Issue 05 “WATTS CURRENT” TECHNICAL BULLETIN Spring 2015
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Step 2: Downloading the SD Card
Data to the Computer
Insert the card into an available SD card reader slot
on your computer. After a few moments, a prompt
appears asking whether or not you want to format
the SD card. The prompt should include the drive
letter; make note of this drive letter. Click Cancel in
response to this prompt. If you format the card,
you will lose all data stored on it.
Open the PowerPad
®
III Control Panel. In the menu
bar at the top of the screen select File, and then click
the option Read SD Card. This displays the Read
from SD Card dialog box.
Click “Search for SD card drive.” The Control Panel
searches the computer for any available SD cards,
and displays a drop-down list of any card(s) it finds.
Select the SD card, and click “Read from SD card.” It
should be the same drive letter that appeared in the
“format” prompt earlier. The Control Panel copies the
contents of the SD card into a Control Panel (.icp) file,
and opens the file in the My Campaigns folder.
If the SD card data includes an EN 50160 test, you
are now asked whether or not you want to download
the complete test. If you answer yes, the next
time the Control Panel is connected to the same
instrument; it will download the part of the EN
50160 test data that is not on the SD card, and
combine it with the part that is on the SD card.
If you answer no, it will open the recording as if
it were a simple trend, without the rest of the EN
50160 test data.
Step 3: Replacing the SD Card
Remove the card from the computer. There is
no need to use the Windows eject feature or the
“safely remove hardware” command before doing
so. Move the card’s write protection slider back
to the unlocked position (towards the metal tabs).
Then slide the card back into its slot until it clicks
and locks in place.
Replace the battery in the compartment, and
replace the compartment cover. Be sure the two
tabs on the bottom of the cover are properly
aligned in the slots on the back of the instrument.
Turn the cover fasteners 90º clockwise into
the closed (vertical) position. Finally, close the
instrument’s stand.
To ensure the SD card and/or battery have been
replaced properly; press the instrument’s Power
button. If the instrument does not turn ON,
open the battery compartment and ensure the
battery is properly connected.
With the instrument ON, press the Record
button.
• If the message “No Memory Card
Installed” appears, the SD card may not be
properly connected in its slot. Turn OFF the
instrument, open the battery compartment,
and ensure the SD card is properly seated
and the spring lock clicks in place.
If the message “Protected Memory Card” appears,
the write-protection slider is in the LOCK position.
Remove the card and position the slider in the
unlocked position.
About the Author:
Bob Cooperman is a Senior Software Developer
for AEMC
®
Instruments, Dover, NH.