SATEC PM130 PLUS Manual - Manual (Page 125)

‎Chapter 8 Retrieving A N D S T O R I N G F I L E S
Viewing F I L E S O N - L I N E
PM130 PLUS Powermeter Series 125
Reviewing Upload Problems
When the Upload Scheduler fails to retrieve data from the device, or some
data is missing, or another problem occurs, it puts an error message to
the log file. To review this file, select System Log from the View menu.
8.3 Viewing Files On-line
Sometimes, it is useful to review a particular piece of historical data on-
line at the time you expect new events to appear in the log. PAS allows
you to retrieve historical data from a particular log without storing it to a
file. The data appears only in the window on your screen. You can save it
manually to the database.
To view the log data on-line, check the On-line button
on the PAS
toolbar, select the log you want to retrieve in the Logs menu, and then
click on the Poll button
. Only new log records are retrieved from the
device. If you want to review the entire log from the beginning, click on
the Restore log button
, and then click on the Poll button .
NOTE
When reading multi-section profile data, only the first section is available
for reading online.
See Chapter 9 Viewing Files for information on using different log views.
8.4 Exporting Files
Exporting Files in COMTRADE and PQDIF Formats
The COMTRADE and PQDIF file converters allow you to convert saved real-
time waveforms into COMTRADE or PQDIF file format, and data log tables
– into PQDIF format.
Manual Converting
To manually convert your waveforms or a data log into COMTRADE or
PQDIF format:
1. Click on the Export button on the
PAS toolbar.
2. Select the database and a data log table you want to export,
and then click Open.