Campbell Scientific RTDAQ Software - Manual (Page 20)

Section 1. Introduction
1.1 RTDAQ Overview
1.1.1 Main Screen
The main screen of RTDAQ provides three tabs with datalogger interaction
functions (Clock/Program, Monitor Data, and Collect Data), as well as a
toolbar with buttons to launch frequently-used utilities and auxiliary
applications.
The toolbar includes utilities for working with data files (View Pro, Split, and
CardConvert) as well as utilities for generating and editing datalogger
programs (Short Cut, CRBasic, and the CR5000/CR9000X Program
Generator). Datalogger setup and status functions are also available, along
with access to RTMC (Real-time Monitoring and Control) applications. You
can also launch the Device Configuration Utility which is used to send new
operating systems to dataloggers and other peripheral devices, and to configure
settings in the dataloggers and other devices. All of the toolbar functionality is
also accessible from the RTDAQ menu, along with other tools, such as the
Terminal Emulator, PakBus Graph, and LogTool (a program for viewing
and storing communication logs). Each application includes extensive, online
help.
Some utilities installed with RTDAQ can be opened independently from the
main RTDAQ program by using the Windows Start Menu item Programs |
RTDAQ | Utilities. These utilities include the Device Configuration Utility
(or DevConfig), View Pro, and CardConvert. DevConfig is described
above. View Pro enables the viewing and graphing of collected data, and
CardConvert converts data files originating from removable card storage into
other useful formats.
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