Spectrum Labs "Meteor Logger"

[Conrad Cardano]

Hi

in the "conditional actions' folder , there is a file named 0"_MeteorLogger_SD_2012-06-09_corrected"

I this the one I should be using?

Conrad

[Andrew Thornett]

Hi Conrad

Did you receive the conditional actions file I sent you? Doesn't that work for you?

Andy

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[Conrad Cardano]

Hi

I noticed that it was a "USR" file.

Is this a type of configuration file?

[Conrad Cardano]

I also cannot modify anything on this screen

[andrew....@googlemail.com]

It is a conditional action file.

 

To load it up:

 

 

Choose file on next box:

 

 

Andy

[andrew....@googlemail.com]

If you have problems with anything I send you, please don’t hesitate to ask! Happy to help, or even organise 1:1 online – others on this group have done same for me and I am happy to offer similar support.

Andy

 

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[Conrad Cardano]

I loaded it up as you suggested.  Then I got

[Andrew Thornett]

That is not something I have seen. Has anyone experienced this using Spectrum Lab?

Andy

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[Andrew Thornett]

Hi Conrad,

Some excellent ideas from ChatGPT. I particularly like the one that suggests look for my file path in the conditional actions file and change it your own path and make sure that folder exists on your computer.

Andy

The key message in your screenshot is:

> "Can't create exported file, Windows says 'The device is not ready.'"

This error is coming from Windows, not from Spectrum Lab itself. It means Spectrum Lab is trying to write an export file, but Windows reports that the destination cannot be accessed. Spectrum Lab's conditional actions can start and stop export files using commands such as export.start(...). 

The most likely causes are:

1. The conditional action is trying to save to a drive that doesn't exist.

For example E:\Data\... when there is no E: drive on your friend's PC.

This is the commonest cause.

2. The destination is a USB stick or external drive that isn't connected.

3. The destination is a network drive that hasn't been mapped.

4. The folder doesn't exist.

For example it tries to save to:

C:\Radio\Data\Exports\

but the Exports folder has never been created.

5. The conditional action file still contains your own file paths.

If you wrote the conditional action on your computer, it may still be referring to your directories.

The "Timing error #1/#2" messages are probably a consequence of the repeated failed export attempts rather than the root cause.

What I'd check first

Ask your friend to open the Conditional Actions editor and look for lines containing:

export.start

save

log

any filename such as C:\..., D:\..., E:\...

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Sent: Saturday, 04 July 2026 18:29:27
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[Conrad Cardano]

Hi

I did Look thru the file and make corrections to path names.

The only error left is:

[Andrew Thornett]

Does Spectrum Lab still work in spite of that error and record meteors to file?

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