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The channel list

Finding channels, favorites, folding the sections, putting them on graphs, smoothing, and what each glyph means.

Finding a channel

Type in Filter channels… to narrow the list, and use the × in the box to clear it. Under the box are three filter buttons, each showing how many channels of that kind this log has:

Logged channels, recorded by the scanner or the ECU.
ƒMath channels you defined yourself.
Calculated channels, estimated from this log by the viewer.

Light none and you see everything; light several and you see their union. It stacks with the search text, and it lasts for the session rather than being saved. The same badges appear on the rows, so you can always tell a logged value from a derived one.

Click a column header to sort by it, and again to reverse. Drag the grip to put the list in your own order instead.

Favorites and the sections

Every row has a star. Click it and the channel moves into a Favorites section at the very top of the list, and it stays starred on every log you open afterwards — the handful of channels you always look at are one glance away instead of a search away. Click the star again to send the channel back where it came from.

Below Favorites the list is divided into the three kinds, each with its own heading and a count:

Logged channels — what the scanner recorded.
ƒMath channels — the ones you defined.
Calculated — estimated from this log by the viewer.

Click a heading to fold that section away; the count keeps telling you how many are inside, and the app remembers which sections you had folded. A heading only appears for a kind this log actually has. While you are typing in the filter box every section opens, so a search can never hide its own results behind a folded heading.

Putting a channel on a graph

Tick the box to plot a channel; the first one you tick goes on the upper graph. The letter buttons choose the panel: U upper, M middle, M2 the second middle when four graphs are showing, L lower. Clicking the lit letter again takes it off that panel.

You can also drag a channel by its grip straight onto the panel you want. The panel highlights as you pass over it.

The footer shows N of M channels selected with a Clear All button.

The controls on a row

Drag to reorder the list, or onto a graph to plot it there.
Favorite. Lit means starred, and starred channels sit in Favorites at the top of every log.
ƒ Math channel / calculated channel.
On calculated rows only: the settings behind the estimate.
Smoothing for this channel. Lit, with the window beside it, when on.
In the Gauge column: this channel is on one of the gauges showing now.

Text channels

Channels whose values are states rather than numbers, such as spark source, fuel system status or the limiter, are kept as text. They are not averaged and not drawn as a line, but they read correctly in the list, on a Table gauge, and in a histogram filter.

A mostly-numeric channel with a few odd cells stays numeric; the odd cells become gaps rather than turning the whole channel into text.

This page is part of the manual built into BigData for Windows, where the same topics are available offline with F1.