USB-5100 Series Software Help
Modifying a Plot
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Undoing and Redoing Plot Changes
You can undo and redo changes made to the plot display, including zooming, panning, crosshair placement,
graph and axis properties modifications, and more.
To undo the most recent change, click the Undo Action
icon on the toolbar or select
Edit»Undo Action
.
To redo the most recent change that had previously been undone, click the Redo Action
icon on the toolbar
or select
Edit»Redo Action
.
When using the
Edit
menu for
Undo
or
Redo
, the most recent change is listed with the menu choice. In the
following example, the most recent change that can be undone is to
Zoom Out
.
USB-5100 Series keeps track of the changes that you make within each plot dialog box and temporarily stores
them as undoable actions. To see a complete list of all the actions that can be undone or redone, click the down
arrow to the right of either icon on the toolbar.
The number of undoable actions stored is set within the plot preferences. You can configure USB-5100 Series
to either store a specific number of undoable actions or an unlimited number. In addition, you can enable or
disable the feature altogether. Note that storing an unlimited number of actions can impact software
performance on slower computers.
Saving Project Files
A project file
(.hproj
) is a plot that you have customized using the various features and tools of USB-5100
Series. When you open a project file, the plot appears as it did when you saved the project file and contains all
of the same data.
To save your current data with a customized view of the plot, click the Save icon
on the toolbar, or choose
Save Project from the File menu. To open an existing project file, choose Open Project from the File menu.
Using the Linear Data Assistant (USB-5106 Only)
You can run the Linear Scaling Assistant (LSA) from the Launch Logger dialog box to create additional data
series that are automatically available each time you read out the logger and open the resulting data file. The
LSA converts a data series from a compatible sensor to some other measurement. You enter two raw values and
their corresponding measurement values. The conversion must be based on a linear relationship. Nonlinear
scaling is not available.
To use the LSA, click
Scaling
in the Launch Logger dialog box, and then click
Create
in the Data Assistants
dialog box.
Default Settings
The parameters last entered into the LSA are retained the next time the LSA runs, unless it is being used to edit
an existing series. If you run the LSA from the Plot Setup dialog box and then later you run it from the Launch
Logger dialog box, the default values are the values you entered in the Plot Setup dialog box.
Hiding Assistants
To hide or show the LSA in the Plot Setup dialog box, click
Manage
. This opens the Preferences dialog box to
allow you to change these settings.
Updating the Linear Scaling Assistant
The LSA is installed automatically. There may also be times when a new LSA is available between software
releases and needs to be installed manually. To do this, complete the following steps:
1.
Check
for an updated LSA file. If an updated file is available, download it.
2.
Right-click on the USB-5100 Series software icon and select
Run as Administrator
.
