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1. of the graph Y axis to suit particular scaling configurations and d setting the Smart Motherboard s internal sample averaging To activate de activate a channel Smart Motherboards come with from 1 to 8 channels populated The channel names are designated 0 through 7 Determine which channels are populated on your particular hardware configuration On each of the tabs Channels 0 3 and Channels 4 7 click the appropriate checkbox a check appears to indicate which channels are populated in your configuration Insure that unpopulated channels have no checks in their checkboxes These checkboxes are found on the top line of each tab the line is entitled Channel N B If you activate channels which are not populated i e no DEMOD card and or sensor exists you will receive spurious data on that particular channel and even though displayed it should be disregarded To scale data linearly These procedures apply to the Channels 0 3 and Channels 4 7 tabs N B Each sensor s raw voltage output can be scaled converted to actual units of measurement using the Linear Unit Conversion Please refer to the Sample Linear Calibration Sheet section in the Appendix of this manual to calculate the Slope and Offset values needed for each active channel When you have calculated those values from your actual calibration documentation continue with this procedure Using your mouse select the Linear radio button in the Unit Conversion l
2. Polynomial Linear C Polynomial Linear Polynomial Slope ffset Peak Detect None Units Volts Polynomial Order 8g a3 a5 8g B7 8g ag ia Smart Motherboard E microStrain Smart Mo OX 10 50 AM Figure 3 e Click the tab entitled Channels 4 7 and that tabs contents will become visible as shown in figure 4 EX MicroStrain Smart Motherboard Data Acquisition and Display Configuration CIE File Channels 0 3 Ch E Channel 5 6 Unit Conversion E E Slope 21 Offset x 0 0 Peak Detect None None Units Volts Volts Polynomial Order Linear Polynomial Linear Polynomial Linear Polynomial Linear Polynomial ag 81 25 83 85 B7 ag 2 Start Gill Smart Motherboard microStrain Smart Mo 3 P MEUSE Figure 4 e Smart Motherboards come with from 1 to 8 channels populated The channel names are designated 0 through 7 Determine which channels are populated on your particular hardware configuration e Oneach of the tabs Channels 0 3 and Channels 4 7 click the appropriate checkbox a check appears to indicate which channels are populated in your configuration Insure that unpopulated channels have no checks in their checkboxes These checkboxes are found on the top line of each tab the line is entitled Channel e For purposes
3. comprised of a DEMOD card and a sensor These two components are calibrated at the factory as a unit hence the color coding and a calibration document is shipped representing their specific interoperability N B The color coding scheme must be maintained in order to properly configure the system Please note the Slope and Offset value legend given on each calibration document this legend is generally found in the middle of the right hand edge of the document N B The Slope and Offset values given on the document may not be input directly into the Smart Motherboard software they must be run through the following calculations to ready them for entry The formula for Slope is 1 Volts per Unit Units per Volt Using the sample above 1 0 541 Volts per MM 1 848 MM per Volt Enter 1 848 in the Slope number scroll enter MM in the Units textbox The formula for Offset is Volts 1 Volts per Unit Using the sample above 0 050 Volts 1 0 541 Volts per MM 0 092 MM Enter 0 092 in the Offset number scroll Repeat this exercise for each populated channel in your Smart Motherboard 24 Sample Polynomial Calibration Sheet Displacement mm NC DVRT 1314 0001 y 0 00135609x 0 01218297x 0 03265647x 0 02439274x 0 04763765 0 37357972x 0 85449746 3 Series1 Poly Series1 Output Volts Retrieve Polynomial Order and Coefficients fo
4. 10 No data file in use Channels 0 3 CH Volts Scaled Value Units Peak Ud 1 o Ta 1 s Ta p start ca Smart Motherboard microStrain Smart Mo Beta Ra 12 25PM d Figure 2 e Using your mouse and or keyboard enter the number of the serial port that you have used to connect your PC to the Smart Motherboard into the Select Comm Port number scroll e N B This number scroll accepts values between 1 and 16 e Click lt Detect gt The software will attempt to poll the Smart Motherboard and if successful will return a message indicating Smart Motherboard found on serial port X Click lt OK gt to close the message e Ifthe detect is unsuccessful a message will be returned indicating Smart Motherboard not found on serial port X Click lt OK gt to close the message and proceed with troubleshooting the communication failure before proceeding further with Quick Start e To return to the Main screen click OK Set configuration e On the menu bar of the Main screen click Tools e drop down menu will appear Click Configuration e The Configuration screen will appear e As stated above the default configuration will be automatically loaded and the screen will appear like the example shown in figure 3 EX MicroStrain Smart Motherboard Data Acquisition and Display Configuration File Channel iv 1 LE Unit Conversion Linear Polynomial Linear
5. 6 Sample Peak File MicroStrain Smart Motherboard D A and D S File Version 2 1 3 PEAK FILE Channel Time Scaled Value Peak Type O None 1 Min 2 Max CHO 11 17 2003 11 22 0 206 1 CH1 11 17 2003 11 22 0 157 2 CH2 0 0 CH3 0 0 CH4 0 0 CH5 0 0 CH6 0 0 CH7 0 0 27
6. Smart Motherboard Data Acquisition and Display Software User Manual Version 2 1 3 y MIcroStrain microminioture Sensors Rev 1 1 December 2003 Table of Contents II Quick Start Screens a About b CommPort c Configuration d Main e Set Data Interval f Swap Color Appendix a Sample Data Files b Sample Linear Calibration Sheet c Sample Polynomial Calibration Sheet d Sample Peak File I Quick Start Hardware ready Insure that the Smart Motherboard is powered and connected to your PC as described in the Hardware User Manual Launch software e Double click the Smart Motherboard SMB icon on your desktop e The Main screen of the MicroStrain Data Acquisition and Display software will appear e The default configuration will be automatically loaded and the screen will appear like the example shown in figure 1 EE MicroStrain Smart Motherboard Data Ac quisition and Display Main File Tools Help 5 7 l 1 Seconds No data file in use Channels 0 3 CH Volts Scaled Value Units Peak 0 OHENE o 0 5 Start Gill Smart Motherboard E microStrain Smart Mo Figure 1 Set serial port On the menu bar of the Main screen click lt Tools gt e A drop down menu will appear Click lt Comm Port gt e The Comm Port screen will appear as shown in figure 2 Comm Port Select Comm Port 2f Detect
7. ample Peak File 22 Sample Data Files Format of CSV file with Volts being saved MicroStrain Smart Motherboard Data Acquisition and Display Software File Version 2 1 3 Date file created 11 14 2003 Time file created 12 30 20 PM System Time Time Seconds 11 14 2003 12 30 0 05 11 14 2003 12 30 0 46 11 14 2003 12 30 0 86 11 14 2003 12 30 1 27 11 14 2003 12 30 1 68 11 14 2003 12 30 2 09 Format of CSV file with Scaled Values being saved Volts of CSV above are scaled with Slope 10 and Offset 0 MicroStrain Smart Motherboard Data Acquisition and Display Software File Version 2 1 3 Date file created 11 14 2003 Time file created 12 30 20 PM System Time Time Seconds 11 14 2003 12 30 0 05 11 14 2003 12 30 0 46 11 14 2003 12 30 0 86 11 14 2003 12 30 1 27 11 14 2003 12 30 1 68 11 14 2003 12 30 2 09 CHO 0 224 0 225 0 225 0 225 0 224 0 225 CHO 2 24 2 25 2 25 2 25 2 24 2 25 CH1 0 153 0 153 0 153 0 153 0 153 0 153 CH1 1 53 1 53 1 53 1 53 1 53 1 53 23 Sample Linear Calibration Sheet File Graph Options Print MicroStrain DVRT 2391 8 Calibration Calibration Data Output Volts Slope 0 541 V mm Offset 0 050 V 2 5 Displacement mm Range 3 6 to 4 4 NONLINEARITY 0 79 to 1 15 Calculate Slope and Offset for entry into the Smart Motherboard Configuration screen As explained in the Hardware User Manual each populated channel in the Smart Motherboard is
8. color e Using your mouse click the radio button named Graph Background Click Swap A Color Dialog box will appear Using your mouse click the new color to be applied to the graph background Click OK The Color Dialog box will disappear The new color will automatically be applied to the graph background To restore default plot line and graph background colors e Click Default All e All plot lines and the graph background will be returned to their default color scheme To return to Main screen e Click OK to return to Main screen 20 MicroStrain Smart Motherboard Data Acquisition and Display Main Select Item and Swap Color Channel 0 PI C Channel1P C Channel 2P C Channel 3P Channel 4 PI Channel 5 PI Channel 6 PI Channel 7 PI ot Line ot Line ot Line Basic colors EI Ge mE E S NENNEN E ON NN NN NL mNNENN ot Line ot Line ot Line ot Line ot Line No data file in use Channels 0 3 CH Volts Scaled Value Units OV vols Graph Background Default All Custom colors TT Eee NI E E m m m m m m Define Custom Colors Cancel Smart Motherboard Mic ain Smart Mo Figure 7 21 Appendix e Sample Data Files Sample Linear Calibration Sheet Sample Polynomial Calibration Sheet S
9. d during each active channel s sampling session When applied Peak On will automatically report the maximum or minimum scaled value achieved during a sampling session in the Peak textbox The capture of either maximum or minimum peak is determined by setting on the Configuration screen Prior to starting a sampling session click lt Tools gt A drop down menu will appear Click lt Peak On gt and a check will appear to the left of the lt Peak On gt menu item indicating that peak capture will occur during sampling When sampling is stopped the check to the left of the lt Peak On gt menu item will disappear indicating that peak capture has ceased 16 Coincidentally a file named Peak csv will be saved in the Logs folder of your Smart Motherboard software installation This file records each channel s peak during the sampling session This file is overwritten each time sampling is stopped and represents only the current sampling session s peaks 17 IIe Set Data Interval Main screen click lt Tools gt click lt Set Data Interval gt The Set Data Interval screen allows the user to set the interval at which data is saved to file The user may save from 1 10 samples per second 1 10 samples per minute 1 10 samples per hour or save data as fast as it is generated no restriction Please refer to figure 6 for a view of this screen N B The sampling rate of the Smart Motherboard is unaffected by these settings the applica
10. e those channels which are visible in the Channels 0 3 frame and or Channels 4 7 frame AND have their checkbox checked will begin sampling e Raw voltage values will appear in the Volts textboxes if applied scaled values will appear in the Scaled Value textboxes along with the corresponding unit nomenclature in the Units column if applied peak values will appear in the Peak textboxes e Coincidentally each active channel s voltage or scaled value if selected on the Configuration screen will be graphed over time To stop sampling e Click File e Click Sample The check to the left of the Sample menu item will disappear indicating sampling has ended e The application will cease polling the Smart Motherboard and the data on the screen will clear To start saving data to file e Click File e Click Save e A common dialog box named Save As will appear e You may create a new name for the data file in the File Name textbox or you may select an existing file as the data file Click the Save button The common dialog will disappear 15 By default these data files are saved in the Data Files folder of your Smart Motherboard software installation A check will now appear to the left of the lt Save gt menu item indicating that a file is in place to receive data anytime sampling is active N B You must have a file designated prior to the start of sampling in order to save data to file A file can not be
11. h s Y Axis Normally the Upper Bound is 5 volts and the Lower Bound is 5 volts When you return to the Main screen the graph will be reset to reflect these Y Axis changes and sampling will be graphed with these new bounds in place To set samples averaged On the Other Settings tab locate the Samples Averaged frame Using your mouse select the radio button for either1 10 100 or 200 samples to be averaged Normally 100 samples are appropriate This setting instructs the Smart Motherboard to internally sample the sensors 1 10 100 or 200 times to produce an average reading for output 14 IId Main The Main screen allows the user to 1 navigate to the Comm Port Configuration Set Data Interval and About screens and 2 sample graph tare capture peak and save data from the Smart Motherboard To navigate to the Comm Port Configuration and Set Data Interval screens e Click Tools A drop down menu will appear e Click the name of the particular screen and the screen will appear e Each screen s use is described elsewhere in this manual To navigate to the About screen e Click Help A drop down menu will appear e Click About and the About screen will appear e The About screen s use is described elsewhere in this manual To start sampling e Click File e Click Sample A check will appear to the left of the Sample menu item indicating sampling is in progress e All active channels i
12. herboard 6 yi Figure 5 e Continuous sampling will begin and the voltage values returned from each channel will be displayed in the Volts textbox contained in the Channel frames In the example figure 5 we see channels 0 and 1 as active with channel 0 currently reporting 0 145 volts and channel 1 currently reporting 1 731 volts e Recalling that we set our Gain at 1 and our Offset at 0 for each of these channels on the Configuration screen we see Scaled Values of 0 145 volts and 1 731 volts meaning that the scaling coefficient is operating correctly Refer to the configuration screen for details of the scaling coefficient operation e We also see that our graph is visualizing the continuous sampling by showing us the individual channels voltage values over time Stop sampling e To stop sampling click File on the menu bar e A drop down menu will appear Click Sample The check to the left of the Sample menu item will disappear and sampling will end Congratulations You re off and running Refer to the individual screen sections and the appendix contained elsewhere in this manual to discover all the functions that Smart Motherboard software provides You are also welcome to contact our technical support staff on any matter at support a microstrain com About Main screen click lt Help gt click lt About gt The About screen is for information purposes only and relates 1 the software name and
13. ine Using your mouse and or keyboard enter the Slope for each active channel in the Slope number scroll Enter the Offset for each channel in the Offset number scroll Enter the Units name in the Units textbox 5 characters maximum You may now proceed with sampling The application will automatically apply the formula Scaled Value Volts Slope Offset to produce the Scaled Value readout for each active channel To scale data with polynomials These procedures apply to the Channels 0 3 and Channels 4 7 tabs N B Each sensor s raw voltage output can be scaled converted to actual units of measurement using the Polynomial Unit Conversion Please refer to the Sample 11 Polynomial Calibration Sheet section in the Appendix of this manual to retrieve the polynomial order and the individual polynomial coefficients needed for each active channel When you have discerned those values from your actual calibration documentation continue with this procedure Using your mouse select the Polynomial radio button in the Unit Conversion line Using your mouse and or keyboard enter the Polynomial Order for each active channel in the Polynomial Order number scroll Enter the individual polynomial coefficients in the appropriate a0 a10 number scroll N B Previous polynomial coefficients above the current order may be visible These do not have to be zero ed only those contained within the current order are factored You may no
14. lication Click File A drop down menu will appear Click Save As Default The existing default cfg will be overwritten with your current configuration In subsequent launches your custom configuration will be loaded as the default To set save method On the Other Settings tab locate the Save Method frame Using your mouse select the radio button for either the Volts or Scale method The Volts method will cause raw volts to be saved to the data file The Scale method will cause scaled values to be saved to the data file To set graph method On the Other Settings tab locate the Graph Method frame Using your mouse select the radio button for either the Auto Scale or Continuous method The Auto Scale method will scroll the graph s X axis to the right as time passes dropping leading previous data points and adding current data points The Continuous method will scroll the graph s X axis to the right without dropping any data points To graph volts or scale On the Other Settings tab locate the Graph Method frame Using your mouse check or un check the Graph Scale checkbox If checked scale will be graphed during sampling If un checked volts will be graphed during sampling To set Y axis range On the Other Settings tab locate the Y Axis Range frame 13 Using your mouse and or keyboard enter values in the Upper Bound and Lower Bound number scrolls which reflect the upper and lower values of the grap
15. nge the colors of the graph plot lines to match the channel color scheme of their particular Smart Motherboard configuration Please refer to figure 7 for a view of this screen Notes e Each Smart Motherboard comes with 1 or more channels populated You will notice a colored grommet on each channel s sensor input connector on the front panel of the Smart Motherboard As explained in the Hardware User Manual each DEMOD card is calibrated to its own sensor The color coding insures that the user marries the proper sensor to the proper sensor cable through to the proper DEMOD card Because the color coding varies from installation to installation the Swap Color function allows the user to change the plot colors in the application to mirror the color coding used for his particular sensors This will alleviate confusion as to which channel is reporting what sensor e Occasionally the choice of plot colors will be the same as the default graph background color black In this case the user can change the graph color so that no channels plot color gets lost in the background To set a channel plot line color e Using your mouse click the radio button of the channel plot that you want to change Click Swap A Color Dialog box will appear Using your mouse click the new color to be applied to the plot line Click OK The Color Dialog box will disappear The new color will automatically be applied to the plot To set the graph background
16. of this Quick Start insure that the default channel parameters are set for each active channel i e those channels that you have checked The values are as follows o Unit Conversion Linear Slope 1 Offset 0 Peak Detect None Units Volts e Unit Conversion can be set by clicking the radio button with your mouse e Slope can be set by using your mouse and or keyboard to change the number scroll e Offset can be set by using your mouse and or keyboard to change the number scroll Peak Detect can be set by using your mouse to select from the drop down box Units can be set by using your mouse and keyboard to enter text into the textbox When you have completed the configuration click lt File gt on the menu bar A drop down menu will appear Click lt Return gt and you will be returned to the Main screen Start sampling e To begin sampling click lt File gt on the menu bar of the Main screen e A drop down menu will appear Click lt Sample gt A check will appear to the left of the lt Sample gt menu item indicating sampling is in progress EX MicroStrain Smart Motherboard Data Acquisition and Display Main File 1 I 1 1 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 Seconds No data file in use Channels 0 3 CH Volts Scaled Value Units Peak O E 57 ONG CONES as vo 3 10PM tg Start microStrain Smart Mo i Smart Mot
17. r entry into the Smart Motherboard Configuration screen As explained in the Hardware User Manual each populated channel in the Smart Motherboard is comprised of a DEMOD card and a sensor These two components are calibrated at the factory as a unit hence the color coding and a calibration document is shipped representing their specific interoperability N B The color coding scheme must be maintained in order to properly configure the system Please note the Polynomial Order and Coefficients value legend given on each calibration document this legend is generally found in the title at the top of the document Using the sample above we find the following value legend y 0 00135609x6 0 01218297x5 0 03265647x4 0 02439274x3 0 04763765x2 0 37357972x 0 85449746 From this we extract o a Polynomial Order of 6 which we input into the Polynomial Order number scroll o Polynomial Coefficient 0 85449746 which we input into the a0 number scroll o Coefficient 0 37357972 which we input into the al number scroll Coefficient 0 04763765 which we input into the a2 number scroll o Coefficient 0 02439274 which we input into the a3 number scroll 25 o Coefficient 0 03265647 which we input into the a4 number scroll o Coefficient 0 01218297 which we input into the a5 number scroll o Coefficient 0 00135609 which we input into the a6 number scroll Repeat this exercise for each populated channel in your Smart Motherboard 2
18. selected during sampling N B This application creates a so called CSV file CSV means comma separated values and this is a simple flat file with commas used to delineate the data Many applications including MS Windows Excel automatically load CSV files into their working interfaces N B You will receive an error if you attempt to save data to an open file Close the file first and then re start sampling To stop saving data to file Click lt File gt Click lt Save gt The check to the left of the menu item will disappear indicating saving has stopped You may now open the file in any other application for viewing and further processing To tare a channel Tare is used to zero a particular channel s scaled value at any given point in a sampling session When Tare is applied the current scaled value is captured and is from then on subtracted automatically from all subsequent scaled values The result of the taring is the value now reported in the Scaled Value textbox To apply tare click lt Tare gt and the tare will occur Coincidentally the caption on the Tare button will change to Untare To untare a channel Click lt Untare gt Any tare in place will be removed and the scaled value will from then on report its actual value Coincidentally the caption on the Untare button will change to Tare To capture peak data N B Peak is used to capture either the maximum or minimum scaled value achieve
19. tart the application the application reads the MS Windows system registry and retrieves the previously used serial port number from the registry That number is automatically used by the application for communication with the Smart Motherboard unless otherwise changed in the Comm Port screen There is no need to enter the Comm Port screen each time you start the application Whenever you do enter the Comm Port screen the current serial port number whether retrieved from the registry or previously changed in the application will be entered automatically in the Select Comm Port number scroll Whenever you exit the Comm Port screen the application automatically writes the current serial port number to the MS Windows system registry Finally the first time you start the application after installation you will receive a 0 zero in the Select Comm Port number scroll indicating that you need to select a valid serial port 10 IIc Configuration Main screen click lt Tools gt click lt Configuration gt The Configuration screen allows the user to 1 activate de activate channels 2 set scale values to either linear or polynomial scaling 3 set peak detection 4 open save or save default configurations and 5 configure other aspects of the Smart Motherboard environment including a saving either volts or scale values to file b graphing either continuously or by auto scaling during sampling c changing the upper and lower bounds
20. tion is only throttling the number of samples written to file over time To set data points per second e Using your mouse click the radio button to the left of the Points per Second number scroll e Using your mouse and or keyboard enter a value between 1 and 10 e Click lt OK gt and proceed with sampling To set data points per minute e Using your mouse click the radio button to the left of the Points per Minute number scroll e Using your mouse and or keyboard enter a value between 1 and 10 e Click lt OK gt and proceed with sampling To set data points per hour e Using your mouse click the radio button to the left of the Points per Hour number scroll e Using your mouse and or keyboard enter a value between 1 and 10 e Click lt OK gt and proceed with sampling To write all data points collected to file no restriction e Using your mouse click the No Restriction radio button e Click lt OK gt and proceed with sampling 18 Set Data Interval oints per Second oints per Minute ps Md a du a oints per Hour 1 No Restriction No data file in use Channels 0 3 CH Volts Scaled Value Units Ov os E 09 rac OK d start Smart Motherboard MicroStrain Smart 19 Hf Swap Color Main screen click Tools click Swap Color The Swap Color screen allows the user to cha
21. ulate the configuration screen and become the current configuration To save a configuration N B Smart Motherboard software allows you to save one or more configurations for reuse A configuration includes each channels specific parameters including Unit Conversion Slope Offset Peak Units Polynomial Order and Polynomial Coefficients as well as general settings including Save Method Graph Method Y Axis Range Samples Averaged and Swap Colors These configurations have 12 an extension of cfg and are saved in the Logs folder of your Smart Motherboard software installation Set your particular configuration to suit your application Click lt File gt A drop down menu will appear Click Save A common dialog box named Save As will appear You may create a new name for the configuration file in the File Name textbox or you may select an existing file to overwrite as the configuration file Click the Save button The common dialog box will disappear Your configuration is saved for reuse To save default configuration N B When the Smart Motherboard software is first launched it looks in the Logs folder of your Smart Motherboard software installation for a configuration file named default cfg It always uses this configuration to populate the application on launch If you would like your custom configuration to be the default configuration follow these steps Set your particular configuration to suit your app
22. version 2 the copyright and 3 the company name address website and telephone To return to Main screen e Click OK to return to Main screen IIb CommPort Main screen click lt Tools gt click lt Comm Port gt The Comm Port screen allows the user to detect the Smart Motherboard and to set the serial port for communication with the Smart Motherboard To detect the Smart Motherboard Using your mouse and or keyboard enter the number of the serial port that you have used to connect your PC to the Smart Motherboard into the Select Comm Port number scroll This number scroll accepts values between 1 and 16 Click lt Detect gt The software will attempt to poll the Smart Motherboard and if successful will return a message indicating Smart Motherboard found on serial port X Click lt OK gt to close the message If the detect is unsuccessful a message will be returned indicating Smart Motherboard not found on serial port X Click lt OK gt to close the message and proceed with troubleshooting the communication failure before proceeding further To set the serial port Using your mouse and or keyboard enter the number of the serial port that you have used to connect your PC to the Smart Motherboard into the Select Comm Port number scroll This number scroll accepts values between 1 and 16 To return to Main screen Notes Click lt Ok gt to return to Main screen Each time you s
23. w proceed with sampling The application will automatically apply the polynomial multiplication formula to produce the Scaled Value readout for each active channel To set peak detection N B Peak detect allows you to capture either the maximum or the minimum scaled value for each channel during a sampling session The peak whether maximum or minimum is reported in the Peak textbox during sampling Using your mouse click the arrow on the Peak Detect drop down box for each active channel and select the peak type so that it appears as the choice in the drop down box To open a configuration N B Smart Motherboard software allows you to save one or more configurations for reuse A configuration includes each channels specific parameters including Unit Conversion Slope Offset Peak Units Polynomial Order and Polynomial Coefficients as well as general settings including Save Method Graph Method Y Axis Range Samples Averaged and Swap Colors These configurations have an extension of cfg and are saved in the Logs folder of your Smart Motherboard software installation Click File A drop down menu will appear Click Open A common dialog box named Open will appear A list of the available configurations cfg should be visible including Default cfg Click on a configuration so it becomes highlighted and click lt Open gt The common dialog box will disappear and the configuration will automatically load pop

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