Hi,

Is there a way to clear the datalog within a program (or should this be happening automatically when I write it to flash)? I have a program writing to the datalog, then storing it to the flash mem, but when I rerun the program it keeps appending new data to the datalog until it's full. The only way I can currently clear it is to cycle the power on the NXT. Am I missing something obvious?

Hi Stang,

I really haven't played with the data log but if I remember right it saves all its information into a file on the flash correct? If it does, i believe you can use the delete file command at the beginning of each program run. Here is the command and the commentary I found for it:

Delete(sFileName, nIoResult);
Deletes the specified filename from the NXT. nIoResult is non-zero when error occurs.

Let me know if this helps
Scott B-)

Hi Scott,

Thanks for your reply, but no, that's not the problem. When I write to file the datalog isn't cleared, so if I delete the file, then add more points to the datalog, then save it again, the new file (and the datalog) will have both the old points and the new points. My problem is that without a way to clear the datalog (or at least reset the file pointer to the next value to be written) it just fills up until it's full. To take more data I have to turn the brick off to clear the RAM.

I tried changing the value of nUsedDatalogBytes, but it's defined as a const. It seems silly to not have some way to clear it, but I can't work out how from the documentation.

Regards,
Brad

Actually, I think I've worked it out now - CreateDatalog[] seems to clear the datalog. Turns out it's not just a vestigial RCX function!

-Stang