db.web.browser

Instructions

Introduction

db.web.browser is an interface for viewing Logged Data. With the browser you can get an Overview of the data, Browse the data, Enlarge graphs, present data in Tabular form and Download data. Graphs and reports can be printed using the Print function.

Front Panel Controls:

Sites Click on a Site to open the default page. An Overview page with 2 to 6 graphs appears. To see the graphs in more detail, click the graph to enlarge it. To return to the Overview, click the enlarged Graph. All Enlarged graphs show summary calculations for each plot in the graph. Different summaries are generated for plots depending on the unit.
Pages If more than one page has been created for the Site, a list of the pages appears. Click the desired page. An Overview page with 2 to 6 graphs appears. To see the graphs in more detail, click the graph to enlarge it. To return to the Overview, click the enlarged Graph.
Scale

Sets the graph timescale. You can select between several preset periods (e.g. 1 day or 1 week). The change in scale applies for all windows such as XY-Graph, Wndrose etc.
Step

Sets the step for the scroll buttons. If Step is set to "Same as Scale" and Scale is set to "1 day", the scroll step is 1 day. If Step is set to "1 day" the scroll step is 1 day regardless of the Scale setting.
Scroll

The Scroll buttons are used to step through the data. The button shifts back in time according to the Step setting. The shifts forward in time according to the Step setting. The button advances to the end of data.
Select Scale

The scale can be selected using the Select Scale buttons. Sets the Start Date and sets the End Date. The start and end times for the selected period is displayed in the boxes on the left of the buttons. To display the selected period, click .
Information Click to open a window with information on the selected Site
Graph Return to the graph display from any of  the other functions such as the XY-Graph etc.. 
XY-Graph Show selected data in an XY Graph. When in XY-Graph mode, plots can be turned on and off by setting or clearing the tick marks. A drop down selection box at the bottom of the graph lists all plots in the current page. Select any plot to use on the X-Axis.
Histogram Show selected data in a Histogram. Radio buttons are used to change plots.
Print Print selected graph. The entire front panel is printed. If data is in tabular form, only the visible part of the table is printed.
Sorted Graph Show selected data after it has been sorted in descending order and plotted sequentially along the X-Axis.
Wind Rose / Polar Graph Show selected data in a Polar Graph. If the data is wind direction, the axes are replaced with compass directions. Radio buttons are used to change plots.
Advanced Wind Rose 1 To view the Advanced Windrose I the current graph being viewed must contain at least one variable with a wind direction unit (°), and the current page must contain at least one variable with a wind speed unit (m/s, mph, knots). plots.
Advanced Wind Rose 2 To view the Advanced Windrose II the current graph being viewed must contain at least one variable with a wind direction unit (°), and the current page must contain at least one variable with a wind speed unit (m/s, mph, knots).
Wind Energy To view Wind Energy the current page must contain at least one variable with a wind speed unit (m/s, mph, knots).
Manual Collect Start a manual data collection for a selected Site.
Table Show data in tabular form. Data of different periods have a separate time columns associated with them. If all data has the same period, only one time column is presented. Scrollbars are used to navigate through the table.
Download Copy selected data file. Data is in tab delimited ascii format.
About About page.
Enlarge Graphs Click a graph in the Overview window to enlarge it. To return to the Overview page, click the enlarged graph.
Tariff Calculations If plots carry kW or kWh units, two small buttons appears in front of the summary table in the enlarged graph. The letter T indicates the button to generate Tariff Calculations.

In the Tariff window a drop down dialog box lists all available Tariffs. Select the desired Tariff and the calculation is refreshed. 

Tariff Report If plots carry kW or kWh units, two small buttons appears in front of the summary table in the enlarged graph. The letter R indicates the button to generate Tariff Reports.

In the Tariff Report window a list of tariffs appears to the right of the Tariff Summary Table with a tick box in front. Tick the desired Tariffs to use in the report. The Select All and Clear All buttons set or clear all tick boxes. Once selected, click "Apply" to generate the report. Download the report using the Download button. 

   
   
   


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