MANUAL TEST FUNCTIONS
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Save/Recall for Manual Test Functions
For all Manual Test functions, the user can save the current active measurement data for later
review and / or comparison with previous measurements.
There are two methods to save data that has been collected by the Manual Test functions.
The first method is to store the data to an open Job using the
Save Data
item under the
F3
(Manual) button. This data can be recalled on the TALAN at a later date. It can also be
transferred to a PC via USB or a Compact Flash card and viewed in the
Manual Data
section of
TALAN Data Viewer. The data is organized by test method, e.g. DMM, FDR, etc. This method
requires careful naming of the data captured so that the user will understand where this data
actually came from when reviewing it on the PC with TALAN Data viewer.
The second method is to store the data to a target within an open Job using the
Save Data to a
Target
item under the
F3
(Manual) button. This data can be transferred to a PC via USB or a
Compact Flash card and viewed in the
Sequence Data
section of TALAN Data Viewer. The data
is accessible in a logical tree structure that starts with the highest level location designation
(e.g. company name
REIHQ
). It can then be broken down into as many sub locations as
necessary, e.g.
TrainingRoom
, or
PhoneCloset4
or
PresidentsOffice
, then finally to a given
Target, such as
Deskphone
or
WallJackA231
. This
Save Data to a Target
method places the
manually collected measurements into the same target that data is stored from the Sequence
DMM tests as outlined in the section titled
Save Sequence Data Functions
.
Using the
Save Data
method requires that the data name for the given measurements contain
sufficient information to identify all of the locations/sub-locations/targets. This makes the
Save
Data to a Target
method a more logical approach to organizing data for future retrieval /
comparison using the TALAN Data Viewer.
