
DataView II (CD295) Dual Line Display
8
6.
The
Description
and
Units
fields are free-form text strings that are
displayed on the CD295 along with the value collected from the data
logger. These fields can be used to provide a user-friendly description and
engineering units of the value displayed. It is also possible to choose the
number of decimal places to be used when displaying the value.
Complete the
Description
,
Units
and
Decimal Places
.
You can now continue adding screens by repeating steps 5 and 6, as many
times as necessary.
If the variable you have chosen is not floating point, the
Display Options
panes on the right side of the screen will provide multiple options for
displaying the variable. The example below shows the Display Options for
a Boolean variable.
Long integer data types are used to store both integer whole numbers and
time stamps. Choose
Numeric Value
for the
Display Option
if your long
integer variable is a whole number. Several display options are offered for
time stamps (see below).