Data Logging
Carbon Footprint Data Monitoring
Data Acquisition Networks is able to assist with automating the monitoring of carbon footprint in a variety of applications.
There is significant interest in carbon footprint monitoring in the transport industry and DAN is able to fix a unit to a vehicle that captures the necessary data. Because DAN systems transmit data to a website DAN is able to take the ‘collected’ data as input and use the power of the website to calculate carbon footprint outcomes.
Data loggers for the 21st century!
You may be surprised to know there are some organisations that still collect data with a ‘pen and paper’ and yet it actually saves money and vastly improves performance to use a 21st century style data logger to provide you with accurate and timely information.
The problem with manual methods of data collection is that employees forget to ‘do the rounds’ or are simply too busy at the time the data recording job needs to be done. Some employees have also been known to fill out the data sheet in advance for the next 3-days so they don’t have to be bothered filling it in when it is required.
All this might be humorous except it has legal implications! If ever something goes wrong it is important you can demonstrate your company took steps to do what needed to be done and placing a young employee ‘on the stand’ who may claim to have been poorly trained or worse, not trained and who under oath will say he or she filled out the form improperly, is not good evidence of your due diligence.
Contact Data Acquisition Networks today to achieve a better understanding of how, for a very little cost, your company can avoid an embarrassing and potentially disastrous problem.
Cold room data monitoring
DAN data loggers are increasingly being used to monitor the performance of cold room storage.
Because DAN data loggers have multiple inputs plus ‘counter’ inputs they have versatility and application that you simply do not find with lesser products. DAN data loggers ‘poll’ the inputs 19x each second. They transmit data to your desk routinely where every interested and responsible person in an organisation can have access through their issued password. DAN data loggers also send alarms.
The ‘counter’ input on a cold room can be used to detect door-openings and closings. The duration of the opening can therefore be known and correlated with temperature changes. Because DAN data loggers provide a maximum, a minimum and an average for each period it is possible to achieve a very good understanding of energy wastage which is of growing importance. DAN data loggers can also help you to significantly reduce costs.
Contact Data Acquisition Networks today to understand more about the benefits of cold-room monitoring
NEW from DAN data loggers
DAN has recently introduced upgraded new wireless transmitters and wireless receivers for ‘local area’ data logging.
The new products from DAN have some outstanding features.
- One receiver can take data from over 100 transmitters
- Each transmitter can take 6 inputs
- Data can be transmitted up to 500 metres and over 2 kilometers when antenna are fitted
- Using an RS232 connection, data can be downloaded directly into a PC
- A receiver can be connected to a DAN DM01 unit for transmission of data over the mobile phone or satellite networks
DAN data loggers are continuously being improved to ensure DAN always is able to offer its customers the most cost effective and practical data logging solution
Instant Graphs provided by data loggers!
Everyone knows that data loggers can’t provide graphs instantly. Well, data loggers provided by Data Acquisition Networks certainly can!
DAN data loggers collect data and send it to a data vault. That data vault can be accessed by password just as you access your bank details online.
When the website present your data DAN offers two options other than the table in which the data is initially presented.
OPTION 1: By simply clicking on the ‘DAN GRAPHICS’ icon on the same page as the table, the customer is able to see a line graph, pie chart or column graph and can then easily click ‘in’ or click ‘out’ inputs to remove clutter from the graphic.
OPTION 2: The DAN website also offers a ‘CONSOLE’ view which at the click of your mouse button can show you all your inputs and alarm points in colourful format so your eyes can scan them all easily. DAN ‘Consol Setup’ also allows you to change colours to suit your individual taste.
DAN data loggers are changing data presentation in meaningful ways that allow you more time to use the data to improve business performance and spend less time collecting and analysing the data.
Data loggers that transfer data to your desk!
Data logging can for some companies can be a complex administrative task. There are organisations that still have staff writing data down data on pieces of paper and other employees combining that data into reports. (Most companies have abandoned that method as it is inaccurate). Others use data loggers from which the data needs to be retrieved, formatted and then distributed.
Those that wish to remove all the hassle from the process use data loggers supplied by Data Acquisition Networks. DAN data loggers ‘poll’ inputs 19 times each second at the point where it is collected. DAN data loggers then transfer the maximum, the minimum and the average for the reporting period (which is determined by the customer) to a data vault where it can be viewed at any time, from anywhere in the world by using any wen-enabled PC.
That is how data logging should be!
Data loggers that provide 3rd party data collection
There are many reasons why 3rd party data collection is beneficial. Two in particular are:
- If it is ever required, 3rd party data is evidence of your due diligence
- 3rd party data will assist when regulators audit your business
DAN data loggers routinely collect data and routinely transfer that data to a data vault where it is stored. As the data is collected independently it can be used as evidence of your due diligence if ever that need arises.
Some organisations collect data as it is necessary to present to regulatory authorities when they audit your compliance. Some organisations using DAN data loggers now allow regulators access to that part of the data required to demonstrate compliance and allow that access over the Internet via the DAN website. Some say they now don’t even see the regulator from one year to the next!
Data loggers & ‘derived data’
Data loggers that can ‘derive’ results from any two or more monitored inputs add a whole new dimension of value to data users.
Data Acquisition Networks (DAN) provides a range of data loggers that send collected data to a website routinely. The website has the ‘power’ to derive data from any two or more monitored inputs and present that data to the user for immediate review. A good example is with salinity. Salinity is not something that can be measured immediately but salinity can be calculated by monitoring temperature and conductivity. DAN provides data loggers that routinely capture data on conductivity and temperature which is routinely sent to a website where the data is immediately applied to an agreed international formula and a result for salinity is calculated. When DAN customers log onto the website they are immediately presented with the salinity data for their review. DAN data loggers also send alarms via SMS and email based upon the derived data.
DAN data loggers are constantly adding value to data and making data work harder for their customers.
‘New generation’ data loggers offer new features
Historically data loggers have simply done what the name suggests. They have collected data and stored it for later retrieval. Often, retrieval is not an easy process with older generation data loggers.
New generation data loggers offer a lot more. They routinely collect data and routinely transmit that data to a website where it can be accessed from any web-enabled PC. Increasingly, organisations are wanting more than one person to take ownership of data and consequently, having multiple users on multiple sites with the ability to immediately access current data simultaneously is becoming increasingly important.
New generation data loggers can also display ‘derived data’ which is data calculated by the website from any two or more inputs. Because of the ‘power’ of the website, derived data is immediately available.
New generation data loggers also offer high levels of security. Access to the data is by password and allocated passwords have differing levels of authority. Some can change set-points, others can simply view the data.
Data Acquisition Networks offers new generation data loggers that are easy to install and simple to use. DAN offers call centre support and is always keen to show new customers how they can easily get the best from their new purchase of a DAN data logger.
Data loggers with revolutionary features
People have been recording data almost since time began. Over the centuries the methods of monitoring and recording data have changed significantly. Automation, security and the ability to access data from anywhere have become sort after features.
Data Acquisition Networks provides a range of data loggers that probe inputs 19 times every second and then transmit that data every hour or as often as is required and then present the data to those authorised by them simply logging onto the website through any web-enabled PC It’s as easy as that!
Your data can never be accessed by anyone you don’t want to have it, it is collected routinely without you having to rely upon others to collect or retrieve it and it is sent routinely and presented to you whenever you need to get it. REVOLUTIONARY data logging!