58 Chapter 8: ChartView & ChartView Plus TempScan / MultiScan User's Manual
What ChartView Provides
ChartView and ChartView Plus provide you with the capability to connect to, and control any member of the
TempScan/1100 or MultiScan/1200 family of data acquisition instruments, as well as to:
Create and edit chart display setups ………………………………
See Display Configuration, beginning on page 63 and
Chart Setup Wizard, beginning on page 93.
Set up analog input parameters (selecting: Channels, …………
See Setup Window, beginning on page 85.
TC types, Units) to acquire data.
Configure alarms, log alarms……………………………………….
See Device > Status, page 77, Setup Window, page 85,
and Channel Configuration Columns, page 87.
Configure and arm an acquisition…………………………………..
See Acquisition Setup Dialog Box, page 88.
View real-time display of channel data via the Main Window….
See ChartView Main Window, beginning on page 58.
Save data to disk……………………………………………………..
See File Menu, page 70 and Data Destination, page 91.
Transmit data to Microsoft Excel via DDE (Dynamic Data ……..
See Data Menu, beginning on page 73.
Exchange).
Start PostView, an independent application that allows you to… See chapter PostView on page 141.
graphically view data channels from a file.
Use remote RS-232 communications by attaching the ………….
See Device > Interface, page 76.
acquisition device to a modem configured for Auto Answer
ChartView Main Window
While using this chapter, refer to the Main Window figure and its associated control option table as
needed. Because of the graphic aspect of the window, you should be able to develop a good
understanding of the program’s capabilities and associated operating techniques within a very short
time.
The following comments apply to the figure and table on the following page.
• In regard to the control option table presented on the facing page, the symbols: (mouse), Ú
(arrow keypads), (Page Up/Page Down keypads), and [spacebar] are control options which
allow you to tab to a field and make changes with the specified control.
• Channel Selection (14) can also be made by tabbing to the Center Control (17) or Units/Div
Control (18) and using PageUp or PageDown ().
•
The min and max scale values (13) and (19) are automatically generated, but can also be set from
the Chart Setup Dialog.
•
You can use the Chart pull-down menu to turn grid limit lines Off, or On. Limit lines can be solid
or dots.
• In regard to the time stamp (region 21), if you stop the chart the time stamp will begin at 00:00:00
upon restarting the chart (if using relative time), or at the real clock time (if using absolute time).
• More detailed information regarding the pull-down menus and toolbar buttons is provided
throughout the chapter.
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