Monitoring environmental conditions
around the school

Equipment


LogIT

Instructions

Switch on the datalogger with the green start button.

Press the Green button You should see it say 'Logging started'.

and then the display returns to normal.


The 'L' tells you that you are logging.

Press the Red button when you have finished your walk - it should then say 'Logging stopped'.

Logging Stopped

Connect the datalogger to the computer, using the white USB cable supplied.

Open the Logit software

Open the software

Press Fetch to see the line graph.

The LogIT software then asks you which file you wish to fetch. It saves up to four different logs - always overwriting the oldest log. Make sure A is selected and click OK.

Fetch Screen

Your line graph will now be displayed.

Graph

You can click on the 'Auto Zoom' to look at the graph in more detail.

Graph

You can look at each of the line graphs separately by removing the ticks next to 'Temperature', 'Sound Level' and 'Light Level'.
Temperature
   

Light Level
Sound Level

Print off each of the graphs by going to File / Print

 

Annotate your graph

Annotate your graph

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