Measurement Computing USB-5100 Series Software Help page 4

Using the Crosshair Tool .................................................................................................................................. 32
Zooming, Panning, and Smart Scaling Plots .................................................................................................... 33
Zooming ...........................................................................................................................................................................33
Panning ............................................................................................................................................................................33
Smart Scaling ...................................................................................................................................................................33
Copying the Plot ............................................................................................................................................... 34
Closing a Plot ................................................................................................................................................... 34
Printing Plot Elements ...................................................................................................................................... 34
Printing a Graph ...............................................................................................................................................................34
Printing Points and Details ...............................................................................................................................................34
Chapter 4
Modifying a Plot .................................................................................................................................. 35
Setting Properties for Plot Elements ................................................................................................................. 35
Setting Axis Properties ....................................................................................................................................................36
Setting Series Properties ................................................................................................................................... 37
Setting Legend Properties ................................................................................................................................. 38
Setting Title Properties ..................................................................................................................................... 39
Setting View Properties .................................................................................................................................... 39
Adding a Graph Label ...................................................................................................................................... 40
Moving a Series from Front to Back on the Plot .............................................................................................. 41
Filtering a Series ............................................................................................................................................... 41
Hiding/Showing or Removing a Series from a Plot .......................................................................................... 42
Copying a Series to Another Plot ..................................................................................................................... 42
Overlaying Series .............................................................................................................................................................42
Merging Files .................................................................................................................................................... 43
Converting Units............................................................................................................................................... 44
Undoing and Redoing Plot Changes ................................................................................................................. 45
Saving Project Files .......................................................................................................................................... 45
Using the Linear Data Assistant (USB-5106 Only) .......................................................................................... 45
Default Settings................................................................................................................................................................45
Hiding Assistants .............................................................................................................................................................45
Updating the Linear Scaling Assistant .............................................................................................................................45
License Agreement ..........................................................................................................................................................46
Linear Scaling Assistant ................................................................................................................................... 46
Using the Linear Scaling Assistant ..................................................................................................................................46
Exporting Data .................................................................................................................................................. 47
Exporting Table Data ........................................................................................................................................ 47
Exporting Details .............................................................................................................................................. 48
Formatting the Date/Time Column in Excel ..................................................................................................... 49
Chapter 5
Hardware Reference ........................................................................................................................... 50
Updating USB-5100 Series Logger Firmware .................................................................................................. 50
Determining the installed firmware version: ....................................................................................................................50
Updating the firmware .....................................................................................................................................................50
Fixing a Read Header Failed Error ................................................................................................................... 51
Chapter 6
Preferences .......................................................................................................................................... 52
Setting Preferences ........................................................................................................................................... 52
General Preferences .......................................................................................................................................... 52
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