User manual

Capturing Data Files Using Crosscut
Once steps are completed for first-time Crosscut use, follow the steps below to capture
data files:
1. To start Crosscut type crosscut at a DOS prompt or click on the Crosscut icon
(the Crosscut directory must be in the directory path when for this step).
2. To capture a data file after a deployment select ‘CommPort’ from the menu bar
and ‘Capture to File’ from the submenu.
3. Select a directory and a name for the file.
4. The ‘Open file’ window that will appear in the Crosscut window. [ALT]-[Z]
brings up the "Open file" window from the keyboard.
5. Type the path and name of the file in the Name field or use the [TAB] and
[ENTER] keys to select the directory and enter the name in the Name field.
6. Once the capture is started, everything that appears in the Crosscut window, from
both the instrument and the keyboard, is written to the file. Run the offload
utility and the data unpacked from the flash card will be captured in the named
log file. (Crosscut overwrites the information in an existing log file).
7. Terminate file logging by selecting ‘CommPort’ and ‘Capture to File’ again or by
typing [ALT]-[Z].
8. To exit Crosscut select ‘File’ from the menu bar and ‘Quit’ from the submenu or
type [ALT]-[Q].
The format of the captured data file is ASCII text (use the extension .TXT for the file
name). ASCII text files can be loaded and edited by all of the common word and text processors.
Crosscut assigns a default file name of CAPTURE.TXT to log files. The operator can, as
described above, change the name before logging begins. That name then becomes the default
during that Crosscut session. Alternatively, the file can be renamed once captured to the hard
disk of the PC. In either case, Crosscut does not append (each log file must eventually be given a
unique name and path or it will be overwritten).
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