Hi,
I share the same problem.
We have purchased a Picoscope to record RMS value for long period (several days). Picolog is suitable to accomplish this task. Picolog is provided with the device but surprisingly not compatible with it! Unfortunately this function seems to not be offered by Picoscope 6.
Is there another way to log rms value with a PS 4424 ?
The device is useless for our needs if we can't achieve this function and the local supplier refuse to refund the scope.
The Software CD that is supplied with the device is not specific to that device but contains the required items (software, documentation, drivers etc.) to support most of our products.
With PicoScope, you could use the trigger and alarm functions in conjunction with Maths Channels to save the data into files which you can then process afterwards.
We have a number of videos on our PicoScope.tv site which will provide more information on how to configure your setup - I've placed links to these which can be found further on in this post.
I would recommend downloading and installing the latest version of PicoScope 6 from our website:
In the Alarms dialog, select 'Capture' from the Event 'drop-down' list.
Click 'Add'
Choose to 'Save Current Buffer' from the 'Action' drop-down menu and set the file name & location (the name can be appended with a variable to timestamp or number the buffer when saving the current buffer, and you can choose the file format to save as .mat file).
Click 'OK', 'Apply', then 'OK' again.
Set the required timebase and samples - I would suggest using streaming mode (200ms/div or greater) if you are capturing over a couple of days.
You will have to manually start the software. If you know how many waveforms you intend to capture over the time period, you could set that to the maximum number of waveforms in the buffer under the Tools -> Preferences menu in PicoScope 6. You could then set an action in the Alarms dialog to Stop Capture on a 'Buffers Full' event such as shown below:
Setting up Alarms for Events
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Stop Capture option.
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The alternative is to write your own software using the supplied Software Development Kit - this will require the use of a programming language that supports the standard C calls.
No, the 2206 is one of our newer scopes and is not supported by Picolog. Take a look at the suggestions for using Alarms in Picoscope6 as this may help you achieve the data logging you require.