FAQs

What's New in RTMC Pro 4.0?

RTMC Pro 4.0 includes the following enhancements from 3.2:

• CSI Web Server and Web Publisher have been added. This allows you to publish your project to the web through either a PC website or through a web-enabled datalogger like the CR1000.
• An HTTP datalogger can now be used as a data source.
• Virtual Data Sources can now be created. This allows you to set up “scratch” variables to use in your project that are not stored in one of your other data sources. This is especially useful if you have only database and/or data file data sources in your project, but you need a place to write variables to be used in your project. (In server data sources and HTTP datalogger data sources, you can accomplish the same thing by writing to values in the Public table.)  
• A new function is available for expressions. SetTimestamp can be useful in applying a time stamp to a value that has an incorrect time stamp or no time stamp.
• The Wind Rose component has been revised with many new properties available.
• The Image component has been updated so that a URL can be used as the image source. Also, the rotation of the image can be variable based on a data value.
• Miscellaneous other changes.

What's new in SCWin 2.9?

Short Cut for Windows 2.9 includes the following enhancements from 2.8:

• A new Datalogger step has been added to the Progress panel. In this step, you select the datalogger model and set the scan interval.  When generating a program for a CR9000X, the CR9000X Configuration box also appears on this screen.   
• When adding a sensor, if more than one of the selected sensor can be added, the choice of how many sensors to add is included as part of the sensor’s form rather than as a separate dialog box.
• When adding more than one sensor, a dialog box is available that allows you to input unique values for certain calibration and/or conversion factors (e.g., multiplier, offset, gage factor) for each sensor being measured.
• Each sensor form now includes a wiring tab that shows the wiring for the sensor. This tab allows you to manually change the wiring location, if desired.
• For some sensors that require an excitation voltage, the sensor form now includes parameters that allow you to calculate Sensors per Excitation Channel. (Exciting more than one sensor with an excitation channel is helpful when the sensors to be measured outnumber the available excitation channels.)
• An SC115 CS I/O-to-USB Flash Memory Drive check box has been added to the Outputs screen. When this box is selected, new data will be copied to an SC115 when it is plugged into the CS I/O port of the datalogger.
• Selected Sensors are now shown in a tree format and branches of the tree can be collapsed or expanded as desired. This can be especially useful when the Selected Sensor tree contains multiplexers.
• New Sensor files:
      27106T Wind Speed Sensor
      CS525 ISFET pH Probe
      CS650/655 Water Content Reflectometer
      CS506 Fuel Moisture Sensor
      NR-LITE2 Net Radiometer
      CNR4 Net Radiometer
      Quarter Bridge Strain Gage
      Half Bridge Strain Gage
      Full Bridge Strain Gage
      Geokon 4000/4050 Vibrating Wire Strain Gage
      Geokon 4100 Series Vibrating Wire Strain Gage
      Geokon 4420 Vibrating Wire Crackmeter
      Geokon 4500 Series Vibrating Wire Piezometer

What's new in LoggerNet 4.1?

• One of the main efforts in the development of LoggerNet 4.1 has been the ability to use LNDB databases with View Pro. The ability to lock the timestamp column on the left of the data file has also been added to View Pro. This keeps the timestamp visible as you scroll through columns of data. 
• The Device Configuration Utility has a new off-line mode which allows you to look at the settings for a certain device type without actually being connected to a device.
• The CRBasic Editor now has the capability to open a read-only copy of any file. This gives you the ability to open multiple copies of a program and examine multiple areas of a very large program at the same time. You can also now continue an instruction onto multiple lines by placing the line continuation indicator (a single space followed by an underscore “_”) at the end of the each line that is to be continued. Also, bookmarks in a CRBasic program are now persistent from session to session.
• In the Troubleshooter and the Setup Screen (Standard View), you can now click on a potential problem to bring up a menu that allows you to go the Setup Screen or Status Monitor to fix the potential problem, bring up help describing the problem, or in some cases fix the problem directly.
• Campbell Scientific’s new wireless sensors have been added to the Network Planner.
• You can now view statistics (average, minimum, maximum, and number of data points) for each data value being displayed in a Connect Screen graph. All of the Connect Screen’s displays (table monitor, numeric displays, and graphs) can now show the units that have been assigned to the data values.
• Split has a new “Time Sync to First Record” option that can be used with the time-sync function to avoid blank lines at the start of the output file. Also, a range of time values rather than a single time can now be entered in a Split Copy Condition.
• CardConvert can now be run from a command line without user interaction.
• An option to provide feedback on LoggerNet has been added to the LoggerNet Toolbar’s Help menu.
• Miscellaneous other changes and bug fixes have also been implemented in this version.

Note:  Beginning with this version of LoggerNet, Windows 2000 is no longer supported.

What is new for RTMC Pro version 3.2?

RTMC Pro 3.2 includes the following enhancements from version 3.1:

• A database can now be used as a data source.
• Report generation is now supported. This includes the new components:  Report Range, Report Header, Report Note, and Report Export.
• New Segmented Label, Segmented Digital, and Segmented Time components.
• A ValueSynch function has been added to allow you to synchronize the data when displaying data from two different stations.
• New functions are available for expressions including ToDate, ToFloat, ToInt, IsFinite, Ceiling, Floor, Hex, HexToDec, Round, StdDev, StdDevOverTime, StdDevOverTimeWithReset, AvgRunOverTimeWithReset, MaxRunOverTimeWithReset, and MinRunOverTimeWithReset.  (See Section 2.4 Expressions for more information.)
• Added wildcard support to the Image component. This allows RTMC to display images being brought in by LoggerNet when the names may be changing. It displays the newest image that matches the wildcard filter.
• Added an age gradient option to the XY Chart.  If an age gradient is used, the newest point will be the first color specified and the oldest point will be the second color specified. Points in between the newest and oldest will slowly progress from the first color to the second color.
• Images and sounds used in a project are now embedded in the project.  This allows projects to be shared more easily.
• A Load as Template menu item has been added that enables you to easily use the same project for multiple stations.

What is new for RTMC Pro version 3.1?

RTMC Pro 3.1 includes the following enhancements from 3.0:

• The ability to declare aliases for data values used in expressions has been added. This can simplify an expression if a data value is used multiple times in the expression.
• New functions are available for expressions, including Total and TotalOverTimeWithReset.
• A new alarm log file can now be started based on a time interval. (Previously, a new alarm log file was always started based on size of the current alarm log file.)
• The Run CoraScript component can now execute multiple CoraScript commands by stringing the commands together separated by semicolons.
• A stair-step option has been added to the time-series chart. When enabled, data values are shown as horizontal lines, and vertical lines are used to transition between one data value and the next. If this option is not enabled, data transitions are shown as slanted lines between one data point and the next.
• Marks can now be added to a time-series chart. (Marks are labels for the data points on the chart.)
• A delay has been added to alarm events. If enabled, this will cause the alarm events to be delayed for the specified period of time after an alarm is triggered. For example, this could be used to give a person monitoring the alarm a period of time to resolve the alarm condition before others are notified by email.
• The Comm Status Alarm has been updated so that it can monitor multiple stations. It can also now trigger an email or run/open event.
• In RTMC Run-Time, all active alarms on a screen can now be acknowledged by right-clicking within the screen and choosing Acknowledge All On-Screen Alarms.
• In both RTMC Pro and RTMC Run-Time, you can set the visual theme. This determines the look and feel of the application (e.g., colors, button appearance).