ChartScan User’s Manual ChartView Software Reference 4-3

Some of the data acquisition scenarios pertaining to ChartView are as follows:

Four Basic Data Acquisition Sce narios

4) Uploading Data from Instrument Buffer
Buffer
Sensor
3) Buffering Acquisition in Instrument
Buffer
Sensor
2) Acquiring & Uploading Acquisition
Buffer
Sensor
Computer System Computer System
Computer System Computer System
1) Waiting for Trigger
Buffer
Acquisiton Device
Data is received by acquisition device, but not stored. Selected
channels can be viewed graphically in scrolling charts, as well
as in one or more meters (analog, digital, or bar graph).
Acquired data (from point of trigger) is received by acquisition device
and temporarily stored in device buffer. As in the previous scenarios,
selected display channels can be viewed.
Acquired data is uploaded to the PC hard disk from the device buffer.
As in the previous scenarios, selected display channels can be
viewed.
Device has been triggered. Data is temporarily stored in device
buffer prior to being uploaded to PC system hard disk. As in the first
scenario, selected display channels can be viewed.
Acquisiton Device
Acquisiton Device Acquisiton Device
Sensor Hard Disk Hard Disk
Hard Disk Hard Disk

What ChartView and ChartView Plus Provide

ChartView and ChartView Plus provide you with the capability to connect to, and control any member of the

ChartScan, NetScan, MultiScan, or TempScan family of data acquisition instruments, as well as:

Create and edit chart display setups ……………………………… See Display Configuration, beginning on page 4-9 and
Chart Setup Wizard, beginning on page 4-44.
Set up analog input parameters (selecting: Channels, ………… See Setup Window, beginning on page 4-33.
TC types, Units) to acquire data.
Configure alarms, log alarms………………………………………. See pages 4-24, 4-33, and 4-36.
Configure and arm an acquisition………………………………….. See Acquisition Setup Dialog Box, page 4-36.
View real-time display of channel data via the Main Window…. See Main Window, beginning on page 4-4.
Save data to disk…………………………………………………….. See File, page 4-16 and Data Destination, page 4-42.
Transmit data to Microsoft Excel via DDE (Dynamic Data …….. See Data, beginning on page 4-20.
Exchange).
Start PostView, an independent application that allows you to… See Chapter 5, PostView.
graphically view data channels from a file.
Use remote RS-232 communications by attaching the …………. See Device, page 4-23.
acquisition device to a modem configured for Auto Answer