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FlukeView Forms 
Users Manual 

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To begin interactive logging: 

1.

 

Connect the meter to the PC. 

2.

 

Select the form template you want to use by opening 
the File menu and selecting New Blank Form
Highlight the form template in the New Blank Form 
dialog box and click OK

3.

 

On the meter, choose the meter function and range 
you want to use to measure the input.  

4.

 

In FlukeView Forms, click the Meter button at the top 
right-hand portion of the toolbar. Use the virtual 
meter to confirm that the meter readings are correct. 

5.

 

From the Meter menu, select Logging. The Logging 
Window appears. You can also press the Logging 
button to access the Logging Window

6.

 

Set up your logging session using the Setup tab of 
the Logging Window (or make no changes to 
Setup, and use the default configuration). 

7.

 

Click Start or Stop to start or stop logging. 

The SetupSchedule and Status tabs of the Logging 
Window display settings for and provide information 
about the logging session. Use them to: 

 

Change the default logging settings under Setup

 

Display Simulation Graph to examine the effects of 
your logging settings on example data. 

 

Manually Start and Stop a logging session, or set 
scheduled Start/Stop times for a logging session 
under the Schedule tab. 

 

Examine the progress of the active logging session 
under Status

Содержание FlukeView Forms

Страница 1: ...FlukeView Forms Documenting Software Users Manual September 2000 Rev 5 8 07 2002 2003 2005 2007 Fluke Corporation All rights reserved All product names are trademarks of their respective companies...

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Страница 3: ...lation 3 System Requirements 3 Installing FlukeView Forms 3 Overview of FlukeView Forms 3 Starting FlukeView Forms 6 Selecting a Form Template 6 Getting Data from the Meter to the PC 6 How Your Meter...

Страница 4: ...sting Form 17 Printing a Form 18 Saving a Form 18 Placing Existing Meter Data in a New Form Template 18 Display Selected Readings 19 Finding and Opening Saved Forms 19 Opening a Saved Form 19 Using th...

Страница 5: ...ng Program Options 24 FlukeView Forms Meter Functions 24 Clearing Data from Meter Memory 25 Changing Meter Settings 25 Altering Form Templates 25 Altering an Existing Template 26 Creating a New Form T...

Страница 6: ...ke warrants that the Product will perform in its intended environment substantially in accordance with the accompanying written materials for a period of 90 days from the date of license acceptance Fl...

Страница 7: ...meter data in a format that meets your needs Contacting Fluke To order accessories receive assistance or locate the nearest Fluke distributor or Service Center call USA 1 888 99 FLUKE 1 888 993 5853 C...

Страница 8: ...ents readings from supported digital meters through IR or standard serial communications Displays acquired results in graphs and tables Allows you to save and print results Allows you to retrieve and...

Страница 9: ...g in with Administrator privileges Installing FlukeView Forms To install FlukeView Forms please see the printed FlukeView Forms Installation Guide For installation of the Fluke USB IR cable see the US...

Страница 10: ...FlukeView Forms Users Manual 4 3 2 1 8 9 7 4 11 5 6 10 zk01f eps Figure 1 FlukeView Forms Screen...

Страница 11: ...untitled if the form has not been saved E Virtual Meter button Opens the virtual meter window The virtual meter displays the active meter readings and copies single readings to the active form It also...

Страница 12: ...k Form dialog box appears Double click a form template name in the Select a form template list Note If you open a new blank form template FlukeView Forms asks if you want to save any changes you have...

Страница 13: ...ing the Communications Port The communications port that FlukeView Forms uses is displayed at the bottom right of the FlukeView Forms screen To change the communications port 1 Open FlukeView Forms 2...

Страница 14: ...ms two ways When you upload individually saved readings from meter memory When you perform a single reading copy to form Note Readings stored in meter memory are identified variously as saved readings...

Страница 15: ...rm The Get Meter Data dialog box appears In some cases this step is unnecessary Instead you are prompted with the Get Meter Data dialog box automatically You can also press the Get Meter Data button t...

Страница 16: ...ing The Logging Window appears You can also press the Logging button to access the Logging Window 6 Set up your logging session using the Setup tab of the Logging Window or make no changes to Setup an...

Страница 17: ...are Getting Data from the Meter to the PC 11 INTERVAL EVENTS Hour minute 14 00 14 10 14 20 14 30 14 40 LOGGED READINGS INPUT EVENTS 1 2 3 4 5 5 V 0 V Stable Unstable zk02f eps Figure 2 Interval Events...

Страница 18: ...the display of two readings at once and both are being displayed then both readings may be logged depending on the settings you have selected When you start logging the meter readings are monitored b...

Страница 19: ...view either or both on the form If you decide to record only input events or only interval events you lose this flexibility but you reduce the number of readings you take and save disk space on your P...

Страница 20: ...s an internal value based on the type of meter and the PC s CPU speed and current performance Changing the Input Event Settings Changing the input event settings allows you to specify what changes in...

Страница 21: ...current event is yellow while older events are blue and eventually scroll off the left side of the chart The number of events logged and the current high low and average values for the event in progr...

Страница 22: ...ars at the bottom of any display reading table on the form or in a testpoint reading form item Data from Multiple Meters on a Single Form You can display data from more than one meter on a single form...

Страница 23: ...by the user If you place your cursor in a field and the symbol appears that is a user data field You can enter comments and additional data in these fields To retain user data when adding a new set o...

Страница 24: ...ve button Save is disabled if there is no new data to save Saved forms are identified by the form template and the date and time they were first saved You can also enter a 30 character remark to help...

Страница 25: ...iple logged readings into a single reading Note You cannot edit the actual meter data You can only delete entire readings or you can change the order of readings 1 From the menu select Tools then Sele...

Страница 26: ...have saved previously by opening the saved form and changing user data You can then either perform a Save to overwrite the original form or Save As to create a new form with the edited material Deleti...

Страница 27: ...can copy the data to the form or export the data to a csv file see file export for a more flexible export Additional buttons options are provided to support specific meter capabilities It shows meter...

Страница 28: ...hat you see is what you get export For a more flexible export see the File Export Data menu Clearing Data from Meter Memory You can use FlukeView Forms to clear data from the meter s memory if the met...

Страница 29: ...base 1 Open FlukeView Forms or FlukeView Forms Designer 2 On the File menu select Open Database 3 Browse to the drive and folder containing the database 4 Select the database you want to open and clic...

Страница 30: ...select File then Open Database 3 Select the database to optimize and click OK 4 On the menu select Advanced then Database Maintenance 5 Select Optimize and follow on screen instructions Note FlukeVie...

Страница 31: ...to change some meter settings including synchronizing the clock internal logging settings and other meter functions that are specific to the type of meter 1 Turn on the meter 2 From the Meter menu se...

Страница 32: ...Item 7 Change fonts type colors and other form item characteristics by selecting the form item click on the form item in the template From the menu select Edit then Properties Make changes 8 Select m...

Страница 33: ...h display meter data or user data Form items displaying meter data can only display either logged readings or display readings The following is a list of available form items These are found in templa...

Страница 34: ...adings against their amplitude Typical readings tend to plot together in a cluster whereas exceptional events are plotted away from the typical ones This can be useful when there is a recurring event...

Страница 35: ...rm item signifies Yes Clearing the check box signifies No Numeric Entry Provides a space to type numeric values on the form Selection Box Allows you to choose data from a list of predefined values tha...

Страница 36: ...ew Forms uses 1 On the Tools menu select Options The Options dialog box appears 2 Click the Communications tab 3 In the Port drop down list select the communications port you would like to use The def...

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