LogView
Out-of-the-Box Software

LogView Software Simplifies Setup
LogView uses a series of spreadsheets to allow simple setup and display of all channel parameters. No auxiliary dialog boxes, configurable block diagrams, or programming methodologies are employed. Simply select the appropriate cell, choose the desired setting from the dropdown list, and the parameter is set. To apply the same setting to multiple channels, select a block of cells within a column and use the spreadsheet’s fill down feature.

After the channels and the acquisition parameters have been configured, download the configuration to a PC-Card* in one of your PC’s sockets, or send the configuration directly to the LogBook via the serial port, parallel port, or modem. When a PC-Card is used to transport the acquisition configuration to a remote LogBook, inserting the card into its socket signals the LogBook to read and execute the new acquisition configuration.

Once the channel configuration parameters have been downloaded to the LogBook, LogView can display the channel values of a connected LogBook in real time, both before and during an acquisition. LogView conveniently displays channel values in the channel configuration spreadsheet or in real-time bargraphs, analog meters, and digital indicators.

Spreadsheets Make It Simple
All of the parameters for the analog I/O, digital I/O, counter/timers, and calculated channels can be viewed and adjusted through LogView’s unique spreadsheet interface. The spreadsheets make it possible to see and adjust the parameters of many channels concurrently, unlike typical data logging software that requires channels to be set up one at a time through auxiliary dialog boxes.

Channel parameters are independent of one another. Channel parameters include:

• Turning the channel on or off
• Programmable input range for analog input channels
• Scaling and offset for engineering units conversion
• Any or all of four timebases to log the channel
• The equation that defines the calculated channel
• The physical output channel to direct a calculated or input channel
• Special parameters specific to certain signal conditioning modules

All inputs including analog, digital, frequency and calculated channels are collected synchronously so that data from widely dissimilar inputs can be correlated in time. Within the analog spreadsheet, an offset adjustment or 2-point calibration can be performed for each channel. This function compensates for inaccuracies in signal conditioning circuitry and sensors. LogView provides a file concatenate feature for combining separately uploaded data segments, from the same trigger block, into one file.

* PC-Card not supported by Windows® Vista™. Contact factory for complete information.