EASY
SENSE Vu+ Reference Manual DO255 (3)
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Data Harvest Group Ltd.
The program will open with live data from one sensor in a Numeric window. Click on the appropriate
picture icon on the tool bar to open other section displays i.e. Numeric, Gauge, Colour Change or Bar.
To alter the sensor displayed in a section,
right
click in the individual section window and select the
sensor from the list.
Click on the Start/
Stop
icon to stop recording.
Pictogram
(Level 1 USB connection only)
The value from the sensors can be displayed as pictures or an abstract colour block or bar
chart. Each picture represents a 10
th
of the range (or span) of the sensor and is also
displayed as a number from zero to ten.
The program will open with live data from the sensors displayed as pictures on a horizontal chart. The
graph type can be changed to an abstract colour blocks, a bar chart or oriented vertically.
The sensor readings are captured every time the Store icon is selected. Click on the Start/
Stop
icon
to stop recording.
Snapshot
Snapshot will open pre-set to record sensor values on demand (
manual sampling
) with a
bar graph display.
A logging wizard will open, deselect the tick next to any sensors from which readings are not required
and click on Finish.
Click on the
Start
/Stop icon to begin recording. Click in the graph area to collect a sample for each
active sensor. Click on the Start/
Stop
icon to stop data being recorded.
Graph
(Level 2 and 3 only)
Graph is pre-set to record sensor values against a
chosen time span
as a line graph
display.
The window will open with the Real time logging wizard: -
1. Deselect the tick next to any sensors from which readings are not required. Next.
2. Select the total recording time and the interval between the samples being taken (the shortest
interval for Vu+ logger is
20 ms)
. Next.
3. Select the condition required for the recording to start i.e.
None
- the recording will start as soon as you click on the
Start
/Stop icon.
Trigger on Level
- the recording will start when the sensor selected is above, below, rises
above or falls below a set level e.g. when the value from a Temperature sensor rises above
15
˚C.
4. When the selection has been made, click on Finish. The recording will start when the start
condition you have selected is met. The recording will stop when the selected time span has
passed.
Note:
If you want to stop a recording before it has run the full term, click on the Start/
Stop
icon.
Scope
(Level 3 only)
Scope has a simple oscilloscope type display.
1. A logging wizard will open, deselect the tick next to any sensors from which readings are not
required and click on Finish.
2. Select the Timebase (from panel on the right). The fastest interval between readings for Vu+ is
20
ms
(roll mode).
