Recorder Manager Preferences Dialog Box

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.

See also

Settings for checking the plausibility of time stamps

You can

Defining a Manual Start Trigger

Defining an Automatic Start Trigger

Defining an Automatic Stop Trigger