Measurement Computing Personal Daq rev.6.0 - Manual (Page 71)

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Grid Limit Lines Used to show or hide the grid limit lines.
Grid Lines Used to show or hide the grid lines.
Timestamp
Absolute (Ctrl+F4) Selects absolute time for the timestamp.
Relative (Ctrl+F5) Selects relative time for the timestamp
Off (Ctrl+F6) Turns the timestamp off.
Note: Many of the menu functions can be achieved by using the appropriate toolbar buttons. These
buttons are discussed in the following text.
Toolbar Items
Button Function
1 Group Select Indicates the current chart group. Clicking on the down arrow (W) reveals other available
groups. To select a different chart group, simply pull down the group list and select the
desired group. The group list can be obtained by any of the control options: a) clicking
the down arrow (W), b) using Ctrl + G on the keyboard, c) using the keyboard up or down
arrow key, d) using the page up or page down key. If using a control option other than
“a,” you may need to select the group select box by repeatable pressing the keyboard’s
Tab key until the group select box is selected. When this happens, the name of the
currently selected group appears in white on a dark background.
2 Start Charts
Display
Starts the scrolling chart display. Does not affect the recording of data to disk.
3 Stop Charts
Display
Stops the scrolling chart display. Does not affect the recording of data to disk.
Buttons 4 and 5 provide a means of changing the chart’s scroll rate (chart speed). These
two buttons do not affect the scan rates of the acquisition device. The “global” scroll rate
(chart speed) is indicated in the lower right-hand corner of the Chart Display Window as
time/div. Possible chart speeds are indicated in the table below.
Note: The “global” scroll rate is not necessarilly the same as the chart’s “actual”
scroll rate (as set in the chart’s Properties dialog box). The Properties box
is accessed through the Chart pull-down menu. The table on page 4-28
includes a screen capture.
4
5
Scroll Faster
Scroll Slower
Available Chart Speeds (Scroll Rates)
0.1 sec/div 1 sec/div 10 sec/div 2 min/div 30 min/div
0.2 sec/div 2 sec/div 30 sec/div 5 min/div 1 hr/div
0.5 sec/div 5 sec/div 1 min/div 10 min/div
6 Setup Charts Accesses a Display Configuration Setup dialog box. See page 4-31 for detailed
information.
7 Chart Setup Wizard Opens Chart Setup Wizard for manual or automatic configuration of the chart display.
Detailed discussion of the Chart Setup Wizard begins on page 4-37.
8 Print Chart Display Sends the displayed chart to the printer.
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