Export/Import Data via an External USB Flash Drive
Note: This feature is intended primarily for owners of vbSeries vibration analyzers and Commtest Ascent software. If you have purchased a vbBalancer instrument and do not have a copy of Ascent software, the information presented below should be ignored.
Note: vbBalancer Instruments with serial numbers below 40800 are not equipped with USB host ports.
The USB host port is used to transfer data -- recordings, balance jobs, sensor configurations etc. -- from the instrument to an attached USB memory device such as a flash drive or an externally powered USB hard drive, and vice versa. Importable XML data is generated using a compatible software application, such as Commtest's Ascent software.
Export data to an external USB flash drive:
Note: Before proceeding, securely connect a USB flash drive to the instrument's USB host port. Ensure that the USB drive being used has sufficient available storage capacity (i.e. it is not full) and that any 'write protect' tabs, if present, are set to the unlocked position.
- From the Main Menu press
Folders. The 'USB Flash Drive' screen will open.
Note: if you have not yet attached a USB flash drive, press 
USB Flash Drive to open the USB Flash Drive screen once you have done so.
- Press Select Window to toggle between the Instrument Folders screen, the USB drive's 'Exported to Ascent' folder ('vbX to Ascent' folder on the USB drive) and the USB drive's 'Import from Ascent' folder ('Ascent to vbX' folder on the USB drive). Select the left-hand Instrument Folders list.
- Use the left-hand
and 
arrow keys to select a folder to be exported. - Press
Export Folder to export the selected folder. Press 
to confirm the transfer. A progress bar will be displayed and the data exported in XML format to the 'vbX to Ascent' folder at the root of the USB flash drive. If the drive is blank, the folder will be generated automatically. The XML format file can now be imported into the Ascent software. See in the Ascent Reference Guide 'Import/Export as XML' section for more information.
Import data from an external USB flash drive:
- From the Main Menu press Folders.
- From the Folder Management screen press USB Flash Drive. The USB Flash Drive screen will open.
- Press Select Window to toggle between the Instrument Folders screen, the USB drive's 'Exported to Ascent' folder and the USB drive's 'Import from Ascent' folder. Select the upper right-hand 'USB (Import from Ascent)' list.
- Use the left-hand and arrow keys to select an XML file to import. The instrument will list the contents of the 'Ascent to vbX' folder on the USB drive, and the root of the USB drive. Only XML format files will be listed.
- Press Import Folder to import the selected file. Once imported, return to the Main Menu. The instrument automatically opens the imported folder, which will be listed beside the Folders menu option.
Last Reviewed: 11/Jun/2009 Source: vbBalancer Reference Guide Revision 24 March 2009 - pages 118 - 120