[DIAdem] How to make four quadrants chart in VIEW or REPORT

In this article, let's find out about how to make a Four Quadrant Chart in DIAdem.
This is a section to view these data in VIEW and REPORT in DIAdem 

You can change the length of data in Y-Axis, but X-Axis is impossible in VIEW. 
In the Report, you can change these things.

1. Setting the VIEW screen

So at first, I will guide how to set VIEW.
The representation of data as shown below in the 2D Axis VIEW.

If you double-click in the chart area 2D Axis System – Display Scaling window is opened. You can insert what you want to see manually. 

The below figure is the value specified by the Begin -6, End 6.

Next, let's create a four quadrant (Quadrant Chart) REPORT on the screen.

2. Setting REPORT on the screen

REPORT also adds the Simple 2D Axis System in the following way.

Drag the data to the 2D Axis System to the configuration as shown below.

Double-click the chart to bring up the Curve And Axis Definition window.
In this window you can set aside Scaling to go to Axis Parameter X and Y axes.

X, respectively, to change the Scalimg Mode to Manual with respect to the Y axis, and modify the Begin and End values.


[X-axis changes Results]

Since the start value and the end value is 0.035, 0.035, 0.046 Begin also - as was (0.035, 0.046) = 0.025.

[Y axes to change the results]

 If the above changes to the same set of 2D Axis System REPORT will be changed as follows. 

Finally, select the Y-axis, and drag, you can move to the middle.

How to create a chart with four quadrants in DIAdem not that difficult.

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The method to solve NI DataFinder error which is occurred after installing DIAdem

What is NI Data Finder?

NI Data Finder is a software which is based on NI Data Management Solution. This provides the easy methods to find TDMS, EXCEL files. It also support the methods to manage data which is generated and used in various locations.

When you run DIAdem after installed, your computer can not DIAdem and make an error likes below a picture sometimes. 

In this situation, NI PSP Service Locator is not running in your operating system. To solve it, you have to turn it on again. 

You can restart this service in a Control Panel of Windows.
(Locations : Control Panel >> Administrative Tools >> Services)

First, you have to open a Control Panel likes below.

Second, you have to double-click Services in Administrative Tools.

Third, you have to double-click NI PSP Service Locator and start it. If this service is stopped or it is in a manual mode, you just start it. 

What is NI PSP Service Locator?

NI PSP Service Locator is the service to make a communication between NI Example Finder, RT Proxy, and so on which is supported by NI.

These programs and services use a dynamic TCP port of PC to communicate each other.

NI PSP Service Locator manages these port for the communication. There is no interaction because it runs on background.

This service is included in NI System Webserver after LabVIEW 2010.

To run this service manually, you just double-click a below file.
(File Path : <National Instruments>\Shared\NI WebServer\SystemWebServer.exe)

You can find the fixed error after this action. Just enjoy DIAdem.

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[DIAdem] The way to use a data-plugin in DIAdem

DIAdem is software specifically designed to help engineers and scientists quickly locate, inspect, analyze, and report on measurement data using one software tool.

The introduction of DIAdem is as follow.

NI DIAdem is a single software tool that you can use to quickly locate, load, visualize, analyze, and report measurement data collected during data acquisition and/or generated during simulations. It is designed to meet the demands of today’s testing environments, which require you to quickly access, process, and report on large volumes of scattered data in multiple custom formats to make informed decisions. DIAdem is a component of the NI Technical Data Management (TDM) solution

DIAdem is the Post-Process program to load and analyze the TDMS file. DIAdem also support the different data-type such as excel, text file. This article explain how to read a this kind of files.

National Instruments provides many Data-Plugins which is used normally. You can download these files from the Data-Plugin site. 

The link for Data-Plug : http://www.ni.com/downloads/dataplugins/ko/

If there are no a Data-Plugin file,  you can use the wizard to translate from your file to the TDMS file. 

1) First of all, you have to check the file to read. This post will read an ASC type file like a below picture.

2) To run a Text DataPlugin Wizard, you should click File - Text DataPlugin Wizard. 

3) Choose the file. I selected asc which is a file extension.

4) In DataPlugin an Wizard, you can see the window like a below picture. File Structure Window is not important to read this file. You just click the Next Button.

5) In Group Properties, you should check the file structure. The first and second line in DataPlugin_Example.asc file  seems to be meant the group information. In the below picture, the name and description is properly configured. You should click a Next Button again.

6) As you can see the file, the configuration for channel is 4 and 5 line. 4 Line(Date, T_min, T_max, AverageTemp,Rain, and T_6h) is channel names and 5 line means the unit for the channel.

It is separated by ';'. So you have to check the Semicolon checkbox in the Column separators. After this process, you can see the window like a below picture which is divided the proper property.

7) Step 4 of 5 in the DataPlugin Wizard is to set the values for the each channel. In the file, there are many lines for it(Below { February }). You should check a Space checkbox because data is separated by ','.  

8) You can save the configuration for this file after these processes. If you save this configuration, you can load this type file easily next time. If you want to finish this process, you just click the Finish button.

9) In Data Portal: Internal Data, you can see the loaded data from file successfully.

This article explained how to use the DataPlugin to read a ASC-type file.

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