Campbell Scientific RTDAQ Software - Manual (Page 235)

Section 8. Real-Time Monitoring and
Control Software
Although RTDAQ only supports single datalogger projects in
RTMC, the documentation included here applies to RTMC in all
Campbell Scientific software products. Therefore, any
references to multi-datalogger projects may be ignored for
RTDAQ implementations. NOTE
The Real-Time Monitoring and Control (RTMC) software provides the ability
to create and run graphical screens to display real-time data as RTDAQ
collects it from a datalogger. Controls are also provided to view and set
datalogger ports and flags, as well as values of variables. As RTDAQ collects
data from a datalogger, the displays in RTMC are automatically updated.
RTMC has two operating modes: Development and Run-Time. The
Development mode allows you to create and edit a real-time graphic display
screens for displaying data collected from a datalogger. The custom creation
of data display screens helps to meet specialized data display requirements.
Once the screen is built and saved as a project file, the screen can be displayed
using RTMC Run-Time. Both RTMC Development and RTMC Run-Time are
provided with RTDAQ.
For RTMC’s display to update in RTDAQ, you must be
connected to a datalogger. This is different from the operation
of RTMC within LoggerNet, which requires scheduled data
collection to be active for updates to occur. Scheduled data
collection is not available within RTDAQ. NOTE
8.1 Development Mode
RTMC Development is a graphic display editor that allows the user to easily
place graphical components on the display screen and associate them with data
values.
There is an enhanced version of the RTMC Development
product known as RTMC Pro. RTMC Pro must be purchased
separately from RTDAQ, but it installs and operates seamlessly
from within the RTDAQ environment. After installation, an
RTMC Pro Developer button will appear on the RTDAQ
Toolbar next to the standard RTMC Developer button .
Since only the standard version of RTMC Developer comes in
the RTDAQ package, that is the software that is discussed in this
manual. Refer to the RTMC Pro manual for more details about
how to use RTMC Pro within RTDAQ.
NOTE
The RTMC Development window, as shown below, has three sections.
8-1