RTQT_View

Viewing Data
1.5.1

12/21/2011
This REF TEK manual describes a utility program for viewing PASSCAL data
recorded with a REF TEK DAS .
Refraction Technology
1600 Tenth Street
Suite A
Plano, Texas 75074
Tel: 214-440-1265
Fax: 972-578-0045
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Revision History:

Revision Date Reason for change Pages

A 2011.03.09 Updated screens All

0.1 2009.11.05 Initial release All

Copyright© 2011 Refraction Technology, Inc.

All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced,
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organization without written permission from Refraction Technology
Inc.
Printed in USA.

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Notation Conventions
The following notation conventions are used throughout REF TEK
documentation:

Notation Description
ASCII Indicates the entry conforms to the American Standard Code for Information
Interchange definition of character (text) information.
Binary Indicates the entry is a raw, numeric value.
Hex Indicates hexadecimal notation. This is used with both ASCII characters (0 –
9, A – F) and numeric values.
BCD Indicates the entry is a numeric value where each four bits represents a
decimal digit.
FPn Indicates the entry is the ASCII representation of a floating-point number with
n places following the decimal point.
<n> Indicates a single 8-bit byte. When the contents are numeric, it indicates a
hexadecimal numeric value; i.e. <84> represents hexadecimal 84 (132
decimal). When the contents are capital letters, it represents a named ASCII
control character; i.e. <SP> represents a space character, <CR> represents a
carriage return character and <LF> represents a line feed character.
MSB Most Significant Byte of a multi-byte value.
MSbit Most Significant Bit of a binary number.
LSB Least Significant Byte of a multi-byte value.
LSbit Least Significant Bit (bit 0) of a binary number.
YYYY Year as a 4-digit number
DDD Day of year
HH Hour of day in 24-hour format
MM Minutes of hour
SS Seconds of minute
TTT Thousandths of a second (milliseconds)
IIII Unit ID number

n, nS nano, nanoSecond; 10-9 = 0.000000001

u, uS micro, microSecond; 10-6 = 0.000001
m, mS milli, milliSecond; 10-3 = 0.001
K, KHz Kilo, KiloHertz; 103 = 1,000
M, MHz Mega, MegaHertz; 106 = 1,000,000
G, GHz Giga, GigaHertz; 109 = 1,000,000,000
Kb, KB Kilobit, KiloByte; 210 = 1,024
Mb, MB Megabit, MegaByte; 220 = 1,048,576
Gb, GB Gigabit, GigaByte; 230 = 1,073,741,824

Related Manuals:

Optional Manuals PDF file

RTCC Command / Control Users Guide RTCC.pdf
RT_Display Users Guide RTDisplay.pdf
RT_View Users Guide RTView.pdf
RTPMonitor Installation and Users Guide RTPM.pdf
RTPD Installation and Users Guide RTPD.pdf
RTP Protocol RTProtocol.pdf

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REF TEK Support and update notifications

As a valued user of REF TEK equipment we would like to
provide the best support possible by keeping you up to
date with our product updates.

If you would like to be notified of any REF TEK product

updates please spend a couple of minutes to register with
the REF TEK customer support team.

To register, enter your company information through the

Register link on our website at http://support.reftek.com .

Our support team will send you a unique Username and

Password allowing secured access to all product
documentation and software sold to your company.

Once we register your contact we will only send necessary

notifications via email. The same notifications will be
shown on our website’s http://support.reftek.com
notifications page .

Thanks,
Your REF TEK support team

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Contents
1 Overview ...............................................................................................1
2 Sensor Sensitivity Relationship ..............................................................3
3 Data Conversion Information .................................................................5
4 RTQT_View for Windows ........................................................................7
5 RTQT_View for Linux............................................................................ 11
5.1 Linux Installation ........................................................................................ 11
5.1.1 Copy the RTQT_View files ....................................................................... 11
5.1.2 Running RTQT_View from a command prompt ........................................... 11
6 RTQT_View for MacOS .......................................................................... 13
6.1 MacOS Installation ...................................................................................... 13
6.1.1 Install the RTQT_View files...................................................................... 13
6.1.2 Running RTQT_View from a command prompt ........................................... 13
7 Viewing an Archive Folder .................................................................... 15
8 Viewing a Rawfile ................................................................................ 21
8.1 Three ways to open files: ............................................................................. 21
9 Menu Options: ...................................................................................... 24
10 Viewing Event Header Data .................................................................. 27
10.1 To view Event Header Data: ......................................................................... 27
11 Viewing Event Data .............................................................................. 29
11.1 To view Event Data: .................................................................................... 29
12 Plot options menu ................................................................................ 33
12.1 Select Components ..................................................................................... 34
12.1.1 Component Options................................................................................ 34
12.2 Scale By Options......................................................................................... 36
12.2.1 Scale by Individual Trace ........................................................................ 36
12.2.2 Scale by Range Scaling ........................................................................... 38
12.2.3 Scale By Absolute Scale .......................................................................... 39
12.3 Amplitude .................................................................................................. 40
12.4 Remove DC Offset....................................................................................... 42
12.5 Time Axes Options ...................................................................................... 43
12.5.1 Common Time: ...................................................................................... 43
12.5.2 Individual Time: .................................................................................... 44
12.6 Labels Menu ............................................................................................... 45
12.6.1 Using the In Counts option ...................................................................... 45
12.7 Using the In Volts option.............................................................................. 47
12.8 Using the In Ground Units option .................................................................. 48
12.9 Zooming .................................................................................................... 49
12.9.1 Zoom In ............................................................................................... 49
12.9.2 Zoom Out ............................................................................................. 52

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12.10 Measure .................................................................................................... 53
12.11 Scroll Options ............................................................................................. 54
13 Using the Math menu ........................................................................... 55
13.1 Butterworth Filter ....................................................................................... 55
13.2 Integrate Signal .......................................................................................... 57
13.3 Differentiate Signal ..................................................................................... 58
13.4 Power Spectral Density ................................................................................ 59
13.5 Cut traces .................................................................................................. 60
14 Window Menu ...................................................................................... 61
15 Options Menu ....................................................................................... 62
15.1 Font menu ................................................................................................. 63
15.2 Trace Color ................................................................................................ 64
15.3 Math color.................................................................................................. 65
15.4 Background ................................................................................................ 66
15.5 Text Color .................................................................................................. 67
15.6 Axes Color ................................................................................................. 68
15.7 Cursor Color ............................................................................................... 69

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List of Figures:
Figure 4-1 reftek directory........................................................................................... 7
Figure 4-2 RTQTView CD ............................................................................................. 7
Figure 4-3 CD win32 directory ..................................................................................... 8
Figure 4-4 Select files ................................................................................................. 8
Figure 4-5 Copy to reftek ............................................................................................ 9
Figure 7-1 Open Archive ........................................................................................... 15
Figure 7-2 Arcinfo .................................................................................................... 17
Figure 8-1 Rtqt_view shortcut .................................................................................... 21
Figure 8-2 Open a file ............................................................................................... 21
Figure 8-3 Open File ................................................................................................. 22
Figure 8-4 Options Menu ........................................................................................... 23
Figure 8-5 Event Ascii ............................................................................................... 23
Figure 9-1 File Menu ................................................................................................. 24
Figure 9-2 Plot Menu ................................................................................................ 24
Figure 9-3 Scale By Options ...................................................................................... 24
Figure 9-4 Time Axis Options ..................................................................................... 24
Figure 9-5 Labels Options .......................................................................................... 24
Figure 9-6 Math Menu ............................................................................................... 25
Figure 9-7 Window Menu........................................................................................... 25
Figure 9-8 Options Menu ........................................................................................... 25
Figure 10-1 Header Data ........................................................................................... 27
Figure 10-2 Header .................................................................................................. 27
Figure 11-1 Event Data Contents ............................................................................... 29
Figure 11-2 Rtqt_view of Data ................................................................................... 29
Figure 11-3 Data View .............................................................................................. 30
Figure 11-4 RAW ...................................................................................................... 31
Figure 12-1 Select Components ................................................................................. 34
Figure 12-2 Component Options ................................................................................. 34
Figure 12-3 Scale By Individual .................................................................................. 37
Figure 12-4 Scale By Range ....................................................................................... 38
Figure 12-5 Scale By Absolute ................................................................................... 39
Figure 12-6 Decrease Amplitude *1/2 ......................................................................... 40
Figure 12-7 Increase Amplitude * 2 ............................................................................ 41
Figure 12-8 DC offset ............................................................................................... 42
Figure 12-9 Common Time ........................................................................................ 43
Figure 12-10 Individual Time ..................................................................................... 44
Figure 12-11 Labels In Counts ................................................................................... 45

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Figure 12-12 In Volts ................................................................................................ 47
Figure 12-13 In Ground Units .................................................................................... 48
Figure 12-14 Zoom In ............................................................................................... 50
Figure 12-15 Zoom Out............................................................................................. 52
Figure 12-16 Measure ............................................................................................... 53
Figure 12-17 Scroll Left and Right .............................................................................. 54
Figure 13-1 Butterworth Filter.................................................................................... 56
Figure 13-2 Integrate Signal ...................................................................................... 57
Figure 13-3 Differentiate Signal ................................................................................. 58
Figure 14-1 Archive .................................................................................................. 61
Figure 14-2 File Details ............................................................................................. 61
Figure 14-3 Graph .................................................................................................... 62
Figure 15-1 Font ...................................................................................................... 63
Figure 15-2 Trace Color ............................................................................................ 64
Figure 15-3 Math color ............................................................................................. 65
Figure 15-4 Background Color.................................................................................... 66
Figure 15-5 Text Color .............................................................................................. 67
Figure 15-6 Axes Color ............................................................................................. 68
Figure 15-7 Cursor color ........................................................................................... 69

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1 Overview
This document introduces the REF TEK RTQT_View, an application designed
to allow viewing of REF TEK data. REF TEK/PASSCAL data files are binary in
nature. The data is grouped in 1024 byte packets. There are a number of
different packet types. Some packets (i.e. State-of-Health) are mostly plain
text. Other packets (like data) are mostly binary.

The RTQT_View program decodes packets and presents them in readable

form. For more information on actual internal packet structure see the REF
TEK Recording Format document. RTQT_View scans the data file and
presents a table of contents of packet types found. The contents list serves
as a jump point to decoded packet information.

With a decoded packet displayed, the user has options available to move
through the file displaying packets of the same type. Displaying the packets
in its raw binary state is available. Event data and packets can be displayed
in graphs as well.

Note: At the present time RTQT_View runs only on the Windows™, Linux and
MacOS.

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2 Sensor Sensitivity Relationship

RTQT_View can display event data in one of three measurements: 1)
counts, 2) volts and 3) G’s (acceleration of gravity). The counts format is the
raw numerical data from the A/D chips. Volts format is the counts data
multiplied by the specific volts per count value for a data channel. The G’s
format is the volts data divided by the specific volts per G value for a data
channel. The user can change the current display format from the “Options”
menu item. The user can tell the current selection from the Y axis data
labels. Values will end in “V” for volts and “G” for G’s.

When displaying a graph, the status line at the bottom of the display shows
the current mouse pointer position. The values are channel number, X axis
actual time, X axis relative time (from event start) and Y axis value in the
current selected display format (counts, volts, G’s).

Using RTQT_View the user can select a portion of an event for

examination. By changing the X axis scales the user can zoom in on a
particular point of time. Channels can also be selected-or-deselected to
include-or-remove them from the display. The user can then (by using the
mouse and status line) read values from the graph by positioning the cursor.
Again the status line values are in the current data display format.

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3 Data Conversion Information

RTQT_View uses conversion information stored in the header packet of all
event files. Conversion information is specific to each data channel.

Conversion information consists of:

o A/D volts per count

o A/D number of bits
o A/D full scale volts
o Sensor full scale volts
o Sensor measurement units
o Sensor volts per measurement unit
If sensor information is not present in the header packet, RTQT_View will
use 2.4 Volts/G as a default value.

There are several sources for the conversion information. The A/D volts per
count is measured at REFTEK and stored in each A/D board when built. The
A/D number of bits is stored in each A/D board when built. The A/D full scale
volts are dependent on A/D board options and are stored in each A/D board
when built.

The sensor values are supplied by the sensor manufacturer. For SM units
with internal sensors the data is programmed into a serial EPROM that the
REF TEK 130 reads on boot. For the MC-12 and MC-18 units the user will
have to enter the manufacturers’ data at installation time. See the MC-12/18
User manual for information entry details.

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4 RTQT_View for Windows

1. Using Windows Explorer, check to see if the C:\reftek directory exists.
2. If the directory does not exist, create a C:\reftek directory.

Figure 4-1 reftek directory

3. Insert the CD into the CD drive.

4. Change to the CD directory.

Figure 4-2 RTQTView CD

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5. Change to the RTQTView\win32 directory.

Figure 4-3 CD win32 directory

6. Select All the files in this folder

Figure 4-4 Select files

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7. Use the Edit>Copy to Folder command, to copy the two files from the win32 folder
to the c:\reftek folder.

Figure 4-5 Copy to reftek

8. Select the destination folder (reftek) and select the Copy button.

9. Explorer updates showing the successful copy.

10.Create an RTQT_View shortcut for the desktop.

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5 RTQT_View for Linux

5.1 Linux Installation
These instructions assume you have created a user reftek. If desired,
substitute the alternate user name and user home directory in the
instructions below. During the installation process you may need to execute
several actions which require super-user / administrator privileges.

5.1.1 Copy the RTQT_View files

1. Open a new terminal window.
2. Login as reftek with passwd reftek if necessary.
3. In the /home/reftek directory, create an rtqtview directory.
4. Insert the CD into the CD drive.
5. Change to the CD rtqtview/linux.i86 directory.
6. Copy the files from this CD directory to the /home/reftek/rtqtview directory.
7. The rtqtview directory should contain the following file.

rtqt_view

5.1.2 Running RTQT_View from a command prompt

To run RTQT_View from a command prompt:

1. Open a terminal window in the /home/reftek/rtqtview directory.

2. At the command line type ./rtqt_view and <CR>.
3. Minimize the command prompt.

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6 RTQT_View for MacOS

6.1 MacOS Installation
The following instructions assume that you are have logged into your
computer as ‘root’ (superuser), that you have created a user reftek and
that you have mounted the CD containing REF TEK software.

Note: These instructions assume your CD-ROM is mounted as /cdrom. If this is not
the case, substitute the actual path in these instructions.

6.1.1 Install the RTQT_View files

1. Open a command window and log in as root.
2. Change to the RTQTView platform-specific subdirectory on the CD.

$ cd /cdrom/RTQTView/macos.i86
3. Run the install script.

$ install

6.1.2 Running RTQT_View from a command prompt

RTQT_View is copied to the /Applications directory.

To run RTQT_View:

1. Open a Finder window.

2. Double-click on rtqt_view.

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7 Viewing an Archive Folder

To view an archived data folder:

1. Select the File > Open Archive Folder

2. Use the … menu button to browse for a folder.

Figure 7-1 Open Archive

3. A browser window opens to select an archive folder.

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4. Select the Archive folder and the OK button to approve the selection.
5. Select the OK button after the selection shows in the browser.

6. The archive will open to show its contents.

7. Use the Arcinfo button to show archive details.

Figure 7-2 Arcinfo

8. Use the File Details button to explore the contents.

9. Select the OK button to change to the file contenets viewer.

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10.The File Contents view opens to show the details.

11.Select the Event Header and select Asci to view the Asci.

12. Select the waveform to view the wave.

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8 Viewing a Rawfile
The following screens show Rtqt_view and explain what each screen is
used for by using example steps to open a file.

8.1 Three ways to open files:

 Drag and Drop files on an Rtqt_view shortcut or executable.
 Drag and Drop files onto a running Rtqt_view application.
 Use the File -> Open Raw Files menu from the drop-down menu
after opening the Rtqt_view program.

1. Start the Rtqt_view application and the following display will open.

Figure 8-1 Rtqt_view shortcut

2. Use the File > Open Raw Files drop-down menu to open and view a file
contents.

Open REF TEK

File

Figure 8-2 Open a file

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3. The file manager window opens to allow browsing for a file
4. Select a file to view.

5. Select the Open button to view the file

Figure 8-3 Open File

6. The file selected will open and display the filename and location.

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7. Select the (-) to (+) box to expand and show the contents of the data file..

Event
Header
Data

Event
Data

Event
Trailer
Data
Figure 8-4 Options Menu

8. Select the Event Header line to show the Ascii contents of the file.

Figure 8-5 Event Ascii

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9 Menu Options:
Open an archive file

Open Raw REF TEK Files

Print a file (text or Graph)

Save an Event to a file

Exit RTQTView
Figure 9-1 File Menu

Select individual channels

See Figure 6-3 Half Amplitude

Double Amplitude

Remove the DC offset from the selected signal

See Figure 6-4

See Figure 6-5

Zoom in or out
Measure a trace

Search backward for an event start

Search forward for an event start
Figure 9-2 Plot Menu

Each trace separately

auto-scaled in the Y-axis

Figure 9-3 Scale By Options

Show time on the axis

Show time

Figure 9-4 Time Axis Options

Label data in different units

Figure 9-5 Labels Options

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Figure 9-6 Math Menu

Switch to File Details View of the data

Switch to a Graph view of the data

Figure 9-7 Window Menu

Change Font for all text in Graph View

Change Trace Color in graph View

Change text color for Math in graph view

Viewdisplay
Change background color for graph View

Change Text color for graph text

Change Axes Color

Change Mark waveform color

Save changes to all color and font changes

Figure 9-8 Options Menu

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10 Viewing Event Header Data

10.1 To view Event Header Data:
1. Double-click the Event Header Data entry in the table of contents. This allows
viewing of the header part of the file.

Figure 10-1 Header Data

2. The display re-opens to display a view of the header page.

Figure 10-2 Header

3. Click the tabs located at the bottom of the display to allow a different view of the
header page.

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Ascii Raw

Contents

Note: The file classifications at the bottom of the display reveal the supported
viewing formats of the data page.

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11 Viewing Event Data

11.1 To view Event Data:
1. Double-click the Event Data entry in the table of contents. This allows viewing of
the data.

Figure 11-1 Event Data Contents

2. Clicking the Preview or Waveform button opens a time series graph of the
Event data.

Figure 11-2 Rtqt_view of Data

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The following close-up views of the displays show how to use areas of the display.
3. Select the Ascii tab to open a view of sample data.

Figure 11-3 Data View

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4. Select the Raw tab to open a raw data view.

Figure 11-4 RAW

5. Select the File Details tab to return to the table of contents to view another part
of the file.

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12 Plot options menu

The Rtqt_view program has several viewing options from the Plot menu
that can be applied as each screen of data is viewed. Place the mouse cursor
anywhere in the graphic area to display on the status line the cursor position
in the graph. The status line displays X and Y values.

Displays mouse position with channel

number, time, and X and Y coordinates

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12.1 Select Components

Once a file is opened and the Preview of the data is opened, the Select
Components command can be used to select which components or
channels to view.

1. Select the drop-down Plot menu and select the Select Components command.

Figure 12-1 Select Components

2. From the list select the desired channels or components to display in the graph
by selecting the check boxes.

12.1.1 Component Options

1. Select the OK button to approve the selected components.
Delete the selected channel

Edit the selected channel

Approve the selected channels and display

Figure 12-2 Component Options

2. The Delete option allows selected components to be deleted.

3. The Edit option allows channel information to be updated.

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4. The Bind option re-displays the order of channels to display.

After selecting the Bind option:

5. The display re-displays to show the updated changes.

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12.2 Scale By Options

Using Independent-Y-Scaling (Scale By Trace)

Scale-By (in the Plot menu)

With these enabled or disabled the window is updated as shown below with
the current option selected.

12.2.1 Scale by Individual Trace

This Scale By Trace option allows each trace to be separately auto-scaled in
the Y-axis.

1. Select the Scale By option on the Plot menu to enable the Individual Trace
option.

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2. The screen redraws with Scale By Individual Trace enabled.

Figure 12-3 Scale By Individual

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12.2.2 Scale by Range Scaling

The Scale by Range option changes the display to

1. Select the Scale By option on the Plot menu to enable the Range Scaling
option.

2. The screen redraws with Scale By Range Scaling enabled.

Figure 12-4 Scale By Range

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12.2.3 Scale By Absolute Scale

The Scale by Absolute Scale option …

1. Select the Scale By option on the Plot menu to enable the Absolute Scale
option.

2. The screen redraws with Scale By Absolute Scale enabled.

Figure 12-5 Scale By Absolute

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12.3 Amplitude
Trace amplitude may be increased or decreased by using the two commands
on the Plot pull-down menu.

To Decrease Ampltude by ½:

1. Select the Plot -> Decrease Amplitude *1/2 option.

2. The screen redraws with the amplitude decreased by *1/2.

Figure 12-6 Decrease Amplitude *1/2

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To Increase Amplitude:

1. Select the Plot -> Increase Amplitude *2 option.

2. The screen redraws with the amplitude increased * 2.

Figure 12-7 Increase Amplitude * 2

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12.4 Remove DC Offset

The Remove DC Offset command will remove the DC offset from the signal.

1. Select the Plot -> Remove DC Offset option.

2. The screen redraws with DC removed from the signal.

Figure 12-8 DC offset

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12.5 Time Axes Options

12.5.1 Common Time:

1. To redraw the times axis on the graphics display using Common Time, select
the Plot pull-down menu Time Axes option with Common Time.

2. The screen redraws with the display updated for Common Time.

Figure 12-9 Common Time

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12.5.2 Individual Time:

1. To redraw the times axis on the graphics display using Individual Time, select
the Plot pull-down menu Time Axes option with Individual Time.

2. The screen redraws with the screen updated for individual time.

Figure 12-10 Individual Time

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12.6 Labels Menu

The Labels command allows the data to be graphed in different units of measurement.

12.6.1 Using the In Counts option

1. Select the Plot -> Labels -> In Counts to display the data in raw digital
counts, Volts and Gs.

2. The screen redraws with the units changed to view data in raw digital counts.

Figure 12-11 Labels In Counts

Counts updated from cursor position are displayed on the bottom of the window.
Range, Mean, and status line Y values are in counts.

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12.7 Using the In Volts option

1. Select the Plot -> Labels -> In Volts option to view the data with volts as the
units of measurement.

2. The volts per count conversion is automatically read from the Event Header
packet (a true Bit Weight field).

Figure 12-12 In Volts

Note: Volts updated from cursor position are displayed on the bottom of the
window. Range, Mean, and status line Y values are in volts.

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12.8 Using the In Ground Units option

1. Select the Labels -> In Ground Units option to view the data with G’s as the
units of measurement.

2. The window refreshes to view the data with G’s as the units of measurement.

Figure 12-13 In Ground Units

Note: G’s updated from cursor position are displayed on the bottom of the window.

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12.9 Zooming
It is easy to zoom in to an area of data by using the left mouse button to
select a window area in one data window, and dragging across to select a
new viewing window.

12.9.1 Zoom In
1. Select the Plot -> Zoom In command and select the left boundary of the area to
zoom in. A marker will mark the left boundary and a new marker will appear.

2. Move the new marker that appears to the right and select the right boundary.

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3. A new window is displayed based on the new selection area. All channels are
zoomed the same amount.

Figure 12-14 Zoom In

Note: It is possible to undo up to 99 zoom-in operations.

Note: The scroll bars may also be used for a zoom operation but changes
are not remembered for undo operations.
4. To cancel a zoom right click in the graph. Each right-click cancels one level of
zoom and restores the previous display.

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12.9.2 Zoom Out

1. Select the Plot -> Zoom Out command to restore the window to the original
display.

Figure 12-15 Zoom Out

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12.10 Measure
To measure amplitude or time

1. Select the Measure option check box.

2. Select an area to measure using the mouse.

Figure 12-16 Measure

Note the measurement in the area shown below in units of time and amplitude.

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12.11 Scroll Options

Use the Scroll Left and Scroll Right Options on the Plot menu to move the
viewing window to the left or right along the data view.

Figure 12-17 Scroll Left and Right

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13 Using the Math menu

Data filtering is used to allow the user to view the event data as the
triggering software in the DAS does.

13.1 Butterworth Filter

1. Select the Butterworth Filter option on the Math menu to enable this
option.

2. Select the desired Filter Type and enter in the desired settings
3. Select the OK button to redraw the display with the settings applied.

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4. The screen redraws with Band Pass Filter and settings applied.

Figure 13-1 Butterworth Filter

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13.2 Integrate Signal

To integrate the signals use the Integrate Signal option.

1. Select the Integrate Signal option on the Math menu to enable this option.

2. The screen will redraw with the implemented option.

Figure 13-2 Integrate Signal

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13.3 Differentiate Signal

To differentiate the signal use the differentiate option in the option menu.

1. Select the Differentiate Signal option on the Math menu to enable this
option.

2. The screen will redraw with the differentiate signal option applied.

Figure 13-3 Differentiate Signal

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13.4 Power Spectral Density

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13.5 Cut traces

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14 Window Menu
The window menu allows the user to switch between graph and data views
as well as open the file details window.

1. Select the Arcinfo option to goto an archive file window.

Figure 14-1 Archive

2. Select the File Details option to go to the File Details window.

Figure 14-2 File Details

3. Select the Graph window to return to the graph view of the selected Event
Data.

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Figure 14-3 Graph

15 Options Menu
The Option menu allows the appearance to be changed for the display when
running the RTQT_View program.

At any time uswed the Save Options menu to save the color changes as
defaults.

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15.1 Font menu

1. Select the Font option to change the font on all text in the graphic window.
2. Select the desired Font, Font Style and Size and select the OK button to
accept and apply the changes to the display text.

Figure 15-1 Font

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15.2 Trace Color

1. To change the color of the traces in graphic mode select the Trace color menu
item in the option menu.
2. Change the color of the traces and select the OK button to redraw the displayed
traces with the new color.

Figure 15-2 Trace Color

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15.3 Math color

1. To change the color of the trace after a filter in graphic mode select the Math
color menu item in the option menu.
2. Change the color of the math trace and select the OK button to redraw the trace
with the new color.

Figure 15-3 Math color

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15.4 Background

1. To change the color of the graphic mode background select the Background
color menu item in the option menu.
2. Change the color of the background and select the OK button to redraw the
displayed background with the new color.

Figure 15-4 Background Color

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15.5 Text Color

1. To change the color of the text in graphic mode select the Text color menu item
in the option menu.
2. Change the color of the text and select the OK button to redraw the displayed
text with the new color.

Figure 15-5 Text Color

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15.6 Axes Color

1. To change the color of the axis in graphic mode select the Axes color menu item
in the option menu.
2. Change the color of the axis and select the OK button to redraw the displayed
axis with the new color.

Figure 15-6 Axes Color

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15.7 Cursor Color

1. To change the cursor selection area color for traces in graphic mode select the
Cursor color menu item in the option menu.
2. Change the color of the cursor selection area (as shown in the example below)
and select the OK button to redraw the selection area with the new color.

Cursor selection

Figure 15-7 Cursor color

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