ME-Zucker E Cover3.02 06.06.2001 12:56 Uhr Seite 1 Meilhaus Electronic Manual Miniatur Data Logger Series SugarCube 3.04 E Meilhaus Electronic GmbH Fischerstr. 2 D-82178 Puchheim eMail: sales meilhaus.de ( ) Tel.: +49 0 89 - 89 01 66-0 ( ) Fax: +49 0 89-808316 http: www.meilhaus.com // Seite 2 MINIATURE DATA LOGGER FAMILY SUGAR CUBE User Manual 1. Getting Started The SUGAR CUBE data logger series is designed to measure and storage actually Temperature with 0.1C or 0.5 C resolution, Relative humidity Temperature and relative humidity combined motion, shock, vibration acceleration (gravity) DC voltage. Each miniature data logger contains a specific sensor for the respective measurements. It is possible to start the measuring program immediately or delayed up to 6 months. The measuring period is programmable between 1 second and 24 hours with a preci- sion of one second. The acquired data are stored internally for long periods of time (>10 years). Each data logger contains an infrared interface (IrDA) for the wireless communication and data exchange with PC or laptop. Due to the design philosophy of SUGAR CUBE as an autonomous working device there are no external wires necessary. Windows-software to configure the measuring program and to transfer PC-data is provided. Additionally, a licence for all software interface commands to control SUGAR CUBE is available. These commands enable developers to create their own SUGAR CUBE applications. 3 SUGAR CUBE regular is mounted into a plastic cube case (31 mm x 31 mm x 31) mm . The required battery voltage is 3.0 3.6 V (recommended type of battery: Mignon, Lithium 3.6 V, 950 mAh). The operating life of the battery is determined by its type, the mode of measurement, sampling time and number of data transfers from and to the PC or Notebook computer. In fact, it is possible to obtain a battery life span of up to several years. Only during operation mode SUGAR CUBE is consuming electrical power (app. 300 W per second while measuring, app. 7 mW for the whole data transfer operation). Otherwise, the electronics switches into the stand-by mode, which has extremely low power consumption (< 50 W). Therefore, the SUGAR CUBE data logger series has no hardware on/off-switch. By means of the provided software, the user can set-up the power-down mode or in turn use the automatic defaults. For the same reason, the in- ternal battery is directly mounted to the data logger. Beside of the normal SUGAR CUBE version, an OEM-version, specific casing modifica- tions but also complex systems are available. Additionally, a special variation of the TEMP 0.1 logger is available. It contains an inte- grated LCD displaying actual temperature values without the need for a PC or PDA. For activating the display a motion switch or optionally a solenoid switch is used. The dis- play will be disabled after 2 minutes automatically. Supplied Components and optional accessories: Miniature data logger with battery mounted into the plastic casing or OEM mounted on PCB without battery and casing CD-ROM containing software to control and read out the SUGAR CUBE data logger (Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP) and the user manual (pdf-file) This user manual as hardcopy (optional)