PCONNECTCE

PConnectCE software supports communications between a Campbell Scientific data logger and a PocketPC or Windows Mobile device. PConnectCE allows you to go into the field carrying only your PDA and cables instead of having to lug a laptop computer to communicate with your data logger and collect your data.

PConnectCE can be used to collect data from the data logger, and transfer the data to an office PC. Collected data are transferred to the PC during the ActiveSync® process. This process also synchronizes program files between the handheld and the PC.

Functions supported by PConnectCE includes the capability to:

• Create unique station files for each data logger
• Collect data from the data logger
• Display real-time data logger measurements. Measurements are updated every two seconds.
• Set data logger flags, ports, and clock
• Access the data logger terminal mode
• Transfer data logger programs between the data logger and handheld
• Display Final Storage data in tabular or comma-separated format
• Communicate using a direct serial connection, RF401-series Spread Spectrum Radio, or Bluetooth
• Graph one element from any array
• Communicate at baud rates of 38,400 bps (CR800, CR850, CR1000, CR23X, CR3000) and 9,600 bps (all other data loggers)

DCE/DTE Information
PConnectCE ships with connectors and cables that assume the PDA acts as a DCE device (data communications equipment), with the 9-pin cable terminating in a female connection. Some PDAs act like a DTE device (data terminal equipment) and the 9-pin cable terminates in a male connection. If this is the case, for communication via the CS I/O port, you will most likely use an SC32B (purchased separately) in place of the PDA-to-CSI/O connector that ships with the software. To communicate via the data logger's RS-232 port, the PDA's serial cable can be plugged in directly to the data logger's RS-232 port (or a standard serial cable can be used if extended cable length is required). There may be exceptions, however, to this general rule. If you have questions about the RS-232 capabilities of your handheld device, check with the device manufacturer.