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Windaq
software is the flagship turn-key software package from DATAQ
Instruments. It contains Windaq acquisition software and Windaq Waveform
Browser. Our Windaq Software Add-ons, which are highlighted and
click-able in the screen capture below, are designed
according to Windaq add-on standard to
enhance the power of Windaq.
To use
Windaq add-ons
1) Install the
latest Windaq add-on from
DATAQ
to acquire the necessary
components
2) Download and install
Ultimaserial's Windaq add-ons
3) Run Windaq,
and you will find the Windaq add-ons integrated into
Windaq->View->Add-ons menu.
4) Intelligent
Channel Selection: Highlight/Select a channel in Windaq and fire up the
Windaq add-on you wish, and the Windaq add-on will use the selected
channel as its default channel
5) Do not change Windaq's configurations while
add-ons running, or the add-on may terminate.
Windaq Add-ons Includes
- Waterfall
Spectrogram
- Waterfall Spectrogram II

- Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)
- Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) II

- Advanced Audio and
Text Commented
Event
- Windaq Waveform
Browser Audio & Text Event
Navigator
- Analog
Output
- Digital
Output
- Oscilloscope
- Excel
Link
- Histogram
- OpenOfficeCalc
Link
- Meter and
Alarm
- Note Taker
- Remote
NoteTaker
- MySQL Link
- Windaq Add-on Manager
- Derivative
Windaq
Add-ons:
Dynamic Amplifier option. When
checked, waveform's average DC component is removed, then amplified to
at least half dynamic range, before performing FFT. As the result, low
level signal is much easier to study. Click here
to see the effect of Dynamic Amplifier
Analog oscilloscope-like persistence control helps to study the
trend of the spectrum (Refer to the above screen shot for visual
effect)
While acquiring spectrum, you may use the
mouse to drag the waveform up and down, or double-click the
buttons to change the scaling of the waveform.
Once
you stop the live frequency display, you may click on the chart to enable a
cursor and drag it around to study the spectrum
Bonus for users with paid
registration
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- Advanced Fast Fourier Transform (FFT II) (ID=7017)
This is the second generation the above Windaq add-on, with multiple FFT
sizes and higher resolution.
- Multiple FFT sizes: 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384
and 32768
- Due to Windaq's memory allocation approach, the following rule
should be observed if you wish to use this add-on
- For FFT size of 1024, up to 58 channels can be enabled in
Windaq
- For FFT size of 2048, up to 29 channels can be enabled in
Windaq
- For FFT size of 4096, up to 15 channels can be enabled in Windaq
- For FFT size of 8192, up to 7 channels can be enabled in Windaq
- For FFT size of 16384, up to 3 channels can be enabled in Windaq
- For FFT size of 32768, only 1 channel can be enabled in Windaq
(This is for registered user only)
- True full ADC resolution
- Analog oscilloscope-like persistence control
helps to study the trend of the spectrum (Refer to the above screen
shot for visual effect)
- While acquiring spectrum, you may use the
mouse to drag the waveform up and down, or double-click the
buttons to change the scaling of the waveform.
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Single click on AutoSet button will adjust the scale to bring a weak signal into
sight immediately
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The display of FFT II is sizable
- Once you stop the live frequency
display, you may click on the chart to enable a cursor and drag it
around to study the spectrum
- Intelligent Channel Select: Highlight/Select a channel in
Windaq and fire up this Windaq add-on, and it will use the
selected channel as its default channel
Bonus for users with paid
registration
:
- Advanced Event & WWB Event Navigator (ID= 7010)
Advanced Event adds audio
capability to the commented event
marks feature of Windaq acquisition software.
Instead of typing in your text
comment for events while recording data stream in Windaq, you may record
your audio comment via the microphone of your PC!

Features of Advanced Event
- Support any microphone connected to your PC, as long
as it is designated as default microphone input.
- Record hours of audio comment, and play it
back in sync
to the waveform with WWB Event Navigator
- Mark both the moment you start typing the
text comment and the moment you push the insert button.
- If long (hours) audio comment is
recorded, and the synchronization between comment and audio comment is
important, due to WWB's time stamping method, it is
recommended to start recording first, then
pause and resume the recording right before inserting the audio comment.
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Please do not embed period in file name, for
example, "My.Test.Wdq", or WWB Event Navigator will not be able to
open it.
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Until Windaq enters record mode, you can't insert any
verbal/text comment
- Bonus for users with paid registration: No ad-line in text box
Windaq Waveform Browser (WWB) Event Navigator is the advanced event
managing center for WWB to synchronize the analog waveform recorded in Windaq
and its audio/text comments. You can click on an event to jump to the
specific location of a waveform when the event for inserted. If the
event has audio comment created by Advanced Event ,
it will play back the audio comment. When WWB tracking option is
checked, it follows the cursor movement of WWB and
highlight/playback the comments when the cursor is on an event.

Features of WWB Event Navigator:
- Easy access to commented event markers:
Unlike WWB's event markers' dialogue box, you don't need to close the
dialogue box to move the cursor to the even marker.
- Click on an audio comment, it will move the
cursor on WWB as the audio comment is played back
- If EarlyMark is checked, instead of move WWB
cursor to the time of the text comment is inserted, it will move the
WWB cursor to the location when you start to type in the text comment
- If Track WWB is checked, when you study the waveform in WWB, it will
highlight the comment when the cursor is in the region of a comment. If
the comment is audio-based, it will start to play back the comment based
on the location of WWB cursor.
Notes:
- Only one Wdq file can be opened at a time
- If a Wdq file is being acquired to by Windaq Acquisition software, it should be
closed first before it can be opened by WWB Event Navigator
- Non-standard HiRes and
packed Pro+ Windaq files are not supported at this moment
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If .wdq file extension is not associated with
WwbEventNavigator, you can start this program from
Windaq\AddOn\WwbEventNavigator short cut
- Bonus for users with paid registration: No
ad-line in event comment box
- AnalogOutput (ID=7005)
Control outputs via the DACs of the device, including
DI148/158/720/730/740, while WinDaq is
running. VB6 source codes are included to
demonstrate how to
control DAC outputs while Windaq is running. If you wish to
convert the program to Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition
(VBX2008),
check this out

- DigitalOutput
(ID=7006)< BR>
Control output via the digital
output ports of the device
(if available), including DI148/158/710/715/718BX/720/730/722/740, while Windaq is running. VB
source codes are included to
demonstrate how to
control digital outputs while Windaq is running If you wish to
convert the program to Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition
(VBX2008),
check this out
Note:
- When using 7x0 USB, the Digital Outputs
are on the expansion connector instead of the one with DOn labels
- This add-on and Meter's
digital output flags are mutually exclusive
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Oscilloscope (ID=7008)
Provides powerful analog oscilloscope like display
with easy trigger management. VB6 source codes included . If you
wish to convert the program to Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition
(VBX2008),
check this out
Click here
for a video demo

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Display up to 16 waveforms in any combination
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Waveforms can be move freely within the
windows for easy comparison
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Trigger display on any enabled waveform
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Analog oscilloscope-like persistence control
helps to study the trend of the waveforms (Refer to the above screen
shot for visual effect)
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Easy control for trigger-slope, trigger-level
and trigger-point
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One click to copy the waveforms to clipboard
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Click anywhere in the grid first, and you can use mouse wheel to
change the scaling of the trigger channel (channel 1 in the
above configuration). If you need to change the scaling for another
channel, make it the trigger channel first.
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Bonus for users with paid
registration
:
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Highlight/Select an active channel and start a
Meter for it
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Channel
setting, caption, location, color, size and limits are all
retainable (see screen capture above)
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Double clicking on the digits enables the setup
menu (see screen capture above)
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High/Low limit configuration
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Data Window to perform the following operations
- None
- Average: Average all readings in the data window before presenting
it
- Minimum: Display only the minimum reading within the data window
- Maximum: Display only the maximum reading within the data
window
- RMS: Perform RMS for all readings within the data window
- AC RMS: Average all readings and use the result as offset.
Remove the offset of all readings then perform RMS
- Digital outputs for high/low limits, with the following
limits:
- If multiple instances of meters are running, only *ONE*
should be allowed to enable this option
- This add-on and Digital output
are mutually exclusive
- Because of the above two reasons, this feature is always
off when meter is started.
- Digital output flags are on D2 (reading below low limit)
& D3 (reading above high limit)
- Not every points are examined. the examination frequency
is around 5Hz/second
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Displays channel unit
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Bonus for users with paid registration
:
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Note Taker (ID= 7011) A handy add-on to record the reading of all channels to a
text/spreadsheet file with a single click.

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If log file extension is .csv, the file can be opened by spreadsheet
program, such as Excel, immediately
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To get stable readings, increase the average
length. For example, set maximum sample rate to 50000, with 8
channels, and sample rate for 8 s/s, the average length is close to
1000 points, giving you very quite readings.
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Excel compatible time stamp
format to calculate time difference between events
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Bonus
for users with paid registration: No ad-line in data file
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Remote Note Taker (ID=7012)
Like its cousin NoteTaker, this add-on records the reading
of all channels to a text/spreadsheet file when the Event flag
on the device is changed
 
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If log file extension is .csv, the file can be
opened by spreadsheet program, such as Excel, immediately
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Since all data points are examined during
the operation, it may not keep up with high-speed operation
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Time stamp is added to every row of data, with
1 second resolution.
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The EVENT flag on the device has internal
pull-up
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Notes can be taken when EVENT flag rises,
falls or changes.
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Excel compatible time stamp format to calculate time
difference between events
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For 710 series, digital channels must be
enabled at channel 17 by entering letter "I"
to use this add-on; For 718B, digital channels must be
enabled at channel 9 by entering letter "I"
to use this
add-on
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Bonus
for users with paid registration: No ad-line in data file
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Histogram (ID=7015)
It
provides
live histogram as well as a log file on any channel you specified. It is
a great tool to monitor the long-term stability and noise distribution
of sensors.
Click here for a video demo

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Bin numbers: from 32 to 16384, matching
the single LSB in standard Windaq resolution
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Bin depth: 2147483640
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Chart width: up to 512 bins
Cursor to identify a position/bin with
annotation in engineering unit -
Excel compatible log file (.CSV format)
- Horizontal scroll bar to position the histogram
when total bin# exceed the chart width
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Intelligent Channel
Select: Highlight/Select a channel in Windaq and fire up this
Windaq add-on, and it will use the selected channel as its
default channel
- Retainable Settings: Bin count, Bin Offset, Log
file name
Bonus
for users with paid registration :
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Add-on Manager (ID=7016)
Use this to manage the add-on menu, removing unused add-ons from the
menu

Note:
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The new add-on menu takes effect on the next start of Windaq
acquisition software
- Menu items are sorted in both list boxes
- Multiple selection is supported (see above image)
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MySQLLink (ID=7014)
This
is based on DATAQ's
WindaqMySQL example, and we turn it into a true Windaq add-on. VB source
codes are included. Because this is not from us, we can not verify
its functionality nor provide any warranty or support, please refer
to its source codes if you have any concern. For this very reason,
MySQLLink is installed as an invisible add-on by default, please
use Windaq add-on Manager to enable
it if you wish to give it a try.

Since the connection to
MySQL may not be very fast, do not use it with high acquisition sample
rate.
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Derivative (ID=7004)
Generate 2-point derivative
output on a specified channel. VB6 source codes included to
demonstrate how to access data stream being
acquired by Windaq If you wish to convert the program to Visual
Basic 2008 Express Edition (VBX2008),
check this
out

Some of the Windaq
add-ons from Ultimaserial are sharewares, and
their trial period is 45 days. Paid registration of Windaq Add-ons
is highly appreciated, which helps us to
maintain the website and design more tools.
Last update: 11/12/09
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