Procedure for Downloading Weather Station Data

When you return to Lehigh, the data on the shuttle must be downloaded. Follow these instructions for downloading and turning the files into an Excel format.

• Using a serial port or USB port cable, connect the shuttle to the computer.
• Run the BoxCar Pro program, select the "Logger" menu, and select the "HOBO Shuttle Readout" option. The program will now download the files from the shuttle. Save each of them to the Fens folder (you may have to ask George where this is).
• Open each file in BoxCar and pull down the "File" menu. Select "Export" and "Microsoft Excel."
• At the Export Setup window, click on "Multi-file". At the Multi-file Export Setup window hit "OK" and export to the Fens folder.
• Run Microsoft Excel and open the new files in it. At Wizard Step 1select "Delimited" and hit "Next."
• At Step 2, have "Tab" selected under Delimiters, and at Step 3 select "Date" with "MDY" in the box next to it. Hit "Finish."
• In the column for date and time you may have to format the cells. To do this, highlight all the cells in that column, right-click on them, and select "Format Cells."
• In the "Number" tab select "Date" and the "3/4/97 13:30" option.