SATEC PAS - Manual (Page 12)

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Select a directory where you want your log files to be kept. To avoid confusion, do
not store data files into the 'Sites' directory where site databases are located.
Select an existing file or type the name for a new file, and then click 'Save'.
Printing Data to a Printer
To print retrieved data to a printer, click the print button
on the toolbar, select
a printer and click 'OK'. If you want to check how your document appears on the
printed page, select 'Print Preview' from the 'File' menu.
Copying Data to Another Application
You can copy the entire data table or a part of a table into the Clipboard or into
another application such as Microsoft Excel or Word in order to prepare your
report.
Click with the right mouse button on the Data Monitor window and choose 'Select
All', or click on the upper-left corner of the data table (where the 'No.' label is
displayed). Click with the right mouse button on the Data Monitor window again
and choose 'Copy' or click the 'Copy' button
on the toolbar. Run an
application to where you want to copy data, position cursor at the correct place,
and then click the 'Paste' button
on the application's toolbar or select 'Paste'
from the 'Edit' menu.
If you want only a part of data to be copied, select with the mouse cursor while
holding the left mouse button the rows or columns in the table you want to copy,
and then click the 'Copy' button
on the toolbar.
Real-time Data Logging
PAS allows you to log polled data records to a database automatically at the time it
updates the Data Monitor window on the screen.
To setup the real-time logging options:
1. Open the Data Monitor window.
2. Click on the 'RT Logging On/Off' button on the toolbar, or select 'RT
Logging Options' from the 'Tools' menu.
3. Select an existing database, or type the name for a new database and select a
directory where you want to save it.
4. Select the number of tables, and the number of records in each table you want
recorded.
5. Adjust the file update rate for automatic recording. It must be a multiple of the
sampling rate that you defined in the Instrument Setup dialog.
6. Click Save.
When you run real-time data polling, PAS automatically saves retrieved records to
the database at the rate you specified. The 'RT Logging On/Off' button
on the
toolbar should be checked all the time to allow PAS to perform logging. You can