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EC
H2O
Uti
lity
Mo
bile
Use
r’s
Man
ual
Inde
x
70
ECH2O
UTILITY
MOBILE
For
Win
do
ws
Ha
ndhe
ld P
Cs
Ope
rato
r’s M
anua
lVe
rsio
n 1
ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile U
ser’s Manual
Index
69
Location tab 18M
easurement tab 15
Radio tab 17
Telemetry 30, 31
Test 46Transm
it 33Transm
it Modes 34
Two-w
ay Best Practices 32
Telemetry Transm
it Best Practices 27, 35
Transferring Data to a PC
27Troubleshooting 60
UUpdating EC
H2O
Utility M
obile 5
Wwarranty 60
Deca
go
n Dev
ices, Inc.2365 N
E Hopkins C
ourtPullm
an WA
99163 USATel: (509) 332-2756
Trademarks:
“ECH
2 0 Utility Mobile” is a registered tradem
ark of D
ecagon Devices, Inc.
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ecagon Devices, Inc.
All rights reserved.
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EC
H2O
Uti
lity
Mo
bile
Use
r’s
Man
ual
Inde
x
68
Com
mun
icat
ion
53co
nfig
ure
radi
o m
odem
59
Dev
ice
tool
s 58
Dire
ct c
onne
ct re
tries
53
Mea
sure
men
t 52
Men
u B
ar 5
0O
ptio
ns 5
0Pr
efer
ence
s 51
radi
o co
nnec
t ret
ries 5
3
I initi
aliz
e ra
dio
58In
stal
latio
n 5
P Ports
19
R Rad
io conn
ectin
g vi
a ra
dio
mod
em 3
8pe
rfor
man
ce 3
6se
tting
s 35
S Softw
are
upda
tes 5
Supp
orte
d eq
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Syst
em R
equi
rem
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1
T Tab D
evic
e ta
b 14
Lic
ense
for
Use
of
EC
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lity
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oftw
are
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TIC
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quire
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purch
ase
a cop
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vice
where
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tility
Mob
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insta
lled.
By u
sing t
his so
ftwar
e you
agre
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he fo
llowi
ngter
ms an
d con
dition
s. If
you
do n
ot ag
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the t
erms o
f this
Lice
nse,
do n
ot us
e this
Soft
ware.
1. G
rant
of L
icen
se. D
ecag
on g
rant
s you
, the
use
r, a n
onex
clusiv
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ense
to u
seth
is So
ftwar
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lely
for
use
with
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agon
inst
rum
ents.
Thi
s so
ftwar
e is
not
sold
to y
ou.
The
user
may
not
repr
oduc
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strib
ute,
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icen
se, r
esell
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th-
erw
ise tr
ansf
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ay n
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odify
this
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war
e. Th
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ense
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laces
and
sup
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des
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revi
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ses
prov
ided
by
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.
2. D
isclai
mer
of
War
rant
ies.
THIS
SO
FTW
ARE
IS
PRO
VID
ED
TO
TH
EU
SER
"AS
IS."
DE
CAG
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O W
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AN
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EX
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D T
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ty. B
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SIN
G T
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ARE
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GRE
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F
ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile U
ser’s Manual
Index
67
Index
BBaud rate 54
CCom
m port 54
Configuration 13
Connection 9, 10
contact information 4
DData 27
DataStation 44
configure DataStation 44
configure radio logger 45device directory
setting up 26, 27D
evice Status 12D
ownload
collected data 48D
ownloading 22
Transferring to a PC 27
EECH
2O U
tility Mobile 50
Actions 56
application 54
PROFITS,
OR
INTE
RRUPTIO
N
OF
BUSIN
ESS,
OR
FOR
AN
YSPE
CIAL, CO
NSE
QU
EN
TIAL O
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EN
TAL D
AM
AGE
S, HO
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ER CAU
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ETH
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RISING
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NTRACT, TO
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DIN
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LIGE
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), STRICTLIA
BILITY, OR O
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.
4. Construction. If any provision of this License is inconsistent with, or cannot
be fully enforced under, the law, such provision shall be construed as limited to
the minim
um extent necessary to be consistent w
ith and fully enforceable un-der the law. If for any reason a court of com
petent jurisdiction finds any pro-vision, or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, the rem
ainder of this Licenseshall continue in full force and effect.
5. Applicable Law. This License shall be deem
ed to have been made in, and
shall be construed pursuant to, the laws of the State of W
ashington. The United
Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of G
oods is spe-cifically disclaim
ed.
6. Title. All title and copyrights in and to the Softw
are the accompanying print-
ed materials, and any copies of the Softw
are, are owned by D
ecagon Devices
Incorporated. This Software is protected by copyright law
s and internationaltreaty provisions.
7. Termination. This License w
ill automatically term
inate if Customer fails to
comply w
ith any of the terms and conditions hereof. In such event, Custom
erm
ust destroy all copies of the Software and all of its com
ponent parts.
8. Complete A
greement; G
overning Language. This License constitutes theentire agreem
ent between the parties w
ith respect to the use of the Decagon
Software licensed hereunder and supersedes all prior or contem
poraneous un-derstandings regarding such subject m
atter. No am
endment to or m
odificationof this License w
ill be binding unless in writing and signed by D
ecagon. Any
translation of this License is done for local requirements and in the event of a
dispute between the E
nglish and any non-English versions, the E
nglish versionof this License shall govern.
9. Enforcem
ent. The provisions of this Agreem
ent shall be enforceable regard-less of any other claim
or dispute existing between the parties, and in any action
for violation of the terms of this license, the prevailing party shall be entitled
to recover costs and attorney’s fees. Jurisdiction and Venue shall be in Whitm
anCounty, W
ashington.
ECH
2 O, E
CH2 O
DataTrac, E
m50, E
m50R, E
m5, and E
m5R are registered
trademarks of D
ecagon Devices, Inc. E
CH2 O
Utility, E
CH2 O
Utility M
obile,E
m5b, E
choLink and DataStation are tradem
arks of Decagon D
evices, Inc.
Copyrigh
t ©
2004-2007 D
ecagon
Devices,
Inc.
All
rights reserved
.
ECH
2O U
tilit
y M
obile
Use
r’s
Man
ual
9. T
roub
lesh
ootin
g
66
EC
H2O
Uti
lity
Mob
ile U
ser’
s M
anua
lTa
ble
of C
onte
nts
i
Cont
ent
1. In
trod
ucti
on .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. 1Sy
stem
Req
uire
men
ts. .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. .
1C
onta
ct In
form
atio
n. .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. .
4
2. In
stal
ling
ECH
2O U
tilit
y M
obile
. . 5
Inst
allin
g EC
H2O
Util
ity M
obile
fro
m C
D. .
. . .
. .
5Up
datin
g EC
H2O
Util
ity M
obile
fro
m th
e W
eb .
5
3. C
onfi
guri
ng Y
our
Logg
er .
. . .
. . .
7Pr
epar
ing
to C
onne
ct to
a lo
gger
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. 9
Con
nect
via
Dir
ect.
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. 10
Dev
ice
Stat
us .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . 12
Con
figur
e D
evic
e. .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. 13
Scan
Por
ts .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . 19
4. D
ownl
oadi
ng D
ata
. . .
. . .
. . .
. .
22Er
asin
g D
ata
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
27
Tran
sfer
ring
Dat
a Fi
les
to a
Des
ktop
PC
. .
. . .
27
5. E
CH
2O R
adio
Tel
emet
ry .
. . .
. .
30Tw
o-w
ay R
adio
Tel
emet
ry. .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. 3
0Tw
o-w
ay R
adio
Mod
es .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
31
Two-
way
Bes
t Pra
ctic
es .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . .
32Tr
ansm
it Ra
dio
Tele
met
ry. .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. .
33Tr
ansm
it Ra
dio
Mod
es. .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
34
Tran
smit
Best
Pra
ctic
es. .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
35
ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile U
ser’s Manual
9. Troubleshooting
65
sensor is fully inserted into the logger’s sensor port. Make
sure the sensor type shown in the Scan w
indow m
atchesthe sensor actually connected to your logger.
Troub
leshoo
ting So
ftwa
re
PR
OB
LE
M: W
hen
I try to laun
ch E
CH
2 O U
tilityM
obile, I get an
error message th
at says: “Can
not
find
‘EC
H2 O
Utility’ (or on
e of its comp
onen
ts).M
ake sure th
e path
and
filenam
e are correct and
that
all the req
uired
libraries are availab
le.”
SOL
UT
ION
: Your PDA
may not be com
patible with
ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile. Please review
the system require-
ments in Chapter 1, “Introduction”. Contact D
ecagon ifyour device uses one of the operating system
versionslisted.
PR
OB
LE
M: W
hen
I try to laun
ch E
CH
2 O U
tilityM
obile, I get an
error message titled
“EC
H2 O
Utility
Missin
g Files!”
SOL
UT
ION
: The version of ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile you
installed is from an update installer. The update installer
doesn’t include all the resources needed to run ECH
2 OU
tility Mobile. Please reinstall E
CH2 O
Utility M
obilefrom
your installation CD. Then install the update version.
ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile U
ser’s Manual
Table of Contents
ii
Radio Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Radio Perform
ance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
6. C
onnecting via Radio Modem
. . 38
7. D
ataStation Netw
orks . . . . . . . . 4
4C
onfigure a DataStation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Telemetry Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
8. ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile Features. . 50
Connect via Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Connect via Rm
1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Com
munication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
About EC
H2 O
Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55A
ctions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Dow
nload New
Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Download A
ll Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Erase Stored Data.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Telem
etry Test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57D
evice Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Test Device Firm
ware
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Initialize Radio M
odule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Initialize Device .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Configure Radio M
odem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
9. Troubleshooting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Troubleshooting Direct C
onnections . . . . . . . . . 60Troubleshooting Radio C
onnections. . . . . . . . . . 62Troubleshooting D
ata Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Troubleshooting Softw
are. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
ECH
2O U
tilit
y M
obile
Use
r’s
Man
ual
9. T
roub
lesh
ootin
g
64
befo
re t
hat
logg
er w
ill a
ccep
t ra
dio
conn
ectio
ns (
you
can
alway
s dire
ct c
onne
ct to
you
r log
ger).
•Mak
e su
re y
our l
ogge
r has
goo
d ba
tterie
s. Tr
y pr
ess-
ing
the
rese
t but
ton
on y
our l
ogge
r.
PR
OB
LE
M:
EC
H2O
Uti
lity
Mob
ile k
eep
s re
por
tin
git
lost
th
e co
nn
ecti
on t
o m
y d
evic
e.
SOL
UT
ION
: Th
is ca
n ha
ppen
whe
n th
e ra
dio
conn
ec-
tion
is lo
st.
Try
incr
easin
g th
e ra
dio
signa
l st
reng
th b
ym
ovin
g cl
oser
to
the
rem
ote
logg
er o
r us
ing
a hi
gh-g
ainan
tenn
a. Yo
u ca
n als
o in
crea
se t
he n
umbe
r of
tim
esE
CH2O
Util
ity M
obile
trie
s se
ndin
g co
mm
ands
to
the
logg
er. I
ncre
ase
the
Radi
o Co
nnec
t Ret
ries
on th
e Co
m-
mun
icatio
n ta
b to
the
Pref
eren
ces f
orm
.
Tro
uble
sho
oti
ng D
ata
Iss
ues
PR
OB
LE
M:
EC
H2O
Uti
lity
Mob
ile t
ells
me
ther
e is
no
new
dat
a fo
r d
own
load
ing.
SOL
UT
ION
: Mak
e su
re th
e lo
gger
is c
onfig
ured
to m
ea-
sure
dat
a. Ch
eck
the
mea
sure
men
t int
erva
l is s
et to
a nu
m-
ber g
reat
er th
an z
ero.
Try
pre
ssin
g th
e re
set b
utto
n if
the
logg
er d
oes h
ave
a no
n-ze
ro m
easu
rem
ent i
nter
val.
PR
OB
LE
M:
My
sen
sor
dat
a sh
ows
“ *
* *
” in
th
eSc
an w
ind
ow.
SOL
UT
ION
: The
thre
e ast
erisk
s mea
n th
e raw
dat
a mea
-su
red
by th
e log
ger i
s out
of e
xpec
ted
rang
e for
the s
enso
r.Th
is co
uld
be c
ause
d by
a b
roke
n se
nsor
. Mak
e su
re th
e
ECH
2O U
tilit
y M
obile
Use
r’s
Man
ual
1. Int
rodu
ctio
n
1
1. I
ntro
duc
tio
n
Than
k yo
u fo
r pu
rcha
sing
ECH
2O
Util
ity
Mob
ile.
ECH
2O U
tility
Mob
ile a
llow
s yo
u to
col
lect
data
fro
m,
and
chan
ge s
ettin
gs in
the
Em
50, E
m50
R, E
m5,
Em
5R,
and
Em
5b lo
gger
s usin
g a
Pock
et P
C PD
A. E
CH2O
Util
-ity
Mob
ile w
ill a
lso w
ork
with
the
Dat
aSta
tion,
whi
ch a
cts
as a
dat
a co
llect
ion
poin
t for
mul
tiple
logg
ers.
This
prog
ram
has
bee
n de
signe
d fo
r eas
e of
use
and
inco
r-po
rate
s m
any
feat
ures
to m
ake
your
job
easie
r. Th
is m
an-
ual
is de
signe
d to
hel
p yo
u un
ders
tand
and
ful
ly ut
ilize
ECH
2O U
tility
Mob
ile t
o ac
com
plish
you
r se
nsor
mea
-su
rem
ent g
oals
effic
iently
.
NO
TE
: A P
ocket
PC d
evice
is dif
feren
t fro
m a
desk
top or
lapt
opPC
in th
at it
uses
some
diff
erent
conv
entio
ns th
at y
ou m
ay n
ot be
famili
ar w
ith. P
rogra
m set
tings
are m
ade a
nytim
e the
“ok
” bu
tton
ista
pped
. On
a PC
a ca
ncel
butto
n is
often
ava
ilable
to yo
u so
that
apa
rticu
lar a
ction
can
be d
iscar
ded
and
chan
ges n
ot ma
de. S
ince
aPo
cket
PC d
evice
does
not g
ive yo
u a
canc
el bu
tton,
you
will
have
toin
itiat
e the
acti
on, c
hang
e the
value
bac
k to
what
is w
anted
and
then
tap
the “
ok”
butto
n. If
you
make
a ch
ange
in a
cont
rol o
n a
form
and
decid
e the
chan
ge is
not r
eally
need
ed, y
ou ca
n ch
ange
the s
etting
back
and
then
tap
“ok”
. Wha
tever
settin
gs ar
e ch
osen
when
the
“ok”
but
ton is
tapp
ed a
re th
e sett
ings
the p
rogra
m wi
ll us
e.
Syst
em R
equi
rem
ents
To u
se E
CH2O
Util
ity M
obile
, yo
u m
ust
have
a P
DA
,Po
cket
PC,
or W
indo
ws M
obile
dev
ice w
ith th
e fo
llow
ing:
ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile U
ser’s Manual
9. Troubleshooting
63
male end of the serial cable you use to connect to the
Rm1. The illustration below
shows the location of pin
one. Use sm
all needle-nose pliers to pry and twist the pin
to remove it from
the cable.
PR
OB
LE
M: E
CH
2 O U
tility Mob
ile tells me it can
’tcon
nect to m
y radio logger w
hen
I’m u
sing an
Rm
1.
SOL
UT
ION
: Try one or more of the follow
ing to make
sure there is a good radio connection to your remote log-
ger: •Make sure you are w
ithin radio range of the remote
logger. Increase the radio signal strength to your log-ger by m
oving closer to your logger or using a high-gain antenna to see if you can establish a radio con-nection.
•Make sure the antenna on the logger and the Rm
1are securely fastened to the radio m
odule.•Check the Radio Channel and the Radio Sub Chan-
nel settings you are using on your remote loggers
and Rm1. See Chapter 6, “Connecting via a Radio
Modem
” for how to configure your radio settings.
•Make sure you w
ait 10 minutes betw
een connectionattem
pts for the same logger. If you just discon-
nected from a logger, you m
ust wait for 10 m
inutes
12
34
5
67
89
ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile U
ser’s Manual
1. Introduction
2
• Pocket PC 2003, Pocket PC 2003SE, or W
indows
Mobile 5 and operating system
• Display w
ith a portrait orientation• Available serial port
To install ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile on your m
obile device,you m
ust have Microsoft A
ctiveSync 3.7 or newer installed
on a
PC running
Window
s 98,
Window
s 2000,
orW
indows X
P. You also need ActiveSync to transfer data
files collected within E
CH2 O
Utility M
obile to your desk-top com
puter. See your mobile device’s user m
anual form
ore information on using A
ctiveSync.
To connect to the comm
unication port of your ECH
2 Ologgers, you need a D
ecagon Serial Cable Adapter. This
cable has a standard 9-pin female connector and a 3.5m
mstereo connector.
HP iPA
Q Pocket PCs
Decagon stocks adapter cables for H
P iPAQ
mobile
devices. Not all iPA
Q m
odels have an available serial port.Please determ
ine if your model iPA
Q supports a serial
port before trying to install ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile.
Compact Flash Serial Cards
ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile supports Com
pact Flash (CF)Serial Cards. This is useful for m
obile devices that don'thave a built in serial port. W
e recomm
end using Socket®Serial I/O
CF Card or Socket Ruggedized Serial I/O CF
Card. You must use the Socket serial driver and Socket
utility to identify the COM
M num
ber of the serial port.See http://w
ww.socketcom
.com for m
ore information.
ECH
2O U
tilit
y M
obile
Use
r’s
Man
ual
9. T
roub
lesh
ootin
g
62
PR
OB
LE
M:
EC
H2O
Uti
lity
Mob
ile k
eep
s re
por
tin
git
lost
th
e co
nn
ecti
on t
o m
y d
evic
e.
SOL
UT
ION
: Th
is ra
rely
happ
ens
for
a di
rect
con
nec-
tion.
Plea
se c
heck
or
repl
ace
your
ser
ial c
ables
. You
can
also
incr
ease
the
num
ber o
f tim
es E
CH2O
Util
ity M
obile
tries
sen
ding
com
man
ds t
o th
e lo
gger
or
Dat
aSta
tion.
Incr
ease
the
Dire
ct C
onne
ct R
etrie
s on
the
Com
mun
ica-
tion
tab
of th
e Pr
efer
ence
s for
m.
Tro
uble
sho
oti
ng R
ad
io C
onn
ecti
ons
PR
OB
LE
M:
EC
H2O
U
tilit
y M
obile
te
lls
me
my
Rad
io M
odem
isn
’t r
esp
ond
ing.
SOL
UT
ION
: M
ake
sure
you
r se
rial
cabl
e is
secu
rely
atta
ched
to y
our
PDA
and
you
r Rm
1. Y
our
Rm1
shou
ldha
ve p
ower
and
be
turn
ed o
n. If
you
are
tryin
g to
dire
ctly
conn
ect
to a
n E
CH2O
dev
ice, m
ake
sure
“Co
nnec
t vi
aD
irect
” is
selec
ted
in th
e O
ptio
ns m
enu.
PR
OB
LE
M:
Any
tim
e I
try
to c
onn
ect
via
a R
adio
Mod
em, a
dia
log
box
cal
led
“C
onn
ect
To”
op
ens.
SOL
UT
ION
: Th
is is
Act
iveS
ync
tryin
g to
use
the
radi
om
odem
to
esta
blish
a c
onne
ctio
n to
you
r de
skto
p co
m-
pute
r. Th
is pr
oces
s ke
eps
ECH
2O U
tility
Mob
ile f
rom
conn
ectin
g to
you
r re
mot
e lo
gger
. You
can
try
pre
ssin
gth
e “C
ance
l” b
utto
n in
the
“Co
nnec
t To
” di
alog
box;
how
ever
, thi
s do
esn’
t alw
ays
solv
e th
e pr
oblem
. The
onl
yre
liabl
e w
ay t
o pr
even
t A
ctiv
eSyn
c fr
om s
ensin
g th
em
odem
con
nect
ion
is to
rem
ove
pin
one
from
the
9-pi
n
ECH
2O U
tilit
y M
obile
Use
r’s
Man
ual
1. Int
rodu
ctio
n
3
Reco
mm
ende
d Sy
stem
Dec
agon
rec
omm
ends
usin
g th
e A
rche
r Fi
eld P
C fr
omJu
nipe
r Sy
stem
s w
ith E
CH2O
Util
ity M
obile
. Thi
s ul
tra-
rugg
ed m
obile
dev
ice h
as a
rob
ust
seria
l po
rt an
d is
desig
ned
to w
ork
in f
ield
cond
ition
s w
here
typ
ical P
DA
hard
war
e w
ill f
ail. C
onta
ct D
ecag
on f
or in
form
atio
n on
purc
hasin
g th
e A
rche
r Fi
eld P
C bu
ndled
with
ECH
2OU
tility
Mob
ile.
ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile U
ser’s Manual
9. Troubleshooting
61
•Make sure your logger has good batteries or your
DataStation is plugged in. Try pressing the reset but-
ton on your logger or DataStation.
NO
TE
: Serial cables can fail. If you suspect your serial cable maybe the problem, try connecting to a second logger. If you can connect,the problem is probably the first logger. If you can’t connect to the sec-ond logger either, the problem may be your cable. Try using a spareD
ecagon Serial Cable Adapter if you are having trouble connecting
to a logger. The serial adapter for your PDA could be the problem.
PR
OB
LE
M:
EC
H2 O
U
tility M
obile
tells m
e m
yC
omm
port isn
’t available.
SOL
UT
ION
: Make sure you are using the correct com
-m
unication port on your PDA
. The default Comm
Porton m
ost PDA
s is “COM
M1:”. If you are using a CF serial
card, “COM
M1:” is probably not the right setting (use the
software that com
es with your CF Card to determ
ine thecorrect Com
m num
ber). You can change the Comm
Portsetting on the Com
munication tab in the E
CH2 O
Utility
Mobile Preferences.
PR
OB
LE
M:
EC
H2 O
U
tility M
obile
tells m
e m
yC
omm
port is alread
y in u
se.
SOL
UT
ION
: Another softw
are program on your PD
Am
ust be using the serial port. Quit any softw
are that usesthe serial port before using E
CH2 O
Utility M
obile (GPS
software is a com
mon exam
ple). You can use the Mem
orySettings panel on your PD
A to stop running program
s. Ifno other softw
are is running on your PDA
and you stillget this error, try pushing the reset button on your PD
A.
ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile U
ser’s Manual
1. Introduction
4
Co
ntact Info
rma
tion
To contact Decagon:
•E
-mail u
s at ECH
2OH
•F
ax us at (509) 332-5158
•C
all us at 1-800-755-2751 (U
S and Canada only) or 509-332-2756.
Wa
rranty
Inform
atio
nE
CH2 O
Utility M
obile has a 30-day satisfaction guarantee.
Sugg
estions
Please report
any bugs,
and send
suggestions for
additional features to EC
H2O
Help
@d
ecagon.com
.
ECH
2O U
tilit
y M
obile
Use
r’s
Man
ual
9. T
roub
lesh
ootin
g
60
9. T
roub
lesh
oo
ting
ECH
2O U
tility
Mob
ile is
des
igne
d an
d te
sted
to c
omm
u-ni
cate
cor
rect
ly an
d ro
bust
ly w
ith y
our
ECH
2O d
evice
s.So
met
imes
pro
blem
s ca
n st
ill o
ccur
whe
n it
tries
to c
om-
mun
icate
with
you
r ECH
2O d
evice
s. Th
is ch
apte
r out
lines
som
e of
the
com
mon
issu
es a
nd s
ugge
sted
sol
utio
ns. I
fyo
u fin
d a p
robl
em n
ot c
over
ed h
ere,
plea
se c
onta
ct D
eca-
gon
for h
elp.
Tro
uble
sho
oti
ng D
irec
t Co
nnec
tio
ns
PR
OB
LE
M:
EC
H2O
Uti
lity
Mob
ile t
ells
me
it c
an’t
con
nec
t to
my
dev
ice.
SOL
UT
ION
: Tr
y on
e or
mor
e of
the
follo
win
g to
mak
esu
re th
ere
is a
seria
l con
nect
ion
to th
e E
CH2O
dev
ice:
•Che
ck to
mak
e su
re “
Conn
ect v
ia D
irect
” is
selec
ted
in th
e O
ptio
ns m
enu.
•Che
ck y
our
seria
l ca
bles
are
sec
urely
plu
gged
int
oyo
ur lo
gger
or D
ataS
tatio
n an
d yo
ur P
DA
.•M
ake
sure
you
are
usin
g th
e co
rrec
t com
mun
icatio
npo
rt on
you
PD
A. T
he d
efau
lt Co
mm
Por
t on
mos
tPD
As
is “C
OM
M1:
”. I
f yo
u ar
e us
ing
a CF
ser
ialca
rd, “
COM
M1:
” is
prob
ably
not
the
rig
ht s
ettin
g.Yo
u ca
n ch
ange
the
Com
m P
ort s
ettin
g on
the
Com
-m
unica
tion
tab
in th
e E
CH2O
Util
ity M
obile
Pre
fer-
ence
s.
ECH
2O U
tilit
y M
obile
Use
r’s
Man
ual
2. In
stal
ling
ECH
2O U
tility
Mob
ile 5
2.
Inst
alli
ng E
CH2O
Uti
lity
Mo
bil
e
Inst
alli
ng
ECH
2O
U
tili
ty
Mo
bil
efr
om
CD
ECH
2O U
tility
Mob
ile in
stall
s fr
om th
e CD
foun
d in
the
fron
t co
ver
of t
he E
CH2O
Util
ity M
obile
use
r’s m
anua
l.Pl
ace
the
CD in
you
r co
mpu
ter’s
CD
driv
e, w
ait f
or t
he“E
CH2O
Sof
twar
e In
stall
er”
to a
ppea
r, an
d se
lect
“In
stall
ECH
2O U
tility
Mob
ile”
from
the
men
u. I
f th
e in
stall
erdo
es n
ot la
unch
by
itsel
f, go
to M
y Co
mpu
ter,
selec
t you
rCD
driv
e, an
d do
uble-
click
on
the
“aut
orun
.exe”
file.
The
ECH
2O U
tility
Mob
ile In
stall
er fi
rst c
opies
nec
essa
ryfil
es t
o yo
ur c
ompu
ter
and
then
lau
nche
s M
icro
soft
Act
iveS
ync
to i
nsta
ll E
CH2O
Util
ity M
obile
on
your
mob
ile d
evice
.
Up
da
ting
EC
H2O
U
tili
ty
Mo
bil
efr
om
the
Web
Dec
agon
pub
lishe
s up
date
s to
ECH
2O U
tility
Mob
ile o
nth
e w
eb. T
he u
pdat
e in
stall
er r
eplac
es th
e ol
d ve
rsio
n of
ECH
2O U
tility
Mob
ile w
ith th
e ne
w re
lease
, whi
le re
tain
-in
g all
you
r da
ta a
nd s
ettin
gs f
rom
the
old
ver
sion.
You
can
dow
nloa
d th
e up
date
in
stall
er
atw
ww
.dec
agon
.com
/ec
ho/
soft
war
e.h
tml.
ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile U
ser’s Manual
8. ECH
2O Utility M
obile Features
59
Initialize Device ...
Occasionally, it m
ay be necessary to reset a logger if youare continually getting unreliable com
munications from
it.Click on Initialize D
evice. This will com
pletely reset thesystem
, and erase data stored on it.
WA
RN
ING
! Initializin
g your E
CH
2 O d
evice com-
pletely rem
oves the d
ata stored in
the d
evice. Erased
data can
not b
e recovered!
Co
nfigure R
ad
io M
od
em
Configure Radio Modem
is only enabled when no device
is connected. This allows you to set the Radio Channel/
Sub Channel of an Rm1. This is useful for configuring a
simple relay.
ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile U
ser’s Manual
2. Installing ECH
2O Utility M
obile
6
You can check for new version of E
CH2 O
Utility M
obilesoftw
are by running the “Check for ECH
2 O U
tilityM
obile Updates” softw
are on your desktop computer.
Click the Start menu, A
ll programs, E
CH2 O
Utility
Mobile and select Check for E
CH2 O
Utility M
obileU
pdates. This software uses the D
ecagon internet versionchecker to see if there is a new
version available. Yourcom
puter must be connected to the internet for this ser-
vice to work.
NO
TE
: The updates to ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile require resources
only available with the full installer that comes on the installationCD.
You can check the version of ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile you
are running by tapping the About E
CH2 O
Utility m
enuitem
in the Options m
enu.
ECH
2O U
tilit
y M
obile
Use
r’s
Man
ual
8. EC
H2O
Util
ity M
obile
Feat
ures 58
Dev
ice
Too
ls
Test
Dev
ice
Firm
war
eTh
is w
ill te
st th
e lo
gger
’s fir
mw
are.
A d
ialog
box
app
ears
indi
catin
g w
heth
er th
e fir
mw
are
has
test
ed G
ood
or B
ad.
For m
ore
info
rmat
ion
on fi
rmw
are
and
obta
inin
g up
date
s,pl
ease
see
the
Trou
bles
hoot
ing
sect
ion.
Initi
aliz
e Ra
dio
Mod
ule
This
feat
ure
will
rese
t the
radi
o an
d all
ass
ociat
ed s
ettin
gs(E
m50
R, E
m5R
, and
Dat
aSta
tion
only)
.
ECH
2O U
tilit
y M
obile
Use
r’s
Man
ual
3. C
onfig
urin
g Yo
ur Lo
gger
7
3. C
onf
igur
ing
Yo
ur L
og
ger
To h
elp
you
take
full
adva
ntag
e of
ECH
2O U
tility
Mob
ile,
this
chap
ter
will
dem
onst
rate
how
to
use
the
Dire
ctCo
nnec
t mod
e w
ith a
n E
CH2O
Log
ger.
To c
onne
ct to
ara
dio
logg
er s
ee C
hapt
er 6
, “C
onne
ctin
g vi
a a
Radi
oM
odem
.”
The
ECH
2O U
tility
Mob
ile in
stall
er in
stall
s th
e so
ftwar
ein
you
r Po
cket
PC
devi
ce’s
Prog
ram
s di
rect
ory.
Tap
the
Win
dow
s men
u in
the
uppe
r lef
t cor
ner o
f the
scre
en a
nd
ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile U
ser’s Manual
8. ECH
2O Utility M
obile Features
57
Erase Stored Data...
This control will erase all the data stored in the connected
device.
Warn
ing! E
rasing th
e data stored
in you
r EC
H2 O
device com
pletely rem
oves the d
ata. Erased
data can
-n
ot be recovered
!
Set Date/
Tim
eThis control allow
s you to manually syncronize the date/
time of the connected logger to the current date/tim
e ofthe Pocket PC.
Telemetry Test
This control is only enabled when connected to a radio
logger. This tests the telemetry signal betw
een the radiologger and a D
ataStation. It tests not only for signalstrength, but also for payload (data packet) confirm
ation.See Chapter 7, “D
ataStation Networks” for further infor-
mation.
ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile U
ser’s Manual
3. Configuring Your Logger
8
choose Prog
rams. Tap the E
CH2 O
Utility icon to launch
ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile.
When
ECH
2 O
Utility
Mobile
opens, it
displays the
main screen. W
hen not connected to a device, the words“N
ot connected” are shown in the D
evice IdentificationA
rea. Many of the controls are not enabled (grayed out
and not responsive to user input) until a device is con-nected. The screen is divided into four m
ain sections.E
ach of these sections is explained in detail in the balanceof this m
anual.
Tool Bar
Menu Bar
Device
Identification A
rea
Data
File List
SIP button
ECH
2O U
tilit
y M
obile
Use
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Act
ions
Man
y of
the
Act
ion
men
u ite
ms
are
only
ena
bled
whe
n a
devi
ce is
con
nect
ed.
Dow
nloa
d N
ew D
ata
This
cont
rol
will
dow
nloa
d an
y ne
w d
ata
stor
ed i
n th
ede
vice
. N
ew d
ata
is de
fined
as
data
tha
t ha
s no
t be
endo
wnl
oade
d sin
ce th
e las
t dow
nloa
d.
Dow
nloa
d A
ll D
ata
This
cont
rol w
ill d
ownl
oad
all d
ata
stor
ed in
the
dev
ice
rega
rdles
s of w
hen
the
last d
ownl
oad
was
don
e.
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NO
TE
: Tap
ping
the
SIP
butto
n ac
tivat
es th
e So
ft In
put P
anel
(SIP
) keyb
oard
. The
SIP
is u
seful
for in
putti
ng d
ata
and
settin
gs.Se
e you
r Pock
et PC
user
man
ual f
or m
ore i
nform
ation
on u
sing a
ndcon
figur
ing t
he S
IP.
Prep
ari
ng t
o C
onn
ect
to a
log
ger
Now
that
the
prog
ram
is in
stall
ed a
nd ru
nnin
g, th
e ph
ysi-
cal c
onne
ctio
n ne
eds
to b
e es
tabl
ished
. Con
nect
the
SCA
(Ser
ial
Cabl
e A
dapt
er)
ster
eo
conn
ecto
r en
d to
th
eCO
MM
PO
RT o
n th
e lo
gger
. N
ext,
conn
ect
the
9-pi
nse
rial
conn
ecto
r fe
male
end
to
the
seria
l po
rt o
n yo
urm
obile
dev
ice. S
ee s
yste
m r
equi
rem
ents
for
mor
e in
for-
mat
ion
on m
obile
dev
ice se
rial p
ort o
ptio
ns.
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By default,
ECH
2 O
Utility
Mobile
automatically
synchronizes the logger’s date and time to the tim
e set onthe Pocket PC device. Tap the check box to disable thisfeature. You can update the date and tim
e manually
anytime you are connected by selecting A
ctions > Set
Date/Tim
e.
The amount of detail stored into the error log file is
adjusted here. By tapping the “Add m
ore detailed errorm
essages to error log files” check box increases theam
ount of detail stored in the error log files.
For the Pocket PC devices that can change the display tolandscape m
ode (not all do) there is the “Autom
aticallychange display m
ode to Portrait when launching E
CH2 O
Utility” check box. A
s its title implies, this w
ill change thedisplay m
ode from landscape to portrait w
hen ECH
2 OU
tility starts.
About EC
H2 O
UtilityThe A
bout ECH
2 O U
tility screen displays the versionnum
ber, the build number, and the Protocol version
number used in this E
CH2 O
Utility M
obile release. It alsocontains the m
ailing address, phone numbers, e-m
ailaddress, and w
ebsite for Decagon D
evices.
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Co
nnect via
Direct
Choose “Connect via Direct” from
the Options m
enu.
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Max
imu
m B
aud
Rat
e. S
et a
bau
d ra
te lo
wer
tha
n th
ede
faul
t 115
,200
bau
d if
you
cons
isten
tly e
xper
ience
a no
isyse
rial c
onne
ctio
n, a
s ex
hibi
ted
by fr
eque
nt lo
gger
disc
on-
nect
s.
Use
Com
m P
ort.
Com
m1:
is th
e de
faul
t com
mun
icatio
npo
rt fo
r m
ost
mob
ile d
evice
s. If
you
r m
obile
dev
ice h
asm
ore
than
one
com
mun
icatio
n po
rt or
you
are
usin
g a
Com
pact
Flas
h se
rial c
ard,
you
can
choo
se th
e ap
prop
riate
com
mun
icatio
n po
rt nu
mbe
r her
e.
App
licat
ion
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11
Whe
n co
nnec
tion
is es
tabl
ished
, all
of th
e to
olba
r but
tons
and
man
y of
the
men
u ite
ms
are
enab
led, a
llow
ing
you
toin
tera
ct w
ith t
he d
evic
e. So
me
cont
rols
will
onl
y be
enab
led w
ith c
erta
in d
evice
s; fo
r ex
ampl
e, ra
dio
setti
ngs
will
onl
y be
ena
bled
whe
n a
radi
o eq
uipp
ed d
evice
(rad
iolo
gger
or D
ataS
tatio
n) is
con
nect
ed.
Conf
igur
e D
evic
e bu
tton
Scan
Por
ts
butto
n
Disc
onne
ct
butto
n
Dow
nloa
d N
ew D
ata
butto
n
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Com
munication
Direct C
onn
ect Retries. If you are experiencing unreli-
able comm
unication with a logger, set the num
ber oftim
es the PDA
will attem
pt to send comm
ands to a loggerfrom
3 to 10 times (usually, no m
ore than 3 tries should benecessary).
Rad
io Con
nect R
etries. If you are experiencing unreli-able com
munication w
ith a radio logger while using a
Rm1, set the num
ber of times the com
puter or PDA
will
attempt to send com
mands to a radio logger. This value is
selectable from 5 to 12 tim
es.
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Dev
ice Status
The D
evice Identification
Area
displays inform
ationabout the currently connected device. For loggers it w
illdisplay the logger’s nam
e, date and time. The battery sta-
tus icon is displayed on the right side of the Tool Bar. Thisicon show
s green for good battery status and red for lowbattery status.
Tap and hold the Logger Battery Status icon to display atool tip show
ing the amount of battery life left in the bat-
teries. In the above figure, this logger’s batteries have 99%of their life rem
aining.
Logger N
ame
Logger Date/Tim
e
Logger Battery Status icon
Logger Battery Status icon Tool Tip
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Units
This
is w
here
the
disp
layed
uni
ts fo
r the
col
lect
ed d
ata
are
set.
For e
xam
ple,
Tem
pera
ture
can
be
disp
layed
in o
ne o
ftw
o w
ays,
eithe
r us
ing
the
Eng
lish
units
of
Fahr
enhe
it or
the
Met
ric u
nits
of
Celsi
us. T
ap o
n th
e co
mbo
box
tha
tco
rres
pond
s to
the
des
ired
unit.
To
save
the
sele
cted
chan
ges,
tap
the
“ok”
but
ton.
Mor
e th
an o
ne ta
b’s
worth
of c
hang
es c
an b
e m
ade
at a
tim
e in
the
pref
eren
ces
area
.Se
lect e
ach
tab
one
at a
tim
e, ch
ange
the
desir
ed s
ettin
gsfo
r th
at ta
b an
d th
en ta
p “o
k” to
sav
e all
the
chan
ges
aton
ce.
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Co
nfig
ure
Dev
ice
ECH
2O U
tility
Mob
ile m
akes
it e
asier
to v
iew a
nd c
hang
ede
vice
set
tings
. If
thi
s is
the
first
dep
loym
ent
or a
re-
depl
oym
ent o
f thi
s dev
ice,
you
will
wan
t to
chan
ge th
e se
t-tin
gs t
o m
eet
your
nee
ds.
To o
pen
the
devi
ce s
ettin
gsfo
rm, t
ap o
n th
e Co
nfig
ure
Dev
ice b
utto
n.
The
Dev
ice S
ettin
gs fo
rm h
as fo
ur ta
bs, D
evice
, Mea
sure
-m
ent,
Radi
o, a
nd L
ocat
ion.
Non
-radi
o lo
gger
s do
not
show
the
Radi
o ta
b be
caus
e th
ey d
o no
t sup
port
a ra
dio
mod
ule.
Dat
aSta
tions
do
not s
how
the
Mea
sure
men
t tab
beca
use
they
do
not m
easu
re se
nsor
s.
Conf
igur
e D
evice
bu
tton
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Mobile, and display the Version inform
ation. These items
are always enabled w
hether a device is connected or not.
Connect via D
irectConnects to a logger through the CO
M port selected in
the “Use Com
m Port” com
bo box. The “Use Com
mPort” com
bo box is located under Op
tions >
Prefer-
ences >
Com
mu
nication. This option is enabled w
hen adot is displayed to the left side of the text.
Connect via Rm
1 U
sed to connect to any radio logger on a specified RadioChannel/Sub Channel. Both the logger and the Rm
1 must
be set to the same Channel/Sub Channel values. This
option is enabled when a dot is displayed to the left side of
the text.
PreferencesThe Preferences m
enu allows you to select the units you
wish E
CH2 O
Utility M
obile to use when displaying data,
adjust comm
unications settings, and adjust application set-tings. This m
enu features three sections, accessed by click-ing the tabs at the bottom
of the screen.
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Device tab
The Device tab displays the type of device that is con-
nected (Em
50, Em
5b or DataStation), the nam
e and serialnum
ber of the device, and the firmw
are version loaded inthe device. The only attribute you can change is thedevice’s nam
e. Use the SIP to enter a nam
e for your devicethat helps you organize and identify the data collected bythe device.
SIP button
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8.
ECH
2O
U
tili
ty
Mo
bil
eFe
atu
res
Men
u Ba
r
The
Men
u Ba
r all
ows
you
to p
erfo
rm o
pera
tions
and
acce
ss p
rogr
am f
eatu
res.
ECH
2O U
tility
Mob
ile’s
men
uba
r co
ntain
s tw
o m
enu
item
s, so
me
of t
hem
con
tain
ing
sub-
men
u ite
ms.
Op
tio
ns
The
Opt
ions
Men
u all
ows
you
to c
hoos
e th
e ty
pe o
fco
nnec
tion
to m
ake,
set t
he P
refe
renc
es o
f ECH
2O U
tility
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Mea
sure
men
t ta
b
The
Mea
sure
men
t Tab
is w
here
you
set
the
Mea
sure
men
tIn
terv
al, c
hoos
e se
nsor
s, an
d se
t the
Pow
er N
oise
Filt
er.
The
Mea
sure
men
t Int
erva
l is
the
time
in m
inut
es th
e lo
g-ge
r w
aits
betw
een
stor
ing
each
rea
ding
. It
is se
lecta
ble
from
0 (
no r
eadi
ngs
stor
ed)
to 1
440
(one
rea
ding
sto
red
ever
y 24
hou
rs).
See
your
logg
er m
anua
l for
mor
e in
for-
mat
ion
on th
e M
easu
rem
ent I
nter
val.
The
Em
50 an
d E
m5b
logg
er re
quire
you
to id
entif
y w
hich
sens
or is
inst
alled
on
each
por
t of t
he lo
gger
. Pick
the
sen-
sor n
ame
from
the
com
bo b
ox fo
r eac
h po
rt. T
he c
ombo
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displayed in the Data File List area. The D
ata File name
listed under the Device colum
n is the DataStation nam
e.
The name of the logger that the data cam
e from is in the
first column of the data contained in the file. If data w
ascollected from
more than one logger, then each logger’s
name would be found in the file w
ith its associated data.
The PDA
does not need to be connected to the DataSta-
tion for you to view the data.
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box will only show
s sensors compatible w
ith your loggerm
odel and logger firmw
are version.
NO
TE
: The Em5 logger auto-detects the sensors plugged into the
ports. The port sensor type combo boxes are disabled when connectedto an E
m5 logger.
The logger’s Power N
oise Filter is a setting designed tom
inimize this electrical noise that com
es from the AC
power system
. The Alternating Current (AC) or “m
ains”electrical pow
er we use every day can add a subtle am
ountof noise to the logger sensor m
easurements. You should
set the value of the Power N
oise Filter to match the fre-
quency of the power cycle w
here you live. (North A
merica
and most of A
sia use 60 Hz, w
hile in most of E
urope it is50 H
z.)
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Do
wnl
oa
d C
olle
cted
Da
taA
fter t
he D
ataS
tatio
n ha
s co
llect
ed d
ata,
you
can
retri
eve
the
data
for
per
man
ent
stor
age
and
analy
sis.
Star
t th
eE
CH2O
Util
ity M
obile
pro
gram
. Ver
ify th
at th
e “C
onne
ctvi
a D
irect
” op
tion
is ch
osen
from
the
Op
tion
s m
enu.
Tap
the
Conn
ect b
utto
n.
Tap
the
“Dow
nloa
d N
ew D
ata”
but
ton.
The
Dow
nloa
d-in
g D
ataS
tatio
n D
ata
scre
en w
ill a
ppea
r an
d pr
ovid
es a
prog
ress
bar
disp
layin
g th
e do
wnl
oad
prog
ress
.
Whe
n th
e do
wnl
oad
is co
mpl
eted
, th
e D
ownl
oadi
ngD
ataS
tatio
n D
ata
scre
en w
ill c
lose
and
a fi
le lis
ting
will
be
Dat
a Fi
le Li
st
area
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Rad
io t
ab
You
can
conf
igur
e ra
dio
setti
ngs
in t
he r
adio
tab
. Th
ista
b’s c
ontro
ls ar
e on
ly en
able
d w
hen
an E
m50
R or
Dat
aS-
tatio
n is
conn
ecte
d. F
or m
ore
info
rmat
ion
on s
ettin
g th
eRa
dio
Mod
e, Ra
dio
Chan
nel,
and
Sub
Chan
nel,
see
Chap
-te
r 5, “
Radi
o Te
lemet
ry.”
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Tap the Test button and the test will begin. W
hen the testhas finished you w
ill be presented with the results of the
test.
You may have to relocate the radio logger w
hile doing theTelem
etry Test in order to find the best connectionquality. O
nce you have found the radio logger locationthat provides the best connection quality, install the radiologger at that location. D
isconnect from the radio logger.
NO
TE
: Telemetry Test only works with Em50 loggers running
firmware 1.12 or newer.
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Location
tab
The information entered in the Location tab is designed
for use with D
ataTrac. This is where you can enter the
device location information. A
s with the other tabs, the
SIP is enabled to make it possible for you to enter the
information. You can enter as m
uch or little information
that will be helpful. There is a space for the Farm
name,
Field name, and geographical coordinates in Latitude
(North or South in D
egrees and decimal M
inutes) andLongitude (E
ast or West in D
egrees and decimal M
inutes).D
ataTrac uses this information to help you organize your
loggers.
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Tele
met
ry T
est
The
Telem
etry
Te
st
allow
s yo
u to
ve
rify
the
radi
oco
nnec
tion
betw
een
the
radi
o lo
gger
and
the
Dat
aSta
tion.
Tap
the
Act
ion
s m
enu.
Tap
the
Telem
etry
Tes
t men
u an
dth
e Te
lemet
ry T
est w
indo
w o
pens
.
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Revi
ew th
e se
tting
s an
d w
hen
you
are
conf
iden
t the
y ar
eco
rrec
t, ta
p th
e “o
k” b
utto
n in
the
uppe
r rig
ht c
orne
r and
the
setti
ngs a
re sa
ved
to th
e de
vice
.
Scan
Por
ts
Now
that
all
the
devi
ce se
tting
s hav
e be
en c
onfig
ured
, it i
stim
e to
tes
t th
e sy
stem
to
mak
e su
re t
he s
enso
rs a
rere
spon
ding
cor
rect
ly. D
o th
is by
usin
g th
e Sc
an P
orts
but
-to
n.
Scan
Po
rts
butto
n
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Note the Channel and Sub Channel settings chosen. Tap
the “ok” button to save the settings to the DataStation.
Disconnect from
the DataStation.
Co
nfigure a
Ra
dio
Log
ger
To use one or more radio loggers w
ith a DataStation the
Radio Mode has to be set to one of the Transm
it modes.
Direct connect to a radio logger. Set the radio Channel
and Sub Channel settings to exactly the values chosen forthe
DataStation
previously. Set
the Radio
Mode
toConfirm
ed Delivery Transm
it. This mode provides a
method for confirm
ing the delivery of the data which
greatly increases the ability of the system to successfully
transfer the data. The Transmit +
Two-way m
odes arethere for use as troubleshooting aids.
After setting the Radio M
ode, tap the “ok” button.
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The Scan Ports screen makes a real-tim
e measurem
ent oneach of the ports and displays the m
easured response inthe processed form
at for the given sensor. The processedform
at (units) can be changed in the Options >
Prefer-ences >
Units screen. This w
ill be covered in more detail
later.
The Scan Ports screen is also designed to provide twoother data form
ats that can be displayed for help in dis-covering any installation issues. The data can be displayedas U
nprocessed Data or as M
illivolt data. Unprocessed
Data is in A
DC counts (A
nalog to Digital Converter
counts or raw counts). W
hen a sensor value is outside the
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7. D
ata
Sta
tio
n N
etw
ork
s
Co
nfig
ure
a D
ata
Sta
tio
n
Dire
ct C
onne
ct to
a D
ataS
tatio
n to
set
the
radi
o se
tting
s.A
fter e
stab
lishi
ng a
con
nect
ion,
tap
the
Conf
igur
e D
evice
butto
n. T
ap t
he R
adio
tab
. Th
e Ra
dio
tab
disp
lays
the
Chan
nel,
Sub
Chan
nel,
and
Radi
o Fi
rmw
are
Vers
ion
ofth
e lo
gger
’s ra
dio
mod
ule.
The
Radi
o M
ode
setti
ng d
oesn
’tap
ply
to th
e D
ataS
tatio
n. C
hann
el ca
n be
set
from
0 to
6in
clusiv
e (d
efau
lt is
0). T
he S
ub C
hann
el c
an b
e se
t fro
m 0
to 6
5534
inclu
sive
(def
ault
is 0)
.
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2O U
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y M
obile
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r’s
Man
ual
3. C
onfig
urin
g Yo
ur Lo
gger
21
rang
e us
ed t
o co
nver
t to
pro
cess
ed d
ata,
the
proc
esse
ddi
splay
ed v
alue
will
be
thre
e as
teris
ks “
* *
* ”
. See
Cha
p-te
r 9, “
Trou
bles
hoot
ing”
for m
ore
info
rmat
ion
abou
t thi
s.Sw
itchi
ng to
the
Unp
roce
ssed
Dat
a vi
ew c
an m
ake
it ea
s-ier
to
dete
rmin
e th
e co
nditi
on o
f th
e se
nsor
or
conn
ec-
tion.
The
Mill
ivol
ts d
isplay
can
be
used
in
a sim
ilar
man
ner.
Afte
r co
nfirm
ing
that
the
dev
ice is
set
up
and
oper
atin
gpr
oper
ly, ta
p th
e “o
k” b
utto
n an
d yo
u ar
e re
turn
ed to
the
main
scre
en.
Whe
n th
e lo
gger
has
bee
n co
nfig
ured
, it w
ill n
ot b
egin
tolo
g da
ta u
ntil
you
disc
onne
ct f
rom
the
dev
ice.
Tap
the
Disc
onne
ct b
utto
n an
d th
e de
vice
is se
t to
colle
ct th
e da
tafr
om th
e se
nsor
s at t
he p
rogr
amm
ed in
terv
al.
Disc
onne
ct
butto
n
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tility Mobile U
ser’s Manual
6. Connecting via Radio M
odem
43
When E
CH2 O
Utility M
obile connects to a remote radio
logger, it shows the signal strength of the connection w
iththe radio signal strength icon on the tool bar. Tap andhold the radio signal strength icon to see a tool tipshow
ing the signal strength percent.
See Chapter
9, “Troubleshooting”
if E
CH2 O
U
tilityM
obile fails to connect to your remote logger.
Once E
CH2 O
Utility M
obile establishes a two-way radio
connection with a rem
ote logger, you can interact with the
logger just like a direct connection.
NO
TE
: You cannot change the radio Channel or radio Sub Chan-nel settings while connected via the Rm1.
Radio Signal Strength icon
Radio Signal Strength Tool Tip
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4. Dow
nloading Data
22
4. D
ow
nloa
ding
Da
ta
After your logger has collected data, you can use E
CH2 O
Utility M
obile with your PD
A to act as a data shuttle from
the logger in the field to your desktop computer. E
CH2 O
Utility M
obile creates DataTrac X
ML D
ata (.dxd) filesw
ith the data it downloads from
your ECH
2 O logger or
DataStation. See the section “Transferring data files to a
desktop PC” later in this chapter for instructions on howto m
ove your data to your computer.
Once your m
easurement data is on your PC, you can
import the data into E
CH2 O
DataTrac or use E
CH2 O
Utility (for desktop com
puters) to convert the DX
D file
into an Excel file. Please see the D
ataTrac manual or your
logger m
anual for
more
information
on your
dataprocessing options.
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2O U
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obile
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r’s
Man
ual
6. C
onne
ctin
g vi
a Ra
dio
Mod
em
42
The
Conn
ectio
n Pr
ogre
ss s
cree
n w
ill a
ppea
r as
ECH
2OU
tility
Mob
ile t
ries
to e
stab
lish
a ra
dio
conn
ectio
n w
ithth
e re
mot
e lo
gger
thr
ough
the
Rm
1. T
he c
onne
ctio
npr
oces
s ca
n ta
ke u
p to
60
seco
nds
whi
le E
CH2O
Util
ityM
obile
sen
ds a
logg
er “
wak
e up
” sig
nal a
nd r
etrie
s th
eco
nnec
tion
atte
mpt
.
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2O U
tilit
y M
obile
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r’s
Man
ual
4. D
ownl
oadi
ng D
ata
23
To d
ownl
oad
data
, m
ake
the
phys
ical
conn
ectio
n as
desc
ribed
ear
lier.
Star
t th
e E
CH2O
Util
ity M
obile
pro
-gr
am a
nd ta
p th
e Co
nnec
t but
ton.
Ther
e ar
e tw
o do
wnl
oadi
ng m
etho
ds,
“Dow
nloa
d N
ewD
ata”
and
“D
ownl
oad
All
Dat
a.” “
Dow
nloa
d N
ew D
ata”
dow
nloa
ds a
ll th
e da
ta t
hat
has
been
col
lecte
d sin
ce t
helas
t tim
e da
ta w
as d
ownl
oade
d. T
he “
Dow
nloa
d N
ewD
ata”
com
man
d ca
n be
acc
esse
d fr
om b
oth
the
“Dow
n-lo
ad N
ew D
ata”
but
ton
on t
he t
ool
bar
or f
rom
the
Act
ion
s m
enu
item
.
Dow
nloa
d N
ew D
ata
butto
n
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2 O U
tility Mobile U
ser’s Manual
6. Connecting via Radio M
odem
41
The Logger Query Configuration form
will appear. To
connect to a specific logger, type the logger’s Nam
e (usethe SIP to type the nam
e), Channel, and Sub Channel.A
fter typing the name, tap the Q
uery button. Leave theN
ame field blank to connect to any logger listening on a
radio Channel/Sub Channel.
NO
TE
: To connect to a radio logger, the radio Channel settingmust be the same for both the logger and the Rm1. The radio SubChannel setting must also be the same for both the logger and theRm1.
ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile U
ser’s Manual
4. Dow
nloading Data
24
“Dow
nload All D
ata” downloads all the data that is stored
in the device. The “Dow
nload All D
ata” comm
and isaccessed only through the A
ctions m
enu item.
After the dow
nload is complete, a listing is displayed in
the Data File List area. The D
ata File List area displaysinform
ation about the device data that has been down-
loaded, such as the device’s name, the num
ber of datascans, and the start and end date of the saved data.
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2O U
tilit
y M
obile
Use
r’s
Man
ual
6. C
onne
ctin
g vi
a Ra
dio
Mod
em
40
Tap
Conn
ect v
ia Rm
1 fr
om th
e O
ptio
ns m
enu.
Tap
the
Conn
ect b
utto
n.
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2O U
tilit
y M
obile
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r’s
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ual
4. D
ownl
oadi
ng D
ata
25
Unl
ess
som
e ch
ange
s ne
ed to
be
mad
e to
the
devi
ce s
et-
tings
, the
dev
ice c
an b
e di
scon
nect
ed. I
f you
shou
ld fo
rget
to t
ap t
he D
iscon
nect
but
ton
and
rem
ove
the
phys
ical
conn
ectio
n fir
st, t
he p
rogr
am w
ill d
etec
t the
loss
of
con-
nect
ion
and
rese
t its
elf to
a n
ot c
onne
cted
stat
e.
Dat
a Fi
le Li
st
area
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2 O U
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ser’s Manual
6. Connecting via Radio M
odem
39
Direct Connect to a radio logger to set the device’s radio
settings. After establishing a connection, tap the Configure
Device button. Tap the Radio tab. The Radio tab displays
the Channel, Sub Channel, Radio Mode, and Radio
Firmw
are Version of the logger’s radio module. Channel
can be set from 0 to 6 inclusive (default is 0). The Sub
Channel can be set from 0 to 65534 inclusive (default is 0).
To use the radio logger with an Rm
1, the Radio Mode has
to be set to one of the Two-way m
odes.
If the
Two-way
6:00-18:00 m
ode is
chosen, then
connection via the Rm1 can only take place betw
een thehours of 6:00 A
M through 6:00 PM
. This mode w
asdesigned to im
prove battery life by not keeping the radioon
constantly. The
other Two-w
ay m
odes can
beconnected to 24 hours a day.
After setting the Radio M
ode, tap the “ok” button.D
isconnect from the radio logger.
Connect your PDA
to the Rm1 by using a standard 9-pin
serial cable. On som
e devices, ActiveSync starts trying to
make a connection to your desktop com
puter when it
senses the connection to the Rm1. A
ctiveSync will prevent
ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile from
connecting to your remote
logger. See Chapter 9, “Troubleshooting” for a way to pre-
vent the ActiveSync interruption.
ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile U
ser’s Manual
4. Dow
nloading Data
26
Disp
lay
ing D
ata
You can view the raw
downloaded data after the dow
nloadis finished. Tap tw
ice on the file listing displayed in theD
ata File List area and the ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile displays
data from the file.
The data shown in the D
ata File view is the raw
datarecorded by the logger. The D
ata File view is useful for
verifying a good download w
hile in the field. You shoulduse E
CH2 O
DataTrac or E
CH2 O
Utility to convert the
raw data.
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2O U
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obile
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r’s
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ual
6. C
onne
ctin
g vi
a Ra
dio
Mod
em
38
6.
Co
nnec
ting
v
ia
Ra
dio
Mo
dem
Conn
ectin
g to
a r
adio
logg
er v
ia an
Rm
1 re
quire
s a
few
step
s di
ffere
nt f
rom
Dire
ct C
onne
ctin
g to
a lo
gger
. You
shou
ld k
eep
note
s co
ncer
ning
the
logg
er n
ame
and
radi
ose
tting
s to
mak
e th
e re
st o
f the
syst
em c
onfig
urat
ion
easie
rto
acc
ompl
ish. F
irst,
conf
igur
e yo
ur ra
dio
logg
er to
list
enfo
r two
-way
con
nect
ion
atte
mpt
s.
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2O U
tilit
y M
obile
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r’s
Man
ual
4. D
ownl
oadi
ng D
ata
27
NO
TE
: The
Dat
a Fi
le vie
w ca
n on
ly dis
play 1
60k
char
acter
s. If
the f
ile yo
u ar
e view
ing c
onta
ins m
ore c
hara
cters,
you
will
only
see th
efir
st 16
0k ch
arac
ters.
Era
sing
Da
ta
Also
loca
ted
on t
he A
ctio
ns
men
u is
the
“Era
se S
tore
dD
ata..
.” co
mm
and.
Thi
s co
mm
and
is in
tend
ed to
be
used
afte
r all
the
data
has
bee
n do
wnl
oade
d an
d be
fore
star
ting
the
colle
ctio
n of
the
next
seq
uenc
e of
dat
a. Fo
r exa
mpl
e,yo
u wo
uld
wan
t to
eras
e st
ored
dat
a bef
ore
reas
signi
ng th
elo
gger
to a
new
loca
tion
or b
efor
e st
artin
g a
new
seas
on.
Tra
nsfe
rrin
g D
ata
Fil
es t
o a
Des
k-
top
PC
Thes
e in
stru
ctio
ns w
ill h
elp y
ou g
et th
e da
ta c
ollec
ted
byyo
ur l
ogge
rs o
nto
you
com
pute
r fo
r fu
rther
ana
lysis.
Befo
re y
ou c
an t
rans
fer
data
, you
nee
d to
con
nect
you
rm
obile
dev
ice t
o th
e co
mpu
ter
usin
g A
ctiv
eSyn
c. Fo
rm
ore
info
rmat
ion
on u
sing
Act
iveS
ync,
see
the
user
man
-ua
l tha
t cam
e w
ith y
our P
ocke
t PC
PDA
.
Tran
sfer
ring
Dat
a to
Dat
aTra
c
1.Co
nnec
t you
r PD
A to
you
r com
pute
r2.
Laun
ch A
ctiv
eSyn
c. Yo
u ca
n lau
nch
Act
iveS
ync
by
click
ing
the
Star
t but
ton
on y
our W
indo
ws P
C.
Choo
se “A
ll Pr
ogra
ms”
, “E
CH2O
Util
ity M
obile
” an
d th
en c
lick
“Lau
nch
Act
iveS
ync”
.
ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile U
ser’s Manual
5. ECH
2O Radio Telem
etry
37
You can
increase the
effective transm
it range
bym
aximizing the height above ground of the radio antenna.
This helps ensure a clear path for the radio signals andreduce the am
ount of signal absorbed by the earth. Use an
antenna extension cable to help you position your antennaw
hen it isn’t practical to install your logger higher off theground. If you m
ount your radio logger to a metal pole,
you should mount your antenna to the top of the m
etalpole so it is free to radiate the signal above the pole.
Replacing the stock antenna on your radio device with a
high-gain antenna can greatly increase the radio range.Consider using a directional Yagi antenna or a high-gainom
ni-directional antenna when you w
ant to extend therange of your radio network. A
high-gain antenna can alsohelp overcom
e the effects of unavoidable environmental
obstructions.
The ECH
2 O telem
etry system also supports a sim
ple relayfor use w
ith Transmit M
ode networks. Combining a relay
and high-gain antennas allows radio devices to com
mu-
nicate over very long distances. Contact Decagon for
more inform
ation on using a relay in your radio net-work.
ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile U
ser’s Manual
4. Dow
nloading Data
28
3.Click the E
xplore button on the ActiveSync toolbar.
This opens an explorer window
for the files stored on your PD
A.
4.O
pen the “ECH
2 O D
ata” folder. Select all the DX
D
files.5.
Choose “Copy” from the E
dit m
enu if you want to
leave the data files on your PDA
. Choose “Cut” from
the Ed
it menu if you w
ant to remove the files from
your PD
A.
6.O
pen the DataTrac “Im
port” folder. This folder is created by D
ataTrac in the same directory w
here the D
ataTrac program files is located. The typical location
is C:\Program Files\D
ecagon\ECH
20 D
ataTrac\Import.
7.Choose “Paste” from
the Ed
it menu. This copies (or
moves) all the data files from
your PDA
to your desk-top com
puter.8.
Launch DataTrac. D
ataTrac imports any D
XD
data files in the Im
port directory
NO
TE: The “errlog.txt” file in the E
CH2 O
Data folder on your
PDA is used by E
CH2 O
Utility M
obile to log information and errors when the software runs on your PDA
. You should not copy this file to the D
ataTrac import folder.
Transferring Data to EC
H2 O
Utility
1.Create a folder on your com
puter to store the files transferred from
your PDA
. You might m
ake a folder called “E
CH2 O
Data” in your “M
y Docum
ents” folder on your com
puter.2.
Connect your PDA
to your computer.
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2O U
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y M
obile
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r’s
Man
ual
5. E
CH
2O Ra
dio
Tele
met
ry
36
Radi
o lo
gger
net
work
s w
ith d
iffer
ent
valu
es s
et f
or t
heRa
dio
Chan
nel
use
diffe
rent
fr
eque
ncy-
hopp
ing
sequ
ence
s, an
d th
eref
ore
expe
rienc
e m
inim
al in
terf
eren
cebe
twee
n gr
oups
. Ra
dio
logg
er n
etwo
rks
with
the
sam
eRa
dio
Chan
nel
valu
e bu
t di
ffere
nt R
adio
Sub
Cha
nnel
valu
es
can
inte
rfer
e w
ith
each
ot
her,
but
can’
tco
mm
unica
te w
ith e
ach
othe
r. Th
is in
terf
eren
ce c
an a
lsoca
use
addi
tiona
l bat
tery
dra
in in
the
radi
o lo
gger
.
The
defa
ult
valu
e fo
r Ra
dio
Chan
nel
and
Sub
Chan
nel
valu
e ar
e ze
ro.
Use
the
Rad
io T
ab i
n th
e lo
gger
or
Dat
aSta
tion
setti
ngs f
orm
to c
hoos
e ot
her v
alues
.
Ra
dio
Per
form
anc
eTh
e m
axim
um r
ange
of
the
radi
o m
odul
es in
the
rad
iolo
gger
and
Dat
aSta
tion
are
effe
cted
by
the
envi
ronm
ent,
inst
allat
ion
met
hod,
and
ant
enna
cho
ice. M
axim
izin
g th
era
nge
of yo
ur ra
dio
netw
ork
requ
ires y
ou to
con
sider
all o
fth
ese
fact
ors.
Build
ings
, hi
lls,
vege
tatio
n,
vehi
cles
and
othe
ren
viro
nmen
tal o
bstr
uctio
ns w
ill s
horte
n th
e ra
dio’
s ra
nge
– so
met
imes
dra
stica
lly. Y
ou s
houl
d en
sure
a c
lear,
open
path
bet
wee
n ra
dio
devi
ces.
Also
, ra
dio
freq
uenc
y (R
F)in
terf
eren
ce i
n th
e en
viro
nmen
t ar
ound
the
rad
io c
anre
duce
the
usab
le ra
nge
(eve
n if
not u
sing
the
sam
e ra
dio
freq
uenc
ies).
You
shou
ld
cons
ider
ne
arby
gr
owin
gve
geta
tion
whe
n de
signi
ng a
nd te
stin
g yo
ur ra
dio
netw
ork.
Som
e ra
dio
netw
orks
wor
k fin
e w
hen
the
vege
tatio
n is
spar
se; h
owev
er, t
hey
may
fail
whe
n ve
geta
tion
is fu
ll.
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2O U
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obile
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r’s
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ual
4. D
ownl
oadi
ng D
ata
29
3.La
unch
Act
iveS
ync.
You
can
launc
h A
ctiv
eSyn
c by
cli
ckin
g th
e “S
tart”
but
ton
on y
our W
indo
ws P
C.
Choo
se “A
ll Pr
ogra
ms”
, “E
CH2O
Util
ity M
obile
” an
d th
en c
lick
“Lau
nch
Act
iveS
ync”
.4.
Click
the “
Exp
lore
” bu
tton
on th
e Act
iveS
ync t
oolb
ar.
This
open
s an
expl
orer
win
dow
for t
he fi
les s
tore
d on
yo
ur P
DA
. 5.
Ope
n th
e “E
CH2O
Dat
a” fo
lder
. Sele
ct a
ll th
e D
XD
fil
es.
6.Ch
oose
“Co
py”
from
the
Ed
it m
enu
if yo
u w
ant t
o lea
ve th
e da
ta fi
les o
n yo
ur P
DA
. Cho
ose
“Cut
” fr
om
the
Ed
it m
enu
if yo
u w
ant t
o re
mov
e th
e fil
es fr
om
your
PD
A.
7.O
pen
the f
olde
r you
crea
ted
in S
tep
1. C
hoos
e “Pa
ste”
fr
om th
e E
dit
men
u. T
his c
opies
(or m
oves
) all
the
data
files
from
you
r PD
A to
you
r des
ktop
com
pute
r.8.
Laun
ch E
CH2O
Util
ity. C
hoos
e “C
onve
rt E
CH2O
D
ataF
ile...”
from
the
File
men
u. U
se th
e O
pen
File
dialo
g to
loca
te a
nd o
pen
the
files
you
tran
sfer
red
to
your
com
pute
r. Yo
u ca
n th
en e
xpor
t the
raw
dat
a in
th
e D
XD
file
to a
n E
xcel
or te
xt fi
le. F
or m
ore
info
r-m
atio
n ab
out y
our d
ata
proc
essin
g op
tions
, plea
se se
e yo
ur lo
gger
man
ual.
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Transmit Best Practices
Transmit m
odes are most useful w
hen you have three orm
ore loggers installed within radio range of each other.
There is no hard limit to the num
ber of radio loggersbroadcasting to a D
ataStation. Use this m
ode for as few as
one logger and as many as 50 or m
ore loggers. You shoulduse the Telem
etry Test feature of ECH
2 O U
tility Mobile
to test the connection from your logger to the D
ataSta-tion.
NO
TE
: Em50R loggers must have firmware version 1.12 or later
to enable the Confirmed Delivery Transmit mode and Telemetry Test
feature. Your DataStation must have firmware version 1.09 or later
to receive Confirmed Delivery Transmit mode data packets. Contact
Decagon for an application note that covers the steps needed to
upgrade your hardware.
See Chapter 7, “DataStation N
etworks” for step by stepinstructions for configuring your D
ataStation and remote
radio loggers.
Ra
dio
Settings
For two radio devices to comm
unicate they must share the
same radio settings. A
n Rm1 radio m
odem can only con-
nect to a remote radio logger w
ith the same radio settings.
A D
ataStation will only receive data from
loggers with the
same radio settings as the D
ataStation. Set the RadioChannel to the sam
e value for all the devices on the same
network. Set the Radio Sub Channel to the same value for
all the devices on the same network.
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5. ECH2 O
Ra
dio
Telemetry
This chapter gives you a brief overview of the radio telem
-etry available in the E
CH2 O
system. This inform
ationonly applies to E
m50R. The E
CH2 O
system supports two
types of radio telemetry: “Two-w
ay” modes and “Trans-
mit” m
odes. Consider one or both types of radio modes
when designing your E
CH2 O
telemetry system
.
ECH
2 O Telem
etry networks require each remote radio
logger to have a unique name. E
ach logger leaves thefactory w
ith the name set to the logger’s unique serial
number. You can easily change the nam
e of the logger tohelp you identify or organize your data. You should notgive two loggers the sam
e name. Two loggers w
ith thesam
e name w
ill interfere with each other w
hen comm
uni-cating over the radio.
Two
-wa
y R
ad
io Telem
etryThe Two-w
ay Telemetry M
ode lets you establish a two-w
ay connection with a rem
ote radio logger. Once con-
nected to the remote logger, you can dow
nload data andchange m
ost settings just like you were connected directly
to the logger with a serial cable. Com
municating w
ith arem
ote radio logger requires you to have a Rm1 radio
modem
connected to your mobile device. Connecting to
the remote radio logger happens through the Rm
1.
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Tran
smit
Radi
o M
odes
Use
the
Radi
o Ta
b in
the
logg
er s
ettin
gs fo
rm to
cho
ose
one
of th
e fo
llow
ing
radi
o m
odes
that
sup
port
Tran
smit
com
mun
icatio
n.
Con
firm
ed D
eliv
ery
Tra
nsm
it: T
his
is th
e m
ost r
obus
tTr
ansm
it ra
dio
mod
e. Th
e ra
dio
logg
er a
dds
a ch
ecks
umto
the
dat
a pa
cket
bef
ore
broa
dcas
ting
the
data
to
aD
ataS
tatio
n. T
he lo
gger
then
wait
s for
the
Dat
aSta
tion
toco
nfirm
it c
orre
ctly
rece
ived
the
data
pac
ket.
If th
e lo
gger
does
n’t h
ear t
he c
onfir
mat
ion,
it re
tries
send
ing
the
pack
etag
ain. T
he lo
gger
stop
s try
ing
to tr
ansm
it to
a D
ataS
tatio
naf
ter 2
5 at
tem
pts.
The
logg
er w
ill a
ttem
pt m
ore
trans
mis-
sions
afte
r the
nex
t mea
sure
men
t int
erva
l.
Tra
nsm
it O
nly
: The
radi
o lo
gger
bro
adca
st 1
dat
apac
ket
to t
he D
ataS
tatio
n. T
his
is th
e or
igin
al Tr
ansm
it ra
dio
mod
e. It
does
n’t
offe
r th
e ad
vant
ages
of
the
Conf
irmed
Deli
very
Tra
nsm
it m
ode.
You
shou
ld u
se th
e Co
nfirm
edD
elive
ry m
ode
whe
n po
ssib
le. E
m5R
(disc
ontin
ued)
log-
gers
onl
y su
ppor
t thi
s Tra
nsm
it ra
dio
mod
e.
Tra
nsm
it +
Tw
o-w
ay a
nd C
D T
ran
smit
+ T
wo-
way
:Th
ese
mod
es c
ombi
ne th
e Tw
o-w
ay R
adio
mod
e an
d th
eTr
ansm
it Ra
dio
mod
e. Yo
u co
uld
use
thes
e m
odes
whi
leco
nfig
urin
g an
d te
stin
g yo
ur r
adio
net
work
. You
sho
uld
not l
eave
you
r ra
dio
logg
er in
thes
e m
odes
bec
ause
they
use
the
mos
t bat
tery
pow
er o
f all
the
radi
o m
odes
. Usin
gTr
ansm
it +
Two
-way
and
CD
Tra
nsm
it +
Two
-way
radi
om
odes
with
the
wak
e in
terv
al se
t to
1 or
2 w
ill c
ause
the
batte
ries o
f you
r log
ger t
o dr
ain v
ery
rapi
dly.
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Whe
n a
logg
er is
in a
Two
-way
Rad
io M
ode,
it tu
rns o
n its
radi
o ev
ery
45 s
econ
ds. W
hile
the
radi
o is
on, t
he lo
gger
liste
ns f
or c
onne
ctio
n at
tem
pts
from
an
Rm1.
If
the
logg
er d
oesn
't he
ar a
ny c
onne
ctio
n at
tem
pt, i
t tu
rns
off
the
radi
o. I
f th
e lo
gger
hea
rs a
con
nect
ion
atte
mpt
, it
leave
s th
e ra
dio
on fo
r se
vera
l sec
onds
list
enin
g fo
r lo
gin
com
man
ds fr
om E
CH2O
Util
ity M
obile
. It t
akes
up
to 6
0se
cond
s to
conn
ect t
o th
e re
mot
e lo
gger
.
Whe
n yo
u ar
e fin
ished
inte
ract
ing
with
the
rem
ote
radi
olo
gger
, you
pre
ss t
he d
iscon
nect
but
ton.
ECH
2O U
tility
Mob
ile s
ends
a “
logo
ut”
com
man
d to
the
rem
ote
logg
erto
indi
cate
the
end
of th
e co
mm
unica
tion
sess
ion.
Whe
nth
e re
mot
e lo
gger
hea
rs t
he “
logo
ut”
com
man
d, it
wait
sfo
r 10
min
utes
bef
ore
liste
ning
for
add
ition
al co
nnec
tion
atte
mpt
s vi
a th
e ra
dio
(you
can
alw
ays
dire
ct c
onne
ct t
oyo
ur lo
gger
). Th
is all
ows
you
to c
onne
ct to
oth
er lo
gger
sw
ith t
he s
ame
radi
o se
tting
s. O
ther
wise
the
firs
t lo
gger
may
rec
onne
ct,
prev
entin
g yo
u fr
om c
onne
ctin
g w
ithot
her l
ogge
rs.
The
Two-
way
mod
es g
ener
ally
requ
ire t
he m
ost
batte
rypo
wer
. The
Em
50 is
des
igne
d to
wor
k fo
r sev
eral
mon
ths
in th
e Tw
o-w
ay m
odes
.
Two-
way
Rad
io M
odes
Use
the
Radi
o Ta
b in
the
logg
er s
ettin
gs fo
rm to
cho
ose
one
of t
he f
ollo
win
g ra
dio
mod
es t
hat
supp
ort
two-
way
com
mun
icatio
n.
Tw
o-w
ay 2
4-h
our:
The
radi
o lo
gger
list
ens
for
conn
ec-
tion
atte
mpt
s eve
ry 4
5 se
cond
s, 24
hou
rs a
day
.
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Transm
it Ra
dio
Telemetry
The Transmit Radio m
odes help you create a simple
network of remote radio loggers all transm
itting data to aD
ataStation radio base station. The DataStation stores
data from all the rem
ote loggers in one convenient place.Typically a D
ataStation is connected to your computer
where you can easily dow
nload the data for use in ECH
2 OD
ataTrac. Unlike the Two-w
ay Radio modes, you can't
remotely change logger settings w
hen using this mode.
When a logger is in Transm
it mode, it only turns on the
radio when it has new
data to broadcast. For example,
when you set the m
easurement interval in your logger to
60 minutes, the logger stores your data every hour and
then broadcasts the data to a listening DataStation. The
actual transmit tim
e is randomly delayed for several
minutes to prevent two or m
ore radio loggers frominterfering w
ith each other.
The Transmit radio m
odes use less battery power because
the radio is off most of the tim
e. The Em
50 is designed towork for m
any months in Transm
it mode.
NO
TE
: A D
ataStation is a receiver. It doesn’t cause the remotelogger to send data. If your D
ataStation is powered off for some time,it won’t receive data sent by the remote loggers. The missing data isstill stored in the logger; however, the D
ataStation has no way toretrieve the missing data. You can directly connect to the logger todownload the missing data.
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Tw
o-way
6:00-18:00: The
radio logger
listens for
connection attempts every 45 seconds betw
een 6 AM
and6 PM
. The logger doesn’t use the radio between 6 PM
and6 A
M to conserve battery pow
er, by not listening for con-nection attem
pts during the night.
Tran
smit +
Tw
o-way and C
D T
ransm
it + T
wo-w
ay:These m
odes combine the Two-w
ay Radio modes and the
Transmit Radio m
odes. You could use these modes w
hileconfiguring and testing your radio network. You shouldnot leave your radio logger in these m
odes because theyuse the m
ost battery power of all the radio m
odes.
NO
TE
: Using Transmit +
Two-way and CD Transmit +
Two-way radio modes with the wake interval set to 1 or 2 will cause thebatteries of your logger to drain very rapidly.
Two-w
ay Best PracticesTwo-w
ay modes are m
ost useful when you have a sm
allnum
er (one, two, or three) of remote radio loggers you
wish to contact. If you have three or m
ore loggersinstalled w
ithin radio range of each other, consider usingone of the Transm
it modes. The Two-w
ay modes also
allow you to m
ount an Rm1 in your vehicle and interact
with the rem
ote logger while in radio range.
See Chapter 6, “Connecting via a Radio Modem
” for stepby step instructions for establishing a two-w
ay connectionw
ith a remote radio logger.
