PCONNECT

Software for Palm™ OS PDAs

PConnect software supports communications between a Palm OS-based PDA and a Campbell Scientific datalogger. PConnect allows you to carry only your PDA and cables instead of a laptop computer to interface with your datalogger and collect your data. Using PConnect, you can collect data from a datalogger, display or graph collected data, view current measurements, transfer datalogger programs to or from the datalogger, and perform real-time functions such as setting the datalogger's flags, ports, or clock.

Current version is v3.4.


Features

  • On-site communication functions:
    • Retrieve and display final storage data
    • Graph one element from any array
    • Set datalogger clock
    • Set datalogger flags and ports
    • Monitor real-time data, updates every 2 seconds
    • Access the datalogger terminal mode
    • Transfer datalogger programs
    • Communicate at 9600 bps via a serial cable, RF400-series spread spectrum radio, or SC-IRDA Infrared Interface (IR communication not supported by the CR200-series)
  • Allows use of PDA memory expansion cards
  • Patch for upgrade of 3.x to 3.4 is on Downloads page
  • Upgrades available for 2.0 versions

Specifications

  • Dataloggers Supported: CR200 series, CR500, CR510, CR10, CR10X, CR800, CR850, CR1000, CR3000, 21X, CR23X, CR7
  • Datalogger Operating Systems (OS) Supported: Mixed-array, PakBus®
  • Software Requirements:
    • One copy of PConnect software per PDA
    • Palm Desktop Software installed on the PC
  • PDA Requirements:
    • Palm OS Version 3.3 or later (Pocket PC OS-based PDAs require PConnectCE)
    • 2 MByte PDA for collecting data from one standard datalogger; 8 MByte PDA recommended when collecting from many stations or from dataloggers with extended memories
    • Support for serial communication
    • Serial cable for PDA (connects to PDA and terminates in a 9-pin female connector)
  • Interface Requirements:
    • PDA-to-datalogger: PDA-to-CS I/O cable or PDA-to-RS-232 cable (both are shipped with PConnect) connects to a PDA-to-serial cable (obtained from PDA manufacturer)