Apricus Advanced solar controller, User Manual

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4.1.5 Viewing Graphs of System Data
On the Solar Control:
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Graphs that you view on the display screen of the Solar Control in the Operation h menu
are based on all system performance measurements. See page 25 for further
information.
With the DataViewer Software:
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When the SD Card is inserted into the control and switched ON , it will automatically
record data on system performance as it is recorded by the control.
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When removed from the control and inserted into your PC, this information will be
displayed on the Charts tab of the DataViewer software.
 It will only graph information gathered while the SD Card is inserted in the control
and switched ON .
For example:
- A
Solar Control is connected to a system and placed into service at 6:00 A.M.
- An SD Card is
inserted into the
Solar Control at
9:00 A.M. and
removed at 10:30
A.M. the same day.
- The graphs
accessible on the
Solar Control
( Operation h
menu) show system
performance
information from
6:00 A.M. to
whatever time they
are viewed.
- The graphs
displayed on the
Charts tab of the
DataViewer
software only represent system performance information that registered on the SD Card
(between 9:00 A.M. and 10:30 A.M.).
4.1.6 Exporting to Excel
With the DataViewer software you have the ability to export the system performance
information to Excel for further analysis.
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On the Files menu in DataViewer , select Excel
Export . DataViewer will export the file (in .csv
format) to a location that you select.
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In Excel , click Open on the File menu. (You may
have to change the “ Files of type ” to All Files to
find the exported file.)
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Select Column A in the open file.
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From the Data menu, click on Text to Columns
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Select Delimited (then click Next)
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Select semicolon (click Next)
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In the Column/Data format you can either leave it as General , or select a different format
for the entries in each column. Most commonly, Column A would be changed to Date .
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Click Finish .