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1. Module Module name 1 IedO1 Send command byte Signal t 0 _ Expansion module Low level CHECK STATUS ry Ho 4 High level vaid 10 UPDATE SETTINGS Model A only 9 CHECK 9 1 2008 Figure 2 1 The Meter status page IRMA7Basic CALIBRATION IN USE 45 101 4CC160g 12 Save Restore 4 e AUTO WATCH P p LD STATUS LEDS MOIST Meter configuration p P model D only TEMP omn 8 23 55 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual IRMA 7Mini PROCESS MOISTURE LOGGER Keyboard mode Numeric Configuration Meter status Acquire Archives Memory Banks CHECK STATUS a Low power Head T C Low level en Ao PENDING Serial J You haven t checked it yet E level ACO Vo Model AK30 UPDATE SETTINGS C 9 BANK CHECK Tou hiver t hacked Kyat Moisture Run Time Filter OFF JPDATE Meter Filters model D onl PC filter all models CALIBRATION IN USE QUCK DOWN 1 CHECK to see gt Figure 2 2 The Meter status page IRMA7Mini IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual The following box has two buttons and an LED indicator The CHECK STATUS can always be used safely without activating anything The UPDATE SETTINGS updates the meter with the settings visible on this page Think first before you press this one Always fi
2. 11 Expansion module 11 F fast communications 10 44 FASTDOWN 33 48 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual Filtering Page 31 frequency 11 Frequency Analysis Page 29 G GET material 35 H high level 31 High speed 10 44 High speed 9 High speed Serial Port 9 HTML 24 Incorrect Asynchronous Serial Port 45 Incorrect Path or Nonexistent File 45 Initialize 11 Installation of the PC program 4 Interval 15 Introduction and Taking into Use 4 IRMA7 file path 6 IRMA7Advanced 43 IRMA7BASIC 4 item totalizer 22 K Keyboard Mode Page 38 L Lamp 11 LAN232 10 44 level crossing 31 level indicators 11 Library Page 33 LOG 24 low level 31 LVM 23 24 LVM file 6 M Macro commands 22 Manual Operation 19 Manual Standardization 37 Material in PC library 33 Memory Banks 19 Memory Banks Page 19 Meter Status Page 11 model AK30 9 N Normal 10 44 Normal speed 9 49 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual Note for Users 43 O OFF LINE 9 OFF LINE Use 41 oisture Run Time Filter 31 ON LINE 6 oval buttons 5 Overheating alarm 11 Overloading 15 P Pre 2005 SW in meter 6 Predefined 15 Profibus DP 11 R Regular Calibration Table Editing 35 rubberbanding 15 S Save settings 6 serial port 6 slave address 6 Some of the Most Important Error Messages 45 SPE 24 standard 37 Standardization 35 Status bytes 11 Style Iss
3. 2 1 High speed Serial Port and Top Speed Port The present on line moisture meters IRMA 7 models D and DE have as options Normal speed High speed and Top speed serial port for communications to a PC or for a LAN based on a simple RS485 The model AK30 does not have this feature and it always uses the Top speed both in the hard wired RS232 and the Bluetooth communications The Normal is 9600 bauds bit rate High speed is 38400 bauds and Top speed is 115 200 bauds For higher rates you can not have long cables in the RS232 only up to 15 m 9600 bauds works up to 40 meters 2 2 2 Configuring the High speed Top speed Serial Port Model D The fast serial port is taken into use in the following way in the model D Note carefully if your meters to be connected are to be operated with the Advanced software simultaneously Multiple slaves task it is required that all of the meters are configured either as Top speed High speed or Normal but not mixed This makes life simpler and hard to solve problems are avoided If your only purpose is to use your IRMA 7 D with this software this is no issue at all First connect the meter into the PC and start the software as before If you have the LAN232 sensor networking module in use disconnect it and connect the meter s serial cable directly to the PC Enter to the Keyboard mode turn on the meter and press a key like 9 to get some text visible on the display Go to the meter s internal menu system Go to
4. OFF LINE the light goes out Please do not start using the program features too quickly after pressing the ON LINE button because it will take a few moments for the link to establish and all communications to start working properly After that you can use it normally For model D we have preset the meter end Bluetooth at any of the three speeds available and this is indicated in the documentation 42 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual 14 Note for Users This being a new version of software it is recognized the need of having user feedback If you ever meet any bugs or problems with this software check first our web site to see if the latest version available there has this bug fixed You can then download that version Else you can report all problems to us at support visilab fi Thank you for your cooperation If you need more features there is the Advanced program which has a few important additions like multi slave support Composer expert system etc Contact Visilab for details 43 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual 14 Appendix A High Speed Serial Port 14 1 1 Configuring the High speed Serial Port The fast serial port is taken into use in the following way Note carefully if your meters to be connected are to be operated with this software simultaneously Multiple slaves task itis required that all of the meters are configured either as H
5. acquired data portion last stopped acquired data last bank download data or some archive file The first channelis capable of updating the spectrum regularly as the data is acquired Note that the spectrum may look strange at the beginning That is the result of padding the signal array with zeros when most of the signalis missing When sufficiently data is available you will get reliable spectra If you need a data file of the resulting spectra press the button to the right of the channel selectors at the corresponding position No automatic saving is done here Press the Print button if a hardcopy is needed 29 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual I IRMA7Basic PROCESS MOISTURE LOGGER Configuration Meter status Frequency analysis Filtering Last acquired OFF Save last acq P PENDING Last stopped Save last stopped OFF Last Bank DL 4 i ACO Save last Bank DL gt eer BANK Save archive KBD pem E Write spectra to files STDZE LIB CAL Amplitude dB Power Spectrum CHECK FAST DOWN 41 9 1 2008 CALIBRATION IN USE Acquire Archives Memory Banks STATUS Library Calibration Keyboard mode Frequency analysis for acquired signals Last acquired Last stopped Bank DL f Print B rin J Archive 26 4584 83 428 Bi Cursoro Last acqu BA cursor Last acqu 16 207 75 258 LEVELS HIGH LOW
6. and wait for a few seconds to see the meter s messages on the text screen The mouse is not effective here Instead you have to use the single key hot key commands listed in the user s manual The text based menu system is very simple and you can do here many of the tasks except graphics and file saving you have learned to do earlier Some special meter settings are done here and can not be reached in the Packet protocol with any practical commands Also the built in Composer expert system can only be used through this interface When finished with this just click The Exit Keyboard mode button and wait for a few seconds The KBD LED must be turned off before you can start doing anything else with the program If you do not know the slave address and you need to change it Enter the Keyboard mode and turn off the meter Then turn it on again and intercept the booting process by pressing the space bar You will then see the text messages and are able to enter the menu system as before Change the address and Exit Keyboard mode If you are too slow in intercepting there are no messages if the QUIET BOOT setting is YES If you have a local RS232 or RS485 based network of meters you absolutely need the QUIET BOOT to be set as YES else the meters will force eachother to stay in the Keyboard mode forever by sending messages to the network That would also mute the master of the network PC Refer to the user s manual for details 38 IRMA 7 Data Log
7. correct all calibration tables in the same way Using a shift in the moisture reading would not do it You can perform the standardization manually or with an automatic algorithm 35 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual Ill IRMA7Basic PROCESS MOISTURE LOGGER Configuration Meter status Acquire Frequency analysis Filtering Library Archives Memory Banks STATUS Calibration Keyboard mode CHECK Stdlibrary entry Standard value Resulting shift SET Standardize PENDING d p 0 Alo a MF y y ACQ Standardization manual or automatic GET material UM Material max 20 char s 41 4CC 100g Edit BANK KBD Cal mode Points in use STDZE mun 94 LIB Editing HELP WATCH STATUS moisture o CHECK CALIBRATION IN USE 41 4CC 100 9 1 2008 Fast oown 41 A Figure 9 The Calibration page 36 a Point Signal Moisture f 0 975599 1 1796 GET Signal signal display Apply Cc LEVELS HIGH LOW IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual 10 3 Manual Standardization Turn off any pending operations before standardizing Standardization affects all materials in the library but does not change the libraries themselves Place the moisture standard under the meter Press the button CHECK to get the current information of standardization The first numerical window shows and allows you to edit the index of
8. increasing when the Point increases else you will get a folded curve and the future moisture values will be quite useless Adjust the Points in use control to reflect the actual number of points to be used in the calibration Press again the Edit button to stop editing The curve is now updated and you can make a check against the curve you have possibly obtained earlier in your calibration measurements If you are happy with this you can update the calibration material in the meter by pressing the UPDATE button You are ready to use the new calibration If you are doing real time calibration with the meter in the climate chamber and you have the sample in front of the meter properly placed you can in the Edit phase get a signal from the meter by pressing the GET signal button The obtained signal is displayed in the small window besides the button If you accept this signal for the current point press the Apply button which copies the signal value to the signal field Then you have to fill in the corresponding moisture reading for this signal Of course these buttons are active only while editing 10 2 Standardization The upper box called Standardization manual or automatic is used for compensating against any drift in the moisture reading caused by dirty optics or any other reason For using it you need a moisture standard whose measured moisture stays highly stable for many years The standardization generates a shift into the signal to
9. l 1 140 160 180 200 EN o UP FAST 1 100 120 Frequency Hz 1 60 41 4CC 100g Figure 6 The Frequency Analysis page 30 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual 8 Filtering Page You can check and set the digital filtering in model D meters The Filtering page offers you the possibility of changing them The web temperature signal can also have an extra filter if the signal is too noisy If a really quiet moisture signal is required press down the Moisture Run Time Filter button It activates a heavy duty digital filter affecting only moisture data acquired It is useful in observing slow changes in quality control conditions Of course all fast events will be filtered away The meter settings are always saved as usual but the Moisture Run Time Filter is not saved for next session in this program See Figure 7 The moisture level crossing indicators can also be enabled on this page When the moisture is acquired through using the Acquire page the moisture is checked for each sample If the reading is higher than the high level the HIGH lamp is lit Corresponding operation is done when it is lower Than the low level LOW light These settings are saved on the Configuration page 31 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual li IRMA7Basic PROCESS MOISTURE LOGGER Configuration Meter status Acquire Archives Memory Banks STATUS Freque
10. only discomfort you may have is that you have to clean up the data file directory occasionally to prevent it overflowing physical memory limits The typical data file size is about 30 kb for each run or each partial run in Acquire You have also the option button for saving the raw data files in Excel files The last option is the Printing method selector You have the options of Standard Postscript or Bitmap printing Use the Standard by default as it usually works the best way in all environments If your printer is fully Postscript compatible you may take advantage of its greater graphical quality If you meet any problems in printing try to select another option or adjust the features of your printer Notice that changed settings are effective only after entering OFF LINE first The operations available in this software except the Archives are usable only if you have a moisture meter connected to the serial port To start running the software press the large button marked OFF LINE Pressing the same button with name ON LINE at that time again will return you to the same Configuration page after a few seconds However you need to have all pending operations stopped before doing that yellow lights at the left edge You will soon realize that there is a cover at the bottom of the screen preventing access to some buttons and you can not see the selection display either When you go ON LINE the cover disappears and you can use them 2
11. recalls its last mode at the time of last shutdown IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual 2 Configuration Page 2 1 Configuring Before starting actual use of the program you need to check the settings with yellow background port meter model and slave address They need to be set before you can start communicating with the meter in ON LINE state The port selection is highly important and refers to the serial port your meter is connected with in your PC Use only ports COMI COM30 or ASRL1 30 depending on your system There are USB to RS232 adapters available for Windows Vista XP operating system in case you do not have any RS232 ports in your PC Incorrect port selection will cause error messages when you try to start using the software Use the grey arrow down button at the right end of the selector to choose from the list of available ports This setting is saved but it is wise to check it Refer to Figure 1 The moisture meter models have slightly differing sets of packet protocol commands Model AK30 has a small subset of all commands and models D and DE have the complete set except the level threshold commands specific for model AK30 Using features not intended for your meter cause no serious trouble but mostly incorrect settings are displayed and no true actions are taken All the most important commands like data acquisition library material and memory banks are common to all models and function
12. same box as well The IRMA7 file path is used for saving the library and meter configuration files in the future The recommended path is C IRMA7 The data files generated during operation are saved into another directory whose path you can set in the lower dialog The recommended path is C IRMA7 DAT You can also use the small directory dialog buttons to the right to select and even create new paths There is also a Check button for checking the existence of the folders They are also created if not existing If any problems appear the indicator besides it will turn to red Pressing the Save settings key will save the settings in this box when starting the next session There are some optional settings on this page The buttons LVM file XML file and Datalog enable creation of data files in other formats in addition to the traditional IRMA7 files which themselves are quite useful for spreadsheet programs etc The LVM format is typical for LabView based systems XML format is mostly for Active X software and Datalog files are used for signal processing and datalogging Note that this software always saves traditional IRMA7 data files to the IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual The selector for Normal High speed Top speed port IRMA 7Basic PROCESS MOISTURE LOGGER Keyboard mode Numeric AK30 Memory Banks Frequincy analysis Filtering Library Calibration Configuration Meter status Acquire Arc
13. with the fast communications If you have other meters which require the same configuration repeat the earlier steps from the Normal speed operation to high speed operation one meter at a time If you have the LAN232 sensor networking module in use toggle its Normal High speed switch to High speed and turn off its power for a few seconds to let it restart You are now ready to operate your whole network of sensors at the high speed Remember No mixed speeds in the network If you need to go back to the Normal speed repeat the steps above but go into the Normal settings You should not get into trouble as your meters are either in the Normal speed or the High speed state IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual 15 Appendix B Error Message Dialogs 15 1 1 Some of the Most Important Error Messages While starting or using the software you may encounter the following error situations Below we explain how to proceed at that time 15 1 2 Incorrect Asynchronous Serial Port This is the most common error caused by selecting a serial port which does not exist or is already reserved for some other application Press the Continue button and check the port Then try again Refer to Fig 15 1 Error 1073807343 occurred at Property Node arg 1 in VISA Configure Serial Port Instr vi 2irmaTbasic vi Possible reason s VISA Hes 0xBFFF0011 Insufficient location information or the device or resource is
14. 130424 LVM 03 07 2004 11 30 AM 28 983 WT0307041130424 ACO 03 07 2004 11 30 AM 65 612 WT0307041130424 ACQLOG 03 07 2004 11 30 AM 28 834 WT0307041130424 ACOXML 03 07 2004 11 30 AM 85 971 WTACQ0307041130424 LVM 03 07 2004 11 31 AM 28 908 XM0307041130421 ACO 03 07 2004 11 31 AM 65 536 XM0307041130421 ACOLOG 03 07 2004 11 31 AM 28 758 XM0307041130421 ACOXML 03 07 2004 11 31 AM 85 896 XMACQ0307041130421 LVM 03 07 2004 11 30 AM 28 909 XT0307041130424 ACQ 03 07 2004 11 30 AM 65 536 XT0307041130424 ACQLOG 03 07 2004 11 30 AM 28 758 XT0307041130424 ACOXML 03 07 2004 11 30 AM 85 897 XTACQ0307041130424 LVM 03 07 2004 11 41 AM 651 785 M0307041140380 LVM 03 07 2004 11 41 AM 28 899 M0307041140381 BNK 03 07 2004 11 41 AM 65 536 M0307041140381 BNKLOG 03 07 2004 11 41 AM 28 758 M0307041140381 BNKXML 03 07 2004 11 43 AM 33 012 M0307041143274 SPE 03 07 2004 11 43 AM 69 649 M0307041143274 SPELOG 03 07 2004 11 43 AM 32 871 M0307041143274 SPEXML 03 07 2004 11 43 AM 90 000 MSPE0307041143275 LVM 03 07 2004 11 42 AM 29 926 T0307041141553 BNK 03 07 2004 11 42 AM 66 560 T0307041141553 BNKLOG 03 07 2004 11 42 AM 29 782 T0307041141553 BNKXML 03 07 2004 11 42 AM 707 202 T0307041141553 LVM 23 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual 03 07 2004 11 42 AM 43 T0307041142163 BNK 03 07 2004 11 42 AM 123 T0307041142163 BNKLOG 03 07 2004 11 42 AM 86 TO307041142163 BNKXML 03 07 2004 11 42 AM 405 T0307041142163 LVM You may get a large n
15. 14 with several small additions model A is replaced by AK30 Top Speed is supported 115 200 bauds V5 24 a button is added for checking the availability of folders AK30 memory banks are now fully supported Windows 2000 support is dropped V5 27 some internal kernel issues are solved Buttons for centering the Cursors are added to some graphs V5 55 minor feature additions new compiler version Please note that the IRMA7Mini is now obsolete and is replaced with the MOIS TURE program That is described in the AK30 program s manual If you insist you can get IRMA7Mini from Visilab IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual Contents 4 1 Introduction and Taking into Use C 1 1 Installation of the PC program 4 Important Notice for Windows 8 7 Vista Users Disses 1 2 System Requirements Diiss 1 3 Style Issues 6 2 Configuration Page 9 2 2 1 High speed Serial Port and Top Speed Port 9 2 2 2 Configuring the High speed Top speed Serial Port Model D Laos 3 Meter Status Page 15 4 Acquire Page 19 5 Memory Banks Page I9 ds 5 1 Manual Operation LA ws 5 2 Automatic Use 22 s 5 5 Burst Mode 23 6 Archives Page 23 6 1 Data files 29 7 Frequency Analysis Page Sia 8 Filtering Page Sess 9 Library Page DO RUN 10 Calibration Page AD vas 10 1 Regular Calibration Table Editing E 25 10 2 Standardization DL sss 10 3 Manual Standardization OT exes 10 4 Automat
16. 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual Ili IRMA7Basic PROCESS MOISTURE LOGGER Configuration Meter status Acquire Archives Memory Banks STATUS Frequency analysis Filtering Library Calibration Keyboard mode PCI METER KENE Load d library File Lib path umo CHECK onam gt LIBRARY Ne 2007r65u AC poc DOWNLOAD Q D CHECK a n Progress Index i l Index Points e 41 up FAST UP A 1 Quick 0 UPLOAD Calibration 41 4CC 100g un m1 MATERIAL TERI DOWN FAST DOWN STDZE NM Edt name DOWNLOAD MULTI Material in moisture meter 5 dE Material in PC library So C B BANK LEVELS HIGH HHH ae D 1 l l 205 ose 60 65 70 creck CALIBRATION IN USE MULTE 41 4CC 100 qum 9 1 2008 Fast pown 41 9 EAST 8 53 29 HELP WATCH STATUS Ein curve 10 ds Figure 8 The Library page 34 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual 10 Calibration Page 10 1 Regular Calibration Table Editing Calibrations are usually made at field conditions with known moisture samples or in laboratory conditions in a climate chamber and with a laboratory balance An oven for drying samples is usually required Refer to user s manual for more details of actually making the calibrations This part of the program allows you to feed in the generated data and to take into use the new table The calibrations consist of
17. 9 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual IRMA7Mini PROCESS MOISTURE LOGGER Configuration Meter status Acquire Archives Memory Banks Keyboard mode Direct keyboard access to the meter model D and its derivatives only Puu i Stop all other pending operations before PENDING E CD Enter Keyboard Mode entering the Keyboard mode If the meter seems unresponsive go to Keyboard mode and return back Also if 19c data transfer error messages appear this is the way to solve it Make sure you have a proper ACO Series connection to a working meter before trying l 2 8 to do any further troubleshooting Before starting other operations make sure the BANK SA i 41 ACC 100g Keyboard light is OFF KBD 4x20 LCD p Fi d D Exit Keyboard Mode Figure 11 2 The Keyboard mode page IRMA7Mini 40 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual 12 OFF LINE Use The IRMA7Basic software is designed to be used with any of the IRMA7 moisture meters Without a meter connected to the PC and the program delays invalid data ineffective commands etc will appear on some of the pages The Archives page still works without a meter for retrieving old data In a similiar way the Frequency analysis page works too 41 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual 13 Wireless Bluetooth Communications The IRMA7Ba
18. IBRATION IN USE 41 4CC 100g Figure 5 2 The Archives page IRMA7Mini 26 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual Annotation It might be tempting to add some text into various graphs while studying either signals coming in or after being analyzed with various methods You can do it It is allowed on all graphs except the Acquire graph You can either write freely floating text or annotate certain data points into a curve Right click over the graph area and activate Create annotation option A dialog will open Lonvert co Mode AF Apply 8 96 method 0 TOTAL PERCENT name max 20 char s woflute 112 A s App Create Annotation 7 Annotation Name lode Manual Lock Style C Hide Arrow C Lock Name RN Convert to Mode Apply C 2 36 method T 0 TOTAL PERCENT iaterial name max 20 char s turovoflute 112 Convert Apply P a Convert Percent Mode Manual adjus ria aujuz Figure 5 3 The Annotation dialog Set the options and click OK The second image after filling in some text 27 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual The Annotation name is the text becoming visible Lock style has options Free Snap to All Plots and Snap to One Plot Locked Plot is the resulting name of the plot selected You can also tick in the boxes Hide arrow and Lock name if you wish T
19. IRMA Infrared Measurement and Analysis IRMA MOISTURE LOGGER FAMILY FOR USE IN INDUSTRY USER S MANUAL PC PROGRAM FOR WINDOWS 8 7 Vista XP AND FUTURE VERSIONS IRMA7Basic Manual printed in Finland 2015 31 PART 700196 Copyright c 2015 Visilab Signal Tech nologies Oy Visilab Signal Technologies Oy SS Tel e mail Keskustie 15 358 45 6354885 info visilab fi FI 07560 PUKKILA Y 0631208 0 ALV Rek AAA rated VATFI06312080 M nts l Reg 365 258 www visilab fi IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual Revision history in reverse order V3 08 7 30 2004 the asynchronous port selection can now be saved with other parameters on the Configuration page V3 10 the Windows 98 support was removed Operations made faster and full support of multithreading in Pentium V3 13 The optional high speed serial port is taken into use V3 14 The burst mode is supported V3 16 file saving problem fixed In Acquire sometimes the last file after manual stopping had incorrect contents V3 23 scale legends removed text colours changed filename strings limited ding added to Autotimer watch Error message dialogs added to this docu ment V5 00 Version for Vista NTA support has dropped Only Windows 2000 XP Vista and future systems are supported Annotation is now possible in many graphs IRMA7Mini support in now enhanced in this manual V5 03 compilation with a new kernel V851 and VISA 4 3 V5
20. Program User s Manual If you are interested in having the temperature autotimer data press the button Copy Tto Bank4 This will copy the 1024 samples long temperature bank to Bank4 and then clear the temperature bank Select Bank4 as your current bank in the Bank settings box Then you can download the data as before The temperature data is available only in model D and is taken at a rate of 16 Hz in latest models In older revisions the interval is one second 5 2 Automatic Use You can also use the Macro commands to make all of this easier You can set as the current bank the longest one Series Clear the bank after updating its settings and you are ready to go You start the data collection as before and stop it as before You can download the data in the current bank by pressing the button Download amp Clear Moist This will also clear the memory bank to be ready for the next run Data is disolayed and saved as before If you need the temperature data press the button Download amp Clear T to perform a similar operation Note that if your current bank is Bank4 you can not perform the temperature macro before the moisture macro as it will run over the moisture data Therefore it is recommended to work in some other bank like Series to avoid this The program will automatically switch the banks for a while doing its operations On the display you have the downloaded data as a curve and two cursors in addition If the Cursors
21. all the features available in this software When meeting any error messages and dialogs refer to Appendix B for solving those cases IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual 1 2 System Requirements This software operates in Windows 7 XP Vista environments if you have at least 150 MB of memory available Hard disk space of 250 MB is required for installation and starting the program Archives will require more space A 1500MHz Pentium is the minimum CPU requirement but higher is recommended for Vista users The minimum screen size required by this program is 743 x 768 pixels Smaller screens will lead to more cumbersome use of the program The IRMA7Mini version will work fine in a 640 x 480 display Efficient use of dual core or multicore computers is supported from the version 5 00 on No other important user related changes are made to this program since the last version before V5 00 1 3 Style Issues Most oval buttons at any page start some action and are not left pressed down except for a short moment a few exceptions exist see below Most rectangular buttons are settings which are either left as pressed down or are later updated to reflect the status of the meter The indicator lights are statuses read from the meter or generated by the program and can not be changed by the user directly Typically they have either a grey or orange color In some special cases the color may be redto warn the user of s
22. ard disk These problems are mostly due to insufficient file writing rights If it is about a data file saving when the data Acquisition is stopped the system refuses to open a file for writing You have as alternatives increasing the user rights or separately allowing full file rights to that particular folder you are trying to access You can also find another folder for file saving which is not limited in access e g My Documents My Folders etc Also if right after starting the program an error message appears it is likely from a missing configuration file of the program itself This is not dangerous at all since you are about to set up the program features first and then to save the configuration The PC program is installed as follows Place the CD into a CD drive or the optional USB stick to the corresponding USB receptacle and locate the program setup exe for IRMA7Basic Launch it and perform the installation accepting the selections unless there is a reason to modify You are ready to start working with this program However if thisisthe first time installation of any of Visilab software you may have to restart the computer for all program items to be available Locate the item in the Start gt Programs gt IRMA7Basic and click it to start You can also make a shortcut to place it on your Desktop or into some window to easier locate it in the future Refer to your operating system manuals for details In the following we will go through
23. are not visible click the grey buttons at the lower edge having crosses on them The opening menu has an option Bring to center and by selecting it you can see the corresponding cursor again You can use the cursors to calculate statistics automatically The results will be seen at the four numerical windows at the center Grab the cursor at the vertical line and drag it to the desired position The statistics are updated automatically You can also change the scaling The default vertical scaling is automatic To change the scales you have to right click at the display to see a menu There is an option Autoscale Y which you should change Then you can click at the top scale number to edit it and also at the bottom scale number You can set them freely If you get lost with this turn on the Autoscale Y and start again The same applies for the horizontal scale except it is set as fixed scaling to keep the number of samples at 4096 and the last sample number is then 4095 You can change this freely as well There are also buttons for zooming in out or for grabbing at the curve with a hand cursor Feel free to learn how they behave These methods above apply to all graphical displays available in this software If you wish to go OFF LINE to change e g the file formats the data obtained in the Memory Banks page is not lost when you return back 5 3 Burst Mode There is a special operating mode available in current moisture meters called Burst mod
24. ation Asynchronous serial port Kk COM4 Model r AK30 Slave address fy d IRMA7 File path Meter status Pre 2005 SW in meter Port speed J TOP SPEED 115200 AK30 requires 115200 bauds User modifiable Fields in lighter colour C irma Data file path Settings saveable C irma DAT 4 Basic settings Save settings Yellow items are required IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual Archives Use only ports COMI to COM10 or ASRL1 10 Changed settings are effective only after entering OKT LINE first This program works in Windows 2000 XP Vista and in future versions Alveays first CHECK settings before you SET them The program does pathing in the background unless you explicitly ask it to do hotlorresale Copyright 1C visilab Signal Technologies finland for best display make sure you have the screen font Courier New available in Windows Check were visilab fi l Memory Banks IRMA7Mini 5 14 build L 2009 DATA LOGGING HTML report Printing method Standard ID Project Job jobNNN Documentation VISILAB SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES Figure 1b The Configuration page in IRMA7Mini IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual data file path you have defined You have no possibility of turning it off This will save you a lot of headache as all of your data is saved The
25. e It overrides the normal use of the meter and the Autotimer with the memory banks The idea is to collect a burst of samples after receiving a trigger pulse from an external optical sensor causing turning on for the Autotimer The samples are not put into the memory banks though Instead the meter accumulates the number of Burst count of samples and calculates the average of these This value is put into the current bank and offered as the moisture reading for all interfaces The value remains the same until the next triggering event occurs To make the Burst mode function correctly turn on the mode and set the Burst count The count should be selected according to the estimated number of samples the meter is able to measure while the sheet or piece is under the meter Update The settings As soon as the optical edge sensor detects an incoming sheet the actual sampling starts and stops after getting the preset count of points the average is calculated and put into the bank The same value is then given to all interfaces The resulting curve in Acquire looks a stepwise changing and does not have any dips or peaks in values caused by the gaps between the sheets There is also an item totalizer involved It is available for the user in the Advanced program Refer to the meter s User s Guide for more details 22 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual 6 Archives Page You can retrieve and display any old data fi
26. e NS E Burst mode OFF Burst 2 100 b Batch size 1 4096 Burst mode overrides Autotimer Add sample 35 Average 2 870 Std dev 0 008 Maximum 2 887 Minimum 2 859 Statistics between cursors 1 2000 R500 sample 1500 CALIBRATION IN USE 41 4CC 100g The Memory Banks page IRMA7Basic 20 Cas Archives Copy T to Bank4 3 Keyboard mode STATUS Memory Banks Print D Stop Download D amp Clear Moist Download amp Clear T lt 2 Macro commands EH A v LEVELS HIGH LOW I 1 3000 3500 Cursor menu buttons IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual IRMA7Mini PROCESS MOISTURE LOGGER Keyboard mode Configuration Meter status Acquire Archives Memory Banks CHECK Bank Autotimer mode Samples Burst mode 7 e Series Batch 0 OFF Print Db UPDATE Sampling interval Batch size Burst size LE 0 0025 4096 100 Bank settings Burst mode overrides Autotimer Clear Bank Start stop Download amp Clear Bank pt Progress Macro commands 2 86 N m o Q N 1 f Moisture i I 1 1 1 I I 1 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 sample N co ET pag 4095 emm CALIBRATION IN USE MU 41 4CC 100 rast pown 41 2 FAST Figure 4 2 The Memory Banks page IRMA7Mini 21 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini
27. eed and turn off its power for a few seconds to let it restart You are now ready to operate your whole network of sensors at the high speed Remember No mixed speeds in the network The Advanced software is the best solution if you have more than one meter in the system You can collect data from up to eight sensors simultaneously and you have lots of extra features which are not available in the IRMA7Basic program If you need to go back to the Normal speed repeat the steps above but go into the Normal settings You should not get into trouble as your meters are either in the Normal speed or the High speed state IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual 3 Meter Status Page You can quickly check the meter settings by selecting the Meter status page There you can press the CHECK STATUS key to see all information possible of your meter Always do this first when entering this page The amount of datais very limited for model AK30 as its operation is mainly done with the built in keyboard You can also see the meter s serial number at the leftmost corner showing the embedded software version too This same box marked as All models contains data which can be retrieved from all moisture meter models The button Low power reflects the powering status of the meter If you wish to turn the meter into Low power state press this button and then press UPDATE SETTINGS key The following state is again an indicat
28. equally If your model D meter has an old embedded software some of the latest features may not work You will soon find this out when visiting the Meter status page Upgrading the software is recommended To avoid any annoying surprises inform the program that you have an older version of internal software by pressing down the button Pre 2005 SW in meter Note that model Ak30 is limited in features but all revisions work alike Model D SW V1 08DAV or newer is required for full support Upgrading is recommended Contact Visilab or the nearest representative for details The meter s slave address is highly important for proper working of the meter The default address is 1 but you may have changed it for some reason The allowed range is 1 255 Zero is reserved for the program itself master and can not be used for slaves Using incorrect slave address will cause inoperable software with long delays between actions messages like No response etc If you have changed the address and can not remember it go to Keyboard mode page and enter Keyboard mode Restart the meter and press the space bar Soon you should be able to go to the communication menu of the meter to set check the address Refer to the moisture meter s User s Guide for details Then exit the Keyboard mode and you can then set the slave adaress at the Configuration page To properly save all library meter configuration and data files it is recommended to set the two fields in this
29. er Then you can move the cursor by dragging the vertical line on the display The Autotimer can be started manually with the large button at the top right or with hardware isolated TTL input at the interface connector Stopping is done manually with the large button at the right or in Batch mode it will stop automatically You can control the use of this operation either manually in the box Manual commands or by using the Macro commands The manual commands consist of downloading data from the meter to the program memory and display The data is automatically saved just as in Acquisition to IRMA7 data files and optional LVM XML or Datalog files 5 1 Manual Operation Manual operation starts always by checking the settings to avoid any mistakes After confirming the bank settings press the UPDATE key if you have made any changes You are almost prepared to start If the window Samples in bank shows any nonzero reading you probably have to clear the bank by pressing Clear Bank button Press WATCH AUTO button to continuously see what is the state of the Autotimer If itis on you should turn it off by pressing the Stop button The WATCH button stays ON as long as you want and it will update the sample number indicator to the right and the two indicator LEDs One of them is right below this button and the other one is at the right edge bottom SIGNAL It will also update the TEMP indicator if the autotimers are linked When these LEDs a
30. ging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual U IRMA 7Basic PROCESS MOISTURE LOGGER Configuration Meter status Acquire Archives Memory Banks STATUS Frequency analysis Filtering Library Calibration Keyboard mode Direct keyboard access to the meter model D and its derivatives only PENDING Stop all other pending operations before entering the Keyboard mode If the meter seems unresponsive ACQ d Enter Keyboard Mode go to Keyboard mode and return back Also if data transfer error messages appear this is the way to solve BANK it Make sure you have a proper connection to a working meter before trying to do any Further troubleshooting KBD Series 19c Before starting other operations make cli sure the Keyboard light is OFF 2 8 41 4cc 100g STDZE 4x20 LCD _ ai QV Exit Keyboard Mode HELP LEVELS HIGH WATCH STATUS You can use any keys in Keyboard mode to communicate with the ic moisture meter Especialy you have KEYS IN MEASUREMENT STATE 9 Redisplay m IRMA 7 D Menu Autotimer ON OFF s Take a sample Low Power ON OFF b Bank change 8 Auto Batch modes 7 Gain lock ON OFF lt gt Bar scale Statistics amp clear data 4 5 Start stop T autotimer Up Down PgUp PgDown scroll lists 6 Stats clear T D Fast palette IRMA 7 D PROCESS MOISTURE LOGGER Figure 11 1 The Keyboard mode page IRMA7Basic 3
31. h can be observed to progress all the time The second channelis the last stopped acquired signal They are copied directly from the Acquire operation with no files between Ill IRMA7Basic PROCESS MOISTURE LOGGER Frequency analysis Filtering Library Calibration Keyboard mode STATUS Configuration Meter status Acquire Archives Memory Banks Channel Average Std dev Min Max Last acq 0 Channel 4 2 85 0 008 2 83 Pt 5 0 00 0 000 0 00 Last stop 1 Channel 5 0 00 0 000 0 00 AS OFF OFF 0 00 0 000 0 00 Channel 2 Channel 6 3 93 0 015 3 90 BANK OFF OFF 0 00 0 000 0 00 Channel 3 Channel 7 0 00 0 000 0 00 KBD OFF OFF 0 00 0 000 0 00 STDZE rsor 824 2 8492 LIB amp LAcq EB Cursori 486 2 8586 LAcq HELP nid ege LEVELS HIGH WATCH STATUS LOW Moisture 1 I 1 1 1 1 i 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4095 sample creck CALIBRATION IN USE 41 4CC 100 Figure 5 1 The Archives page IRMA7Basic Date and time fields 25 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual IRMA 7Mini PROCESS MOISTURE LOGGER Keyboard mode Configuration Meter status Acquire Archives Memory Banks Channel Average Std dev Last acq 0 0 00 0 000 K e D 2 87 0 009 p 1 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 000 3 94 0 021 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 000 0 00 0 000 Ch3 OFF Ds b E E o 1 1 I I 1 I 1 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 sample CAL
32. hives Memory Banks Yellow items are required PENDING Asynchronous serial port k com23 E cik IRMA7Basic 5 49 build L 2013 ACQ DATA LOGGING SOFTWARE FOR ALL MOISTURE METERS BANK Seer Use only ports COM1 to COM64 or ASRL1 64 Changed sp settings are effective only after entering OFF LINE first This KBD TOP SPEED 115200 poan works in Windows MAREEA and A ic versions c x Always first CHECK settings before you SET them The program STDZE AK30 requires 115200 does nothing in the background unless you explicitly ask it to Model Slave address do Not for resale Copyright C Visilab Signal Technologies AK30 nn Finland Select model AK30 when using a model 4 meter LIB Pre 2005 SW in meter Refer to www visilab fi for latest information and free upgrades HELP FI IRMA file path C lirma LvM file XML file Datalog ID 4 ProjectYYY Excel files Printing method orr Standard Data file path EE r HTML report C irma dat OFF Harcopy report Job jobNNN 4 Project info Documentation Seti bi Save settings v i S i A B User modifiable fields ettings saveable pma in lighter colour C reitel Eip SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES zd Basic settings ena Figure 1a The Configuration page in IRMA7Basic 7 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Mini PROCESS MOISTURE LOGGER PENDING ACO BANK Keyboard mode Configur
33. ic Standardization 38 11 Keyboard Mode Page 41 12 OFF LINE Use 42 13 Wireless Bluetooth Communications 45 14 Note for Users 44 14 Appendix A High Speed Serial Port 44 14 1 1 Configuring the High speed Serial Port 45 15 Appendix B Error Message Dialogs 45 15 1 1 Some of the Most Important Error Messages 45 15 1 2 Incorrect Asynchronous Serial Port 45 15 1 5 Incorrect Path or Nonexistent File 46 15 3 4 User Interrupt or Nonexistent File 47 15 1 5 Trying to Open a Nonexistent Settings File IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual 1 Introduction and Taking into Use This document instructs you on how to use the IRMA7Basic PC user interface program with your meter Refer to the instrument s own user s manual covering details using the meter itself The use of Profibus DP and its features will be explained in another document For user s of other models read carefully this document but ignore model D specific points Keyboard mode Profibus DP cooler etc They are usually referred to as model D features instead of model AK30 features Select your model at the first page Configuration AK50 is now superceding the model D meter It is in most respects similar to model D This program has a great number of features most useful for all users of IRMA7 moisture meters One can acquire real time data from the meter download memory banks a
34. igh speed or Normal but not mixed This makes life simpler and hard to solve problems are avoided First connect the meter alone into the PC and start the software as before If you have the LAN232 sensor networking module in use disconnect it and connect the meter s serial cable directly to the PC Make sure you can find the meter in the Network task Enter to the Keyboard mode and go to the meter s internal menu system This applies to all products and models involved Go to m Menu 8 Comm s Communications submenu and you will see the following text or something very similar LAN Settings 1 Slave node 1 1 2 Master node 0 0 7 Quiet boot Y 9 Speed 9600 Note If your meter does not have the lowest line at all your meter is not capable of operating at high speed Press 9 to change the speed to 38400 or back to 9600 Exit this menu by pressing ESC as usual You will se the following text Changing the speed Prepare PC SW and LAN232 etc Press a key Press some key like the space bar and Exit the Keyboard mode with the corresponding button Your meter is now prepared for the high speed but your program is not Turn off the power from the meter for a few seconds to let it restart Go OFF LINE and on the Configuration page Fig 1 press the Port speed button to change it to High speed Save the settings and you are ready to apply the new high speed communications Go to Network page to find the meter From now on you are working
35. ing signal retrieved from the expansion module like a reading from a sensor The seventh box has two dialog windows for setting the threshold levels for model AK30 meter s two level indicators They have no function in other models IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA 7Basic PROCESS MOISTURE LOGGER Frequency analysis Configuration Filtering Meter status Library Acquire IRMA7 D V1 0DAV 1 6279D5K Serial Usage h 236 0 Low power Beep Head T C 16 9 Unit 945 IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual Calibration Archives Keyboard mode STATUS Memory Banks Electric cooler ACQ All models Enable Link Cycling Temp C p s Problem rs Signal gain lack KBD Lamp 1224 General d Analog output WebT ofs Moisture J 5 OVRHT ALARM 399 8 Freq Hz State Address Initialize _ Profibus DP Power Oper mode Normal Normal Comm s Packet P Analog out Moisture Linearization Quiet boot Autotimer Link autotimers HELP WATCH STATUS Batch Autotimer Web break OFF _ T autotimer Session start OFF NO 2 Gain locking Reflective Autoranging NO ill Lamp Cooling enable NO Cooling status Fail dl Cooling linked Not linked _ BRK suspected NO nd Web temp LPF OFF OVHT ALARM Clear Composer Exp mod None id
36. ion of the resulting meter status The next button Beep will cause an audible sound at the meter if it is equipped with a buzzer some models have it always Press it and then update You should hear a short tone signal The meter s optical head temperature is very important if it is installed into warm conditions You can only read the temperature The last two fields indicate the total usage of the meter in hours and the moisture unit used in the meter itself See Figure 2 The second box marked General applies only model D and its derivatives The signal gain can be either autoranging or locked and the button indicates the present status The voltage output can be controlled to reproduce any of the signals available from the meter Moisture web temperature head temperature expansion module or extra temperature You can switch between options by pressing the arrows at the left edge of this small window The third field is the web temperature offset required sometimes if the thermometer has some drift in its reading The next field is the meter s light source s frequency in Herz The LED below these marked as Lamp indicates the status of the lamp If the lamp is broken this indicator will be lit Unavoidably you will notice a broken lamp otherwise too If you meter meets overheating situation it will go to Overheating alarm state which has to be cleared before normal use can continue The meter also goes into Low power state in alarm situati
37. les saved during program runs on this page even while some other operation is running in the background On this page you have eight channel selectors statistics displays for each channel a graphical display and the Print button By pressing one of the channel keys you can retrieve any old data file as long as you know where it is and what is its name The data is shown on the graphical display and the corresponding statistics are calculated automatically You can move the cursors to proper points freely The scaling is very much like on the Acquire or Memory Banks pages In this way you can compare and study data and adjust the scaling to make it look best for printing Note however that the data files you can apply here are always the traditional IRMA7 data files You can not retrieve any of the LVM XML or Datalog files Refer to Figure 5 6 1 Data files When you run the Acquire operation and you have selected to have the LVM XML and Datalog files you will have files with the following names See below an example directory listing Data of last modify size file name 03 07 2004 11 31 AM 28 984 HT0307041130420 ACO 03 07 2004 11 31 AM 65 612 HT0307041130420 ACOLOG 03 07 2004 11 31 AM 28 834 HT0307041130420 ACOXML 03 07 2004 11 31 AM 85 975 HTACQ0307041130420 LVM 03 07 2004 11 30 AM 28 899 M0307041130424 ACO 03 07 2004 11 30 AM 65 536 M0307041130424 ACQLOG 03 07 2004 11 30 AM 28 758 M0307041130424 ACOXML 03 07 2004 11 30 AM 85 888 MACQ0307041
38. m Menu 8 Comm s Communications submenu and you will see the following text or something very similar LAN Settings 1 Slave node 1 1 2 Master node 0 0 7 Quiet boot Y 9 Speed 9600 Note If your meter does not have the lowest line at all your meter is not capable of operating at IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual high speed Press 9 to change the speed to 38400 or back to 9600 Exit this menu by pressing ESC as usual You will se the following text Changing the speed Prepare PC SW and LAN232 etc Press a key Press some key like the space bar and Exit the Keyboard mode with the corresponding button Your meter is now prepared for the high speed but your program is not Turn off the power from the meter for a few seconds to let it restart Go OFF LINE and on the Configuration page Fig 1 press the Port speed button to change it to High speed Save the settings and you are ready to apply the new high speed communications Go to the Keyboard mode again to make sure you can find the meter Exit the Keyboard mode and check the meter Status on its corresponding page From now on you are working with the fast communications If you have other meters which require the same configuration repeat the earlier steps from the Normal speed operation to high speed operation one meter at a time If you have the LAN232 sensor networking module in use toggle its Normal High speed switch to High sp
39. mp Mini Program User s Manual Figure 3 2 The Acquire page IRMA7Mini IRMA 7Mini PROCESS MOISTURE LOGGER Keyboard mode Configuration Meter status Acquire Archives Memory Banks Interval s Moisture Web T d CE J p Gi pins Moisture 4 Selection A ACO BANK KBD 5 eunje4aduia 0 4 0 6 0 8 1 08 44 54 01 09 08 CALIBRATION IN USE Current material index Check the current mate name and calibration rial index name and mode Change the current calibration mode material by increasing decreasing the index IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual controlling data acquisition is to make it conditional by pressing the button Conditional Data is then acquired from the meter only when its Autotimer is on Else the data is replaced with zero This is useful for collecting data from a sheet feeder system or alike where the data acquisition can be triggered with an optical sensor causing the Autotimer to turn on for perhaps a few samples Batch size see later Then the data you get on the screen is obtained from the sheets with zero filled gaps and with a true time scale This is very useful for many processes and special measurements The last two buttons in this box are markers for adding subtracting a fixed 0 5 shift to the moisture signal They are used for marking the beginning stopping of some event or measuring point impo
40. n See Figure 8 To download the meter s library press the button DOWNLOAD You can always do this safely no harm is done to the meter Then the library is in the program s memory replacing the otherwise empty library generated at the time of entering the ON LINE state You can now save the library to afile by pressing the button Save lib The file format is ASCII text which means you can read the file into e g some spreadsheet program for further studying Note however that the spreadsheet file formats are not in general compatible with this software If you want to make any changes to the library file and return it back to the meter care should be exercised and still there is a risk of damaging the file into unreadable state Try to keep the file format as the original text format all the way Uploading a library to the meter is a critical operation asit will wipe away the old library in the meter Unless you know exactly what you are doing you may destroy the library It is advised to keep copies of the current library at safe locations to prevent any disaster The same danger lies in uploading single material entries but the damage is not total Be careful You can check the current library name in the meter at any time in the box Material in moisture meter CHECK No harm is done If you wish to edit the name do it in the text field and then send the new name to the meter by pressing SET Uploading a material requires a little bit mo
41. ncy analysis Filtering Library Calibration Keyboard mode HEAD Select proper filtering For meter and incoming data 25 PENDING OVHT F Note that switching the filter may cause a glitch to your i Filter CHECK current data if acquiring at the same time ACQ SPECIAL prm LOWP BANK Web Temp LPF GAIN KBD Db BREAK Meter Filters model D only STDZE BRK LIB Moisture Run Time Filter REFL OFF CAL DARK PC filter all models HELP Level checking pos LEVELS t HIGH WATCH STATUS N NN LOW i N Hiah level WATCH f AUTO hc 100 N _Level checking all models x x EN AUTO N MOIST N N TEMP N X CALIBRATION IN USE e E Figure 7 The Filtering page Enable level checking indicators set also the levels in this box 32 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual 9 Library Page On the Library page you can download the calibration library in the meter save it to a library file load a library file to the program and upload the library to the meter You can also upload and download single materials in the libraries In this way you can tailor the library in the meter or some library file on disk to match your requirements The only way you can affect any material entry here is to change its name You can finally print out the corresponding material entry in full with a graph seen on the screen This may prove useful for your documentatio
42. nd setup all features of the meters available through the serial port Printer can be used for documentation as well as reporting to HTML files All acquired and downloaded data is saved into traditional IRMA7 format which is compatible with all spreadsheet programs In addition one can save the same data into various formats for use with other software This program is a true multitasking system capable of performing simultaneously several tasks at the same time You can operate with the memory bank system and control it fully while at the same time acquiring e g real time data for your quality control system The program has been made as simple as possible to use There are no menus at all except associated with the graphical displays and everything you see is what you get All actions are started by pressing buttons and meter status is indicated with various LEDs You are using a virtual instrument in your PC though there is a true instrument behind it producing the data 1 1 Installation of the PC program Important Notice for Windows 8 7 Vista Users Before starting it is important to make sure you have administrator s rights in your PC to install programs read and write files etc with full and widest possible rights If not ask your computer manager to do this phase for you or switch the PC user to an administrator It is possible that after a successful installation you encounter strange error messages when files are tried to be saved to a h
43. not present in the system Figure 15 1 The case of incorrect serial port a VISA related message 15 1 3 Incorrect Path or Nonexistent File This is the direct result of not defining and setting a sensible path for data files Press Continue and check what you have done on the Configuration page Save settings when happy with them to avoid this to happen again Refer to Fig 15 2 45 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual X Error 7 occurred at New File Possible reason s LabVIEW File not Found The file might have been moved or deleted or the File path might be incorrectly Formatted For the operating system For example use as path separators on Windows on Mac 05 and fj on UNIX MI 488 Non existent board Figure 15 2 The case of nonexistent path or file 15 3 4 User Interrupt or Nonexistent File This is the direct result of canceling retrieval of any data file to for example the Archives page Press Continue and press again the file name button to clear it This might also happen if you tried to access a file via network but met some access restriction Refer to Fig 15 3 aJ Error 43 occurred at Open File ri File Dialog Possible reason s LabVIEW Operation canceled by user Figure 15 3 The case of User interrupt when accessing a file 46 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual 15 1 5 Trying to Open a Nonexistent Set
44. o values or some actions are not started at all IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual 4 Acquire Page To start measuring right away we assume you have the meter ready and pointed at some target material Go to Acquire page and press the large button marked OFF to change it to ON This will start data retrieval from the meter if the connection is working correctly The graphic display shows the accumulating moisture values with automatic scaling The time scale shows the correct time taken from your computer Refer to Figure 3 You can work fine with the default settings without ever touching any adjustments of the display If you are interested explore the possibilities available by clicking either the right or left button of your mouse with the cursor over some display control Learn the possibilities by reading what is in the help messages or in the dialogs to change the zooming scales and colors of your display If your display gets mixed up do not be alarmed You can always restart the software or try to restore it by studying the menus There are some control buttons connected to the display only to make a great selection of settings We are not going to any further details in this about them This same applies to five other graphical displays which are identical or very similar in features This display does not have any cursors The Memory banks display does have and also the archives display and
45. ome serious problem You can always get a one line description of every button control and LED by moving your mouse cursor over it There are some large oval buttons at several pages whose color when pressed down is bright yellow instead of the regular orange They are left at their state until the user changes the settings These buttons are used for example for watching the status LEDs or the Autotimer status at the meter Also the Acquisition operation has a button like this The purpose of this is to indicate the user to change himself the button s state Each of these buttons have an indicator light at the left edge of the display to remind of their use There are also LEDs for other operations whose momentary operation may take a longer time to finish like downloading a library The Keyboard mode should be activated only when all these LEDs are off Else you will get a number of strange messages as other operations are still trying to communicate with the meter When the Keyboard mode is in use its own LED is lit and no other operation should be attempted at the same time Model D moisture meters communicate with either the Packet protocol or as an ANSI terminal these modes being completely incompatible Model AK30 does not have this feature asit has its own fixed keyboard and display for this purpose It is always working in Packet protocol For model D right after having booted up the meter is always in Keyboard mode for about 30 seconds and then
46. on The last button has a small LED besides it red which is lit in cases like that To clear the alarm press the CLEAR key and update The meter must be in cooler conditions for it to avoid falling to alarm again The third box at the top right corner is marked as Electric cooler It is used only for those meters which do have a cooler Enable is used to turn it ON OFF and Link is used to link the cooler to Low Power state The two LED s indicate the cooler status The cooler may be cycling or it may have an overloading problem The temperature indicator tells the setting temperature of the cooler The fourth box marked as Profibus DP has a button for making the fieldbus connection active or inactive The DP slave address is by default 3 but can be changed here When any changes are made it is required that you press the Initialize button and update Make the changes first and after updating them do the initialization The fifth box marked Status bytes contains all 24 status bits explained in the meter s manual in more detail reflecting various system features and settings You can only read these indicators The sixth box marked as Expansion module has a field for reading the current module number Another field indicates the name of the connected module factory installed The third window allows you to send a command byte to the module Refer to the expansion module manual for details The fourth window indicates any measur
47. peration will stop after having 4096 samples taken It will then save data to a file or a set of files as configured on the Configuration page Then it will restart acquiring to have the next set of 4096 points This will continue forever until you explicitly stop the acquisition You can change the way data is acquired by adjusting the time interval 0 05 to 3600 seconds at the center box Interval control Overloading will happen if you try to acquire too many signals at a too fast rate It is not recommended to change the interval after starting acquisition You can do it but in various cases you may meet unexpected delays as we have true rubberbanding of time in the acquisition If forsome reason sampling is delayed and the acquisition realizes that it will start collecting data faster than the interval indicates In the opposite case it will pause until a proper time has passed to start acquisition again This makes sure that after having a normal interval again it has matched the number of samples taken and the time passed You can also preset the number of samples to be taken After having those samples the acquisition stops automatically Do this by pressing the button Predefined and set the number in the control Count Another way of IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual Figure 3 1 The Acquire page IRMA7Basic Iii IRMA7Basic PROCESS MOISTURE LOGGER Level crossing indicator
48. point pairs signal moisture maximum 10 of them They form together a calibration curve linearizing the usually curved low moisture end Of these number pairs only a number of points is in use marked Points in use The rest of the points can be left inactive If you wish to use a calibration table for linearization it is required to have 2 to 10 points in use Deflection from this will cause invalid moisture data Refer to Figure 9 To start editing a calibration select first a suitable material with the buttons at the bottom edge of the program display CHECK UP DOWN etc We assume you already have the calibration point data available Then press the GET material button to copy to the program s memory for editing You will immediately see a curve if it can be displayed and the first data point in the box marked Calibration of material Press the button Edit to start editing You can edit the name of this material and the number of points in use The calibration mode can be set to reflect the use of the calibration table MULTI use the table QUICK do not use it If the mode is left as QUICK the table is not in use but instead the QUICK calibration linear scaling is used That is not a linearization at all The Point selector goes from 1 to 10 and you can fillin any points in any order Just click the small arrows at the left edge of this control Do not leave any empty points when finished Also the signal moisture values must be
49. re lit it means the corresponding autotimers are on It isrecommended to always keep the WATCH on when working with the memory banks The manual operation proceeds either by adding single samples to the selected memory bank by pressing the button Add sample or by starting the Autotimer with Start When the required number of samples have been collected you can download the data by pressing the Download button This will usually take several seconds and you can observe its progress with the blue bar at the center Data is automatically saved to a file but is still kept in the bank too If you want to clear the bank for the next run press Clear Bank IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual Burst mode selector N N N JA IRMA7Basic PROCESS MOISTURE LOGGER Frequency analysis Filtering Configuration Meter status Bank Series CHECK gt UPDATE A gt PENDING Sampling interval 1 0 0025 ACQ j Bank settings BANK Download Progress on j KBD Manual commands STDZE N WATCH AUTO 0 LIB Samples in bank HELP WATCH STATUS Bi cursoro Plot 0 Cursorl Plot 0 2 89 2 885 2 88 S e E a 1 2 87 Moisture 2 865 2 86 2 855 1 i Downloaded data CHECK FAST DOWN 41 9 1 2008 Figure 4 1 Autotimer mode 1 Batch Clear Bank ve 1 1000 Burst count setting l l N Wbrary Aciwjr
50. re mouse exercise First check the current material index in the meter by pressing the button CHECK right above the index counter window in the box Material in moisture meter As a result the text field below the index display and the calibration mode indicator are updated This is the entry you are using for the Acquire operation right now If you change it it is better not to do any measurements at the same time Press the keys UP FAST UP DOWN FAST DOWN besides the index counter display to find the material you are interested in This will change the current table in the meter but it should not be important at this time Then go to the box Material in PC library and click the arrows up and down right at the left edge of the index counter to find the other material entry in the PC library The corresponding material data and calibration curve are shown at the same time When happy with the selection you can now either download a material from the meter by clicking the button DOWNLOAD above the word MATERIAL or upload a material entry to the meter by clicking the button UPLOAD under the same word The data is updated at once In this way you can do complete tailoring of any library It is advised that you change a little their material names to match the indices if changed A recommended practise is to make a backup copy of a new library by saving it If changes are made to a library it is recommended to change its name too 33 IRMA
51. rs Also if you suspect that the meter is in Keyboard mode you can Enter Keyboard mode and Exit Keyboard mode to force it to stay in the Packet protocol That may happen occasionally although you do not intentionally use the Keyboard mode at all The meters do for about 30 seconds while booting up That is highly important as the meter may have an unknown slave address and if it would go to Packet protocol it would be a tremendous task to find out the slave adaress If the meter stays in the Keyboard mode for a short period when starting one can connect any ANSI terminal to it and start communicating with the meter in spite of its incorrect slave address Then it could be changed also in the Communications menu This is the only way to change the address After the bootup phase the meter goes to the last mode it was turned off in either the Packet protocol or the Keyboard mode This is repeated every time the meter is booted up Do not be too hasty about Entering and Exiting Keyboard mode Sometimes there may be an error situation and the internal menus are redisplayed several times due to master s commands before the slave actually understands them That creates a lot of traffic and delays Turning the sensor s power off on will faster clear a situation like this You can always Enter Keyboard mode independent of the previous history of the meter as long as you know its slave address In the Keyboard mode page you press the Enter Keyboard mode button
52. rst CHECK and perhaps then UPDATE to make sure you do not change anything vital unintentionally The last box has two buttons for downloading the meter s internal configuration data which is highly important for proper operation You can Download and save it by pressing Save No harm is ever done with this one Using the Restore key is critical and is protected against careless use It will read a configuration file type CFG saved earlier by you and upload it to the meter That will replace the meter settings If the settings are incorrect your meter will not work properly anymore and you need to find the correct configuration file to restore it to working condition It is wise to save the meter configuration occasionally to make sure that you have current settings available if some meter crashing occurs The purpose of restoring the configuration is to get the meter running again after having some sort of serious crash or damage Contact Visilab if you have lost the configuration file and the meter has gone crazy The last button on this page is used for getting the few most important status data to the seven status LEDs at the right edge at an interval of three seconds If this key is not pressed down you do not have the LEDs updated at all NOTE Always CHECK first the settings before you SET or UPDATE them The program does nothing in the background unless you explicitly ask it to do Incorrect model will cause some functions to return zer
53. rtant to be recognized later when analyzing data The number fields besides this box are real time values of each signal in corresponding order As you can see there is an LED indicator at the left edge ACQ which is lit when you have started this operation It is there to remind you of a pending operation which should be properly stopped before stopping the program or going to the Keyboard mode There are also some other operations which might interfere with this operation and therefore it is recommended to turn it off In principle you can use most of the operations in this program simultaneously Of course if you are uploading a new library to the meter there is no sense in doing measurements at the same time as the calibration table in use may change Note that the settings in the program other than those mentioned at the Configuration page are not saved for the next session only the data is If you want to keep the settings keep the program running all the time The buttons at the lower edge of the program display are used for checking setting the current material entry in the calibration library You can step up in the index or step down either one entry at a time or ten entries at a time The resulting entry is displayed at the center with data pertaining to it Of course all data and settings located in the meters themselves are always saved IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual 5 Memory Bank
54. ry these out to see the effect The annotation is visible in reporting too but is not saved otherwise You can later move the annotation text to a better position by dragging it with the mouse When you do not need the annotation anymore and want to clear it right click on the graph again and select Clear annotation or Clear All annotations 28 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual 7 Frequency Analysis Page You can perform Fast Fourier Transform FFT to the signals you have acquired either in real time in the acquire operation or use some data file The system tries to recognize the time interval of the samples and uses that as the basic parameter for the transform For mathematical background see literature about FFT and signal analysis The spectrum analysis is used for recognizing any periodical phenomena in the moisture signal having also a rather accurate quantitative capability Extra peaks in the spectrum usually point to some faults in the paper machine like a damaged roller or faulty steam box The peak frequency indicates the vibration source which can be calculated when web speed and other machine factors are known See Figure 6 The signals are passed through a filter called Hamming to give better peak resolution The resulting power spectrum is displayed on the graphical display You have two cursors there as before and can adjust the scales too The four channels available are either the last
55. s Page Figure 4 shows you the looks of the Memory Banks page The memory bank system is a fast memory built into the meter capable of saving data at the fastest speed Model D has five independent banks with 4096 5 X 1024 samples Series Bankl 4 Model AK30 has either one 4096 samples bank Series or four 1024 samples banks Bankl 4 independent of each other which cover the same memory area with the Series You can always safely CHECK the memory bank settings recommended The Bank settings box has the buttons for CHECKING and UPDATING You have four controls there for selecting the Banks setting the sampling time interval and selecting the Autotimer mode Continuous or Batch Also the Batch size can be set The Continuous mode operates forever until explicitly stopped and Batch mode collects the preset number of samples into the meter and stops itself NOTE Only the sample interval of all the features in this box can be retrieved and set in model AK30 Pressing the CHECK key will also update the number of samples in the bank for all models The smallest interval is 0 001 s for model D and 0 2 s for model AK30 The graphic display resembles much the one in Acquire operation but has more options for adjustment If the cursors are not visible you can place them to the display center by locating the grey little buttons at the cursor controls having crosses at the center By clicking there you can select an option from the menu Bring to cent
56. s are lit if the corresponding levels are crossed see the Filtering page 3 Frequency analysis Filtering Library Calibration Keyboard mode STATUS Configuration Meter status Acquire Archives Memory Banks HEAD CHECK Bank Autotimer mode Burst mode Start 25 PENDING YY giseres batch OFF I MM D OVHT UPDATE Sampling interval Batch size Burst size D Sto ACQ eamm c 0 0025 j 4096 100 p LOWP il Bank settings Burst mode overrides Autotimer 9 BANK Download Clear Bank Add sample Copy Tto Bank4 Download GAIN ie Progress ps amp Clear Moist gt l gt eC e ee 9 wA KED Db BREAK Manual commands Download STDZE D amp Clear T BRK 0 OFF gt UB Samples in bank WATCH AUTO s REFL Average Std dey Macro commands CAL Ea 2935 2 868 2 870 0 008 PARK Minimum Maximum E arn 797 2 868 2 859 2 887 lo t HELP Statistics between cursors l 2 LEVELS 2 89 HIEH WATCH STATUS EI E 2 88 Ls WATCH b 28757 AUTO 2 8 2 87 2 865 AUTO 2 86 MOIST SAFE 2 8557 1 1 1 1 1 1 rt EXIT 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4095 TEMP Downloaded data sample mE CALIBRATION IN USE all 9 1 2008 8 40 20 fost Rown 41 41 4CC 1006 a a Le Current material index Check the current mate rial index name and calibration mode mode 16 name and calibration Change the current material by increasing decreasing the index IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic a
57. sic and IRMA7Mini software can utilize the wireless technology offered by Bluetooth If you meter itself is equipped with a Bluetooth capability standard in AK30 and optional in all other models at this time you can either use the Bluetooth package sent with the meter or ordered separately at the PC end You can also use any Bluetooth add on package that will offer a serial port capability Install the software that came with the PC Bluetooth USB dongle Then plug in the dongle and launch the Bluetooth program for setting up the new serial port Turn on the meter and if it has a separate Bluetooth module turn that on too and connect it properly at the meter end In the program ask for locating any nearby Bluetooth capable units Soon a list of them is visible showing also your meter to be identified with the serial number Click on that and configure it to offer the serial port service You may need to type in the Bluetooth PIN security code which is 0000 for all our products when shipped Then you can open up the service for this new serial port and memorize the port name like COM7 or COM15 etc In IRMA7Basic or IRMA7Mini software you can on the configuration page select this new port name to be used in the program When you go into ON LINE in either of these programs the Bluetooth connection is established and the red indicator light on the AK30 panel is lit Similar indicator may be in other Bluetooth devices in other models When you return to
58. the Frequency analysis display The cursors are used e g for determining the interval from which one calculates statistics of the signal or one can directly read the signal values on the curve The box at the top left corner Selection has six buttons in it You have just tried the first one which starts stops the data acquisition You can select with the other buttons the signals you wish to measure When pressed down the corresponding data will be collected as soon as the acquisition is on You can start stop collecting them even in the middle of acquiring other channels Note that file saving is done only if at the time of stopping or when the 4096 samples have been collected The corresponding channel button is pressed Else the data is displayed only The next large button to the right of these is for printing the display graphics You do not have to print everything unless you really want to All data is always saved into IRMA7 file format readable with any spreadsheet program too You can later retrieve the files on the Archives page The small number display at the rightmost top corner together with a small LED indicator is the total sample counter It shows the total number of samples acquired after the operation started The LED indicates when data is actively inquired from the meter From it you can determine when the serial bus may be overloaded LED lit all the time That may cause slipping in time schedules see below The Acquisition o
59. the material used for standardization By default the table is always 70 The next field contains the reading of the moisture standard when originally measured with this meter It should not be changed unless for a reason The third field is the Resulting shift which is modified in the process Make it zero and press the SET button besides it The meter has now the same information you do Change the current material entry to 70 with the controls at the bottom of the display Go to the Acquire page and start acquiring moisture data Go to the Archives page and enable the channelzero for getting areal time data You can adjust the cursors to get the statistics of the data After having enough of data to have a representative average of it stop these operations after making a note of the average moisture value Subtract the new average from the original value Place this value to the shift field and press the button SET Your meter has now a proper correction shift 10 4 Automatic Standardization Place the moisture standard under the meter and press the button Standardize It will take some 15sto complete and the resulting shift automatically shown in the numerical display Refer to user s manual for details Avoid misuse For model D only 37 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual 11 Keyboard Mode Page The Keyboard mode page is very important for meter maintenance It is not available for model AK30 mete
60. tings File This is the result of not finding any file containing the basic settings of this program of type ini Press Continue and check all program settings Then on the Configuration page press the Save settings button The error message will not be displayed again after this Refer to Fig 15 4 X Error 7 occurred at Open Config Data vi Possible reason s LabVIEW File not found The File might have been moved ar deleted or the File path might be incorrectly Formatted for the operating system For example use as path separators on Windows on Mac 05 and f on UNIX MI 488 Non existent board Figure 15 4 The case of nonexistent settings file ini file 47 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual Index A ACQ 18 24 Acquire Page 15 Advanced 22 alarm 11 Annotation 27 Appendix A 44 45 Appendix B Error Message Dialogs 45 Archives Page 23 ASTUP 33 Automatic Standardization 37 Automatic Use 22 Autoscale Y 22 B Bank4 22 BNK 24 Bring to center 19 Burst mode 22 C Calibration Page 35 CHECK STATUS 11 Clear annotation 28 Composer expert system 38 Conditional 18 Configuration Page 6 Configuring the High speed Serial Port 9 44 45 Copy T to Bank4 22 Count 15 cursor 19 22 D Data files 23 data files 6 Datalog 6 23 Date time code key 24 download 33 Download amp Clear Moist 22 Download amp Clear T 22 E Electric cooler
61. ues 5 System Requirements 5 T TEMP 19 Top speed 9 traditional IRMA7 data files 6 triggering 22 Trying to Open a Nonexistent Settings File 47 u UPDATE SETTINGS 11 upload 33 User Interrupt or Nonexistent File 46 W WATCH 19 web temperature offset 11 Wireless Bluetooth Communications 42 X XML 23 24 XML file 6 50
62. umber of files in the worst case Therefore it is good to know how to recognize them The file name coding consists of aset of letters a date time numbering and a file type coding The key to codes are as follows Code signal M moisture WT web temperature HT head temperature XM expansion module XT extra temperature code source ACQ acquired signal BNK memory bank download SPE spectrum signal code format ACQ IRMA7 format ASCII data as text BNK IRMA7 format ASCII data as text SPE IRMA7 format ASCII data as text LVM LVM file format not readable back in this program XML XML format not readable back in this program LOG Datalog format not readable back in this program HTML Report in HTML mainly pictures and text Date time code key 0307041141553 SSS month day and year time in hours minutes s time in seconds a running random number In this way the program produces files whose names are unambiguous but recognizable Needless to say but it is advised to clean up the data file directory of unnecessary files regularly Make backup copies to e g CD s before removing them It is a good bookkeeping method to use various folders for differing measurement projects or higher level tasks to keep the data separate 24 IRMA 7 Data Logging Software IRMA7Basic amp Mini Program User s Manual The first two channels are actually fresh data from the Acquire operation The first one is the real time data whic

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