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1. When data is added into a graph a data curve is shown in time domain The user can click the icon i to play back the recorded data During the playback process the progress will be shown in the progress bar The user can navigate to different positions of the graph by adjusting the progress bar The user can pause the playback process and stop at a specified poisition of the graph Simply click the icon to pause the playback process and click the play icon again to continue playing The playback process can be stopped by clicking the icon Once the stop icon is clicked the graph will go back to the position when time is zero The speed Data Playback and Analysis 69 VTI Instruments Corp of the playback process can be changed as well Simply adjust the speed in speed in the playback control toolbar The number represents the multiply of the speed 1 is the original speed 5 will be 5 times faster than the original speed 1 5 will be 1 5 of the original speed and so on PRETREATMENT ALGORITHM 70 EXLab provides some pretreatment algorithms for the user to do analysis on the recorded data Pretreatment algorithms include Time Shift Interpolation Resampling and Data Slice Different wizard will be shown up for different algorithms Once parameters in the wizard are set up and the Calculate button is clicked a new set of data based on the function and settings will be created and shown in the Data Navigation Window
2. 7477 97 Clear Selected Graph Clear All Graphs Curve Properties Graph Properties 1e 000 2e 000 3e 000 4e 000 5e 000 s FIGURE 7 4 DELETE ALL CURVES 52 Data Playback and Analysis WWW vtiinstruments com CURVE PROPERTIES CURSOR The data curve can be customized in Data Playback and Analysis Under the grey area on the left in the playback page in Data Playback and Analysis right click to bring up a popup menu and choose Curve Properties A curve properties wizard will be displayed as shown in Figure 7 5 Curve Properties Basic Setting EX1629 00145 uStrain Line Color Line Style Line Width Point Style PointNone Y axis End 9237 531239325186 Y axis Start 8337 949 532336 392 FIGURE 7 5 CURVE LINE COLOR SETTINGS In the property wizard the color style width of the curve can be set The style of the data point and the start and end value of the Y axis can also be set as well There are a few cursor modes the user can choose for the user to analyze the data By default no cursor is used There are four cursor modes Single Cursor Double Cursor Frame Cursor and X Cursor For Single Cursor a single data point on any data curve in Data Playback and Analysis can be marked by a cross cursor For Double Cursor a range of data can be selected by two vertical line cursors For Frame Cursor a range of data can be selected by a rectangular using two cross cursor For X Cursor TODO Once any cursor
3. All Data Data Range 102 Time Range 1 01 Filter Selection Responce Type Filter Attribute LowPass 9 HighPass a Order BandPass BandStop System Filter PEE Design Method Frequence Hz Infinite Shock Response Se A S End Frequence Hz i 1000 Elliptic Filter Finite Shock Response Cancel Rectangle Window FIGURE 7 40 FILTERING WIZARD In Filter Selection the user is allowed to temporarily create a one time filter which will not be saved or use a predefined filter setup in the Filter Manager The filter can be refreshed in the graph on the right by clicking the Refresh button anytime after some parameters are changed Once the temporary is setup or a predefined filter is selected simply click on Calculate to create a new set of data The new data will be shown in the Data Navigation Window in Data Playback and Analysis GENERAL ALGORITHMS EXLab provides some general algorithms for the user to do some basic calculation on the recorded data General algorithms include Differential Integral and RMS The user can select a specific recorded data file specify the range of the data and click Calculate to calculate the results A new set of data file will be shown in the Data Navigation Window in Data Playback and Analysis CUSTOM ALGORITHMS EXLab allows the user to apply customer algorithms on the recorded data as well Please refer to Section 13 Custom Algorithms for more information Figure 7 43 shows the
4. 4 Local Minimum Value Y Local Mean Value Y Local Variance Value Chose All A Y X av s Distance 9 Y axis Distance Slope Value 4 Cursori Absulote Time 9 Cursor 12 Absulote Time 9 Local Fluctual Value FIGURE 7 20 INFO DATA CONFIGURATION Window layout can be selected to show the data in different ways Information can either be displayed horizontally or vertically in the table Data Playback and Analysis 61 VTI Instruments Corp DATA EXPORT Data can be exported in various file formats The graph of the data can be exported into a picture in either bmp or jpg format The graph can be the whole graph or the selected area by the area of the double cursors Data can also be exported to a text file or an Excel file To export data or graph simply right click on the graph and choose Export Choose Export Figure to export the whole graph or Export Selected Figure to export the selected area of the graph to a picture Click Export Data to open up the Export wizard to export the data into different formats Data in the Data Playback and Analysis can be cut off and be created as a new set of data Data can be cut off by right clicking on a specific graph choosing Export and clicking on Data Slice The range of the data being cut off is determined by the range of the Double Cursor if Double Cursor is enabled or determined by specifying the range in the Data slice wizard as shown in
5. 5 Unit length Font Color Settings Control Display Mode Title Font Arial Value Font Arial FIGURE 6 13 HISTOGRAM DISPLAY PROPERTIES OTHER SETTINGS The Slider Display displays the data in the form of slider To create a Slider Display go to the Current Acquisition Data Display page click on Display Components under the menu bar and choose Slider Display A Slider Display will be created A typical Slider Display is shown in Figure 6 14 slider Control EA1629 00109 10000 0 10000 1051 32 uStrain FIGURE 6 14 SLIDER DISPLAY The user can set alarm and warning in the Slider Displays Right click on the Slider Display and choose Properties In the Slider properties the user can set the upper and lower limit values of the scale alarm and warning in the Alarm Settings tab In the Display Settings the user can set the basic information the type of data and different colors of the Slider Display as shown in Figure 6 15 Also in the Other Settings tab the user is allowed to set the display accuracy scale interval values and other appearance settings as shown in Figure 6 16 Snapshot Snapshot www vtiinstruments com Control Properties Display Item Settings Raw data Minimum Arial F Average F Maximun Pointer Color Settings Area Color Settings ed Normal Willa Alarm Alarm Warning Warning FIGURE 6 15 SLIDER DISPLAY PROPERTIES DISPLAY SETTINGS 45 VTI Instrume
6. To move the marker in the graph the drag label control needs to be enabled To enable the drag control click on in the display toolbar or right click on the graph and choose Drag Label Once the drag label control is enabled the marker can be moved by dragging and dropping it Any marker can be removed from the graph To remove a marker first select the marker you EE would like to delete from the graph the drag label control is required to select a specific marker or label and click on I the display toolbar and choose Delete Selected Marker to remove a specific marker from the graph All markers within a graph can be removed at the same time by clicking E and choose Delete All Markers The user can also create labels and put them in any position in the graph To add a label on the graph either click on in the display toolbar and choose Add Label or right click on the graph and choose Add Label in Marker and Label Simply type in the text of the label and click OK to add the label into the graph To move the labels in the graph the drag label control needs to be enabled To enable the drag control click on in the display toolbar or right click on the graph and click Drag Label Once the drag label control is enabled the label can be moved by dragging and dropping it Data Playback and Analysis ZOOM EYEVIEW www vtiinstruments com Like markers all labels can be removed from the graph To remove a single label first se
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8. Leadwire Resistance Result of Lead Wire Resistance Measurement 0 305147 El 0 000000 E FIGURE 3 7 LEADWIRE RESISTANCE TEST RESULT INDICATION Unstrained Voltage is the unstrained voltage value of the EX1629 channels When EXLab is used with the EX1629 the unstrained voltage for each channel can be manually set This can be done by clicking on Import EX1629 Unstrained Voltages in Tools under the manual bar The Export EX1629 Unstrained Voltages option in Tools under the menu bar can be used to export the currently used unstrained voltage data or to find the format of the file before modifying and importing the file Channel Configuration WWW vtiinstruments com For EX1200 Range is the range of the data that can be measured on a channel Different functions have different range values Please refer to the instrument user manual for more information about the range for different functions EXLab provides a very convenient way for the user to configure the channel The user can copy the channel configuration of one or more than one specific channels and apply the same channel configuration on the other selected channels To do that simply highlight the channel that you like to copy the channel configuration Then right click on the highlighted section and click on Copy After that highlight the channels that you like to set the same configuration right click on the highlighted section and click on Paste The copied channel configuratio
9. www vtiinstruments com SECTION 6 GRAPHICAL DATA DISPLAY Multiple monitor displays can be created and setup in the Current Acquisition Data Display tab for the user to monitor the data from all the enabled channels from the added instruments There are couple functions supported in the Current Acquisition Data Display tab Simply right click in the Current Acquisition Data Display and access to the functions Set to front allows the user to set the added display in the front of others Set to behind allows the user to set the added display behind others Page exchange allows the user to move the display to another monitor display This option is not available if any extra monitor display is not available by the time EXLab is executed Multi views allows the user to extend the Current Acquisition Data Display onto another monitor display This option is not available if any extra monitor display is not available by the time EXLab is executed Set background color allows the user to set the color of the Current Acquisition Data Display background Add background image allows the user to add an image for the Current Acquisition Data Display background Edit Image Coordinates allows the user to specify and set the position of the background image Double click Specify Coordinates allows the user to double click a specific place in the Current Acquisition Data Display and move the background image to the place Delete backgroun
10. D Test EER GRE EX1629 1 EXLab1 tdmefg Export to EXLab Format Export to Matlab Format Export to Single File CSV Format Export to Multiple File CSV Format File per channel Export to I Deas ATI Format PALS UULU pm Stra ih FIGURE 8 1 DATA EXPORT FROM THE DATA BINARY FILE The user can export the data binary file into either EXLab Matlab CSV or I deas format To export the data into CSV format the user is allowed to export the data of all enabled channels into one single file or export the data of all enabled channels into multiple files each of which contains data for one channel Figure 8 2 shows the exported CSV file which contains data of all the enabled channels and Figure 8 3 shows the exported CSV files each of which contain one channel of data Workspace x el EXLabl ol Testl EXL629 1 tdmbin a EXLabl tdmcfg FIGURE 8 2 EXPORT BINARY FILE INTO SINGLE CSV FORMAT FILE Data Management 79 VTI Instruments Corp 80 Workspace a d EXLab1 SM Er Jo EX1629 1 a EX1629 00100 csv a EX1629 00101 csw EX1629 00102 csv a EX1629 00103 csv a EX1629 00104 cov a EX1629 00105 cov EX1629 00106 csv EX1629 00107 csv a EX1629 00108 cov a EX1629 00109 csv a EX1629 00110 csv a EX1629 00111 cow a EXL629 00112 cov a E X1629 00113 csv a EX1629 00114 cov CYR MATT ersa m FIGURE 8 3 EXPORT BINARY FILE INTO MULTIPLE CSV FORMAT FILES The user is also allowed to exp
11. To setup the order sampling frequency and end frequency of the filter Data Playback and Analysis 75 VTI Instruments Corp 76 The user 1s allowed to create or delete the filters anytime in this wizard The wizard also shows the response in a graph as well The Filter Manager wizard is shown in Figure 7 41 Filter manager Filte List Name Filter Type Filteri IIR Butterworth Filter Filter2 IIR Elliptic Filter Filter3 IIR Chebyshev Filter Filter4 FIR Hamming Window FilterS FIR Hann Window Filter6 FIR Rectangle Win 1000 1200 1400 Filter Attribute 9 Low Pass High Pass Order Band Pass Band Stop Design Method Sampling Frequence Hz 4000 Infinite Shock Response End Frequence Hz 00 1000 Butterworth Filter OOOO Finite Shock Response Delete Rectangle Window kal FIGURE 7 39 FILTER MANAGER WIZARD Filtering The user 1s allowed to do filtering on selected recorded data by either using the predefined filters or a temporary one time filter First the user is to set the recorded file which the filtering process will be performed on The user is allow to set all the data in the recorded file by checking All Data or specify a range of data by specifying the data range or the time range The Filtering wizard is shown in Figure 7 42 Data Playback and Analysis www vtiinstruments com Filtering Source Channel EX1629_00100 4 Gl EX1048A_00200
12. enable and add them into the software for further operations In case the connection between the data acquisition hardware is interrupted e g due to a disconnected cable hardware switched off network failure etc no warning will be provided as EXLab does not automatically detect this status In such cases proceed as follows to ensure smooth system operation Terminate the EXLab session Correct the error remove the reason of hardware interruption Power on the data acquisition hardware Start a new EX Lab session ADDING SIMULATED INSTRUMENTS EXLab can be operated with simulated instruments The user can add an instrument which is in simulation mode into EXLab and command it to take simulated data This feature allows the user to setup the test in EXLab before receiving the real hardware To add a simulated instrument into EXLab first right click on EXLab under Workspace and click on Add as shown in Figure 2 11 Y EXLab DAQ EXLEESCOMPGUISHON 1G File View Settings Device Control Acquisitio e BA LLA e El Workspace vax 4 Channel Config a BES ay 5 Gr Add E Add Virtual System Refresh Property FIGURE 2 11 ADD A SIMULATED INSTRUMENT A Add Sub System wizard will pop up Choose TCPIP if a LAN instrument will be added or VXI 1f a VXI instrument will be added In this example a LAN instrument will be added Simply highlight PCPIP and click on Add to proceed Th
13. 0 0000 43995 3540 4 6460 4995 3540 14 0464 5000 0005 14 0464 4994 5923 wol_c 7 0232 4997 6772 wol_f vol_ final 6 1847 4996 3252 wol_2 l 0 0004 0 0000 h 23230 2 7041 www vtiinstruments com FIGURE 12 5 EXPORT THE CALIBRATION RESULT 113 VTI Instruments Corp SECTION 13 CUSTOM ALGORITHM 114 EXLab allows the user to setup virtual channels along with custom algorithm to perform calculation based on data from any enabled physical channel in any connected instrument in the EXLab project A virtual channel is very similar to a physical channel from a real instrument except that the final value of the virtual channel is calculated based on an algorithm instead of taking from the real hardware The value of the virtual channels can be treated in the same way as any physical channel as the values can be setup in Channel Configuration displayed in Current Acquisition Data Display and analyzed in Data Playback and Analysis To create a virtual channel under the workspace area right click on the project and select Add Virtual System as shown in Figure 13 1 Add Virtual Systern Refresh Property Reconnect Device FIGURE 13 1 ADD VIRTUAL SYSTEM A virtual system will be added under the project in the workspace area Right click on the newly added virtual system and click on Add Another wizard will be displayed Simply edit the information for the name of the channel and click OK with Expres
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15. Dynamic Signal Analyzer EMX 4251 8 Channel Dynamic Signal Analyzer EMX 1434 4 Channel Arbitrary Waveform Source Currently work with EMX09 EMX18 EMX 2401 and Cabled PCI e controller will be supported in the future releases EX1000 Series EX1000A 48 Channel Precision Voltage Instrument EX1000A TC 48 Channel Precision Voltage Thermocouple Instrument EX1016A 16 Channel Precision Thermocouple Instrument 32 Precision Voltage Channels EX1032A 32 Channel Precision Thermocouple Instrument 16 Precision Voltage Channels EX1048A 48 Channel Precision Thermocouple Instrument e EX1048 48 Channel Precision Thermocouple Instrument EX1629 Series e EX1629 48 Channel Strain Gage Instrument Introduction to EXLab 9 VTI Instruments Corp EX1200 Series e EX1200 3048 Multiplexer EX1200 DMM 6 5 digit Digital Multimeter VXI Dynamic DAQ Series e VT1432A B 16 channel Dynamic Signal Analyzer e VT1433B 8 Channel Dynamic Signal Analyzer e VT1435 8 channel Dynamic Signal Analyzer w TEDS e VT1436 16 channel Dynamic Signal Analyzer w TEDS VXI Static DAO Series e VT1413C 64 Channel Muxed to 16 bit 100 kHz A D e VT1415A Algorithm Closed Loop Controller e VT1419A Multi Function Measurement and Control e VT1422A Remote Channel Multi Function DAC Module EXLAB INTERFACE EXLab provides a graphical user interface that makes setting up a multi channel analog measur
16. FIGURE 9 5 OUTPUT EVENT HANDLER The description of each attribute in Output Handler is explained below Event ID The ID of the event which lists all the events from the Event tab Whenever such assigned event 1s generated the Event Handler will do the task setup by the user Asynchronous Set whether the output signal is synchronous or asynchronous By default it is asynchronous Hold Time s The length of the time in second which the output signal holds in the Output Channel Output Channel The output channel where the signal will be sent The output channel can be any DIO channel or physical output channel from any connected instrument Output Value The output value which EXLab commands the instrument to send out from the output channel For DIO channels the value can only be either 0 or 1 For System Event Handler there are 6 types Stop acquisition Start measurement Stop measurement Save min amp max Take snapshot and Zero measurement The description of each type of system event 1s explained below Stop acquisition Whenever the assigned event is generated EXLab will stop the current data acquisition process If EXLab is not currently acquiring data no actions will be performed Start measurement Whenever the assigned event is generated EXLab will start the data recording process If EXLab is currently measuring data no actions will be performed Stop measurement Whenever the assigned event i
17. Figure 7 21 a Data slice Source Y a EX1629_00200 All Data 7 8 Ex1048A_00100 Data Range 193 741 Time Range 1 92 7 4 927 FIGURE 7 21 DATA SLICE WIZARD By clicking Calculate in the wizard a new set data will be created and displayed in the list on the left as shown in Figure 7 22 D B xim gt 3 4 Data ru Ts A E EX1629 00200 E EX1048A_00100 E amp x1629_002 B EX1629_00200_Slice E EX1048A_00100_Slice FIGURE 7 22 DATA LIST SHOWING THE CUTOFF DATA The newly created cutoff data can then be display in the graph in Data Playback and Analysis as shown in Figure 7 23 62 Data Playback and Analysis TITLE PROPERTIES WWW vtiinstruments com 3 TTM mm mT m mT HN Mm WH In l ji lh Hil HII HI fem LN MNN IO Whe al H i W Ii ON WL Il all T IN tf UNA UL NU Hit Ween O 003093 FIGURE 7 23 DATA PLAYBACK AND ANALYSIS SHOWING CUTOFF DATA A name can be assigned to the graph as the title of the graph To assign a name to the graph right click on the graph and click Graph Properties On the left choose General and enter the name in the Caption Text textbox The title of the graph can be hidden or shown on the graph To show or hide the title of the graph simply right click on the graph and toggle Show Title EXLab allows the user to set many different parameters in the graph in Data Playback and Analysis Sim
18. Shunt Calibration Excitation Measurement and Lead Wire Resistance Measurement Figure 11 1 shows the Device Control options under the menu bar g El E ee Zero Balance Self Calibration rkspace Self Test a EXLab B TCPIPO Hal EX1048A lt Reset Shunt Calibration H 58 EX1OOOTC Excitation Measurement o EX1629 lt 3 Lead Wire Resistance Measurement E E Ex16 9 lt 4 gt crio 29 T d Graphics 3 EX1629 T ul Viewl CA FIGURE 11 1 DEVICE CONTROL OPTIONS ZERO BALANCE To maximize the measurement accuracy Zero Balance is recommended prior to any data acquisition process The user can perform Zero Calibration to initialize the voltage zero offset value Once Zero Balance is performed the voltage zero offset value will be adjusted and the instrument will take measurement based on zero regardless of any other environmental factors In the EXLab menu bar select Device Control and click on Zero calibration and the Zero Calibration wizard will be displayed as shown in Figure 11 2 Device Control 101 VTI Instruments Corp Zero Balance Ex1629 lt 1 gt EX1629 lt 2 gt FIGURE 11 2 ZERO CALIBRATION WIZARD Choose the instrument s that you would like to do Zero Balance by checking the check box next to the instrument name Click Start and the Zero Balance operation will be started To ensure the accuracy of the measurement we strongly recommend you to perform Zero Balance after
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20. and click on Export Configuration Simply choose the location that you like the channel configuration file to be saved type in the name of the file and click Save as shown in Figure 3 4 Savein Libraries emr L A a E A ae Recent Places 470000 A y esa Pictures mee Subversion a gt Fary m ihrary lt Library gt Library a Videos lt a Library Libraries L Computer File name Configl ld Save as type AMLDocument xml FIGURE 3 10 EXPORT CHANNEL CONFIGURATIONS After the channel configuration is saved an XML format file will be generated in the specified location To import the saved channel configuration simply right click on the instrument you would like to import the configuration to and click on Import Configurations Choose the desired configuration XML file and click Open as shown in Figure 3 5 26 Channel Configuration Channel Configuration www vtiinstruments com Look in A Documents ES ls Name e Configl Libraries D Computer 4 IN j t FIGURE 3 11 IMPORT CHANNEL CONFIGURATIONS 27 www vtiinstruments com SECTION 4 DATA ACQUISITION The user can start and stop the data acquisition and data recording process using the control under the data acquisition tool bar as shown in Figure 4 1 Acquisition Do 0 0 0 FIGURE 4 1 DATA ACQUISITION TOOL BAR Under the menu bar such operations can be found also under Acquisit
21. channels can be assigned to 1t but only one value can be displayed at a time for each channel For multiple values displayed in the same time the Instantaneous Value Display should be used Please refer to the Instantaneous Value Display section for more information INSTANTANEOUS VALUE Snapshot Instantaneous Value Display displays the data in the form of multiple values To create an Instantaneous Value Display go to the Current Acquisition Data Display tab Under the menu bar click Display Components and choose Instantaneous Value An Instantaneous Value Display will be created in the Current Acquisition Data Display page A typical Instantaneous Value Display is shown in Figure 6 7 39 VTI Instruments Corp EX1629 00108 uStrain 7685 330 1510 743 2082 896 7662 961 1072 145 1665 330 1510 743 2082 096 7662 961 1072 145 FIGURE 6 7 INSTANTANEOUS VALUE DISPLAY The user can set alarm and warning in the Instantaneous Value Displays Right click on the Instantaneous Value Display and choose Properties In the Instantaneous Value Display properties the user can set the upper and lower limit values of the scale alarm and warning In the Display Settings the user is allowed to set the display accuracy and the appearance of the Instantaneous Value Display METER The Meter Display displays data in the form of a meter To create a Meter Display go to the Current Acquisition Data Display page click on Display Compo
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23. is enabled the cursor can be dragged and moved to different position along with the data curve To drag and move the cursor simply right click on the data curve section and choose Drag Cursor or click on in the display toolbar After Drag Cursor is enabled when the mouse cursor is on top of the curve cursor the mouse pointer will be changed to a horizontal double arrow as shown in Figure 7 6 Simply hold the left mouse button drag the cursor and move to a desired position on the graph Data Playback and Analysis 53 VTI Instruments Corp X1048A_00105 deg C Filename EX1048A_00105 DISPLAY MODE deg C 0 08 0 07 0 05 0 03 0 01 0 02 0 04 0 06 0 07 0 09 4 4e 000 4 6e 000 4 8e 000 5e 000 5 2e 000 FIGURE 7 6 DRAG CURSOR LINE There are five different display modes to display the data curves in different ways The display modes include Multi lane Physical display Double vertical axis Multiple vertical axis and Multi lane single X axis To change the display mode the user can either do it from the display toolbar by clicking or right click on the data curve section and choose the desired display mode in Display Mode In Multi lane display mode each data curve is independent and has its own X and Y axis as shown in Figure 7 7 BE ieee EES Fis nama Exo 00200 0 Powe FIGURE 7 7 MULTI LANE DISPLAY MODE For Physical display mode all data curves share the same X and Y axis with r
24. must be assigned to 1t To assign a channel to a display simply right click on the display and press Local Data Source Channels will be shown in a tree structure as shown in Figure 6 24 Simply extend the tree and choose the desired channels to be added into the display Please note that only enabled channels Snapshot 49 VTI Instruments Corp will be shown in the local data source The user can always drag the channels under the workspace areas and drops the channel into the display to assign a channel into any display component Please note that only enabled channels can be added into the display a Waa 148 TCPIPO ag Ex1000TC lt 258 gt EX1000TC_25800 FIGURE 6 24 ADD DATA CHANNELS DATA DISPLAY ARRANGEMENT 50 The size and the position of the created display controls in the Current Acquisition Data Display can be arranged The Controls Arrangement Toolbar provides the user a quick way to access to those functions as shown in Figure 6 25 31 000 e Ps FIGURE 6 25 CONTROLS ARRANGEMENT TOOLBAR Align Top aligns multiple display controls to the top Align Bottom aligns multiple display controls to the bottom Align Right aligns multiple display controls to the right Align Left aligns multiple display controls to the left Same Width Margin sets multiple display controls to have the same horizontal margins from each other Same Height Margin sets multiple display controls to have the same vertical margins fro
25. setup the network so that more than one client can monitor the data from the server at the same time Figure 10 8 shows the Network Settings wizard followed by descriptions of each items 7 T AA Detailed Settings Disola Networ Se Specify The Local IP Default Workgroup IP 233 3 3 105 port 12000 Connection Settings Restart EXLab for this setting to be valid Local IP Workgroup IP Data releasing mode on acquisition side 0 Direct Release Indirect Release with master control FIGURE 10 8 NETWORK SETTING WIZARD By setting the Local IP and the Workgroup IP address server and clients can be setup so that multiple clients can receive data from the server and therefore monitor the data in more than one computer To achieve this all the computers including the server and all the clients must be in the same network Also the Workgroup IP addresses need to be the same in all computers in order to send and receive data between computers The Local IP can be set to Default which allows EXLab to use the computer s local IP address to send or receive data Device Control WWW vtiinstruments com SAVE SETTINGS Device Control Save Settings allows the user to set how EXLab saves the recorded data during the data recording process EXLab supports 3 data file formats such as Binary EXLab and Tdms format Also the user 1s able to choose if the recorded data will be put into one single data file or mult
26. the software on the PC PRODUCT LEVELS AND FEATURES EXLab offers four product levels with different functionalities Lite Standard Professional and Enterprise explained below Depending on the product level purchased some of the functions described in this manual may not be active available Please contact a VTI Instruments Sales Support representative to inquire about an EXLab upgrade if additional functionality is required Because of the software s modular design the software license can be easily upgraded at any time to provide enhanced functionality or to support an increased number of input channels Hardware Support Standard C re ISO EN Dynamic DAQ Measurements EMX Series Introduction to EXLab WWW vtiinstruments com Data Acquisition on Multiple Device V Y Y Y 4 Y Cycle Loop Recording Y Yo Yo Time Source XY y A S A Execution Control and Events y xXx Se Xx sS it l gt S lt S S Y i Y Visualization and Reporting AO E Data Playback FFT Analysis Data Offset Analysis Data Interpolation Data Resample Data Cutoff Spectrum Analysis Data Filter Calculus RMS Snapshot Others Pressure Sensor Calibration Sensor Database S gt e SUPPORTED DATA ACQUISITION HARDWARE EMX Series EMX 4350 4 Channel Dynamic Signal Analyzer EMX 4380 4 Channel Dynamic Signal Analyzer w Charge IEPE Inputs EMX 4250 16 Channel
27. the user needs to set before starting the data acquisition and recording process The settings include Trigger Bus Settings Acquisition Settings Trigger Settings and Project Settings in the Settings section under the menu bar and also Service Settings Display Settings Network Settings and Save Settings in the Options wizard in the Tools section under the menu bar To access the settings in the Settings section simply click Settings under the menu bar as shown in Figure 10 1 Y Cran aR Device Contr FIGURE 10 1 SETTINGS MENU PROJECT SETTINGS In Project Settings the user is allowed to set the name of the project the path of the project and the path of the recording data The default path of the project is record folder in the EXLab installation folder It is recommended that the user sets the path of the project to a local folder where the user has Read and Write permission to avoid any Windows security issue Figure 10 2 shows the Project Settings wizard Device Control 91 VTI Instruments Corp Project settings Basic Settings Project Name Project 1 Solution Path Temp ExLab Project Data File Path Independent Path File Path C Temp xLab Data FIGURE 10 2 PROJECT SETTINGS WIZARD By checking the Independent Path checkbox the user is allowed to specify the path of any recorded data Otherwise the recorded data will be saved in the same folder of the project The user is also allowed to w
28. under Workspace as shown in Figure 2 14 In this case a simulated EX1629 is added EEEE a oo File View Settings Device Control Acquisition Control Display Components 0960 oOnTIquration 1 ae Enable Func 0 EX1629_00100 e Strain 1 EX1629 00101 e Strain 2 EX1629 00102 e Strain 3 EX1629 00103 e Strain 4 EX1629 00104 e Strain 5 EX1629 00105 e Strain 6 EX1629 00106 e Strain 7 EX1629 00107 e Strain FIGURE 2 14 SUCCESSFULLY ADDED A SIMULATED EX 1629 INTO EXLAB 20 Channel Configuration www vtiinstruments com SECTION 3 CHANNEL CONFIGURATION CHANNEL PROPERTIES The channel configuration interface allows the user to configure channel properties of all the instrument s that are added into the project prior to the data acquisition process This interface 1s shown automatically after the instruments have been added and is displayed in the Channel Configuration tab as shown in Figure 3 1 Fur ew Settings revive Carnes Aequeaiten Caneel Ceiply Compeneras bpem Jeri Help SOR 220 05 00 499 646 Lo ER EROS E Weskipaee ox 4 ion Dats Dipl i ae Dose y Sh o CF OT ye Tou a ceo o F w E Vent OP Teliana ee agen me aod ae ae es F mein ejua ngene elan Byes Gal mos O A o 10 P n 2104 Beget ilin Bpa Ade on aliea ae ER w P iin ge y
29. 00 5 2e 000 5 4e 000 5 6e 000 5 8e 000 FIGURE 7 14 DOUBLE CURSOR WITH MARKERS Several other markers can be added into the graph The user can either right click on the graph area and choose Add Marker in Marker and Label or click the El button and choose Add Marker The marker option wizard will be displayed as shown in Figure 7 15 Data Playback and Analysis 57 VTI Instruments Corp 58 At arker Option Hes Marker Op Cursor Mark at Cursor Position Display X value 4 Display Arrow Display Y value Marking in Area Area Max value Local Max value Area Min value Local Min value Apply to All Curves FIGURE 7 15 MARKER OPTION In Single Cursor mode Local max value and Local min value are not available since it only marks one point On the other hand during Double Cursor mode Mark at cursor position is not available since the cursor marks at two points The user can choose to display or not display the X and Y value and also the arrow from the marker to the position of the data point on the curve The maximum and minimum value of the whole curve can be displayed by enabling Area max value and Area min value respectively The maximum and minimum value in the range of the cursors in Double Cursors mode can also be marked by enabling Local max value and Local min value respectively By enabling Apply to all curves all the selected markers will be displayed on all the curves in the current playback window
30. AY PROPERTIES OTHER SETTINGS HISTOGRAM The Histogram Display displays data in the form of histogram To create a Histogram Display simply go to the Current Acquisition Data Display page click Display Components under the menu bar and choose one of the Histogram Display A typical Histogram Display is shown in Figure 6 11 Histogram Ex1629 00117 EX16239 00119 10000 10000 5000 5000 D 5000 5000 10000 10000 1698 24 uStrain 1739 91 uStrain FIGURE 6 11 HISTOGRAM DISPLAY The user can set alarm and warning in the Histogram Displays Right click on the Histogram Display and choose Properties In the Histogram properties the user can set the upper and lower limit values of the scale alarm and warning 42 Snapshot Snapshot www vtiinstruments com In the Display Settings the user can set the basic information the type of data and different colors of the Histogram Display as shown in Figure 6 12 Also in the Other Settings tab the user is allowed to set the display accuracy scale interval values and other appearance settings as shown in Figure 6 13 Display Item Settings Raw data Minimum E Average Fl Maximun Pointer Color Settings Area Color Settings Normal Normal Wi warning warning FIGURE 6 12 HISTOGRAM DISPLAY PROPERTIES DISPLAY SETTINGS 43 VTI Instruments Corp SLIDER 44 Scale Interval Settings 3 Auto 5 Split number
31. Channel Information and Data as shown below Within the Header portion there are 19 subsections each of which contains unique data as shown in the table below a TT tdmbin format file Tdmbin format version Version 2 unsigned long 4 4 incerments by one when the format changes User defined value Auto generated nuse ione by EXLab Can be ignored if it s just for read only purpose This value does not affect any other value Data arrangement If the value is O the data format will be CH1 CH2 more shon CH3 otherwise the data format will be CH1 CH1 CH1 CH2 CH2 CH2 CH3 CH3 CH3 Each CHX has a block of data 2 Data type 2 shot 3 int S double Data type 2 Data type 2 shot 3 int S double 3 int 5 double unsigned long FS The number of channels If Data arrangement value is O this can be ignored Otherwise this unsigned long represents how many times a channel to be repeated 2 means 11223344 5 means 11111222223333344444 E unsigned long hi start time of data acquisiton part The start time of data acquisiton part unsigned long 28 4 2 combined with part one becomes e T absolute time CO E separated point between pre data int64 acquisition and the original data acquisiton Not useful for the user for Appendix A 119 VTI Instruments Corp O AA The offset from zero of the position 12 long 48 4 of the channel information section in the data package User defined offset of the posi
32. Demarcate Param Ladder 2 Circulate Times 2 FIGURE 12 3 SENSORS CALIBRATION WIZARD Select the corresponding channel s and add them to the Calibration Channel List by clicking gt or remove channels from the Calibration Channel List by clicking lt Setup the values for Ladder Step Circulate times and Unit Click on OK to open the sensors calibration interface as shown in Figure 12 4 Custom Algorithm 111 VTI Instruments Corp 112 Transducer Calibration as Acquisition data Recording data EX1629_00300 EX1629_00301 EX1629 00302 1909 84667 4959 64667 4989 848687 2 0905 48772 9998 48772 9995 48TTZ 2 10003 89515 10003 89515 10003 89515 2 4959 854667 4959 684667 4989 848687 2 4999 24893 499924893 4999 24893 1 0999 24893 909924893 9999 24893 i 0999 24893 9999 246893 9999 24893 1 5003 89515 5003 89515 5003 89515 1 4 Start Stop Record Delete Complete FIGURE 12 4 TRANSDUCER CALIBRATION Start the Transducer Calibration process by clicking Start You can also click Record to record the data throughout the whole Transducer Calibration process Once data recording is done the calibration results will be displayed and you can click Export to export the data and store the data in your PC Custom Algorithm Custom Algorithm Transducer Calibration Raw Data are 5003 8950 ag 10003 8955 Final Data are
33. EX LAB DATA ACQUISITION AND INSTRUMENT CONTROL SOFTWARE USER S MANUAL P N 82 0137 000 Released December 27 2013 Revised July 24 2014 VTI Instruments Corp 2031 Main Street Irvine CA 92614 6509 949 955 1894 VTI Instruments Corp TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OE CONTENTS rro ddice 2 E ls E O A Eon E N E E E else ene A E A aes 4 INV I e ages ares O A te TE EEI IATE AEA A AEAT A E E E E 4 os A a 4 FRCS BICC Clk 10 Miedo lolis 4 A A II A 5 SECTION E a 7 Introduction to XL Ai 7 IA ll AAAN O N o o A e E O EE A 7 Ti EXE TOGES yS Er once lui arre AaNi 7 Sis d E y APO A AA e A e E o E io E 7 SV SECM eC MEMES COPPER PE ES o OR GE a A PA o o PU o a sees hsSeoasnraeaaaiens 7 Software Installation and Configuration ccccccccccccccccccccccessesesseeeeeecceeeeeeeeeeaaaaessssseseeeeceeeeeeeeeeaauaaassseeeseeeeeess 8 Product Levels and Beato teta et trillado ie lletra 8 Supported Data Acquisition Hardware cidad li di ld 9 A O O tte iene enamine PETA E E EA 10 SECTION Li A ea 13 Device Search and Add DEVICES eiii rial aorta isidro iodo inci 13 Data Acquisition Hardware Installation ii 13 Adding Instruments into Agilent JO SUS inicial dan li ta le dit 13 Addis ns ME MLS nto AL ul dll raices 18 Addams simulated MS tPUINE MUS Sncecssncencussandiasssnuinaadsaerne tse a a S 19 SECTION Vii A dicedesveedeceed covsascucsesenss 21 Chanie COnN eral AAA A A II AN 21 Chann A A Oa 21 Mapo ank E POr sa Mee Ce
34. EX1629_00101 tdrr EX1629 00102 tdrr EX1629 00103 tdrr EX1629 00104 tdrr Add to Current Playback Page EX1629 00105 td Add to New Playback Page EX1629_00106 tdmdF et EX EA1629 00107 tdmdf 6 EA1629 00106 EALE Export to Excel a ELRE FIGURE 8 5 POPUP MENU WHEN RIGHT CLICKING AN EXLAB FORMAT FILE To export an EXLab format file into a text file the content of such file can be set By clicking the option Export to Single File Text Format a wizard will be popped up as shown in Figure 8 6 Export Configuration EX1629 00100 Export Type Text File Export Configuration Destination C Users Kit ApoData Local Temp TextData 14 txt Time Column Export Time Column Column Separator Tab Blank Space h Data Format Output Attribute 7 Name 9 Unit FIGURE 8 6 TEXT FORMAT FILE EXPORTATION WIZARD By default all the data will be exported into a text format file The user is allowed to select the range of data to be exported by modifying the Data Range or Time Range settings The Data Range and Time Range settings are relative In other words by changing one of the settings EXLab will automatically change another one Furthermore the user is allowed to export the recording time into the exported text file by checking the Export Time Column checkbox The destination of the exported text file can also be modified by changing the Destination path If the user needs to analyze th
35. EXLAB EXLab software functions are licensed by means of keywords To receive the appropriate keywords for EXLab VTI Instruments requires the physical MAC address of the PC on which EXLab is installed A Keyword Request Form will be sent to the end user where this information can be recorded This form is then returned to the distributor or VTI Instruments so that a keyword file can be generated Instructions on how to determine the physical address of the PC are provided on the Keyword Request Form In Windows XP click on the Start button then click on Run Type cmd in the text field of the Run dialogue box Next type ipconfig all The physical address will appear under the Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection header In Windows Vista and 7 click on the start button type cmd into the search bar click on the cmd icon that appears Next type ipconfig all The physical address will appear under the Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection header Once the physical address is obtained use this information to complete the EXLab Order Form sent to the end user prior to shipment Once completed e mail the completed form to the sales representative that sent the request with EXLab Keyword Request in the Subject line Based on this information they keywords for EXLab will be generated SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS The following hardware and software 1s required in order to successfully operate EXLab e 2 4 GHz Intel DualCore pro
36. Help e Refresh All A Undo Properties Instrument 1 0 on this PC Refresh All KIT PC F COM3 ASRL3 EL LAN TCPIPO FIGURE 2 5 NEWLY ADDED EX1016A UNDER THE LAN INTERFACE Channel Configuration 15 VTI Instruments Corp 16 For EX1200 Series Choose LAN Interface in the list and Click Add Another wizard will be shown up and the default setting should be used Click OK as shown in Figure 2 2 A LAN Interface will be shown on the left as shown in Figure 2 3 If the hardware is configured properly the Agilent Connection Expert should be able to detect the hardware automatically Right click on the newly added LAN interface and click on Add Instrument a wizard will be displayed and the IP address of the instrument will be shown as shown in Figure 2 6 Write down the IP address for further usage Instrument Automatically find and Seleci Address IP MAC Host Description Web Page identify local 10 240 47 144 LXI instruments A local EX1200 125600 Web Page instrument is one on ex 125600 local the same subnet as any of the network interfaces in the computer Ca Coma ee FIGURE 2 6 ADD LAN INSTRUMENTS Click on Add Other and click on Other LAN Instrument another wizard will be displayed Choose IP Address and type in the IP address of the instrument as shown in Figure 2 7 Click on the Advanced button Remote Instrument Name should be chosen and proper
37. ION MEASUREMENT Some of the instruments such as EX1629 provide excitation voltage EXLab allows the user to measure the value of the excitation To measure the value of the actual excitation voltage select Device Control and click on Excitation Measurement The Excitation Measurement wizard will be displayed as shown in Figure 11 6 Device Control 105 VTI Instruments Corp Excitation Voltage Measurement Devic Ex1629 lt 1 gt EX1629 lt 2 gt FIGURE 11 6 EXCITATION VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT WIZARD Choose the instrument s that you would like to measure the value of the excitation voltage by checking the check box next to the instrument name Click Start to start to measure the actual excitation voltage of the selected instruments For more information about Excitation Voltage Measurement of a specific instrument please refer to the user manual of the instrument SHUNT CALIBRATION To ensure correct bridge performance some of the instrument such as EX1629 provides the Shunt Calibration feature To perform Shunt Calibration select Device Control under the menu bar and click on Shunt Calibration The Shunt Calibration wizard will be displayed as shown in Figure 11 7 106 Device Control www vtiinstruments com Shunt Calibration Measurement Devic EX1629 lt 3 gt EX1629 lt 4 gt FIGURE 11 7 DEVICE SHUNT CALIBRATION Choose the instrument s you would like to do Shunt Calibration by checking th
38. Info Double Cursor Info Double Cursor Distar Information Eyeview Lane Cursor Move Back to Default Grid Line Vertical Grid Lime MinorGrid 5 MajorGrid NE Grid Lime Color Horizontal Grid Lime MinorGrid MajorGrid A None Grid Line Color FIGURE 7 27 GRID LINE PROPERTIES Label Properties wizard allows the user to set the color of the Title Arrow and Label and also the size of the font in all the labels The Label Properties wizard is shown in Figure 7 28 Data Playback and Analysis 65 VTI Instruments Corp 66 Graph Properties Property Item General Legend X axis Setting Y axis Setting Grid Line Label Advanced Single Cursor Info Double Cursor Info Double Cursor Distar Information Eyeview Lane Cursor Move FIGURE 7 28 LABEL PROPERTIES In the Advanced Settings there are two parts of settings The first part is to enable or disable markers when the graph zooms in If they are disabled no markers will be shown on the data points in the graph when the graph zooms in If they are enabled markers with or without values will be shown on the data point when the graph zooms in a proper size The size is determined by the number of markers When the graph zooms in to a size that can display equal or less than the number of markers the markers will be shown on the data point in the graph There are two kinds of markers one of which i
39. Lab file format once the data recording process is completed only one single file which contains data from all the instruments captured in the previous data recording process will be generated There are two options for the Tdms format file export to EXLab format and export to CSV format file as shown in Figure 8 8 Data Management WWW vtiinstruments com Workspace ww PK 4 Channel Configuration EXLabl Jo EXLab1 i EXLabl tdmcfg j EXLabl EX1629 00100 FE EX Labl tdme E marnan A A l fy a EXLab Export to EXLab Format Export to Single File CSV Format 4 Ex1629 00104 Figure 8 8 Tdms format file When the Tdms format file is exported to EXLab format one EXLab format file will be created for each enabled channel When the Tdms format file is exported to CSV format data from all different models of instruments will be exported into one single CSV format file Data from different instruments are displayed based on the time If the sampling rates of the instruments are not the same empty cells can be seen in the CSV file An empty cell simply means there is no data in such particular time Figure 8 9 shows an example of a Tdms format file in which two EX1629 are sampling at 5kHz while an EX1048A is sampling at 1kHz Microsoft Excel EXLabl tdms csw Eu File Edit Miew Insert Format Tools Data Window Help MeN a AAA Ad TE Ex1b29_ 1 Ex1629_11Ex16239 00 x1629 11Ex10404 1 x10404 O0GRT Datetime Second Ti
40. MODE GRAPH POSITIONING S6 In the graph the curve can be horizontally moved along with the X axis To do that the user can click on the fe button in the display toolbar or right click on the graph and choose Move Horizontally Once the drag function is enabled the mouse pointer will become a hand icon as shown in Figure 7 12 Then simply left click and hold on the mouse to drag to the desired direction Data Playback and Analysis www vtiinstruments com E X1048A_00105 dec 0 08 deg C ca 4 8e 000 5e 000 5 2e 000 5 4e 000 s FIGURE 7 12 GRAPH POSITIONING MARKER AND LABEL To enable marker for different types of cursors simply right click on the Data Playback and Analysis and choose Graph Properties On the left select Single Cursor or Double Cursor to setup markers for Single Cursor or Double Cursor respectively In Display Settings set to show either X value Y value or both XY values to enable the marker For Single Cursor the marker will be displayed at the center of the cursor on the curve as shown in Figure 7 13 For Double Cursor the marker will be displayed at the cross point of the cursors and the curve as shown in Figure 7 14 E x1048A_00105 dec 0 08 K 9 Y 0 00917852 deg C O 4 8e 000 5e 000 5 2e 000 5 4e 000 5 6e 000 5 8e 000 s FIGURE 7 13 SINGLE CURSOR WITH MARKER E x1048A_00105 dec 0 08 deg C ca XD istacne 0 61 Distacne 0 0230529 4 8e 000 5e 0
41. POLATION WIZARD By clicking All Data all the data will be selected to do interpolation or the user can simply choose a range of data by specifying the data range or the time range Once the data range is determined input the interpolation number which specifies how many data points should be inserted between each discrete data point Finally choose the type of interpolation and click on Calculate A new set of data will be created based on your setting and shown in the Data Navigation Window Resampling Resampling allows the user to create a new set of data in a different sampling rate Simply choose a range of the recorded data and specify the new sampling frequency to create a new set of data Figure 7 37 shows the Resampling wizard Data Playback and Analysis 71 VTI Instruments Corp A Resampling B Ex1629 00100 B EX1048A_00200 Output Configuration Sampling Frequency 100 Sampling Period 0 01 Resampling Frequency 00 Resampling Period 0 01 Quit FIGURE 7 35 RESAMPLING WIZARD By clicking All Data all the data will be selected to do resampling or the user can simply choose a range of data by specifying the data range or the time range Once the data range is determined input the resampling frequency and click Calculate to calculate a new set of data Data Slice Data Slice allows the user to cut off a specific range of data to make a new set of data without doing any data filtering or caluclation Sim
42. Reset can put the instrument back to the initial stage To perform a Device Reset in the EXLab menu bar select Device Control and click on Reset The Device Reset wizard will be displayed as shown in Figure 11 4 Device Control 103 VTI Instruments Corp Devic EXIDABA lt 1 gt EX1O00TC lt 2 gt EX1629 lt 3 gt EX1629 lt 4 gt FIGURE 11 4 DEVICE RESET WIZARD Choose the instrument s you would like to perform a Device Reset by checking the check box next to the instrument name Click Start to perform the Device Reset operation For more information about Device Reset on a specific instrument please refer to the user manual of the instrument SELF CALIBRATION Performing Self Calibration can initialize the voltage offset of the instrument In the EXLab menu bar select Device and click on Self Calibration The Self Calibration wizard will be displayed as shown in Figure 11 5 104 Device Control www vtiinstruments com Self Calibration Devic EX1048A lt 1 gt EXLOOOTC lt 2 gt ExX1629 lt 3 gt EX1629 lt 4 gt FIGURE 11 5 SELF CALIBRATION WIZARD Choose the instrument s you would like to do Self Calibration by checking the check box next to the instrument name Click Start to perform the Self Calibration on the selected instrument s For more information about Self Calibration on a specific instrument please refer to the user manual of the instrument EXCITAT
43. Spla Lata PldybDacKk 4 ANdYSIS 5 A EXLab s A P 2 ES tomo Cue ro Sree Tame eo Ej dde 5 a MS aes ever E EJ Graphics Snapshot Type Latest kad Viewl Path C VTI EXLab EXLab4 data csv Index ID Channel Name EU Value 0 13s Value 1 22s Value 2 25s Calculated Value O EX1629 00100 uStrain 3867 2054 3680 0675 3618 8424 3536 5033 1 EX1629 00101 uStrain 3846 3721 3659 2342 3598 0091 3515 6700 2 EX1629 00102 uStrain 3825 5387 3638 4009 3577 1757 3494 8367 3 EX1629 00103 uStrain 3804 7054 a 3556 3424 3474 0033 4 EX1629_00104 uStrain 3783 8721 3596 7342 3535 5091 3453 1700 5 EX1629 00105 uStrain 3763 0387 3575 9009 3514 6757 3432 3367 6 EX1629 00106 uStrain 3742 2054 3555 0675 3493 8424 3411 5033 7 EX1629 00107 uStrain 3721 3721 3534 2342 3473 0091 3390 6700 8 EX1629 00108 uStrain 3700 5387 3513 4009 3452 1757 3369 8367 9 EX1629 00109 uStrain 3679 7054 3492 5675 3431 3424 3349 0033 q qXI A AMAMMT T 10 EX1629 00110 uStrain 3658 8721 3471 7342 3410 5091 3328 1700 11 EX1629 00111 uStrain 3638 0387 3450 9009 3389 6757 3307 3367 12 EX1629 00112 uStrain 3617 2054 3430 0675 3368 8424 3286 5033 Erica E 13 Ex1629 00113 uStrain 3596 3721 3409 2342 3348 0091 3265 6700 z roject I ii v Output wax Time Message Code Type Source gt O 15 01 40 215 Start t
44. ainly Sto llosa eb 73 O a O a A 75 General Alcorn INS orea aa e aa a a a a E ae a A T AO A a aera a e a a a os DE CEION E E E O A O 79 Data Mana ment A A A il a 79 SECTION 9 A A A EEA O E 85 Event Monas MOS A E S 85 SECTION Mia ii a 91 SEM ES AIO UII a i 91 PrO CESSDA 0 PPP Po o ro UEG E o o A E PP OE O A 91 ACHU SELLS ran Seca soria laminada piadoso ta ii Eag 92 NTA CCL A 94 rs BUS SeMS S oane o snare den dncensentuenoss A 95 A A 95 Display Sete ii tasdces 97 INS Wy OE Ree ELMO cdi toi od sa 98 BA ee UMN PORC PEPE A O E OOO O A a S 99 SECTION TLajinp AA AAA AAA AAA AAA A AAA AAA AAA 101 BR A IA ana cauetacnageencosausadiansnielanes 101 LIO DAA tata 101 Pi SCI LCS iic cs cn nuzhiohcancannnc tacwstant nen ouah iascudamtacnanel E 102 MS AC IN Ao o Pe E tees o eo re A O II A 103 PIE 104 Excitation Measurement silicio llo 105 ode Ge AND AOR esa Po Ep O o OO o A EN 106 ead W ire Measurement xersei oio rotar icole ici 107 SECTION li AAA AAA AAA A ANA AAA 109 Transducer labra E 109 Transducer EIDA oco ce sates a i a asc watv crt ete cad mts satu ds ee a da em 109 Transducer ALI Al OMY caia 111 A O NN 114 COMAL on o rios a ads tada 114 SECTION Thai idas AA AAA EEEN EE OE 119 Binary Dalt lle eto a odo lille stant aaa 119 The Format ol binan Data Ple osa dodo a anicicods dee nidos ideo 119 EXLab Series Preface 3 VTI Instruments Corp CERTIFICATION VTI Instruments Corporation VTI certifies that this product met its published
45. alled on the PC First download and install Agilent I O Libraries Suite which can be found in http www agilent com After the installation select Agilent I O Libraries and start the Connection Manager This application will recognize and register all connected data acquisition hardware First open the Agilent Connection Expert Under the tool bar click on Add Interface to open the wizard as shown in Figure 2 1 E Manually Add an Interfac Select one of the listed interfaces to add to the system onfiguration Available interface types LAN interface Remote GPIB via E5810 or Remote lO Server Remote R5 232 via E5810 or Remote lO Server Remote USB via Remote lO Server GPIB VXI interface Interface Description A logical collection of all of the connected LAN based Test and Measurement devices that share these configuration settings FIGURE 2 1 MANUALLY ADD AN INTERFACE Channel Configuration 13 14 VTI Instruments Corp There are different ways to add different instruments into the Agilent Connection Expert Please refer to the proper section to add your instruments into the Agilent Connection Expert For EX1000 and EX1629 Series Choose LAN Interface in the list and Click Add Another wizard will be shown up and the default setting should be used Click OK as shown in Figure 2 2 VISA interface ID TCPIPO nd Default Protocol 9 Auto automatically detect protocol O VXI 11 TCP IP i
46. ange of the maximum values of the data curves as the scale of the axis as shown in Figure 7 8 54 Data Playback and Analysis www vtiinstruments com TAA wi AA 95 FIGURE 7 8 PHYSICAL DISPLAY MODE For Double vertical axis all data curves share the same X axis while they have their own Y axis one of each is on the most left and one of each is on the most right as shown in Figure 7 9 04 UT FIGURE 7 9 DOUBLE VERTICAL DISPLAY MODE For Multi vertical axis display mode all the curves share the same X axis while they have their own Y axis All the Y axis is stacked on the most left of the graph as shown in Figure 7 10 Data Playback and Analysis 55 VTI Instruments Corp 7 Wi 4 I fi FIGURE 7 10 MULTI VERTICAL AXIS DISPLAY MODE For Multi vertical Single X axis display mode all the curves share the same X axis while they have their own Y axis Unlike Multi vertical display mode the Y axis is not stacked on the most left side Instead each data curve is displayed separately in different graph while they are still sharing the same X axis as shown in Figure 7 11 El annv 045 Miscase PX1629_00000 03 0 30 020 010 p37 F O Erosa omoj aege F Foename EXLOSBA00100 2 BS 9 va TAAL ill jj 1 me y m E l v m m o _ o _ _ m n _ _ _ o E UNA FIGURE 7 11 MULTI VERTICAL SINGLE X AXIS DISPLAY
47. at file For more information about exporting Tdms file into other formats please refer to Section 8 Data Management ALARM SETTINGS 100 Alarm Settings allow the user to configure the alarm sound and the warning sound as well as the alarm conditions used with the EX1629 When Enable Alarm Sound is checked it will play the selected sound file when an alarm condition or a warning condition is met The alarm sound and the warning sound can be selected by clicking on the button and the selected file can be pre played by clicking on the Play button The EX1629 Alarm Settings allow the user to set the threshold value for excitation error shunt error unstrained voltage alarm and lead wire resistance alarm When the threshold value for any of these settings is reached it will be triggered as an alarm condition and will execute the action s assigned by the user 7 Authority Settings Alarm Sound C Program Files x86 WTI Instruments Corpore Play WARNING Sound C Program Files x86 WTI Instruments Corpora Play EX 1629 Alarm Settings Excitation Error W Shunt Error 5 Unstained Volt Alarm V Lead Wire Res Alarm Omh FIGURE 10 10 ALARM SETTINGS WIZARD Device Control WWW vtiinstruments com SECTION 11 DEVICE CONTROL Device control section allows the user to perform some operations on the connected instruments The hardware operations contain Zero Balance Self Test Device Reset Self Calibration
48. at started FIGURE 9 1 EVENT MANAGEMENT WIZARD There are two parts in the Event Management wizard Event and Handler The Event section allows the user to setup conditions to detect incoming events Input Events System Event and Timer Event are supported Figure 9 2 shows the Input Event settings More than one event can be enabled to achieve a complex close loop control To enable the event simply check the checkbox of the event or unchecking the checkbox of the event to disable it Event Management 85 VTI Instruments Corp Event Management Select Event EPI Func Event E l Func Event 1 Elh Func Event 2 Elh Func Event 3 PJ Func Event 4 i S Input Event JQ Input Event 2 JE Input Event 3 Property Setting Property Event ID Event Type Event Name Event Number Hysteresis s Input Channel Limit Lower Eih Input Event 4 Limit Upper Elh Input Event 5 Trigger Period s ff 23 Input Event 6 Trigger Type Elh Input Event 7 hf JIA Input Event 8 EE System Event ef L Emerge alarm El Measurement started Within The Range El Measurement stopped ia A Snanshot started II FIGURE 9 2 2 INPUT EVENT SETTINGS The description of each attribute is explained below Event ID The ID of the event which will be used in the Handler section Event Type The type of the event Event Name The name of the event Event Number The number of times EXLab generates an event in such
49. before a new transducer can be created such as the fields with the red The following describes all the parameters in the wizard e Name The name of the new transducer e Type The type of the new transducer The user can type in the value or choose in the drop down list by clicking the down arrow in the field e Number This number is important and will be shown up as a new in the channel configuration page while the user selects to use on channels Manufacturer The manufacturer of the transducer Coupling Mode The coupling more of the transducer Conversion Mode This supports Linear Polynomial Lookup Table and Division Table The Last Calibration Time The time of the last calibration Input Unit The unit of the input signal going into the transducer Output Unit The unit of the output signal going out from the transducer 110 Custom Algorithm WWW vtiinstruments com The most important setting while creating a new transducer 1s the conversion mode This setting directly affects the signal received from the channel on which the transducer applies There are four types of conversion modes such as Linear Polynomial Lookup Table and Division Table Please choose carefully based on the characteristics of the transducer and verify the conversion parameters are set correctly before applying 1t on any channel to do measurement TRANSDUCER IMPORT AND EXPORT EXLab allows the user to import and export transdu
50. button Figure 10 4 shows the Trigger Settings wizard Trigger Settings o Module Type Select EX1629 EX 16 29 Select Module Trigger Mode Immediate Pattern Digital 1 0 Channel Trigger Event Pos Edge Neg Edge Pos Level Neg Level Applied to Other Similar Type Modules FIGURE 10 4 TRIGGER SETTINGS WIZARD If the user likes to trigger the data acquisition process by outside signal instead of triggering immediately the user is allowed to use DIO channel To use DIO channels to begin the data acquisition process trigger mode needs to be set to Pattern By the time trigger mode is changed to Pattern the Pattern section of the wizard will be enabled for the user to setup The user simply chooses the DIO channel s in the Digitial I O Channel drop box and set the conditions in the Trigger Event section To view the settings on all the DIO channels at once the user can click View I O Setting Once it is setup and the user clicks on the Start Data Acquisition button EXLab will wait until one of conditions is met on all the channels note that this is a OR behavior before beginning the data acquisition process Device Control WWW vtiinstruments com TRIGGER BUS SETTINGS In Trigger Bus Settings the user can enable data synchronization for multiple instruments in different models using the LXI trigger bus Indeed synchronization setting is complicated but EXLab provides a very convenient interface for the user to perfor
51. cale The number of the scale can be displayed scientifically if the Display Scientifically checkbox is checked The X Axis Properties and Y Axis Properties wizards are shown in Figure 7 25 and Figure 7 26 A A X axis Setting Axis Range 9 Auto fit range of current 0 1 79 C Adjust range by zoom operation C Fix value by define 0 oot Logarithm Coordinate lo FIGURE 7 25 X AXIS SETTING Data Playback and Analysis WWW vtiinstruments com Property Item General Legend X axis Setting Grid Line Label Advanced Single Cursor Info Double Cursor Info Double Cursor Distar Information Eyeview Lane Cursor Move Y axis Setting Axis Range 9 Auto fit range of current 4572 21843582688 4554 98518295544 Adjust range by zoom operation 5 Fix value by define 0 Axis Tick Y Auto Division Major Scale 10 Border Style sale We Dot Misc E Display Scientifically Logarithm Coordinate FIGURE 7 26 Y AXIS SETTING Grid Line allows the user to setup grid line in the graph Grid lines can be horizontal or vertical and divided based on the Major Scale or based on the Minor Scale The color of the grid line can also be set as well By default the vertical and horizontal grid lines are set to None The Grid Line Properties wizard is shown in Figure 7 27 Property Item General Legend X axis Setting Y axis Setting Label Advanced Single Cursor
52. cer information between EXLab and the computer using an xml format file This feature can save the user a huge amount of time from customizing transducers in new projects especially when the channel count is large The user can simply export the transducer information in the old project and export 1t into the new project in order to reuse all the previously created transducer information To export the transducer library information simply click on the Export button in the Transducer Library and Signal Conditioner wizard choose the destination path and click Save To import the transducer library information simply click on the Import button in the Transducer Library and Signal Conditioner wizard choose the desired xml file and click Open TRANSDUCER CALIBRATION To ensure the accuracy of the measurement on channels which use a transducer it is recommended to perform calibration on the transducer To calibrate the transducer under Workplace right click on the instrument you would like to do transducer calibration and click on Transducer Calibration The Transducer Calibration wizard will be displayed as shown in Figure 12 3 Transducer Calibration Calibration Channel List Channel Info Ex1629 00300 Channel ID EX1629 00300 Ex1629 00301 i ii EX1629 00302 J Ex1629 00303 Signal Type Strain EX1629 00304 ai EX1629 00305 Range 10k Ohms Gain EX1629 00311 EX1629 00312 EX1629 00313 Erica AMSA Filter
53. cessor or better Introduction to EXLab 7 VTI Instruments Corp 2 GB RAM or better 4 GB RAM recommended A dedicated 32 MB or better graphics card SGB available hard drive space CD ROM drive Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 Professional Home or Tablet PC Edition Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or above Agilent IO Suite for device detection Microsoft Excel to use the list creation data export function of EXLab Screen resolution of 1280 x 1024 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION Install EXLab on a PC by performing the following process 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Insert EXLab CD into the PC s CD ROM drive The software should Autorun and the EXLab install Wizard will start automatically A reminder will appear to close all other applications that are running on the PC After closing all other application click Next to continue When the License Agreement dialogue box appears accept the terms of the license agreement by clicking on the I Agree button Indicate the destination folder for the installation of EXLab NOTE It is recommended that the default path provided be used in order to ensure trouble free operation Select or confirm the name for the start menu folder to be created for program s shortcuts on the desktop EXLab will copy the relevant files to the destination folders on the PC and will provide an Installation Complete message confirming the successful installation of
54. channel configuration and before each data acquisition process Please note that not types of instrument support Zero Calibration so some of the connected instruments might not be shown in the list in the wizard For more information about Zero Balance on a specific instrument please refer to the user manual of the instrument Zero point data is the data that the hardware acquires while no signal is at the input channels of the instrument In EXLab the zero point data can be imported exported and reset To do such operations under the menu bar click on Tools and choose Import Tare for zero point data importation Export Tare for zero point data exportation and Reset Tare for resting zero point data DEVICE SELF TEST Performing Device Self Test ensures the quality of the instrument and finds out any instrument error if there is any To perform a Device Self Test in the EXLab menu bar select Device Control and click on Self Test The Self Test wizard will be displayed as shown in Figure 11 3 102 Device Control www vtlinstruments com Devic EX1629 lt 3 gt EX1629 lt 4 gt FIGURE 11 3 SELF TEST WIZARD Choose the instrument s you would like to do Self Test by checking the check box next to the instrument name Then click Start to start the Self Test operation For more information about Self Test on a specific instrument please refer to the user manual of the instrument DEVICE RESET Performing a Device
55. choose the data file by checking the check boxes of the recorded data file name By clicking All Data all data from the selected recorded data file will be chosen Or the user can specify the data range or time range to determine which part of data in the selected data file to be selected On the right side in the Parameters Configuration section the following lists the description of each parameter Average Number A read only parameter which shows the number of how many parts the time domain data will be averaged Windows The window type of the time domain data inlucding Hann Window Hamming Window and Rectangle Window Average Type Specify how the averaging should be done either Linear Average or Exponential Average Overlap Rate The rate of overlap when averaging the time domain data Must be a number between 0 and 1 Band width The maximum bandwidth in the frequency domain data Spectral Number The total number of points in the frequency domain data RMS To convert the data into RMS data Data Playback and Analysis WWW vtiinstruments com PSD To convert the data into power spectral density data CPSD To convert the data into cross power spectral density data This need to specify two set of data files to proceed Spectral Analysis The Spectral Analysis wizard is very similar to the one for FFT except that Spectral Analysis provides more analysis methods including EU Peak EUD Peak
56. conditions 1 means unlimited For example if this is set to 1 every single time the signal from the input channel meets the conditions the event happens If this 1s set to 3 EXLab will not generate any event after 3 events have been generated based on the conditions even though the conditions are met again This number will be reset in a new data acquisition process Hysteresis s The length of time in second which the signal from the input channel lasts For example 1f this 1s set to 2 the signal has to meet all the conditions for 2 seconds in order for the event to be generated Input Channel The channel which detects the signal Channels can be all instrument physical channels as well as DIO channels Limit Lower The lower limit of the signal from the input channel Limit Upper The upper limit of the signal from the input channel Trigger Period s The time interval in second between each event For example if this 1s set to 6 whenever an event is generated the next event cannot be generated within 6 seconds 86 Event Management WWW vtiinstruments com Trigger Type The type of trigger which includes Rising Edge Falling Edge Both Edges Within The Range and Outside The Range For System Events there are 4 types Emerge Alarm End Snapshot Start Recording and Stop Recording as shown in Figure 9 3 The description of each type of system event is explained below Event Management Select Event Prop
57. ct View and the dropdown box will be displayed as below in Figure 1 2 Toolbar d Standard Workspace Control Output Component Status Alignment Tool Alarm Full Screen FIGURE 1 2 GRAPHICAL CONFIGURATION Toolbar allows the user to configure whether the acquisition interface displays Standard Acquisition Control Alignment and Tool under the Toolbar The Standard Toolbar allows the user to quickly access couple standard functions such as open project file create a new view save project connect disconnect network connection device search disk space management display settings options and EXLab information as shown in Figure 1 3 ay O H gt Boh See ef El FIGURE 1 3 STANDARD TOOLBAR The Control Toolbar allows the user to quickly access to data acquisition and recording functions as shown in Figure 1 4 For more information about these functions please refer to Section 4 Data Acquisition 080 FIGURE 1 4 CONTROL TOOLBAR The Component Toolbar allows the user to quickly access to different display used in the Current Acquisition Data Display to monitor the data during the data acquisition process Please refer to Section 6 Graphical View for more information The Component Toolbar is shown in Figure 1 5 ELE th TO X FIGURE 1 5 COMPONENT TOOLBAR The Arrange Toolbar allows the user to arrange the display in the Current Acquisition Data Display The user can adjust the size and positi
58. d image allows the user to delete the added background image ADD DISPLAY In order to create display to monitor the data it is required to add a new page in the Current Acquisition Data Display To do that in the workspace area right click on Graphics and press New View as shown in Figure 6 1 Snapshot 35 VTI Instruments Corp Workspace IX J A EXLab a TCPIP Open File il Open All Y Close All E Delete All A _ _ _ _ ae EX1000TC_25804 EX1000TC_25805 ds EXLO00TC_25806 EX1000TC_25807 a EXLO00TC_25808 Eds EXLO00TC_25809 EX1000TC_25810 EX1000TC_25811 ge EX1000TC_25812 aie EX1000TC_25813 ll EX1000TC_25814 da EX1000TC_25815 da EX1000TC_25816 e EX1000TC_25817 da EX1000TC_25818 ds EXLO00TC_25819 sm EX1000TC_25820 ae EX1000TC_25821 ae EX1000TC_25822 i r E CAAT DEG IS Project Info fi Doc Manager FIGURE 6 1 NEW VIEW The user can also open any stored view To do that simply right click on Graphics under the workspace area and press Open File Choose the stored view file and click Open to open the view The user can also open all closed views or close all open views when there are more than one view in the project To delete all the view simple click Delete all after right clicking Graphics under the workspace area GRAPHS Graphs Display allows the user to display the data in curve line After a new view is created go to the Current Acquisition Data Display under the menu bar select Disp
59. dd to New Playback Page D LU Es Ex1629 00113 tdmdf Ex1629 00114 tdrmdf Ex1629 00115 tdrndf Ex1629 00116 tdmdf EX1629_00118 tdmdf EX1629_00119 tdmdf EX1629_00120 tdmdf EXL629_00121 tdmdf EX1629_00122 tdmdf Doc Manager ifo FIGURE 7 1 ADD DATA INTO DATA PLAYBACK AND ANALYSIS Once you choose to add the data in the Data Playback and Analysis tab a graph with the data curve will be shown as shown in Figure 7 2 X axis will shown the value of time in second and Y axis will show the value of the data on the channel Data Playback and Analysis 51 VTI Instruments Corp DIE mom Sreed ia BEQ Q Ar Pr Er a 9237 51 7477 97 5718 42 3958 87 2199 33 439 78 FIGURE 7 2 DATA PLAYBACK INTERFACE DELETE DATA CURVE Added data curve can be deleted and removed from the Data Playback and Analysis tab Simply right click on the grey area of the data curve that you would like to delete and select Clear Selected Graph as shown in Figure 7 3 All the data graphs can be removed at the same time by choosing Clear All Graphs as shown in Figure 7 4 Dle K gt 1 mw CO speed r me QAlEH QQ trl A P O Y 9237 51 7477 97 Clear Selected Graph Clear All Graphs Curve Properties Graph Properties 1e 000 2e 000 3e 000 4e 000 5e 000 s FIGURE 7 3 DELETE A SINGLE CURVE Dle XXi gt nmj C kh Q i Q gt Av 9237 51
60. e www vtiinstruments com SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION TO EXLAB ABOUT THIS MANUAL The EXLab user s manual is provided to help the user become acquainted with EXLab so that its functionalities can be understood and utilized EXLab contains a lot of powerful functions and this manual is to help the user to understand every single function of EXLab so that the user can utilize EXLab to easily acquire monitor record and analyze data in the way they want THE EXLAB TOTAL SYSTEM CONCEPT EXLab was designed to support the acquisition of data using a number of data acquisition products manufactured by VTI Instruments Corporation VXI LXI and PXI based refer to the Supported Data Acquisition Hardware later in this chapter for more information EXLab can be used both as a standalone PC system or as a client server software which means that several users may have online access to the data stored on the server s Thus the diagrams displaying measurement values can also be observed and analyzed on any office PC EXLab can be used by two server systems the main server and the monitor The main server is used to administrate the database and to define and start test runs The monitor graphically displays online or stored test data For ease of use EXLab s user interface has been designed with a typical Windows look and feel including pull down menus slide and scroll bars select fields etc LICENSING OF
61. e To save data into multiple files go to Tools Options Save Settings check Enabled Multi File Recording as shown in Figure 4 2 The user 1s allowed to set the duration of each data file and the total number of data files In this case once data recording starts EXLab will store data in totally 10 data files each of which has 3600 seconds 1 hour of data Snapshot 29 VTI Instruments Corp Detailed Settings Enable Multi File Recording Single File Duration s 100 La Number of Files in Loop Recording Settings Cyde Storage Settings Enable Cyde Storage Single File Duration s 1 Number of FilesinCyde 30 Snapshot Snapshot WWW vtiinstruments com Recording Settings Storage File Format a Single File Duration s 100 Number of Files in Loop Cyde Storage Settings Enable Cycle Storage Single File Duration s 1 Number of Files in Cyde Storage Settings 2 aa FIGURE 4 2 ENABLE MULTI FILE RECORDING EXLab also allows the user to set the total recording length Data recording will be stopped automatically once it reaches the preset recording length The recording length can be set in Settings Acquisition Settings under the menu bar as shown in Figure 4 3 In this case data recording will stop in 36000 seconds which is 10 hours al VTI Instruments Corp Acquisition Settings Module Type Select Selec
62. e available data curves such as the maximum minimum values the value of the cursor when cursors are available the mean value the local maximum minimum values etc in the current playback page can be shown in a table as shown in Figure 7 19 Data Playback and Analysis Curve Information Parameter Cursorl X Value Cursor X Value Cursorl Value Cursor Y Value Maximum value Minimum value Mean value Variance Value Local Maximum Value Local Minimum Value Local Mean Value Local Variance Value X axis Distance Y axis Distance Slope Value Cursorl Absulote Time Cursorl Absulote Time Local Fluctual Value RMS Value Local RMS Value Total Vlue Local Total Value www vtiinstruments com ExX10484 00105 deg 1 53 6 53 0 0108058 0 0108058 0 0839575 0 0919136 0 00426656 0 00 248425 0 0839575 0 0919136 0 00392886 0 00 249544 5 5 72917e 010 0 12 9 6 981 12 9 11 981 22 394438 0 050121 0 050156 FIGURE 7 19 INFO DATA WINDOW The user can click the Calculate button to refresh the information to get the most accurate data Information can be removed from the table To remove or add back any information click on the Information button and choose the desired information to display as shown in Figure 7 20 Information Parameter Displayed Chosen Window Layout 4 Maximum value 2 Minimum value 5 Horizontal Y Mean value Variance Value 4 Local Maximum Value Vertical
63. e check box next to the instrument name Click Start to perform Shunt Calibration on the instrument s For more information about the Shunt Calibration feature of a specific instrument please refer to the user manual of the instrument LEAD WIRE MEASUREMENT Some of the instruments such as EX1629 allows the user to measure the lead wire resistance EXLab provides a way to perform such operation To measure the lead wire resistance in the EXLab menu bar select Device Control and click on Lead Wire Resistance Measurement The Lead Wire Measurement wizard will be displayed as shown in Figure 11 8 Device Control 107 VTI Instruments Corp Lead Wire Resistance Measurement Devic Ex1629 lt 1 gt EX1629 lt 2 gt FIGURE 11 8 DEVICE LEAD WIRE MEASUREMENT Choose the instrument s that you would like to measure the lead wire resistance by checking the check box next to the instrument name Click Start to measure the lead wire resistance on the instrument s For more information about Lead Wire Measurement of a specific instrument please refer to the user manual of the instrument The lead wire resistance value can be imported from and exported to the PC To import the lead wire resistance value under the menu bar click on Tools and choose Import Lead Wire Resistance Value To export the lead wire resistance value under the menu bar click on Tools and choose Export Lead Wire Resistance Value Please note that on
64. e data in another data format other than Decimal Hex and Octal can be chosen in the Data Format dropdown box Also the user can check or uncheck the checkbox in the Output Attribute setting to determine what information to be exported in the text file Data Management 81 VTI Instruments Corp 82 To export an EXLab format file into Excel format file the content of such file can be set By clicking the option Export to Excel a wizard will be popped up as shown in Figure 8 7 Export Configuration sl al Ex1629 00100 Export Type Excel File Export Configuration Action Export Destination C Users Kit AppData Local Temp Excel 15 xls Rows per sheet 60000 Input between 10 65500 m Output Attribute bs Name Data Range wnt 1 Time Range Export Time Column 0 FIGURE 8 7 EXCEL FORMAT FILE EXPORTATION WIZARD By default all the data will be exported into an Excel format file The user is allowed to select the range of data to be exported by modifying the Data Range or Time Range settings The Data Range and Time Range settings are relative In other words by changing one of the settings EXLab will automatically change another one Furthermore the user is allowed to export the recording time into the exported Excel file by checking the Export Time Column checkbox The destination of the exported Excel file can also be modified by changing the Destination path Also the user can limit the number of t
65. e or disable the border of the displayed marker the font color of the value in the displayed marker the horizontal and vertical distance between the displayed marker and the cursor the position of the displayed marker When the Cursor move with mouse is enabled the cursor will be moved along with the mouse in Data Playback and Analysis The Single Cursor Properties wizard is shown in Figure 7 30 Single Cursor Info Display Content Settings Style Settings 9 Display no Value ee O Display X Value Back Color gt Display XY Value Transparent Position Settings Format Setting fi aa X Xx Offset 0 X Prefix Label X Y Prefi EY Y Offset 0 ee X Digits 1 i Y Digits 1 O Top Display Absolution Time O Bottom Display Absolution Date Y Position Cursor Cross F Cursor move with mouse FIGURE 7 30 SINGLE CURSOR PROPERTIES Double Cursor Properties wizard allows the user to set if the cursors show X axis value Y axis value both XY axis value or do not show any value during Double Cursor mode The user can Data Playback and Analysis 67 VTI Instruments Corp also enable or disable the border of the displayed marker the font color of the value in the displayed marker and the horizontal and vertical distance between the displayed marker and the cursor and the position of the displayed marker When the Show Double Cursor Distance checkbox is checked the horizontal distance between two c
66. ed into a single CSV file if this option is enabled a wizard which allows the user to setup the way EXLab export the file will popup The user can customize the way EXLab exports the file and also choose the file destination path If this option is disabled no wizard would popup during the file exportation process DISPLAY SETTINGS Device Control Display Settings allows the user to set the way the channel names display in the Project Info tab in the Workspace The user can choose to display only the ID only the assigned channel name or both Figure 10 7 shows the Display Settings wizard Detailed Settings Network Settings save f Display Setting authority Setings Display Configuration Channel Display Type ID Channel Name E Average The Current Data Display accuracy 0 1234 FIGURE 10 7 DISPLAY SETTINGS WIZARD 97 VTI Instruments Corp After this setting is done and click OK the user has to go back to the Project Info tab in the Workspace right click on the project name and click Refresh for the channels to be displayed in a new way By enabling the Average The Current Data Setting EXLab will display the average value in a data package as the current value in Snapshot and Configuration View If such checkbox is unchecked the last data value in a data package will be displayed as the current data in Snapshot and Configuration View NETWORK SETTINGS 98 Network Settings allows the user to
67. ement easy saving time domain and frequency domain data to disk for future processing To assure the acquired data is valid acquisition can be monitored in real time The following shows EXLab and identifies its main areas such as Menu Bar Title Bar Status Bar History Table Project View and Document Window Title Bar gt SPE Menu Bar gt Me yes inp Device Corro Acquisition Comm Dupin Comperernss Algunas Teoh Melo Tool Bar gt SDE 226 oh 0 6680 6 0 Y A te sa gt e j j emos Dx i ya Se laca c oo tote Sarga la rt cond 0 canon 1 p ven 1 49 0009 ed 4 4 7 pe 2 z w 2 7 a e Lao 629 00908 e ES 100000 ran je w 200 se 100000 0000000 ean 3 gt fe 2 2 13000 coma ben Project View gt je 200 200 200000 100000 inon je 2 100 28 1800000 100000 errar iZ v 3 2 1000000 cone siian F Y 2 7 7 atot ar sihen e Y p eo yO toD hen i i 200 Loe Laue come iban 5 le v 200 toe 2200000 000000 ben 15 fz gt 200 toe 2860000 100000 ben oy gt 200 2 2100000 1100000 swen Document Windows gt ii PT Y A y so 9 0019 iz 200 200 1100000 1000000 sioan 12 e 10 200 1100000 0 100000 sban a wnn e coe 1A hacia 13 Mp y mw ed 300 256 1800000 Come nen a le tee 14 acia 1 par 1 md a0 208 1 moO LO ran 239 e ar Y Base 120 tee 309 e 20 toe 11000 000 ben Does Y Inse 1 4 Baage 12 Dre 1 0D 200 100 100 400000 ran 7 0 a we 1 4 Mabe 136 Bigas x 10 20
68. en click OK to choose TCPIPO by default The TCPIP interface will be added in Workspace as shown in Figure 2 12 im EXLab DAQ Channel Configuration File View Settings Device Control Acqui BHE eee eE Workspace wx 4 Channel Con Ela EXLab om Delete Property FIGURE 2 12 ADD A TCPIP INTERFACE Channel Configuration 19 VTI Instruments Corp Right click on the newly added TCPIP0 interface under Workspace and click on Add A Add Simulated TCPIP Instrument wizard will pop up as shown in Figure 2 13 Add Simulated TCPIP Instrum Device EX10004 48 Channel Precision Voltage Instrument EX10004 TC 48 Channel Precision Thermocouple Instrument EX10164 16 Channel Precision Thermocouple Instrument EX1032A 32 Channel Precision Thermocouple Instrument Ex 1048 48 Channel Precision Thermocouple Instrument EX10484 48 Channel Precision Thermocouple Instrument Ex 1629 48 Channel Strain Gage Instrument EMX2500 LXI Interfaced modular PXle instrument Ex 1200 Series Switch Measure and Control Systems FIGURE 2 13 ADD SIMULATED TCPIP INSTRUMENT WIZARD Choose the desired product by highlighting it and click OK to proceed Then simply modify the IP address of the simulated instrument and click OK to add it into EXLab Upon clicking OK the simulated instrument should be added into the currently project in EXLab and the simulated instrument will be displayed
69. ents com PLAYBACK CONTROL In Data Playback and Analysis there is a playback control toolbar The first icon in the toolbar L is to enable or disable the data navigation window Data added from the Workspace section as the EXLab data file format will be displayed in the navigation window in the Data Playback and Analysis page The data navigation window 1s shown by default The user can drag and drop any added data file into the graph in order to plot a graph based on the data file The second icon El 1s to let the user to set the layout of the Data Playback and Analysis page As more data needs to be displayed in Data Viewer the layout can help to organize the graphs and tables so that 1t will become easier for the user to analyze the data The layout options are shown in Figure 7 34 FIGURE 7 32 LAYOUT OPTIONS The user is allowed to add different display in the layout By clicking the icon a there will be a dropdown list with three options Graph Table and Waterfall Control Select a layout and add a display and simply drag the added data from the table and drop it into the display in order for the display to show the data To delete a display the user needs to select the display and click the icon x The display will be deleted permanently once the delete icon is clicked The panel will still remain in the same position with no display in it To remove the panel simply right click on the panel and click Delete Selected Panel
70. ere are two types of snapshot Average and Latest By setting the snapshot type to Latest EXLab will capture the latest data after a period of time which is set by Snapshot Trigger Period For example if the Snapshot Trigger Period is set to 5 when the manual snapshot button is pressed EXLab will capture the first data after 5 seconds Setting the Snapshot Trigger Period to 0 will allow the user to capture data immediately By setting the snapshot type to Average EXLab will calculate the average value of the data acquired during a period of time which is set by Snapshot Trigger Period For example if the acquisition instrument is sampling data in 100Hz and the Snapshot Trigger Period is set to 10s once the manual snapshot button is clicked EXLab will calculate the average value of the acquired data 1000 data in this case during the 10 seconds after the manual snapshot button is pressed By clicking the Manual Snapshot button in the Acquisition tool bar the snapshot process will be triggered by the user After each manual snapshot the Block Number is saved along with the data in the snapshot file and it will incremented by one The Block Number can be reset to any number anytime The Block Number is to help the user to group snapshot data in the snapshot data file The user can also click the Export button to export the data into excel format file Simply click the Export button find the desired path and click Save to save the file Snapshot
71. erty Setting i Input Event 4 Eih Input Event 5 E Input Event 6 E Input Event 7 iff ly Input Event 8 E M J System Event 9 Measurement started Measurement stopped Jl Snapshot started y Snapshot finished a Zero measurement started 4 Zero measurement finished ofS Timer Event Eih Time Event 1 JP y Time Event 2 Dih Time Event 3 Dih Time Event 4 4 Mr FIGURE 9 3 SYSTEM EVENTS Emerge Alarm Whenever alarm happens from any of the enabled physical channel EXLab generates an event End Snapshot Whenever a snapshot operation ends EXLab generates an event Start Recording Whenever a recording operation starts EXLab generates an event Stop Recording Whenever a recording operation ends EXLab generates an event The description of each attribute is explained below Event Name The name of the event Event Number The number of times EXLab generates an event in a particular condition depending on the type of system event 1 means unlimited For example 1f this 1s set to 1 every single time the signal from the input channel meets the conditions an event is generated If this is set to 3 EXLab will not generate any event after 3 events have been generated based on the conditions even though the conditions are met again This number will be reset in a new data acquisition process Trigger Period s The time interval in second between each event For e
72. hlight the target instrument by simply clicking the name of the instrument and change the setting on the right side to apply the setting to the target instrument Prior to any data acquisition and recording process the user should first set the sampling rate and the recording length of the instrument The sampling rate indicates how many data points the instrument should sample in one second Scan Transfer Size is the transfer size of each scan of the instrument EXLab will automatically calculate the Scan Transfer Size and update the number in the text box every time the sampling rate is updated It is not recommended to change the Scan Transfer Size unless it is necessary to control the transfer size of each scan It is usually required by advanced user The other important parameter which needs to be set prior to any data acquisition and recording process is the recording length The recording length is the amount of time in second EXLab will proceed data recording on the target instrument EXLab will stop the data recording process at the time of the recording length Data Number is the amount of data the instrument will record on the target instrument Data Number will be automatically updated every time the Recording Length is updated The user is allowed to change the Data Number instead The Recording Length will also be updated automatically every time the value of the Data Number is updated In case that the user does not want to limit the leng
73. in Data Playback and Analysis Time Shift Time Shift is to shift the recorded data to the right or to the left on x axis in time domain by given a time offset Figure 7 35 shows the Time Shift wizard The user can either select a range of data by specifying the data range or the time range or simply clicking All Data to choose all the recorded data in the specific data file Then enter a number for Time Offset and click Calculate to calculate a new set of data which will be shown in the Data Navigation Window EY Time Shift 9 gi EX1629_00100 C AI Data Fi Lal EX 10484 00200 Data Range E A g 102 Time Range 1 01 Output Configuration Time Offset 0 0 FIGURE 7 33 TIME SHIFT WIZARD For example for Time Range from 2 to 102 with a given Time Offset 10 the new set of data will contain the data from 2 seconds to 102 seconds while the starting time of the new set of data becomes 12 seconds Interpolation Interpolation allows the user to construct new data points within the range of a discrete set of known data points Figure 7 36 shows the Interpolation wizard The user can either select a range of data by specifiying the data range or the time range Data Playback and Analysis www vtiinstruments com EN Interpolation B Ex1629 00100 B EX10484_00200 Time Range 2 27 Output Configuration Interpolation number Interpolation type Linear Interpolation Calculate FIGURE 7 34 INTER
74. ion Control Start Acquisition allows the user to start a data acquisition process on the enabled channels Stop Acquisition allows the user to stop the data acquisition process started before Zero Point allows the user to make the actual value on all enabled channels zero Start Recording allows the user to start the data recording process during data acquisition During recording all the data of the enabled channels will be saved There are couple ways for recording such as Manual Trigger Recording Signal Trigger Recording and Condition Trigger Recording Manual Trigger Recording triggers the data recording process by manually clicking the Start Recording button Signal Trigger Recording triggers the data recording process based on other signals Condition Trigger Recording triggers the recording process based on preset trigger conditions Stop Recording allows the user to stop the data recording started before which does not affect the data acquisition process Manual Snapshot allows the user to manually capture the data by clicking the snapshot button During data recording data can be stored in one single data file or multiple data files The user is allowed to specify the duration of each file and the total number of data files This feature is idle for applications that require to record a high volume of data as a very big size data file can take a very long time or is impossible to open By default EXLab stores data in one single fil
75. iple data files Figure 10 9 shows the Save Settings wizard Detailed Settings i Display Settings i Alarm Settings i Authority Settings Network Settings Save Settings Service Settings Recording Settings Storage File Format Binary Enable Multi File Recording 100 Cyde Storage Settings Enable Cyde Storage Single File Duration s 1 Number of Files in Cyde Storage Settings 2 FIGURE 10 9 SAVE SETTINGS WIZARD Storage File Format is the format that the recorded data will be saved during data recording processes The file format can be either binary EXLab or Tdms format Binary file format is the default format and should be the most useful format since the binary file format can be exported into EXLab format and CSV format For more information about exporting binary file into CSV format please refer to Section 8 Data Management EXLab format is mainly used in Data Playback and Analysis for post data analysis For more information about how the recorded data is used for post data analysis please refer to Section 7 Data Playback and Analysis As mentioned before recorded data can be stored into one single file or multiple files By enabling Multi File Recording the data will be saved into multiple files The user is allowed to set the duration of each file and the total number of files Please note that if the recorded data is more than the total number of this setting the oldest data will be replaced by the
76. ithms are integrated into a pre complied DLL file which is called by EXLab To manage the algorithms under the menu bar click Tools and choose Algorithm Management A wizard will be displayed as shown in Figure 13 5 116 Custom Algorithm WWW vtiinstruments com Algorithm Creation Parameter Settings DeltaRosetteA Name DeltaRosetteA Type DeltaRosetteA DeltaRosetteB RectangularRosetteA Delta Rosette RectangularRosetteB Delta Rosette Add Input Input Input Double Double Output Output Output FIGURE 13 5 ALGORITHM MANAGEMENT If it is empty when the wizard is open the algorithm has properly not been imported in EXLab yet To import the algorithms click Import Algorithm List and choose the XML format file A default algorithm XML format file is placed in the template folder under the EXLab installation folder called function xml Similar to the simpler algorithm setup to use this more complex algorithm a virtual system and at least one virtual channel are required Right click on a virtual system creating 1t by right clicking EXLab under Workspace and click Add Virtual System and click Add Fill in the information and click OK with Define Algorithm checked Go back to Channel Configuration and click on the Function tab at the bottom Then assign a channel name to each of the physical channel and the virtual channel that will be used in the custom algorithm Click the Browse button under the Expressio
77. l name host number and serial number For example ID EX1016A_01701 is an EX1016A with the host number 017 and the channel is the second channel channel is O based 01 is the second channel Enabled is to enable or disable the channel in the data acquisition process If the Enabled checkbox is checked EXLab will take measurement on the specific channel during data acquisition If the Enabled checkbox is not checked EXLab will not take measurement on the specific channel during data acquisition Channel Configuration 21 VTI Instruments Corp 22 Function is the signal type of the channel The function parameter can be Voltage Current Strain Frequency Temperature etc depending on what signal type the device supports Transducer is the type of transducer that is applied on the specific channel of the hardware It depends on the function of the channel Different function supports different transducer type Unit is the unit of the measured data Filter is the frequency of the filter applied on the specific channel Channel Name is the name that the user can assign to a specific channel of the instrument The channel name is further used in user defined algorithm of a virtual channel EU Engineering Unit is the unit of the engineering value after the value conversion Zero Enable is to enable disable to zero out the instrument prior to any measurement based on the environmental factors to obtain better data accuracy Ze
78. lay Components and choose a type under Graphs A typical strip chart display is shown in Figure 6 2 36 Raw data cunre Exc 629 _00100 5030 59 Start time 14 40 53 5040 BED Eag 00 r20 40 760 fou agg 520 340 260 FIGURE 6 2 STRIPCHART Snapshot www vtiinstruments com EXLab allows the user to set the color of the channel and the appearance for the graph display To set the properties of the graph display simply right click on the graph display choose Properties and click on Appearance Property It also allows the user to set whether to display Name and Value in the graph display the range of the X and Y axis the color of the numbers areas and so on as shown in Figure 6 3 Control Property Settings Display Settings Controls Drawing i Display the left side Curve Label Pl Name E Value Numerical Accuracy 1 Font Settings Length 20 Adaptive Axis visible Max 200 Axis Scale Master Minor Number im Calibration E Calibration Color Auto Major Tick gt Split Number Minor Tick Unit Length Benchmark Grid Settings gt E Home Grid E Sub Grid Tite Name Strip Chart FIGURE 6 3 STRIPCHART DISPLAY PROPERTIES DIGITAL READOUT Another type of data display 1s the Digital Readout Display The Digital Readout Display displays the data in numerical form Go to the Current Acquisition Data Displa
79. lect the EE specific label the drag label control is required to select a specific label and click on in the display toolbar and choose Delete Selected Label All labels within a graph can be removed at the same time by clicking and choose Delete All Label EXLab allows the user to zoom in or zoom out the graph When zooming into the graph a specific area is selected and the graph will be zoomed into the specific area To zoom into the graph either click on the icon in the display toolbar or right click on the graph and choose Zoom in Once zoom in is enabled the pointer of the mouse will change to an amplifier as shown in Figure 7 16 Left click and hold on the mouse then drag and drop to select an area to zoom in E EVLA CUTE FIGURE 7 16 ZOOM IN All data point can be displayed when the graph is zoomed in To display the data point when the graph is zoomed in right click on the graph and toggle the Display data when zoom in Once it is enabled when the graph is zoomed into a certain size data points will be displayed along with the graph Once the graph is zoomed in 1t can be zoomed out to enlarge the scale of the graph To do that right click on the graph and choose Zoom out To go back to the original size of the graph and curve simply click on Ed the display toolbar or right click on the graph and choose Zoom Default The graph will go back to the default scale as 1t 1s first opened EXLab supports Eyeview for the
80. ly the lead wire resistance value of the enabled channels will be imported or exported 108 Device Control www vtiinstruments com SECTION 12 TRANSDUCER LIBRARY TRANSDUCER LIBRARY Transducer Library allows the user to create new transducers to be used in the end user s application To access to the Library under the menu bar select Tools and choose Transducer Database The Transducer Library will be displayed as shown in Figure 12 1 Transducer Library and Signal Conditioner qus QU FIGURE 12 1 TRANSDUCER LIBRARY Custom Algorithm 109 VTI Instruments Corp In the Transducer Library all supported transducer types are displayed on the left The user can add a transducer of any available type into the library To add a transducer choose the transducer type on the left and click the Add button A wizard will be displayed as shown in Figure 12 2 Add Transducer Transducer Basic Information Calibration Signal Type Voltage The Last 44 98 9019 ype tag Calibration Time 11 28 Basic Unit WV Name Load Ceel Unit Type Voltage Input Unit yy Number SN256 Output Unit Pound Manufacturer VII i Conversion Coupling Mode AC Mode Linear Conversion Parameter Slope z Y Intercept 0 5 Conversion Formula y mx b Current formula y 2 x H0 5 Required field FIGURE 12 2 ADD TRANSDUCER In the Add Transducer wizard some of the information is required to be filled out
81. ly typed in order for the instrument to be added properly Change the last number of the string in the Remote Instrument Name where the number represents the slot number of the module in the mainframe For example inst0 represents the slot 0 controller where O means slot 0 Click OK twice and the instrument will be added After the controller is added switch cards and Dmm also need to be added Follow the same steps to add the switch cards and Dmm Again the last number of the instrument name represents the slot number of the module If the switch module is placed under slot 1 the string should be inst1 or inst2 if it is placed under slot 2 Dmm is at different slot for different chassis Please refer to the EX1200 Series User Manual to determine the slot of the Dmm Channel Configuration www vtiinstruments com LAN Instrument TCPIPO HOSTNAME NET COM INSTO II 5 Hostname hostname net com 9 IP address 10 240 eA 144 a 9 Remote instrument name instO Socket port number TCPIPO hostname net com instO INSTR Auto identify this instrument Instrument Web Interface FIGURE 2 7 ADD LAN INSTRUMENT After all the modules are added successfully the modules information will be shown under the LAN interface on the left as shown in Figure 2 8 Agilent Connec File Edit View YO Configuration Tools Help 2 Refresh All A Undo Properties Instrume
82. m OTD is to enable disable the feature of Open Transducer Detection on a specific channel Reference Channel is an advanced setting for adding a channel as cold junction reference channel Also supports Fill in the following channels for quick adding of reference channel to all channels in the channel configuration window Refer to Figure 3 3 amp Figure 3 4 KLab DAQ Channel Configuration lollies View Settings Device Control ica Cona Display Components jna Tools a f EXLab 4 TCPIPO gil EX1000A TC lt 1 gt m EX1048 lt 3 gt El Graphics a la ls JLo la Jia lo i A AAN I l E aaa aaa aaa 30000000000000000000000000 AAA AAA 0000000000000 E JE E Je JE ll Ji Jl Jl JE Dt Jl JE Dt Jl JNE Dt Je JNE Dt Ue JNE e te JN EJEJEJEJEJEJEJEJEJEJEJEJEJEJEJ6JEJEJEJEJEJ6J6 6 6 MA E ES E a a EE E EA z z EA a e EE DE E E at ham ae a EX1000A TC E FIGURE 3 3 SELECTING COLD JUNCTION REFERENCE CHANNEL ON Ea EXLab as TCPIPO 5 M8 EX1000A TC lt 1 gt pA EXLOA8 lt 3 gt L Graphics w y 310 ZIRS fa Jif Jia J la Jila la la fla fla la la Ja ie Jie Jila a Jie Jea iia fia y la falta Ji Jila Jla lo 7 B x B l Ka m x xl A ls 7 x x 7 ls x x B e y IIA Sia FIGURE 3 4 COLD JUNCTION REFERENCE CHANNEL FILL IN THE FOLLOWING CHANNELS For EX1629 Gain is the gain of the st
83. m each other Same Size sets multiple display controls to have the same size Snapshot www vtiinstruments com SECTION 7 DATA PLAYBACK AND ANALYSIS Data acquired from the data record process from the instruments can be played back in EXLab for further data analysis In order to playback the recorded data the data file must be in the EXLab file format tdmdf Make sure that the Storage File Format in Save Settings is set to either EXLab file format or binary file the binary file is in tdmbin file format which can be converted to tdmdf file format It is also possible to drag an entire folder from the Doc Manager into the playback windows When doing this EXLab displays all channels recorded within the folder ADD DATA CURVE Once data recording is done go to the Data Playback and Analysis tab Then go to the Doc Manager tab page and right click on the EXLab format file tdmdf you like to playback the data from The user can either choose to playback the data in the current page of Data Playback and Analysis or playback the data in a new playback page as shown in Figure 7 1 EXLab also allows the user to drap the data and drop it into the playback section on the right in order to display the specific data graph EX1629_00100 tdmdf EX1629 00101 tdmdf EX1629_00102 tdmdf EX1629_00103 tdmdf EX1629_00104 tdmdf EX1629_00105 tdmdf Export to Excel Add to Current Playback Page A
84. m synchronization Figure 10 5 shows the interface of the Trigger Bus Settings Trigger Bus Select synchronized instruments Select Master Device 7 1 EX1629 lt 140 gt W 1 EX1629 lt 40 gt F 8 EX1048A lt 8 gt Master Device 1 EX1629 lt 140 gt select all Deselect an Figure 10 5 Trigger Bus Settings In Trigger Bus Settings simply select the devices which require data synchronization on the left hand side It is recommended that all enabled instruments are connected with LXI trigger cables and terminators while the disabled instruments are not connecting to other instruments Please refer to the hardware user manual for more information on how to connect other LXI instruments with the LXI trigger cables and terminators After the enabled instruments are selected on the right hand side simply choose one of the enabled devices to be a master device Once these two sections are configured simply click OK Synchronization between the selected instruments will be performed automatically during data acquisition The setting can be modified anytime while EXLab is not doing data acquisition SERVICE SETTINGS Device Control Service Settings provides some options for the user to change the default style of EXLab Figure 10 6 shows the Service Settings wizard followed my descriptions of each item in Service Settings 95 VTI Instruments Corp 96 Display all channels in cient monitor Defaul
85. me MALOS 257 9 531 O 0 001219 2 30796 0 001210 2 30796 4024 20 9 44E 06 442015 7 57 9 531 0 0002 0 00063 2530816 0 00063 2 350816 MALOS 57 9 53 00004 0 00165 2 30836 0 00165 2 30636 HEN 3 4 2015 7 57 9 531 0 0006 0 00044 2 30856 0 00044 2 30656 J4 2013 757 9 53 0 0006 0 001341 2 50676 000134 2 30676 EN 402015 7 57 9 532 0 001 0 001222 2 30896 0 001222 2 30696 4635 6 9 44E 05 EN J4 2013 757 532 0 0012 0 00063 2 30916 0 00063 2 30916 3 4 2015 7 57 9 532 0 0014 0 00165 2530936 0 00165 2 30936 HALO 57 9532 0 0016 0 00043 2530956 0 00043 2 30956 12 3 4 2013 fara 9 532 0 0018 0 001344 2530976 0 001346 2 30976 HALO 757 9 533 0 002 0 001224 2 30996 0 001226 2 30996 4034 45 9 44E 05 31402015 7 57 9 533 0 0022 0 00063 2 31016 0 00062 2 31016 a4 2013 757 9 533 00024 0 00165 2 31036 0 00165 2 31036 3 4 2015 7 57 9 533 0 0026 0 00044 251056 0 00043 2 31056 1 3442013 for 9533 0 0026 0 001338 2 31076 0 001348 2 31076 3 4 2015 7 57 9 534 0 003 0 001216 2 31096 0 001225 2 51096 4634 49 9 44E 05 HALO TS 757 9 534 0 0032 0 00064 251116 0 00063 2 31116 3 4 2015 7 57 9 534 0 0034 0 00166 231136 0 00165 2 31136 MALOS 7507 9 534 0 0036 0 00044 251156 0 00044 2 31156 22 3 4 2013 T 9 534 0 0038 0 001331 2 51176 0001337 2 31176 MALOS F257 9535 0 004 0 001212 23119 0 001217 2 31196 4044 7 9 44E 00 31442015 7 57 9 535 00042 0 00064 2 31216 0 00063 2 31216 MALOS 757 9535 0 0044 0 00166 2531256 0 00166 2 31236
86. n can also be pasted into Microsoft Excel Word or Notepad By clicking Fill in The Following Channels it allows the user to set the same values of the current cell to the cells following to the current cell Copy CTRL C Paste CTRL V Search Channels Fill in The Following Channels Save Column Width Resume Default Column Width FIGURE 3 8 PASTE CONFIGURATION EXLab provides the Channel Search feature as well Simply highlight the channels you would like to perform the search operation right click on the highlighted section and click Search Channels The user can set one or more search condition to search for the desired channels ax Not Case Sensitive _ All Request Fulfilled ID Enable Ignore Spaces Between Characters Function Rel Operatio Comparison Value Transducer Range Unit Edit Conditions Delete Conditions FIGURE 3 9 SEARCH CHANNELS Channel Configuration 25 VTI Instruments Corp User can also undo or redo any channel configuration EXLab can save the latest previous 10 channel configurations IMPORT AND EXPORT EXLab allows the user to save channel configurations into the local drive and reload the saved channel configuration This is a great feature that can save the user a huge amount of time from channel configuration especially on a large system In order to save the channel configuration right click on the instrument you would like to export the configuration from
87. n column and assign any physical channel for the input type parameters and any virtual channel for the output type parameters For the parameters with other types they are simply constants and the user is allowed to assign a value to them If the default algorithm is not sufficient a new algorithm can be added into EXLab by VTI s software engineers easily upon request Please contact VTI Support if a new custom algorithm is required to be added into EXLab SAMPLING RATE In order for the virtual channels to correctly calculate the final values based on the acquired data returned from the instrument please make sure that the sampling rate of the virtual channel system is the same as the sampling rate of the actual instrument To set the sampling rate of the virtual system simply right click on the virtual system and choose Acquisition Settings and then change the Sampling Rate to the same value of the actual instrument as shown in Figure 13 6 Custom Algorithm 117 VTI Instruments Corp Sampling Rate Sa s 100 Scan Transfer Size 20 lb E Aaa 4 Scan Transfer Size the number of channel per scan lt 400 k data points Recording Length s 1000 Data Number Sa 100000 9 2 MB is required and 103 6 GB is FIGURE 13 6 ACQUISITION SETTINGS Custom Algorithm www vtiinstruments com APPENDIX A BINARY DATA FILE THE FORMAT OF BINARY DATA FILE The binary data file contains 3 main parts Header
88. nents under the menu bar and choose one of the Meter Display A typical Meter Display is shown in Figure 6 8 Meter Control EX1629_00111 EX1629_00117 AHD y SOM H U S000 E O L Li US ODO 1 al y OOOO d 2020 4 wStrain d d 1895 4 uStrain d FIGURE 6 8 METER DISPLAY The user can set alarm and warning in the Meter Displays Right click on the Meter Display and choose Properties In the Meter properties the user can set the upper and lower limit values of the scale alarm and warning in the Alarm Settings tab 40 Snapshot Snapshot WWW vtiinstruments com In the Display Settings tab the user can set the basic information the type of data and different colors of the Meter Display as shown in Figure 6 9 Also in the Other Settings tab the user is allowed to set the display accuracy scale interval values and other appearance settings as shown in Figure 6 10 Control Properties Display Item Settings Raw data Minimum Column Font E Average F Maximun Pointer Color Settings Area Color Settings Normal Normal ZZ Alarm A Alarm A Warning Warning FIGURE 6 9 METER DISPLAY PROPERTIES DISPLAY SETTINGS 41 VTI Instruments Corp Control Properties Accuracy Scale Interval Settings 8 Auto Master Scale Split number Minor Scale 9 Unit length Benchmark Font Color Settings Control Display Mode Value Font Arial FIGURE 6 10 METER DISPL
89. newest data in the loop Old data will not be able to be retrieved back once it is replaced by new data To avoid any data lost issue the user needs to ensure that the recording length of a specific instrument matches the total amount of time in this setting For example if the recording length of an EX1629 is set to be 200 seconds the number of the Single File Duration x Number of Files needs to be equal to 200 seconds The user is allowed to set Single File Duration to 50 seconds and Number of Files to 4 files to make the total time to be 200 seconds Or the user is allowed to set Single File Duration 99 VTI Instruments Corp to 100 seconds and Number of Files to 2 files to make the total time to be 200 seconds The user is free to setup any combination In case that the recording length is less than the total time in this setting or the recording process is stopped before it is done automatically the last binary file will be closed automatically while all previous data files contain the specified Single File Duration amount of time of data Please note that multiple file recording only supports binary file format To understand more about the format of the binary file please refer to Appendix A EXLab also supports Tdms format which allows the data from different models of instruments to be exported into one single file Unlike the binary format once data is recorded data from all the instruments will be saved into one single Tdms form
90. nstrument protocol SICL LAN Connect timeout 5000 Milliseconds LAN maximum timeout 120 Seconds Client delta timeout 5 Seconds Log LAN connection errors SICL interface ID Logical unit FIGURE 2 2 LAN INTERFACE A LAN Interface will be shown on the left as shown in Figure 2 3 Agilent Connection Exe Ss File Edit View I O Configuration Tools Help RefreshAll A Undo 2 Properties Instrument I O on this PC KIT PC EE A pid PXIO aa 9 USBO FIGURE 2 3 A NEWLY ADDED LAN INTERFACE Channel Configuration www vtiinstruments com If the hardware is configured properly the Agilent Connection Expert should be able to detect the hardware automatically Simply check the detected hardware you like to add into the Agilent Connection Expert and click OK as shown in Figure 2 4 Instrument Automatically find and Seleci Address IP MAC Host Description Web Page identify local 10 240 47 17 VXI 11 instruments A local 00 0d 3f 01 18 3a EXI016A Web Page instrument is one on the same subnet as any of the network interfaces in the computer FIGURE 2 4 ADD LAN INSTRUMENTS The Agilent Connection Expert will then connect to the instrument and the instrument is successfully added at this point The instrument will be shown under the LAN Interface as shown in Figure 2 5 Agilent Connecti per file Edit View I O Configuration Tools
91. nt I O on this PC Refresh All KIT PC ay COM3 ASRL3 EES LAN TCPIPO ME ex1200 dmm 10 240 47 144 ME ex1200 3048 10 240 47 144 ME EX1262 10 240 47 144 E Pxio deen sa USBO FIGURE 2 8 LAN INSTRUMENTS Channel Configuration 17 VTI Instruments Corp ADDING INSTRUMENTS INTO EXLAB Prior to data acquisition on the hardware the hardware must be added and recognized by EXLab To add the instrument in EXLab under the menu bar click Tools and choose Instrument Discovery A wizard will be displayed as shown in Figure 2 9 Please note that prior to this process the hardware needs to be added and recognized by the Agilent Connect Manager Always Show This Window FIGURE 2 9 DEVICE SEARCH INTERFACE After the hardware is properly configured in the Agilent Connection Manager simply click the Search button to search for the hardware The searching process might take some time based on the number of hardware on the network All hardware added in the Agilent Connect Manager should be displayed in the list in the wizard as shown in Figure 2 10 TCPIPO 10 1 4 3 ims5t0 1N VXI Technology No Access TCPIP0 10 1 4 97 instO L YT Instuments No Access TCPIPO ex 122760a vtinst 4 Always Show This Window FIGURE 2 10 DEVICE SEARCH FINISHED 18 Channel Configuration WWW vtiinstruments com To add the hardware simply check the checkbox next to the specific hardware and click OK
92. nts Corp Control Properties Alarm Settings Display Settings Other Settings Accuracy Settings Accuracy Scale Interval Settings Auto Master Scale Split number Minor Scale Unit length Benchmark Font Color Settings Control Display Mode Value Font FIGURE 6 16 SLIDER DISPLAY PROPERTIES OTHER SETTINGS DISTRIBUTION GRAPH Distribution Display displays data in a grid To create a Distribution Display go to the Current Acquisition Data Display page click on Display Components under the menu bar and choose Distribution Graph A Distribution Display will be created A typical Distribution Display is shown in Figure 6 17 FIGURE 6 17 DISTRIBUTION DISPLAY The user is allowed to assign different channels in different cells Also the user can set the number of row and column the color of the grid the value accuracy and the appearance of the display 46 Snapshot LABEL Snapshot www vtiinstruments com Grid Settings Row E W Display NES Column 6 Fonts Mame Font Value Font Background Picture FIGURE 6 18 DISTRIBUTION DISPLAY PROPERTIES By right clicking the Distribution Display and clicking on Empty Cell the assigned channel will be deleted from the cell A background image is allowed to be added into the Distribution Display This allows the user to distribute channels into different places on the image This feature is good for applications that have a lot of channels and i
93. o stop acquisition 0f000005 Information Acquire Thread a O 15 01 40 220 Stop acquisition 0f000006 Information Acquire Thread v lt m j gt Ready Data Acquisition System State MTB car mum scr UNAS FIGURE 5 1 DATA SNAPSHOT The position of the channels in the Snapshot tab can be arranged The Up Top Down and Bottom buttons allows the user to arrange the channel position in the table in the Snapshot page The Up bottom move the channel one row up the Down button move the channel one row down the Top button place the channel on the top of the table and the Bottom button move the channel to the bottom of the table as shown in Figure 5 2 i j g 3 FIGURE 5 2 CHANNEL POSITION ADJUSTMENT Snapshot 33 VTI Instruments Corp 34 The user can set the path of the snapshot data file as shown in Figure 5 3 Click the Browse button to find the desired path The snapshot data file will be placed in the desired path after snapshot The snapshot file can be open anytime by clicking the Open button Path C Program Files x86 1WWTI EXLabWEXLab record WEXLab nana Open FIGURE 5 3 SNAPSHOT STORAGE PATH SETTINGS The user can click the Initialize button to clear all the previous snapshot data in the table and start over the snapshot process again The previous snapshot data will be erased and will not be shown in the table However the previous snapshot data file will be saved automatically while a new snapshot file is created Th
94. on of the display The Arrange Toolbar is shown in Figure 1 6 Please refer to Controls Arrangement in Section 6 for more information Introduction to EXLab 11 VTI Instruments Corp 12 ES FIGURE 1 6 ARRANGE TOOLBAR The Tool Toolbar allows the user to quickly access to different functions such as EU conversion transducer library and algorithm management The Tool Toolbar is shown in Figure 1 7 2A fiv FIGURE 1 7 TOOL TOOLBAR Workplace is to display the structure tree of the real and virtual devices Real devices are the real hardware that is added into the Agilent IO and EXLab Virtual devices are simulated instruments that are not existed and just for instrument simulation purpose It also contains the structure tree of the acquired data set under the document manager Output is to display various command information during device connection and data acquisition Status is to display acquisition and record status Introduction to EXLab www vtiinstruments com SECTION 2 DEVICE SEARCH AND ADD DEVICES DATA ACQUISITION HARDWARE INSTALLATION Please see the data acquisition hardware s user manual for a detailed description of how to install configure and operate the hardware products ADDING INSTRUMENTS INTO AGILENT IO SUITE After installation of the data acquisition hardware it is necessary to initially announce the hardware modules to the suite of Agilent IO software program that should be inst
95. ort the binary data file into EXLab format Once the binary data file is exported into EXLab format one EXLab format file will be created for each enabled channels as shown in Figure 8 4 Workspace a i EXLab1 D EX1629 1 EX1629 00100 tdmdtf EX1629_00101 tdmdf Ex1629 00102 tdmdf i A EX1629 00103 tdmdtf ExX16 49 00104 tdrmdtf Ex1629 00105 tdmdf 4 E Ex1629 00106 tdradf EX1629 00107 tdmdtf EX1629 00108 tdmdtf EX1629 00109 tdmdtf Ex1629 00110 tdmdtf EX1629 00111 tdmdf Ex1629 00112 tdmdf EX1629_00113 tdmdf EX1629_00114 tdrmdf Ex1629 00115 tdmdf MI FIGURE 8 4 EXPORT BINARY FILE INTO EXLAB FORMAT FILES For each EXLab format file the user is allowed to export it into text format file or Excel format file Also the user can export the EXLab format file into the DataPlayback and Analysis tab For more information about DataPlayback and Analysis please refer to Section 7 Data Playback and Analysis In case that there are more than one binary data files in a folder you can right click on such folder and choose Export all binary files into EXLab format in order to export all the binary files in the folder to EXLab format files Figure 8 5 shows the popup menu when right clicking the EXLab format file Data Management WWW vtiinstruments com Workspace X 4 Channel Configuration EXL eu EXLab Data i i Testl Er Ji EX1629 1 _0000 Ea _t
96. otal rows of data exported in one sheet within the Excel file For example if there are totally 5005 data by setting Rows per sheet to 1000 there will be 6 sheets in the Excel file each of which contains 1000 data points except that the 6 sheet contains only 5 data points Also the user can check or uncheck the checkbox in the Output Attribute setting to determine what information to be exported in the Excel file The user is also allowed to export the binary format data file into an I Deas ATI format file This I Deas ATI format file is implemented in a DSA Dynamic Signal Analysis software called Test for I Deas By using this file format EXLab can be used acquire high speed data with DSA hardware in binary format Then the user can export this time domain data acquired from EXLab into an I Deas ATI format file Then the user can import the exported I Deas ATI format file into Test for I Deas and uses the build in DSA tools to analyze the data Simply right click on the binary file click on Export to I Deas ATI Format choose the destination path of the file and click OK to export the binary format file into an I Deas ATI format file In addition to the file formats mentioned above there is a file format called Tdms which allows the data from different models of instruments exported into one single CSV file Please refer to Section 10 Settings and Options for more information about how to set the file type to Tdms format Unlike binary and EX
97. ply choose the range of data to be cut off and click Calculate to create a new set of data Figure 7 38 shows the Data Slice wizard 72 Data Playback and Analysis www vtlinstruments com A Data slice B Ex1629 00100 B EX1048A_00200 FIGURE 7 36 DATA SLICE WIZARD FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS EXLab provides different frequency domain analysis algorithms such as FFT Fast Fourier Transform and spectral analysis to the user to do post data analysis on recorded data A new set of data will be created and shown in the Data Navigation Window in Data Playback and Analysis based on the settings in a given wizard FFT EXLab takes the specific time domain data from the recorded data file and through complicated calculations transfer them into frequency domain data Data will then be avaeraged and converted into RMS Root Mean Square PSD Power Spectral Density or CPSD Cross Spectral Density data file Figure 7 39 shows the FFT wizard Data Playback and Analysis 73 VTI Instruments Corp 74 FFT Analysis Parameter Configuration E EX1629 00100 Average Number O ivf gl EX1048A_00200 Windows Average Type Overlap Rate 0 1 Bandwidth Hz Spectral Number RMS PSD cPsD Fx 1629 00100 EX1629 00100 FIGURE 7 37 FFT WIZARD The user can specify the range of the data on the left in the Source section and setup parameters on the right in the Parameter Configuration section The user is allowed to
98. ply right click on the Data Playback and Analysis page and click on Graph Properties to access different settings General allows the user to set the side where the legend 1s shown the background and font color of the legend the background color text color and the title of the graph area the line color label color and tick color of the axis The General Properties wizard is shown in Figure 7 24 Data Playback and Analysis 63 VTI Instruments Corp 64 E Graph Properties A Ss General Property Item General Legend X axis Setting Y axis Setting Grid Line Label Advanced Single Cursor Info Double Cursor Info Double Cursor Distar Information Eyeview Lane Cursor Move Plot Area Display Background Color Caption Color Caption Text Axis Tick Axis Line Color Axis Label Color Axis Tick Color Cursor Setting Cursor Color MIMO Cursor Ste Cross Pont te Presta apo la lema FIGURE 7 24 GENERAL PROPERTIES X Axis and Y Axis Setting allows the user to set the start and the end value of the X axis and Y axis scale respectively In the middle if the Auto Division checkbox is checked the scale of the X axis and Y axis will be divided evenly Major Scale is the number of scale divider in the graph and Minor Scale is the number of scale divider between each pair of Major Scales In the Boarder Style section the user can set the width of the scale and the number of digit displayed in the s
99. rain gage in the specific channel Channel Configuration 23 24 VTI Instruments Corp Excitation is to enable or disable the excitation EX1629 provide to the strain gage When this 1s enabled the user can specify the value of Negative Excitation and Positive Excitation the EX1629 provides to the strain gage Also if there is a mismatch in the measured and specified excitation values it 1s indicated by RED font and if the values of both measured and specified match it is indicated by GREEN Font Refer to Figure 3 5 Excitation Exc Megative Excitation Positive Excitation 3 00 ttation 4 000595 e 3 00 Excitation Excitation Negative Excitation Positive Excitation 4 000595 vy 2 00 2 00 FIGURE 3 5 EXCITATION CONFIGURATION WITH MISMATCH INDICATION Gauge Factor is the value of the Gauge Factor of the strain gage of the specific channel in EX1629 Shunt Calibration Result is a checkbox indication Checked means the channel passed the Shunt Calibration and Unchecked means the channel failed the Shunt Calibration test Refer to Figure 3 6 Shunt Calibration Result a FIGURE 3 6 SHUNT CALIBRATION TEST RESULT Leadwire Resistance is the value of the leadwire resistance of the specific channel in EX1629 The result of Leadwire Resistance Test will be indicated in the checkbox Unchecked means channel failed Leadwire Resistance Test and Checked means the channel passed Leadwire Resistance Test Refer to Figure 3 7
100. re met again This number will be reset in a new data acquisition process Trigger DueTime s The time in second when the first event is generated For example if this is set to 5 the first event will be generated 5 seconds after the data acquisition process starts Trigger Period s The time interval in second between each event For example if this 1s set to 6 whenever an event is generated the next event cannot be generated within 6 seconds The second part of the event management is Event Handler There are two types of event handlers Output and System Event Handler is basically the action after an assigned event is generated Multiple handlers can be setup to achieve a complex data acquisition operations For Output events whenever the assigned event is generated EXLab will send out a value setup by the user in the Output Value attribute to the assigned Output Channel which can be any DIO channel or any physical output channel from connected instruments Figure 9 5 shows the Output Handler in Event Management 88 Event Management www vtiinstruments com Event Management Select Event Handler Property Setting g Output Froperty al Output Handler 2 E Wy Output Handler 3 PT Wh Output Handler 4 Event ID Asynchronous Hold Time s Output Channel Output Value ES system Di Stop acquisition JP Start measurement PL Stop measurement JU Save min amp max E Take snapshot JU Zero measurement
101. rite a description to describe the project It is useful to determine the project when there are more than one project ACQUISITION SETTINGS Acquisition Settings allows the user to set the sampling rate and recording length of each connected instrument in the project Figure 10 3 shows the Acquisition Settings wizard 92 Device Control Device Control www vtlinstruments com Acquisition Settings Module Type Select EX1629 EX1629 Select Module Acquisition Parameters Settings Sampling Rate 5afs 10000 Enea Ex1629 lt 1 gt f Scan Transfer Size 2000 Scan Transfer Size the number of channel per scan lt 400 k data points Record Settings Recording Length s 200 Data Number Sa 2000000 PreRecording Length s 9 747 8 MB is required and 81 9 GB is availa Apply to Other Similar Type Modules FIGURE 10 3 ACQUISITION SETTINGS WIZARD By choosing a module type in the Module Type Select dropdown menu a group of instruments with the same type will be displayed in the Select Module section For example if there are two EX1629 and two EX10xxA instruments in the project by selecting EX1629 in the Module Type Select all the EX1629 in the project will be shown in the Select Module section Same thing applies on EX10xxA If EX10xxA is selected for the module type all EX10xxA series instruments will be shown in the Select Module section In the list of the instruments in the Select Module the user can hig
102. rne rater eer E ri Ter enry Crane E rer rir Onree ect rect ttre tery rer rr cer eee trier Te 26 SECTION Aunt latin 29 Data ACQUISITION a ER E sisiEs 29 SECTION id A di AE ENES 33 O nasn inane a Gureetdeeaaenuieehasd 33 SECTION Daria AA T T O 35 Grapmca Data Dispara lacado tito lino lalola ls 35 Ada DIS PIA W ad oda 35 COTAS a oa 36 Di ata RETUO U ena NO 37 l stantane ous Vaer E E E 39 AP RR RR 40 FAS OOF AMI OE ORO A RR 42 SITO E o o O 44 POG OT UO IG LA Maes sete ssaucmatetceanecs acters 00 E A E ead 46 A O ecg aa lon aude ang noe ar saaewlaneucateaennes 47 KNO agree revere tere rte Prete ere te a ter re NO Reem ert Coe PRC ST RP Cre PRON RAT Rene Sere meer SRR nian rene mee mee re 48 O A 49 Asson Channels to Displays oi 49 Data Display ArranCCimMen A emrehi sess ts saat nah xileomieg ocio 50 SECTION Tic A a A A A OI E E O a 51 Data Playback and Atal SIS oa cidcid 51 Add Da CNE a rn T E N N 51 Dere ata Cy A PA A A UE 0 O N 52 Cue T TOPET E par T E E 53 CUES OL aa 0 O RR O 53 2 EX Lab Series Preface WWW vtiinstruments com PR einen neem ca uen ie nce maar E ES 54 SA A E 56 IVA Te eB ATA lla Dela alitas dildos eo 57 FOO Aes Mende Ga che isso A Natta E Po OO E II eudeentimenlciea 59 EJEVIEW a dca secon capa A A a in 59 Data Tormo ARA 60 DARE PO aaa A A Ra E 62 a E E EEE E A E A N E N E E wan A A A NT E N E N ican cotancmicnent 63 PEOD E S 2 E E A A T E 63 DE A a a A aa eee 69 Pretreatment doi il lit doll 70 Frequency DO m
103. ro Point Edit is to manually set the zero point Right Click on the channel and select on editing zero value Manually Set The Zero Point EX1629_06400 lt 1 gt 0 002 Cancel FIGURE 3 2 ZERO POINT EDIT Slope Offset is the slope and offset of the measured data All measured data is calculated based on the equation Data x Slope Offset The value of Slope and Offset can affect the final value of the displayed data Alarm High Low is the range of the level of the alarm of the specified channel used in data display Warning High Low is the range of the level of the warning of the specified channel used in data display Display Scale High Low is the upper and lower limits of the range of the measured data of the specific channel used in data display Global ID is the user defined number of the channel used for channel grouping Some channel properties only apply on a specific instrument The properties are described in the following For EX10xx Advanced is the advanced settings of the specific channel Different advanced settings can be set based on the function of the specific channel For temperature measurement it 1s used to set the CJC properties Range is the range of the data that can be measured on a channel Different functions have different range values Please refer to the instrument user manual for more information about the range for different functions Channel Configuration www vtiinstruments co
104. s generated EXLab will stop the current data recording process If EXLab is not currently recording data no actions will be performed Event Management 89 VTI Instruments Corp Save min amp max Whenever the assigned event is generated EXLab will create a file that saves the minimum and maximum values under the Data File Path found in the project settings If EXLab is not currently acquiring data no actions will be performed Take snapshot Whenever the assigned event is generated EXLab will perform a snapshot Zero measurement Whenever the assigned event is generated EXLab will perform zero point measurement If EXLab is not currently acquiring data no actions will be performed The only attribute that needs to be set in order for System Event Handler to do tasks is Event ID The Event ID is the ID of the event which lists all the events from the Event tab Whenever such assigned event is generated the Event Handler will do the particular task Figure 9 6 shows the setup wizard of the Start Recording System Event Handler Event Management Select Event Handler Property Setting E ola Output H 4 a 1 E i 5 Start measurement Sr E Stop measurement S EAE Save min max Srl py 1 Take snapshot r E Zero measurement FIGURE 9 6 START RECORDING SYSTEM EVENT HANDLER 90 Event Management www vtiinstruments com SECTION 10 SETTINGS AND OPTIONS There are several settings under the menu bar
105. s only showing a marker and the other one is to show the markers with the value of the data point The second part of the Advanced Settings is to set the default settings By checking the Continue to Zoom check box whenever after the user perform a zoom operation using the amplifier in the control toolbar it will remain using the zoom mouse pointer If it is not checked the mouse pointer will change back to the previous type of mouse pointer after you perform a zoom operation using the amplifier The user can enable or disable the Eyeview as default The user can also set the default display mode and default cursor style so that when a new playback page is created they will be set as default The Advanced Settings wizard is shown in Figure 7 29 Data Playback and Analysis WWW vtiinstruments com Advanced Zoom Settings Enable Markers When Zoom Number of Markers When Zoom 20 Enable Markers with Values When Zoom Advanced Single Cursor Info Double Cursor Info Double Cursor Distar Information Continue to Zoom Number of Markers with Values 20 Default Settings Eyeview Lane Cursor Move Enable Eyeview ota oo de ot je Advanced Display Setting Enable Themes FIGURE 7 29 ADVANCED SETTINGS Single Cursor Properties wizard allows the user to set if the cursor shows X axis value Y axis value both XY axis value or does not show any value during Single Cursor mode The user can also enabl
106. s very convenient for the user to clearly differentiate channels in different places on the test object In the Current Acquisition Data Display page the user can add a custom label on the page It is useful when there are too many displays on the page and it can be used to clearly describe the specific display or a group of displays To create a label in the Current Acquisition Data Display page click on Display Components under the menu bar and choose Label A Label will be created on the page A typical Label is shown in Figure 6 19 EXLab Label FIGURE 6 19 LABEL The user can set any text to the Label To set the text right click on the Label and choose Properties A small window will be popped up and the user can type the desired texts into the textbox The user can also set the font style and the background color displayed on the Label as shown in Figure 6 20 47 VTI Instruments Corp TIMER 48 EXLab Label FIGURE 6 20 LABEL SETTINGS The Timer allows the user to count the time based on the preset timing conditions To create a Timer go to the Current Acquisition Data Display page click on Display Components under the menu bar and choose Timer A Timer will be created A typical Timer is shown in Figure 6 21 Timer OOOO OOO FIGURE 6 21 TIMER In the property settings the user can set the name of the display the timing conditions and the appearance of the display as shown in Figure 6 22 When the data of the a
107. sion checked on the right in the wizard The virtual channels will be added under the virtual system in the workspace area as shown in Figure 13 2 Custom Algorithm WWW vtiinstruments com Workspace IX a a EXLab d a TCPIPO O B EX108A lt 1 gt ia skrishnappa lt lt Wirtual gt E Virtual ae VCH_001 e VCH_002 gue VCH 003 FIGURE 13 2 VIRTUAL CHANNELS After adding the virtual channels the user can now define the algorithm for the channels To do that go back to the Channel Configuration page At the bottom of the Channel Configuration page click on the Expression tab and the virtual channels will be shown in the page as shown in Figure 13 3 Channel Configuration EALabl Configuration View Snapshot Current Acquisition Data Display Data Playback and Ani Inde oD Enable Sample Rate Blocksize Channel Narne Expression o voo 7 i000 x vamo O 1 VCH 001 E 100 0 20 VCHOL C J 2 VCH 002 pa 100 0 20 VCHO2 mm 3 VCH 003 t 100 0 20 VCHO3 m 4 VCH_004 E 100 0 20 VCHO4 am ae 1 ma S EX100A Time Expression FIGURE 13 3 VIRTUAL CHANNELS Before adding the formula the user needs to assign a Channel Name to the physical channel and the virtual channel Simply go back to the hardware tab in Channel Configuration and assign a name under the Channel Name column for the channel you would like to use for calculation Then go back to the Expression tab and assign a channel name for the virtual you would like
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109. ssigned channel is within the range of the timing condition the Timer will start counting and it will stop when the data is out of the range of the timing condition Choose Single Trigger when this operation is required to operate only once otherwise choose Multiple Trigger By right clicking the Timer there are options for the user to manually start or stop the timing process Zero Out makes the time back to zero Snapshot WWWw vtiinstruments com Display Settings Title Tite Name Title Font Arial Tide Color A Number Height 26 Input Level Range 10 lt gt 10 8 Single Trigger 5 Multiple Triggers Color Settings a Running Color ae Starting Color Stopping Color _ a FIGURE 6 22 TIMER PROPERTIES ALARM An Alarm can be used to alert or warn the user based on the data of the assigned channel To create an Alarm go to the Current Acquisition Data Display click on Display Components under the menu bar and choose one of the Alarm Displays An Alarm will be created A typical Alarm is shown in Figure 6 23 EXZ1000TC_00600 FIGURE 6 23 ALARM Right click on the Alarm and click Properties The user can set the upper lower limits of the scale alert and warning values The color of different state can also be set to make the Alarm to display different colors in different levels ASSIGN CHANNELS TO DISPLAYS Before the data can be shown in any display component at least one channel
110. t Module Ea EXLab Acquisition Parameters Settings Sampling Rate Sa s Scan Transfer Size 20 Scan Transfer Size the number of channel per scan lt 400 k data points Record Settings Recording Length s 36000 Data Number Sa 3600000 PreRecording Length s 0 1 3 GB is required and 84 3 GB is available Apply to Other Similar Type Modules FIGURE 4 3 ACQUISITION SETTINGS In some cases the recording length might not be the same as the total time of multi file recording For example if the single file duration is 3600 seconds the total number of data files is 10 and the recording length is 72000 seconds by the time EXLab records data at 36000 seconds the data at O seconds will be replaced by the data at 36000 seconds In other words the newest data which exceeds the limit of multi file recording setting will replace the oldest data 32 Snapshot WWW vtiinstruments com SECTION 5 SNAPSHOT EXLab provides a feature for the user to snapshot the data during the acquisition process The user can snapshot the data manually or set conditions to snapshot the data automatically using Event Management Section 9 The Snapshot tab 1s shown in Figure 5 1 File View Settings Device Control Acquisition Control Display Components Alignment Tools Help Workspace v X 4 Channel Configuration EXLab4 Configuration View n UISITION Late I
111. t is to display configured channel El Display all recorded data in the Document Manager section Pl Reset the zero point values when data acquisition process starts Pl Record data only on channels which have a channel name assigned Disable timestamp Always ask the user to choose a recent project when EXLab is open Use user defined data file name Enable setup during data exportation FIGURE 10 6 SERVICE SETTINGS WIZARD Enable unlimited duration for data recording If checked recording Length in Acquisition Settings will be ignored EXLab will allow the data recording process to run until the user stops the data recording process This setting 1s applied on all connected instruments in EXLab If unchecked the data recording process of a specific instrument will be stopped according to the recording length of such instrument Display all channels in client monitor This setting only applies when there is at least one client which monitors data during data acquisition processes This is a setting in the server side which If unchecked the client s can only view the data on channels which a channel name is assigned in the server side If checked the client side can monitor data from all the channels Display all recorded data in the Document Manager section If checked the acquired data from all previous projects created before since the installation of EXLab will also be displayed in the Document Manager sec
112. th of the data recording process the user is allowed to ignore the recording length setting by checking the Unlimited duration data records checkbox under Service Settings in Tools gt Options under the menu bar 93 VTI Instruments Corp The user is also allowed to set the time of PreRecording length to allow EXLab to record data prior to the data recording process Once the data acquisition process starts the user 1s allowed to start the data recording process anytime or the data recording process will be started based on external signal such as signal from DIO or any system trigger signal If the PreRecording length is set to a positive number the specified amount of data before the data recording data starts can also be recorded EXLab will automatically calculate and show the user how much memory spaces the computer would need for all the recorded data and also the total available memory spaces in the computer To save time from the user to set the same settings on more than one instrument in the same type the user 1s allowed to click the Apply to Other Similar Type Modules button to apply the same settings on the other instruments in the same type in the project TRIGGER SETTINGS 94 Trigger Settings allows the user to set conditions to trigger the data acquisition process on each instruments The default setting is Immediate which means the data acquisition process will always start when the user clicks the Start Data Acquisition
113. tion If unchecked only the data within the same project will be displayed in the Document Manager section Reset the zero point values when data acquisition process starts If checked the zero point value from each channel will be reset at the beginning of each data acquisition process If unchecked the zero point value from each channel will remain the previous value Device Control www vtiinstruments com Record data only on channels which have a channel name assigned If checked EXLab will only record data on the enabled channels which have a channel name assigned to it If unchecked EXLab will record data on all enabled channels regardless of the channel name setting Disable timestamp If checked the time information will not be recorded If unchecked the time information will be recorded on the instruments which support timestamp Always ask the user to choose a recent project when EXLab is open If checked EXLab will always pop up a window to ask if the user would like to open an existing project If unchecked such dialog will not be shown up when the user opens EXLab User user defined data file name If checked whenever data acquisition process starts EXLab asks the user to type in a test name If unchecked EXLab will assign an unused name for the user whenever data acquisition process starts and it will not pop up any dialog Enable setup during data exportation When a tdmbin binary data file is export
114. tion of 13 long 52 4 the data section Not useful for the user if read only section E unsigned long a 4 The number of the data packages number of the data The number of the data packages The index of the first value in the package The first index of the first ec tone package 1s always 1 If more than one package the first index will be the last index of the last package plus one The number of data in the last data 17 unsigned long 4 package 18 ions 79 4 The index of the time channel 1 means there is no time channel 19 ine 76 4 User defined message Not useful for the user 1f read only The channel information portion of the binary file contains 2 parts name and unit The offset of the channel information depends on the offset of the position of the channel information section in the data package which is index 12 in the above table The length of the channel information is 56 x the number of channels which is index 4 in the above table while Name occupies 50 bits and Unit occupies 6 bits The last portion of the binary file is the data information section The offset of the data information depends on the value of the offset of the position of the data section which is index 12 in the table above The length of the data information section is The number of channel x The number of index 7 in the table above x The number of data packages 1 the number of channels x the number of data in the last package
115. to Peak and RMS PSD The Spectral Analysis wizard is shown in Figure 7 40 Spectral Analysis Parameter Configuration 19 8 EX1629_00100 9 8 EX1048A_00200 Average Count 0 Average Type Linearity Average Overlap Rate 0 1 Bandwidth Hz Spectral Number Windows Pl All Data Data Range Analysis Method 102 325 PF ams Psp Time Range Pl Peak EuD 1 01 PeaktoPeak RMSPSD FIGURE 7 38 SPECTRAL ANALYSIS WIZARD FILTER ANALYSIS EXLab allows the user to apply filter and do filtering on the recorded data The user can customize a filter in Filter Manager wizard When doing filtering on the recorded data the user can apply the customized filter to perform the filtering process and create a new set of data which will be shown in the Data Navigation Window in Data Playback and Analysis Filter Manager There are predefined filters available by default including IIR Butterworth Filter FIR haming Window IIR Chebyshew Filter FIR Rectangle Window and IIR Elliptic Filter To save time from setting up filter configuration the user is allowed to create and configure a new set of data for future use The followings explain each section in the Filter Manager Response Type The response type of the filter which can be Low Pass High Pass Band Pass and Band Stop Design Method To choose how the filter responds to shock either Infinite Shock Response or Finite Shock Respoonse Filter Attribute
116. to use Note that Channel Name needs to be unique to avoid any conflict Click on the Browse button in the Express column A wizard will be display as shown in Figure 13 4 Custom Algorithm 115 VTI Instruments Corp Expressions Management Virtual Channel list Measure Channel list CH1 CH2 95 2 3 HEE SEER EEE EEE HEE JEJEJE EEE acos log mean Exam rt FIGURE 13 4 EXPRESSIONS MANAGEMENT In the Expressions Management wizard the channel names assigned to the hardware channels and the virtual channels are shown There are some simple operations and a number pad provided to the user The user can combine them to create a formula For example in the case CHI CH2 0 95 represents that the data of the virtual channel VCH1 will be the data of the hardware channel CH1 subtracted by the data of the hardware channel CH2 and multiply by 0 95 After the formula has been set up the user can click the Verify Current button to verify the syntax of the formula In order to edit another virtual channel the user can simply select one of the virtual channels on the left and click edit When the formula is done and verified the user can view it on the expression tab on the channel configuration screen For some of the custom algorithms a normal number pad with some simple operations is not sufficient EXLab provides another way for the user to use more complex custom algorithms on virtual channels In this way the algor
117. ursors during Double Cursor mode will be displayed in a small window The Double Cursor Properties wizard 1s shown in Figure 7 31 Property Item Double Cursor Info Legend Point Snap Close Point Snapshot X axis Setting Y axis Setting Display Content Settings Style Settings Grid Line Show X Value Font Color MO Label i Back Color Jo Kidi Show Y Value L Single Cursor Info Show XY Value Show Border V Double Cursor Info 9 Show no Value Transparent Double Cursor Distar a Position Settings Format Setting Eyeview Lane X Offset 0 X Prefix Label X Cursor Move Y Prefix Label Y X Digits 1 Y Position 9 Middle Y Digits Y Offset 9 l J Top Display Absolution Time E Bottom Display Absolution Date F T Show double cursor distance in info window FIGURE 7 31 DOUBLE CURSOR PROPERTIES Eyeview Lane Properties wizard allows the user to set the height the highlight color the background color and the curve color of the Eyeview display The Eyeview Lane Properties wizard 1s shown in Figure 7 33 Property Item Eyeview Lane General Eyeview Lane Display Legend Eyeview Height 30 X axis Setting Yan Seting oor MOM Grid Line us pacround coor TN Advanced Single Cursor Info Double Cursor Info Double Cursor Distar Information Eyeview Lane Cursor Move FIGURE 7 2 EYEVIEW LANE PROPERTIES Data Playback and Analysis WWW vtiinstrum
118. user to offer better view the data curve Once the Eyeview feature 1s enabled a mini graph with the whole selected data curve will be displayed at the bottom of the Data Playback and Analysis page To enabled the Eyeview feature select a specific graph right click on 1t and choose Display Eyeview as shown in Figure 7 17 Data Playback and Analysis 59 VTI Instruments Corp E X1048A_00105 dec 0 08 deg C A A F A l A A A i ji i 3 37 i i f bouder j i J j y y ra Y Vi V Vo FIGURE 7 17 DISPLAY EYEVIEW When the graph is zoomed in the area of the data curve on the graph will be highlighted in the Eyeview display The highlighted section can be moved and the size of the section can be changed The graph will navigate and display the area of the data curve specified in the Eyeview display as shown in Figure 7 18 E x1048A_00105 dec 0 08 4 91 0 000241439 deg C 5 FIGURE 7 18 POSITION THE CURVE IN EYEVIEW To hide the Eyeview display simply right click on the graph and choose Display Eyeview to toggle the Eyeview display Once it is toggled the Eyeview display will be disappeared at the bottom of the Data Playback and Analysis page DATA INFORMATION 60 Detail data curve information can be displayed outside the graph Detail information of all th
119. wizard of one of the algorithms Data Playback and Analysis 71 VTI Instruments Corp il Parameter Initialization Template Path PROGRA 2 VTIEXL 1 EXLab templates function xml Function Name DeltaRosettes Parameter Information Value angle O 000000 Pi Principal strains P2 Principal stresses 0 000000 Poisson s ratio X Cancel FIGURE 7 41 CUSTOM ALGORITHM WIZARD In the wizard all the parameters of the specific algorithm are shown The followings explain each column in the Customer Algorithm Wizard Index The index of the parameter Name The name of the parameter Type The type of the parameter either Input output or the actual type of the parameter Value The value of the parameter For input channel a channel needs to be assigned For value type of channel a value needs to be specified Remark A simple description of the parameter 78 Data Playback and Analysis www vtiinstruments com SECTION 8 DATA MANAGEMENT EXLab allows the user to store the recorded data into different file formats Once the data is acquired from the instrument and recorded the data will be saved into the local drive of the computer as tdmbin file format by default unless the setting is changed in Save Settings in Options Go to Doc Manager under Workspace right click on the tdmbin file and a right click menu will be popped up as shown in Figure 8 1 Workspace Dx q pr NA Ej EXLabl
120. xample if this is set to 6 whenever an event is generated the next event cannot be generated within 6 seconds Event Management 87 VTI Instruments Corp EXLab also allows the user to setup a time event which is basically a timer to generate an event Figure 9 4 shows the Time Event configuration wizard Event Management Event Select Event Property Setting El 2 Input Event 4 a Pem E Input Event 5 JE Input Event 6 E Id Eh Input Event 7 Event Type Timer Event E Input Event 8 Event Name E ul System Event Event Number 1 E a E Emerge alarm Trigger DueTime s 10 fl y Measurement started Trigger Period s ag fell y Measurement stopped Elh Snapshot started Smi E Snapshot finished Sal E Zero measurement started y Zero measurement finished E ME Timer Event ale E of W Time lv E Time Event 3 r Sy Time Event 4 Lil FIGURE 9 4 TIME EVENT The description of each attribute in the Time Event settings is explained below Event Name The name of the event Event Number The number of times EXLab generates an event in a particular condition depending on the type of system event 1 means unlimited For example if this is set to 1 every single time the signal from the input channel meets the conditions an event is generated If this is set to 3 EXLab will not generate any event after 3 events have been generated based on the conditions even though the conditions a
121. y page click on Component and choose Readout The Readout display will be placed in the Current Acquisition Data Display page A typical Digital Readout Display is shown in Figure 6 4 Snapshot 37 VTI Instruments Corp EX1629 00108 uStrain EX1629 00111 uStrain FIGURE 6 4 DIGITAL READOUT DISPLAY The user can set alarm and warning in the Readout Displays Right click on the Readout Display and choose Properties In the Readout Display properties the user can set the upper and lower limit values of the scale alarm and warning as shown in Figure 6 3 control Properties Display EX1629 0010 Scale Value Scale High 10000 Ex1629 00108 E x16 29 00111 Scale Low 10000 Alarm Value Alarm High 700 s Alarm Low 3200 SI 5 Warning High 000 3000 Warning Low Ea Update from the Same oe FIGURE 6 5 DIGITAL READOUT DISPLAY PROPERTIES ALARM SETTINGS In the Others tab the user can set the display accuracy the number of column shown in the display the type of the values and different appearance settings as shown in Figure 6 6 38 Snapshot www vtiinstruments com i yo x Display Item Settings Raw data 0 Minimum E Average C Maximun Font and Color Name Font Value Font Background Color Alarm Color Warning Color FIGURE 6 6 READOUT DISPLAY PROPERTIES DISPLAY SETTINGS For the Digital Readout Display multiple
122. z 200000 000000 eben mo fe nm Yi Binge 0 em o kD e 19 15 100000 1000000 Len el wa YA Bda 120 Brp x ym 200 208 2 200000 0 900000 omen s A wa 1M Badge 130 Pp z gt 2 20 10 1300000 cena sihen y AD y Her YA Baton 130 Bema mo gt Y 300 2 180000 LOND shan Dre D A e n END TAO Tae History Table gt vex 01505 13 LL booed mc ets UY 11000147 era es ts PACA ed ow Lab Status Bar gt ses DU FIGURE 1 1 EXLAB INTERFACE e Title Bar Displays the name EXLab and the current module in this case Channels Configuration is the current module e Menu Bar Provides dropdown menus in the standard Windows style e Tool Bar Provides toolbar buttons as shortcuts to many menu functions Each button can be identified by its tool tip which appears when the mouse pointer is held over the button e Project View Provides a hierarchical tree view of the device configuration and display configuration in Project Info as well as the acquired data set in Doc Manager 10 Introduction to EXLab WWW vtiinstruments com e Document Window Displays the EXLab channel configuration snapshot data display and data playback in the project The selection in the project view determines the display in this window e History Table Log and display every operation e Status Bar Displays messages about the current task or process There are various toolbars for the system interface In the EXLab menu bar sele

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