Configuration Files

Configurations files are used to save current settings and retrieve previously saved settings for data selection and charting. All the settings on the Data Selection page and the Charting Set Up page are stored in these files. The Print Resolution and JPEG Quality settings are also saved. These files are also used when Job Automation is employed.

• To save the current parameters:

1. Set all parameters for the configuration file:

1. Download a data set

2. Set all desired parameters on the Charting Setup page

3. Click the Make Plots button and view the result.

2. If the data set and charts are as desired, go the menu item Settings > Configurations > Save. (Otherwise, adjust the settings until everything is correct.)

  The Settings menu will look like this except the configuration item will not be grayed out.

 Configurations sub-menu

3. When the Save dialog box appears, select a destination directory and a name for the file that clearly and uniquely describes the data set, then click on Save

• To load a saved configuration:

1. Log into a database

2. If the user wants to use the time domain settings saved with the configuration file, check off the menu item Settings > Configurations > Use Stored Times

3. Select the menu item Settings > Configurations > Load. A standard Windows File Open dialog appears.



4. Select the desired configuration file and click on Open

5. If not using the time domain stored with the configuration file, set the time domain.

6. Download the data set

7. Click on the Make Plots button on the Charting Set Up page to use the chart parameters just loaded from the configuration file.

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