA OA A U 5 Use the Fielder as a PC interface Using the Menus N Main Menu 1 Quick Start menu My Experiment Current Experiment Results New clear exp Off Standby System Status nun KRW N O OO MO AN N Experiment Settings Ko Run Experiment 10 Retrieving results from the Fielder for viewing in WinTec 11 Auto Power Save feature 11 3 Edition September 2003 Introduction The Tainlab Fielder extends your range of experiments away from the computer and beyond the classroom The rechargeable battery provides many hours of continuous operation and the data memory can store over 16 000 readings independently of the computer The Fielder has four inputs which can take readings with any existing Tainlab probes except for the Wave Capture Microphone and Ultrasonic Sensor For your convenience a Quick Start menu offers a variety of experiments using temperature light pH and Liquid Conductivity probes More probe types can be selected easily through simple steps with the menus and pushbuttons More advanced facilities and additional probes are available by setting up an experiment in the Tainlab Wintec PC software and then s
6. ck will always restore the MAIN MENU eventually In the Main Menu only the lower line shows the items available Simply press Up or Down to scroll through the various items and press Select to make the choice 1 Quick start menu The Quick Start menu can contain two or three items Data logging This is the list of standard data logging experiments already in the Fielder all of which are set up and ready to run as in Tutorial 1 When any of these experiments is chosen it also appears immediately as an item of the same name in the main menu Next this copy of a Data logging experiment in the main menu can be modified If modified its name in the main menu changes to My experiment The original versions of the experiments in the Quick start menu can never be changed or deleted This menu item always appears Timing Six ready made timing experiments generally corresponding to the most commonly used items in the Wintec Mechanics amp Timing menu are presented here All are fully explained in the Tainlab User Guide except for the new Obstruction time experiment This is just a reading of the time for which a single light gate is obstructed When any one of these is chosen it appears also in the main menu Unlike the Data logging experiments Timing experiments cannot be modified Programmed Experiment This third item only appears if an experiment has been programmed into the Fielder via the WinTec softwar
7. data logging experiment are saved in the same file but each set of results for a timing experiment is saved in a separate file 6 Type your name and press Enter or click OK 7 Decide whether you want to clear the memory on the Fielder Click Yes if you wish to clear the Fielder s memory or click No if you wish to leave the results on the Fielder 8 The results are now shown at the top of the list in the Tainlab WinTec Results Finder 9 Select the results that you have just retrieved and open it by clicking Open Selection or by double clicking on the row for that results file 10 Click View Results 11 If there is more than one set of results in the results file then they may be viewed by pressing the Next Set and Previous Set buttons located at the bottom of the screen Auto Power Save feature If the Fielder is left idle it will usually turn off its display go into standby mode to save power This applies if the Fielder is not logging and the buttons have not been pressed for five minutes There are exceptions to this e If the Fielder is making data logging recordings at a one per second or slower rate it will go into standby mode after seven seconds The Fielder will NOT go into standby mode if it is e Making data logging recordings at a faster rate than once per second e Making Timing measurements e Connected to mains power e Connected to a PC through a serial cable and the WinTec software is communicating with
8. e The experiment s name will appear as the third menu item and it can then be selected and run as any other Quick start experiment If no programmed experiment is present then this menu item will not appear Once any Quick Start experiment is selected the Experiment menu is displayed automatically see page 9 2 My Experiment Current Experiment If an experiment has been a chosen from the Quick start menu b loaded into the main menu by the Wintec PC software c setup entirely with the Fielder buttons then it will appear as the second item in the main menu ie next Down from Quick start In case c the experiment is shown only as My experiment 1 For a and b the original name itself appears first as the menu item If the experiment is changed the menu item again becomes My experiment 1 The number will automatically increase if the experiment is changed IN ANY WAY including the Sample timing When an experiment is chosen loaded or set up by any of these three methods it will replace the previous experiment To prevent this use the lock in the Run Experiment menu Once the experiment is selected the Experiment menu is displayed automatically see page 9 If no experiment has been selected this item will not appear 3 Results This menu item only appears in the Main Menu when the Fielder has results stored The Fielder can store results from many different experiments but only results for the last exp
9. ending this to the Fielder The Fielder also operates as a precise timer and the menu offers a variety of light gate experiments Steps back in the menu Inputs Indicates communication f with PC Select switches Fielder on and chooses menu items Scrolls up and down through menus The Fielder can be used in two ways 1 Remotely not connected to a PC Used in this way the Fielder can read display and record data independently of the PC Experiments can be set up on the Fielder using the menu see tutorials 1 2 and 3 An experiment can also be set up in WinTec and then sent to the Fielder to be run see tutorial 4 Once the experiment has been sent to the Fielder it is stored and can be used at any time Experiment results can be viewed in two ways a On the Fielder s display The Results option in the Main Menu allows you to view results for multiple experiments b In the WinTec PC software WinTec can retrieve all results from the Fielder for viewing and filing 2 Connected to the PC and run with WinTec The Fielder can operate as an interface via a serial cable to a PC running the WinTec PC software In this mode the buttons do not function and the Fielder operates in a similar fashion to a TecFour except that it cannot use the ultrasonic sensor The next section provides step by step tutorial guides to use of the Fielder Full descriptions of all menus are given later pages 7 11 Tu
10. eriment run can be viewed via this menu item If the Fielder has results stored for other experiments the data can only be displayed through the Wintec PC software after transferring it to a computer For Data logging experiments ie not one of the six Timing experiments the top line shows the date and time of each reading The display of results begins with the first reading ie at the start of the experiment The second line shows the reading for the first input When the top line date and time is flashing the Down and Up buttons step through the sequence of times for each record and the matching reading appears on the second line If more that one input was used press the Select button to change to input selection bottom line flashing Then the Up and Down buttons are used to move through the readings for the various inputs at the date and time shown Press Select again to revert to the date time flashing mode As before Up and Down again step through the sequence of readings Use the Back button to return to the data set number display and again for the Main Menu If results have been recorded for multiple runs of an experiment press Down for the next set After the last set the question Erase all data appears To retain data press Back To clear press Select The next display offers another opportunity to keep the data asking ARE YOU SURE For safety the second line shows No Press Up or Down to change to Ye
11. ess Select RUN EXPERIMENT Start experiment Start is the first of three options under the RUN EXPERIMENT menu In Tutorial 1 Test Readings and Start Experiment were used Press the Up or Down buttons to step through this menu There is also a Lock Experiment choice to prevent My experiment from being cleared or changed accidentally First go to Test readings and press Select to check that the probes are reading correctly Live readings on inputs 1 and 2 appear If inputs 3 or 4 were in use also Up or Down would toggle between the readings on Inputs 1 and 2 and Inputs 3 and 4 Press Back when finished Press Select to start recording The first reading is taken immediately The display will alternate between that recorded value and Recording to stop press back After twelve seconds the Fielder will automatically clear the display and switch to power save mode unless the power is supplied through the plugpack At hourly intervals it will take another set of readings To see the latest recorded value at any time press Select The display will alternate between the last reading and the Recording to stop press back message Again after twelve seconds the Fielder will automatically clear the display and switch to power save mode You might recall that in Tutorial 1 the Skin Temperature experiment did not show the latest readings during recording That experiment to
12. gs menu To return without changing the logging rate press Back Start method There are two ways to initiate data logging Manually by pressing Select at the Start experiment item in the RUN EXPERIMENT menu Automatically by starting recording readings at a particular time set in the Wintec PC software Automatic start can only be set in Wintec and transferred from the computer in the experiment If this has been done then the time and date of the start is displayed in the menu A start time cannot be set or adjusted through the Fielder menu By pressing Up or Down you can toggle between the automatic start at this time and a manual start Press Select to enter your choice or press Back to cancel Even if disabled the automatic start time may be selected again Stop method This menu works in a similar fashion to the Start Method menu with one exception If an automatic stop has been set up via a Wintec experiment and is then disabled by selecting a manual stop in this menu it cannot be reinstated if the sample timing is changed Run Experiment The Run experiment menu has the following items selectable Note that in Timing experiments the only item is Start experiment Start experiment For a data logging experiment with manual start press Select to begin recording immediately The message Recording to stop press back is displayed and the Fielder begins taking readings For a data logging experi
13. lect to choose it The top line will now start flashing because it is ready to be changed Press Down to move to the next input number 2 Press Select again Again the existing entry for input 2 None starts to flash because it is now the item ready to be changed Press Down to show 10 11 12 13 INPUT 2 pH Amplifier Press Select to set pH as the probe for Input 2 Input selection is finished now so press Back to the Input types menu and then Down My Experiment 1 Sample timing Press Select The first entry shown in the sample timing ie recording rate menu is one second SAMPLE TIMING 1 per second This is not the top of the list Press Up to show 10 per second but in this example let us assume we want to leave the Fielder to record slowly changing quantities for a long period Press Down to display SAMPLE TIMING 1 per hour Press Select to set hourly readings and then Back to return to the main menu The experiment just created now appears in the main menu as My Experiment 1 MAIN MENU My experiment 1 The number is used to identify results stored in the Fielder for multiple experiments Each time you run an experiment retain its data and then create or modify another experiment the number increases Set up the probes ready for measurement and plug them into the Fielder inputs in the order chosen Press Select My experiment 1 Run experiment To run My experiment 1 pr
14. ment with automatic timed start press Select to start the timer The message Waiting to stop press back is displayed and the Fielder waits until the specified time before taking readings for the experiment If the Fielder is operating on battery power the display may turn off after seven seconds to save power but the Fielder will still be taking readings or waiting for the automatic start The red On lamp will flash as each reading is taken To turn the display back on press the Select button If the experiment is recording faster than once per second or involves any counting or timing measurements such as Heart Rate Period etc the Fielder must remain on continuously The display contents vary between the six Timing experiments In general recordings can only begin when the Fielder detects events at the Light Gate s so a Waiting message is shown To stop taking readings at any time you must ensure that the display is on and then press Back If the display is off first press Select to turn it on The message Run Finished is displayed for a few seconds along with the number of readings taken Then the main menu is restored ready to show the results Test readings Use this item to see live readings taken once per second fixed rate of the probes set in the current experiment This might be done to check that a probe is functioning or simply to display readings immediately without storing them If m
15. nt Run Experiment is the only menu item displayed Run experiment Selecting this menu item switches to the Run Experiment menu see page 10 which allows you to run the experiment display immediate test readings and to lock or unlock the experiment Input types Selecting this menu item moves to the Input Types menu to view and edit the probe setup for the present experiment There are two items to select in the Input Types menu Input Number on the top line Probe Type on the second line Items on both lines can be changed The flashing line is ready to respond to the Up and Down buttons When the desired item is showing press Select to choose it Flashing then changes to the other line For each input a probe must be set before subsequent inputs can be chosen So the probe type or None or Input 1 will be flashing when starting in the menu Press Up or Down to cycle through the probe list and Select to set the required type Naturally the next input is the most likely item to be entered now so the input number starts to flash To move to the next input press Down and then repeat the probe selection procedure Press Back to return to the Experiment Settings menu when probe selection is finished Sample timing Selecting this menu item displays the data logging sample rate for the experiment Press Up or Down to change the sampling rate Press Select to choose a new sampling rate and return to the Experiment Settin
16. ok ten readings per second and at this rate a live display of recordings would be impractical Whenever the rate is faster than once per second values are not displayed during recording After the Fielder has run for the required time press Select As before the display alternates between the last recorded value and Recording to stop press back Press the Back button to end recording The display will show the number of readings then MAIN MENU Results Press Select for Experiment 1 My Experiment 1 Press Select Data Set 01 will be visible and then press Select again to start at the first reading The top line shows the time at which each reading was taken and the bottom line shows the reading for that input To move forward and backwards through readings press the Up and Down buttons Pressing Select causes the input to flash and by pressing Up and Down you may move through each of the inputs Pressing Select again will enable you to scan through readings again and so on Holding down either button will move through readings more quickly Back returns to the main menu 14 Section 4 explains the procedure for transferring results to a computer for display and filing Tutorial 3 How to use the Fielder as a timer Timing experiments can be run on the Fielder without connecting it to a PC As well as the familiar mechanics experiments with light gates the Agility Test PE is included This example measures the
17. ore than two inputs are in use press Up or Down to swap between displays The Test Readings option is not available for Timing experiments because live readings are shown during the run Lock experiment By pressing Select at this item you can prevent the current experiment from being cleared or altered The item then changes to Unlock Before choosing another experiment or editing the latest one use the Run Experiment menu again choose Unlock and press Select once more 10 The locking feature is only intended to prevent accidental clearing of experiments It is optional and need not be used at all It is particularly useful for Wintec experiments containing features that cannot be set up directly on the Fielder eg special sample rates or automatic start stop times This item is not offered for Timing experiments as they are all available in the Quick start menu e f e e o e Retrieving results for viewing in WinTec When any experiment has been run on the Fielder results are stored in the memory The following procedure can be used to retrieve and view the results from WinTec 1 Connect a serial cable between the PC and Fielder 2 Run WinTec Version 4 or later 3 In the Wintec Quick Start menu click Retrieve A screen will be shown indicating how many runs are stored in the Fielder 4 Click Retrieve Results from Fielder 5 Type an appropriate file name for the results Note Multiple sets of results for the same
18. s The data will be cleared if you press Select at this point Data should not be allowed to accumulate because it will eventually fill the memory Very large volumes of data can only be managed effectively on a computer so these should be transferred to the Wintec PC software as soon as is convenient and then cleared from the Fielder Note that if the Fielder has recordings of repeated runs of the SAME experiment the Results list always starts at the first set Data Set 01 Use the Down button to move through the list 4 New clear exp This menu item allows you to create a new experiment with your own measurements and settings Selecting this item will clear any experiment already in the main menu If the experiment came from the Quick Start menu the original experiment is still available by reselecting it from the Quick Start menu You may then use the Fielder s buttons to set up the inputs and run an experiment as in the Tutorials see also page 9 Note that an experiment created in this way is given the name My Experiment Note If the current experiment is locked you will not be able to use this menu item until you have unlocked the experiment 5 Off Standby Selecting this item turns off the Fielder Once turned off the display will go blank the Fielder will enter standby mode Press the Select button to turn on the Fielder again When the plugpack is connected and mains power is on the off Standby item does not
19. time for which an object obstructs a light gate 1 Turn the Fielder on Press Select Plug a light gate into Input 1 2 Press Select to enter the Quick start menu 3 4 Press Up or Down for Press Up or Down for Timing and then Select TIMING AND MECH Obstruction Time Press Select Run experiment is now shown Press Select again for Start experiment Press Select again to start taking measurements Waiting for Obstruction is shown At this point the the Fielder is waiting for an object to pass through the light gate Run the palm of your hand through the light gate several times Note that each time you do so the obstruction time is displayed Press Back when finished As usual the number of readings taken is displayed briefly before the main menu is restored MAIN MENU Results To view all the results press Select The time when the experiment began is shown on the top line and then the readings below Press the Down button to show the next reading and the Up button to show the previous reading Holding down either button will move through readings more quickly For Timing experiments the date and time displayed is fixed at the start of recording To finish press Back to return twice to return to the main menu Results can be transferred to a computer as usual Section 4 Note that mechanics timing experiments can only be selected from the Quick Start menu they cannot be setup via the New clear e
20. torials Tutorial 1 How to use a Quick Start data logging experiment This example traces all the steps in running a data logging experiment on the Fielder without connecting it to a computer 1 Turn the Fielder on Press Select MAIN MENU Quick start menu If the Fielder was already on you might need to press the Back button until MAIN MENU appears on the top line and then the Up or Down buttons to achieve this display 2 Press Select to enter the Quick Start menu QUICK START MENU Data logging 3 Press Select DATA LOGGING Skin Temp Exp 4 Plug a Skin amp Body Temperature probe into Input 1 and press Select Skin Temp Exp Run experiment 5 Press Select RUN EXPERIMENT Start experiment 6 Press Down RUN EXPERIMENT Test Readings 7 Press Select 1 TEMP 23 2 C In this Test Readings mode the results are shown on the display but not recorded in the memory To return to the RUN menu press Back and the display appears as in 5 again 8 To start recording data press Select The display shows Recording to stop press back Readings are being taken and stored 10 times per second in this example After a few seconds press Back For a few seconds the displays shows the message Run Finished and the number of values recorded The menu then shows MAIN MENU Results 9 Press Select Experiment 1 Skin Temp Exp 11
21. ults will be stored in the Fielder memory and the Up and Down buttons scroll through the other sets ie Data Set 02 etc If you or modify the Input types or Sampling rate of this experiment or select another experiment then after you run the experiment the results will be stored under Experiment 2 Tutorial 2 How to create and run a new data logging experiment Tutorial 1 used an experiment from the Quick Start menu in the Fielder If the selection of probes you want to use is not amongst those experiments follow these steps to create your own In this example a Sealed Temperature probe and pH will be chosen 1 2 Turn the Fielder on Press Select At the MAIN MENU press Up or Down until you reach New clear exp If the MAIN MENU heading is not showing press Back until it does Press Select to choose New clear exp The first choice to be made is the type of probe to be used on each input so that is where the entry menu begins My Experiment 1 Input types Press Select We start with input 1 Nothing has been selected yet so the display is INPUT 1 None The flashing label indicates that this item is ready to be changed Press Down INPUT 1 Sealed Temp Sealed Temp is the first item in the list of probes If you want to see others keep pressing Down If you reach the end of the list the menu will wrap around to the start again Up steps in the opposite direction With Sealed Temp displayed press Se
22. xp procedure or loaded from the PC Tutorial 4 How to set up an experiment in WinTec and run it on the Fielder 1 nn A U N Connect the Fielder to the PC via a serial cable If you are using a USB to serial convertor connect the serial cable to the 9 pin socket on the USB to serial convertor Run WinTec Version 4 or later Select the desired experiment from the Quick Start menu or create a new experiment Click the Remote button on the WinTec Tool bar A box appears for a comment It may be helpful to enter some extra identification for the experiment Click Program Fielder The experiment will be sent to the Fielder and is added to the Fielder Quick Start menu 6 The experiment is also placed in the main menu immediately if you choose to have it set as the current experiment If there is already aMy experiment entry in the Fielder main menu this choice will destroy it so be careful If you are not sure click No The experiment will always be available in the Fielder s Quick Start menu anyway The experiment has now been sent to the Fielder and its buttons are active again The MAIN MENU appears 6 On the Fielder press Down If you clicked Yes in Wintec the experiment name will appear here If not press Up again to go to the Quick start menu then Select Press Up or Down As well as the usual Data logging and Timing items the experiment just sent also appears here 7 The experiment may now be run using
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