Problem with Picolog displays

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Glovisol
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Problem with Picolog displays

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Picolog seems to have the following display problem, which I found while operating the DrDAQ, but suspect it as an obvious software problem.

When measuring two or more quantities having, at one stage, the same value or values very near to each other and it is desired to display these quantities with the SEPARATE GRAPHS option, once the values become nearly identical or identical, only one plot remains, while the other plots become empty and their scale factor changes to a wrong value. With two quantities, one display disappears, with three, two disappear and so on. The only remedy seems to be, in this case, that of displaying all quantities IN THE SAME GRAPH. Unfortunately then, if other quantities, with great difference in value, have to be displayed, the resulting display is far from satisfactory.....

Hitesh

Re: Problem with Picolog displays

Post by Hitesh »

Hi Glovisol,

Could you please provide the PicoLog settings (*.pls) file for the recording and post it here or e-mail it to support@picotech.com

Which channels are you logging from?

Regards,

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Re: Problem with Picolog displays

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Dear Hitesh,

Herewith enclosed PLW file Barometer 1800a. that shows the described display phenomenon. Data collected with USB DrDAQ where the EXT. inputs were used, but all data is available from the PLW file.

Kind regards,

Glovisol
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Barometer 1800a.PLW
PLW file showing display problems with data having same or very similar values
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Hitesh

Re: Problem with Picolog displays

Post by Hitesh »

Hi Glovisol,

Thank you for this.

I will report a bug although given that the software is under maintenance, a fix might be unlikely unless it is deemed to be a significant issue by our Development Team.

You may wish to consider using the PicoScope 6 software if you are going to be capturing data for short periods of time.

Update: If you choose to use PicoScope 6, you can make use of Maths Channels or Custom Probes to make calculations and use the Alarms feature to save data to disk when a capture has occurred or the waveform buffers are full.

Update 2: After investigation, it appears that the scaling for the calculated parameters for your Barograph 3 and Barograph 1 parameters might not be correct. First correct the scaling:
  • Close the graph
  • Click Settings -> Calculated Parameters
  • Select the parameter from the list
  • Click Edit
  • Click Options
  • Adjust the Scaling for graphs minimum and maximum value
  • Accept changes
  • Open the graph view again
  • Save the data file with another name to retain settings.
Click on the little '+' in the top left corner of the graph and adjust the vertical axis. To apply the changes click the '-' icon that appears in place:
Graph view
Graph view
You can also use the magnifying buttons at the top of the window for vertical zoom or the up down to keep the zoom level the same but shift the vertical position upwards or downwards.

Regards,

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