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P re p ari ng for Measu rement
■ Data Information dialog box
Label tab, Numerical tab
Supplementary data information is specified as character strings on the Label tab and as numerical values on the Numerical tab.
Show the Information in the Comment Dialog box
When this box is checked, supplementary data information is shown in the Name dialog box dis- played during measurement.
Title
Enter the title of the supplementary data information in the text box. Up to 30 alphanumeric charac- ters can be used.
You can edit the title that was entered previously. You can also delete a title by selecting the row and pressing the Delete key. Up to 200 titles can be added on the Label and Numerical tabs respectively. Item
When the Item column of a specified title is selected, the Add/Remove Item button is enabled. Dis- play the Add/Remove Item dialog box by clicking the Add/Remove Item button, and add or delete items.
The items specified in this dialog box are displayed in the list box that appears when supplementary information is specified to each item of data. You can select a desired item from the list box. Now the items specified in the Add/Remove Item dialog box are displayed in the list box for the Item column.
When you copy data to another document file and supplementary data information has been speci- fied to the data, the title is not copied. The title to be displayed is the one specified in the destination document file, and only the items specified in the source document file are copied.
■ Add/Remove Item dialog box
Adding items
Enter an item to be added in the text box on the left of the Add Item button, and then click the but- ton. The item is displayed at the top of the list box.
You can add as many items as you want by repeating this procedure. The order of the items can be changed by selecting one and clicking the Up or Down button.
P repar ing f o r Meas ure m ent Deleting items
Select the item to be deleted in the list box, and then click the Remove Item button. To use supplementary data information stored in a template file
When a template file (.mtp) storing supplementary data information is reflected to a data file (.mes), the supplementary data information of the data file is overwritten with the supplementary data infor- mation of the template file.
If the data file has more supplementary data information than the template file, the excess informa- tion is not overwritten. If such supplementary data information has the same name as the informa- tion in the template file, a tilde ( ˜ ) is suffixed to the title. The number of tildes is not limited as long as titles with the same name exist. (See below.)
Data file (before copying) Template file Data file (after copying) Title 1
+ Title 4 = Title 4
Title 2 Title 5 Title 5
Title 3 Title 6 Title 6
Title 4 Title 4˜
Title 5 Title 5˜
Title 6 Title 6˜
Sp ecifyin g Ta rg e t D a ta / To le ra n ce
2.4 Specifying Target Data/Tolerance
2.4.1 Registering Target Data
Register the target data to be used for color difference measurement. When only absolute values are measured, it is unnecessary to register target data.
The several methods available for registering target data are shown below: ■ Registering target data by performing a measurement
Target measurement:
Perform a measurement by triggering the SpectraMagic NX software to take a measurement and obtain the sample data as target data.
Target remote measurement:
Perform measurement by pressing the measuring button of the instrument. The SpectraMagic NX software receives the sample data as target data.
If the CM-700d/600d or CM-5/CR-5 is connected, pressing the measuring button once performs measurement up to the number of auto averagings set on the instrument. If a different instrument is connected, measurement is only performed once.
Target interval measurement:
Start measurement by triggering the SpectraMagic NX software once to take a measurement using the interval time and number of measurements specified in advance. The measured sample data is received as target data after every measurement.
This function is supported by the SpectraMagic NX Professional Edition only. Target automatic averaging measurement:
Start measurement by triggering the SpectraMagic NX software once to take a measurement. After the specified number of measurements has been performed, the collected sample data is averaged to provide the target data.
Target manual averaging measurement:
Select the target manual averaging measurement mode. Repeat the measurements for the desired number of times and exit the mode. The sample data collected during the period is averaged to pro- vide the target data.
The above methods can also be combined to provide target data. Note that you cannot use the target interval measurement in connection with the target manual averaging measurement.
■ Manual data input
Input data manually from the existing data sheet and use it as the target data. ■ Uploading target data from the instrument
Upload the target data stored in the memory of the instrument to the SpectraMagic NX software. ■ Copying target data from existing data
Speci fying Ta rg e t D a ta / To le ra n ce