Software
Figure 23. Faults Tab
7.11 Logging Tab
All the cell voltage data and configuration settings can be saved as a Tab-Separated Value (.tsv) file
locally on the PC. Under the
Logging
tab, shown in
and
, the user can turn on logging,
choose the file name to which data is saved, and set the location where the log data file is saved.
The
Enable File Write
check box controls whether logging is enabled and the
Auto File Name
check box
controls whether a file name is automatically generated or whether a name must specified. To specify a
file name and location, click the
Specify TSV
file button and enter the log file path and name. Notes are
added in the notes dialog box and appear in the log file.
If
Auto File Name
is left un-ticked, the GUI appends new data to the same file name specified each time
polling is started. Selecting
Auto File Name
and
Enable File Write
, by default, cause the GUI to generate
log files on the desktop with file names in the format
TI_yymmdd_hhmmss.tsv
, where the automatically
generated digits are based on the date (year, month, day) and time (hour, minute, second). A specific
example is TI_140102_111909.tsv, in which the date and time are 2014, January 2, and 1100 hours, 19
minutes, and 09 seconds.
TIP
: Un-ticking the
Auto File Name
box, entering a file name and location, and then ticking the
Auto File
Name
box, prompts the GUI to start auto-generating file names in the selected path. If the GUI is shut
down cleanly at the end of the session, it remembers to store in that location next time as well, avoiding a
desktop littered with log files!
The
Log All Boards
check box controls whether only the data from the currently viewed bq76PL455EVM
address or the data from all bq76PL455EVMs in the system is logged to the appropriately specified log
file(s). If the Log All Boards check box is selected, the log file name is appended with _00, _01, _02, and
so forth. This appended extension to the specified file name is the address of the bq76PL455EVM from
which the data were collected.
An example log file is provided in
. View log files with any text editor or a spreadsheet viewer
such as Microsoft Excel
®
.
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