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Compressed folder, containing all necessary files for the demo - Download-Link
The compressed folder needs to be extracted, so that the contend can be used inside other programs.
The demo itself requires the installation of Visual Analog (Version 1.9.48.1) - Download Link Open ports and identify the port used by the module, the number is here marked with an X
Start Visual Analog and open a Blank canvas
Press Tools → External Tools... to prepare the usage of adcapture.exe, in the new appearing window
Click Add in the new opened window and insert the name "adcapture" in the Display Text. To finish the setup press OK.
Parameter description: Befor running the demo, fill in Visual Analog into the Pattern Loader the sampling rate of your module:
The window shows the activity of the tool "adcapture", the picture below shows its state when it is finished
In Visual Analog, use "F5" or press Canvas → Run to update the screen
Open ports and identify the port used by the AnalogMAX DAQ1 as visible in Figure 10.Setting up Visual Analog and running the data capture demo
Via File → Open point to the file AnalogMAX_DAQ1_Capture.vac from the demo folder.
Click Browse... and select the file "adcapture.exe" from the downloaded demo.
Into Arguments insert "COMX,115200 1024 c:\temp\capture.txt 1", where the X in COMX
is a placeholder for your comport number.
COM14 - COM port which is used for the connection.
115200 - Baud rate which is used for the connection.
1024 - Amount of K samples to read, minimum 64 and maximum is 1024.
c:\temp\capture.txt - File name and path which specifies where to storage the data.
7 - Command to adjust the gain, possible values are:
1 for a gain of 1, 2 for a gain of 2, 4 for a gain of 4 and 8 for a gain of 8
TEI0015 - 2 MHz
TEI0016A - 0.5 MHz
TEI0016A - 1 MHzQuick test with a terminal program