MESA LABORATORIES, INC. DataTrace Division
Standard
Operating
Procedure
Release Date: August 27, 2010
Page: 16 of 32
Revision B
6. The “Installation Type.” screen is displayed next. These options allow the DTW program to be
loaded on a network where the Network Workstation Installation defines remote workstations.
The “Standard Installation” is used to define either the network “server” copy or an individual,
stand-alone installation of DTW. Normal installations would use the “Standard Installation”.
Click Next.
7. Choose the “Destination Folder.” from the next screen. The default is C:\Program
Files\DataTrace. Normally accept this default. Click Next.
8. The “Ready to Install DataTrace for Windows.” screen is displayed. At this point, the
Installation program has completed all of its initial procedures. It is now ready to automatically
complete the installation. When you press Next, the “Updating Sysem.” screen is displayed
with bars reflecting the progress of the installation.
9. The final installation screen, “DataTrace for Windows has been successfully installed.”
appears after the installation is complete. Press Finish to return to the original DTW Install
screen. Click “Exit” to exit the DTW Installation screen. The display returns to your Desktop
where a shortcut is installed for your DTW program.
10. Double click the DataTrace® for Windows icon, which will start your DTW program.
The software installation is complete.
8.3.
Operating the DTW program
The computer is the input device to program and retrieve data from the target process via the
DataTrace System. The DataTrace
®
System, software and hardware, provides the means to
directly interface with the production process.
Start the DataTrace
®
program by double-clicking on the DataTrace
®
for Windows shortcut icon.
The program loads and presents you with the DataTrace Control Panel.
The DataTrace Control Panel is the first screen that appears when DataTrace
®
for Windows
starts.
There are four “Tabs” across the top of the Control Panel. Everything done in the DataTrace
®
for
Windows program is done from one of these tabs.
The
MAIN
Tab provides access to the most frequently used functions in the program:
Programming and Reading Tracers and Analyzing collected data. The MAIN Tab is active
when the DataTrace
®
for Windows program starts.
UTILITIES
tab provides access to infrequently used file handling and “housekeeping”
functions. These include Importing old DataTrace
®
for DOS files, Exporting files into
spreadsheets, databases, etc., Archiving or Deleting old or no longer needed profiles,
and refreshing the database index. These functions will only be accessed periodically.
The
REPORTS
Tab accesses special reports such as which programs were loaded into
which Tracers and listings of Tracer profiles stored in DTW.
The
SETUP
Tab accesses default settings and configuration functions, as well as some
special calculations, for the DataTrace
®
for Windows program. Once established, these
settings may never need to be visited again.