PCONNECTCE

Software for Windows Pocket PC/Mobile PDAs

PConnectCE software supports communications between a Campbell Scientific datalogger and a PocketPC or Windows Mobile device. PConnectCE allows you to carry only your PDA and cables instead of a laptop computer to communicate with your datalogger and collect your data. Using PConnectCE, 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.


Features

  • Communicates at 9600 bps via a user-supplied serial cable and special CS I/O connector or RS232 cable (shipped with PConnectCE)
  • On-site communication functions:
    • Retrieve and display final storage data
    • Graph collected data (one trace at a time)
    • Set datalogger clock
    • Set datalogger flags and ports
    • Monitor real-time data, updates every 2 seconds
    • Access datalogger terminal mode
    • Transfer datalogger programs
  • Supports communications with our RF400-series Spread Spectrum Radios
  • Supports infrared and Bluetooth communication
  • Currently shipping version 2.3. Version 2.x owners may download an upgrade patch free of charge. Version 1.X owners may upgrade by ordering PConnectCE/U.

Specifications

  • Dataloggers Supported: CR200-series, CR500, CR510, CR10, CR10X, 21X, CR23X, CR800, CR850, CR1000, CR3000, CR7
  • Datalogger Operating System (OS) Supported: Mixed-array, PakBus
  • System Requirements:
    • One copy of PConnectCE software per PDA
    • PDA running Microsoft Pocket PC or Windows Mobile (PDA must be capable of serial communication)
    • PC running a Windows-based, 32-bit operating system with a compatible version of Microsoft ActiveSync installed
    • PDA-to-datalogger: PDA-to-CS I/O cable (shipped with PConnectCE) connects to a PDA-to-serial cable (obtained from PDA manufacture)

Notes


PDA must be capable of serial communication. If connecting directly over the datalogger's CS I/O or RS232, the PDA must use a cable that terminates in a 9-pin serial connector (cable supplied by PDA manufacturer or third party cable vendor). If connecting via Bluetooth, a bluetooth-to-serial port adapter is required (adapter supplied by a third-party vendor). If connecting via IR, the SC-IRDA is required (purchased from Campbell Scientific).

PConnectCE ships with connectors and cables that assume the PDA acts as a DCE device (data communications equipment), with the 9-pin cable terminating in a female connection. Some PDAs act like a DTE device (data terminal equipment) and the 9-pin cable terminates in a male connection. If this is the case, for communication via the CS I/O port you will most likely use an SC32B (purchased separately) in place of the PDA-to-CS-I/O connector that ships with the software. To communicate via the datalogger's RS232 port, the PDA's serial cable can be plugged in directly to the datalogger's RS232 port (or a standard serial cable can be used if extended cable length is required). There may be exceptions, however, to this general rule. If you have questions about the RS232 capabilities of your handheld device, check with the device manufacturer.