ASTRO-MED Dash 8X Quick Start Manual - Page 6

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In the following hands-on exercise, you will set up a channel to monitor a 9 Volt battery in Realtime. Next, a data capture

will be set up to record when the battery voltage is applied. Finally, the captured data will be reviewed.

Note: The steps below are for the NDV1 or IHV1 voltage modules installed in Slot 1 (Channel 1).

Please contact Astro-Med if you have any questions regarding the use of other modules.

In the exercise, every action needed is detailed in a step-by-step fashion to help you quickly become familiar with the

operation of the Dash 8Xe / Dash 8X. The ACTION on the left-hand side describes what is to be done.

The HOW TO section provides the detailed steps to take using the pull-down menus of the Menu Bar.

I. Real-time Monitoring: Monitor the voltage of a 9 Volt battery.

Set up the channel so that when there is no signal, the waveform trace will be at the center of the channel and when the 9

Volt signal is applied, the waveform trace will be near the top of the channel.

ACTION

Verify Menu Bar display

Default the

Dash 8Xe / Dash 8X

Enter Realtime Mode

View All Channels

Set speed to 5 mm/sec

9 Volt Battery Test

Items needed: 9 Volt battery. Signal input leads.

HOW TO

(Use the Menu Bar Pull-Down menus)

If the date and time are shown at the top of the screen, press the M icon in

the upper right hand corner to show the Menu Bar.

Dash 8Xe / Dash 8X Menu Bar

Choose Configuration >> Utilities from the menu bar to open the Utilities

window.

Choose Defaults >> System from the menu bar to set the recorder to

factory defaults.

Click Yes to accept.

Choose Configuration >> Realtime from the menu bar to enter Realtime

Mode.

Choose View >> Basic All Channels from the menu bar.

Press the [5 mm/s] icon on the control panel.

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