User manual

Data Logging cont. - Section 8-C
Example using Microsoft Excel:
1. Choose the group or groups that you want to view.
2. Click the [Log] button
3. Use default file name if desired. It will append the old file if you use a particular name
more than once.
4. Click [Start]
5. Drive the car through the tests that you want to perform
6. Click [Stop]
7. Click [Done, Close] when you're finished logging data.
8. Open Microsoft Excel
9. Click File->Open (change filetype to all *.*)
10. Locate the *.csv file that you created, typically in C:\ross-tech\vcds\Logs\
11. With mouse select the columns you want to graph.
12. Click the Chart Wizard button.
13. Select XY (Scatter) and click one of the formats that has lines.
14. The chart wizard will prompt you to name axes if you want.
15. Pick, for example, RPM values for the x-axis and IAT for the y-axis
You can also use the [Graph] button to open the VC-Scope plug-in for VCDS that allows
you to replay LOG files. See Section 32 for information on VC-Scope.
Warning!
If you're going to use VCDS while you're driving, please use a second person! Let one
drive while the other observes the data, making sure the person holding the PC is not in
front of an active airbag! Obviously, do not break any laws, speeding or otherwise while
using VCDS!