IEPE-Link-LXRS Quick Start Guide
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1. 2 Install the antenna on the antenna connector of the IEPE Link LXRS module Tighten hand tight 3 Select appropriate power supply plug adapter for local electrical service and install on 9 VDC power supply 4 Plug the barrel connector of the IEPE Link LXRS power supply into the power receptacle on the module 5 Plug the other end of the power supply into the appropriate electrical outlet to activate charging of the IEPE Link LXRS internal rechargeable battery 6 Observe that the Charging LED is red indicating that the battery is charging When the Charging LED turns green the IEPE Link LXRS module is fully charged and ready for use When charged disconnect the power supply from the IEPE Link LXRS module 7 Install the WSDA antenna communication cable and or power supply as appropriate and connect to computer Accelerometer and Accelerometer Cable e The IEPE Link LXRS supports all single channel IEPE accelerometers through a 10 32 coaxial female connector e An example IEPE accelerometer is the Dytran Model 3256A2 Its measurement range is 50g with reference sensitivity of 100mV g and it has a 10 32 female connector e An example IEPE accelerometer cable is the Dyiran Instruments Model 6013A08 Itis a 36 inch 91 cm mini coaxial cable with 10 32 male connectors on both ends e Connect the IEPE accelerometer to the cable and connect the cable to the IEPE Link LXRS Tighten hand tight LORD Mic2. the Units drop down 9 Click the Edit Presets button and the Edit Presets window appears __ lt ss s Figure 8 gern esa 10 Enter a title e g our accelerometer has a serial number of 8088 ga E e anes We enter 8088 ip povis i sony gan Sampling Click the Synchronized Sampling tab Figure 9 Click the Burst Sampling checkbox to enable it 3 Select a sample rate in the Sample Rate drop down In our example we are expecting to measure vibration up to 5000 Hz therefore select a sample rate of 10000 Hz Figure 7 Channel Configuration window Y LORD MicroStrain 2 SENSING SYSTEMS IEPE Link LXRS Quick Start Guide Edit Presets 4 Select a Duration Per Burst in the up down number scroll this is the duration of the ssecpreset aden sampling session in seconds for our example we select 5 seconds Tiie s088 5 Select a Time Between Bursts in the up down number scroll this is the time between mic 97 7 Sampling sessions for our example we select 2 minutes the system requires a certain minimum time for the data to transmit 2 minutes is the minimum available for this particular sampling configuration 6 Click Apply Figure 8 Edit Presets window 7 Click OK and the Node Configuration window disappears contgwton Noe Sampling Session ee Sample Rate 10000 Hz 1 Right click Node 75 and a drop down menu appears 2 Click Sample 3 C
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4. LORD QUICK START GUIDE IEPE Link LXRS Wireless IEPE Sensor Node Components Here s what you need to get started 1 IEPE Link LXRS Module PN 6316 0010 D 2 4 GHz Antenna PN 9010 0133 LORD MicroStrain 9 VDC Power Supply PN 9011 0009 1 IEPE Link LXRS 4 Piece Universal Power Supply Plug Adapters PN 9011 0022 Wireless IEPE Sensor Node Node Commander Windows Software CD PN 8200 0013 Quick Start Guide PN 8501 0053 WSDA Base 102 104 Base Station or WSDA 1000 RGD Wireless Sensor Data Aggregator PN 6307 1021 1041 or 6314 0050 1050 including antenna communication cable and power supply as applicable Figure 1 IEPE Link LXRS Module oe Se i Software Installation 1 IMPORTANT Before installing this software insure that the Windows Operating System Service Pack is the latest available older versions may cause installation errors 2 Insert the Node Commander software CD into the host computer s drive 3 An AutoPlay window will appear click Run AUTORUN EXE If it does not navigate to the drive and double click AUTORUN EXE 4 The CD menu will appear 5 Click Install the Node Commander Software Suite and follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation You will receive a message indicating successful installation and may be asked to restart the computer 6 When completed remove the CD Hardware Installation 1 Turn the IEPE Link LXRS module OFF switch down
5. ampled Data tab and a drop down menu os SA appears 3 Click Stop All Nodes and after a moment a message box will appear 5 indicating sampling has stopped oo ae Display Data ae ae 1 Click the View Mode drop down in the Sampled Data tab and select Graph f Figure 11 Data Grid View 2 The view will change to an XY graph select Node 75 in the Available Nodes column and the previously sampled data will plot 3 Click the X Axis Width drop down and select 1 as an example This will spread the plot out for more detailed analysis 4 Right click anywhere in the graphing area and a pop up menu will appear 5 Select Pan The pointer will change to a hand Click and hold at an area of interest to pan the data View Data 6 Click File 7 Click Explore Data Directory and the Data Directory window appears 8 Double click the Sampled Data folder and all Session folders will appear Session folders are time stamped 9 Select the most recent time stamp to view the latest session and double click the folder J LORD MicroStrain 3 SENSING SYSTEMS IEPE Link LXRS Quick Start Guide 10 Select the data file for your node in our example we are selecting Node75 CSV double click to open the CSV 11 The Time and Tick columns should be used to identify each burst sample in your multiple burst sampling session Note You may have to format the Time column to h mm ss 000 to observe human readable time Burst Cycle The IEPE Li
6. lick Synchronized Sampling and the Synchronized Sampling window appears Figure 10 Our example Node 75 is reported with an In Network status indicating the node and its sampling settings are found 4 Use the default fault options Lossless enabled High Capacity disabled Enable Beacon on Start enabled 5 Click Apply Network Configuration and the node status changes to Ready to Start 6 When ready to sample click Start Sampling and sampling will begin 7 Click the red X in the upper right hand corner of the Synchronized Sampling window the window disappears and the Sample Data tab comes into view 8 Depending on the sampling setup many seconds will transpire before data arrives and is displayed in the Data Grid View Figure 11 Be patient The initial display of data will indicate success of the first burst sampling session Click the sign to the left of the Node to get sampling statistics 9 Subsequent burst sampling sessions will continue to occur until you intervene by stopping the node To be clear No sampling occurs pie i a during data transmission see Burst Cycle section below Duration Per Burst sec 5 Time Between Bursts 2 gt mn Percent of Total Bandwidth 50 05 Stop Node El Sampled Data I 1 Click the red X of the Sampled Data tab and the Close Sampled Data 7 Dee sarate S Pevenbsetiesvonnoseconmande O aso window appears opr ee 2 Right click Node 75 in the S
7. nk LXRS operates as shown in the diagram Once configured and launched the node waits in low power mode while the real time clock RTC counts the seconds until the first scheduled burst In the default configuration 15 seconds prior to the scheduled burst time the accelerometers are charged At the scheduled burst time the node starts sampling for the duration of the burst period selected by the user Once sampling is completed the data is transmitted When transmission is complete the node returns to low power mode and again counts the seconds until its next scheduled burst If a node is configured to burst every minute the node will start sampling at the top of the minute If a node is configured to burst every hour the node will start sampling at the top of the hour To stop the node the user must send the Stop Node command Accel Low Power Mode gt iaaii Burst Sampling gt Transmit Data Congratulations You are up and running The IEPE Link LXRS user manual can be found here LORD MicroStrain support engineers are always available to support you in any way we can Copyright 2014 LORD Corporation LORD Corporation 3DM GX4 45 IEPE Link 3DM RQ1 Strain Wizard DEMOD DC DVRT DVRT Link MicroStrain Sensing Systems WSDA HS Link TC Link G Link V Link SG Link ENV Link Watt Link Shock Link 459 Hurricane Lane ph
8. roStrain SENSING SYSTEMS IEPE Link LXRS Quick Start Guide Establish Communication 1 Launch Node Commander software and the Main window will appear 2 The WSDA will appear as Base Station Com X in the Controller frame in our pov bn Sein Figure 2 example we see Base Station Com 44 this indicates that communication is established with the WSDA Right click Base Station Com 44 and a drop down menu appears Click Add Nodes Click Node Discover ry and the Node Discovery window appears Figure 3 Turn the IEPE Link LXRS module ON switch up and Node X will appear in the ee Commander to find tree under Base Station Com 44 in our Figure 4 example we see Node 75 this Jo a indicates that communication is established with the IEPE Link LXRS Click Stop and the Node Discovery window disappears 8 Click the sign to the left of Node 75 and the Model Options Serial Number Firmware Version Memory Full amount of datalogging storage consumed and Figure One Peeve WNUOW Num Triggers number of stored datalogging sessions will be displayed Figure controtte 5 ar Base Station Com 44 H A Node 75 NEW Figure 2 Base Station Comm 44 oO E Find sampling nodes on frequency 22 Configure Node Figure 4 Node 75 11 Enter the mV G Sensitivity value that is provided on the calibration sheet of your particular IEPE accelerometer For our example we are using a 50g Dy
9. tran Model 33256A2 referred to above We are given a Sensitivity value of 97 7 mV G Enter 97 7 in the mV G textbox 12 Click the Add Preset button and the preset is saved Note These Presets now become selectable for future configurations Figure 6 Node Configuration window 13 Click Close button and the Edit Presets window disappears 14 Select 8088 in the mV G drop down 15 Select a Low Pass Filter Cutoff setting in the drop down As a rule of thumb select a Low Pass Filter Cutoff setting that is no more than 1 2 of your sample rate In our example we are expecting to measure vibration up to 5000 Hz We will be setting our sampling rate at 10000 Hz therefore circum select a Low Pass Filter Cutoff setting of 5000 Hz 16 Click OK and the Channel Configuration window disappears 17 Click Apply and the calibration coefficient is written to the module s non volatile memory EEPROM 1 Right click Node 75 and a drop down menu appears 2 Click Configure nee 3 Click Configure Node and the Node Configuration window appears Figure 6 O Nodes 4 Click the Channels tab E ae 5 Click the Channel Enabled checkbox for Channel 1 to enable it the IEPE accelerometer S N 6316 0010 00087 is on this channel ae en 6 Click the ellipsis button in the Configure column for Channel 1 and the Channel B n Tig Configuration window appears Figure 7 Figure 5 Info Tree 7 Select Acceleration in the Class drop down 8 Select G in
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