SDS à Download Surveys and Data

The Download Surveys and Data menu option will allow the user to download surveys from a specific SDS instrument.  When the menu option is clicked, the SDS software will begin to search for any and all data loggers located on the network (Figure 84 – SDS Data Log Extractor screen).

 

Figure 84 – SDS Data Log Extractor screen

 

Any data logger found on the network will be added to the drop-down list at the top of the screen.  If no devices are found, a message box will pop up letting the user know that no devices were found on the network (Figure 85 - No SDS devices found box).  Check the network connections to verify that any data logger and computer are properly connected to the network.

Figure 85 - No SDS devices found box

 

Select the instrument from which to download the data files from the drop-down list box labeled “SDS:”.  Under the Options menu, the Download menu option (Figure 86 - Download menu option) will allow the user to choose to download only data that has been used in surveys, or all of the logged data.  The SDS data logger will log data continuously when it is on regardless if a survey is running or not.  There will be a check mark next to the menu option selected.  The default menu option is Only data used in surveys. To download all data, make sure that All data is checked.

Figure 86 - Download menu option

 

The After Downloading  options do not apply to use with the Color SDS Data Logger.

 

The SDS software will begin to download the survey data once the user has clicked on the “Download” button (Figure 88 - SDS Data Log Extractor progress).  The button will read “Abort” while the data files are downloading.

 

If the user chose to only download data files used in surveys, and no data files are found, the software will display an error message (Figure 87 - No survey records found box).

 

Figure 87 - No survey records found box

 

The files will be downloaded to: SDS\(SDS Model number)\log(year)─e.g., SDS\SDS505000\log2006.

 

Figure 88 - SDS Data Log Extractor progress

 

The software will display a continuous progress of the download status (see Figure 88 - SDS Data Log Extractor progress).  Note: since there may a large number of files to download, this process may take several minutes to complete.

 

When all of the files have been downloaded, the words “Operation Complete” will be at the bottom of the list, and the button at the bottom will read “Download”.  A message box will also be displayed reading “Operation Complete”.  Clicking on the OK button on the message box will close down the download data screen.

 

Clicking on the “Abort” button will stop the download and close the SDS Data Log Extractor screen.  Any files that have already been downloaded will not be erased.  The next time the user wishes to download survey data from the same device, the files that have already been downloaded will be skipped and not be downloaded again.