4-20 ChartView Software Reference ChartScan User’s Manual
Acquisition
(continued)
Automatic Keyboard
Trigger
on Auto Re-arm
This feature works in conjunction with Keyboard Triggering when Auto Re-arm is being
used. Auto Re-arm is discussed on page 4-42.
If the option is disabled, acquisition data is saved to disk, and the device automatically
re-arms. ChartView displays the Trigger dialog box and waits for the trigger button to be
pressed by the user before beginning the next acquisition.
If the option is enabled (3), the trigger dialog box is not displayed and the trigger is
automatically sent to the acquisition device. The automatic trigger may be delayed by up
to 2 seconds (after the previous acquisition has finished).
Acquire
Arm Acquisition
(Ctrl + T)
Arms the data acquisition device in preparation of receiving a trigger.
Disarm…
(Ctrl + Y)
Disarms the data acquisition device and discontinues the acquisition of data.
Acquisition Status... Displays the condition of a data acquisition.
Start All Indicators Starts all selected indicators for: the spreadsheet Reading column, Charts, and Meters.
Stop All Indicators Stops all selected indicators for spreadsheet Reading column, Charts , and Meters.
Data
DDE Configuration for Excel… Configures the DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) operation of ChartView. This pull-
down menu allows you to dynamically load collected ChartView data into an open
Excel spreadsheet. The three field regions are: Command Characters, Data
Destination, and Timeout. These are discussed on the following page.