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Getting Started with DT800
dataTaker
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Can’t See Live Data?
If the channel data in the Value column isn’t updating
as you think it should, check that
•
Edit Mode
on the Form menu is un-ticked (that is, the
form window is in Run Mode)
•
Pause
on the Form menu is un-ticked
• for real-time channels: DeLogger is connected to the
DT800, and the DT800 is running the program that
contains the channels you’ve specified to be
displayed in the form window
• for replay channels: the replay control panel is open and
showing the correct replay file’s name in its title bar.
The Form Menu
When a form window is DeLogger’s front-most
window, the seventh menu on DeLogger’s menu bar is
Form
(see Figure 20 on page 27). Commands on this
menu are specific to the form window, and some are
duplicated by buttons on the form toolbar (Figure 38).
Send the
X
schedule command (“polled” or “scan on host request” schedule).
Pause
the return of data.
Reset
all values in the Low Value column to zero (updated at the next scan).
Reset
all values in the High Value column to zero (updated at the next scan).
Scale view
down
(zoom out)
Scale view
up
(zoom in)
Turn
Edit Mode
on/off.
F
IGURE
37
A DeLogger form window in Run Mode (
Form
menu >
Edit Mode
is un-ticked)
Edit Mode on
Edit Mode is ticked on the Form menu.
Edit Mode off
(Run Mode)
Edit Mode is un-ticked on the Form menu.
Edit Mode
button depressed
Edit Mode
button raised
Buttons available in Edit Mode
Buttons available in Run Mode
F
IGURE
38
Buttons available on the form toolbar in Edit Mode and Run Mode
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