HYDROTECHNIK Watchlog USB User Manual
- October 30, 2023
- HYDROTECHNIK
Table of Contents
Watchlog USB Manual
Note: Before following this quick start guide, please make sure you have the USB pressure sensors connected to your laptop or PC.
Opening The Software
When you open the software, you will land on the home page which will display
a warning message stating how many sensors have been found/connected to your
laptop or PC. 1.1 Searching For & Adding More Sensors
If you wish to connect additional sensors once you have started the software,
you can do this by connecting the additional pressure sensors and clicking the
Search Sensors tab along the top menu.
This will then display a warning message showing the total number of sensors
connected.
1.2 Connected Sensors
Connected sensors allows you to view the sensors data, such as the sensor
name, the current pressure reading, min & max pressure reading and the minimum
and maximum temperature range. 1.3 Renaming A Sensor
If you press the three dots on the right hand side (…) this will allow you to
rename that particular sensor. A separate box will appear, you can then type
the new name for your sensor, press OK to save. 1.4 Zeroing A Sensor
Zeroing sensor function removes any zero point errors. We recommend doing this
before doing any new test.
Dashboard
The dashboard is the home page for the Watchlog software. This standard
display set up is a graph view and a readings display on the right hand side.
Please see sections 2.2 & 2.3 for different layout options. 2.1 Readings
Box
The readings box provides information such as the sensor serial number, the
pressure reading, the sensor’s temperature reading and the min & max pressure
readings.
If you press the > Icon, then this will take you into more options for the
sensor. Sensor Name – Allows you to give the pressure sensor a name or
reference for easy referencing when we annotate our test.
Colour Picker – Allows you to give the pressure sensor a colour ID. This
will be the colour of the lines on the test graph for the sensors pressure &
temperature measurement.
High Alarm (Bars) – The figure set will be when an alarm would start to
work. E.g. if you set the alarm to 15 bar, and 15 bar is then exceed on your
test, the reading will flash Red.
Zero Sensor – Zeroing function to remove any zero point errors. We
recommend doing this before doing any new test.
Reset Min & Max – By selecting this, you will reset the pressure sensors
minimum & maximum pressure reading that was recorded previously.
2.2 Stretching the graph
To stretch the graph press the > icon to the right hand side of the graph
screen, this will allow you to stretch the graph to a full screen. By doing
this you will remove the readings column from the display. To revert back to
the default screen, press the < icon.
2.3 Numerical Display
If you prefer to view the test data as a numerical display, you can do this on
the dashboard by pressing the Numerical Display button. To revert back to the
default screen, press Graphical Display.
If the alarm threshold is met, then the display of the numerical tiles will
flash Red. Please see section 2.1 “High Alarms” for more information.
Setup A Test.
To setup a test, select setup from the top menu bar and change the parameters
to meet your requirements. Variables – This allows you to select what data
you would like to see. i.e. pressure, temperature or pressure & temperature.
As a default, the software will only display pressure.
Pressure Units – This allows you to select what pressure units you would
like to measure in. i.e. bar, psi, kPa. You can also select between gauge and
absolute reference.
Decimal Points – This allows you to see the data with 1 to 4 decimal
points. i.e. 0.0, 0.00, 0.000 & 0.0000
Temperature Units – This allows you to see the temperature in Celsius
(°C) or Fahrenheit (°F)
Scanning Rate – This is the scanning rate of the test and it is set in
milliseconds. If you set this to 0, then the fastest possible acquisition
speed will be enabled, typically 50ms. Please note that setting the scanning
rate to zero, results in 20 readings, per second, for each sensor connected,
to be recorded, which then uses a lot of computing power.
CSV Delimiter -You can select how you would like your data exported to a
CSV file. You can selct between a comma or semi colon.
Alarm Start Delay –This is the time delay of an alarm in seconds. If an
alarm threshold is reached then the alarm will start after this duration. E.g.
if you set the alarm to 15 bar, the alarm will start if 15 bar is then exceed
for 3 seconds.
Autosave CSV on Test Completion – If the box is ticked, this will
automatically save your test as a CSV file once the test is completed.
Filtering –To reduce any noise from the sensor or system.
Trigger record offset – This determines how long an event should take
place (in seconds) before the trigger starts recording data
Save Parameters – This saves your test parameters that have been set. You
must save the parameters before running a test.
Go To Test – This takes you back to the dashboard so you can view or run
a test.
Schedule Test – The user can schedule a test for a specific date, time
and duration.
Report Templates – This allows you to create a test report for your test.
Please see section 7.0 for further information
N.B Once you have set the parameters of your test you have to press Save
Parameters. When the parameters are saved, press Go To Test which will take
you back to the Dashboard.
Recording A Test
To start a new test, press the start button.
N.B When you have pressed start, make sure the title changes from (Not
Recording) to (Recording). Hide Temperature – Tick this box if you wish to
hide the temperature readings from your test.
Start – This will start your test recording.
Stop – This will stop the test.
Pause – This will pause your test.
Reset – Resets the graph and the sensor readings on the right hand side.
Save – This will save your test file and ask you to name it.
Zoom Pan – When you have zoomed into a specific section of the data, you
can select Zoom Pan so you can click and drag the data around. (see section
5.3)
Expand Arrows – This will return the graph to a default view after
zooming in.
Time Axis Box – This will allow you to switch between date/time or test
time on the X Axis.
Once you have completed your test, you should see something similar to the
below. 4.1 Saving your Test
To save your test, press the Save icon, which will open a separate box Give
your test a name and add any comments you wish too about the test. You can
overwrite the default test name as shown in the image above
Save Entire Test – This will save the whole test.
Save viewed area only – This function is used to save a particular point
of your test. For example, if you have zoomed in to a particular part of the
graph, it will only save this section. This acts as a “Save As” function
Then press Save.
How To Annotate Your Test
To add annotations to your test, right click where you would like to add an
annotation on the graph and a separate box will appear. The box will
automatically populate with test comments. However, you can name the
annotation and write your own comments on the test if you prefer. For this
manual we have proceeded with the default text. Now, press save.
The annotation will now appear on the graph. You can move the annotation text
box to anywhere you like on the graph. You can also move the annotation
pointer to pinpoint the displayed information. Please beware that the
annotation shows the pressures at the point originally picked, moving the
arrow away does not change the values. If you wish to edit or remove the
annotation box, select it by clicking on the box to highlight it. Then right
click on it and a separate annotation box will open and you can either edit &
save or press remove to delete.
5.2 Point to Point
Point to point allows you to view the data between two points on the test
graph. To do this right click the mouse and select point to point. Once Point
to point has been selected, you can now select between the two points which
you would like to view. (The white line below)
This will automatically populate the spot box. 5.3 How to Zoom In & Out Of
Test Data
To zoom in on your test data, left click and drag over the area you would like
to zoom into.
A Grey box will appear to show the selected area. The graph will now show the
selected area.
By selecting the icon, you can click and drag the test data to view the other
areas of the test data for a quick viewing. If you want to gradually zoom out,
you can do this by clicking the Red highlighted boxes. If you would like to
scroll up and down or left to right on the test data, you can do this by using
the highlighted Green slider bars & boxes To zoom back out to a full screen,
press the icon
Test Files
This will display all of the test files that have been created and saved in
the past.
Date From & To – Allows you to filter saved files by the date they were
created. If you do this, you will need to press apply filters button once you
have selected your date range.
Load – By pressing the circular arrow, the software will load up that
particular test into the dashboard. To view the reloaded test you will need to
press the dashboard tab.
Comments – Displays comments regarding the test that you may have added
when you saved the test
Start Time – This is the date and time when the test was started
End Time – This is the date and time when the test was completed
Duration – The is the test duration in seconds.
Delete – Deletes the test file.
PDF – Exports the test data as a PDF file.
CSV – Exports the test data as a CSV file.
NB. Previous tests that have been reloaded can be annotated, zoomed in and
resaved as a separate file. This can be useful to create reports that pinpoint
certain events.
Report Templates
If you want to export your test into a report template, you will need to go
back into the setup tab and press report templates. The following page will
automatically appear. Report templates allows you to choose what type of test
report template you would like to use, to build up your test report.
There are three options of report templates to choose from, Chart Only, Table
Only, & Grey template. By selecting these from the drop down menu, it will
give you a sample of what the report would look like in the main body of the
window
Select which template you would like to use and then press save. We recommend
saving this template to your desktop.
In this example, we have used Template Only Chart.
Now press save.
NB. You can add your own company logo to the templates.
Exporting Your Test To A Report
If you want to export your test into a report template, you will need to press
Export, which is next to the Numerical display above the graph on the
dashboard/homepage.
You will then be asked to save the PDF test, we recommend saving this to your
desktop.
Once the test is saved, you can now open and view the test report. All the
fields will be populated automatically.
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