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Oscillographic Records Settings
The oscillographic records settings can be programmed through BESTCOMS. To select the number of
records, select Reporting and Alarms from the S
creens pull-down menu. Select the Fault Recording tab
and click the Select box in the Oscillographic Records pane. Make your selection as shown in
Figure
6-18, Oscillographic Records Selector. Select Done once the setting has been made.
Figure 6-18. Oscillographic Records Selector Screen
The oscillographic records settings can also be made using the SG-OSC (settings general, oscillography)
ASCII command. See
Table 6-18 for possible settings.
Table 6-18. Recording Oscillographic Records Settings
Setting Range Default
Number of Records Saved 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16 16
SG-OSC Command
Purpose: Read or program the number of oscillograph fault records saved.
Syntax: SG-OSC=<number of record partitions>
Comments: See
Table 6-17 for SG-OSC settings information.
Retrieving Oscillographic Records
The fault summary directory and the fault summary reports list the numbers assigned to each fault record
and the number of oscillographic records associated with each fault. Oscillographic records can be
retrieved using BESTCOMS. Alternately, oscillographic records can be retrieved using the RO ASCII
command.
To download oscillographic records, select Oscillography Download from the R
eports pull-down menu.
Highlight the record to be downloaded and select either ASCII or Binary as the file type for download.
Select the Download button.
Assume record 003 is selected for a binary download. When the Download button is selected, the Browse
for Folder screen (
Figure 6-19) appears. Select a location for the file to be stored or create a New Folder
and press OK. The Fault Record Filenames screen (
Figure 6-20) will appear. Type the base filename in
the first row. The rest of the filenames will respond by changing to match the base filename. Select OK to
save the file.