Data Logger GUI

This tool was developed to provide a convenient way to run the scripts related to our new data loggers.

Admin privileges

Launch the DataLoggerGUI program. When it asks you for admin privileges, make sure you allow it to. This is necessary to read data from the SD card.

Downloading data from SD cards

Mount SD Card

Once you have finished your recording, you need to download the data to your computer. First, mount the SD card to your OS. There are many ways to do this:

Place the headstage on our new Docking Station for data loggers (Coming Soon)
With an adapter, insert the microSD card to your computer
Attach the headstage to our custom USB data logger mount

Extract data

Refresh the list of detected storage devices and select yours. If you would like to view some info about the recording on the SD card or the logger's configuration, run Packet Check or Read Config.

Below that, make sure you hit the Save As... button to name a file to save the data to. And when you are ready, click on the large Run SD Card Extract button to begin extracting data.

Converting to a .rec file

In order to play back the file in Trodes or export the data with many of our Export utilities, you need to convert it to a .rec file.

Select the .dat file.
- This is an extracted data file from an SD card
If you already have a .rec file with ECU data, check the box and select that file
- If you do not have extra data to merge, leave this box unchecked.
Select the .trodesconf Trodes Configuration file to be used.
- This file determines the final configuration after merging (or converting) into a .rec file.
Save the output file name and location
Click on the Merge .rec and .dat button.
- Hit the smaller SD To Rec button if you do not have an extra .rec file to merge

Advanced: Configuring the SD card for recording

Card Enable

Before recording, you need to enable the SD card so the logger headstage will write to it. This is so users have to explicitly acknowledge that the data on the SD card is no longer needed and is ready to be recorded to again.

Select your device/SD card from the device list.
Click on Advanced>>
Click on Card Enable.
A window should pop up and the process should be finished almost immediately.

Write Config

Ask us before reconfiguring your SD card. This feature has options to enable/disable sensors, channels, etc.