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- Page 1 DASH II RECORDER QUICK START GUIDE Supports Recorder System Software Version 21.4 REALTIME RECORDING 1. FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW 2. INTRODUCTION 3. GETTING STARTED 4. SELECTING CHART FORMATS 5. SETTING UP ZERO AND GAIN ADVANCED OPERATIONS 6. SETTING UP DATA CAPTURE...
- Page 2 However, it is human nature for you to want to get started right away. We understand this, and have prepared a Quick Start Manual to let you get acquainted with the DASH II as quickly as possible. We hope you enjoy it - and your new recorder. But then please read the operations manual - you'll be glad you did.
- Page 3 • Turn the encoder wheel until the “CHART SPEED” reads 5 mm/sec. • Press the softkey below “back” to accept this value. The DASH II will return to the Chart Speed Menu. • Press the softkey below [Dlog Spd] to set the data logger speed. For this recording mode, the speed is set in seconds/line or minutes/line, using the encoder wheel as above.
- Page 4 To load a system configuration file from a floppy disk: • Place a disk containing the desired setup file into the disk drive on the front panel of the Dash II. • From the Disk I/O menu, press the softkey below “Syst File.”...
- Page 5 Press the softkey below “ZS” to and use the encoder wheel to adjust the zero suppression for the channel. ZERO POSITION The DASH II has a zero position parameter which enables the zero baseline to be placed anywhere on the grid.
- Page 6 6. ADVANCED OPERATION: SETTING UP DATA CAPTURE Data capture allows you to record data to the internal RAM in the recorder. The DASH II has the ability to capture up to 256 kilosamples of data per channel. Once in memory, you can playback to data at will, expand the data for better resolution and download the data to a 3.5”...
- Page 7 capturing the latest data at the expense of older data. Manual triggering means that some outside event must occur before the recorder will start collecting data. Auto triggering means that the recorder will begin capturing data as soon as the recorder is armed. •...
- Page 8 Press the softkey below “Optn.” The data playback options will appear. • Use the encoder wheel to select a magnification factor. The Dash II can magnify a data capture up to x25 or compress the data capture to 1/25. For our example, select a magnification of x2.
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