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Using the Oscilloscope to display data

The lower area of the Measurement Tab is used to display the Oscilloscope:

There are several ways to add items to the Oscilloscope.

Individually Adding 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.

Adding All Channels to the Oscilloscope (Method 1)

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.

Adding All Channels to the Oscilloscope (Method 2)

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.

Working with items added to the Oscilloscope

Right-click in the Item Information Area; this will bring up the following menu.

The Menu Items allow the following functionality:

Del

Deletes the item or item selected in Orange

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

Activate

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

Add all

Adds all items to the Oscilloscope

Del all

Deletes all items from the Oscilloscope

Not Use

Removes conversion tables or formulas from the selected item(s)

Using the Oscilloscope

The ‘Oscilloscope’ functionality is controlled by a dedicated toolbar which is considered below. Each feature is then considered individually.

Allows the Oscilloscope to go online

Clear the Logged Data in the Oscilloscope

Saves the data Logged in the Oscilloscope, it can be saved in:

· 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)

Opens Logged data files previously.

Show steps between data points

Separate Items on Oscilloscope

Axis display modes

Show item points

Show cursors

Reset Zoom Factor

Reset X-axis Zoom Factor

Zoom X-axis in

Zoom X-axis Out

Fit Items to visible zoom area

Zoom Y-axis in

Zoom Y-axis Out

Zoom all axis in

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 and changing the axis colour, clearing the data, printing, and exporting the image displayed on the scope.