General Tools and Instruments CIH20DL - Manual (Page 15)

10. You may or may not be prompted now to restart your computer to complete
installation of the Anemometer Application. If you are prompted to do so, click
Restart.
Whether or not you restart, note that an Anemometer Application icon has been
added to your desktop, start button, or both locations. To facilitate access to the
program, right-click on whichever icon has been added and pin it to both locations
and your taskbar. You can now eject the installation disc and store it with your other
important software.
Connecting the Meter to Your Computer
Before using the CIH20DL to log data, familiarize yourself with how the meter and the
software you have just installed work together.
To begin, connect the meter to your computer by plugging the mini B-type plug of the
included USB cable into the jack on the left side of the meter (Fig. 1, Callout 7). Next, insert
the A-type plug at the other end of the cable into an open USB port of your computer. Power
on the meter and wait 15 seconds for the hot wire sensor to heat up to operating
temperature.
The first time you connect the meter to your computer, the system tray at lower right will
pop-up two notifications: 1) “Installing Device Driver Software”, followed by “Prolific USB-to-
Serial COMM Port ((COM[X])) Device Driver Software Installed Successfully”. Depending on
which Windows OS you are running and which USB port you have chosen, the “X” in
“(COMX)” may be any number from 1 to 9. Write down the number shown in the
notification. Knowing the number will speed up each subsequent connection of the meter
to your computer—as long as you use the same USB port each time.
The interface/data logging software is now ready to be used with the CIH20DL.
Viewing Real-Time Measurements
on the Dashboard
The software installations should have added an
“Anemometer AP” or “Anemometer Application” icon
to your Start button and/or desktop, and/or an “IR-A"
icon to the Quick Start (left) section of the taskbar at
the bottom of your computer screen.
Open the Anemometer AP program via the icon on the
Start button, desktop or Taskbar. Two overlaid screens
will appear (see Fig. 10).
The larger, bottom screen is called a dashhboard and
it serves the same purpose as the dashboard of a
vehicle: displaying all important measurements in one
place. The smaller, top screen will show a pulldown
menu of COM port selections at right, with a default
COM port selection of COM4.
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Fig. 10. The startup Anemometer
Application screen
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