Manual: Add session save/restore, PD selector dialog

[pulseview.git] / manual / acquisition.txt

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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ program even when you don't have any hardware to use it with.
 
 The device selector offers two methods to choose the device to use. If you click on the small
 arrow on the side, you see a list of devices PulseView has recognized. If the device you want
-to use it listed, you can just select it here to use it.
+to use is listed, you can just select it here.
 
 image::device_selector_dropdown.png[]
 
@@ -56,6 +56,20 @@ To avoid having to manually enter the device configuration for a serial port or
 device every time you want to use it and then having to scan for it, you can also use the
 command line parameter -d to have PulseView scan for it on startup.
 
+You may then change the device configuration and/or start the data acquisition by clicking
+the "Run" button on the top left.
+
+When you run the acquisition, you'll notice that the newly captured data goes off-screen.
+This is to improve performance and let PulseView acquire the data without bogging down your
+CPU too much. If you find this inconvenient because you'd like to see what kind of data is
+coming in, you have three options:
+
+* Enable "always perform zoom-to-fit" temporarily (see chapter "Data Analysis")
+* Enable "constantly perform zoom-to-fit during acquisition" in the options
+* Enable "always keep newest samples at the right edge during capture" in the options
+
+Which method suits you best is up for you to decide.
+
 === Device Configuration
 
 In PulseView, the device configuration is done using these buttons: