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Autor: Nathanael Wright | Ultima atualização: 10/31/2023 | Comentários: 0
In this blog article, and the next two in the series, I’m going to share with you some tips you can use to help troubleshoot your radio frequency (RF) networks. In large RF networks, it can be challenging to achieve reliable spread-spectrum radio communications. (For our... Leia maisAutor: Nathanael Wright | Ultima atualização: 10/17/2023 | Comentários: 0
Typically, when you use long cable lengths for your vibrating wire measurements, you experience a weaker signal with a greater chance of interference. So, how do you overcome this challenge and improve your measurement quality? Keep reading to find out. At Campbell Scientific, our vibrating wire... Leia maisAutor: Nathanael Wright | Ultima atualização: 09/12/2022 | Comentários: 6
As organizations throughout the world continue to strengthen their network and data communications systems to counter increased security threats, we’ve noticed a trend: there’s been an increase in the number of Campbell Scientific customers setting up secure communications between their data loggers and other devices. SSH... Leia maisAutor: Dana Worley | Ultima atualização: 04/09/2021 | Comentários: 0
Do you currently use SMSSend() in a CRBasic data logger program to send SMS messages through a Campbell Scientific CELL2XX internal or external cellular module? There are some things you should know about the recent improvements we made that affect how SMSSend() works. With the release... Leia maisAutor: Timothy Jeppsen | Ultima atualização: 10/07/2020 | Comentários: 0
In 1997, I had my first introduction to using vibrating wire piezometers to measure groundwater fluctuations. A large engineering firm was monitoring water level to ensure that construction of a large pipeline through the San Bernardino Mountains was not intruding on the groundwater. I was... Leia maisAutor: Libbie Anderson | Ultima atualização: 09/21/2020 | Comentários: 2
Solar photovoltaic (PV) monitoring projects often use a variety of sensors to gain information about the site performance and its available resources. To obtain this information, solar-monitoring sensors need to be connected to a database that can collect, evaluate, visualize, and interpret data from all... Leia maisAutor: Libbie Anderson | Ultima atualização: 06/10/2020 | Comentários: 0
At Campbell Scientific, we understand the value of your solar energy farms and the necessity to keep these energy-producing facilities in top condition. To help you monitor their efficiency, we’ve designed innovative solar monitoring equipment that has been tested through deployments all over the world.... Leia maisAutor: Libbie Anderson | Ultima atualização: 05/01/2020 | Comentários: 0
On every utility-scale solar farm, it’s crucial to answer the fundamental question: how much solar radiation reaches the surface of the photovoltaic (PV) modules? These farms span hundreds of acres and in order to address this question, owners use meteorological monitoring stations and data loggers... Leia maisAutor: Timothy Jeppsen | Ultima atualização: 03/19/2020 | Comentários: 4
We recently released the CR1000X Measurement and Control Datalogger, and you may be wondering how it compares with our widely used CR1000 datalogger and our innovative CR6 datalogger. If you’re in the market for a new data logger, how do you know which one is... Leia maisAutor: Kevin Rhodes | Ultima atualização: 12/02/2019 | Comentários: 0
Sometimes, it’s hard to let go. But if we don’t let go, we don’t have empty hands ready to embrace something new—even a data logger. The CR1000 Measurement and Control Datalogger (introduced in 2004) has been incredibly successful with installations on every continent of our planet.... Leia maisAutor: Janet Albers | Ultima atualização: 02/27/2019 | Comentários: 10
Do you need to do anything to your data logger or software to compensate for the beginning of daylight saving time? Read this short article to find out! Residents of many parts of North America, and various areas around the world, continue to observe the practice... Leia maisAutor: Nathanael Wright | Ultima atualização: 02/07/2019 | Comentários: 5
In this blog article, we’ll look at how to monitor your data usage using serial commands with our external CELL2XX series of cellular modules using the CR800, CR850, CR1000, and CR3000 dataloggers. (If you have a CR300, CR310, CR6, or CR1000X datalogger, you'll want to... Leia maisAutor: Nathanael Wright | Ultima atualização: 01/16/2019 | Comentários: 2
Did you know you can monitor your data usage using CRBasic program code on our new data loggers with integrated cellular modems and our external Campbell Scientific brand of cellular modules? In this two-part series, I’ll first show you how to do this in the... Leia maisAutor: Bruce Smith | Ultima atualização: 01/09/2019 | Comentários: 0
Whether your Edlog-based data logger has a built-in keypad, an external keypad, or no keypad at all, keypad commands are an important field tool. But, if you don’t have a keypad, how do you use keypad commands? In this article, we’ll discuss this topic and... Leia maisAutor: Jacob Davis | Ultima atualização: 12/19/2018 | Comentários: 0
Have you experienced a scenario similar to this one? You have an automated weather station with a retired Edlog data logger (such as the CR10X), which has been running great for 20 years. Recently, the data logger stopped transmitting data to your server, so you... Leia maisAutor: Jacob Davis | Ultima atualização: 12/05/2018 | Comentários: 0
Just like people, data loggers can enter a phase of life called retirement. Our older, Edlog data loggers have been retired for some time now, and we have continued to provide free support for these reliable devices. We include free support when you purchase our... Leia maisAutor: Kevin Rhodes | Ultima atualização: 05/17/2018 | Comentários: 0
Do you ever wonder about the uncertainty of your measurements? Occasionally, I’ll have a researcher ask how he or she can calculate the analog measurement uncertainty of a data logger. I usually direct the customer to the specification sheet that we publish. The customer then asks which... Leia maisAutor: Steven Moore | Ultima atualização: 03/28/2018 | Comentários: 0
You’ve carefully acquired good measurement data, and now you want to access your data without worrying about communication headaches. Cellular communication sounds like a great option, but you've heard that trying to obtain a data plan for your cellular modem can be frustrating. You don’t... Leia maisAutor: Kevin Rhodes | Ultima atualização: 03/21/2018 | Comentários: 0
At Campbell Scientific, we want to help you get the most out of your data logger that you can. You may have purchased your data logger to be the core of your data acquisition system without knowing all the things your data logger can do for you.... Leia maisAutor: Jacob Davis | Ultima atualização: 02/28/2018 | Comentários: 1
Now and then, someone will ask if a Campbell Scientific data logger can be used in place of a PLC (programmable logic controller) or an RTU (remote terminal unit). Admittedly, it is not a simple question to answer. The capabilities of modern PLCs, RTUs, and... Leia mais