Hioki 3145 User manual

DATA VIEWER for 3145
Instruction Manual
February 2013 Revised edition 2 3145A985-02 13-02H
Contains information about PC software
which can analyze the measurement
data recorded by the 3145-20 NOISE
HiLOGGER.

Contents
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Index
Contents
Introduction __________________________________ 1
Outline of this Software _____________________ 3
Explanation of Screens ______________________ 4
Menu bar ...............................................................................6
Toolbar ..................................................................................8
Pop-up Menus .......................................................................9
Control Bar ..........................................................................10
Loading Measured Data_____________________11
Closing Measured Data _____________________12
Switching between Graph and Numerical 
Value Displays ______________________________13
Using the Graph Screen ____________________14
Scrolling Waveforms ...........................................................14
Highlighting Waveforms ......................................................14
Confirming File Information .................................................15
Graph Settings ....................................................................16
A-B Cursors ........................................................................17
Waveform Settings ..............................................................18
Alarm Information ................................................................19
Event Markers .....................................................................20
Level Searches ...................................................................21
Date/Time Searches ...........................................................22
Maximum Searches ............................................................23
Peak Searches ....................................................................24
Search Result List Screens .................................................25
Making Hard Copies of Graph Screens ..............................26
Printing Graphs ...................................................................27

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Saving Measured Data in CSV Format .............................. 29
Saving Measured Data in a 3145 Format .......................... 30
Saving Graph Images ........................................................ 31
Manipulating the Numerical Value Display 
Screen ______________________________________ 33
Confirming File Information ................................................ 34
Changing the Page Currently Displayed ............................ 35
Copying Numerical Values to the Clipboard ...................... 36
Jumping to a Graph ............................................................ 36
Printing Measured Values .................................................. 37

Introduction
1
The following instruction manuals are included with the 3145-20 NOISE
HiLOGGER. Refer to them as they pertain to your usage of the instru-
ment.
Registered
Trademarks Windows, Microsoft Excel, and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Introduction
Manual Content
1Measurement Guide
Read first.
Offers an introduction to the 3145-20's
basic measuring method for first time
users.
2Instruction Manual Contains explanation and instructions
regarding the instrument's operating
method and functions.
CD Content
3
"DATA VIEWER for
3145"
Instruction Manual
(this manual)
Contains information about PC software
which can analyze the measurement data
recorded by the instrument.
4"Communications"
Instruction Manual
Explains the communication functions
which can be used via the LAN and RS-
232C interfaces.
5"Communication 
Commands"
Instruction Manual
Explains the commands for remote control
of the instrument via the LAN and RS-232C
interfaces.

Introduction
2
Symbols The following symbols in this manual indicate the relative importance of
cautions and warnings.
Mouse
Operations
Notation
Indicates that incorrect operation presents a possibility of
injury to the user or damage to the instrument.
Indicates advisory items related to performance or cor-
rect operation of the instrument.
p Indicates the location of reference information.
Indicates quick references for operation and remedies for
troubleshooting.
*Indicates that descriptive information is provided below.
[ ] Menus, commands, dialogs, buttons in a dialog, and
other names on the screen and the keys are indicated in
brackets.
Dialog box represents a Windows dialog box.
Click Press and quickly release the left button of the mouse.
Right-click Press and quickly release the right button of the
mouse.
Double click Quickly click the left button of the mouse twice.
Drag While holding down the left button of the mouse, move
the mouse and then release the left button to deposit
the chosen item in the desired position.

Outline of this Software
3
Measurement data recorded from a 3145-20 NOISE HiLOGGER to a PC card using the
application software "DATA VIEWER for 3145" can be downloaded to a personal computer
and analyzed.
Features of the "DATA VIEWER for 3145"
Outline of this Software
Waveform display
Displays measured data as waveforms.
Search functions
Data searches can be made using specified conditions.
Text conversion
Converts measured data to text formats allowing for processing using spread-
sheet software such Excel, etc.
Printing
Waveforms can be printed.
For details on how to install and activate the software program "DATA VIEWER
for 3145", please refer to "Chapter 8 Using the CD" in the accompanying instruc-
tion manual.

Explanation of Screens
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Explanation of Screens
Menu bar
Toolbar
(1)
Status bar
Band marker
(2)
(3)
(5) (6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)(11)
(12)
(13)
(15)
(4)
(This figure illustrates a graph screen)
(14)

Explanation of Screens
5
(1) Graph - numerical
value display switch-
ing tab
Switching between graph and numerical value displays for
measured data. (p. 13)
(2) Level Graph vertical scale. Logarithmic display.
(3) O.F. display Red markers are used to indicate locations where mea-
sured data has overflowed.
For details regarding data overflows, please refer to section
"3.4 "O.F." Display and "U.F." Display" in the accompany-
ing instruction manual.
(4) Graph display Displaying measured values for each band (7 waveforms)
as time series graphs.
(5) Scroll bar Scrolling waveforms. (p. 14)
(6) Alarm display Displaying alarm conditions when making measurements
with alarms on.
Please refer to section "4.5 Using the Alarm Function" in
the accompanying instruction manual.
(7) Time Graph horizontal scale.
Displays can be chosen from time and date, number of sec-
onds after recording has commenced, and data numbers.
(8) Scroll bar of control
bar Scrolling the control bar up and down.
(9) Control bar Performing a variety of different operations. (p. 10)
(10) Cursor value display Displaying the measured values for the positions of cursors
A/B. (Cursor values will not be displayed if cursors A/B are
not displayed.)
(11) Event marker Event marks recorded using the NOISE HiLOGGER. 
(p. 20)
(12) Search bar Displaying the positions of search results. Search bars can
be deleted by right clicking on the search bar.
(13) B cursor Moving by dragging with a mouse. (p. 17)
(14) Title comment Making settings using the [File Information] tab comment
input box. (p. 15)
(15) A cursor Moving by dragging with a mouse. (p. 17)

Explanation of Screens
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Menu bar
File menu
Menu Explanations
Open Reading measured data. (p. 11)
Close Closing measured data that is currently being displayed. 
(p. 12)
Save Overwriting measured data. (p. 30)
Save As Saving measured data under a new file name. (p. 30)
Save in CSV Saving data in CSV format. (p. 29)
Save Graph in BMP Saving graphs in bitmap format. (p. 31)
Save Graph in WMF Saving graphs in Enhanced Meta File format. (p. 31)
Print Graph Setup Making graph print settings. (p. 27)
Print Graph Preview Displaying print previews before printing graphs. (p. 27)
Print Graph Printing graphs. (p. 27)
Print Numeric Setup Making settings for printing numerical values. (p. 37)
Print Numeric Preview Displaying print previews before printing numerical values.
(p. 37)
Print Numeric Printing numerical data. (p. 37)
Exit Closing the "DATA VIEWER for 3145".
Edit menu
Menu Explanations
Copy Color Setting Setting colors for graph hard copies. (p. 26)
Copy Format Setting formats for graph hard copies. (p. 26)
Select either "BMP" or "Meta File".
Copy Graph Copying graph images to the clipboard. (p. 26)
Copy Numeric Text Copying numerical data selected in the numerical data dis-
play screen to the clipboard. (p. 36)
Jump to Graph Displaying graphs at selected data positions in the numeri-
cal data display screen. (p. 36)
Search Result Redisplaying search result lists.