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WinDaq Add-on Magic Meter

Magic Meter provides a large text display with optioanl translucent background

Operation

  • Hover the mouse pointer to the upper left area of MagicMeter to reveal the configuration button
    • Click the configuration button to adjust the setting
    • Data Window to perform the following operations
      • None: The most recent reading of the selected/highlighted channel when MagicMeter is started
      • Average: Average all readings of the selected/highlighted channel when MagicMeter is started in the data window before presenting it
      • Minimum: Display only the minimum reading of the selected/highlighted channel when MagicMeter is started within the data window
      • Maximum:  Display only the maximum reading of the selected/highlighted channel when MagicMeter is startedwithin the data window
      • RMS:  Perform RMS for all readings within the data window of the selected/highlighted channel when MagicMeter is started
      • AC RMS:  Average all readings of the selected/highlighted channel when MagicMeter is started and use the result as offset. Remove the offset of all readings then perform RMS
      • Calculated Channel: please click here to learn how to configurate the math expression. In this option, readings from any enabled channel can be used
    • Select font color to indicate high/low limit
    • Specifiy transparency level
  • Double click on reading of MagicMeter to switch to transparent mode
    • Although the reading appears to embed inside WinDaq, it is NOT. When you move WinDaq's window around or add/subtract channels, it will NOT follow your action
    • The display is right-justified to align the units all the time, so make sure you make the width of the windows long enough to display ALL digits