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DAQLog Software User's Guide DAQLog Walkthrough: Logging Data with a LGR-5320 Series Device
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Log data
Now that you have deployed your settings file, you can log data with your device using those settings.
This example uses a 10 Hz , ±5 V sine wave as a signal source.
1. Remove the SD card with the deployed settings file from the card reader, and then insert card into the card slot
on the device.
2. Disconnect the USB cable if you connected it previously.
3. If you deployed the settings file directly to the device, the settings are already loaded onto the device.
If you deployed the settings file to an SD card, press LOAD on the device to load the settings file configuration
to the device.
4. Press START on the device to start the logging session, and then press TRIG/EVENT on the device.
5. When the LOG LED turns off, remove the SD card from the card slot, and insert it back into the card reader in
your computer.
Convert the data file
Now that you have logged data, you need to convert the binary data file in order to view the data.
1. On the SD Drives pane, click on the SD card, and then click the Refresh Location toolbar icon.
2. Click on the folder in the Available Items pane, select the logxxxx.dat file, and then click on the Convert Data
File toolbar icon to convert the data file to a comma-separated (.csv) file.
View the converted data file
To locate and view the .csv file:
1. On the Data File Folders pane, click on the Data folder and browse the folder in the Available Items pane until
you see the logxxxx.csv file.
2. Click on the .csv file, and then click the Locate File on Drive toolbar icon.
You can open the .csv file in spreadsheet application.
If you do not have a spreadsheet application, you can open it in a text editor or word processing application.