Serial Monitor Program

Serial Monitor Program#

Overview#

This guide goes over the basics of how to get the standalone data acquisition program up and running a Raspberry Pi without a web interface. Be sure to read these beforehand:

Instructions#

  1. On GitHub, you will find a repository titled PR-Data-Aq. Under this repository you want to download the latest release of SerialMonitor.py from the standalone branch.

  2. Using FileZilla or any other file transfer means, copy SerialMonitor.py from your computer into the Pi’s home directory:

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  1. Run the program using the following command:

python ./SerialMonitor.py

  1. The program will begin running and will ask you for the name of the file you want to output to.

    • Do not include an extension, .csv will be added for you.

  2. The data acquisition will commence. Once you are finished with your tests, hit ENTER on your keyboard to immediately terminate the program.

  3. The .csv file containing your data will be outputted into your home directory.

  4. You can download this .csv to your computer using FileZilla.