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JuliaDawkins

Add "open" button to Data Portal (DIAdem 2017)

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 01-31-2017 11:16 AM 3 Comment

I love the new buttons on the data portal in DIAdem 2017 (delete, save, save as) but I'd like an "open" button too!

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JuliaDawkins

Add programmatic "copy" curve for VIEW

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 02-14-2020 02:55 PM 4 Comment

The user interface allows you to copy a curve in VIEW, but not the programming methods (like exist in REPORT).  I'd like to be able to "copy" a curve just like I can in REPORT. 

 

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wimdr

Provide Channel concatenation function in the default Analysis panel

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 02-26-2014 10:03 AM 2 Comment

The idea is to provide a "Channel concatenation" button in the default Analysis panel > Channel Functions.

After clicking this button, a dialog box should open, where the various Channels of different Channel Groups can be selected for the concatenation process. In the same dialog box, some options for the channel concatenation could be selected as well.

In this moment, some example scripts can be found in the discussion board for the concatenation of N Channels in M Groups. However, these scripts are quite cumbersome, not easy to customize, and providing too many optional features that are aiming to address shortcomings in the time or data channels to be concatenated.
It is a good practice, however, to correct first the issues in your Time and Data channels that prevent them of being concatenated properly.

The channel concatenation function would be a very useful feature, especially for engineers working with big datasets, that are increasingly recorded in contemporary data acquisition.
Typical examples of big datasets are vehicle CAN network data, recorded over an extended period of time (weeks, months).
Usually, these data are divided into multiple data files, which then need to be concatenated afterwards in order to cover a selected recording period, prior to further analysis of the data.

 

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Mex_J

Change x-Axis to Absolute Time for Waveform files in VIEW and Report

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 11-30-2011 08:05 AM 5 Comment

I do not understand why it is not possible jet. After I Drag and Drop a Waveform inside VIEW. A possibility to change the x-Axis to absolute time should be possible.

The only way of doing it now is creating an extra Time Channel.Smiley Sad

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SA_DC

Synchronous video capturing with a simple webcam with DIAdem-DAC/Visual

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 10-25-2012 03:41 PM 2 Comment

Hello,

 

because of DIAdem is not able to synchronise captured video files and MDF-data files measured with

 

Vector Canape with all the skills of and in DIAdem-VIEW,

 

how about even capturing a video additional to the other measured data with DIAdem-DAC ??

 

 

Vector Canape can this do with a simple webcam ( a better model from Logitech suffice ) and it really works fine,

 

but DIAdem is much better for the rest of all measuring tasks and so our favourite.

 

 

And yes : DIAdem  can  data acquisition and we like it  !!!  Smiley Happy

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Bernd73

Edit group properties in the text data plugin assistant

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 01-30-2014 09:38 AM 4 Comment

Currently the data type of group properties is automatically set, when two colums are used, one for "Name" and one for "Value". (see picture, right side)

I recommend to enable the possibility to manually set the data type for every individual entry, regardless which column is chosen for Name and/or Value.Bild1.png

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Greg_Gran

Polar plots with both negative and positive sector angles

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 11-15-2012 11:58 AM 5 Comment

I generate a very large number of polar plots which are beam patterns for sonar devices. I'm sure that radar folks do the same for their antennae. The standard in the industry for directivity patterns has long been to label the plots with negative angles to the left of boresite and positive numbers to the right. I am constantly asked to label my plots this way, and I have to keep making excuses because DIAdem does not allow this.

 

This is what I need:

 

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TobiD

DIAdem Basic S&V Functions

Status: Completed Submitted by on 07-21-2011 02:39 AM 6 Comment

An existing DIAdem and DAC user want to measure Sound & Vibration signals. Basic S&V Functions like dB ABC weighting, sound level,... (existing functions in the S&V Meas.Suite) would be nice to have in DIAdem as well.

Current Workaround:

Use S&V Assistant for this application.

Include everything in DIAdem would increase efficency.

Thanks

Tobias

 

 

 

 

 

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James_McN

Change Hex Display Prefix from $ to 0x

Status: Completed Submitted by Active Participant Active Participant on 06-08-2011 09:06 AM 3 Comment

The DIAdem prefix for hex data is $ and as I am aware you must use this.  Most programs use the prefix 0x.  There should be an option to chose one, the other or none.

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MS_DC

Save Data compressed (i.e. MDF4.1 compressed) to reduce disk space

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 08-01-2017 08:31 AM 3 Comment

Preparatory having compressed TDM(s), the ready defined MDF4.1 could be used to save disk space.

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Jesse_D

Programmatic copy function

Status: Completed Submitted by Active Participant on 11-19-2012 09:08 AM 2 Comment

Diadem currently has a copy function for curves within the user interface, as shown below: 

 

 

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However, there is no copy function within the scripting api. This means to duplicate a curve programmatically multiple functions. one for each of the properties in the curve, need to be called as shown below: 

 

Dim oMyReportObj, oMyNew2DCurve,

Set oMyReportObj = Report.ActiveSheet.Objects.Item(1)

Set oMyNew2DCurve = oMyReportObj.Curves2D.Add(e2DShapeLine, oMyReportObj.Curves2D.Item(oMyReportObj.Curves2D.Count).Name &"_copy")
oMyNew2DCurve.Shape.XChannel.Reference = oMyReportObj.Curves2D.Item(oMyReportObj.Curves2D.Count-1).Shape.XChannel.Reference
oMyNew2DCurve.Shape.YChannel.Reference = oMyReportObj.Curves2D.Item(oMyReportObj.Curves2D.Count-1).Shape.YChannel.Reference
oMyNew2DCurve.Shape.Settings.Line.Width = eLineWidth0100

...

 

It would be far easier if there were a call to copy a curve directly: 

 

Dim oMyReportObj, oMyNew2DCurve,

Set oMyReportObj = Report.ActiveSheet.Objects.Item(1)

Set oMyNew2DCurve = oMyReportObj.Curves2D.Copy(1)

 

 

 

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MartinMcD

DataFinder calculates channel characteristic values during index

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 10-22-2012 07:12 AM 4 Comment

It might require too much computation time but I was wondering if the DataFinder could calculate and store such characteristic values as channel min/max during it's index. I would find this really helpful.

If it is not practical to do on the fly, how about an extra option on the context menu in Navigator - in addition to 'Re-Index File' etc there would be 'Calculate Characteristic Values' which would then calculate and save the valeus back to the files for the file/folder/drive selected. 

 

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SvenB

Make automatic scaling of 2nd y-axis more predictable

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 12-03-2010 07:18 AM 2 Comment

Hi,

I quite often use a 2nd y-axis in a 2D-diagram. In order to improve the visibility I like to use the same grid for the first and second axis but different scaling. The 2nd y-axis is set to automatic scaling because of changing data ranges. Unfortunately the scaling range used for the second y-axis is completely unpredictable. Therefore the scale is way to big and the setting has to be corrected manually. This is very annoying, because the automatic choice is often not very logical and this behavior is not documented at all.

 

regards

SvenB

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NDForster

2D Axis System: X-axis selection through use of a channel property for non-waveform channels

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 03-31-2016 05:49 PM 4 Comment

For non-waveform channels that have a certain channel property populated that specifies another valid channel to use for the X-axis, it would be great if users could simply drag and drop channels into a VIEW 2D Axis System WITHOUT having to also select the x-axis channel.

 

(Over) Simplified logic:

When dragging a channel from the Data Portal to a 2D Axis System:

 

IF 'Waveform' channel property == No AND IF 'Xaxis' channel property specifies another valid channel,

THEN use this other valid channel for the X-Axis of the channel being dragged.

 

Example 1:

Let's say we have an internal combustion engine for which we are recording several channels at a rate of one sample per engine cycle. As the engine speed goes up or down, there is less or more time between each sample. This means we can NOT use a waveform channel. We must have an associated time channel for these several recorded channels. In this time channel, we will record a timestamp value when each engine cycle occurs.

 

Example of 'Xaxis' channel property value:

"Time Channels\Time Stamp Engine Cycles"

 

Example 2:

Let's say we are recording channels at a known rate, such as 100 Hz. A waveform would normally work for this. However, in this example, there will be gaps of no data in these data channels. These gaps may be relatively long in duration and we therefore do NOT want to record NO VALUE during this time, which would bloat our data files. We also do NOT want to put this data in separate data file nor in separate groups. This situation happens in MANY scenarios for us. For this, we must have an associated time channel for each of the data rates, such as "Time Stamp 1 Hz", "Time Stamp 10 Hz", "Time Stamp 50 Hz", and "Time Stamp 1000 Hz".

 

For both of these examples, plotting such non-waveform channels in a 2D Axis System could take less work on the end users' part, if we could add a little smarts to this drag-n-drop plotting operation. Implementing something like this will make creation of plots with meaningful x-axis values for non-waveform channels as easy as plot creation for waveform channels.

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TCPlomp

Add 2d intensity plot without frequency for VIEW

Status: Completed Submitted by Trusted Enthusiast on 10-22-2010 03:24 AM 2 Comment

In Report it's possible to create a 3D matrix plot with only an Y-axis and the X-axis embedded in the waveform channels.

If you export this to VIEW this won't work since VIEW needs an explicit X and Y channel.

 

Ton

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JuliaDawkins

Allow appending sheets in VIEW

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 09-21-2010 02:01 AM 4 Comment

It's very easy and useful to append a layout in REPORT (File...Append Layout), so it's confusing and disappointing that this isn't available in VIEW.

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Swimmer

Copy or Export data from the visible area of a View 2D axis chart to the Clipboard

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 04-17-2015 12:33 PM 4 Comment

It would be very useful to be able to copy data directly from a View 2D axis chart/graph to the clip board.

This action is similar to using the channel table to copy a selection of data and being able to past that data to the next empty column of the table or pasting it directly into the portal to create a new channel.

 

Currently I can zoom into a small region of the data in the View graph.  Based on the  position of X-cursor1 and X-cursor2 I can find the data in the table and copy it to the clip board.  Then create new channels by pasting into empty columns or pasting into the portal.

But this is very time consuming and cumbersome.  

 

Some time ago I created a script that would copy the data to new channels automatically, but if I can copy the data to the clip board I can paste it into other programs like, please forgive me, Excel for customers who don't have Diadem.

 

Excel does have the TDM importer add-on, but then it is really hard to search for data.

 

 

 

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Luke_W

Having Network Directories in DataFinder That Don't Hang When Network is Disconnected

Status: Completed Submitted by on 01-30-2012 11:39 AM 2 Comment

Having network directories available in the DataFinder is a great tool. However, if a network directory is added as a default search locations AND the network cable is unplugged, DIAdem will hang for a very long period of time. Windows commands are used to query for network locations. If not connected to the network, the timeout for these commands is quite large. 

 

While this is technically expected behavior, it is not ideal software functionality to hang if a network cable is unplugged.

 

 

Luke W

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MartinMcD

Simple Copy of Plot from View/Report to Clipboard

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 01-30-2012 09:09 AM 2 Comment

I would like to be able to copy a plot to the clipboard, either from View or Report.  At the moment I have to use a screen-capture tool like Snippy.

I am introducing DIAdem to our company at the moment and all my colleagues are surprised that DIAdem cannot do this.

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Jorge_C

Configurable time format in X-Axis of 2D Axis Systems

Status: Completed Submitted by on 12-20-2011 03:38 AM 2 Comment

Hi all!!

 

I would like to be able to view the date of a time channel in a 2D Axis System. I know I can do it transfering it to DIAdem REPORT and then selecting the desired format in the axis, but I want to do it on VIEW.

 

I have tried with a waveform channel, a channel made of time stamps... I think it would a great feature!!

 

Thanks!!

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