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1. 18 10 1 THE FLE MEN U 18 10 2 THE CONFIGURATION MENU eR memes 18 10 4 THE HELP MENU EC rs 19 User s Guide Vibro 12 Vibro 12 Users Guide 3 1 FEATURES The Vibro 12 is an application software used with the DC 12M data collector and analyzer The program is easy to use It provides the operations as follows creating measurement routes loading them into DC 12M unloading the measurement data obtained from the DC 12M viewing and analyzing measurement data input of your comments storage of the measurement results in the database which provides quick access to the data with the hierarchical tree All this is true also for the the Off Route measurements 4 User s Guide Vibro 12 2 TECHNICAL SUPPORT The Vibro 12 software is developed by Association VAST Ltd and VibroTek Ltd You may apply for technical support at 140 Stachek pr St Petersburg 198207 Russia e mail vibro vast spb su fax in Russia 7 812 324 6547 tel in Russia 7 812 327 5563 You can get information on the VAST products and answers to your questions via Internet at http www vibrotek com Vibro 12 Users Guide 5 3 USER INTERFACE The program has a standard Windows interface and can be driven either with the mouse or the keyboard The latter is faster2. create routes for measurements and you can take data with DC 12M Any tree node can be copied and moved into another location within the tree aside from the root nodes Configuration and Off Route To configure a group select the Configuration node and press lt Insert gt It displays the New Group dialog ame 555 Cj Suas jJ 97 EX ai Ok Cancel Vibro 12 Note Note 5 2 SETTING UP A NEW MACHINE Fig 4 3 The New Machine dialog Note Note Users Guide 9 Enter the name ofthe group up to 20 characters Additionally you may enter your comments and select a picture to show at the View pane The picture will be shown instead of the information on the node contents The comments can be up to 45 characters long To choose a picture click the button which is the next to the input line for the picture name The picture can be of the BMP GIF JPG formats After the group is created you may edit its properties any time you want by pressing the F4 key To set up a machine select the desired group or create a new one and then select it and press lt Insert gt It displays the New Machine dialog Comments amp Ok Cancel Enter the name ofthe machine up to 20 characters Addition ally you may enter your comments as well as select a picture to show at the View pane The picture will be shown instea
3. mean frequency must be chosen so that its bandwidth have been not less than the Frequency Span to monitor Selections 1 1 oct 8000 16000 Hz 1 3 oct 800 1000 1250 1600 2000 2500 3200 4000 5000 6400 8000 10000 12800 1600 20000 Hz Set units for the Y scale ie the basic units for vibration parameters acceleration in m s or just voltage in V Detectors or scale factors are forms of overall level represen tation Scale factors used in overall vibration measurements are Peak Peak to Peak and RMS While taking overall level measurements with DC 12M all the four scale factors are used and they are stored into the database and can be viewed using the Vibro 12 software This value directly affects measurement accuracy as well as its duration Select the value as a compromise between them Defines the frequency range of overall measurements The cutoff frequencies ofa band can be 2 200 3 300 5 500 2 1000 10 1000 which is the ISO specification 10 2000 10 5000 5000 10000 10000 25000 Hz Set units for the Y scale ie the basic units for vibration parameters acceleration in G m s2 dB velocity in mm s in s dB displacement in mkm mils dB or just voltage in V dB The number of the rotation speed harmonic for which the measurement will be done This value defines the measurement duration Enter the value which is a compromise between measurement time and diagnostic accuracy Variance of pha
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5. a will be shown at the View page ofthe right pane It may be a graph for spectra a number value for overall level or a time waveform As well as the controls on the graph control panel you can use the mouse to zoom move a graph or a part of it To zoom a part of the graph select it with the mouse by dragging the mouse cursor in the right and down direction then release the left button of the mouse To restore the initial state of the graph do the same in opposite direction You can drag the graph with the mouse cursor within the Cartesian coordinates into any direction while holding down the right button of the mouse At the View page of the measurement data there a number of controls to help you At the initial point of the graph there is a cursor which can be moved using either the mouse or the arrow keys Action moves cursor to the left moves cursor to the right To move the cursor in the big steps with the arrow keys hold down lt Ctrl gt moves the cursor at the starting point of the graph moves the cursor at the end of the graph zooms in the entire graph zooms out the entire graph To set the cursor at the location you want click it with the mouse The cursor readouts are shown at the bottom of the pane the information relative to the measurement is shown above the graph At the right lower corner View page you can see the operating speed of the machine if it have been measured or ente
6. d of the information on the node contents Comments can be up to 45 characters long To choose a picture click the button of the input box for the picture name The picture can be of the BMP GIF JPG formats After the machine is created you may edit its properties any time you want by pressing the lt F4 gt key 10 User s Guide Vibro 12 5 3 SETTING UP A MEASUREMENT POINT Fig 4 4 The New Point dialog Note Note 5 4 MEASUREMENT SETUPS Fig 4 5 The User Measure ment Setup Dialog for Envelope Spec trum To configure a measurement point select the desired machine and press Insert It displays the New Point dialog _ 1i Comments Picture Ok Cancel Enter name ofthe machine up to 20 characters Addition ally you may enter your comments as well as select a picture to show at the View pane The picture will be shown instead of the information on the node contents Your comments can be up to 45 characters long To choose a picture click the button of the input box for the picture name The picture can be of the BMP GIF JPG formats After the measurement point is created you may edit its properties any time you want by pressing the F4 key To set up a measurement select the desired measurement point in the database tree and press the Insert key The User Measurement Setup dialog appears Measurement type Envelope Spectrum Mea
7. e desired group 4 n the dialog displayed type the name for the new route not more than 8 characters long and if required comments and click OK At the Route page you will see the new route 5 To add a machine measurement point to the route select it in the tree and if there are a number of routes select the desired route and then press the F5 key that is the nclude in the Route command The selected node will be added to the selected route In this way set up the entire route and load it into the DC 12M To add the tree node to the route with the mouse drag it to the route page from the tree and drop there Vibro 12 User s Guide 15 7 LOADING ROUTES INTO THE DC 12M After you configured the routes you need you may load them into DC 12M To do it 1 Connect DC 12M to the PC using RS 232 interface 2 At the Route pane select the route to load 3 Click thie button It displays the Communication Settings dialog which contains the detailed instructions on how to load a route Just follow them Fig 4 7 The Communica Choose the way of downloading DC11 r Connection tion Settings dialog Direct cable connection Port com C Load from file Baud rate 57600 Instructions 1 Switch on device 2 Enter the data transfer mode 3 Click Start Button on this dialog box If communication error occurs check 1 Serial port settings on the computer 2 Baud rate settings on the computer and de
8. for the common operations 3 1 THE MAIN WINDOW OF THE PROGRAM The main window of the program consists of two panes and a menu bar Database pane View Route pane Fig 4 1 E 12 Vibro 12 i File Configuration Route The main window File Configuration Roue b Configuration of the Vibro 12 508 software Machines E Point By 01 View Routes s oU D E CI 9 Turbine Offroute Balancing Shock pulse b Running upicoa 2 2 01 2002 17 29 The database pane contains following sections Configuration to configure equipment tree and set up mea surements OffRoute to store offroute measurements Balancing Shock pulse Running up Coast down to store logs of the relative measurement programs The right pane contains two pages View and Route which you can toggle by clicking the page tabs at the top of the pane The main controls are as follows a menu a local right button menu Note 3 2 THE DATABASE NAVIGATION Note User s Guide Vibro 12 a hot keys indicated next to the commands in the menus a dialogs called with the commands a control panels All the control panels can be moved along the four pane border
9. nt duration Enter the value which is compromise between measurement time and diagnostic accuracy It is recommended to set this value to 6 8 for the spectrum and 10 12 for the envelope spectrum Set units for the Y scale i e the basic units for vibration parameters acceleration in 52 dB or just voltage in V dB For the direct spectrum the choices are as follows acceleration in m s2 dB velocity in mm s in s dB displacement in mkm mils dB voltage in V dB For the Direct Spectrum the settings are the same except for the filter which is not used The rate at which the analyzer samples the signal It is recom mended to set the sampling frequency more than 10 times as high as the highest frequency in the signal If the ratio is less the transients impacts may be missed The measurement time is the sampling time multiplied by the number of samples Select the value with regard to the number of signal periods need to be viewed is computed by the values entered It is displayed for reference 12 Filter Y Units Settings for Overall Level Detector Note Number of Samples Filter Y Units Settings for Phase Harmonic No Averages Variance Detector Shaft Speed User s Guide Vibro 12 Select a bandpass filter You may select an 1 3 octave filter with the bandwidth of 2396 of mean frequency oran 1 1 octave filter with the bandwidth of 7090 of filter mean frequency The filter
10. red with the keyboard as well as the vibration overall level of the frequency band from the 10 Hz till upper cutoff While viewing and analyzing the measurement data you may enter text comments on the machinery state 18 10 MENUS 10 1 THE FILE MENU Unload Hardware F3 Exit 10 2 THE CONFIGURATION New Ins Include in Route F5 Note Copy Paste User s Guide Vibro 12 The command is used to unload measurement data from the 12M into the Vibro 12 software Prior to use it connect the DC 12M to PC with the RS 232 cable The command displays the Communication Settings dialog see Fig 4 8 in which there are all instructions on how to unload data The measurement data can be viewed and analyzed using the View panel The command to exit the program MENU The command to create a new node in the database tree The type of the node depends on your selection where you are on the group machine measurement point or measurement Into the group it s a machine to add into the machine it s a point to add and into the point it s time to define measurement setups The command display the New Group Machine Point dialog in which you need enter the name mandatory and comments optional The comments you entered will be shown at the View pane Aside from that you may choose a picture in BMP GIF or JPG formats for showing at the View pane It will be shown instead of information on the node con
11. s Use the mouse to drag them to the desired location The machinery database is represented as a tree for easy navigation While not setting up it has only two root nodes Configuration and Offroute that are the highest levels of hierar chy they cannot be removed After you set up the database according to your machinery it should contains several levels of hierarchy The lowest level is measurement data from the data collector The hierarchy may contains the levels as follows Group gt Machine gt Measurement Point gt Measurement Setup gt Measurement Data For easy navigation use the mouse or the arrow keys Key Action Up arrow key goes one level up Down arrow key goes one level down Right arrow key expands a branch Left arrrow key collapses a branch If the cursor is on the measurement data the arrow keys are used at the View pane Thus use the mouse to go to another node The commands are applied to the selected node Vibro 12 Users Guide 7 4 THE MAIN OPERATIONS The main steps to work with the program are as follows 1 First of all you need configure the database tree and enter there all the groups machines and points you need to measure See section 5 2 Then create a route add the nodes you want to it for measuring 3 Load the route to the DC 12M 4 Take measurements 5 Unload the measurement data into the database 6 View analyze the measurement data Add your comments estimation
12. s to them The Off Route section ofthe database is sorted by measurement types and settings so that the data of the various machines are groupped together If the section is grown it would be difficult to handle it so try and copy the measurement data into the machinery section as quick as possible 8 User s Guide Vibro 12 5 DATABASE SETUP 5 1 SETTING UP A GROUP Fig 4 2 The New Group dialog The database tree is hierarchical and can contains levels as follows Root node Configuration gt Group of machines gt Machine gt Measurement point gt Measurements Setups gt Measure ment data if taken To configure a new node which can be any of the above aside from the measurement data of course 1 Press the lt Insert gt key or select the Vew command from Configuration menu 2 Enter the name for the new node into the dialog You may additionally enter comments which will be shown for refer ence at the header ofthe View pane as well asa picture Then click OK You will see that the new node is added to the tree In the same way you may configure the next levels ofthe new node down to the measurement setups After you set up a measurement point selected it and pressed lt Insert gt the User Measurement Setup dialog will be displayed Select the desired measurement type all the settings you need and click OK After your have configured the database for your equipment to measure
13. se readings from average to another average Detectors or scale factors are forms of overall level represen tation Scale factors used in phase measurements are Peak Peak to Peak Peak Factor and RMS Units of shaft speed select between Hz and RPM Vibro 12 Y Units Settings for Shaft Speed Units Averages Users Guide 13 Set units for the Y scale ie the basic units for vibration parameters acceleration in m s dB velocity in mm s in s dB displacement in mkm mils dB or just voltage in V dB Units of shaft speed select between Hz and RPM This value defines the measurement duration Enter the value which is a compromise between measurement time and diagnostic accuracy Also you may change some settings of the measurement instru ment To confirm your choices click OK After you set up all the measurements you need it s time to create routes 14 User s Guide Vibro 12 6 ROUTE CREATION Note Note Note The right pane of the main window consists of the two pages View and Route you may toggle them by clicking the page tabs at the top of the pane To create a route 1 Display to the Route page of the right pane 2 In the database tree select the desired group of machines A route cannon hold machines measurement points from the different groups 3 Click the New Route button on the route page The selection cursor in the database tree can be at any location within th
14. surement setup Frequency span Hz 25 h Filter is oct 800 Hz m Number of lines 400 m Number of averages fa 4 Y Units Acceleration G bs Device setup Transducer 0 000 mug M Auto Input DC Gain Channel Vibro 12 Users Guide 11 The first page of the dialog is displayed that is Measurements First of all select the desired measurement type from the drop down list The measurement settings will change in accordance with the selected type Settings for Envelope Spectrum Frequency Span Filter Number of Lines Number of Averages Y Units Settings for Spectrum Settings for Time Signal Sampling Frequency Number of Samples Sampling Time Itisselected with regard to the frequencies need to be monitored Selections 25 50 100 200 400 800 1600 3200 6400 12800 Hz This parameter directly affects the measurement duration Select a bandpass filter You may select an 1 3 octave filter with the bandwidth of 2396 of mean frequency oran 1 1 octave filter with the bandwidth of 7090 of filter mean frequency The filter mean frequency must be chosen so that its bandwidth have been not less than the Frequency Span to monitor Selections 1 1 oct 8000 16000 Hz 1 3 oct 800 1000 1250 1600 2000 2500 3200 4000 5000 6400 8000 10000 12800 1600 20000 Hz Itsetsthe resolution ofspectrum analysis Selections are 400 800 1600 This value defines the measureme
15. tents If you have selected a measurement point in the tree the User Measurement Setups dialog will be displayed See Fig 4 5 It adds the selected node to the route which have to be created preliminarily You may add a group a machine or a point You may add to the route the nodes with no measurements configured and would configure them later The commands provide copying moving of a node to another location within a database tree You can copy to an appropriate node only higher in hierarchy for example the point is copied to the machine the machine to the group The steps involved are as follows 1 Select a node to copy 2 Select Copy command from the menu or just press lt Ctrl Ins gt Vibro 12 Users Guide 19 3 Select a node to enter 4 Select the Pastecommand from the Configuration menu or press lt Shift Ins gt It brings to screen the Copy dialog which enables you to specify down what level you want to copy the selected node The Delete Source option allows you to move the selected node to anothertree location Make your choice and then click the Copy button As a result of your actions the copy will be entered the selected node To do it with the mouse 1 Select a node 2 Drag it to another location within the tree and drop it there While dragging the mouse cursor will be of help to you Ifthe node is available it shows the blank page cursor if not the cursor is crossed wi
16. th a line 3 Make selections in the Copy dialog and click Copy Delete lt Del gt The command to delete a node after your confirmation Properties F4 Use this command to edit properties ofa node any time you want For the group machine point they are the name comments and picture then for the measurement they are measurement setups The command displays the dialog with the previous data 10 4 THE HELP MENU Contents Displays the Contents of the Help About Displays the software Copyrights
17. vice 3 Communication cable And try again Progress Communications state waiting for user command Cancel Communications progress After you took measurements unload measurement data into the software database 16 User s Guide Vibro 12 8 UNLOADING ROUTES To unload a route from the DC 12M 1 Connect the DC 12M to the PC with the RS 232 cable 2 From the File menu choose the Unload Hardware com mand 3 Follow the instructions at the Communication Settings dialog Fig 4 8 The Communica Choose the way of downloading DC11 Connection tion Settings dialog Direct cable connection Port com C Load from file Baud rate 57600 Instructions 1 Switch on device 2 Enter the data transfer mode 3 Click Start Button on this dialog box If communication error occurs check 1 Serial port settings on the computer 2 Baud rate settings on the computer and device 3 Communication cable And try again Progress Communications state waiting for user command Cancel Communications progress Now you can view and analyze all the measurement data loaded Vibro 12 Users Guide 17 9 VIEWING AND ANALYZING MEASUREMENT DATA Key Left arrow Right arrow Note Home End lt gt lt gt The measurement data obtained you can view selecting measurement you need in the database tree The dat
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