Starting Z-Plot - Ocean Drilling Program
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1. L PLOT USER S MANUAL Table of Contents Tntrod ct on di AA etek ae sad eee eee Document Layouts 1 sm tek ee Sad WEEE eee eS Starine Z FIOU st AI AAA Hea eh ei Running a Conversion go sede fe les coe tote inact Aone Reale ore tai Mh Mandatory Entries 232 0545 62524 aka h tta sind ple lha KODUGMALERUAES kommi bay maalt ra pall ahta a anal CONVE Steps a al a i av ia id The Data Eile nous tea E Ul eee ewe a ee Exitme Z PIOE 11 ii A AD AA A A sy Table of Figures Figure 1 The Z Plot executable v 26 Nou ieee a aa oe he uae ol 2 Figure 2 Main Z Plot window siria kll Kee ete 2 Figure 3 Select your data source from this window 3 Figure 4 Enter Username and Password here 0 4 Figure 5 Converted data file a aaa 5 Z Plot User s Manual 1 Introduction Z Plot was developed to aid in the conversion of paleomagnetics data into a format comple mentary to the Z Plot graphics program This program gathers the requested paleomagnetics data from the Janus database and saves it to a file in the required graphics format This file can then be uploaded into the graphics program Document Layout This manual is broken into two main sections The first section describes how to start Z Plot and the main user window The second section describes how to run a conversion and shows an example of the final product Ocean Drilling Program Z Plot User s2. Manual 2 Starting Z Plot Start the Z Plot program by double clicking on the executable program It should be named Z Plot EXE see Figure 1 E Z PloLEXE Figure 1 The Z Plot executable The main Z Plot window should open immediately see Figure 2 There is no login required to run this program Figure 2 Main Z Plot window All information for the conversion is entered on the left side of the window labeled Input Cluster When the conversion is complete the information is displayed on the right side under Output Cluster The menu bar at the top of the screen file edit etc is non functional and should be ignored Ocean Drilling Program Z Plot User s Manual 3 Running a Conversion Mandatory Entries To run a conversion you must provide the leg site hole core and section Enter the values using the up and down arrows in the entry fields or click in the box to activate the cursor and type in the value Optional Entries The other entry blanks core type ancestor file username project and study type are optional This is identifying information that will be printed on the file above the Z Plot data Conversion Steps i Enter the leg site hole core and section values in their respective entry blanks The program is case sensitive so make sure the hole letter is capitalized Either use the up and down arrow keys to set a value or click in the box and type in a val
3. andard 155801C14R138 604 38 o 183 66 57 13 6 77E 0 standard 155801C14R138 604 38 o 153 80 61 79 7 31E 0 standard 185601C14R138 604 38 o 154 20 54 45 2 96E 0 standard 185801C14R138 604 38 o 186 30 50 80 5 96E 0 standard 155801C14R138 604 38 o 192 37 43 62 7 97E 0 standard 155801C14R138 604 38 o 194 15 58 56 2 86E 0 standard 155801C14R138 604 38 O 195 78 52 44 4 69E 0 standard 155801C14R138 604 38 o 196 49 38 12 6 07E 0 standard m 196 83 58 58 3 09E M0 standard 1858010141 zpt WordPad 4R138 60 Figure 5 Converted data file The Data File e Notice that the file name leg site hole core section and the date and time are auto matically added to the data file If you provided any of the optional information ancestor file etc it is also listed at the top of the file There are 7 column headers Sample Depth section distance from top Demag Declin Inclin Intens and Treatment e Because the file is saved as space delimited the column headers may not line up com pletely with the data as above e You can now save this file wherever you want for future uploads into the graphics program Exiting Z Plot Click on the Exit button or the X in the top right of the screen to exit Z Plot Ocean Drilling Program
4. the Output Cluster The file was successfully created and loaded with data 6 To find the new file open the directory where the Z Plot executable is stored 7 Your file should be listed by the leg site hole core and section with a zpt extension e g 185801C141 zpt for leg 185 site 801 hole C core 14 section 1 8 Double click on the file name The very first time you click on a z plot file it will ask which program you want to use to read the file Select any readable program such as Notebook or WordPad Whichever program you select will automatically be used the next time you open a z plot file 9 Your file should look similar to Figure 5 this example was opened in WordPad Ocean Drilling Program Z Plot User s Manual Fi le Edit View Insert Format Help Olla SI a Hel a File Name 185801C141 zpt Ancestor File Date O7 23 99 02 43 04 User Name Project Study Type Sample Depth mdbs Demag Declin Inclin Intens Treatment 155801C14R138 604 38 Oo 13 73 4 25 2 58E 1 standard 155801C14R138 604 38 O 33 70 48 01 3 69E 1 standard 155801C14R138 604 38 o 56 48 33 09 5 58E 1 standard 155801C14R138 604 38 o 163 54 40 15 4 63E 1 standard 155801C14R138 604 38 o 178 55 62 44 6 56E 0 standard 155801C14R138 604 38 o 179 31 57 30 1 51E 0 standard 185601C14R138 604 38 o 150 81 71 51 2 84E 0 standard 185601C14R138 604 38 o 151 40 57 60 7 55E 0 standard 155801C14R138 604 38 0 181 56 62 44 7 14E 0 st
5. ue Use the lt Tab gt key to move from one entry box to another 2 Click on the Submit button if you are ready to convert the data or the Reset button if you want to clear the screen and start over 3 This opens the Select Data Source window see Figure 3 From here select whether you are receiving data from ship or shore by clicking on the appropriate entry then OK In this case the application is being run on shore so shore is selected Select Data Source AES File Data Source Machine Data Source Data Source Name Description shore System biblio production New A Machine Data Source is specific to this machine and cannot be shared User data sources are specific to a user on this machine System data sources can be used by all users on this machine or by a system wide service Figure 3 Select your data source from this window Ocean Drilling Program Z Plot User s Manual 4 4 This opens the Oracle8 ODBC Driver Connect window see Figure 4 Enter your Username and Password here and click OK Oracle8 ODBC Driver Connect x Service Name shore User Name Password ore Figure 4 Enter Username and Password here 5 Unless a warning screen opens the conversion has successfully finished After a suc cessful conversion you should receive the following message Clicking on OK re opens the main Z Plot screen Your input information should now be in
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