Emerson Daniel 3415 Operation Manual page 127

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Click Save while streaming waveforms or click Stop opens a Save As dialog box to
allow you to choose a name for the Waveform file.
A default name based on the Meter Name, the type of waveform collected, and PC
date and time is suggested. Change the name or default location if desired. Click
Save to accept the file name and save the last set of waveforms collected.
Click Open and select the Waveform filename from the Open dialog box to view a
previously saved waveform.
Click Tracking to display the transducer's raw, filtered or stacked signal Tracking
Parameters dialog for the selected chord. This dialog displays the parameter's label,
value and units. Some of the Tracking parameters included are Gain, Hold time,
Time (stamp), Maximum Signal Quality, Peak width, Peak Position, and Peak Zero
Crossing for upstream and downstream signals. These parameters are used in the
diagnostics of field conditions.
Click Export to save the waveforms displayed to Microsoft
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Excel file will contain three worksheets. The first worksheet called Charts contains
charts for each of the waveforms collected. The second worksheet called Raw Data
contains the waveform data to make the charts. The third worksheet called Tracking
contains the tracking parameters for the chord.
Click Close to exit the Waveform Viewer.
Use Diagnostic Collection set of controls feature to capture a waveform snapshot to
be played back on a simulator. This U.S. Patented feature is useful to allow Daniel to
reproduce any field specific conditions.
• Click the Stream to file checkbox and wait for the waveforms to start streaming
to the screen. The meter is returning raw waveforms just as they are received
without any stacking or filtering.
• Click Record to start saving all of the raw waveforms to file. The collection of
waveforms can be paused and resumed without having to start a new file.
Clicking Stop gives you the option to save the data collected to file. The file will
have a .strm extension. There is no utility in Daniel MeterLink to playback these
files. The files are only for use internally by Daniel on special diagnostic tools.
Clearing the Stream to file checkbox stops the streaming mode and returns the
Waveform Viewer back to its normal mode of operation.
Note
The file created with the Diagnostic collection grows quite rapidly. Typically when connected
via Ethernet to the meter, the file can easily take up 2.5 megabytes per minute. If the file must
be e-mailed, many mail servers only allow 10 to 20 megabyte files or approximately 4 to 8
minutes of data.
Use the Chart utilities to control the waveform display. The controls for the
waveform chart utility include:
• Scrollbar - enables horizontal and vertical scrollbars on the chart.
• Markers - displays markers for the series in order to see the data points collected.
• Zoom In - zooms in on both the horizontal and vertical scales centered on the
cursor.
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