Note. Our data loggers use one engine and identical plug-ins. All tutorials and demos are recorded for Advanced Serial Data Logger, but can be useful for other our data loggers users too!

Demo

Title	Data logger - Overview
Duration	08:51
Size	5,08 MB
Title	Data logger - data parsing
Duration	06:48
Size	4,94 MB
Title	How to add a data notification (by way of example of Printer Monitor)
Duration	05:27
Size	3,14 MB
Requirements	Events notification plug-in

Tutorials

Examples and tutorials for parsers

Parsers are most important part of the program. If you will not configure it, then you can't use data export modules.

• Parsing data from barcode scanner and writing to a log file with a date/time stamp (data at fixed positions, no data packet signatures);
• Processing data from barcode scanner (data at fixed positions, data packets with the end signature);
• Parsing data with help of regular expressions (complex data format, regular expressions, data filter);
• Receiving and parsing data from aircraft engine monitor (usage example, custom data parser);
• Processing data from the lab equipment (simple data format, regular expressions);
• Receiving and parsing data from Garmin Geko301 GPS receiver (simple data format, data at fixed positions, data packets with both signatures);
• Parsing data from the filling machine (simple data format, delimited data, data packets with the end signature, data filter);
• Parsing and processing data from PBX (simple data format, data at fixed positions, data packets with the end signature, data filter);
• Logging and parsing data from an intellectual pressure measuring device (sending requests to the device, simple data format, data at fixed positions, data packets with the end signature, data filter);
• Serial data acquisition in the Checkweigher Management Information System (complex data format, regular expressions, filtering data);
• Serial port data aggregation. Combine a data of two different com-ports (simple data format, data at fixed positions, data packets with the end signature, data filter);
• Weight data logger. Parsing weight data from scales (simple data format, data at fixed positions, data packets with the end signature, data filter).
• Send data to a port from a file (data requests, send data by a schedule).

Examples and tutorials for data filter plug-ins

• Redirecting COM port data to anoter COM port after transformation (ASCII data parser, filter plugins, log files).
• Controlling PLC coil registers status using MODBUS TCP (MODBUS data parser, custom scripts, events generating and handling).

Examples and tutorials for data export plug-ins

To export data to the necessary format, please, click on the corresponding link below:

• RS232 to Excel. Four methods to send data from RS232 to Excel;
• Writing data to a CSV text file with help of "Local database" plug-in;
• Writing data to an XLS file without Excel with help of "Local database" plug-in;
• Sending data to Excel through the DDE interface with help of "DDE Server";
• Exporting data and charting in Excel in real-time with help of "Direct Excel Connection" plug-in;
• Writing data to an XLS file without Excel with help of "Local database" plug-in (variant #2);
• Export data to Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with help of "ODBC Database" plug-in;
• Export data to the MySQL database with help of "SQL Database Professional" plug-in;
• Write data to Microsoft Access with help of "ODBC Database" plug-in.
• How to display serial port's incoming data on a dashboard with guages, indicators, charts, etc.