Model DMM7510 7½ Digit Graphical Sampling Multimeter Reference Manual
Section 2: General operation
DMM7510-901-01 Rev. B / May 2015
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Measure Reading Buffers menu
The
Reading Buffers
menu allows you to view the list of existing reading buffers
and select one to be the active buffer. You can also create, save, delete, resize, and
clear buffers from this screen.
To create a new reading buffer, select New. The new buffer is automatically set to be the active
buffer.
To adjust settings for a specific buffer, select the buffer. The Settings screen for that buffer is
displayed. A brief description of the options is provided in the following table.
Setting
Description
Buffer
Selects an existing buffer to configure.
New
Creates a new buffer that you name and configure.
Style
When creating a new buffer, specifies the style of buffer to create.
Standard:
Store readings with full accuracy with formatting,
maximum 11,000,000 readings
Compact:
Store readings with reduced accuracy (6.5 digits) with
no formatting information, 1
μs accurate timestamp, maximum
27,500,000 readings
Full:
Store the same information as standard, plus additional
information, such as the ratio component of a DCV ratio
measurement
Capacity
Sets the maximum number of readings that the buffer can store.
Note that when you resize a buffer, the readings contained in that
buffer are cleared.
Fill Mode
Continuous:
Fills the buffer continuously and overwrites old data
when the buffer is full.
Once:
Stops collecting data when the buffer is full (no data is
overwritten).
Clear
Clears data from the selected buffer.
Make Active
Makes the selected buffer the active reading buffer.
Save to USB
Saves the buffer to a
.csv
file, which can be opened by a
spreadsheet program. A USB flash drive must be present in the
front-panel USB port before you select Save to USB.
Delete
Deletes the selected buffer.
Views menu
The menus under Views in the main menu allow you to select, configure, and view data from
measure operations on the Model DMM7510. The following topics describe the settings that are
available on these interactive screens.
Views Graph menu
The
Graph
menu opens a screen that displays a graph of the measurements in selected
reading buffers as traces. It also contains tabs that you use to customize the graph display.
You can also select the trigger mode and initiate the trigger model from this screen. Select
the Trigger mode indicator in the upper right corner of the screen and select the trigger
mode. Refer to Trigger mode indicator for details.
