MX 43 adds USB drive data logging and data management capability

Phil Black - PII Editor 24/09/2013

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MX 43 adds USB drive data logging and data management capability

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This new functionality delivers more intelligence from a state-of-the-art controller.
Oldham is committed to the development of new products to meet ever-evolving customer needs in fixed gas detection instruments. As such, Oldham has improved the storage capacity of its MX 43 controller by adding an USB module. The USB option provides the user the following benefits:

continuous data logging on the USB key at a user defined sampling rate from 2 seconds to 15 minutes,
recording in real-time of all events (alarms, faults, alarm resets, calibration, etc.),
automatic backup of the configuration,
automatic backup of the firmware,
loading a configuration or a firmware file from the USB stick in order to restore or update the system easily.

The 4GB USB drive fitted with the USB kit, provides a recording capacity of more than 2 years (18 months in the worst case for a controller equipped with 32 detectors), a 2 second sampling rate (32 measurements every 2 seconds), and 100 events per day per detector (3200 events per day).
The data are saved in CSV format for smooth processing with Excel.