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1. need to select the file from the file dialog box Once the configuration file has been read the configuration popup dialog box will open To edit a file remotely ensure the Use Recorder box is checked Configuration D ataChart Revision Sample Rate 2 Triggered Rate 5 Temp Unit degree Passward Record File TESTI Record Made Off Channels Display Beeper Ch A vil Ott Window Contig wv Trend Type Butnan i MSG js Dual Digital Input Type THERI M Bottom Digital E Tone Period Low Scale Menu Time Out 2 MIN Alarms Off W Ext Input Iw Alarm 1 High Scale Backlight Time Out 2 MIN Iu E I teema Battery C On i gii Chart Time Stam Process Averac m Filter i Cine Zoom Level Moe Pen Solid T Enable Time Only Middle Zoom Offset 267 on m T Tas TEMPA Disable Time 4nd Date Baltam Compand 21 Alarm Alarm Alam Alarm Enable Disable t Enable Disable Enable Disable t Enable Disable High t Low High C Low High C Low High Low Setpoint 1 48 0 Setpoint 1 48 0 Selpoint 148 0 Setpoint 148 0 Deadband 0 0 Deadband 0 0 D eadband 0 0 Deadband 0 0 t han DhanB han C DhanB t han t DhanB t Chan amp Chan B Reset Delay 0 0 E Reset Delay 0 0 Reset Delay 0 0 Reset Delay 0 0 Hold Off 0 0 E Hold Off no See H2. also used to export data directly into an Excel spread sheet and can be used to highlight a specific point on the graph 3 4 1 JUMPING TO A SPECIFIC POINT ON THE GRAPH If you double click a value in either Channel Value column in the data table the program will highlight that point in the Graphics window The graph will be automatically scaled to show the unique point highlighted by a rectangular box as shown below Statistics DataTable Graph or a a e 2 M Use Recorder Sample er erannel B J Row in the table 5 Tuesday November Di 5 2 49 48 PM Value 66 079 Tuesday November 08 2005 UNIT TAG Sample Sec 20 Go to Contents Page 8 of 18 Navigator Software User s Manual Move the cursor into the rectangle for precise information about the point The graph can be zoomed and panned to show the relationship of this point to the rest of the traces Refer to the section on the Graphics window 3 4 2 CREATING A REPORT Select the DataTable Tab The Navigator has the ability to create custom reports to be exported to Excel directly The user can select the entire data set beware large files or highlight rows in the table or choose specific dates and times using the filter Also the user can select what columns from the table to export To export all the data simply click the Excel button or choose File Export from the menu To select multiple rows from the data ta
3. or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the software vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway STOP Installation Select Continue Anyway The program will then install and run the USB 1250 driver Select Install the software automatically Recommended option and click Next gt The Installer will search for the USB driver and when found will display the same message as in 13 above Select Continue anyway then when done select Finish to complete the installation Note Although the recorder connects via the USB port the PC sees it as a virtual COM port i You can check the successful installation by right clicking on the My Computer icon in the Start menu and selecting Properties Then choose the Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button You should see two instances of the recorder device as shown below one as Multi port serial adapters and again under Ports COM amp LPT as USB recorder COMx For successful operation x should be 6 or less Mice and other pointing devices Moderns E Monitors JAT Multi port serial adapters Tip Make sure you have no other programs running that take control of 211 Recorder Device the serial ports in the background like some Hotsync programs as E8 Network adapters these will prevent the Navigator software from seeing the COM port gt NVIDIA Ne
4. or the graphics screen When scrolling beyond these limits additional data will be loaded as needed Once data is loaded the Statistics window opens showing a summary of the loaded data In the example below the file Sample DAT was loaded There are two channels Channel A was called CHA and will be represented on the graph by the colored trace shown on the left below the file name It units are RPM with 10 being the full scale Channel B was called CHB and is a E Thermocouple measuring C and will be represented on the graph by the colored trace shown on the right below the file name The data recording was started on Tuesday November 08 2005 at 2 49 48 PM The sample rate was 20 Samples Sec and the recorder is identified by the UNIT TAG By clicking on Minimum or Maximum you can jump directly to those points on the graph amp Navigator BITES a al al Sample da ChannelA CHA cr Statistics DataTable RPM 10KCPM Statistics for Sample Channel A Summary Channel B Summary Start Time Tuesday November 08 2005 2 49 48 PM Start Time Tuesday November 08 2005 2 49 46 PM End Time Tuesday November 08 2005 2 52 14 PM End Time Tuesday November 08 2005 2 52 14 PM Total Samples 2932 Total Samples 2932 Minimum 0 02 Minimum 15 82 degrees C Maximum 7 21 Maximum 32 4 degrees C Average 4 50 Average 24 61 degrees C Tuesday November 08 2005 UNIT TAG Sample Sec 20 3 3 1 LOADING PART
5. same color as the trace The Alarm window allows the display of alarm conditions provided alarms were set on the original data capture Enable the Alarm by checking the appropriate button The Alarms pull down menu will show any alarms that were set in the original recording These will be identified as Alarm 1 2 and so on You can select how these alarms will be indicated Note The Alarms will only be visible in the event that a trace actually entered an alarm condition in which case that part of the trace in alarm will be indicated by the choice made in the setup In the example above Alarm 1 will be indicated by a solid red line 3 pixels thick The trace will look as follows Go to Contents Page 12 of 18 Navigator Software User s Manual l mx TESTI _ ChannelB CH B Statistics DataTable Graph erat VOLTS 5 00 a 8 I 4 I a e e ojo Use Recorder 0 001 0 001 0 001 0 001 F 0 000 0 000 0 000 5 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 4 0 000 05 20 06 17 00 00 05 20 06 17 02 00 05 20 06 17 04 00 05 20 06 17 06 00 Saturday May 20 2006 UNIT TAG Sample 2 0 Sec 1 Any data in the trace above the red line is in alarm Note Double clicking on any point on the trend will take you to the corresponding entry in the Data Table 3 5 4 SEARCH By using the search icon the user can jump directly to time date related information in the Data Table or on the G
6. value at the top Use the zoom and stretch tools above to fine tune the fit CH Channel B Go to Contents Page 11 of 18 Navigator Software User s Manual 3 5 3 CUSTOMIZING THE GRAPH PROPERTIES You can modify the graph properties by right clicking the mouse in the graphics area A menu appears as shown below Channel B Background Color Display Grid The user can modify Channel A or B properties change the color of the background or turn the grid on or off Moving the cursor over the Channel A item pops up the Setup window Click on this to modify the Channel A properties Channel Setup Dialog BEES Trace Alarm Enable Disable Enable t Disable Marker Type Diamond Alarms Alarm 1 Marker Size Line Type Solid Line Type Line Thickness Line Thickness Color Color The trace can be turned off by selecting Disable This will allow a single trace to be displayed If a trace is enabled it can be customized as follows Marker Type identifies the actual points recorded The trace is extrapolated between these points The points can be marked by a square circle or diamond and the size can be adjusted No marker can also be selected Line type can be solid dashed or dotted and the thickness and color can be selected to suit If you apply the settings shown above for the trace the trace will look like that shown below Note that the vertical scale is always in the
7. DUM Gen Exit the program The View menu duplicates Icon options for the Graphics Screen ld Se d The Setup menu allows the user to customize the program Section 3 2 The Device menu allows interaction with a remote recorder Section 3 6 The Help menu provides help files or information about the software The icons are from left to right New Open File Save Print Table and Search Go to Contents Page 4 of 18 Navigator Software User s Manual 3 2 SYSTEM SET UP There are a number of items that can be set up before using the program although these default to useable options The Setup menu has the following options 3 21 Language the default is English It is simple to add languages see Appendix A If there is a language file in the Navigator directory that contains languages besides English these will be shown and the user can select the language of his her choice 3 2 2 Preferences 3 2 2 1 Temperature sets the default working temperature Celsius or Fahrenheit Once selected all temperatures will be in these units irrespective of how they were recorded This is a start up setting and cannot be changed once selected without reloading the file Default is Centigrade 3 2 2 2 Decimal Places determines how numeric data will be displayed Select 0 1 2 or 3 places after the decimal default is 2 3 2 2 3 Default Directory Sets the default directory where data files are saved or read from The
8. IAL FILES When opening files from the recorder large files can take a long time to load You can simply download the period of interest without the need to load the Copy File Date Modified 5 17 2005 8 08 08 Type BATCH 2 ALIM EB ALM File entire file So if you need information for 12 00PM to 3 00PM on May 11 2006 you can request only this data assuming it is in the data file you have chosen Make sure Use Recorder has been checked see above and go to File Open The Copy File Dialog box will open as shown showing files on the remote recorder Data files are type DAT BATCHG2 DAT BATCHGZ DAT BATCHG2 DAT BATTA CFG BATTA DAT DELETE CYA TEMP CFG TEMP DIR TFST1 CFG 4 File Mame Files of type Page 6 of 18 12 KB 12 KB 12 KB DAT File DAT File DAT File TRE CFG File 20r KB DAT File CrA File CFG File TEE DIF File CFG File BAT TA DAT Files 5 1 7 2006 8 08 10 of 172006 8 08 10 of 172006 8 08 10 AM S 3 2005 3 44 24 PM of 10 2006 8 27 34 AM 5 20 2005 4 58 34 PM 52322006 4 22 48 PM 5 237 2008 4 23 08 Raar ANOR 31528 gt Cancel Go to Contents Navigator Software User s Manual Once you select a file and click OK you will get the Time Filter dialog box If the Whole File box is checked you can click OK to load the entire file otherwise uncheck this box and edit the Start and End times fo
9. Navigator Software User s Manual Navigator Software User Help File Contents 1 NAVIGATOR SOFTWARE 2 INSTALLATION 3 USING NAVIGATOR SOFTWARE 3 1 STARTING THE PROGRAM 3 2 SYSTEM SET UP 3 3 LOAD DATA FILE 3 3 1 LOADING PARTIAL FILES 3 4 DATA TABLE WINDOW 3 4 1 JUMPING TO A SPECIFIC POINT 3 4 2 CREATING A REPORT 3 5 GRAPH WINDOW 3 5 1 GRAPH BUTTONS 3 5 2 ZOOM TO FIT 3 5 3 CUSTOMIZING THE GRAPH 3 5 4 SEARCH 3 5 5 USING REAL TIME DATA 3 6 WORKING WITH REMOTE RECORDERS 3 6 1 SET CLOCK 3 6 2 CARD STATUS 3 6 3 RECORD FUNCTIONS 3 6 4 MEDIA 3 6 5 CONFIGURATION APPENDIX A LANGUAGE FILES evice Help BACA data DAT Channel BCHB _ Statistics DataTable Graph RPM F NERE B S fal al 2 o Use Recorder A Jr J 80 000 75 000 Mi oath SHA 65 000 E 60 000 55 000 FS se ep a 33 703 Ten xr Ye OX Em fot t oat T6 11 08 05 14 50 00 11 08 05 14 50 30 11 08 05 14 51 00 11 08 05 14 51 30 11 08 05 14 52 00 Tuesday November 08 2005 UNIT TAG Sample Sec 20 Page 1 of 18 Rev 1 02 Nov 2006 Navigator Software User s Manual 1 NAVIGATOR SOFTWARE The Navigator Software is a program for viewing and exporting both real time and non real time data from the recorder It also enables recorders to be controlled and configured remotely 2 INSTALLATION This program will run on Windows XP 2000 and later It is not compa
10. Once the software has been installed turn the recorder on and plug the USB cable into the unit and your PC If this is the first time doing this the Found New Hardware Wizard will launch Ft New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard Windows will search for current and updated software by looking on your computer on the hardware installation CD or on the Windows Update Web site with your permission Read our privacy policy Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software Yes this time only 9 Yes now and every time connect a device No not this time Click Next to continue Go to Contents Page 2 of 18 Navigator Software User s Manual 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Make sure the installation CD is still in the drive and select the Yes now and every time connect a device option then choose Next gt Select Install the software automatically Recommended option and click Next gt The Wizard will search for the device depending on your system this may take some time Once the driver is found you will get a warning message Software Installatio The software installing has not passed Windows Lago J testing to verify its compatibility with Windows SP Tell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately
11. Status 33 FILTER GFILTER SFILTER 34 Use Time suse Time suse Time 35 Frar frorn Bfearn her M 4 HA LANGUAGE Ready NLM Page 18 of 18 Go to Contents Navigator user manual r103 doc 1 Nov 2006 AJW MLK
12. ameters are set press the Export button The one with the Excel logo on it shown below and the data will From mso epen in an Excel spreadsheet Note you will need to have a valid copy of AL M Excel on your PC otherwise use the File Export menu option to name a Te CSV comma delimited file for later use 05 22 2006 17 06 48 Go to Contents Page 9 of 18 Navigator Software User s Manual 3 5 GRAPH WINDOW A graphic representation of the information can be displayed by selecting the Graph tab The following figure is an example of a graphic page 25 Navigator File View Setup Device Help data DAT Chane CHB Statistics DataTable Graph RPM F e use Recorder 75 000 L 70 000 Hayy hh MM UA 60 000 55 000 50 000 45 000 Ta nn 40 000 a Gp st Ro a Uc OE Ael sou Uu 78 3003 3 e pw 3603 0 Po 033 T Oa 307 11 08 05 14 50 00 11 08 05 14 50 30 11 08 05 14 51 00 11 08 05 14 51 30 11 08 05 14 52 00 Tuesday November 08 2005 UNIT TAG Sample Sec 20 There are two channels shown on the graph channel A and channel B The X Axis is the time and the Y Axis is the data sample value Each channel has its own y axis with matched color so it can be easily identified On the top right corner of the screen is the information box giving the name of the file and identifying the two trac
13. ble click the left edge of the starting row to export This will highlight the row Then scroll to the last row to export and hold down the shift key and click the left edge of the last row This will highlight all rows between the start and the end Then click the Excel button The data will be exported and the spreadsheet will open automatically The report can be further customized by selecting which columns to include in the report This is done via the Report dialog box to the right of the window Report shown right Include Columns Xl Time Stamp Channel Value Channel Status The Include Columns check boxes determine which columns of the data table will be exported to the spreadsheet Simply select the data you want The Channel status is the condition of the alarms if any The channel annotation is the content of any user comments attached to that point a x Channel 4 Annotation Channel B Value Channel B Status lt xl Below the Include Columns window is the Filter This is yet another easy way to limit what data is exported to the spreadsheet You can filter data by Date or Time or Both simply by checking the relative boxes as shown below x Channel B Annotation FILTER FILTER The From and To data entry areas default to the start and end times of the data the table to be exported be edited by the user to specify an exact time frame for export Once all par
14. el with the trend and can be reviewed at any time by double clicking the folder icon This information is also saved to the file if the file is currently recording to the PC 3 6 WORKING WITH REMOTE RECORDERS The remote recorder can be controlled from the Device Menu As shown at left the user can set the clock get the card status Compact Flash card in the remote recorder Control the record Jl x bl Set Clock functions Change the Recorder configuration manipulate files and Card Status reset the device Note that a number of these functions cannot Record Functions execute if the remote recorder is in record mode or the real time Statistics Da Media E graphing is active You will receive warning messages Configuration G a 1 3 6 1 SET CLOCK Set Clock Clicking this option will bring up the Set Clock window which will default to the current time and date of your PC The user can change this as Sun Mon Tue wed Thu Fn Sat EMT 05 00 Eastern Time US amp Canada Time Date needed Click the OK button to set the time and date on the remote 3 4 E recorder to this time You cannot 7 B8 9 10 11 12 13 change time while the remote 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 recorder is in record mode the 2 MBB 23 24 25 26 27 option will be grayed out 28 23 30 31 3 6 2 CARD STATUS lt 5 Today 5 22 2006 Clicking this option will display the status of the Compact Flash card in Lancel the remote recorder This will bri
15. es showing the original name and scale settings for each The graphic data is loaded from a file or may be displayed in real time if connected to a Recorder See 3 5 5 The graphic area is fully interactive Data can be zoomed and scrolled the interaction controlled by the menu icons above the graph Also specific points may be located using the Search option 3 5 1 GRAPH BUTTONS i Select The default cursor This is used to scroll the trends horizontally and vertically by simply right clicking in the graphics Traces can be scrolled individually by clicking and dragging the individual vertical scales or together by clicking and dragging in the graphics area Stretch Click this button to stretch zoom or shrink the graph along the x axis time and y axis scale Traces can be zoomed individually by clicking and dragging the individual vertical scales or together by clicking and dragging in the graphics area R Zoom In Click this button to zoom in the graph Go to Contents Page 10 of 18 Navigator Software User s Manual ET Zoom Out Click this button to zoom out the graph J Zoom Window Click this button to zoom to a user defined window When clicked the cursor will turn into a draw window tool Draw a window around the area of interest by holding the right mouse button and dragging the window On release the window area will fill the graphics screen Zoom Al Click this button to fit all data in
16. eside in the program directory EJ Microsoft Excel LANGUAGE csv File Edit wiew Insert Format Tools Data Window Help EA ETENE Sa AT ct f ENGLISH a 7 GD C 1 ENGLISH IGERMAN SPANISH 2 File GFile Sfile 3 Open Gopen sOpen 4 Export export sexport 5 Language Glanguage slangquage B Exit Gexit Sexit 7 View Zoom In 5zoom In In 8 Zoom Out Gzoom Out szoom Out 10 Zoorn Window 5zoom Window Window 11 Zoom Original Gzoom Original Original 12 Set Gset oset 13 Help shelp 44 Contents fscontents scantents 15 About sabout cabout 16 Statistics astatistics ostatistics 17 Channel 1 Summary fachannel 1 Summary achannel 1 Summary 18 Start Time 5start Time ostat Time 18 End Time send Time send Time 20 Total Samples stotal Samples stotal Samples _21 Minimum i5minimum cminimum 22 Maximum Gmaximum cmaximum eate average caverange 24 Channel 2 Summary channel 2 Summary achannel 2 Summary DataTable sDataTable sDataTable 2b Report sreport 2 nclude Columns include Columns sinclude Columns 28 Time Stamp Stamp atime Stamp 24 Channel 1 Value fachannel 1 Value ochannel 1 salue 30 Channel 1 Status fachannel 1 Status schannel 1 Status 31 Channel 2 Value channel 2 value echannel 2 value 32 Channel 2 Status channel 2 Status schannel 2
17. ew configuration in place 3 6 5 4 Create This will bring up a default configuration window that the user can use to make a new configuration file 3 6 5 5 Send This will copy a configuration file from the PC to the remote recorder 3 6 6 File this option allows the user to read a file or delete a file from the compact flash card on the remote recorder 3 6 7 Reset This will force a reset of the remote recorder This option is not available if the recorder is in the record mode This space intentionally left blank Page 17 of 18 Navigator Software User s Manual Go to Contents APPENDIX A LANGUAGE FILES Adding a language is a simple process Navigator uses an Excel compatible file Language CSV which resides in the Navigator program directory to read all text that is displayed in the program The first column is the English words To add a language simple add a column and make sure the first entry in the column is the language When the Setup Language option is chosen the program reads the first row of this soreadsheet and displays the languages available This is the format and an example of a hypothetical language file It has English German and Spanish The letter G is added in front of the text for German and S is added for Spanish Selecting either German or Spanish from the Setup Language menu will replace the English text with the corresponding German or Spanish text The edited file must r
18. lsewhere in this manual 3 2 5 8 Disconnect Release the remote recorder You need to do this in order to connect to another machine or to a USB port 3 3 LOAD DATA FILE There are two sources for data the local PC or the remote recorder In order to load data from a remote recorder it is necessary to select Use Recorder from the File menu or go to the Graph window click the Graph tab and check the Use Recorder box on the top right as shown below Obviously a recorder also needs to be connected to the PC via its USB or Ethernet port To load data file click File menu then choose Open or click the File Open icon shown right 27 In the Open File dialog choose the file that you want to load If the Use Recorder box was checked the dialog box will SE Chanel B CHE only show files that are on the compact flash card on the RPM T remote DataChart Note that loading files from a remote m Recorder is a lot slower than loading them from the local ES 9 0 i Use Recorder hard drive or compact flash card plugged into the PC It is possible to only load partial files to save time see below If using files from the PC simply browse to the directory in which the file to be loaded resides Page 5 of 18 Navigator Software User s Manual While the file is loading a progress bar on the bottom of the screen indicates loading progress When loading large files enough data will be loaded to fill the table
19. ng up the status window shown below CF Card Status Card Status Card Storage Present Capacity 63 011 584 bytes BU 85 MB 100 00 Mounted Used Space 565 248 bytes 592 00 0 99 Dou Open For Read Free 5 B4B 3B but 60 32 MB W148 Open For write Mies 33 11 Busy Record File File Mame TESTI Error Continuous Recording Time Saturday May 20 2006 1 05 52 Time Zone GMT 05 00 Eastern Time US amp Canada ES ie Triggered Recording Testing Formatting Message Go to Contents Page 15 of 18 Navigator Software User s Manual 3 6 3 RECORD FUNCTIONS This option allows the user to stop or start recording in the remote DataChart or set the triggered record mode on 3 6 4 MEDIA This option allows the user to format the compact flash card in the remote recorder Use caution as this can destroy data You can check the content of the card using the File option below You cannot format a card while the recorder is in the record mode 3 6 5 CONFIGURATION This option allows the user to read write save change or send a configuration The configuration file designated by CFG is a copy of all the setups in the recorder There needs to be a copy of the config file saved on the recorder s memory card in order to read or change the configuration 3 6 5 1 Read allows the user to download the configuration file from the recorder to the PC You will
20. old Off Inn Se Hold Off Ino E Latching Lock Out Ki Latching Lock Out Latching Lock Qut Latching Lock Out External Input Sample Trig Relays c Enable Disable Off Ext Input iv oti Est Inout Alam Alarms Alam Alarm 2 Relay T High Low M Alarm 3 m Alamz Alam 4 Reset Delay 0 0 i Record Trig Relay 2 i Off Em Input Alarm 1 Hold la E Off Ext Input ere Aam Sama Alam 4 Alame Alarm 1 Alarm 2 Fail Safe Latching Lock Out Alarm 3 B at Neither Time 24 Bour V Auto DST SampleTime MM DD YY C DD MM YY save Chose This is a representation of everything that is currently set up in the recorder The parameters may be edited and saved back to the recorder Check the recorder manual for setting details Note In order to see the settings for Channel B select B from the Channel pull down menu Page 16 of 18 Navigator Software User s Manual Go to Contents 3 6 5 2 Save Remote only This will save the configuration as set up in the recorder onto the compact flash card It does not save the file locally Once saved on the recorder it can be read locally 3 6 5 3 Change Allows the user to change the configuration on the DataChart This will present a dialog box with all the files on the remote recorder Choose an alternate configuration file to load and press OK The recorder will reset with the n
21. r the data you want Click OK If the data you are looking for is in the file Time Filter the information will be loaded otherwise you will get an EM 24 AB sott error message telling you that no such data be found End May 24 2005 1046464M Thus you can leave a recorder to record events and simply download the data when an exception occurs v Whale File LK Cancel Go to Contents Page of 18 Navigator Software User s Manual 3 4 DATA TABLE WINDOW Navigator File View Setup Device Help d data DAT Channel B CHB Statistics DataTable Graph Es Time hh mm ss 1 100s Channel 4 Value Channel Status Channel B Value Channel B Status 11 8 2005 14 43 48 25 4 501 68 818 30 4 498 63 555 35 4 503 68 923 Time Stamp 40 4 504 67 868 Channel A Value Include Columns 45 4 501 67 024 v Channel A Status 50 4 501 57 446 M Channel A Annotation v Channel Value Channel B Status Channel B Annotation 55 4 498 68 712 B0 4 501 68 607 65 4 501 68 079 70 4 498 68 195 FILTER 75 4 503 67 968 Hoo due 80 4 504 67 763 85 4 501 68 396 90 4 501 68 396 95 4 499 67 974 14 49 49 0 4 499 68 712 5 4 501 68 290 1 3 4 5 6 8 3 From Tuesday November 08 2005 UNIT TAG Sample Sec 20 The DataTable page shows the time and value of every data sample on each channel and any alarms associated with them as shown above This window is
22. raph Enter the Date or Time required select the Channel E l H Search the Graph and click OK The data will be rearranged and the point on the graph or in the data ie 23 2006 16 27 15 table required will be highlighted If no data can be found out of the range selected an error message to this effect will be displayed Channel 4 Cancel Go to Contents Page 13 of 18 Navigator Software User s Manual 3 5 5 USING REAL TIME DATA Data can be displayed in real time and recorded to a file on the local PC by connecting a Recorder to the PC via a USB or Ethernet port If a remote recorder is connected to the PC you will uam see the OnLine icon as shown to the right To connect via the Ethernet see 3 2 5 t OnLine Several of the buttons on the Graphic window relate to this function In order to read files from the recorder or display data in real time it is necessary to check the Use Recorder box on the top right of the graphics window or in the File menu Once checked the buttons to the left of the checkbox function as follows V Save to File Click this button to save real time data to a file on the PC It is necessary to name the file Note always choose a new name it is not possible to append to an existing file Start Real Time Data Display Click this button to start the real time data trends The PC will make connection with the Recorder and s
23. tart displaying real time data at the sample rate set in the recorder The axes will auto scale to maximize the display resolution The user can override these settings by Pausing the display and zooming the display to suit Stop Device Click this button to stop the real time trend Once stopped all parameters are reset once the start button is clicked To stop temporarily use the pause button o Pause Click this button to temporarily suspend the real time update Data will continue to be saved in the background During pause it is possible to zoom or stretch the display to alter the time base and scale It is also possible to append a note to the trend line see below Once this is done press the Start button to resume The pause button will be grayed out until the Start button is pressed 3 5 6 ANNOTATING REAL TIME DATA It is possible to add an annotation to the real time trend to explain an event or make notes To do this it is necessary to Pause the display see above Place the cursor at the point on the trend where you wish to add a message and right click Select the channel then select Annotation This will pop up a note box where you can enter the information Once done press Enter and a folder icon will be placed at the selected point on the trend Enter Note Here ST Background Color Display Grid Go to Contents Page 14 of 18 Navigator Software User s Manual This folder will trav
24. tible with earlier versions of Windows To install the Navigator Software 1 2 OW 10 If you have the USB option on your recorder make sure it is not plugged in during the installation Insert the Navigator CD into the CD drive The setup program should launch automatically if your system is set to auto play CDs If not select the CD directory and run the setup exe file This will launch the Welcome to Navigator Setup Wizard Accept the license agreement and the default install directory or modify it as needed Accept the default start menu folder or modify it as needed Decide whether you want a desktop icon and check the box if you do If you have the USB option make sure to check the Launch Install USB Driver box as shown below Completing the Navigator Setup Wizard Setup has finished installing Navigator on your computer The application may be launched by selecting the installed icons Click Finish to exit Setup View Readme txt Launch Install USB Driver Click Finish If this is your first installation the recorder VCP Installer will launch and run assuming you checked the box per 6 above Accept the license agreement and continue If you wish to install the driver manually run setup exe that is located on the release CD in the Ti Usb driver folder If you have previously installed the USB driver the installer will uninstall the old driver You will then have to install the driver manually
25. to one screen V n Cursor Click this button to enable the cursor Once enabled right click anywhere on the graph and select Channel A Setup or Channel B Setup to lock the cursor to that trace As the cursor is dragged along the time base by right clicking the cross hairs will track the trace and the pop up box will show details about the point in the cross hairs as shown opposite The cursor will turn to the finger pointer whenever the cursor can be dragged a B Scroll to end Click either the left or right scroll button to jump to the start or end of the data Print Preview Once you have set up the graph and wish to print it click this button to preview print The printout is WYSIWYG What you see is what you get except that a dark background will be removed to preserve ink 3 5 2 ZOOM TO FIT Navigator allows the user to automatically zoom scale a channel to fit the vertical axis to the maximum and minimum values of that part of the trace on the screen There are two edit boxes on the dialog that specifies the channel tag in different colors as shown below oample dat Chanel CHA The colors match the channel trace colors If the user changes the trace color the corresponding edit box will change color accordingly If the user double clicks one of them that trace will zoom to fit the screen in the vertical direction The fit is minimum value is placed at the bottom of the graph maximum
26. twork Bus Enumerator 2 Ports COM amp LPT E Communications Pork COMI y ECP Printer Port LPT1 Recorder COM3 Processors The Navigator is now installed in Demo mode If you have purchased an upgrade license you may activate it by running the software and selecting Setup Features Update on the toolbar and typing the license number provided Go to Contents Page 3 of 18 Navigator Software User s Manual 3 USING NAVIGATOR SOFTWARE 3 1 STARTING THE PROGRAM The Navigator software has the following main features e display information from existing data file in summarized tabular and graphic formats e It is capable of monitoring an external device and collecting real time data this requires the USB or Ethernet option on the recorders e export the collected data to Excel To start the program click the desktop icon if installed shown left or use the Window s start menu This will launch the main dialog shown below 18 Navigator mm L BEDE Statistics DataTable Graph There are three tabs in the workspace a menu bar at the top with the basic icons below The tabs are Statistics shows an overview of the loaded data Data Table shows a tabular layout of the data Graph shows a graphic representation of the data The menu items are The File menu allows the user to open or export a file select the data File View Setup Device Help
27. user can change the system default Program Files Navigator Data 3 2 2 4 Page Mode Size Select the maximum amount of data to load into memory at one time Default is 1MB This will be determined how much free memory is available versus speed of operation 3 2 3 Features allows the user to upgrade from the free demo default version to the Lite or Full versions Select Update and enter your serial number in the spaces shown Upgrades can be purchased from your distributor Use the menu Help About to see what features you have 3 24 CommPort allows the user to override the default settings for the USB Com port if required These values are set automatically from the registry entries made by the driver install routine and should not need to be changed 3 2 5 Ethernet Allows the user to communicate in real time with a recorder over the Ethernet Only one recorder can be connected at a time The throughput is a function of network traffic and whatever else is communicating with the connected recorder e g a web browser lt is recommended that the recorder be configured for sample speeds of 20 samples second or less for reliable operation 3 2 5 1 IP Address allows the user to enter the device IP address and assign a user friendly name to the device 3 2 5 2 Connect Select the recorder you wish to connect to If you do not see the IP address go to IP Address above and add it Once connected you can use all the remote functions described e
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