Faster acquisition and analysis set-ups with new DASYLab 8

Available from Adept Scientific, DASYLab 8 is the latest version of this popular Windows-based graphical data acquisition software that speeds the set-up and development of measurement and analysis applications.

Available from Adept Scientific, DASYLab 8 is the latest version of this popular Windows-based graphical data acquisition software that speeds the set-up and development of measurement and analysis applications.

A new Quick Start Guide has made it even easier for new users to start working with DASYLab 8. This interactive tutorial takes users step by step through the process of creating typical worksheets. There are 120 embedded demonstrative examples, which can be opened in a second window for testing alongside an engineer's own worksheets.

There are numerous improved usability functions that quickly enable engineers to customise DASYLab 8 to fit with their particular applications and systems. For example it's now possible to customise the user interface for easy access to menu functions that are used most. The software now features eight user-defined buttons on the front panel for one-click access to any function and customisable “hot keys” that engineers can use to assign DASYLab functions to their keyboard. Version 8 also offers the facility to fine-tune the default settings for modules to your exact requirements - a great time-saver. Once the settings for a module are defined, each time a new module of that type is created, it will be configured to use the saved settings.

Use the new global overview of variables and strings to easily and quickly explore the instances where variables or strings are used in the worksheet; DASYLab also highlights any potential conflicts in red. Take advantage of new modules including, the new Polarplot module, which enables engineers to create polar plots using polar coordinates and X-Y coordinates, or the New Action module to create Bitmap snapshots of VITool pages while DASYLab is running.

The software includes more than 10 new and updated measurement hardware drivers that support varying acquisition rates for each device. DASYLab 8 also adds support for low cost USB CAN (Controller Area Network) devices including a new CAN logger module for storing all CAN traffic to file.

From research and development to production test and quality control, engineers use DASYLab to quickly create flexible and powerful measurement and analysis applications without programming. Using DASYLab, engineers can quickly acquire data from PCI plug-in cards, USB and Ethernet data acquisition devices togther with industry-standard OPC compliant devices such as PLCs. In addition DASYLab's ICOM module provides connectivity to instruments from hundreds of vendors over RS232 and TCP/IP. DASYLab 8 supports the latest Microsoft Windows Operating Systems.

DASYLab 8.0 is supplied and supported in the UK and Ireland by Adept Scientific plc, Amor Way, Letchworth, Herts. SG6 1ZA; telephone (01462) 480055, fax (01462) 480213, email daq@adeptscience.co.uk; or see Adept's World Wide Web site at http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/.

With offices in the UK, USA, Germany and throughout the Nordic region, Adept Scientific is one of the world's leading suppliers of software and hardware products for research, scientific, engineering and technical applications on desktop computers.