Yokogawa DAQWORX - Manual (Page 44)

2-14 IM WX103-01E
• Math
Starts recording when the StartRec() event function (see section 2.5, “Event
Functions” is executed on a computation channel. This is valid when you click the
Start Recording button and the word “Waiting” is displayed.
Record Stop Condton
Select the condition for stopping the recording from the following:
• Continuous
Immediately stops recording when the Stop Recording button is clicked or Stop
Recording is chosen from the Acquisition menu.
• Fixed Period
Stops recording after the specified time elapses after the recording is started. Set the
time as “hours:minutes:seconds”
• Fixed Time
Stops recording at the specified date/time. Set the date/time as “year/month/day
hours:minutes:seconds” If the specified time has already been passed, the operation
is the same as Continuously.
• Interval
Stops recording at the specified time every day or the specified day. Set the time as
“hours:minutes:seconds”
• Math
Stops recording when the StopRec() event function is executed on a computation
channel.
Record (Save) Destnaton and Fle Name of the Data Fle
Select the record (save) destination on the hard disk of your PC. The default setting is
the Data folder in the MXLOGGER folder where the MXLOGGER is installed.
Note
Do not set the save destination to a storage medium other than the hard disk or to a network
drive. Doing so may cause problems in terms of performance.
The default file name is “data” If the multiple files are created, it is “data-XXXX” (where
XXXX is a four-digit sequence number starting with 0000). The extension is .mxd. You
can also add the file creation date and time to the file name as follows.
• When both the date and time are added: data-0314-1316 (recording started at 13
hours 16 minutes on March 14)
• When only the date is added: data-20030314 (recording started on March 14, 2003)
• When only the time is added: data-1316 (recording started on 13 hours 16 minutes)
If a file with the same name already exists, a hyphen and a four-digit sequence number
starting with 0000 are added to the end of the file name.
Settng the Data Fle Dvsons
The file can be divided every specified time interval. Set the time as “hours:minutes:
seconds”
Even if file division is not specified, the file is automatically divided when the size of a
single file exceeds approximately 1 GB or when the number of data points of any of the
channels in the file exceeds 2 million.
Number of Characters That Can Be Entered for the Comment of the Data
Fle
The number of characters that can be entered is up to 127 characters.
2.3 Settng the Data Acquston Condtons