Magpie Software

Download the Magpie 3 Update

MEA is pleased to announce a major new release of its Magpie software. The update introduces new features and improvements to existing features, including the ability to combine multiple Schemes into a single Project, allowing easy comparison of data from different Schemes. Magpie 3 is free to existing Magpie 2 users! To install, all you need is an existing registered installation of Magpie 2. To find out more about the features of Magpie 3, including how its installation will affect your existing Magpie 2 Schemes and data, please view Magpie 3 Release Information.

The update contains all files needed to make a Magpie installation current. Therefore previous copies of the update do not need to be kept to make a Magpie 2 installation current.

No data will be lost by installing this update.

If the update is required in order to fix a problem with a program running in the data logger, please follow the instructions below (Correcting Scheme Problems) after installing the update.

The update includes:

• Magpie 3.0.0.3
• Unidata Module 2.0.0.5

• Magpie 3 Update - 15.7 MB latest release: July 2 2010

Note: The download file is called 'Magpie3.exe'. Download it to your computer and simply execute it to update Magpie.

Note: this is not an update to Magpie 1 and installing the update on a computer that only has Magpie 1 will have no effect.

Download the Magpie 3 User Manual

The user manual explains how to set up and use Magpie 3. It is in PDF format, so you may need to use a program such as Adobe Reader to view it.

• Download the Magpie 3 Manual - 9.2 MB last updated: May 2009

Correcting Scheme Problems

Note that when the update is being downloaded in order to correct a scheme building problem then it will be necessary to do the following...

• Install the update first
• Run Magpie
• Open the scheme that requires correction
• Press F2 to force a rebuild of the scheme
• Close the scheme editor
• Unload any wanted data from the data logger
• Load the modified scheme into the logger
• Observe that the problem has been corrected by using real time information or by viewing unloaded data
• Repeat this process for all schemes affected

Download USB-Serial Adaptor Drivers

These drivers are required to enable you to use a USB to RS232 Cable on computers which do not have a 9-pin serial port. The link below will download a driver which has been tested and found to work on Microsoft XP, Vista and Windows 7 operating systems. The driver works with adapter cables wich use the PL2303 chipset, as supplied by MEA. If you have sourced your adapter cable from somewhere else, the driver might not work.

• USB to Serial Adapter Driver (Updated 22.07.10)
• USB Driver Installer Notes