5  Export

After a deployment, the data will need to be downloaded from the logger. The following section describes how to export the data into a format that can be recognised by the Mini Buoy App. Select the correct software tab according to the logger type being configured:

To export data from the MSR145W B4:

  1. Open the MSR software
  2. Double-click Csv

  1. Set Column separator to ,
  2. Set Decimal separator to .
  3. Set Number format to 0.000
  4. Set Missing number to empty
  5. Set Column for date/time to 1 column date/time without ms
  6. Set Date format to System setting (yyyy-MM-dd)
  7. Set Time format to System setting (HH:mm:ss)
  8. Set File extension to csv
  9. Click Save
  10. Click Exit
Note

Configuring the Csv settings only needs to be done once.

  1. Connect your data logger with the USB cable
  2. Double-click Reader

Warning

If the logger is still gathering data, a Record is active! window will appear. The logger needs to stop logging before data can be retrieved. To terminate the record, click Yes.

  1. Click OK to select the data record

Note

The MSR software will first create an .msr file in which the data is stored, then automatically load the data in the Viewer window. The data should look similar to the graph below, with low tide recorded as 0 and high tide recorded around -1.

Tip

There may be spurious data at the start and end of a survey (e.g. when the Mini Buoy was logging whilst in transit). To remove this, use left click to drag a box over the usable data. To reset the window, click the Auto scale icon .

  1. Select File > Export time window as text…
  2. Select an appropriate folder to save the data as a .csv file

The data has now been exported. Quit MSR and disconnect the logger.

To export data from the Pendant G Data Logger:

  1. Open the HOBOware software
  2. For Mac OS, Open the preferences window by selecting HOBOware and then Settings.... On Windows, after opening the Hobo software, select File and then Preferences....

  1. Select General, Export Settings, and ensure that Separate date and time into two columns is unchecked and set Time format to 24-Hour.
  2. Press OK.

  1. Connect your Pendant sensor to it’s base station and click on the “Readout device” icon

  2. Once the data has downloaded, a Plot Setup window will pop up, within Select series to plot ensure X Accel box is checked and all other boxes are unchecked.

  1. Select Plot
  2. Select Export
  3. Save the file as .csv