The LabChart 7 Scope View provides an additional way of displaying LabChart data. It provides the display and analysis capabilities of a digital storage oscilloscope using PowerLab. Due to the flexibility of LabChart, Scope View can be used to average signals on multiple channels in real time.
In Scope View, each sweep is recorded and represented in pages, creating a list of recorded waveforms that can be averaged and overlaid for analysis.
Displaying LabChart 7 Scope View
Open Scope View from the Window drop-down menu or by clicking Scope View button in Windows section of the LabChart Toolbar
• Open Scope View by choosing Window > Scope View
• Alternatively, click Scope View button in Windows section of the LabChart Toolbar.
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Software Tip 1 Scope View Features
Setting up Recording Mode in Scope View
Record data in Scope View using either Data Blocks or Events
Scope View records data into pages using either data blocks or events using Events Marker
A. Block Mode Recording
• Choose Block from the Scope View Mode drop-down menu • Click the Sampling button.
Scope Sampling Dialog
• In the Start Sampling panel,
o Tick the Trigger box. o Select trigger Source from the drop down menu o Choose Trigger level required to start LabChart recording from the Trigger above slide bar o Select between positive-going transition (or contact closure) or negative-going transition (or contact opening) from the Trigger slope o Select when to Begin Recording o Tick the Show data while waiting for trigger to view data while waiting for the trigger.
Software Tip 2 Scope View Features
• In the Stop Sampling panel,
o Tick the Fixed duration checkbox and select when to stop sampling o Tick After trigger end checkbox to stop sampling after a fixed duration from when the trigger ended • In the Multiple Blocks panel, o Scope average checkbox is only applicable if fixed duration is checked in the Stop Sampling panel. Choose the number of sweeps to be averaged. o Click Repeat checkbox and enter the number averages to record. • Click Close • Click Start recording in Scope or Chart View. Data will appear as blocks in Chart View
In Scope View (left) Block Mode recording, data appears as blocks in Chart View (right).
Software Tip 3 Scope View Features
B. Event Mode Recording
• Choose Event from the Scope View Mode drop-down menu • Event Mode will work if Event Markers are present. Event Markers can be generated using: o Cyclic Measurements o Peak Analysis Module o Spike Histogram Module • To generate Event Markers using Cyclic Measurements, select an empty channel and open Cyclic Measurements dialog. Select Source channel that will contain a detectable event. Check Events Markers on in the Output panel. • Click OK
Scope View Settings Dialog
• Click the Events Settings button in Scope View
• In Event Source drop-down menu, choose the channel containing the channel calculation • In the Page Settings panel, enter the time to display data around each event before or after Event Marker. Tick the Averaging checkbox and select the number of pages to go in each average. • Click the Exclusions button to automatically exclude pages form the average if they have noisy or missing data.
Analysis in Scope View
A. Averaging Sweeps • Sweeps are recorded and displayed in the Page Explorer at the left hand side of the Scope View o When averaging, a page is an average of subpages (sweeps). o When not averaging, a page is just a sweep.
Software Tip 4 Scope View Features
Right-clicking on Page Explorer brings up to bring up Averaging options
• Right click in the Page Explorer to list Averaging options
o Average: Average user selected pages o Unaverage: Unaverage selected averaged page o Multiple Average: Recalculate and apply averaging for selected/all pages. Option to choose between page-based or time-based average. o Exclusions: Set criteria to automatically exclude undesired sweeps from averaging
B. Overlaying Sweeps • Tick on the Overlay checkbox and select the number of pages to be overlaid using the Overlay page control slider. Overlaid pages will be indicated on the left by the green bracket with the averaged trace appearing in black on the right. • Select the padlock icon or right click in the Page Explorer to lock a page and Always show selected page in overlay.
Software Tip 5 Scope View Features
Scope Overlay checkbox and Overlay page control slider. Right-clicking in Page Explorer will bring up Overlay options C.
Excluding Pages from Analysis
Scope Averaging Exclusions dialog to remove undesired subpage from averaging
• To exclude a page/subpage from averaging, click on Exclude selected page/subpage from average icon • Open the Exclusion dialog by right click in the Page Explorer. Exclusion criteria includes: o Subpage that are shorter than desired o Subpages which have out of range data, or have data that is too high or too low
