Campbell Scientific EC150 CO2 and H2O Open-Path Gas Analyzer and EC100 Electronics with Optional CSAT3A 3D Sonic Anemometer - Manual (Page 55)

Appendix A. EC150 Settings
A.2.12 Heater Control
When set to automatic, this setting applies a voltage between 0 and 4600 mV to
heaters near the optical windows of the analyzer. Heated windows inhibit the
formation of condensation, such as dew and frost, and help the analyzer
recover more quickly when precipitation has blocked the optical path.
The Heater Control setting is stored in non-volatile memory in the EC150
head.
A.2.13 Head Power Off
When enabled, the EC150 gas head is turned off. The head may be turn on/off
under datalogger control to conserve power or under EC100 control if the gas
head temperature is outside the operating range. The EC100Configure()
Instructions in the CRBasic program is used to turn the gas head on/off under
datalogger control.
The Head Power Off setting is stored in non-volatile memory of the EC100.
A.3 ECMon
Settings for the EC150 are easily verified and/or changed by using the
Windows PC support software ECMon (ECMon is short for Eddy Covariance
Monitor), which is found on the EC150 & EC155 Support CD (pn 27007) or at
www.campbellsci.com/downloads .
Before installing ECMon, read the file named Read.me.text found on the
EC150 & EC155 Support CD. This will direct the user to install USB drivers
(also found on the Support CD) which are required for communications
between the PC and the EC100 via the EC100 USB cable (pn 26563). Some
newer PC operating systems will automatically find and download the USB
drivers from the internet when the USB cable is connected to the PC.
Once the drivers are installed, download and run the ECMon.exe install file.
Launch ECMon and connect the EC100 electronics to the PC with the included
EC100 USB cable (pn 26563). The USB connection for the EC100 electronics
is found on the bottom of the enclosure (see FIGURE 6-12). Once connected,
select the appropriate communications port in the ECMon Main Page and click
Connect (see FIGURE A-4). Next click on the Setup button. All of the above
settings are now available for the user to change (see FIGURE A-5).
Besides changing settings, ECMon is also a useful tool for other common tasks
such as:
• Monitoring real-time data from the EC150 using the Main window
• Performing a manual zero and span of the instrument (see Section 7, Zero
and Span)
• Troubleshooting and monitoring diagnostics using the Status window
A-7