Measurement Computing DaqBoard 3000USB Series - Manual (Page 24)

IG-18 968492 DaqBoard/3000USB Series Installation Guide
(5) Collect Data
Click the Enable Readings Column button (17), or the Start All Indicators button (5); the data acquisition
begins and the readings column becomes active. Click the Acquire button (12) to send the data to disk.
DaqView Main Window Channel Setup Tab Selected
Main Window, a Brief Description of Button Control Functions
# Item Description
1 Scope Brings up a window from which Scope and/or Chart displays can be configured and used
for analyzing data in relation to x and y axes.
2 Bar Graph Meters Displays a bar graph meter.
3 Analog Meters Displays an analog dial meter.
4 Digital Meters Displays a digital meter.
5 Start All Indicators Starts displaying data in the Reading column and any open Chart or Meters window.
6 Stop All Indicators Stops displaying data in the Reading column and any open Chart or Meters window.
7 View File Data Launches an independent post-data acquisition program, such as PostView, if installed.
The data acquisition CD includes a PDF version of the post data acquisition document.
8 Analog Output Displays the Analog Output window of the available DAC channels.
9 Digital I/O Displays the Digital I/O window.
10 Counter/Timer Displays the Counter/Timer window.
11 Waveform & Pattern
Output Displays the Arbitrary Waveform and Streamed Output windows.
12 Acquire Activates an acquisition of data to a file.
13 Show ALL Channels Expands Analog & Scanned Digital Inputs spreadsheet to show all channels, whether
active or not.
14 Hide INACTIVE
Channels
Condenses the Analog & Scanned Digital Inputs spreadsheet, to hide channels that are
inactive.
15 Turn All Visible
Channels ON Turns all visible channels ON. Hidden channels will remain off.
16 Turn All Channels
OFF Turns all the channels OFF.
17 Channel Reading A toggle button that enables [or disables] the Channel Reading column of the Analog and
Scanned Digital Input spreadsheet. Some windows require the Channel Reading column
to be disabled when changing channels or other parameters. This command is also
available from the Data pull-down menu.
Click one of the toolbar’s display icon buttons to see your data in the form of a scope or meter display.
Button (1) brings up the scope window, which allows you to set up a scope and chart displays; buttons
2, 3, and 4 are for: bar graph meters, analog meters, and digital meters, respectively.