Chapter 4 PAS Application Software Configuring
Recorders
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Series PM172 Powermeters
Configuring Recorders
The PM172E and PM72EH are provided with a 1-Megabyte onboard non-
volatile memory for data, event and waveform recording.
Before using recorders, the device memory should be partitioned between
log files. The device memory is fully configurable. You can define how much
memory to allocate for each log file. If you want to change the factory
settings, follow the guidelines in the section below.
Configuring Device Memory
The device memory can be partitioned for a total of 11 log files:
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Event Log
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8 Data Logs
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2 Waveform Logs
To view the present device memory settings, select Memory/Log from the
Meter Setup menu, and then click on the Log Memory tab.
The following table lists available file options.
Option Range
Description
Type
WRAP AROUND
NON-WRAP
DAYLY PRF
Defines the file behavior when it is filled up.
WRAP AROUND: recording continues over the oldest records.
NON-WRAP: recording is stopped until the file is cleared.
DAILY PRF: daily TOU profile data log (only for Data Log #8).
Size
The memory size allocated to the file. Set automatically depending
on the size of the records and the number of records in the file.
Sections/Channels 0-14
The numbers of sections in a multi-section TOU profile data log
file, or the number of recording channels in a waveform log file
Num. of Records 0-65535
Allocates the file memory for predefined number of records
Record size
The size of the file record for a single channel or a section. Set
automatically depending on the file and on the number of
parameters in the data record
Parameters
0-16
The number of parameters in a single data record
Memory is allocated for each file statically when you set up your files and will
not change unless you re-organize the files. The meter automatically
