OM6008 02/03 Optional Equipment - Section 6 Payload Meter III Page 6-17 PLMIII records many types of data. The PLMIII PC software is designed to download the data from a whole truck fleet. Instead of creating one data file for each truck, the PC software combines all the data from many trucks into one database on the hard drive of the computer. The software then allows users to query the database to create custom reports and graphs. Data for individual trucks or groups of trucks can be easily analyzed. This same data can be exported for use in other software applications like word processors and spreadsheet applications. Downloading Data To download the payload meter: 1.
Connect to the payload meter and start the PC software. 2. From the main menu, select "Connect to Pay- load Meter". The PC will request the latest sta- tus information from the payload meter. The number of haul cycles and alarms will be dis- played. 3. Select the " Begin Download" button. The PC will request the payload and alarm data from the payload meter and save it into the data- base. This may take several minutes. A progress bar at the bottom will show the approximate time left. As the database grows, performance of the PC software for analysis will slow down. It may be helpful to periodically export data.
For example, query the database to show the oldest quarter, month, or half year and print out a summary report. Then export the data to a compressed format and save the file in a secure location. Once the data is exported, delete the entire query results from the database. If necessary, the data can easily be imported back into the main database for analysis at a future date. Removing this older data will improve performance. The PC software downloads the data from the payload meter into a single Paradox database. The data from all the trucks is added to the same database. Downloading the payload meter can take several minutes.
The data is added to the database on the laptop used to download. To move the data to another computer, a query must be run to isolate the particular data for export. Do not press the operator switch on the dashboard while downloading