How to Set Up Your GX Series Microlog
System Settings
The Setup Screen
Function Buttons
Help – Press the Help function button to quickly view on-line help for Microlog data
collection.
[Cont. -] – Press the Cont.- function button to decrease graphic display contrast.
[Cont. +] – Press the Cont. + function button to increase graphic display contrast.
Apply – Press the Apply function button to save all changes to Setup screen fields and
return to the main screen.
Modules – Press the Shift button (0 / up arrow) and the Modules button to open the
Module Manager.
The following system preferences are configured from the Setup screen:
Press an Enter button to accept the highlighted selection in a
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ROUTE Memory – Internal or Card. Specify whether to store measurement data on
the Microlog’s Internal flash memory chip, on its PC memory Card, or on an SD Card.
Card memory has more memory than Internal. The Microlog has
128 MB internal memory. SD cards offer up to 16 GB memory.
(Storage on SD cards is subject to available Microlog RAM. You
may or may not be able to utilize all of the memory on the card.)
Timeout – 5 min, 10 min, 15 min, 20 min, or Off. Select the inactivity time period
after which the Microlog shuts down to conserve battery life, or disable this feature.
Default Units – English or Metric. Determines the system's units of measurement.
For example, select English to measure velocity measurements in in/sec, or select
Metric to measure velocity measurements in mm/sec.
Channel Setup – Individual or Copy to All. (Applicable to modules that support multi-
channel measurements.) For multi-channel measurements, determines whether all
channels share the same sensor settings or whether each individual channel may be
configured with specific sensor settings.
Individual – When Individual is selected, then in a module’s multi-channel
measurement setup, each channel may be configured with channel specific
sensor settings.
Copy to All – When Copy to All is selected, then in a module’s multi-channel
measurement setup, all channels use channel 1’s sensor setup.
Input Range – Autorange, Maximum, or Sensor Units. Specify whether to use
autoranging, or to use a fixed range set by the Microlog, or to use a fixed range set by
the sensor setting.
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