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9 Volt Battery Test
Items needed: 9 Volt battery. Signal input leads.
In the following hands-on exercise, you will set up a channel to monitor a 9 Volt battery in Realtime. Next, a data capture
will be set up to record when the battery voltage is applied. Finally, the captured data will be reviewed.
Note:
The steps below are for the
NDV1
or
IHV1
voltage modules installed in Slot 1 (Channel 1).
Please contact Astro-Med if you have any questions regarding the use of other modules.
In the exercise, every action needed is detailed in a step-by-step fashion to help you quickly become familiar with the
operation of the
Dash 8Xe / Dash 8X
. The
ACTION
on the left-hand side describes what is to be done.
The
HOW TO
section provides the detailed steps to take using the pull-down menus of the Menu Bar.
I. Real-time Monitoring: Monitor the voltage of a 9 Volt battery.
Set up the channel so that when there is no signal, the waveform trace will be at the center of the channel and when the 9
Volt signal is applied, the waveform trace will be near the top of the channel.
ACTION
HOW TO
(Use the Menu Bar Pull-Down menus)
Verify Menu Bar display
If the date and time are shown at the top of the screen, press the
M
icon in
the upper right hand corner to show the Menu Bar.
Dash 8Xe / Dash 8X Menu Bar
Default the
Dash 8Xe / Dash 8X
Choose
Configuration
>>
Utilities
from the menu bar to open the Utilities
window.
Choose
Defaults
>>
System
from the menu bar to set the recorder to
factory defaults.
Click
Yes
to accept.
Enter Realtime Mode
Choose
Configuration
>>
Realtime
from the menu bar to enter Realtime
Mode.
View All Channels
Choose
View
>>
Basic All Channels
from the menu bar.
Set speed to 5 mm/sec
Press the
[5 mm/s]
icon on the control panel.
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