I just started recently using the automation API functions, using Python scripts; as I am new to Python I was astonished how easy it was to get started.
I use the automation for long time data recording (SMBus communication for 2 systems in parallel), starting a timed recording for e.g. 5 minutes, then saving the data to a .sal file and immediatly starting a new recording; this way I am only loosing ~3seconds of data.
With a second automation script (normally done on a different PC) I am analysing the data, opening the session (in a loop, processing all .sal files in a directory), using the standard SMBus analyzer and exporting the data to csv files which I later process in a third step using Excel VBA scripts.
What would be helpful for me related to the automation would be the following:
- cannot find a way to extract metadata (like time stamp start / end of capture, number of samples per channel, etc) from a stored session. (currently I am using python functions to extract the windows timestamp of the .sal file, then subtracting the recording time)
- there seems to be no possibility to set the x zoom for the live display during capture; if it would be possible to have a fixed zoom this would make it easier to see irregularities
- after the easy first steps with automation it was pretty hard to find good examples for certain automation functions; would be nice to have a page giving examples (would contribute my examples as well)
