MemLog v1.7.
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Rev. 1.0
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1.0 02-05-2018 Creación del documento. Sebastián Moré
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This manual summarizes the procedures for the operation of the MemLog Software that will allow you
programming, downloading, plotting and printing the data recorded with EZGauge downhole memory gauges
family.
This document is meant as a quick start-up guide since this not include some of the advanced features for the
software and it might not correspond with the latest available version of it.
For any further information or to get new versions of the MemLog Software please check our website or contact
Altos Technologies at [email protected].
INDEX
INDEX ........................................................................................................................................................................... 2
HOW TO PROGRAM A GAUGE? ................................................................................................................................... 3
HOW TO DOWNLOAD DATA TO YOUR PC? ................................................................................................................. 5
HOW TO GENERATE A PLOT?....................................................................................................................................... 8
HOW TO ADD COMMENTS AND DEPTH LABELS TO THE OUTPUT ASCII FILES? ........................................................ 10
HOW TO PRINT OUT A PLOT? .................................................................................................................................... 10
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HOW TO PROGRAM A GAUGE?
Run MemLog.
If you cannot find the MemLog Software in your PC please run file “Setup.exe” from MemLog’s installation CD.
Connecting with the gauge
Connect the USB wire from the interface box to your computer, then click on the “Tool Connection” icon from the
software toolbar.
Programming the gauge:
Now fill the program table with the needed sample rate and period time according to your downhole test
specifications. Left click on the light blue (“overrun” step disallowed) row or on an empty one in case that you
cannot see any light blue row (“overrun” step allowed) then you will be able to start filling a new program step.
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Please note that the if the overrun condition is enabled (it is enable as long as the light blue step row is being
showed), once all your program steps have been run the gauge will continue recording data with the recording rate
specified in the overrun row until the end of the memory is reached. This is a very useful feature that allows you
to record data even if the expected downhole test time was extended for some reason.
You can edit the overrun step by right clicking on it and then changing the sampling rate, then this change will be
saved as default:
The over run condition can be disabled from this window also if you uncheck the box on the left side, then the light
blue row will not be showed.
The orange row is the test step and cannot be disabled. This one is used to verify the proper function of the gage
after the battery has been connected and the gauge has run few internal tests and self calibrating procedures the
battery LED will blink every one second over the first 60 seconds to warn the user the right tool operation. After
this 60 seconds test the LED turns off and will remain like that during the rest of the gauge operation.
Once you are happy with the added program steps you should save it on the gauge memory by clicking on the
“Send Tool” button,
At this moment the memory gauge is ready to go on Job.
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Optionally before you detach the tool from the interface box you can check the gauge readings in real time by
clicking on the “online” icon on the toolbar.
HOW TO DOWNLOAD DATA TO YOUR PC?
After one or more jobs have been recorded (depending on how many “plug-unplug” battery cycles have been
performed).
Run MemLog.
If you cannot find the MemLog Software in your PC please run file “Setup.exe” from MemLog’s installation CD.
Connecting with the gauge
Connect the USB wire from the interface box to your computer, then click on the “Tool Connection” icon from the
software toolbar.
A report from the connection will pop up showing information from the gauge such as tool serial number, model
and the total of recorded jobs in the memory.
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Amount of recorded
jobs in the gauge
memory.
It is recommended at this point to load the header data that will be placed at the beginning of the downloaded
ASCII file.
After pressing on “Header” the next dialog box pops up:
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The new header data can be entered by keyboard or through a file previously recorded using this dialog.
The next step is to download the data and generate a “.TXT” file with them.
Click on the “Download” icon:
Then from the “Data Downloading” dialog box choose the job number you want to download.
It is also possible to partially download a job by specifying the “From Sample” and “To Sample” numbers which
must be between the “Total Job Samples”. By default the total samples are downloaded.
After pressing the “Download…” button you can specify the exact date and time for the battery connection that
must be pick up at the location by the gauge operator.
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All jobs are written in binary format (.BIN) files and text format files (.TXT) at the same time in the folder:
C:\Program Files\Altos Technologies\MemLog\Downloaded Data\
(Note: other folder can be chosen at this point)
Enter the desired file name in the “Save As” dialog. The MemLog Software will offer the serial number of the
connected gauge as default prefix for the file name being entered.
To visualize the data just being downloaded use the “Plot” icon and select the file name.
HOW TO GENERATE A PLOT?
The software allows you to directly open the downloaded ASCII (.TXT) files and generate plots by pressing on the
“Plot” icon.
Once the file is plotted you can zoom in by selecting an area by dragging the mouse cursor while the left button is
being pressed. As soon as you release the button the area will be zoomed.
By clicking the right button you zoom out the plot back to its original size.
The axis limits are set automatically while the AUTO RANGE function is enabled (by default it is enabled).
If different units than those from the ASCII file are required you can you can change them from the View → Options
menu and then you have to generate a new ASCII file by pressing on BIN to ASCII ( ) button located on the
toolbar.
(Note: any file containing three rows with numbers separated by TAB or SPACES can be plotted with MemLog as
long as the line immediately before the data rows is an empty)
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If you want to plot another set of curves you can press on “Plot” again and select another file. Then the next
message box appears:
By pressing “CLEAR PREVIOUS” the current plotted file will be discharged and the new one will be showed instead.
If you press “ADD PLOT” then the new curves will be plotted together with the current ones. You can repeat this
procedure and plot up to 10 sets at the same time.
In the next example two different set of curves are plotted simultaneously, they belong to the same downhole test
but have been recorded by different gauges:
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HOW TO ADD COMMENTS AND DEPTH LABELS TO THE OUTPUT ASCII FILES?
Once a job is being plotted we can generate another ASCII having comments and/or depth labels for some any
point within the survey data.
To accomplish that select Tools → Points Collection to access the next dialog box:
Check the “Ask for DEPTH values” and/or “Ask for COMMENTS” boxes and press on Collect Point.
Then click along the plotted graph in order to “collect” points into the table showed in the “Data Collection” dialog
box. At the time you click you will be prompted to enter depth values and/or comments for the chosen points that
then will be showed in the subsequent ASCII files generation or can be used to calculate other useful information.
Once you are done with collecting the points click on Stop Collecting
(Note: if you have entered depth values for different points you can calculate pressure gradients by pressing Cal.
Gradient and then save this table on a text file by pressing Save Gradient for later use)
At this point you can create a new ASCII file having the depth labels and/or the comments from this table, that
will be located right before the collected points appear in the file.
To generate a new ASCII file, press File → Save ASCII… Now select the “Insert DEPTH values” and/or “Insert
Comments” check boxes and then press Create ASCII button.
HOW TO PRINT OUT A PLOT?
MemLog Software allows you to print out plots direct to a printer or a .PDF file by clicking on the Print button.
To be able to generate a PDF file you must have installed special software drivers such as Adobe PDF Writer o
Primo PDF, this last one is distributed freely with MemLog installation CD and it is recommended to be used over
Adobe PDF writer since it is faster to produce the PDF output file.
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