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USER’S GUIDE DaqView and ViewXL DaqView and ViewXL 457-0909 rev 9.1 *327515A-01* 372515A-01 Measurement Computing 10

2-2 A Tour of DaqView 987691 DaqView & ViewXL User’s Guide DaqView Main Window, Channel Setup Tab Selected (continued) Main Windo

DaqView & ViewXL User’s Guide 987691 A Tour of DaqView 2-3 As can be seen in the preceding figure, when DaqView functions do not apply the

2-4 A Tour of DaqView 987691 DaqView & ViewXL User’s Guide DaqBoard/2003 Main Window In this scenario the device only has 4 analog ou

DaqView & ViewXL User’s Guide 987691 A Tour of DaqView 2-5 A DaqView Walk-Through From Opening DaqView to DBK Setup The following walk-thr

2-6 A Tour of DaqView 987691 DaqView & ViewXL User’s Guide The Acquisition Setup tab displays a window that includes parameters for tri

DaqView & ViewXL User’s Guide 987691 A Tour of DaqView 2-7 The Configure System Hardware dialog box will appear. (See following figure.)

2-8 A Tour of DaqView 987691 DaqView & ViewXL User’s Guide Channel Readings, Acquire, and Post-Acquisition Buttons Select the <Ch

The Configure System Hardware Dialog Box 3 Overview …… 3-1 Setting Up Analog DBKs …… 3-1 Setting Up Digital DBKs ….. 3-4 Enhanced Counter Co

The Configure System Hardware screen appears, showing the channel assignments. Configure System Hardware Screen The DBKs typically have a channel ad

3. Select the applicable DBK card from the drop-down list. If the card has jumper or switch setups that need to be set in DaqView, a related dialog

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Setting Up Digital DBKs Review the applicable DBK section to ensure that the DBK option is physically set as desired. Note that certain DBKs do not

2. Under Digital Option Cards, select the expansion down-arrow for the chosen Daq Device channel, for example, P2 Channel 0. A “drop-down” will lis

Enhanced Counter Configuration (Applies to 3000 Series Devices Only) If your Daq device supports enhanced counter configura

A Note about the Internal Clock Speed 100 kHz Prompt At times [after selecting an expansion DBK] you may receive a message regarding “Internal Clock

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DaqView & ViewXL User’s Guide 987691 The Main Window 4-1 The Main Window 4 Chan

4-2 The Main Window 987691 DaqView & ViewXL User’s Guide Channel Setup Tab Column Description CH The channel number (cannot be cha

DaqView & View XL User’s Guide 987691 The Main Window 4-3 Acquisition Setup Selecting the second tab of the main window displays the Acquisi

4-4 The Main Window 987691 DaqView & ViewXL User’s Guide Multi-channel Triggering If you have a product which supports multi-channel

DaqView & View XL User’s Guide 987691 The Main Window 4-5 Clock Source <Preferences> Button (preceding figure) The <Preferences>

Contents Overview …… v Before Using DaqView ….. v 1 – Starting DaqView x 2 – A Tour of DaqView A Brief Look at the Main Window …… 2-1 Functionali

4-6 The Main Window 987691 DaqView & ViewXL User’s Guide Data Destination Selecting the third tab of the main window displays the Dat

DaqView & View XL User’s Guide 987691 The Main Window 4-7 Pull-Down Menus Some items on the main window pull-down menus can also be enabled f

4-8 The Main Window 987691 DaqView & ViewXL User’s Guide Window Window Menu Items and Descriptions Scope Opens the Scope Display Wind

DaqView & View XL User’s Guide 987691 The Main Window 4-9 Configure Hardware Settings Opens the Configure System Hardware window that lets y

4-10 The Main Window 987691 DaqView & ViewXL User’s Guide Toolbar Items Main Window Buttons Each item in the main window toolbar has i

DaqView & View XL User’s Guide 987691 The Main Window 4-11 Turn All Visible Channels On, Turn All Visible Channels Off These toolbar butt

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DaqView & DaqViewXL User’s Guide 877893 The Scope Window 5-1 The Scope Window

5-2 The Scope Window 877893 DaqView User’s Guide Global Toolbar Affects All Scope

DaqView User’s Guide 877893 The Scope Window 5-3 8 Add Display Clicking the button adds an Analog Scope in Raw Time mode. Clicking the adjac

987791 DaqView & ViewXL User’s Guide ii 7 – Analog Output Window 8 – Digital I/O Windows 9 – Counter/Timer Window 10 – Waveform and Digital

5-4 The Scope Window 877893 DaqView User’s Guide Display-Dedicated Toolbars A secondary, display-dedicated toolbar is located at the top of e

DaqView User’s Guide 877893 The Scope Window 5-5 Pull-Down Menus File – The File pull-down menu consists of a selection to exit the Scope disp

5-6 The Scope Window 877893 DaqView User’s Guide From the dialog box you can change the colors of channel traces, grid lines, and the displa

DaqView User’s Guide 877893 The Scope Window 5-7 o Data Processing The Data Processing Panel, at the lower section of the dialog box, will ap

5-8 The Scope Window 877893 DaqView User’s Guide Understanding the Status Bar A status bar at the bottom of the display page shows numerical d

DaqView User’s Guide 877893 The Scope Window 5-9 Status Bar – Example 2 Digital Scope Time: The

5-10 The Scope Window 877893 DaqView User’s Guide Status Bar – Example 4 Spectrum Scope Freq.: Th

Meters 6 Overview …… 6-1 Bar Graph Meters …… 6-1 Analog Meters …… 6-2 Digital Meters …… 6-3 Properties of Meters Windows …… 6-4 Scop

Analog Meters Selecting the Analog Meter icon brings up the Analog Meters window to display several channels in a dial/gage format. To activate th

Digital Meters Selecting the Digital Meters icon brings up the Digital Meters window to display several channels in numeric format. To activate th

DaqView & ViewXL User’s Guide 987791 iii Overview DaqView is a 32-bit Windows-based data acquisition program that can be used to operate

Properties of Meter Windows The meter windows simulate the look of 3 popular meter types: the bar graph, the analog dial, and the digital readout. W

Analog Output Window 7 This window provides interactive access to the analog outputs for the devices that support analog output. When set

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Digital I/O Windows 8 The digital I/O windows are displayed when the <Digital I/O> button on the main window is selected. These wi

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Counter/Timer Window 9 When supported by a device, there are typically two Counter/Timer modes: Totalize Input and Square Wave Generator O

Enhanced Counter Configuration (Not part of the Counter/Timer Window. Enhance Counter Configuration applies only to 3000 Series Devices.) If your

Waveform & Digital Pattern Output Window 10 • • To use this feature Analog Output capability (DACs) must exist for the device

In the Waveform Type box, you can select a standard function generator waveform (sine, square, triangle, sawtooth) or a freehand drawing. In Freehand

Auto Scale Waveform DaqView provides an easy method to determine the upper and lower extents of the selected DAC waveform. Simply right click the mou

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The Setpoints Window 11 Applies to /3000 Series Devices Only Overview …… 11-1

Accessing the Setpoints Window If applicable, you can open the Setpoints Window from DaqView’s main window as follows: 1. Open the Device pull-down

Detection Panel The Detection Panel, located in the center of the upper window, provides a means of selecting any one of several detection criteria.

Output Panel The Output Panel, located at the right edge of the window, provides a choice of several output options, i.e., a DAC channel, Timer chann

When using setpoints to control any of the DAC outputs, increased latencies may occur if attempting to stream data to DACs or pattern digital output

Setpoint Configuration Summary ◊ 16-bit High Limit Identified as “Limit A” in software ◊ 16-bit Low Limit Identified as “Limit B” in software ◊

DaqView User’s Guide 888194 The Setpoints Window 11-7 Setpoint Status Register A setpoint status register can be used to check the current state

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Appendix A Converting Counter Readings to Engineering Units for 3000 Series Devices Enhanced Counter Con

DaqView & DaqViewXL User’s Guide 987791 Starting DaqView 1-1 Starting DaqView 1 Minimum requirements for DaqView

A-2 Converting Counter Readings to Engineering Units for 3000 Series Devices 907994 Appendix A Using the S

Using the Configure Engineering Units Dialog Box You can use DaqView’s y = mx + b scaling factors by double-clicking in the channel’s Units cell. T

A-4 Converting Counter Readings to Engineering Units for 3000 Series Devices 907994 Appendix A

Appendix B 907994 ViewXL Software Reference B-1 Appendix B ViewXL

B-2 ViewXL Software Reference 907994 Appendix B

987691 457-0913 rev 3.1 ViewXL Software Reference Overview …… vxl-1 Program Requirements …… vxl-1 Installation of ViewXL Add-in …… vxl-1

vxl-2 ViewXL 987691 Software Reference Menu ViewXL Menu The ViewXL menu gives you access to all of the Add-Ins features. The first six me

987691 457-0913 rev 3.1 Toolbar The ViewXL toolbar provides access to the Add-Ins most frequently used features. These features, and a fe

vxl-4 ViewXL 987691 Software Reference Load Configuration When pushed, the Load Configuration dialog box appears with a list of configurat

987691 457-0913 rev 3.1  Enable Server file conversion. This option enables the post acquisition file conversion for the specified format

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vxl-6 ViewXL 987691 Software Reference Multiple Data Files This option selects how the files are displayed if either: (a) an acquisition con

987691 457-0913 rev 3.1 If the ViewXL Add-In is running while connected to a data acquisition application, e.g., ChartView or DaqView), then

vxl-8 ViewXL 987691 Software Reference The "Channel Information" panel (see previous figure, right-side, lower section) displays a

987691 457-0913 rev 3.1 Selecting VIEWXL from Available References You have now performed the tasks needed to use the ViewXL Add-In from yo

vxl-10 ViewXL 987691 Software Reference 3. Inside the Macro (between the Sub and End Sub lines) type in the string "viewxl.interface&

987691 457-0913 rev 3.1 ViewXL API Definition ViewXL provides a limited set of methods that you can use in your own Excel macros to leverage

vxl-12 ViewXL 987691 Software Reference Public Function vxlIsAcquiring() As Boolean This function returns True if the Server is Armed and ac

DaqView & ViewXL User’s Guide 987791 A Tour of DaqView 2-1 Tour of DaqView