Measurement Computing WaveBook rev.3.0 - Manual (Page 97)

WaveBook User’s Manual, 6-24-99 WaveView 5-3
Devices Properties
After you have selected the device parameters, click Close.
WaveView attempts to find the WaveBook at the specified port. One of the following situations will occur:
• The hardware is found, the WaveView main window opens.
• The hardware is not found, a dialog box informs you and provides another chance to select
parameters.
If WaveView cannot identify the hardware, and you have verified that the selected hardware
parameters are correct, exit WaveView and then use the “Test Hardware” feature of the
Daq Configuration control panel. A discussion of this feature begins on page 2-6.
WaveView interrogates the hardware after it starts up to see what options and expansion modules are
actually connected to the WaveBook. The number of channels (shown on the configuration menu)
represents the number of channels actually connected to WaveBook.
Configure Channels
You can use the Simulated mode to become familiar with WaveView’s main features. The Simulated mode
is convenient, as there are no hardware concerns when using it. To select the simulated mode:
1. Select the System pull-down menu.
2. Select Simulated WaveBook.
Configuring Channels from WaveView’s Main Window
• On/Off Column. To acquire data with WaveView, channels must be properly connected to signal
sources, and must be enabled (On). Channels can be enabled as folows:
(1) Click in a channel’s On/Off cell, then select "On" from the drop-down menu (that appears above the
range column), or
(2) Double-click in a channel’s On/Off cell to toggle to “On.” Note that the on/off status will change
with each double-click, or
(3) Click on the toolbar’s “On” button to turn All channels on. Note that the “Off” button turns all
channels off.