Loading Data Files
If you have just finished acquisition, Dewesoft will load the data file after you click on Analyze. Otherwise, you will be able to select a data file from the Data files tab. For more information on changing the default data files folder, please refer to Options - Settings - Files and Folders.
To choose a recently opened file, click the Analyze button:
File List
Click on a file to select it, and double click to load it. You will see columns with additional information for each file. Right click on any column to:
- Edit columns
- Sort by this column
- Unsort
You can choose to display the following columns:
- File name
- MultiFile Name
- Size
- Start store time - Date and time when storing started.
- Version - The version of Dewesoft used to acquire the data file.
- Sample rate - Will also show the reduced rate if the data was stored slow and fast on trigger.
- Channels - Number and type of active channels.
- Store mode - Storing modes: always fast, always slow, fast on trigger or fast on trigger, slow otherwise.
- Duration
- Data header - Contains variable entries made by user.
- License status - The type of license that was used.
- Modified - File modification date.
- Custom fields - field refering to data header value, up to 10 custom fields available
Custom Fields
In Analyze mode the Custom fields can be added refering to the Data header field as an input, 10 custom fields are available. You can choose colums with right click on the column bar.
Right click on the Custom field colum and choosing the “Set custom data header field” with open tab where you enter field name.
Use exact “value” or name of field in data header like in example below.
You can now sort the files in orders of custom fields. In example below are datafiles sorted by user.
Status
The status column shows the data file status:
- Finished: file was successfully recorded
- In Progress: file is not yet closed i.e. the data is still being recorded
- Corrupted: file is corrupted
- Too Old: the version of Dewesoft is too old to open the data file
- Encrypted: file is encrypted
- Not Properly Closed: file was not properly closed
File Details
Settings
This part shows now information about the selected file on General file information section (Sample rate, Store date and time, Number of channels and Trigger condition) and more detailed information on Channel info section:
- ID
- Ch No. - Channel number
- Name - Channel name and color of the channel
- Color
- Acq. rate - Acquisition rate will show the acquisition rate of each channel. This is important if sample rate divider is used or if the channel is asynchronous (CAN, GPS, PAD,…). In this case, it will show approximate sample rate (or keyword ASYNC with old file versions)
- Description
- Channel info
- Amplifier info - Type, input range and filter range of the amplifier. For newer amplifiers also the serial number is mentioned
- Sensor
- Sensor unbalance
- Unit
- Scale - Scaling factor k (y = kx + n)
- Sensitivity
- Offset - Scaling offset n (y = kx + n)
- Min - Minimum value within the whole file for the channel
- Max - Maximum value within the whole file for the channel
- Ave
- RMS
Events
Events are start and stop of measurements, keyboard events, notice events and also voice events.
For information about enter Events for the measurement see -> Manually Start / Stop Recording.
Data Header
The Data header finally displays all the information you have entered in the data header window at the beginning (or the end) of a measurement. The exact content depends also on the fields you may have changed in the global header design.
File Locking
It is possible to lock files after storing to prevent modification. You can check if the file has been locked in this tab.
Preview
You can see the display screen here for quick identification.
Licensing
See available plugins.