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You can minimize the display of one or more traces, to focus on the trace or traces of most interest (see
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RMS
(Root mean square)
The RMS trace displays the calculated root mean square of the X, Y, and Z values, using the following formula.
√
⅓
x
(x
2
+
y
2
+
z
2
)
The default vertical scale shows units of g-force, but you can change the units to galileos (1 Gal = 0.01 m/s2).
You can also change from displaying acceleration to displaying the signal energy (g
2
-s). For more information
on displayed readings and scales, see
Changing the Time-Domain Format
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Grid Lines
The vertical grid lines represent time intervals. The default interval between grid lines is 0.5 seconds, with 100
data points plotted in each interval. To change the horizontal scale for the traces, see
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Scroll Bars
Scroll bars let you move the traces by ±2g. As you increase the vertical scale factor, you might need to scroll to
view the full range of a trace.
