ChartView

Out-of-the-Box Setup, Acquisition, & Real-Time
Display Software
ChartView Software

ChartView, IOtech’s included Out-of-the-Box software, is ane­ nhanced-capability option for the engineer who needs thetrend and display ability of a chart recorder or logger without
the inconvenience of paper. Its uniform grids capture the lookand feel of real strip paper allowing visually intuitive analysis
to be performed on the screen without sacrificing the benefitsof PC acquisition, ­manipulation, storage, and report generation.

• Display and record data in minutes, with no programming• Display strip charts in real time
• Make on-screen measurements• Scale readings to engineering units• Display data in digital, analog, and bar meters• Adjust scroll rate independently of sample rate
• Can run as server to Excel®*• Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000®,
Windows Vista® x86 (32-bit), and Windows XP®

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or jerky scrolling, ChartView provides a nearly smooth scroll of
all data. In addition, all critical display controls, such as volts perdivision and trace positioning, are located next to each channel
so there is no fumbling through menus or guessing at icons.

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strip chart-like grid allows easy measurements
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directly from the screen.

6 Easily log data to disk for later review and analysis.

Groups: channels can be grouped, named and displayed in

7 Print waveforms simply by clicking a button.

2 different formats for quick review.

Waveform scrolling rates are independent of sampling

Intuitive channel controls enable the expansion and3 rates, allowing you to optimize for the best waveform

8 ­positioning of the channels anywhere in the chart area.­

49 measurement. Running time is displayed across the bottomdisplay.

X-axis grids are uniform and in convenient increments forHardware configuration menus are easily accessible.
PostView, a post-acquisition display and analysis package, isof the chart.

5 included. This software enables the viewing of data stored

10 Convenient LEDs show hardware and application status.

to disk.

NOTE: ChartView supports MCC and IOtech IEEE 488 boards only.
* Requires Excel® 2000 or higher to use XL integration

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Out-of-the-Box Software
Setup Wizard
ChartView makes it easy to group channels for easy visual comparison.
Whether you save multiple formats to disk or associate them all with one
test, the Chart Setup Wizard will configure your display in seconds. Fromsimple single-group, non-overlapped displays in the standard ChartView
package, to the advanced multi-group overlapped displays, the Chart
Setup Wizard automatically does it for you. You select which channels
are displayed in separate charts, overlapped, or in combination. There isno need to search through complicated menus to configure your display.

ChartView’s Chart Wizard allows for quick setup

Multiple Display Groups
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ChartView’s chart setup screen

The Display Configuration Setup Window complements the Setup Chart
Wizard by allowing you to further customize your display to include
convenient names or to modify existing displays created earlier.

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Multiple groups can be created and named for quick recall anddisplay later.

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Select from a list of available channels which are enabled andavailable for display.

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In large systems, channel-type selection facilitates finding andgrouping channels.

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Modification of existing groups is easy.

Additional Display Types
In addition to charting, three other display modes are available fordeveloping custom real-time displays. Any combination of these threedisplays may be active at any time. Master start/stop buttons are provided on ChartView’s main display window; each display window also
provides local controls for start/stop, printing, and layout configuration.

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Digital Meters. ChartView’s digital meter window displays up
to 32 channels of data and offers the ability to define the dataformat, change the color of the digital value based on high andlow data limits, and display trend indicators.
Analog Meters. ChartView’s analog meter window displays up to32 channels of data and allows the user to define analog meter
limits, set high and low data limits, display trend indicators,
and display peak hold (min/max) indicators. The analog needlechanges color when it falls outside the high and low data limits.
The meter also indicates the digital value of the data.

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ChartView’s display windows can be customized per the user’sapplication

Bar Graph Meters. ChartView’s bar graph meter window displays
up to 32 channels of data and allows the user to define bar graphlimits, set high and low data limits, display a trend indicator, anddisplay peak hold (min/max) indicators. The color of the bar graphneedle changes based on the high and low data limits. The bargraph also indicates the digital value of the data.

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Out-of-the-Box Software
Hardware Configuration
ChartView reduces acquisition configuration time to seconds
through easy-to-use pull-down menus, graphical buttons, andcheck boxes. Shown on the right is the setup menu for enabling
the hardware. With a few mouse clicks you can turn channels
on and off, select gains or thermocouple types, enter user labels,
alarm parameters, and assign channels to an alarm output.

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Channels can be individually enabled or disabled.

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Spreadsheet-type display gives real-time channel value.

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Set gain or thermocouple type per channel.

4User-entered label makes channel identification easy.

5Engineering units individually assigned. (See scaling toengineering units below.)

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Individual settings for alarm high, low, and hysteresis
levels.

7Assign channels to one or more alarms.

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ChartView’s spreadsheet style makes setup easy and provides quick
access to all channels

Scaling to Engineering Units
Each channel is individually scaled to user-defined engineering
units to allow direct reading such as PSI and relative humidity
in all charts, meters and data stored to disk. Simply fill in theappropriate mX+b scaling for your transducers, and ChartView
will do the rest.
In addition, ChartView provides the added ability to subtracta reference channel from the scaled value. This is useful whenrecording data relative to some input, like the temperature rise
above ambient. All active channels are available for use as areference channel.
ChartView can display channels in engineering units simply by entering your scaling values

Alarm Log
In addition to generating an alarm output on a standard 50-pin
connector, ChartView also offers the ability to log alarms todisk. When enabled, ChartView software queries the hardware
approximately once per second to check for an alarm condition.
Once detected, the key parameters, such as date, time, and channel ID, are logged to disk. This ASCII file can then be imported
into a Windows® program such as Excel® for review and analysis.

Alarm logging saves time and date of each alarm condition

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Out-of-the-Box Software
Acquisition Configuration
ChartView gives full control over the acquisition’s start and stop
events, the total number of data points collected, sampling rate,name, and format of the data file. When complete, acquisition
configurations can be saved to a file and recalled later.

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Select both the start and stop events for complete acquisition control.
Pre- and post-trigger scans are set separately. Control theamount of memory allocation by setting the pre-trigger andpost-stop value. Sample averaging can also be set to reduce
AC noise if required.

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Scanning intervals can be set independently for both thepre-trigger and post-trigger scans thus maximizing data­storage and time resolution in the area of greatest interest.

ChartView’s acquisition screen provides quick access to key acquisition parameters

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Data is saved to disk in a binary
format, and can be automaticallyconverted to any data format usedby other ­software.
With each acquisition, data andalarms are time stamped. Whenenabled, the eight digital inputs arerecorded with each scan.
Auto Re-arm. ChartView supports
an auto re-arm capability to allow
back-to-back acquisition cycles inwhich the system will arm, trigger,
save data, and automatically re-arm
to capture the next event. This feature
is valuable when running in standalone mode where user intervention
to re-arm the acquisition is inconvenient or in applications where each
event capture is desired and manualre-arming is impractical. To keep data
conveniently segmented, file names
are automatically incremented.

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ChartView’s data destination screen allows the selectionof multiple file formats

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Out-of-the-Box SoftwareStand-Alone Operation
For acquisition over extended periods, ChartView allows theTempScan and MultiScan to act as stand-alone data loggers.
Initially, ChartView is used to configure the acquisition and isthen exited. The Scan product then stores readings in its internal
memory. Later, at your convenience, ChartView can upload datastored in memory and save it to a data file on a computer’s harddrive. Each time ChartView is invoked, it automatically determines
whether data is available and allows storing of data to a new file.

ChartView allows you to append data to an existing data file, replace
the data file, or store the data to a new file

Remote/Modem Operation
The TempScan/1100 and MultiScan/1200 are ideal for applications that require the placement of instrumentation at somedistance from the controlling computer. ChartView is ­capable ofcontrolling the TempScan or MultiScan via a Hayes-­compatible
modem. Modem operation is useful when a dedicated computer
does not reside at a remote site; it also reduces the need for­someone to travel to ensure proper operation or to retrieve data.

ChartView’s modem-setup screen

Auto-answer
modem

Hayes-compatible
modem

ChartScan/1400

Notebook or Desktop PC

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Out-of-the-Box Software
PostView
PostView is a time-domain post-­acquisition
data viewing package which is integrated
and ready to use from within your View
package when you install it. PostView­provides easy to use basic time-domain
data viewing for IOtech data acquisition
Out-of-the-Box View packages.

PostView is a Windows®-based, post-acquisition waveform viewing application

ChartView Summary Chart
ChartView, the included Out-of-the-Box software with expanded display
and ­recording capabilities is intuitive charting software packages whichwill have you ­recording data in minutes. Each feature has a quick-tolearn user interface and features required in most logging applications.

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ChartView Feature SummaryFeature
Included Out-of-the-Box software
Display groups
Display charts
Channels per chart
Overlapped channels
Auto re-arm
Alarm logging
Chart setup wizard
Individual channel positioning
Remote operation
Separate pre- and post-scan number
Separate pre- and post-scan rate
Alarm channels
mX+b scaling
mX+b scaling with reference channel
Digital inputs
Digital/analog bar graph meters
Engineering units
Label channels
Links to Excel®
PostView included
Scale data to user units
Stand-alone operation
Uniform and scaled grids

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Out-of-the-Box Software
XL Integration
XL integration allows ChartView ­users toadd real-time data acquisition to Microsoft® ­Excel.   XL integration uses state ofthe art COM technology to allow seamless­ChartView integration with Microsoft Excel.

Real-Time Data Updates
XL integration allows ­Microsoft Excel tocontrol the acquisition and data retrieval
process. This feature will automatically update spreadsheet rows as new data becomes
available from ­ChartView in real-time. Thismeans that you do not have to wait for an
entire acquisition to complete before viewing and ­working with data within Excel.

Multiple Spreadsheet Support
XL integration allows multiple spreadsheets to be defined for use with previously
acquired data while acquiring new data.
Previous acquisition data can be accessedand via its own spreadsheet while a newdata is acquired to a separate spreadsheet.
­Multiple acquisitions can be accessed inthis fashion with each acquisition having
its own, dedicated worksheet in Excel. Thisfeature is particularly useful when performing ­acquisitions which are ­repetitivein nature.

Post-Acquisition File Import
XL integration allows the user to importpreviously acquired data, even as new data
is being collected. Post-acquisition filedata then can be viewed and manipulated
within each spreadsheet.

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