The Multi Channel software allows you to create and arrange graphs the way you want.
New graphs can be created on the main screen of the measurement software and can be moved to a separate window
outside the main screen.
When a new graph is created, the user can fully control the position of the graph, as well as the size.
By arranging the graphs to the user's liking, the user can focus more on the measurements at hand, rather
than having to locate the graph with the desired information all the time.
Read here to learn how
to display data in a graph.
Axis
To change the offset setting of an axis, simply grab the axis and drag it to the required position,
see animation 1 for an example.
To change the gain setting, grab one of the end bars of an axis and drag it to the preferred position,
see animation 2 for an example.
It is also possible to adjust the offset and gain with the mouse wheel:
when the mouse pointer is above the axis and the wheel is turned, the offset is adjusted.
When the CTRL-key is pressed during the turning of the wheel, the gain is adjusted instead.
Double-clicking the axis will return it to its default unzoomed state.
Animation 1: Move axis
Animation 2: Resize axis
Timebase
The width of the scroll bar represents the total record, the width of the slider represents the visible part
of the record.
To change the record view offset, grab the slider and drag it to the preferred position (animation 3) or press
the buttons at the sides of the scroll bar.
To change the record view gain, drag one of the edges of the slider either to the left or the right and watch
the signal change corresponding to the slider width (animation 4).
It is also possible to adjust the offset and gain with the mouse wheel:
when the mouse pointer is above the scroll bar and the wheel is turned, the offset is adjusted.
When the CTRL-key is pressed during the turning of the wheel, the gain is adjusted instead.
Double-clicking the slider or pressing the hotkey T will return the time base to its default
unzoomed state.
Animation 3: Adjust horizontal offset
Animation 4: Adjust shown record
Toolbar
Zooming
If you want to view a small section of your measurement simply drag a rectangle at
the section you want to see in detail, see animation 5. Multiple zoom operations are
remembered and it is possible to unzoom with hotkey U.
Animation 5: Zooming
Create a new graph
Creating multiple graph's can easily be done by right-clicking on the graph area,
and select make new graph. Then drag a rectangle at the position you
like to have a new graph. The rectangle may be dragged over multiple existing graphs.
Using the cursors
In each graph, cursors can be used to measure values of interest between the cursors.
Measurements include:
Mininum,
Maximum,
Top-Bottom,
RMS,
Mean,
Variance,
Standard deviation,
Frequency.
The cursors can be enabled by:
- using the "Show cursors" button (
)
on the toolbar
- clicking "Show cursors" in the graphs' popup menu.
For clarity, not all measurements are enabled by default when the cursors are enabled.
The cursor window will by default look like in the figure below.
Except for the "Left" and "Right" values, all measurements are calculated over the data in between the two cursors.
Besides the calculated values in between the cursors, the positions of the cursors, as well as the difference between them,
can be seen at the bottom of the cursor window.
The measured values can be copied to the clipboard as text, by pressing the
button.
Enabling or disabling measurements can be done by clicking "Select measurements..." in the popup menu of the
cursor window, or by clicking the
button on the toolbar.
A window as depicted below will popup, in which the desired measurements can be selected.
Note: For the frequency measurement, at least one cycle must be in between the cursors.
Furthermore, at least two rising slopes must be present in the signal.
Using comments
Sometimes it is clarifying to add a text comment to a graph, to explain certain phenomena in the measured signals.
An unlimited amount of comments can be added to each graph and an unlimited amount of arrows can be drawn from each
comment to point at the signals.
A comment can be added by:
- using the "Add comment" button (
)
on the toolbar
- clicking "Add comment" in the graphs' popup menu.
The comments can be dragged to the desired position.
Arrows can be created by "dragging" from the little square at the middle of the bottom of the comment to the
desired position.
You can move an existing arrow by dragging its point to a new position.
To delete an arrow, right-click on its point and click 'delete'.
Note: Text is stored in a language dependent field in setfiles.
Therefore, comments should be entered in the language of the user interface.
This will make easy translation of setfiles possible.