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The Graphical Area

The graph displays a subset of the collected data: the time-frame. To better view and analyze the data, the graph has the following features:

• Graduations are displayed on the left and lower sides of the graph
• Information concerning the time-frame of the graph and the amplitude of channels also appears at the bottom of the graph. The current channel amplitude is underlined and the coordinates of the nearest collected sample are displayed
• It is possible to zoom in the graph using various methods (for more details, see Trace Zoom Feature)
• It is possible to move the contents of the graph within the time-base (for more details, Trace Zoom Feature)

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• Moving the contents is possible only when the acquisition is stopped.

How to Export the Collected Data?

To copy the trace data into a CSV file:

1. Display the softscope
2. Ensure the channels you want to export are Enabled and Visible
3. Start the data collection
4. Wait for the probe data you want to save to be collected
5. Stop the data collection
6. Click the Export... button
7. Select where you want to save the CSV file
8. Click the Save button

A tip about waiting for all channels to be recording before capturing Scope data.

Channels start recording a few cycles after the previous channel, based on resources. To see all channels at same time you need to wait until data is being sent from all channels. If you start the capture at the first cycle the exported data will not line up. The first table below shows aligned data of the channels from starting the program. Note how it takes several cycles for the data to be captured. The second table shows hohis data would appear in a CSV file. Note how the time columns do not match. Waiting for all channels to be recording will eliminate this.

Table 1: Scope output is aligned to show actual results

Time	Channel 1	Time	Channel 2	Time	Channel 3	Time	Channel 4
0	499.9996
1	499.9996
2	499.9996
3	499.9996
4	499.9996	4	-31.543
5	499.9996	5	-31.843
6	499.9996	6	-32.1411
7	499.9996	7	-32.4428
8	499.9996	8	-32.7429
9	499.9996	9	-33.0429	9	-534.543
10	499.9996	10	-33.343	10	-531.843
11	499.9996	11	-33.6431	11	-535.143
12	499.9996	12	-33.9428	12	-535.443
13	499.9996	13	-34.2428	13	-535.742
14	499.9996	14	-34.5429	14	-536.043
15	499.9996	15	-34.843	15	-536.343	15	-459.028
16	499.9996	16	-35.143	16	-536.643	16	-458.728
17	499.9996	17	-35.4431	17	-536.943	17	-458.428
18	499.9996	18	-35.7428	18	-537.242	18	-458.128
19	499.9996	19	-36.0429	19	-537.542	19	-457.829

Table 2: Actual output to CSV file for Scope data captured from the start

Time	Channel 1	Time	Channel 2	Time	Channel 3	Time	Channel 4
0	499.9996	4	-31.543	9	-534.543	15	-459.028
1	499.9996	5	-31.843	10	-531.843	16	-458.728
2	499.9996	6	-32.1411	11	-535.143	17	-458.428
3	499.9996	7	-32.4428	12	-535.443	18	-458.128
4	499.9996	8	-32.7429	13	-535.742	19	-457.829
5	499.9996	9	-33.0429	14	-536.043	20	-459.028
6	499.9996	10	-33.343	15	-536.343	21	-458.728
7	499.9996	11	-33.6431	16	-536.643	22	-458.428
8	499.9996	12	-33.9428	17	-536.943	23	-458.128
9	499.9996	13	-34.2428	18	-537.242	24	-457.829
10	499.9996	14	-34.5429	19	-537.542	25	-459.028
11	499.9996	15	-34.843	20	-535.742	26	-458.728
12	499.9996	16	-35.143	21	-536.043	27	-458.428
13	499.9996	17	-35.4431	22	-536.343	28	-458.128
14	499.9996	18	-35.7428	23	-536.643	29	-457.829
15	499.9996	19	-36.0429	24	-536.943	30	-459.028
16	499.9996	20	-35.143	25	-537.242	31	-458.728
17	499.9996	21	-35.4431	26	-537.542	32	-458.428
18	499.9996	22	-35.7428	27	-536.943	33	-458.128
19	499.9996	23	-36.0429	28	-537.242	34	-457.829

You can now import the data into Microsoft Excel.

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• The Export operation is possible even when acquisition of samples is in progress. But in that case, the latest exported data are the data collected when you have defined the CSV file.

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• The acquisition of samples is limited to 100 s when the cycle time is set to 1000 µs (respectively 50 s with 500 µs, and 25 s with 250 µs)

About the CSV file format

Each channel takes 2 columns: one for the time and the other for the value. This allows exporting channels with different time-base.

The List separator and the Decimal symbol are hard-coded (they are not bind to the regional settings)

• List separator is comma (,)
• Decimal symbol is dot (.)

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• If your regional settings are different, then you have to specify explicitly those two characters in Microsoft Excel to correctly import the CSV file

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