Aethalometer Download

Purpose:  This task saves the data from the Aethalometer onto the computer.

Required Equipment:  All that is needed is the 3 ½” floppy disk from the Aethalometer.  The AETH data is stored on a floppy disc located inside the AETH accessed by the door on the front of the instrument.

Reference: SOPMAN

1. Remove the floppy disc from the Aeth and insert in the computer.
2. On the computer desktop, select the icon “My computer” by double clicking to open this window.
3. Click and open the “3 ½ Floppy (A): where you will see the data stored. (Ex: BC041004 or MF041004) This represents each day’s worth of data. You will copy the files for each day since the last download. DO NOT COPY THE CURRENT DAY’S FILES. 
4. Open another window for the destination of these files which will be “Aeth” in txtfiles. There may be an icon on the computer desktop marked “Shortcut to AETH” or you will have to choose “My computer”, then “C://”, next “txtfiles”, and then “Aeth”.
5. With both windows open, you are ready to copy the files from the floppy to the “Aeth” folder. Click on the first “BC” file to be copied and hold the shift key down while clicking on the last “BC” file to be copied making certain you leave the file for the current day. With all the selected files highlighted, click and drag to the destination file and drop in. Do this for the “MF” files, too. (do not be alarmed if there are not as many “MF” files as “BC” files.)
6. After you have copied all the “BC” and “MF” files in this manner (and you are sure they have been saved in the Aeth folder), delete them from the floppy disc.
7. Return the disc to the Aeth.