Delta RMC151 - Manual (Page 182)

RMC70/150 and RMCTools User Manual
In the Plot Manager toolbar, click the Open Plot File button. In the Open dialog,
browse to the desired plot file, select it, and click Open. In the Open dialog, you can use
the Ctrl or Shift key to select and open multiple files.
Exporting Plots
The data from an RMC plot can be exported to a file for use in other programs, such as
Excel. The Plot Manager can export the data to three different file types, all of which can
be opened by a text editor:
• Comma Delimited (.csv)
• Tab Delimited (.txt)
• XML Spreadsheet (.xml)
• XML Data (.xml)
Tip:
If you will be opening the exported file in Microsoft Excel, choose XML Spreadsheet. It will
provide a very clean spreadsheet.
To Export a Plot:
1. In the Plot Manager, on the History tab, right-click a plot and choose Export.
2. In the Filename box, enter a filename.
3. In the Save as Type box, choose the file type, and click Save.
4. The plots will be saved in the file with the extension you chose. Notice that only the
plot you selected will be exported to the file.
3.9.3. Triggering Plots
Triggering a plot means capturing plot data. Triggering a plot allows you to see data from
before you triggered the plot and after you triggered the plot. This is a valuable aid in
troubleshooting. For example, if you set up the trigger to contain 25% of the data from before
the time the trigger occurred, then the plot will contain data from before the command was
issued until some time after it was issued. To specify how much of the plot data is from before
the plot was triggered and how much is after the plot trigger, you must use the Trigger
Position value.
The default setting is a trigger position of 0%. This means that a triggered plot will not contain
data from before the time the plot was triggered. If you set the trigger position to a value
other than 0, you will need to manually rearm a plot before it can trigger. Read below for
more details.
Note:
Compare triggering a plot to starting a plot with the Start Plot (100) command. The Start Plot
command starts plotting immediately and will never contain any past information.
Note:
You can entirely enable or disable the plot trigger by issuing the Enable/Disable Plot Trigger
(104) command. A plot cannot be triggered unless the plot trigger is enabled.
Using the Trigger Percentage
The Trigger Percentage specifies how much of the plot data is from before the plot was
triggered and how much is after the plot Trigger. The Trigger Percentage ranges from 0% to
100%. If the Trigger Percentage is set to 0%, the triggered plot will not contain any past data.
If the Trigger Percentage is set to 100%, the triggered plot will contain only past data. To set
the Trigger Percentage, see the Changing the Trigger Settings section below.
Example:
162 Delta Computer Systems, Inc.