BEAMEX MC5P - Chart Properties; Importing and Exporting; Opening Existing Data Files; Other Utilities

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Appendix 3, Quick Guide for the MC5 Datalog Viewer
Saving Data on Hard Disk
When saving using the Save or Save As commands, MC5 Datalog
Viewer saves the results in its own format (*.lg5). This file format
preserves all the changes in the property settings described in chap-
ters Chart Properties and Channel Properties.
Opening Existing Data Files
Selecting the Open icon in the toolbar (or Open in the File menu)
opens files in software’s own format (*.lg5). To read data saved in
other supported formats, choose the Import option in the File menu.
Importing and Exporting
MC5 Datalog Viewer supports importing and exporting of Worksheet
files (*.csv) and text Files (*.txt). Both file formats are also supported
by several spreadsheet software, e.g. Microsoft Excel
®
. When ex-
porting, MC5 Datalog Viewer gives you the possibility to select the
CSV file separator (comma or a list separator based on Window’s
settings).
Other Utilities
All of the property settings described in the subsequent chapters
are preserved only when saving data in MC5 Datalog Viewer’s own
file format (*.lg5). Other file formats (*.csv and *.txt) save only the
data, but no property settings.
Chart Properties
Select Chart Properties in the toolbar to edit the following settings:
Tab Property Description
General
Series Visibility Each data channel can be made
visible/invisible. Making a data channel
invisible is also possible through the
Channel Property settings, but this is the
only place to make a channel visible again
after it has been set to “invisible”.
Animated Zoom Adds/removes animation effects when
zooming in. More information in chapter
Zooming
.
Axis
Axis First select the Axis to be defined.
- Autoscaling When selected, the axis minimum and
maximum is automatically determined.
- Min Axis minimum value. Editable only when
autoscaling is not selected.
- Max Axis maximum value. Editable only when
autoscaling is not selected.
- Axis Number Format The number format used for the selected
axis. Supported formats are listed at the
end of MC5 Datalog Viewer’s help file
- Title Enter a title for the selected axis.