Nor-1020 Software V4 - Campbell Associates
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1. Never disconnect an instrument physically from the PC without informing NorXfer by pressing the disconnect button or by closing NorXfer coos ol im 7 Connect Instrument Be sure to connect the instrument to the PC through an appropriate cable Click on the Connect button P to select an instrument and to start the connection The instrument appears as if it were a detachable drive The instrument folders are blue to indicate that the contents are still inside the instrument When quitting the program your latest selections will be preserved for use the next time you start the program Running the program Files and complete folders can be trans ferred using the clip board copy and paste or by drag and drop in the same way as with Windows Explorer Transferring from 110 116 118 1 Connect the cable and switch on the instrument 2 Click the Connect button zg 3 In the dialogue box appearing select instrument type and corresponding connection port 4 Select the Serial port setup tab and set the baud rate Use 9600 baud for Norl110 and Nor116 115200 baud for Nor118 and Nor121 Remember to set the instrument to the same baud rate 5 Expand the folder tree of the instrument if needed Select the file to be transferred Using NorXfer with Windows NT 2000 XP You ll need Administrator privileges to in stall NorXfer on a system running Windows NT 2000 XP by clicking on it2. Delete files permanently they are not sent to the recycle bin My Instruments nor118 com2 115200 D1TR P SR interactive data 011124 Running NorXfer may connect the external drive to your Laptop PC Select local connection to access data on this medium Refresh Screen Select a folder and click the refresh icon to update the display of the current folder in the tree when the contents have been altered by other programs than NorXfer Nor121 only The instrument must be in Transfer Mode Connect instrument see also text for details B data GH 011112 Sy 011124 a i 2 My Measurements Blue colour indicates E E My Computer that these folders are inside the instrument Submenu appearing when Connect instrument has been activated For Help press F1 Level Time Data Level Time Data Level Time Data Level Time Data 2001 11 24 14 36 FLT 2001 11 24 14 37 FLT 2001 11 24 14 37 FLT 2001 11 24 14 38 FLT 1 2u 1 2u 1 2u 1 2u Choose Instrument and Connection x Cancel ppl Help before starting a parallel connection Press MEMORY and then select Nor XFerR in the instrument Wait until the text Transfer is shown in the Nor121 display before selecting Connect Instrument in the NorXfer program This won t be needed for serial connection Caution
3. is that you highlight a file to transfer it and then FastLynx says it can t find the file The Windows 95 98 Explorer has the same problem You can usually transfer such files by running the DOS slave on the system with the problem file Since the slave is a DOS program it can read the file name with the OEM charac ters FastLynx will change the name of the file to aWindows compatible name during the transfer but at least you can transfer the file This problem does not occur us ing the NT version of FastLynx because the NT version processes file names using the Unicode character set which includes all characters in the OEM and ANSI charac ters sets and many others
4. to another computer In the old days you could often suc cessfully transfer a DOS application and associated data files to another computer using FastLynx With newer Windows ap plications this often does not work Many applications rely on installation and setup programs to write settings to the Win dows registry Registry settings are not transferred by FastLynx which can cause problems if you are trying to transfer an application Another problem is that many applications now install shared DLLs in directories other than the main application directory Due to these and other problems it is often not possible to transfer a Win dows application and associated data files solely by using FastLynx The recommend ed procedure when you want to transfer an application is to re install the application on the target computer from the original media Then transfer the application s data files using FastLynx File names with certain extended characters won t transfer On Windows 95 and 98 you may have trouble transferring rare file names created by old DOS applications that have certain extended characters in them Windows 95 98 does file I O using the ANSI character set but DOS uses the OEM character set There are some extended characters in the OEM set that do not exist in the ANSI set Such files cannot be created by typical Win dows programs but they can be created by certain DOS applications The symptom of this problem
5. to disable DCC before FastLynx can use the port After doing the above you need to click the appropriate LPT or COM port check box off and then on again to get FastLynx to try to open the port again For LPT ports this problem can occur if you have a printer driver installed Some print er drivers have an option to continuously poll the printer port to check on printer status If your driver has such an option you may be able to free up the LPT port by selecting the printer driver option to NOT poll for status Other printer drivers have an option to allow or disable printing from DOS programs If you don t need to print from DOS disabling DOS mode printing will sometimes free up the LPT port The Lexmark 2050 series is an example of a driver that has this option When using this driver run the Lexmark 2050 Series Ctrl Prog and then select the Options tab Then check the option at the bottom that says Disable CJ2050 Series DOS Printing Other printer drivers may not have options such as these that will allow FastLynx to use the LPT port while the driver is loaded In that case the only recourse is to disable or uninstall the printer driver before using FastLynx on the LPT port FastLynx NT device driver is not installed message If you are trying parallel transfer on Windows XP 2000 or NT 4 and see the message that the NT device driver is not installed perform the following steps to loa
6. which would result from such use Norsonic AS reserves the right to amend any of the information given in this manual in order to take account of new developments If you wish to communicate with us please feel welcome Our address is Norsonic AS P O Box 24 N 3421 Lierskogen Norway Tel 47 3285 8900 Fax 47 3285 2208 e mail info norsonic com www norsonic com Copyright Norsonic AS 1998 2004 All rights reserved A few definitions nbf npf par prn sdf xls Norsonic binary file format used by the Nor110 1 16 118 Norsonic project file format used by the Nor121 ASCII measurement setup information file used by the Nor110 116 118 ASCII measurement data file used by the Nor1 10 116 binary file format used by the Nor840 MS Excel format Installing NorXfer Ihe NorXfer Transfer software util ity has been designed to provide easy transfer of measured data from Norsonic instruments to a PC running Windows 95 98 NT 4 0 2000 or XP Installing NorXfer NorXfer is a program designed to take care of the transfer of measurement data from your Norsonic sound measuring instru ment to your PC General Considerations We recommend that you exit all programs before you start the installation This frees up memory for installation and prevents possible conflicts between the NorXfer installer and other programs Installing the Program Insert the CD ROM The Autoplay feat
7. User Documentation The NorXfer Transfer program provides modules for the transfer of measurements made with the Nor110 116 118 and the Nor 121 In addition conversion of files imported from Nor840 e g via floppy disk may take place The data transferred can be converted to fit spreadsheets and thus easily become subject to postprocessing reportmaking and presentation The program is tightly integrated with the NorProfile and NorRe view postprocessing software The program requires Pentium type PCs with Microsoft Windows NT4 2000 or XP To be able to convert data to MS Excel format MS Excel must be installed in the PC lies renee 1328 aa ieee arr veep Im1020_1Ed4R1En Data Transfer Software NorxXfer 4 0 NN Norsonic Nor Xfer version 4 0 September 2004 Edition Im1020_1Ed4R1En Norsonic is a registered trademark of Norsonic AS Windows is a registered trade mark of Microsoft in the US and other countries All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies Every effort has been made to supply complete and accurate information However Norsonic AS assumes no responsibility for the use of nor for the consequential damages of the use of this information and or the instrumentation described herein Further more Norsonic AS assumes no responsibility for any infringement of the intellectual property rights of third parties wherever applicable
8. d it e Log on as a user with Administrative privilege e Start FastLynx e Select the Setup ReadMe option from the FastLynx File menu e Check the box related to the NT driver in the dialog box e Press the OK button or hit the Enter key Parallel connection succeeds but then drops later If you succeed in getting a parallel con nection but the connection drops later try the following e Insure the parallel cable is screwed in snugly e Plug any laptops into a wall socket instead of running on battery power Transfer troubleshooting when using parallel port on Nor121 e Close any other active programs before making the connection e f you have previously used Windows Direct Cable Connection DCC please insure that it is not listening on the LPT port Breaking the connection does NOT stop DCC from listening on the port e Change the BIOS LPT port setting from ECP or EPP to SPP or Standard If the connection is consistently reliable for a period of time when you first start using FastLynx you may be having a problem with power management features or a screen saver Try disabling power manage ment for the CPU hard disk and moni tor and disabling the screen saver Some printer drivers regularly poll the printer port looking for status information If your printer driver is trying to use the same LPT port as FastLynx this polling can disrupt the ability of FastLynx to maintain a reliable connection Disable pr
9. e types txt prn par xls sdf and nbf or entire directory trees are deleted permanently by clicking on the Delete icon or by pressing the DEL key The files will be sent to the recycle bin Optional extensions There are optional extensions available for this program These are e Instrument Nor110 e Instrument Nor116 e Instrument Nor118 e Instrument Nor121 Contact your local representative or www norsonic com for details on the availability Instrument Version Compatibility Because Nor Xfer is using advanced features of the instruments it requires the instruments to be up to date The minimal requirements for Nor Xfer Ver sion4 0 are Nor110 Version 3 20 Nor116 Version 2 20 Nor118 Version 1 1 Nor121 Version 2 3 parallel connection Nor121 Version 3 0 serial connection More on this in NorXfer Compatib txt on the CD If your instruments do not fit these re quirements please ask your distributor to upgrade the instrument to a newer version The Nor121 has the possibility of a partial upgrade which replaces only the com munication portion of the software in the instrument Run the installation CD and follow the instructions in the sections NorXfer and Nor 121 Slave Upgrade WV The program NorXfer allows data meas ured in the building acoustic mode to be transferred to a PC The results may be converted to a text file or to MS Excel work book Please refer to the NorXfer man
10. ile named Nor 121 NPF appears Never delete this file This is the header file for all the hidden data files in the meas urement directory Below Nor 121 NPF several reports are listed 2 Select one or more reports Right click to get a context menu and choose the format to convert to Then wait This may take some time When using files from Nor840 1 Locate the measurement directory in the tree In the file list in the right pane Nor840 files have extension sdf 2 Select a file or a group of files and right click to produce the context menu and choose the output format 3 Sit back and wait This is likely to take some time The conversion process may take con siderable time Your PC may seem to be hanged up whilst converting When the conversion is completed you will see one or several text files or spreadsheet workbooks They are already saved in the measurement directory in Microsoft Excel format o If you save the workbooks under a new set of names you will be able to avoid that the workbooks are overwritten each time you convert the measurement files Open Existing Text Documents You may open files of the types txt prn par and xls by double clicking on the file icon Deleting Files The program allows you to delete files transferred to PC only To delete files in the instrument itself use the instrument keyboard See the documentation accom panying your instrument Selected files of th
11. inter status polling if your driver has this option Some drivers don t have a way of turning this off In that case try disabling or uninstalling the print er driver if practical The last thing to try is lowering the parallel port Maximum Speed value To do this press the Specify Remote Connection Parameters button and then select lower Maximum Speed values one step at a time the list is sorted with higher speeds at the top This only needs to be done on one of the two computers If none of the above helps you may have a cable problem or a hardware problem in one of the parallel ports We suggest using serial transfer as an alternate method Serial connection succeeds but then drops later If the connection is consistently reliable for a period of time when you first start using FastLynx you may be having a problem with power management features or a screen saver Try disabling power manage ment for the CPU hard disk and monitor and disabling the screen saver Another thing to try is to disable acceler ated mode To do this press the Specify Remote Connection Parameters button in FastLynx and then uncheck the serial ac celerated mode box If this doesn t help try lowering the Maximum Baud Rate param eter one step at time The last thing to try is lowering the Maximum Block Size value These steps only need to be performed on one of the two computers My application doesn t work after I transfer it
12. les will be generated BA_Setup txt BA_Sending room txt BA_Receiving room txt BA_BGN txt BA_Reverbation txt BA_Correction txt BA_Rating txt The delimiter may be selected in View Options setup 7 If the nor 121 npf file is converted to Excel a workbook with up to seven different worksheets will be gener ated Setup Sending room Receiving room BGN Reverbation Correction Rating 8 The measurement values are accompa nied with text to identify the different values Introduction The transfer of data from Nor121 when using the parallel port is implemented by the use of a program module named FastLynx Here follows some tips from the manufacturer of the module Access denied message on LPT or COM port When listening as server or connecting as client on a COM or LPT port if you see an Access denied message this usually means that another program or device driver has the indicated port open which prevents FastLynx from opening and us ing it The first thing to try is to close any running programs that might be using the port If you had previously run a program in a DOS session that accessed the port the DOS session may still have the port open even though the DOS program that originally used the port has exited Close the DOS session to free up the port If you have Windows Direct Cable Connec tion DCC configured to use the port you will probably need
13. n and select from the context sensitive menu appearing The files can then be studied and processed in Microsoft Excel Nor116 118 Overview Function A convenient feature of NorXfer is the overview function This function creates a single file out of several measurements already transferred to the PC The overview file will contain the global data of the se lected measurements To utilise this feature make sure the meas urement files for which you re going to create overviews reside in the same folder on your PC i e on the same level in the file folder hierarchy Select a group of nbf files and click the right mouse button Select the option Overview text or Overview Excel from the context sensitive menu Converted overview files are stored in the same folder as the files it was created from fel c My Measurements ENY_2CH_1_2002 06 13_15 09_52 File Edit View Help Nor121 Overview Function You may convert the global data of several Nor121 measurements already transferred to your PC into a single text file or Excel file Make sure the measurements for which you re going to create overviews reside in the same folder on your PC i e on the same level in the file folder hierarchy This will typically be the case when you transfer a set of measurements stored in the Nor121 under the same Group and or Title Navigate down to the measurement folder level you re there when you see the yel low folders with 121 writ
14. n transfer mode The transfer mode may be se lected by pressing Memory move the cursor to the NorXfer field and press Enter Wait until Transfer mode is displayed 2 Start the NorXfer program in the PC 3 Click on the communication symbol A symbol for the instrument Nor121 will be shown in the folder My In strument Click on the symbol to expand the diagram The main blocks of the memory system in the instru ment will be shown Click on the hdd symbol if the values are stored on the hard disk drive Expand the file struc ture until the wanted measurement file is displayed Drag and drop the measurement file in the instrument to the folder My measurements or other displayed folder 4 Open the recently stored measure ment folder in My Measurement marked with the 121 symbol and the measurement file number In addition to three apparently empty folders three files marked with the instrument symbol are displayed Nor 121 npf Sending room Receiving room The latter two contain information for the sending and receiving room re spectively The nor 121 nfp contains all the information 5 Point on nor 121 npf and right click the mouse Select Convert to Excel or Convert to text as appropriate The converted files will be placed in the same folder as the nor 121 npf file 6 If the nor 121 npf file is converted to text up to seven different text fi
15. ral sub measurements like profile reports 1 5 event etc Therefore each measurement in the Nor121 consists of a folder containing several files In the NorXfer Tree view the measurements are organised in three levels of folders The first level is the storage medium in the instrument the second level is the meas urement group while the third level is the measurement title Each complete measurement is stored in the third level and is given the name Group_ Title_Index_date and time of day of storage once they have been transferred to the PC Since each measurement consist of several reports etc these are kept together in a measurement folder which appears yellow like folders do in Windows explorer but with the text 121 written on it By giving the measurement folder a name containing the group title index and date time ambiguity is avoided you won t meet two completely unrelated versions of measurement No 3 If you connect the Nor121 to a serial port Com 1 4 of your PC you can also select and transfer parts of a measurement such as a single report to save transfer time The other reports events or recordings can be selected and transferred individually at a later time if needed Just click on the yellow foilder marked 121 and the individual files are revealed Example Assume we have a Group named Anton a Title Dvorak and an Index 2 Upon transfer to the PC NorXfer will cre ate a folder named Anton_D
16. requires Nor110 version 3 20 and higher Nor116 version 2 20 and higher Nor118 version 1 1 and higher Nor121 software version 2 3 and higher Nor121 If the instrument software is older the communication software in the instru ment may be upgraded by the user hen the program is started a PC file folder view similar to the well known Windows Explorer appears However some features from Explorer are missing The user can select which PC drives to show in the directory tree Press View gt Options and key in a list of drives letters without separators Several Instruments of Type Nor110 Nor 116 Nor118 and one Nor121 can be con nected simultaneously Connection to Nor110 Nor116 or Nor118 is possible at serial ports COM1 COM4 Open existing text file Display directory tree similar to File gt New SEEN Refresh display icon In order to browse through the contents of the Nor121 the instrument must be con nected to a parallel port LPT1 or LPT2 or a serial port Due to speed considerations we recommend parallel connection With Windows NT NorXfer will need to install a device driver FastLynx sys in or der to connect to LPT1 or LPT2 You must have administrator privileges to do this see separate box below for details With Nor121 you may also save measure ments on an external drive ATA Card or Jaz Drive When the measurements have been saved and the instrument is switched off you
17. s name Select more than one file by pressing Ctrl while clicking on the file name To select several consecutive files select the first file and move the mouse to the last file in question press Shift and click on this last file The two methods may be combined to the extent you want Alternatively you may use SHFT Arrow up or CTRL Arrow down Single files can be deselected by pressing Ctrl while clicking on the file using the left mouse button 6 Press Ctrl C to copy the selected files Select a destination folder and press Ctrl V to paste the files or select Edit gt Copy go to the destination folder and select Edit gt Paste Alternatively you may use the mouse and simply drag the selected files over to the destination directory Allow some time for the file transfer to take place Naming Conventions Files from the Nor110 116 118 will be given a file name composed from the instrument directory name followed by an underscore ie the _ character and the four digit meas urement number The extension NBF stands for Norsonic Binary Format Example Assume that we transfer the file 999 of the directory 021104 in the Nor116 This file will appear in the PC as 021104_0999 NBF Transferring from Nor121 Transferring files from the Nor121 is very similar to the transfer of files from the Nor110 116 118 However the file structure is somewhat different since a Nor121 measurement in fact consists of seve
18. ten on them and select the number of 121 folders required Right click the mouse and select the op tion Overview text or Overview Excel from the context sensitive menu Do A o s BO X Sl gt Sle eee Deg My Instruments My Measurements aq A_Annoyance Recorder _Location_4_200 gq A_B_1_2002 06 13_09 10 E A_B_3_2002 06 21_13 57_10 gq EH_GWO_5065_2002 06 25_00 00_00 CH2 E COMMENT4 WEATHERS H EVENT y Mic check_Microphone calibration check_1 nxp tmp gg PT_FFT_2_2002 06 13_11_50_28 gq TEST MODEM_ROBOTICS_10_2002 06 20 gq Weather_Tranby_33_2002 04 22_00_00_0 H My Computer lt Report_2 For Help press F1 S ENV_2CH_0001_Ch2_PRD_2 xs File Folder File Folder File Folder File Folder Nor 121 directory file Ch1 Global report Chi Periodic report Ch1 Profile report Ch2 Periodic report 25KB Excel workbook 2002 06 27 2002 06 27 2002 06 27 2002 06 27 2022 06 28 2022 06 28 2022 06 28 2022 06 28 2022 06 28 2002 06 13 Example showing folders with 121 written on them and the contents of one of these folders Converted overview files are stored in the same folder as the files it was created from Converting Nor121 Files This utility can also be used to convert multispectrum measurements from the Nor840 When using the Nor121 1 In Nor Xfer locate the measurement directory named Group_Title_Index in the directory tree In the file list in the right pane a f
19. ual for requirements to the PC for the appropriate version of MS Windows programs and to the procedure for in stallation This description only describes items that are specific for the building acoustic mode of Nor121 A building acoustic measurement consists typically of averaged values for each of the measurement positions as source and receiving room By manual operation of the Nor121 only the averaged value is displayed However when a measure ment is stored the measurement result for each individual measurement is stored and the averaged value and the standard deviation are computed NorXfer is an ef fective mean for transferring these data to a PC for further calculation in order to make the final report Note that Norsonic also supply PC pro grams for controlling the measurement and for making the final report based on a number of international and national standards Please contact your local Nor sonic supplier for further information on the programs NorSic and CtrlSic After a building acoustic measurement is finished and the result is stored the result may be transferred to the PC in the fol lowing way 1 Select serial port or parallel port for the communication Make the cable con nection to the appropriate PC port Switch on the instrument Nor121 If serial port is used the baud rate has to Building Acoustics using Nor121 and NorXfer be set If the parallel port is used the instrument has to be set i
20. ure will start the installation program Just fol low the instructions appearing If it does not do as follows In Windows 2000 XP right click on the drive letter e g D A context sensitive menu will appear con taining Autoplay and a ReadMe file which you may want to read In Windows NT go to the CD ROM drive and double click norsonic exe on the root A web page like interface will now ap pear Select NorXfer 4 0 by clicking on it If this installation is an update of an existing version of NorXfer the old ver sion must be removed before you proceed with the installation itself Select Remove all installed components and click Next Observe that files stored in My measure ments are left unaffected by this Once the old version has been removed completely select NorXfer 4 0 again and the instal lation process will install the new version on your hard disk Just follow the instruc tions appearing Installing from a downloaded zip file If you have downloaded NorXfer from our web site you must unpack the files before installation You will need a zip program such as PKUNZIP Or WINZIP to do this Do as follows e Copy the zip file to a temporary fold er e Unpack the files using pkunzip or win zip e Use the Windows Explorer to locate the file Setup exe in the temporary folder Double click this file and follow the instructions ES nea Version requirements NorXfer version 4 0
21. vorak_2_ start time in which start time is the date and time when the measurement was started In this folder you will find all the meas urements event profile report No n etc made and stored as Index 2 titled Dvorak under the group Anton To transfer files use the methods of se lecting copying and pasting or drag and drop as described under Transferring Files from Nor 110 116 118 above Use 19200 baud Memory card Data measured with Nor121 may be stored on an external memory card If your PC has a suitable slot or card reader the stored information may be transferred to your PC directly from the memory card by the use of NorXfer To access these files plug the card to your PC Start NorXfer the usual way and ini tiate a connection Then select lt 121 gt for instrument and lt local gt for connection and hit lt enter gt A Nor121 icon followed by the text Nor121 local will appear The internal memory structure of the device is shown as usual and operations like file download and file conversion are exactly as usual Converting Files Files from Nor110 116 118 121 may be converted to text format or MS Excel workbooks A conversion to MS Excel format requires the presence of MS Excel in your PC Excel 2000 or newer Converting 110 116 118Files Select the files you want to convert to Excel workbook format using the familiar Windows methods described above Once selected click the right mouse butto
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