Navigator Software User‟s Manual Navigator Software Contents 1. NAVIGATOR SOFTWARE 2. INSTALLATION 3. USING NAVIGATOR SOFTWARE 3.1 STARTING THE PROGRAM 3.2 SYSTEM SET UP 3.3 LOAD DATA FILE 3.3.1 LOADING PARTIAL FILES 3.4 DATA TABLE WINDOW 3.4.1 JUMPING TO A SPECIFIC POINT 3.4.2 CREATING A REPORT 3.5 GRAPH WINDOW 3.5.1 GRAPH BUTTONS 3.5.2 ZOOM TO FIT 3.5.3 CUSTOMIZING THE GRAPH 3.5.4 SEARCH 3.5.5 USING REAL TIME DATA 3.5.6 ANNOTATING REAL TIME DATA 3.6 WORKING WITH REMOTE RECORDERS 3.6.1 SET CLOCK 3.6.
Navigator Software User‟s Manual 1 NAVIGATOR SOFTWARE The Navigator Software is a program for viewing and exporting both real-time and non-real-time data from the recorder. It also enables recorders to be controlled and configured remotely. 2 INSTALLATION This program will run on Windows XP/2000 and later. It is not compatible with earlier versions of Windows. To install the Navigator Software: 1. If you have the USB option on your recorder, make sure it is not plugged in during the installation. 2.
Navigator Software User‟s Manual If you don‟t have the USB option, click the No button and the Navigator installation will be done. If you have the USB option and want to install the USB drivers, follow these steps: a) Since the drivers are being loaded as part of the Navigator Installation, check the radio button “From Navigator Intallation”. The menu will explain what the option “From A Specified Location” is. b) Verify the serial number of your unit.
Navigator Software User‟s Manual c) Click the Continue Anyway button and you will be asked to restart your computer. d) Once your computer has been restarted, turn the recorder on and plug the USB cable into the unit and your PC. e) The “Found New Hardware Wizard” will launch. Make sure the installation CD is still in the CD drive and select the “Yes, now and every time I connect a device” option. Then click the Next> button.
Navigator Software User‟s Manual 11. To continue with the installation of the USB drivers from TI (serial number < 5251200), follow these steps: a) If this is your first installation, the recorder VCP Installer will launch and run. Accept the license agreement and continue. Note: If you have previously installed the TI USB driver, the installer will uninstall the old driver. You will then have to install the driver manually. To install the driver manually run setup.
Navigator Software User‟s Manual NOTE: If you wish to load the USB Drivers after Navigator Software has been installed, there is a program called DC1250USBInstallApp.exe under the installation directory to do so. Run this executable to open the USB Installation application. Select “From A Specified Location” and then click the browse (…) button to select the USB driver setup file. Follow step 10 or 11 depending on which USB driver is being loaded. 3 USING NAVIGATOR SOFTWARE 3.
Navigator Software User‟s Manual The main dialog consists of: a pull-down menu bar, a toolbar with basic icons and three tabs that determine what is displayed in the workspace below. The pull-down menu items are: File Allows the user to open or export a file, select the data source or Exit the program. View Duplicates Icon options for the Graphics Screen. Setup Allows the user to customize the program – Section 3.2. Device Allows interaction with a remote recorder – Section 3.6.
Navigator Software User‟s Manual 3.3 LOAD DATA FILE There are two sources for data, the local PC or the remote recorder. In order to load data from a remote recorder it is necessary to select Use Recorder from the File menu or go to the Graph window (click the Graph tab) and check the Use Recorder box on the top right as shown below. Obviously a recorder also needs to be connected to the PC via its USB or Ethernet port.
Navigator Software User‟s Manual In the lower right corner the date the data was recorded, the recorder identification and sample rate are displayed. This sample recording was started on Tuesday, November 08, 2005 at 2:49:48 PM. The sample rate was 20 Samples/Sec and the recorder was identified by the UNIT TAG. The summary information for each channel is displayed in the workspace section. By clicking on Minimum or Maximum you can jump directly to those points on the graph. 3.3.
Navigator Software User‟s Manual 3.4 DATA TABLE WINDOW The DataTable page shows the time and value of every data sample on each channel and any alarms TM associated with them. This window is also used to export data directly into an Excel spreadsheet and can be used to highlight a specific point on the graph. 3.4.1 JUMPING TO A SPECIFIC POINT ON THE GRAPH If you double-click a value in any Channel Value column in the DataTable, the program will highlight that point in the Graph window.
Navigator Software User‟s Manual Move the cursor into the rectangle for precise information about the point. The graph can be zoomed and panned to show the relationship of this point to the rest of the traces. (Refer to the Graph Window section). 3.4.2 CREATING A REPORT Select the DataTable tab. Navigator Software has the ability to create custom reports to be exported to TM Excel directly.
Navigator Software User‟s Manual 3.5 GRAPH WINDOW A graphic representation of the information can be displayed by selecting the Graph tab. The following is an example of a Graph page. There are two channels shown on the graph: Channel A and Channel B. The X-Axis is the time and the YAxis is the data sample value. Each channel has its own y-axis with matched color so it can be easily identified.
Navigator Software User‟s Manual - Zoom Window Click this button to zoom to a user-defined window, when clicked the cursor will turn into a draw window tool. Draw a window around the area of interest by holding the right mouse button and dragging the window. On release the window area will fill the graphics screen. - Zoom All Click this button to fit all data into one screen. - Cursor Click this button to enable the cursor.
Navigator Software User‟s Manual There are two edit boxes on the dialog that specifies the channel tag in different colors as shown below: The colors match the channel trace colors. If the user changes the trace color, the corresponding edit box will change color accordingly. If the user double-clicks one of them, that trace will zoom to fit the screen in the vertical direction. The fit is – minimum value is placed at the bottom of the graph, maximum value at the top.
Navigator Software User‟s Manual Note: The Alarms will only be visible in the event that a trace actually entered an alarm condition in which case that part of the trace in alarm will be indicated by the choices made in the setup. In the example above, Alarm 1 will be indicated by a solid red line 3 pixels thick. If you apply the Trace and Alarm settings as shown in the Channel Setup Dialog above, the trace will look like that shown below.
Navigator Software User‟s Manual 3.5.5 USING REAL TIME DATA Data can be displayed in real time and recorded to a file on the local PC by connecting a Recorder to the PC via a USB or Ethernet port. If a remote recorder is connected to the PC you will see the OnLine icon as shown right. To connect via the Ethernet see 3.2.5 Several of the buttons on the Graph window relate to this function.
Navigator Software User‟s Manual This folder will travel with the trend and can be reviewed at any time by double-clicking the folder icon. This information is also saved to the file if the file is currently recording to the PC. 3.6 WORKING WITH REMOTE RECORDERS The remote recorder can be controlled from the Device Menu.
Navigator Software User‟s Manual 3.6.4 MEDIA This option allows the user to format the CompactFlash™ card in the remote recorder. Use caution as this can destroy data. You can check the content of the card using the File option below. You cannot format a card while the recorder is in the record mode. 3.6.5 CONFIGURATION This option allows the user to read, write, save, change or send a configuration. The configuration file, designated by .CFG, is a copy of all the setups in the recorder.
Navigator Software User‟s Manual 3.6.5.2 Save – Remote and local. Clicking Yes will save the configuration to the PC locally. Clicking No will save the configuration as set up in the recorder onto the CompactFlash™ card. 3.6.5.3 Change – Allows the user to change the configuration on the recorder. This will present a dialog box with all the files on the remote recorder. Choose an alternate configuration file to load and press OK. The recorder will reset with the new configuration in place. 3.6.5.
Navigator Software User‟s Manual APPENDIX A - LANGUAGE FILES TM Adding a language is a simple process. Navigator Software uses an Excel compatible file Language.CSV, which resides in the Navigator program directory, to read all text that is displayed in the program. The first column is the English words. To add a language, simple add a column and make sure the first entry in the column is the language.
