Starting A Recording - AEMC 8230 User Manual

5.6.1

Starting a Recording

Select the icon with the ◄► buttons.
1. Select the Configuration to be used by pressing the Enter button. Then use
the ▲▼ buttons and press the Enter button to validate.
NOTE: Configurations CONFIG 1 to CONFIG 4 were defined in § 4.1.1 Configura-
tion / Recording set-up.
2. Select Start using ▼. Press Enter to define the starting date and time of the
recording campaign.
Use the ▲▼ buttons to increment or decrement a value and ◄► to move to
an adjacent item.
Press the Enter button once the programming of the Start is completed.
3.
Set the Stop date the same way as the Start time in step 2.
4. Select the Period field using ▼. Press Enter to define the duration of integra-
tion of the records of the campaign.
Use the ▲▼ buttons to increment or decrement the possible values (1s, 5s,
20s, 1mn, 2mn, 5mn, 10mn, or 15mn). Press Enter to validate.
NOTE: The recording integration period is the time over which the measure-
ments of each value recorded will be averaged.
5. Press ▼ again to highlight the Name zone in yellow and press Enter to enter
the edit mode.
Enter the name of the record, for example TEST1. Several records may have
the same name. Use the ▲▼ buttons to display a character and ◄► to move
to an adjacent character.
Press Enter once the programming of the Name is complete.
6. Press ▼ to reach the OK zone. Press Enter to start the recording.
NOTE: The PowerPad
if necessary, will display the message "Not enough memory".
The message "Waiting to record" will display on the screen until the date and time
matches the programmed date and time. The bottom of the screen then indicates
"Recording in progress".
NOTE: To stop the recording before the stop time occurs (with no possibility of
resumption), select the
Enter button.
Power Quality Analyzer Model 8230
Jr. will calculate the storage needs of the recording, and
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Hand tool by pressing the ▼ button and then the
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