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1. 35 Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 2 of 35 Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy am 39 051 6782006 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener g y net sales elcontrol energy it MicroWin Windows 9x and Windows NT 4 0 Data Management Software for the MICROVIP 3 Plus Handheld Analyser 1 General Description MicroWin is a software package running in Windows 9x and NT 4 0 environments designed to manage the MICROVIP 3 Plus Handheld Analyser MicroWin allows you to read all the measures stored in the instrument and perform both manual or automatic measuring surveys When used together with a MICROVIP 3 Plus analyser the program allows you to download catalogue and file the measuring surveys contained in the internal memory of the analyser as well as manage them just like the rms surveys executed on the PC directly by MicroWin A single configuration setup window allows you to display modify and update all Setup parameters of the instrument including PT and CT ratio type of insertion integration time power meters type standard1 STD1 standard2 STD2 or co generation COG automatic print type LOG type STD or SAMPLE enable disable harmonic analysis and thd referred to the fundamental or to the rms value etc The program can operate in two modes ON Line and OFF Line While2. 2 uv TI fame ram cum 1 wl ue m m m ue ell LE arr arm LEF LFI LF Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 31 of 35 m Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi BO Italy Tel 39 051 6782006 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener y net sales elcontrol energy it 7 3 The Harmonic Spectrum Elcantral Energy Net SpA Automatic Surve hicrovvin Record 10001 1st 24th Harmonic bar graph L1 Record date 113533 100 75 50 25 D 1 2 3 4 5 B T F wd 11 dz 13 14 15 18 dr d8 18 2D 21 22 23 24 100 X of fnd 75 24 Ln ov of Printed an 12 20 2001 12 14 12 Page 1 sa onte aq oro T orci vae TEL 00 reed vay rh Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 32 of 35 Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy 39 051 6782006 i 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener y net sales elcontrol energy it
3. 5 2 1 CONFIGURING THE SERIAL 5 2 2 CONFIGURING THE INSTRUMENT 5 3 ONLINE MODE 7 3 1 DOWNLOADING THE INTERNAL MEMORY OF THE 5 7 3 2 DISPLAYING THE essa 7 3 2 1 ces a 8 3 3 CARRYING OUT MEASURING SURVEYS 9 3 3 1 Measuring Survey Menu 2 9 SP M 9 SOC MEME uoce mp n 11 EEG LISSE MODE 15 41 ORGANISATION OF MEASURING SURVEYS 15 4 2 DISPLAYING AND PROCESSING MEASURING SURVEY cccsceccececcececcececcececaccucccaccucuccecuececsuaececaeeeuaeeas 16 4 3 EXPORTING MEASURES A TEXT 17 5 MEASURES AND GRAPHS DISPLAY WINDOW SS 19 5 1 iR NRI EI 19 c AME BO 20 5 3 HARMONIC SPECTRUM 20 5 4 VOLTAGE AND CURRENT 5 sese 20 21 5 5 1 Recorder
4. 22 5 5 2 Setting the Number of Channels and Associating a Parameter 22 5 5 3 Indicators of Current Record and Random Record Search essen nenas 24 5 6 RMS MEASURES IN SPREADSHEET FORMAT sccscsccececcececcececcececcceccacceccececuececueuuceeaececuesecsuaessuaeeeeaeeas 25 5 6 1 Showing Set of Measures AS 25 5 6 2 Exporting Set of Measures to a 26 6 CUSTOMISING THE COLOUR SCHEME OF unen nnn unen nun unen nura 27 7 PRINTING MEASURES AND GRAPHS e eren nnne nnne a hh RR IR RR RO RR RR 29 7 1 MEASURING SURVEY INFORMATION 30 7 2 RMS MEASURES IN SPREADSHEET FORMAT essa assise esses sage 31 7 3 THE HARMONIC pese sese sere esee 32 7 4 VOLTAGE AND CURRENT 5 33 7 5 RMS TRENDS 34 8 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS eren nennen
5. 7 4 Voltage and Current Waveforms Elcontral Energy Met SpA Automatic Surve Microvwin Record Waveform diagram L1 Record dere TETTE 11 25 33 lal tal 20 0 Printed an 02 20 2001 12 15 34 Page 1 o MJFE HFF lippi cies ini Ecc rae TET Od ic ch Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 33 of 35 Ph Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi BO Italy E 39 051 6782006 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener y net sales elcontrol energy it 75 Rms trends Elcontral Energy Met SpA Automatic Surve Microvwin Trend diagram Pf LL Lo ft 02 20 2001 11 35 33 11 37 03 11 38 33 1 ll lolo id 0220 2001 11 35 33 11 37 03 11 38 33 11 35 33 37 0 11 38 33 07 20 2001 11 25 33 11 37 03 11 22 33 Printed an 02 20 2001 12 15 12 iP 1 rekrea Pe rae TET ch Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 34 of 35 Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy Tel 39 051 6782006 Fax 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy n
6. wf Automatic Sure 1 25 2000 17 55 00 01 25 2000 17 58 00 48 z Automatic Sure 01 26 2000 18 01 00 01 26 2000 18 03 00 48 ExXECUT Eemove Automatic Surv 01 26 2000 18 04 00 01 26 2000 18 07 00 11 STOPPED X Automatic sure 1 26 2000 18 06 00 01 26 2000 18 08 00 0 SEW Automatic Surv 01 26 2000 18 08 00 01 26 2000 18 09 00 READ D Automatic Surv 01 26 2000 18 10 00 01 26 2000 18 12 00 0 READY Get setup sort by Begin time Time 18 07 11 If you want to delete or more survey from the scheduler list select them and press Remove This applies also to surveys already executed Note however that if you delete an executed survey from the list the entire measuring survey will be deleted from the disk also and all the data it contains will be lost The program asks for confirmation before proceeding with the deletion Automatic surveys can have the following status e 9 READY E RUNNING e EXECUTED e SKIPPED e STOPPED Survey ready to be executed Survey being executed Survey already executed Survey skipped Survey aborted before its scheduled end Tip Always download the instrument setup manually when configuring a new automatic survey by pressing the Get Setup button Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 14 of 35 m Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi BO Italy Tel 39
7. MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 6 of 35 Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy Tel 39 051 6782006 Fax 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener y net sales elcontrol energy it 3 ON Line Mode 3 1 Downloading the Internal Memory of the Instrument Select File Download The following window is displayed Memory Download x Download Statistics Records found ble Records done surveys found BEBEHEEE Expectedtime 00 02 00 Elapsed time 00 00 47 If the memory of the instrument contains valid data the window will show the number of records found and other memory usage statistics To start download press the Start button The application will now begin downloading the configuration of the instrument to be used for the creation of surveys Downloading configuration E Please wait This operation requires a few seconds When the configuration has been successfully downloaded the application starts the download of the actual data This phase may require up to several minutes depending on communication speed and amount of data in memory The program display a current updated estimate of the remaining download time After successful download of the raw data the program checks for the presence of different surveys by analysing the time difference between successive records For instance if the interval betwee
8. 40044 Pontecchio Marconi BO Italy am Tel 39 051 6782006 riconiro Eis http www elcontrol energy net ener g y net sales elcontrol energy it 5 2 THD Measures This window contains three panes one for each phase showing the Total Harmonic Distortion Factor THD of V and with respect to the fundamental and the total rms value For more details please refer to the relevant User Manual of the instrument indcMeasures 5 3 Harmonic Spectrum These windows one for each phase contain two panes tiled horizontally e A section shows the numerical values of the measures of V and and CosPhi from the 1 to the 24 harmonic plus their DC component i e harmonic 0 in both their absolute values and as a percentage of the fundamental e The other section shows a graphic representation of the harmonic spectrum of V and as a percentage of the fundamental The size of the two panes can be adjusted by dragging the separation bar between the two sections with the mouse To sort the measurements in numerical order either ascending or descending click with the mouse on the title buttons of the relevant column By default the values are sorted by harmonic leftmost column Moving the cursor to the graphs enables the Point and Measure function When this function is active if the cursor is left for more than two seconds on a given point on a graph a small box is displayed showing the
9. C B bit C 2 stop Even Ensure that the serial communication parameters of the instrument match the configuration set on the PC For more details please refer to the relevant User Manual of the instrument Note An incorrect configuration of these parameters may cause communication problems between PC and instrument Tip It is advisable to always select a high transmission speed in order to minimise communication times e g 19200 or 38400 baud The following communication speeds are available 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 and 38400 2 2 Configuring the Instrument Select Setup Instrument to display the Instrument Configuration window Downloading configuration Please wait All the Setup parameters of the MICROVIP 3 Plus can be accessed and set from a single Instrument Setup window Select the desired values and press OK to update the configuration on the instrument For more details please refer to the relevant User Manual of the instrument Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 5 of 35 http www elcontrol energy net sales elcontrol energy it Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi BO Italy Tel 39 051 6782006 39 051 845544 Instrument setup 2 Note Updating and verifying the configuration may require a few seconds During this time the screen shows the Updating and Verification windows Uploading configuration Rel
10. Help topics Immediately under the Main Menu 1 a group of icons which collectively are referred to as the Tool Bars The icons are grouped in five sets Main Survey Control Views Control Measures Trend Control Recorder function and Record Position You can toggle the display of the icons ON and OFF using the View command in the Main Menu The position on the screen of each Tool Bar can be changed as desired To move a Tool Bar place the mouse pointer in the area next to the buttons of the bar you want to move Now drag it while keeping the left button of the mouse pressed The selected bar disengages from its original position and moves with the mouse pointer Release the left button of the mouse when the bar is in the desired position The bar may be left floating anywhere on the screen or it can be docked to any of the four edges of the main window Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 4 of 35 Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy 4 Tel 39 051 6782006 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net energy net sales elcontrol energy it 2 Initial Configuration 2 1 Configuring the PC Serial Port To display the Serial Port Settings Window select the menu item Setup Communication Select the desired communication parameters and press the OK button to confirm the changes Communication settings 38400 Mone 7 bit 1 stop Oded
11. in ON Line mode an instrument must be connected to the RS232 serial port of the PC using the appropriate cable to display measures launch surveys and download the internal memory of the instrument OFF Line mode is used to analyse previously saved measuring surveys and an instrument does not necessarily have to be connected to the PC Only one measuring session can be active at any given time you cannot execute more than one measuring survey at the same time It is however possible to analyse two or more previously saved surveys even while a survey is being carried out or executed The only limitations are the computing power of the PC and its available memory and disk space An automatic Scheduler allows you to schedule measuring surveys so that they can be launched and stopped without the intervention of the operator You only need to configure begin and end dates and times of the survey sampling frequency setup parameters of the instrument and a description label The survey ocheduler can be accessed at any time to add amend or cancel measuring surveys Both the default language and the international conventions for numbers currency date and time etc can be changed in real time When first started the program self configures itself to use the current international preferences 1 1 The Main Window When first started the program displays the following window MicroWin x 252601 Survey Measures
12. measure in that specific point expressed in the units of measurement selected on the vertical and horizontal axes of the reference system In our case it will be percentage and the harmonic number MS Spectrum L1 lt Measures gt fol x n Spectrum L2 Measures 5 0 1 n Spectrum L3 lt Measures gt iof 1 9 of fnd 2 1 4 g 1 7 5 8 9 8 10 9 11 10 12 al A a 13 ae boy a e aa 1415 15 125 18 18 205210220230 24 14 1 of fnd i 13 14 16 18 1 19 21113 4 20 1 2 4 8 b H 9S 1 1112 13 14 15 JB 17 21 22 23 24 5 4 Voltage and Current Waveforms If the survey and or measure is a waveform the program lets you display oscillograms of voltage and current for each phase The scale factors are automatic for Y axis and fixed for the X axis corresponding to 80 milliseconds 4 cycles at 50 Hz and 4 8 cycles at 60 Hz The automatic scale factor keeps the signal at the maximum resolution approximately 80 of the full range by adjusting the range of the display as Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 20 of 35 Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy ES TF Tel 39 051 6782006 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener y net sales elcontrol energy it necessary The channel ID label is displayed at the top right The first
13. the memory of the instrument Together with the main window the screen may contain also other secondary windows showing numeric measures and graphs These secondary windows are enabled from the View menu or with the Tool bar According to the type of measure numeric or waveform only the appropriate menu items will be available For instance in a numeric type measuring session the menu item that enables waveform views will not be available By default the program will prepare for a waveform measure session and will open the following secondary views automatically Waveform Spectrum Trend and rms All changes made in the Instrument Setup window will be applied immediately before the beginning of the measuring The instrument is interrogated at fixed intervals equal to the maximum sampling frequency of 3 seconds The program saves the records with the measures on disk so that they can be available later The memory is cyclic when a maximum limit is reached the older records are overwritten with new data The total recording capacity is 44640 records corresponding to about one and half day day with a sampling rate of 3 seconds Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 8 of 35 Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy Tel 39 051 6782006 Fax 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener y sales elcontrol energy it To start the measuring session press the button the co
14. the survey is momentarily put in pause mode the window keeps the last displayed values As only measures are displayed the indicators are empty unless you enter the pause mode and use the recording function With function Find Record you can position in whatever point of the measuring survey By pressing the button located on the left of the indicators the following window is displayed Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 24 of 35 Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy Tel 39 051 6782006 Fax 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net sales elcontrol energy it Elcontrol energy Find Record Date and Time Dum 262000 Cancel 2 E 17 29 20 kp Humber Find record number Set date and time of the required record then press OK You can also choose a position by record number To do 50 select the case Find record number enter the record number and press OK Then all windows with measures and graphs displayed will be updated with the set record 5 6 rms Measures in Spreadsheet format After selecting View Survey the screen displays a window of data arranged in spreadsheet format in which the rows represent the records of the survey and the columns contain the rms value of the parameter indicated in the first row Survey lt 20010215 001 Automatic Survey kvarh 02 15 2001 111226 0 00 22980 0 00 0 00 0 0
15. 0 02 15 2001 11 12 TE 233 28 EN 000 229 80 11032 80 1480300000 00 16943 50 02 15 2001 DES 21122 214 98 11032 80 1480300000 00 16943 50 02 15 2001 23152 EN 228 17 11032 80 1480300000 00 16943 50 02 15 2001 23214 0 00 22852 11032 80 1480300000 00 16943 50 02 15 2001 ES 23153 229 33 11032 80 1480300000 00 16943 50 02 15 2001 232 34 229 80 11032 80 1480300000 00 16943 50 220 00 BI 000 21777 11032 80 1480300000 00 16943 50 02 15 2001 02 15 2001 02 15 2001 02 15 2001 02 15 2001 Selection nnn 99447 CET 1480300000 00 1480300000 00 1480300000 00 1480300000 00 16943 50 16943 50 16943 50 16943 50 11032 80 1480300000 00 11032 80 148030000000 11032 80 1480300000 00 11032 80 148030000000 16943 50 16943 50 16943 50 16943 50 amp 02 15 2001 11 12 227 66 0 00 02 15 2001 223 19 0 00 02 15 2001 11 12 58 026 0 00 02 15 2001 22958 BRUER 0 00 This window displays the same rms measures contained in the modbus ASCII string of all the measurements for MANUAL and AUTOMATIC surveys or with the same rms measurements contained in the instrument memorisation record for REMOTE surveys please refer to the user manual of the instrument Red characters are used to signal a communication error with the instrument In this case the last values before the interruption are repeated 5 6 1 Showing a Set of Measures as Gr
16. 051 6782006 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener y net sales elcontrol energy it 4 OFF Line Mode 4 1 Organisation of Measuring Surveys Regardless of their Manual Automatic or Remote measuring surveys are organised as follows A new directory called Survey is created in the installation directory of the program This directory contains all the survey files At this level a directory is created for each new measuring survey with a name assigned according to the following pattern YYYYMMDD NNN AAAA A where YYYY year MM month DD day NNN progressive number from 000 to 999 used to identify surveys of the same type carried out in the same day e AAAA A descriptive label defined by the user A survey includes A survey file with the extension chr containing the parameters that define the survey The program considers this the document file This file is very small and it has the same name of the directory in which it resides One or more XXX file where XXX is a number from 000 to 999 containing the records with the measures or the waveform samplings These files based on the set sampling rate may reach sizes in the order of the megabyte For example let us assume that the program has been installed in the directory C ElcoEner MicroWin Cs ElcoEner MicroWin Survey t 19990406 000 Manual Survey 19990406 000 Manual survey c
17. 17 55 24 Close Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 12 of 35 r Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy FM Fa Tel 39 051 6782006 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener g y net sales elcontrol energy it Note that the status bar changes The status bar shows now the next survey ready to be executed READY Automatic Sur ey 001 26 2000 17 59 46 e Repeat the steps above to add other surveys to the list You can display scheduled surveys at any time Select the survey that you wish to display and press the View button If the survey has not been executed yet it will be displayed in the Setup window from where it can be modified if desired Otherwise it will be displayed as if you had selected the File Open command described later in this manual During the execution of a survey you can enable the secondary views showing measures and graphs Scheduled surveys can be sorted according to various criteria By name by begin time by end time by number of records or by status The default sorting order is by begin time To change sorting order click on the corresponding title bar or select the required sorting order in the Sort by combo box At the set time the configuration of the instrument is updated with the set values and the survey starts automatically The program window looks like this s MicroWin e x File Survey Setup Optio
18. 99 minutes and 59 seconds chosen by the user as sampling rate in the Timing tab The measures and graphs windows are instead updated at fixed intervals of 3 seconds In a Manual survey the beginning and end time input boxes are disabled They will be updated with the beginning and the end of the survey Surveys can have a virtually unlimited duration limited only by the space available on the hard disk Real time trend measures recording is instead limited The memory is cyclic when a maximum limit is reached the older records are overwritten with new data The total recording capacity is 44640 records corresponding to about one and a half day with a sampling rate of 3 seconds Before launching a Manual survey proceed as follows e Set the sampling rate in the Timing tab e Configure the instrument in the Instrument Setup tab e Set name and type numeric or waveform of the survey in the General configuration tab By default the program assigns the name Manual Survey To start the measurement survey press the button in the control window If changes have been made in the configuration of the instrument the new configuration is uploaded immediately before the beginning of the measures The Communication indicator starts flashing and the secondary windows are updated with the new measures The titles of all the windows are also updated with the name of the survey Please note that while the communication with the instrument is a
19. Setup Options View Help Ready En Re e Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 3 of 35 Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy 5 Tel 39 051 6782006 F Fax 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener g y net sales elcontrol energy it The window contains a Title a Main Menu Tool Bars for fast access to the main function of the application a Work Area in which are displayed the various Measure Windows of the instrument Graphs etc and a Status Bar which shows The status of the Automatic Scheduler the System Clock and the status of the serial communication with the instrument 1 2 The Main Menu e File Open print and print preview of a measuring survey file From this menu you can also download the internal memory of MICROVIP 3 Plus e Survey This command allows you to launch Manual Surveys configure the Survey Scheduler and terminate both Manual and Automatic surveys at any time e Measures With this command you can display measures and graphs without saving the data on file i e without executing a measuring survey e Setup With this command you can configure the serial port of the PC as well as display edit and update the setup parameters of the instrument e Options Default language setup e View Allows you to toggle on and off the display of Tool Bars and Status Bar e Help Displays a window with information on the program and
20. V Avrg Rel MW 1 1 Page 23 of 35 Subject to modifications without prior notice Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy Tel 39 051 6782006 Fax 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener y sales elcontrol energy it Avrg S Avrg P Thd ref V fnd L1 Thd ref V rms L1 Thd ref fnd L1 Thd ref rms L1 Thd ref V fnd L2 Thd ref V rms L2 Thd ref fnd L2 Thd ref rms L2 Thd ref V fnd L3 Thd ref V rms 13 Thd ref fnd L3 Thd ref rms L3 Harm V L1 Harm of fnd L1 Harm L1 Harm 1 of fnd L1 Harm Cosphi L1 Harm V L2 Harm V of fnd L2 Harm L2 Harm 1 of fnd L2 Harm Cosphi L2 Harm V L3 Harm V of fnd L3 Harm L3 Harm 1 of fnd L3 Harm Cosphi L3 Note When you select a harmonic measure of V or the CosPhi value you also need to specify the harmonics order in the corresponding input box All changes are permanent i e the program saves them in the configuration registry so that they can be replicated in the next work session 5 5 3 Indicators of Current Record and Random Record Search Just below the main menu a small window displays number date and time of the record currently displayed in measures and graphs display windows 00067 01 26 2000 17 29 28 With a survey in progress indicators are continuously updated with information concerning the record of the last measuring If
21. Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy a pt 2 Tel 39 051 6782006 39 051 845544 3 2 http www elcontrol energy net net sales elcontrol energy it MicroWin User s Manual Rel MW 1 1 Windows 9x and Windows NT 4 0 Data Management Software for the MICROVIP 3 Plus Handheld Analyser i EMEN ti hi eae T ns AN M A d wv un E ie ue 5 DS 0 sent 0 9 5 Een mtem noms MOM 6e cad MO T S 1 omy a ML EN cs ha omy ilt 1 ewe A I al n i Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 1 of 35 Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy 5 Tel 39 051 6782006 F Fax 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener g y net sales elcontrol energy it MicroWin Windows 9x and Windows NT 4 0 Data Management Software for the MICROVIP 3 Plus Handheld Analyser Table of Contents 1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION eere Re sura 3 1 1 THE MAIN Wy IN 3 12 THE ic artes 4 2 INITIAL CONFIGUBATION
22. always corresponds to the last 60 x sampling time seconds Moving the cursor to the graphs enables the Point and Measure function When this function is active if the cursor is left for more than two seconds on a given point on a graph a small box is displayed showing the measure in that specific point expressed in the units of measurement selected on the vertical and horizontal axes of the reference system A dotted line is used to signal a communication error with the instrument In this case the last value before the interruption is repeated When the communication is resumed the plotting of the trend will also resume normally Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 21 of 35 r Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy Tel 39 051 6782006 Fax 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener g y sales elcontrol energy it Trend lt Measures gt 18 52 mE pen 01 726 2000 7 14 06 17 12 52 17 14 52 5 5 1 Recorder Function With the Measures trend window displayed the Recorder function is also active The Recorder function allows you to pause momentarily the real time trend plotting to move to other positions in the recording Note however that the only thing that stops is the automatic scrolling of the graph Even while in pause he program continues to recor
23. aphs Using the mouse select one to four parameters columns for as many lines as desired Click the right hand mouse button and select the Plot rms option from the Selection context menu The selected measurements will be displayed as oscilloscope type graphs in a new window that appears In this context you can toggle the plotting mode of the parameters between histogram and trend If the number of selected records is more than can be contained on the relevant pane two buttons at the lower left corner lt and gt will let you scroll the display towards the right or towards the left as necessary Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 25 of 35 Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy Tel 39 051 6782006 n 39 051 845544 _ http www elcontrol energy net ener g y sales elcontrol energy it Drawing select data x 1 00 0 17 27 10 17 28 48 96 0 17 27 10 17 28 48 01 26 2000 C Trend lt gt Drawing Histogram of Records 121 This window will display also e The date of the records displayed in the oscillogram e The total number of the selected records e The record sample rate The recording times of the first and last records shown in the graph are displayed at the extremities of the X axis of the quadrant Moving the cursor to the graphs enables the Point and Measure function Whe
24. cord for REMOTE surveys please refer to the user manual of the instrument XXX is a progressive number from 000 to 999 used to split a very long survey AXXX File with the measurements of V and and CosPhi from the 1 to the 24 harmonic for each phase plus the absolute value of their DC components XXX is a progressive number from 000 to 999 used to split a very long survey e PXXX File with the measurements of V and and CosPhi from the 1 to the 24 harmonic for each phase plus the value of their DC components as XXX is a progressive number from 000 to 999 used to split a very long survey e WXXX File with the waveform samplings of V and for each phase XXX is a progressive number from 000 to 999 used to split a very long survey This file is generated only if the measuring survey is waveform A Tab ASCII 09 is used as a field separator character In the first three files each row corresponds to a record in the measuring survey while each column contains the value of the parameter indicated in the first row In the sampling export file each record of each phase is saved on two lines The first line corresponds to the voltage and the second line corresponds to the current WARNING For each campaing the export files are always created in the same directory and with the same name So when an export is split into more files the last export overwrites the previous one If necessary move the pre
25. ctive all data entry boxes in the Control window are disabled E To stop the measuring survey press the button in the control window The control buttons disappear to indicate that the survey has been completed A new view is enabled Records in which you can display the measures in spreadsheet format Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 10 of 35 Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy Tel 39 051 6782006 i f Fax 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener g y net sales elcontrol energy it When you close the Control window all secondary views are also closed with it 3 3 3 Automatic Survey Automatic survey must first be set up This operation is carried out with the Automatic Survey Scheduler To display the Scheduler select Survey Scheduler from the menu Note The Scheduler remains always active even when it is not displayed on screen survey scheduler Get setup Sort by Begin time Date 01 26 2000 Time 17 51 15 Close Automatic surveys are managed and scheduled from this window The window shows a sorted list in which each line represents a different survey For each survey the following information is displayed Name begin date and time end date and time the number of records in the survey and the current status 1 READY EXECUTED etc This information is updated in real time To add a ne
26. d the measured values until the measure or the measuring survey 15 stopped explicitly To interrupt the plotting of the measure trend press the pause button in the Tool bar The Tool bar changes and the following functions are enabled Fast Rewind Normal Rewind Playback Play Normal Forward and Fast Forward I4 4 4 T HH gt gt gt t To restart the plotting of the measure trend press pause again If other secondary views are displayed together with the trend window these will be linked to the Recorder function i e if the trend window is paused the other windows will also be paused When Pause is on the secondary views display the first record in the display range of the measures trend window 5 5 2 Setting the Number of Channels and Associating a Parameter to a Channel The number of channels or tracks and the parameter associated to each channel can be configured as desired using the Setup Trend menu item Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 22 of 35 Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy Tel 39 051 6782006 Fax 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net sales elcontrol energy it The program can plot a minimum of one and a maximum of four channels To enable a channel tick the Enable selection box To change the parameter associated to each channel select it from the combo box of the relevant channel The parameters available are
27. ed in Measures Menu 3 3 2 Manual Survey To display a Manual survey select Survey Manual from the menu After downloading the configuration of the instrument the program will show the following windows Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 9 of 35 r Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy ii Tel 39 051 6782006 Fax 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener g y net sales elcontrol energy it SA MicroWin e x File Survey Setup Options View Window Help seale Melly maje p n pr Spectrum Li Manual jys _ tart Sto Spectrum L2 lt Man al As you can see the display for surveys is virtually identical to the display for measures described in a previous paragraph The Control window however now contains a third tab Timings in addition to Instrument Setup and General Timings allows you to configure both the length of the survey and the timing or sampling of data acquisition By default the program will prepare for a waveform measure session and will open the following secondary views automatically Waveform Spectrum Trend and rms These secondary windows are enabled from the View menu or with the Toolbar According to the type of measure numeric or waveform the appropriate menu items will be enabled or disabled The data is saved on file at regular intervals in the range from 3 seconds to
28. et ener y net sales elcontrol energy it 8 System Requirements 100 IBM compatible PC with Pentium processor or equivalent running at 133MHz or above e Microsoft Windows 95 OSR2 or above Windows 98 or Windows 4 0 with Service Pack or above 16 MB of memory for Windows 95 98 32 MB recommended 24 MB for Windows NT 32 MB recommended e SVGA at a resolution of 800x600 and 256 colours e 160 MB of available space on the hard disk for the installation of the program and the execution of a minimum number of measuring surveys e CD ROM drive e Pointing device or mouse Note All names are registered trademarks of their legitimate owners Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 35 of 35
29. existing surveys checks that the survey end time has not occurred yet etc If you enter a survey begin time later than the survey end time the program corrects the survey end time and makes it equal to the survey begin time The same happens if you enter a survey end time which 15 earlier than the survey begin time Instrument setup Automatic Survey x Timings Instrument setup General Thu Jan 27 2000 January 2000 ved Thu te c B 4 5 b T 0 9 oo 11 12 13 14 15 16 Ve Ste ef 25 CH 25 29 30 a fel B 3 4 5 b Today 26 01 00 wen e Set the sampling rate in the Timings tab The data is saved on file at regular intervals in the range from seconds to 99 minutes and 59 seconds chosen by the user as sampling rate in the Timings tab e Configure the instrument in the Instrument Setup tab e Set name and type numeric or waveform of the survey in the General configuration tab By default the program assigns the name Automatic Survey e Press OK to confirm and commit the survey to the schedule list At this point the survey is ready to be executed Begin wed Jan 26 2000 x 51 sample rate 5 survey scheduler Begin time Automatic Surv 01 26 2000 17 56 00 01 26 2000 17 58 00 0 READY Get setup Sort by Begin time Date 01 26 2000 Time
30. he corresponding button CH1 CH2 CH3 e Select the area for which you want to change the colour by pressing one of the buttons in the Color Selection group A window similar to this will appear Color E oe E S Bee EI 1 E NEN NL NI e Select the desired colour and press e Repeat the procedure for all areas for which you want to change the colour Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 27 of 35 m Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi BO Italy Tel 39 051 6782006 Fax 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener g y net sales elcontrol energy it e When you have completed the procedure press OK in the Colour Setup window All changes will be applied to the original graph Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 28 of 35 Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy Tel 39 051 6782006 Fax 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener y sales elcontrol energy it 7 Printing Measures and Graphs The program allows you to print on monochromatic and colour printers several pages with the rms measures and graphs for hard copy filing These pages can be printed in landscape or portrait orientation as desired A print preview function lets you inspect the page on screen before actual printing The pr
31. hr 19990406 000 Manual Survey 000 19990407 000 Manual Survey 001 19990408 000 Manual Survey 002 t 19990409 000 Manual Survey 19990409 000 Manual Survey chr 19990409 000 Manual Survey 000 19990410 000 Manusal Survey O001 19990110 000 Automatic Survey 19990110 000 Automatic Survey chr 19990110 000 Automatic Survey 000 19990111 000 Automatic Survey 001 19990112 000 Automatic Survey 002 19990113 000 Automatic Survey 003 Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 15 of 35 http www elcontrol energy net sales elcontrol energy it Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi BO Italy 39 051 6782006 l Fax 39 051 845544 4 2 Displaying and Processing a Measuring Survey To open and display a measuring survey file select the menu item File Open In the first window you select the directory that contains the required measuring survey J 20010220 000 Automatic Survey 20010220 000 Survey _ 20010220 001 Manual Survey Double click the directory of the desired survey A second window opens Select the desired file and click on Open 20010220 000 Manual Survey a 20010220 000 Survey chr The with the measuring survey is now loaded in memory and the following windows open screen Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 16 of 35 Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Ma
32. inters are managed following the standard Windows criteria The Print Preview and Print function refer to the currently selected window i e the window on top that has the active Title Bar To print a window first select it either by clicking on it or with the Windows command from the Main menu Note When there is a measuring survey in execution you can display a Print preview or print an rms Trend only if the Recorder is on pause The following pages show a few examples of hard copy printouts Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 29 of 35 Ficontrol energy Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi BO Italy Tel 39 051 6782006 Fax 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net sales elcontrol energy it 7 1 Measuring Survey Information Rel MW 1 1 doe cries ini Ecc rame TET Od ed Od ed ey ch Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 30 of 35 Elcontrol Energy Met SpA Automatic Surve Micrevin Survey report wow Instrument setup Version CT Ratio Harmonic Analysis 50Hz Print Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy i m am Tel 39 051 6782006 2 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener y net sales elcontrol energy it 7 2 rms Measures in Spreadsheet format T ow wu roni ros rt NM NH H h h uja oo ofa 32 afa aja a apa
33. n this function is active if the cursor is left for more than two seconds on a given point on a graph a small box is displayed showing the measure in that specific point expressed in the units of measurement selected on the vertical and horizontal axes of the reference system 5 6 2 Exporting a Set of Measures to a Text File To export data select by means of the mouse the desired records Click the right hand mouse button and select the Export option from the Selection context menu The selected measurements will be exported automatically Measures export x Expor setup All Range See paragraph 4 3 for further details Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 26 of 35 http www elcontrol energy net sales elcontrol energy it Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi BO Italy 39 051 6782006 l Fax 39 051 845544 6 Customising the Colour Scheme of Graphs To change the default colours used in a graph right click anywhere on the graph and select the Options Colors menu item The window that appears allows you to select the colours of all the different areas of the oscillogram such as Panel colour Plot colour Pen colour etc Note The colour setup window shows the same number of channels or tracks 1 to 4 displayed in the graph being configured Colors settings 100 0 100 0 CH2 100 0 100 0 e Select the channel to configure by pressing t
34. n two records is two seconds all the subsequent records with the same time interval will be saved in the same survey If and when this interval changes the current survey is closed and another is opened automatically This approach allows the program to identify the various different survey queued in the memory of the instrument At the end of the procedure the screen shows the number of surveys found If desired the MicroWin allows you to clear the internal memory of the instrument To do so press the Clear button Note After clearing the memory all surveys contained in the instrument will be lost and can no longer be recovered Downloading can be stopped at any time by pressing the Abort button To leave the Download window press Close 3 2 Displaying the Measures To display the measures of the instrument select the Measures menu item After downloading the configuration of the instrument the program will show the following windows Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 7 of 35 r Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy ii Tel 39 051 6782006 Fax 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener g y net sales elcontrol energy it SA MicroWin e x File Survey Setup Options View Window Help saelas melo wf n gt Measures Instrument setup General PT Ratio CT Ratio i The Main Menu cha
35. nges to the structure described below and the relevant Tool Bar icons are enabled 3 2 1 Measures Menu e File Open close print and print preview of a measuring survey file This menu allows you also to download the internal memory of the MICROVIP 3 Plus e Survey This command allows you to launch Manual Surveys configure the Survey Scheduler and end at any time both Manual and Automatic surveys e Setup This command allows to configure the serial port of the PC display edit and update the Setup parameters of the instrument as well as configure the rms measures trend in real time Options Set colours for the different graphs waveform harmonic spectrum trend etc View Allows you to toggle on and off the display of Tool Bars and Status Bar Window Arranges the windows on screen or brings a specific window on top Help Displays a window with information on the program and Help topics These items will be explained in detail in the following paragraphs Measures display can be configured as follows A main Control window contains two configuration tabs Instrument Setup and General Instrument Setup is identical to the one described in Configuring the Instrument General is used to set both a descriptive label or title for the current measuring session and the type of measure numeric rms or waveform This window contains also a third read only option which is selected if the numerical survey opened was downloaded from
36. ns View Window Help 8 8 1 E 0272072001 11 35 33 20010220 000 Automatic Survey lof x 3 stan Stop Timings Instrument setup General Begin Tue Feb 202001 Tue Feb 202001 v Sample rate 55 05 EN Survey scheduler Measuring Begin time E Automatic Surv 02 20 2001 11 35 00 02 20 2001 11 38 00 1 RUNNING Wily Get setup Sort by Begin time Date 02 20 2001 Time 11 35 36 Close Ready RINSE De e e The survey scheduler status is updated status RUNNING and the survey being executed is indicated by the icons and flashing sequence The status bar shows now the name of the survey being executed PTE ee E To stop the measuring survey before its scheduled end press the button in the control window The control buttons disappear to indicate that the survey has been completed A new view is enabled Records in which you can display the measures in spreadsheet format The scheduler tags STOPPED surveys with the amp icon In this case the Control window remains open in the client area of the main window Upon reaching the scheduled survey end time the survey is ended automatically and the control window is closed The survey scheduler indicates the status of the survey as EXECUTED Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without
37. ntrol window changes have been made the configuration of the instrument the new configuration is uploaded immediately before the beginning of the measures The Control window changes The Communication indicator starts flashing and the secondary windows are updated with the new measures Measures jo x ew Starti stop Measuring Z Please note that while the communication with the instrument is active all data entry boxes in the Control window are disabled E To stop the measurement session press the E button in the control window In the control window the star key and the data entry boxes are re enabled It will remain small You must change its size manually to access the setup tabs When you close the Control window all secondary views are also closed with it 3 3 Carrying Out Measuring Surveys A measuring survey is a binary file containing sequentially all the measures requested to the instrument Measuring surveys can be performed in three different modes e Manual The user starts and stops data acquisition manually e Automatic The user configures one or more surveys in a survey list A component of the program called Automatic Survey Scheduler monitors the status of this list to start and stop automatically the surveys listed as required e Remote Measuring surveys carried out directly by the MICROVIP 3 Plus 3 3 1 Measuring Survey Menu This menu is identical to the one describ
38. prior notice Page 13 of 35 Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy Tel 39 051 6782006 Fax 39 051 845544 Elcon http Icontrol t energy nef survey scheduler 44 ExECuUT End time 0122622000 77 56 00 01 26 2000 17 58 00 w Automatic Surv Set Get setup sw eee e Close Date 01 26 2000 Time 18 11 48 sort by Begin time When the survey scheduler is programmed and ready to execute an Automatic survey there could arise problems if you decide to launch a Manual survey or download the internal memory of a MICROVIP 3 Plus The criteria adopted to solve this type of conflict is the following Priority is always given to the Manual measuring survey or to the memory download operation and it is the responsibility of the operator to stop the survey or abort the download Only in the event of a measuring session that has a lower priority can the program stop it before launching an automatic measuring survey In case of overlap conflicts five minutes before the scheduled beginning of an automatic survey the Survey scheduler title bar will start flashing indicating the cause of the conflict and the time remaining to solve it If the problem is not solved in the time available the Survey scheduler will tag the survey that could not be executed with a SKIPPED icon X survey scheduler Date 01 26 2000 Close Begin time
39. rconi Italy Tel 39 051 6782006 Fax 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener g y net sales elcontrol energy it MicroWin e x File Survey Setup Options View Window Help saose e c e B 00001 02 20 2001 11 31 57 20010220 001 Manual Survey Timings Instrument setup Begin Tue Feb 20 2001 EXECUTED The rules already described apply to the display of a measuring survey also when in OFF Line mode The control window is created with all fields disabled and set read only No control buttons are available Based on the type of survey selected numeric or waveform the program opens the appropriate windows showing measures or graphs A new view is available with the absolute measurements shown in spreadsheet format where the rows represent the records of the survey and the columns contain the rms value of the parameter indicated in the first row When in OFF Line mode it is not necessary for an instrument to be connected to the serial port of the PC Special attention must however be paid to any scheduled automatic surveys as they will be executed automatically at the set time 4 3 Exporting Measures to a Text File All data recorded in a measuring survey can be exported to a text file that can later be imported by other data processing applications such as Excel or similar To export a file select File Export from the menu A windo
40. track corresponds to the voltage and the second track corresponds to the current Moving the cursor to the graphs enables the Point and Measure function When this function is active if the cursor is left for more than two seconds on a given point on a graph a small box is displayed showing the measure in that specific point expressed in the units of measurement selected on the vertical and horizontal axes of the reference system In this case it will be Volts or Amps and the number of milliseconds WA Waveform L1 lt Measures gt Bl ey ae Z Waveform L2 lt Measures gt loj x Waveform L3 lt Measures gt Iv 5 5 rms Trends The trend function lets you track the changes in time of rms values The figure below show the default window showing four channels voltage V current 1 active power P and power factor PF for the three phases In this case also the scaling for the Y axis is set automatically to keep the signal at the maximum resolution 80 of the full range The scale of the X axis instead is fixed and corresponds to 60 samplings expressed either as the sampling interval or the instrument query interval In this case the instrument is queried every 3 seconds so the display window will be 60 x 3 2 180 seconds 3 minutes When the last value plotted goes past 95 of the time window displayed the tracks scroll to the left erasing the older data This means that the data displayed
41. vious files to another directory before exporting the survey Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 18 of 35 Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy Tel 39 051 6782006 Fax 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net sales elcontrol energy it Ficontrol energy 5 Measures and Graphs Display Windows 5 1 rms Measures This window shows the main rms measures both three phase and for each individual phase such as Voltage V Current 1 Active power P Power factor PF Reactive power Apparent power S Frequency f the four positive and negative active and reactive power meters Wh Wh varh and varh the averages and the peaks of the three phase or single phase active reactive and apparent power Depending on the current survey type will be displayed one of the following views rms lt Measures gt Three phase V o E zb 5 Waveform Survey rms lt Measures gt Three lt r Average 1 e rms MANUAL or AUTOMATIC Survey rms 20000703 000 MICROVIP3 Plus 3Phase rms Three phase 1 m lt 1 rms REMOTE Survey Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 19 of 35 m Via Vizzano 44
42. w Survey press Add Note The first time that a survey is added the configuration of the instrument is downloaded automatically No error signal is displayed however if the instrument is not connected or does not respond The program sets up a default configuration and continues Immediately after the Survey Setup window is displayed Instrument setup Automatic Survey Timings Instrument setup General weal Jan 26 2000 Begin DI Jan 262000 17 51 52 17 51 52 Sample rate 55 00 02 As you see this window is similar to the Manual survey Control window This has been designed purpose to reduce learning times The only difference is that the input boxes for the survey begin and end times are now enabled To schedule an automatic survey proceed as follows Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 11 of 35 Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy m am Tel 39 051 6782006 2 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener g y net sales elcontrol energy it e Set the times that you want the survey to begin and end in the timings tab The minimum duration of a measuring survey must be at least equal to the set sampling time There is no maximum The program checks the settings for errors or timing conflicts and issues a warning if necessary For instance the program checks for overlaps with
43. w is displayed in which you can select whether to export the entire file All or a specific Range Measures export Export setup To export the entire survey select All and press Export To export a section of the survey only select Range enter the first record of the range to export in the From box and the last record of the range to export in the To box and press Export Tip Use the spreadsheet view View Records to see the number of records of the desired export range Rel MW 1 1 Subject to modifications without prior notice Page 17 of 35 Via Vizzano 44 40044 Pontecchio Marconi Italy n f i Tel 39 051 6782006 39 051 845544 http www elcontrol energy net ener g y net sales elcontrol energy it Export setup All Range During export the screen shows the progress of the operation The Export button is replaced by an Abort button This operation may require up to several minutes based on the type of survey and its length The procedure can be stopped at any time by pressing the Abort button The export files are created in the same directory containing the measuring survey and consist of four different file types identified by their extension File with the same rms measures contained in the modbus ASCII string of all the measurements for MANUAL and AUTOMATIC surveys or with the same rms measurements contained in the instrument memorisation re
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