USB-5100 Series Software Help
Preferences
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Automatically select pre-defined Data Assistants or Filtered series for plotting instead of the source
series:
This checkbox controls whether any filtered series configured in the
Launch Logger
dialog box is
automatically selected in the
Plot Setup
dialog box. Clear this checkbox if you do not want filtered series
selected automatically in the
Plot Setup
dialog box or generated when plotting data.
Data assistants
are not supported
by USB-5100 Series data loggers.
When Light and Occupancy are enabled as State on the same logger, derive four possible
Light/Occupancy state channels:
This preference
is not supported
by USB-5100 Series data loggers and
has no effect on logger operation.
Other Options
Mark all points when plotting data:
This preference controls whether each data point is marked on the
series. Point markers are not displayed by default (except for events and for a series with only one data
point) to avoid cluttering the plot. Enable this option if you want all points to be marked on every series
whenever you display a plot. Keep in mind, however, that marking all points on a large plot takes longer
and consumes more system memory.
Label the time axis:
Select this option if you want the default label
Time
to be displayed with the time axis
(X-axis).
Use sensor labels (if available) in legend:
Select this option if you want any available sensor labels as
added in the Launch Logger dialog box to appear in the legend with the series name.
Undo & Redo
This preference controls whether you can undo and redo the changes you make to plots.
When the
Undo & Redo
preference is enabled, you can specify how many changes to plots are stored
within USB-5100 Series.
If you select
Number of stored undoable actions,
then there is a limit to the number of changes to the
plots that you can undo. For example, if you choose to store 25 undoable actions, then you can undo the last
25 changes that you made to the plots, but not the 26th. You can configure the software to store from
1 to 50 undoable actions (changes to the plot) with this setting.
If you select
Enable unlimited undoable actions,
then there is no limit to the number of changes to the
plots that you can undo. Note that storing an unlimited number of actions can impact software performance
on slower computers.
Display Preferences
Use the Display category within Preferences to control the default units, date/time format, and series options
displayed in plots.
To change these settings, complete the following steps:
1.
Select
File»Preferences
(Windows) or
USB-5100 Series Software»Preferences
(Macintosh).
2.
Select
Display
and then click the subcategory you want to change.
3.
Adjust any of the settings described below and then click
OK.
Default Units
This preference controls the units used throughout USB-5100 Series: either US or SI (Metric). This does change
the units shown on the axis, legend, points, and details the next time you display a plot. This does also change
the current readings the next time you open the Status dialog box.
Date/Time
These settings control how the date and time appears in USB-5100 Series. Changes you make are shown in the
date and time sample. Any plots that may be open when you make changes to the date and time display does
require the plots to be redrawn, which may take several seconds. As noted in the preferences, date and time
formatting beyond what is specified in these settings are determined by the computer operating system.
