Copy Chart to Clipboard
This option provides the same functionality as the Copy Chart to Clipboard button on the main toolbar. This copies an image of the chart area to the Windows clipboard for pasting into documents or spreadsheets.
X Scale
Selecting X Scale displays the following sub-menu.
This allows the units of the X-axis to be changed between time and sample number. The units of the X-axis can also be changed through the X-Control Window or by clicking on the axis label.
Y Scale
Selecting Y Scale displays the following sub-menu.
This allows the units of the Y-axis to be changed between the default units of V (Volts) and mV (millivolts). The units of the Y-axis can also be changed through the Y-Control Window. To display custom units on the Y-axis, use the Y-Control Window. The units of the Y-axis may also be changed by clicking on the axis label.
Settings
Through the settings option, a window appears which allows access to four tabs: Samples, Chart Labels, Alerts and Data Format.
| · | Samples
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The samples tab is shown below. The "Max number of Samples" value is the maximum number of samples that may be displayed on the X-axis at Zoom Full. All data is writen to a file and only the currently visible data is in memory. The figure quoted for "Approx. Memory Usage" is for when the maximum number of samples is being displayed.
| · | Chart Labels
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The chart labels tab is shown below. This allows customisation of which text labels are visible on the chart at the start and stop markers. Please note that regardless of which options are checked here, all exported data files will contain all of this information. Checking the "Display on Chart" option for memos shows memos on the chart area.
| · | Alerts
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The alerts tab is shown below. This can be used to configure up to four alerts to flag when the logged data reaches a critical value. Alert types are pop-up windows, e-mails or both. A valid e-mail address and network connection are required for the e-mail alerts. Alerts can be configured for when values are greater than or less than some value on either channel A or channel B.
| · | Data Format
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The Data Format tab is shown below. This controls whether the data is stored in it's raw state or is formatted. Raw data storage allows faster logging times, but the display is not updated while logging is in progress. When logging is terminated, the data is processed and the display updated. Raw data files have a .RDL extension while formatted data files have a .DLOG extension.
The following screen shows an example of the message displayed while data is being logged in .rdl format.
