Atlas Copco PowerMACS 4000, User Manual

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Basic Functions
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If you see a trace that is interesting in some respect you can choose to save it, either in the TC or to a disk
file on your PC.
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To save it in the TC select the Save at TC from the Trace menu. This will cause the currently
displayed trace to be tagged for save which protects it.
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To save it as a disk file select the Save to file option from the Trace menu . This will display a Save
As dialogue where you specify the name and the format of your file. Chose extension *.trc ("Trace
Files"), to save it in PowerMACS internal format, or extension *.txt ("Text Files"), to save the trace
as a text file. A trace saved in PowerMACS internal format includes all data of the trace and can
later be opened using the
Trace|Open file alternative. A trace file stored as text only includes the
curves, the step boundaries (as a curve) and the cycle data printed as text. The curves are written
as columns, separated by a tab character, with each sample on an own row. This makes the text
file easy to import to, for example, Excel.