Cannon Instrument CMRV-4500 - Manual (Page 70)

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CANNON ® Mini-Rotary Viscometer CMRV-4500 Instruction & Operation Manual
Version 1.1e—October, 2011 • CANNON ® Instrument Company
2139 High Tech Road • State College, PA • 16803 • USA
Zooming in To view a section of the profile graph in greater detail, click and drag
(press and hold down the left mouse button) the cursor to "draw" a box
around the desired graph area. Then release the mouse button. The graph
will be redrawn to include only the selected area.
Zooming out
To reduce the graph magnification, click the icon.
Refreshing the graph If you are displaying the profile graph while a temperature profile is
running, you may not be viewing the most current temperature data. To
ensure that the graph includes the latest information from the CMRV
microprocessor, click the
Profile Graph window Refresh Graph
icon.
Printing a profile graph
To print the profile graph:
1. Display the graph window (see above).
2. Click the Profile Graph window Print icon.
3. Follow Windows ® conventions for printer selection and printing.
Consult your Windows ® manual for more information.
Exporting time/temperature profile data
To export time/temperature data from the current profile:
1. Configure an analysis for the data (see chapters on Analyses) and
right-click anywhere inside the data window for the analysis.
2. Then click the Export Time Temp Data popup menu option. The
Save As ... window will open.
3. Input the file name and select the desired directory for the data file.
Then click OK .
You may import the file data into your word processor or spreadsheet per
the import instructions provided with your application. This data pro-
vides a minute-by-minute temperature record of the profile in the follow-
ing format:
XXXX [tab] YYYY [tab] ZZZZ [carriage return]
where X = time in the profile (minutes)
Y = actual temperature as recorded by the CMRV probe (°C)
Z = target temperature required by the cooling profile (°C)
Exporting archived profile data To export time/temperature data from a previous test (viscosity or yield
stress), just configure an analysis for the data (see chapters on Analyses)
and right-click anywhere inside the data window for the analysis. Then
click the
Export Time Temp Data popup menu option.