System Setup Located in Edit | Preferences. General Program Start Enable startup dialog – Enables the Open Choice Dialog window to open upon iChart6 startup. This item is checked by default. From the Open Choice Dialog window you can select how you want iChart6 to open every time it opens. Auto-load project – This option […]
iChart Server / Client mode allows a single copy of iChart software to retrieve data from devices and then transfer the data over Ethernet to other computers running in Client mode. The server mode software handles all the device communication. It also stores the data and information on the data logging network. Client computers can […]
Main Project Window Title Bar The Title Bar displays the filename of the open iChart database. Menu Bar Many of iChart’s core features and functions can be accessed through the Menu Bar. Main Toolbar Main Toolbar Buttons from Left to Right: New Project – Creates a new […]
NexSens developed an automatic generated report format that allows iChart data to be sent directly to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), a part of the National Weather Service (NWS). Contact NexSens to learn how a system can be included. Data is automatically sent via File Transfer […]
iChart provides several alerts and alarms that can be setup and used with iSIC data loggers. iChart Alarm: Used to notify if parameters exceed pre-defined parameter limits. When data is received from the data logger, iChart sends an alarm. Control Outputs: Used to control devices via 5V DIO (Digital Input/Output) or 12V switches. An iSIC […]
The Project Monitor allows for immediate notification of system failures via email. To use it, make sure an SMTP email server is setup by clicking Edit | Preferences. To access the Project Monitor, click Project | Project Monitor in a current iChart project file. The System Monitor window will appear. Select the Status […]
File Menu New Project – Creates an iChart database. iChart will display a menu – the Setup Device Wizard – to help setup the first database. Open Project – Launches an existing database. The iChart Project File window will appear so that the existing database can be selected and opened. Close – Closes an open […]
Manually Interrogating Data Data is acquired in iChart by issuing a request to the data logger(s) in the iChart project file. This request for data is referred to as an Interrogation. Sensor data may be downloaded manually by clicking the Interrogate button or users can configure an automatic Interrogation Schedule. By default, a one-hour automatic […]
Moving an iChart Database It may become necessary to copy an iChart database to a different computer. To begin, open the current iChart project. Select File | Backup. The Backup iChart Project window will appear. Click “…” to select a destination folder for the backup database. This could be a network drive, USB drive […]
It is possible for iChart to save data to an external database, such as Access, MySQL and SQL, using a standard called ODBC. 1. Open the project in iChart (.icr file) that will have the database connection. 2. Click Project | ODBC | Setup Database. 3. Click Yes on the dialog box that appears. The ODBC Setup window […]
