Malvern Instruments Spraytec, User Manual

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The key components are:
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Vertical line showing a trigger mark. When the cursor is held over this line,
the trigger time is shown in a pop-up box as shown above.
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Selector bar – click on any record and this vertical bar moves to that point.
The pop-up
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to the left of the bar shows the time of the selected record,
relative to the start time. The number in parentheses after the time shows
the event number. If record view windows are also open, these show data
for this record only. Each time the selector bar moves, those windows up-
date their display to show the new current record.
. Parameter information boxes – these appear to the right of the selector bar
and display information on variables. In Size and Transmission view, these
show the
Transmission and Dv(50) values by default.
/ Horizontal scroll bar – use this to select the time frame to view.
Alarms are indicated by red horizontal bars in this window; see Chapter 6.
Other views
Besides Size and Transmission, the following views are available, showing
parameters as follows:
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Average Size and Transmission – shows Transmission and Avg[Dv(50)] .
.
Mean Sizes – shows Avg D[4,3] and Avg D[3,2] .
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Transmission and Percentiles – shows Transmission and Dv(10) , Dv(50)
and Dv(90) .
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Custom – there are two of these, which the user can modify as required us-
ing
Tools-Options-Default Size History View .
To change to one of these views, right-click in the window and select the view in
the menu which appears.
Selecting records
To select a range of records in this window, double-click on the first record in the
range and then hold down the left mouse button and drag. A grey box shows the
selection. The selected records can be averaged, re-analysed, printed, etc.
Zooming in on the display
There are two easy ways to zoom in on a period of time:
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Right-click and select Size History Duration . Specify the length of the
period to display in the window.
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