Auto-ID Sensors
Most sensors are capable of being detected automatically by Logger Pro.
When Logger Pro is first launched, or when you choose New,
Logger Pro will detect all auto-ID-capable sensors and add them to the
sensor setup. Depending on the preferences set in Preferences
for
updating screen objects, a graph may or may not be added for sensor
connections made after launch or New.
When an experiment
file is opened, Logger Pro will attempt to match the
currently connected auto-ID-capable sensors to the sensors specified in
the file. If any sensors are missing, the Sensor
Confirmation dialog
box will open. The missing sensor or sensors are listed in the top
section of the dialog box. The dialog will close when compatible
auto-ID
sensors are connected. If you are using sensors that are not
auto-ID,
you can specify where they are connected in this dialog box. By default
any extra sensors are ignored, although you can specify that the
sensors are to be used in the Sensor Confirmation dialog box.
Even after the initial detection of sensors, Logger Pro will continue
to look for new sensors using automatic polling. Automatic sensor
polling is on, unless collecting data or live
readouts (found in the Experiment
menu) are off. As a
result, most of the time when a new sensor is connected, it will be
automatically added to the sensor setup and a data column will be
created.
If live readouts are on and Logger Pro is not collecting data, the
automatic sensor polling will respond to the connection and
disconnection of auto-ID sensors.
Sensors that are not auto-ID capable can be set
up manually. (All
sensors requiring adapters are not auto-ID.) To set up a sensor
manually, click the icon for your interface in the Logger Pro
toolbar. Find the sensor in the scrolling list, and drag it to an empty
channel.
To force an auto-ID of sensors, choose Set
Up Sensors > Auto Detect Sensors from the Experiment
menu. This
will add any newly connected auto-ID-capable sensors to the current
sensor setup, on all connected interfaces. Any non-auto-ID
sensors that have been set up manually will not be changed. Auto-ID
sensors that have been set to non-default settings will not be changed.
Auto-ID sensors that had been previously auto detected, but have now
been disconnected, will be removed from the setup.
Global Preferences
for adding
sensors:
Generally when a sensor is added to an existing setup, a new graph and
meter will
be added to the page, or the sensor values will be added to an existing
graph if it shares the same units. If no data have been collected by a
sensor and it is disconnected, its graph and meter will also generally
be
removed. The automatic adding and removing of graphs and meter can be
altered in
the general preference settings, found under the File menu. The default
is to automatically add screen objects (graphs and meters) for new
sensors, but
this can be disabled for new setups (after the initial detection of
sensors from File/New) or for saved files (after the initial opening of
a file using File/Open).