MER-204X Software Instruction Manual
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................6
1.1 SOFTWARE DESIGN ......................................................................................6
1.2 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS .......................................................................7
2.0 M24-PROF: DATA ACQUISITION PROGRAM.............................................8
2.1 M24-PROF PROGRAM OPERATION..............................................................8
2.3 M24-PROF PROGRAM OPTIONS.................................................................12
3.0 M24-READ: DATA ANALYSIS PROGRAM.................................................13
3.1 M24-READ PROGRAM OPERATION............................................................13
3.2 M24-READ MISCELLANEOUS AND DISPLAY OPTIONS............................14
<?>: QUICK HINTS .................................................................................14
<ESC>: RETURN TO MAIN MENU ........................................................14
<SPACE BAR>: TEMPORARILY HALT PROGRAM ..............................14
<X>: EXIT THE SYSTEM........................................................................14
<A>: DISPLAY ALL CHANNELS .............................................................15
<E>: EXAMINE ONE CHANNEL AND CALCULATE STATISTICS ........15
<H>: HARD COPY REPORT FORMAT ..................................................16
<I>: PRINT THE CASTCARD .................................................................18
<K>: ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT CALCULATION ...........................18
<R>: RAW DATA IN HEX........................................................................19
<V>: FORCE ALL READINGS TO VOLTS .............................................19
<Z>: CLEAR THE MIN AND MAX R(ECORD) LIMITS ...........................19
3.3 M24-READ GRAPHICS AND PLOTTING OPTIONS.....................................19
<B> PACK A BINARY DATA FILE ..........................................................19
<C> SELECT ANOTHER CALIBRATION FILE ......................................19
<F> OPEN A BINARY DATA FILE ..........................................................20
<G> GRAPHICS DISPLAY......................................................................20
<L> LETTER A PEN PLOT .....................................................................22
<N> CLEAR THE MIN AND MAX R(ECORD) LIMITS............................22
<P> PEN PLOTTING...............................................................................22
<W> WRITE A CSV DATA FILE .............................................................24
4.0 M24-TEST ...................................................................................................25
4.1 M24-TEST PROGRAM OPERATION ............................................................25
4.2 M24-TEST PROGRAM OPTIONS .................................................................25
<A> ALL CHANNELS IN UNITS..............................................................25
<C> SELECT ANOTHER CALIBRATION FILE ......................................26
<E> EXAMINE ONE CHANNEL WITH STATISTICS .............................26
<ESC>: RETURN TO MAIN MENU ........................................................26
<H> HARD COPY DUMP........................................................................27
<I> I/O CONTROL...................................................................................27
<L> LOG A CALIBRATION RUN.............................................................27
<O> VIEW ONE CHANNEL ONLY .........................................................27
<R> DISPLAY RAW DATA IN HEX ........................................................27
<S> STATUS BYTE DISPLAY ................................................................27
<T> TEST THE DATA TRANSMISSION.................................................27
