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existing digital infrastruc-
ture. A piece of advice: For all
measurements we performed
we could easily create and
later edit personalised tran-
sponder lists directly in the
meter thanks to its superfast
search mode. In the end, we
hardly ever used the PC editor
because we just couldn’t see
how it could further improve
our workflow. Everything the
PC editor allows you to do can
be accomplished just as con-
veniently and quickly on the
Spaun Sparos 711 itself. You
don’t even need a PC if you
want to transfer transponder
lists to other meters. Simply
copy them onto the exter-
nal USB storage medium and
then import them again into
a second, or third, etc. Spaun
Sparos 711. That’s all there is
to it!
Measurement Protocols
96. With the Spaun Sparos 711 saving measu-
rements as CSV files it is possible to edit those
with MS Excel or similar software. It took us only
a few minutes to create this table with measure-
ments from five different wall outlets. This way it
becomes child’s play to make comparisons.
97. This Excel graph is based on a conventional
bar diagram, but we have instead opted for lines.
Why’s that? Because we can! Editing all mea-
sured data in MS Excel allows data processing
in many ways, which might even be suitable for
scientific studies.
98. We did not have to puzzle this picture
together ourselves. The Spaun Sparos 711 does
it for us, whenever a table does not fit on a single
screen.
A professional meter for
professionals who use it day
in and day out must be able
to automatically create meas-
urement protocols. This might
not be such a decisive feature
for amateurs or for techni-
cians who only align the odd
satellite antenna every once
in a while, but if you work for
a provider and have to meas-
ure the same transponders
again and again then you’ll
quickly fall in love with such
automation.
We know from experience
that the user flow for many
devices is often less then per-
fect, to put it mildly. So it can
be a cumbersome process to
set up a new meter in the first
place, let alone if you don’t
have a computer with fully
compatible editor software.
Once again, the Spaun Sparos
711 begs to differ. It gives you
the option of creating lists to
which you can conveniently
add all desired transponders
– right on the meter and with-
out any additional equipment
or software. You can then call
up those lists in automatic
measurement mode, which
will prompt the Spaun Sparos
711 to check all listed tran-
sponders.
Such a measurement can
be performed once only or in a
loop at pre-set intervals in or-
der to identify problems that
do not occur on a regular ba-
sis and can only be detected