Data In Log Files; View A Log File; Comma Separated Variable Files - Vemco VR100 User Manual

Log files can be converted to Comma Separated Variable (.csv) files using the Export command in the VR100
Receiver window (see section 6.6.2.2).

6.6.1.1 Data in Log files

The sensor data is listed in either the "Data1" column or the "Data2" column of the log file. If there is only
one sensor in the sensor transmitter then data is only shown in the "Data1" column. The unit for the data is
given in the adjoining "Units" column. The slope and intercept associated with this data can be viewed by
"hovering" the mouse arrow over the Data column. The slope and intercept will appear for a few seconds in a
small view box. Continuous pingers without a sensor will display the period in the "Data1" column with the
units listed as "ms" (milliseconds).

6.6.1.2 View a log file

Log files contain data received by the VR100 receiver (see section 6.6.1 for more information). Log files
cannot be edited but can be viewed by following the steps listed below.
1. Open a VR100 Receiver window. It doesn't matter which receiver is selected, including the Virtual
receiver.
2. Select "Open" in the File menu of the VR100 Receiver window (see section 3.3).
3. Select the log file from the list shown in the Open window.
The log file is displayed in the VR100 Receiver window, as shown in section 6.6.1. Comments added to the
"comments" column of the file are saved when the log file is saved as a comma delimited file (see section
6.6.2). No changes can be made to the log file in .zlog format.

Comma Separated Variable files

6.6.2
A Comma Separated Variable (CSV) file is a data file in which the variables are separated by commas. This
allows the file to be opened in a spreadsheet package that is CSV compatible, such as Excel or Quattro Pro.
These files are created using the Export command (see section 3.7).
NOTE: Detection times are output to the CSV file with three extra digits of precision. These values are
correctly read by Excel, however the default display formatting (mm:ss.0) is incorrect. Change the
formatting to "hh:mm:ss.000" to properly display these times.
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