Measurement Computing DaqView for DaqTemp Applications - Manual (Page 21)

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DaqViewXL
Overview ……1
Program Requirements ……1
Installation of DaqViewXL Software ……2
Basic Function of DaqViewXL ……2
Configuring an Acquisition ……3
Data Header ……3
Hints and Tips for DaqViewXL ……4
To run a trial version of DaqViewXL, select
“Authorization” from DaqView’s File Pull-down
Menu, then click the 30 day trial button.
Overview
DaqViewXL is a Microsoft Excel add-in that provides complete setup and data acquisition within Excel
under Windows 98, Me, NT, 2000, or XP. Acquired data is immediately placed in an active spreadsheet,
updating cells and graphics. Data is then analyzed and graphically displayed. DaqViewXL:
• Augments Microsoft’s Excel spreadsheet software with data acquisition capability
• Provides strip-chart graphics for real-time data display
• Automatically converts data to engineering units
Once DaqViewXL is installed within Excel, the spreadsheet provides a toolbar that contains all the data
acquisition controls. This DaqViewXL tool bar (also accessible from Excel’s menu) can enable all
configuration and data acquisition tasks. The features of Excel and DaqView are seamlessly combined to
form a powerful data acquisition solution.
DaqViewXL performs like DaqView despite a slightly different user-interface. To set up your data
acquisition system, you just click on the Configure button in the Excel tool bar. DaqViewXL’s main
window appears with all of the controls required to configure data acquisition including setting up input and
output channels on an easy-to-use grid. Each column of the channel-configuration grid corresponds to
specific parameters in the data acquisition system and allows you to set these parameters on a per-channel
basis.
You can obtain automated reports by taking advantage of the Software Components concept. For example,
you can embed an Excel spreadsheet object into a Word document. When the spreadsheet object is
activated, it gives you access to DaqViewXL. In this case, the Word document holds all text, as well as an
embedded Excel spreadsheet object that holds raw and calculated data and graphics. Double-clicking on
the Excel object in Word can access DaqViewXL to efficiently prepare a statistical report. This compound
document allows you to collect, configure, analyze, graph, and annotate data with a few clicks of a mouse
button.
Program Requirements
DaqViewXL requires the following software:
• IOtech DaqBook/DaqBoard Series driver version 5 or later.
Installed components must include DaqView version 7.7.25 or later.
• Microsoft Excel 97 or later
• Microsoft Windows Operating System (Windows 98, Me, NT, 2000, or XP)