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Downloading
Metrel BetaPAT MI2141 and OmegaPAT MI2140
Connecting the PAT to your PC
Before going any further, make sure your PAT tester is connected to your computer using the supplied cable (only use the cable that came with your PAT tester). If you want to see more information on what cables you need to connect your PAT tester or if you are using a USB to Serial converter tp connect to your PC click here. Cable Connections From Pat Tester To PC
Setting what to use the Notes field on the PAT tester
Before downloading, ensure you have selected from the drop down box on the Pat Settings screen what you want to assign the Notes field on the AlphaPAT. Using the Notes Fields On Your PAT with SimplyPats
Downloading The Metrel AlphaPAT
Connect your PAT tester to your PC, switch the PAT tester on and start SimplyPats.
The first screen to appear on your PAT tester will be the MAIN MENU (Shown below).
In the MAIN MENU scroll down to RECALL/DELETE/SEND MEMORY and press ENTER. You will now see the SEARCH MEMORY screen.
On the SEARCH RESULTS screen you can select a date range as well as other information.
Make sure that the date range selected includes the test date of all the appliances that you want to download.
Unless you want to download a particular appliance, tests done by a particular user or by building or room, we would recommend that all fields contain an asterix symbol *
Once you have selected the information to be downloaded press F1 (FIND) to take you to the next screen.
The RECALL MEMORY screen will display all the tests found within the PAT testers memory using the parameters you set on the previous screen.
All the Appliance Id's are listed at the bottom of the screen, you can use the Up/Down keys to scroll through the list one by one or the PgUp/PgDown (F1 and F2) keys to scroll a page at a time.
If you wish to download a single test, select the appliance id and press F3 (SEND).
If you want to send all the tests press F4 (SENDall).
The SEND RESULTS screen displays, what you are sending the information to, PC or Printer, download speed (baud rate) and data format.
You can change the baud rate by pressing F1 (BAUD) and the Format by pressing F5 (FORMAT). The SEND FORMAT when downloading to SimplyPats should be set to METREL +
On The SimplyPats PAT Settings Screen
Set the Baud Rate from the drop down box to the same that your PAT tester is set to.
To Start the Download process, click on the download button
and you should see a screen similar to that shown below as SimplyPats waits for the data from your PAT tester.
Overiding The Auto Detect Baud Rate and Com Port
If you experience problems downloading from this PAT tester, you may wish to manually configure the com port.
1) Select the Com Port that your PAT tester is attached to using the drop down box at the top of the screen.
2) Tick the Override Auto Detect Baud Com Port box
To Start the Download process, click on the download button
Finally press the ENTER key on your PAT tester and the data should start downloading.
After downloading has finished, you should see your test data displayed in SimplyPats.
Raw Data Backup
SimplyPats automatically creates a back up of the raw data downloaded from your PAT tester and places it in the RawData folder within the main SimplyPats folder. This location of this folder is usually C:\Program Files\SimplyPats 6\RawData\
Return To Download PAT Settings Screen
(This Topic Last updated 09/08/2011)
