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PicoScope 6 User's Guide 79

6.5.4.3

Serial Data window

Location:

Channels toolbar > Serial Decoding button > select In Window in

the Serial Decoding dialog

Purpose:

shows decoded serial data in alphanumeric format and allows advanced

filtering and searching

For more information on the format of the table for each serial protocol, see Serial

protocols.

If you also selected In View in the Serial Decoding dialog, the data will also appear

in graphical form on the scope view. You can click on one of the data packets in the

scope view to go to the corresponding row in the table, or you can double-click a row

in the table to zoom to the corresponding frame in the scope view.

Control bar

The controls in the control bar are as follows:

Export

Save the decoded data to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

Accumulate

By default, PicoScope clears the table each time the scope captures

a new buffer full of data. Click this button to enter Accumulate

mode, which continues adding serial frames to the end of the table

until you click the button again.

View

Controls which details of the data appear in the table. The sub-

menus are as follows:

Frames/Packets: which types of frames or packets are displayed

Fields: which columns appear in the data table

Display Format: hexadecimal, binary, ASCII or decimal format

Font Size: the character size used in the table

Link

This drop-down list selects a link file (CSV

format) that maps numbers to strings. The

serial data window will show these strings in

place of matching numerical values.

Creates a new link file. Use a text editor to

add your own number-string pairs, save the

file, and then open it using the drop-down

control.