Campbell EC150 Instruction Manual

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Appendix A. EC150 SettingsA-7A.2.12 Heater ControlWhen set to automatic, this setting applies a voltage between 0 and 4600 mV toheaters near the optical windows of the analyzer. Heated windows inhibit theformation of condensation, such as dew and frost, and help the analyzerrecover more quickly when precipitation has blocked the optical path.The Heater Control setting is stored in non-volatile memory in the EC150head.A.2.13 Head Power OffWhen enabled, the EC150 gas head is turned off. The head may be turn on/offunder datalogger control to conserve power or under EC100 control if the gashead temperature is outside the operating range. The EC100Configure()Instructions in the CRBasic program is used to turn the gas head on/off underdatalogger control.The Head Power Off setting is stored in non-volatile memory of the EC100.A.3 ECMonSettings for the EC150 are easily verified and/or changed by using theWindows PC support software ECMon (short for Eddy Covariance Monitor),which is found at www.campbellsci.com/downloads.Before connecting the EC100 to the computer, install the USB driver throughDevice Configuration Utility (available at www.campbellsci.com/downloads).Select the EC100 device type, and click Install USB Driver.Once the driver is installed, download and run the ECMon.exe install file.Launch ECMon and connect the EC100 electronics to the PC with the includedEC100 USB cable (pn 26563). The USB connection for the EC100 electronicsis found on the bottom of the enclosure (see FIGURE 6-13). Once connected,select the appropriate communications port in the ECMon Main Page and clickConnect (see FIGURE A-4). Next click on the Setup button. All of the abovesettings are now available for the user to change (see FIGURE A-5).Besides changing settings, ECMon is also a useful tool for other common taskssuch as:• Monitoring real-time data from the EC150 using the Main window• Performing a manual zero and span of the instrument (see Section 7,Zero and Span (p. 26))• Troubleshooting and monitoring diagnostics using the Status window