Instructions

UM-0085-B09 DT80 Range User Manual Page 128

The menu bar across the top works in the same way as the menu bar in any other window-based application. Note that

many of the menus have cascading sub-menus, as shown in the screenshot.

Figure 24: Add measurement menu

Six menus are provided:

• The File menu is used to clear the current configuration or load an existing configuration, which may be either

the logger's current configuration or a locally saved file. This menu also allows you to save a completed

configuration to the logger, which will also "activate" the configuration, i.e. it will start running. See Managing

Configurations(P143).

• The Edit menu simply duplicates the functions of the tree view buttons.

• The View menu allows you to view the logger program generated from your current settings.

• The Logger menu can be used to perform a few basic logger management tasks, including setting the time,

reloading the current configuration, halting and resuming schedules, and clearing all logged data.

• The Add menu is used to define new tree entries – schedules and channels.

• Finally, the Help menu identifies the version of the configuration builder. It also provides links to various useful

files on the DT80, including the user manual and firmware release notes, as well as links to online resources

such as training documents and videos.

Banner Area

The banner area along the top of the screen contains:

• a Logger Home button, which returns you to the Logger Home page

• the dataTaker logo on the right hand side will jump to the dataTaker website, www.datataker.com

Note: Navigating away from the configuration builder using the Logger Home button, or the dataTaker web link, or pressing the

browser Refresh button will all cause any unsaved configuration entries to be lost. Be sure to save your work

(using File / Save to

disc...) before leaving the configuration builder.

It is often convenient to have the configuration builder running in one browser tab, and the dEX web interface running in

another. You can then easily switch between them without having to return to the Logger Home page.

Defining Schedules

When the configuration builder starts up, two pre-defined schedules are shown: the immediate schedule (On logger

activation) and one user schedule (A).

If you click on schedule A's entry in the tree view its details will be displayed in the properties pane. The On logger

activation (immediate) schedule does not have a trigger or any storage options, so if you select it the properties pane

will be blank.