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=====Signals management=====
NVGate signal provides signal storage devices and used hardware for single and multi-hardware acquisitions.

2 dialog allows that the disk manager and the  signal properties.


PC and Mobi-Disc management tools (available in the  "data" tab).

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|'''Active Disk''': Select the active disk. The active disk is the one which is mapped by the project manager. The disk where a signal file is located must be the active one in order to load it on the player (play back, post-process, exploration).
The active disk can be:

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|[[File:Reports_Tools_Ribbons_243.png|30px]] The PC one. Available in office mode only.

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|[[File:Reports_Tools_Ribbons_244.jpg|30px]] One of the Mobi-disk connected through a USB cable. Available in office mode only.

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|[[File:Reports_Tools_Ribbons_245.jpg|30px]] The Analyzer disk (Mobi-Disk or fixed). Available in connected mode only.
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| '''Manage''': Open the disk manager in order to manage the signal files saved on it. See "Disk management" topic from Chapter 3: "Hardware Management" for details.

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| '''Format''': Format the active disk. Not available when PC disk is selected. See "Disk management" topic from Chapter 3: "Hardware Management" for details.
''Warning: all saved data on the formatted disk will be definitely deleted''. 

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| '''Download''': Select available signal file on the active disk that match the project present on the project manager. To recover signal files from a record session made with another PC use the manage button. See "Disk management" topic from Chapter 3: "Hardware Management" for details.
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====Disks manager====

Both Manage and Download buttons open it.

The dialog shows all records which have at least one file on the active disk(s): On analyzer(s) or on PC USB.

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The preselection buttons have been split into 3 categories:

* '''''All / None''''': for backup or disk cleaning.
* '''''Downloadable''''': Select records which have corresponding project & measurement in the ''Project Manager''.
* '''''Orphans''''': Select records which haven<nowiki>'</nowiki>t any corresponding project & measurement in the ''Project Manager''.
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NB: Preselection buttons do not select partial records. i.e. one or more disks are not connected. Use manual selection to download an incomplete record. '''Warning''' this is a definitive action. It will be impossible to add missing files later.

The ''Target'' choice allows choosing the download destination:

* '''''Automatic''''': add each signal file in the ''Project/Measurement'' used for its acquisition. Note that records without ''Project/Measurement'' correspondence in the ''Project manager'' will be added in the current project.
* '''''Project: '''''add the signal files in the selected project regardless of original project.


====Signal properties====

The properties of recorded signals includes location and traceability.

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The analyzer(s) which have been used to record the signal are memorized in the column Acquisition Front-end. It is the easy to identify records that may be altered by a faulty input.

* Same thing regarding the used (Mobi-) disks.
* The information is saved with the measurement itself. They are available even if the analyzer or the disk is not connected.
* The ''Signal on disk'' indicates the presence of record file on the connected disks: Yes/No or a question mark when the disk is not connected.