Configure the data file – Measurement Computing DASYLab Getting Started User Manual
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Exercise: Acquiring, displaying, and writing analog data
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Configure the data file
The Write Data module has numerous properties you can set that
determine how the file is saved. To set up the data file using the
Write
Data
dialog box, complete the following steps:
1.
Double click on the Write Data module to open the
Write Data
dialog
box.
2.
Select
ASCII (Excel CSV Preset)
from the
File format
list box. Your
data is saved in a comma-separated values (CSV) text file that you can
open or import with Microsoft Excel®.
3.
Click
Yes
in the
User Information
dialog box to set the default
delimiter to
Comma
for CSV files.
4.
Click
File
to set up the data file with its default name on the Desktop,
and click
Save
.
5.
Click
Options
to open the
Write Data: ASCII Format
dialog box.
6.
In the
Decimal
frame, next to
Number
, verify the number of decimals
that you want to store in the ASCII file. The default is
2
.
7.
In the
Time format
frame, select
Date+time
from the list to store the
actual date and time for each row of samples.
8.
Click
OK
to close the
Write Data
dialog box and return to the
worksheet.