Datalog Menu - Accusonic 8510+ series Reference Manual

6-8 Accusonic Model 8510+ Series Flowmeter
mouse button will cause the display to revert to the previous resolution. Once the original resolution is
reached clicking the left mouse button will have no effect.
Holding the [Ctrl] key while pressing the left mouse button will allow the chart area to be moved or
panned in any direction by moving the mouse. This can be a useful feature while in a zoomed display
allowing the view of the plotted data to be moved for better presentation.
Clicking the Data Series button will display the data selection dialog to allow adding or subtracting a series
from the displayed data. Clicking the Data Set button will display the first data set selection dialog.
Clicking the Print button will display a printer dialog to allow printing the current view (normal or
zoomed) to the printer of your choice. Clicking the Save button will display a "Save As" dialog to allow
saving a bitmap representation of the view to a diskfile.
This version of Accuflow does not limit the amount of data that is presented on the graphs; however, larger
data files will take longer to load the data for display.
Display Retrieved Log (View Menu)
Choosing the Display Retrieved Log selection from the View Menu will display the Historical Data
Selection dialog. The pull-down list box allows selection of the dataset to review. Once the selection is
made, clicking on the Go button will display the Record Viewer as shown immediately below.
Controls are on the form to allow easy navigation; the [<<] and [>>] buttons allow seeking to the first or
last record with a click of the mouse. The [<] and [>] move forward or backward one record at a time and
the slider bar can be dragged to allow quickly moving to records in the middle of a large data set.
Display Saved Waveforms (View Menu)
Note: This option is only available for 7510 / 7510+ series.
This command allows viewing previously saved waveform data. See Scope Mode (Operate Menu)
Statusbar (View Menu)
This command causes the status bar to be visible or not visible.

Datalog Menu

The DataLogging menu allows the user to retrieve data logs stored in the flowmeter.
The DataLogging menu has the following choices:
Translate Logged Data (Datalog Menu)
When the 8510 flow meter is selected this menu will show just one possibility; Translate Logged Data.
This selection will allow a Datalog file saved over time by an 8510 to be converted to the "csv" file format
that can be loaded by most current spreadsheet programs.
The translation dialog will be displayed first; clicking on the Input File button will launch a windows open
file dialog to allow selecting the file to be translated. Once the file is selected the file will be examined and
the dialog will be modified. The next two buttons have been enabled for use and some information has
been added to the dialog; the input filename, the path where the csv files will be written and lastly the
number of records along with the starting and ending date of the data records in the file. The destination
folder can be changed by clicking the Change Destination button to display a folder selection dialog.
This dialog allows navigation to the parent folder and then to create a new folder click on the Make New
Folder button, this will create a windows new folder entry in the listbox portion of the dialog. Type the
new folder name and press the ENTER key to create the folder, click on OK to close the dialog. The