Monarch Instrument DC 2000 - Manual (Page 29)

Chapter 3 Getting Started
3.1 Moving About the Screen ......................................................................................................................... 3-1
3.2 What the Screens Mean ........................................................................................................................... 3-3
3.2.1 Status Line ...................................................................................................................................... 3-3
3.2.2 Disk Status ...................................................................................................................................... 3-3
3.2.3 Button Bar ....................................................................................................................................... 3-4
3.2.4 Date/Time Window .......................................................................................................................... 3-4
3.2.5 Graphics Window ............................................................................................................................ 3-4
3.2.5.1 Bar Charts.............................................................................................................................. 3-4
3.2.5.2 Digital Windows ..................................................................................................................... 3-5
3.2.5.3 Alarm/Events Data Window ................................................................................................... 3-5
3.2.5.4 Trend Window ........................................................................................................................ 3-6
3.2.5.5 Transient Windows ................................................................................................................ 3-7
3.3 Browsing, Compressing and Searching Data ........................................................................................... 3-7
3.3.1 Compressing Data .......................................................................................................................... 3-7
3.3.2 Searching Data By Time ................................................................................................................. 3-8
3.3.3 Searching Data By Value ................................................................................................................ 3-8
3.3.4 Interactive Browse ........................................................................................................................... 3-9
3.3.5 File Browsing ................................................................................................................................... 3-9
3.4 Getting to the Points ............................................................................................................................... 3-11
3.5 Using Chart Scales ................................................................................................................................. 3-12
3.6 Programming .......................................................................................................................................... 3-13
3.7 Programming Time and Date .................................................................................................................. 3-13
3.8 Programming Points ............................................................................................................................... 3-14
3.8.1 Point tag ....................................................................................................................................... 3-14
3.8.2 Input Scale ................................................................................................................................... 3-14
3.8.3 Output Scale ................................................................................................................................ 3-15
3.8.4 Engineering Units ......................................................................................................................... 3-15
3.8.5 Chart Scale .................................................................................................................................. 3-15
3.8.6 Alarms .......................................................................................................................................... 3-15
3.9 Programming Point Scales ..................................................................................................................... 3-15
3.9.1 Programming Scales .................................................................................................................... 3-15
3.9.1.1 Scale Ends .......................................................................................................................... 3-16
3.9.1.2 Scale Units .......................................................................................................................... 3-16
3.10 Recording Data .................................................................................................................................... 3-16
3.10.1 Using the Recorder to format a floppy/zip disk or PCMCIA card ................................................ 3-17
3.10.2 Selecting the Record Mode ........................................................................................................ 3-17
3.10.2.1 Fill to End .......................................................................................................................... 3-17
3.10.2.2 Cyclic ................................................................................................................................ 3-17
3.10.2.3 Average or Instantaneous Recording ................................................................................ 3-17