The lower area of the Measurement tab is used to display the oscilloscope:
There are several ways to add items to the Oscilloscope.
Items can be added to the Oscilloscope individually by following the following steps:
Click the Channel you want to add to the Oscilloscope:
The channel will be added to the Oscilloscope.
Click the Scope Add button.
Right-click in the Item Information Area; this will bring up the following menu.
The Menu Items allow the following functionality:
Start New Log
Allows to start a new log, clear log and refresh the Oscilloscope
Rename
Assigns a name to the channel; this will appear in the name column.
Select All
Selects all items
Deselect All
Deselects all items
Invert Selection
Selects all items not currently selected and deselects the items currently selected.
Active
Makes the selected items 'Active'; they will be shown on the oscilloscope.
Inactive
Makes the selected items 'Inactive'; they will NOT be shown on the oscilloscope.
Del
Deletes the item or item selected in Orange.
Add Group
Adds selected item groups to the oscilloscope.
Del Group
Delete the selected item group from the oscilloscope.
Add all
Adds all items to the oscilloscope.
Del all
Deletes all items from the oscilloscope.
Group and scale to.
Allows customisation of the scaling of selected items.
Reset Scaling
Sets the default scaling.
Not Use
Removes conversion tables or formulas from the selected item(s).
All Channels can be added to the Oscilloscope by following the following steps:
Click the Scope Add/Add All button.
All channels will be added to the Oscilloscope.
The ‘Oscilloscope’ functionality is controlled by a dedicated toolbar which is considered below. Each feature is then considered individually.
1
Allows the Oscilloscope to go online
2
Clear the Logged Data in the Oscilloscope
3
Saves the data logged in the oscilloscope in the formats below:
· Vector MDF (.DAT)
· MATLAB 5.0 (.MAT)
· MATLAB 5.0 Structured single or double precision (.MAT)
· MATLAB 5.0 Structure Extended (.MAT)
· Comma Separated Variables (.CSV)
4
Opens Logged data files previously.
5
Show steps between data points
6
Separate Items on Oscilloscope
7
Axis display modes
8
Show item points
9
Show cursors
10
Reset Zoom Factor
11
Reset X-axis Zoom Factor
12
Zoom X-axis in
13
Zoom X-axis Out
14
Fit Items to visible zoom area
15
Zoom Y-axis in
16
Zoom Y-axis Out
17
Zoom all axis in
18
Zoom all axis Out
Right-clicking on the oscilloscope also brings up a menu with several options; these include changing the scale of the time axis to several different resolutions, changing the axis colour, clearing the data, printing, and exporting the image displayed on the scope.
All Channels can be added to the Oscilloscope by following the following steps:
Right-click in the Item Information Area and Select Add All:
All channels will be added to the Oscilloscope.
