Can I retrieve readings from the DataMate as ASCII text rather than store the data in a database?

Yes. DMM for Windows lets you retrieve all the readings at once, and then and save them, one by one, as tab delimited files. This is quick and easy.

You can also “print” to a terminal program. Any terminal program (such as ‘hyperterm’ in Win95/98) can recieve ASCII data from the DataMate. Set the serial parameters on your terminal program to the same baud rate, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit. On the DataMate, go to Datasets and choose Print. You will be prompted for a baud rate, and defaults to 9600. On the DataMate, select the dataset and press enter. The data will be output through the serial port in ASCII format.