Older generation data loggers use a variety of methods to facilitate data retrieval to the point where it can be analysed and actioned. Some require you to go to the data collection point and plug in a PC. Others require you to ‘dock’ a collection unit with a PC whilst some require you to dial out to the unit to enable data retrieval. All these methods not only have some level of inconvenience but they also risk data loss.

Data loggers provided by Data Acquisition Networks do not work in these ways. DAN data loggers collect data at site. Each unit has back-up battery power so if there should ever be a power loss on site DAN data loggers will store up to 200 data blocks. So if your DAN data logger is set to report every hour then the DAN field hardware will store up to 200 hours of data if there should ever be a transmission failure.

DAN data loggers ring in through an in-built GPRS or satellite modem to a server where the data is downloaded into a secure data vault for storage and your convenient retrieval.

 DAN data loggers never run the risk of your important data being lost. If you use a data collection system other than DAN and data does become lost it is highly probable that the data lost is the very data you will most importantly need.

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