Opening the data window – shaft choosing

In order to open the data window, where the graphs concerning given hoist will be viewed: (see fig. 3.3):

• From menu File choose Open or

• From menu Window choose New window

  or

• choose New window from context menu

  or

• apply F3 key

A choose shaft dialog window opens with a shafts' list control where: Choose shaft's name from where the diagrams are to be viewed:

• double-click the chosen shaft's namedouble-click the chosen shaft's name

  or

• choose the shaft name by clicking on its name and then accept by "OK" button

  or

• choose the shaft name by moving selection mark by means of arrow keys and then push ENTER key

The data window opens – here the diagrams can be viewed.The window will be empty for the first time it is used, next, every time, when opened, it will contain last viewed data. (concerns only data archivized on the disc).It is possible to work simultaneously with many data windows showing data from different or the same datalogger.

Figure 3.3: An example of Choose shaft dialog

It is possible to simultanuously open many data windows with the plots taken from the same datalogger - in case we want to compare plots from different time or apply different time scale.It is also possible to open many windows with the plots from different dataloggers