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DAAAC™ 4.0 User`s Manual Document 2

1. Table Name The list by name of the tables that make up the database Number of Records The list of the number of current entries in the associated table DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 49 2 2 13 4 How Accessed e Data View gt Table Info 2 2 14 Transfer Copy Data 2 2 14 1 Dialog Transfer Copy 1 Select Database Files Source Destination E DABACAODBAT est for Manual mdb 2 Select data to Transfer Waveforms Raw waveforms C Processed waveforms C Current Configuration Cal ltems pa C 3 Start transfer Figure 2 42 Data Transfer Dialog 2 2 14 2 Discussion This dialog allows data measurement configuration or Cal Items to be copied from the currently active database to another existing database 2 2 14 3 Details Click Browse to navigate to and select the existing destination database Select Wave form Configuration or Cal Item transfer For waveforms or cal items refine the selection Then click Start Transfer Transferring waveforms transfers the waveforms and all associated settings Ex Instruments Cal Graph etc Current Configuration transfers move only acquisition and cal settings not waveforms Current Configuration and Waveform transfers only transfer Call Items that are in use In use means selected in the Cal Graph Cal Items transfer all items in the cal inventory It also transfers any waveforms used as a calibration curve The Cal Curve waveforms are t
2. Figure 2 36 Backup Preferences Tab 2 2 8 2 Discussion The Backup page is used to configure automated backup of exported files and the database This page is only available for standalone installations A Item Description Backup the Copies the active database file to the specified location at the conclusion of each ac database quisition event Any previous backup copies are overwritten Backup exported Copies all auto exported files to the specified location at the time those files are cre files ated Location Location for all backup files 2 2 8 3 How Accessed e Preferences gt Options gt Backup DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 45 2 2 9 Data Migration 2 2 9 1 Dialog Modules Database Data Migration Log Page FA 1200 AM Directory Select Delete waveforms after lo days 0 to retain all Last migration 00 00 0000 V Export Notebooks DK Cancel Help ME Figure 2 37 Data Migration Tab 2 2 9 2 Discussion The Data Migration page is used to automatically copy waveform image data and their associ ated configuration data from the on line SQL Server database to individual Access databases This page is only available for networked installations k7 Item Description Migrate at Enable migration to occur daily at the specified time Directory Root level directory for the generated Access databases Subfolders based on the mi gration date are a
3. Print using graph colors New Object Defaults Data display IV T Use custom colors P Use custom line point styles Color Waveform 1 hd 3 Line style a gt le Point style In Point size 4 pts Cancel Help Figure 2 83 Overlay Display Options 2 4 6 2 2 Discussion The Overlay Display Options dialog configures the global display and print options for overlay waveforms Changes to the Legend and Graph Colors settings are applied to all currently displayed overlays Items in the Data Display group are used as the initial values when a new overlay is created Modifying the Data Display values will not affect existing overlays Note selection of custom line styles with large line widths can substantially increase the time required to render waveforms with large numbers 10 000 or more of data points 2 4 6 2 3 Details Item Description Display legend When checked displays the legend at the bottom of an overlay plot DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 104 Fixed size legend Graph colors Use graph colors when printing Waveform style is determined by posi tion in overlay Custom colors Custom line styles Change color Line style Line width 2 4 6 2 4 When checked fixes the size of the overlay legend to the specified number of rows If unchecked the legend will contain enough rows to accommodate all entries Configures the various background and border colors for
4. DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 1 2 Appendix B DAAAC Dialogs This appendix provides a complete description of the controls in each dialog box within DAAAC Each dialog is first presented as an image The image is followed by a brief descrip tion and a table detailing the controls Finally all methods of accessing the dialog are listed Note that only DAAAC specific dialogs are detailed here Other standard Windows dialogs that may appear within the DAAAC application such as standard file browsers or print configuration dialogs are not included Most of the information in this document is also available via the online help Open the dialog and then click lt F1 gt to start the online help 2 1 Acquire Dialogs These dialogs are accessed through the Acquire menu system and toolbars or from other dialogs in the Acquire module Some dialogs are accessible from other modules as well In those cases the dialogs are presented here and back referenced in subsequent sections DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 2 2 1 1 Save Named Configuration 2 1 1 1 Dialog Named Configurations Create a new named configuration Name re Comment system verification config 1 Manage existing named configurations Name Comment mostly just fake instruments minimal_2 not much here test config 01 just testing test config 02 just testing again Delete Figure 2 1 Save Named Configuration Dialog 2 1 1 2 Discussion Store Named Configuration saves
5. I Show timing summary Automatic Overlay group running Waveforms per overlay IV Auto close windows Page delay secs 0 fas Data buffer size 2 4 15 2 Discussion Print Options Graphs per page 16 Channel Select Enable IV Display selected IV Display new 1 Print selected is Hide Selections lt lt Display Selection mambo2 720 4M dsa 1 sed 1 540 1 544 1 tek4 684 1 tds694 784 2M 754 2M 7104 sed1000 spec an sed5 wave 4 wave 3 wave 2 wave 1 LC6810 LC6841 ISSN 1E AA A A A A A A A A A A A A A a a D n Print Selection All Channels C mambo2 Figure 2 128 Acquisition Configuration Dialog Reduction Selection TE a Y 720 4M Y dsa 1 Y sed 1 Y 540 1 Y 544 1 Y tek4 Y 684 1 Y tds694 Y 784 2M Y 754 2M M 7104 wmon 1 ymon 2 imon 1 imon 2 scd1000 spec an sed5 wave 4 wave 3 wave 2 n FA man 1 The Acquisition Configuration dialog sets the display and print options for incoming ac quired or reduced data The Acquisition Configuration options determine only how Analyze manages acquired and reduced data transmitted from other modules or computers Analyze does not control what data are transmitted or when data are transmitted 2 4 15 3 Details Item Description Graphs per screen Sets the maximum number of graphs to display simultaneously Changes to this value automat
6. Use default region sizes and Region are en abled Left Right Top and Bottom may also be enabled Number of re gions is set to 4 With Deinterlacing selected all controls below Division Type are disabled and Number of Regions is set to 2 Rotation degrees Number of regions Number of output images This value is fixed at 4 if the Division Type is Rectangular and 2 if the type is Deinterlacing Use default region sizes If the Rectangular Division Type is selected this control determines if the selected regions are to be divided automatically by segmenting the input im DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 200 age in half vertically and horizontally or if each region is to be independently specified by selecting the left right top and bottom pixel limits If checked Left Right Top and Bottom are disabled If the Deinterlacing Division Type is selected this control is disabled Region If the Division Type is Rectangular and Use default region sizes is disabled this control selects the region to which the values entered in Left Right Top and Bottom are to be applied This control is disabled if Division Type is Deinterlacing and it has no meaning if User default region sizes is checked Left Set the input image left pixel boundary for the subsampled region specified in Region This control is disabled if the Division Type is Deinterlacing or if Use default region s
7. 8 Index images properties 85 Info txt opening 150 Search dialog 150 Search Records dialog 151 Select dialog 150 L labels Labels page 90 91 M macros 190 mixers 178 Multi Port Cal Items adders 170 coax switches 175 combines 176 image branch 197 208 overlays 180 overview 170 splitters 171 O off line reduction 143 opening Info txt 150 overlays 180 Display Options page 95 overviews Multi Port Cal Items 170 P points 87 properties images 85 217 Properties dialog 85 R reduction 182 historic settings 143 off line 143 sensor formulae 182 user defined processes 190 rotary attenuators 169 S searching Info txt 151 sensors reduction formulae 182 Sensor dialog 182 signal strength 88 Size 184 splitters 171 T TEM strips 186 transmission lines 186 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual U user defined processes 190 V voltage dividers 183 185 W waveform process 190 waveforms FOMs 88 labels 85 points 87 properties 85 signal strength 88 waveguide 184 waveguides 183 184 187 X x min and max 87 Y y min and max 88 218 Notes DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 219 Notes DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 220 Notes DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 221 Notes DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 222 Notes DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 223
8. DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 100 2 4 6 Display Options 2 4 6 1 Waveform 2 4 6 1 1 Dialog Display Print Options Waveform Overlay Image Global Options m Fixed axis limits Colors Conditional color codes Off scale y Color top and bottom individually T Fix y axis Background color scheme Muted v y max 00 I Print in color New Object Defaults m Figures of merit r Plotting Misc Display Line style solid y IV Grid M Overwrite waveform e waveform haine E M Comments F Compress Location upper right y AS none y a Font size small Y Point size 4 v Raw waveform title MV Burst shot V Station MV Channel Cancel Figure 2 82 Waveform Display Options 2 4 6 1 2 Discussion The Waveform Display Options dialog configures the global display and print options for waveforms 2 4 6 1 3 Details Item Description Global Options Changes to these options are applied immediately to all currently displayed wave forms DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 101 Fix x axis x min x Max Fix y axis y min y max Conditional color codes Background color scheme Print in color New Object De faults FOMs Display FOMs Over write waveform FOMs Location FOMs Font size Line style Line width Point style DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual When checked the specified x min and x max display li
9. Figure 2 109 Process Image Data Standard Process Tab Contour Filter Subdialog 2 4 9 1 5 2 Discussion Replaces the image with an image of contour lines derived from the original image Con tour curves as an array of x y data pairs are not calculated 2 4 9 1 6 Resizing subdialog 2 4 9 1 6 1 Dialog Resize Width 12 _ Height Em Figure 2 110 Process Image Data Standard Process Tab Resizing Subdialog 2 4 9 1 6 2 Discussion Resizes the image to the specified width and height If Keep Aspect is selected when ever the width or height is changed the other control will be automatically adjusted to maintain the original image s aspect ratio DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 129 2 4 9 1 7 Rotation subdialog 2 4 9 1 7 1 Dialog Rotate Clockwise Angle degrees mi V Resize Figure 2 111 Process Image Data Standard Process Tab Rotation Subdialog 2 4 9 1 7 2 Discussion Rotates the image by the specified angle If Resize is selected the image will be auto matically resized to retain all data in the original image If Resize is not selected rotation of the image by any angle that is not a multiple of 90 degrees will result in data clipping DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 130 2 4 9 2 Color Conversion 2 4 9 2 1 Dialog Process Data s 10 Voss Wave Tutorial S1R1P2C1 Transform Processing Independent Axes Display Macros Standard Processing Color Conversion Invert Hue Colorize
10. Info txt Search Dialog 2 1 16 3 2 Discussion Search Info txt looks for the Info txt record that contains the search criteria Search criteria may include date range individual words or text strings in any portion of the record Words or text strings may be an exact match with or without case sensitivity or any subset The characters or words entered in a search box must occur as a sub string in the specific field for a match to oc cur 2 1 16 3 3 Details Ttem Description Case Sensitive Search When checked the text in the selected search field s must match the search text ex actly When unchecked character strings that match the search strings regardless of the case upper or lower of the various characters in the search fields Test Name When checked the Test Name field in the Info txt records will be searched for the specified text Test Descrip When checked the Test Description field in the Info txt records will be searched for tion the specified text Acquisition De When checked the Acquisition Description field in the Info txt records will be scription searched for the specified text Comment When checked the Comment field in the Info txt records will be searched for the specified text DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 31 Date gt When checked only records whose Date field is at or later than the time specified will be selected Date lt When check
11. Log All Errors When checked all system errors are sent the file named in the Error Log File Errors DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 21 should be logged only under unusual circumstances Error Log File Full path name for the error log The Error Log file is named Error log by default Log State When checked diagnostic messages are sent to the file named in the Info Log Path Log State 1s also used for debugging purposes and system tuning It generates a file containing time stamped records of all state transitions in the system e g initializing arming etc The InfoLogPath specifies the location of these log Info Log Path The full path for the log state file The files are according to the current date and are formatted as YY YYMMDD Inf where YYYY is the four digit year MM is the month and DD is the day Acquire Net work Communi cations Num ber of retries The number of times to try to re connect to a remote network station 1f communica tions is lost The default is four which requires a total of eight minutes This value may be changed to suit current circumstances Show this dialog on GO on GO When checked the General page of the Global Settings dialog is displayed when the Go button is selected This allows changes to be made for each shot test name shot numbering etc 2 1 10 4 4 How Accessed e Acquisition gt Administrative Settings On Bl if enabled On MN
12. When selected shows y axis labels on the left side of the graph The multiplier and offset are applied directly to the left axis limits to create the lim its for the right axis Selects the waveform to be configured Select left or right to display the waveform using the left or right axis scale X axis offset for shifting the waveform display commonly used to view wave forms recorded at different times How Accessed e Click on an overlay plot then File gt Properties e Click on an overlay plot right click then select Properties from the popup menu DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 96 2 449 Overlay Display Page 2 4 4 9 1 Dialog Properties Plotting M Use custom colors Color pa Line style Soild y s 7 Voss Wave Tutorial Tutorial Y y width haitine y T Use custom line point styles Point size 4 si pts Misc WV Grid l Comments F Figure 2 80 Properties Dialog Display Tab Overlay 2 4 4 9 2 Discussion 2 4 4 9 3 Details Item Description Use custom colors When checked allows the user to assign a color to the plot shown in Waveform Selection Unlabeled The selected color will be updated in Waveform Preview Unlabeled When checked Color is enabled otherwise the control is disabled and colors are assigned automatically to all traces Use custom When checked allows the user to assign a line style line width and point style to line point styles the plot shown in Wavefo
13. Z axis Units The dependent axis unit of measure 2 4 4 5 4 How Accessed e Click on an image plot then File gt Properties e Click on an image plot right click then select Properties from the popup menu 2 4 4 6 Details Page 2 4 4 6 1 Dialog Properties General Statistics Labels Di Plot type Plotting C Tabular Linear Polar Line style solid y C f gt fs cp Fixed axis limits Point style none y x min Joo Point size 4 gt xmax 00 Misc po V Grid ymn F Comments p jE Ai Channel Desc Line width medium Fix x axis Fix y axis OK Cancel Help E Figure 2 77 Properties Dialog Display Tab Waveform Only 2 4 4 6 2 Discussion The Display Options page of the Properties dialog selects the waveform display options Waveforms can be displayed as a Cartesian plot or in tabular format If displayed as a plot you can select fixed limits for the x or y axis The fixed axis limits affect the display only and re main in effect until turned off DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 92 2 4 4 6 3 Details Item Tabular Linear LogX LogY LogX LogY Phase Fix x axis x min x Max Fix y axis y min y max Description Data is displayed in tabular format as x y pair floating point numbers Data is displayed graphically as a waveform Log display of the x axis only Log display of the y axis only Log display of both x and y axes Enabled for network analyzer data only
14. drivers for the Microsoft Access jet engine and SQL server These drivers are not present in Windows by default but may already be present if some other packages such as Microsoft Office have been installed As with Mi crosoft system dlls these components will only be installed or updated if they are not present or are out dated In all DAAAC systems a system service called Crypkey License will be installed and acti vated This service is essential to the feature keying system in DAAAC and it will not function if this service is absent or disabled In addition on some installations there will be service s called Net Instrument Server 2 which provide limited network functionality and Dave NT Netcom which provides network database functionality Finally DAAAC installs a substantial amount of information in the system registry This infor mation is divided into two groups settings common to all users and user specific settings Common settings are stored in Hkey_Local_ Machine Software VSI and include such things as error logging level network settings and product serial number User specific settings such as window size and placement analysis display settings and current database are stored in Hkey_Current_User Software VSI These settings can be different for each user logged into the machine DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 214 Acquire The DAAAC module that manages communication between instruments and the DAAAC
15. high threshold transition and the real the magnitude of the low threshold transition that im high signal value at which mediately precedes the high the later time is recorded threshold transition Fixed start threshold 10 0 stop threshold 90 0 rms Given by X 1 m Yi n None All where n is the number of points in DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 155 the waveform std dev The waveform standard deviation None Single Pulse sum The sum of all Y values in the None All waveform Total Area Computes the numeric integral of None All the waveform X max The maximum waveform inde None All pendent value Normally the hori zontal position of the right most point in the waveform X for waveforms of length n This may not be the case for scattered data For entirely negative data this computes the X value of the smallest magnitude X min The minimum waveform inde None All pendent value Normally the hori zontal position of the left most point in the waveform Xj This may not be the case for scattered data For entirely negative data this computes the X value of the largest magnitude x y max The horizontal position independ None All ent value at the first occurrence of the maximum dependent value x y The interpolated position of the y value Single first left most occurrence of the Real The absolute value Positive specified Y value i
16. the instrument is listed once for all of its channels DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 11 2 1 8 3 Details Item Description Station For networked systems only the station name is displayed in the far left column If there are more than one station open each station and all of its instruments are displayed with the station name Crate If a crate exists VXI or CAMAC then the Crate column is to the left of the instrument column Each instrument within the crate is then listed in the instrument column Instrument Lists the instrument name The instrument name is listed once for all channels the first channel is listed on the same row as the instrument name The name can be edited in place Double click the name to highlight it then edit the name and press Tab to exit the field The instrument s name must be unique and contain only valid characters To activate the instrument s dialog right click on the name Changes made in this dialog are automatically updated in the map when OK is selected Active When checked the instrument is active Channel The channel name for the instrument name last listed The instrument s first channel is listed on the same row as the instrument The name can be edited in place Double click the name to highlight it then edit the name and press Tab to exit the field The channel name must be unique and contain only valid characters Active When checked the c
17. then replaced by the fit polynomial The coefficients of the resultant polynomial are stored in the waveform s comment field 2 4 8 2 9 3 How Accessed e Open the Process Data dialog Calculator tab see 2 4 8 6 3 then select Curve Fit DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 118 2 4 8 2 9 4 Filter 2 4 8 2 9 4 1 Dialog Filter Settings Type Lo Pass v Cutoff Hz 200 Roll off width Hz 12 Done Figure 2 98 Waveform Processing Filter Subdialog 2 4 8 2 9 4 2 Discussion The Filter dialog selectively filters waveform data 2 4 8 2 9 4 3 Details Item Description Lo Pass Converts the time domain waveform to the frequency domain sets the amplitude of all points above the given pass frequency to zero then converts the waveform back to the time domain If the Roll off width is greater than 0 a cosine function is used to gradually attenuate the frequency components The data at Cutoff Roll off width 2 is not attenuated The data at Cutoff is set to 50 of the original amplitude The data at Cutoff Roll off width 2 is set to 0 Hi Pass Behaves like the Lo Pass filter but removes content below the specified pass frequency Band Pass Behaves like the Lo Pass filter but removes content outside the specified fre quency range Band Stop Notch Behaves like the Lo Pass filter but removes content inside the specified fre quency range Level Sets the y values of each point to the average value of the curr
18. types include signal generators and position ers Inventory data Identification data that is unique for each Cal Item Inventory data in cludes serial numbers bar code numbers model numbers and property control num bers 215 Inventory List DAAAC s inventory of Cal Items Item Data Data that characterizes each Cal Item including the name and description as well as electrical characteristics Multi Port Cal Items Signal line components that have multiple input or output ports such as Adders Splitters and Coax Switches Named Configurations An entire test system description that can be pre configured and recalled in seconds which makes test recon figuration a simple point and click task Also instruments can be configured from their front panels and DAAAC 4 0 will cap ture and store those settings for use in future tests Named Configuration View The Archive dis play of the various Named Configurations used for restoring DAAAC to a previous test setup as well as copying Named Configura tions to other databases NetCom The DAAAC module that provides an interface between the other DAAAC mod ules and the database Nodes Graphical elements in CalMan s graph that represent the various signal line compo nents ODBC The Object Data Base Connectivity programming standard Processed waveforms images Data that have been changed or edited after acquisition DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Raw waveforms im
19. with log scale for the x axis and 180 degrees for the y axis When checked the specified x min and x max limits are applied to the waveform Valid limits should be entered in the x min and x max fields before this option is applied Be cause the waveform display uses round values the limits entered may be rounded The x min value for the waveform The waveform s x axis display minimum will be set to this number regardless of the actual data limits The x max value for the waveform The waveform s x axis display maximum will be set to this number regardless of the actual data limits When checked the specified y min and y max limits are applied to the waveform Valid limits should be entered in the y min and y max fields before this option is applied Be cause the waveform display uses round values the limits entered may be rounded The y min value for the waveform The waveform s y axis display minimum will be set to this number regardless of the actual data limits The y max value for the waveform The waveform s y axis display maximum will be set to this number regardless of the actual data limits 2 4 4 6 4 How Accessed e Click on a waveform plot then File gt Properties e Click on an waveform plot right click then select Properties from the popup menu DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 93 2 4 4 7 Overlay Labels Page 2 4 4 7 1 Dialog Properties Overlay X axis Title Overlay Title Time Comments
20. 1 x Y max next point detected below the low threshold off scale Set in the acquire module if the None Raw Wave raw data is off scale This is not forms user selectable peak avg The average of all dependent val Threshold Single ues that lie between the first signal Real given in whole per Positive crossing from below to above the centage Pulse threshold and the last signal cross Fixed ing from above to below the Threshold 50 0 threshold Threshold is expressed as a percentage of the peak peak peak The range between the minimum None All and maximum waveform depend ent values pulse count Count the positive peaks in a pulse Fixed Bipolar train A pulse is distinguish by Low Threshold Periodic or signal that rises above the high 0 1 x Y max Positive threshold and then falls below the High Threshold Pulse low threshold 0 5 x Y max Train pulse top Compute the average of all Y data Start time Single between two user specified time Real the X position of Pulse or values in X Use of this FOM as the left most point in the Single DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 154 sumes the user knows the times average Pulse between which the pulse will oc Stop time within a cur This FOM is not available in Real the X position of Pulse the Acquire or Analyze modules the right most point in the Train average pulse width Determines the duration of the Threshold Single pulse by first identifying
21. 10 Voss Wave Tutorial Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 1 Trig Hyperbolic Macros Create Waveform Calculator Advanced Functions Independent Axes Calculus Fourier Transforms 3 y Offset gt 0 Integrate FFT Phase Min x gt 0 dy dx Inv FFT Min y gt 0 Unwrap Spectrum Base gt 0 Wrap Misc Clipping Smooth Filters Freq vs Time Resample Curve Fit Power gt dB Insert Points Droop dB gt Power OK Cancel Help A Cave He Figure 2 88 Process Waveform Data Advanced Functions Tab 2 4 8 2 2 Discussion The Advanced Functions waveform processing page applies advanced functions to the waveform such as integration FFTs curve fits and filtering Operations on this page are applied immediately to the active waveform To undo any applied operations use Cancel on the Process Data property sheet Note The calculator subdialog presented in 2 4 8 1 3 is also accessible from the Ad vanced Functions tab by clicking Base gt 0 or Droop DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 111 2 4 8 2 3 Integration Parameters subdialog 2 4 8 2 3 1 Dialog Integration Parameters Integration type running z Window x axis units Cancel Figure 2 89 Waveform Processing Integration Parameters Subdialog 2 4 8 2 3 2 Discussion The Integration Parameters dialog specifies the type of integration performed e Running each output point contains the integral of the waveform up to that point e Win
22. 16 3 How Accessed e Data View gt Acquisition Settings DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 149 2 4 17 Info txt Select dialog 2 4 17 1 Dialog De p use Figure 2 131 Info txt Selection 2 4 17 2 Discussion The Info txt Select dialog displays a consolidated history of Info txt entries so that associ ated shot records can be compared quickly Info txt Search dialog searches for an entry To open Info txt Select from Analyze 1 Select Data View then Info txt The View Current Info txt window will appear 2 Select View Old Info txt The Info txt Select window will appear 3 Select Search The Search Info txt Records window will appear DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 150 2 4 17 3 Search subdialog 2 4 17 3 1 Dialog Search Info txt records Case Sensitive Search Search Criteria TestName M Reduction Test Test Description M Acquisition Description Comment Date gt 2006 11 17 YYYY MMDD Date lt YY MM DD OK Reset Cancel ME Figure 2 132 Info txt Database Search Configuration 2 4 17 3 2 Discussion Search Info txt Records finds Info txt records based on specific criteria including date range comments or descriptions Search Info txt Records also can search for individual words or any portion of the Info txt record Search words or phrases may be case sensitive or not To find a matching word or phrase the characters or words entered in a search box must occur as a sub string in the field of intere
23. 166 Figure 5 4 Waveform Characterization Curve Definition 0 cccesesseeseeereeeeeeteenseeneeees 168 Figure 5 5 Adder in a Cal Lite ss aia 171 Figure 5 6 Splitter in A taaetacusacmetecant neds feds ose artaeeeantea a dmnuatenes 172 Figure 5 7 Adder Splitter Multi Port Configuration Labeled as an Adder 172 Figure 5 8 Choose Adder or Splitter when Inserting the Item ooonnoninnonincnnnccnnccnnonnconncnns 173 Figure 329 Select the Input Pra tas 174 Figure 5 10 Coax Switch Contursi esas 175 Figure 5 11 Combine Item Dilo idos 177 Fig re 5 12 Power Vs Time SO 178 Figure 5 13 Frequency Vs Time Settings id ii ia 178 Figure 5 14 Mixer Configuration Dialog ooooonnccinocinocaconcconnnonnnconncconocnnncnnnccon cnc no cnnnnnnncnos 179 Figure 5 15 Overlay Item Waveform Selection Dialog onooconnnnocinccnncnnonconcconcnoncnnnonnans 181 Figure 5 16 Sensor Reduction Dialog e orcniscni dr ici 189 Figure 5 17 User Process Item Data Dialog daa 191 Figure 5 18 User Process General Calculator 2 3350 ceeatyscneasasntentaoeaiev im anicvtuaseadeannias 192 Figure 5 19 Advanced User Process FUNnctions sccsssssesecceseceseceeeeeeeeeeeeeeseceaeeeeeeeeees 193 Figure 5 20 User Functions on the Independent ACCESS cceseeseesesseeseceeeceseeeeeaeeeneees 194 Figure 5 21 Trigonometric User Functions icons dada 195 Figure 5 22 User Function Macro Control Tab e i ceceecees
24. 2 Discussion The Independent Axes waveform processing page processes the x values of the x y pair data Operations on this page are immediately applied to the active waveform To undo any ap plied operations use Cancel on the Process Data property sheet Note The calculator subdialog presented in 2 4 8 1 3 is also accessible from the Inde pendent Axes tab by clicking any of the Apply a Constant controls DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 122 2 4 8 4 Trig Hyperbolic 2 4 8 4 1 Dialog Process Data s 10 Voss Wave Tutorial Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 1 Calculator Advanced Functions Independent 4xes Trig Hyperbolic Macros Create Waveform Trigonometric Hyperbolic Sin Sin 1 i Cos Cos 1 Cosh Cosh 1 Tan Tan 1 Tanh Tanh 1 OK Cancel Help A cm He Figure 2 102 Process Waveform Data Trig Hyperbolic Tab 2 4 8 4 2 Discussion The Trigonometry waveform processing page performs basic trigonometric functions on the waveform such as sine cosine and tangent Trigonometric operations are typically used to generate test waveforms or filters Operations on this page are immediately applied to the active waveform To undo any applied operations use Cancel on the Process Data property sheet DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 123 2 4 8 5 Macros 2 4 8 5 1 Dialog Process Data s 10 Voss Wave Tutorial Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 1 x Calculator Advanced Functions Independent Axes Trig Hyperbolic Mac
25. 4 0 User s Manual 85 2 44 1 General Page 2 4 4 1 1 Dialog Properties Statistics Labels Display Type Raw Created 10 19 2006 09 53 52 508 Modified 10 19 2006 09 53 52 508 Acquisition Info Test Woss Wave Demo Test One Shot 11 Station Voss Wave Tutorial Rack Voss Wave Demo Rack Instrument Voss Wave Demo 1 Channel Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 4 Chan Desc Fourth Channel in the Yoss Wave Tutorial Figure 2 72 Properties Dialog General Properties Tab 2 4 4 1 2 Discussion The General page of the Properties dialog displays information about the active wave form including the waveform type and the associated acquisition information Imported data and waveforms created from the Create Waveform dialog File New or Process Create Waveform have no acquisition information so this section will be empty 2 4 4 1 3 Details Item Description Type Waveform type raw processed or auto processed Created Date and Greenwich Mean Time GMT created Modified Date and Greenwich Mean Time GMT last modified Test The name of the test that the data was acquired under Shot The shot number when the data was acquired Station Station name the data was acquired from Rack Rack name the data was acquired from DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 86 Instrument Instrument name the data was acquired from Channel Channel name the data was acquired from 2 4 4 1 4 How Accessed e File gt Properties e Click on a
26. ARA 12 Figur 2 61 A n a a a Ane eae alte nisl A Na 73 Figure 2 62 User Process Cal Item Dita diia 74 Fig re 2 63 Attenuator Item Data srt ii iaa 74 Figure 2 64 Filter Item Dat dc 75 Figure 2 65 Channel Node Reduction Dialog s ssesesessesssssessesstseesesseseessesersessesresesseseesees 76 Figure 2 66 User Process Soft Item Node Reduction Dialog oooooonoconincnnoccnoncconncconocnnos 77 Figure 2 67 Hard Item Node Reduction Dialog oooonconccnncnnccnocanocconncononononononncnnn conan nonononnos 71 Figure 2 68 Figures of Merit Configuration ssessessesesssssessesseseesesseserstesersessesresesseseesess 79 Piptire 209 0 o ea dd 81 Figure 2 70 Create a User Defined Waveform 0 0 0 cc eeeeccsseceneeeseeeeeesecaeceeeaeenseseeeeseenaes 82 Figure 2 71 User Specified Waveform Valles macia ios ccascassssddecassisdendondeohevdecsaneevedaavsatsania 84 Figure 2 72 Properties Dialog General Properties Tab ce ceeeseeseeeeceteceeeeneeeseeeeeeeeeaes 86 Figure 2 73 Properties Dialog Statistics Tab Waveform Data cceeeeseeseereeeeeeneeees 87 Figure 2 74 Properties Dialog Statistics Tab Image Data 0 eee eeecceseeeteeneeeeeeeeeeneeeaee 88 Figure 2 75 Properties Dialog Labels Tab ce eceeeceeecssecneeeeceeeeeseceaeceeeaeeeeeeeeeeseenaes 90 Figure 2 76 Properties Dialog Titles Tab Image Data eeeeceeeeceteceeeneeeeeeeeeeeenaee 91 Figure 2 77 Properties Dialog Displa
27. Ctrl N gt 2 4 1 5 Waveform Value Editor 2 4 1 5 1 Dialog Waveform Value Editor x value Y value 1 2 E 4 5 6 7 8 9 Fill empty Y cells with the value 63 6 F Auto truncate remove empty cells at end of array Cancel Figure 2 71 User Specified Waveform Values 2 4 1 5 2 Discussion The dialog is used to hand specify Y values in a User specified y data function selection or X and Y values if User specified x y data is selected For each of the number of points set in Number of points independent values can be entered in Y value and X value if enabled A constant value can be used to fill Y values that have not been hand specified Unspecified values at the end of the list can be truncated shortening the specified number of waveform points 2 4 1 5 3 Details Item Description X value A list of values of the length specified in Number of points If the function se DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 84 lected is User specified x y data the user enters an independent X value for each of the points If the function is User specified y data this list is disabled and filled with serial integer values starting at 1 Y value A list of values of the length specified in Number of points The user enters an independent Y value for each of the points Unspecified points can be truncated from the end of the list using Auto truncate Alternatively unspecified points
28. DK Cancel ply Help Figure 2 112 Process Image Data Color Conversion Tab 2 4 9 2 2 Discussion The color conversion page is used to modify image colors change image bit depth and convert between grayscale and color images Note that some operations on this page are only available when the image is grayscale and others are only available when the image is color Application of any operation on this page will delete the associated floating point data if present DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 131 2 4 9 2 3 Colorize subdialog 2 4 9 2 3 1 Dialog Colorize Hue and saturation controls J 255 Saturation OK Cancel ok Figure 2 113 Process Image Data Color Conversion Tab Colorize Subdialog 2 4 9 2 3 2 Discussion Creates a color image from a monochrome image using the specified hue and saturation 2 4 9 2 4 Hue Saturation subdialog 2 4 9 2 4 1 Dialog Change Saturation Percentage a fl Cancel Figure 2 114 Process Image Data Color Conversion Tab Saturation Subdialog 2 4 9 2 4 2 Discussion Changes the image s hue or saturation value A preview image is shown on the right side of the dialog DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 132 2 4 9 2 5 Resolution subdialog 2 4 9 2 5 1 Dialog Color Resolution Bits Per Pixel 24 bit x Color Order Blue Green Red BGA Figure 2 115 Process Image Data Color Conversion Tab Resolution Subdialog 2 4 9 2 5 2 Discussion Changes
29. Dialog Line Totals Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 1 Channel signal class Wide band Freq GHz Total loss dB Total delay sec Figure 2 60 Signal Line Statistics 2 3 15 2 Discussion This dialog presents an analysis of the effects of the Items in the cal line on the signal at a given frequency 2 3 15 3 Details Item Description Channel signal class Channel s signal class e g wideband narrow band image Freq GHz Frequency used to evaluate the loss through the components Total loss dB Total signal loss over the entire signal path at the selected frequency Total delay sec Total time delay over the entire signal path Chan to det loss dB Signal loss from the instrument to the detector for narrow band only Chan to det delay sec Time delay from the instrument to the detector for narrow band only Det to sensor loss dB Signal loss from the detector to the sensor for narrow band only Det to sensor delay sec Time delay from the detector to the sensor for narrow band only 2 3 15 4 How Accessed e Right click on a channel node and select Line Totals from the popup menu DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 72 2 3 16 Item Data 2 3 16 1 Dialog Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 1 Figure 2 61 Channel Item Data DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 173 User Processing Linear Transform 1 Item Data Reduction r Name Description Description Channel 1 Linear
30. Display Preferences 2 3 3 2 Discussion The Display Preferences dialog modifies the graph s appearance These functions only alter the graph s appearance and are available to suit user preferences They have no effect on data reduction operations 2 3 3 3 Details Item Description Graph Zoom Controls the size of the components of the graph Preset values are available or you Factor may enter any number between 6 very small and 150 very large The default setting is 64 which allows enough space to display the item s icon and a short name DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 54 Graph Scroll Type Animated Scroll Scrolls through the graph very smoothly but slower than Fast Scroll Fast Scroll Scrolls through the graph as quickly as possible Node Display Type 3 D Button Cal Items and other components are displayed as raised dialog type 3D buttons Plain Rectangle Cal Items are displayed as simple single line rectangles Dotted Rectan Cal Items are displayed as a transparent dotted rectangle gle No Rectangle No box rectangle is drawn around each graph item and the lines connecting Cal Items instruments and channels are changed to dotted lines Multi Output Lines Draw connect ing lines for multi port items Dotted lines are drawn between Multi Port Cal Items Splitters and Combines and their external connections external from the current line For example
31. Hanning Parzen and Welch 2 4 8 2 4 3 How Accessed e Open the Process Data dialog Calculator tab see 2 4 8 6 3 then select FFT or Inv FFT DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 113 2 4 8 2 5 Wrap subdialog 2 4 8 2 5 1 Dialog Type minimum A maximum 3 142 threshold coca Figure 2 91 Waveform Processing Wrap Subdialog 2 4 8 2 5 2 Discussion 2 4 8 2 5 3 How Accessed e Open the Process Data dialog Calculator tab see 2 4 8 6 3 then select Wrap 2 4 8 2 6 Unwrap subdialog 2 4 8 2 6 1 Dialog Type h minimum 3 142 maximum 3 142 threshold 80 coca Figure 2 92 Waveform Processing Unwrap Subdialog 2 4 8 2 6 2 Discussion 2 4 8 2 6 3 How Accessed e Open the Process Data dialog Calculator tab see 2 4 8 6 3 then select Unwrap DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 114 2 4 8 2 7 Clipping subdialog 2 4 8 2 7 1 Dialog Clipping C standard advanced standard x axis r po po E joo po advanced delete data points below the specified x value s y x 0 0 absolute of domain _ ome Figure 2 93 Waveform Processing Clipping Subdialog 2 4 8 2 7 2 Discussion The Clipping dialog removes limits or zeros the waveform data relative to the specified data values Several options are providing for specifying which portion of the data to clip 2 4 8 2 7 3 Details Item Description Standard Data is clipped based on simple x an
32. Page Break Print one channel acquisition line per page Reduction Print only those lines with reduction turned ON Cancel Figure 2 43 Graph Print Configuration 2 3 1 2 Discussion When printed all graph Cal Items are listed and grouped by instrument and channel The items are printed in order as they appear in the graph Cal Item information includes item type name barcode description delay and calibration factor 2 3 1 3 Details Item Description Printout Type Graphic Tabular Print items graphically similar to the display or as a textual table Print Barcode Print the instrument s barcodes if they are assigned along with the tabular instrument information Print Extra Show additional item information e g cable type attenuator type DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 52 Cal Freq GHz The calibration frequency GHz will be printed on the document Heading Title Print the title that is specified in the unlabeled text box on the document The unlabeled text box is disabled if this option is unchecked Date If checked print the printout date on the document Time If checked print the printout time on the document Page Break Print one channel acquisition Line per page Reduction If checked print each channel on its own sheet in the document Print only those lines with reduc tion turned ON If checked do not print cal lines that
33. Reduction tab Click the Settings button DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 80 2 3 20 Display 2 3 20 1 Dialog Display Options Fixed axis limits min 100 max 1 k ymin y max IV Fix x axis Fix y axis Cancel Figure 2 69 Axis Limits Dialog 2 3 20 2 Discussion Use this dialog to set the X and Y Axis limits on the plot of the reduced data 2 3 20 3 Details Item Description Fix x axis When checked the X Axis limits are manually set using the x min and x max controls When unchecked X Axis limits are automatically scaled to the size of the data x min and x max controls are enabled when this control is checked otherwise they are disabled x min The value of the left most limit of the horizontal independent axis If the reduced wave form contains X data that is smaller than this value the data will be truncated when dis played This control is disabled unless Fix x axis is checked x max Fix y axis The value of the right most limit of the horizontal independent axis If the reduced wave form contains X data that is larger than this value the data will be truncated when displayed This control is disabled unless Fix x axis is checked When checked the Y Axis limits are manually set using the y min and y max controls When unchecked Y Axis limits are automatically scaled to the size of the data y min and y max controls are enabled when this control is checke
34. Units sec Y axis left Title Amplitude Units volts Waveforms Y axis right Titles Title Amplitude s 7 Voss Wave Tutorial Tutorial Yo w Units volts Figure 2 78 Properties Dialog Labels Tab Overlay Data 2 4 4 7 2 Discussion The Overlay Labels page of the Properties dialog displays and configures the current title axis labels and comments Changes made to fields in this dialog are updated on the current waveform but the waveform must be stored to the database for the changes to become perma nent 2 4 4 7 3 Details Item Description Title The current overlay title This may be changed to any value Comments Enter and edit comments for the waveform These comments can be displayed at the top left corner of the waveform Waveform titles Titles for the individual waveforms in the overlay Modifying these titles will update the titles in the overlay legend X axis Title The independent axis title X axis Units The independent axis unit of measure Y axis left Title The left dependent axis title DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 94 Y axis left Units The left dependent axis unit of measure Y axis right Title The right dependent axis title Y axis right Units The right dependent axis unit of measure 2 4 4 7 4 How Accessed Click on an overlay plot then File gt Properties e Click on an overlay plot right click then select Properties 2 4 4 8 Overlay Axes Page
35. Z Subdialog 2 4 9 3 4 2 Discussion Image clipping limits or zeros the data values that fall outside the specified criteria Item z minimum z maximum set z 0 when z gt set z 0 when z lt Clip Description Set all pixels less than the specified minimum to that minimum value Set all pixels greater than the specified maximum to that maximum value Set all pixels greater than the specified threshold to 0 Set all pixels less than the specified threshold to 0 Applies the selecting clipping operations Does not dismiss the dialog so multi ple rounds of clipping can be applied DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 135 2 4 9 3 5 Convolution subdialog 2 4 9 3 5 1 Dialog Convolution Kernel Selective Processing Target those pixels that meet any of the following criteria Type Anomaly Removal y M z lt 0 0 M z gt B0k Rows a Cols fa Scale 1 C iV Apply convolution kermel only to the target pixels Weights Ignore target pixels when applying kernel to other pixels r Edge Handling Shrink kemel and auto adjust scale Figure 2 118 Process Image Data Transform Tab Convolution Subdialog 2 4 9 3 5 2 Discussion The Convolution dialog is used to perform a two dimensional discrete convolution between the active image and the specified kernel Kernel types are specified using the type lists and pres ently have fixed sizes 0f 3x3 Selective processing may be configured to either apply the kernel only
36. a e A a a 161 Appendix E Cal Items iii A A E R 162 5 1 Standard Cal Tt ms soni abia 163 5 1 1 CALS toryene nii da RRR 163 5 1 2 Discuss 163 5 1 3 Jte Datat ne A E A A E E AE 164 5 1 4 ER 169 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual iv 5 2 A Note on Rotary Attenuators c sciscsaceteectacsaecceeeds qtcesy neheode MeadlGad tee eeagahacatt 169 5 2 1 Rotary Attenuator File Formats iii sta adi 169 3 3 Multi Port Calls to do A Aa 170 5 3 1 Multi Port Adders amp SplittersS ooonooonnocnnoocconccconaconnnonnconncnonocconoconononnnos 170 5 3 2 CORE Swit accesses n a O caves a a ARN 174 5 3 3 Comba 176 5 4 A A A 178 5 4 1 AUS OE Yosser Sage Paras E atau a eetvate E T cua es eee a eae 178 5 4 2 DD ISC USS LOM A T At sus Ried ital Mio hase Ra eemre ae date eae te EOE 178 5 4 3 TOM Dita a a dw 179 5 4 4 RAN ESN BE RE oe AE ah es 180 5 5 A A A 180 5 5 1 CAPI O a ia 180 5 5 2 DISCUSS E ARA les nk E A Nuala A 180 5 5 3 HOUND AA RI AE AAE ETE 181 5 5 4 TC OM sissies A RSS A ABE co Eb BES ODT RE ts 182 5 6 DOTSOLS siarts ded A EA a 182 5 6 1 CAVE ORY crite A A AN 182 5 6 2 DISCUSION 182 5 6 3 HD AE Ra e o o aoe bite thee 189 5 6 4 COM iaa T la 190 5 7 User Proc tii aa 190 5 7 1 A A a A A e 190 5 7 2 A E E E E Aaa E O tees cae 190 5 7 3 O A E NN 191 5 7 4 OM alan 197 5 8 Wavetorar Branch E NOR 197 5 8 1 OS ae e N eee naccauiney a rah 197 5 8 2 A A O E EE E ESAN E cess 197 5 8 3 HD AE EA eR a 197 5 8 4 NOOO 198 Do Image COmDING 55 ss e
37. algorithm iterations to run before stopping regardless of the error level Error level target error level between the constructed and input image Processing stops when this error level reaches or falls below this value Filter selectable image filter to be applied before the iterative processing Delay Increment scale for the delay axis DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 210 5 16 3 4 Subdialogs None 5 16 4 Icon E DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 211 6 Appendix F DAAAC Installation File Structure 6 1 DAAAC CD Contents For the most part the DAAAC CD does not contain compressed or encrypted files The CD contains ordinary files that are part of the DAAAC system files that are used to support DAAAC installation and files to support certain specialized instruments The files are mainly executables exe extension that are Windows programs and Dlls dynamically linked libraries that are loaded by executables and provide some additional functionality There are also help files hlp cnt gid other documentation in text files txt training materials which are mainly Microsoft PowerPoint presentations ppt screen capture and other image files mainly jpg and a few miscellaneous types such as binary firmware images for some special instruments The DAAAC CD contains the following directories 6 1 1 Demo o A non interactive system demo 6 1 2 Setup o acqiris 2 15 O S drivers for Acqiris cPCI instrument
38. are disabled 2 3 1 4 How Accessed e File gt Print Graph Items e Also available from the File menu of the Line Summary display See 2 3 13 e Right click on a Station Instrument or Channel node in the graph and select Print Graph Items from the popup menu 2 3 2 File Export Range Selection 2 3 2 1 Dialog 2 3 2 2 Discussion Determines if file export of the CalMan graph is to include all items or only those that File Export Properties Reduction Figure 2 44 Export Properties have reduction enabled DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 53 2 3 2 3 How Accessed e File gt File Export Graph Items entire graph e Right click on the Station node in the graph and select File Export Graph Items entire graph from the popup menu e Right click on an Instrument node in the graph and select File Export Graph Items cur rent instrument from the popup menu 2 3 3 Graph Display Preferences 2 3 3 1 Dialog Display Preferences Graph Zoom Factor Graph Scroll Type Animated Scroll C Fast Scroll Multi Output Lines Node Display Type Draw connecting 3D Butt I lines for multi port CP E heme Plain Rectangle C Dotted Rectangle Tool Tip Options C No Rectangle C Dialog Track mouse C Dialog Stationary C Track mouse Not displayed Display Print Decimal Precision Digits Decimal digits 1 8 e digits displayed after the decimal point Cancel Figure 2 45 CalMan Graph
39. black magenta blue cyan green yellow orange red white e Manual allows the user to specify the mapping between z values and color At pre sent setting the axis labels is not supported as part of a macro operation In addition only manual false coloring is supported as part of a macro operation DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 139 2 4 9 5 3 False Color Map subdialog 2 4 9 5 3 1 Dialog Color Mapping Color map entry Insert Image value Color o r Color selection Delete RGB ig Fae WT jo Green 0 Hue Default 0 Saturation Datatype integer o _ Hol Data range 0 to 65535 Color transition MAA v Cancel Figure 2 122 Process Image Data Display Tab False Color Map Subdialog 2 4 9 5 3 2 Discussion 2 4 9 6 Macro 2 4 9 6 1 Discussion See the Waveform processing Macro discussion Section 2 4 8 5 2 4 9 7 How Accessed Select any waveform data display then e Analysis gt Process e Right click then select Process from the popup menu DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 140 2 4 10 Combine Waveforms 2 4 10 1 Dialog Combine Waveforms Arithmetic with active waveform Correlation settings Time __ Add swa e none C Quick C Ful Mutliply Divide Droop Apply droop correlation Time constant secs Special Functions Ma Mar Step Append Correlate On V Create a new waveform for the result Title Combined OK Cancel Figure 2 123 Combining Wav
40. channel Line reduction can be toggled on and off and output options for each can be set The entire graph s reduction options and most other properties can be set or cleared at one time The Instrument is displayed in the first column There are no options for the instrument entry Each channel is displayed in the second column The first row for each channel contains a Line Reduction check box which is the same check box option contained in the channel s dia log When checked reduction will be performed for the line and for all items that are to be re duced Display Archive or Print checked on Double clicking this column within the Line Re duction text activates the channel s dialog This is the same dialog that is displayed and used from the graph Any changes made in the item s dialog are recorded when OK is selected These changes are updated in the graph s node when OK is selected Every channel row and every Cal Item row contain a Waveform type The channel wave form name is Raw Most Cal Items waveform type is Corrected However some nodes do con tain other waveform types Every channel contains a Display and Print check box the same op tions that are contained in the channel s Reduction page dialog All Cal Items attached to the channel are then listed just after the channel name Each Cal Item row contains the same options Cal Item name Waveform type and the waveform out put selection Display Print
41. defined in this item 5 7 3 3 Details Item Description X Title Displayed x axis title for the reduced waveform Y Title Displayed y axis title for the reduced waveform X Units Displayed x units for the reduced waveform Y Units Displayed y units for the reduced waveform User Processing Activates the Process Data dialog which defines various waveform math functions Definition that are used to apply to the item s input waveform The same dialog is also available in the Analyze module for operating on the currently displayed waveform DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 191 5 7 3 4 Subdialogs 5 7 3 4 1 Calculator 5 7 3 4 1 1 Dialog User Processing Definition Calculator Advanced Functions Independent Axes Trig Hyperbolic Macros Goeraticntict Apply a Constant m Misc 3 Logs mo 2 a 0 OK Cancel Help A Cave Heb Figure 5 18 User Process General Calculator 5 7 3 4 1 2 Discussion The Calculator waveform processing page applies common calculator functions to the waveform e g multiplication by a constant logarithms absolute value Operations on this page are immediately applied to the active waveform To undo any applied operations use Can cel on the Process Data property sheet DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 192 5 7 3 4 2 Advanced Functions 5 7 3 4 2 1 Dialog User Processing Definition Calculator Advanced Functions Independent Axes Trig Hyperbolic Ma
42. if a splitter is in the graph and the output is set to other Cal Items lines are drawn from the splitter s output arrow to the other item s input arrow Tool Tip Options Dialog Track As the mouse is moved over any graph MAA Mouse node a window appears that shows f Name Linear Transform 1 details regarding the node Desc Channel 1 Linear Transform configuration The position of the Totalloss 0 000000 dB 0 000000 window will follow the location of the 99 dele C cee mouse Type User Process Macro y 12 25 y 17 2 Dialog As the mouse is moved over any graph node a window appears that shows details Stationary regarding the node configuration The position of the window is fixed with respect to the graph Track Mouse Not Displayed No configuration report window appears when nodes are selected Display Print Decimal Precision Digits Decimal Digits Sets the precision of real valued numeric values when exported or displayed 2 3 3 4 How Accessed e Preferences gt Graph Display or e Right click on an empty portion of the graph then select Graph Display from the popup menu DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 55 23 4 Print Barcode 2 3 4 1 Dialog Barcode Tuning Narrow Bar Width mils id 1076 only Bar Width Reduction lo s99to 99 only and Gain Barcode Text Barcode Tuning Please limit text length to 100 characters uning MN w 0 00 0 7 00 Pri
43. is selected File Image file input is not yet supported This control is disabled unless Apply stored im age as operand is selected Stored operand 5 9 3 4 Subdialogs Waveform Selection dialog See Main Manual Section 3 4 5 9 4 ob Icon 5 10 Image Divider 5 10 1 Category IMAGE Reduction Soft 5 10 2 Discussion This cal item splits a single input image into multiple output images The image may be deinterleaved in which case the node produces two output images one from the even numbered image pixel rows and one from the odd numbered rows The other option is to segment the im age by independently defined quadrants into four separate images DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 199 5 10 3 Item Data 5 10 3 1 Dialog Image Divider Image Divider Name Description Name Image Divider Node Description Spit the image by Region Divider Settings Division type Rectangular T Rotation degrees fo DO Number of regions la V Use default region sizes Region definition Region fi Left Top Right Bottom all units in pixels Cancel Help Figure 5 25 Image Divider Node Configuration 5 10 3 2 Discussion This dialog determines how the input image is to be subsampled into the output images 5 10 3 3 Details Item Description Division Type Select between Deinterlacing or quadrants Rectangular With Rectangular selected Rotation degrees
44. listed first followed by a comma and the integer that indicates the Curve position to use The Curve position number must be between one and the maximum number inclusive of attenuator positions This number was defined when the attenuator was created The name in the file must be the attenuator s name as it is entered in the attenuator s Item Data page The following is a sample file ROTARY ATTENUATOR NAMES Attenl 1 Atten2 2 Atten3 5 Atten4 1 The number following the comma may be preceded by any amount of white space The file also can be constructed as follows ROTARY ATTENUATOR NAMES Long Attenuator Name Another Long Attenuator Name Short Name Al NR Ww DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 169 5 3 Multi Port Cal Items Multi Port Cal Items are items that can accommodate more than one input or output port Because of their unique capabilities they require special consideration when being created in serted and removed from Cal Manager s graph Note that the terms input and output depend on which way the data is flowing During ac quisition data flows in from the sensor side of the Cal Line and out to the instrument side The reduction sequence proceeds in the opposite direction so data flows in from the instrument and out towards the sensor Physical components attenuators cables splitters switches etc usu ally use the acquisition flow while user processing components combine overlay image proc ess e
45. number of X Y pairs to make up the waveform Adjusting this value will results in adjustment of Delta X if it is established Delta X The constant step size between independent X points of the waveform This value can be automatically determined by the values assigned to Minimum value Maxi mum value and Number of points Delta X Maximum Minimum Number of Points 1 Once the relationship is established adjusting Delta X will adjust the Maximum value to keep the relationship consistent This control is disabled if the User specified x y data function is selected Minimum value The X independent value of the left most point in the waveform Adjusting this value will results in adjustment of Delta X if it is established This control is dis DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 82 abled if the User specified x y data function is selected Maximum value The X independent value of the right most point in the waveform Adjusting this value will results in adjustment of Delta X if it is established This control is dis abled if the User specified X Y data function is selected Function Select from one of e Constant e Ramp e Step e Pulse e Mod Pulse e Gaussian e Formula e User specified Y data e User specified X Y data The selection modifies the other controls in the dialog as specified in the discus sion of those controls Variable 1 This is a text bo
46. of points Z axis Current number of points O New number of points Interpolation e linear polynomial sin x m Resample Figure 2 94 Waveform Processing Resample Subdialog 2 4 8 2 8 2 Discussion The Resample dialog changes the number of points in the active waveform Select the new number of points and the interpolation type then choose Resample When the operation is complete the dialog will be updated to show the new number of points DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 116 2 4 8 2 8 2 1 How Accessed e Open the Process Data dialog Calculator tab see 2 4 8 6 3 then select Resample 2 4 8 2 8 3 Insert Points 2 4 8 2 8 3 1 Dialog Insert new points Point x value po y value 0 0 Insert Done Figure 2 95 Waveform Processing Insert Points Subdialog 2 4 8 2 8 3 2 Discussion The Insert Points dialog inserts new points into the active waveform Specify the x and y values and choose Insert to add a new point to the waveform Points cannot be inserted at exist ing x locations 2 4 8 2 8 3 3 How Accessed e Open the Process Data dialog Calculator tab see 2 4 8 6 3 then select Insert Points 2 4 8 2 8 4 Smoothing 2 4 8 2 8 4 1 Dialog Specify the smoothing window as X axis units seconds Hz etc Smooth Figure 2 96 Waveform Processing Smoothing Subdialog 2 4 8 2 8 4 2 Discussion DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 117 The Smooth dialog smoothes the active
47. station Acquire displays the in strumentation racks as they are physically arranged Rearranging the rack setup is a simple drag and drop task Also Acquire can capture data directly during acquisition or download data stored in instrumentation Adders Multi Port Cal Items are components that have multiple input ports any number of which can be active simultaneously Ad ders are created with the Multi Port Cal Item in the Inventory List Analyze The DAAAC module that displays and prints data and provides tools for analyzing and manually processing waveforms and images Archive The DAAAC module that provides the user interface to the database From Ar chive users can change databases import or export data and organize and transfer data Burst A multi shot acquisition event in which all shot data is accumulated in the acquisi tion hardware before being transmitted to the control computer Cal Items The DAAAC representation of physical components that are included in a signal line such as sensors attenuators and cables Also includes components for auto mated signal processing Cal Lines Data acquisition signal lines such as channels stemming from instruments that include components called Cal Items leading to a signal source Cal Manager CalMan The DAAAC module that documents every channel s signal path providing a graphical display of the test setup and organizing the signal line compo nents Ca
48. tab out of the Frequency edit field To delete a frequency from the list simply blank out the number then tab out of the field Polarity The crystal polarity During reduction any portion of the signal that is the opposite polarity of the setting will be set to zero Filter Filter Type Informational not used during data reduction Free Space Distance The free space distance between radiating and receiving compo nents antennas Units The units of the free space distance Inches feet millimeters or meters DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 165 Integrator Type Allows selection of Active or Passive integrators Time constant Specifies the integration time constant in microseconds Gain Activates the Curve dialog for viewing editing the characterization waveform Impedance Not presently supported Multi Port Number of Ports Number of ports on the multi port input or output side of the item Curve Setup port Determines which port s characterization curve will be viewed edited when Curve is selected Probe Probe Type Available probes are Voltage Monitor Current Monitor and Arbi trary any other Input units Volts amps or other Conversion factor Scalar factor to convert probe output to probe input Integrate Signal If a differential probe checking this box will integrate the signal before processing Time Shift Time shift While most i
49. the Location text is ignored 2 3 12 3 Details Item Description Name Name field from the Cal Item data page to find Barcode instead of name for strict inventoried systems Description Description from the Cal Item data page to find Location Rack Location to find Start at Graph The search begins at the top of the graph not at the current line Top Start at Current The search begins at the current line and ends at the end of the graph Position Match Exact If checked the search will be for an exact match That is both the case and length of Case and the string must be exactly the same no sub strings If not checked the case is not Length considered and any substring found in the graph will be considered a match Search When selected begins the search If a match is found the graph node will be high lighted DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 68 2 3 12 4 How Accessed e Tools gt Search E 2 3 13 Line Summary 2 3 13 1 Image Channel Combine User Process Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 2 Ch1 X Ch2 Had leita Channel 1 X Channel 2 Multiply Channel 1 by Channel 2 Channel 4 FFT gt Voss Wave Demo 1 gt 0 000000 dB 0 000000 GHz gt 0 000000 dB 3647715942006039 0 000000 dB 0 000000 GHz 0 000000 ns 0 000000 ns Delay 0 0 Type Multiply Correlation Macro FFT RIRI Signal class Wide Band None Reduction ON Figure 2 57 Example Line Summary Display
50. the Trash are permanently removed Empty Trash Warning Empty Trash permanently removes these waveforms from the database menu They cannot be recovered View Trashed When selected View fills the waveform list with all waveforms queued for deletion Waveforms View menu LJ BI Select Data Types menu Available only when retrieving raw waveforms Select Data Types limits the type of data to Waveform and or Single point and or Image The toolbar below the menu con tains buttons corresponding to Waveform Single point and Image Retrieve associ ated processed waveforms Available when retrieving both raw and processed waveforms When checked any processed waveforms linked to raw waveforms are also retrieved The associated processed waveforms are not displayed in the list but are available to the application using this dialog This has no effect when only viewing waveforms such as when this dialog is activated from Archive Save this list and restore it next time By default no waveforms are displayed in the waveform list until an item is selected from the left pane Select Save this list to remember the list of displayed waveforms when the dialog is closed and then display that list the next time the dialog is opened Limit List This limits the number of waveforms displayed in the list to the number entered in DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 36 Search this field Only the first N
51. the image s pixel resolution Both color and grayscale options at various bit depths are available A preview image is shown on the right side of the dialog DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 133 2 4 9 3 Transform Processing 2 4 9 3 1 Dialog Process Data s 10 Voss Wave Tutorial S1R1P2C1 Standard Processing Color Conversion Transform Processing Independent Axes Display Macros Int gt Energy Clip z Convolution rm ZG Log flere OK Cancel Help Figure 2 116 Process Image Data Transform Tab 2 4 9 3 2 Discussion The transform processing page is used to manipulate the image s underlying floating point data array All operations on this page operate on the floating point z axis data If the im age does not contain floating point data an array of float data is created using the pixel intensity at each location Following any operation on the floating point z data the corresponding bitmap is updated to reflect the change to the data This representative bitmap uses 16 bit grayscale val ues 2 4 9 3 3 Numeric Entry Subdialogs Several buttons on the Transform Processing tab open the Numeric Entry subdialog shown in Section 2 4 8 1 3 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 134 2 4 9 3 4 Clip z subdialog 2 4 9 3 4 1 Dialog Clipping V z minimum 1000 0 V z maximum 4500 0 T set 2 0 when 2 gt po M setz 0 when z lt Done Figure 2 117 Process Image Data Transform Tab Clip
52. the time Real calculation starts Pulse of the waveform peak Y max and stops when the signal value The computation moves crosses this value earlier in time from peak until it Pulse is pos records the time at which the sig Specifies that a positive nal drops below the threshold It pulse is to be measured then moves later in time from the Pulse is neg peak until the signal drops below Specifies that a negative the threshold The computed value pulse is to be measured is the later time minus the earlier time rise intercept The slope of a linear fit of the first Fixed Positive series of points between 10 and High threshold Single 90 Y max as the waveform rises 0 9 x Y Max Pulse or to Y max is computed The result Low threshold First ing line is of the form mX b 0 1x Y Max Single Setting X b m gives the X axis Pulse in a intercept Positive Pulse Train rise slope The slope of a linear fit of the first Fixed Positive series of points between 10 and High threshold Single 90 Y max as the waveform rises 0 9 x Y Max Pulse or to Y max Low threshold First 0 1x Y Max Single Pulse in a Positive Pulse Train rise time The time it takes the signal to start threshold peak Single change from low threshold peak real the magnitude of the Pulse to high threshold peak Peak low signal value at which may be Y max or Y min This the early time is recorded FOM is the time between the first stop threshold peak
53. to pixels with specified values or to exclude pixels with specified values from the computa tion Selective processing is commonly used with the Anomaly Removal kernel to remove bad pixels Edge handling specification will be supported in a future release but is presently fixed Many of these kernel convolutions are analogous to operations on the Standard Processing prop erty page such as Spatial Filter Sharpen and Blur While those operations manipulate the image only kernel convolutions operate on the underlying floating point data DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 136 2 4 9 4 Independent Axes 2 4 9 4 1 Dialog Process Data s 10 Voss Wave Tutorial S1R1P2C1 Standard Processing Color Conversion Transtorm Processing Independent Axes Display Macros Current axis limits min 0 max 127 y toprow 0 y bot row 127 DK Cancel ply Help Figure 2 119 Process Image Data Independent Axes Tab 2 4 9 4 2 Discussion The independent axes page is used to scale and offset the real values for the x and y axes Minimum and maximum axis values are displayed based on the current scale and offset values Note that because bitmaps display the first pixel in the upper left corner of the image the y maximum is often at the bottom row and the y minimum is often at the top row DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 137 2 4 9 4 3 Cropping subdialog 2 4 9 4 3 1 Dialog Crop Image Center a x left x right y top
54. values Drop List List control contains a list of window property items for color changes See the second Unlabeled graphic below for a list Default Win dows Bk Decimal digits Enter the number of significant decimal digits to print RGB Red Green and Blue color controls HIS Hue Saturation and Intensity color controls OK Dismisses the dialog Cancel Dismisses the dialog but cancels any changes made to the window s properties rein states the window s properties as they were before this dialog was activated 2 3 13 4 4 How Accessed In the Line Summary view DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 70 e Display Properties Menu Item or e Right click in the display and select Display Properties from the popup menu 2 3 14 Conversion Tool 2 3 14 1 Dialog Measure dB Conversi E Measure Conversion Convert From gt To Units Meters m Millimeters mm Millimeters mm Centimeters c Centimeters c Feet f Inches i 27 88 5827 dB to scalar Power 10 x Scalar to dB Volts 20 x es dB Conversion Figure 2 59 Conversion Calculator Tool 2 3 14 2 Discussion This tool provides a convenient calculator for converting a value expressed in a given unit of length to another It also converts a scalar value to dB or a value expressed in dB to sca lar 2 3 14 3 How Accessed e Tools gt Conversions DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 71 2 3 15 Line Totals 2 3 15 1
55. waveform Specify the smoothing region as a percentage of the waveform as an absolute number of points or as a time x axis window The smoothing algorithm replaces each point with the average no weighting of the points in the smooth region 2 4 8 2 5 5 How Accessed e Open the Process Data dialog Calculator tab see 2 4 8 6 3 then select Smooth 2 4 8 2 9 Curve Fit subdialog 2 4 8 2 9 1 Dialog Curve Fit Curve type Gaussian Order of polynomial 13 2 Figure 2 97 Waveform Processing Curve Fit Subdialog 2 4 8 2 9 2 Discussion Two curve types are available for fitting Gaussian and Polynomial Gaussian fit The mean and variance of the x values are computed each x value is weighted by its corresponding y value and then used to plot a Gaussian distribution This curve is then scaled to make the areas under the Gaussian and the original waveform equal The original waveform is then replaced by the Gaussian The mean and variance of the Gaussian curve are stored in the waveform s comment field Note The Gaussian fit is very sensitive to baseline offsets at the ends of the wave form If the fit curve is shorter and broader than desired try zeroing the baseline see Advanced Functions property page before performing the fit Polynomial fit Specify the order of the polynomial to fit to the data The specified polynomial is created by performing a least squares fit to the waveform The original waveform is
56. where N is the number entered into this field waveforms retrieved from the database are displayed Enter 0 to display all waveforms Reset This resets updates the list of waveforms Search This activates a dialog used for searching the current list of waveforms 2 2 1 4 How Accessed e Archive File gt Export Waveforms e Archive Data View gt Raw Waveforms e Archive Data View gt Processed Waveform gt Cy a Archive e CalMan gt Reductions gt Off line Reduction 2 2 2 Waveform Import Step 1 Set Data Start and End Points 2 2 2 1 Dialog Waveform Import Step 1 Start at line 2 of 10 lines Import id points 0 all points au i CADAAAC Project Weather Station Test Project Data T est Twenty Three w2f Cum SamplelCur SamplelD atelT imal herel T emp 0U nits herel T emp 0Units Wh 101005 23 2008009 56 480utside 22 39 Ollnside 25 39 CiOutside 27 Allnside 2 24005 23 2008009 57 0100utside 22 39 Ollnside 25 39 OiOutside 27 Alnside 2 33005 23 2008009 57 1 MOutside 22 39 Ollnside 25 39 Outside 27 Alnside 2 494905 23 2008009 57 2600utside 22 39 Ollnside 25 39 OiDutside 27 lnside 2 505005 23 2006109 57 380Dutside 22 39 Ollnside 25 39 CiOutside 27 lnside 2 601005 23 2008009 58 060utside 22 39 Ollnside 25 39 CiOutside 27 Allnside 2 112105 23 200 009 58 180Dutside 22 39 Ollnside 25 39 OiOutside 27 Allnside 2 280105 23 2006109 58 300Dutside 22 39
57. y V Apply stored image as operand Stored image selection Processed Raw File Stored operand Cancel By Help Figure 5 24 Image Combining Configuration DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 198 5 9 3 2 Discussion The simple dialog is primarily used to specify the operation add subtract multiply or divide that is to be used to combine the images If one input image is to be a DAAAC stored image or an image stored in the file the input image is specified here 5 9 3 3 Details Item Description Name Brief descriptive identifier of the cal item node Description More extensive description of the cal item Operation Select the operation used to combine the input images add subtract multiply or di vide Apply stored Checking this box indicates that one of the two images to be applied is to be taken image as oper and from data stored in DAAAC or from an input file With this control checked Proc essed Raw and File are enabled Otherwise they are disabled Processed Open the Waveform Selection dialog Main Manual Section 3 4 to allow a DAAAC stored processed image to be selected as input to the cal item This control is disabled unless Apply stored image as operand is selected Raw Open the Waveform Selection dialog Main Manual Section 3 4 to allow a DAAAC stored raw image to be selected as input to the cal item This control is disabled unless Apply stored image as operand
58. 1 17 2 1 Dialog Voss Wave Tutorial Station Properties Rack Properties Rack Voss Wave Demo Rack Rack Name Voss Wave Demo Rack Same height all racks Iv Rack Height 4 lt OK Cancel Help Cancel Figure 2 27 Acquire Rack Properties 2 1 17 2 2 Discussion The Rack Properties dialog is used to review and reconfigure the settings of the various racks within a station 2 1 17 2 3 Details Item Description Rack Lists by name all the racks in the station Use this list to select a particular rack for review and or updating Rack Name Unique identifier for the rack Same height all Checking this control causes all of the racks in the system to take on a height that will racks accommodate the number of instruments that the tallest rack can accept Rack Height Adjust the number of instruments that can be assigned to a rack This number may be increased but never decreased using this control 2 1 17 2 4 How Accessed e Right click outside of a rack in the station window and then select Properties from the popup menu DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 33 2 1 18 Trigger Time Channels 2 1 18 1 Dialog Trigger Time Channels Acquisition Channels Selected channels bnc 6040 dpo3054 3054 ar300 dpo3054 3 img bnc555 wv123 tds7404 wy3 wave 71254 lt Remove 8510 dpo70404 dpo7254 Remove All wave2 t264 Figure 2 28 Trigger Time Channels Dialog 2 1 18 2 Disc
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60. 15 O 217 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual vi Table of Figures Figure 1 1 DAAAC Database Organization eecesceseesceeseeseeeeeceseceaecaeesseeeeeeeeaecaeeneeess 1 Figure 2 1 Save Named Configuration Dialo8 ooocnccnnnccnoncniccnoocnconncconocnnncnnnccon coc nocnnncnnnnnos 3 Figure 2 2 Restore Named Configuration Dialog iii 4 Figure 2 3 Changing Readout Order miii sssiineiededacts sadeintetanvodsaavadcantueeecdaueeiwtuievteciannsecours 5 Figure 2 4 Select Figures of Merit to Apply to WaveforIMWS ooooooocccocccnocnooonconncconoconnconnncnnnonns 6 Figure 220 oa as 7 Figure 2 6 Add Instrument Inventory Dialog oooonoccnicccnocaconccoonaconoconcnonnnonnno cono cnnnconncconnonns 8 Figure 2 7 Rack Right Click Popup Ment ainia lada 9 Figure 2 8 Instrument Setup Dialog ooocniononinnonani nanonnncnnncnnnn cono cononcnn acia nooo conca ononacannacos 10 Figure 2 9 Instrument Settings Dialog ooooconinccnoccnocccononconncconoconn nono nooo coco nocnnn cnn cron cnica nccnnnos 11 Figure 2 10 Timing Settings Dido a iS 13 Figure 2 11 Global Settings Dialog General Configuration Tab ooncononnnncnnnnnncnnnnconnnano 14 Figure 2 12 Create amp New Desbaratan n 15 Figure 2 13 Global Settings Processing Configuration Tab ooonconncnncnncnocononcocnnonconaconoo 16 Figure 2 14 Global Settings Acquisition Configuration Tab ooonconcnncnnncnocnncnnnnconnconannnos 18 Figure 2 15 Burst Capabilities of Attached Instrumen
61. 2 1 11 Gang Calibrate 2 1 11 1 Dialog Device Types to Calibrate iv Special Cal Cancel Figure 2 17 Gang Calibration Selection 2 1 11 2 Discussion Gang Calibrate All activates the Gang Calibrate Selection dialog It calibrates all selected avail able and active instruments that support internal calibration The dialog list represents all in struments in the current configuration that can be calibrated internally Any checked instruments DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 22 of the indicated type will be calibrated in parallel when Start Cal is selected For networked sys tems only the current Test Director may perform ganged calibrations on remote station s instru ments 2 1 11 3 Details Item Description List The list of instruments includes all instruments in the current configuration that can be signaled to self calibrate Checking or unchecking the boxes next to the instruments selects or deselects the instruments for calibration Start Cal Signal all selected instruments to calibrate themselves Special Cal 2 1 11 4 How Accessed e Tools gt Gang Calibrate All 2 1 12 User Security 2 1 12 1 Dialog User Security User Name Privilege level Warning Level Administrator Verbose User Name SCOTTC Privilege Level Administrator v Warning Level verbose lt Exit Figure 2 18 Manage Users 2 1 12 2 Discussion Note THIS FUNCTION IS DEPRECATED AT PRESENT ALL USER
62. 2 3 13 2 Discussion Line Summary is a special window used to display the contents of a single Cal Line in summary format All Cal Items in the Cal Line are displayed in the same order as in the main graph window starting with the Channel item at the far left However each item s node dis plays a detailed summary of the current state of that node Double click any item s node to activate its user interface Right click anywhere in the window to activate a pop up menu that contains items to activate a configuration dialog Display Properties dialog print the current line and close the summary window A Line Summary window displays specific information about each item in the Cal Line The first node in the line the Channel node displays name description instrument attached with total loss and delay for the entire channel channel to mixer loss and delay if the channel contains a mixer signal class narrow band wide band image antenna and reduction status on or off Each Cal Item node also displays it name description its loss at frequency and delay as well as specific information about itself Specific information can be for example for a cable cable type length and connector types The waveform reduction selections for each node display print archive are displayed in the lower right corner of each node External links to each node are also displayed for example the link to a Combine is printed at the bottom of each combine
63. 3 Waveform Processing Clipping Subdialog ooooonnncononcnioconoccconncconocannnonnnnos 115 Figure 2 94 Waveform Processing Resample Subdialog ooonoocnncninncnnnnoconnconncnnnnconnoos 116 Figure 2 95 Waveform Processing Insert Points Subdialog ooonoconnccinocinococonaconcnonnnoo 117 Figure 2 96 Waveform Processing Smoothing Subdialog ooonocnnnncninnnnnnconocncnncncnnncnnnoos 117 Figure 2 97 Waveform Processing Curve Fit Subdialog ooonoconnccnnoccnoncconccconaconcninnnoos 118 Figure 2 98 Waveform Processing Filter Subdialog oooooonccninnnnnncnoocnonnnconncconoconnconnnos 119 Figure 2 99 Waveform Processing Frequency vs Time Subdialog c cece 120 Figure 2 100 Waveform Processing Axis Labels Subdialog ooonoocnncninncinncnocnconnconnnos 121 Figure 2 101 Process Waveform Data Independent Axes Tab ooooonccnncnincnoconoconancnncnnons 122 Figure 2 102 Process Waveform Data Trig Hyperbolic Tab oooooonocnnnncnincononccconacinnconnnss 123 Figure 2 103 Process Waveform Data Macros Tab Stopped eccceseeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeee 124 Figure 2 104 Process Waveform Data Macros Tab Edit Mode eeeeeeeeteeseereeerees 124 Figure 2 105 Process Waveform Data Synthetic Waveform Tab cc ceeeeseeseereeeeees 126 Figure 2 106 Process Image Data Standard Process Tab ccecesceeseeseeeseceeeneeeneeeneees 127 Figure 2 107 Process Image Data Stan
64. 40 0348 WR90 01143 0229 184 General Antenna Direct Write Constitutive equation 274 59 Wou N Aef Aeff dB Aef 10 10 E t Required parameters Vout t V Aeff cm Output Units V m General Antenna Detected Constitutive equation Pout t Aef dP Ae set Act 10 10 Required parameters Pout Wrms Aeff cm Output Units W cm rms Voltage Divider Direct Write Constitutive equation Vour t V 1 C aB C Cie 2 io m Required parameters Vout V C Output Units Volts Voltage Divider Detected Constitutive equation V t N50 Poult ca C Crist 10 20 Required parameters Pout t Wrms C Output Units volts rms DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Current Tap Off Direct Write Constitutive equation Vour t C Cutt 10 San I t Required parameters Vout t V C Q Output Units Amps Current Tap Off Detected Constitutive equation 450 Pout t ca NG C Cult 101 20 Required parameters Pout Wims C O Output Units Amps General Coupler Detected only Constitutive equation Pout t P t T cw C mult 10 20 Required parameters Pout t Wrms Output Units watts rms 185 Transmission Line Formulae TEM coaxial line Constitutive equation V E r in 2 Je Fb 2 Jlro Mo Ze 59 95 m Ver Fe Required parameters I B B r radius of center cond
65. 7 The presentation in Analyze allows the user to review the active configuration at the time a waveform or image was acquired 2 4 16 2 Dialog Tabs 2 4 16 2 1 General Tab 2 4 16 2 1 1 Dialog Global Settings General Acquisition Test Name Test Description New Voss Wave Test for Demo Demonstrate New Test Creatio Voss Wave Demo Test One Demonstration Test for the D 4 Acquisition Description F Use Remote Shot Number Next Shot Number fi F Auto Export 1 Path Auto Export Log I Auto Export 2 Path Po I Auto Export Log Auto Print Log DK Cancel ppl Help a Figure 2 129 Analyze Global Settings Review General Tab 2 4 16 2 1 2 Discussion See Main Manual Section 4 2 7 1 for details about this dialog tab DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 148 2 4 16 2 2 Acquisition Tab 2 4 16 2 2 1 Dialog Global Settings General Acquisition Acquisition mode Triggering Timeout fo Single Shot m Instrument Initialization Repetitive Single Shot Initialize on Go z ENAREN A ae e WV Initialize on OK Panels epetitive Burst fi Ho Single Point Data Epa F Spool Forever i fi Shots In Burst jo E E El Number to spool lina Device Polling gt Reduction MM Poll Interface V Auto Reduce Data Poll Period 4 E Sec Figure 2 130 Analyze Global Settings Review Acquisition Tab 2 4 16 2 2 2Discussion See Main Manual Section 4 2 7 2 for details about this dialog tab 2 4
66. DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Document 2 Appendices Voss Scientific Inc 420 Washington St SE Albuquerque NM 87108 505 256 1500 phone 505 256 4333 fax daaacOvosssci com WWW VOSSSCI COM Document No VS2006 01 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual June 2010 Copyright O 2010 by Voss Scientific Inc All Rights Reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written consent of Voss Scientific Inc DAAAC is a trademark of Voss Scientific Microsoft Windows Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista Access and Excel are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual il Table of Contents l Appendix A Database a a oia 1 2 Appendix B DAAAC DES arias 2 2 1 Acquire DI a E E E EA a a a es 2 241 1 Save Named Contouration wigs ccs ti 3 212 Restore Named Configuration id DATO 4 2 1 3 IAC OUT CROCE gna n S aa a A a E 5 2 1 4 A A ye uses E TE E EEE ae See 6 2 1 5 Rescalo RACKS aaa 7 2 1 6 Add OST A tite A a tensed 8 2 1 7 BSG CCS TOS A A e a aa a Es 10 2 1 8 A SE aes 11 2 1 9 A O EE EE AEA 13 DANG Global Setting a leia 14 DAA A A nce ancl atu isan os ER 22 ZA USES Ut 23 E E O A ems gepdeadiitaaledea asasish a n deed tosany agente tates 25 2 1 14 Generate Performance Report ecceeceecceessessseceeceseceeeeeeseecsaeceeeseeeee
67. DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 213 o Weather Monitor II a standalone program for continuously logging data from a WM II weather station This data can be read by a special DAAAC instrument driver 6 2 DAAAC Installed Files Most of the DAAAC software is written to the DAAAC install directory selected on first time install Typically this will be C daaac40 or C Program Files daaac40 The DAAAC directory contains the main DAAAC executable files Archive Analyze Calman Acquire32 and Netcom as well as some less commonly used executable files such as license exe It also contains all of the primary DAAAC dll files These dlls contain all of the DAAAC instrument drivers mostly divided up by manufacturer hence TekDrivers HPDrivers AcqirisDrivers etc cal items common analysis functions image processing functions and database access functions The DAAAC directory also contains the DAAAC system key files daaac4_ ovl daaac4_ ovl xp that determine the functionality of a given installation and the DAAAC system help files In addition to the DAAAC directory certain common files are installed in the Windows system directory These are Microsoft or third party dll files that must reside in the system directories to work correctly The DAAAC installer will only install these files if they are newer than any that are already present Microsoft assures us that this practice is always safe DAAAC also installs ODBC Open Data Base Connectivity
68. Dialog User Processing Definition Calculator Advanced Functions Independent Axes Trig Hyperbolic Macros Operation List Trigonometric Hyperbolic Sinh Sinh 1 Cosh Cosh Tanh Tanh 1 Figure 5 21 Trigonometric User Functions 5 7 3 4 4 2 Discussion The Trigonometry waveform processing page performs basic trigonometric functions on the waveform such as sine cosine and tangent Trigonometric operations typically generate test waveforms or filters Operations on this page are immediately applied to the active waveform To undo any applied operations use Cancel on the Process Data property sheet DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 195 5 7 3 4 5 Macro 5 7 3 4 5 1 Dialog User Processing Definition Advanced Functions Independent Axes Trig Hyperbolic Macros Operation List Macros Macro Operations e End E Delete Clara All Directory c daaac40 Figure 5 22 User Function Macro Control Tab 5 7 3 4 5 2 Discussion The Macro waveform processing page combines operations from the other processing pages into a single macro operation Macros can be created saved to files read from files and applied to the waveform from this page To create a macro choose Record Start and the processing sheet will expand and dis play a list of operations with a single item called End marks the end of the list You can now go to any other page except Create Waveform and select an operation to in
69. Discussion The next dialog assigns text to the waveform in the form of plot title axis labels and units and a comment field 2 2 5 3 Detail Item Description Title User With this radio button checked File name and File name and path are unchecked The specified Title unlabeled text control is enabled The Title control is to be used to provide the major label for the data when it is plotted Title File name With this radio button checked User specified and File name and path are unchecked The Title unlabeled text control is disabled In this case the major label for the plot ted data is automatically assigned as the import file name Title File name With this radio button checked User specified and File name are unchecked The Ti and path tle unlabeled text control is disabled In this case the major label for the plotted data is automatically assigned as the import file path and name DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 42 Title Unla This control is enabled if User specified is selected otherwise it is disabled Text en beled tered into this control will serve as the major label for the plotted data X title Descriptive label for the independent X axis data when it is plotted X units Additional label for the independent data that specifies the units represented by the data Y title Descriptive label for the dependent Y axis data when it is plotted Y units Additional lab
70. FOMs to be derived from the waveform data during data acquisition 2 1 4 3 Details Item Description List A fixed collection of the available FOMs along with check boxes to allow a specific set of FOMs to be enabled checked Unchecked FOMs will not be applied OK Close the dialog Accept any changes made to the enabled FOMs Cancel Dismisses the dialog without adjusting FOMs 2 1 4 4 How Accessed e Preferences gt FOM Selection DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 2 1 5 Rescale Racks 2 1 5 1 Dialog Rack Scaling x Scale ME 4 Y Scale 100 0 q T Apply to all Cancel Figure 2 5 Rescaling Racks 2 1 5 2 Discussion Rescale Racks activates the Rack Scaling dialog which changes the size of Acquire s display racks The numbers for the x and y axis are a percentage of an arbitrary size which at full scale 100 percent will display four instruments vertically and two racks horizontally 2 1 5 3 Details Item Description X Scale Horizontal scale percentage Y Scale Vertical scale percentage Apply to all When checked the x and y scale amounts are applied to all open racks stations 2 1 5 4 How Accessed e Preferences gt Rescale Racks DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 7 2 1 6 Add Instruments 2 1 6 1 Dialog Inventory Manufacturer Highland Technology HP LeCroy Misc National Instruments Parker Hann Picosecond Pulse Labs ROHDE amp SCHWARTZ Stanford Re
71. Image Adjustment Interface 2 4 14 2 Discussion This dialog presents a simple interface to quickly adjust fundamental display parameters of the image plot in the active window The Image Adjust display window shows the active im age s histogram and a curve that represents the current brightness contrast and gamma settings for that image Adjustments made in this interface are used to render the image but do not affect the underlying data until the Apply button is pressed Selecting Apply will apply the current set tings to the image data making them permanent then reset the display settings to their default values bright 0 contrast 0 gamma 1 0 This dialog is modeless meaning that once activated it remains visible in front of the Analyze window but allows other operations in Analyze to be performed independently of the dialog window Selecting a different image window will cause this dialogs interface to auto matically update its display and settings Adjustments can therefore be performed on a sequence of image plots simply by selecting each new image without having to close the dialog To close the dialog simply uncheck its menu option 2 4 14 3 How Accessed e Analysis gt Image Adjuster DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 145 2 4 15 Acquisition Configuration 2 4 15 1 Dialog Acquisition Configuration Display Options Graphs per screen 12 Rows 4 Cols Bo Dut of spec Data I Only show l Always show sn
72. OMs 2 3 18 1 Dialog Figures of Merit Corrected Available FOMs Selected FOMs domain mean falltime integrated total Y min max pulse height max domain min pulse height off scale peak avg Delete Delete All FOM limits Min E 2 00000 Max 12 00000 FOM parameters Add Fom gt Figure 2 68 Figures of Merit Configuration 2 3 18 2 Discussion This page configures Figures of Merit for the current Cal Item FOMs are values derived or computed from the reduction waveform They are displayed with the waveform in the Ana lyze module which must be configured to do so To specify and configure a FOM highlight the desired FOM from the Corrected list then select Add From to add the FOM to the Display FOMs list The FOM is moved from the cor rected list to the Display FOMs list each FOM may be used only once To delete a FOM from the Display FOMs list highlight it and press Del It then will be removed from the Display FOMs list and added back to the Corrected list Each FOM type defines different parameters These parameters may be entered when the FOM is created added to the Display FOMs list or may be edited when the FOM in the Dis play FOM List is highlighted The edited data are accepted when the dialog is dismissed or when another FOM is selected DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 79 This dialog page is available from each Cal Item s Reduction page for the current reduc tion waveform Appendix C Fi
73. Ollnside 25 39 OiOutside 27 Allnside 2 914105 23 2008109 58 4200utside 22 39 Ollnside 25 39 Outside 2 Allnside 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 a Figure 2 30 Waveform Import Dialog 1 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 37 2 2 2 2 Discussion Collimated tabular ASCII data that is delimited by tabs spaces commas semi colons or any other single character may be imported as waveforms into DAAAC The process begins by se lecting the import waveform in a standard Windows browser dialog Once selected the data ap pears in a dialog as in Figure 2 30 This is the first step in defining the data that is to be im ported The dialog specifies the data start point vertically in the list and the number of sequen tial points to include in the waveform including the option to simply read to the end of the file 2 2 2 3 Details Item Description Start at line Indicates which line number in the input file is to serve as the first data point in the of X lines waveform Note that in the example of Figure 2 30 the first line is a header that should not be included in the data list Import points Indicates the total number of sample points including the first point that are to be read from the file to form the imported waveform 0 in this entry will cause all file points from the start point to be imported line Line number in the imported file Text The text read from the file At this point the file h
74. Print Range Selection 2 3 6 5 2 Discussion This control appears when the Print button is clicked in the Item Inventory dialog It is used to select the range of items to print Selecting the entire list of items in the inventory prints all Cal Items in the database which may require considerable time if the database is large 2 3 6 5 3 How Accessed e Open the Item Inventory dialog as discussed in 2 3 6 4 then click Print DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 60 2 3 7 Drag and Drop Inventory List 2 3 7 1 Dialog MM User Process Inventory List Probe Name Use Description Sensor FFT 1 Yes Channel 4 FFT Sensor Offset Linear Transform No SPIDER Linear Transform 1 Yes Channel 1 Linear Transfor User Process Waveform Branch IMAGE Reduction Image Combine Image Divider i g Total ES Figure 2 50 Drag and Drop Item Inventory List 2 3 7 2 Discussion This Drag and Drop Inventory List dialog inserts Cal Items into Cal Manager s graph by dragging them from the list then dropping them on top of other Cal Items in the graph The new Cal Item then is inserted to the right of the target Cal Item This dialog is more efficient for inserting Cal Items when there are many Cal Items to in sert and these are already configured from the main Inventory List The Drag and Drop Inventory List differs significantly from the main Inventory List First once Drag and Drop Inventory List is opened it can remain open while other par
75. S ARE ADMIN ISTRATORS BY DEFAULT The User Security dialog maintians the user privilege and warning levels This command is available only to those Administrator security levels To add users type the login name in the User Name field select a privilege and warning level then select Commit To modify an existing DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 23 account select the account name in the list box make the changes then choose Commit to save the changes to the database 2 1 12 3 Details Item Description List Box Lists all user names and security attributes User Name The name of a user or a group of users such as Admin or Group A The user name is Privilege Level the same as the operating system Login Name but all letters are capitalized The level of authority given to the named user Novice users may change instrument settings or certain Global Settings and may start an acquisition only Expert users have full system authority but may not become Test Director Power Users can be come Test Director and run Gang Cals Administrators can change user levels add to the inventory and perform any other function Warning Level The warning statement type that is logged in the error log Commit Saves the currently selected security attributes Commit can not be undone Once Commit is selected the security attributes are saved to the database and can only be re edited Exit Dismisses the dialog 2 1 12 4 Ho
76. The number of available curves corresponds to the entry in the Number of Positions field At position This determines the switch position that is viewed edited when Curve is selected 5 3 2 3 4 Subdialogs The Curve dialog as described in Main Manual Section 6 2 5 2 3 2 5 3 2 4 Icon aea 5 3 3 Combines 5 3 3 1 Category WFM Reduction Soft 5 3 3 2 Discussion Combines are Multi Port Cal Items that use arithmetic to combine the reduction outputs from multiple nodes Combine nodes are added and linked in the same way as Splitters see sec tion 5 3 1 3 The Combine node can be configured to process a copy of the input data If Process A Copy is selected on the Combine nodes Reduction page the combined output will be displayed printed archived but it will not be passed on to the next node in the line In other words the combine operation will be transparent to the other nodes in the line If Process A Copy is not selected the combine output becomes the input data for the next node in the line Only user processing nodes can follow a Combine node that does not have Process A Copy selected i e cables attenuators etc cannot accept combine node output as their input DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 176 5 3 3 3 Item Data 5 3 3 3 1 Dialog Combine Ch1 X Ch2 Combine Name Description Name Chi x Ch Description Multiply Channel 1 by Channel 2 Options Operation Multiply z Correlation None b
77. Transform Titles X Title Time Units ns Y Title Scaled Volt Y Units Volts Name Linear Transform 1 User Processing Definition Cancel By Help Figure 2 62 User Process Cal Item Data Attenuator Attenuator for Demo Item Data Reduction Name Attenuator for Demo Description Demonstrate a Hard Item insertion m Attenuator Type Inline CO Rotary Number of positions fi Current position fi 7 m Curve Setup Delay Edit Curve la position fi fo ns Cancel ppal Help Figure 2 63 Attenuator Item Data DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Filter ltem Data Name Description Name Filter Item for Demo Description Demonstrate a Filter Item for the User Manual Delay Filter Type 22 re CommonMode C Other Curve Setup Curve Figure 2 64 Filter Item Data 2 3 16 2 Discussion Several versions of the Item Data dialog tab may appear depending on the type of Item from which the dialog is accessed Figure 2 61 through Figure 2 64 show the dialog accessed from a channel node and from various item nodes Specific Items are addressed in detail in Ap pendix E Cal Items Most of these dialogs access subdialogs with more detailed configuration controls These subdialogs are also detailed in Appendix E 2 3 16 3 How Accessed The dialog appears when an Item is created or edited in the Inventory List dialog or when a Channel or Item node is double clic
78. User s Manual 159 ForceTrig Issues a soft trigger command to force all armed instruments to trigger Has no ef fect if called when the DAAAC system is not in an armed state Abort Aborts the current acquisition sequence and returns all instruments to their initialized state Has no effect if called when the DAAAC system is not in an acquisition sequence Poll retrieves DAAAC s current acquisition state Output eState enum that specifies the current acquisition state strState string that decribes the current acquisition state eReason enum that specifies the reason for the transition into the current state Arm ForceTrig Abort and Poll return an enum that specifies the return status of the called func tion All enums are defined in RemAcqClient h 4 2 Acquire TCP Socket Interface A transmission control protocol TCP socket interface is available for acquisition sequence co ordination between an external application and the DAAAC Acquire module Unlike the RPC interface Section 4 1 this is a custom interface that does not provide general purpose acquisi tion control 4 2 1 Adapter This interface uses an adapter application Figure 4 1 that listens for commands from a client application via a TCP socket interface and transmits those commands to the Acquire module us ing the Acquire s native RPC interface pa 3adapter DAAAC Interface Quit IP 127 Connect Minimize Status Not Connecte
79. able macros and the macro definition will appear in the Macro Opera tions list Newly recorded macros are stored in temporary memory You can apply the new macro to the waveform by choosing Apply but if you select any other macro from the list the new macro will be overwritten To create a permanent macro choose Save and specify a name The macro will then appear in the list with the specified name To apply a stored macro use the Directory button to select the macro definition directory A list of available macros will appear in the Macro list Select a macro from the list and choose Apply The definition of the currently selected macro will appear in the Macro Operations list Each macro is stored as a separate binary file that can be copied or moved or opened by any DAAAC module that supports macro operations Use the Directory button to select the cur rent macro directory Undo and Apply Last Operation Macros are treated as atomic operations i e Undo and Apply Last will undo or apply all of the operations included in the macro DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 125 2 4 8 6 Create Waveform 2 4 8 6 1 Dialog Process Data s 10 Voss Wave Tutorial Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 1 Calculator Advanced Functions Independent 4xes Trig Hyperbolic Macros Create Waveform axis specification Number of points 11001 Delta x Minimum value Maximum value m Waveform type Y axis Function User specified XY data User User spec
80. ages Data that have been retrieved from an instrument and have not been processed Reduced waveforms images Data that have been processed after acquisition by applying the item specific algorithms specified in the CalMan module Reduction Data Post processing settings for each node in CalMan s graph Shot A single acquisition event Signal lines Also called Cal Lines signal lines are the signal paths that stem from an re cording instrument to a sensor They are comprised of various components called Cal Items Splitters Multi Port Cal Items that have multi ple output ports all of which are active si multaneously Station A single computer that has instrumenta tion connected to it via GPIB or other inter face to form a data acquisition system Test An organizational unit for grouping multi ple acquisition events Trash The cache of deleted waveforms and im ages Trashed data may be recovered Waveform View The Archive View that dis plays raw and processed data by date 216 A adders 170 antennas 185 axes labels 90 91 B Bdots 183 184 C Cal Items 171 175 macros as 190 user defined processes 190 coaxial lines 186 coax switches 175 combines 176 comments 90 91 94 couplers 185 current tap off 185 D Ddots 183 184 E E sensors 183 184 F FOMs Statistics page 88 I image branch 197 208 image process 190 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual
81. al device is disabled Front Panels Beep when Causes the system to beep while armed at an interval specified by the registry key armed HKLM Software VSI DAAAC BeepPeriod Triggering The number of seconds to wait for the remaining instruments to trigger after the first Timeout instrument has triggered A zero value causes DAAAC to continue polling for a trigger until all instruments are triggered or until Stop or Force Trigger is selected Spool Forever Allows the data from single point instruments such as time interval meters to be accu mulated across many shots bursts Spooling allows for trend analysis and graphing at the analysis stations If enabled single point data from a given instrument channel is accumulated until the control is turned off Number to Number of single point data points to spool This setting overrides the number of shots Spool in Repetitive Single Shot Burst mode Ignored if Spool Forever is checked Single Shot The system expects a single shot and arms the instruments for a single trigger Repetitive The system arms the instruments for a single trigger then repeats the entire acquisition Single Shot sequence the specified number of times Burst The system arms capable instruments for a burs of shots The number of shots expected per burst is the number in the Shots in Burst field Repetitive The system arms instruments for a burst of shots then repeats the entire acquis
82. al interface for a group of Cal Items that have identical or nearly identical configurations The group includes Amplifier an instrument that linearly scales the level of an input signal Normally the signal is increased by the gain of the amplifier Attenuator could be thought of as an amplifier with fractional gain This device re duces the level of the input signal by linearly dividing 1t by the attenuation factor Balun a device to join a balanced electrical load to an unbalanced load Cable A cable is a device to transmit a signal from one place to another Ideally the cable has no effect on the signal However a physical cable introduces impedance and capacitance that are applied linearly to the signal as a function of cable length Coupler A device for combining two or more signals Crystal a crystal is used to generate a signal at a particular frequency Filter any of a wide variety of instruments that alter the input signal in some defined way Most often a filter is used to restrict the frequency content of a signal Free Space this instrument introduces the electrical properties of a vacuum or at mosphere over a distance Integrator An op amp circuit whose output is the integration of the input signal over the duration of the signal DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 163 5 1 3 Item Data 5 1 3 1 Dialogs ltem Data Name Description Name Standard Cal Item Description This interface
83. ally Group this auto overlay option is used to overlay multiple shots with in a burst For example ifa burst of 10 shots is acquired with 4 waveforms per overlay 3 overlay waveforms will be created for each channel The first two will contain 4 waveforms and the last overlay will contain 2 waveforms 4 4 2 10 This option is only available on systems that support burst mode acquisition Running this auto overlay option is used to overlay waveforms over multiple shots in single shot or repetitive single shot mode On each shot the overlays will continue to append the new wave forms When the user specified number of waveforms per overlay N has been reached the oldest waveform is removed before the new waveform is added The overlay then displays the last N shots for a particular channel Running overlays can be reset by selecting the Reset Overlays item in the Acquisition menu Graphs per overlay Sets the number of waveforms to combine into a single overlay if auto overlay mode is enabled Auto close win dows Automatically close all windows before displaying acquired and reduced data from an acquisition station Page delay Sets the minimum amount of time to wait between filling the screen with graphs and clearing the screen for the next graph Data buffer size Specifies the size of the buffer for displayed waveforms Analyze stores this num ber of waveforms internally which allows paging through the bu
84. altered version of the input image The input image is subjected to a user defined macro that contains operations that alter it Operations may include filtering transforming and color adjustment 5 12 3 Item Data 5 12 3 1 Dialog Image Process Item Data Name Description Name Sharpen 41 Description Sharpen the input image 41 to produce the outpu Titles Y Title Y Units xTile um pos Image Processing Cancel Help Figure 5 27 General Image Processing Node 5 12 3 2 Discussion The dialog presents a simple interface that allows the image horizontal and vertical axes to be labeled A single button opens the Process Image Data subdialog that is defined in detail in section 2 4 9 The subdialog is used to construct the macro of operations to be performed on the input image to produce the output image 5 12 3 3 Details Item Description X Title Label the horizontal axis X Units Define the values of the horizontal axis Y Title Label the vertical axis Y Units Define the values of the vertical axis Image Processing Open the Process Image Data subdialog DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 203 5 12 3 4 Subdialogs Process Image Data See section 2 4 9 5 12 4 Icon 5 13 Image to Contour 5 13 1 Category IMAGE Reduction Soft 5 13 2 Discussion This cal item converts the input image to and output contour plot The contour plot represents boundaries of values in the input image and can
85. alysis stations To change the display order select a digitizer or station if more than one with the left mouse button and drag it to a different location on the list When an item is released it is inserted in the list immediately after the item it is released on The order of channels within an instrument cannot be changed Stations must be read out as a group You cannot specify an order that interleaves instruments from different stations The first item in the readout order is displayed in the upper left corner in Analyze The last item will be in the lower right corner Choosing Clear restores the default order 2 1 3 3 Details Item Description List An Explorer type tree listing in hierarchy all stations instruments and channels in the current configuration OK Close the dialog Accept any changes made to the readout order Clear Return to the original readout order Cancel Dismisses the dialog without adjusting readout order 2 1 3 4 How Accessed e Preferences gt Read Out Order DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 5 2 1 4 Figure of Merit 2 1 4 1 Dialog Figure Of Merit Selection gt max Y min Y max Y pos Y neg peak peak peak avg risetime falltime baseline Mi Cancel Figure 2 4 Select Figures of Merit to Apply to Waveforms 2 1 4 2 Discussion This dialog is used to enable or disable one or more Figures of Merits
86. and Archive columns If the Cal Item supports more than one wave form type then each type is listed on a separate row and each has its own set of Display Print and Archive check boxes Double clicking inside the Cal Item name field activates the item s dialog This is the same dialog that is activated from the graph Any changes made in this dialog are recorded when OK is selected Also any changes made in the Reduction page of this dialog are updated in this global map when OK is selected A Search function at the bottom left opens a dialog that searches this map for an instru ment name channel name or an item name If found the row containing the target string will be highlighted The buttons beneath the Cal Item name column set or clear all of the channel line reduc tion options The buttons beneath each of the output columns display print and archive set or clear each column Set All sets all output types in the map and Clear All clears all of them Search activates a dialog that examines the map for a specified string Select OK when you have made the required settings All reduction information is then updated in each node of the graph Selecting Cancel abandons any changes made If any settings in any of he item s dialogs have been altered by double clicking the Cal Item column then Can cel will be disabled and all changes become permanent 2 3 10 3 How Accessed e Reduction gt Global Selection Map DAAAC 4 0 User s Ma
87. and the constitutive equations Signal Class Narrowband RF Wideband UWB Sensor Class units Field sensors Power Density W cm E Field V m B Field T Transmission line sensors In Line Power W In Line Volts V In Line Amps A DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 182 Sensor Type Field sensors 1 D dot B dot Self integrating E sensor Open ended waveguide General Antenna Voltage divider Current tap off o n Dn A U N General coupler Transmission line types None TEM coaxial TEM Strip grnd TEM Parallel strips TMO circular TE11circular TE10 rectangular Direct monitor Defined constants Signal class RF UWB RF UWB RF UWB RF RF UWB RF UWB RF UWB RF Signal class RF UWB RF UWB RF UWB RF UWB RF RF RF RF UWB Sensor class Sensor class no TM line with TM line PD E B v I P PD E B v I P PD E B v IP PD E B NA PD E B NA NA v I P NA v I P NA P Sensor class PD E B V LP v LP vV LP P P P V LP Permeability of Vacuum Henry meter 1o 47x107 Impedance of Free Space Q no 376 730 Speed of Light meter second c 2 997925 x 10 Permittivity of Vacuum Farad meter 8 854x 10 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Sensor type 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 1 2 3 6 7 8 Free Space V IZ dP E a cB 4 X dA y 10 7 Transmission Line E
88. as only been segmented into lines 2 2 2 4 How Accessed e File gt Import Waveforms DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 38 2 2 3 Import Waveform Step 2 Set Delimiters 2 2 3 1 Dialog Import Waveform Step 2 Delimiters M Tab M Space Comma Semi colon D Other CADASAC Projectiweather Station Test Project Data Test Twenty Three w2f line column 1 column 2 column 3 column 4 column 5 colum 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 05 23 2006 09 56 48 Outside 05 23 2006 09 57 01 Outside 05 23 2006 09 57 13 Outside 05 23 2006 09 57 26 Outside 05 23 2006 09 57 38 Outside 05 23 2006 09 58 06 Outside 05 23 2006 09 58 18 Outside 05 23 2006 09 58 30 Outside 05 23 2006 09 58 42 Outside oon MM wN HE 00m 00 lt Back Cancel Help Figure 2 31 Waveform Import Step 2 2 2 3 2 Discussion Once an import file has been selected and the starting point and number of points to extract have been determined as in 2 2 2 clicking Next gt produces the dialog of Figure 2 31 Here the input data has been subsampled to show only those data points that are indicated in step 1 The data is also divided into columns based on the selected delimiters The data columns can be adjusted by selecting and deselecting delimiters until the data is properly formatted In addition to the stan dard Tab Space Comma and Semi colon delimiters any single character can be specified as a delimiter by checking Other and entering the character in
89. at the test was first executed Time Time that the test was first executed Start Burst Shot Displays the first shot number for this test Test Description Test Name Displays the first 39 characters of the Test Name Displays the first 39 characters of the Test Description Acquisition De scription Displays the first 39 characters of the Acquisition Description Comment field Comments up to 1024 characters Search Opens the dialog of 2 1 16 3 1 allowing the list of test entries to be searched for speci fied values in the various fields Export Opens a standard Windows file browser dialog The dialog may be used to navigate to a folder and assign a name to a text or Excel file to which the Info txt information will be written Edit File Opens a standard Windows file browser dialog The dialog may be used to navigate to a previously exported text formatted Info txt file The file will be opened in the default txt file editor program to allow adjustment DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 30 2 1 16 2 4 How Accessed o then click View Old Info txt of Figure 2 23 to open the dialog of Figure 2 24 2 1 16 3 Search Info txt 2 1 16 3 1 Dialog Search Info txt records Case Sensitive Search Search Criteria TestName M Voss Wave Test Description T Acquisition Description Comment Demonstrate Date gt YY MM DD Date lt YY MM DD OK Reset Cancel Figure 2 25
90. ated burst live video and push button acquisition whether the instrument front panels are locked out whether instruments are initialized when OK is pressed in their main interface dia logs and whether they are unconditionally initialized at the start of each acquisition If an in struments front panel is locked out the instrument does not need to be initialized at the start of an acquisition This saves significant time when the configuration includes instruments that are slow to initialize 2 1 10 3 3 Details Item Description Poll Interface When checked instruments are polled and their status is updated in the rack display Polling occurs during idle times and not during acquisition This feature allows DAAAC to determine whether there is a device present powered on and connected at each address and reduces the incidence of interface related errors when communication is attempted with an instrument DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 18 Poll Period The time period between instrument polling commands Initialize on Go When checked all instruments are initialized irregardless of their present status when GO is selected Initialize on OK When checked the instrument is initialized when OK is selected from the instrument s dialog The instrument dialog is activated by double clicking the instrument icon in the rack Lock Out When checked the panel on the instrument the actual physic
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92. ates that the station configuration data rather than collected or processed instru figuration ment data is to be copied When this control is checked Waveforms and Cal Items are unchecked and Processed waveforms and Raw waveforms are disabled Cal Items Copies the CalMan inventoried Cal Items to the destination database When this option is selected Waveforms and Current Configuration are unchecked Convert Curves to Processed and Leave Curves Alone are enabled Convert Curves to Processed Store all cal curve transferred waveforms in the target database as processed waveforms Leave Curves Alone Store all cal curve transferred waveforms in the target database as processed or raw waveforms as they were in the originating database The Cal Curve waveforms are transferred without associated settings Start Transfer Initiate the copy operation Once started the View Waveforms dialog Figure 2 29 will appear if a waveform data transfer is selected The dialog is used to select the waveforms for transfer Then a transfer progress dialog will appear regardless of the transfer type Transfer Status Select Raw Waveform 23 2 2 14 5 How Accessed Ed En DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 51 2 3 CalMan 2 3 1 Print Graph 2 3 1 1 Dialog Print Entire Graph Printout Type Print Barcode C Tabular Iv Cal Freg GHz 0 000000 Heading IV Title This is the printout title Date M Time
93. aveforms supported by the current item In this version of DAAAC all items except Mixers support only the Corrected type Mixers support the following waveform types Power vs Time Freq vs Time Uncorrected Spectrum and Corrected Spectrum Display When on the resulting reduced waveform is displayed in the Analyze module if Analyze is running and configured to display reduced data during online reduction Print When on the resulting reduced waveform is printed from the Analyze module if Analyze is running and configured to accept reduced data during online reduction Archive When on the resulting reduced waveform archived to the database FOMs Activates the FOMs dialog which configures various Figures of Merit based on waveform properties Settings Activates the appropriate Settings dialog based on the output waveform type selected Currently the Mixer item s waveform types are the only waveforms that can be con figured Display Button Open a subdialog that allows display limits to be set Process a copy of the input waveform If checked a copy of the input is processed and displayed The original input wave form is passed unmodified to the next component for reduction so that the Cal Item will not affect the remaining reduction sequence 2 3 17 4 How Accessed This dialog is opened when a Channel or Item node is double clicked in the graph DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 78 2 3 18 F
94. ay If Entire row is checked the total contents of the row is selected If not checked then enter the Column begin and end range Multi column Enter the Begin to End Columns to display If Entire column is checked all rows of the range of Begin to End rows are selected DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 207 Multi row Enter the range of Row and Column data to select Average average data values over the selected rows or columns not implemented Sum sum data values over the selected rows or columns Integrate integrate data values over the selected rows or columns not implemented Column Begin This is the start of the column range to select Column End This is the end of the column range to select Entire Column Select the entire column Row Begin This is the start of the row range to select Row End This 1s the end of the row range to select Entire Row Select the entire row 5 14 3 4 Subdialogs None 5 14 4 Icon LA 5 15 Image Branch 5 15 1 Category IMAGE Reduction Soft 5 15 2 Discussion Image Branch nodes create multiple copies of their input during reduction to produce mul tiple outputs for further processing They are used to perform multiple computations on the same data If desired the various branches can then be recombined later using a Combine node Im age Branch nodes are added and linked in the same way as Adder nodes see secti
95. ble 3 1 DAAAC Figures of Merit FOMs for Waveforms FOM Description Parameters Waveform Type avg pulse Find the average maximum posi Fixed Positive height tive pulse dependent value by av high threshold Pulse Train eraging the maximum value from 0 5 x Y max each of the pulses Each pulse is low threshold bounded by the first point above 0 1 x Y max the high threshold and the next point below the low threshold baseline The average of the specified of Record Length Pulse or the front of the waveform This is Real Percentage of the Pulse Train used as a baseline to establish sig total number of waveform nal offset points used to do the aver age Fixed Record Length 5 0 base top Distance in Y axis value between Fixed Single the average of the first n points of Min 0 02 Pulse the waveform that are within Min Max 0 98 x Absolute Max of the baseline and the average of the first m points of absolute value greater than Max x Absolute Max Here Absolute Max is either Y max or Y min whichever is of greater magnitude centroid Given by 2 1 X Y Y None All where n is the number of points in the waveform decay slope The slope of a linear fit of the Fixed Positive points between Max and Min Min 30 0 Single Y max as the waveform falls from Max 90 0 Pulse Y max domain The values over which the inde None All pendent axis spans Given as X max X min fall time The time it tak
96. cB 2 2 p vi Z Z 183 D Dot Direct Write data reduction Constitutive equation 1 tn E t Vow t dt E E0Z0Aeq le Required parameters Zo Q Aeq m2 T gt Vout V Output Units Volts meter D Dot Detected data reduction Constitutive equation 1 1254x10 4 Pou t ErEoZoAaqF t E t Required parameters Zo Q Aeq m y F t GHz Pout Wims Output Units Volts meter rms B dot Direct Write Constitutive equation 1 B J Voar Required parameters Aeq m Vout t V Output Units Teslas B Dot Detected Constitutive equation 1 1254x10 Pou t ASE ask Required parameters ZO Q Aeq m2 Ep F t GHz Pout t Wrms Output Units Teslas rms DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Self integrating E sensor Direct Write Constitutive equation Vout t Etheq E t Required parameters heg meters o Vout t V Output Units Volts meter Self integrating E sensor Detected Constitutive equation 7071074 Pout Eheg Required parameters heq meters y Pout t Wrms Output Units Volts meter E t Open Ended Waveguide Detected only Constitutive equation 52 74 c Ageom wh fo 2w Required parameters Pout t Wms F t GHz Output Units W cm rms Waveguide List Size Height m Width m WR975 1238 2477 WR650 0826 1651 WR430 0546 1092 WR284 3 61 0721 WR187 0237 0475 WR137 017
97. can be set to the single constant value in Fill empty Y cells with the value Fill empty Y cells Specify a constant value to fill all unspecified Y values The values are filled with the value when the focus leaves the control Auto truncate If checked any unspecified values at the end of the Y list will be truncated causing the waveform to be shortened 2 4 1 5 4 How Accessed e File gt New Waveform or lt Ctrl N gt then select the User specified y data or User specified x y data function and click Data Values 24 2 Select Waveforms See Section 2 2 1 View Waveforms 2 4 3 Import Waveforms See Section 2 2 2 Waveform Import 2 4 4 Properties Dialog The Properties dialog contains multiple pages that display information about the data in the active window The exact contents of each page depend on the data type waveform overlay or image Properties is available from the File menu or by selecting Properties from any wave form overlay or image right click pop up menu Item Description General page Waveform type raw or processed times created and modified and general acquisition information Statistics page Number of points minimum and maximum values for both axes and any Fig ures of Merit that are selected for calculation Labels page Define main waveform title axis titles and units and general comments for the waveform Display Options page Selections for rendering the data DAAAC
98. capabilities allowed to the installed DAAAC system Model Listing of available model numbers corresponding to the currently selected manufac turer Models are added to the inventory by the use of the Add Instrument dialog Serial Number List Listing of available serial numbers corresponding to the currently selected model Serial numbers are added to the inventory by the use of the Add Instrument dialog Generate Se rial Creates a new and globally unique GUID serial number Each number generated by this function is guaranteed to unique Serial Number Edit Allow serial number to be specified by user Add New Item Adds the current serial number to the Serial Number listing Next button Activates the next page in the setup wizard Next is valid only if a serial number is high lighted 2 1 6 4 How Accessed e Station Config gt Add Instrument e Right click in an empty position in a rack and select Add from the popup menu DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Figure 2 7 Rack Right Click Popup Menu 2 1 7 Setup Dialog 2 1 7 1 Dialog Interface GPIB Station Voss Wave Tutorial Rack Voss Wave Demo A Position TEA Name Vos Wave2 Figure 2 8 Instrument Setup Dialog 2 1 7 2 Discussion The Add Instrument to Rack Interface GPIB dialog configures GPIB data and assigns a name for the instrument This dialog can be activated only from the Instrument dialog first page of t
99. cescceseceseceeeeeeeeeceaeceeeeaeeeeeeeees 196 Figure 5 23 Waveform Branch Configuration c cssscccesasesorsatececettcocerstensvsntdeosesetoneens 197 Figure 5 24 Image Combining Configuration occcoccnoconononononnnonnconanononononnnonncon nono coca ncnnannnons 198 Figure 5 25 Image Divider Node Configuration cooooconocononcocnnonconcconnnonanoncnnc crono nonnnnancnnnoos 200 Figure 5 26 Neutral Density Filter Nodess2ndicis knead ates entages aos meats 202 Figure 5 27 General Image Processing Node ccccecccesscessceeseeeeseceeeeeeeeeseecaeeeteeseeeensees 203 Figure 5 28 Image Contour Plot Configuration 0 0 0 cc ceseecessceseceseeneeeseeeeeeeceaeceeeneeeneees 205 Figure 5 29 Image gt Waveform Conversion cesessesseeeeeeseceseceseeaeeeeeeeeeeseceaeeeeeaeeeneees 207 Figure 5 30 Branching Image DA dad 208 Figure 5 31 Image Branch Node Configuration oooonoconocincnncnconncononononnnonnnonnconaco nono nonncnnnans 209 Figure 5 32 FROG Node Configuration esseeseesesseseeseesessesressrsetsesseseesessesresseseesesseseese 210 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual x 1 Appendix A Database Organization Daaaclnfo rity Figure of Merit ProcToRaw E ProcessedData a Station List Instrumentinventory 1 LogPageData CalGraph Sysinfo p Acquisition al LogPageDefs NamedConfig InfoTxt Graphltem Notebook GraphltemData GraphltemToWwfrn Figure 1 1 DAAAC Database Organization
100. cessed e Click on a waveform plot then File gt Properties e Click on an waveform plot right click then select Properties from the popup menu 2 4 4 3 Image Statistics Page 2 4 4 3 1 Dialog Properties General Statistics mage Titles Height 128 pixels Width 128 pixels Bit depth 16 bits Number of unique colors 1785 grayscale xmin O ymax 127 ymin O ymax 127 zmin 0 zmax 65535 Figures of Merit FOMs beam area 3 73165 k centroid x 63 1856 centroid y 63 69187 Figure 2 74 Properties Dialog Statistics Tab Image Data 2 4 4 3 2 Discussion The Statistics page of the Properties dialog displays the image size and depth data as well as color information axis limits and FOMs DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 88 2 4 4 3 3 Ttem Height Width Bit depth Details Number of unique colors X min X max Y min Y max Z min Z max Figures of merit 2 4 4 3 4 Description Size of the vertical dimension in pixels Size of the Horizontal dimension in pixels Number of bits used to represent the intensity values DAAAC uses an internal 16 bit representation for all grayscale data greater than 8 bits Data from a 10 bit cam era for example will be auto converted to 16 bit data Total number of unique colors or intensity levels present in the image Minimum scaled not necessarily pixel value on the horizontal axis Maximum scaled not necessarily pixel value on the horizontal axis Min
101. clude in the macro New operations are always inserted before the highlighted operation in the list When you are done recording return to the macro page and choose Record Stop A lt new gt entry will be placed in the list of available macros and the macro definition will appear in the Macro Opera tions list Newly recorded macros are stored in temporary memory You can apply the new macro to the waveform by choosing Apply but if you select any other macro from the list the new macro will be overwritten To create a permanent macro choose Save and specify a name The macro will then appear in the list with the specified name To apply a stored macro use the Directory button to select the macro definition directory A list of available macros will appear in the Macro list Select a macro from the list and choose Apply The definition of the currently selected macro will appear in the Macro Operations list DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 196 Each macro is stored as a separate binary file that can be copied or moved or opened by any DAAAC module that supports macro operations Use the Directory button to select the cur rent macro directory Undo and Apply Last Operation Macros are treated as atomic operations i e Undo and Apply Last will undo or apply all of the operations included in the macro 5 7 4 icon TM 5 8 Waveform Branch 5 8 1 Category WFM Reduction Soft 5 8 2 Discussion Waveform Branch nodes create multiple copie
102. cros Oda ist m Calculus r Fourier Transforms Offset gt 0 FFT Phase Min x gt 0 Wrap dy dx Inv FFT wa Min y gt 0 Spectrum nena Base gt 0 Misc Clipping Smooth Filters Freq vs Time Resample Curve Fit Power gt dB Insert Points Droop dB gt Power Axis Labels OK Cancel Help Figure 5 19 Advanced User Process Functions 5 7 3 4 2 2 Discussion The Advanced Functions waveform processing page applies advanced functions to the waveform such as integration FFTs curve fits and filtering Operations on this page are ap plied immediately to the active waveform To undo any applied operations use Cancel on the Process Data property sheet DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 193 5 7 3 4 3 Independent Axes 5 7 3 4 3 1 Dialog User Processing Definition Calculator Advanced Functions Independent Axes Trig Hyperbolic Macros Operation List Apply a Constant 1 Misc E Equalize de Sort Min x gt 0 X VSH OK Cancel Help Figure 5 20 User Functions on the Independent Access 5 7 3 4 3 2 Discussion The Independent Axes waveform processing page processes the x values of the x y pair data Operations on this page are immediately applied to the active waveform To undo any ap plied operations use Cancel on the Process Data property sheet DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 194 5 7 3 4 4 Trig Hyperbolic 5 7 3 4 4 1
103. ct the pop up menu item Set Output to Another Node 2 left click the node that is to accept the output signal from the splitter This node must be one that is the absolute last node on a line To disconnect the node from the splitter right click the node to activate the pop up menu then select Disconnect From Source This also frees the port for use with another node To draw connecting lines from the Splitter to its external input select Draw connecting lines for multi port items from the Display Preferences dialog Single clicking on a node con nected to a splitter output will highlight the connection Image or images 5 3 1 4 Multi Port Item Data Dialog 5 3 1 4 1 Dialog Multi Port 2 Port Adder ltem Data Name Description Name 2 Port Adder Description Sum two inputs into a single output Delay m Number of Ports 0 ns Curve Setup Curve fi Curve Setup OK Cancel Help ok Figure 5 7 Adder Splitter Multi Port Configuration Labeled as an Adder DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 172 5 3 1 4 2 Discussion Adders and Splitters have an initial standard configuration dialog including the Curve and Delay controls In addition the number of input ports Adder or output ports Splitter must be assigned Once assigned the number of ports cannot be changed after the dialog is closed Multiple characteristic curves may be assigned The selected curve is assigned to a port using Curve Setup 5 3 1 4 3 Detai
104. ction of channel specific export global export all raw waveforms or no export export Format File format used if global export all waveforms is selected Path Location for raw waveform export files Export Log Export an ASCII representation of the Log Page data if defined Auto print Print the associated Log Pages if any have been defined Log 2 1 10 2 4 How Accessed e Acquisition gt Acquisition Configuration e On 60 if enabled On W DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 17 2 1 10 3 Acquisition 2 1 10 3 1 Dialog Global Settings General Processing Acquisition Administrative settings Instrument Polling Acquisition mode Y Poll interface C Single Shot 5 E Poll period secs 4 z Repetitive Single Shot eee Burst Instrument Initialization Initialize on Go Lockout front panels Push Button Acquisition Initialize on OK r r Repetitive Burst r o Live Video tuning mode Instrument Arm Trigger h lt q i l Beep when armed z Heeb ie aii Triggering timeout secs fio 1 E Shots In Burst Single Point Data Repeat until abort Spool forever 0 E Number to spool Instrument Burst Capacity Figure 2 14 Global Settings Acquisition Configuration Tab 2 1 10 3 2 Discussion The Acquisition page of the Global Settings dialog configures acquisition related settings for the next shot These settings include the acquisition mode single shot repetitive single shot burst repe
105. d Socket Listener Port 9898 Listen Status Not Listening Figure 4 1 Adapter application for TCP Sockets to DAAAC RPC conversion DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 160 To enable communication between a socket client application and DAAAC do the following 1 Start the DAAAC Acquire and CalMan modules if necessary 2 Run the adapter application 3adapter exe on the client application computer 3 Enter the IP address of the DAAAC computer and select Connect can use address 127 0 0 1 if DAAAC and the client application are running on the same machine 4 Enter the socket port number used by the client application and select Listen 4 2 2 Commands The following commands are supported from the TCP socket client Command Response Description Ready Ready DAAAC is in a state where it can be armed Not_Ready DAAAC is not in a state where it can be armed TrigTest_ lt shot gt TrigTest_ lt shot gt DAAAC successfully selected the trigger test con figuration and set the shot number to lt shot gt Duplicate_Filename The specified shot number already exists in the database Shot_ lt shot gt Shot_ lt shot gt DAAAC successfully selected the shot configura tion and set the shot number to lt shot gt Duplicate_Filename The specified shot number already exists in the database Timing_Data TrigTest_ lt shot gt _Timing_ lt trig time list gt DAAAC transmits a list o
106. d otherwise they are disabled y min The value of the bottom most limit of the vertical dependent axis If the reduced wave form contains Y data that is smaller than this value the data will be truncated when dis played This control is disabled unless Fix y axis is checked y max The value of the top most limit of the vertical dependent axis If the reduced waveform contains Y data that is larger than this value the data will be truncated when displayed This control is disabled unless Fix y axis is checked 2 3 20 4 How Accessed Double click any Channel or Item node in the graph to open the Reduction dialog Click the Display button DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 81 2 4 Analyze Dialogs 24 1 New Waveform 2 4 1 1 Dialog 2 4 1 2 Discussion New Waveform Create Waveform X axis specification Number of points 11001 Delta x fi 10m Minimum value 1 0 Maximum value 100 Waveform type Y axis Function Gaussian Mean 22 0 Standard dev 14 2 Formula f x Figure 2 70 Create a User Defined Waveform The Create Waveform processing page creates a new waveform such as one used as a fil ter or test waveform Create Waveform typically is used to create a new waveform window but also can replace the data in an existing waveform The Create Waveform page is not accessible during macro recording 2 4 1 3 Details Ttem Description Number of points The total
107. d Functions Independent Axes Apply a Constant Misc Logs y 2 Sar Log 107 y 10y 7 Ln ey Abs Norm OK Cancel Help Figure 2 86 Process Waveform Data Calculator Tab 2 4 8 1 2 Discussion The Calculator waveform processing page applies common calculator functions to the waveform e g multiplication by a constant logarithms absolute value Operations on this DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 109 page are immediately applied to the active waveform To undo any applied operations use Can cel on the Process Data property sheet 2 4 8 1 3 Numeric Entry subdialog 2 4 8 1 3 1 Dialog Arithmetic y C Constant fez Fan a Ea ce EN E eee a 2 3 ha of ef ew Cancel Figure 2 87 Waveform Processing Numeric Entry Subdialog 2 4 8 1 3 2 Discussion The Numeric Entry dialog supplies a constant value required for several operations The dialog s title bar indicates which operation the constant is for The constant can be entered using the calculator style buttons or it can be typed directly into the edit field Constants can be en tered with an exponent e g 2 4e 3 for 2 4 x 10 3 or with engineering suffixes e g 2 4m for 2 4 x 10 3 2 4 8 1 3 3 How Accessed e Open the Process Data dialog Calculator tab see 2 4 8 6 3 then select any of the Apply a Constant operations DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 110 2 4 8 2 Advanced Functions 2 4 8 2 1 Dialog Process Data s
108. d in the same way as the Combine node but because they produce a display only object one that cannot be further processed an Overlay output is always transparent to the other nodes in the line During reduction a node to the right of an Overlay will receive its input data from the node to the left of the Overlay Overlay nodes can be placed anywhere in the graph DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 180 5 5 3 Item Data 5 5 3 1 Dialog Overlay Overlay 5 5 3 2 Discussion Name Description Name fo verlay Two Waveforms Description Options Correlation None v Overlay the following stored waveforms 11 Yoss Wave Tutorial Tutorial Yoss Wave Ch 1 11 Voss Wave Tutorial Tutorial Voss Wave Ch z Remove All OK Cancel Help Figure 5 15 Overlay Item Waveform Selection Dialog The Overlay item takes the signals from multiple Cal Items and or waveforms stored in the database and collects them in a single overlaid waveform The Overlay may be comprised of up to eight database waveforms and any number linked of input sources 5 5 3 3 Details Item Description Correlation If selected automatically aligns the waveforms before overlaying Quick corre lation matches the 50 points of pulses rising edges Full correlation applies the frequency domain correlation function Overlay the following stored waveforms A list of database waveforms that will be included in the overlay Add Remove Ad
109. d node Links with other nodes are displayed at some position on or around the node such as this item s link to a Combine node on another line 2 3 13 3 How Accessed e Tools gt Line Summary or e Right click on a channel node and select Line Summary from the popup menu DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 69 2 3 13 4 Display Properties 2 3 13 4 1 Dialog Summary Visual Properties Zoom RGB a fico E Width Height Both ha 4 E Auto scale font DERE LAR AAA A An rana Cee tee Font height DELRLAR ALA A EARL ARALAR a Ananda HSI Defaults Window Bk Decimal digits 6 1 8 Cancel Figure 2 58 Line Summary Display Options PCOCUCE A Ana aan Cee eee eee eee Intensity PCUCUCEU CCPC CREO ARALAR AAA eee 2 3 13 4 2 Discussion The Display Properties dialog activated from the Line Summary window is used to change the visual properties of the nodes in the summary 2 3 13 4 3 Details Item Description Width Increase decrease each node s width Units are screen pixels Height Increase decrease each node s height Units are screen pixels Both Increase decrease both width and height Units are screen pixels Font Height Increase decrease the height of the font used to display the text in each node Auto scale font When checked the font size is automatically increased decreased when the node s height is changed Defaults Changes all properties to the default
110. d y axis limits Advanced Clipping based on relative or absolute x or y values x axis minimum remove all data points with x values less than the specified minimum x axis maximum remove all data points with x values greater than the specified maximum y axis minimum set all y values less than the specified minimum to the minimum value y axis maximum set all y values greater than the specified maximum to the maximum value advanced operation uses three independent selections operation relationship x y criteria to build statement a fully configurable clipping operation delete zero selects the operation to be applied to the points that meet the criteria DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 115 below above between outside specified x value s the location of the specified y value s x X at y min x min x at y max x max x at y absolute selects the relationship between the points to be operated on and the specified transition criteria selects an operation based on x value or y value criteria clipping parameters that depend on the selection of the relationship and x y cri teria above allows specification of transition points as an absolute number or as a ofa maximum waveform value 2 4 8 2 7 4 How Accessed e Open the Process Data dialog Calculator tab see 2 4 8 6 3 then select Clipping 2 4 8 2 8 Resample subdialog 2 4 8 2 8 1 Dialog Resample X axis Current number of points 513 New number
111. dard Process Tab Brightness Subdialog 128 Figure 2 108 Process Image Data Standard Process Tab Spatial Filter Subdialog 128 Figure 2 109 Process Image Data Standard Process Tab Contour Filter Subdialog 129 Figure 2 110 Process Image Data Standard Process Tab Resizing Subdialog 129 Figure 2 111 Process Image Data Standard Process Tab Rotation Subdialog 130 Figure 2 112 Process Image Data Color Conversion Tab eccesesseeseeeeeeeeeeaeeneeeeeees 131 Figure 2 113 Process Image Data Color Conversion Tab Colorize Subdialog 132 Figure 2 114 Process Image Data Color Conversion Tab Saturation Subdialog 132 Figure 2 115 Process Image Data Color Conversion Tab Resolution Subdialog 133 Figure 2 116 Process Image Data Transform Tab 0 ceceeceeseceeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeaeceeeneeeneens 134 Figure 2 117 Process Image Data Transform Tab Clip Z Subdialog eee eee 135 Figure 2 118 Process Image Data Transform Tab Convolution Subdialog 136 Figure 2 119 Process Image Data Independent Axes Tab ooooconnccnocccicccooncconccconacancnnnnnos 137 Figure 2 120 Process Image Data Independent Axes Tab Cropping Subdialog 138 Figure 2 121 Process Image Data Display Tab ec eeceeceeseceteeneeeeeeeeeeeeceaecnseeaeeeneeeees 139 Figure 2 122 Process Image Data Displa
112. dowed each output point contains the integral over a user specified window that is centered on the current point The integration window is automatically clipped at the ends of the waveform For example assume a waveform starts at 0 seconds and has an integration window of 50 ms The window at the 100 ms point will cover the full 50 ms 75 ms to 125 ms but the integral at the 10 ms point will only cover 35 ms 0 s to 35 ms The trapezoidal method is used to perform the integration in both cases 2 4 8 2 3 3 How Accessed e Open the Process Data dialog Calculator tab see 2 4 8 6 3 then select Integrate DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 112 2 4 8 2 4 FFT Options subdialog 2 4 8 2 4 1 Dialog FFT Options Input Output C Real Imaginary C Real Imaginary Magnitude Phase Window Hanning Info Number of points 513 Nyquist frequency Hz 50M Frequency resolution Hz 195 3125 k Figure 2 90 Waveform Processing FFT Subdialog 2 4 8 2 4 2 Discussion The FFT dialog configures a Fast Fourier Transform FFT and its inverse Select the in put and output types to match the type of input waveform being processed and the desired output waveform real imag or mag phase DAAAC cannot automatically detect the input units If the FFT dialog is being used to configure an FFT not an inverse the Window list will allow selection of an appropriate window type which is applied before the FFT Supported window types are
113. ds a new waveform to the list of stored waveforms Uses the Curve dialog to select the waveform Removes the current selection from the stored waveform list Remove All Removes all items from the stored waveform list DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 181 5 5 3 4 Subdialogs The Add button opens the waveform portion of the Curve dialog described in Main Man ual Section 6 2 5 2 3 2 5 5 4 Icon A 5 6 Sensors 5 6 1 Category WFM Reduction Hard 5 6 2 Discussion The Sensor Cal Item along with the Probe is the typical item at the end of the Cal Line As such it provides the final conversion to physical quantities during data reduction Sensor hardware is specified by first selecting the Sensor Class which specifies the desired output quan tities Once the class is selected the user interface builds a list of supported hardware for that class Depending on the class the user may also specify Transmission Line parameters Changes to sensor type or transmission line type will automatically update the interface with the appropriate configuration parameters See the following section Sensor reduction formulae for the reduction algorithms used by the available sensor types 5 6 2 1 Sensor reduction formulae This section provides the reduction equations for each supported sensor type and transmis sion line type The first section contains the supported conversion units followed by constants used in the formulae
114. e Font gt Color gt Blue or lt Ctrl L gt Red Font gt Color Red or lt Ctrl D gt Green Font gt Color gt Green or lt CllG gt jor elow oe Font gt Color gt Black or lt Ctrl B gt restores the normal black text color Print Cancel A Figure 2 20 Notebook Editing Window 2 1 13 2 2 Discussion and Detail Please see the Main Manual Section 3 7 for a complete description of the Notebook tool 2 1 13 2 3 How Accessed e Tools gt Notebook DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 26 2 1 14 Generate Performance Report 2 1 14 1 Dialog Generate Performance Report Shot Range Over a shot range Format n m Last N shots Stations F Only shots including these stations Generate Report Figure 2 21 Generate Performance Report Dialog 2 1 14 2 Discussion Displays the Generate Performance Report selection dialog This dialog allows the operator to limit the report to a user specified number of shots and or stations Once Generate Report is se lected a report will be generated directly in the users already installed copy of Microsoft Excel If Excel is not installed an error will be issued The report contains the information specified when performance monitoring was configured It is primarily used to monitor the health of very large installations or facilities This is a keyed feature and not present in most installations EU 2 1 14 3 Detail 2 1 14 4 How Accessed e DataView gt Performance Report DAAAC 4 0 Us
115. e will delete the associated floating point data if present DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 127 2 4 9 1 3 Brightness Contrast Gamma Correct Sharpen Blur subdialog 2 4 9 1 3 1 Dialog Change Brightness Percentage 1 EE x Pe GE a Cancel ry Y ie Figure 2 107 Process Image Data Standard Process Tab Brightness Subdialog 2 4 9 1 3 2 Discussion The dialog of Figure 2 107 is specifically directed to adjusting the image brightness but is the same interface for Contrast Gamma Correction Sharpen and Blur The image is repre sented to the right and is updated as the change is applied The parameter may be adjusted by either working the slide bar or typing directly into Percentage Whichever control is used the other control will be updated along with the sample image to reflect the change 2 4 9 1 4 Spatial Filter subdialog 2 4 9 1 4 1 Dialog Filter Image Filter Type Laplacian Filter Sobel Filter Filter Value East Cancel i South East _ Cancel North E ast Figure 2 108 Process Image Data Standard Process Tab Spatial Filter Subdialog 2 4 9 1 4 2 Discussion This Filter dialog allows selection of numerous spatial filter types A preview of the se lected filter is displayed in the window to the right DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 128 2 4 9 1 5 Contour Filter subdialog 2 4 9 1 5 1 Dialog Contour Filter Options Threshold 15 DeltaDirection 35 MaximumError 5
116. e Wave When checked the item s reduced waveform is archived during the reduction process form 2 3 5 4 How Accessed e Preferences gt New Item Defaults 2 3 6 Inventory List 2 3 6 1 Dialog MM item Inventory List Cal ltem Types Attenuator Balun Cable Chi x Ch2 Multiply Channel 1 by Channel 2 Combine Coax Switch Coupler Crystal Filter Free Space Integrator Mixer Multi Port Overlay Probe Sensor Sensor Offset gt SPIDER Mouse drag and drop enabled Display deleted items sete tees 1 Retrieve Item by Name Create Copy Delete OK Cancel E 7a Ed _Pint_ Undelete Combine Inventory List Figure 2 48 Item Inventory Dialog 2 3 6 2 Discussion The Inventory List dialog allows the creation editing and deletion of Cal Items It is also used from within the graph to select items for insertion into the graph When this dialog is acti vated from the CalGraph s window menu Inventory Inventory List it becomes a mode less dialog that may remain active for dragging and dropping items onto the graph It can re main active while the remainder of the program is used When this dialog is activated through the pop up menu item Insert a new item to the RIGHT LEFT of this item it is in the normal modal mode This mode allows selecting an item for inserting into the graph by double clicking the item or by selecting the item and then DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 58 selec
117. e input sinusoidal waveform 2 4 8 2 10 3 How Accessed e Open the Process Data dialog Calculator tab see 2 4 8 6 3 then select Frequency vs Time DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 2 4 8 2 11 Axis Titles subdialog 2 4 8 2 11 1 Dialog Axis Titles X axis title units secs Y axis title Real units Units Apply empty titles units Figure 2 100 Waveform Processing Axis Labels Subdialog 2 4 8 2 11 2 Discussion The Axis Titles dialog is used to select new axis titles and unit labels while processing a waveform Enter the appropriate labels and select OK to update the waveform s titles and unit labels To remove an existing title or unit label enter an empty label delete the existing label from the edit field and select Apply empty titles units before selecting OK If Apply empty ti tles units is not selected only the fields containing text are applied to the waveform 2 4 8 2 11 3 How Accessed e Open the Process Data dialog Calculator tab see 2 4 8 6 3 then select Axis Labels DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 121 2 4 8 3 Independent Axes 2 4 8 3 1 Dialog Process Data s 10 Voss Wave Tutorial Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 1 Trig Hyperbolic Macros Create Waveform Calculator Advanced Functions Independent Axes Apply a Constant Misc Equalize dh Sort Min x gt 0 KYS OK Cancel Help A Cave He Figure 2 101 Process Waveform Data Independent Axes Tab 2 4 8 3
118. ecord mode with the current list of operations displayed See 2 4 8 for more in formation on the Process Data dialog and creating macros An analogous item Image Process is available for automatically processing image data Like the User Process item the Image Process interface is also available in Analyze for manual proc essing DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 190 5 7 3 Item Data 5 7 3 1 Dialog User Processing FFT 1 ltem Data Name Description Name FFT 1 Description Channel 4 FFT Titles x Title FFT x Units Frequency Y Title Response Y Units User Processing Definition Cancel Help Figure 5 17 User Process Item Data Dialog 5 7 3 2 Discussion The User Process dialog configures User Process Cal Items These are special processing Cal Items and do not represent real signal line devices The User Process item performs basic calculator functions on the input waveform e g multiplication by a constant logarithms absolute value When the User Processing Definition button is selected the Process Data dialog is activated which contains all of the calculator func tions and many other waveform processing functions The Process Data dialog is also available in Analyze and contains the same waveform processing functions When used in a Cal Manager acquisition line input signal and all macros recorded in the Process Data dialog create a wave form based on the input waveform and the waveform math operations
119. ed only records whose Date field is at or earlier than the time specified will be selected Reset Clear all fields and uncheck all boxes 2 1 16 3 4 How Accessed e then click View Old Info txt of Figure 2 23 to open the dialog of Figure 2 24 Fi nally click Search to open the Figure 2 25 dialog 2 1 17 Acquire Properties 2 1 17 1 Station Properties 2 1 17 1 1 Dialog Voss Wave Tutorial Station Properties Rack Properties Station Name Voss Wave Tutorial Station Description Demonstrate Acquire Configur Station Address 127 0 0 1 Number of racks in station 1 E Figure 2 26 Acquire Station Properties 2 1 17 1 2 Discussion The Station Properties dialog is used to review and reconfigure the settings of the current station 2 1 17 1 3 Details Item Description Station Name Unique Identifier for the current station Station Descrip Details about the station tion Station Address Read Only The IP Address of the station being reviewed 127 0 0 1 always indicates the local host and will always represent a standalone system Number of racks The number of vertical collections in the station This number can be increased but in station never decreased using this control DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 32 2 1 17 1 4 How Accessed e Right click outside of a rack in the station window and then select Properties from the popup menu 2 1 17 2 Rack Properties 2
120. eeeesaes 2T 2 14 15 G t Data Sp cification sirenai paces ss ie innan niia iaia e aian 28 DUNG gt Motten nnne i E O E REER 29 ZAR Acquire Properties de 32 DANS Trigger Time Chal A a E E as 34 Z2 A e A E E E Daal th E 2 35 2 2 1 View Waveforms rnae a a a a a e ai aeaa 35 212 2 Waveform Import Step 1 Set Data Start and End Points eee 37 22 5 Import Waveform Step 2 Set Delimiters 2 0 0 0 ccc cceseceteeeeeeeteeeneeees 39 2 2 4 Import Waveform Step 3 Set Data Columns 0oooocncocccncccoonoconccconocancninnnnos 40 2 2 5 Import Waveform Step 4 Set Titles oonnoonnonnnncnnnonconccconocoonnconnnnannconncnos 42 2 2 6 MOVES e a a A Aa sede ar a e E aT E ETA 43 2 2 7 IDEIEN o EAE EE A EEEE 44 2 2 8 Backup sr iieiea A ER AREA AR E R E E A R E 45 2 2 9 Data MIO adas 46 22 10 Log PAR A RS 47 A O A cue Aa e etd 48 a NN A 48 2 2 13 O E O A 49 2214 Wranstet Copy Di A os 50 2 3 A aar a a E E a T E a E esti a lees aS 52 2 3 1 Pint Graphe ce a E E a canta nels E 52 2 3 2 File Export Range Selection one iia 53 2 3 3 Graph Display Preferences sillin 54 2 3 4 Print Barcode iii td 56 2 3 5 Item Reduction Defaults isos 57 2 3 6 a A A e a E A 58 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 111 Ww 2 3 7 Drag and Drop Inventory LiSt ooooocnnocnionononcnconncnonoconnnonnnconccconoconnnnancc nacnns 61 2 3 8 Stations Select stato e io Da dl die 62 2 3 9 Lines Selection A AA E A AE 63 2 3 10 Global Reduction OPI acts 64 23
121. eforms 2 4 10 2 Discussion The Combine Waveforms dialog allows the application of basic math operations on waveform operands Waveform arithmetic Supports addition subtraction multiplication and division of waveforms The first operand is the active waveform the second operand is selected by the user The operation is computed in the domain of the first operand The second waveform will be in terpolated if necessary to match the domain of the first waveform Any data outside the domain of the first waveform is ignored YvsY Creates an output waveform using the y axis data from the first waveform as the y axis data and making the x axis data from the second waveforms y axis data Average Averages the active waveform with any other selected waveforms Create new waveform Creates a new waveform window for the result of the operation If selected an edit control allows the user to specify the title for the new waveform If not se lected the result replaces the data in the active window Correlation Automatically correlates the active and selected waveform before applying the combine operation The selected waveform is always correlated to the active window 1 e the selected window is modified the active window is not Two types of correlation are sup ported Time correlation Half max matching finds the position of the first point which is 1 2 the absolute peak value for each waveform The algorithm then shifts the second ope
122. el for the dependent data that specifies the units represented by the data Comments General text describing the data that is maintained with the data in the database Add the follow When checked the data range is automatically appended to any comments entered by ing the user Use this import When checked the text entered in the dialog controls is automatically applied to all specification subsequent data imports in the current import batch 2 2 5 4 How Accessed e File gt Import Waveforms 22 6 Modules 2 2 6 1 Dialog Acquire Y AutoStop Analyze V AutoStart V Minimized M AutoStop Archive 7 Y Minimized I CalMan V AutoStart V Minimized Y AutoStop NetCom V AutoStart 4 Minimized Y AutoStop Figure 2 34 Modules Startup Shutdown Preferences Tab DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 43 2 2 6 2 Discussion The Modules page contains switches that control the behavior of the DAAAC modules when Ar chive is started and stopped Autostart checked starts the module when Archive is first started Minimized checked minimizes the module s window when Archive is first started Autostop checked stops the module when Archive stops 2 2 6 3 How Accessed e Preferences gt Options gt Modules 2 2 7 Database 2 2 7 1 Dialog Options Modules Database Backup Access mdb file size Warning threshold MBytes 640 MB Maximum MBytes 300 MB SOL Server maintenance l Perform prestart clean
123. em is informational for the purpose of documentation It does not affect the function of the Cal Item at reduction DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 164 Std Dev Pulse Cal Standard deviation from the last pulse calibration This value is not used during data reduction Calibration factor from the last pulse calibration This value is not used during data reduction Attenuator Inline The attenuator type is Inline An inline attenuator has a single input Number of positions 1s preset to 1 and cannot be changed Also the curve s Current Position is always set to 1 Rotary The attenuator type is rotary A rotary attenuator differs from the inline type because it can have more than one input port This num ber is defined by the entry in the Number of Positions field Number of positions The number of input ports for rotary type multiple input attenu ators Characterization curves should be specified for each position Current position The current input port to the rotary type This number determines which input is currently used during data reduction This number corresponds to a curve that is assigned to the attenuator s port The inline type s current position is always 1 Edit Curve Activates the Curve dialog for assigning a reduction value dB or an actual characterization waveform If the type is rotary then one curve is available for each position The curve that is viewed edited is det
124. ent level Lev els are defined as groups of collocated points whose point to point delta is less than the given threshold Commonly used to remove noise from signals that contain data at discrete levels Threshold Sets all y values below the threshold level to zero Commonly used to remove baseline noise prior to integration DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 119 2 4 8 2 9 5 How Accessed e Open the Process Data dialog Calculator tab see 2 4 8 6 3 then select Filter 2 4 8 2 10 Frequency Vs Time subdialog 2 4 8 2 10 1 Dialog Frequency vs Time Computation Method Zero crossings Settings Minimum signal level 10 00 of max Perform Sinx Interpolation Cancel Figure 2 99 Waveform Processing Frequency vs Time Subdialog 2 4 8 2 10 2 Discussion The Axis Titles dialog is used to compute a frequency vs time FvsT plot for a given si nusoidal waveform FvsT can be computed by measuring the time from peak to peak or from zero crossing to zero crossing The Minimum signal level field is used to select a waveform threshold for valid data If the waveform does not reach the threshold between peaks or zero crossings that portion of the signal is considered to be noise and is not used to compute a fre quency value Selection of Perform sinx x interpolation will resample the waveform at 5x the number of points using sinx x interpolation before computing the frequencies The resulting FvsT waveform will replace th
125. epresents a software processing operation Section E x 2 Discussion Complete description of the Item Section E x 3 Item Data Section E x 3 1 Dialog Image Section E x 3 2 Dialog Discussion Descriptive verbiage regarding the dialog Section E x 3 3 Dialog Details Tabular description of every dialog control by name Section E x 3 4 Subdialogs Image discussion and details of subdialogs accessed from the Item dialog if any Section E x 4 Cal Item Icon Note that Section E 1 groups the most common Cal Items with similar or identical inter All Cal Items have an associated reduction dialog The dialogs basic form is shown in Figure 5 1 The dialog and its various subdialogs are discussed in detail in 2 3 17 Some Item Reduction dialogs include an additional check box labeled Process a copy of the input wave form When this option is checked the reduction is done on the input data but the data is passed along unaltered to the next item in the Cal Line When the box is unchecked the reduction will be applied to the data that is passed to the next item DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 162 Attenuator Attenuator for Demo ltem Data Reduction Dutput waveforms FOMS Vv Display Print V Archive _ Display Cancel Help Figure 5 1 Basic Reduction Dialog Tab 5 1 Standard Cal Items 5 1 1 Category W fm Reduction Hard Item 5 1 2 Discussion This section describes the CalMan function
126. er s Manual 27 2 1 15 Get Data Specification 2 1 15 1 Dialog Get Data Specification C Spool Files Instruments Figure 2 22 Data Specification Dialog 2 1 15 2 Discussion The Get Data Specification dialog is activated after Get Waveforms is selected It selects the source for the data either Spool Files or Instruments When OK is selected the data is read from the selected source Note that the Get Data Specifica tions dialog does not appear when Get Waveforms is clicked as part of the normal manual execu tion sequence 2 1 15 3 Details Item Description Spool Files Primarily intended for disaster recovery if the computer or DAAAC fails while reading data from the instruments Data is stored on the local computer in spool files This data may be recovered by restarting the computer or software if necessary and selecting Get Waveforms then Spool Files from the resulting dia log Instruments The data is read directly from the instruments 2 1 15 4 How Accessed DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 28 2 1 16 Info txt 2 1 16 1 Current Info txt 2 1 16 1 1 Dialog Edit Current Info txt Test Name Voss Wave Demo Test One Starting Shot 1 Test Description Demonstration Test for the Num Shots 11 Acquisition Description Demonstrate the Info txt feature for the DAAAC Manual OK View Old Info txt Cancel Figure 2 23 Edit Info txt for the Current Test 2 1 16 1 2 Discussion Display Edit Info txt act
127. er The operation is computed pixel by pixel over the dimensions of the first operand Any data outside the dimen sions of the first image is ignored 1 D filter Applies a 1 D waveform filter to each row or each column of the active im age The selected filter s domain should match the limits of the images x or y axis Overlay Plots the selected contour plot on the active image Contour color Selects the color of the contour lines Font Selects the font size for the contour labels DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 142 Create new image Creates a new image window for the result of the operation If not selected the result of the operation replaces the data in the active window 2 4 11 3 How Accessed Select an image plot then e Analyzis gt Combine ES E 2 4 12 Extract Waveforms 2 4 12 1 Dialog Select Waveforms Select the waveforms to extract 1122 GFR Test Seven S1R1P2C1 1122 GFR Test Seven S1R1P2C1 123 GFR Test Seven S1R1P2C1 123 GFR Test Seven S1R1P2C2 123 GFR Test Seven S1R1P2C2 1123 GFR Test Seven S1R1P2C3 1123 GFR Test Seven S1R1P2C4 124 GFR Test Seven S1R1P2C1 1124 GFR Test Seven S1R1P2C2 1124 GFR Test Seven S1R1P2C3 124 GFR Test Seven 51R1P2C4 125 GFR Test Seven S1IR1P2C1 w Cancel Figure 2 125 Select Waveforms for Extraction from an Overlay 2 4 12 2 Discussion Extracts copies one or more waveforms from an overlay plot creating a new waveform window for each e
128. er f x a bx cx 2 dx 3 regardless of the order of entry Accept Enters the monomial specified by the current dB and Power values into the poly nomial DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 167 5 1 3 4 2 Curve Waveform 5 1 3 4 2 1 Dialog Curve Specification Curve Type Polynomial a a a TEE FTE ATLETI TY TATI i 1 i i 0 1 i 1 1 1 1 3 freq GHz Title C TEMP cable cal 225ft txt Comment Retrieve Waveform Send Waveform to Analyze Processed Raw File Import Send cea Figure 5 4 Waveform Characterization Curve Definition 5 1 3 4 2 2 Discussion A detailed discussion is presented in Main Manual Section 6 2 5 2 3 2 5 1 3 4 2 3 Details Item Description Waveform When selected activates the Waveform curve reduction fields The selected waveform is then used to characterize the Cal Item during data reduction When a waveform is selected Raw Processed or Get File the waveform selected is displayed Processed Select a Raw waveform from the database Raw Select a Processed waveform from the database File Import Select a waveform from the disk Send Open the waveform in the Analyze module DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 168 5 1 4 Icon ASA re 5 2 A Note on Rotary Attenuators While attenuators are grouped under the standard Cal Items above a subcategory of at tenuators known as rotary attenuators deserves so
129. erations for that Cal Item are listed in this field as comments X axis Title The independent axis title X axis Units The independent axis unit of measure Y axis Title The dependent axis title DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 90 Y axis Units The dependent axis unit of measure 2 4 4 4 4 How Accessed e Click on a waveform plot then File gt Properties e Click on an waveform plot right click then select Properties 2 4 4 5 Image Titles 2 4 4 5 1 Dialog Properties Image Title Image Demonstration Comments Show the Properties Dialog for Image Data from the popup menu DK Cancel Help Figure 2 76 Properties Dialog Titles Tab Image Data 2 4 4 5 2 Discussion The Labels page of the Properties dialog displays and configures the current title axis la bels and comments Changes made to fields in this dialog are updated on the current image but for the changes to become permanent the image must be stored to the database 2 4 4 5 3 Details Item Description Title The current waveform title This may be changed to any value Comments Enter and edit comments for the image These comments can be displayed at the top left corner of the waveform DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 91 X axis Title The horizontal axis title X axis Units The horizontal axis unit of measure Y axis Title The vertical axis title Y axis Units The vertical axis unit of measure Z axis Title The dependent axis title
130. ermined by the entry in Setup position Setup position For rotary attenuators only the current entry determines which curve will be viewed edited when Edit Curve is selected Cable Cable type The cable type helps determine how reduction is performed for this item The velocity of propagation is known for each type and the delay is automatically calculated according to the length of the ca ble as entered in the Length field The cable type selected should match the actual cable type in use The choices include CE Preci sion RG58 RG174 RG214 RG230 RG223 Superflex Y Super flex Y4 and Other If type Other is selected the delay is not com puted from the length but can be entered manually Connector A B Cable end connector types Informational not used in data reduc tion Length The actual length of the real cable in feet The length field is used in conjunction with the Cable Type field to compute the delay Gain Curve Activates the Curve dialog so that a characterization waveform may be assigned to this item for reduction TDR Curve Activates the Curve dialog so that a characterization waveform may be assigned to this item but the curve is not used in reduction Crystal Frequency Setting The frequency in gigahertz for the current Curve This can contain a list of many different frequencies each having a unique reduction curve The frequency is entered into the list when you
131. es the signal to fall start threshold peak Single from stop threshold peak to The percentage of Y max Pulse start threshold peak This is the time between the first transition of the low threshold after a transition of the high threshold and the high transition that immediately pre cedes the low transition and which to stop comput ing stop threshold peak The percentage of Y max and which to start comput ing DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 153 Fixed Start threshold 10 0 Stop threshold 90 0 integrated The last dependent value in the None Waveform total waveform This represents the Integration total integrated value of the inte grated waveform max domain Y max domain Y max defined None All below domain defined above max pulse Detects the maximum Y value of Fixed Positive height the pulse with the highest peak high threshold Pulse Train value For each pulse the search 0 5 x Y max starts when the signal rises above low threshold the high threshold It stops at the 0 1 x Y max next point detected below the low threshold mean The average Y value over the None All length of the waveform min pulse Detects the maximum Y value of Fixed Positive height the pulse with the lowest peak high threshold Pulse Train value For each pulse the search 0 5 x Y max starts when the signal rises above low threshold the high threshold It stops at the 0
132. f comma separated trig ger times in nanoseconds for the channels speci fied in the Acquire module Trigger Time Channels dialog see Section 2 1 18 Times are listed in the same channel order shown in the Trigger Time Channels dialog Shot_ lt shot gt _Timing_ lt trig time list gt Timing data response when using a shot configura tion N A Trigger time data is not available yet Test_Complete Test_Complete Informational only alerts DAAAC that it may begin processing the acquired data In addition DAAAC will transmit the message J_am_up every second while its socket interface is active DAAAC will reply What to any unknown command or if the command cannot be immediately processed For example the Timing_Data command reply will be What if the command is issued while DAAAC is running an acquisition reduction sequence DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 161 face into a single entry The remaining E x sections refer to special cases of Cal Items 5 Appendix E Cal Items This appendix presents a formatted description of every available item in the CalMan in ventory The format is as follows Section E x Cal Item Name Section E x 1 Category o Waveform Reduction used to process waveform data o Image Reduction used to process image data o No Reduction used for documentation purposes only And type o Hard represents a hardware item in the signal path o Soft r
133. ffer one screen at a time When the buffer is full new waveforms will replace the oldest waveforms in the buffer View selected channels Graphs per page Determines the number of graphs to print per page Enables the display of acquired data If unchecked no raw data will be displayed regardless of the other settings Display new chan nels Print selected channels Displays channels from instruments that have been recently added to DAAAC in the Acquire module but that have not yet been configured in Analyze Enables printing of acquired data If unchecked no raw data will be printed re gardless of the other settings Print new channels Display Selection Prints channels from instruments that have been recently added to DAAAC in the Acquire module but that have not yet been configured in Analyze Selects the channels to be displayed Print Selection Selects the channels to be printed Reduction Selec tion Toggles the display and print options for reduced waveforms of selected channels Specification of which waveforms are displayed and printed is made per waveform in Cal Manager 2 4 15 4 How Accessed e Acquisition gt Configuration s DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 147 2 4 16 Acquisition Setting Dialog 2 4 16 1 Discussion This is a reduced read only instance of the Acquire Module Global Settings dialog The dialog is described in detail in Main Manual Section 4 2
134. from the popup menu 2 4 4 8 1 Dialog Properties Left vertical axis Right vertical axis ymin Multiplier Fix y axis Show labels ymax Offset MT Fixed ymin O y max Horizontal fixed axis limits m Waveform specific x min s 7 Voss Wave Tutorial Tutorial T Fix x axis x max Vertical scale Left Right Horizontal offset 0 0 Cancel Help Figure 2 79 Properties Dialog Axes Tab Overlay Only 2 4 4 8 2 Discussion The Overlay Display Options page of the Properties dialog selects the overlay waveform display options The options configured below affect the display only and remain in effect until they are turned off DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 95 2 4 4 8 3 Ttem Details Fix y axis y min y max Fix x axis x min x max Show labels Multiplier Offset Waveform Vertical scale Horizontal offset 2 4 4 8 4 Description When selected the values in the y min and y max fields are applied as limits to the waveform display Because the waveform display uses round values the limits entered may be rounded The minimum y axis value to display on the left axis The maximum y axis value to display on the left axis When selected the values in the x min and x max fields are applied as limits to the waveform display Because the waveform display uses round values the limits entered may be rounded The minimum x axis value to display The maximum x axis value to display
135. gh frequency signals to lower fre quency signals that can be digitized by available technology The mixer is the key item in nar rowband waveform reduction because it creates a frequency vs time reference that is used by all other narrowband channels The mixer is one of the few Cal Items that produces multiple output waveforms In addi tion to creating a power vs time waveform the mixer also generates frequency vs time spectra The power vs time waveform is the output passed on to the other items in the Cal Line As men tioned above the frequency vs time waveform can be referenced by other narrowband signal lines Each of the output waveform types has configuration settings which are accessible from the Settings button on the Reduction page PYST Setup Frequency vs Time IV Perform half cycle envelope calculation Computation Method V Reset domain to match input waveform Peak values V Equalize points resample Settings Resample number of points 512 Cancel Figure 5 12 Power Vs Time Settings Minimum signal level 10 of max Perform Sin Interpolation Cancel Figure 5 13 Frequency Vs Time Settings The mixer is also one of the few items that uses multiple characterization curves Because the mixer combines the RF data with a variable LO source proper characterization requires characterization data at multiple LO frequencies Selection of the operating LO frequency can be done manually or by specifyi
136. gures of Merit FOMs presents a complete discussion of FOMs 2 3 18 3 Details Item Description Corrected Listing of supported FOMs To add a FOM to the reduction waveform highlight the desired name in this list then select Add FOM Add FOM Add the currently selected Corrected FOM name to the Configured Display FOMs listing Configured Display FOMs Listing of FOMs selected from the Corrected list To remove one from the list simply highlight the name and press Delete FOM limits Waveforms with FOMs that fall outside the specified limits are flagged as out of spec Out of spec waveforms can be color coded when displayed in Analyze To disable FOM limit checking set min and max to the same value min The minimum in spec FOM value max The maximum in spec FOM value FOM parameters Specific settings for each of the FOMs Controls will appear here when specific parameters are required to define the FOM 2 3 18 4 How Accessed Double Click any Item node in the graph to open the item dialog Select the Reduction tab Click the Display button 2 3 19 Settings 2 3 19 1 Dialog Variable 2 3 19 2 Discussion The settings dialog is item dependent and will allow the user to configure additional reduction settings Most cal items do not require this dialog 2 3 19 3 Details 2 3 19 4 How Accessed Double Click any Item node in the graph to open the item dialog Select the
137. h the mouse Name Retrieve Item by Name Barcode Edit Retrieves items for editing if the name barcode is known This speeds database re trieval operations for systems with very large inventories After this field is com pleted use Tab to exit the edit field This retrieves the item from the database If found it will be listed alone in the Inventory List box If it is not in the database a message is displayed To edit the settings for an existing Cal Item either double click the item in the Cal Item s Inventory List column or highlight the desired item then select Edit Edit the item as desired then select OK The Cal Item is then updated in the Inventory List Create To create a new Cal Item select the type of item from Cal Items Type list Amplifier Attenuator Balun Bdot and etc then select Create An Inventory Data page for that Cal Item will open Enter the data to create the configuration for this item then select OK The new Cal Item is then added to the Inventory List Copy To copy a Cal Item highlight the item in the lt Type gt Inventory list and press Copy This will create a new item of the lt Type gt and then activate the new item s user interface with the Name or Barcode field blank so that a new and unique Name or Barcode can be entered Remember this field is the database key and it must be unique The description field is copied along with item specific properties but the fol l
138. he Add Instrument To Rack wizard on the second page in the Setup wizard In some cases only some of these fields are displayed e g for a USB instrument no GPIB address information is required If present the Setup Button MUST be clicked and the setup options specified These are instrument model specific and may include interface information memory options or other options in the hardware If no GPIB interface is present on the instrument the dialog will appear without GPIB controls in order to allow the instrument to be named and to present the Setup button If the Setup button is shown it must be pressed before Finish may be clicked to close the dialog Parameters entered in any subdialog that appears when Setup is clicked are permanent and cannot be changed once Finish is clicked 2 1 7 3 Details Item Description Board Number Serialized identifier of the local GPIB board to which the instrument is attached Nor mally this value will be 0 Primary Ad Unique address This is a numeric value in the range 0 31 that identifies the GPIB port dress on the instrument Station Current Station Name DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 10 Rack Rack number at which this instrument will reside Position Position in the rack for this instrument Name Optional name for the instrument Finish Completes the task of adding an instrument to the rack 2 1 7 4 How Accessed e Station Config gt Add In
139. he Default Frequency value is band frequency used with the channel nodes during data reduction Export reduction Automatically exports the selected reduction data as it is created Export is global output data applies to all reduction outputs but can be filtered by each output s display print archive settings For example selecting the archive checkbox here will only export output data that have the archive flag set waveform for mat file format for all exported waveforms image format file format for all exported images disabled image export not yet supported Auto export for IDL analysis When checked IDL files are created during reduction 2 3 11 4 How Accessed e Reduction gt Global Parameters DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 67 2 3 12 Item Search 2 3 12 1 Dialog Item Search Hs FFT 1 Description Location Search is the First Field With Text Options e Start at Graph Top C Start at Current Position V Match Exact Case and Length Cancel Figure 2 56 Item Search Dialog 2 3 12 2 Discussion The Search dialog searches the graph for text that may be in any Cal Item The search will be for the first field that contains text For example if all three fields contained a text string the search is conducted for only the text in the first field Likewise if the Description and Loca tion field contain text the search will be for the entry in the Description field
140. i T Apply stored waveform as operand Stored operand Figure 5 11 Combine Item Dialog 5 3 3 3 2 Discussion The Combines node performs basic arithmetic using waveform operands Combine oper ands can be either output waveforms from other cal items or waveforms stored in the database 5 3 3 3 3 Details Item Description Operation The combine operation Add Subtract Multiply Divide y vs y Correlate only Correlation If selected automatically aligns the waveforms before overlaying Quick correlation matches the 50 points of pulses rising edges Full correlation applies the frequency do main correlation function Apply stored Select a waveform from the database or define a polynomial to combine with the input waveform as This fixed input takes the place of an active data input port if the option is checked When operand checked the Select Waveform button is enabled Otherwise it is disabled Select Opens the standard Curve dialog to either define a polynomial or select a stored waveform Waveform to serve as one operand in the combine operation This control is disabled unless Apply stored waveform as operand is checked 5 3 3 3 4 Subdialog The Curve dialog described in Main Manual Section 6 2 5 2 3 2 5 3 3 4 Icon no DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 177 5 4 Mixers 5 4 1 Category WFM Reduction Hard 5 4 2 Discussion Mixers are used to perform down conversion from hi
141. ibration settings in place at the time when the configuration was saved are restored to the original state Each station the station rack Global Settings and all Calibration graph settings will be restored exactly as they ap peared when the configuration was saved Restore also returns the configurations of any remote stations that were part of the original named configuration 2 1 2 3 Details Item Description Name Listing of all saved Named Configurations Comment Optional descriptions of each Named Configuration Restore Starts the restoration of the named configuration selected in the list box Cancel Dismisses the dialog without restoring a configuration 2 1 2 4 How Accessed e File gt Restore Named Configuration DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 4 2 1 3 Readout Order 2 1 3 1 Dialog Read Out Order Read Out Order Voss Wave Tutorial Voss Wave Tutorial Voss Wave Demo 1 Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 1 Voss Wave Demo 1 Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 2 Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 1 Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 4 Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 2 Voss Wave 3 Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 4 Voss Wave 3 Drag an instrument with the left mouse button to reorder the readout Channels cannot be reordered OK Clear Cancel Clear Cancel Figure 2 3 Changing Readout Order 2 1 3 2 Discussion The Readout Order dialog specifies the order in which instrument channels are transmitted and subsequently displayed by an
142. ically updates the Rows and Cols fields Rows Cols Sets the number of Rows and Columns of waveforms to display on the screen Changes to the Rows or Cols values automatically updates the Graphs per screen field Out of spec Out of spec waveforms are reduced waveforms that are not within the minimum and maximum FOM Figure of Merit values that can be defined for each Cal Item in the signal paths specified in the CalMan module Out of spec only show Among the group of waveforms that are selected for display show only those waveforms that are outside the tolerances established in CalMan Out of spec always show Always display waveforms that are outside the tolerances established in CalMan regardless of the other display settings Show bar charts Display defined bar charts following the acquired data Select the Defn button to specify the location of the bar chart definition file Show timing summary DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Display a timing channel summary following the display of the acquired data 146 Auto overlay This option automatically displays multiple waveforms as a single overlay wave form Each overlay will contain data from multiple shots on a single channel If auto printing is enabled the waveforms will also be printed as overlays The waveforms are automatically stored in the database individually not as overlays The overlay waveforms can be saved to the database manu
143. ified XY data Data Values Formula ff Create Cancel Help Figure 2 105 Process Waveform Data Synthetic Waveform Tab 2 4 8 6 2 Discussion The Create Waveform processing page creates a new waveform such as one used as a fil ter or test waveform Create Waveform typically is used to create a new waveform window but also can replace the data in an existing waveform The Create Waveform page is not accessible during macro recording See 2 4 1 for additional detail 2 4 8 6 3 How Accessed Select any waveform data display then e Analysis gt Process e Right click then select Process from the popup menu DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 126 2 4 9 Process Image Data 2 4 9 1 Standard Processing 2 4 9 1 1 Dialog Process Data s 10 Voss Wave Tutorial S1R1P2C1 Transform Processing Independent Axes Display Macros Standard Processing Color Conversion Sharpen Resize Contrast Blur Rotate Gamma Correct Spatial Filter Flip Histogram Eq Contour Filter Reverse Stretch Intensity Figure 2 106 Process Image Data Standard Process Tab 2 4 9 1 2 Discussion The standard processing page includes the operations typically found in basic image processing applications The majority of these operations are used to adjust the image itself and are not for processing the underlying floating point data Application of any operation on this page with the exceptions of Resize Flip and Revers
144. imum scaled not necessarily pixel value on the vertical axis Maximum scaled not necessarily pixel value on the vertical axis Minimum intensity value Will be blank for color images Maximum intensity value Will be blank for color images Name and values of all computed Figures of Merit How Accessed e Click on an image plot then File gt Properties e Click on an image plot right click then select Properties from the popup menu DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 89 2 4 4 4 Labels Page 2 4 4 4 1 Dialog Properties General Statistics Labels Display Waveform x axis Title s 11 Voss Wave Tutorial Tutor Title Comments Units Demonstrate The Analyze Properties Dialog Y axis Title Amplitude Units volts Figure 2 75 Properties Dialog Labels Tab 2 4 4 4 2 Discussion The Labels page of the Properties dialog displays and configures the current title axis la bels and comments Changes made to fields in this dialog are updated on the current waveform but for the changes to become permanent the waveform must be stored to the database 2 4 4 4 3 Details Item Description Title The current waveform title This may be changed to any value Comments Enter and edit comments for the waveform These comments can be displayed at the top left corner of the waveform If the waveform is a processed waveform produced from auto reduction and the Cal Item is a User Process then the macro op
145. in Waveform Preview Unlabeled This control is disabled unless Use custom line point styles is checked Assign one of the following point styles to the waveform named in Waveform Selection Unlabeled None Circle Square Triangle Diamond Cross e X Once the point styles is adjusted the change is reflected in Waveform Preview Unlabeled This control is disabled unless Use custom line point styles is checked Adjust the dimensions of the point style selected for the trace in Waveform Se lection Unlabeled The adjustment is reflected in the preview Show or hide plot grid lines Displays any waveform comment text above the plot area Replaces any newline characters in the waveform comment with spaces when displaying 98 2 4 4 9 4 How Accessed e Click on an overlay plot then File gt Properties e Click on an overlay plot right click then select Properties from the popup menu 24 5 Print Title 2 4 5 1 Dialog 2 4 5 2 Discussion Print Title IV Title User Manual Print Demo MV Date M Time Date Time source Current C Waveform User specified Date Time Figure 2 81 Analyze Print Configuration Dialog The dialog controls the inclusion of a title and date and or time stamp in the printout 2 4 5 3 Details Item Title Title Unlabeled Date Time Current Waveform Description When checked the text typed into Title Unlabeled will be written to the top of the print
146. is standard for several Cal Items Curve Setup Delay Curve Figure 5 2 Balun Cal Item uses the Standard Dialog 5 1 3 2 Discussion Most Hard Cal Items are derived from the standard form of Figure 5 2 This includes a unique item name and descriptive text A Curve button opens the dialog of 5 1 3 3 1 It is used to specify the curve that characterizes the effects of the item on the input signal A Delay field is used to specify the signal propagation time through the item in nanoseconds During reduction the delay value is subtracted from the time domain signal s x axis values Many items modify this standard interface by removing the Curve or Delay field and or adding additional fields as specified immediately below 5 1 3 3 Details Item Description Name This field requires a unique name and duplicates are not allowed For relaxed inven toried systems only this does not appear in strict inventoried systems Description Optional description for this Cal Item Curve Opens the subdialog of 5 1 3 3 1 The dialog defines the curve that characterizes the input signal response to the device Delay ns Signal propagation delay through the item 5 1 3 3 1 Dialog Variations by Cal Item This table presents controls by cal item that differ from the standard dialog shown in Figure 5 2 Cal Item Item Description Amplifier Pulse Cal Date The date the last Pulse Calibration was performed on the item This it
147. isplayed colors Items in this section affect newly created waveforms but do not affect waveforms that are already displayed Many of these items can also be modified after the wave form is created by selecting Properties from the waveform s right click menu When checked selected Figures of Merit FOMs are displayed at the specified loca tion on the waveform see Location When checked the FOMs are displayed after the waveform is displayed overwriting any area of the waveform in the same area as the FOMs When unchecked the FOMs are displayed transparently That is the FOMs are displayed first then the waveform is displayed If the waveform exists in the area of a FOM the waveform data will overwrite the FOM Selects the location on the waveform to display the FOMs Choices are either upper or lower left or right Selects the size of the font for the display FOMs Choices are small medium large and huge Selects the line style for the waveform plot Choices are none solid dash and dot Selects the line width for the waveform plot Choices are hairline thin medium and thick Hairline is the default and is usually the best choice if the waveform contains many points Medium or thick are useful for preparing presentation slides Selects the point style for the waveform plot Choices are none circle square trian gle diamond cross and X 102 Point size Grid Comments Compress Com ments Channel De
148. ition se Burst quence the specified number of times The number of bursts expected is specified in the Bursts to Acquire field The number of shots expected per burst is specified in the Shots in Burst field Live Video The system will open a window for each camera or fast digitizer channel device capable tuning mode of presenting live data No data is acquired or stored in database Push Button Used in conjunction with external trigger gating hardware Allows the system to arm Acquisition while placing cameras in live video mode Upon the press of a button connected to ex ternal trigger gating hardware the system reverts to the normal acquisition sequence and stores data from all triggered devices to the database normally Allows multiple repeti tions as with rep single shot mode Shots Bursts The number of shots or bursts for the current acquisition to Acquire Shots in Burst The number of shots per burst when in single or repetitive burst mode Repeat until When checked DAAAC acquires data repetitively until the STOP is selected The abort Shots Bursts fields are disabled Instrument Activates the Burst Capacity dialog which displays the number of channels and the Burst Capacity burst capacity for each instrument Auto Reduce Data When checked Acquire passes all acquired data during the automatic acquisition se quence to Cal Manager for computing automatic data reduction 2 1 10 3 4 How Accessed e Acq
149. itself as delimiter types are checked and or unchecked 2 2 3 4 How Accessed e File gt Import Waveforms 2 2 4 Import Waveform Step 3 Set Data Columns 2 2 4 1 Dialog Waveform Import Step 3 C X axis Click on a column to select it as data for the X or Y axis e Y axis CADASAC Projectiweather Station Test Project Data T est Twenty Three w2f lll nl ll 2 3 4 5 6 8 3 1 05 23 2006 09 56 48 Outside Inside 05 23 2006 09 57 01 Outside Inside 05 23 2006 09 57 13 Outside Inside 05 23 2006 09 57 26 Outside Inside 05 23 2006 09 57 38 Outside y Inside 05 23 2006 09 58 06 Outside y Inside 05 23 2006 09 58 18 Outside y Inside 05 23 2006 09 58 30 Outside y Inside 05 23 2006 09 58 42 Outside Inside O 00 y MA 0 rn E 0 rn d un de lt Back Cancel Help Figure 2 32 Waveform Import Step 3 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 40 2 2 4 2 Discussion After the input file has been properly segmented into columns two of the columns must be se lected The first specifies the data vector that is to form the independent data axis and the second represents the dependent data The columns are selected by first choosing the data vector type independent X axis dependent Y axis then clicking on a column heading to make the as sociation As a column is selected its header will change title from Column N to x axis or y axis 2 2 4 3 Details Item Descripti
150. ivates the Edit Info txt dialog which displays the current information record for the current Test A new information record is created for each new test 2 1 16 1 3 Details Item Description Test Name Displays the first 39 characters of the Test Name Test Description Displays the first 39 characters of the Test Description Acquisition Description Displays the first 39 characters of the Acquisition Description Starting Shot Displays the first shot number for this test Num Shots Displays the total number of shots for this test Comment field not labeled Comments up to 1024 characters View Old Info txt Activates the Info txt Select dialog used for viewing old test records which are created when new tests are defined 2 1 16 1 4 How Accessed o DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 29 2 1 16 2 Info txt Select 2 1 16 2 1 Dialog Info Txt Select mime Demonstrate the Info txt feature for the DAAAC Export Edit File Cancel Figure 2 24 View Other Test Entries 2 1 16 2 2 Discussion The Info Txt Select dialog lists the Info txt record for all of the tests assigned to the active data base The entries can be exported to text or Excel formatted files Once exported the text file may be opened for editing The set of test records may be searched for specified values within the list of stored parameters as discussed in 2 1 16 3 2 1 16 2 3 Details Item Description Date Date th
151. ivities between the multiple Acquisition stations This RPC interface is also exposed as an application programmer s interface API for remote control of the Acquire module by external applications 4 1 1 API components A C library provides direct access to Acquire s RPC interface The following components are used by client applications to communicate with the Acquire module client class CremAcgClient include file RemAcgqClient h library NetAcquire lib 4 1 2 Functions The CremAcqClient class includes the following methods functions to establish communica tions and control the Acquire module Open opens the interface Input pszNetworkAddress network IP address of the server e g 242 168 1 17 pszProtocolSequence communication protocol Use ncacn_ip_tcp pszEndpoint port that the server is listening on Specified on the DAAAC computer in the registry item HKLM Software VSI DAAAC NetAcgPort Close closes the interface IsOpen returns TRUE if the interface is open and the server is available GetLastErrorText returns the text of the last error Arm Initializes and arms the DAAAC instruments in preparation for an acquisition event Input burst the burst or shot number to use for the next acquisition event If set to 0 DAAAC will increment its internal burst shot number shotsinburst the number of shots in the burst if 0 the system will run in single shot mode DAAAC 4 0
152. izes is checked Right Set the input image right pixel boundary for the subsampled region specified in Region This control is disabled if the Division Type is Deinterlacing or if Use default region sizes is checked Top Set the input image top pixel boundary for the subsampled region specified in Region This control is disabled if the Division Type is Deinterlacing or if Use default region sizes is checked Bottom Set the input image bottom pixel boundary for the subsampled region speci fied in Region This control is disabled if the Division Type is Deinterlacing or if Use default region sizes is checked 5 10 3 4 Subdialogs None 5 10 4 Icon z R DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 201 5 11 ND Filter 5 11 1 Category IMAGE Reduction Soft 5 11 2 Discussion 5 11 3 Item Data 5 11 3 1 Dialog Neutral Density Filter Neutral Density Filter Name Description Name Linear ND Filter Description PO Filter value 1 0 Linear C Log optical density Cancel Help Figure 5 26 Neutral Density Filter Node 5 11 3 2 Discussion 5 11 3 3 Details Item Description Filter Value Linear Log optical density 5 11 3 4 Subdialogs None 5 11 4 Icon 10 po DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 202 5 12 Image Process 5 12 1 Category IMAGE Reduction Soft 5 12 2 Discussion The Image Process cal item produces a single output image that is an
153. ked in the CalMan graph DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 75 2 3 17 Reduction 2 3 17 1 Dialog Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 1 v E IV Archive Settings M _ Setings Figure 2 65 Channel Node Reduction Dialog DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 76 User Processing Linear Transform 1 ltem Data Reduction Output waveforms F V Display Print V Archive ae Process a copy of the input waveform OK Cancel Spp Help x Figure 2 66 User Process Soft Item Node Reduction Dialog Attenuator Attenuator for Demo ltem Data Reduction Output waveforms y FOMS V Display Print V Archive _ Display OK Cancel Help Oox Figure 2 67 Hard Item Node Reduction Dialog DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 77 2 3 17 2 Discussion Three versions of the Reduction dialog are presented in Figure 2 65 through Figure 2 67 The first is opened from a Channel node and is the most complex In addition to features of other dialogs the type of reduction and whether the reduction is to be performed are selected here The other two figures represent a soft and a hard Item node respectively The soft Reduc tion dialog adds a control to allow the operation to take place on the input data without changing the input as it is passed to nodes further down the cal line These dialogs are also presented in Appendix E Cal Items 2 3 17 3 Details Ttem Description Corrected Out put waveforms This lists the available w
154. lMan uses this information to automatically reduce the data to physically DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 7 Glossary meaningful quantities by unfolding the ef fects of components or Cal Items Channels An instruments input or output ports Characterization data The defining set of pa rameters that describes the effects of a Cal Item within a signal line DAAAC uses these parameters during automatic reduction to unfold the signal as received by the sen sor Coax Switches Multi Port Cal Items that have multiple input or output ports however only one of each can be active simultane ously Coax Switches are created with the Multi Port Cal Item in the Inventory List Figures of Merit FOMs Metrics computed from acquired or processed data Some ex amples of figures of merit are X min and max Y min and max risetime falltime and pulse width Global Settings A collection of controls for configuring global acquisition settings These features include configuring activity logs creating new tests and defining the ac quisition parameters Graph The two dimensional representation of CalMan s documented signal lines Includes connection information for instruments channels and signal line components Instrument Any controllable device that is used in an acquisition sequence Recording instruments e g digitizers cameras spec trum analyzers collect and convert an ana log signal into digital data Other instrument
155. lar etc transmission parameters parameter list dependent on the selected transmission line type DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 1890 5 6 3 4 Subdialogs The Curve control opens the standard characteristic curve dialog of section Main Manual Sec tion 6 2 5 2 3 2 5 6 4 Icon 5 7 User Process 5 7 1 Category WFM Reduction Soft 5 7 2 Discussion The User Process Cal Item gives the user the ability to specify custom processing as part of the data reduction sequence This Cal Item does not represent a physical signal line device When the User Processing Definition button is selected the Process Data dialog is acti vated The dialog contains standard calculator functions and many other waveform processing functions A list of processing operations can then be specified These will be applied during reduction in the order listed The Process Data dialog is also available in Analyze and contains the same processing functions The processing list used by this Cal Item is simply a macro list identical to those created in Analyze When a new User Process item is created the Process Data dialog will start up on the Macro tab Press the Record Start button then select individual operations on the other tabs to add to the list When you are done adding operations press Record Stop or simply close the Process Data dialog If the Cal Item already contains a list of operations the Process Data dialog will start up in r
156. ls Item Description Name A unigue Cal Item name to be used for inventory storage Description Descriptive text to elaborate on the item Delay ns Propagation delay through the Adder Number of Ports The number of input port for an Adder or output ports for a Splitter Curve See the detailed discussion presented in Main Manual Section 6 2 5 2 3 2 The control should be repeatedly used to assign characterizing curves to the ports selected in Curve Setup Curve Setup Select a port to which to assign a characterizing curve using the Curve button 5 3 1 4 4 Subdialogs 5 3 1 4 4 1 Curve The Curve dialog as described in Main Manual Section 6 2 5 2 3 2 5 3 1 4 4 2 Switch Definition 5 3 1 4 4 2 1 Dialog Switch Definition Select Type C Multiple Outputs Splitter split output Adder add inputs Cancel Figure 5 8 Choose Adder or Splitter when Inserting the Item 5 3 1 4 4 2 2 Discussion The dialog appears when the Cal Item is added as a node in a Cal Line It is used to con figure the node as an adder sum multiple inputs into a single output or a splitter divide a single input into multiple outputs 5 3 1 4 4 2 3 Details Item Description Multiple Outputs Splitter Assign a single input data vector to multiple outputs Multiple Inputs Adder Sum the data at multiple input ports to a single output DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 173 5 3 1 4 4 3 Por
157. ly made when the splitter is added to the graph however a port must be selected from the list of those that are available In the graph display the splitter node is marked by a small arrow along its bottom edge Cal Items that are attached to splitters contain an arrow pointing inward toward the center of the attached item to indicate the direction of the signal as it is acquired When Cal Items are inserted to the right of a node that connects to a splitter that splitter output is reassigned to the new node In other words splitter outputs must be connected to the ends of other Cal Lines not the middle The only line that can have items after the splitter con nection is the line containing the splitter itself When a Cal Item connected to a splitter output is deleted that Splitter port is freed and made available for reassignment to another Cal Item Splitter outputs may not be assigned so that the output would return to be an input to the splitter itself self referential or cyclic input An output from a splitter may not be on the same line as the Splitter or connect to Adder item inputs Any attempt to make an illegal connection will trigger a warning message from CalMan with an explanation of why the connection is ille gal DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 171 1 E E E El E ww2 02 3dB splitter 10 rg 58 ddot 1 9 AA S1R3P7C3 6 way Figure 5 6 Splitter in a Cal Line To set splitter outputs 1 right click the splitter and sele
158. me additional discussion A rotary attenuator is an attenuator that has multiple dynamically selectable attenuation values The item is a variant of the standard attenuator and is added to the graph like any other standard component The at tenuator type rotary or inline and number of rotary positions must be specified when the item is created and cannot be changed after the item is created Each attenuation position has a corresponding characterization curve The rotary attenu ator s current position attenuation setting can be manually selected from the Cal Item s dialog or it can access an external file that specifies the current position and its corresponding curve The Reduction page for the rotary attenuator contains a field for a file name if the current port is specified via file Enter the full path and file name or alternatively choose Get File navi gate to where the file resides then select the file This file is used during reduction to retrieve the current Curve position for the attenuator CalMan searches the file for the attenuator s name and the corresponding integer index The name in the file must exactly match the name used on the attenuator s Item Data page 5 2 1 Rotary Attenuator File Format The Rotary Attenuator file may contain a descriptive header but this first line entry is not required The file may contain any number of attenuator names and corresponding integer posi tion indices The name must be
159. mits are globally applied to all waveforms Valid limits should be entered in the x min and x max fields before this option is applied The x min value for the waveform The waveform s x axis display minimum will be set to this number regardless of the actual data limits The x max value for the waveform The waveform s x axis display maximum will be set to this number regardless of the actual data limits When checked the specified y min and y max display limits are globally applied to all waveforms Valid limits should be entered in the y min and y max fields before this option is applied The y min value for the waveform The waveform s y axis display minimum will be set to this number regardless of the actual data limits The y max value for the waveform The waveform s y axis display maximum will be set to this number regardless of the actual data limits Allows selection of color coding for off scale out of spec or weak data The off scale condition supports individual top and bottom coloring the top half of the window will be colored if the data is off top and the bottom half of the window will be colored if the data is off bottom Selects the color scheme for the plot background Off displays no background color Muted displays color codes based on the data type and error conditions Print waveforms using color for both the plot and the background only applies to color printers Printed colors will match the d
160. n a machine o EPIX O S device driver for EPIX cameras dll used by DAAAC for EPIX cameras o Gage self extracting O S install test programs for Gage scope cards directions in readme txt o Getting Started training material for DAAAC general information registry patch for early releases of XP SP2 o idl dlls used to retrieve DAAAC DB waveforms from within IDL and documenta tion with examples in DaaacIDL doc o Keys directory for DAAAC system keys used by DAAAC setup Keys files named daaac4_x ovl xp are required during first time installations and this is the default location for them if present at subsequent installs the keys here will overwrite those in the DAAAC directory o L3_ AWE a custom TCP Socket to RPC adapter program and a sample Java client o logapi files required for a user written application to write data to the user defined log pages Documentation in Log Interface doc o matlab files required to retrieve DAAAC DB waveforms from within MatLab Documentation in MatLabDllDoc doc o NationalInstr NI IMAQ data files required to use certain SU320 cameras with a Na tion Instruments 1422 card in DAAAC Instructions in Su Camera txt o NetAcquire the interface for remote control of Acquire by a client application o NewPort2 O S drivers and windows application software for Newport stages driven by the ESP6000 card o OceanOptics Ocean Optics O S drivers and application software for OO USB spec trometer
161. n the wave of the point to look for or Pulse form The specified Y value may the percentage of the peak be a specific absolute value or value at which to define may be a percentage of Y max If the search value the value is not found the right Absolute most X position will be returned Look for the first occur This FOM is not available in the rence of the specified y Analyze or Acquire modules value of peak Look for the first occur rence of y value 100 0 Y max Y max The maximum waveform depend None All ent vertical value For entirely negative data this is the value with the smallest magnitude Y min The minimum waveform depend None All DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 156 ent vertical value For entirely negative data this is the value with the largest magnitude y x max The dependent value at the posi None All tion of the first occurrence of the maximum X value Typically the last point of the waveform Y neg The difference between the base None Single line and Y min Baseline defined Pulse above Y pos The difference between Y max None Single and the baseline Baseline de Pulse fined above Table 3 2 DAAAC Figures of Merit FOMs for Images FOM Description Parameters avg beam height This FOM is not implemented threshold Peak Real avg beam width This FOM is not implemented threshold Peak Real beam area Count the total number
162. ng an available LO channel If the mixer references an LO channel any changes to that local oscillator in Acquire will update the current LO frequency in the mixer node Note that to receive the frequency change notification CalMan must be running when the local oscillator is configured in Acquire DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 178 5 4 3 Item Data 5 4 3 1 Dialog Mixer Name Sample Mixer Description Settings Local Oscillator LO Source Frequency GHz Power dBm Acquire must be active to update LO data Frequency position High Low Unknown Curve Setup Curve LO v GHz Curve Cancel Help Figure 5 14 Mixer Configuration Dialog 5 4 3 2 Discussion The Mixer dialog configures Mixer Cal Items 5 4 3 3 Details Item Description LO Source Frequency GHz Current local oscillator frequency Power dBm Current local oscillator power Frequency position High if the LO setting is above the RF frequency Low if below Curve LO Local oscillator frequency for a mixer calibration file Curve Activates the Curve dialog for assigning a reduction value dB or an actual char acterization waveform DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 179 5 4 3 4 Subdialogs The Curve dialog described in Main Manual Section 6 2 5 2 3 2 5 4 4 icon amp 5 5 Overlays 5 5 1 Category WFM Reduction Soft 5 5 2 Discussion Overlays are created and linke
163. ng for the current acquisition scription Use Remote The shot or burst number is from a remote source such as a DAAAC log API soft Shot Number ware or user written software Next Shot Num The shot or burst number to use for the next acquisition The number is automati ber cally incremented at the end of the acquisition sequence Log Page s Display or edit the Log Page data Log Pages contain user defined test data and are optional 2 1 10 1 4 How Accessed e Acquisition gt Acquisition Configuration e On S if enabled e On MN 2 1 10 1 5 Create New Test 2 1 10 1 5 1 Dialog New Test New Voss Wave Test for Demo Test name Test description Demonstrate New Test Creation Cancel Figure 2 12 Create a New Test 2 1 10 1 5 2 Discussion This dialog is used to add a new test by name to the database Along with the Test Name a more detailed Test Description may be provided Acquisitions are organized in the database under named tests DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 15 2 1 10 1 5 3 Details Item Description Test Name Unique identifier for the test The test will be stored in the database under this name Test Description Text to provide detail regarding the purpose of creating this particular test Add Add the test to the database by this name Cancel Close the dialog without updating the database 2 1 10 1 5 4How Accessed e Acquisition gt Ac
164. nncnoncnnnco nono nonnnonncnnncanccnnoos 48 Figure 2 41 Database Table Information Review ooococonononoccnononccnoncnnnconanononononncnoncnnncnncnnnos 49 Fig re2 42 Data Transfer Dialogo a iaa 50 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Vil Figure 2 43 Graph Print On A o ee 52 Figure 2 44 x port Properties i isncta iS 53 Figure 2 45 CalMan Graph Display Preferences oooooonnoccnonccnococonoconnnonnnconconono conc cono ccoo ncnnno 54 Figure 2 46 Barcode Print Dialog eds RRA ta cit qe 56 Fig re 2 47 S ttine e a det 57 Figure 2 48 Item Inventory Dilo ui ni diaria 58 Figure 2 49 Item Inventory Print Range SelectiOM oooonoconnnonnocnnocnconnconncconoconn nono nonnocnocnnos 60 Figure 2 50 Drag and Drop Item Inventory LiSt oooonccnncninonncnnonconnnononononnonnnonn cono rononnnonnos 61 Figure 2 51 Stations Selection Dialog iii did 62 Figure 2 52 Cal Lines Selection Di cADSt S 63 Figure 2 53 Reduction Options Map cain ts hcloeaetandamtasiacdwedanc 64 Figure 2 54 Text Search Dialog E OE 66 Figure 2 55 Defining Global Data Reduction ParametelS ooonocnnncnnnonncconncocononcnanonncnnncnncnnnos 67 Figure 2 56 Item Search Dialog iii aii 68 Figure 2 57 Example Line Summary Display ect aair nadie dansa tddi 69 Figure 2 58 Line Summary Display Options A AA 70 Figure 2 59 Conversion Calculator Tool isccessstscissesiccesstesetsdesducdecsieceagussdeceecneantetastectancsacys 71 Fig re 2 60 Sigjal Line Statistics A A AA
165. nnel list 2 1 18 4 How Accessed e Station Config gt Trigger Time Channels EL EL e EL 2 2 Archive Dialogs 22 1 View Waveforms 2 2 1 1 Dialog Select Processed Waveforms FORNACIS C Demo For Manual Manual Demosntration mdb Trash View Exit Y 0 of 17 Waveforms Displayed Waveforms Name Address Commet Stations Voss Wave Tutorial 127 0 0 1 Demonstrate Acquire Configuration an El Tests Trash Retrieve associated raw waveforms Ne A R I Save this list and restore it next time Reset Retrieve associated processed waveforms Limit List and Search to 0 Waveforms 0 No Limit Cancel Figure 2 29 View Waveforms Dialog DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 35 2 2 1 2 Discussion The View Waveforms dialog is displayed when selecting raw or processed waveforms It also is used to delete waveforms from the database For example it can open the waveforms for editing in Analyze or it can select a waveform as a Cal Item in Cal Manager The left pane contains categories such as Station Test and Trash Click the and to expand and contract the directory display for each category Selecting a station or test from the left pane displays all waveforms and images associated with the selected item Selecting Waveforms from the left pane displays all waveforms in the database Selecting Trash from the left pane displays all deleted waveforms The right pane contains the property data for each waveform that is di
166. nner radius 0 pixels falltime baseline Outer radius O all 10 base top mean std dew FOM list management 2 y max When processing data rise intercept tise slope Strehl ratio C Replace the existing FOM list with these FOMs K K K K K K K K K IS K K Do not modify the data object s existing FOM list K off scale vi decay slope pulse width a d Cancel Figure 2 85 Figure of Merit Selection Protect FOMs that are not user selectable C Add these FOMs to the existing FOM list 2 4 7 2 Discussion The Processed FOMs dialog box is used to global select the Figures of Merit FOMs that are computed when a manually processed waveform is created or when an existing waveform is manually processed from the Analyze module The list of computed FOMs determines which FOMs are displayed with all waveforms and which FOMs can be searched for when retrieving the waveform Changing the FOM List has no effect on existing processed waveforms FOMs for automatically processed waveforms are selected in Cal Manager FOMs for raw waveforms are selected globally in Acquire Three methods are available for using the selected FOMs e Do not modify an existing FOM list If the waveform already has a FOM list it will not be modified i e the waveform s existing FOM values will be update to reflect the proc essing but FOMs will
167. not be added to or removed from the waveform s FOM list Waveforms that do not have a FOM list will use the list specified in this dialog e Replace existing FOM list with these FOMs Whenever a waveform is processed its ex isting FOM list is deleted and the FOMs specified in this dialog are added Some special FOMs such as off scale indicators and markers are automatically computed and are not user selectable If Protect FOMs that are not user selectable is checked these special FOMs are not deleted before adding the new FOMs DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 108 e Add these FOMs to the existing list In this case any newly selected FOMs are ap pended to the waveforms existing FOM list This mode protects all existing FOMs while adding any new selections that were not already displayed Modification of the FOM list only affects displayed waveforms as they are created or processed in Analyze Changes to the FOM list do not modify the FOMs associated with wave forms in the database 2 4 7 3 How Accessed e Preferences gt Processed FOMs 2 4 8 Process Waveform Data This option opens a tabbed dialog that allows data operations to be applied directly and immediately to the selected waveform An analogous dialog is available for image data as de scribed in 2 4 9 2 4 8 1 Calculator 2 4 8 1 1 Dialog Process Data s 10 Voss Wave Tutorial Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 1 Trig Hyperbolic Macros Create Waveform Calculator Advance
168. ns to be opened in Cal Manager To open or change a station simply select the station from the list then select OK Cancel will dismiss the Stations dialog without making any change to the graph 2 3 8 3 How Accessed e Graph gt Stations DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 62 2 3 9 Lines Selection 2 3 9 1 Dialog Cal Lines Double click on a channel to create a new cal line _ Voss Wave Demo 1 Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 1 Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 2 C Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 3 Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 4 _ Voss Image 1 Figure 2 52 Cal Lines Selection Dialog 2 3 9 2 Discussion The Cal Lines dialog lists all available instruments and channels for the current station Because Cal Lines start with a channel the channel is what is selected from this dialog and placed in the graph A check mark beside the channel indicates that it is already selected and displayed in Cal Manager s graph Only those channels that have not been selected are available When a channel is selected to be added to the graph by double clicking the New Cal Line dialog will appear for entering an optional description Channels are always placed in the graph beside and under their corresponding instrument The instrument is automatically created when a channel is selected then the channel is added to the first position beside the instrument Only one instrument is displayed for all of its channels Subsequent channels are placed in the graph in order under the ins
169. nt Barcode Test l Display Barcode With Graph Printout Figure 2 46 Barcode Print Dialog 2 3 4 2 Discussion The Barcode Print Setup dialog configures the size of the barcode when printing graphi cal of channels This configuration is necessary because the printer resolutions vary in size and aspect ratio Bar codes are constructed of narrow and wide vertical bars The Narrow Bar Width mils sets the width of the narrow bars which in turn scales the wide bars when reset The Bar Width Reduction increases or decreases the width of both types Check Display Barcode With Graph Printout to print a barcode for each item when print ing the graph Trial and error is sometimes the only method to find the correct settings If the barcode is too wide to fit in the allocated space at the top of the Cal Item an error message will be printed instead If the bar code is too narrow the barcode reader may not read the codes prop erly Use the Print Barcode Test to print a barcode of the text entered into the Barcode Text field 2 3 4 3 Details Item Description Narrow Bar Sets the width of the narrow bars and scales the wide bars accordingly Values are Width mils from 1 to 76 are permitted DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 56 Bar Width Re duction and Gain Decreases positive numbers or increases negative numbers the width of both nar row and wide bars Barcode Text Sample text for use with P
170. nual 65 2 3 10 4 Text Search 2 3 10 4 1 Dialog Select Field Search String C Channel C item Find Cancel Figure 2 54 Text Search Dialog 2 3 10 4 2 Discussion The Search the Global Reduction Options Map dialog searches the map for the first oc currence of the search string 2 3 10 4 3 Details Item Description Select Field Determines the field in the map to search Check the appropriate item Instrument Channel or Item Search String Enter the string to find It must match a field that could exist in either the Instrument Channel or Item column of the map Find Searches the map and highlights the row containing the search string 2 3 10 4 4 How Accessed Reduction gt Global Selection Map then click Search DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 66 2 3 11 Global Parameters 2 3 11 1 Dialog Global Data Reduction Parameters Default narrowband frequency GHz 1 5 Data Export V Export reduction output data that is selectedto display print IW archive that is of data type 7 E waveform format ASCII with header Path C Program Files daaac40 export reduction al r Figure 2 55 Defining Global Data Reduction Parameters 2 3 11 2 Discussion The Global Reduction dialog contains default preference choices that are applied at a global level 2 3 11 3 Details Item Description Default narrow Enter a floating point value for the global constant T
171. of image pixels threshold Peak above the If the X and Y axis data is Real The value below which scaled the FOM is also scaled by these pixels are not considered part of values the image whose area is being calculated Fixed threshold 50 0 beam height Count the number of pixels in the image threshold Peak pixel column with the longest continu Real The value below which ous group of pixels over the threshold pixels are not considered part of If the Y data is scaled the FOM is also the image whose height is being scaled by these values calculated Fixed threshold 50 0 beam width Count the number of pixels in the image threshold Peak pixel row with the longest continuous Real The value below which group of pixels over the threshold If pixels are not considered part of the X axis data is scaled the FOM is also the image whose width is being scaled by these values calculated Fixed threshold 50 0 centroid x The FOM reports the position of the threshold Peak horizontal center of intensity of the im Real The value below which age If the X axis data is scaled the FOM pixels are not considered part of is also scaled For data above the the image whose width is being DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 157 threshold the FOM is given by Citar get Z Where n is the number of pixels over the threshold calculated Fixed threshold 50 0 centroid y The FOM
172. on X axis Selecting this radio button prepares the dialog to assign the independent data vector by clicking the column header of the appropriate column Y axis Selecting this radio button prepares the dialog to assign the dependent data vector by clicking the column header of the appropriate column Line Line number in the imported file column N The serialized header of the Nth column as defined by the selected file delimiters X axis The header of the column that has been assigned as the independent data vector This value has been changed from column N by selecting the X axis radio button and clicking on the column N header y axis The header of the column that has been assigned as the dependent data vector This value has been changed from column N by selecting the Y axis radio button and clicking on the column N header 2 2 4 4 How Accessed e File gt Import Waveforms DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 41 2 2 5 Import Waveform Step 4 Set Titles 2 2 5 1 Dialog Waveform Import Step 4 User specified C File name C File name and path X title Sequence X units P00 Vite Temperature Y units ce 4 Comments Demonstrate importing of a tab and space delimited tabular ASCII file into DAAAC V Add the following to the comment imported lines 2 to 10 Use this import specification to import all remaining waveforms lt Back Cancel Help Figure 2 33 Waveform Import Step 4 2 2 5 2
173. on 5 3 1 2 E Gel Gh eo SIR4P3C1 dumm branch GetColl42 subtrac Zu GetCol42 n et rows Figure 5 30 Branching Image Data DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 208 5 15 3 Item Data 5 15 3 1 Dialog Image Branch Image Branch Name Description Name Image Branch Description Branch the Image data to multiple target nodes Maximum branch level 10 Figure 5 31 Image Branch Node Configuration 5 15 3 2 Discussion The dialog has no controls other than name and description 5 15 3 3 Details None 5 15 3 4 Subdialogs None 5 15 4 Icon CE DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 209 5 16 FROG 5 16 1 Category IMAGE Reduction Soft 5 16 2 Discussion 5 16 3 Item Data 5 16 3 1 Dialog FROG Processing Name FROG Node Description Optical nonlinearity Grid size 64 v X axis ls Delay Increment femtosecs fi 5 16 3 2 Discussion 5 16 3 3 Details Max iterations fi CN Filter Ful Spectrum v Half max radius Polarization Gate v Error level C delay wavelength Cancel Help Figure 5 32 FROG Node Configuration Item Description Optical nonlinearity optical method used to collect the image Grid size the input image data is reduced to a grid of the specified size prior to running the iterative calculations X axis is specifies the data orientation Max iterations maximum number of
174. orresponding channel is active VES Allows adjustment of volts full scale on the selected channel if instrument supports this capability V Offset Vertical offset for selected channel as a percentage of full scale Timebase Digitization rate in samples second Trigger Pos Trigger position in sec with acquired rec A positive number implies pre trigger Zero Base Auto Export 1 Auto export data from this channel to Auto Export path 1 when enabled in Global set tings Export Type 1 Select format of exported data from a list of ASCII DaDisp DaDisp flat and Dappen Auto Export2 Auto export data from this channel to Auto Export path 2 when enabled in Global set tings Export Type 2 Select format of exported data from a list of ASCII DaDisp DaDisp flat and Dappen Print Prints the information that is displayed on the grid 2 1 8 4 How Accessed DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Station Config gt Instrument Settings 12 2 1 9 Timing Settings 2 1 9 1 Dialog All Common Timing Channel Settings Instrument Active Channel Delay P irc son A AAA Figure 2 10 Timing Settings Dialog 2 1 9 2 Discussion The Timing Grid dialog displays all current timing instruments and their channels and the tim ing delays for each This grid is an efficient method for quickly viewing these settings and can change them without activating the instrument s dialog Channels are listed within instrument names the instrument is li
175. out Text that will be written to the top of the printout if Title is checked Check to print a date stamp on the document If this control and or Time is checked Current Waveform and User specified will be enabled Otherwise all will be disabled Check to print a time stamp on the document If this control and or Date is checked Current Waveform and User specified will be enabled Otherwise all will be disabled If Date and or Time is checked selecting this will cause the printout date and or time to be printed on the document This control is disabled if both Date and Time are unchecked If Date and or Time is checked selecting this will cause the waveform capture date and or time to be printed on the document This control is disabled if both Date and Time are unchecked DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 99 User specified If Date and or Time is checked selecting this will cause the a date and or time specified by the user to be printed on the document This control is disabled if both Date and Time are unchecked If this is selected Date and Time are en abled Otherwise they are disabled Date User entered date value to be printed on the document This control is enabled only if Date is checked and User specified is selected Time User entered time value to be printed on the document This control is enabled only if Time is checked and User specified is selected 2 4 5 4 How Accessed e File gt Print e lt Ctrl P gt
176. output signal DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 170 NN NAN ww2 02 3dB adder 10dB YY 20dB Figure 5 5 Adder in a Cal Line To attach Cal Items to Adders 1 Insert the Cal Item to the right of the Adder by either Right clicking the Adder and selecting Insert a new item to the RIGHT of this item from the popup menu Using the Drag and Drop Inventory List to drop the Cal Item onto the Adder 2 Select a port from the Port Selection dialog that is displayed next If Cancel is selected from this dialog the Cal Item will not be attached to the Adder If the new Cal Item is the first item attached to the Adder it will reside to the immediate right and on the same line Subsequent inputs are placed on lines just beneath the Adder s line A port must be selected from the Port Selection dialog that is displayed before the item can be at tached Additional Cal Items then can be attached to these external inputs 5 3 1 3 Splitter Discussion Splitters are Multi Port Cal Items that have multiple active output ports The splitter is de rived from the Multi Port Cal Item in the Inventory List The number of ports must be specified when the splitter is created in the Inventory List and cannot be changed after the item is created Outputs from the splitter are linked only after the item is added to Cal Manager s graph The first output port connects to the Cal Item to the splitter s immediate left This link is required and automatical
177. owing string is appended to the end of the description copy Delete To delete a Cal Item highlight the item in the lt Type gt Inventory List and press De lete When the item is deleted it can be undeleted See Undelete next item Undelete Select this to undelete a previously deleted item The Display deleted items check box must be checked so that the item is visible in the list Deleted items name or bar code are printed in red Print To print a listing of the entire inventory of items or only the current items displayed in the Inventory List select the print command This activates a message dialog that requires you to select an option Choose either Only the items displayed in the item inventory list to print the current selection s inventory or select The ENTIRE list of items in the inventory to print all of the Cal Item types DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 59 Display deleted Check this item to display all deleted items Deleted items name or barcode are items printed in red 2 3 6 4 How Accessed e Inventory gt Inventory List Modeless or e Select a channel or item node right click then select Insert a new item to the RIGHT or LEFT of this item from the popup menu Modal 2 3 6 5 Inventory Printing 2 3 6 5 1 Dialog Inventory Printing Select Items to Print C The ENTIRE list of items in the inventory Cancel Figure 2 49 Item Inventory
178. plot right click then select Properties from the popup menu 2 4 4 2 Statistics Page 2 4 4 2 1 Dialog Properties General Statis si Labels Display Receeseesenseen General Signal strength Points 1000 M Off top x min 0 xmax 9 99e 006 ymin 281187 Weak ymas 2 83693 M Dff bottom Figures of Merit FOMs 2 811865 Update 2 836925 Update 238 0316 m Figure 2 73 Properties Dialog Statistics Tab Waveform Data 2 4 4 2 2 Discussion The Statistics page of the Properties dialog displays the waveform point data selected waveform FOMs and signal strength statistics 2 4 4 2 3 Details Item Description Points Total number of x y pair floating point waveform points that make the waveform x min Minimum independent axis value x max Maximum independent axis value DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 87 y min y max Figures of Merit FOMs Update FOMs Signal strength Minimum dependent axis value Maximum dependent axis value Name and values of all computed Figures of Merit FOMs are defined in Cal Man ager for reduced processed data and in Analyze for newly acquired raw data Displays the FOM selection dialog which is used to select and calculate figures of merit for this waveform Off top Off bottom or Weak are checked if the signal is clipped at the top or bottom or if the signal used less than ten percent of the instrument s full scale setting 2 4 4 2 4 How Ac
179. ptured from the instrument Burst Capacity The number of waveforms that can be captured and recalled per channel in a burst Done Dismiss the dialog 2 1 10 3 5 4How Accessed e Acquisition gt Acquisition Configuration or aj if enabled or E Then select the Acquisi tion tab in the Global Settings dialog Select one of the burst acquisition modes enabling the Instrument Burst Capacity button Click the button to open the Burst Capabilities dia log DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 20 2 1 10 4 Administrative Settings 2 1 10 4 1 Dialog Global Settings General Acquisition Administrative settings 120 Log File cADABACAD LogstloLog og V Log All Errors Error Log File cADAAACAD LogstError log Log State Info Log Path c 1D444C404Logs Acquire Network Communications Number of retries O Show this dialog on GO Cancel Help Figure 2 16 Global Settings Administrative Settings Tab 2 1 10 4 2 Discussion The Administrative page of the Global Settings dialog defines I O error and diagnostic names and paths and several other administrative options 2 1 10 4 3 Details Item Description Log All I O When checked all I O data is sent to the file named in the I O Log File field I O should not be logged except for debugging purposes The I O Log file can grow very large quickly so this feature should normally be disabled VO Log File The full path and name for the I O log file
180. quisition Configuration On if enabled On W Then click Create New Test in the General dialog tab 2 1 10 2 Processing 2 1 10 2 1 Dialog Global Settings General Processing Acquisition Administrative settings Automatic data processing V Auto reduce data T Enable post burst processing Automatic export 1 Waveform export Channel Specif Format RA e Path C Program Files daaac40exporthraw2 Export log Automatic export 2 Waveform export Disabled Format p pair a Path Esport log Log pages F Auto print log Figure 2 13 Global Settings Processing Configuration Tab DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 16 2 1 10 2 2 Discussion The Processing page of the Global Settings dialog configures automated processing settings for the next shot including data reduction and exports 2 1 10 2 3 Details Ttem Description Auto reduce data If selected Acquire passes control to CalMan following acquisition of raw data from the instruments for automatic data reduction If not selected the reduction sequence can be initiated manually at any time from Analyze or CalMan Post burst If selected launches custom database processing that follows the main acquisition se process quence This is an optional feature Automatic Supports automatic export of raw waveform data to two different locations and or in Export 1 amp 2 two different formats Waveform Allows sele
181. rand waveform to time align the half max points FFT correlation uses the frequency domain correlation function to find the shift value that maximizes waveform correlation DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 141 Droop correlation Applies droop correction to the selected waveform to provide a better fit to the active waveform A range of time constants to check must be specified The time con stant that provides the best fit is used to droop correct the selected waveform If both Time correlation and Droop correlation are selected time correlation will be per formed first Correlate Only Performs time and or droop correlation without any other processing 2 4 10 3 How Accessed Select a waveform plot then e Analyzis gt Combine E 2 4 11 Combine Images 2 4 11 1 Dialog Combine Images Arithmetic with the active image Overlay a contour on the active image Add Subtract Overlay Multiply prea Contour color i i aa Contour labels Default size Y Apply a 1 D filter to the active image Apply waveform filter to Rows Label size points Columns Filter Create a new image for the result Done Figure 2 124 Combining Images 2 4 11 2 Discussion The Combine Images dialog allows the application of basic math operations on image operands Image arithmetic Supports addition subtraction multiplication and division of images The first operand is the active image the second operand is selected by the us
182. ransferred without associated settings DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 50 2 2 14 4 Item Description Source Disabled The path and file name of the currently active database from which the data is to be copied Destination Read Only The path and file name of the target database to which the data is to be copied This control is updated with the file information determined using the Browse button Browse Click this button to open a standard Windows file browser dialog that should be used to identify the target database file to which to copy the data Once the file is located and the browser is closed the Destination control is updated with the file name and file path Waveforms Indicates that waveform data as opposed to configuration data is to be copied When this control is checked Current Configuration and Cal Items are unchecked Check ing this control enables Raw waveforms and Processed waveforms Raw waveforms When checked only raw data acquired directly from hardware will be transferred When this control is checked Processed waveforms is unchecked This control is en abled when Waveforms is checked Otherwise it is disabled Processed When checked only processed data derived by CalMan from collected raw data will Waveforms be transferred When this control is checked Raw waveforms is unchecked This control is enabled when Waveforms is checked Otherwise it is disabled Current Con Indic
183. reports the position of the threshold Peak vertical center of intensity of the image Real The value below which If the Y axis data is scaled the FOM is pixels are not considered part of also scaled For data above the thresh the image whose width is being old the FOM is given by calculated Fixed a 1 nZix YD a 1 2 Zi threshold 50 0 Where n is the number of pixels over the threshold Strehl ratio centroid threshold absolute of max inner radius pixels scaled outer radius 0 full image x z max The X position of the first pixel in the None image with the maximum value The search is conducted from minimum to maximum Y position and from mini mum to maximum X at each Y position y Zz max The Y position of the first pixel in the None image with the maximum value The search is conducted from minimum to maximum Y position and from mini mum to maximum X at each Y position Z max The pixel value of the pixel with the None highest value Z mean The summed value of all pixels divided None by the number of pixels Z min The pixel value of the pixel with the None lowest value Z std dev The standard deviation of all pixel val None ues in the image Z total The total of all pixel values in the im None age DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 158 4 Appendix D Remote Control Interfaces 4 1 Acquire RPC Interface The networked DAAAC installations use remote procedure calls RPC to coordinate act
184. rint Barcode Text next item Print Barcode Text Prints the Barcode Text last item with the current settings Display Barcode with Graph Printout When checked a barcode is printed at the top of each item node when printing a graphic description of Cal Lines 2 3 4 4 How Accessed e Preferences gt Barcode Print Setup 2 3 5 2 3 5 1 Dialog Item Reduction Defaults Graph Item Reduction Def Channel Options V Reduce Channel I Display Waveform Print Waveform Item Options V Display Waveform Print Waveform IV Archive Waveform Cancel Figure 2 47 Setting Defaults 2 3 5 2 Discussion Cal Manager s Reduction Defaults dialog is used to set the default reduction settings when new Channels and Cal Items are inserted into the graph 2 3 5 3 Details Item Description Channel Options Reduce Channel When checked reduction is toggled to on for this channel Display When checked the channel s reduced waveform is displayed in Analyze during the Waveform reduction process Print When checked the channel s reduced waveform is printed during the reduction proc DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 57 Waveform ess Item Options Display Wave When checked the item s reduced waveform is displayed in Analyze during the reduc form tion process Print Waveform When checked the item s reduced waveform is printed during the reduction process Archiv
185. rm Selection Unlabeled The selected styles will be updated in Waveform Preview Unlabeled When checked Line style Line width and Point style are enabled otherwise the controls are disabled and styles are assigned automatically to all traces Waveform Selection Select by name the waveform to be reviewed and or adjusted Unlabeled Waveform Preview Shows a sample of the appearance of the trace selected in Waveform Selection Unlabeled Unlabeled The appearance is updated as properties are selected for adjust ment DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 97 Color Line style Line width Point style Point size Grid Comments Compress DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Opens a color dialog to assign a user selected color to the waveform selected in Waveform Selection Unlabeled The color is updated in Waveform Preview Unlabeled This control is disabled unless Use custom colors is checked Assign one of the following line styles to the waveform named in Waveform Selection Unlabeled Solid Dash Dot Long Dash Dash Dot Dash Dot Dot Dash Dash Dot e Dash Dash Dot Dot Once the line style is adjusted the change is reflected in Waveform Preview Unlabeled This control is disabled unless Use custom line point styles is checked Assign one of the following line weights to the waveform named in Waveform Selection Unlabeled e Hairline e Thin e Medium e Thick Once the line weight is adjusted the change is reflected
186. ros Create Waveform Apply Macros Macro Operations Help Pages Demo mac Record Edit Delete Clear All Save Directory Directory c shared OK Cancel Help Figure 2 103 Process Waveform Data Macros Tab Stopped Process Data s 10 Voss Wave Tutorial Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 1 Calculator Advanced Functions Independent Axes Trig Hyperbolic Macros Create Waveform Apply Macros Macro Operations y 23 23 13 31 Record x Integrate Stop Y ra Operation List Delete Clear All Directory Directory c shared OK Cancel Help Figure 2 104 Process Waveform Data Macros Tab Edit Mode DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 124 2 4 8 5 2 Discussion The Macro waveform processing page combines operations from the other processing pages into a single macro operation Macros can be created saved to files read from files and applied to the waveform from this page To create a macro choose Record Start and the processing sheet will expand and dis play a list of operations with a single item called End marks the end of the list You can now go to any other page except Create Waveform and select an operation to include in the macro New operations are always inserted before the highlighted operation in the list When you are done recording return to the macro page and choose Record Stop A lt new gt entry will be placed in the list of avail
187. rs f Hz and B t from sensor Output Units P watts rms TE10 Rectangular Waveguide Constitutive equation P 4 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 187 5 6 3 Item Data 5 6 3 1 Dialog Sensor 5 6 3 2 Discussion Name Sensor Cal ltem Description PO Sensor Class Power Density Wem 2 y Sensor Transmission Line ACD type D dot Sensor v Type None y Equiv Area m 2 po x position Impedance Ohms fo y position Bandwidth Hz oo z position N A Relative Permativity 11 Cancel Figure 5 16 Sensor Reduction Dialog The Sensor dialog configures sensor Cal Items These can be configured to simulate many different classes and types of sensors The Sensor Class must be selected to configure the desired output units and the Sensor Type must be selected to best describe the actual sensor in the acquisition line As always an up to date calibration waveform should be assigned to the sen sor s curve for accurate data reduction 5 6 3 3 Details Item Description Sensor Class Desired output units for the reduced waveform Delay ns Signal propagation delay through the sensor Sensor Type Available sensor types d dot b dot antenna etc parameters parameter list dependent on the selected sensor type Curve specifies a characterization curve for those sensor types that require one Transmission Line Type Available transmission lines circular rectangu
188. s Acqirislive documentation for Acqiris software o aerotech dll s required by DAAAC for Aerotech stages DOES NOT include Aero tech O S drivers o O S driver and dll for Avantes USB spectrometer o AVT O S drivers for AVT Marlin firewire cameras directions for use are in Instruc tions txt o BitFlow O S drivers windows software to operate Phoenix Indigo cameras using BitFolw interface Directions in Roadrunner txt at top level o BNS self extracting install including O S drivers and application software for Boul der Nonlinear Systems ferroelectric SLM system o CKDrv self extracting installation of Crypkey anti piracy system used by DAAAC setup and required for DAAAC to function o CopyIn a directory used to distribute late additions and bug fixes to DAAAC The DAAAC setup program unconditionally copies dll files from this folder to the DAAAC installation directory at the end of the installation Intended primarily to dis tribute bug fixes at large facilities such as DARHT o daaac40 contains basic DAAAC system files all executables including those for special systems e g calacq antrangeacq etc driver and other DAAAC dlls base system dlls e g leadtools imaging software bar code software and help files DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 212 o DAO Microsoft Data Access Objects are the officially sanctioned re distributable Microsoft Access jet engine ODBC drivers Installed by DAAAC setup the first time its run o
189. s Directions for use in README txt and OOI Cleanup and Reinstall doc o ODBC contains various Microsoft applications to install ODBC to systems lacking 1t older windows 2000 and NT systems update the DAO drivers to the last release These programs are invoked by DAAAC setup the first time it is run o Pico Motor a standalone application for controlling pico motors over Ethernet o QlImage O S drivers and application software for Qimaging Firewire cameras o QuickFrog a custom version of the QuickFrog Java application that can be con trolled via a DAAAC instrument driver o RemoteControl an application allowing remote DAAAC computers to be rebooted and to restart DAAAC NOT functional on machines later than XP SP1 Also con tains network BER diagnostic functions o RoperDrivers O S drivers auxiliary dlls required by DAAAC for Roper Scientific PiMax and Photometrics cameras Several versions are here for different uses Some documentation in NewPVCaminstall txt o SharedDLLs Microsoft dlls required by DAAAC these may be copied by the setup program into windows system32 on older systems or into the DAAAC directory on newer ones o STG current firmware images for the A and B model STGs and some special appli cation variants as well as directions for re flashing an STG Firmware update through boot loader Instructions doc the STG users manual and a stand alone console appli cation for controlling an STG
190. s of their input during reduction to pro duce multiple outputs for further processing They are used to perform multiple computations on the same data If desired the various branches can then be recombined later using a Combine node Waveform Branch nodes are added and linked in the same way as Adder nodes see sec tion 5 3 1 2 5 8 3 Item Data 5 8 3 1 Dialog Waveform Branch Name Description Name Waveform Branch Example Description Add a Waveform Branch to the Inventory Maximum branch level 10 Figure 5 23 Waveform Branch Configuration 5 8 3 2 Discussion The Waveform Branch Cal Item requires no configuration beyond a unique name As with all items an optional description is also available DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 197 5 8 3 3 Subdialogs None 5 8 4 Icon ai 5 9 Image Combine 5 9 1 Category IMAGE Reduction Soft 5 9 2 Discussion This cal item produces an output image that is the simple mathematical combination of two input images The images may be added subtracted multiplied or divided One input im age will be taken from an image item node to the left of the combine node The other image may be either another item node or a raw or processed image stored in the DAAAC database or an image stored in a file 5 9 3 Item Data 5 9 3 1 Dialog Image Combine Image Combine Name Description Name Divide Images Description Nomalize Cal image by a stored reference image Operation
191. sc Raw waveform title Burst Shot Raw Station Raw Channel Raw 2 4 6 1 4 Selects the size for the display of data points in the waveform plot Has no effect if the point style is none When checked a grid is displayed with the waveform When checked any comments entered in the Labels page of the Properties menu for the current waveform are displayed at the top left of the waveform frame The com ment line will be truncated if it exceeds one line Replaces newline characters with commas when displaying the comment field This action decreases the amount of vertical space required to display the comment but can cause the comment text to be clipped horizontally Displays the channel description from the associated acquisition channel above the plot area Raw waveforms in the database do not have an associated title but when displayed they dynamically create a title from a combination of burst number shot number station name and channel name Display the burst or shot or burst shot in burst mode in the raw waveform s title Display the station name in the raw waveform s title Display the channel name in the raw waveform s title How Accessed e Preferences gt Display Options DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 103 2 4 6 2 Overlay 2 4 6 2 1 Dialog Display Print Options Waveform Overlay Image Global Options Graph Colors Fixed size EN rows EN cols al Chan ge Font size Auto z
192. search Tektronix v Serial Number GPS STG Image Net Comp UDF Networked Computer Place Holder Point Power Supply TWAIN Image Y58753 Generate Serial Number Add New ltem 2 1 6 2 Discussion Cancel Help Figure 2 6 Add Instrument Inventory Dialog The Add Instrument to Rack Instrument dialog activated from the rack pop up menu or when copying an instrument from one rack position to another is the first page in the setup wizard It is used to select an instrument manufactory model and serial number from the existing inven tory A serial number must be highlighted before the wizard will allow the next page to be acti vated The dialog may also be used to add a new instrument to the inventory before inserting it into the rack The operations proceed as follows l 2 3 Nn Select a Model Select a Manufacturer If adding an instrument to the inventory generate a serial number Either type a se rial value into Serial Number or click Generate to create a computer defined value If adding an instrument to the inventory click Add New Item to register the item by serial number in the inventory The item will appear in the Serial Number list DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Select an instrument from the Serial Number list Click Next gt to proceed with the setup 2 1 6 3 Details Item Description Manufacturer Listing of available manufacturers which is dependent on the
193. serve as a crude edge detector Con tour boundaries are defined by e Custom list of levels The custom list may be initiated by performing a level range configuration then copying them to the List of Levels using Create List The list may then be edited e Level Range Define a uniform series of levels by specifying a minimum and maximum value a step size and a count of the levels e Automatically Distribute the specified number of boundaries uniformly over the value range of the image DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 204 5 13 3 Item Data 5 13 3 1 Dialog Image to Contour Image to Contour Name Description Name 12 Level Contour Description Custom List Contour Plot List of levels Level range C Auto scale List of levels Level range OK Cancel Help Figure 5 28 Image Contour Plot Configuration 5 13 3 2 Discussion The dialog is used primarily to specify the contour level boundaries For all methods of specification a count of the number of boundaries to be used is given Boundaries may then be specified by placing custom and independent levels into a list specifying a value range over which to uniformly distribute the levels or allowing the node to automatically and uniformly dis tribute the specified number of boundaries over the value range of the image 5 13 3 3 Details Ttem Description List of levels When selected individual specific contour levels may be manually entered into the lis
194. splayed Note that the dia log displays either raw or processed data but not both simultaneously 2 2 1 3 Details Item Description Trash Menu Options for removing waveforms from the database Delete Wave Removes all currently selected waveforms from the database When waveforms are forms Trash menu first deleted they are only tagged as deleted and not displayed in the waveform list but they remain in the database They are not permanently removed from the database until Empty Trash is selected A dialog is then displayed asking if associated wave forms raw if deleting processed and processed if deleting raw are also to be re moved When Yes is selected the waveforms are permanently removed from the da tabase When Empty Trash is selected all waveforms in the trash are permanently removed from the database and cannot ever be recovered Recover Trash menu Deleted waveforms that have not been deleted with Trash can be recovered To re cover deleted waveforms they must be displayed in the list Double click the Trash icon in the left pane Select those to recover from the list and then select Recover Waveforms from the Trash menu A dialog is displayed asking if associated wave forms raw if recovering processed and processed if you are recovering raw also should be recovered If Yes is selected the associated waveform is recovered and again available for use L When selected all waveforms in
195. st To search Info txt entries from Analyze 1 Select the Acquisition menu then Info txt The View Current Info txt dialog will appear Select View Old Info txt The Info txt Select window will appear 2 3 Select Search The Search Info txt Records window will appear 4 Choose Case Sensitive Search if case sensitivity should be enforced 5 Enter the search criteria into the appropriate areas 6 Choose OK Info txt entries can be edited only from Acquire 2 4 17 3 3 How Accessed e Data View gt Info txt then click Search DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 151 3 Appendix C Figures of Merit FOMs This section presents the available FOMs in two tables The first table describes FOMs that are applied to waveforms The second shows calculations for images Both tables include columns for the FOM name description and parameters Parameters are exposed to the user in CalMan to allow the FOM calculation to be configured In Acquire and Analyze the parameters are fixed as specified in the table The Waveform table also includes a Waveform Type column Al though the FOM calculations may be applied to any type of waveform they often have meaning only for specific waveform types Those cases are specified here Note that the following terms are used interchangeably X Value Horizontal Value Independent Value Time Value Position Likewise for e Y Value e Vertical Value e Dependent Value DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 152 Ta
196. sted once for all of its channels All fields may be edited in place Unlike the Instrument Common Settings grid the instrument s dialog cannot be activated from the grid 2 1 9 3 Details Item Description Instrument Lists the instrument name The instrument name is listed once for all channels the first channel is listed on the same row as the instrument name The name can be edited in place Double click the name to highlight it then edit the name and press Tab to exit the field The instrument s name must be unique and contain only valid characters Active When checked the corresponding instrument is active Channel The channel name for the last listed instrument The name can be edited in place Dou DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 13 ble click the name to highlight it and then edit the name and press Tab to exit the field The channel name must be unique and contain only valid characters Delay The time delay for the channel The delay can be edited in place Double click the delay value to highlight it and then edit it and press Tab to exit the field Print Prints the information that is displayed on the grid 2 1 9 4 How Accessed e Station Config gt Timing Settings 2 1 10 Global Settings Global Settings is a tabbed dialog that is used to set the overall configuration of the DAAAC Acquire module It can be accessed through the Acquire menu It can also be configured to ap pear each
197. strument e Right click in an empty position in a rack and select Add from the popup menu The dialog appears when adding a new instrument after Next gt is clicked on the Add Instru ments dialog 2 1 8 Instrument Settings 2 1 8 1 Dialog All Common Insrument Settings Channel Instrument Active Channel Active VFS V Offset Timebase TriggerPos Zerobase Desi Tuia voss Wave hI Von Waw Densi 1uomvoswaweon 8 WA WA WA WA IC Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 2 amp 8 Xi Seco Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 3 Tutorial Voss Wave Ch3 O Ina ma OS Third I Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 4 Tutorial Voss Wave Ch4 X Nna NA Ooo Figure 2 9 Instrument Settings Dialog 2 1 8 2 Discussion The Instrument Common Settings dialog lists all instruments and channels that exist in all open stations It also displays several settings common to all instruments This grid is an efficient method for quickly viewing these common settings and gives the ability to change them without having to activate the instrument s dialog Instrument Active Channel Active Zero base and Auto Export can be toggled on off directly from the map Alternatively the instrument s dialog may be activated by right clicking on the instrument s name If the current system is networked then each station s name is listed in the left most column Also if any crate instruments exist they are listed to the left of the instrument name Channels are listed within instrument names
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199. t Administrative gt Select Networked Server 2 2 12 Inventory Control 2 2 12 1 Dialog Options Location Code l m Database Database Select Cancel Apply Help Figure 2 40 Inventory Database Control DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 48 2 2 12 2 Discussion The Inventory Control dialog defines the Location Code and directory location of the in ventory control database It is available under Archive s Administrative menu which is available only when NetCom has been shut down 2 2 12 3 Details Item Description Location Code Sets the command line location code for the inventory control database Select Opens a directory in which the inventory control database can be located 2 2 12 4 How Accessed e Tools gt Administrative gt Inventory Control 2 2 13 Table Information 2 2 13 1 Dialog C Demo For Manual Manual Demosntration mdb Acquisition CalGraph Daaaclnfo FigureO fMerit Graphltem GraphltemD ata GraphltemT oWfm InfoT xt InstrSettings InstrumentHistory Instrumentlnventory Layout LogPageD ata LogPageDefs Figure 2 41 Database Table Information Review 2 2 13 2 Discussion This dialog lists by name each of the tables in the database For the current database it lists the number of records held by each of the tables Appendix A Database Organization for a map of the organization of the database 2 2 13 3 Details Item Description
200. t Selection 5 3 1 4 4 3 1 Dialog Port Selection Ports Available 4 3 Cancel Figure 5 9 Select the Input Port 5 3 1 4 4 3 2 Discussion The dialog appears when the Adder Splitter node is first added to a Cal Line It also ap pears when a new item is added to the right of an Adder or when Set Output to Another Node is selected from the right click popup menu of a splitter The dialog is used to select the port to which the input Adder or output Splitter cal item will be connected The choice of ports will determine the characteristic curve to be applied to the data when reducing the item 5 3 1 4 4 3 3 Details 5 3 1 4 4 4 Item Description Ports Available List by serial index the Multi Port Cal Item ports to which no input Adder or output Splitter signal has yet been connected 5 3 1 5 Icon qe 5 3 2 Coax Switch 5 3 2 1 Category WFM Reduction Hard DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 174 5 3 2 2 Discussion Coax Switches are Multi Port Cal Items that can have multiple input or output ports but only one of these auxiliary ports can be active at a time The number of ports must be specified when the switch is created in the Inventory List and cannot be changed after the item is created When the switch is placed into Cal Manager s graph the switch direction must be speci fied multi input or multi output type If the switch is a multi output switch like a splitter a port m
201. t of contour levels to display With this control selected and X are enabled Min Max Step and Create List are disabled T X These controls are enabled only when List of levels is selected They are used to edit the list of labels in the associated list box The list box may be initially populated by auto matically defining a Level Rand then clicking Create List to move the uniform level dis tribution to the list box Add the current level to the list Remove the currently selected level from the list X Remove all list entries Level range When selected a range of contour levels from Min to Max incremented by Step may be created Selecting this option disables and X Min Max Step and Create List are en abled DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 205 Min Enter the minimum contour level to display This is enabled only when Level range is se lected Adjusting this value will adjust Step to keep the combination of Min Max Step and Levels consistent Max Enter the maximum contour level to display This is enabled only when Level range is selected Adjusting this value will adjust Step to keep the combination of Min Max Step and Levels consistent Step Levels Enter the increment value for the number of Levels to plot This is enabled only when Level range is selected Adjusting this value will adjust Levels to keep the combination of Min Max Step and Levels consistent Enter
202. tc use the reduction flow Cal Manager supports the following Multi Port Cal Items e Adder e Splitter e Coax Switch e Combine e Overlay e Image Branch e Waveform Branch Adders and splitters are both derived from the same Multi Port Cal Item in the Inventory List When first created the number of ports must be specified but the type adder or splitter is not defined until it is placed in the graph Coax switches are Multi Port Cal Items because they can have multiple input or output ports However only one port can be active at a time This active port can be set only from within the configuration dialog when it is inserted into a Cal Line Like adders and splitters the port source can be defined only when inserted into the graph Combine Overlay and Image Branch items are for user defined processing their ports do not correspond to physical connections in the signal line 5 3 1 Multi Port Adders amp Splitters 5 3 1 1 Category WFM Reduction Hard 5 3 1 2 Adder Discussion Adders are Multi Port Cal Items that have multiple active input ports and are created from the Multi Port Cal Item in the Inventory List The number of ports must be specified when the Adder is created in the Inventory List and cannot be changed after the item is created Reduction calculations are not available with this type of Cal Item as it is impossible to determine the amount of each adder input s contribution to the total adder
203. tems have a delay value that is subtracted from the x axis values during the reduction process the time shift value is added to the x axis values The time shift value may be positive or negative 5 1 3 4 Subdialogs 5 1 3 4 1 Curve Polynomial 5 1 3 4 1 1 Dialog Curve Specification C Waveform Gain vs Frequency GHz dB Current Polynomial 2 9 Accept f x 2 9 0 2x 0 022 Cancel Figure 5 3 Polynomial Characterization Curve Definition DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 166 5 1 3 4 1 2 Discussion A detailed discussion is presented in Main Manual Section 6 2 5 2 3 2 5 1 3 4 1 3 Details Ttem Description Polynomial When selected activates the Polynomial curve reduction fields The defined poly nomial then is used to characterize the Cal Item during reduction dB The polynomial can be a constant value power x 0 or up to a tenth order polynomial To create the polynomial enter a coefficient value in the dB field Next select the associated Power x 0 x10 Finally select Accept to add the specified monomial to the total polynomial The Current Polynomial box displays the complete polynomial An existing term s coefficient may be modified by se lecting the desired Power value entering a new dB value then selecting Accept Power Current polynomial power Current Polynomial The configured polynomial The polynomial will be displayed from lowest to highest pow
204. the current DAAAC configuration as a Named Configuration for later restoration The configuration includes displayed stations instruments and their settings Global Settings and Calibration settings See Restore Named Configuration immediately below for instructions on how to restore the DAAAC system to this named configuration 2 1 1 3 Details Item Description Name A unique name for the configuration Comment Optional description or comment to help identify the configuration Save Saves the current configuration using the given name and comment List All previously saved Named Configurations Update Updates the configuration selected in the list box to the current DAAAC system s configura tion Delete Removes the currently selected configuration from the database Once a Named Configura tion is deleted it can not be recovered DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 3 2 1 1 4 How Accessed e File gt Store Named Configuration 2 1 2 Restore Named Configuration 2 1 2 1 Dialog Restore Named Configuration Comment DAAAC Demonstration Configuration Demonstrate the process of saving named cq Figure 2 2 Restore Named Configuration Dialog 2 1 2 2 Discussion The Restore Named Configuration dialog retrieves a previously stored Named Configuration See Store Named Configuration immediately above for instructions on how to save a configura tion When a name is selected the instrument Global and cal
205. the display If selected the printed overlay will use the specified background and border col ors even if the printer does not support color If not selected the printed graph will use black borders and white backgrounds Selecting this item causes the color and line style of overlay waveforms to be determined by their position in the overlay e g the first waveform in the legend will always be red the second will always be blue etc If this item is not se lected then the color line style is tied to the waveform data not to its position in the overlay If a new waveform is inserted in the overlay the existing wave forms will change position in the overlay but will retain their original color and line style This item can only be disabled if both custom colors and line styles are enabled This mode only affects the display of running overlays which are the only overlays that support waveform insertion Allows the user to define the colors for each waveform in an overlay Uncheck to use the default color scheme Allows the user to specify line styles and widths for each waveform in an over lay Uncheck to use solid lines for all waveforms Configures the color for the currently selected waveform Configures the line style for the currently selected waveform Configures the line width for the currently selected waveform Choices are hair line thin medium and thick Hairline is the default and is usually the best choice if
206. the number of levels to plot for the increment value entered in Step In Level range mode adjusting this value will adjust Step to keep the combination of Min Max Step and Levels consistent Create List Use this button to generate a uniform list of levels in the List of levels list box using Min Max Step and Levels to compute the values This is enabled only when Level range is selected Auto scale When selected the program will create a default range of levels for the number of con tours approximately for the value entered in the Levels field This selection disables X Min Max and Step 5 13 3 4 Subdialogs None 5 13 4 Icon 19 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 206 5 14 Image to Wim 5 14 1 Category IMAGE Reduction Soft 5 14 2 Discussion 5 14 3 Item Data 5 14 3 1 Dialog Image to Waveform Image to Waveform Name Description Name Multi column Image gt 4aweform Description Select mode C Single column Multi column C Single row Multi row Define waveform Begin End Column K Y Entire column Row DK Cancel Help Figure 5 29 Image gt Waveform Conversion 5 14 3 2 Discussion 5 14 3 3 Details Item Description Single column Enter the column number to display If Entire column is checked the total contents of the column is selected If not checked then enter the Row begin and end range Single row Enter the row number to displ
207. the waveform contains many points Medium or thick are useful for preparing presentation slides How Accessed e Preferences gt Display Options DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 105 2 4 6 3 Image 2 4 6 3 1 Dialog Display Print Options Waveform Overlay Image Global Options View mode Rulers None Fit to window C Pixel 16 bit grayscale display IV Auto scale grayscale Scaled auto color Printing Image size fi oo Fit to page maintain aspect ratio OK Cancel Help ok Figure 2 84 Image Display Options 2 4 6 3 2 Discussion The Image Options dialog configures the global display and print options for images Changes to these options are applied to all currently displayed images DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 106 2 4 6 3 3 Details Item View mode Rulers 16 bit grayscale display Printing Description Normal displays the image at its actual size using scroll bars to provide access to the entire image if necessary Fit to widow scales the image to fit the size of the window while maintaining the proper aspect ratio In either mode the image can be zoomed in or out Fit to window mode is temporar ily disabled whenever the image is not viewed at 100 of actual size None do not display rulers with the image Pixel display rulers using unscaled pixel units Scaled display rulers using scaled units Rulers provide axis scales for the image Unlike the
208. time the button is clicked Each of the tabs is defined here independently 2 1 10 1Global Setting General Configuration 2 1 10 1 1 Dialog Global Settings General Processing Acquisition Administrative settings Test Name Test Description driver_test for DOP3054 driver Create New Test Acquisition description pulse generator only v M Use Remote Burst Number Next Burst Number 2 View Log Pagels Figure 2 11 Global Settings Dialog General Configuration Tab 2 1 10 1 2 Discussion The General page of the Global Settings dialog displays tests and descriptions creates new tests and configures settings related to shots for the currently selected test This is the default page for DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 14 the Global Settings dialog and is activated when the Get Waveforms Global Settings Go or Arm buttons are selected The Test Name and Description listing groups all system data at the highest level by test The upcoming shot burst data can be associated with an existing test or a new test can be created 2 1 10 1 3 Details Item Description Test Name and Listing of previous and current test The highlighted line selects the current test Description Create New Test Activates the New Test dialog used to enter test name and description Each new test created with this function is then listed in the main window of this dialog Acquisition de An optional descriptive stri
209. ting the OK button When the dialog is in this mode 1t must be dismissed before any other part of the program may be used Note another inventory list dialog a smaller drag and drop inventory list is available from the Inventory menu item but is used only for inserting items into the graph you can t cre ate or edit items from this dialog See Drag and Drop Inventory List for specifics 2 3 6 3 Details Item Description Cal Item Type This list contains all Cal Item devices supported by Cal Manager The list groups items in three parts WFM Reduction Image Reduction and No Reduction Select the Cal Item type to edit create copy delete undelete or print Items already existing in the database are listed in the next list box When the Cal Item Types selection changes the current inventoried types are displayed in the Inventory List a small bit map picture of the current item is displayed and the total number of items listed in the Inventory List is displayed lt Type gt Inven tory List This list contains the Cal Items already in the inventory for the current type selected from the Cal Item Types list The data displayed in this list box depends on the DAAAC system that is installed For all systems at least Name Barcode In Use and Description are listed For performance reasons the Description field is not initially displayed for any item To display the description select the item single mouse click wit
210. to the control 2 2 3 3 Details Item Description Tab If checked every instance of a tab character in the text line will separate the remaining line into columns If unchecked tabs are considered part of the text and one or more may be included in a single column Space If checked every instance of a space character in the text line will separate the re maining line into columns If unchecked spaces are considered part of the text and DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 39 one or more may be included in a single column Comma If checked every instance of a comma in the text line will separate the remaining line into columns If unchecked commas are considered part of the text and one or more may be included in a single column Semi colon If checked every instance of a semi colon in the text line will separate the remaining line into columns If unchecked semi colons are considered part of the text and one or more may be included in a single column Other If checked every instance of the character specified in the text control occurring in the text line will separate the remaining line into columns If unchecked no custom char acters are considered part of the text Checking this control enables the unlabeled text control line Line number in the imported file column NV The columnar separation of the lines based on the current selection of delimiters This field will adjust
211. trument Once the Channel is included in the graph Cal Items can be added to complete the Cal Line 2 3 9 3 How Accessed e Graph gt Lines e Right click on the Station node in the graph and select Insert a new cal line from the popup menu DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 63 e Right click on an Instrument node in the graph and select Insert Channel from the popup menu 2 3 10 Global Reduction Options 2 3 10 1 Dialog Global Reduction Options Map Instrument Channel Waveform Display Print Archive Tutorial Voss Wave Q X Line Reduction Raw x ores Teen Cora Tutorial Voss Wave CX Line Reduction Raw x Tavse E e TT ea p PUE E wm S o e A e E E PU IR Pena ee CCC E ar Search this Map Toggle Channel Options Toggle Column FOM Options Search Set all Line Reduction Set Set Set Clear all Line Reduction Clear Clear Clear A Double click the Cal ltem to a a Cancel activate the item interface Figure 2 53 Reduction Options Map 2 3 10 2 Discussion The Global Reduction Options Map configures reduction options for the current graph Each entry in this dialog contains the same reduction functions that can be found in each of the Cal Item s reduction page including the channel s line reduction switch This dialog is more ef ficient to use when changes are necessary for many Cal Items DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 64 This map displays all instruments Cal Lines and Cal Items attached to each
212. ts of DAAAC are used modeless dialog Also Cal Items are dragged from the dialog onto the graph to be inserted The list of Cal Items right list displays only the item s main attribute field and the description field For strict inventoried systems the main attribute is the barcode For other inventoried systems it is the item s name To view the description select the main attribute field This dialog contains only two lists the device types and the actual Cal Items in the inven tory Also this only places Cal Items in the graph It cannot edit create delete or print items However it speeds the task of creating Cal Lines by allowing you to drag and drop items from the dialog into the graph 2 3 7 3 Details Item Description Left List Lists the Cal Items supported by the current DAAAC installation The current inven tory for the currently selected cal item in this listing are displayed in the right side list Right List Current inventory of all cal items of the type selected in the left side list 2 3 7 4 How Accessed e Inventory gt Drag and Drip Inventory List DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 61 2 3 8 Stations Selection 2 3 8 1 Dialog Stations Station Name Address Comments Networked Stand4 192 168 1 146 Still me just networked Voss Wave Tutoriz 127 0 0 1 Demonstrate Acquire Ci Cancel Figure 2 51 Stations Selection Dialog 2 3 8 2 Discussion The Stations dialog selects the statio
213. uctor in meters rp radius of center conductor in meters and either E t or B t from sensor Output Units either V t volts or I t Amps TEM Strip over a ground plane Constitutive equation V E hE I B My Mo 60in 6 2n 6 E Zi e u Je u u 2 2 fl u t h 4e i In 14 z h zh t coth 6 517W h where gt u Required parameters h meters w meters t meters DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual and either E t or B t from sensor Output Units either V t volts or I t Amps TEM parallel strips Constitutive equation V E hE 7lw I B wa 120n 6 27 6 y e 2 2 u 1 deu u u 2W 2t 2h 4e where gt u H In 1 gt h mh t coth y2 6 517W h Zi Required parameters h meters w meters t meters and either E t or B t from sensor Output Units either V t volts or I t Amps 186 2 hwn By 1 Constitutive equation ra 2 lu 2 u 2 As Required parameters TMO01 Circular Waveguide 2 P 7 4948x10 Br 1 2 g m h meters w meters f Hz Required parameters ither E t or B t fr r meters f Hz and B t from sensor ane MEE EC OF Ut Kia AFORE ensOk Outpt Units P watts rms Output Units P watts rms TE11 Circular Waveguide Constitutive equation 2 P 34234 x 107 r Bf y 1 84118c 27rf Required parameters r mete
214. uisition gt Acquisition Configuration e On aj if enabled e on DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 19 2 1 10 3 5 Burst Capabilities Dialog 2 1 10 3 5 1 Dialog Burst Capabilities Name Devtype H of Channels Burst Capacity Voss Wave Demo 1 3 1024 Woss Image 1 1 1 Figure 2 15 Burst Capabilities of Attached Instruments 2 1 10 3 5 2Discussion The Burst Capabilities dialog activated from the Acquisition page of the Global Settings dialog displays the number of channels and bursts per channel that each instrument in the current acqui sition is capable of acquiring Specifying a number of shots in a burst that exceeds an instru ment s capacity is acceptable the instrument will acquire as many waveforms as it can without ill effect For example if one of two instruments in the configuration can acquire 10 shots and the other can acquire two yet five shots are requested in the current burst then the first instru ment will return five waveforms for each enabled channel and the second will return two Some instrument manufacturers call burst capability by different names such as Fast Frame and seg mented memory Burst capability is an optional DAAAC feature and may not be present 2 1 10 3 5 3Details Item Description Name Devtype Lists by name the attached instruments that are capable of capturing and returning burst data of Channels The number of independent data channels from which data may be ca
215. up Truncate transaction logs daily at E 12 00 AM Login ID Password Cancel Help Figure 2 35 Database Preferences Tab 2 2 7 2 Discussion The Database page is used to configure automated database maintenance and notices Note that some options only apply to standalone MS Access database while others only apply to net worked SQL Server databases Item Description Warning Sets the file size warning level for Access databases When the threshold is reached a Threshold database warning will be issued at the start of each acquisition event Max DB size Sets the file size limit for Access databases When this limit is reached no new acqui sition events will be permitted Note that Access databases created by DAAAC have a hard limit of 1 GByte Prestart cleanup Run the SQL database cleanup utility each time DAAAC is started DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 44 Truncate SQL Performs automated truncation of the SQL Transaction Logs each day at the user transaction logs specified time Login ID Login ID and Password required by SQL Server to operate on the Transaction Logs Password 2 2 7 3 How Accessed e Preferences gt Options gt Database 2 2 8 Backup 2 2 8 1 Dialog Options Modules Database Backup V Backup the database after each acquisition reduction V Backup exported raw and reduced files Backup location C Program Files daaac40 B ackup D atabases
216. ussion The Trigger Time Channels dialog is used to selects channels for trigger time calculation and transmission Trigger times are defined as the difference in time between the initial trigger pulse to and the waveform time at 50 of the peak amplitude t The time is calculated as t t to the associated cable transmission delay Trigger time values for all selected channels are transmitted in response to the Timing_Data command from a TCP socket client application see Section 4 2 Acquire TCP Socket Interface Note trigger time data is generated by DAAAC s CalMan module during the data reduction process If no data is acquired or if a cal line does not exist for a selected trigger time channel the reported time value for that channel will be 0 If none of the selected trigger time channels have cal lines the reported shot number will also be 0 This is a keyed feature 7 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 34 2 1 18 3 Details Item Description Acquisition A list of all installed instrument channels Clicking on an instrument displays channels that instruments channels Selected A list of channels selected for trigger time calculation and transmission channels Insert Moves the selected channel from the Acquisition channel list to the Selected channel list Remove Returns the selected channel to the Acquisition channel list from the Selected channel list Remove All Returns all selected channels to the Acquisition cha
217. ust be selected for the Cal Item attached to the left If it is a multi input switch an input port must be selected for Cal Items to its right Attaching Coax Switches and selecting ports is done the same way as with Adders and Splitters See 5 3 1 2 and 5 3 1 3 To select the current switch port double click the switch node to display the Coax Switch s user interface Under Number of Positions Current select the current port 5 3 2 3 Item Data 5 3 2 3 1 Dialog Coax Switch ltem Data Name Description Name Coax Switch Example Description Sample for User Manual Switch Positions Number of positions 2 Current position 1 Curve Setup Delay Edit Curve a position fi fo ns Figure 5 10 Coax Switch Configuration 5 3 2 3 2 Discussion The Coax Switch dialog configures Coax Switch Cal Items These may be configured as a either a multiple input or output switch the graph linking behavior is then similar to an Adder or Splitter respectively The switch may be configured for any number of ports input or output The type of item input or output is determined only when the item is added to Cal Manager s graph DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 175 5 3 2 3 3 Details Item Description Delay Inherent time delay of the component Number of positions Total number of ports input or output Current position The current entry determines which curve will be viewed edited when Curve is selected
218. utomatically created under this directory Delete wave Remove the migrated waveforms from the SQL database after the specified number of forms days Export Note Check to copy the Notebook data from the SQL database to the Access database books Notebook data is not linked to the waveform data so will not be automatically trans ferred with the other settings unless this item is checked 2 2 9 3 How Accessed e Preferences gt Options gt Data Migration DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 46 2 2 10 Log Page 2 2 10 1 Dialog Modules Database Data Migration Log Page IA Log Name Cancel pi Help Figure 2 38 Log Page Tab 2 2 10 2 Discussion The Log page contains a list of log page names or it will be blank if none exist The log page is defined and accessed in Acquire This page is only available for networked installations EZ 2 2 10 3 How Accessed e Preferences gt Options gt Log Page DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 47 2 2 11 Select Server 2 2 11 1 Dialog Select Server Comment Debbie Windows 2003 test server Deneb vsi Draco Scott P Chapman Bldg 421 Hararlas gt Cancel Figure 2 39 Select Server Dialog 2 2 11 2 Discussion When in networked mode Select Networked Server runs NetCom from the specified re mote computer on the network Y our computer must be networked to use this function NetCom must be stopped to access this dialog 2 2 11 3 How Accessed e Tools g
219. w Accessed e Deprecated Not Available DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 24 2 1 13 Notebook 2 1 13 1 Main Dialog 2 1 13 1 1 Dialog Notebook Modification Date Demonstrate the Notebook Tool DAAAC User USR 123 10 20 2006 11 43 4 10 20 2006 11 43 4 Cancel Figure 2 19 Notebook Inventory Dialog 2 1 13 1 2 Discussion and Detail Please see the Main Manual Section 3 7 for a complete description of the Notebook tool 2 1 13 1 3 How Accessed e Tools gt Notebook DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 25 2 1 13 2 Edit Dialog 2 1 13 2 1 Dialog MM Demonstrate the Notebook Tool Insert Font Find Name DAAAC User ID USR 123 Title Demonstrate the Notebook Tool Creation Date fi 0 20 2006 11 43 41 AM 10 20 2006 11 29 23 Text that is added and or updated here is stored back to the database Text can be reviewed by anyone but only edited by the initial user The date and time can be automatically added Insert gt Date Time or lt F5 gt 10 20 2006 11 31 18 The date can be automatically added Insert gt Date Only or lt Ctrl F5 gt 10 20 2006 The time can be automatically added Insert gt Time Only or lt Shft F5 gt 11 32 43 Text can be added in Bold Font gt Bold or lt Ctrl B gt Zizie Farias or E Underlined Font gt Underline or lt CtrbU gt subscript Font gt Subscript or lt Ctrl s gt Ol Superscript Font gt Superscript or lt Ctrl P gt ay combination LL PELE Text can also be added in Blu
220. waveform axis labels the im age s x axis ruler is drawn at the top of the image This is done because the first row of an image row 0 is the top row not the bottom row Note the ruler display is automatically turned off when the window size is not large enough to adequately display both the rulers and the image Auto scale when checked uses either grayscale or color mapping to display all 16 bit grayscale images This item has no effect on color images or on grayscale images that use less than 16 bits per pixel Grayscale scales the image s data range to use the full range of available gray scales The minimum data value will be displayed as black the maximum value as white Auto color maps the data to a full color scale following the progression black ma genta blue cyan green yellow red white Image size allows the image to be scaled for printing Due to the high resolution of printers compared to monitors the scale percentage will typically be much larger than 100 e g a 600x600 pixel image would print at only 1 x1 on a 600 dpi printer with 100 scaling Fit to page scales the image to fill the printed page while maintaining the proper aspect ratio 2 4 6 3 4 How Accessed e Preferences gt Display Options DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 107 2 4 7 FOM Selection 2 4 7 1 Dialog Figure Of Merit Selection Y neg Parameters peak peak Threshold 0 absolute peak avg A I
221. x whose label and value meaning change as the selection of a Function changes The values are as follows Function Control Value Constant Constant Ramp Value at x min Step Step position Pulse Step up pos Mod Pulse Short period Gaussian Mean Formula Unlabeled Disabled User specified Y data Unlabeled Disabled User specified X Y data Unlabeled Disabled Variable 2 This is a text box whose label and value meaning change as the selection of a Function changes The values are as follows Function Control Value Constant Unlabeled Disabled Ramp Value at x max Step Unlabeled Disabled Pulse Step down pos Mod Pulse Long period Gaussian Standard dev Formula Unlabeled Disabled User specified Y data Unlabeled Disabled User specified X Y data Unlabeled Disabled Formula f x Defines the formula to be applied to the automatically generated independent val ues to produce the dependent data This control is disabled unless the Formula function is selected An example Formula is 4 sin 6 x 2 2 x Data Values This control opens a subdialog in which the user can specify the X and Y values at each point if the User specified x y data function is selected or just the Y values if User specified y data is selected The control is disabled if any other function is selected DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 83 2 4 1 4 How Accessed e File gt New Waveform e lt
222. xtracted waveform The overlay plot is not modified 2 4 12 3 How Accessed Select an overlay plot then e Analyzis gt Extract e Ctrl F8 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 143 2 4 13 Macro List 2 4 13 1 Dialog Macro List s 11 Voss Wave Tutorial S1R1P2C1 Macros Macro Definition iv When processing overlays apply macro to all sub waveforms Figure 2 126 Macro Quick Access Dialog 2 4 13 2 Discussion This dialog provides quick access to macros that have already been created as described in 2 4 8 5 Selection of a macro from the list on the left displays the macro definition in the list on the right The selected macro can be applied to the active waveform image or to all dis played waveforms images Application of a waveform macro to image data or of an image macro to waveform data will have no effect The Macro List dialog is modeless meaning that once activated it remains visible in front of the Analyze window but allows operations in Analyze to be performed independently of the dialog window Modeless activation allows a variety of macros to be applied to a changing selection of waveform and or image plots To close the dialog simply reselect uncheck its menu option 2 4 13 3 How Accessed e Analysis gt Macro List DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 144 2 4 14 Image Adjuster 2 4 14 1 Dialog Image Adjust s 11 Voss Wave T Bright Contrast Gamma if Reset Apply Figure 2 127 Quick
223. y Tab False Color Map Subdialog 140 Figure 2 123 Combining Waves sa 141 Figure 2 124 Combining Mares ad a dead 142 Figure 2 125 Select Waveforms for Extraction from an Overlay ssssessesessesssessesesseseese 143 Figure 2 126 Macro Quick Access Dial Rec oooocionioaniciei inci io 144 Figure 2 127 Quick Image Adjustment Interface ooooonicnnoniconocnncccoconnncnonannnnnonononononncnnnons 145 Figure 2 128 Acquisition Configuration Dialog 2 ccsccssccsscestsersetssoncerstsnnvenssercesaconeers 146 Figure 2 129 Analyze Global Settings Review General Tab ooooonconiccnncnncncnoconanconananons 148 Figure 2 130 Analyze Global Settings Review Acquisition Tab ooconcnncnnnnncnnnnocnncnons 149 Fig r 2 131s pfo tst Selections O 150 Figure 2 132 Info txt Database Search Configuration s seseessesessseseesesseseesesseseesseseesesse 151 Table 3 1 DAAAC Figures of Merit FOMs for Waveforms oooooconoccoococonoconnnonnnconnccanac nn 153 Table 3 2 DAAAC Figures of Merit FOMs for Images ooocooccnoccconnconncconccconoconn cono nconnonnn 157 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual ix Figure 4 1 Adapter application for TCP Sockets to DAAAC RPC conversion 4 160 Figure 5 1 Basic Reduction Dialog Tab ds 163 Figure 5 2 Balun Cal Item Dialog iii Aivdavvastes cas avanesndeeones 164 Figure 5 3 Polynomial Characterization Curve Definition ooonoccnoncnoconononcnnoncnnnconccononononos
224. y Tab Waveform Onlly ceeeeseeseereeeeeeeeeee 92 Figure 2 78 Properties Dialog Labels Tab Overlay Data 0 0 0 ce eeceeeeteeneeereeeeeeeeeeaes 94 Figure 2 79 Properties Dialog Axes Tab Overlay Only 0 0 ce eeseeceseceseceeeneeeseeeeeeeenaes 95 Figure 2 80 Properties Dialog Display Tab Overlay ooooonconnnniccnncnoccnoconoconanconanancnncnn nos 97 Figure 2 81 Analyze Print Configuration Dialog 0 0 eceecseeceseceseeseeeseeeeeeeeeesecneeeaeeeneeees 99 Figure 2 82 Waveform Display Options sa 101 Figure 2 83 Overlay Display Optica id cid 104 Figure 2 84 Image Display Options aiii ii di caba asia 106 Figure 2 85 Figure of ME e 108 Figure 2 86 Process Waveform Data Calculator Tab o ooonconcnnncnnncnnccnocconncononononancnnannnons 109 Figure 2 87 Waveform Processing Numeric Entry Subdialog ooooooniccinccinococinccincnonnns 110 Figure 2 88 Process Waveform Data Advanced Functions Tab ooconnconncnincnoccnoccnaninncns 111 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Vill Figure 2 89 Waveform Processing Integration Parameters Subdialog ooonoconncnn n 112 Figure 2 90 Waveform Processing FFT Subdialog oooonoccinccnnococoncconcnononconncconocannnonnnoon 113 Figure 2 91 Waveform Processing Wrap Subdialog oooocinncnnncococcconcconnnconccconacancnonnnoos 114 Figure 2 92 Waveform Processing Unwrap Subdialog ooooonnconincnnoconoccconncconaconnnonn noo 114 Figure 2 9
225. y bottom threshold Region Rotation Crop Figure 2 120 Process Image Data Independent Axes Tab Cropping Subdialog 2 4 9 4 3 2 Discussion Crops the image based on the specified region Regions can be defined using extents left right top bottom or using a center and size height width The clipping center can be en tered explicitly x y position or the image s centroid can be used If the centroid method is se lected a threshold value can be used to ignore low intensity noise during centroid calculation Positions and sizes can be entered in pixel or scaled units The clipping region can be either rec tangular or ellipsoidal DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 138 2 4 9 5 Display 2 4 9 5 1 Dialog Process Data s 10 Voss Wave Tutorial S1R1P2C1 Standard Processing Color Conversion Transtorm Processing Independent Axes Display Macros axis Title Horizontal Pixel False color Off Units Pixels olor M Y axis Title Vertical Pixel Units Pies Z axis Title Image Value Units Color Intensity Figure 2 121 Process Image Data Display Tab 2 4 9 5 2 Discussion The image display page is used to change the image s axis labels and set the false color mode False color mode can be set to off automatic or manual e Off uses the default global display mode for images e Automatic maps the entire z axis data range to a color map that follows a standard color progression

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