What Chartview And Chartview Plus Provide - Omega Engineering OMB-CHARTSCAN 1400 User Manual

Some of the data acquisition scenarios pertaining to ChartView are as follows:
1) Waiting for Trigger
Sensor
Buffer
Acquisiton Device
Data is received by acquisition device, but not stored. Selected
channels can be viewed graphically in scrolling charts, as well
as in one or more meters (analog, digital, or bar graph).
3) Buffering Acquisition in Instrument
Sensor
Buffer
Acquisiton Device
Acquired data (from point of trigger) is received by acquisition device
and temporarily stored in device buffer. As in the previous scenarios,
selected display channels can be viewed.

What ChartView and ChartView Plus Provide

ChartView and ChartView Plus provide you with the capability to connect to, and control any member of the
ChartScan, NetScan, MultiScan, or TempScan family of data acquisition instruments, as well as:
Create and edit chart display setups ....................................
Set up analog input parameters (selecting: Channels, ............
TC types, Units) to acquire data.
Configure alarms, log alarms..............................................
Configure and arm an acquisition.........................................
View real-time display of channel data via the Main Window....
Save data to disk..............................................................
Transmit data to Microsoft Excel via DDE (Dynamic Data ........
Exchange).
Start PostView, an independent application that allows you to...
graphically view data channels from a file.
Use remote RS-232 communications by attaching the .............
acquisition device to a modem configured for Auto Answer
ChartScan User's Manual
2) Acquiring & Uploading Acquisition
Hard Disk
Computer System
4) Uploading Data from Instrument Buffer
Hard Disk
Computer System
Four Basic Data Acquisition Scenarios
Sensor
Buffer
Acquisiton Device
Device has been triggered. Data is temporarily stored in device
buffer prior to being uploaded to PC system hard disk. As in the first
scenario, selected display channels can be viewed.
Sensor
Buffer
Acquisiton Device
Acquired data is uploaded to the PC hard disk from the device buffer.
As in the previous scenarios, selected display channels can be
viewed.
See Display Configuration, beginning on page 4-9 and
Chart Setup Wizard, beginning on page 4-44.
See Setup Window, beginning on page 4-33.
See pages 4-24, 4-33, and 4-36.
See Acquisition Setup Dialog Box, page 4-36.
See Main Window, beginning on page 4-4.
See File, page 4-16 and Data Destination, page 4-42.
See Data, beginning on page 4-20.
See Chapter 5, PostView.
See Device, page 4-23.
ChartView Software Reference
Hard Disk
Computer System
Hard Disk
Computer System
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