PQube User Manual 2.1
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Spreadsheet (CSV)
CSV files can be opened with Excel
®
or
almost any spreadsheet program.
These files are useful if you want more
detailed data, and the ability to sort
individual recordings and customize
your own graphs. The CSV files cover
the same recording period as the GIF
files, and therefore both formats
contain the same information, the CSV
files are more detailed, while the GIF
files are easier to work with.
Web Pages (HTML)
Your PQube produces HTML files that can be opened with any web
browser (such as Internet Explorer). Even if you don’t have an ETH1
Ethernet module, your PQube will store HTML files on your SD card.
HTML files are useful because they are easy to read and the data is well
formatted for a human to read. Use these files for preparing
presentation or for sharing data with other users. If you want to write
a program to extract data automatically, XML format may be a better
choice. If you are having trouble changing the format you may want to
use a simpler format, like text.
PQDIF (Power Quality Data Interchange Format)
Your PQube will produce PQDIF files that you can use with most PQDIF viewers. These files are
useful if you use PQDIF files already or if you want to use standard files that utilities and other
power quality experts understand.
PQDIF files are in beta for firmware version 1.2 and therefore are not produced by default. To
enable this option, change the PQDIF_Files setting to ON in the Setup.ini file on your SD card.
Text
Text files are the simplest PQube output file. Almost any program can open a
text file. The default Windows program is Notepad, shown here. Text files
are useful when you want to make sure that everyone can read the file that
you have produced. Text files are still better suited for showing to people, if
you want a data format that is easy for a computer to automatically process,
try XML. If you want a format that looks better, try HTML.
XML
XML format is more dificult for people to read, but there are
many software packages that understand XML. If you are
building a monitoring system that will automatically process
data from your PQube, consider using XML as your data
format. Your PQube’s XML files are standard XML and can be
opened with any program that understand that file format.
A CSV file (opened with Excel
®
)
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