How do I access the data in Ruskin?

FAQ

There are 3 ways of arriving at the "data".

1) Use "Export" to save the data in a form that can be processed by 3rd party programmes such as Labview or Matlab. Use the "File-Export dataset" menu or right click on the dataset in the Navigator pane and select "export as".

The Matlab file (extension .mat) is a binary format that can be read into Matlab with the load() command.  It does _not_ contain ascii, nor value ratios - it contains "measured channels" which are in engineering/SI units.

The Excel file (extension .xls) is a binary format that can be opened directly in Excel using the File/Open... menu item.  Likewise, it does not contain ascii nor value ratios, just engineering unit data.

The "Raw TXT" produces ASCII representation data of the raw ADC values, scaled between 0-1

The "Engineering TXT" produces ASCII representation data of the calibrated "measured channels" using engineering/SI units.

The "Engineering TXT" would be the most likely candidate for post-processing in a non-Matlab non-Excel program, followed by "Raw TXT".  The other two formats are not easily readable by anything except Matlab/Excel respectively.

2) Use the icon at the top of the lower pane (with 3 green dots) called "show/hide channels" and use the bottom line to toggle raw channels. Place the cursor anywhere on the graphical chart and the values will be displayed on the right hand side as both ascii and hex.

3) Use an explorer programme to find the *.hex file saved on your hard disk. This is normally at C:\RBRRuskin\hex. This data is in hexadecimal format and is generally only of use to RBR engineers.