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Reid-7 program. User manual

1. Fig 4 15 Print dialog Program Reid 7 supports additional possibilities at the printing that 1s The duplex printing possibility of the double sided printing not overturning sheet after one pass Usually function is supported by expensive printers If your printer does not support the double sided printing the printing will occur in the usual mode Various modes of the printing allowing o To change scale for example sheet of format A4 to print out on a paper of format A3 o Tocutthe big pages on some small for example sheet of format A3 to print out on two sheets of format A4 o Tounite small pages for example two sheets of format A4 to print out on one sheet of format A3 Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual 4 6 Start of measurements By means of program Reid 7 and device REIS 105 probably creation of a measuring complex By means of this complex it is possible distantly and in an automatic mode to make the control and measurement of a condition of cable lines To make remote measurements first of all it is necessary to set up the device e To connect to one of device inputs a cable line and to choose in the menu of device Mode point connected with this input e To install impedance of a line by means of an adjusting potentiometer e To move in an operating mode with the computer Gain Pulse time Offset Start measure Parametrs of measurements 12 500 m 4 Range TEE
2. ERE STELL company Research and production Company Systems of Testing of Cable Lines Software Reid 7 for work with reflectometers REIS 105R REIS 105M REIS 205 REIS 305 and REIS 50 version 1 08 2 User manual Our adress RUSSIA 241033 Bryansk Stanke Dimitrova prospect 82A Tel 4832 41 65 97 4832 41 54 98 Mail 241050 Bryansk p o 284 http www stell ru E mail stell stell ru me Sm dar ups 5 Content Common adbtormaton about Reid secies ttes tesa eeotin Exe aeo ques akt ses ees ecd in tu e ale uUR RE x sua Ede 3 Programi MINS LAA OM cocotte tet epigr DR EMI ere uM sui eatin rr eR REM ere ud EUM dirus 4 OCE SEAT eepe Dem doe cta osi tetaseetuu rE um iacta dois cRasdcetad etus A andes iea MR ee te berd duae 3 Bia el NET HC 6 AS PB VE DV eS 6 4 2 PrOOrain setin S a cuius eto INTR uc IM a HIM AMNES EM CAD UR AE 8 4 9 VV ORK WII NCS a ceto ack tier Rut E CIN Ip ad UCM c tani iil deck pre M EA Rea etiuatais 10 d Topo Hle Sio tun metu tatu uten A DUK adeo M DM LAE dA MEE 11 Ar Pror TCS eea A 13 2 60 Stay iliac AGU re MENIS carir a a DUEEP I INI C EUER SIM UE 15 TCS OL PROCESS ed OC Onie Sorria EE etu RE naan TAN LIEU Ei uad IRSE e tA 17 5 R Hectograum and impulse charac ePSLE usn eterne Siete EUR een e a vera a FUR Ewa een ida 18 32 TTaDICODSHOPICTIIID S opc ibd d add da e E nC ny tuse etui osa ee 22 3o Results or brid5eurneasutetne BIS aodio o Deedee MN Sees 23 3 4 Table OF CADICS
3. A cable Material copper or aluminium Resistance per unit length from 0 1 to 999 9 Ohm km Linear capacitance from 0 1 to 300 0 nF km To edit cable parametres it is necessary to click twice on Cable parametrs an active line or to press button Enter on the keyboard Thus there is a window Fig 5 12 in which in an interactive mode to enter cable parametres Cable name cable 0 5 rna Linear resistance A D hm km By means of additional buttons in the toolbar of the ui o Dd document it 1s possible e Toadda line gt e Toremove a line e Toclear the table BR e To move selected line above T e To move selected line more low Linear capacity C nF km 30 00 3 Material Copper Fig 5 12 Editing table of cables 24 Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual
4. Main Lolors Reflectogram elements Background color EH Black oe i Help Scale color Eme Grid color EE Gray Cursors color E Yellow m Lime Levels color x Yellow Lines color Lime Scalebar color Default Fig 4 8 Customization of color design of elements reflectograms All changes in a dialog window Program setting are applied immediately For window closing click on a cross in the right top corner or press button Ok Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual 9 4 3 Work with files Dialog Work with files Fig 4 9 is called Werkwith fites x by pressing the button of the main window of the program or at a choice of appropriating item in the menu ioc be _ am _X dove Total 33 1 GB ave to device File Free 28GB seers File name Althogether 5 files Modify date There is possible two different operating modes aEUIBPS SDEEETESNES work with files of the device and work with files saved on pU ES Sata aoa SAMPLE 4 xtdr 8 3KB 19 01 2009 15 44 SAMPLES xtdr 406B 12 05 2008 11 11 the computer The operating mode choice is realized by the switch File base from disk Files from device In reflectometers STELL company for measurements are used various methods having own features and differences therefore there is a problem logically to divide the saved results of measurements Especially it is actual for users having s
5. Screen start 0 000 m H Manual x Zoom 1 4 Averanging 1 4 Zoom at memory writing n 4 Shortening 1 500 Ld HE V 100 0 m mks Help V 2 200 0 m mks Exit Fig 4 16 Dialog window Start measure In the program it is necessary to choose item of the menu File Start Measure Becomes accessible after a choice in options of type of device REIS 105 and COM port then there will be a dialog window Fig 4 16 In the left part of dialog you can set up parameters of measurements The most of these parameters can accept only hard defined values besides depending on other parameters and therefore are unavailable to direct editing are marked by gray color others marked with white color are accessible In total in the program probably four operating modes e The Manual mode the easiest and does not need any additional options After pressing button Start there is an immediate reading of a line then the document window REIS 105 impulse RFG opens The reviewing mode allows Fig 4 17 in an interactive mode to observe line change through the time intervals set in the field Refresh time In case of successful reading of a line to the right of dialog there is a window with reflectogram In case of error occurrence it is a window does not appear Mark placing Ignore errors allows to minimize emerging messages and not to interrupt process of measurements The operati
6. 1s calculated under the A N K N calibrated level N value of zero level formula K per where A value of sample for which coefficient is calculated K value of _ 20 ig K rer The attenuation coefficient calculates under the formula K In documents reflektograms there is a possibility to put to a inscriptions and a line in the field of the increased viewing To add the text click on the toolbar the button with the pictogram T and then while this Fig 5 6 Dialog of the text addition button is in the pressed condition click in the field of the increased viewing There will be a dialog Fig 5 6 in which you can enter the text and choose parametres of a font for it the button with an inscription By pressing on Enter or on the button with the pictogram 44 the entered text will be added in the document This text can be always edited by means of double click The inscription can be moved within area of the increased viewing For this it is necessary to click on it the left button of the mouse thus it will be selected and not releasing the mouse button to move to the necessary position Lines in program Reid 7 are attached by one end to inscriptions Therefore to add a line it is necessary to select an inscription having clicked on it with the left button of the mouse After that the button on the toolbar with the pictogram becomes accessible Further it is necessary to click by this button and
7. Close all closes windows of all documents Force close all closes windows of all documents Difference from the previous item that does not output at closing of any messages with the offer to save files 6 Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual e The list of all open documents in a Fig 4 3 document OUTFLOW xbrg is opened Menu Help Fig 4 4 includes subitems e Content calls the built in reference e About shows the main information about program Content F1 About Fig 4 4 Menu Help Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual 4 2 Program settings Dialog with settings Fig 4 5 1s called by Program settings pressing the button amp of the main window in the man cobs program or by choosing of appropriating item in the device menu File Device pe On the tab Main it is possible to choose a P551 E language of the user interface on which the program Link interface will co operate with the user from the drop down ftom E combo box The tick mark on the check button Autodeteot niomation about device _ Show settings window at startup will result in that what is the window of settings will appear pu automatically after program start It can be urn B convenient if of users is available more than one devices and they besides still different types User interface sockets are in a side wall of the device and in a back wall of the system bl
8. XP 2003 Windows Vista Seven Windows XP SP3 recommended Work 1s possible through WINE in different UNIX systems support is limited The minimum resolution of the screen 1s 800x600 pixels 16 bit of color Processor Intel Pentium 233 or compatible No less than 32 MB of RAM No less than 7 MB of free disk space For comfortable work with the computer is recommended more powerful processor a greater volume of RAM and resolution of screen no less than 1024x768 pixels Work with devices To work with the devices you need a free COM or USB port Working through the COM port is possible with devices REIS 105R REIS 105M REIS 105M1 REIS 205 REIS 305 To do this use a cable connection to the device For devices REIS 105R REIS 105M REIS 105M1 1s necessary to use the cable supplied it non standard For devices REIS 205 and REIS 305 you can use the cable supplied with the devices or a standard COM port extender Working through the USB port possible with devices REIS 50 REIS 105R REIS 105M REIS 105M1 REIS 205 REIS 305 For REIS 50 you can use USB miniUSB cable supplied or equivalent For devices REIS 105R REIS 105M REIS 105M1 you can use USB COM PR I adapter manufactured by Stell For devices REIS 205 and REIS 305 you can use USB COM PR 2 adapter manufactured by Stell Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual 3 2 Program installation Before program installation read first system requirements to the computer section
9. is viewed in section 4 3 File Windows Help e Open calls standard dialog of operational system for Work with files Ctrl F opening from a disk before the saved documents Thus for each tnde cm mport hi new read out documents the window opens It allows to have Start Measure Ctrl 4M on the screen some open documents simultaneously and if Oo Gee necessary quickly to be switched between them AS settings aoa e Import itis viewed in section 4 4 peee e Start Measure it is viewed in section 4 6 Last Ben e Information about device it is viewed in section 4 2 3l ca e Settings itis viewed in section 4 2 E ig 4 2 Menu File e Clear last files list clears the list of previously opened files e Last files are contained by the list of previously opened files e Exit terminates program Menu Windows Fig 4 3 includes subitems e Cascade one has windows of open documents behind 7777 another the cascade B 3 Q8 ee e Tile horizontally places windows of all documents by meurowm c cons horizontally arrange e Tile vertically places windows of all documents by sen vertically Arrange places icons of windows in a rows Fou dose al Minimize all to minimize all windows in Maximize all to maximize all windows on all screen Fig 4 3 Menu Windows Restore all restores all minimizing windows
10. on the selected inscription and then to move a line the mouse cursor To change the size of a line it is necessary to click in its any place to select and not releasing the mouse button to set the cursor its new position To remove an inscription or a line it 1s necessary to select and to press Delete button on the keyboard 20 Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual Program Reid 7 allows to copy reflektogram Reflectograms adding plots from one document in another By pressing the button E of the toolbar the program displays dialog Fig 5 7 in which you can choose those documents opened from which it 1s necessary to copy reflectograms By pressing on Ok all will be copied reference and additional reflectograms from the chosen documents They will be placed in a Cancel Q Heb category additional the current document Fig 5 7 Dialog of adding reflectograms From all array of open documents for copying in the active approach not everything but only satisfying to certain conditions Only these documents will get to the list and can be added to a working document These conditions the following e Thetype of the device of both documents should be identical The method of measurements of both devices should be identical The range of both documents should be identical The coefficient of shortening of both documents should be identical The scale of both documents should be identical The amplification of both documen
11. select two plots in the list and calls the contextual menu Thus there is accessible a point of the menu with the same name At a choice of this item it is created difference reflectogram The name of difference reflectogram is formed from references to two reflectograms from which the difference is received The reference is a number before to a name of reflectogram and its identifying 1s single valued Depending on an selection order creation of two differences is possible e To displace the plot relatively the screen and one relatively another To displace it is possible only one of additional reflectogram For plot displacement select that plot which you wish to move After that set focus of input from the keyboard on area of the increased viewing this area will be framed by a white dashed line from within Plot displacement probably only on the half screen across and on a vertical also is carried out by means of arrows on the keyboard For moving acceleration it 1s possible in addition to press key Ctrl The area of the full and increased viewing is displayed by the same plots but in different scales The button on the toolbar with the pictogram B amp allows to on off display of lines of a grid in these areas In the field of full viewing is displayed minimum information reflectograms cursors and levels It 1s serve only for change of scale and borders of display which it 1s there and then applied to area of the increased viewing For scale chan
12. 1 The program is delivered on CD with reflectometer Insert CD into a CD drive of your computer The program with the list of a contained disk will automatically be started From here you can install program Reid 7 open the documentation in PDF format to install program Adobe Acrobat Reader it can be used for reading and printing of documentation The Setup can be started manually for this open an explorer and having passed in CD root start an executed file of kind Reid7 Setup vx xx exe Further it is necessary to follow the instructions which are given out by the setup After the installation on a desktop there will be an icon Reid 7 with the image of reflectometer Visit a site www stell ru Quite possible that in site accessible newer version of program Reid 7 with new capabilities Before program updating it 1s necessary to remove the previous version for what it is necessary to execute the program from the menu Start 5AIl programs STELL Uninstall Reid 7 If for the connection of devices to a computer will be used adapters PR 1 or PR 2 then at the end of the installation procedure you must also leave the item marked Launch FTDI drivers setup Attention In some cases at program installation removal there can be the problems connected with use of anti virus software In this case it is recommended temporary to shut down the anti virus software 4 Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual 3 Quick start In thi
13. allows quickly to search the necessary document 10 Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual 4 4 Import files Import possibility is added in program Reid 7 for compatibility with earlier developed software STELL company for reflectometers namely With the program Reid 6 working with device REIS 105 With the program Reis 205 working with device REIS 205 With the program Reis 205 bridge working with device REIS 205 With the program Reis 305 working with device REIS 305 And also to import the files of the device REIS 50 Import file e doc REIS 105 TDR SAMPLE2 TDR Import of files is carried out in two stages At the first stage after pressing item Import to the menu program File there is standard Windows dialog for opening of files in which you can choose one or several saved files of one of the above listed rds programs At the second stage there is a dialog M T window Fig 4 10 in which you can show to the E O Hep program that it is necessary to do with earlier chosen files f Open selected file C Save selected file ta files base e BASE Fig 4 10 Dialog Import files The flag For all selected files appears only if you chosen before some files Its mark will mean that import parameters adjusted in this window will be applied to all files If this mark not to place the program each time will ask you about the further actions If import of one file its full path 1s dis
14. ance 100 0 Ohm km Temperature Loop resistance Rs 7 000 kOhm Line length L 70 00 km Line resistance Ax 5 001 kOhm Leak resistance Rf 3 38 MOhm Distance before outflow Lx 39 99 km Comment up to 128 chars IREIS 205 bridge measurements 06 04 2010 12 14 Fig 5 10 Opened document Bridge method measurements Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual 23 5 4 Table of cables The table of cables is in device REIS 205 in which the bridge method of measurements is realised Its function fast installation of the necessary values of a cable parametres resistance per unit length linear capacitance and material type If it 1s required to make a large quantity of measurements on various cables it is convenient to prepare the table of cables on the computer and to download it in the device The device simultaneously can contain only one table of cables but nothing prevents to download if necessary in the device the necessary table from available on the computer table xcbl Aya 3 Fi ti TANANSHN 0 7 mm 30 0 44 30 Comment up to 128 chars REIS 205 cable table Copper Copper Copper Copper Copper Copper Copper v 30 04 2008 11 20 Fig 5 11 Opened document Cable table Principles of work with the table of cables Fig 5 11 are in many similar to principles of work with the table of shortenings The table of cables consists of the lines including Cable names up to 27 symbols
15. ddaline 3 M m mk s 38 e Toremove a line Wee m mls e To clear the table BH Dr e To move selected line above Tf Cancel Fig 5 9 Editing table of shortenings e To move selected line more low 22 Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual 5 3 Results of bridge measurements This kind of documents is in device REIS 205 in which is realised the bridge method of measurements The bridge method of measurements includes some measuring operations as enough simple voltage measurement on inputs and complex characterised a lot of output parametres Measurement of a ribbon cable resistance on three various inputs Measurement of cores asymmetry Measurement of isolation resistance on three various inputs Measurement of a line capacity on three various inputs Measurement of DC voltage on three various inputs Measurement of AC voltage on three various inputs Measurement of distance to leak Measurement of distance to breakage Measurement of a line parametres In the top part of the document Fig 5 10 is displayed the drawing explaining a principle of spent measurements same as well as in the device In the bottom part of the document are displayed the measured parametres in the tabular form For each measuring operation form of the document is individual OUTFLOW xbrg m A ai 3 Distance before outflow L Blue B Black c Red Rs Ra Rb Material Copper Linear resist
16. de of the package printing is not carried out since in this mode probable combination of reflectograms with other types of documents e To change scale of a displayed picture pressed buttons and or to enter the necessary value of scale in percentage in the field 78 or pressed the button to translate display in a full screen mode e To carry out navigation on printed sheets The panel 4 4 and the button of miniatures d for this purpose serve Especially actually for a mode of the package print when some sheets prepared are for printing At the printing of one document it is for printing prepared as a rule one sheet and it 1s possible not to pay attention to these Total of sheets prepared for printing and current sheet are displayed in a status line After viewing to start for printing press Print x the button with the pictogram tj There will be ke Gewn a dialog window Fig 4 15 in which majority of Where Prntto fie control elements standardly for most of Pages Copes programs and should not cause difficulties You ME Japen e can choose the printer and to setup its C Pages DEG 4 Enter page numbers and or page ranges properties what pages to send on the printer to separated by commas For example 1 3 5 12 specify copies and their quantity a mE p y p q y Print All pages s z Order Direct 1 9 Y Duplex Default m Print on sheet Cancel 14
17. e IC a file with extension xwav REIS 205 cable table a file with extension xcbl REIS 205 bridge measurements a file with extension xbrg REIS 305 the table of shortenings a file with extension xvop REIS 305 impulse RFG a file with extension xtdr REIS 305 oscillatory discharge IC a file with extension xwav REIS 305 pulse arch RFG a file with extension xspk REIS 50 impulse RFG a file with extension xtdr In spite of external similar names an internal format of the same documents and processing by their devices can a little differ All documents in program Reid 7 have the general features e The file name is displayed in title of a window with the document If in document to make any changes for example to add the comment to the right of the file name the star 1s added If the file 1s saved the full way to a file is displayed in a status line of the main window at pointing of the cursor of the mouse on title e In documents there is the tool bar which is in the top part of a window On this panel there are buttons associated with various actions The part of these actions is the common for all types of documents and a part are individual for each type e At document activization in the main menu between items File and Windows insets the point of the menu dublicating commands of the toolbar e In documents there is a field for input of the comment of the user e Inastatus bar of the document there is dis
18. e toolbar associated with actions specific to the given document tables of shortenings Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual 17 5 1 Reflectogram and impulse characteristic Reflectogram is basic type of documents with which program Reid 7 works This concept more capacious than reflectogram in the device where last is actually simply the plot In program Reid 7 reflectogram is a document which can be the container for several reflectogram plots from the device For a designation reflectograms in many places of the program is used abbreviation RFG The impulse characteristic IC line 1s a name of the plot which displays the device working in an oscillatory discharge mode From the point of view of program Reid 7 of a basic difference between reflectograms and impulse characteristics is not present 1 e as a matter of fact they differ only with names Therefore they are considered in common in the given section In total program works with seven types reflectograms e REIS 105 impulse RFG REIS 205 impulse RFG REIS 205 oscillatory discharge IC REIS 305 impulse RFG REIS 305 oscillatory discharge IC REIS 305 pulse arch RFG REIS 50 impulse RFG Reflectograms the same method and different methods especially received by means of different devices can especially differ These differences are shown first in various parameters of RFG such as measuring ranges frequencies of numbering of entrance signals averagings at record in
19. elected with a bold font The same operation of selection can be carried out clicked the left button of the mouse on the plot being in area of the increased viewing Only one plot can be selected eue i A Zoom 1 L simultaneously 1 e selection from other to take down Fis 5S Thecontextudbomenmor tie reflectogram plot Heflectograms Additional Lovert RFG selection Difference em Horizontal symmetry IET Vertical symmetry e To create a horizontal symmetric copy This command is caused from the same contextual menu The new plot is located in a category Additional For difference reflectograms this point of the menu is not available e Tocreate a vertically symmetric copy This command is similar to the previous e To remove the plot from the document Execution of this command leads to removal of reflectogram from all areas of the document To delete reference reflectogram it is impossible Actually the difference between Reference and Additional reflectograms consist that Reference are precisely received from the device and Additional in what results of operations for example symmetry import etc In documents of devices REIS 105 REIS 205 and REIS 50 can be only one reference reflectogram In device REIS 305 to two These restrictions arise because of devices features At document saving in the device save only reference reflectograms e To create a difference of two plots For difference creation
20. ge serves the dotted rectangle which sizes can be changed by means of the mouse from four sides and from corners In area limited to this rectangle the cursor of the mouse takes the form Double click in this area allows to install the maximum scale of display For change display borders it is possible to move a dotted rectangle For this it is necessary to catch it the mouse clicked the left button of the mouse and to move to the necessary position Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual 19 At document areas always there are measuring it is displayed by a dotted line and zero is displayed by a dashed line cursors Cursors are intended for convenient readout of distances between segments of reflectogram For this the zero of a horizontal scale of always attached to the zero cursor The distance between zero and measuring cursors is always displayed in a status line of the document in example L 117 2 Cursors can be moved in the various ways The first way by means of the mouse At prompting on the cursor the cursor of the mouse it takes the form To move the cursor it is necessary to click the left button of the mouse and to move it to the necessary place Cursors can be set only in places of samples Therefore at cursor movement especially at the big scale will be visible step type behavior of its moving The second way by means of buttons on the toolbar with pictograms for the zero cursor and for the measuring curs
21. h it is possible by means of any browser for example The document csv which can be opened for example in Microsoft Excel Fig 4 14 or OpenOffice org Calc In this format in a text file is entered the common information about the document and further in the tabular form are listed the samples of all reflectograms In the first line are located names of reflectograms In the second line there are numbers which need to be added to all samples in a column to consider a relative positioning of reflectograms on a vertical Samples of one reflectogram concerning another are located with shift on a vertical it is gives the necessary information on Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual 17 18 19 20 211 22 23 24 0 WAVE3 1 WAVE3 hor sym 0 1 6 Vertical shift 0 Position m 1087 500 1086 914 1086 328 1085 742 1085 156 1084 570 1083 984 1083 398 29 1082 813 96 127 30 1082 227 96 120 31 1 1081 641 92 108 0 Fig 4 14 Fragment csv file opened in Microsoft Excel SESE MN 13 mutual position of reflectograms Ranges of change of samples for all devices are various m For device REIS 105 and REIS 50 value of sample is in a range from 0 to 255 The middle 128 B For device REIS 205 value of sample is in a range from 32768 to 32767 The middle 0 m For device REIS 305 value of sample is in a range from 128 to 127 The middle 0 Export to a format csv in a mo
22. ion tdg e Aformat REIS 205 cable table a file with extension cbl created by the program Reis 205 bridge e A format REIS 205 bridge program bridge measurements assembles a file with extension pkm created by the program Reis 205 bridge e A format REIS 305 oscillatory discharge IC a file with extension wav created by the program Reis 305 e Aformat REIS 305 pulse arch RFG a file with extension spk created by the program Reis 305 Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual 11 e A format REIS 50 impulse RFG a file with extension tdr By default is offered to make opening of the specified files However if at you it is a lot of files which you wish to subject further to batch operation for example to print or to saving in the device it is possible to click on the switch Save selected file to files base After that the field becomes accessible to input of the catalog which can be entered manually or to choose in standard dialog having clicked on the button In this catalog all imported files will be saved 12 Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual 4 5 Print files Woe m EJ Preview Fig 4 12 Preview window of reflectogram In program Reid 7 it is possible both printing of separate file document and the package printing of saved files in base or in the device The package printing is possible from dialog Work with files and essentially
23. is possible to execute the basic operations saving section 5 1 and printing section 4 5 Save to base Fig 3 1 The basic operations with reflecrogram Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual 5 4 User interface 4 1 Main window The main window Fig 4 1 of program 5 7 __ is always displayed on the screen and provides a3 S 3i an access to all control elements of the program In a window are the main menu a toolbar and a status bar In a status bar usually is available two zones In the first left zone is displayed the help about type of the device and about the interface of communication which is used by the program This information takes from program settings In the second right zone is displayed the contextual help for various control elements The toolbar dublicates for quickly access the most important functions of the Fig 4 1 The main window of the program Reid 7 main menu of the program Program Reid 7 can works with several documents which it can be open simultaneously Each document which is processed by program Reid 7 also has the toolbar the menu and a status bar The basic type of documents is reflectogram It can be expanded on full screen In this position its toolbar and a status bar are built in appropriate elements of the main menu Let s view all the items of the menu serially The menu File Fig 4 2 includes subitems e Work with files it
24. memory etc and secondly in various interaction with the user which is carried out by program Reid 7 at processing of these documents These differences arise finally because of the various internal structure of devices The typical document reflectogram Fig E amp swerrxer max 5 3 except usual toolbar and a status line contains three more areas e Area of parameters on the right e Area of full viewing below e Area of increased viewing above In case of need to increase other areas the area of parameters can be cleaned from the screen by means of the trigger button or corresponding point of the menu with the pictogram The same button allows to display again area of parameters on the screen The similar purposes are served the button of toolbar menu item with the pictogram Q allows to change visibility of area of full viewing a 3 t T 3B i lq Reflectograms Reference v HO FAULT Additional Difference writing Comment up to 128 chars Sample reflectogram with fault 16 01 2009 14 39 REIS 105 impulse RFG L 117 2 m Kref 0 13 Katt 9 00 dB Fig 5 3 Opened document Reflectogram Between areas of the full and increased viewing there is a special divider at pointing on which cursor of the mouse changes the form on With its help it is possible to change the size of one area for the account another The area of parameters contains e Theuser c
25. n the top lest corner the empty seat percent in memory of the device 1s displayed in the form of the circular diagram Drop down combobox PEts05 impulse AFG xlallows to display from a database or from the device files of certain type In general in this list there can be many elements To REIS 105 files reduce their quantity it is intended list By default after dialog start in this list 1s the REIS 305 files same type of the device as in settings If at you only one device there 1s no necessity for last list to change a choice At work in a mode of viewing of files of the device this list is not displayed Five buttons in the top part of dialog are assigned for execution over files of various actions These buttons become accessible only if at the list of files are present noted by a tick an exception button Rename becomes accessible only when one file is noted by a tick The actions compared with buttons are made over all marked files Buttons with pictogrammes 5 are intended accordingly for a mark of all files inverting of a mark mark removal The most important action file opening can be made twice having clicked the left button of the mouse on a file name The button with pictogramme allows to include a mode of previewing In this case at click by the left button of the mouse by name a file or at navigation by arrows of the keyboard document contents are on the right side displayed Such possibility
26. ng mode under the schedule is similar to a manual mode Fig 4 18 with that only a difference that after pressing button Start the program passes in a mode of tracing of system time and date makes line reading as soon as system time reaches mounted The journalizing mode allows Fig 4 19 periodically to make measurements and to keep the received files on the disk device Names of kept files are formed of a prefix a serial number and extension xtdr for example RFG O xtdr RFG_1 xtdr RFG 2 xtdr etc The catalog in which save all reflectograms is set in the field Files base strictly speaking it is one of sub directories of the specified base of files The field for input of an interval of updating 1s similar to that in a viewing mode but allows to set the big intervals of time Mode Review Refresh time s 5 A W gnore errors Fig 4 17 Parameters of the review mode Mode Schedule Mi Time kms 13 33 07 Date 06 04 201 0 Fig 4 18 Parameters of the operating mode under schedule Mode Journaling Refresh time hems 00 01 00 W lgnare errors Files base E Tmp_ Base c Files name prefix IRFG Fig 4 19 Parameters of the journaling mode Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual 15 Periodic record of files on the disk device can demand intervention of the user in such cases as a place lack on the disk device or because of a random error of reading from the device In this ca
27. nothing differs from the printing of a single file By pressing the button in the tool bar of edited document or at a choice of appropriating item from the main menu it is started the previewing dialog window Fig 4 12 in which the sheet of paper and the document located on it Dialog is executed in style of many popular programs of type Microsoft Word and should not cause difficulties in users If in settings section 4 2 the standard color palette is chosen the printing of all elements of reflectograms except plots will occur in a monochrome mode At printing of all documents on each page is formed the title containing the information about the document In this window you can e To setup page parameters the size spaces from borders an orientation kind having pressed on the button with the pictogram HO Fig 4 13 Page Settings Width 21 cm Height 29 70 cm Orientation Portrait Landscape Right Margins Left 2 50 cm fom fom fom i Cancel Fig 4 13 Dialog of page settings Top Bottom e Having pressed the button with the pictogram L to make export of a displayed picture in o The document rtf which then can be edited in addition one of editors supporting it for example Microsoft Word or OpenOffice org Writer It 1s useful in case if you has some reasons that the standard form of printing Mozilla Firefox or Opera does not arrange The document html to open whic
28. oci ied slags esie don uoidsns tools haie oiim nl omite unde oiu das 24 Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual 1 Common information about Reid 7 Program Reid 7 is purposed for work with reflectometers REIS 105R REIS 105M REIS 205 REIS 305 and REIS 50 released STELL company and for data processing received with their help But at the same time for work of the program presence of devices 1s not required Ability which are given by program Reid 7 consist first in simplification and automation of those actions which can be executed with the device and secondly in expansion of functionality capabilities of already serial devices without their modification The main features of program Complex work with memory of the device as with a disk which familiar for users of PC s Possibility of the creation on the computer of databases with results of measurement Possibility of printing results of measurements Support of group operations at import opening copying removal printing results of measurements Additional data processing including commenting structurization scaling comparison recalculation of parameters Automation of measurements with help of the computer Compatibility with software which was released for reflectometers of STELL company previously Multilanguage Russian and English languages and friendliness of the user interface System requirements Operating system Windows 98SE ME Windows 2000
29. ock of the computer The device and the computer should will connect an appropriating cable If your computer rather new in him can not appear COM ports In this case you can get adapter USB COM or controller PCI adding in system COM ports After installation of drivers applied on these devices the program Reid 7 can work with them as with the usual In the drop down list Link interface will be enumerated all COM ports installed in the system identified under numbers and also the special element absent The matter is that COM port is a system resource to which one program can receive access at a time only If to choose this item of the menu program Reid 7 will release the occupied port and it becomes accessible to other programs which are executed in Windows For job with devices it is necessary for program to note type of the device and the interface of communication which will be used It can be made or having chosen from appropriating drop down lists known values or having used function of automatic definition The manual choice of type of the device and Information about device installation of the interface of communication means only that the program has the all necessary information for i REIS 105 communication with the device and communication is Bere EE ready By pressing the button Information about device gu Fig 4 6 the program requests of the device the various Serial number 091020 information such as the si
30. of an electromagnetic wave in a line only in one direction V and with a glance of return of a wave to reflectometer V 2 Values of these coefficients are in addition displayed in the table of shortenings By means of the button 5 amp 3 it is possible to convert tables of shortenings of different devices It allows for example e Read already prepared table of one device e Convert it in other format e Change in options device type e Write down the table of shortenings in another device Tables of shortenings of devices REIS 105 and REIS 205 REIS 305 different on an internal format So in the table of shortenings of device REIS 105 in name to a cable about 14 symbols are taken away In newer devices up to 30 Therefore at converting of the table of shortenings from format REIS 205 REIS 305 in format REIS 105 there is a truncation of names of cables At such converting table truncation is possible also It is connected by that the table of shortenings can contain in device REIS 105 till 64 strings and in devices REJS 205 and PEI C 305 to 250 To edit cable parametres it is necessary to click twice on an active line or to press button Enter on the keyboard Thus there is a window Fig 5 9 in which Cable name in an interactive mode it is possible to enter cable FK50241 0 00 0 parametres i Shortening factor By means of additional buttons in the toolbar of 1 520 ba the document it is possible viet al rare esi DM e Toa
31. ome types of EE ri REIS 105 impulse RFG Files source reflectometers Program Reid 7 supports databases with Files base from disk REST fes z re sults of measurements C Program Files S TELLSRieid 7 5 ampleB ases A Her Files from device Fig 4 9 The dialog window Work with files The database either the base of files or the base of documents in this case 1s the catalogue containing hierarchical structure of sub directories in each of which can locate files only certain type received of devices For users there is no necessity to understand into internal structure of directories Work with databases of files in the program is not obligatory When is chosen the radio button Files base from disk the program is in a mode of viewing of contents of base of files catalogue the way to which is indicated in the field of input more low In this field you can enter any way or choose the existing catalogue having clicked on the button with the pictogramme i The program at attempt of display of contents of base will search concrete subdirectory in the specified catalogue and to display the list of files For convenience of users in the top left corner the size of free and occupied space disk is displayed If in this place it is nothing displayed this means that in the field of input of catalogue with base of files 1s entered incorrect from the point of view of OS Windows In an operating mode with device files i
32. omment e Thetable with key parameters at which have been received reflectograms e Thelist with reflectograms which contain in the document In most of documents the user comment is extension which is added by program Reid 7 to documents since devices do not support them In reflectograms device REIS 305 the comment 1s that text which you save together with reflectogram plot in the device Reflectograms containing in the document are conditionally divided on e Reference e Additional e Difference Between different types of reflectogram plots a difference small About it will be told more low 18 Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual With reflectogram plots you can spend various actions e To change color and the plot name Fig Reflectogram properties 5 4 For this it is necessary to click twice Reflectogram name under the list of reflectograms The plot FAULTY O name is not unique 1 e names can repeat Reflectogram color and can contain to 32 symbols mos S Fig 5 4 Editing of parameters of the reflectogram plot e Temporarily to clean show plot For visibility of the plot answers the flag located to the left of its name e To select plot At click by the right button of the mouse on the plot name arises the contextual menu Fig 5 5 1n which various commands are accessible At a choice of uppermost of them the plot 1s selected It becomes visually the thickness of the plot increases also its name 1s s
33. or which allow to set the cursor in the middle of the increased viewing area The third way by means of the keyboard For this the area of the increased viewing should be in focus it will be framed by a white dashed line from within By means of keys Shift Left and Shift Right is carried out moving of the active cursor accordingly to the left and to the right For moving acceleration it is possible to press key Ctrl in addition The active cursor is marked by a small triangle above Change of the active cursor occurs at its activation what or way or by pressing of keys Alt Left and Alt Right For a designation of samples in crossing places reflectogram is displayed with cursors the cross In the top part of both areas at not to an individual extension is displayed position of the measured screen on a range its beginning and length in the form of a line of red color The button with the pictogram allows to on off display of horizontal peak levels zero displayed by a shaped line and calibrated displayed by a dashed line These levels are intended for measurement of reflection coefficients and attenuation of signals Values of these coefficients are displayed in a status line in example Kref 0 13 and Katt 9 01 dB Coefficients calculate for selected reflectograms in a point of its crossing with the measuring cursor If is not present selected reflectograms or levels are not visible coefficients are not displayed Reflection coefficient
34. played in title of dialog window and appears in a status line of the main window at prompting on title of dialog of import Depending on file extension the drop down list Treat file as it is filled with various values It occurs because program Reid 7 cannot unequivocally define with the help Cannot import file of what program the imported file has been created For e doc REIS 105 TOR_TBL kor vop f un Probably file damaged or has incorrect format import you should specify to the program a file origin manually If you will be mistaken in a case with a choice of format of an imported file the message on impossibility of import a Fig 4 11 will be given out you Fig 4 11 Error of import In total program Reid 7 can import files in fifteen various formats From them interest for users represent e Aformat REIS 105 shortening table a file with extension vop created by the program Reid 6 e Aformat REIS 205 shortening table a file with extension vop created by the program Reis 205 e Aformat REIS 305 shortening table a file with extension vop created by the program Reis 305 e A format REID 6 program impulse RFG a file with extension tdr e Aformat REIS 205 program impulse RFG a file with extension tdr e A format REIS 305 impulse RFG a file with extension tdr created by the program Reis 305 e A format REID 6 program impulse RFG assembles a file with extens
35. played the type of document and date of its last change REIS 105 shortening table 30 04 2008 11 22 Let s consider the general actions Fig 5 1 which you can execute with documents e At point activation Save there is saving E Shortening table xvop Jc x document under a current name e At point activation Save as 1s called a standard dialog of file saving under a _save t base EE ER TET ie new name Fig 5 1 Common actions for documents on example of the table of shortenings e At point activation Save in base is Save file to base called a dialog Fig 5 2 in which you Path can enter a way to the catalog with files e Mestbase E amp testbasesestHEIS T0BSTDH TBL shartening table swop Fig 5 2 Saving dialog of a file in base e By pressing the button to the pictogram 4 there is saving a document in the device This button can be inaccessible 1f the type of the device for which is intended the document or from which the document was read differs from device type in program options and also if the COM port is not opened Document saving in the device differs that it is possible some loss of the information see the corresponding type of documents For example for all documents of devices REIS 105 and REIS 205 it is not impossible to save the user comments in the device e By pressing the button with the pictogram Sj it is called the print dialog section 4 5 Other buttons in th
36. s section is presented information about how to new users fastest to be put into the work with Reid 7 program So what main tasks are in front of beginners Most likely they want e To connect the device to the computer and to count measured reflectogram from it e To scope this reflectorgram is more detail certainly the display of the computer more conveniently than the device display To print out the reflectogram on the printer To save it on the disk device First of all in options section 4 2 it is necessary to choose device and computer COM port to which it is connected It can be made either automatically or manually in this case it is necessary to be convinced that the device answers having pressed on the button Information about device After that it is necessary to close a window of options and open a window Work with files section 4 3 in which at the very bottom it 1s necessary to choose the switch Files from device Next it 1s necessary to choose type of files from the drop down list Most likely to you will be necessary Impulse reflectograms Impulse reflactograms Through some time there will be a list of files in the device To open file it is possible double click of the mouse on his name For each open file is created the window of reflectogram section 4 1 which can be expanded on all screen There are buttons of the panel of tools in the left top corner of a window Fig 3 1 with which help it
37. se journalizing stops Mark installation Ignore errors allows not to stop journalizing at occurrence of non staff situations in hope that these situations were accidental or they will self solved Reading the lines with high averages and stretch marks when recording to memory especially on a large ranges may require a sufficiently long time during which the device can not respond as buttons or remotely via COM port In order to avoid a situation where the device is busy computing and the program is free and the user can try to do something like take files and he will not succeed the program Reid 7 running measurements can not stop They must be completed in a natural way getting a file with the results of measurement A method for the interruption of such long term measurements all still there need to click OK button device However once implemented soon averaging device leaves the communication mode with a computer program and passes the results of measurement 16 Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual 5 Types of processed documents The document in program Reid 7 is a file which was read in from the device In total program Reid 7 processed 12 types of documents REIS 105 the table of shortenings a file with extension xvop REIS 105 impulse RFG a file with extension xtdr REIS 205 the table of shortenings a file with extension xvop REIS 205 impulse RFG a file with extension xtdr REIS 205 oscillatory discharg
38. ts should be identical The initial coordinate of measurements should match at both documents The quantity of samples on all range should be identical To check parametres it 1s possible in the field of parametres being on the right Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual 2 5 2 Table of shortenings In everyone reflectometer STELL company Ed ukorxvop there is a table of shortenings Its assignment fast 2a afe BOLET installation of the necessary values coefficients of shortenings i e minimisation of routine KA ANN Lm umo ize S operations If it is required to make a large aE CINA E NUNL A quantity of measurements on various cables it is ER a nm Eu as convenient to prepare the table of shortenings on Bn 6PMET 1050 095 2857 M29 the computer and to download it in the device The c NL NM Sco NNUS device simultaneously can contain only one table of rommet lup in 128 chert shortenings but nothing prevents to download if necessary in the device the necessary table from lt available on the computer Fig 5 8 Opened document Shortening table The table of shortenings Fig 5 8 consists of a line of the name of a cable and coefficient can accept values from 1 to 7 In reflectometry besides coefficient of shortening apply also other units Velocity of propagation Velocity of Propogation VOP value reverse to shortening coefficient and two speeds of propagation
39. ze of free space in the memory of the device the version of the built in software etc If for some reasons communication with the device will not realized for example because of defected connection cable in this window will appear a title Information is not available Thus it is possible realize check of communication with the device Fig 4 6 The dialog window with information about the device At use of auto detection program Reid 7 scans all Reid 7 ports of system on order and tries to mount connection with the device If it is possible to it the necessary values 3 oap ee automatically get out of the drop down lists Device type AJ Try again and Link interface Otherwise will be output the notice Fig 4 7 Fig 4 7 The message about failed search of the device 8 Reid 7 program version 1 08 2 User manual Program Reid 7 simultaneously can work only with one device If you have some devices with which it is necessary to mount connection it is possible to connect them by turns to one port If devices of one type to change settings there is no necessity If devices of different types it 1s necessary to change device type in settings On the tab Colors it is possible to assign colors for all elements in working area of reflectograms by means of the drop down lists and thus to make a usual color palette Button Default allows to restore an original palette 1t is shown in a Fig 4 8 Program settings

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