Measurement Computing USB-5100 Series - Manual (Page 62)

USB-5100 Series Software Help Preferences
The Toolbar
The toolbar is located at the top of the main USB-5100 Series window and allows point-and-click access to the
most frequently used functions. Pause the pointer over each icon on the toolbar for a description of each tool.
Icon Name Description
Launch Opens the Launch Logger dialog box.
Readout Opens the Readout dialog box.
Status Opens the Status dialog box, which displays the logger state and current readings.
Stop Stops a logging logger.
Select Device Opens the select Device dialog box which displays available devices.
Set Default
Units Change the default unit type between US and SI. Any changes you make does take effect with
the next plotted file
Undo Action Undoes the most recent change made to the plot.
Redo Action Redoes the most recent change that was undone to the plot.
Open Launches the Open dialog box, from which you can open USB-5100 Series files.
Save Opens the Save dialog box, from which you can save the plot as a project (.hproj) file.
Close Closes the currently focused plot.
Export
Opens the Export Options dialog box, from which you can configure settings for exporting a
text file of the data (in .csv or .txt format) for use in spreadsheet and other applications.
Print Prints the graph as it appears on your screen.
Arrow
Launches the Arrow Tool, which you can use to point to and select items on the graph to edit
their properties.
Crosshair
Launches the Crosshair Tool, which you can use to display values for points on the graph and
cross-references them to cells in the Points pane.
Hand Drag Launches the Hand Drag Tool, which you can use to scroll an axis or the entire graph.
Zoom
Launches the Zoom Tool, which you can use to adjust the scaling of an axis or the entire
graph.
Zoom In Launches the Zoom In Tool, which allows you to zoom in on a smaller area of the graph.
Zoom Out Launches the Zoom Out Tool, which allows you to zoom out to a larger area of the graph.
Show Graph at
Full Scale
Resets the scale of a graph to accommodate all of the displayed data.
Graph
Properties Opens the properties dialog box for the element currently selected (such as series, legend,
axis).
Vertical
Gridlines
Toggles vertical gridlines on or off.
Horizontal
Gridlines
Toggles horizontal gridlines on or off.
Mark Points Toggles point markers on or off.
Convert Units
Opens the Convert Units dialog box, which allows you to convert some or all of the series on
the currently focused plot to other units (for example, from degrees Fahrenheit to degrees
Celsius).
Filter Series
You can create a new series based on statistical analysis of an existing series over specified
periods of time.
Add Graph
Label Opens the Graph Labels Properties dialog, which allows you to add a label to the plot or to a
specific series, and change the appearance of that label.
Help Opens the Help.
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