Measurement Computing DASYLab User Manual - Manual (Page 30)

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Visualizing Measurements
DASYLab offers various modules for visualizing acquired and processed
measurement data. The diagram, the chart recorder, the Y/t chart, the x/y
chart, and the polar plot display your measurement data as curves. The list
and the digital meter display data in numeric form. Freely scalable analog
instruments, bar displays, and status displays help with process controls and
test controls.
Use the input instruments switch, slider, and coded switch to input values,
generate pulses, or trigger actions during a measurement. Display modules
and input modules have windows which you can position freely on the screen
and which you can configure during a measurement.
Use the DASYLab layout window to create the visualization screen. You
position display and input modules in the layout and add text and graphics.
You also can create several layouts to document your measurement. You print
out these layouts either manually or event related during the measurement.
You save the solution, which comprises the worksheet, the display screen,
and the documentation layout, in a file with the filename extension
.dsb .
This way you can create solutions for each measurement task on your
computer in order to load the solutions onto the measurement system on site.
Display Windows and Input
Instruments
Every display module and every input instrument which you integrate into
the worksheet has its own window which DASYLab initially minimizes and
displays at the bottom of the screen. When you start a measurement, the
window does not open automatically.