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NetScan User’s Manual

ChartView Quick Start and Tutorial 2-3

Three Ways of Using ChartViewNet

You can use ChartViewNET to:

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chart and monitor specific channels with no acquisition of data to disk

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acquire data with no charting or meter use

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use charting and/or meters while acquiring data to disk

1) Chart channels (and/or monitor with meters) with no acquisition of data to disk

Prior to charting channels on ChartView’s Main Window, you need to configure a display in regard to
groups, charts, and channels. This aspect of configuration is performed through Chart Setup Wizard
(discussed in the following text), or through a Display Setup dialog box which is accessed through the
Display Configuration Setup button (toolbar, item 7) on ChartView’s Main Window.

In addition to charting channels, you can monitor selected channels via digital, analog, and/or bar graph
meters. Meters are discussed in Chapter 4.

Note:

For ChartView Plus users, up to four channels will overlap on their assigned Chart, and will be
visible when the applicable Group is selected.

2) Acquire Data with no charting or meter use

Prior to acquiring data (for saving to disk) you need to configure the acquisition using the Acquisition
dialog box (accessed through the Setup pull-down menu of ChartView’s Main Window, or through use of
the related icon button). You can enable the desired channels, assign high and low alarm values from the
channel configuration dialog box.

3) Chart channels and/or use meters while acquiring data to disk

Prior to using ChartView for charting (and/or meter use) while simultaneously acquiring data to disk, you
need to configure a display and/or meter; as well as configure the acquisition. Note that the channels from
the display setup are automatically enabled. You can enable additional channels from the channel
configuration dialog box (for the data acquisition) to acquire more data; however, these additional channels
will not change your display setup, or the channels being monitored. In other words, you can acquire data
from channels which you do not monitor.

ChartViewNET Quick Start

Starting ChartView, Configuring the System and Collecting Data

Note: The configuration file, discussed in this section, will not be present during your first start of the program.

Use the ChartView icon in Windows to start the ChartView program. ChartView will run using the latest
configuration file. This is a file which is automatically saved upon exiting the program. The configuration file
contains all setup information, including that pertaining to channels, alarms, and acquisition configuration.

When ChartView opens using a configuration file, the program’s main window appears on the screen, as indicated in
the following figure.

Note: In the following figure, item 24 (Status LEDs and labels) does not appear when using Windows 3.1.

However, when using Windows 3.1, text will appear in region 24 to inform you of the status. This is in
addition to the text in the Status Message Box (Item 22).