Recorder Manager Window

To open the Recorder Configuration, in the Experiment Environment click .

The user interface of the Recorder Manager consists of the following components:

The toolbar provides the following functions:


This command creates a new recorder in the recorder list.

This command deletes a recorder. Deleting a recorder can be undone by clicking on the icon.

This command opens the Variable Selection dialog. Here, you select the measurement variables to be recorded with the corresponding recorder.

It opens the search window. Depending on whether the Recorders pane or the Variables pane is active, you can search for recorder names or for variable names.

Clicking on this icon shows or hides the list of variables.

This command activates all recorders at the same time.

This command deactivates all recorders at the same time.

Clicking on this button opens the event display.

Clicking on this button opens the recorder configuration for the selected recorder.

This command restores deleted recorders.

This command opens the Recorder Manager Preferences Dialog Box. Here, you can adjust the displayed information and the respective font and font size.

Clicking on this button calls up the online help.

The following elements can be displayed in the Recorders pane:

Enabled

This column indicates whether or not the recorder is activated.

When the recorder is activated, the symbol is displayed. If not, the symbol is displayed. If the symbol is displayed, the recorder is configured incompletely or incorrectly.

Name

This column displays the name of the recorder. The default recorder is also marked by a * symbol and cannot be deleted.

Status

The status is indicated in this field. The following statuses are possible:

  • Inactive
  • Waiting for trigger
  • Record
  • Wait for comment

Reliable Trigger

This column displays the delay if the data volume is too large to be permanently buffered (Define Automatic Start Trigger, Define Automatic Stop Trigger).

Recordings

This column displays the number of records. The sum total comprises the initial record and the number of repeats set in the recorder configuration.

Note

This option is available only for trigger-controlled records.

Trigger PreStart

This column displays the prestart time set in the recorder configuration.

Note

This option is available only for trigger-controlled records.

Duration

This column indicates how long each recorder has been recording.

Remaining Time

This column indicates how long a started recorder still has to run.

Note

Requirement: a fixed recording time has been set in the recorder configuration.

Post Stop

This column displays the run-on time set in the trigger definition.

Note

This option is available only for trigger-controlled records.

Timestamp Errors

This column displays the number of errors determined by the plausibility check (Settings for checking the plausibility of timestamps).

To open the context menu, right-click in the Recorder pane.

Create New Recorder

This command creates a new recorder. Before you can use/activate this recorder, you must add at least one variable to be recorded.

Delete Recorder

This command deletes the selected recorder. This operation can be undone by clicking on the icon or using the Redo Last Change (Ctrl + z) command in the context menu.

Note

The default recorder cannot be deleted.

Add Variables

This command opens the Variable Selection dialog to add additional variables to the selected recorder. The added variables are displayed in the list of variables for the respective recorder.

Open Recorder Configuration

This command opens the Recorder Configuration. You can make settings for the following areas:

  • Output file
  • Recording
  • Trigger
  • MDA

Note

Settings for the MDA behavior can be made only for the default recorder.

Open the Recorder Event View

This command opens the Recorder Event Viewer. It shows which recorders have been started or stopped as well as the name and the path of the output file.

Undelete

This command reverses the deletion of a recorder.

Enable Recorder

This command activates a recorder.

Disable Recorder

This command deactivates a recorder.

Rename

This function allows you to change the name of a recorder. Duplicate names cannot be assigned.

Copy

This command copies the selected recorder with all the settings to the clipboard.

Note

If you copy the default recorder, the MDA settings are not copied.

Paste

This commands creates a new recorder with the settings of the recorder stored on the clipboard.

Preferences

This command opens the Recorder Manager Preferences dialog window. Here, you can adjust the displayed information and the respective font and font size.

In this dialog box you can configure the display of the recorder raster and the variable raster as follows:

Recorders grid settings

  • Column Headers Font

    Select the font which you want to use for the column headers in the Recorder Manager. You can specify any of the fonts installed on your computer.

  • Grid Font

    Select the font which you want to use for the cells in the Recorder Manager. You can specify any of the fonts installed on your computer.

  • Visible elements

    Activate the Visible option for the elements you want to display.

    Note

    You can edit the displayed names of the elements in the Recorder Manager. To do this, double click the corresponding entry in the Column Heading column and enter the name of your preference.

    You can display the following elements:

    Enabled

    This column indicates whether or not the recorder is enabled.

    When the recorder is activated, the symbol is displayed. If not, the symbol is displayed.

    Name

    This column displays the name of the recorder. The default recorder is also marked by an * symbol and cannot be deleted.

    Status

    The status is indicated in this field. The following statuses are possible:

    • Inactive
    • Waiting for trigger
    • Record
    • Wait for comment

    Reliable trigger

    This column displays the delay if the amount of data is too large to be permanently buffered, see 4 Lower Icon Bar.

    Recordings

    This column displays the number of records. The sum total comprises the initial record and the number of repeats set in the recorder configuration.

    Note

    This option is available only for trigger-controlled records.

    Trigger PreStart

    This column displays the prestart time set in the recorder configuration.

    Note

    This option is available only for trigger-controlled records.

    Duration

    This column indicates how long each recorder has been recording.

    Time remaining

    Note

    This column indicates how long a started recorder still has to run. Requirement: a fixed recording time has been set in the recorder configuration.

    Post stop

    This column displays the post stop trigger time set in the trigger definition.

    Note

    This option is available only for trigger-controlled records.

    Time stamp errors

    This column shows the number of errors determined by the plausibility check.

Variables Grid settings

  • Column Headers Font

    Select the font which you want to use for the column headers in the Recorder Manager. You can specify any of the fonts installed on your computer.

  • Grid Font

    Select the font which you want to use for the cells in the Recorder Manager. You can specify any of the fonts installed on your computer.

  • Visible elements

    Activate the Visible option for the elements you want to display.

    Note

    You can edit the displayed names of the elements in the Recorder Manager. To do this, double click the corresponding entry in the Column Heading column and enter the name of your preference.

    You can display the following elements:

    Variable

    This column displays the variable name.

    Device

    This column displays the device which supplies the variable.

    Raster

    This column displays the raster to which the variable is assigned.

The following elements can be displayed in the Variables pane:

Variable

This column displays the variable name.

Device

This column displays the device which supplies the variable.

Raster

This column displays the raster to which the variable is assigned.

To open the context menu, right-click in the Variables pane.

Delete

This command deletes the Variable(s) selected in the list of variables. This process cannot be undone.

Add variables

This command opens the Variable Selection dialog. Here, you select the measurement variables to be recorded with the corresponding recorder .

Copy

This command copies the selected variable(s) to the clipboard. The copied variables can be added to any recorder.

Paste

This command adds the variables stored on the clipboard to the selected recorder.

About variable

Opens the About Variable dialog box. This window displays additional information about the variable.

Variable Documentation

Note

The ECU documentation is displayed only if provided by the manufacturer of the control unit and if the corresponding ECU documentation has been added to the ECU project in the Database Manager.

The ECU documentation for the selected variable is opened.

Attributes

This command opens the Recorder Manager Setup dialog window. Here, you can adjust the displayed information and the respective font and font size.