About Template-Files - Cygnus 1 Operation Manual

ABOUT TEMPLATE-FILES

CygLink offers a facility for creating new template-files : these are empty files used for
datalogging
CygLink provides four different formats for templates, allowing for various different
physical situations where measurments are to be logged :
Single-Record
Multi-Record
Key-Point
Grid-Point
CygLink can be used at any time to create new Files – there is no need to have a Gauge
connected to the PC.
See Installing the CygLink Program, page 25, if CygLink has not yet been installed.
To create new Files on the PC
Start CygLink program
If there is no Gauge connected a message box will appear : Remote Gauge Error
It is not necessary to have a Gauge connected when creating files using CygLink
Click on the OK button to remove the message box
Select File → Create a New File
Click on one of the four file-types available :
Single-Record...
Multi-Record...
Key-Point...
Grid-Point...
File Format : only files created by CygLink may be used for datalogging – CygLink
creates files with special default file-extensions to prevent other files being used.
See : File Format, page 51
: see Creating a Single-Record File, page 54
: see Creating a Multi-Record File, page 55
: see Creating a Key-Point File, page 56
: see Creating a Grid-Point File, page 61
option on the menu-bar
Creating Template-Files Using CygLink
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