Spider DSA User’s Manual
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Measured Signal Setup
Figure 73: Signal Setup Window
The Signal Setup page is under Setup->Measured Signals. This tab lists all of
the signals available from the system hardware and denotes which of them are
included in the test with an asserted Measure check mark. In addition, available
time stream signals have a Record List check box and block signals offer a Save
List option. Measure enables the channel for display, Record List enables the
channel for recording, and Save List enables the channel for block saving. Only
time-stream signals can be recorded and only block signals can be saved.
The signals are divided by type in the tabs on top. The Time Stream tab lists the
native time stream signals. The other tabs list signals that are derived or
computed from these native signals. These signals are organized in blocks rather
than continuous streams. Deselecting Measure for these derived signals disables
their computation and saves processor resources. When recording is activated, by
the menu command or the Rec. button on the control panel, all signals with the
Record List option enabled will be recorded to a file. When the Save Sigs
Button is pressed, all signals with the Save List option enabled will be saved to
disk.
In the Time Blocks tab, the block signals have the additional options of RMS, Peak,
and Peak-Peak display. Enabling these will create a signal that is the time history
of RMS, peak, or peak-peak value for every block (one point per block).The color
used to display the signals can also be changed here.