Emerson Tescom ER5000 Series User Manual page 172

ER5000 — The ERTune™ Program: Basic Features
The Acquisition Panel
The entry fields in this panel allow you to set the sample rate and
collection time for the data file.
Sample Rate
The entry field accepts any multiple of 0.1 seconds.
NOTE NOTE
While the minimum sample rate the ERTune™ program can
process is 0.1 seconds, your actual sampling rate may be limited by the
CAUTION CAUTION
processing power of the PC that is running the program.
WARNING WARNING
Collection Time
The entry field sets the default timeframe for data
collection. The maximum value you can enter is 31,536,000 seconds,
which is 1 year.
To control data collection manually
Collection Time
1. Enter a value in the
considerably higher than your intended collection time. This
will prevent the program from automatically terminating
data collection prematurely.
Start DAQ
2. Click the button. The button changes to display
DAQ
and data acquisition begins.
3. Click the button again when you wish to end collection. The
button returns to a display of
saved to the PC.
entry field that is
Stop
Start DAQ
and the data file is
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