Watlow ANASCAN - Manual (Page 48)

40 ANASCAN User’s Guide
SYSTEM SETUP
Data Logging
• This window controls the data logging features of ANASCAN.
• Two types of logging are available:
1. Periodic process variable logging - periodically records the process
variable for all the channels in the system.
2. Alarm logging - records alarm conditions as they occur in the process.
Alarms are recorded on alarm occurrence, alarm acknowledge, and
alarm clearing.
Directs the printer data logging
to one of the two printers that can
be connected to the computer.
Sets the logging function On or Off.
Process logging interval. Set in
hours:minutes:seconds. The range
for disk logging is 00:00:05 to
99:59:59, and for printer logging--
00:00:15 to 99:59:59. Disk file name for the data
logging. Any DOS file
name up to 8 characters.
The name must not include
an extension since
ANASCAN adds an exten-
sion depending on the file’s
type. Lotus or Text. Lotus
files have WK1 exten-
sion and they can be
read directly in Lotus
123. Text files have
TXT extension and they
can be printed or read
directly into a standard
text editor.