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1. ABSOLUTE LIMITS Force A maximum l 200 pi 200 P 0 E Force A minimum 200 200 0 Force B maximum a 200 gi 200 200 Force B minimum 200 200 200 Position maximum 200 200 0 Position mimimum 200 200 0 Test Input maximum 200 200 200 Test Input minimum 200 200 200 Velocity maximum 200 200 200 Servo valve maximum 200 200 200 Servo valve minimum l 200 p 200 200 RELATIVE LIMITS Fa Fb maximum 200 20 200 Force error maximum 200 200 200 Position error maximum 200 200 200 All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 72 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com FCS SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 After loading the factory settings the Force A max min and Position max min Failsafe values for all channels of the station must be set to safe values
2. Figure 8 14 Window to enter a special function formula All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 124 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 In the status bar on top of the operator window the third green icon from the right will turn yellow to indicate Special Function is Active station 1 coon Amplitude Position Special Func Logical 1 Channel ST1 aae hale Matching Pressure Off ode Physical 1 Disabled 8 11 Tare Signal The ability to tare a signal is available in the calibration wizard and also directly from the menu The selection of the Tare Signal option will present a new window which will allow you to tare either Force OR Position Select a control mode to tare for Channelt channel Cancel Figure 8 15 Window to select a mode to tare For safety reasons you cannot Tare a signal which is currently active So for instance if you are active in Force control the Tare Force button will be grayed out When you select one of the tare buttons offset Setpoint will be applied to the loop such that the feed
3. 2 4 4 7 There are times when digital output channels will have been added to a station removed and re added to the station The logical digital output channels are displayed in the order they were added to the station It is good practice to order station digital output channels in physical order for ease of operation and maintenance although this is not a requirement The Edit Logical Numbers function provides the ability to re order the logical digital output Channels to match the physical channels or any order you require Selecting the edit logical numbers function will bring the edit logical order of digital output channels screen up in the bottom right hand side of the screen Edit the logical order For the OO Channels DOZ Card 1 Physical 1 OOS Card 1 Physical 2 Do4 Card 1 Physical 3 O05 Card 1 Physical 5 O06 Card 1 Physical 6 OOo Card 1 Physical 7 DOS Card 1 Physical 3 O09 Card 2 Physical 1 Whe win rd F Oheie sl 4 E a 4 T a E Cancel To re order digital output channels highlight them by using the arrow keys to position over the required channel and the spacebar to select then select either move up or down and the logical order of the digital output channel selected will move respectively More Choose More F6 to access the additional options for the digital output channels in the Station Add DO Remove DO Add All DOs Her ene ss Ee EOuicel More bos Numbe
4. Page 115 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Loop Comma Force feeidba Cycle target 5 Frozen Figure 8 6 Frozen graphics window 8 2 3 Enlarge Graphics Window The graphics window can be enlarged by selecting it with help of the control Knob green lining and pressing the button or F7 on an external keyboard Rate Limit Force comm eal Force feedh 2 Amplitude 4 Frequency 4Setpoint 5 Current cycle Stop cycle 1000000 Activate high Deactivate high s Set Controller a Set Frequency Set Amplitude 3 pressure pressure Mode Figure 8 7 View with enlarged graphics window 8 2 4 Enlarge Property Window The property window in the top right window can be enlarged by selecting the window and push the F7 button on an external keyboard or pressing the button on the SmarTEST One The Min Max Average and RMS values for the indicated parameters will be displayed The RMS is the mean size of the signal All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 116 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any informa
5. revolutions per full scale For further information about Calibration see Chapter 3 2 12 Channel Management Once all channels are assigned to a station the channel can be set up for its specific use in testing 2 12 1 Channel Selection Every channel has an associated Channel Name Logical Channel number and Physical Channel number The information for the currently selected channel is always shown in the status bar In the example below the current channel is the 3 logical channel in the station and is connected to physical channel 6 or the 6 SCU in the system The text name for the channel is Channel3 Station 4 eee Amplitude Force g Logical 3 RETE ST Rate Limit Matching Pressure Off Physicae Channels All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 44 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOC SmarTEST X User Manual B A o0 ce 2 12 2 2 12 3 2 12 4 Figure 2 5 Status bar for Single Channel mode Before selecting a channel make sure that the desired station is selected It is important to note that with multi station capability there ca
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7. Cancel Figure 3 17 Warning if controller mode is being switched All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 55 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 There are seven different standard types of channels that can be selected Each Type of Channel has a corresponding list of transducer types available The combinations supported are Channel Type Transducer Type Force A Load Cell Primary Force or Load Channel A Pressure Accelerometer Force B Load Cell Secondary Force or Load Channel B Pressure Accelerometer Position LVDT Primary Position Channel Potentiometer Position2 LVDT Typically used for pilot position on 3 stage Secondary Position Channel valves Encoder Quadrature Encoder Absolute SSI or Relative Incremental Encoder Acceleration Accelerometer ICP Accelerometers Test Input External Test Input 10 volts Changing Potentiometer to LVDT or LVDT to Potentiometer via Manual Calibration after you select Position and Lvdt pot meter selection and is only allowed when the hardware is deactivated In ad
8. D ME f T o 5 ED e a am o E E Figure 1 4 Overview SmarTEST xX cabinet All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation kem T T ra ey e E HEROECE iA Page 12 of 168 STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_DRAFT doc Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com FCS SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 1 3 2 Emergency Stop Hardware emergency stop No software intervention This will de energize the 24VDC on the dumpvalve connectors that drives the hydraulics Depending on the SmarTEST xX configuration this E stop is wired differently WARNING The SmarTEST controller can ONLY be operated safely when the actuator hardware is made powerless immediately when the 24V drops on the SAH DumpValve connection on the rear of the SmarTEST chassis Failure to do so will lead to dangerous situations that could cause personal harm or damage your test article 1 3 3 Control Keys on Keyboard A PS2 keyboard needs to be connected to the SmarTEST X The following picture shows an overview of all keyboard functions Press number to select logical Expands co
9. Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual a tae 11 Analog amp Digital I O 11 1 Introduction The SmarTEST X can be equipped with analog and or digital I O boards to add extra functionality In the following paragraphs more details can be found 11 2 Analog I O Define outputs Monitor inputs and outputs This paragraph is only applicable if an analog I O board has been installed in the SmarTEST X More information about the different analog I O boards can be found in the Hardware Manual chapter 7 Analog input output is supported with an update frequency of 5 of the controller scan rate Outputs can be configured with a pseudo channel Both input and output can be monitored in the graph and table in the upper half of the window and in user defined scripts It is possible to define the analog outputs as pseudo channels by pressing Scroll to the bottom and push it when Analog IO is selected The Analog IO node opens and the pseudo channels for each input output become visible Select the desired output channel urpuE 1 Figure 11 1 Selecting a pseudo channel for Analog I O By pushing the control knob again the formula editor appears Enter the formula applicable for this channel Press Ctrl Enter to save the formula For an Analog I O Output example see the Hardware manual Chapter 7 1 3 Analog inputs and outputs are monitored by adding them to the graph or table in the upper half
10. The message pane will show up whenever a new message is displayed it will stay visible for 5 seconds and then disappear again until a next new message is displayed Figure 8 12 Message pane shows up with new messages When an alarm message is displayed the state is switched to Message Pane Always On With the Add Message menu button you can type in your own user command to the log Press lt Ctrl gt lt Enter gt on the keyboard to add the message in the message pane 8 6 Activate and Change Solenoid Output To activate Low and High pressure select the All Channels mode via the keyboard pressing the shortkey lt 0 gt or via the menubar selecting anagement Then the owing ai Deactivate low Pressure or Monitor A Deactivate The Activate Low and High pressure menu buttons are only available if the station has been assigned with a SAH and or Manifolds Otherwise you will see Activate station and Deactivate station i s o Activate low high pressure and Deactivate high low pressure The Activate and Deactivate low high pressure or De activate station selection can also be made after you have selected Setpoint amp Span Cycle Sequence or Special Function When the safety cable has been connected and the station has been assigned with a SAH and or Manifold s the buttons change from Activate low Deactivate low Pressure al Pressure All rights reserve
11. m This instruction sets the controller mode of the designated channel c of the designated station to the specified controller mode m m Force for force mode Position for position mode Acceleration for acceleration mode This command applies only to a single channel Therefore if you want to set the controller mode of multiple channels you will have to include one SetControllerMode instruction for each channel EXAMPLE SetControllerMode 1 2 Force to set channel 2of station 1 to force mode 9 2 1 7 SetManifoldPressure s ps This instruction sets the manifold pressure of the designated station manifolds to the specified pressure ps ps 0 to set oil pressure to Off 1 to set oil pressure to Low 2 to set oil pressure to High EXAMPLE SetManifoldPressure 1 0 to set station 1 manifolds to pressure off All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 129 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com 3 SmarTEST X User Manual a tae 9 2 2 Application Instructions 9 2 2 1 9 2 2 2 9 2 2 3 9 2 2 4 9 2 2 5 9 2 3
12. will appear as in the figure below Select the directory in which to store the safeguarding settings of the channels from the current station using the up down arrow keys then hit the lt spacebar gt to create a file give the file a relevant name and save it by pressing lt Enter gt The safeguarding settings are saved in a file with extension saf The message bar will indicate that the safety limits of the channels in the selected station are saved with the directory and the filename NOTE Only the safeguarding parameters for all channels in the current station are saved and loaded All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 71 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 contralr xml Load settings Save settings Load factory _ safeguarding _ safeguarding settings Figure 4 6 Save Safeguarding settings selection window To load the safeguarding settings for all the channles of the current station that have been saved before select Load settings safeguarding A warning will point out that if you load other parameter safe
13. 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Select input Input 1 Goto rest condition Input 2 soto rest condition Input 3 Soto rest condition Input 4 Soto rest condition Input 5 oto rest condition Input 6 Soto rest condition Input 7 Soto rest condition Input 6 Soto rest condition Figure 11 9 Selecting the input Select the input for which the action should be changed by turning the control knob Press the control knob to select the desired action The currently selected action is marked blue Select action For input 1 No action selected Goto rest condition Figure 11 10 Selecting the action for an input One of the following actions can be chosen e No action selected do nothing when the digital input is set e Show message Show a message when the digital input is set e Goto rest condition Goto the rest condition as defined by the user for each channel e Failsafe Generate a failsafe event to the SmarTEST X e Run script Execute a user defined script When the control knob is pressed on all actions except for the Run script action the action is selected and the input selection screen will return Select input Input 1 Goto rest condition Input 2 Soto rest condition Input 3 Soto rest condition Input 4 Soto rest conditio
14. Calibration Date 8 3 2007 fe Calibration always walid f Calibration walid for 1 year C Calibration walid until 5 3 2008 Finished Figure 3 29 Calibration date entry All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 66 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 There are three options for entering the date 1 If the calibration that was just performed is always valid and does not expire select Calibration always valid 2 If the calibration that was just performed is only valid for one year from the present date select Calibration valid for 1 year and a date one year from today is entered automatically 3 Ifthe calibration that was just performed expires on a specific date select Calibration valid until and enter the expiration date Only a valid date in the right format is accepted by the software Entering a date in either 2 or 3 will result in a message being displayed reminding the operator when the calibration is due Select Finished when done The Calibration Wizard for the channel is complete Ex
15. Figure 3 14 Calibration Wizard Diagram All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Enter Calibration curve setup data and select Next Enter required Transducer Calibration data Set offset condition and select Measure TD Offset Select Activate Low Activate High Setup input condition as needed Select Zero TD Offset Enter the Setpoint Select Next value When Calibrated value is stable select Add Entry All Samples Done Yes Select Deactivate High Deactivate Low Select Activate Table Select Next Set the validity date of the calibration Select Finished Finished Calibration Wizard Page 54 of 168 STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual a tae 3 3 1 Using the Calibration Wizard for Transducer Calibration The Calibration Wizard is started by entering the Channel Management menu by pressing Channel Channel Calibration The Calibration Wizard is a Calibrator function and if the Calibrator password is enabled th
16. Pseudo Channels Introduction Pseudo channels can be used to make complex real channel command signals by combining the output of one or more measured or pseudo channels via the special function of the real channel The special function input field of each control channel can be found after selection of a channel by pressing Value Unit 4 Formula 0 Mode Special functi fo The order of operation of Pseudo Channels Pseudo channels are calculated sequentially i e 1 then 2 then 3 etc Pseudo Channels are evaluated at the loop rate 10 2 Edit Pseudo Channel Before a pseudo channel formula can be entered the number of pseudo channels you want to use must be entered This can be selected via Station i Pseudo Channel Edit Channel All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 135 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual O 10 3 10 3 1 Select a pseudo channel PseudoChannels seudachannel 2 seudoChannel 3 Figure 10 1 Selecting a pseudo channel Select a pseudo channel and enter the formula for the selected pseudo
17. Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com at SmarTEST X User Manual acer T atio l ages Amplitude Force Logical 1 Channeli You can disable the safeguarding limits by selecting Channel 2 3 HA i Setup i gt Management gt safeguarding gt Disable Limits Disables enables safeguarding limits can also be done via the shortcut lt Alt gt lt D gt If all channels are selected it disables enables limits of all channels If one channel is selected it disables enables limits of only that channel 4 5 Lock mode switching With the Lock mode switching menu button you can prevent switching from controller mode Force to Position mode and from Position to Force mode When the Lock mode switching menu button is selected the message pane indicator shows the message Control mode switching locked and the Force Position status indicator shows a L that the controller mode is locked as shown in the figure below To enable the mode switching again select the Unlock Mode Switching menu button gt Channel gt Unlock Mode _ Management Switching Amplitude Matching 4 6 Load Save Safeguarding setting Safeguarding settings of the selected station can be saved and loaded by selecting Load settings Save settings Load factory safeguarding safeguarding When Save settings safeguarding is selected the to create a file screen
18. Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Force Offset Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Force Raw feedback Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Force Rest value Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Force Rest value 2 Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Force Slew rate Station1 Channel1 FCS loop l Force Station1 Channel1 FCS loop l Position Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Integral gain Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Integrator active Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Negative breakout force Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Overall loop gain Station1 Channel1 FCS loop P Force Station1 Channel1 FCS loop P Position Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Position commanded Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Position input Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Position to force ratio Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Position Commanded signal Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Position Fade time Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Position Feedback Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Position Offset Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Position Raw feedback Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Position Rest value Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Position Rest value 2 Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Position Slew rate Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Positive breakout force Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Proportional gain Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Pseudo corrector gain Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Safeguarding Force error maximum alarm Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Safeguarding Force error maximum failsafe Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Safeguarding Force error maximum script Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Safeguarding P
19. except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 7 5 Sequence A sequence is a set of instructions or steps executed remotely or locally by the SmarTEST X controller A sequence can be created and or executed with several applications including but not limited to FasTEST Manager and SmartWAVE The sequence mode is typically used to simulate service history loads or other conditions experienced by the test article during normal use The SmarTEST X supports virtually any kind of loading definition used in various test laboratories and continuous conformance testing facilities A sequence has the potential to run instructions serially or in parallel which allows the user to run multi channel multi threaded instruction sets For additional flexibility the SmarTEST X controller has been optimized to support the local playback of sequences allowing the user to run multiple independent control channels simultaneously 7 5 1 Instruction types A sequence can be composed of any combination of the following instruction types 1 Set point 2 Cycle 3 Drive file 4 Sequence 9 Recording 6 Wait T Script A set point instruction assigns a value to a designated property or channel This set point instruction utilizes step duration transition ramp time and transition type Typically a sine or ramp
20. of the screen To add an analog input output signal to the Line Graph select a Line Graph p Add Signal Select a property to add to the graph Digital 10 Analog ID 1 Property Watchdog updates Inpuk 1 Property Engineering value All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 139 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOC Configure analog I O SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 Figure 11 2 Selecting a signal to add to the graph After selection of the property press Enter and you can enter change the name of the label Press Enter again will add the property to the graph on the upper left half of the screen To add a property to the Property Table B Property Table P Add Property Select a property to add to the table Digital 10 Analog 1a 1 Property Watchdog updates Input 1 roperty Value roperty Engineering value Input 2 Input 3 Figure 11 3 Selecting a property to add to the graph After selection of the property press Enter and you can enter change the name of the label Press Enter again will add the pr
21. purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 WARNING The SmarTEST controller can ONLY be operated safely when the hydraulic pressure to the actuator is removed immediately the 24V is removed from the SAH Solenoid connection on the rear of the SmarTEST X or Manifold Control unit Failure to do so will lead to dangerous situations that could cause personal injury or damage the test article To carry out the calibration procedures follow the sequence below activate tow 1 Activate the hydraulic Pressure by selecting the Activate High Activate Low and then the Activate High button Setpoint H a Using the Setpoint value in the Calibration Wizard to provide movement or load Note the Setpoint value is entered in of full 9 9995 scale not in engineering units b Using external electrical device precision power supply with meter c Using an external device such as dead weight tester etc 2 The SmarTEST X measured value appears below the Uncalibrated label 3 Measure and or record the actual value expected in and enter it into the Calibrated box in engineering units You could a Measure displacement with an external calibrated LVDT
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23. 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual a tae Amp Error warning EU target Amp error consec error Amp error stop limit EU Amplitude matching gain Amplitude matching max factor Offset error warning limit Offset error consec error Offset error stop limit Max cycle fade time Instruction file parameter This field has a maximum limit of 1 Note The amplitude multiplier is not the same as Span which only affects one controller it affects all the instruction types contained in the sequence The values in the amplitude error warning limits are utilized when a cycle instruction is executed in the sequence application The message pane will display a warning message when the amplitude error exceeds both the limit based on the engineering unit and the limit based on the percentage of the desired target amplitude The value in the amplitude error consecutive error is utilized when a cycle instruction is executed in the sequence application This parameter is used to regulate the occurrence of amplitude error limits where an error will be triggered after the number of specified consecutive occurrences The value in the amplitude error stop limit
24. 9 2 3 1 The instructions in this group apply to the currently selected application that is you must first select the application on the SmarTEST X controller before executing these instructions from a script For those instructions which have a channel parameter c c c the convention described in the previous section applies StartApplication s c c c This instruction starts the currently selected application on the specified channels of the specified station StopApplication s c c c This instruction stops the currently running application on the specified channels of the specified station PauseApplication s c c c This instruction pauses the currently running application on the specified channels of the specified station StartRecording s This instruction starts the recording application on the specified station with the predefined parameters StopRecording s This instruction stops the recording application on the specified station Miscellaneous STO Instructions The instructions in this group are general purpose instructions that are independent of the channel SetValue s p n This instruction sets the value of the specified SmarTEST X property p to the specified value n The list of possible properties can be found in Appendix C All SmarTEST X properties must be typed exactly as they are shown in the appendix that is they are case sensitive and must contain spaces as shown e
25. A and Force B Force error maximum Maximum difference between the load feedbacks of Force A and the commanded load Position error maximum Maximum difference between the position feedback and the commanded position 4 4 Disable Limits With the Disable Limits menu button you can disable the safeguarding limits from the selected channel When the Disable Limits menu button is selected the most right icon on the status indicator bar shows a red Channel Disabled display to indicate that the channel is not using the safeguarding settings All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 70 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 Safeguarding Description I Force A Max Min Maximum and minimum load feedback of Force A _ Force B Max Min Maximum and minimum load feedback of Force B Position Max Min Maximum and minimum position feedback Test Input Max Min Maximum and minimum test input value Velocity maximum Specifies a maximum on the velocity of the channel The input is in percentage of 5 x position full scale second Servo valve maximum Specifies a maximum on the servo valve output This is in percentage of default 100 mA or 10 Volt except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group
26. Aborting an application For both static and dynamic applications the command value is faded to the rest condition starting at the current response value 7 2 Setpoint amp Span In Setpoint amp Span the user can modify the command signal by entering a setpoint value or change the Span value In the status bar on top of the operator window the third green icon from the right indicates that No test mode has been selected All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 93 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG SmarTEST X User Manual H S E E 7 2 1 Use Setpoint amp Span Force Position mode When the Setpoint amp Span has been selected all the buttons applicable for this mode are displayed as shown in the picture below Station 1 Amplitude Force Logical 1 ST1 Rate Limit Matching High Pressure 1a Mone scud penna Force commanded Force feedback orce commanded command response ollowing error 0 100 i hannel Span rate limit Laosai Ramp loop Set Controller Set Working Figure 7 3 Setpoint and Span Mode In the left window below the
27. Calibration curve method display for accelerometer data entry To start an accelerometer calibration enter the following data items Parameter Description Units This item consists of the Engineering Unit label text to use as the unit for All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 65 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com FCS SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 this channel ex mm in Full Scale The Full Scale value is the maximum range for the channel in Engineering Units This value becomes the Channel Range Maximum Value in the Calibration Table The Channel Range Minimum Value is set to the negative of this value Zero Tare With the Zero Tare option you effectively zero the feedback regardless of actual feedback Sensitivity mV g Enter the sensitivity value for the transducer from the manufacturer s data sheet The sensitivity value is entered in mV g Polarity Can be set to either or If an increasing positive command value gives an increasing positive feedback value enter If not enter There are two addition
28. Jumper on the SCU measured correctly 408 in the wrong position A jumper on the SCU 408 determines the type of position transducer that can be connected LVDT or potentiometer With the SCU 04200 the LVDT or potentiometer switch is done through software It is not possible to An application is still select another active indicated by a application gt symbol in the channel number status icon In the calibration The input has been wizard it is not confirmed possible to leave a table The graphics do not Graphics is set in update the signal trigger mode and the while the frozen trigger value is set too function has not high been enabled Not able to switch Changing Potmeter to from Potmeter to LVDT or LVDT to LVDT or from LVDT Potmeter is only All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted except with prior and express written permission Connect a safety cable for the required number of channels In case a SCU 408 is used set the jumper to the required position The default is potentiometer In case a SCU 04200 is used switch through software to the required position transducer The default is potentiometer Press m to stop the current application Press back to continue Either disable the trigger or change the trigger value to the working ra
29. LEVEL 1 TUNING Supervisor password MANUAL TUNING TUNING WIZARD LOAD SAVE LOAD TUNING PARAMETERS SAVE TUNING PARAMETERS LOAD FACTORY SETTINGS SAFEGUARDING Supervisor password ABSOLUTE LIMITS RELATIVE LIMITS DISABLE ENABLE LIMITS UN LOCK MODE SWITCHING LOAD SAVE LOAD SETTINGS SAFEGUARDING SAVE SETTINGS SAFEGUARDING LOAD FACTORY SETTINGS MORE SCRIPT ALARM ACTION EDIT ALARM SCRIPTS CHANNEL CALIBRATION MANUAL CALIBRATION Calibrator password CALIBRATION WIZARD Calibrator password EDIT REST CONDITION MORE RENAME CHANNEL TARE SIGNAL Supervisor password MAINTENANCE DACs All channels selected 2 STATION MANAGEMENT SELECT STATION STATION 1 ST1 STATION 2 ST2 STATION 3 ST3 STATION 4 ST4 CREATE STATION Supervisor password EDIT STATION Supervisor password EDIT MANIFOLDS EDIT CHANNELS EDIT Dis EDIT DOs EDIT Als MORE EDIT AOs RENAME STATION SCRIPT OPTIONS SELECT PLAY ACTION EDIT PLAY SCRIPTS SELECT STOP ACTION EDIT STOP SCRIPTS SELECT PAUSE ACTION MORE EDIT PAUSE SCRIPTS SELECT REST ACTION EDIT REST SCRIPTS REMOVE STATION VIEW STATION DETAILS MORE LOAD SAVE LOAD STATION PARAMETERS SAVE STATION PARAMETERS LOCKING OPTIONS LOCK CONTROLLER UNLOCK CONTROLLER FORCE UNLOCK CONTROLLER DISABLE ENABLE SAFEGUARDING STATION CALIBRATION Active if All Channels selected PSEUDO CHANNEL OPTIONS EDIT CHANNEL COUNT H PSEUDO CHANNELS All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties
30. P actuator deltaP compensation Servo valve conditioner Three stage valve present l l Dither Output Frequency Measured Valve Amplitude Position All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 158 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG SmarTEST X User Manual STO 007 o0cee Appendix F SmarTEST X tuning parameters Symbol in Term in Description schematic SmarTEST User WEES Koverall Overall loop gain This is an overall gain to boost the current output to the servo valve or to reverse polarity of the servo valve This gain is usually set to 1 or 1 depending on the servo valve connections Factory default 0 Recommended start value for proper PID control P Force Proportional gain of the controller Available for force control and for position control separately P Position Factory default 0 Recommended start value for conservative PID control 1 Force Integral gain of the controller Available for force control and for position control separately Position Factory default 0 Recommended start value for
31. Physical 1 AIF Card 1 Physical 2 OK Cancel Highlight the Analogue Input channels by using the arrow keys to position over the required channel and the spacebar to select select the OK button using the tab key and the Analogue Inputs will be removed from the station 2 4 5 3 Add All Als Choose Add All Als F3 to add all available analogue input channels to the station Add Al Remove Al Add All Als femoveAlitia ooo Numbers Selecting the add all analogue inputs function will add all the available analogue inputs to the Station 2 4 5 4 Remove All Als Choose Remove All Als F4 to remove all analogue input channels from the station Add Al Remove Al Add All Als Remove dite oe Numbers All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 34 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 2 4 5 5 2 4 6 When the remove all analogue inputs function is selected a warning screen will appear in the bottom right hand corner of the main screen see the figure below to ask if you really wish to remove all analogue input channels select yes and a
32. Set to True to enable Positve and negative breakout force enabled Positive breakout 100 Factory default maximum channel range ForceA can be force modified in position control Negative 100 Factory default minimum channel range ForceA can be breakout force modified in position control Acceleration Ip 50 Default 50Hz frequency Velocity limiter Disabled Factory default Disabled enabled Velocity limit 500 Default 500 EU s maximum Velocity limit 500 Default 500 EU s minimum Velocity Ip 50 0 100 Hz frequency Velocity gain 0 Default 0 Delta P gain 0 Factory default 0 Pseudo corrector 0 Default O gain Page 85 of 168 STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STO 2007 00 00 Parameter Default settings value Servo Pseudo disabled Default Disabled If pseudo channels are assigned to corrector channel station these can be used for this parameter Asymmetry gain 1 Default 1 Servovalve Max 100 100 Servovalve min 100 100 Servovalve offset 0 100 Three stage v
33. SmarTEST X User Manual B A o0 ce 5 Current Cycle 6 Stop Cycle 7 Fade Time 8 Phase offset at start 9 Amplitude Rate Limit You can view the current cycle count value or set the number of cycles already executed to a self chosen value This cycle count value can only be changed when the cycle test mode is not running The current cycle value can be adjusted in two ways You can select the Current cycle in the right window below and press Enter to change the value via the Current cycle select window or via the menu Current cycle 200 Figure 7 20 Set Current cycle This function sets the number of cycles at which the cycle has to stop This stop cycle value can also be changed when the cycle test mode is running The Set Preset Stop Cycle value can be adjusted in two ways You can select the Stop cycle in the right window below and press Enter to change the value via the Stop cycle select window or via the menu Stop Cycle 1000 Figure 7 21 Set stop cycle To adjust or view the following parameters select Advanced view The fade time is the time in which the amplitude of an excitation increases from 0 to 100 or vice versa After starting the cycle once the setpoint has been reached the final amplitude will be achieved during the fade time in seconds this is achieved in phase See figure 7 17 Cycle Phases without an offset Only when there is a difference between the application command and the
34. Supervisor and 2 other worker racks or the Supervisor can be a stand alone rack Within the limits of the racks and the types of cards that can be placed in them comes the concept of configuring the hardware to form a station When the hardware has been installed stations can be created with the function key F1 Setup To start with a practical station management setup we pick the main menu as a place to start this configuration When the Setup button is on the screen the user is considered to be positioned at the main menu To arrive at Setup from other locations use the Escape key Password protection is available on the SmarTEST X system and can be enabled to prevent unauthorized access into the Station Management section 2 2 Select Station From the Station Management menu select F1 Select Station Select Station Create Station e en aa The menu bar will show all the available Stations to select Station 2 Press F2 to load the Station MyFirst Station 1 ST4 aan Once the station has been selected you can either view the station details by selecting F5 from the Station Management menu or modify the station by selecting the F3 Edit Station function 2 3 Create Station Creating a station starts with selecting F2 Create Station from the Station Management menu bar shown below Select Station Create Station Edit Station es a et All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 19 of 168 a
35. Tuning Procedure Using the simple view parameters Once the cycle application is running exit the screen by hitting the ESC key and then press the following eel combinations to get to the manual tuning screen gt na gt Tuning gt Manual tuning All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 78 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Station 1 ald Amplitude Position Logical 1 Channeli STI dhs LUC Matching High Pressurey YC Sime Physical 1 Disabled m a Value Position commanded mm value 79527 wm a Position feedback mm Position feedback 8041 orce feedback 61002 Cycle target commanded ampl measured ampl B Overall loop gain aP Forc O B 4D Forc o sDamping Force A O eP Position 4067 FI Position A34 50 aD Position 0 0 gDamping Position O Figure 6 4 Manual Tuning screen 6 2 2 1 Tuning Parameters The tuning parameters can be seen in the bottom left hand table there are two views available in this table the simple view and the advanced view For the majority
36. Y Fade time lt Fade time Fade time Offset gt 12 Fade time Figure 7 19 Cycle phases with an offset To start the cycle test after activation of the hardware press the gt button on the SmarTEST One or the F12 button on the keyboard When there is no offset the cycle will start at the setpoint and will start fading to the cycle amplitude during the fade time if the Use Fade time is activated Figure 7 17 Figure 7 18 Only when there is a difference between application command and setpoint offset as the cycle is started the signal will go from the application command to the setpoint in half the fade time in a linear line before the waveform starts the cycle After 72 the fade time the cycle will start and the amplitude will grow to its final amplitude in Y2 the fade time The cycle properties amplitude frequency and amplitude rate limit can be changed during this phase When the cycle is stopped F10 or paused F11 the signal will fade to the offset during the fade time All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 100 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com
37. and output In case of the digital transfer logic it should have a binary output This binary output will then be used to switch the digital output channel for which is transfer logic has been defined in real time In case of pseudo transfer logic it has a numerical output which can be monitored by means of PRT graphics To compensate for the non linearity of a transducer a table can be defined which contains gains and offsets This table is used for the conversion of electrical units to engineering units for example from Volts to micro strain Tuning refers to finding the optimal set of controller parameters of a SCU actuator combination The optional feature of auto tuning automates this optimization See pseudo controller See pseudo monitoring channel A wide variety of waveforms can be selected to make the transitions from set point A to set point B The following waveforms are supported Sine Sawtooth Squarewave Rounded ramp Exponential The working range is subset of the channel range of a control channel The working range is equal or smaller than the channel range The SmarTEST software will check if every defined set point is within the working range The working range is an extra safety to ensure that the command signals will be limited Page 166 of 168 STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group
38. any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 wn in LSB ordered right to left Unit 4 Digital input 0000000000000 2 Digital output n00N000000000 Hame Value This allows the user to see the status of all digital I O in the station 2 4 5 Edit Analogue Inputs Al The Edit Analogue Inputs menu item allow the selection and removal of analogue input channels Choose Edit Als F5 to display the Edit Analogue Input Menu enn ects emme sn emae te When you choose the edit analogue input option the bottom left hand screen will display the analogue inputs currently assigned to the Station see below ATs assigned bo station All Card 1 Physical 13 Alz Card 1 Physical 2 416 Card 1 Physical 6 Al Card 1 Physical 7 AIS Card 1 Physical 3 2 4 5 1 Add Al Choose Add Al F1 to add available analogue input channels to the station Add Al Remove Al Add All Als Hemose All Als oo Numbers Selecting the add analogue inputs function will bring up the select analogue input channels to add screen in the bottom right hand corner of the main screen see below All rights reserved Disclosu
39. assigned DE ACTIVATE LOW HIGH PRESSURE is used when a STATION has assigned SAH and or MANIFOLD s Page 154 of 168 STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Appendix C SmarTEST X Properties Station Specific SmarTEST X Properties Station1 Channel1 Application Amplitude error Station1 Channel1 Application Amplitude error consecutive Station1 Channel1 Application Amplitude error stop limit Station1 Channel1 Application Amplitude error warn target limit Station1 Channel1 Application Amplitude error warn limit Station1 Channel1 Application Amplitude matching gain Station1 Channel1 Application Amplitude matching max factor Station1 Channel1 Application Max cycle fade time Station1 Channel1 Application Offset error Station1 Channel1 Application Offset error consecutive Station1 Channel1 Application Offset error stop limit Station1 Channel1 Application Offset error warning limit Station1 Channel1 Application Stop cycle Station1 Channel1 ApplicationSpan Station1 Channel1 Current state Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Amplitude error Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Amplitude error safety Alarm Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Amplitude error safety Failsafe Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Amplitude error safety Script Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Amplitude Matching On Stat
40. bar graph is displayed The command response and following error are monitored In the right top window the parameters are displayed depending on the selected Force or Position mode In Force Mode the commanded force and force feedback position feedback and following error values are displayed In Position mode the commanded position and position feedback Force feedback and following error values are displayed In the right window below additional parameters are master Span master span rate limit setpoint setpoint rate limit zero soan span rate limit and positive and negative breakout force Span control is a concept by which the amplitude of any command signal is scaled by this span factor If it is set to 100 or Engineering unit full scale the command to the servo loop will output maximum signal amplitudes at that level Span is always ramped from O to the desired level according to Span rate limit and after Play button is pressed Opposite control for Pause or Stop For a complete description of all parameters see appendix F Before the hardware will be activated the desired control loop must be set The force control loop is default To change this press Setpoint amp Set Controller a Spt gt Spite resnmameae J raceme In the status bar on top of the operator window the fourth icon will change from Force to Position and vice versa All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 94 o
41. before the station can be activated or low and high pressure can be activated All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 73 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual Gy chr oon 5 Control loop architecture 5 1 Introduction This chapter will explain the concept of the Moog FCS unique control loop As and input for the control loop it uses the command source application as described in chapter xx in combination with the Setpoint amp Span described in chapter yy Below a graphical presentation of how the command signal reaches the control loop Cycle Rest Condition 1 Channel Rest Condition 2 Setpoint Also called Master formerly Manual Setpoint Offset Sequence Test Input Master _e 65 Out amp Special apan al Function i Loop Feedback Reserved Zero formerly 3 for Static Setpoint test 1 Transducer Feedback Figure 5 1 Command signal generation 5 2 Command source vs setpoint amp Span The co
42. bridge sensor output errors due to drift of the excitation source can be eliminated by using the A D converter reference as the source of the excitation for the sensor bridge This type of measurement is called ratio metric This can be selected by highlighting the option on the TD calibration object screen and pressing Return on the keyboard The status of the option is then displayed in the table shown below Name Ratio Metric Sensing Figure 3 8 Ratio Metric Sensing selection If it is required to change the status of the Ratio Metric Sensing then it can be selected by hitting the Return key The state can then be changed by hitting the Space Bar on the keyboard and the tick box shown below will show a tick mark Hame 1AE Metric Sensing Once selected the value in the table will change from False to True All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 50 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 3 2 5 Filter There are two kinds of user configurable filters in the SmarTEST controller e Filters on the inputs e Filters on the graphic displa
43. calibration index Hardware SCU1 ForceA TD calibration output Hardware SCU1 ForceA TD calibration gain Hardware SCU1 ForceA TD calibration offset Hardware SCU1 ForceA TD calibration date Hardware SCU1 ForceA TD calibration valid until Hardware SCU1 ForceA Hardware gain Hardware SCU1 ForceA 8 pole low pass filter active Hardware SCU1 ForceB Channel range Unit Hardware SCU1 ForceB Channel range Minimum Hardware SCU1 ForceB Channel range Maximum Hardware SCU1 ForceB 8 pole low pass filter FilterPars Active Hardware SCU1 ForceB 8 pole low pass filter FilterPars Omega Hardware SCU1 ForceB 8 pole low pass filter FilterPars Order Hardware SCU1 ForceB 8 pole low pass filter FilterPars Cutoff frequency Hardware SCU1 ForceB Unscaled value Hardware SCU1 ForceB Scaled value Hardware SCU1 ForceB Engineering value Hardware SCU1 ForceB Sensitivity Hardware SCU1 ForceB HW calibration index Hardware SCU1 ForceB HW calibration gain Hardware SCU1 ForceB HW calibration offset Hardware SCU1 ForceB HW calibration date Hardware SCU1 ForceB HW calibration valid until Hardware SCU1 ForceB TD calibration front expansion Hardware SCU1 ForceB TD calibration rear expansion Hardware SCU1 ForceB TD calibration index Hardware SCU1 ForceB TD calibration output Hardware SCU1 ForceB TD calibration gain Hardware SCU1 ForceB TD calibration offset Hardware SCU1 ForceB TD calibration date Hardware SCU1 ForceB TD calibration valid until Hardware SCU1 ForceB Hardware gain Hardware S
44. calibration performed for the Transducer TD Calibration The expiration dates for the calibration is also shown 3 2 8 LVDT Potentiometer selection NOTE Changing Potentiometer to LVDT or LVDT to Potentiometer is only allowed when the hardware is deactivated The selection of LVDT or potentiometer can be reached by pressing You can change from LVDT to potentiometer or LVDT to potentiometer via Manual Calibration after you select Position and Lvdt pot meter selection Channel gt Manual Calibration calibration Select H calibration object For Position Input selection Potmeter Hardware Calibration Filter Hame Value Unit Calibration walidit z Ldt pot meter selection input selection Potmeter Figure 3 13 LVDT Pot meter selection 3 3 Calibration Wizard The Calibration Wizard provides a simple easy to use method for setting up all transducers with the correct engineering units and full scale range It also automatically calculates and sets the transducer gains and offsets providing that transducers are connected correctly A flowchart of these simple steps is shown in below and in Appendix A The same procedure can be used for transducers fitted with a recognition chip The Calibration Wizard may also be used during the Input Hardware calibration process All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 53 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained t
45. can be accessed through the graphics menu p mem gt When the dying seconds buffer is displayed press Change Settings to modify the display properties of the dying seconds buffer Change the parameter Max Y and Min Y to define the Y axis channel range The range X determines the time base of the graphics window To hide the dying seconds and resume normal graphical monitoring press 8 3 1 Save Dying Seconds With the first dying seconds event occurred after the tenth time the file named autosave0 rpc will be overwritten To save this buffer on disk press All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 118 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG FCS SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Press the Ctrl and Enter button on your keyboard together to get the window to fill in the filename This will have the extension rpc automatically Press Enter to save the dying seconds To display the saved dying seconds you have to select the file se te Load Dying To hide the dying seconds and resume normal graphical monitoring press Hide Dying Seconds NOTE Dying se
46. conservative PID control 1 D Force Derivative gain of the controller Available for force D Position control and for position control separately Factory default 0 Recommended start value for conservative PID control 0 Damping gain Damping Force Damping can be used to dampen the resonant frequencies of the test It provides a counter acting force proportional to the computed velocity just like a shock absorber The damping gain is always set to a value as low as possible in force control This is done to avoid introducing a force following error due to control loop phase shift Factory default 0 Recommended start value for conservative PID control 0 The position loop is implemented as an outside loop over the force loop Therefore a force error is needed even when the controller is in position loop To translate position error to a force error this gain is used The physical equivalent of this gain is spring stiffness Damping Position Position to force ratio Feed Forward Gain Feed Forward LP Filter Damping hp frequency All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 159 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quali
47. controller so that remote PC applications will be able to access the controller using the DLL 9 2 3 9 ForceUnLockSTO s s s This instruction forces the specified station s of the SmarTEST X controller to be unlocked regardless of whether it was locked internally with a LockSTO instruction or by a remote PC application 9 2 4 Flow Control Instructions The instructions in this group control the flow of the script They have nothing to do with the SmarTEST X controller directly They simply provide a means of grouping and conditionally executing script instructions 9 2 4 1 while cond This instruction starts a loop that will be executed repeatedly until the condition cond is met The condition can be any conditional statement that evaluates to true or false such as comparing the value of a SmarTEST X property to a specific value e g value Station1 Channel1 Selected control loop ID Force or comparing the value of an internal variable to a specific value e g lt 2 The while loop is terminated with an end statement The conditional operators are as follows I not equal to equal to Note the double equal sign lt less than lt less than or equal to gt greater than gt greater than or equal to EXAMPLE To set the controller node on channels 1 through 4 of station 1 to position i 1 while i lt 4 SetControllerMode 1 I Position i i 1 end 9 2 4 2 if cond This instruction causes a block of instructions
48. degrees The second bar graph in the left window below also shows the phase error in a bar graph This value can not be changed 15 Measured The measured average size feature in a cycle test mode is useful for the amplitude matching Average Size accuracy This is the size of the noise filter for the feedback signal Making this value too high will average the feedback signal too much and may result in too much amplitude correction Making it too low makes the amplitude more noise dependant 16 Use Fade Time The fade time can be disabled if you deselect the Use fade time False and be enable if you select the Use fade time True It is possible that the hardware is still active in another test mode To be able to switch to the cycle mode it is necessary that the previous application will be stopped The active status can be verified by observing the first icon from the right in the statusbar Depending on the state of the application active stopped paused it will be displayed in the icon For example when an application has been stopped the icon appears as Channeli To make sure that the test mode can be switched always press the m button on the front panel SmarTEST One or the F10 button on the keyboard 7 3 2 Amplitude Phase Matching The SmarTEST X has two features to ensure correct execution of repetitive waveforms Amplitude matching and Phase matching All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of th
49. except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 When you choose the edit digital output option the bottom left hand screen will display the digital outputs currently assigned to the Station see the figure below DOs assigned to station Doe Card 1 Physical 2 BOs Card 1 Physical 3 DO4 Card 1 Physical 4 DOS Card 1 Physical 5 DO6 Card 1 Physical 6 DO Card 1 Physical 7 DOs Card 1 Physical 3 DON Card 2 Physical 1 0010 Card 2 Physical 2 OO11 Card 2 Physical 3 OO12 Card 2 Physical 13 Card 2 Physical 5 2 4 4 1 Add DO Choose Add DO F1 to add available digital output channels to the station Remove All Edit Logical ae DOs Numbers More Selecting the add digital outputs function will bring up the select digital output channels to add screen in the bottom right hand corner of the main screen see below Doz Card 1 Physical z DOS Card 1 Physical 3 Do4 Card 1 Physical 4 DOS Card 1 Physical 5 Dog Card 1 Physical 6 DO Card 1 Physical 7 Dos Card 1 Physical 5 Do9 Card 2 Physical 14 ret ero ard F Ghcie al T Ok Cancel Highlight the Digital Output channels by using the arrow keys to position over the required channel and the spacebar to select select the OK button using the tab key and the Digital Outputs will be adde
50. if the channel number is 10 or greater the menu method must be used If the channel number is greater than the channels shown in the menu select More channels until the desired channel is shown All Channel mode can also be selected using the All Channels menu button All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 45 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual To 087 a0 3 Calibration 3 1 Calibration overview Calibration is the process of finding the right correction gains amp offsets to provide an accurate digital version of the real input value The main source of inaccuracy in a control system is the transducer A 16 bit A D converter corresponds to a resolution accuracy of 0 003 Most transducers have an accuracy of 0 1 to 0 5 of the full scale value To make matters worse some transducers are not linear Since control accuracy is dependant upon the accuracy of the feedback signals proper calibration is essential for accurate control The A D converter itself is not infinitely accurate so we also have to compensate for this inaccuracy Below
51. introduced into the measurement This will be seen as a deviation from the zero when a loadcell is connected but not subjected to a force This may be removed using the offset function in the multi step table and is entered as a percentage of full scale The Position TD Calibration Table is identical to the force table All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 49 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 3 2 3 Channel Range Name Value AN 300 Ibs y Maximum P E SS Figure 3 7 Channel range In the channel range window enter the appropriate controller parameters for the transducer Enter the maximum and minimum value in engineering units that represents the full scale range of the transducer that is connected to the controller Also enter the dimension kN Ibs etc that the transducer has been calibrated for Using this information the feedback signal from the transducer 10 V to 10 V can be scaled to any engineering units 3 2 4 Ratio Metric Sensing When an A D converter is used to measure a
52. last bar graph indicates the actual step of the current block With the Reset sequence button you can reset the sequence to the start situation of the sequence The current block and current step values are set to zero The reset sequence will not be working when the sequence is running If you push the Reset sequence button while the sequence is running an alarm message will be displayed in the message pane Cannot reset sequence while running Sequence Parameters To set the transition time from the start value to the end value use the minimum segment time parameter The pla the segment time the slower the test will execute gt gt lt Enter Value gt Enter The current sample parameter displays the actual number of samples complete and the total number of samples in the sequence The value in the time multiplier field is multiplied with the segment time and the transition time between steps The higher this value the slower the test will run This field has a minimum limit of 1 The value in the amplitude multiplier field is multiplied with the amplitude of the command signal The lower the value the lower the command signals The Amplitude Multiplier adjusts the Command Signal for all Controllers but only in the Sequence Application It is an application All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 111 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007
53. no signals appear on the graph is that there is no default graph from which to select from due to the lack of hardware Having a station that has no channels is what we expect and desire to start from the ground floor Station 1 aa Amplitude No Mode eon Matching Pressure Off Selected y All Channels All Channels No Signals Selected There are cumenthy no signals selected to be displayed in this wiew To add a signal to the graph select Graphics from the main menu then select Line Graph Remo View Stati Select Station Create Station Edit Station ee ene Station Details Figure 2 1 All Channels station view Once we have our station name with nothing defined in the entire configuration we can then start by adding channels manifolds and other items to our station 2 4 Edit Station Once the station has been created it is then necessary to edit that station to add the hardware required for the test setup such as SCU s I O and hydraulic manifold controls MCU s We choose to edit a station by selecting F3 Edit Station from the station management menu Remove View Station ee All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 20 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 excep
54. piri pa ee a an ifp toe 20 hee hie f D r mT n Figure 13 3 Confirmation of successful upload All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 147 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted except with prior and express written permission Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOC SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 When the SmarTEST X controller is powered on it performs a self diagnostic on the following 14 Troubleshooting 14 1 Self Diagnostic functions Power check SCUs check e Keypad LEDs A D converters If any of those fails an SCU self test error is reported and this channel cannot be used With the short key Alt D on the connected keyboard it can be verified whether all hardware keys on the front panel of the SmarTEST X are functioning correctly including the turn push controller knob Once this short key has been entered an operator interface window appears to guide through these diagnostics To quit these diagnostics press Alt Q on the connected keyboard 14 2 Troubleshooting diagram Table 0 1 Troubleshoot diagram Emergency button No safety cable has no effect connected Displacement is not
55. range for the channel in Engineering Units This value becomes the Channel Range Maximum Value in the Calibration Table The Channel Range Minimum Value is set to the negative of this value This item consists of the Engineering Unit label text to use as the unit for this channel ex mm in Slew Rate EU S The slew rate is the maximum gradient rate of change allowed for this channel For example the slew rate of the position channel is the velocity limit The units of this entry are Engineering Units Second Rest Value EU The Rest Value is the end point value in Engineering Units to which the system will make a transition at the end of a shutdown sequence Polarity Can be set to either or If an increasing positive command value gives an increasing positive feedback value enter If not enter When Next is selected the following display is shown It is identical to the Force Display except there is no Shunt Activate button Activate Low EU Value mm 70 Deactivate Low Add Entry Delete Entry setpoint t y Uncalibrated 43 Calibrated imm y Full Scale 0 204474 40 164800 0 000000 Activate Table Figure 3 26 Measure offset and gain for position no shunt available All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 62 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc
56. required channel and the spacebar to select then select either move up or down and the logical order of the analogue input channel selected will move respectively More Choose More F6 to access the additional options for the Edit Station option Edit DOs Edit Als All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 35 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOC SmarTEST X User Manual Tae ote Edit AQs Se 2 4 7 Edit Analogue Outputs AO The Edit Analogue Outputs menu item allow the selection and removal of analogue output channels Choose Edit AOs F1 to display the Edit Analogue Input Menu 3 Rename Edit AOs Station When you choose the edit analogue output option the bottom left hand screen will display the analogue inputs currently assigned to the Station see below 405 assigned to station 401 Card 1 Physical 1 402 lard 1 Physical 2 403 Card 1 Physical 3 Al Card 1 Physical 405 Card 1 Physical 5 406 Card 1 Physical 6 AO Card 1 Physical 7 ADS Card 1 Physical 8 2 4 7 1 Add AO Choose Add AO F1 to add available a
57. the buttons applicable for this mode are displayed as shown in the operator window below Force commanded Force feedback Position feedback 0 00254088 0 000254088 0 00254088 Following error y Amplitude Frequency Setpoint Current cycle Stop cycle 4000000 Activate low Deactivate low Set Controller Set Frequency Set Amplitude pressure pressure Mode Figure 7 5 Cycle main view The first bar graph in the left window below shows the commanded amplitude measured amplitude and the amplitude error The second bar graph monitors the phase error The last bar graph shows the number of cycles In the right a list of control parameters are displayed all related to the cycle test mode as waveform amplitude frequency setpointcyclecount e g Force Position ea Before the hardware should be activated the desired control loop must be set The force control loop is default To SEUN this press Force Mode p Position Mode Cycle Page 96 of 168 STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_DRAFT doc Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOUR
58. the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 When using the SmarTEST X F1 F6 function keys will be used for setup and the F9 F12 performs the main run pause stop functions Below a more detailed overview of these keyboard functions Esc Backspace F1 F6 F7 F9 F10 F11 F12 12 3 gt 20 lt ALT gt lt C gt lt ALT gt lt D gt lt ALT gt lt F gt lt ALT gt lt G gt ESC is used to pull out of any given lower menu or display item that was previously selected It will return the user to a first or initial starting point The Backspace key returns upwards in menu control to previous selected menu items Backing up to the main menu is not always required and this keystroke may be used to position into menus above the item that one is currently located There is no way to back out of the main menu Will apply the items listed in each given menu box or item for an individual station shown at the bottom of the screen Each menu item may lead to other menus or they may direct commands that are neatly grouped under a single heading To know and apply menu items corre
59. this configuration please contact customer support In contrast with the digital I O board a safety cable must always be connected to the MCU Without the safety cable the MCU will not operate The MCU hardware contains off low and high buttons for each manifold connected These individual manifold connections are described as stations Any individual station can be switched from off to low to high directly from the physical MCU by pushing the related button With an assigned digital I O board it can be switched also via the digital manifold box menu or via the application panels The MCU can never be switched directly from off to low and high before the safety chain of the STO unit is valid When a SmarTESTONE controller contains a digital I O board configured for connection to a MCU the boards address switch is set to F but no MCU is connected it may result in the following behavior It is impossible to get the SCU Status indicator in the top row to green even if hardware is active and low and high pressure has been activated To resolve this either connect a MCU or set the address switch of the digital I O board to something other than F The assignment of the different MCU valves to different stations is done under Station Management as described in Chapter 2 The Manifold Control Unit can be operated in three ways e Through the application panels e Via the manifold control unit menu e Directly b
60. to be executed conditionally based upon whether the condition cond evaluates to true or false If the condition evaluates to true the block of All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 131 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual a tae instructions is executed otherwise it is not The if statement can have multiple conditions by adding an elseif statement within the block The if block is terminated with an end statement EXAMPLE To set the setpoint value of channel3 to value appropriate to the control mode if Value 1 Channel3 Selected control loop ID Force SetValue 1 Channel3 Cycle application Command signal Offset 400 elseif Value 1 Channel3 Selected control loop ID Position SetValue 1 Channel3 Cycle application Command signal Offset 3 else ShowMessage Invalid control mode end 9 2 4 3 end This instruction terminates an if block or a while loop 9 2 4 4 begin This instruction begins a block of statements that is executed repeatedly similar to the while in
61. two typical SCU input paths are shown SCU Front Transducer Calibration Force Transducer Data Excitation 5 V Force Amplifier A D Converter 16 bit word Position Transducer Excitation 5 V Input gt gt Position V ptt 16 bit word Displacement Excitation POT 5 V LVDT AGNI Voltage Drop Input Calibration Le Transducer Correction ne Correction Figure 3 1 SCU diagram Two sets of gain and offset compensation parameters can be identified 1 Input hardware related SCU specific 2 Transducer related everything outside of the SCU The Input hardware calibration is a separate procedure from transducer calibration and should only be performed by qualified service personnel The Input Hardware calibration procedure is described in a separate document and in not covered in this manual It is important to note that the correction factors determined during SCU Input Hardware calibration are stored in flash memory on the SCU so that when a transducer is exchanged only the new transducer has to be calibrated The same is valid if a controller is exchanged However since the interconnecting cables and connectors also have a significant influence on the accuracy an end to end calibration should always be performed This is also the case when ratio metric sensing remote sensing of the bridge excitation voltage is used for a bridge type transducer e g load cell An end to e
62. 0 Select object Select hardware gain Hardware Gain Channel 1 range Channel 2 range Channel 3 range Channel 4 range Channel 5 range Channel 6 range Figure 11 7 Selecting the channel range Figure 11 8 Selecting the hardware gain After selection of the Channel you can change the minimum and maximum value between 100 and 100 enter the unit and set the sensitivity The SVC04280 uses a hardware gain for all channels Sensitivity is used because this will reflect the actual sensitivity of the transducer selected If the hardware gain is adjusted the full scale values will be adjusted to match Digital I O This paragraph is only applicable if a digital I O board has been installed in the SmarTEST X Digital input output is supported with an update frequency of 5 of the controller scan rate Actions can be defined on digital input events Digital outputs can be set manually or using a pseudo channel The following selections can be made in the Digital I O menu Configure Set Input An action on each digital input event can be defined An event occurs if the digital input changes from 0 to 1 The input configuration is displayed with All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 141 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15
63. 007 00 00 2 4 3 7 Configure Choose Configure F1 to access the options for the digital input channels in the Station z Trigger Selecting the configure function will bring up the select input to configure screen see below Select input DII Phys 1 Soto rest condition 2 aoto rest condition 3 goto rest condition H Goto rest condition 5 Soto rest condition 6 Goto rest condition JF aoto rest condition 6 Goto rest condition Highlight the digital input to configure by using the arrow keys to position over the required channel and the return key to select the select action screen will appear in the bottom right hand corner of the main screen see below Select action For input 1 Mo action selected Show message Goto rest condition Highlight the action required for the digital input by using the arrow keys to position over the action and then hit the return key to select the action will now be set for that digital input The default action for all digital inputs is the go to rest condition 2 4 3 8 Monitor Choose Monitor F2 to access the status of all digital inputs and outputs on the station Set Input Trigger Selecting the monitor function will bring up the monitor digital I O screen see below All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 27 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other
64. 007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual To cnr ote WARNING Make sure that for displacement control the actuator can stroke fully in both directions without coming into contact with any obstruction and for load control that a dummy specimen is installed Once the parameters have been set up to your satisfaction turn on hydraulic pressure to the actuator by selecting the Activate low pressure button on the far left of the menu bar followed by the Activate high pressure button There should now be high pressure oil to the actuator and the status bar on the top of the screen should have turned green providing that no limits have been exceeded Once the hydraulic pressure is applied to the actuator you can start the function generator running by pressing the F12 key on the keyboard Check that the stop cycle parameter has a sufficient number of cycles to allow running the system for a reasonable length of time Station 1 a Amplitude Position l Logical 1 l STI Paba AUT Matching High Pressure C ClE Savare phusical 1 Ca a a Position feedback 1 6143 3 Force feedback 1 0640889 a Sa J Figure 6 3 Cycle test running 6 2 2 Actuator
65. 07 All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com A rtisan Artisan Technology Group is your source for quality a n new and certified used pre owned equipment FAST SHIPPING AND SERVICE CENTER REPAIRS WE BUY USED EQUIPMENT DELIVERY Experienced engineers and technicians on staff Sell your excess underutilized and idle used equipment TENS OF THOUSANDS OF at our full service in house repair center We also offer credit for buy backs and trade ins IN STOCK ITEMS www artisantg com WeBuyEquipment A EQUIPMENT DEMOS HUNDREDS OF Instra lea REMOTE INSPECTION LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION TO A Remotely inspect equipment before purchasing with Visit us on the web at www artisantg com 7 for more our interactive website at www instraview com 7 information on price quotations drivers technical LEASING MONTHLY specifications manuals and documentation RENTALS ITAR CERTIFIED ee Contact us 888 88 SOURCE sales artisantg com www artisantg com
66. 10 3 Pseudo Channel Applications cccceccsecceecececeeeceeesseceeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeenes 136 10 3 1 Special Functions Application cccecceecceecceeecececeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeseeeees 136 10 3 2 Pseudo Channel Special Function Syntax cccccccceececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaes 137 11 Analog amp Digital 1 O 00 0 0 cec cece ce eeeeeee sees esses eeeeeseescaaeeeaeeseaeesaeeeeaeseaeseaaesenaesenesoaees 139 11 1 VEO GUC HON sips cmssnteasncssssnnetsinctaatsaacoatvailttesaeroainstooeyendeiecanae snc couitgomuendtosateoaanusenearouiteas 139 11 2 Ama 6 10 TO Seaetemee ete eeenn ore E ee eee eee ene caer 139 11 3 EA WO E E EAE E E EO 141 12 DAC Output signalS nannannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nenn nnn nennen 145 13 Wep MEn ICO ara E N 146 13 1 PTV OCG HOM oenen A E E A E 146 13 2 Upload Configuration File 0 ccccccccceccceeceececeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeseeeeeneeseeeeaes 146 14 Troubleshooting wicwiicsacecansecccties cenadiaiacsstiancusdsnadiuned aE TAN ia 148 14 1 Se DANO UG enne E E IE 148 14 2 Troubleshooting GIAGFAM cccccceecceeecseeceeeceeecuecauecauecaeeceeecseecueeaeeseeess 148 14 3 DAOINO S are E E A E E 149 15 Manifold Control Unit 0 0 0 0 ccc ccceceeeceneeeneeeeeeneeeeseneseaesenesenseanseaaseasenesenesenesenesanes 150 15 1 PFU CIE CT ON a sessiossa asna EEA E EAEEREN 150 15 2 Manifold Control Unit MCU cc eccceececeeeceeeeseeeeeeeeseeeseeeesee
67. 2 4 1 3 Add All Manifolds Select Add All Manifolds F3 et Remove Add All Remove All ae Manifold Manifolds Manifolds This option will add all the available manifolds to the station 2 4 1 4 Remove All Manifolds Select Remove All Manifolds F4 ste Remove Add All Remove All eee eer Manifold Manifolds Manifolds This option will remove all the available manifolds from the station 2 4 2 Edit Channels The Edit Channels menu item allow the selection and removal of SCU channels Choose Edit Channels F2 to display the Edit Channel Menu When you choose the edit channel option the bottom left hand screen will display the channels currently assigned to the Station see the figure below Select the Channels you want to add Channel SCU 2 Channela SCU 3 Channel SCL 44 Channels SCL 5 Cancel 2 4 2 1 Add Channel Choose Add Channel F1 to display the list of available channels Add CI el Remove Ackil All Remove All Edit Logical ee ee Channel Channels Channels Numbers For example to add channels 1 2 and 3 of the available channels to the current station highlight the first three channels by using the arrow keys to position over the required channel and the spacebar to select Select the Channels you want to add Channell SCL 2 Channel SCL 3 Channels SCU 44 Channel4 SCU 5 Channels SCL 14 Cancel All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 22 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information c
68. 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STO 2007 00 00 If the measurement method is not possible the data can be entered directly from the manufacturer s data sheets gt Select the Enter previously measured calibration data or manufacturer information see 3 3 3 2 and select Next 3 3 3 1 Measurement Method with Force Transducers The Measure Calibration Curve method calculates the gain and offset corrections of the sampled data from the load cell The Measure Calibration Curve Setup display is where the basic transducer data is entered easure Calibration Curve Setup Full Scale Slew Rate EUS oa Polarity Units Rest Value EU al Co Sensitivity mv g HOTE TD Table will be fe Hardware Gain Ca Ke cleared on Next Figure 3 19 Measure calibration curve method display for Force A or Force B The basic transducer data items to enter for Force A or Force B are Parameter Description Full Scale The Full Scale value is the maximum range for the channel in Engineering Units This value becomes the Channel Range Maximum Value in the Calibration Table The Channel Range Minimum Value is set to the negative of this value Units This item consists of the Engineering Unit label text to use as the unit for this channel ex KN Lbs Sensitivity E
69. 5 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG Appendix A Calibration Wizard Select type of Calibration to perform Transducer Calibration Yes Select Setup Channel Management Channel Calibration Select Calibration Wizard Enter Calibrator password if needed Select type of Channel to Calibrate Select type of Transducer connected to the Channel Force Transducers Measured or Entered data Position channel calibration Vv Calibration Wizard Diagram 4 1 EE EE BDD p SCU Select SCU 1 0 4 U E EEEE BD D 8 B DD YD j EEEE BDD YD j Select Setup Hardware Analog IO Select Analog 1 0 Analog IO or Strain Analog IO Select Analog IO Select Calibration Wizard Enter Calibrator password if needed Select Strain IO ARNING proceed No gt Exit Yes Select Input Hardware Enter required Calibration data Select Next Encoder amp Acceleration channel calibration Vv All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for purposes other than provided for this
70. 5 3 4AutoScale Y 5 Normalize Y Axis Show Extra 10 7 Filter Active Figure 8 5 The graph window variables Max Y and Min Y to define the Y axis channel range if AutoScale Y has been disabled Range X determines the time base of the graphics window on the X axis AutoScale Y enabled On to automatic scale the Y axis depending on the selected signals on the graphical display Normalize Y Axis enabled On to enable the user to watch phase differences between signals Show Extra 10 On to have an extra 10 Y bandwidth if AutoScale Y is On Filter Active On Off to de activate the filter frequency on the graphical display Filter Frequency value between 0 50 Hz Trigger enabled On the graphics will not scroll over the screen automatically It will be displayed every time the feedback signal passes a Trigger value in the up or down direction Trigger direction This feature is especially useful to display high frequency signals Dying Seconds is explained in section 8 3 8 2 2 Freeze Graphics At any time the graphics can be frozen Once the graphics window green lining has been selected press enter or the control knob on the SmarTEST One In frozen mode it is possible to scroll back in time with help of the control knob It is also possible to Zoom in by changing the parameter Range X in the Change Settings list via the graphics menu see above All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or
71. 557 Figure 16 1 SmarTEST X Installer window Enter the IP address of the SmarTEST X the software version which has to be installed the installation type and the new IP address NOTE The IP address of the SmarTEST X must be unique because identical IP addresses on the same network are not allowed In case default tuning calibration and safeguarding settings should be kept change the installation type into upgrade In that way these will not be overwritten In any case all saved settings except for the default ones remain on the harddisk after complete or upgrade installation In case a new IP address or net mask is desired the user can do so by checking the Set new IP amp Netmask checkbox When this checkbox is checked the New IP address field is pre filled with a copy of the IP address in the Enter IP address field In this case the bootline dat is generated and send to the SmarTEST X like before with the exception that now the realtime name entry in the bootline dat file is preserved If the installation has finished the message installation completed appears Reboot the SmarTEST X controller by switching the unit off and on All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 152 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 1
72. 8 88 SOURCE www artisantg com 1 4 SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 De SmarTEST Straingauge Amplifi ALasVS sn v s SSU Input SSU Output SSU Linked POSITION o ACHUIER FORCE SERVO On Bojeuy NOILISOd z ova ova Ea c S J e e J CHANNEL CHANNEL 1 3 4 6 Figure 1 6 Connection panel of the SmarTEST xX rack SmarTEST X User Interface The complete operator window as shown below consists of a status bar on top followed by a message pane a graph on the top left side and a table on the top right side for monitoring parameters The left side below is used for display application monitoring information such as one or more bargraphs for monitoring the Cycle Application parameters and on the right side a table with control parameters to be changed by the operator Finally a grey control bar where the related controller application and user interface parameters can be accessed Selecting the Backspace key will move up one menu level The main menu as shown below can always be reached by pressing the Esc key Please take a moment to just observe the 4 quadrants of the above screen and try to begin associating the given names to them and what they represent We start with a brief functional description of the various panes that are presented and some of the simple things one can do with these items keeping in mind that the goal is to establish some form of familiarizat
73. CE www artisantg com 1 Waveforms l SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 In the status bar on top of the operator window the fourth green icon from the right will change from force to position and vice versa Position Pressure Off Hame WYaveForm 3 Amplitude 3 Frequency 4 Setpoint 5 Current cycle Stop cycle 1000000 Figure 7 6 Cycle test definition The cycle test definition exists of phases in which the following parameters have a vital role The first 6 parameters will be visible in the simple view To adjust or view the other parameters you have to select the Advanced view After you have selected the cycle menu button you can select the waveform in the right window below via the waveform type select window Figure 7 7 Select waveform You can make a selection of the following waveforms Sine Figure 7 8 Sine waveform Saw tooth Loop Command Figure 7 9 Saw tooth waveform All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 97 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com rr SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 Figure 7 10 Squa
74. CU1 Force 4 Engineering value SEU Force Engineering value 5CUS Forces Engineering value 5CU4 Forces Engineering value 5CU5 Force Engineering value 5CU6 Force Engineering value 5CU7 Force Engineering value SCUL Force commanded SCUZ Force commanded SCUG Force commanded SCU4 Force commanded SCUS Force commanded Figure 8 20 Selecting an alias to remove SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Select another value to create an alias for or press Esc to stop adding aliases Remove an alias from the list of available aliases Press Remove alias to select the alias in the lower left window to remove Select alias to remove Hame Value Jeommand sianar p 2Force 3 Position 4Following error p Rate limit Fositive breakout force 100 THegative breakout force 100 Press the control knob to remove the selected alias from the list You can select more aliases to remove until you press Esc To quit the alias editor press Esc All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 127 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X Us
75. CU1 ForceB 8 pole low pass filter active Hardware SCU1 Position Channel range Unit Hardware SCU1 Position Channel range Minimum Hardware SCU1 Position Channel range Maximum Hardware SCU1 Position 8 pole low pass filter FilterPars Active Hardware SCU1 Position 8 pole low pass filter FilterPars Omega Hardware SCU1 Position 8 pole low pass filter FilterPars Order Hardware SCU1 Position 8 pole low pass filter FilterPars Cutoff frequency Hardware SCU1 Position Unscaled value Hardware SCU1 Position Not clipped Hardware SCU1 Position Scaled value Hardware SCU1 Position Engineering value Hardware SCU1 Position Sensitivity Hardware SCU1 Position TD calibration front expansion Hardware SCU1 Position TD calibration rear expansion Hardware SCU1 Position TD calibration index Hardware SCU1 Position TD calibration output Hardware SCU1 Position TD calibration gain Hardware SCU1 Position TD calibration offset Hardware SCU1 Position TD calibration date Hardware SCU1 Position TD calibration valid until Hardware SCU1 Position HW calibration gain Hardware SCU1 Position HW calibration offset Hardware SCU1 Position HW calibration date Hardware SCU1 Position HW calibration valid until Hardware SCU1 Position 8 pole low pass filter active Hardware SCU1 Position Input selection Hardware SCU1 Encoder Channel range Unit Hardware SCU1 Encoder Channel range Minimum Hardware SCU1 Encoder Channel range Maximum Hardware SCU1 Encoder Unscaled value Hardware SCU1 Encoder Enginee
76. Fade 5 00 sec Channel 3 Cycle application Fade 5 00 sec Channel 4 no application selected Channel S no application selected Cancel Figure 7 29 Select all channels and press on the button Each channel that has been selected with lt enter gt or space bar is blue marked Select the applications you wank to start Channel 1 Cycle application Fade 5 00 sec Channel 2 Cycle application Fade 5 00 sec Channel 3 Cycle application Fade 5 00 sec Channel 4 no application selected Channel S no application selected Figure 7 30 Select the channels you require All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 106 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOC SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Press the OK button If all related hardware has been activated the following message box will appear You are about to stat cycle applications on the following channels Channeli Channel Channels Do wou want to Continue all channels tram the cument cycle count Resume all channels fram the cycle count of the last all channel stop Reset the cycle co
77. Force Ratio The position loop is implemented as an outside loop over the force loop Therefore a force error is needed even when the controller is in position loop To translate position error to a force error this gain is used The physical equivalent of this gain is spring stiffness All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 86 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com i SmarTEST X User Manual To 0a a0 6 2 4 3 Feed Forward Gain 6 2 4 4 6 2 4 5 6 2 4 6 6 2 4 7 6 2 4 8 Feed forward gain introduces a signal component that is the derivative of the command signal Introducing feed forward gain into the loop increases the response of the system especially in force control where the command needs to anticipate the response Positive Negative Breakout Force In position control these parameters specifies the maximum and minimum forces allowed by the controller to keep the commanded position As soon as this force is exceeded the position setpoint will be limited and the controller will keep the force at a constant level effectively putting the actuator in force control Du
78. Formula inactive Gutpuk 7 Formula inactive Qutpuk 8 Formula inactive Figure 11 13 Configure an output Currently all pseudo channels on the outputs are inactive formula inactive Select an output using the control knob and push the knob to enter the single output configuration onfigur output 1 Edit Formula Toggle Formula active finactive Toggle output manuale 0 Figure 11 14 Configure the output The following items can be selected by pressing the control knob e Edit formula Type in the formula that should be use for the output definition When the result of this formula is O the output is set to 0 otherwise the output is set to 1 EXAMPLE For example the following formula sets the output to 1 only if the value of the force A feedback is larger than 80 Value SCU1 ForceA Engineering value gt 80 All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 143 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual acer o0 ce Monitoring digital output Set input trigger e Press the control knob to enter the formula then press Ctrl Ente
79. L gt lt F gt Shifts focus to the menu button bar when focus is on other parts of the screen lt CTRL gt lt I gt Displays version information and then prints it on to the message pane in the form of text lt CTRL gt lt S gt Edit Master Span 1 3 4 Connection Panel STX rack The back Panel of the STO has the following interfaces Input voltage 100 240VAC 47 63Hz 2x2A 24V Low High Solenoid output 8 slots can be filled with different types of boards that are supported by Moog FCS Space for 1 to 8 digital servo controllers SCU04200 per rack with different interface panels to suit the customers needs In total 32 digital servo controllers are supported with the SmarTEST xX Multi rack capability with F NET technology Digital I O optional for event triggering digital output control or Manifold Control Unit MCU operation Analog I O optional for miscellaneous purposes for example DAQ and Random Vibration Controller Interface panel for External VGA monitor for LCD cloning and Ethernet connections All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 15 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 88
80. No on the Calibration amp tuning settings the factory settings fct files are loaded An overview of the application user interface and calibration amp tuning and station settings can be found in Appendix D If you want to disable the startup window to load the settings from the previous run select the option to always use the current settings Setup gt 8 1 1 1 Shortcut Keys Some frequently used functions can be accessed by using shortcut keys with the keyboard attached to the SmarTEST X The shortcut keys can be pressed whenever the main control bar at the bottom of the screen is active An overview of the used shortcut keys can be found in section 1 3 3 8 2 Graphics Graphics are used in all test modes consequently the graphic features are described first The graphics menu allows determining the contents of the top two windows The left side is allocated for graphics the right side is used for tabular data Both windows can be enlarged by selecting it and push the F7 button on the keyboard or on the SmarTEST One select the graphics window with help of the turn push control knob and pressing the button All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 113 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and ex
81. OX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG SmarTEST X User Manual Ta cnrote 6 4 Loop behaviour after failsafe WARNING In force and displacement control the controller will switch to standby mode upon a command or failsafe action With this action the ON request will immediately be dropped such that hydraulic pressure can be dumped The controller will still actively control the servo valve current for 10 seconds to minimize any transients due to hydraulic switching After these 10 seconds the servo valve current will go to the servo valve offset The SmarTEST controller can ONLY be operated safely when the actuator hardware is made powerless immediately when the 24V drops on the SAH DumpValve connection on the rear of the SmarTEST X Failure to do so will lead to dangerous situations that could cause personal harm or damage your test article All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 90 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permi
82. Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com FCS SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 N lt X All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Page 167 of 168 STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Index A P Alarm limits cceceeeeeeeeeee 69 163 USC esiosentcssenttaincs once eeesa ceases oun 164 Amplitude cccceccseeceeeeeeeee eens 163 Phase Matching c ccccceceeees 104 Amplitude Matching 0 163 PID Controller cccccceceeeeeeees 165 Asynchronous control 0 163 PIA VIO CK areire 165 B Pre trigger time ccccceeeee ees 165 a Pseudo controller cc 00cee 165 Block instruction file 06 163 Pseudo monitoring channel 165 C R Calibration parameters 163 Random waveform file 165 Channel range sees 163 Rate Limit 165 Condition NN E EE 163 Rate Limit Active 165 Condition NUMDET eee 163 realtime NAME
83. RCE www artisantg com 4 2 Absolute Limits Channel _ tee Parameter Alarm Script Failsafe orce A maximu 700 200 450 orce A minimu 200 200 50 orce B maximui200 200 orce B minimur 200 200 Position maxim 200 Position minimu 200 200 est input maxir200 200 est input minin 200 200 elocity maximuz00 200 Figure 4 4 Absolute limits The absolute and relative limits have three boundaries both positive and negative in percent of the full channel range or in engineering values of the related parameter which triggers a warning or error upon exceeding Those are divided in alarm script or failsafe with the following functions Alarm In the message pane of the operator window appears a warning message to alert the Smar TEST X operator This will be saved in the log file automatically Furthermore the alarm icon in the status bar will start blinking yellow Script Triggers a script which is user definable A message appears set a digital output go to rest condition e g More details can be found about scripting on see Chapter 9 Failsafe By deactivating the SCU_on_request safety line in case of a failsafe the output will be disabled in order to remove the 24 volts from the solenoid connector and hence remove the hydraulic pressure Consequently the SCU switches to OFF state The following safeguarding parameters are applicable for the absolute limits and can be changed accordingly All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this docum
84. U front panel SCF04074 Select the maintenance DAC signals via E Select maintenance channel DAC A or DAC B and press Enter Select one of the signals listed in the overview as presented below and press Enter Now you can use an oscilloscope to measure the output between 5 V and 5 V of the selected signal via the DAC A or DAC B output on the SCU front panel as described above Select signal to send to DAC A Unassigned PseudoChannels Figure 12 1 Selecting a signal to send to the DAC All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 145 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOC SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 13 Web interface 13 1 Introduction When a PC has been connected to the SmarTEST X via Ethernet extra features and options are available through the web interface The web interface can be used for e Maintenance e File management e Uploading data files e Set time and date e Make screen dumps of the SmarTEST X screen 13 2 Upload Configuration File Use the web server to upload configuration files to the SmarTEST X Make sure communication has b
85. VEL Mb STARTUP OPTIONS ALWAYS USE CURRENT SETTINGS ALLOW SETTINGS SELECTION RUN DIAGNOSTICS for STO keyboard NOTE SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 SETPOINT amp SPAN ACTIVATE STATION ACTIVATE LOW HIGH PRESSURE DEACTIVATE STATION DEACTIVATE LOW HIGH PRESSURE RAMP LOOP COMMAND TO SETPOINT SET CONTROLLER MODE FORCE MODE POSITION MODE SET WORKING RANGE CYCLE ACTIVATE STATION ACTIVATE LOW HIGH PRESSURE DEACTIVATE STATION DEACTIVATE LOW HIGH PRESSURE SET FREQUENCY SET AMPLITUDE SET CONTROLLER MODE FORCE MODE POSITION MODE SETUP SET AMPLITUDE MATCHING ON OFF SET PHASE MATCHING ON OFF SET PRESET STOP CYCLE SET STARTING CYCLE SAFEGUARDING SET WORKING RANGE SEQUENCE ACTIVATE STATION ACTIVATE LOW HIGH PRESSURE DEACTIVATE STATION DEACTIVATE LOW HIGH PRESSURE SET MINIMUM SEGMENT TIME LOAD INSTRUCTION FILE RESET SEQUENCE SPECIAL FUNCTION ACTIVATE STATION ACTIVATE LOW HIGH PRESSURE DEACTIVATE STATION DEACTIVATE LOW HIGH PRESSURE EDIT SPECIAL FUNCTION Mode Special function External SET CONTROLLER MODE FORCE MODE POSITION MODE GRAPHICS LINE GRAPH ADD SIGNAL REMOVE SIGNAL REMOVE ALL SIGNALS CHANGE SETTINGS DYING SECONDS SHOW DYING SECONDS HIDE DYING SECONDS LOAD DYING SECONDS PROPERTY TABLE ADD PROPERTY REMOVE PROPERTY REMOVE ALL PROPERTIES RESET STATISTICS CHANGE SETTINGS DE ACTIVATE STATION is used when a STATION has no SAH or MANIFOLD s
86. X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 EU Value i Add Entry Delete Entry Activate Shunt Setpoint iy Uncalibrated 3 Calibrated iMY 100 003 J joo 003052 O 000000 Activate Table Activate High Unscaled _ Measured H EU Value H Deactivate Low Add Entry Delete Entry Activate Shurit Setpoint y Uncalibrated Sy Calibrated iM y Full Scale 100 003 ioooosos2 j0 000000 i Activate Table Figure 3 20 Measure offset and gain WARNING The SmarTEST controller can ONLY be operated safely when the hydraulic pressure to the actuator is removed immediately the 24V is switched off the SAH Solenoid connection on the rear of the SmarTEST X or Manifold Control unit Failure to do so will lead to dangerous situations that could cause personal injury or damage the test article To carry out the calibration procedures follow the sequence below 1 Activate the hydraulic Pressure by selecting the Ela Activate Low and then the Activate High button activate High 2 Setup the calibration equipment to generate a known input signal by etpoint a Using the Setpoint value in the Calibration Wizard to provide movement or load Note the Setpoint value is entered in of Ee full scale not in engineering units Using an external electrical device precision power supply with meter Using an external device such as dead weight tester etc d Apply Shunt resistor by inserting the shun
87. a Ai PCIE ag More DOs Numbers Selecting the add all digital outputs function will add all the available digital outputs to the station 2 4 4 4 Remove All DOs Choose Remove All DOs F4 to remove all digital output channels from the station Add DO Add All DOs Been seh eg More DOs Numbers When the remove all digital outputs function is selected a warning screen will appear in the bottom right hand corner of the main screen see the figure below to ask if you really wish to remove all digital output channels select yes and all will be removed from the station Remove DO Channel WARNING Selecting Yes will remove ALL OO channels Are you sure that you want to do this Cancel Select no or cancel if you do not want to remove all channels 2 4 4 5 Edit Logical Numbers Choose Edit Logical Numbers F5 o renumber and change the order of the digital output channels in the Station Add DO Add All DOs cetera a More DOs Numbers All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 30 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG naan SmarTEST X User Manual B A o0 ce 2 4 4 6
88. aE Ei 46 3 2 Manual Calibration cccccccccceecceecceecceeeceeeeeeneeeueeeseeseeteeeteeeseeeneeseneeaaes 46 3 2 1 EEEIEE E E E E E E A E 48 3 2 2 Transducer Calibration Table ccccccseccssececececeseeeseeeseeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeees 49 3 2 3 Channel Range seareiep eE Tai 50 3 2 4 Ratio Metric Sensing nicceasencccedeseveredeecdseccatarenenewseceenteseneesunedancuscstumacemeneveridass 50 3 2 5 FNS aorin ate cetaiciesiaien diadpesicaoa E E E EERS 51 3 2 6 Encoder options aa ie tacseaies wntephtee rpeenunsiview np iancipinidiedivieenteaniev uaderkueinaseasiesanerpaneheatebecany 52 3 2 1 Calibration ANI s sisien era E EEEN anD RARE KAE EE 53 3 2 8 LVDT Potentiometer selechoN eeren en Ern eE 53 3 3 CaF AMON VVIZ AN Os orctcseieestetaatarnaeanacineruese aieanucansaaisatetsawantaraaaeneateeateeeniaenee 53 3 3 1 Using the Calibration Wizard for Transducer Calibration c ccceee 55 3 3 2 Selecting the Channel and Transducer Type ccsccceeeceeeteeeeeeeseeeneees 55 3 0 0 Force A or B Channel Calibration ccccceccseecseeeeeeceeeeseeeeeeteeeteeeteenaes 56 3 3 4 Position Channel Calibration ccccccecccseccseeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeteessesaneeanes 61 3 3 5 Encoder Channel Calibration cccccccscccseecceceeeeeeeseeeeseeeeeteeeteeeteeenaees 63 3 3 6 Acceleration Channel Calibration ccccccceccceccceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeteeeeeeeeaes 65 3 3 7 Completing the Calibrat
89. activate High j Overall loop gain 1 WareFonn P Position iS Amplitude Frequency g Damping Position gOffset ees Span eee Figure 6 8 Tuning Wizard Start Screen The tuning process is now exactly the same as for the manual tuning application see previous section 6 2 2 Once high pressure is applied to the actuator scroll down to the play button hit RETURN and the function generator will start The parameters that are set in the right hand table will be applied 6 2 4 Actuator Tuning Using the Advanced view parameters The advanced tuning screen can be accessed by selecting it from the last option in the simple view see figure 6 9 below Station 1 ac Amplitude Position Logical 1 j ST1 Rate Limit Matching Eeee Cycle Square Physical 1 Channell 29 06 2007 06 31 50 673 alarm oT hannell SCU1 Alarm occurred velocity maximum a Value Position commanded mm value a 2 Position feedback 13 1022 3 Force feedback 0155644 4Following error 140562 Activate High ane vane 4 Damping Position 10 0464406 Waveform Squareway sForce setpoint 0 a2 Amplitude Bi gPosition setpoint O 0 5 Sea ee Offset A p _g Servo valve offset 0 R _g Dither Amplitude 0 0 _ _ amp 19 Dither Frequency 350 Advanced view Sa Figure 6 9 Advanced Tuning Select All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 84 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information c
90. al buttons on the Acceleration display for providing the measurement option The first button Measure TD Offset will initiate a measurement sequence to sample the current value multiple times and display the average next to the TD Offset Label The Zero TD Offset button takes the measured offset and writes the offset correction factor to the encoder transducer table Therefore the measurement sequence is 1 Make sure the accelerometer is not moving 2 Select the Measure TD Offset button The current accelerometer value is displayed behind the TD Offset Label 3 Select the Zero TD Offset button to establish the current acceleration as the Zero acceleration value 4 Select Next to go to the Calibration completion screen 5 Select the option required for calibration validity nter the validity date for this calibration must be in the format mm dd yyyy Calibration Date 3 3 2007 Calibration always walid Calibration walid for 1 year f Calibration walid until 5 3 2006 Finished 6 Select Finished to exit the calibration Wizard 3 3 7 Completing the Calibration Wizard As described in the previous sections all Calibration Wizard sequences end with entering the valid calibration date When the channel calibration sequence is complete and all data has been entered the following display appears nter the validity date for this calibration must be in the format mm dd yyyy
91. al or analog signal processing textbook Filters on the inputs can be used e to reduce noise on measurements e to reduce noise on control loop feedback signals Both methods should be used with care Reduce noise on measurements This is done by activating filters on signals that are not used as active feedbacks Moog FCS does not advise the use of this method to reduce noise It is better to just sample the data RAW with noise included and then in post processing filter to the desired bandwidth This has several advantages Eliminates mistakes made in selecting the frequency the raw source data can be used to filter the data again with the correct frequency Sometimes phenomena above the filtered frequency can indicate problems with the transducer or cabling for example spikes These may not be noticed when only the filtered data is available All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 51 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual acer o0 ce Reduce noise on control loop feedback signals This is done by activating the filters on signals used in the act
92. ally and in parallel Properties such as mean amplitude control timed data acquisition and digital I O triggers can be triggered for individual segments at any point within a waveform SmartWAVE is a compact user friendly package that allows the user to create sequences and download them for local control on the SmarTEST Controller 3 Custom made applications with SmartSDK The SmartSDK provides a PC Based connection directly to the SmarTEST X controller This Software Development Kit can be used to generate custom applications specific to a company s needs The program is packaged in the form of a simple dynamically linked library DLL Using this library a programmer can write code in a number of different languages to connect to the SmarTEST X This allows the programmer to create a graphical user interface GUI specifically tailored to the needs of the company All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 109 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com l SmarTEST X User Manual B A o0 ce The powerful SmartSDK library has provided the basis for several Moog FCS applications and has
93. alve False present Three stage valve O Factory default 0 P Recommended start value for conservative 3 stage control 1 Three stage valve 0 Factory default 0 D Recommended start value for conservative 3 stage control 0 Three stage D 50 0 250 Hz low pass Lag lead active False Lag lead tau 1 1 1 2000 Hz Lag lead tau 2 1 1 2000 Hz Dither amplitude 0 0 5 O off Dither frequency 350 Hz 0 500 Switch off time 10 Simple view The procedure is again the same as for the basic tuning section both in Manual mode and Wizard mode The only difference being that there are more advanced features available to enhance the control loop and help in getting more accurate loop setting for certain high response test applications The advanced setting also has some additional features such as 3 stage Valve tuning and setup velocity limits servovalve limits unequal area compensation feed forward gain breakout force setting for displacement control The advanced view is available in both the Manual tuning table and the Tuning Wizard table and can be accessed in the same way These advanced settings are described in the control loop description in Appendix F but we shall cover here the more commonly used terms in some detail 6 2 4 1 D Gain Derivative The derivative gain introduces a signal component that is the derivative of the feedback signal and can help in producing a more stable control loop 6 2 4 2 Position to
94. ample cycle 6 Ampl error warning limle 006 eng U TE Ampl error warning lim 1e 00 6 gt Targel 0 i J Set Minimum Load Instruction Reset Segment Time File sequence Figure 8 5 Main view during sequence playback For a sequential sequence that is a sequence where there are never two sequences played in parallel the definitions are as follows e Block a block is defined as a sequence that does NOT contain a sub sequence All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted except with prior and express written permission Page 117 of 168 STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual Ta cnrote e Step a step is defined as one instruction line in a sequence Bar charts show the total number of blocks and steps and how many block and steps have been executed so far In the lower right panel extra information is displayed when a sample file instruction is being executed The currently played sample and the total number of samples is displayed here The same is true for a cycle instruction The total number of cycles and the current cycle is displayed For a non sequential sequence the block and step indi
95. anded Press the Clear button to clear all available aliases NOTE Using this option can not be undone easily Add alias Add an alias to the list For example we want to add an alias Error1 for the following error of SCU1 Press Add alias to select the value to create the alias for Property aliases Select a property to define its alias SCL Force 4 Engineering value SCU2 Force 4 Engineering value SCUS Forced Engineering value Property Overruns 5CU4 Force 4 Engineering value Fl scul 5CUS Force4 Engineering value SCU6 Forced Engineering value Property Force Feedback SCUF Force4 Engineering value SCUL Force commanded SCUZ Force commanded Property Target 5CU3 Force commanded 5CU4 Force commanded 5CUS Force commanded Property Position commanded 5CU6 Force commanded Property Position Feedback Property Force commanded Figure 8 17 Selecting the alias in the tree of properties Press the control knob or enter when the value has been selected Property aliases SCU1 Force 4 Engineering value SCU Force Engineering value 5CU3 Forced Engineering value 5CU4 Force Engineering value D Force Feedback 5CUS Forced Engineering value SCU6 Forced Engineering value F Position Feedback SCU Force4 Engineering value 5CU1 Force commanded 5CU2 Force commanded F Force commanded 5CU3 Force commanded 5CU4 Force commanded 5CUS For
96. andom waveform file Rate Limit Active Reference value Rest condition Ring buffers S Safety monitoring Shutdown Single channel control Slew rate All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Text book PID controller using any analogue in and output for command and feedback Using the playback feature the data of a measured data file can serve as a command signal RPC IIl in and output is available as option The amount of time specified in seconds minutes or hours that will be stored before the storage trigger The pre trigger time and the recording time determine the duration of the storage The recording time is the amount of time that will be stored after the storage trigger A controller that is primarily used to generate intermediate setpoints Hence this controller has no direct link to an actuator It serves as a setpoint generator of which the output can act as one of the inputs for the final command signal calculation of other control channels The pseudo monitoring channel can perform various calculations on sampled data of the analogue input boards ranging from addition of the inputs to table interpolation The results of these calculations can be monitored by means of graphics A k a sample data file A d
97. application Force Cycle Definition Safety Error Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Force Cycle Definition Safety Script Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Force Cycle Definition Safety Warning Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Force Cycle Definition Square low high ratio Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Force Cycle Definition Stop Cycle Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Force Cycle Definition Trapezoid ramp ratio Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Force Cycle Definition Use Fade Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Force Cycle Definition Waveform Type Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Force Cycle Definition Working range maximum Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Force Cycle Definition Working range minimum Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Offset rate limiter active Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Phase error Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Phase Matching On Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Position Cycle Definition Amplitude Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Position Cycle Definition Amplitude Matching On Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Position Cycle Definition Amplitude Ramp Rate Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Position Cycle Definition Current Cycle Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Position Cycle Definition Current Station Cycle Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Position Cycle Definition Fade out time Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Position Cycle Definition Frequency Station1 Channel1 Cycle applicatio
98. arties of this document or Page 59 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG SmarTEST X User Manual ocr o0e 3 3 3 2 Data Entry Method with Force Transducers If you choose to do the Force transducer ForceA or ForceB calibration by entering manifacturer information or previous entered data make the following selection and press the Next button ransducer Calibration Wizard ForceA C hikeasure the calibration curve minimal 2 points Enter previously measured calibration data or manufacturer information The Data Entry method for Force channels requires the entry of the same basic data as the Measurement method nter Calibration Data for ForceA Load Cell Units Sensitivity ereo m Measure TO Diaen Full Scale hax 100 000000 Sensitivity ga mA Zero TO Offset Full Scale hain oe bono Polarity TO Offset 0 000000 Zem Tare o 000000 Cancel Figure 3 22 Data entry method display for Force A or Force B Parameter Description Units This item consists of the Engineering Unit label text to use as the unit for this channel ex KN Lbs Full Scale Max The Full Scale valu
99. at which a change in force or position can be performed per channel Pagem The time per channel to reach the offset in case the test has been stopped or paused You are able to set 2 rest conditions for force and position the second alternate rest condition can only be activated in All channel mode For force the rest conditions are defined as Force Rest Value and Force Rest Value 2 For position the rest conditions are Position Rest value and Position Rest value 2 The 2nd rest condition can be useful in case of pre defined startup situation where all actuators need to move to a certain set point for example Four posters NOTE The lt all channels view gt can access both rest conditions 1 and 2 and the single channel view can only access rest condition 1 default 8 9 External Controller Input An external signal generator can be used to generate input for a SCU by using the special And then selecting external mode in the special function setup window Mode Serre Hame Value Unit 41 Formula Value SCU1 F This will use the input signal from the SCU as command signal for the control loop All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 123 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express writte
100. ata file of which the points are interconnected by a straight line to form the command signal of a control channel The term random refers to the contents of the data file which are not known in advance An indicator light on the VGA display of the SmarTEST X indicates if the rate limiter is active In factor control the setpoint is defined as a factor decimal number times a reference value Often the design load is a convenient choice for the reference value Factor control is primarily meant for static testing The condition number with tag rest condition contains the setpoints to which the system will make a transition at the end of a shutdown sequence A ring buffer is a time trace of the last N seconds of a certain SCU signal By default every control channel that has an SCU controller has three ring buffers force displacement and command In the case of an unexpected Shutdown of the test these ring buffers can be analyzed to get information about possible clues that can have caused the shutdown The pre trigger and post trigger recording times are user definable The safety monitoring system is an event action system The user can define the conditions which represent an event as well as the action which should follow the occurrence of this event The default method to depressurize a system will be used If the application requires that certain subsystems have to be deactivated first the user has to do this manually S
101. ation output Hardware SCU1 TestlInput TD calibration gain Hardware SCU1 TestInput TD calibration offset Hardware SCU1 TestInput TD calibration date Hardware SCU1 TestInput TD calibration valid until Hardware SCU1 Testinput HW calibration gain Hardware SCU1 TestInput HW calibration offset Hardware SCU1 TestInput HW calibration date Hardware SCU1 TestInput HW calibration valid until Hardware SCU1 DacA DAC Output Hardware SCU1 DacA Gain Hardware SCU1 DacA Offset Hardware SCU1 DacB DAC Output Hardware SCU1 DacB Gain Hardware SCU1 DacB Offset Hardware SCU1 Safeguarding Force A maximum alarm Hardware SCU1 Safeguarding Force A maximum script Hardware SCU1 Safeguarding Force A maximum failsafe Hardware SCU1 Safeguarding Force A minimum alarm Hardware SCU1 Safeguarding Force A minimum script Hardware SCU1 Safeguarding Force A minimum failsafe Hardware SCU1 Safeguarding Force B maximum alarm Hardware SCU1 Safeguarding Force B maximum script Hardware SCU1 Safeguarding Force B maximum failsafe Hardware SCU1 Safeguarding Force B minimum alarm Hardware SCU1 Safeguarding Force B minimum script Hardware SCU1 Safeguarding Force B minimum failsafe Hardware SCU1 Safeguarding Position maximum alarm Hardware SCU1 Safeguarding Position maximum script Hardware SCU1 Safeguarding Position maximum failsafe Hardware SCU1 Safeguarding Position minimum alarm Page 156 of 168 STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 All rights
102. b Read an electrical measurement from a meter and convert to engineering units value c Record the value supplied by a micrometer or other position measurement device 4 Select Add Entry Add Entry Calibrated Lbs 10 D Repeat steps 2 5 for each point which is used for calibration calculations maximum of 10 points 6 Deactivate the Hydraulic Pressure T Select Activate Table This action writes the calculated Slope and Deactivate Low offset values into the transducer calibration table 8 Select Next to go to the Calibration completion screen 9 Select the option required for calibration validity nter the validity date for this calibration must be in the format mm dd yyyy Calibration Date 3 2007 Calibration always walid Calibration valid for 1 year Calibration walid until 5 3 2008 Finished 10 Select Finished to exit the calibration Wizard 3 3 5 Encoder Channel Calibration When the encoder option is selected from the transducer select screen selection of the encoder brings up the option of an absolute SSI or relative encoder the procedures for both are very similar All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 63 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except wit
103. back will read zero 8 12 Edit aliases To avoid typing of very long value names in e g pseudo channels aliases can be defined for values in the controller It is possible to edit by pressing d All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 125 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOC FCS Smar TEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Property aliases Fi SCU1 Force4 Engineering value Fe SCU Force Engineering value F3 SCUS Force4 Engineering value F4 SCU4 Force Engineering value F5 SCUS Force4 Engineering value F SCU6 Force4 Engineering value FY SCU Force Engineering value Flt SCUL Force commanded Pc SCUP Force commanded Fld SCU3 Force commanded F4 SCU4 Force commanded Fils SCUS Force commanded F SCU6 Force commanded Figure 8 16 List of property aliases In the lower left window the currently defined aliases are displayed For example the alias F1 refers to the force A feedback of SCU1 in engineering units The alias can be used in a pseudo channel Value F1 instead of Value Stationi Channel1 FCS loop Position comm
104. be achieved by amending the optimum settings of the various control loop gains The process of finding the optimum values of these gains is called tuning each SCU needs to be tuned in conjunction with its companion actuator and its specific location on the test article All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 74 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 Measured Position Differentiator Velocity limit Integrator lt _ Position J commanded Kteedfwa Negative Positive Breakout Breakout Integrator Force Force commanded High Pass Filter on Damping S S 1 Differentiated command 1 S 1 Pseudo channel Measured Force B delta P Asymmetric actuator compensation Figure 5 2 Control loop Bandwidth is a trade off with stability Generally high loop gains will give a high bandwidth but will reduce stability To keep the stability margin as high as possible the controller is generally tune
105. broken line It should be noted that all the settings can be edited either in percent of the full channel range or in engineering values Any value higher than 100 will result in the safety being disabled This is because the signal input saturates at 100 The default values for most parameters are set to 200 which means that the safety settings for those parameters are disabled When you startup the SmarTEST X for the first time the default factory Failsafe settings for Force A minimum maximum and Position minimum maximum are set to O for all channels These Failsafe values must be changed to relevant settings defined by the user before you are able to start the test The Safeguarding settings can be protected by the supervisor password You can enter the supervisor password via the menubar Setup gt More gt Device Settings gt General Settings gt Change supervisor password When a supervisor password is active you must first enter the supervisor password to access the safeguarding menu items All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 68 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOU
106. cannot be heard Under normal operation dither will not be required but if there is a marked decrease in performance of the system then a good test is to introduce dither and see if the control loop performance increases If it does then the servovalve needs servicing and a check should also be done on the quality of the hydraulic oil before further damage can occur 6 2 4 12 Switch off Time This parameter sets the time following a shutdown before the controllers switch to the standby state 6 3 Input Selection A very important setting is the selection of the input for controller feedback The SCU controller has three control modes Force control Position control and Acceleration control These control modes all use a feedback input to calculate the control error on which the correction signal is based Each control mode must have a transducer assigned to its feedback input otherwise the control loop will not function The following table shows the feedback options available for the three control loops Refer to the tuning parameter list for the actual parameters that affect the feedback selection Force Position Acceleration control exe aline control Force B Acceleration Changing Potmeter to LVDT or LVDT to Potmeter is only allowed when the hardware is deactivated All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 89 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for ST
107. cation is meaningless The optional software package FasTEST Manager is needed to display a more meaningful location within a parallel sequence In FasTEST manager each sequence can be opened and each sequence has its Own progress bar 8 3 Dying Seconds A general feature which can be used with all test modes is the dying second s buffers Safety critical signals as command force position feedback and control loop mode are constantly sampled at a rate of 2500 Hz After a failsafe abort or test shut down a dying second s buffer is stored on the hard disk The dying second s buffer or flight recorder is a buffer of data that stores the events that lead up to and just after an event has occurred The buffer will be stored to disk and can be restored later This is very useful when debugging a specimen or systems failure A history of the last ten dying second s buffers is saved automatically under the names autosaveO rpc to autosaveY rpc In this file the 30 seconds prior to the failure and 30 seconds after the failure are stored so in total 60 seconds In the message pane of the operator window appears a message to alert the SmarTEST X operator One message to indicate that the saving dying seconds has started and one message when it has finished Once the tenth file has been created the operator will get a message that the new dying seconds will overwrite the first file and so on _ Figure 8 9 Message pane with autosave message The data
108. ce commanded roperty Following error 5CU6 Force commanded Target Position commanded Figure 8 18 Entering a label for the alias Type the name of the alias in the example Error1 and press the control knob In the lower left window the new created alias is displayed Property aliases Select 4 property to define its alias Errori SCU1 Following error Property Cywerruns SCU1 Force 4 Engineering value SCU Force Engineering value 5CUS Force Engineering value D Force Feedback 5CU4 Forces Engineering value 5CUS Force Engineering value F Position Feedback 5CU6 Force Engineering value 5CU7 Force Engineering value 5CU1 Force commanded F Force commanded SCU2 Force commanded SCUS Force commanded SCU4 Force commanded Property Following errar 5CUS Force commanded Target Position commanded Figure 8 19 The new alias is displayed in the list on the left side All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 126 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG Remove alias FCS Error SCU1 Following error S
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110. channel dit pseudo channel Formula Press Ctrl Enter to exit SetValuel1 PseudoChannels PseudoChannel 1 Formula aluet w heell FCS loop Position commanded Figure 10 2 Entering a pseudo channel formula The formula in figure above is used to get the position commanded value before setpoint and span EXAMPLE To get the value after span and setpoint use the following formula in the Edit pseudo channel formula window SetValue 1 PseudoChannels PseudoChannel 1 Formula Value Wheel1 FCS loop Position Commanded signal After editing the pseudo channel formula save the pseudo channel formula via the connected keyboard by pressing Ctrl Enter button To activate the special function press the shortkey F12 button on the attached keyboard Pseudo Channel Applications Special Functions Application With the special function feature the output of the formula is taken as the command signal for the channel for which the special function is defined Please be aware that the specified formula is in engineering units EXAMPLE For control channel 3 the following special function is defined 0 21 value PseudoChannel 1 Value value SCUT Testinput Scaled value 1 33 Control channel 3 will now ignore the normal command signal The command signal will be calculated by 1 Multiplying the real time measured value of the test input channel of SCU 1 by 1 33 All rights reserved Disclo
111. conds are saved per station 8 4 Recording Signals The operator can record signals and save them in All Channel mode via the menu by pressing then the following menu options are available Select output Start Stop Apply Add signal Remove signal file Any signal the operator would like to record can be selected by pressing in All Channel mode You can scroll with the control knob or arrow up down buttons on the keyboard through the Signals you want to record Push the control knob or Enter to confirm your selection The selected signals that will be recorded are shown in the left down window To remove an already selected signal press the Remove button and select the signal you want to remove from your recording Press Enter to delete them from the recording signal list Selected record signals Select a signal to add to record roperty LoopErrorIntegratedForDamping roperty Oukput ropert Force commanded roperty Position commanded Force Position Safeguarding HardwareConfig ne Select output 5 p Figure 8 10 Recording variables Once finished this confirm it by pressing Apply and push the Esc button The message pane will show the directory and filename where the recording file will be saved Default the related file is named default fstrm A different filename can be used by pressing All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 119 of 168 any part th
112. ctly will require a certain viewpoint which has a hierarchical approach in letting the user perform simple tasks and setups Some setups are required before a simple Play F12 key is to be initiated Expands contracts graph or property pane depending upon which is selected Rest Condition Makes the channel s in a station come to a rest with regards to a command Stop Makes the channel s in a station come to a complete stop Pause places the channel pause or delay from its pattern or command until Run is again commanded Run or Play Starts up a single station with all or single channels in that station This will toggle the view to Single Channel Mode Number 1 until 0 can be used for selecting the channel number within one station Note pressing lt 0 gt only will result in a view change to the All Channels Mode Channels containing 2 digits for instance channel 10 can be selected by first pressing lt 1 gt and immediately after that lt 0 gt There is a small delay after pressing a digit such that time is allowed to enter the next digit only applicable for stations with channel count higher than 9 An alternative way to select the correct channel within a station would be SETUP gt Channel Management gt Select channel This will toggle the view to the All Channels Mode were all the default feedbacks of the selected station are displayed Edit calibration parameters Disables enables sa
113. cycle application if it performs a constant amplitude setpoint variation The adjustable parameters for excitation mode are amplitude mean value frequency and phase shift The data acquisition files can be exported to formats of post processing tools The fade time is the time in which the amplitude of an excitation increases from 0 to 100 or vice versa This parameter is only used if a control channel is in excitation mode A state in which the system has failed The design of the system ensures that the system fails in a safe way The SCU has two force inputs which are normally connected to the two bridges of a loadcell Most controller types that the SmarTEST software supports are capable of force control The control laws ensure that the commanded force will be reached within the defined tolerances A k a as following error the difference between command signal and measured feedback signal The graphics functionality can be used for online monitoring of analogue in digital in and controller feedback and controller command signals Or for making XY plots which can be time history plots or cross plots signal against signal An instruction specifies a transition to a set point indicated by the condition number and the waveform Furthermore it contains information about The minimum instruction time which is one of the lower boundaries of the required transition time Repeat which is the number of times this transit
114. d Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 121 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com l SmarTEST X User Manual R T Activate high pressure To indicate the current state of the hydraulics Pressure Off Status in the all channel mode is red when pressure is off To indicate high pressure of the hydraulics High Pressure Status in the all channel mode is green Station d erat i STA Rate Limit atchini Hi i The high pressure output on the solenoid connector can be configured as follows e Both the low and high pressure pins are high when high pressure is on e The low pressure pin is low and the high pressure pin is high when high pressure is on 8 7 Realtime Name The user can give the SmarTEST X a unique name also the real time name provided by a keyboard attached to the device This name will be visible when using the FCS Explorer software The name can be changed by selection the following menus Device General Set Realtime After this an edit box is presented where the user can type the new name The name will become effective after a restart The name is saved in t
115. d to just achieve the required bandwidth leading to maximum stability NOTE Bandwidth is defined as the frequency range of the desired signal The frequency where the feedback drops 3 db under the command is the upper limit of the bandwidth The lower limit is usually 0 Hz or DC The most difficult systems to tune are the systems that require a high bandwidth for the test The general approach is then to find the point of instability and reduce the gains by a certain factor to get enough stability margin If the required bandwidth cannot be achieved by tuning the feedback loop amplitude phase matching can be used Three stage valve present l Dither Sv Output Frequency Measured Valve Amplitude Position Figure 5 3 Servo valve conditioner All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 75 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual a tae 6 Actuator Tuning 6 1 WARNING General There are basically two ways of carrying out the actuator tuning process on the SmarTEST X controller Manual Tuning This requires the op
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117. d express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Amplitude error Safety Working range SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 Blue Target Red Feedback Green error phase error time time period 2 Figure 7 26 The workings of phase matching l Set Phase When phase matching is active it is displayed in the amplitude matching indicator at the top of the screen Set Phase Matching OFF Amplitude A Phase Matching Matching When both amplitude and phase matching are active the indicator becomes Amp F Matching In the cycle test mode there is an option available to have a safeguarding on the amplitude error either in percent of the full channel range or in engineering values To enter this safety limit press P Set Up gt Safeguarding This safeguarding has three boundaries Those are divided in alarm script or failsafe When editing the safety limits toggle between percentage and engineering units by pressing the Back button The yellow message on top indicates which units are currently used Parameter Alarm Script Failsafe Amplitude error gk Figure 7 27 Amplitude error safety The working range is subset of the channel range which is equal or smaller than the channel range Every defined setpoint will be checked if it is within the working range This is an extra safety
118. d to the station 2 4 4 2 Remove DO Choose Remove DO F2 to remove digital output channels from the station DOs Numbers Selecting the remove digital outputs function will bring up the select digital output channels to remove screen in the bottom right hand corner of the main screen see below All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 29 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG SmarTEST X User Manual es STOX 2007 00 00 Select the DOChannels you want to remove Doz Card 1 Physical 1 D3 Card 1 Physical z Do4 Card 1 Physical 3 DOS Card 1 Physical 5 006 Card 1 Physical 6 Do Card 1 Physical 7 Dos Card 1 Physical 5 O09 Card 2 Physical 1 rain fo ard F Ohweie sl 74 OK Cancel Highlight the Digital output channels by using the arrow keys to position over the required channel and the spacebar to select select the OK button using the tab key and the Digital Outputs will be removed from the station 2 4 4 3 Add All DOs Choose Add All DOs F3 to add all available digital output channels to the station Add DO Add All Dos
119. dback Force feedback Force feedback Force feedback Force feedback Hew station name MyStation Select Stati Create Stati Remove View Station ele ion reate ion Station Details Figure 2 2 Rename station The station name will now be changed to that entered above 2 5 Remove Station Removing a Station is achieved by selecting F3 Remove Station from the Station Management menu bar shown below Use the enter key to select this ST1 to be EOE from the system If there are other stations they will appear in the list shown below use the keyboard arrow keys to highlight the correct Station The SmarTEST X will not allow you to delete the station that you have selected which makes it impossible to delete all stations You will also notice that you cannot see running stations appear in the list shown above this again ensures that you can not delete all stations Once a station has been removed it will not be available again unless the configuration has been saved to a file on the hard disk see section 1 7 1 for details If the configuration has been saved it can be recalled and loaded back into the SmarTEST X system for use on a similar test 2 6 View Station Details To view the configuration of the current Station select F5 View station Details from the Station Management menu bar shown below All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 39 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information co
120. dition to the seven standard types of transducers if there are any Analogue Input channels defined in the station configuration then these will appear in the left hand window also The specific hardware connection for each type of transducer depends upon the Front Panel type used The connector and pin out information is detailed in the SmarTEST X Hardware Manual While the Calibration Wizard process is very similar for all Channel types there are some differences Each Channel type is discussed below 3 3 3 Force A or B Channel Calibration If the Channel type selected is Force A or Force B the following screen will be displayed ransducer Calibration Wizard ForceA fe dweasure the calibration curve minimal 2 points E PEPE EE TEE ETE Ee eee LETTEL EELELLELLELLELLELILLELLELLILLELLELELLELLELLELLELLELIELTELTI f Enter previously measured calibration data or manufacturer information Cancel Figure 3 18 Calibration data entry method selection The Calibration Wizard is capable of measuring live data and calculating the gain and offset corrections for Force Channels gt Select Measure the calibration curve minimal 2 points see 3 3 3 1 All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 56 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no
121. document is not permitted except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Enter Calibration curve setup data and select Next Enter required Transducer Calibration data Set offset condition and select Measure TD Offset Select Activate Low Activate High Setup input condition as needed Select Zero TD Offset Enter the Setpoint Select Next value When Calibrated value is stable select Add Entry No All Samples Done Yes Select Deactivate High Deactivate Low Select Activate Table Select Next Set the validity date of the calibration Select Finished Finished Calibration Wizard Page 153 of 168 STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Appendix B SETUP 1 CHANNEL MANAGEMENT SELECT CHANNEL CHANNEL 1 CHANNEL1 CHANNEL 2 CHANNEL2 CHANNEL 3 CHANNEL3 CHANNEL 4 CHANNEL4 MORE CHANNELS CHANNEL 5 CHANNEL5 CHANNEL 6 CHANNEL6 ALL CHANNELS ALL CHANNELS SETUP MONITOR CHANNELS MONITOR CHANNEL 1 2 3 4 5 6 MONITOR ALL CHANNELS ACTIVATE STATION ACTIVATE LOW HIGH PRESSURE DEACTIVATE STATION DEACTIVATE LOW HIGH PRESSURE RECORDING START STOP APPLY SELECT OUTPUT FILE ADD SIGNAL REMOVE SIGNAL GRAPHICS
122. e Press to pause an action Play Press to start 1 2 6 Menu Keys td Multifunction buttons for menu control bar navigation 1 2 7 Keyboard Connector Keyboard connection to enter characters SmarTEST ONE does not support the numerical keypad when an external keyboard is Keyboard attached 1 2 8 Back Panel SmarTEST ONE The back Panel of the STO has the following interfaces Input voltage 100 240VAC 47 63Hz 2x2A 24V Low High Solenoid output Multi rack capability with F NET technology 6 slots can be filled with different types of boards that are supported by Moog FCS Space for 1 to 4 digital servo controllers SCU04200 with different interface panels to suit the customers needs Digital I O optional for event triggering digital output control or Manifold Control Unit MCU operation All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 10 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOC SmarTEST X User Manual R T Analog I O optional for miscellaneous purposes for example DAQ and Random Vibration Controller Interface panel for External VGA mo
123. e password entry window will appear in the lower right corner of the display screen A valid password must be entered to allow access to the Calibration Wizard Please enter password for Manual Calibrator Figure 3 15 Password entry display Enter the Calibrator password followed by the Enter key to continue 3 3 2 Selecting the Channel and Transducer Type When the Calibration Wizard starts the first step is to select the SCU transducer channel to calibrate Highlight the channel type to calibrate by using the arrow keys on the keyboard Press Enter to select a highlighted item Use the Tab key to move over to the transducer section then the arrow keys to select the transducer type Press Enter to select the transducer the Next button will now be highlighted Press Enter to continue with the Channel specific calibration Sequence ransducer Calibration Wizard Load Cell Forceb l Pressure Position Accelerometer Encoder Positianz Acceleration TestInput Cancel Figure 3 16 Select channel and transducer If the controller was in force mode and a position transducer is selected or vice versa the STX will display a warning that it will switch modes WARNING n order to continue calibration the channel will need to switch control modes While pressure is currently off hen pressure is applied later tt will be in this new mode This can cause the controller to operate differently han expected Are you sure you wish to proceed
124. e Calibration Data display for providing the Offset Measurement option The first button Measure TD Offset will initiate a measurement sequence to sample the current ZERO value multiple times and display the average next to the TD Offset Label The Zero TD Offset button takes the measured offset and writes the offset correction factor to the Force A or B transducer table Therefore the measurement sequence is 1 Ensure that the transducer being calibrated is setup to be reading a Zero 0 value Set for no load no pressure etc 2 Select the Measure TD Offset button The current value is displayed next to the TD Offset Label 3 Select Zero TD Offset to establish the current position as the Home or Zero position 4 Select Next to go to the Calibration completion screen nter the validity date for this calibration must be in the format mm dd yyyy Calibration Date 3 2007 Calibration always walid Calibration walid for 1 year C Calibration walid until 8 3 2008 Finished 5 Select Finished to exit the Calibration Wizard 3 3 4 Position Channel Calibration The Calibration Wizard is capable of measuring live data and calculating the gain and offset corrections for Position Channels If the measurement method is not possible the data can be entered directly from the manufacturer s data sheets by using the Manual Calibration facility On entry to the Wizard select the Pos
125. e SCU1 Position2 TD calibration valid until Hardware SCU1 Position2 HW calibration gain Hardware SCU1 Position2 HW calibration offset Hardware SCU1 Position2 HW calibration date Hardware SCU1 Position2 HW calibration valid until Hardware SCU1 Acceleration Channel range Unit Hardware SCU1 Acceleration Channel range Minimum Hardware SCU1 Acceleration Channel range Maximum Hardware SCU1 Acceleration Unscaled value Hardware SCU1 Acceleration Engineering value Hardware SCU1 Acceleration TD calibration front expansion Hardware SCU1 Acceleration TD calibration rear expansion Hardware SCU1 Acceleration TD calibration index Hardware SCU1 Acceleration TD calibration output Hardware SCU1 Acceleration TD calibration gain Hardware SCU1 Acceleration TD calibration offset Hardware SCU1 Acceleration TD calibration date Hardware SCU1 Acceleration TD calibration valid until Hardware SCU1 Acceleration HW calibration gain Hardware SCU1 Acceleration HW calibration offset Hardware SCU1 Acceleration HW calibration date Hardware SCU1 Acceleration HW calibration valid until Hardware SCU1 Testinput Channel range Unit Hardware SCU1 TestInput Channel range Minimum Hardware SCU1 Testinput Channel range Maximum Hardware SCU1 TestInput Unscaled value Hardware SCU1 Testinput Engineering value Hardware SCU1 TestInput TD calibration front expansion Hardware SCU1 Testinput TD calibration rear expansion Hardware SCU1 Testinput TD calibration index Hardware SCU1 TestInput TD calibr
126. e current encoder value is displayed next to the TD Offset Label 3 Select Zero TD Offset to establish the current position as the Home or Zero position 4 Select Finish to go to the Calibration completion screen 5 Select the option required for calibration validity nter the validity date for this calibration must be in the format mm dd yyyy Calibration Date 3 3 2007 Calibration always walid Calibration valid for 1 year Calibration walid until 5 3 2008 Finished 6 Select Finished to exit the calibration Wizard In the calibration wizard for an absolute SSI encoder the Measure TD Offset and Zero TD Offset buttons are disabled because the zero value of the channel range is automatically calculated and depends on the proportion of the channel range for positive and negative values and an absolute encoder can not be zero ed 3 3 6 Acceleration Channel Calibration ransducer Calibration Wizard Select a Channel Select a Transducer Force Accelerometer Force Fosition Encoder Position Acceleration TestInput Cancel The following display is shown when an Acceleration channel type is selected nter Calibration Data for Acceleration Accelerometer Units Sensitivity oro m g Wenara TO Offset Full Scale tax 100 000000 Sensitivity pon m g Zero TO DR Full Scale hin 100 000000 Polarity TO Offset 0 000000 o 000000 Cancel Figure 3 28
127. e is the maximum range for the channel in Engineering Units This value becomes the Channel Range Maximum Value in the Calibration Table Full Scale Min The Full Scale value is the minimum range for the channel in Engineering Units This value becomes the Channel Range Minimum Value in the Calibration Table Zero Tare With the Zero Tare option you effectively zero the feedback regardless of actual feedback Sensitivity Enter the sensitivity value for the transducer from the manufacturer s data mV V sheet The sensitivity value is used to select the proper hardware gain The following table shows the sensitivity range associated with each valid hardware gain setting The positive and negative sensitivity can entered if available Polarity Can be set to either or If an increasing positive command value gives an increasing positive feedback value enter If not enter All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 60 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual acer o0 ce There are two additional buttons on the Forc
128. eccecececeececeseeaececeeeeaeaeeeeeeaeeeeneneaees 43 2 10 Disable Enable SafeQuarding cccccccsecccsccceecesececeeeeeeeceeeeseeeseessueesaes 43 2 11 Station Calibration ssascnccee eter scree aie texiwuscedaancatciadtettasinenddern tius suunscesuceticeneeowmnid doe wiealbeus 43 2 12 Channel Manageme nt cccccecccseccceeeceseecneeteeeeeeeeceeeeseeesneeseeeseeeseeees 44 All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this documentor Page4of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 2 12 1 channel SClSCUON wicccsciniscnesinnwateeucduniernoanssecuatanagenbindendacannbatpeactacseentiwnctumeces 44 2 12 2 Hot key Channel Selection cccc ccc ceccceecceseecececeeeeeeeeseeeseueeseeeeseeeeeeees 45 2 12 3 Menu Based Channel Selection cccccccceceseeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeneeenaes 45 2 12 4 Renaming CANNING Sasieectcet seecacctdn anaenetauecsaures uigeccaceicaiatcetarcuenscsusonsdsonceacen acs 45 3 CaliDratlON acts csenrce cna specu neceaneaa ens eae wueuscesaess ecctaceneciesc ainiai 46 3 1 Calibration OV ENV OW erionenn a
129. ect analogue output channels to remove screen in the bottom right hand corner of the main screen see below Select the 40 Channels you want to remove 402 Card 1 Physical 2 403 Card 1 Physical 3 404 Card 1 Physical 4 405 Card 1 Physical 5 406 Card 1 Physical 6 AOF Card 1 Physical 7 ADS Card 1 Physical 8 OK Cancel Highlight the Analogue Output channels by using the arrow keys to position over the required channel and the spacebar to select select the OK button using the tab key and the Analogue Outputs will be removed from the station 2 4 7 3 Add All AOs Choose Add All AOs F3 to add all available analogue output channels to the station Add AO Remove AO Add All AOs Tempua st Pa SOHIER Als Humbers Selecting the add all analogue outputs function will add all the available analogue inputs to the station 2 4 7 4 Remove All AOs Choose Remove All AOs F4 to remove all analogue output channels from the station Add AO Remove AO Add All AOs Temun nt PT eal Ads Humbers When the remove all analogue outputs function is selected a warning screen will appear in the bottom right hand corner of the main screen see the figure below to ask if you really wish to remove all analogue output channels select yes and all will be removed from the station WARNING Selecting Yes will emowe ALL AD channels Are you sure that you want to do this Cancel Select no or cancel if you do not want to remove all channe
130. ectly station_1st xml Station settings station_2nd xml This set of two persistent files are used to store the station configuration settings of the screen This includes the digital and analog signals as well as the control channels and other settings that can be specifically assigned to stations stationx_1st xml boot stations Application settings stationx_2nd xml Calibration amp Tuning settings There is a pairs of persistency files created for each station here with x being replaced by the logical station number assigned The stationO_1st xml relates to the unassigned channels These files hold the tuning and safeguarding information for each station The STO product also uses factory default settings These settings are loaded at the time of installation and should not be removed The values in these files can be used to restore the STO to a known default Filename s Location Description tune fct boot Defaults This file stores the default tuning values for a single channel This channel information can be loaded into all channels in a station to restore tuning to a known state safe fct boot Defaults This file stores the default safety values for a single channel This channel information can be loaded into all channels in a station to restore safeguarding to a known state xXxx tnc gt self saved tuning and calibration settings for all channels in a station xxx saf gt self saved safeguarding set
131. ecute the Calibration wizard for all channels to be used All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 67 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 4 Safeguarding 4 1 Safety Settings In almost all cases the actuator connected to the SmarTEST X can generate a force large enough to cause injury to the operator or damage the test article Therefore it is of paramount importance to adjust the safety limit settings before the test can be activated Please note that the safety limit settings are meaningless when calibration of the relevant transducers is not carried out correctly Chapter 3 Calibration describes the calibration procedures in detail Maximum absolute Following error outer limit Following error inner limit value outer limit Maximum absolute value inner limit Minimum absolute value inner limit Minimum absolute Value outer limit Figure 4 1 Basic Safety Settings for the Feedback Channel The illustrated limits above can be divided in two categories 1 Static absolute limits broken line 2 Variable relative limits non
132. ed in the instruction If the record instruction is used in a repeating sequence the data can be stored sequentially when the recording is appended between the file name and file extension For example Test recording sam will numerically increment each time the sequence executes and the generated data files will be Test1 sam Test2 sam Test3 sam etc The Wait instruction allows the user to insert a pause in the sequence for a specified duration This is useful for test article inspection or when a general delay is needed The Script instruction is an advanced instruction type which allows the user to execute a Ruby script or code within a sequence Using a script the controller can compare input data set output values adjust controller parameters and much more Create a Sequence There are several ways to create a sequence 1 FasTEST automotive software Sequences can be composed into virtually any combination of steps both serially and in parallel Fastest has the capability of both running sequences remotely and downloading the sequences directly to the SmarTEST controller Fastest also includes revolutionary iteration strategies that shorten your set up time in addition closed loop sine sweep and random vibration are also advanced features included in the Automotive FasTEST software package 2 SmartWAVE block editing software With SmartWAVE sequences can be composed into virtually any combination of steps both seri
133. eee ne on een ne eee eee 89 6 4 Loop behaviour after failsafe ccccccecccecceeeeseeeeeeeseeeeeteeeteeeeeeseeeaneeaaes 90 7 PROPS AUN ONNS asco cc cree as ede bee eae s vicetemn ay noes etecinesena aaia veesvaeseeeveaneeeenss 91 7 1 PIU CS OO seater crassa R A waa eteanctuanesiraieae veeiuaan 91 7 1 1 PANE SOS COI enee AA 92 7 1 2 Start PAUSE and Stop cece cece eecceeeseeeeeeeseeeseeeseceeeseeeeeeeseeageeeseeenenes 93 7 2 PS HOO II Ci 0 GUD aie carsces aeese cretion ancien manic guise sauteseactaneanuncenusndsnnenoudsaencenecuatamenautes 93 7 2 1 WSS SUDO LIE CeO e N A 94 1 3 So ool TESI neea E E eae 96 7 3 1 Defne ACV CLS SS reat et eew an uesnnndeweaatanvnecenseed ae uieessuceeiateece ia Eai a 96 7 3 2 Amplitude Phase Matching cccccccsccceseceececeeeeeneeseeeseeceseeeeeeeseeesaneeees 103 7 4 Multi Channel Cycle TeSt ccccccccccecccsceeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeseeeeaeeeeeeeeaes 106 7 4 1 Start a Multi Channel Cycle TeSt ccccccccceccceeeeeeeeceeeeeeeseeesaeeeseeeeaees 106 1 5 OS SC ir pcpuea ese eaten eater A E E A 108 7 5 1 Instruction types coe stcetdeciececeaisearscennsceed dacdan Sanat omecetueesueteecasetosastenendec lt ecaetes 108 All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page5 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document
134. eeeeeeeeee eee 122 Control channel ccccseceeeeees 163 Reference value 165 Cycle s er ee eee 163 Rest condition 165 D Ring buffers ccceeeeeseeeeeeeeees 165 Displacement control 6 163 S Dying seconds buffers 0 118 Safety monitoring 00 00 165 E SMUTGOWN wien cinsccaecssnennnssecnssncnccesceses 165 Excitation MOde sccccsssseeeeeeseeeeeee 164 ae CONO aiaa ee Exporting fileS ccccseceeeeeeeees 164 Special MACHO ea 166 F Spectrum file 166 Fade TMe ee 164 S A E niet ease 166 Failsafe soo cececeeseeeesereseeeereees 164 Static testing eee 166 Force AUB a 164 AOD aa ene een ee ee 166 Force control c cccseeeeeeeeeeeees 164 T H UD eet ceecesetespepeciagvet nit ThreSholds sssaaa iaire 166 H Transfer logic cceeeeeeeeeeeees 166 History graphics 0 ccc ee 164 Transfer table cc eeeeeeeeeee ee 166 TUNING os secccsretemieeiysinncis tacamecsepenetbee see 166 IIS EUCHO i enaner 164 V Virtual control channel 166 L Virtual monitoring channel 166 Level control cccccseceeeeeeeeeees 164 W M Waveform socsosiscisercreererererrerrern 166 Minimum instruction time 164 Working range 0 cceeeeeeeeeeeee 166 Multi channel control 0 164 Page 168 of 168 STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc Sept 15 20
135. een established between the PC and the SmarTEST X Start an internet browsing program and fill in the IP number of the SmarTEST X as address The window below will appear Mosg FCS Sonar TES Teme Marilla Firefow Pie pE ieee Heer octet enh Help z E A ii tE ie Be dea TES Tree L Moog FCS SmarTest one Figure 13 1 Welcome screen of webserver Press the hyperlink of Upload Configuration In the following window you select the out tar file that is created on your PC Select lt automatic untarify gt and press send All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 146 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Mosg FES Sar ES Tore Morilla Firele Be pE Hay G e Help a z E an O hipin t Aire j A Se TES Tore Select a configuration file caro CPCS Tria F Figure 13 2 Save a configuration file through the webserver SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 The following message will appear on the screen which confirms that the test spectrum has been uploaded to the SmarTEST X J hosp FES Smar E Viet ora ieia Me pi j Hey
136. efined set point specifies if it is in force or displacement control Before the command signal is changed to the new set point the controller switches each channel to the required control mode automatically This works during playback of any sequence but also when the hardware is not active yet All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 110 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual acer T 7 9 9 Minimum Segment Time Current sample Time multiplier Amplitude multiplier Amplitude Position Logical 1 Matching High Pressure Channeli Position commanded 0 970127 F osition feedback 0 0398311 orce feedback 0 ollowing error 0 930296 urrent sample cycle m i ilaa TARE Activate high Deactivate high Set Minimum pressure pressure Segment Time Figure 7 34 Sequence main window In the screen dump above the lower left quadrant displays three bar graphs which are related to the sequence mode The first bar graph shows the progress of the master sequence The second bar graph indicates the block the test is currently in The
137. electing shutdown will initiate the Shutdown sequence In single channel control one or more control channels can make transitions from set point A to set point B asynchronously In contrast to multi channel control where all control channels will synchronously make the transitions The required time to make the transition from set point A to set point B is automatically calculated by the SmarTEST software However the user can influence this calculation by setting certain constraints one of which is the slew rate The slew rate is the maximum gradient at which a change in force or displacement can be performed The other constraints are the group minimum instruction time of a control group and the minimum Page 165 of 168 STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_DRAFT doc Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Special function Spectrum file Start Static testing Stop T Thresholds Transfer logic Transfer table Tuning U V Virtual control channel Virtual monitoring channel W Waveform Working range All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 instruction time of an
138. els AOZ Card i EA 2I AOS Card 1 Physical 3 AO4 Card 1 Physical 5 405 Card 1 Physical 6 howe Down 46 Card 1 Physical 7 AO Card 1 Physical 3 OF To re order analogue output channels highlight them by using the arrow keys to position over the required channel and the spacebar to select then select either move up or down and the logical order of the analogue output channel selected will move respectively Rename Station To rename a station that has been created carry out the following To arrive at Setup from other locations use the Escape key Select Station Management F2 Then select Rename Station F2 as Rename A ee a E em O The New Station name screen will appear see below enter the name that you would like to have for your station and then hit the return key All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 38 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual Oy 2067 oes Station 1 ames Amplitude Ho Mode STA Rate Limit Matching Pressure Off Selected All Channels All Channels Force fee
139. ent or Page 69 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 To enter all the controller safety limits make a selection between absolute or relative limits as shown above When editing the safety limits toggle between percentage and engineering units by pressing the Backspace key on the keyboard The yellow message indicates which units are currently used For percentages For engineering units Parameter Alarm Script Failsafe Parameter Alarm Script Failsafe orce A maximu 200 200 50 Force A maximu dill 200 orce A minimu 2700 200 50 orce A minimur 200 200 50 Figure 4 2 Values in percentages Figure 4 3 Values in engineering units except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG i SmarTEST X User Manual oy 007 a 4 3 Relative Limits Channel ae Fb maximum in E ngineering FAUNE e Ba ACE g a a 200 200 200 Force error maximi 200 200 200 Position error may 200 200 200 Figure 4 5 Relative limits _ The following safeguarding parameters can be changed applicable for relative limits Safeguarding Description Fa Fb maximum Maximum difference between the load feedbacks of Force
140. eof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 7 5 2 Instruction Value Comment property O Hz second of the sine on sine function In addition to the properties above amplitude and phase matching are options that enable the command signal to adjust as necessary to the defined response and target properties The Drivefile instruction enables the controller to command a particular property or channel to a specific file that may contain simulated or real data relating to Force Position Acceleration etc The Sequence instruction allows a sequence to be embedded in another sequence The major function of this instruction type is the repeat where the sequence referenced in the Filename field repeats for a specified number of times The Record instruction used in a sequence is used to trigger the recording application in the controller This instruction allows the user to record any property in the SmarTEST X controller at a specific sample rate DeltaT for a specified duration The acquired data is stored locally on the controller at the specified filename and location specifi
141. er Manual STOX 2007 00 00 16 SmarTEST X software upgrade 16 1 Introduction This chapter describes the procedure how to run a software upgrade on the SmarTEST X Before the upgrade has been started please read this chapter very carefully If the free space on any of the partitions of the STO is lower than the Partition Warning Level the STO will generate warnings every 5 minutes Before a new installation of software is attempted enough free space should be cleared up to seize the warnings because otherwise the installation can not be completed 16 2 Start the upgrade Start the SmarTESTOne Installer executable The following window will appear E SmarTESTOne installer Installation settings Enter IP address M10 30 222 20 0 Select version vB 2d bull 557 Installation type Complete overwrite default settings ae SmanlESTOne settings after reboot Set new IP amp Netmask New IP address New net mask Ip O k a aaaa Install Exit Transferring file data supportS martSDe_v1 8 2d build 5572p done Transferring file data stationskeepme tet done Transterring file data sethings empty tet done Transferring file data records default fst done Transferring file data log empty tet done Transferring file data dyingsec ermpty tet done Transferring file data demos keepme done Installation completed Reboot SmarlESTOne to start version v1 8 2 build
142. er Manual STOX 2007 00 00 9 Scripting 9 1 Script syntax 9 2 9 2 1 9 2 1 1 The SmarTEST X offers a scripting facility with several pre canned script commands A script is a text file that contains instructions that are to be executed on the SmarTEST X The script file can be created with any text editor capable of creating ASCII files such as Notepad A script can consist of a single instruction or a series of instructions The series of instructions can be simply a sequence that is executed from top to bottom Or the instructions can be grouped to be executed conditionally or repeatedly until a specified condition is met The syntax of a script follows the rules of Ruby scripts Although this document won t describe in detail the Ruby script syntax the following paragraphs will describe the basic syntax of a SmarTEST X script and provide some examples The script commands as listed in Appendix C are case sensitive as are the SmarTEST X property names that will be discussed later in this section but there is no restriction on the number of white space characters i e spaces and tabs that can be in an instruction A script can be used in several ways in the following areas of the SmarTEST X e Safeguarding e Digital IO e Hardware Activation e Hardware Deactivation and e Sequence Playback A script can also be executed in the following location d The script will execute when Ctrl and Enter are pressed simultaneous
143. er of specified consecutive occurrences The value in the Offset error stop limit is utilized when a cycle instruction is executed in the sequence application The message pane will display the message and the sequence will stop operation when the Offset error stop limit exceeds the limit value the specified percentage of the control transducer s range The value used in the Max cycle fade time affects the duration at which a channel or a set of channels transit from their current position to the first instruction in the sequence When either phase matching or amplitude matching is selected for the cycle instruction the amplitude of the signal will fade in when the instruction is started and will fade out starting some time before the instruction ends This fade time equals by default three times the period of the defined cycle The value used in the Max cycle fade time can be used to limit the fade time to a value smaller than three times the period of the cycle E g a cycle with a period of two seconds and amplitude matching on will have a default fade time of six seconds Changing the Max cycle fade time can make this value smaller not larger This field is for informational purposes only the file name and directory selected in the Load Instruction File menu populates this field All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 112 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein fo
144. erator to set up a cycle application first and start the system running then access the tuning parameter screen and tune the actuator Tuning Wizard This is a far more intuitive way for the operator to carry out the tuning process everything that is required to setup and start the process is within one screen including tuning parameters cycle parameters and control of the hydraulic supply to the actuator Within the two tuning options there are additional features which can be used to enhance the tuning procedure and complexity of the task depending on the test requirements There is the simple tuning screen with the parameters that are required for basic servo loop tuning to meet most general test requirements and there is the advanced tuning screen for more complex test requirements The advanced tuning parameter screen will be covered separately at the end of this chapter first we will look at the basic tuning option Simple screen view using both the manual and wizard applications For this description it is assumed that the feedbacks are calibrated the servo loop has been configured and the safety parameters are set to sensible values If this is not the case then please do so before continuing Failure to do this may lead to dangerous situations 6 2 Manual Tuning Basic Tuning Option This section will deal with the servo loop tuning of a standard 2 stage servovalve of the type similar to the MOOG 761 series typica
145. ereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Select the directory where you want to save the recording file Then press the space bar on the keyboard to change the filename This recording file will have the extension fstrm automatically lected record signals sT1 Channeli FCS loop Force commanded Hame Value 2 Filename default fstrm Remember last seconds 0 4Peak Valley Sampling False After that fill in the recording frequency this determines the amount of samples per second The last seconds can be remembered and peak valley sampling can be selected Use the start and stop menubar buttons to start and stop the recording 8 5 Log Files Test parameters alarm script and failsafe messages are being logged on the onboard hard disk during operation Test parameters as the amount of cycles amplitude frequency offset selected waveform and amplitude matching on off e g To get access to your log files directly use the built in web server on the SmarTEST X Start up an internet browsing program and type the IP address of the SmarTEST X Select and File Management press t
146. ernal keyboard which should be pressed When a word or phrase is written between lt gt it implies entering a value or choosing from a list The steps to be taken will always start from the main control bar All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 91 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual O Station 1 Amplitude Force Logical 4 STi ute Limit Matching Pressure Off Ss Scud Channeli Force commanded Force feedback Hame 4 Force commanded 0 E orce feedback aa Position feedback 4 ollowing error Setpoint amp Special Figure 7 2 Operator window When no test mode selection has been made the status bar on top of the operator window the third green icon from the right indicates 7 1 1 Channel Selection Before a test mode should be selected first choose which channel of the selected station should be used to perform the test This can be done via the Channel selection hot keys 1 9 on the keyboard Press number to select logical channel within selected station 0 selects all channels within that s
147. eseeeseeeeeeesaeeeaes 121 8 Realtime NEIMG sccsnvatanceivexewuncaewinawicdewutaneatentecanseonnduanseaeuetadevandatmetaeteunccunaas 122 8 8 Edit Rest COndition ccccccccsccceecsseceeeeeeeteeeeeeteeeteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeetaeenes 122 8 9 External Controller INDut cccccccseccseeeeeeeeseeeneeeeeseeeseeeseeeneeeseeeneeseeees 123 8 10 Using a special function as Controller input ccccecesseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 124 8 11 A NG E E P E baw ts nese ccendaxtin E E E E E 125 8 12 8 2 e e ee ee ee aoe 125 9 ed al 8 01 eee ee ne eee eee ee ee eee eee eee ee 128 9 1 CPES Y I EEE E ES 128 9 2 SCHEMAS UCU ONS svisnuisvecnocarenesensuconainnaenitainesaaie eE E aE EEO E Ees 128 9 2 1 Channel Specific Instructions cccccccssccseeeeece cece ceseeeeeseeeeeeeseesseeeees 128 9 2 2 Application Instructions sisesinacnscwcisandnesnnassdatesiaawineinasswansuveniaiuneinineseinenesnt 130 9 2 3 Miscellaneous STO INStructiOns cccccceccseeceecececeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeetaeeteeenes 130 9 2 4 Flow Control Instructions cccceccceecceeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeseeeseeeeeeeseeaeeteeeees 131 9 3 MS AN ING eset sec catececispasnecaeneete O EE ENEO ASES 133 9 4 ICA O ae E E A T 133 9 5 Seguente PlaybDaCK asirieni EE Ea E E 134 10 Pseudo ChannGlS anssi E EEEa Ari 135 10 1 MOCOU O eenas E E Aa 135 10 2 Edit Pseudo Channell cccccccecccecceseceeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeceeeeeeeeaueeseeeeeetaeetaeenes 135
148. eseeesees 150 15 2 1 APpicaton Panels eee ee ee eee 151 15 2 2 Manifold Control Unit M nu ccccccceceseeceeeeeeeeeeecese ees eeeeeeseesneeeneees 151 All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 6 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 15 3 Manifold Control Unit MCU F NET connection ccccccceeceeeeeeeeeeees 151 16 SmarTEST X Software upgrade cccccececeeeceseeeeeeeceeeeseneceneeeeneeeeesseeesenessenesseesaees 152 16 1 TOCINA cprantiestnislavasie pen aner angnnaee ane 152 16 2 SUE WG DON AGS oeosctecsecaysecsecs Leucee cenesennaeonatetdeonceamec ant esenewiasgn cuseqcossetaaneuse 152 Appendix A Calibration Wizard Diagram cccccsssceeeeeeeceeeceeeeneceneceeeceeseneseneseneseneeeaes 153 Appendix B Menu Overvi W ccccccceeeceeeceneeeneeeneeeneeanecansea seen sean esau esaeeanesanssansenesenssonenens 154 Appendix C SmarTEST X Properties ae cticccs sere cteca cea etectaseaviennctasceriseesesceasvepecseusteqecacen 155 Appendix D LIST OF Pal AIRC LOE Ss aiiai aE EE AEA 157 Appendix E Comma
149. esent present three stage valve is activated Default Off Three Stage Three Stage valve Three stage valves have an LVDT that measures the valve P P valve position The three stage valve PID loop will compare the measured valve position with the commanded valve position The error is then fed through a standard PID circuit This parameter represents the P gain Three Stage Three Stage valve valve D D Lag lead active ee Default False Tau 1 Lag lead tau 1 and When true the lag lead filter is active Two extra Tau 2 parameters appear in the tuning list when this parameter is set to true Lag lead tau 1 and Lag lead tau 2 The Lag lead filter is used to make a feedback loop more stable When the filter is configure correctly a higher P gain can be used leading to a higher performance feedback loop Tau 1 and tau 2 represent the lower and upper frequency of the filter in rad sec The frequency to be tested at needs to be in the middle of that range The lag lead filter has a special property so it does not introduce as big a phase lag as a normal filter Default 1 Hz All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 161 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Arti
150. f 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Activate Station Activate Low High Pressure Working Range Ramp Loop command to Setpoint Breakout Force SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 When Low pressure is activated the red Pressure Off icon first turns yellow Low Pressure and green when High Pressure is selected When a station is activated by Activate station the icon will directly change from Pressure Off to High Pressure Force High Pressure The Activate low pressure and Activate high pressure menu buttons will only be visible when a station has been assigned with one or more Manifolds and or a SAH If this is not the case only the menu buttons Activate station and Deactivate station will be shown in the menu bar Activate low Activate high Pressure Pressure If a failsafe occurs the hardware will be deactivated and a message will be displayed with a description of the failsafe In the status bar on top of the operator window both the Controller status and Channel status Icons will be red Station 1 l Amplitude Logical 1 SI FEES Matching Pressure OFF Pia EOS Ph
151. f pulses generated during one revolution of the encoder This information is typically in the manufacturer s manual for the encoder Max Revs This value is the number of revolutions of the encoder that make up the full scale range entered in the Full Scale box For example if the encoder turns 2 times to reach a measurement of 720 the Full scale value is 720 and the Max Revs value is 2 There are two additional buttons on the Encoder display for providing the measurement option The first button Measure TD Offset will initiate a measurement sequence to sample the current value multiple times and display the average next to the TD Offset Label The Zero TD Offset button takes the measured offset and writes the offset correction factor to the encoder transducer table All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 64 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOC FCS Smar TEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Therefore the measurement sequence is 1 Manually move the encoder to the Home or Zero position 2 Select the Measure TD Offset button Th
152. feature to ensure that the command signals will be limited cee All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 105 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com 7 4 7 4 1 SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 Hame Value e 3 Force maximum 100 3 Position minimum 100 4 Position maximum 100 Figure 7 28 Set working range Multi Channel Cycle Test When a multi channel cycle test should be started simply define the test for each channel and start the test for the required channels within one step In the sequence mode this feature is also offered Start a Multi Channel Cycle Test First define for each channel the cycle test as described in chapter 8 3 Make sure that the hardware has been activated for each channel that will be used After that select all channels by pressing the shortkey button 0 or via the menu bar gt Select Channel gt All channels Then press the gt or the F12 button The following window will appear Select the applications you wank to start Channel 1 Cycle application Fade 5 00 sec Channel 2 Cycle application
153. feguarding limits If all channels are selected it disables enables limits of all channels If one channel is selected it disables enables limits of only that channel Freezes unfreezes graph pane Expands contracts graph pane All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 14 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 lt ALT gt lt K gt Replays keyboard commands Note requires mimoconf xml set ups for advanced users only and requires that a file called replay kbd exist in data log directory lt ALT gt lt L gt Locks a controller mode This is usefull if the operator wants to prevent a control mode change as this can be undesired depending on the test configuration lt ALT gt lt M gt Toggles message pane on off lt ALT gt lt P gt Expands contracts property pane lt ALT gt lt R gt Resets statistics Note to actually see items in the property table get reset see lt alt p gt lt ALT gt lt S gt Edit safeguarding parameters lt ALT gt lt T gt Edit tuning parameters lt ALT gt lt W gt Starts calibration wizard lt CTR
154. fold Control Unit Menu gt gt There is a button in the menu for each station MCU Valve 1 MCU Valve 2 MCU Valve 3 MCU Valve 4 Press a Station 1 4 button to operate a single station Low pressure High pressure Manifold Control Unit MCU F NET connection The MCU can also be delivered with an F NET connection to the system instead of the connection through a digital I O card This saves a lot of space and is more flexible when multiple MCU s are used For more information about the physical setup of the F NET connection please refer to the STOX Hardware Manual For more information about the software configuration of this connection please contact customer support As a Safety precaution the valves on the can NOT switch pressure until the safety line is reset This is done by pressing the safety button once and then releasing it followed by pressing the safety reset switch This activates the MCU for use and now the valves can switch pressure All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 151 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOC SmarTEST X Us
155. g Channel FCS loop Position Commanded signal not Channel1 FCS loop position commandedsignal 9 2 3 2 Value s p This instruction gets the value of the specified SmarTEST X parameter p The list of possible parameters can be found in Appendix C 9 2 3 3 ShowMessage t This instruction sends the message tf to the log 9 2 3 4 ShowAlarmMessage f This instruction sends the alarm message f to the log All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 130 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual a tae 9 2 3 5 ShowFailsafeMessage ft This instruction sends the failsafe message f to the log 9 2 3 6 SendDLLMessage This instruction sends the message ft to the log and to the DLL for remote PC applications 9 2 3 7 LockSTO s s s This instruction locks the specified station s of the SmarTEST X controller so that remote PC applications won t be able to access the controller using the DLL 9 2 3 8 UnLockSTO s s s This instruction unlocks the specified station s of the SmarTEST X
156. gain can be used to get a better response if required although normally only P gain will be required 10 The 3 stage valve inner loop is now tuned 11 Deactivate high and low pressure and reconnect the low and high solenoids 12 Activate LOW main pressure Verify that the main actuator controls in displacement Use low gains to start with 13 Activate HIGH main pressure now tune the position loop and or force loop according to the procedure in the previous section 6 2 4 9 Servovalve These parameters allow the current output to the servovalve to be limited and the servovalve to be electrically nulled The output of the servovalve driver is 100 mA therefore the maximum and minimum limits can be set to correspond to the current output of the servovalve for example for a 40 ma servovalve the maximum and minimum limits would be set to 40 This ensures that the servovalve is not under any circumstances subjected to currents in excess of their capabilities The servovalve offset parameter can compensate for any mechanical offsets in the valves spool sleeve assembly and is adjusted as described in section 4 2 1 2 All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 88 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and e
157. ght the Run script selection and push enter Enter a script and press Ctrl and Enter simultaneously to save the script All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 133 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 9 5 Sequence Playback Steps programmed in a sequence have the capability to execute a series of scripts which gives the user greater flexibility and adaptation to specific test requirements and specifications The elastomeric test package ElasTEST utilizes the scripting functionality to create a sequence based on test criteria specified by the user The script shown below was excerpted from a sequence generated by ElasTEST it was used to wait until the actual amplitude and preload were within two percent of the predefined target parameters after the criteria was satisfied the script instruction block of the sequence would end and a recording process would then execute EXAMPLE condition 0 begin i 1 sleep 0 1 if Value SCU1 Amplitude error abs lt 0 006 amp amp Value SCU1 O0ffset error abs lt 36 conditio
158. gical 1 MyFirsT gii EI Matching Pressure OFF JIU Physical 1 ELEN ee ers z Position commanded 0 0604266 in gt Position feedback 10779443 3 Force feedback 0 0427259 L AFoliowing eror 10 0175176 Station configuration for hMyFirsT hannels Manifolds Channel Ch 1 Channel Ch 2 Channels Ch 3 Channel4 Ch 4 Channels Ch 3 Channel Ch 6 Figure 2 3 Station configuration The above screen shot shows that 6 channels and a single MCU valve have been added to station Myfirs T 2 7 More Choose More F6 to access the additional options for the Station configuration option All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 40 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual acer o0 ce 2 8 Load Save 2 8 1 Load Station Configuration If there has never been a save station configuration action then obviously the user cannot load a configuration Loading a station configuration cannot be carried out when the station is active To load a configuration the following steps are required To arrive at Setup from other locations
159. gt Tuning gt Tuning wizard The tuning wizard screen will appear All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 82 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG SmarTEST X User Manual oer T Station 1 oe Amplitude Position A Logical 1 Channeli STI shuts did Matching Pressure orf CPC Sime Physical 1 Disabled m al T gee AE Position commanded 779835 mm Position feedback mm 2Position feedback 7 79219 ee aForce feedback 61002 aFellowing eror poo615978 zi Activate Low Deactivate Low Value Overall loop gain 1 Waveform I Position 34 q Damping Position O Force setpoint O Position setpoint 0 Servo valve offset valve offset 0O B Figure 6 7 Tuning Wizard Screen T The screen layout is such that the tuning wizard screen is taken up by the bottom half of the screen with the hydraulic manifold control and function generator controls on the left hand side of the panel Then the tuning parameter table and the function generator parameter table on the right hand side To switch between panels use a combination of the TAB ke
160. guarding limits button will then change to Enable Safeguarding selecting it again will enable the safeguarding limits Station Calibration aad T Locking Disable Station Pseudo Channel SNE Options Safeguarding calibration Options Only in All Channel mode you can select Station Calibration F4 to enter the tree information of the channels in the selected station If you select a Channel in the lower right window you can enter the Manual Calibration values of this Channel All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 43 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com FCS SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Si Select TO Driver Leese Channel Channel Channel4 Channels The following settings are available Force A Force B Position Encoder Position2 Acceleration Testinput Gain 1 8 mV V Gain 125 4 8 mV V Gain 250 2 4 mV V Gain 125 0 2 mV V TD Calibration From To Gain Offset Channel Range Minimum Maximum Unit Ratio Metric Sensing False True Filter Order Cutoff frequency Filter Active Encoder Settings Pulses per revolution
161. guarding settings the current settings will be lost If you do not want to loose the current safeguarding settings please save these settings first as descibed before Select the directory and the file with saf extension where the safeguarding settings were saved and press lt Enter gt The message bar will indicate that the safety limits are loaded for all channels in the current station from the selected file and directory To load the safeguarding factory settings for all ne channels of the current station soe Load factory Safeguarding gt Load save gt gt settings A warning will point out that if you load the factory parameter safeguarding settings the current settings will be lost If you do not want to loose the current safeguarding settings of the current station please save these settings first as descibed before The dell safeguarding factory settings in engineering units are used for all channels
162. h is related to the excitation voltage which in case of the SmarTEST system is 10 Volts The 10 Volt excitation is provided by a very accurate voltage source built into the SCU The resulting load cell output signal is proportional to the force exerted on the load cell and the mV level output signal is measured by the SCU Force mV To achieve the best resolution over the AD converter the mV signal needs to be amplified by a hardware gain so that the signal becomes as close as possible to 10 Volts at full scale This hardware gain is not automatically selected However it is a very simple process to identify which gain is required for a particular load cell Selection of hardware gain Load cell sensitivity Amplification factor For example a load cell with 1 9 mV V sensitivity and 10 v excitation will produce an output of 19 mV full scale A good choice for the hardware gain is 500 which will produce an output of 0 019 500 9 5 V almost the full range of the A D converter Select hardware gain B mvi Gain 125 4 8 my Gain 500 im mi An Figure 3 5 Select hardware gain All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 48 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Gro
163. h prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com _ SmarTEST X User Manual STO 2007 00 00 ransducer Calibration Wizard Select a Channel Select a Transducer Forces ForceB Encoder Absolute 551 Position Position Acceleration TestInput at The following display is shown when an Encoder channel type is selected The calibration activity is very similar to the Force Calibration Data Entry method nter Calibration Data for Encoder Relative Units Measure TO Offset Pulses Rew 1024 000000 Fero TD Offzet bias Revs TO Offset 0 000000 Cancel O 000000 Figure 3 27 Calibration curve method display for encoder data entry To start an encoder calibration enter the following data items Parameter Description Units This item consists of the Engineering Unit label text to use as the unit for this channel ex mm in Full Scale Max The Full Scale value is the maximum range for the channel in Engineering Units This value becomes the Channel Range Maximum Value in the Calibration Table Full Scale Min The Full Scale value is the minimum range for the channel in Engineering Units This value becomes the Channel Range Minimum Value in the Calibration Table Zero Tare With the Zero Tare option you effectively zero the feedback regardless of actual feedback Pulses Rev Enter the number o
164. he Enter button after log and select the log file which should be displayed Upon clicking the file it will open in the web server window and can be reviewed be Cet Few Eee Fe fee a Ey hike 7 0 mahn a oO Gai el liber Lai Oia aaskeon Fi SERS tS Losing L i DOT 15i PO IFF diskoni Huilit an Thu kum O1 i lL VEIT scar bp ot Lispe lO Labs ae Pare Built LER Pad rs weer ks Penk bape lease j WFT 15 03 40 1J7 tten Lea POLLA Versions 1 0 71 M 2 ACI GULLA rh Lo t DOT 15 03 70 7177 strt ntigi Front panel ficeware version 2 Lie DSen LSbOLiesoisat stent ies Ho digit l lit ards Getected LU OO 15 03 20 AtESRE LGE TAHETI SoS p rd aabkeched Lo t GOT 15 03 70 1717 wetencian Digital manifold box depecced E a n r i o ah E a eh B a R E i E sktenb ies Ho pEpianT Board aetected Lot Oh LSPs pad attention a Tea hae Lo ut LoiGise0i dd Betenkion Peiver 2 i SCU type O49200 fi ceeare Versi LO Cea 0f LE GLisOigats attene Las Deliver i SLU typi O89 500 Eiltmvare VEEL L i Di Lesa serenirion Driver 5 SCO type D4400 ficewace verati LO 0 Ln 15 01 50 3377 att ntimi Ho inslog I O card detected Lie gie LE GLisOisgats Bktenkl Las DATES LLE Ereqeeney if 1000 HE Lo Di Leis Ord 4e attent ign Loaded parametru foc all channels Erom face 0 0 2007 LS 0leDO366 Beene ies Loaded limits fer all thassels from factary L DSen LS Lisgisgte ashe SHLESHEd menitet L channel 1 LO i 2FOOT LE BisPo rigs dim
165. he bootline dat file and is preserved when installing new firmware using the SmarTEST X installer 8 8 Edit Rest Condition To edit the rest condition values select a channel and press Channel Edit rest A i In the All channel mode the Edit rest condition button will be disabled The edit rest condition table will appear All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 122 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Hame Value 1 Force Rest value 3 Force Rest value 4Force Slew rate Position Rest value i Q 1 5 Force Fade time 5 l 7 Position Rest value 2 Figure 8 13 Edit rest condition The rest condition is default zero for force and position control and can be reached automatically by pressing backwards button F9 on the keyboard or on the SmarTEST One the backwards button lt 4 on the frontpanel Furthermore the minimum time slew and fade time for force and position control can be adjusted via the menu Minimum Time To reach the rest condition for all channels Slew rate This parameter is the maximum gradient
166. he speed of the actuator will also depend on the amount of the offset Highlight the servovalve offset parameter in the tuning table select it by hitting the RETURN key Now adjust the value until the actuator no longer moves make sure that the actuator has not reached the end of its travel The value can be adjusted in both the positive and negative direction Once you are happy with the setting set the overall loop gain back to it s original setting Tuning Select the P gain term in the table increase the Value until the feedback either becomes unstable or a large amount of over shoot occurs see the figure below for an example of the overshoot Once you have reached this level back off the P gain by 25 to 50 to allow for a reasonable stability margin Once you are happy with the P gain setting select the gain and carry out the same procedure For the majority of tests this will be satisfactory but in certain circumstances where the specimen is very compliant i e such as elastomers then damping gain may have to be introduced to produce a good stable response When damping gain is applied it allows for the proportional gain to be increased providing a better response Be aware though that the introduction of damping produces some phase lag within the control loop Damping gain is also useful on larger multi channel rigs where some interaction between control channels occurs The optimum response is shown below in figure below Al
167. herein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 If the transducer value cannot be automatically sampled through the SmarTEST X system Manual Calibration must be used To verify or change the hardware or transducer gains and offsets manually use the Manual Calibration option described earlier in this chapter All calibration parameters are accessible through the Manual Calibration Calibration Wizard Select type of Calibration to perform Transducer Calibration Yes Select Select Setup Setup Channel Management Hardware Channel Calibration SCU Analog IO Select Analog 1 0 Select SCU I O or Strain Select Select Calibration Wizard Enter Calibrator Enter Calibrator password password if needed if needed Select type of Channel to Calibrate Yes Select type of Transducer Select Input connected to the Hardware Channel Force Transducers Enter required Calibration data Measured or Entered data Select Next Encoder amp A f Acceleration channel calibration Position channel calibration V V
168. his document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual 1 4 4 1 4 5 1 4 6 1 4 7 STOX 2007 00 00 Application monitoring Depending on the application Cycle Sequence Setpoint amp Spann the user may have different fields showing up here that express the various running conditions of a test in a bar chart form Property Table This quadrant is showing both text names of various user configured signals as well as values for live items lt ALT gt lt P gt will expand this screen to monitor the statistics including min max values Editing on highlighted items in this screen is not possible Application Setup Window A window containing basic and advanced options for the selected application Items on this screen quadrant may be entered while the process is running and it allows entry of simple items used by most users yet having an advanced view for adjusting complex variables that most users may not have interest in The menu selects are also used to modify some items in this table so that inadvertent editing sessions will not spoil protected variables Menu bar Conform F1 F6 function keys when keyboard is attached Menu keys F1 F6 will apply the items listed in each given menu box or item for an individual station shown at the b
169. in the bottom right hand corner of the main screen see the figure below to ask if you really wish to remove all channels select yes and all channels will be removed from the station WARNING Selecting Yes will remowe ALL chanels Are you sure that you Want to do this Cancel Select no or cancel if you do not want to remove all channels All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 23 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual a tae 2 4 2 5 Edit Logical Numbers Choose Edit Logical Numbers F5 to renumber and change the order of the channels in the Station There are times when channels will have been added to a station removed and re added to the station The logical channels are display in the order they were added to the station It is good practice to order station channels in physical order for ease of operation and maintenance although this is not a requirement The Edit Logical Numbers function provides the ability to re order the logical Channel to match the physical channels or any order you require Selecting the edit logical numbers funct
170. input channels in physical order for ease of operation and maintenance although this is not a requirement The Edit Logical Numbers function provides the ability to re order the logical digital input Channels to match the physical channels or any order you require Selecting the edit logical numbers function will bring the edit logical order of digital input channels screen up in the bottom right hand side of the screen Edit the logical order For the DI Channels 1 BM Card 1 Physical 1 DIZ Card 1 Physical 27 DIS Card 1 Physical 3 DI4 Card 1 Physical DIS a 1 physical 5 howe Down O16 Card 1 Physical 6 DI Card 1 Physical 7 DIS Card 1 Physical 8 OF To re order digital input channels highlight them by using the arrow keys to position over the required channel and the spacebar to select then select either move up or down and the logical order of the digital input channel selected will move respectively 2 4 3 6 More All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 26 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual BAH STOX 2
171. instruction The command signal of a control channel can be a mix of different input signals The relationship between the input signals is determined via a formula in which all arithmetic operators are allowed The special function is a very powerful tool for generating the most exotic command signals Difficult command signals at first glance can be generated using simple formulas A spectrum file represents a flight It contains a series of condition numbers set points which along with the specified waveform will form the desired loading profile When the START command is executed the system will start the current application When conducting a static test the load on the test article will be increased step by step After each step a static measurement can be performed to verify the strains and stresses of the test article Therefore a continuous execution of the loading profile like in dynamic testing is not available When the STOP command is executed the system will stop the current application This action is required before one can switch to a new application For every analogue input channel four thresholds can be defined which upon exceeding will trigger an alarm message Furthermore a predefined set of actions can be linked to the two outermost thresholds Exceeding of the threshold will not only display an alarm message but also perform the selected action The transfer logic establishes the relationship between an input
172. ion All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 16 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com 1 4 1 1 4 2 1 4 3 SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 Displays messages containing important information on the status and changes Displays station information including status Graphical Display for displaying multiple signals like commanded values Servovalve current feedback signals min max failsafe etc Displays user selectable properties in numerical units lt ALT gt lt P gt will expand this screen to monitor the statistics including min max values Contains bar charts and will display counter progress information of the selected application Displays basic and advanced information on the application or menu items that is selected Parameters can be updated when app is active Contains buttons that are to be used for setup of the unit test application and other settings Corresponds with F1 F6 on keyboard Figure 1 7 Operator Window Highlighting The screen above shows a ligh
173. ion WIZArd ccccceccceeecceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeseeeeeeees 66 4 Safe guardin acta stcets sca eeepc seca E E enna tec 68 4 1 ois 218 ENS paar E eee eee ne eee een eee eee eee 68 4 2 Absolute Limits Sivsnnsinvenecsiannmsuiapaniantiasoanbrancqisinndennnssnakesinatantennannintcnvibatennendanncennete 69 4 3 REUEN aer E E sans 70 4 4 ISU LIENS ccs ottese cnctrriien E A A 70 4 5 LOCK Mode SWINGING xs ce cwsrrsace nce ssiaiesissnciseoatcineaiiulsaaGue henticedebeadeesnasedenenssioeenedes 71 4 6 Load Save Safeguarding Setting c ec eccceeccceeeceeeeseeeeeeeeseeseeeeseesaees 71 5 Control loop architecture vies cies daisecncecssninwnsaceansundwiardedicehwiassmnteuettatnadddendveiaicckesanssadens 74 5 1 OOJOO a E E ieamuieamnenatnrwecennest 14 5 2 Command source vs setpoint amp Span ccceccceccseceseeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeneeesees 74 5 3 CONU OOOD igcaseccctsncteatneeg E A 74 6 Actuator TUNING tesa dere innsiden aneia aaa aiiai iadi iiaiai 76 6 1 Eee O E E EE O AE E 76 6 2 Manual Tuning Basic Tuning Option aanannnannannnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnenrennnne 76 6 2 1 Oycle Ap DIICATION SetU rsr an S EEEN E T 76 6 2 2 Actuator Tuning Procedure Using the simple view parameters 78 6 2 3 Tuning using the Wizard FUNCTION cccccccecceeeceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeenes 82 6 2 4 Actuator Tuning Using the Advanced view parameters cssceseeeeees 84 6 3 M UCS COCHON air eee een ener
174. ion should be repeated Special command at end of an instruction a predefined command can be executed Setpoints can be either defined in factor control or level control Level control means that the setpoints are defined by use of condition numbers The required time to make the transition from set point A to set point B is automatically calculated by the SmarTEST software However the user can influence this calculation by setting certain constraints one of which is the minimum instruction time This is a lower boundary value therefore the transition should at least take the amount of time specified by the minimum instruction time Every transition instruction can have a different minimum instruction time The other constraints are the group minimum instruction time of a control group and the slew rate of a control channel In multi channel control the user can join a number of channels in one test The channels will be activated and deactivated simultaneously When the PAUSE command is executed the system will immediately stop and will control to the current command until further notice Page 164 of 168 STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_DRAFT doc Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com PID controller Playback Pre trigger time Pseudo controller Pseudo monitoring channel Q R R
175. ion will bring the edit logical order of channels screen up in the bottom right hand side of the screen Edit the logical order For the Channels 2 Channel2 5CU 2 3 Channels SCL 3 4 Channel4 SCL 4 5 Channels S5CU 5 howe Down To re order channels highlight them by using the arrow keys to position over the required channel and the spacebar to select then select either move up or down and the logical order of the channel selected will move respectively 2 4 3 Edit Digital Inputs DI The Edit Digital Inputs menu item allow the selection and removal of digital Input channels Choose Edit Dls F3 to display the Edit Digital Input Menu Edit Channels Edit Als When you choose the edit digital input option the bottom left hand screen will display the digital inputs currently assigned to the Station see the figure below DIs assigned to station DIL Card 1 Physical 1 DIS Card 1 Physical 3 2 4 3 1 Add DI Choose Add DI F1 to add available digital input channels to the station All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 24 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisa
176. ion1 Channel1 Cycle application Amplitude rate limiter active Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Ccommand signal Amplitude Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Command signal Offset Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Command signal Period Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Command signal Square low ratio Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Command signal Trapezoid ramp ratio Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Command signal Value Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Current cycle Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Current station cycle Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Force Cycle Definition Amplitude Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Force Cycle Definition Amplitude Matching On Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Force Cycle Definition Amplitude Ramp Rate Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Force Cycle Definition Current Cycle Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Force Cycle Definition Current Station Cycle Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Force Cycle Definition Fade out time Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Force Cycle Definition Frequency Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Force Cycle Definition Measured average size Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Force Cycle Definition Offset Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Force Cycle Definition Offset Ramp Rate Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Force Cycle Definition Phase Matching On Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Force Cycle Definition Phase offset at start Station1 Channel1 Cycle
177. is Choose Remove All Dis F4 to remove all digital input channels from the station Numbers All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 25 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com rap SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 When the remove all digital inputs function is selected a warning screen will appear in the bottom right hand corner of the main screen see the figure below to ask if you really wish to remove all digital Input channels select yes and all will be removed from the station Remove DI Channels WARNING Selecting Yes will remowe ALL DI channels Are you sure that you want to do this Cancel Select no or cancel if you do not want to remove all channels 2 4 3 5 Edit Logical Numbers Choose Edit Logical Numbers F5 to renumber and change the order of the digital input channels in the Station There are times when digital input channels will have been added to a station removed and re added to the station The logical digital input channels are displayed in the order they were added to the station It is good practice to order station digital
178. is document or Page 103 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOC i SmarTEST X User Manual B A o0 ce Amplitude Matching Amplitude matching is an automatic adaptive control method to eliminate the amplitude error Phase Matching Instead of tuning the controller to reach the correct response amplitude matching can be switched on The principle of amplitude matching is that the actual command signal will be adapted in order to match the feedback with the cycle target signal Amplitude matching works in an overshoot as well as in undershoot situations Actually the amplitude matching feature includes setpoint matching When you switch on amplitude matching you get setpoint matching automatically too Set Amplitude Set Amplitude Matching OFF Matching OH The following figure illustrates the amplitude setpoint matching Shown are the target and feedback signal Not shown is the actual command signal going to the controller Target represents the desired waveform feedback represents the measured signal Adjustable filtering is available on the feedback signal Cycle p Set Up gt Blue Targe
179. is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 1 9 2 create a SCOUCN CES aicsin NAi EEE 109 1 0 9 Select Sequence APpliCation cccccecceeecseeceeeseceseeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeseeesaes 110 7 5 4 SCIES Sel CS E E E E E E E A E E 110 9 SCOCUENCE PALAMCLSM S aso EE E AEE AOS 111 8 SENINGS marr E E seca e eee reece 113 8 1 AFC OG UC ON eee E AN AT 113 8 2 CUD ACS N OE E EE E A E E 113 8 2 1 ENG OPIS ee E nm snaeduacnimaad tarenmeraaneusbaeuebeneuennas 114 8 2 2 Freeze GraphiCs cccccecceeccseccececnecceeeseeeeeceeeteeeseeeeeeesueeeseeseeeseetseeteenes 115 8 2 3 Enlarge Graphics WindOwW ccccccccsccceeeeeeeeceeeeeeceseeeeaeeeseeeeaneeseeeeeueeaes 116 8 2 4 Enlarge Property WINGOW cccccccecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeseeeeeeeseeeeeeeaeeseeeseeenes 116 8 2 5 Block and step indication ON SMarlTEST X cccceccseceeeeeeeeeeeeeseeteeeeeeees 117 8 3 Dying COV Sic eesti ates sient tireerne Sectoid edi dtederreci adr a seivoaeraseniee sauces 118 8 3 1 Save Dying SECON cccccccsscceececeeecaececaeeceenecseecceceeeeesaueesaeeseesesseeseens 118 8 4 PRE CONGIING SIG INAS oere sonnets E OS 119 8 5 LOFIO S oae E nee cee aeeee sees sae aan E EE 120 8 6 Activate and Change Solenoid Output ccccceccceeccsec
180. is used for the transition A cycle instruction used in a sequence sets and starts a specific cycle application for a specific duration on a specified property or channel Several parameters control the functionality of this cycle application they are described in Table 7 1 Cycle Instruction Properties Table 7 1 Cycle instruction properties Instruction Value Comment property Waveform Sine Cosine Square Saw Field used to specify the waveform shape A square tooth Ramp RampDown wave is also known as a block wave and the saw tooth RoundedRamp Trapezoid is also known as a triangle wave Sine on Sine Frequency Any real value larger than Field used to specify the wavelength in cycles per O Hz second Amplitude Any real value larger than Field used to specify the waveform amplitude peak to 0 engineering units peak amplitude is twice this value PhaseShift Any real value larger than Field used to specify the starting position of the wave 0 degrees form this is particularly useful when starting multiple channels simultaneously Offset Any real value Field used to specify the midpoint of the waveform engineering units Amplitude 2 Any real value larger than Field used to specify the waveform amplitude of the 0 engineering units sine on sine function Frequency 2 Any real value larger than Field used to specify the wavelength in cycles per All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 108 of 168 any part ther
181. is utilized when a cycle instruction is executed in the sequence application This parameter is used as a limit to stop the execution of the sequence application where the actual amplitude error in engineering units is compared to the amplitude error stop limit value specified The value in the amplitude matching gain is utilized when a cycle instruction with amplitude matching enabled is executed in the sequence application This parameter is used to regulate the rate at which the commanded signal increases it increases the amplitude of the command signal by the specified percentage of the actual amplitude error The value in the amplitude matching max factor is utilized when a cycle instruction with amplitude matching enabled is executed in the sequence application This parameter limits the maximum allowable commanded amplitude which is a multiple of the target amplitude and the specified amplitude matching max factor parameter The value in the Offset error warning limit is utilized when a cycle instruction is executed in the sequence application The message pane will display a warning message when the Offset error exceeds the limit value the specified percentage of the control transducer s range The value in the Offset error consecutive error is utilized when a cycle instruction is executed in the sequence application This parameter is used to regulate the occurrence of Offset error limits where an error will be triggered after the numb
182. ither enter the sensitivity value for the transducer from the manufacturer s mV V or data sheet or select a hardware gain directly The sensitivity value is used hardware gain to select the proper hardware gain The following table shows the sensitivity range associated with each valid hardware gain setting 0 2 mV V 2 4 mV V 4 8 mV V Over 8 mV V Slew Rate EU S The slew rate is the maximum gradient rate of change allowed for this channel For example the slew rate of the position channel is the velocity limit The units of this entry are Engineering Units Second Rest Value EU The Rest Value is the end point value in Engineering Units to which the system will make a transition at the end of a shutdown sequence Polarity Can be set to either or If an increasing positive command value gives an increasing positive feedback value enter If not enter When Next is selected the following display is shown Click on Activate Low then Activate High All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 57 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST
183. ition transducer option and select either LVDT or Potentiometer both options have exactly the same procedure ransducer Calibration Wizard Select a Channel Select 4 Transducer LYDT Potentiometer Cancel Figure 3 23 Select options for position transducers The following displays are shown when a Position or Position2 channel type is selected Note that the Position2 does not contain the Slew Rate or Rest position fields The Measure Calibration curve activity is very similar to the Force Calibration All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 61 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com FCS SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 easure Calibration Curve Setup Position Full Scale 100 000000 Slew Rate EUs eonen onna Polarity H Rest value EU e eo Cancel easure Calibration Curve Setup Position Full Scale 100 000000 Cancel Figure 3 25 Measure calibration curve method display for position2 transducers To start a position calibration enter the following Data items Parameter Description Full Scale The Full Scale value is the maximum
184. ive feedback loop The objective is 1 Either to display a more favorable picture on the loop control error display This can better be achieved by using the display only filter under the graphics menu 2 To deal with an erratic input signal that leads to instabilities The best way in this case is to find the cause of the erratic input and fix it Usually a phase shift introduced by the filter introduced in the feedback path leads to less stable systems In effect the parameter then achieves the opposite of what the operator tries to achieve NOTE Moog FCS does not advise the use of this method Certainly because of the additional risk described below WARNING Please be aware that the safety checks carried out by the controller are also influenced by this setting When a cycle command is executed at a frequency within the part of the bandwidth where filtering is active the amplitude on which those safety checks are performed may be lower than the actual amplitude being seen by the test article Use extreme caution when using this feature and be aware of all the consequences 3 2 5 2 Filters on the graphical display data This filter can be reached under the graphics line graph menu via the Change Settings Change Setup gt Line Graph j g era Name 4 Max Y 2 Min Y Range X 4AutoScale Y 5 Normalize Y Axis Show Extra 10 a Figure 3 10 Filter on graphics When this filter is active value On it will act on all signa
185. k will be 35 Also this value will be generated with the Tare option where you effectively zero the feedback When Tare is performed the measured offset is put into the Setpoint field 6 2 2 4 Saving and Loading Tuning Parameters Once the optimum settings have been found then the parameters can be saved to the hard disk to a particular file Saving the tuning parameters can only be done when the cycle application has been stopped and the pressure turned off the system Return to the Tuning screen and select the load save option You now have the option of loading or saving the tuning parameters select the Save tuning parameters option Load tuning save tuning Load factory parameters parameters settings Once selected the create file screen will appear as in figure 6 6 below Select the directory in which to store it using the up down arrow keys then hit the spacebar to create a file give the file a relevant name and save it The saved tuning parameters are saved in a file with extension tnc NOTE Only the tuning parameters for all channels in the current station are saved and loaded All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 81 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prio
186. koniF Settched gontrol ta charnne i 0 0 2007 15 01 20 4186 diskaanl ys Lodd aute egeafed hardware calibration SLEI w hip iD a gate ey eee r Figure 8 11 Example log file All logged test parameters and messages are also monitored in the message pane To access them select the message pane and scroll through the messages with the turn push control knob on the SmarTEST One or the up down arrow buttons on the keyboard All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 120 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG me SmarTEST X User Manual R T Message pane To switch roni on off auto hide of the message pane T f Always off 1 Auto hide The States are Message Pane Always On Message Pane Always Off or Message Pane Auto Hide The button text shows the state that will be entered Message Pane Always On The message pane is always visible Message Pane Always Off The message pane is not visible However when an alarm message is displayed the state is changed to Message Pane Always On Message Pane Auto Hide
187. l Frequency Set Amplitude Set Controller Mode Figure 6 1 Main Cycle Application screen Select the lower right hand properties table by highlighting the table this is indicated by a green border around the outside using the arrow keys and hitting the Enter key Once inside the table you can scroll up and down using the arrow keys to select the relevant property Select a square wave by highlighting the waveform type and hitting Return this will bring up the waveform box using the up down arrow keys you can select from all the waveform types that are available Station 1 l ae Amplitude Position Logical 1 Channeli ST1 ii INU Matching High Pressurey ila phusical 1 Disabled p a Position commanded arsos mm 2 Position feedback 2 4728 3 Force feedback 1 0824 aFoliowing eror 0 86680 Waveform Type Squarewave ETT C N Activate high Deactivate high pressure pressure Set Frequency Set Amplitude Set Controller Mode Figure 6 2 Select waveform type Once you have selected the waveform type using the up down arrow keys select the amplitude and frequency in the same way set the values to around 0 5 Hz for the frequency and 5 to 10 of the transducer range for the amplitude The offset will be automatically be set to the current command position All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 77 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2
188. l rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 80 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual oer T Station 1 oe Amplitude Position Logical 1 ST1 eles AU Matching High Pressurey CVE Gauare paysical 1 eee E osition feedback i 3 Force feedback 0 109867 aFoliowing eror 0 061565 Overall loop gain iC tL IIF Position 4 3709 T3 Position NTF 4 Damping Position 0O Z sForce setpoint 0 gPositionsetpomt 0 z5pan O OC e gServovalve offset 0 K gDither Amplitude O off O amp Figure 6 5 Optimum Response Screen It may be necessary to fine tune the values to get the best response by re visiting the P and gains The Force and Position setpoint parameters are used to provide an offset to the control loop input The setpoint is added to the commanded value before it enters the control loop but after the span has been applied to the commanded value So the force position command will have this setpoint value added Example the force command is set to 25 and the force setpoint to 10 the force feedbac
189. la for the digital output by using the arrow keys to position over the action and then hit the return key to select the edit formula screen will now appear The default formula for the digital output is empty add the required action into the formula an example may be dit Formula For output 4 Value ST 1 Channel HardwareConfig Force4 Engineering value gt 80 This example will only set the digital output 4 to 1 High if the value of the Force A feedback on channel 2 is greater than 80 otherwise the output will be O low Once the formula has been entered for the channel it needs to be set to active so that the digital output action will occur when the parameters have been met to set the formula to active select toggle formula active from the window using the arrow keys and the return key toggles the function between active and inactive DOl Phys 43 Edit Formula Toggle Formula active active Toggle output manually 0 The other option available is to toggle the digital output manually select this option from the menu using the arrow keys as before and hit the return key to change the action 2 4 4 8 Monitor Choose Monitor F2 to access the status of all digital inputs and outputs on the station Configure Monitor Selecting the monitor function will bring up the monitor digital I O screen see below All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 32 of 168 any part thereof or the use of
190. ld last A cycle corresponds to one time period of the harmonic period From controller types that the SmarTEST software supports only the SCU controller is capable of both force and displacement control The high frequency closed loop controller ensures that the commanded displacement will be reached within the defined tolerances Dither is used to make sure that the servo valve does not stick If the servo valve sticks the friction force will keep the servo valve in the same location until the servo valve current changes enough to overcome the friction force This can lead to erratic behavior of very slow moving systems or hunting on a Static setpoint Page 163 of 168 STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com E Excitation mode Exporting files F FadeTime Failsafe Force A B Force control Force Error G H History graphics Instruction r A Ge m evel control Minimum instruction time Multi channel control N O P Pause All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 A control channel is in excitation mode
191. ll will be removed from the station Remove Al Channels WARNING Selecting Yes will reemowe ALL Al channels Are you sure that you want to do this Cancel Select no or cancel if you do not want to remove all channels Edit Logical Numbers Choose Edit Logical Numbers F5 to renumber and change the order of the analogue input channels in the Station Edit Logical Numbers Acid Al Remove Al Acid All Als Remove All Als There are times when analogue input channels will have been added to a station removed and re added to the station The logical analogue input channels are displayed in the order they were added to the station It is good practice to order station analogue input channels in physical order for ease of operation and maintenance although this is not a requirement The Edit Logical Numbers function provides the ability to re order the logical analogue input Channels to match the physical channels or any order you require Selecting the edit logical numbers function will bring the edit logical order of analogue input channels screen up in the bottom right hand side of the screen Edit the logical order For the 41 Channels Al Card 1 Physical 1 ATS Card 1 Physical 5 Al4 Card 1 Physical 7 AIS Card 1 Physical 3 howe Down 416 Card 1 Physical 1 AL Card 1 Physical 2 OE Cancel To re order analogue input channels highlight them by using the arrow keys to position over the
192. lly used in most test laboratories around the world The SmarTEST X can also be used with high flow three stage valves tuning of these is covered in the advanced tuning section The first step in manual tuning of the actuator is ensure that the servo loop has been correctly configured and that the actuator is in full control in both load and displacement if applicable then to set up the cycle application to produce a low frequency square wave 6 2 1 Cycle application setup Enter the cycle application by selecting the cycle button from the main menu The main cycle application screen will be displayed All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 76 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual oer T Station 1 PES Amplitude Force Logical 1 Channeli ST1 Pa OUZ Matching Pressure or C ele me Physical 1 Disabled 26 O6 2007 09 43 06 5391 failsafe Shutting down all tatin ns o ause one or more workers went down ES 2 Force feedback ema e 3 Position feedback 2 76727 Following enor 0 is Unit O T Sine Activate low Deactivate low pressure pressure Se
193. ls 2 4 7 5 Edit Logical Numbers Choose Edit Logical Numbers F5 to renumber and change the order of the analogue output channels in the Station All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 37 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG 2 4 8 i SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 Remove All Edit Logical A s Humbers Add AQ Remove AQ Add All AOs There are times when analogue ouotput channels will have been added to a station removed and re added to the station The logical analogue output channels are displayed in the order they were added to the station It is good practice to order station analogue output channels in physical order for ease of operation and maintenance although this is not a requirement The Edit Logical Numbers function provides the ability to re order the logical analogue output Channels to match the physical channels or any order you require Selecting the edit logical numbers function will bring the edit logical order of analogue output channels screen up in the bottom right hand side of the screen Edit the logical order For the 40 Chann
194. ls on the screen It is usually used to get a more favorable display of test rig performance Although this setting has fewer consequences as the filters on the inputs it can still lead to wrong conclusions when one thinks one is looking at a low amplitude and actually the rig is experiencing a much higher unfiltered amplitude Use this feature with caution 3 2 6 Encoder options Select TD Driver Select TD calibration object For Encoder Calibration Validity Figure 3 11 Select Encoder options All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 52 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 For relative encoders an option Encoder settings can be found in the manual calibration In this option you can change the Pulses per revolution and Revolutions per full scale For settings of the absolute SSI encoder baud rate and bit rate values you have to use the Calibration Wizard and select Encoder Absolute SSl 3 2 7 Calibration Validity Figure 3 12 Calibration Validity The Calibration Validity display shows the date of the last
195. ly Script Instructions This section describes the individual script instructions The instructions are grouped according to their function Channel Specific Instructions The instructions in this group are performed on a specific channel or on a number of channels The channel is specified by the instruction parameter The convention used to specify channels is c or c c c depending upon whether the instruction is to be applied to a single channel is to multiple channels respectively When multiple channels are specified the list of channels must be placed inside brackets and separated by commas When specifying a single channel the brackets are optional If the instruction is to be applied to all channels in the SmarTEST X the channel parameter need not be included Many of these instructions also require a station number A station is a grouping of channels specific to a single test fixture The station parameter is specified by s DisableSafeties s c c c This instruction disables the safeguarding limits of the designated channel s of the designated station If no channels are specified the safeguarding limits of the entire station are disabled All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 128 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permi
196. main Force or Displacement control loop it then needs to be set up and tuned correctly before tuning the outer loop to achieve the best system response possible There also has to be a separate hydraulic Pilot supply normally 210 bar to the valve for it to work correctly The three parameters that are available are Proportional and Derivative gain and a parameter to select whether the valve is present or not If using the three stage valve option a typical three stage valve would be the MOOG 79 series then the daughter board option SCU98049 421 for the SmarTEST Controller is required to provide the excitation and conditioning for the 3 stage valve Ivdt feedback Tuning of the 3 tage valve is carried out in the following way All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 87 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual a tae WARNING Systems that use a three stage valve usually can produce very high velocities and accelerations Extra caution is required Do NOT mount a test article during this procedure Make sure the actuator can travel over its full stroke
197. mmand signal is generated in one of the applications e Cycle sine ramp block sawtooth waves etc e Sequence drivefiles sequences etc e Test Input amp Special Function for command signal generation outside of STO e Static Test not implemented yet The signal that is generated in the application will be multiplied with the Span Master and Channel which are effectively amplitude multipliers The channel setpoint is added to this value The value that is obtained after Setpoint amp Span is the value that will be the input for the control loop 5 3 Control loop The combined force and position loop is a dual mode controller A dual mode controller allows the user to switch between two controller modes This particular controller allows the user to bumplessly switch between force and displacement control The SCU SmarTEST Controller Unit has all necessary hardware I O to connect a typical actuator Usually this will be a hydraulic servo controlled actuator Each SCU is connected to its own actuator It s the job of the controller to modify the output connected to the actuator in such a way that the feedback is always as close as possible to the commanded value Each test article has its own material characteristics stiffness mass and damping Additionally the bandwidth requirements are different for each test Because of this the behavior of each actuator is dissimilar and therefore needs to be controlled accordingly This can
198. n The amplitude can be adjusted in two ways You can select the Amplitude in the right window below and press Enter to change the value via the Amplitude select window or via the menu Figure 7 15 Set Amplitude The frequency can be adjusted in two ways You can select the Amplitude in the right window below and press Enter to change the value via the Amplitude select window or via the menu gt lt Enter Value gt Enter Figure 7 16 Set Frequency The Setpoint can be adjusted in the right window below The setpoint value can also be changed via the menu button Setpoint amp Span see description Chapter 7 2 Name Squarewave 1000000 Figure 7 17 Set Setpoint All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 99 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 Stop Cycle F10 or Start Cycle F12 Pause Cycle F11 oa DNA A V N Z Setpoint 4 3 4 lt Fade time Fade time Figure 7 18 Cycle phases without Offset Amplitude Setpoint Setpoint Offset Offset Commanded signal Fade time
199. n 1 end end until 1 gt 100 or condition 1 if condition SendDLLMessage Point 0 Failed to meet tolerance within time allowed end In the example above the begin block loops at approximately 1 sec per iteration where on each iteration i is increased by one the begin block ends when the until statement is satisfied in this case when i gt 100 10 seconds or when condition equals one The if statement in the begin block compares the value of a property in the SmarTEST X to a constant value In this case the constant values were determined by ElasTEST based on two percent of the target amplitude and load respectively The second if statement compares the equality of condition to zero and if true it executes the SendDLLMessage command which puts a message in the message pane of the SmarTEST X and sends a message to the DLL which runs on the ElasTEST host computer All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 134 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com 10 10 1 SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00
200. n Input 5 oko rest condition Input 6 Soto rest condition Input 7 Soto rest condition Input 6 Soto rest condition Figure 11 11 Back to the input selection screen If Run script as action is chosen it is possible to type in directly the script that should be executed when the digital input is set All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 142 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG Define outputs SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 nter script to run For input 1 Showlarnilessaget Digital input 1 was set GoToRestCondition Figure 11 12 Enter a script for an input Press Ctrl Enter on the keyboard to save the script and the input selection screen will return Once the input actions have been configured press Esc to leave the input configuration Outputs can be set manually or using pseudo channels The output configuration is displayed by pressing onfigure output Cutout 1 Formula inactive Gutpuk 2 Formula inactive Qutpuk 3 Formula inactive Output 4 Formula inactive Qutpuk 5 formula inactive Qutpuk 6
201. n static test is not implemented yet but will be available in next software release Dynamic applications are cycle sequence iteration and random vibration Starting an application F12 Static the application will start with the current command value Dynamic for cycle application the application will fade to the offset in half the fading time then it will fade the amplitude to the specified value in the other half of the fading time All other dynamic applications will first fade to the rest condition using the fade time then they will fade to the first set point of the application using the same fade time After that the application will be operating Pausing an application F11 Static In static test mode the command value is hold at the current value Dynamic in cycle mode the command signal fades to the offset using the fade time In all other modes the command signal is brought back to the rest condition When in pause it is not possible to switch to another application Stopping an application F10 Static the application becomes inactive and the command value is kept at its current value Dynamic in cycle mode the application fades to the offset the cycle count is not reset In all other modes the application will fade to the rest condition In Sequence mode the sequence is not reset that has to be done manually When the application has stopped it is possible to switch to other applications
202. n Position Cycle Definition Measured average size Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Position Cycle Definition Offset Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Position Cycle Definition Offset Ramp Rate Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Position Cycle Definition Phase Matching On Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Position Cycle Definition Phase offset at start Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Position Cycle Definition Safety Error Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Position Cycle Definition Safety Script Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Position Cycle Definition Safety Warning Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Position Cycle Definition Square low high ratio Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Position Cycle Definition Stop Cycle Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Position Cycle Definition Trapezoid ramp ratio Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Position Cycle Definition Use Fade Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Position Cycle Definition Waveform Type Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Position Cycle Definition Working range maximum Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Position Cycle Definition Working range minimum Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Target signal display Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Target signal Amplitude Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Target signal Frequency Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Target signal Offset Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Target signal Period Station1 Channel1 Cycle applica
203. n be identically named channels in multiple stations Therefore it is important to make sure that you are working with the proper station before performing any operations on the channels Hot key Channel Selection The quickest way to select a different channel is to use Hot keys The front panel of the SmarTEST ONE has a numeric keypad that can be used to select a channel Press the number key of the logical channel desired to select a channel For example to select channel 4 of the current station just press the 4 key This Hot key approach also works on an attached keyboard Press any number key 1 9 including those on the numeric keypad if Num Lock is on to select that channel Any number entered that is higher than the number of channels in the station is ignored The number 0 selects All Channel mode All Channel mode displays the feedback properties of all channels in the station and allows monitoring and recording of any channel You can activate hydraulic pressure for all channels but you cannot perform calibration safeguarding setup or tuning from All Channel mode Station 1 Amplitude Hate Limit All Channels All Channels oT Matching Pressure Off Selected Figure 2 6 Status bar for All Channel mode Menu Based Channel Selection Key sequence A Channel 1 gt Select Channel gt Channel All channels The hot key method is limited to channels from 1 9 Therefore
204. n permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual ocr o0 ce The 10V 10V input signal will be mapped on the channel range of the selected control loop feedback E g if the controller is in position mode and the attached position transducer has a channel range of 5 mm 5 mm then the 10 V input of the test signal will be transformed into a 5 mm command value for the control loop The external controller input can be disabled by selecting Special Funcion in the Special Funcion menu 8 10 Using a special function as controller input Special functions can be used to set a combination of values available in the controller as command signal for the control loop E g you want to add the value of an analog input signal to the command signal of an SCU First we should define the special function after selection of a channel Value Unit 4 Formula 0 FMode Special functi 5 Select the Edit Special Function button and enter the desired formula Then save the special function formula with Ctrl and Enter on the keyboard NOTE If the result of the formula will be used as input for the control loop it should have values within the channel range of the selected controller mode nter the special Function Formula Press Ctrl Enter to exit palet SCU Force commanded Yaluef Analog I0 1 Input 1 Engineering value
205. n provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG FSI SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 2 9 Locking Options 2 9 1 2 9 2 2 9 3 2 10 2 11 Select locking Options F2 Lock Controller Unlock Lock Controller Controller Force Unlock Controller Select lock controller F1 to prevent external programs from taking control of the SmarTEST X Unlock Controller Leek Controle Unlock Force Unlock setae Controller Controller Select unlock controller F2 to allow external programs to take control of the SmarTEST X Force Unlock Controller Lock Controll Unlock Force Unlock ON EEEN Controller Controller Select Force unlock controller F3 to force the controller to unlock even if an external program has taken control to allow another external program to take control of the SmarTEST XX Disable Enable Safeguarding aene Locking Disable Station Pseudo Channel Options Safeguarding calibration Options Select Disable safeguarding F3 to disable all safeguarding limits the all channels information bar at the top of the screen will indicate that the limits are disabled by turning red see below Station 1 Amplitude RAe ae All Channels ST1 Matching The Disable safe
206. nalogue output channels to the station Add AO Remove AO Add All AOs Heme el een Als Humbers Selecting the add analogue outputs function will bring up the select analogue output channels to add screen in the bottom right hand corner of the main screen see below Select the 40Channels you want to add Ao Card 1 Physical 2 Als Card 1 Physical 3 A Card 1 Physical 4 ADS Card 1 Physical 5 406 Card 1 Physical 6 Aly Card 1 Physical 7 ADS Card 1 Physical 8 DE Highlight the Analogue Output channels by using the arrow keys to position over the required channel and the spacebar to select multiple selections can be made select the OK button using the tab key and the return key and the Analogue Outputs will be added to the station 2 4 7 2 Remove AO Choose Remove AO F2 to remove analogue output channels from the station Add AO Remove AO Add All AOs nema al eee Als Humbers All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 36 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com m SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Selecting the remove analogue outputs function will bring up the sel
207. nd Setpoint amp Span Control lOOp ccsccsecseseeeeceeeeeeeeeeenseeeeeeeeees 158 Appendix F SmarTEST X tuning parametess cccccescceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseneseneseneseneseneeenes 159 Appendix G List OF ADDI VIATONS i cscasswinvcsassajcsesncenessadsannsaanasesasasunpaunssanmeniuesscutsensteansveansen 162 Appendix H Glossary Of Terms cccccceseceseceeeceeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseuecenecaaeceaeceeeonesenesenesenesoaes 163 MACK E ve cease penance ce sang va ce tse castes sees nections see aise pe oe edie sane camsaserseeaeseaence pe sueenvesee 168 All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 7 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Sept 15 2007 MOOC SmarTEST X User Manual H S E 1 SmarTEST X Control Overview 1 1 General Information This user manual describes how to use the SmarTEST X product This SmarTEST X exists in two configurations the SmarTEST ONE and the SmarTEST xX The SmarTEST ONE is a 1 to 4 channel digital servo controller designed to be a light weight complete and portable stand alone unit The SmarTEST xX is an extension to the SmarTEST ONE and is designed to co
208. nd calibration determines one gain and offset table that is valid for the whole chain As soon as one of the components of the chain is altered an end to end calibration should be performed again Calibration can be performed by using the Calibration Wizard or can be done manually This chapter describes both procedures 3 2 Manual Calibration Start the manual calibration process by selecting the following menu buttons All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 46 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Channel gt Manual Calibration calibration Manual Calibration is a Calibrator function and if the Calibrator password is enabled the password entry window will appear in the lower right corner of the display screen A valid password must be entered to allow access to Manual Calibration Please enter password for Manual Calibrator Figure 3 2 Password entry display Enter the Calibrator password followed by the Enter key to continue The Select TD Driver display appears in the lower right corner of the sc
209. nge of the signal The hardware must be deactivated first Page 148 of 168 STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com 14 3 to Potmeter Messages on the STO Oxfe9dfb8 tNetTask arp info overwritten for 0a023801 by 00 0b ab 05 00 bb Oxfe9dfb8 tNetTask arp info overwritten for 0a023801 by 00 0b ab 04 3b f0 Vservo output is limited to 3 5 Volt while it should be 10 Volt Diagnosis allowed when the hardware is deactivated Overruns occur when two network cards on the network are working with identical IP addresses When the Vservo output of an SCU is used the Iservo needs to be shorted SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Change the IP address of the SmarTEST X or the IP address of the connecting computer lservo and Iservo need to be connected see Hardware Manual for pin description To be able to reproduce a problem that might have occurred a diagnosis file can be downloaded via the web server on the SmarTEST X This diagnostics archive contains information on user settings user actions software malfunctions etc To be able to reproduce a problem these files are needed Press Utils link Press Diagnostics link Wait until the necessary files are collected then download the DiagnosisArchive tar file E mail this file to yo
210. nitor for LCD cloning and Ethernet connections ms s SSU Input SSU Output SSU Linked gt Q O w POSITION FORCE SERVO gt Q O gt Figure 1 3 Rear view of the Smar TEST ONE All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 11 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOC SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 This section gives an overview of basic controls for the SmarTEST xX This multichannel digital controller system can handle up to 32 digital servo control channels in combination with all kinds of digital and analog I O boards Below a table containing the different STX configurations FCS 1 3 SmarTEST xX 1 3 1 Front view SmarTEST xX The front side of the SmarTEST xX cabinet has the following controls Emergency stop Control keys on keyboard Menu keys on keyboard 2 EEFE FEFF EEE EEE E EEE EEF a4 TEPER an E zsa an ELLI iaa EYTTI Pree PS ERE E al cn ae ad AA E REE a Peo a PEEL ate S coats Anion actin RE eh E B i E H
211. ntained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual acer T Viewing the Station details gives the ability to look at all the available hardware that exists in a station even when the station is running The station configuration can be seen in the screen shot below in the bottom half of the screen all the hardware is shown in separate tables for controllers manifolds and digital and analogue I O The Tab key can be used to move between tables to highlight specific components As in all SmarTEST X views the outer green border of the window can be seen when the screen is in focus the width of the green border is thin and when it is a wide green border control is given to the menu buttons Please note that when some items become un available as a resource to be added or deleted that some of the buttons become greyed out and thus restrict the user access to that item An example of this is when the user attempts to add items to a station where there are no more hardware items to add In this case the add button becomes greyed out and the operator cannot use it To exit the view Station details screen use the Escape Key Station 1 sr Amplitude Position Lo
212. ntg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Selecting the add digital inputs function will bring up the select digital inputs to add screen in the bottom right hand corner of the main screen see below DI Card 1 Physical 2 DIS Card 1 Physical 3 DI4 Card 1 Physical 4 DIS Card 1 Physical 5 DIS Card 1 Physical 6 DI Card 1 Physical 7 DIS Card 1 Physical 3 OK Cancel Highlight the Digital Input channels by using the arrow keys to position over the required channel and the spacebar to select select the OK button using the tab key and the Digital Inputs will be added to the station 2 4 3 2 Remove DI Selecting the remove digital inputs function will bring up the remove digital inputs screen in the bottom right hand corner of the main screen see below DI Card 1 Physical 2 DIS Card 1 Physical 3 DI4 Card 1 Physical 4 DIS Card 1 Physical 5 DIS Card 1 Physical 6 DI Card 1 Physical 7 DIS Card 1 Physical 3 OK Cancel Highlight the Digital Input channels by using the arrow keys to position over the required channel and the spacebar to select select the OK button using the tab key and the Digital Inputs will be removed from the station 2 4 3 3 Add All Dis Choose Add All Dis F3 to add all available digital input channels to the station Numbers Selecting the add all digital inputs function will add all the available digital inputs to the station 2 4 3 4 Remove All D
213. ntracts selected graph or property pane F9 gt Rest Condition F10 gt Stops channels in Station F11 gt Pauses commands in Station F12 gt Run or Play channel within selected station 0 selects all channels within that station EI oom a cree SHE A ar ETP EH Pr rR lt ALT gt lt P gt Expands contracts property pane lt ALT gt lt L gt Locks Unlocks controller mode lt Ctrl gt lt 1 gt Station 1 lt ALT gt lt K gt Replays keyboard commands special feature lt gt lt 2 gt i Ctrl gt lt 2 gt Station 2 lt ALT gt lt M gt Toggles message pane On Off V lt Ctrl gt lt 8 gt Station 8 lt ALT gt lt T gt Edit tuning parameters lt ALT gt lt G gt Expands contracts graph pane lt ALT gt lt R gt Resets statistics first press lt ALT gt lt P gt lt ALT gt lt F gt Freezes Unfreezes graph pane lt ALT gt lt C gt Edit calibration parameters lt ALT gt lt D gt Enables Disables Safeguarding lt ALT gt lt W gt Starts Calibration Wizard lt ALT gt lt S gt Edit safeguarding parameters lt CTRL gt lt F gt Shifts focus to the menu button bar when focus is on other parts of the screen lt CTRL gt lt I gt Displays IP address and SW version lt CTRL gt lt S gt Edit Master Span Figure 1 5 SmarTEST X keyboard functions All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 13 of 168 any part thereof or
214. ny part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOC SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Station names are up to the user For example MyFirsT followed by the Enter Key Note Only upper and lower case characters and numbers are allowed to be used in the name of a station It does not matters in which order they are used however when it comes to seeing distinct station names it would be appropriate to name the station with some association to the test rig The default station will have all available hardware except MCU s assigned to it so that there can never be a case where no station exists There must always be a station The user cannot intentionally delete all stations and is not allowed to have duplicate station names Having 2 exact station names would create confusion so to make similar stations the user must have some distinction that will separate this such as MyStation1 or MyStation2 etc Stations can be created at any time even when other stations are active When a station is selected for the first time it has no signals applied to it see the screen shown below the reason that
215. o execute and repeat the defined instruction files in an arbitrary sequence By default the defined instruction files will be executed sequentially Upon creation of a block instruction file the block instruction file will take precedence In table form the transfer functions of loadcells position transducer or transducer in general can be defined Hence the transfer function is not represented by one single combination of gain and offset but by at most 20 of such combinations Therefore the SmarTEST software can also compensate for very non linear transducers The full scale physical range of an actuator This range defines the scale factor used by the system to support engineering units See also working range An ASCII file that lists all the defined condition numbers and their corresponding set points for each control channel A number that represents the set points for each control channel The condition number with tag rest condition contains the set points to which the system will make a transition at the end of a shutdown sequence In general a control channel is the software representation of an actuator or pseudo control channel The set of user adjustable parameters that determines the behavior of the control channel In general every type of controller has a different set of parameters In cycle mode the duration of an excitation is determined by the number of cycles Cycles refer to the number of cycles an excitation shou
216. of 0 will result in a square wave and a ratio of 1 will result in a saw tooth wave All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 102 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com n g SmarTEST X User Manual RT T Station 1 ee Amplitude Force Cycle Logical 1 beating Matching High Pressure Trapezoid SCU 4 Channeli ava aVAVAVAY Measured amplitude Amplitude error 0 356591 Phase error 132 48 deg Measured average size 4 Use fade time True _ M 3 Setpoint amp Special Sequence l Graphics span Function Figure 7 24 Set trapezoid ramp ratio NOTE The trapezoid ramp ratio is only effective for a trapezoid waveform 12 P The measured amplitude value shows the true measured amplitude The first bar graph in the AAA left window below also shows the measured amplitude in a bar graph This value can not be changed 13 Amplitude error The amplitude error shows the amplitude error value The first bar graph in the left window below also shows the amplitude error in a bar graph This value can not be changed 14 Phase error The phase error shows the phase error in
217. of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 7 3 Cycle Testing A cycle test or constant amplitude test is set up by selecting the required frequency waveform amplitude offset and number of cycles When the cycle test is started each parameter is still accessible and adjustable For example it is possible to modify the frequency or any tuning parameter while the function generation continues When a new value for amplitude or frequency has been entered the parameter will not be changed to the value instantly but controlled by the amplitude rate limit In the main control bar select Cycle Setpoint amp Special p oos i Oee sequenee popen Oraphies In the status bar on top of the operator window the third icon from the right identifies the test mode which has been selected Initially when Cycle mode has been selected the type of We this is adjustable to any of the following waveforms Cycle Cycle RoundedRamy Trapezoid Exponential Cycle Square Sawtooth 7 3 1 Define a Cycle Test When the cycle mode has been selected all
218. of test applications the simple view will suffice enabling the operator to tune an actuator to an acceptable level the parameters are shown in the table below A description of these parameters are given in this section and the control loop parameter breakdown in the appendix The simple view parameters are Overall loop gain tor 1 10 i P Position or Load 1 0 256 I Position or Load 1 0 256 i Damping Position or 0 16 A Load Force setpoint 0 0 100 Position setpoint 0 0 100 Span 100 0 100 Servovalve offset 0 100 Dither amplitude O 10 5 O off Dither frequency 350 Hz 0 500 Select the lower right hand properties table by highlighting the table this is indicated by a green border around the outside using the arrow keys and hitting the Enter key The required parameter can then be selected by using the up down arrow keys to highlight it then hit the ENTER key to select it You can then either use the up down arrow keys to change the value or simply type in the required value All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 79 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express w
219. of this document or any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted except with prior and express written permission Menu Overview 3 HARDWARE I O SCU I O Scu1 MANUAL CALIBRATION Calibrator password CALIBRATION WIZARD Calibrator password SCU2 SCU3 SCU4 SCU5 MORE SCU6 ANALOG I O if installed ANALOG IO 1 MANUAL CALIBRATION Calibrator password eters WIZARD Calibrator password STRAIN IO 1 MANUAL CALIBRATION Calibrator password CALIBRATION WIZARD Calibrator password CARD CALIBRATION DIGITAL I O if installed L DIGITAL 10 1 CONFIGURE INPUT CONFIGURE OUTPUT MONITOR RESET SET INPUT TRIGGER MANIFOLD I O if installed SAH1 for STO with SAH panel _OFF LOW HIGH PRESSURE MCU VALVE 1 __OFF LOW HIGH PRESSURE MCU VALVE 2 __OFF LOW HIGH PRESSURE MCU VALVE 3 __OFF LOW HIGH PRESSURE MCU VALVE 4 OFF LOW HIGH PRESSURE MORE STATION ASSIGNMENTS SCU I O ANALOG I O if installed DIGITAL I O if installed MANIFOLD I O if installed 4 EDIT ALIASES CLEAR ADD ALIAS REMOVE ALIAS 5 RUN SCRIPT 6 MORE DEVICE SETTINGS LANGUAGE SELECTION ENGLISH FRANCAIS DEUTSCH MESSAGE PANE ALWAYS ON ALWAYS OFF AUTO HIDE ADD MESSAGE NETWORK SETTINGS SET IP ADDRESS SET NET MASK GENERAL SETTINGS SET REALTIME NAME SHOW VERSION INFO CHANGE CALIBRATION PWD CHANGE SUPERVISOR PWD PARTITION WARNING LE
220. on Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual oon 006 You can also use the following functions abs A Absolute value of A acos A Arc cosine of A asin A Arc sin of A atan A Arc tangent of A cos A cosine of A cot A cotangent of A csc A cosecant of A exp A exponential of A int A rounds A to Integer log A Natural Log of A log10 A base 10 log of A max A B if A gt B result is A else B min A B if A lt B result is A else B sec A secant of A sin A sine of S sqrt A square root of A tan A tangent of A 9 3 Safeguarding This limit is in percent of the full channel range or in engineering values of the related parameter which triggers a user defined script To entering a safeguarding script go to Setup gt Select the global alarm script or an alarm script for a specific channel for instance Channel 1 alarm script and press Enter Now you can enter your own alarm script Press Ctrl and Enter simultaneously to save the script To activate a safeguarding script go to gt Highlight the Run script action and press Enter Once finished all script limits will trigger this user defined script when the threshold is exceeded 9 4 Digital I O A script can also be defined as an action on a digital input event When the digital input becomes high the script is executed To define scripts on a Digital input go to Scroll to the desired input to configure and push enter Highli
221. ontained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 2 4 2 2 Remove Channel Choosing the Remove Channel option will display the select channels to remove window in the bottom right hand side of the screen see the figure below Select the Channels you want to remove Channel SCU 3 Channels SCL 44 Channel4 SCU 5 Channels SCL 14 Cancel To remove channels highlight the channels by using the arrow keys to position over the required channel and the spacebar to select The channels will now be removed from the Station and be available to add to other stations if required 2 4 2 3 Add All Channels Choose Add All Channels F3 to add all available channels to the Station Add Cl al Remove Add All Remove All Edit Logical satiate Channel Channels Channels Numbers Selecting the add all channels function will add all the available channels to the station 2 4 2 4 Remove All Channels Choose Remove All Channels F4 to remove all available channels from the Station Add CI i Remove Ack All Remove All Edit Logical sae Channel Channels Channels Numbers When the remove all channels function is selected a warning screen will appear
222. ontained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 For more complex test systems and access to more advanced features of the control loop the advanced view in the tuning screen is required The advanced view properties are Table 6 1 Manual Tuning parameters advanced view Parameter Default settings value Overall loop gain Factory default 0 Recommended start value for proper PID control 7 or 1 P Position or 0 Factory default 0 Load Recommended start value for conservative PID control 1 Position or 0 Factory default 0 Load Recommended start value for conservative PID control 1 D Position or 0 Factory default 0 Load Recommended start value for conservative PID control 0 Damping 0 Factory default 0 Position or Recommended start value for conservative PID control 0 Load Position to Force 1 Factory default 1 Ratio Recommended start value for conservative PID control 1 Feed Forward O Factory default 0 Gain Recommended start value for conservative PID control 0 Feed Forward LP 50 0 100 Hz Filter Damping hp 50 0 100 Hz frequency D LP frequency 50 0 300 Hz Breakout force False
223. operty to the property table on the upper right half of the screen To configure the analog inputs and outputs select Analog board 1 Figure 11 4 Selecting the analog board to configure For analog O boards of type SAI 03180 8 channel inputs and outputs you can select the Channel range of channels 1 to 8 Select object Channel 1 range Channel z range Channel 3 range Channel 4 range Channel 5 range Channel 6 range Channel 7 range Channel 8 range Figure 11 5 Selecting a channel range After selection of the channel range you can change the minimum and maximum value between 100 and 100 and enter the unit All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 140 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG SmarTEST X User Manual ocr o0e 11 3 Define input actions Hame Value Minimum 1 00 3 Maximum 100 3 Unit Figure 11 6 Selecting the max amp min value and unit For analog I O boards of type SVC04280 6 channel inputs lt accelerometer gt and outputs you can select the Channel range of channels 1 to 6 and or select a Hardware gain of 1 10 or 10
224. osition error maximum alarm Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Safeguarding Position error maximum failsafe Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Safeguarding Position error maximum script Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Safeguarding Velocity maximum alarm Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Safeguarding Velocity maximum failsafe Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Safeguarding Velocity maximum script Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Servo pseudo corrector Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Servo valve offset Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Velocity gain Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Velocity limit gain Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Velocity limit maximum Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Velocity limit minimum Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Velocity limiter enabled Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Velocity lp frequency Station1 Channel1 Following error Station1 Channel1 In Station1 Channel1 Lag lead active Station1 Channel1 Lag lead tau 1 Station1 Channel1 Lag lead tau 2 Station1 Channel1 Logical channel number Station1 Channel1 Logical Name Station1 Channel1 Manual offset application Following error Station1 Channel1 Requested state Station1 Channel1 Safeguarding Servo valve maximum alarm Station1 Channel1 Safeguarding Servo valve maximum failsafe Station1 Channel1 Safeguarding Servo valve maximum script Station1 Channel1 Safeguarding Servo valve minimum alarm Station1 Channel1 Safeguarding Servo valve minimum failsafe Station1 Channel1 Safeguarding Servo valve minimum script Station1 Channel1 Selected control loop ID S
225. ottom of the screen Each menu item may lead to other menus or they may direct commands that are neatly grouped under a single heading To know and apply menu items correctly will require a certain viewpoint which has a hierarchical approach in letting the user perform simple tasks and setups All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 18 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual m STOX 2007 00 00 2 Station Management 2 1 Introduction A station is defined as a number of control channels manifolds and O cards configured to run a particular test rig this can be anything from a single channel system with one actuator and no I O cards up to a system with multiple actuators and I O cards The SmarTEST X controller can support up to 4 stations The SmarTEST X controller can consist of one master control rack and up to two worker racks Each rack can hold up to 8 cards these cards can be controller cards SCU s analogue I O cards digital I O cards or strain gauge amplifier cards We refer to a card as a hardware item The racks can be configured as a
226. press written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG 8 2 1 i SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 Line Graphs Graphics gt Line Graph The line graph menu options appear Use Add Signal to add signals to the graph in the top left window The signal selection gives access to all signals that can be monitored This is a hierarchical list while the amount of signals increases per channel Below an example will be found how to select the measured force expressed in engineering units of the third controller Select a property to add to the graph Property Amplitude error Property Offset error Property Engineering value Figure 8 2 Add a property to the graph window When you press Enter you can create your own label name for the property you selected Enter label Engineering Value SCU1 ForceA Figure 8 3 Enter a label for the property After you press Enter you can choose in what line graph view you want to see the selected property You can select one of the following three options Select the type of persistency that you wish the property Engineering value to contain All Views All Current Station Views Current View Only Cancel All Views the selected property will be shown in all views of the line graph All Current Station Views the selected property will be shown for all the channels of the
227. proven to be a highly effective tool in rapid application development Please consult your nearest local SmarTEST X supplier for more information regarding the SmartSDK supported applications 7 5 3 Select Sequence Application Select the Sequence in the main control bar after you select a channel Press Activate station or Activate Low High pressure before starting the sequence In the status bar on top of the operator window the second green icon from the right indicates the test mode you have selected Sequence Mode 7 5 4 Start Sequence After the instruction file has been uploaded to the onboard hard disk it can be accessed with Load Instruction File Just scroll with the controller knob on the SmarTEST One or the up down buttons on the keyboard to the applicable directory and select the file with seq extension In the message pane the operator will be informed which instruction file has been loaded and which channels are used After pressing the gt button on the SmarTEST One or the F12 button on the keyboard the following window will appear Master Sequence master Ean ee nee an Channel 1 20 40 60 30 100 Current Sequence Channell FCS loop Position commanded 1 0 20 4p 60 30 100 Current Instruction Do you want to continue 0 20 4p 60 30 100 OF Cancel Figure 7 33 Start sequence confirmation window Press OK and the simulation application will start This will also be notified in the message pane Each d
228. r and inner boundaries positive and negative which triggers a warning or error upon exceeding The alarms only result in an alarm message not in an action Amplitude In excitation mode an excitation can be specified by means of an Amplitude Matching Asynchronous control B Block instruction file C Calibration parameters Channel range Condition file Condition number Control channel Controller parameters Cycle s D Displacement control Dither All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted amplitude value which will be superimposed on a Static setpoint mean value with a certain frequency for certain duration of time Amplitude Matching is a feature that when it is turned on the actual command signal automatically will be adjusted in such a way that the measured amplitude and the given amplitude are equal The SmarTEST software supports asynchronous control groups The actuators belonging to a control group can make transitions to several setpoints while the actuators belonging to another control group make only one transition to one setpoint during the same time A typical use of this feature can be found in test rigs with hydraulic and pneumatic controllers like in aircraft fuselage testing The block instruction file enables the user t
229. r on the keyboard to save the formula e Toggle formula active lt current state gt the lt current state gt shows if the formula is currently active or inactive Pressing the control knob will toggle that state e Toggle output manually lt current value gt if the formula is inactive it is possible to set the digital output manually The lt current value gt shows if the current value of the selected digital output which can be 0 or 1 Pressing the control knob will toggle the digital output The digital inputs and outputs can be monitored with Figure 11 15 Monitoring a digital output In the above screen both digital input 1 and output 1 are set bits are counted from right to left All other bits are 0 If Digital input 2 will be set the value will be 00000010 Scripts can be triggered on a digital event Via the Set Input Trigger button you can change the DI Trigger Type from Low to High High to Low or to All Transitions Setup gt Digital 1 0 p gt DI Trigger Type Low to High Figure 11 16 Selecting the DI trigger type The Digital Input Trigger Type is set default to Low to High this means that the selected input action is being triggered on a Low to High event 0 1 When All Transitions is selected as DI Trigger Type the selected input action is triggered on both Low_to_High as High_to_ Low events EXAMPLE Select the action for digital input 1 via the Configure input button
230. r STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 8 Settings 8 1 Introduction The SmarTEST X offers an impressive number of user interface application and controller settings Those can be used by the operator All settings are described in the following paragraphs Normally the SmarTEST X will startup with the settings from the previous run To show the option that after startup the question Found settings from previous run do you want to load these settings is displayed and you can select which last used settings from the previous run ie want to load after en start the SmarTEST X select Found settings from previcws run do you want to lead these settings I Apeicabion settings Liser mii iaca sel tings I Cibran amp tuning setting F Station salting Figure 8 1 Load settings from previous run If you select Yes default on all the 4 settings the application user interface calibration amp tuning and station parameters will be loaded which the user had the last time in the previous run If you select No on the Application User Interface and Station settings the programmed default settings will be loaded If you select
231. r STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Table of Contents Software release v1 8 2 co ia cts scsi secures irecissntita outta sqenserielliscan etteusiu ete dcumenbtsou tide euacclnesundieti DEEPA REEERE EEEE onnenn En 1 Revision FRC ON acacia ceeteatn es sewececmeicecnaecdecie vewedeadtececetcveetd nen pane neseenmsietncwedenanetededessenvercesmeeteeiee 3 Tapio Ol Ore g 2 0 ee ae ee ne ae a eee ee 4 1 SmarTEST X Control Overview ccccceccecececeecececeeeecueeseecuseseeeeeuseeeeeueueasereueuseeseeueanes 8 1 1 General TOU VO Mec estates crac e ernens anion haere ania ce eee peemsnan oy eunacuetneeeeanenae 8 1 2 Smar l ES T ONE pte cotceciscirereetcaseaasetoeseadenaitanetsndeteenatuddettebetoutvicdusnssmuemrastiatinias 9 1 2 1 Front Panel SmarTEST ONE 2 cccccccccccceccccccececcccesecessceeecuseceesenseteceseceusunensens 9 1 2 2 Turn Push Control KO Dissniassuisiewenscasl puntmassa ara Ea aai bni 9 1 2 3 EMEIS O Oe aa EE O ene aeceeee 9 1 2 4 Numeric KOYPad cccccccscccseceeceeecaeeceecececueeceeceeseuesauesaeesseecaeecueseensaeees 10 1 2 5 CORTOILR GYS E a E R 10 1 2 6 PWNS VM E eee nace E EAE E E E E 10 1 2 7 Keyboard CONNEC OF ai
232. r and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOC SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Station 1 l a Amplitude Position Logical 1 l STI Rate Limit Matching Pressure off CPE Saware physical 1 Channeli m a Value Position commanded mm Value Position commanded 6 606 mm Position feedback mm 2 Position feedback 8 1066 orce feedback 0 256355 es _a Force feedback a 4Following error 115006 commanded amel phase error degr measured ampl amplitude error 0 0 Jfcache Clog 5 0 records Y Load tuning Save tuning Load Factory parameters parameters settings Figure 6 6 Save Tuning Parameters Screen Once you have finished tuning and saving the parameters you can move on the next channel by hitting the ESC key to get back to the main menu then either using the shortcut keys 1 2 3 etc or selecting Channel Carryout the same procedure described above for the remaining channels 6 2 3 Tuning using the Wizard Function This option brings together all the parameters required to carry out actuator tuning into a single application screen this means that tuning parameters cycle parameters and control of the manifold for applying high pressure oil to the actuator are all brought together into a single screen see figure 6 7 below To get to the Tuning wizard screen press Channel i f gt
233. rator window the icon Rate Limit will be yellow blinking 10 Square Low High In cycle test mode the low high ratio of a square wave can be changed When this value is 0 5 Rati an the square wave is low for 50 of the period and also high for 50 of the period When the value is decreased below 0 5 0 is the minimum value the square wave remains low for a shorter time and high for a longer time When the value is increased above 0 5 1 is the maximum value the square wave remains low for a longer time and high for a shorter time a a 1 0 Force commanded 0 5 Cycle tanget 0 0 0 5 phase error deg cycles 1 0e i Bde Hame Value Unit 5 Current cycle 641 A 6 0 6 Stop cycle 1000 7 Fade time 5 3 4 0e a Phase offset at start 0 deg gAmplitude rate limit 2 Is a ze 10 auare Io a PE o Ei rapezoid ramp ratio 0 5 z Setup jgk a Cycle Sequence SREE Graphics Figure 7 23 Set square low high ratio NOTE The low high ratio is only effective for a square wave 11 Trapezoid Ramp n cycle test mode the low high ratio of a trapezoid waveform can be changed When this value SPG is 0 5 the trapezoid is horizontal for 50 of the period and ramps for 50 of the period When the value is decreased below 0 5 0 is the minimum value the ramp time will get to its minimum When the value is increased above 0 5 1 is the maximum value the ramp time will get to its maximum A trapezoid ramp ratio
234. re to third parties of this document or Page 33 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Select the 4lChannels you want bo add Al Card 1 Physical z AIS Card 1 Physical 4 414 Card 1 Physical 5 AIS Card 1 Physical 6 416 Card 1 Physical 7 AIF Card 1 Physical 5 AIS Card 1 Physical 1 419 Card 1 Physical z Ati Card 1 Gheei e al OE Cancel Highlight the Analogue Input channels by using the arrow keys to position over the required channel and the spacebar to select select the OK button using the tab key and the Analogue Inputs will be added to the station 2 4 5 2 Remove Al Choose Remove Al F2 to remove analogue input channels from the station Add Al Remove Al Add All Als Hemose All Als oo Humbers Selecting the remove analogue inputs function will bring up the select analogue input channels to remove screen in the bottom right hand corner of the main screen see below Select the AIChannels you want to remove Alz Card 1 Physical 1 403 Card 1 Physical 5 404 Card 1 Physical 7 AIS Card 1 Physical 8 416 Card 1
235. re waveform Rounded ramp a ramp which uses 10 of its step time to smooth the start and stop transitions Loop Command Force feedback Cycle target Figure 7 11 Rounded ramp waveform Exponential Loop Command Force feedback Cycle target Figure 7 12 Exponential waveform Trapezoid op Command Figure 7 13 Trapezoid waveform Different waveforms can be selected to make the transitions from set point A to set point B You can also change from waveform type during a cycle The waveform will fade to the setpoint in the fade time you selected The new selected waveform starts to cycle to the selected amplitude during the Fade time In the figure below the waveform is changed from a square wave to a sine All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 98 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual oer T 2 Set Amplitude 3 Set Frequency 4 Set Setpoint Station 1 Amplitude Force Cycle Logical 4 T1 Matching High Pressure Square SCU 1 phase error def 1000000 5 Figure 7 14 Waveform transitio
236. reen select TD Driver Forceb Position Encoder Positione Acceleration Testlnput Figure 3 3 Manual calibration The channels available for calibration Force A feedback 1 Force B feedback 2 second load cell bridge Position feedback 3 Encoder feedback 4 Position2 feedback 5 3 stage valve support Acceleration feedback 6 Testinput external command input to the controller rors Upon selection of one of the calibration objects the following selection list is displayed if the Force A feedback input has been chosen then the screen shown below will appear All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 47 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 select TD calibration object for Forces E ardware Gain TO Calibration Channel Range Ratio Metric sensing Filter Calibration Yalidity Figure 3 4 Select calibration object 3 2 1 Hardware Gain The load cell connected to the SCU provides an output signal in mV as a result of an excitation applied to its Wheatstone bridge The signal strengt
237. reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STO 007 o0cee Appendix D List of Parameters File I O Definition The SmarTEST ONE product automatically generates a number of files every 20 seconds These persistent files are used in the case of power loss on the system For each set of properties two files are saved In the event that power was lost while one of the files was being written the other file will be used This ensures that a valid set of properties can be restored that are at most twenty seconds old Only the station settings are saved when there is a change in the station configuration The following is the definition of these files Filename s oos i ele Description gui_1st xml User interface settings gui_2nd xml This set of two persistent files is used to store the settings of the screen Specifically the setup on the graphics and property table hw_1st xml This set of two persistent files is used to store the hw_2nd xml hardware configuration settings Hardware gain and offsets for all hardware channels are saved here In the future these hardware settings will reside in the flash of the SCU dir
238. returns the largest of the two arguments 3 Argument functions function argument1 argument2 argument3 Table 10 3 Syntax Table III If if the first argument is true returns the second argument else returns the third argument Real time values of the SmarTEST X can be used they are addressed using the following syntax Value lt node address gt The node addresses can be obtained from the lookup tree by pressing d Line Graph p Add Signal For example to access the Engineering value of SCU 1 force Page 137 of 168 STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Select a property to add to the graph Property Amplitude error Property Offset error Figure 10 3 Looking up a node address Use the following syntax Value SCU1 ForceA Engineering value Appendix C describes a list of all STO properties All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 138 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation
239. ring force control this parameter will introduce a force limit around the current commanded force This can be useful for setting up and installing specimens so that only a very small force can be applied to protect both the specimen and the operator To enable the positive and negative breakout force set the Breakout force enable value to True Velocity Limits Velocity limits can be set to prevent the actuator from exceeding a set velocity again this can be useful in the test setup procedure The units are percentage of full scale per second Delta P Gain The Delta P gain can be used to produce a servo valve current proportional to the pressure difference between the two chambers of the actuator This term has a damping effect especially useful for systems where a high performance displacement loop is required A differential pressure transducer is required to measure the difference in chamber pressures and can help in increasing the oil column resonance frequency in an actuator so that it is not within the operating frequency range Typically used in 4 posters where high velocity position control is used Asymmetry Gain This is a gain that can be set on the negative servo valve current output to correct for un equal area actuators if required This can help control of the actuator so that the response is similar in both directions Three Stage Valve If a three stage servovalve is present it is configured as an inner loop to the
240. ring value Hardware SCU1 Encoder TD calibration front expansion Hardware SCU1 Encoder TD calibration rear expansion Hardware SCU1 Encoder TD calibration index Hardware SCU1 Encoder TD calibration output Hardware SCU1 Encoder TD calibration gain Hardware SCU1 Encoder TD calibration offset Hardware SCU1 Encoder TD calibration date Hardware SCU1 Encoder TD calibration valid until SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Hardware SCU1 Encoder HW calibration gain Hardware SCU1 Encoder HW calibration offset Hardware SCU1 Encoder HW calibration date Hardware SCU1 Encoder HW calibration valid until Hardware SCU1 Encoder Pulses per revolution Hardware SCU1 Encoder Revolutions per full scale Hardware SCU1 Encoder SS I Encoder Baud Rate Hardware SCU1 Encoder SSI Encoder Number Of Bits Hardware SCU1 Encoder SSI Encoder Type Hardware SCU1 Encoder Encoder Input Selection Hardware SCU1 Position2 Channel range Unit Hardware SCU1 Position2 Channel range Minimum Hardware SCU1 Position2 Channel range Maximum Hardware SCU1 Position2 Unscaled value Hardware SCU1 Position2 Scaled value Hardware SCU1 Position2 Engineering value Hardware SCU1 Position2 TD calibration front expansion Hardware SCU1 Position2 TD calibration rear expansion Hardware SCU1 Position2 TD calibration index Hardware SCU1 Position2 TD calibration output Hardware SCU1 Position2 TD calibration gain Hardware SCU1 Position2 TD calibration offset Hardware SCU1 Position2 TD calibration date Hardwar
241. ritten permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 WARNING The overall loop gain is normally set to either 1 or 1 this changes the polarity of the 6 2 2 2 6 2 2 3 control loop by effectively reversing the connections to the servovalve It can also be used to attenuate the overall loop gain of the system in certain circumstances Changing the polarity of this parameter can cause sudden uncontrolled movement of the actuator To tune the actuator in either load or displacement the procedure is almost identical the only difference is that in load control a much larger integral gain will be required to obtain a suitable response due to the way in which the SmarTEST control loop functions Servovalve offset Before tuning the actuator it is advisable to check the servovalve mechanical null setting this can be compensated for using the Servovalve offset parameter in the tuning table This is done by firstly making sure that the actuator can stroke fully without coming into contact with any obstruction Set the overall loop gain to zero then apply high pressure to the actuator The actuator should be approximately in the centre of its stoke before pressure is applied If there is any mechanical offset in the servovalve the actuator will start to move towards one end depending on the offset of the spool sleeve assembly T
242. rs Configure Monitor Configure Choose Configure F1 to access the options for the digital output channels in the Station Selecting the configure function will bring up the select output to configure screen see below Configure Monitor Output 4 Formula inactive Output 1 Formula inactive Output 2 Formula inactive Output 3 Formula inactive Output 5 Formula inactive Output 6 Formula inactive Output 7 Formula inactive Output amp Formula inactive Output 1 Formula inactive Output 2 Formula inactive Output 3 Formula inactive Qutpuk 4 Formula inactive Output 5 Formula inactive Highlight the digital output to configure by using the arrow keys to position over the required channel and the return key to select the select action screen will appear in the bottom right hand corner of the main screen see below All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 31 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Edit Formula Toggle Formula active finactive Toggle output manually 0 Highlight the edit formu
243. s into the transducer calibration table 9 Select Next to go to the Calibration completion screen 10 Select the option required for calibration validity for more information see paragraph Syed nter the validity date for this calibration must be in the format mm dd yyyy Calibration Date 3 2007 Calibration always walid Calibration walid for 1 year f Calibration walid until 5 3 2006 Finished 11 Select Finished to exit the calibration Wizard By selecting the internal shunt a high precision 100kOhm resistor will be integrated in the bridge connection of the force transducer The offset value achieved by this shunt resistor can be used only for calibration checks It should not be used for end calibration since it is not a calibrated resistor With a proper procedure these resistors could be calibrated but Moog FCS does not support this yet At the moment the internal shunt cal is only available for Force _A and Force_B will also be supported The offset value achieved by the internal shunt calibration is around 45 offset when HWgain 500 Also enabling the shunt is only possible when the hardware is de activated so no pressure will commanded by SAH panel Software operator Activate Shunt ae 4 Exitation 5Volt Internal Shunt resistor 100kQ 3500 i 3502 J Exitation 5Volt Figure 3 21 Calibration shunt circuit overview All rights reserved Disclosure to third p
244. san Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Appendix G List of Abbreviations Table 0 1 Abbreviations Yo Percent AMC Adaptive Model Based Control C degrees Celsius Cal Calculated D A Digital Analogue DPI Data Processing Interface fct File extension for factory Tuning settings tune fct or factory Safeguarding settings safe fct HZ Hertz kHz kilo Hertz LVDT Linear Variable Displacement Transducer mA milli Ampere Max Maximum Min Minimum mm millimeter PIDF Proportional Integral Derivative and Feed forward POT Potentiometer PRT Pseudo Real Time RTFE Real Time Front End Saf File extension for saved Safeguarding settings SCU SmarTEST Controller Unit Sec Second STO SmarTEST X tnc File extension for saved Tuning and Calibration settings V Volts WxHxD Width x Height x Depth Page 162 of 168 STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_DRAFT doc Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Appendix H Glossary of Terms A Alarm limits The SmarTEST software has oute
245. setpoint the signal will first fade to the setpoint in 1 2 the fade time in a linear line and during the other half of the fade time the cycle will grow to the set amplitude this is achieved in phase and See figure 7 18 Cycle Phases with an offset After stopping the cycle the cylinder will return to its setpoint value limited by the fade time With the phase offset you specify the amount of degrees at which a waveform should start Phase offset at start 30 Hame T Fade time Phase offset at start g Amplitude rate limit 40 Square low high ratio 0 5 441 Trapezoid ramp ratio 0 5 42 Measured amplitude 0 647501 434 Amplitude error 0 352199 Figure 7 22 Phase offset variable During the cycle test the operator can adjust the amplitude via the control knob SmarTEST One or via the up or down button on the keyboard The amplitude rate limit will be active in case All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 101 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOC SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 the new amplitude exceeds this value during phase In the status bar of the ope
246. ssion Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com FCS SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 T Applications 7 1 Introduction The SmarTEST X offers a number of test modes such as Cycle Sequence and Special Function External Mode All modes are described in the following paragraphs In the main control bar the three buttons between Setpoint amp Span and Graphics give access to these test modes if one channel is selected In this chapter also Setpoint and Span is described Channel1 FCS Channel1 FCS loop Force Rest value loop Force Setpoint Cycle Rest Condition 1 Channel Rest Condition 2 Setpoint Loop Also called Master formerly Manual Balance Setpoint Offset Sequence LP Test Input E Foo Le amp Special LOM Function Loop Feedback Reserved Zero formerly alas for Static Setpoint p test i Transducer Feedback Channel1 FCS loop Force Commanded signal Channel1 FCS Channel1 FCS Ch 11 8 Channel1 FCS loop Force commanded annei tapar loop Force Zero loop Force Feedback Channel1 FCS loop Force Raw feedback Figure 7 1 Application command signal generation When a word or phrase is written between it implies a button in the software or a hardware button on the front panel of the STO or on an ext
247. station that is currently selected Current View Only the selected property will only be shown for the channel of the station that is currently selected After you selected one of these options the label name will appear in the Line Graph on the top left quadrant of the display All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 114 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Loop Command Force feedback Engineering value SCU1 ForceA Figure 8 4 The added property in the graph window Use the Remove Signal to remove a signal from the graph Select the property you want to remove and press Enter Now the selected property will be disappeared from the line graph Use the Remove All Signals to remove all signals from the graph After you select the Remove All Signals menu button a Warning window will be displayed to acknowledge that you really want to remove all signals from the line graph display The Change Settings menu allows changing the way the samples are displayed in the Line graph Name Value Unit E 2 Min Y 3 Range X
248. struction except that the repeat condition is specified at the end of the loop with the end until cona statement defined below 9 2 4 5 end until cond This instruction terminates a block of statements that is executed repeatedly until the condition cond is met EXAMPLE To set the controller mode on channels 1 through 4 of station 1 to position i 1 begin SetControllerMode 1 i Position i i 1 end until i gt 4 9 2 4 6 sleep n This instruction inserts a delay into the script The parameter n is a decimal number indicating the time in seconds that the script is to be delayed For example to delay for half a second n would be 0 5 EXAMPLE To set the manifold pressure of station 1 to low and then delay before setting it to high SetManifoldPressure 1 1 sleep 5 SetManifoldPressure 1 2 9 2 4 7 Arithmetic Instructions In addition to the predefined script instructions you can also perform arithmetic instructions using standard arithmetic notations The arithmetic operators are as follows add subtract multiply divide All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 132 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentati
249. sure to third parties of this document or Page 136 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com 10 3 2 SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 2 Adding the result to the real time measured value of pseudo channel 1 3 Multiplying the result by 0 21 This process will be repeated with an iteration frequency of 50 of the scan rate of the SCU which is default 2500 Hz Pseudo Channel Special Function Syntax The supported syntax 1 Argument functions function argument Table 10 1 Syntax Table I All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Fabs the absolute value exp the exponent e log 10log sqrt square root int round to the nearest integer sinh hyperbolic sine cosh hyperbolic cosine tanh hyperbolic tangent sin sine cos cosine tan tangent asin arc sine acos arc COS atan arc tangent 2 Argument functions function argument1 argumentz2 Table 10 2 Syntax Table I Min returns the smallest of the two arguments Max
250. t Red Feedback Green error Setpoint gt Peak tol M Setpoint peak value mplitude Setpoint error setpoint setpoint amplitude Error amplitude amplitude Figure 7 25 The workings of amplitude matching The correction mechanism will now modify the command signal It will add a percentage of the setpoint error to the command signal setpoint It will also add a percentage of the amplitude error to the command signal amplitude This process will go on until the errors fall below a threshold The threshold is 0 1 Amplitude matching is green in case it is not activated and yellow when it is activated A malfunction is indicated by the color red An alarm is available on the difference between target and measured amplitude i OUtuWGe Amplitude Matching datchine With the phase matching option the phase error between the specified target signal and measured signal can be eliminated The controller will keep adapting the command signal until the phase of the response signal matches the phase of the requested target signal The following figure illustrates the phase matching All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 104 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior an
251. t green box around the message pane that is selected by the arrow keys and entered into by the use of the enter key Once enter is struck on a quadrant the green line remains thin to indicate focus Message Pane Displays messages containing important information on the status and changes of the SmarTEST X The script messages appear in this window in a scrolling manner To be able to view these messages the user may use the arrow keys to first highlight that pane and then hit enter to get into a mode that allows the user to view individual messages that start with the IP address and the Software Version To exit the message pane after viewing an ESC key or CTRL F may be typed Oscilloscope This Graph Pane may be highlighted using the arrow key method however hitting the enter key when this pane is highlighted will freeze the graph information To unfreeze the graph hit enter again The enter key acts as a toggle Data on the graph may be moving at fast rates and users may desire to freeze the pane to look closer Graphical Display is used for displaying multiple signals like commanded values Servovalve current feedback signals min max failsafe etc lt ALT gt lt G gt will expand this screen All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 17 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for t
252. t resistor into the Activate Shunt shunt resistor connectors on the SCU connector panel and pressing Activate Shunt only when the SCF04244 is used as interface panel for more information about the internal shunt see the end of this paragraph 3 The SmarTEST X measured value appears below the Uncalibrated label 4 Measure and or record the actual value expected in and enter it into the Calibrated box in engineering units You could Calibrated Lbs 10 a Use a second calibrated load cell to measure applied load b Read an electrical measurement from a meter and convert to engineering units value C Record the value supplied by a dead weight tester 5 Select Add Entry sade Add Eritry 6 Repeat steps 2 5 for each point which is used for calibration calculations maximum of Deactivate High All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or l any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual Deactivate Low purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 10 points 7 Deactivate the Hydraulic Pressure 8 Select Activate Table This action writes the calculated Slope and offset ae value
253. t with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 2 4 1 2 4 1 1 2 4 1 2 Then selecting the item we are looking to edit from the function keys below Edit DOs Edit Als Edit Manifold Editing the manifolds allows the user to add or remove one or more manifolds to the station configuration When we add a manifold we are working with an MCU that has 4 manifolds available The manifold is a device that controls the main hydraulic power to the unit being tested The safety aspects of the station should be the main focus when carrying out the configuration When an SCU controls an actuator in a station and it exceeds the safety limits the MCU will shut down the hydraulics so that no pressure is applied to the test component Adding all and removing all manifolds is an option because a station may require several sources of fluid power depending upon the flow requirements There is no visual effect that can be seen by selecting the key other than going back and selecting the view station details to ensure that either case has been performed correctly All manifolds may of course be added one at a time until all available manifolds are present Likewise we could remove all manifolds one at a time and observe the subtraction process Eventually all would be added or deleted thus leaving the appropriate bu
254. tation or via the menu bar Channel Channel 1 In the status bar on top of the operator window the first green icon from the right indicates which channel or self created logical channel name has been chosen The second green icon from the right shows the Logical and Physical Channel name Logical 1 Channel 1 All Channels 0 Physical 1 Channel 1 All Channels Logical 2 Channel Channel 2 Physical 2 With test applications where multiple channels are used simultaneously it is not necessary to select a channel up front The channels are selected automatically when the instruction file is loaded All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 92 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00 7 1 2 Start Pause and Stop WARNING The behavior of the start pause and stop buttons is different between static and dynamic applications Dynamic applications may run at high frequencies with amplitude compensation That means that it is not possible to keep a command value at the current level when pausing or stopping the application Static applicatio
255. tation1 Channel1 Servo valve current Station1 Channel1 Servo valve max Station1 Channel1 Servo valve min Station1 Channel1 Servo valve offset Station1 Channel1 Span Station1 Channel1 SpecialFunction1 Active Station1 Channel1 SpecialFunction1 Formula Station1 Channel1 SpecialFunction1 Value Station1 Channel1 Switch off time Station1 Channel1 Target Station1 Channel1 Three stage valve P Station1 Channel1 Three Stage valve present Station1 Channel1 Valve position feedback Hardware SCU1 ForceA 8 pole low pass filter FilterPars Active Hardware SCU1 ForceA 8 pole low pass filter FilterPars Omega Hardware SCU1 ForceA 8 pole low pass filter FilterPars Order Page 155 of 168 STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Hardware SCU1 ForceA 8 pole low pass filter FilterPars Cutoff frequency Hardware SCU1 ForceA Unscaled value Hardware SCU1 ForceA Scaled value Hardware SCU1 ForceA Engineering value Hardware SCU1 ForceA Sensitivity Hardware SCU1 ForceA Ratio Metric Sensing Hardware SCU1 ForceA HW calibration index Hardware SCU1 ForceA HW calibration gain Hardware SCU1 ForceA HW calibration offset Hardware SCU1 ForceA HW calibration date Hardware SCU1 ForceA HW calibration valid until Hardware SCU1 ForceA TD calibration front expansion Hardware SCU1 ForceA TD calibration rear expansion Hardware SCU1 ForceA TD
256. than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Wn m Lob ordered rignt to le Name Value Unit 1 Digital input oooo000000000 2 Digital output 0000000000000 This allows the user to see the status of all digital I O in the station 2 4 3 9 Set Input Trigger Choose Set Input Trigger F3 to access the digital input actions on the station below D112 fLow bo High D113 Low bo High Highlight the digital input to edit by using the arrow keys to position over the action and then hit the return key to select the trigger type window will appear in the bottom right hand side of the Currently the only option is as shown low to high trigger in future further options will be available 2 4 4 Edit Digital Outputs DO The Edit Digital Outputs menu item allow the selection and removal of digital Output channels Choose Edit DOs F4 to display the Edit Digital Output Menu Cimma ects ste ce cae te All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 28 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007
257. the same knob to acknowledge Emergency Stop Hardware emergency stop No software intervention This will de energize the 24VDC on the dumpvalve connector of the SAH panel backpanel pn SAF04100 All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 9 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 WARNING The SmarTEST controller can ONLY be operated safely when the actuator hardware is made powerless immediately when the 24V drops on the SAH DumpValve connection on the rear of the SmarTEST chassis Failure to do so will lead to dangerous situations that could cause personal harm or damage your test article 1 2 4 Numeric Keypad 7 8 9 0 9 Press to enter a value es Press to enter a decimal point 4 5 6 ap GD a ENTER Press to confirm the entered value 1 2 3 BACK Press to go backwards n Press to enter a or value QO ENTER ap GD GD ESC Press to escape the selected window BACK ESC gf D D 1 2 5 Control Keys lt E gt Backward Press to go backwards go to rest condition o Stop Press to stop an action Paus
258. therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOC SmarTEST X User Manual B A o0 ce 1 2 SmarTEST ONE 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 This section gives an overview of all front panel controls for the Smar TEST ONE This standalone digital controller with LCD front panel or external PC can handle up to 4 digital servo control channels In total 6 slots are available so depending on the needs the SmarTEST ONE can be configured with SCU s in combination with several I O cards that Moog FCS has available for this product Front Panel SmarTEST ONE The front panel has the following controls Turn push control knob Emergency stop Numeric keypad Control keys Menu keys Keyboard connector oY MIO OC a SmarTEST ONE Stand Alone Controller Interlock Power m Zz o m A Turn to adjust BACK Push to select Ss a Keyboard lt E iH gt One to four channel digital controller Part of Moog FCS SmarTEST product family Figure 1 2 Front view of the SmarTEST ONE Turn Push Control Knob The turn push control knob for user input results in easy adjust acknowledge action Just turn to adjust then push
259. tings for all channels in a station Add list of parameters of files see issue 8512 All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 157 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG els SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Appendix E Command Setpoint amp Span Control loop Cycle Rest Condition 1 Channel Rest Condition 2 Setpoint Loop Also called Master formerly Manual Balance Setpoint Offset Sequence i P gt Test Input Master T Output l amp Special Span is Function Loop Feedback Reserved Zero formerly SOP ee for Static Setpoint test Transducer Feedback Control loop Measured Position Velocity limit lt q Position commanded POS BK F Dff S Dff S 1 Gains are available Measured Force for both force and position control Differentiated command DCff 1 Pseudo channel Measured Force B n Asymetric delta P
260. tion Target signal Square low ratio Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Target signal Trapezoid ramp ratio Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Target signal Value Station1 Channel1 Cycle application Waveform Type Station1 Channel1 Dither Amplitude O off Station1 Channel1 Dither Frequency Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Acceleration lp frequency Hardware SmarTEST X Properties Hardware SCU1 ForceA Channel range Unit Hardware SCU1 ForceA Channel range Minimum Hardware SCU1 ForceA Channel range Maximum All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted except with prior and express written permission SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Asymetry gain Station1 Channel1 FCS loop D Force Station1 Channel1 FCS loop D Position Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Damping Force Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Damping Position Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Damping hp frequency Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Delta P feedback Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Delta P gain Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Feed Forward Gain Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Feed Forward LP Filter Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Force commanded Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Force input Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Force Commanded signal Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Force Fade time Station1 Channel1 FCS loop Force Feedback
261. tion contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Amplitude SCU Status L cyete sine Matching rarea SCU FAIL Cycle Sine 1 i Min Max RMS 13 9813 19 9994 0 033245 13 7433 13 9092 19 9999 19 9949 0 033224 13 7434 0 0720615 0 100528 0 100515 1 894e 005 006M172 q 0 0 o 19 9969 Force feedback Following error It Activate Deactivate Set Controller hardware hardware sah Pias Mana statu Gl ele Moride Figure 8 8 View with enlarged property window By pressing Statistics the operator can reset the values Be aware that in case the frequency is set very low it might take a while to reset due to the minimum required samples 8 2 5 Block and step indication on SmarTEST X The SmarTEST X sequence application displays next to the channel control error bar chart the block and step information of the sequence Amplitude macana A Position High Pressure Sequence Logical 1 SCU4 Channeli 35 7968 20 4959 0 15 301 z 4 Instruction file a i Current Sequence dave_sine_O1 100 0 2 rrem iiach E urrent step a urent s
262. to for instance Failsafe If the Input Trigger is set to Low to High a Failsafe signal should be given when digital input 1 is changed from 0 to 1 checked with Monitor gt Digital Input All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 144 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual Gy chy coon 12 DAC Output signals DAC signals To perform a signal check it is possible to use the available DAC signals on the SCU front panel The SCU front panel SCF04064 formerly SCF98050 offers 5V differential on the maintenance connector via pin 6 7 DAC 1 and pin 15 8 DAC 2 These signals are symmetrical not relative to earth Relative to earth these signals measure also 5V The SCU front panel SCF98050 offers also 5V via the two BNC connectors DAC 1 amp 2 The SmarTEST Controller Front SCF04241 formerly SCFO0018 offers 5V via the two panel sockets DAC A amp B The same as for the SCU front panel SCF00018 The SmarTEST Controller Front SCF04244 formerly SCF04074 offers 5V via the two panel sockets DAC A amp B The same as for the SC
263. tted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 9 2 1 2 EnableSafeties s c c c This instruction enables the safeguarding limits of the designated channel s of the designated station If no channels are specified the safeguarding limits of the entire station are enabled 9 2 1 3 GotoRestCondition s c c c This instruction sets the designated channel s of he designated station to the rest condition specified by the rest condition property of the appropriate channel EXAMPLE GotoRestCondition 2 1 2 goto rest condition 1 for channels 1 and 2 of Station 2 GotoRestCondition 1 2 goto rest condition 1 for channel 2 of station 1 9 2 1 4 GotoRestCondition2 s c c c This instruction sets the designated channel s of he designated station to the rest condition specified by the second rest condition property of the appropriate channel EXAMPLE GotoRestCondition2 1 1 2 goto rest condition 2 for channels 1 and 2 of Station 1 GotoRestCondition2 1 2 goto rest condition 2 for channel 2 of station 1 9 2 1 5 SaveRestCondition s c c c This instruction sets the rest condition property of the designated channel s of the designated station to the current command of the corresponding channel s 9 2 1 6 SetControllerMode s c
264. tton greyed out when either case becomes completed Add Manifolds Choose F1 add manifold Ack Manifold It is possible to add several MCU valves to a station depending on the requirements the example given below shows just one being added MCU Valve 2 MCU Valve 3 MCU Valve 4 Cancel Select MCU Valve 1 by first using the arrow keys to go up or down the list of available MCU s from which to choose When you are positioned on the correct item select it by the use of the space bar It should be noted that multiple selections are available if required After highlighting all required items in the list use the tab key to select the OK button Then apply the enter key on the OK Cancel is available if you change your mind Remove Manifolds The remove manifold option is a reversal of the add manifold a similar screen is shown from where the manifolds to be deleted can be selected All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 21 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG SmarTEST X User Manual FCS STOX 2007 00 00
265. ty Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOC s SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Symbol in Term in Description schematic SmarTEST User Interface POS BK F Positive breakout During position control this parameter specifies the force maximum force allowed by the controller to keep the commanded position As soon as this force is exceeded the position setpoint will be limited and the controller will keep the force at a constant level indicated by the breakout force During force control this parameter will introduce a force limit around the current commanded force Factory default maximum channel range ForceA can be modified in position control NEG BK F Negative breakout The negative range of the Break Out Force force Factory default minimum channel range ForceA can be modified in position control Acceleration Ip Default 50Hz frequency Velocity limiter Enable Velocity Limiter for the calculated velocity enabled Limiter Factory default Off Velocity limit The velocity of the actuator is limited to the specified maximum value Note that the value is given in percentage of full scale per second Default 500 EU s The velocity of the actuator is limited to the specified value Note that the value is given in percentage of full scale per second Default 500 EU s frequency Default 0 Delta P gain Delta P Force B The Delta P gain can be used to get a servo valve inp
266. unt of all channels to zero Select the restart option Cancel Figure 7 31 Select cycle count start options Start cycle applications of the selected channels with one of the following buttons Continue All channels will start with the current cycle count Resume All Channels will resume from the cycle count of the last All Channel stop Reset All channels will start with a cycle count of zero Once the test is started it is possible to monitor the signals by pressing Monitor channels Each button When Channel 1 is pressed the graphical display properties display bar charts and the cycle specific control parameters of the selected channel are displayed In the status bar on top of the operator window the first green icon from the right indicates that All Channels are selected Force commanded Value Force feedback 9 96134 Cycle target 1 27126 j Position feedback 0 127126 Following error 5 69005 Hame Value Unit 2Amplitude Frequency Setpoint Channel 4 Channel 3 Channeli Channel3 Figure 7 32 All channel mode with channel 1 monitored All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 107 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007
267. up Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 WARNING Never choose a hardware gain that is too large this would result in a total amplification of more than 10 Volts and saturation of the A D converter input This would be seen as clipping of the signal and the full range of the load cell will not be achieved Once the A D converter input is saturated any safety limit above the saturation value will never be 3 2 2 reached From To Gain 100 0 Figure 3 6 Transducer calibration table The signal passes through further software amplification in the form of a multi step table This table is used to correct for non linearity of the loadcell LVDT or Potentiometer by applying multiple input ranges Non linearity in loadcells normally occurs only at the extremes of usage 100 of range hence one gain and offset is often sufficient If you perform an end to end calibration please make sure that in the hardware gain table the gains are set to 1 and the offsets to 0 Now you can enter a gain and offset for the complete range or use different gains and offsets to linearize an input The table starts with 100 and ends with 100 automatically Rows will automatically be enabled as new ranges are entered The limit to the number of ranges in a table is seven Due to static offsets within the loadcell or masses acting upon the loadcell an offset may be re
268. ur local SmarTEST X supplier All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Page 149 of 168 STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 SmarTEST X User Manual To 0a a0 15 Manifold Control Unit 15 1 Introduction The SmarTEST X includes an interface to a Manifold Control Unit There are two different types o Dig I O MCU p n xx o F NET MCU p n xx 15 2 Manifold Control Unit MCU The Manifold Control Unit MCU is an optional hardware addition that can provide links to up to four separate manifolds from a single SmarTEST X unit All channels in a STO unit can be assigned to any manifold connected to the MCU The connection of this type of MCU to the STO runs through a digital I O broad so this board has to be present in the STO Multiple MCU s are supported but one digital I O board has to be installed for every MCU This is needed for SmarTEST X configurations where more than 4 manifolds are needed These boards must be configured for 8 inputs and 8 outputs Also the address of the digital I O boards have to be set to different hardware addresses For more information about
269. use the Escape key Station Management F2 Channel Station m eee wre Remove View Station Station Details Select from the directory the station parameter files are stored in see the table view below This is configured and managed by the user and assumes that parameters have been saved previously The parameter file will have the suffix xml pirstsayve xrl Note highlighting this file and then hitting Enter loads the Station data into the system It is advisable that users carry this out when there is nothing else running on other stations this is due to the fact that it may not be known what the file contains There is password protection available to protect this option that can be enabled by the user 2 8 2 Save Station Configuration Once the station has been created and all the hardware has been added then the configuration should be saved to a file on the hard drive All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 41 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual oy 007 a To save a configuration the following steps are required To arri
270. ut current proportional to the pressure difference between the two chambers of an hydraulic actuator This term has a damping effect especially useful for systems where a high performance displacement loop is required To disable it use O Factory default 0 Default 0 Default 1 Velocity limit minimum Pseudo corrector gain Servo pseudo corrector channel Asymmetry Default 1 All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 160 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOC SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Symbol in Term in Description schematic SmarTEST User Interface lsv pOS Servo valve max Servo valve current limiter maximum For example for a 20 mA valve the value would be set to 20 full scale is 100 mA Iy neg Servo valve min Servo valve current limiter maximum For example for a 20 mA valve the value would be set to 20 full scale is 100 mA Servo valve offset Offset compensation for the servo valve output current or voltage Three stage Three stage valve When this parameter is set to true the PID loop for valve pr
271. ve at Setup from other locations use the Escape key Station Management F2 Channel Station oe Creating a station starts with selecting F6 More A A Remove View Station Choose F1 Load Save eee Locking Disable Station Pseudo Channel ee ees Options Safeguarding calibration Options Choose F2 Save Station Parameters Load station Save station parameters parameters The save station file screen will appear see below the directory list will be displayed select the required directory then hit Spacebar and type in a filename that relates to the station hit Enter and the file will be saved Station 1 ns Amplitude Position Logical 1 hyFirsT eel TIL Matching Pressure OFF ee Physical 1 erd a 0604266 2 Position feedback 1 077456 3 Force feedback 0 0274667 PaFoliowing eror 0 0170293 demo diag dyingsec qfcache log C records Load station Save station arameters arameters Figure 2 4 Entering a file name to save a station The directory that is chosen for saving is basically any directory that is available Saving station information allows the user to reuse the configuration for future tests where the hardware and the test requirement are the same or similar All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 42 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_ DRAFT doc purposes other tha
272. ver requirements from 1 up to 32 digital servo control channels In addition analog and digital I O modules can be added for additional functionality such as data acquisition limit detection and scripting on events An ethernet connection allows for the connection of a PC to run control remotely Below an impression of the SmarTEST ONE and the SmarTEST xX Figure 1 1 Front view of the SmarTEST ONE with MCU and the SmarTEST xX Below a table containing the different STX configurations STX configuration Number of 19 Max of servo Max slots available for cards racks channels SmarTESTONE 1 dedicated 4 SmarTEST x2 1 8 SmarTEST x4 2 16 16 SmarTEST x6 3 24 24 SmarTEST x8 A 39 39 NOTE When the user documentation refers to SmarTEST X it covers both SmarTEST ONE and SmarTEST xX configurations All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 8 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained
273. without obstruction 1 Activate pilot pressure only make sure main pressure is not activated 2 Activate the three stage valve driver in the tuning parameters Use a P gain of 0 1 and aD gain of 0 3 Put the controller in position loop Set the position loop integral gain to 0 position loop damping to 0 and use a very low position loop proportional gain 4 Use the graphics function to display the feedback of the valve LVDT on the screen of the SmarTEST X 5 Activate low pressure then high pressure 6 Use the manual application to dial in a commanded position above and below the measured actuator position Observe the valve position going to both extreme positions positive and negative 7 Use the calibration menu to make sure that the valve position feedback range matches the current range for the first stage Example If a 40 mA valve is used for the pilot stage you want to calibrate the valve LVDT to return 40 The whole idea is to match the units between pilot stage command and valve feedback 8 Use the cycle application to command a square wave on the displacement command around the measured actuator position The valve displacement should show a symmetrical movement 9 Tune the Three stage Proportional gain up until instability occurs Reduce the gain by at least 25 to get some stability margin Verify the stability with low and high oil temperatures The valve position should show a clean square wave The D
274. xpress written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STO 2007 00 00 6 2 4 10 Lag Lead The Lag lead filter is used to make a feedback loop more stable When the filter is configure correctly a higher P gain can be used leading to a higher performance feedback loop Tau 1 and Tau 2 represent the lower and upper frequency of the filter in rad sec The frequency to be tested at needs to be in the middle of that range The lag lead filter has a special property so it does not introduce as big a phase lag as a normal filter 6 2 4 11 Dither Servovalves are prone to contamination with very fine particles that can be present in the hydraulic oil this phenomena is usually called silting Dither is used to avoid this silting effect so that they don t stick To prevent this from occurring a square wave is Superimposed on the servo valve current The dither amplitude parameter determines the amplitude of the dither signal applied Generally choose a low value A good value to start with is 0 1 The dither frequency parameter determines the frequency of the dither Generally choose a value that is not a multiple of the test frequency A typical value would be something between 250 and 500 Hz When applying dither as you increase the amplitude you will hear the servovalve begin to sing the optimum setting will be just so the valve
275. y and the left right arrow keys Once in the relevant table use the up down arrow keys to select the desired parameter Once in the Tuning Wizard window use the tab key to highlight the Activate Low Pressure button hit RETURN and low pressure will be applied to the actuator providing the HPS is running Once Low Pressure has been activated the button will change to Activate High Pressure hit RETURN once again to apply high pressure to the actuator Once high pressure is applied to the actuator scroll down to the play button hit RETURN and the function generator will start The parameters that are set in the right hand table will be applied All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 83 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3 _DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com SmarTEST X User Manual STOX 2007 00 00 Station 1 ate Amplitude Position Logical 1 Channeli ST1 Rate Limit Matching High Pressure 29 e Sime Physical 1 Disabled m a Value Position commanded mm value 79527 mm Position feedback mm Position Feedback 9527 orce feedback ollowing error Cycle target Activate High De
276. y data 3 2 5 1 Filters on the input Order Cutoff Frequency Filter active Configurable multi pole low pass filters are available on SCU Force and Position inputs The filters can be reached through the manual calibration menu of the SCU channel selected Hame Value Order r a Cutoff frequency 5 3 Filter active Figure 3 9 Filter on input The following settings categories are available under filter Specifies the order of the filter The filter order determines the amount of the reduction in the magnitude of the output signal at frequencies higher than the cutoff frequencies Above the cutoff frequency the output signal is attenuated with a slope of 6 dB per octave per order with respect to the input signal Higher orders also introduce more phase lag in the output signal at high frequencies For low pass filters the phase lag at 0 Hz is always 0 deg at the cutoff frequency 45 deg per order and at high to infinite frequencies 90 deg per order Note that this phase lag curve is non linear with the signal frequency the majority of the transition in phase lag occurs close to the cutoff frequency Specifies the frequency below which all values are passed All values at a frequency higher than the cutoff frequency will be filtered out In the figure above all frequencies above 5 Hz will be filtered out This specifies if the filter is active or not For more information on the order of a filter we refer the reader to a digit
277. y pushing the related MCU button The MCU can never be switched directly from off to low and high before the safety chain of the STO unit is valid All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 150 of 168 any part thereof or the use of any information contained therein for STOX 2007 00 00 User Manual v1 8 iss3_DRAFT doc purposes other than provided for this document is not permitted Issue no 3 Sept 15 2007 except with prior and express written permission Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com MOOG SmarTEST X User Manual acer o0 ce 15 2 1 Application Panels 15 2 2 15 3 All application panels have hardware activation and deactivation buttons They activate or deactivate the channels involved in that application for manual and cycle mode a single channel for sequence and static possibly more than one MCU Valve 1 The following buttons will be shown Deactivate hardware hardware When the manifold control unit has been connected and the hardware is activated the buttons change to Activate low Deactivate pressure hardware When pressing Activate low pressure low pressure is activated and the buttons change to Activate high Deactivate low Pressure Pressure When pressing Activate high pressure high pressure is activated and the buttons change to Activate high Deactivate high Pressure Pressure Mani
278. ysical 1 ae Position High Pressure s 0 zu AUTAA falsarea ig ne Sl j ueg AUi aii hal rare Tall 93 07 e007 09 30 14 5303 alarm Pat Shutdow un station ST 1 because af 3 failsafe o ne of the ch Talal The cause of the failsafe has to be solved first before the hardware can Abe activated again If the hardware activation succeeds the icons will be green again The working range is subset of the channel range which is equal or smaller than the channel range Every defined offset will be checked if it is within the working range This is an extra SEICA feature to ensure that the command signals will be limited Value i 3 Force maximum 100 3 Position minimum 100 4 Position maximum 100 Figure 7 4 Set working range This menu button will only be active when the station or high pressure has been activated After pressing this button the loop command will change ramp to the desired setpoint value aeaee ike to the Setpoint rate limit Ramp loop OmMmand to setpoir During position control this parameter specifies the maximum force allowed by the controller to keep the commanded position As soon as this force is exceeded the position setpoint will be limited and the controller will keep the force at a constant level indicated by the breakout force This breakout force function can be enable value true or disabled All rights reserved Disclosure to third parties of this document or Page 95

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