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1. 1000 00 80 Create New Add From Disk Edit MU Edit NCA Remove Move Up Move Down Close As shown above there is one VMU configured as NewVMU having 192 168 0 42 as an IP with unit ID of 1 The data and configuration information for this VMU is stored in a sub directory of 39 rioServer Standard User Manual C drive called NewVMU If you try to attach 2 VMUs with the same Unit ID to the same NCA neither VMU will operate properly When the program is first started this list will be empty To create a new VMU click the button on the right side of the dialog labeled Create New to open the VMU Dialog To add a VMU to the list that has already been created before possibly moved from another machine or the VMU was removed from the list click the button labeled Add From Disk If you wish to edit a VMU s basic information click the button labeled Edit VMU to open the VMU dialog If you wish to remove a VMU from the list highlight the VMU that you wish removed and click the button labeled Remove You may rename an NCA using the Edit NCA button VMU Dialog This dialog is opened from the Edit VMU List Dialog by pressing either the Create New button or the Edit button 40 rioServer Standard User Manual 231 VMU Dialog NewWML 192 168 0 42 Bad lull Good Search For NCA rioNet NCANE 1000 Test NCA using Telnet Test C
2. 37 Edit Email List viii 84 88 Envelope Alarms vii 57 65 Envelope Width 67 First Day Button v 26 IMax iae ue ae ee 59 Graph Tool Controls vi 31 Graphical Displays 29 Hand TOO existe Eo vi 32 HOSI wise tes 12 Last Day Button v 27 HNES d ao IGI SR diis 59 Long Waveform vii 50 Machine Reliability ix 96 Machine RPM Source Selector 62 MAIN Sereer s s iesi cae sooo 22 Menu EdIEMSDU i di dite t9 34 File Mensis rco ir 33 Graph Menu 36 Help Menu 38 NCA v 15 17 18 19 39 40 41 42 43 47 Next Day Button v 27 Preferencesviii 28 36 78 85 89 Previous Day Bultton v 26 Radio Diagnostic Mode vii 51 Radio Timing vi vii 49 50 53 Reference Scan 30 38 Refresh File Cache 34 Reinstallation 22 rioNet v 12 14 15 20 42 67 RPM vii viii 56 61 64 66 72 77 78 Run Pause Buttons 23 Scan Rate Selector 55 Sensitivity vii 61 Sensor Health Check 33 Serial Networks 14 Software Installation 16 Spectrum vi vii 14 24 28 37 55 56 63 82 83 Spectrum Rate Div
3. 85 Email Setup BULltOFis ette eee ede teeters 86 Edit Reporting Options Dialog tte eee three te 87 Edit Email List DIBIQUs aio rhon nte pecu tee eat Sas 90 Email Setup Dialog eei x x o e eat cti 91 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting rioServer Standard 93 Serial Communications Problems eeeeeeeeeeeee eese 93 Hardware Problems eo over Ee eee bua ttu btc ata caus 93 rioServer Standard User Manual DRIVER PRODIG MNS iudei reb sks Doe redes quia M irs RR EE MEER 95 Sofware PIODIBITIS qe ist canat ecu Eph MR PUn ERA DU n neu uut eru kat eM 95 Software Usability ISSUCS prede ie inser eee 97 Building The Monitoring Network seeeeeeeeee 98 Using Alarms to Manage Machine Reliability 98 Frequently Asked Questions seeeeeeeeeeeeee eese 99 100 Itidem ae rioServer Standard User Manual About This Manual This manual describes the procedures for installation configuration and use of the rioServer Standard vibration monitoring system Users should carefully read the installation section of this manual before attempting to install any hardware or software Once the installation procedure is fully understood then the user should proceed with installation Persons installing the hardware should be trained and experienced in installing electronic equipment since pote
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5. 53 rioServer Standard User Manual VMU Enabled This makes the VMU active Configure Acquisition Rate This button brings up the Configure Acquisition Rate dialog shown below 54 rioServer Standard User Manual E Configure Acquisition Rate 10Mmutes v M Tach and Alarm 5 VMU s Trend Scan Rate This is a drop down box for selecting the interval between times that rioServer collects data from the remote VMUs Note on collection rates The time necessary to collect data from the remote VMUs is related to e Number of sensors selected The fewer sensors that are turned on the faster the program will complete collecting data from each selected sensor e Collection settings Setting such as fMax and Lines will greatly influence collection rates See Setting Collected Signal Parameters Spectrum Scan Rate Divisor 55 rioServer Standard User Manual This number sets the number of trend points collected for each spectrum that will be saved For example if the scan rate is set for 10 minutes and the spectrum scan rate divisor is set to 6 then rioServer will collect a new trend point every 10 minutes and a new spectrum every hour 6 x 10 minutes 60 minutes 1 hour If you set the number to 0 it will disable spectrums altogether Soa divisor of 10 means every ten trend points save a spectrum A divisor of 1 means save a spectrum every trend point A divisor of 0 means never save a spectrum Save Trend P
6. 4 Configure Trends NewYMU CPU fan Sensor 1 Sensor 2 Sensor 3 Sensor 4 Sensor 5 Sensor 6 Sensor 7 Sensor 8 Trend Name Alarm Units Freq Start FreqStop Color Calc Type Overall RMS Disabled infsec 1000 RMS True Peak Disabled my 500 True Peak Max value Disabled mY 110 Max Value Disabled mY n True Peak Disabled my 0 True Peak Disabled mY True Peak Disabled mY True Peak Disabled mY True Peak Disabled my True Peak Disabled my True Peak Edit One Copy All x x X X X X X Each sensor can have up to 10 trends configured on it Trends are configured using the line of controls above the list of trends Once you have setup the new trend appropriately you replace the 74 rioServer Standard User Manual currently highlighted trend in the list with the contents of the new trend stats 75 rioServer Standard User Manual Trend Configuration Dialog one zd onfigure Trend Settings Giz i 150 000 Z 100 000 Placing the mouse cursor over any of these controls and leaving it there for about 3 seconds will cause a small yellow tool tip to appear that gives more information about the control Some additional details of the trend parameters are explained below Trend Name This name can be anything you wish that will describe the trend These names will be shown on the main screen in a drop down list so that you can choose which trend to display Each sensor on each VMU has its own li
7. Alarm Summary will include a detailed list of all the alarms that have occurred since the last report was generated Disk Space Summary will include statistics on the hard drive on the computer rioServer is running on Sensor Health Summary will include the current status on all the sensors as determined by their bias voltage Images of All Alarms will attach to the report email an image of all the alarm spectrums for each alarm that was generated since the last report Images of All Sensors will include an image of the last spectrum collected for every sensor that is enabled Data Files for All Alarms will include the stored time waveform data file for every alarm event since the last report Data Files for All Sensors will include the most recent data file for every sensor that is enabled 88 rioServer Standard User Manual As of this edition of the user manual only the first 3 of these reporting options are enabled The last 4 options will be added into later versions of rioServer 89 rioServer Standard User Manual Edit Email List Dialog When you click the Edit Email List button in the preferences dialog the following dialog will appear I Edit Email List E xj New Email Item Email Notification List test testdomain com Type new items in the top text box and click add To delete them just highlight the item by clicking on it and click delete To temporarily disa
8. Always Keep Current 3 90 Days i Till a 3 Co enfe Report opts BRE E Edit Yellow Email List Save amp Close This dialog has five main sections Misc Trend Display Options Email Setup DMSI setup and Default Units Each of these areas are explained in more detail below Trend Display Options Trend Time Autoscaling This will change the behavior of how the trend graph autoscales the X axis You can choose to have the program never autoscale the trend graph to scroll the graph right until you see the last data point but keep the amount of time visible constant or to autoscale the graph so all points are visible These rules are applied whenever a new scan is acquired by the software Trend Amplitude Autoscaling This will change the behavior of how the trend graph autoscales the Y axis You can choose to never 81 rioServer Standard User Manual autoscale the trend graph even if you manually autoscale the graph autoscale the Y axis only when you manually autoscale the graph or to autoscale the Y axis every time the graph is autoscaled Trend Autoscale Width This allows you to choose a fixed width to the visible data when the trend is autoscaled The program has a different behavior depending on whether the autoscale was initiated by the user or because a new scan arrived When initiated by the user the X axis will always be scaled to a w
9. tioServer Standard User Manual rioServer Standard User Manual Worldwide Technical Support and Product Information http www riotechinst com RioTech Instrument Ltd LLP 27326 Robinson Road Suite 225 The Woodlands TX 77385 USA Phone 832 543 9542 Fax 281 298 8618 rioServer Standard User Manual Important Information Warranty The media on which you receive RioTech Instruments software are warranted to be free from defect in materials and workmanship for a period of 90 days from the date of purchase as evidenced by receipts or other documentation RioTech Instruments will at its option repair or replace software media that is defective if RioTech Instruments receives notice of such defects during the warranty period RioTech Instruments does not warrant that the operation of the software shall be uninterrupted or error free A Return Material Authorization RMA number must be obtained from the RioTech Instruments and clearly marked on the outside of the package before any equipment will be accepted for warranty work RioTech Instruments will pay the shipping costs of returning to the owner parts that are covered by warranty RioTech Instruments believes that the information in this document is accurate In the event that technical errors or typographical errors are found RioTech Instruments reserves the right to make changes to the subsequent editions of this document without prior notice to the holders of this edition
10. Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction to the rioNet Monitoring System 12 System Components i603 tees ice t bo edet on ooiesdo tede babe ied 12 The Host GOTmpUulet cm ta ici reel eee eee ie RE Ro at dicens 12 Vibration Monitoring Units VMUS cccccceeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 13 Communications Network ccccccseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeseeaaaeeeeees 14 Chapter 2 Setup Procedure cc ceeccccceeeesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenennees 16 Soltware Install tiOki scie toner ee ee Pr e exc E re o eh Eu Ere aen 16 rioServer Standard Installation eeeeeeeeeee 16 Installing Over Previous Software Versions 16 Network Communications Adapter Setup Procedure 17 Connecting the NCA Directly to the Compulter s 17 Assigning an IP address to the NCA seeeeeeeeeeeee 18 Chapter 3 Introduction to rioServer Standard sssuuuus 20 qz MT RI 20 Upgrades and Reinstallation cceeceeeeeeecceeeeeeeeeeeeseeeseeeeeeeeeeeees 20 Blee ro T 20 Fem stallatigr so Lois tto ARR D ESD p veu eue eaa 22 rioServer Standard s main screen e eeeseeeeeeeese 22 SIME Reo aie tS 23 Status and Control ATe3 ie ieri Pn io ood DR R ERE e in edel 25 Time Collected WIFOOW siia iste ra e
11. The two main areas where people run into trouble are connectivity to the VMUs over the RS 485 serial network and getting the software to do what you want it to do Serial Communications Problems Communications problems with a VMU typically fall into one of 3 categories Those categories are hardware driver and software Hardware problems relate to the physical items needed for the system to operate Driver problems relate to a type of software that directly controls the hardware connected to the computer the rioServer Standard software is running on Software problems relate to the rioServer Standard software itself In this section we will try to teach you what problems in each of these three areas are like and how to fix them see the RioTech Setup Manual for more information Hardware Problems Hardware that is related to the proper communications between the VMUs and the rioServer Standard software includes the VMU itself the connectors and cabling from between the VMU and the host computer s RS 485 serial adapter and the host computer s RS 485 serial adapter To verify that the VMU is powered properly the user can visually inspect the VMU while it is powered to verify that the power LED is lit On the VMU 105 the power LED is colored red and is on the same side of the module as the power and communications 93 rioServer Standard User Manual connector On the VMU 205 the power LED is also colored red and is labeled
12. These delays give the radios extra time so they can retry more times before a data stream is lost Make sure the VMU timing status word displayed in parenthesis next to the label says current before 49 rioServer Standard User Manual you click Close otherwise changes you ve made haven t been uploaded to the VMU and could result in the inability to communicate until both the VMU and the rioServer software are using the same timing settings To update the status click on Set Radio Timing Selector Set Radio Timing Selector This button commands the VMU to switch to the current setting of the Radio Timing option slider If the command is successful then the tag word beside the Radio Timing option will change from unknown to current Making Sure a VMU Responds to Radio Timing Commands When communication is poor the Radio Timing option slider will not represent what is set in the VMU If the rioServer Standard software is set to the same value as the VMU the status word in parenthesis beside the label for the Radio Timing slider will be current instead of unknown Continue to click on the Set Radio Timing button until the status word changes If that doesn t work try moving the radios closer together or temporarily wiring the VMU directly to the computer Test Long Waveform This button commands the VMU to send a long 4096 byte buffer of data back to the computer When clicked a popup message will inform as to w
13. Traces Green Trace The green trace on the graph is current data Purple Reference Trace If the reference is turned on a purple trace will appear underneath the green trace The reference trace selector can be found in the menu under Graph Reference Scan 30 rioServer Standard User Manual Red Alarm Trace If the envelope alarms or the band alarms are enabled for this sensor a red line will be displayed showing the value of the red alarm Yellow Alarm Trace If the envelope alarms or the band alarms are enabled for this sensor a yellow line will be displayed showing the value of the yellow alarm Graph Labels Whenever you are viewing a spectrum that is not the most recently acquired spectrum the blue text Historical Data will be displayed in the upper right side of the graph Whenever you are viewing a spectrum that generated an alarm the blue text In Alarm Graph Tool Controls The graph controls allow extensive control over the graph and have many powerful functions It will be worth your time to learn to fully control all the powerful visualization features of the graph included in rioServer Standard A large version of the graph controls is shown below Es 3l rioServer Standard User Manual The 3 tool modes you can select from are the Zoom Tool the icon looks like a magnifying glass the Cursor Tool the icon looks like a plus sign and the Hand Tool the icon looks like a hand You can tell wh
14. e 2 button mouse e 50 MB free hard disk space e an Ethernet network port In addition it is strongly suggested that the user protect the computer by 1 keeping anti virus software installed updated and running and 2 powering the computer and VMU power supply with a high quality uninterruptible power supply and surge suppressor 12 rioServer Standard User Manual Vibration Monitoring Units VMUs VMU s are electronic units that gather information regarding the health of plant equipment VMU s are connected to accelerometers near or beside the machinery and to a serial network that sends the collected information to the rioServer software VMUS can be ordered in the following type enclosures e VMU105 DIN rail mounted enclosure with screw terminals e VMU205 portable NEMA 4X white plastic case with BNC connections e VMU305 NEMA 4X gray plastic JIC style wall mountable case BNC connections optional The VMU108 should be housed in some type of rated enclosure while the VMU208 is sealed protected from dust and moisture but should be protected from physical abuse and direct sunlight to prevent overheating on hot days The VMU308 is suitable for mounting in an industrial environment near the equipment being monitored without any additional enclosures iE ide AL natruments vuuwe tary yrmrve VMU 108 VMU 208 15 rioServer Standard User Manual VMU 305 Communications Network The rioN
15. Save Path window Choose a directory in which to store all files related to this CMU Look in x Local Disk C Odi m N Brother T AUTOEXEC BAT 4 ets boot ini My Recent DCP Signal Faker CONFIG SYS Documents Documents and Settings io sys Downloads tj MSDOS SYS Ei D flexim E msildbg log D Program Files NTDETECT Com RECYCLER 1 ntldr iL SiLabs 5 pagefile sys 5oftpaq System Volume Information Temp E VibrationData 4B Ca vxieNe My m WINDOWS Current Folder a Fibre x amp Button My Network Files of type All Files M J Current Folder Desktop My Documents 48 rioServer Standard User Manual Communications Timing Options Radio Timing Options This slider adjusts the packet size and delay between packets that are transmitted from the VMU to the software The very fast setting should be used when the VMU is directly wired to the computer with a 485 serial cable or when there is excellent reception with the radios There is no inter packet delay for very fast On the fast setting the VMU will delay 10 ms after every 80 bytes of data to allow the radios to retry transmission On the moderate setting the delay increases to 20 ms every 80 bytes of data On the slow setting the delay increases to 30 ms but now it delays after every 40 bytes of data On the very slow setting the delay increases to 50 ms after each 20 bytes of data
16. When you run the NCA Config Utility it will automatically search the network consisting of the NCA and your PC in this case for all NCA s If your NCA does not show up automatically in the list check to ensure the yellow link light is lit where the Ethernet cable plugs into the NCA If the cable is not lit then the NCA is not properly plugged into the network First ensure that the NCA power plug is connected and that the cables are securely in place If the link light still does not come on contact your IT department to help you resolve why Until the link light is lit there is a hardware problem and nothing can be done in software to fix anything Once the link light turns on click the search button 18 rioServer Standard User Manual again to repeat the search The search function works by using a UDP broadcast and may not find NCA s that are plugged in on the far side of routers depending on the configuration of the router Once the NCA is on your network simply highlight the NCA you wish to edit and click the appropriate button to edit the IP or the Hostname An NCA does not need to have a hostname The hostname is simply a friendly name you can assign to an NCA so you can remember which IP is located where For example you might call one of your NCA s Pump House and another NCA Tank Farm SM NCA Co nfiguration Utility Network Communications Adapters Found 92 168 0 4 al Edit NCA Config 00 40 9D 2D 6140
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18. collected regardless of whether the user has deliberately scrolled back to view an older scan It is recommend that the Keep Current If Viewing Current option be selected for normal operations to prevent confusion between users Alarm Auto Clear This feature gives the operator the option of automatically clearing alarms after a predetermined time period If the sensor is still in alarm after this time period another alarm is issued This has no effect on sensors that are in Learn Mode as they never actually enter into alarm alarms are reset immediately and so no alarm is actually generated Demod Calc Type This control allows the user to define what calculation type rioServer uses to demodulate time waveforms Peak is most useful when the impacting you are observing is significantly higher than the noise floor in the band you are monitoring RMS and average offer better signal to noise ratios than the peak calculation type but they can mask the severity of the impacting The Bessel calculation improves the signal to noise ration even better The performance of all 4 of these calculation types greatly depends on the Fmin and envelope factors chosen on the main screen Since the user may wish to modify these factors on the fly while they are looking at the data the result of changing these controls can be viewed in real time as the factors are changed The Fmin factor controls the initial high pass filter that is 83 ri
19. new values will appear in the list You can highlight a line in the list by simply clicking on it Then once it is highlighted you can use the 4 control buttons to the right of the list to modify that line move it up or down delete the line or temporarily disable the line without deleting it Double clicking on a line will copy the 12 rioServer Standard User Manual line s contents into the 4 text entry fields at the top You can then edit the contents and click Replace to put the newly edited line back into the list Items first in the list have priority when there is an overlap in the frequency For example in the preceding screenshot the frequencies between 80 and 110 Hz are defined in both lines Since the first line is above the second the first line has precedence So the frequencies from 10 80 are defined by line 2 80 110 Hz are overridden by line 1 and 110 500 are defined by line 2 Thus 3 regions were defined with only 2 entries You can make the 10 entries as complex as you wish You will be able to view the created waveform once you return to the main screen Don t forget to enable the alarms for all the channels you want by clicking the enable check box Also remember that email alerts must be enabled disabled for each alarm type on each VMU The Track Band Alarm using Tachometer is an advanced feature that enables the bands to track with the machines speed When you define an alarm set y
20. number of the connected unit if Known If this number is blank or all zeros then the software has never successfully communicated with the VMU You should check to ensure the Unit ID and Serial Port selector are correct and press the Test Connection button IP Address This is the IP Address of the NCA connected to the VMU The small lights to the right side of the text field tell you whether rioServer was able to successfully ping the IP Address specified Note You can increase the ping time for this test below on this same screen near the bottom RioServer only tests the IP whenever it is changed So if you want it to try again delete a character from the IP type it again then click the light to redo the test Test Connection Pressing this button causes the software to send a message to the VMU The VMU then responds with a small packet of configuration data including the serial number and calibration factor Root Directory This is the directory that the rioServer Standard software uses to create the directories for each sensor Warning Changing the Directory to Save Sensor Data 47 rioServer Standard User Manual When using the browse button on the right hand side of the text entry area you must be in the directory you wish to use when the Current Folder button is clicked All alarm settings and log files are stored in this root directory If selected properly the correct path will be in the Root Data
21. o Automatically notify appropriate personnel when changes occur Upgrades and Reinstallation Upgrades 20 rioServer Standard User Manual By default the installation program will install rioServer Standard into the directory C Program Files RioTech When upgrading to a new version running the setup exe file will overwrite the already existing program The primary configuration file for the program will be NOT be erased when the program is reinstalled Data files will not be overwritten when installing an upgrade either 21 rioServer Standard User Manual Reinstallation By default the installation program will install rioServer Standard into the directory C Program Files RioTech When reinstalling the same version on a computer running the setup exe file the first time will uninstall the existing program You must run setup exe a second time to install the upgrade Data files will not be overwritten when installing an upgrade rioServer Standard s main screen The main screen is the primary interface to the whole RioNet system A sample view of this screen is shown below SM rioServer Standard Stopped Ele Edit Graph Help fli Newvmu B Af Time Waveform 253 Trends Bg overall ams amp YRS Sensor 2 Test tone a i Sensor 3 amp Sensor 4 amp Sensor 5 amp f Sensor 6 ff Sensor 7 amp i Sensor 8 E CR CERE CR M CNN tthe ty ttt t NECEM pt ttt ERE UE ERE NERONE
22. power This LED should be continuously lit If this LED ever blinks off then power was somehow interrupted Power surges can damage the VMU and should be avoided After verifying that the VMU is powered properly the user will be able to see a blinking LED colored blue on the VMU 150 and colored green on the VMU 205 that is referred to as the heartbeat This heartbeat LED will blink once per second and verifies that the onboard computer is running If the power LED is on but the heartbeat LED is not blinking then it is probable that the unit is damaged and needs repair When using a National Instruments RS 485 serial adapter there is normally a 5 volt difference between the line and the line The line will generally be very close to ground potential while the line will be approximately at 5 volts When using a MOXA Ethernet 485 Adapter the line will be approximately at 2 3 volts while the line will be approximately 2 1 volts relative to ground These voltages refer to the state of the serial bus when no communications traffic is present If the voltages are significantly different from these values and communications are not working we suggest you try reversing the wires on the and lines to see if the system will start working RioTech Instruments recommends that systems normally be installed using the cool color for Such as black blue or green and using a warm color for Such as red white or yell
23. select options that deal with the overall program not individual sensors Graph Menu The graph menu looks as follows File Edit Help c Ney Autoscale Graph Now Ctrl 4 Zoom Out Graph Fully Ctri z Automatically Autoscale X Axis Ctrl Shift x Automatically Autoscale Y Axis Ctrl4 Shift Na Get Spectrum Now Ctrl G i Cursor 1 WA Graph Amplitude Options Graph Frequency Units Reference Scan u amem A mI Demodulation 4 D Autoscale Graph Now This command autoscales the current graph as per the settings in the Configure Sensors dialog Zoom Out Graph Fully This command zooms the current graph out to full scale 36 rioServer Standard User Manual Automatically Autoscale X Axis This command explicitly autoscales the X time or frequency axis Automatically Autoscale Y Axis This command explicitly autoscales the Y amplitude axis Get Spectrum Now This command causes rioServer to immediately collect a time waveform spectrum and set of trend points on the currently selected sensor of the current VMU Be aware that rioServer will collect this spectrum even if the bias voltage is bad so if the data returned looks strange check the bias voltage to ensure the sensor is properly wired Cursor This item accesses a submenu that allows the user to pick what kind of cursor to display on the graph The contents of the submenu will automatically change when different kinds
24. that the ActiveX libraries and controls used by the program were not properly registered with the Windows operating system due to the user not having administrator privileges on the computer when the program was installed In this case it is probably easiest to uninstall the program logon as administrator reinstall the program and run it It is possible to manually register the ActiveX libraries and controls but this is recommended only for expert Windows users The files that must be registered are ANSMTP DLL which controls sending emails MSCOMMS32 OCX which controls the serial ports and MSCOMCT2 OCX which includes the calendar and time controls for assigning learn mode expiration and deleting old files These files should be registered using the Microsoft Registry Server regsvr32 exe If you are unfamiliar with this process then do not attempt it call RioTech Instruments for technical assistance 96 rioServer Standard User Manual Software Usability Issues RioServer Standard is a very complex piece of software Due to the multitude of options available to the user it is not always immediately clear how to do what you need to do In this section we will discuss how to get some of the more common tasks done with the software and discuss the philosophy behind why the software was designed the way it is so that you can get the most benefit out of its unique and powerful attributes Finally we will discuss some frequently asked
25. 1 1 1 1 9 al p J i99 ike 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 Hz x HEO 1 Learn Mode On Set Learn Expiration Disabled Learn Mode Expiration Temporarily Suspend Alarms Set Suspend Expiration Disabled Suspend Expiration Close Enabled This check box enables envelope alarms for this sensor You will only see the alarm trace on the main screen if the envelope alarms are enabled For any individual sensor only Band alarms OR Envelope alarms can be enabled So if you attempt to enable envelope alarms when Band alarms are already enabled you will get a warning message and have the choice of using either Band OR Envelope alarms 66 rioServer Standard User Manual Track RPM With Track RPM checked the envelope alarm traces will move as RPM changes Alarm Email Enabled Checking this box allows rioServer to send emails when an alarm is triggered If this box is left un checked you will NOT receive emails when envelope alarms happen on this sensor Require Local Ack Checking this box requires the user to acknowledge this sensor s envelope alarms Require Remote Ack Checking this box requires any rioNet Viewers who are connected to this VMU to acknowledge this sensor s envelope alarms Create Alarm Trace This button uses the spectrum defined to the right of this button to create an alarm trace The last spectrum collected means the spectrum that is shown on the main screen w
26. A can automatically pick an IP address Unfortunately this address will change every time the computer and or NCA is started RioServer will not know of these address changes and will not know where to look for its NCA to communicate with Therefore it will be necessary to run the locate NCA option in rioServer every time the computer is restarted if you use this configuration The only reason 17 rioServer Standard User Manual to use this configuration is to avoid setting up IP addresses and network masks in the computer and NCA The above can be avoided by giving the NCA a permanent IP address Assigning an IP address to the NCA If operating within a corporate network the network administrator can provide assistance in configuring both your PC and the NCA Remember to plug the NCA into the Ethernet network using the proper cable a crossover cable when plugging the NCA directly into a PC or laptop s network port or a patch cable when plugging into a LAN Cables supplied by RioTech Instruments are color codes as orange for crossover cables and gray for patch cables but cables from other sources may be colored differently You now need to use the NCA Configuration Utility to identify the NCA s IP address The NCA Configuration Utility can be run by using the Windows Start Menu and the shortcut is located under RioTech Instruments The NCA Configuration Utility will allow you to set an IP and the optional hostname for your NCA
27. TestBenchNCA Jo Extra Delay ping time in ms If you are unfamiliar with TCP IP networking we strongly recommend you contact your IT department for assistance when configuring the NCA Most companies have a range of IP s that are available for static use A static IP is an IP that has been manually set by a user and will never change on it s own RioTech recommends using a static IP 19 rioServer Standard User Manual Chapter 3 Introduction to rioServer Standard Overview RioNet is a powerful data acquisition system used for monitoring and diagnosis of any type of industrial equipment that has vibration characteristics The RioNet system can acquire and transport vibration data over long distances saving the data for immediate as well as historical evaluation rioServer is the heart of the rioNet system It controls the communications network and the remote VMUs stores the collected data provides alarm notification and presents the data to the user The rioNet system allows a technician to e Gather transport and manage vibrational data e Monitor acquired data as o Time waveform o Velocity or acceleration based FFT and o Trended vibration energy e Do in depth analysis using o Frequency and amplitude cursors o Sideband cursors or o Time difference cursors e Automatically monitor equipment for o Changes in FFT line energy and o Changes in trended vibration energy
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29. ble an item highlight it and click disable Click close when finished It is recommended that you send a test email to ensure that any new or edited entries in the email list are spelled correctly 90 rioServer Standard User Manual Email Setup Dialog When you click the Edit Email Setup button in the options dialog the following dialog will appear i gt Email Setup rioServer Vibraiton Monitoring Syster smtp somewhere net SMTPS bob somewhere net T Logon to SM It is STRONGLY recommended that you click the Send Test Email button on the Preferences dialog after adjusting these settings to ensure proper operation of email Display Text for From Address This is what recipients of the email will see in the From field when viewing the email Actual address for From Address This is the return address of the email Most email servers REQUIRE this to be a valid address SMTP Server Address This is the address of the SMTP server You must put this in properly or else the email will not be sent Check with your I T people if you don t know what to put here 91 rioServer Standard User Manual Logon to SMTP server when sending This is generally NOT required Use this only if necessary 92 rioServer Standard User Manual Chapter 4 Troubleshooting rioServer Standard This section presents some of the common problems encountered by users of the rioServer Standard software and their solutions
30. ched in one of three ways It can be reached by clicking on the button labeled Band Alarms in the Configure VMU dialog It can be reached through the menu item Edit gt Configure Sensors Band Alarm Config on the main screen It can also be reached by right clicking a sensor icon on the VMU tree and selecting Configure Band Alarms from the dialog All eight sensors on the current VMU can be configured in this dialog You must setup each sensor s alarm values individually 71 rioServer Standard User Manual 341 Band Alarm Options NewVMU CPU fan Sensor 1 Sensor 4 v Enable Yellow Alarm Redalerm Newstett New Stop PEER uns 0 0020 0 0030 10 500 TORIO Ho v Yellow Alarm Red Alarm Freq Start Freq Stop Track Band Alarms 00140 0 0160 80 110 Vl sing tachometer X 0 0000 x 0 0000 oOo 0 3600 RPM Basis X 0 0000 x 0 0000 X 0 0000 x 0 0000 X 0 0000 x 0 0000 v Send Email Alerts OR QD RH V Require Local Ack x 0 0000 x 0 0000 f x 0 0000 x 0 0000 V Require Remote Ack Automatically Learn Alarm Values Freg Range Ake tent AE 18 00 00 Learn Mode Learn Multiplier j fMin 10 12 31 03 Expiration 1 50 t FMax 1000 This dialog allows you to define 10 bands either distinct or overlapping To add a new alarm simply type the yellow and red alarm values the units are in sec and the frequency you wish to start and stop at select which band you wish to overwrite and click Replace The
31. cho pi E Ee clerx tein Ene ina OTRA 25 Now acquiring ODD uiii eiuo o otro Eoo Eee Se nri tad ete eno uad md iMaaecd 25 TIMES TO GIGAM PIPER PIE HIER HN 26 Historical Scrollbar 4 2OPFOLco socis udotusdta ton Ee RICE SUR ieu UR Uo Eos Rie ec 26 Note Scrollbar Shows Only Single Day ssssses 26 First Day BUON ae C m 26 Previous Day BUTTON s o OL aiaa aa in E E 26 Next Day arre M re EE 27 Last Day Button zou o ETERNI UR AME M MR DU bos 27 Pc iuangboro MN OPE ENTRE 27 Status Bal qnse ei eno aM DHT IN LEO ONL NOIL T URUEUE 27 rioServer Standard User Manual Calculated Spectrum Energy Statistics ssssssssssss 28 Sensor Summary ATG eec a aeree EAT Cu E Or ERE SER UAR geen 29 Exploring rioServer Standard Graphical Displays 29 EL tM m 30 CI MEI iem RET 30 Purple Reference Tracoe iie eere eruta ln ru et ataee ine ie E Rat 30 PROCS Ala TAC RE ete se Iota 31 Yellow Alarm Trace uico tr raodo sen ntn eie e RE a NEEE nudus 31 Ga ph EaDels ss doro etaed ia doen etd s ue us 31 Graph Tool Gonlrols 2 ee orte ie tere nre edt etu Ss tee 31 ZOGOIoEO0lS 20 5 Sc ae eG od dee SCA 32 GUFSOI TOOl iiie tn taa lee te Eun eee tah Rx UM QU Nue M p epe UE 32 Hand MOOI Mr 32 Exploring Menu Options of the Main Screen sesessssss 33 Friese c
32. chometer see RPM Source below This number is multiplied by the current tachometer reading to create the RPM used for this sensor Fixed RPM This number is used whenever the VMU is NOT using the tachometer see RPM Source below 61 rioServer Standard User Manual Auto Scale Settings Auto Scale Settings For Spectrums Velocity Amplitude Units Hz Spec Freq Units 800 Max Freg Shown Auto Scale Settings For Time Waveforms Displacement ow Amplitude Units Turns w TmeUnits 2 Max Time Shown These settings determine how graphs will be shown by default There are two sets of Auto Scale Settings one for Spectrums and one for Time Waveforms Each has selectable Amplitude Units Velocity Acceleration Displacement and Custom For spectrums you can specify frequency units and the max frequency shown For time waveforms specify time units and maximum time shown Module Settings Module Settings RPM Source Set New Cal Factor Use Tach Input Use Fixed Number Set New Cal Factor 62 rioServer Standard User Manual This button will cause the program to show a new dialog screen On this screen you will be able to type in a new calibration factor for the VMU Warning Modifying Set New Cal Factor Do not modify Current Calibration Factor button unless you have calibration equipment Note Accuracy of Amplitudes in Spectrum Graphs All VMU s are calibrated at the factory using a pure sine wave test s
33. ctory The small button just below this input box with a folder icon on it f will open a dialog box that allows you to select a directory When using the browse dialog you must enter the directory you wish to select then click the button at the bottom right labeled Current Folder Exploring rioServer Standard Configuration The user can configure rioServer Standard by opening the Configure VMU Dialog This dialog is opened by choosing Edit Configure VMU from menu at the top of the main screen 44 rioServer Standard User Manual ost A 4 Configure VMU 192 168 0 42 C iWibrationDatalNewVMLI There are 4 main areas in the Configure VMU Dialog window They are Communications Configuration Basic Configuration Communications Timing Options and the Alarm and Trend configuration area 45 rioServer Standard User Manual Communications Configuration 192 168 0 42 i _ C WibrationDatalNewvMU VMU Name This is the name that will appear in the list of available VMU on the main screen of the program This name will also appear in email alarm notices so it will be helpful if the name is descriptive of what the unit is measuring Unit ID This is the network identification number that rioServer uses to communicate with the VMU Each VMU on a serial communications network MUST have a unique Unit ID VMU Serial Number 46 rioServer Standard User Manual This numeric indicator displays the current serial
34. e that is now current will be shown just above the scroll bar Previous Day Button The Ea button loads all the scans collected during the previous day If no scans were taken on the day immediately before the 26 rioServer Standard User Manual current day it will move as far as necessary to find a day with scans This button is grayed out when there are no previous days with scans The date that is now current will be shown just above the scroll bar Next Day Button The ET button changes the current day to the next day that contains scans If no scans were taken on the next day immediately after the current day it will move as far as necessary to find a day with scans This button is grayed out when the current day is the last day with scans The date that is now current will be shown just above the scroll bar Last Day Button The gt gt button changes the current day to the last day that contains scans After this button is clicked this button and the next day buttons will be grayed out The date that is now current will be shown just above the scroll bar Alarm Log This is a list of the last alarms that have been generated by rioServer They are listed in chronological order This list only stores the most current alarms The number of alarms that are stored in this list is configured in the preferences dialog Status Bar 27 rioServer Standard User Manual Along the very bottom of the window is a status bar t
35. er however it can also be used as a basis for creating envelope alarms The Clear Reference Scan option is checked when the reference scan is off Help Menu The Help menu looks as follows File Edit Graph E ll New MU Registration ME enso Show Context Help H Am Time Help Contents And Index 5 Tren About rioServer Standard toy a i Registration This item will open the product registration dialog Show Context Help This item will change the cursor to a question mark so the user can click on an item on the screen for an explanation of that item 38 rioServer Standard User Manual Help Contents And Index This item will open rioServer s online help file About rioServer Standard This item will display a dialog box showing what version of the program is currently running and displaying the copyright information for the program Edit VMU List Before you can configure a VMU and start collecting data you must add the VMU to the VMU List To do this choose the menu item Edit Edit VMU List from the menu on the main screen Opening this dialog causes rioServer to verify the NCA name for each NCA configured The cursor will change to an hourglass during the search period which normally lasts about 5 15 seconds depending on the number of VMU s configured S Edit VMU List VMU Name NCA Name IP Address Root Directory TestBenchNCA 92 168 0 42 CiibrationDataNewVMLU
36. et system is designed to work over various network topologies e RS485 at 19 2 Kb e Radios 900 MHz Spread Spectrum Frequency Hopping e Ethernet e Cellular Wifi Modems e Any combination of the above VMU s use the RS485 2 wire standard Multiple VMU s can be connected together in a multi drop configuration 14 rioServer Standard User Manual The rioServer software can only communicate using Ethernet so each rioNet system must have a data conversion device rioNet use a device called a Network Communication Adaptor or NCA The two most frequently used methods by rioServer to communicate with VMU s is direct wired and wireless Direct wire with rioNet NCA Wireless connection VMU Wireless Modules PC with Network 15 rioServer Standard User Manual Chapter 2 Setup Procedure Software Installation Before installing the rioServer Standard software ensure that the computer on which it is to be installed meets the minimum requirements set forth in Chapter 1 First setup the 485 serial driver as per the hardware installation instructions above Then install the rioServer Standard software rioServer Standard Installation Step 1 Log on to the computer with Administrator rights Step 2 Load the rioServer Standard installation CD in the CD drive Step 3 Run setup exe Installing Over Previous Software Versions If a newer version of rioServer Standard is being installed over an older version you must al
37. etwork problem affecting communications after you pick an NCA use this button to test the network connection and the NCA itself A telnet session is opened between rioServer and the NCA testing the NCAs serial communications settings A summary of the telnet session is shown in a dialog box A successful test results are shown below 42 rioServer Standard User Manual Sw NCA Test Results NCA address under test 192 168 0 42 Current confiquration session results Port Settings port baudrate databits stopbits parity flowcontrol altpin l 19200 8 l none none off Hardware Timing port state predelay postdelay 1 on 1 Z Unit ID This is the serial network ID of the VMU Test Comm To VMU This button will cause rioServer to attempt to communicate with the VMU using the indicated comport and Unit ID Search For VMU This button searches for any VMUs connected to the NCA The search is from Unit ID 1 to 48 All the Unit Ids to which a response was received will be listed in a drop down box Simply choose the Unit ID you wish and click Use Selected ID for the Unit ID to be loaded into the VMU Dialog Screen This screen is shown below 43 rioServer Standard User Manual E Scan Complete 1 Found Unit IDs Found n Cancel Search Use Selected ID Close Root Directory This is the directory that the VMU s configuration file will be stored in Each sensor will have a sub directory created under this dire
38. figure Sensors Acquisition Parameters on the main screen It can also be reached by right clicking a sensor icon on the VMU tree and selecting Configure Sensors from the dialog All eight sensors on the current VMU can be configured in this dialog The items that are sensor specific are in the tab area of the dialog The items below the tab area apply to all eight sensors 54 rioServer Standard User Manual zu Configure Sensor Dialog NewVMU Sensors L sensor amp Sensor L Sensor amp CPU fan jio HORRORE Acquisition Time 1000Hz Wi fMax 1600 lines G1 Averages 1 933 sec se Fixed Rem Accelerometer Sensor Type 9 Sensitivity mV G Auto Scale Settings For Spectrums pepe Units H2 Spec Freq Units 800 Max Freq Shown Auto Scale Settings For Time Waveforms Amplitude Units Turns w Time Units f Max Time Shown z Sensor Enable Check box Next to the sensor number tab is the Sensor Enable Check box This turns on off the data collection for this sensor If data collection is off no data collection will occur All functions on this sensor will be disabled if this control is unchecked trend data will not be captured no alarms will be issued on this sensor etc 58 rioServer Standard User Manual Sensor Name This is a user defined label that will help you remember what is connected to the sensor Usually you will want to put something tha
39. for Peak to Peak Max Value and Min Value Max Value is the highest amplitude value in the waveform Min Value is the lowest Peak to Peak is the Max minus the Min RPM Tracking At the bottom of each sensor s trend configuration area is a checkbox to enable RPM Band Tracking This advanced feature allows the start and stop frequency for each trend to automatically adjust to changes in the RPM of the monitored machine This feature only works if you are using the tachometer input on a VMU When you click the checkbox rioServer will enable the control labeled RPM basis for tracking You need to enter the normal running speed of the machine in the RPM basis control Normal here is not based on what proportion of time the machine actually spends running at that speed Instead normal means the nominal RPM of the machine that was used when calculating the start and stop frequencies of the trends For example suppose a user has a variable speed machine that is monitored by sensor 1 of a VMU and the tachometer input is being used Suppose that the user wishes to trend the RMS value of the input from 5 to 10 times running speed If the machine is running at 3600 RPM then this band runs from 300 Hz 60 Hz machine speed X 5 to 600 Hz 60 Hz machine speed X 10 So the user creates a trend band to calculate RMS with a start frequency of 300 and a 79 rioServer Standard User Manual stop fre
40. g Please note this is in units of in sec This is the low frequency cutoff for the alarms when alarm values are created It defaults to the lowest frequency available in the spectrum but you may change the number to a higher value if you wish Signals in the frequencies less than the start frequency will NEVER trigger an alarm no matter how high the signal gets This is similar to the Start values described above This is the high frequency limit for alarms when an alarm trace is generated Learn Mode On Checking this box enables rioServer s exclusive Learn Mode feature When this feature is activated new spectrums that are acquired and cause an alarm will cause the alarm to be raised rather than an alarm issued The alarm will be raised to whatever the new spectrum amplitude is plus the percentage listed above in Alarm Padding You can see if learn mode is currently activated on a particular sensor by looking at the Icon of the sensor in the tree If an L is 69 rioServer Standard User Manual visible in the upper right side of the icon the sensor is in learn mode If it is not visible the sensor is not in learn mode The learn mode icon is shown below la Spectrum Set Learn Expiration This button opens a dialog shown below that allows you to automatically turn off Learn Mode at a predetermined time or after a set duration The Set Expiration button is disabled when learn mode is off Depending o
41. g Options Dialog This dialog is reached by clicking the Configure Reporting Options button in the Preferences dialog Edit Reporting Options iv E iv iv a iv iv iv d iv ai a H a ip al This dialog allows the user to configure when periodic reports are generated and to whom When the checkbox Reports Enabled is checked rioServer will generate a periodic report with an interval between reports as selected in the dropdown list titled Report Frequency Each day the first report will occur at the time indicated in the Starting Report Time control The starting time is shown in hours then minutes in 24 hour format Thus in the 87 rioServer Standard User Manual example above a report will be generated once each day at 9 am in the morning If you selected 8 hours in the report frequency control and a start time of 8 30 then rioServer would generate a report at 8 30 am and at 4 30 pm The email addresses of the intended recipients of the report should be entered into the control labeled Email Address one at a time clicking the Add button after each entry To remove an address from the list simply highlight the item you wish to remove and click Delete There are 8 possible parts to the report that you can include or not in any combination you desire Sensor Summary will include a list of all the settings of all the sensors on rioServer including sensors that are disabled
42. hat is connected to the sensor Usually you will want to put something that describes the piece of equipment that is being monitored For example a sensor mounted on the horizontal axis of the drive end of a motor connected to a fan called the FD Fan might be labeled FD Fan DE H 24 rioServer Standard User Manual Status and Control Area The status and control area of the main screen has a collection of different status indicators that inform the user of the current status of rioServer There is also a set of historical controls that allow the user to view previously collected data You can also grab the lower right hand corner of the window to resize the window on your computer screen NewYMU vMU 52 Time Overall RMS 0 010 Graph Cursor loas Coloctod Zoom O A Value 0 013 0 0Hz 1000 He FMax 1600 Lines RPM 3600 0 D 00000511 infsec 00 10 00 Trend Interval 00 10 00 Spect Interval T 10 67 Bias Voltage 1 Sensor lt e lt C gt gt gt CPU fan Sensor AlarmLog NewVMU Sensor 1 Yellow 10 29 2008 1 50 29 PM Spectrum Alarm 0 00165 in sec 17 5 Hz x Notes New MU Sensor 1 Red 10 29 2008 1 49 51 PM Spectrum Alarm 0 0133 in sec 92 5 Hz 1 Last Comm 100 00 a Acq NewYMU Sen 1 This Sensor Next Spectrum NaN This Sensor Next Trend Point NaN Scan 5 of 5 Day Showing 10 29 08 Time Collected Window Shows the date and time of the currently displayed graph Now acquiring light This little green ligh
43. hat percentage of the total buffer was received Using Test Long Waveform to Adjust Radio Timing The Test Long Waveform command represents the most demanding capability of the communication system To get 50 rioServer Standard User Manual the proper representation as the reliability of the connection the test should be run 4 to 10 times The response from the test does not have to be 100 every time the test is run but should return 100 at least 50 or more of the time If the test returns 100 less than 50 of the time adjust the radio timing to a slower setting Enter Radio Diagnostic Mode This command will cause rioServer Standard to enter into a special Radio Diagnostic Mode Messages will be sent continuously to the VMU At the top of the block of statistics will be a total count of messages sent Then there is a statistical breakdown of how many of those were completely successful partially successful and how many failed Then there is a break down of just the last 100 messages On the right side of the screen is an indicator of what the last message s result was 51 rioServer Standard User Manual Radio Diagnostic Mode CN cmm n On the VMU the Green LED will change from being a 1 blink per second heartbeat showing the VMU is running to a diagnostic indicator The LED will blink fast when communications are at 100 It will blink slow when messages are running at less than 100 and it wil
44. hat shows 4 pieces of information There are 2 countdown timers that show how long it will be until another spectrum or trend point is collected on the current sensor When acquisition is stopped the time until next scan will show NaN It also shows the index of what spectrum you are currently viewing and how many there have been collected so far today Lastly it shows the date that is currently being viewed Calculated Spectrum Energy Statistics There are two numeric indicators at the bottom right of graph To select whether to display RMS or peak go to Edit Options Display Overall Energy RMS or Peak The top numeric display will be labeled either Overall RMS or Overall Peak and displays the calculated statistic for the entire collected spectrum being displayed regardless of the portion of that spectrum that is being viewed at the time You can pick what calculation type is used for the statistic in the Preferences Dialog in the Miscellaneous options frame Zoom O A Value Energy Zoom O A Value shows just the calculated statistic in the currently viewed portion of the waveform When the graph is zoomed out to view the entire spectrum the 2 numbers will be the same If you zoom in to a particular area of the spectrum the Zoom O A RMS or Zoom O A Peak will show you the energy contained in just that portion of the spectrum The statistic calculation type will always be the same as the calculation type for ove
45. he driver be uninstalled and reinstalled before changing the hardware For specific instructions on how to do this refer to the documentation for the specific adapter that you have see Setup Manual for details Software Problems While every effort is made to thoroughly test the rioServer software it is possible that the software can malfunction One of the areas in which it is possible to create such a malfunction is to install the program without administrator rights to the machine 95 rioServer Standard User Manual Each time when rioServer starts up rioServer will load its configuration from a file called Rio Server ini This file is located in the same directory as the executable program The default location for rioServer to be installed in is C Program Files RioTech If any files in this directory are deleted it may become necessary to reinstall the program before it will work properly The configuration file Rio Server ini contains critical information necessary to the proper operation of the system Users should not manually edit this file If this file is corrupted it may become necessary to delete the file In most cases it will be sufficient to simply rename the file to another name rather than deleting it When rioServer Standard cannot find the file on startup it will create a new file with the default values Please note the default values do not define any alarms Another area of potential problem is
46. hen viewing the most recent day with data and when the history scroll bar is all the way to the right If you wish to generate a spectrum based on some other spectrum simply lock that spectrum as a reference then build the alarm trace off the Current Reference spectrum 67 rioServer Standard User Manual Envelope Width This is how wide an alarm level will be around each peak in the source spectrum For example in the following screen shot there is a width of 15 Hz in the yellow alarm around the signal at 120 Hz You can also see that the red alarm was not raised in a corresponding manner since in this example it was generated using 0 002 as a minimum red alarm value o COSS erana 10 50 100 150 200 250 300 Frearrqprrrarqrrrrgprn Alarm Padding This is the percentage above the spectrum used to generate the alarm values Min Yellow Alarm This is the minimum value to set the yellow alarm In the example close up picture above this value was set to 0 001 This value was picked for illustration purposes only You should pick a realistic value based on the noise floor of the system you are monitoring and the tolerance you have for false alarms Please note this is in units of in sec 68 rioServer Standard User Manual Min Red Alarm Start As for the Min Yellow Alarm but for red alarms In the example above this was set to 0 002 Again you should pick a value appropriate for the system you are measurin
47. ich tool is active by the appearance of the button being pushed down For example in the picture above the Zoom Tool is selected Zoom Tools The Zoom Tools Palette is shown below The zoom tools palette will display when the zoom tool icon is clicked with the mouse The little arrow at the bottom right of the icon tells you that there is another palette or menu below this button Starting in the upper left and moving left to right top to bottom the tools are zoom to a rectangle zoom with vertical cursors zoom with horizontal cursors full scale zoom zoom in and zoom out Cursor Tool The cursor tool allows you to manipulate the graph cursor using the mouse The graph cursor will not respond to the mouse unless this tool is the active tool The cursor should always respond to the keyboard arrow keys Hand Tool 32 rioServer Standard User Manual The hand tool allows you to grab the entire graph with the mouse and drag the graph traces around It is most useful for moving the whole graph in small amounts Exploring Menu Options of the Main Screen File Menu The file menu looks as follows Edit Graph Help Print Ctrl P Send Email Now Sensor Health Check Delete Old Files Refresh File Cache Backup Configuration Exit Ctrl F4 Print Prints the current graph Send Email Now Opens a dialog that allows you to send an email that includes screenshots of the current sensor s spectrum and
48. idth as determined by this control When initiated by a new scan arriving this setting is only used if the Trend Time Autoscaling is set to scroll to last point Trend Depth This dropdown list box allows the user to select how many data points to keep for a trend graph before the oldest points are deleted The quantity of trended data points can be specified either as a number of data points or as all the number of data points collected within a certain time frame Viewer Trend Depth This allows the user to select how many data points to allow someone using RioTech s Viewer application to download Miscellaneous Scan History This option controls the behavior of the scroll bar below the graph If the scroll bar is all the way to the right and you are viewing the most current day you are viewing the most current data available on that particular sensor The Never Change option will cause the program to never move the scroll bar when new scans are acquired The option Keep Current If Viewing 82 rioServer Standard User Manual Current will automatically move the scroll bar to point to the most current scan if the scroll bar is currently viewing the most current scan If you are not viewing the most current scan it will leave the scroll bar alone when new data arrives on that sensor The setting Always Keep Current will cause the scroll bar to jump to the most current data immediately once new data has been
49. ignal Few real world signals will give the same results as lab conditions Reading compared to other similar types of equipment may vary because of the following Different Sensors The same location on the same piece of equipment may give different readings because most sensors are 10 Different time Unless two pieces of measuring equipment are somehow synchronized they will always display different sometimes significantly different amplitudes Windowing The various FFT windows allow the user varying to trade offs between frequency resolution and amplitude accuracy Different window settings in different pieces of equipment can give very different readings Lines of resolution and center frequency of lines By their design FFTs divide the energy in the signal into a group of discrete frequencies These frequencies evenly spaced between the fMin and fMax If an incoming signal has a frequency that falls between those discrete frequencies the FFT will divide the energy between the frequency above and frequency below in proportion to how close the incoming signal is to the discrete frequencies in the FFT If the signal is 63 rioServer Standard User Manual halfway between two center frequencies then the power in that signal will be divided evenly between the two spectral lines making each half as high This is important because measurements taken on two different pieces of equipment each properly calibrated with sim
50. ilar signal input settings can give different readings because the center frequencies of each of their spectral lines may be different Different windows can also change this behavior The nominal accuracy of the VMU s manufactured by RioTech Instruments is 10 In most conditions the accuracy will be substantially better than this nominal accuracy but customers should verify the calibration setting of the entire assembled system using the same accelerometers that will be used for equipment monitoring using a calibrated shaker table to ensure accuracy when monitoring sensitive or critical equipment RPM Source This selector switch allows the use of either the tachometer input on the VMU or user selected number which is fixed There are 4 things that the software does with this number It stores the current RPM with each data file written to disk It uses this number to calculate the x axis when viewing the data in orders It also uses this number to activate the trigger when using a tach data save trigger for more info see the File Output tab Lastly it is used for the advanced band alarm tracking feature Check Bias Voltages This button opens a window that displays the current bias voltage for each of the 5 sensors The voltage reading will have a red 64 rioServer Standard User Manual background if the bias voltage is less than 8 volts or greater than 15 volts A voltage of close to zero indicates that either the sensor
51. isor 55 100 rioServer Standard User Manual Start Stop Frequency 75 Status Bal usi erred v 27 Tach Multiplier 61 Time Wawveform 83 Timing Options 49 Timout Settings vii 52 MhAC us sete sees vi viii 30 31 TIBEOBO sine tete d uate 30 Trend vii viii 29 36 45 55 56 57 73 74 79 80 83 Upgrades ups te Lt LR 20 VMU vi vii 12 13 14 15 24 25 26 29 35 36 37 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 59 61 63 64 65 67 70 72 73 74 75 77 78 83 91 92 96 VMU BIST ao o ees 39 Window Type ezesee neis 82 Zoom O A Value Energy 28 Zoom Tools vi 32 101
52. l stop blinking altogether when the communications rate reaches 0 You can use this mode to help locate which areas are in radio range and which areas are not Additional Timout Settings This drop down list gives the software the option to wait a longer period of time to receive a complete response from the VMU before timing out This is probably only necessary on very slow computers 52 rioServer Standard User Manual or when using Ethernet serial ports The 2 numeric indicators below this list show you the actual numerical values of the chosen timing option The ping time is an extra delay to account for the one way transmission time to the serial port The throughput time is the extra time to allow for delays in transmission speed Adding delays here generally will NOT help improve the reception rate when communicating with radios Additional Timeout Settings 76 Ping Time ms 0 Throughput Delay ms Note When to use Serial Port Timing instead of Radio Timing Options Serial Port Timing adjusts the time the software waits for a response while Radio Timing Options changes the packet size and time between packets that are sent from the VMU When using remote serial ports over IP set Radio Timing Options to very fast and use Serial Port Timing to improve on the Test Long Buffer result Enable Power Save Mode This setting is for future implementation so it has been grayed out in this display Basic Configuration
53. lapse Tree To Sensors This command causes the tree to collapse so that you see each Sensor underneath each VMU Clear Current Sensor Alarm Flag When a sensor enters into alarm an alarm flag is put above the tab of that sensor Further alarms for that sensor are suppressed until the flags are cleared This command clears the alarm flag for just the currently viewed sensor It has no effect if the current sensor isn t in alarm Clear All Alarm Flags When a sensor enters into alarm an alarm flag is put above the tab of that sensor Further alarms for that sensor are suppressed until the flags are cleared This command clears all alarm flags from all VMUs Configure Sensors This command opens a sub menu that allows direct access to various configuration items A picture of this sub menu is included immediately below Configure Sensors Acquisition Parameters Configure VMU NewVMU Envelope Alarm Config Band Alarm Config CHEN USE Trend Config And Alarms f enfin ies Trand Fynanet Configure VMU This command opens a dialog that allows the user to configure all the options for a particular VMU 39 rioServer Standard User Manual Edit VMU List This command opens a dialog that allows the user to add edit or remove a VMU from the list of VMUs Configure Trend Export This command opens a dialog that allows the user to configure data exporting from the software Preferences This command opens a dialog in which the user can
54. low the uninstall program to run and then run setup exe again Step 4 Complete the installation by following the prompts of the install program Step 5 Reboot the computer Step 6 Run the rioServer Standard run by clicking on the icon under RioTech Instruments in the Start Menu 16 rioServer Standard User Manual Network Communications Adapter Setup Procedure The network communications adapter NCA converts the RS485 communications standard over to Ethernet allowing the software to communicate with the VMUs RioTech ships each NCA two different types of Ethernet cables e One orange cable called a crossover cable that is used when connecting the NCA directly to a computer e One gray patch cable is used when connecting the NCA to a LAN usually through a wall mounted plug or a network hub The cables have identical connectors however they are NOT interchangeable You can only use them for the proper type of connection as mentioned above Power must be supplied to the NCA with the supplied AC adapter Connecting the NCA Directly to the Computer When using a laptop which is not already connected to a hub switch router or if the computer running rioServer has another two network cards it is possible to connect the NCA directly to the computer using the orange cable supplied with the NCA While every NCA needs an identifying address called an IP when connected directly to a computer the computer and NC
55. lows adjustment of the custom parameters for your data point Custom w Sensor Type 100 Sen C Only Calculate Trends disable spectrum data collection 0 001 Min Volts Di Min Eng Units lt L4 j 0 02 Max Volts j 20 Max Eng Units Volts Eng Unit Label This feature changes the sensor to static voltage input not a dynamic accelerometer input You can input a minimum and maximum voltage minimum and maximum engineering unit and an engineering unit label For example a temperature sensor with a 10mV per Kelvin sensitivity would be configured typically as 0 to 3 9 volts 273 15 to 116 85 engineering units and deg C as the unit If you wished the display to be in degrees Fahrenheit instead you would enter to 459 7 to 243 2 as the engineering 60 rioServer Standard User Manual units If you wished to see the temperature in Kelvin simply put 0 to 390 This is because 116 85 degC 243 2 degF 390 degK Thus 3 9 volts would be equal to all 3 values for this particular sensor example depending on the unit you wished to view the data in Sensitivity This is the sensitivity of the accelerometers the system is connected to For accelerometers this is expressed in mV G for velocimeters this is expressed in mV in sec and for displacement sensors this is expressed in mV mil This number should be entered as specified by the accelerometer manufacturer Tach Multiplier This number is only used when the VMU is u1sing a ta
56. mu Sensor 1 CPU fan Spectrum Af Time Waveform SS Trends ES overall RMS Ez Sensor 2 Test tone BY Sensor 3 tH gy Sensor 4 gy Sensor 5 gy Sensor 6 H gy Sensor 7 gy Sensor 8 23 rioServer Standard User Manual In this example the spectrum of sensor 1 is selected If you wished to view the time waveform of sensor 1 you would simply click on the time waveform icon Clicking on the Trends icon will show all configured trends on a single graph Clicking on an individual trend will show just the one trend on a graph In order to view alarm levels you need to view trends one at a time Looking at the 8 different sensor icons you will notice that the icon for sensor 1 is green sensor 2 has a red X across it and sensors 3 4 5 6 and 7 are gray The green sensor icon means that the sensor is enabled and the bias voltage was good last time it was checked The red X over sensor 2 means that the sensor is enabled but that the bias voltage was bad last time it was checked The gray icons mean that the sensors are not enabled If a sensor is enabled but the spectrum and time waveform icons are gray that means that spectrums are disabled for that sensor Disabling spectrums is done by setting the Spectrum Scan Rate Divisor to zero 0 See the Configure VMU dialog below for more information Beside sensor 1 you will see the text CPU fan This is a user defined label that will help you remember w
57. n the state of the Set Expiration By switch you can choose either a number of hours to leave learn mode on or a date time that learn mode will switch off When choosing a date time the number of hours between the current date time and the expiration date time is calculated and displayed for you to help assist you in choosing an appropriate expiration date time If you choose a duration of zero or an expiration time that is already past then learn mode will be left on permanently until it is manually turned off Learn Mode Expiration This display shows you the date time of when this sensor s Learn Mode will automatically expire If learn mode expiration is turned off it will display Never Expires If learn mode is turned off then it will display Disabled Temporarily Suspend Alarms This check box will suspend envelope alarm If you check this box you will NOT receive emails when envelope alarms happen on this sensor 70 rioServer Standard User Manual Set Suspend Expiration This button opens a dialog shown below that allows you to automatically turn off Temporarily Suspend Alarms at a predetermined time or after a set duration It functions like Set Learn Expiration Suspend Expiration This display shows you the date time of when this sensor s Temporarily Suspend Alarms will automatically expire It functions like Learn Mode Expiration Edit Band Alarm List Dialog This dialog is rea
58. not limited to fluctuations in electrical power supply computer hardware malfunctions computer operating system malfunctions installation errors software and hardware compatibility problems malfunctions or failures in electronic monitoring or control devices transient failures of electronic systems hardware or software unanticipated uses or misuses or errors on the part of the user adverse factors such as these are hereafter collectively termed system failures Any application where a system failure would create a risk of harm to property or persons including the risk of bodily injury or death should not be reliant solely upon one form of electronic system due to the risk of system failure To avoid damage injury or death the user must take reasonably prudent steps to protect against system failures including but not limited to backup or shut down mechanisms Because each system is unique and differs from RioTech Instruments testing platforms and because a user may use a RioTech Instruments product in combination with other products in a manner not evaluated or contemplated by RioTech Instruments the user is ultimately responsible for verifying and validating the suitability of RioTech Instruments products wherever RioTech Instruments products are incorporated in a system or application including without limitation the appropriate design and safety level of such system or application iv rioServer Standard User Manual
59. ntially dangerous voltages can be present at various stages of the installation process Also persons installing the software should be trained and experienced in installing computer software This manual is also available electronically in Portable Document Format PDF The PDF version in included on the rioServer Standard software installation CD The system must have Adobe Acrobat Reader 3 0 or a later version installed to view PDFs Refer to the Adobe Systems Incorporated Web site at www adobe com to download Acrobat Reader rioServer Standard User Manual xi rioServer Standard User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction to the rioNet Monitoring System The rioNet system consists of a number of Vibration Monitoring Units VMU connected by a serial communications network to a computer running the rioServer Standard software Below is an overview of each of the systems components followed by an explanation of how they all work together to provide a powerful cost effective vibration monitoring solution System Components The Host Computer The computer runs the rioServer Standard software program This system manages the entire rioServer Standard system It is run on a standard Microsoft Windows XP based PC By running on standardized commonly available hardware the overall system cost is kept to a minimum The computer has the following minimum hardware requirements e 2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor e 512 MB RAM
60. o 3 times running speed For a machine running at 3600 rpm this would be from 30 to 180 Hz This trend might be called RMS 30 180 In this way when a user sees an alarm email from this sensor they would know what machine it is from from the VMU name what 98 rioServer Standard User Manual sensor its from from the sensor note and exactly what band produces the data from the trend name This information would also be in the screenshot image that is attached with emails if image attachments are turned on Thus the user has all the information necessary to decide if more diagnostic effort should be placed on the machine Frequently Asked Questions To be added at a later date 99 rioServer Standard User Manual Index Acquisition Rate vii 54 Alarm Auto Clear 81 Alarm Log a ener tede V 27 Alarms vii viii ix 57 65 70 73 75 86 96 Create Alarm Trace 67 Envelope Alarms 65 AUTO RUN RC RTI 82 Aut S63lB iie em ceti vii 62 Autoscale 36 37 80 Backup Configuration 34 Band Alarms vii 57 70 bias voltage 24 29 33 37 64 86 Bias Voltage 29 Gal Factor iones vii 62 63 Cale 3S18loacattvis Ed zd comen Lo 82 Cursor Tool 5 nes vi 32 Delete Old Files 33 Demod Calc Type 81 Demodulation
61. oServer Standard User Manual used for demodulation This number should be high enough that all noise sources other than the periodic impacting is suppressed but the ring frequency of the impacting is not affected The envelope factor is the amount of smoothing or enveloping that is done to the data after filtering and rectification The larger the envelope factor the smoother the resulting time waveform will look The effect of this smoothing depends on which calculation type you are using When using the peak calculation type increasing this value too much will cause the more energy to be reported as being present than is really in the impacting When using RMS average or Bessel calculation types the higher the number the lower the energy that will be reported in the impacts Since each situation and event is different we recommend that you experiment with setting to see what works best for you and your application Auto Run This feature will cause the program to automatically start collecting data whenever the program is run It will also cause the program to restart whenever a dialog box that paused the program is closed It ishighly recommend that this feature be turned on once the system is fully configured During installation and configuration of new sensors and VMUs it might be preferred to leave this feature off Calc Stat velocity or acceleration This is the measurement type that rioServer Standard u
62. of graphs are visible Graph Amplitude Options This item accesses a submenu that allows the user to pick which amplitude scale the graph should use Graph Frequency Units This item accesses a submenu that allows the user to pick what units to display on the graph s X Axis Demodulation This option causes the currently displayed spectrum time waveform to be demodulated according to the current demodulation type selected in preferences and according to the options shown at the bottom left corner of the main screen For more information on these settings please refer to the preferences screen section of this manual 37 rioServer Standard User Manual Reference Scan This item accesses a submenu that allows the user to set or clear the reference scan The user can either Lock Load or Clear the reference scan The Lock Reference Scan option is chosen when the user wants to take the currently displayed graph and set it to be the reference scan You will not notice the purple trace immediately because it will be exactly under the green trace Once you scroll to another scan the purple reference scan will be visible You can choose the Load Reference Scan From File if there is a data file that you wish to load as a reference scan The presence of a reference scan does not effect the operation of the program in any way The primary purpose of the reference trace is for the user to visually compare two spectrums to one anoth
63. omm To VMU Search For VMU C vibrationData New MU When this dialog is reached by clicking the Edit button it will be preloaded with the previous information from the VMU List VMU Name This is the name of the VMU that will appear in the drop down list on the main screen and will appear in all the email alarm reports and periodic reports Each VMU must have a unique name IP Address This is the network address of the NCA that rioServer will use to communicate to the VMU 41 rioServer Standard User Manual Search For NCA This button causes rioServer to search the local subnet for NCAs You will be presented with a list of NCAs that were found You highlight the NCA you wish to connect to and click Use this NCA to close the dialog See Configuring the Network Communications Adapter above in chapter 2 for more information on this dialog NCA Type Select the type of NCA you are using Most of the time this will be the rioNet NCA NE Use the rioNet NCA Cell if you are using a cellular modem to connect to your VMU RioNet LE is for future implementation and is currently not used Extra Delay This is an extra delay that is allowed when a network connection is slower than normal Typically you can leave this number 0 when connecting an NCA to a corporate network For slower networks use the average ping time from the rioServer computer to the NCA as an extra delay value Test NCA using Telnet If you suspect a n
64. ou will have a specific RPM in mind for where you are centering your bands This RPM needs to be entered into the RPM basis if you wish the bands to follow when the machine changes speed For example if you define a band from 390 410 Hz because the 1x running speed of the machine is at 400 Hz then you should enter 400 Hz as the RPM basis Then if the machine speeds up to 500 Hz the alarms will automatically move with it up to 487 5 and 512 5 Which is proportionally the same spread but centered around the new RPM Don t forget to set the alarms for all the sensors you wish to use and don t forget to enable them You can check your settings by going to the main screen and looking at the graphs for the alarm traces You cannot turn on both band and envelope alarms for the 73 rioServer Standard User Manual same sensor Only one of these spectrum alarms can be active at any time per sensor Trends and Trend Alarms Dialog This dialog is reached in one of three ways It can be reached by clicking on the button labeled Trends amp Trend Alarms in the Configure VMU dialog It can be reached through the menu item Edit gt Configure Sensors Trend Config And Alarms on the main screen It can also be reached by right clicking a trend icon on the VMU tree and selecting Edit Trend Config from the dialog All eight sensors on the current VMU can be configured in this dialog You must setup each sensor s alarm values individually
65. ow unless such wiring colors are contrary to your normal practice Cables from RioTech Instruments use black for ground red for power green for and white for Also remember that as a general rule systems should never be grounded at more than 1 place All ground wires should be tied together and connected to earth ground at only a single location to prevent ground loops 94 rioServer Standard User Manual Another item to test is the wire itself between the VMU and the host computers RS 485 serial adapter If you unplug the wire on both ends of the cable and check for continuity between the wires you should measure infinite impedance Then attach a jumper clip shorting the 2 wires on one side of the cable and use a meter to measure the impedance ideally it should be less than 1 ohm Next you should remove the jumper clip and measure the impedance between each wire and earth ground The impedance should be infinite If the wire passes these 3 tests you may conclude that the wiring is not defective If the wire fails any of these tests you must repair the wire otherwise proper communications will not be possible Driver Problems A driver is a special piece of software that allows the rioServer Standard software to communicate with the RS 485 serial adapter hardware This driver must be installed properly for the system to operate In the event that the serial adapter is suspected of not functioning properly it is recommend that t
66. p frequency be assigned to the fMin and fMax of the sensor when using the crest factor setting unless you are checking for impacting in a particular band There is also a setting that appears whenever you select a trend in the list of type Crst Factor that allows you to force the trend to 0 whenever the magnitude of the RMS energy is below a fixed value so the crest factor will not get huge when the machine is turned off The next choice labeled avg RMS results in the RMS value being trended similarly to the RMS option above but using averaging as a low pass filter to reduce variability when trending unstable processes The filter implemented reduces variability by 8096 The setting for Instab is a measure of how stable a measurement is The number shown is twice the standard deviation of the RMS energy in the band normalized to the RMS level of the band For example a reading of 0 2 means that the standard deviation of the signal is 1096 of the value of the average 78 rioServer Standard User Manual signal itself A value of 2 means that the standard deviation of the signal is the size of the average signal itself The setting Instab R is similar to Instab but it is not normalized to the signal amplitude Instead it is the signal s rms energy plus twice the standard deviation of the rms Thus if the RMS energy gets higher or if the RMS energy becomes less stable the trend will increase Finally there are the settings
67. power supply is physically turned off a little red switch on the VMU itself or that the sensor wire is shorted A voltage more than 15 normally indicates that a sensor wire is broken or a sensor is not connected to that channel A properly connected sensor typically reads about 11 12 volts depending on the manufacturer Envelope Alarm Options Dialog This dialog is reached in one of three ways It can be reached by clicking on the button labeled Envelope Alarms in the Configure VMU dialog It can be reached through the menu item Edit Configure Sensors gt Envelope Alarm Config on the main screen It can also be reached by right clicking a sensor icon on the VMU tree and selecting Configure Envelope Alarms from the dialog All eight sensors on the current VMU can be configured in this dialog You must setup each sensor s alarm values individually 65 rioServer Standard User Manual 34 Envelope Alarm Options NewVMU CPU fan Sensor 1 Sensor 2 Sensor 3 Sensor 4 Sensor 5 Sensor 6 Sensor 7 Sensor 8 Current Alarm Preview v Enabled v Alarm Email Enabled C Track RPM v Require Local Ack V Require Remote Ack The current alarm values Create Alarms From Current Reference Create Alarm Trace Last Spectrum Collected _ Envelope Width Min Yellow Alarm goo Hz 9 0 0100 Velocity in sec _ Alarm Padding Min Red Alarm J 235 96 j 0 0200 Velocity in sec _ Start _ Stop LA 1 1 1 1 1 1
68. ptt tt ttt tt 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 v Hz New VMU 152 Time Overal RMS 0 010 Graph Cursor Wiese Coton Zoom OJA Value 0 013 00Hz lO00Hz fMax 1600 Lines RPM 3600 0 0 00000511 in sec 00 10 00 Trend Interval 00 10 00 Spect Interval 10 67 Bias Voltage 1 Sensor lt lt lt lt CPU fan Sensor Alarm Log NewVMU Sensor 1 Yellow 10 29 2008 1 50 29 PM Spectrum Alarm 0 00165 infsec 17 5 Hz Notes NewvMU Sensor 1 Red 10 29 2008 1 49 51 PM Spectrum Alarm 0 0133 injsec 92 5 Hz Last Comm 100 00 r Acq NewVMU Sen 1 This Sensor Next Spectrum NaN This Sensor Next Trend Point NaN Scan 5 of 5 Day Showing 10 29 08 rioServer Standard User Manual The main areas of the screen are the menu along the top of the screen the tree control on the left side of the screen the graph the sensor summary information in the lower left side of the screen and the status and control area just below the graph The Tree Control This is the control that allows the user to choose what will be shown in the graph on the main screen Clicking on the tree can change what sensor is currently selected and what data is shown in the graph Different levels of the tree can be opened and collapsed by clicking on the plus minus sign right beside an icon If an icon doesn t have a plus minus sign beside it then there are no branches of the tree below that icon An example of a tree is shown below File Edit Graph Help 0 Newv
69. quency of 600 The user then turns on parameter band tracking and enters 3600 as a basis RPM Now they start the machine and it begins running at 1800 RPM during some startup cycle 1800 RPM is exactly 50 of 3600 RPM so the trend would be calculated at 50 of the nominal start and stop frequencies 150 300 Hz in this case Suppose a couple minutes later during the next scan the machine is running at 2700 RPM Now 2700 Hz is 75 of 3600 Hz so the start and stop frequencies would be 225 Hz and 450 Hz respectively for this particular scan So the frequency band that is used to calculate the trend would automatically move as the machine sped up and slowed down The machine s RPM is read only once immediately before the time waveform data is collected So if the machine changes speeds very quickly it is likely that the calculated trend point will not always exactly represent the band desired To maximize the accuracy in this case configure the sensor to use a small number of lines of resolution and a relatively high Fmax so that the collection time is small Exporting Trends Trends can be exported from the host computer to external instruments using analog outputs Preferences Dialog This dialog is reached through the menu item Edit gt Preferences on the main screen All the program behavior that is not directly related to a particular VMU is configured on this screen 80 rioServer Standard User Manual 34 Preferences
70. questions and explain their answers 97 rioServer Standard User Manual Building The Monitoring Network There are a number of different options to consider when building a network of VMUs to be controlled by a host computer running rioServer Standard Use a pair of radios as a virtual cable enabling you to jump over areas where placing a cable would be difficult or costly Use an Ethernet RS 485 adapter to utilize an existing computer network to decrease installation costs The wired RS 485 serial link between a VMU and a radio can be several thousand feet long so it is not necessary to locate the radio in close proximity to the machine being monitored Using Alarms to Manage Machine Reliability One of the practices that our customers have found most helpful in managing the reliability of their rotating equipment is to create a group of trend traces for each sensor with each trend trace being based on a failure mode of the machine For example on a machine with roller bearing bearing faults typically occur between 5 and 10 times the running speed of the machine Balance issues and misalignment problems typically between 0 5 and 3 times the running speed Many times the bearing problems will start at a very high frequency and slowly move down the spectrum until they are in the typical 5 10 times range For a machine like this it may be particularly useful to create a trend band that calculates the RMS energy from 0 5 t
71. rall described above 28 rioServer Standard User Manual Sensor Summary Area The sensor summary area shows some vital statistics on the currently selected sensor An image of this area is shown below NewvMU VMU 1000Hz fMax 1600 Lines 00 10 00 Trend Interval 00 10 00 Spect Interval 10 65 Bias Voltage 1 Sensor CPU fan Sensor Notes Last Comm 100 00 M Acq NewWMU Sen 1 This VMU name sensor notes and sensor number are all self explanatory The Trend Interval is the time in HH MM SS between collected trend points on this sensor The Spect Interval is the time between collected spectrum time waveforms for this sensor The Bias Voltage is the last collected bias voltage from this sensor Last reception is the 100 of data that was returned from the last communication attempt with any VMU not just the current one fMax and Lines indicate the frequency max and lines of resolution of the displayed graph Exploring rioServer Standard Graphical Displays The rioServer graphical displays contain a powerful set of tools for monitoring and diagnosing vibration data The displays allow users to display the same data in different format zoom in on areas of interest run cursors over data to do in depth analysis and display alarm limits for data 29 rioServer Standard User Manual The graph area of the rioServer screen is shown below Ese Maaga pretty re ty 850 900 950 999 Hz
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74. rt frequency is 1 Hz The minimum value of the stop frequency is any number greater than the start frequency Choosing a stop frequency higher than the Fmax of the sensor is not recommended The analog system on the VMU has an anti aliasing hardware filter that is set 2 4 above the sensor s Fmax setting The Nyquist limit of the signal is 28 above the sensor s Fmax setting 711 rioServer Standard User Manual Graphing Color This is the color of the graph trace on the main screen when you select to see All trend traces at once When you view only 1 trend trace at a time the trend trace is always shown in green Calculation Type This is how the calculation is done on the time domain waveform to generate each trend value You have 7 choices for each trend The true peak setting will cause rioServer to search the bandwidth limited time domain signal for greatest instantaneous difference from the average value The equivalent peak setting will result in rioServer calculating the RMS value of the signal and multiplying the signal by 1 414 this feature is included for compatibility with those older systems that lack a genuine true peak capability As expected the RMS setting will result in the RMS value of the signal being trended The 4 choice labeled Crst Factor is the crest factor The crest factor is a mathematical indication of how much impacting is occurring in the signal It is strongly recommended that the start sto
75. ses when viewing data in the indicated domain The results of this calculation are shown on the main screen near the lower right corner See Calculated Spectrum Energy Statistics in the section above on the main screen Window Type This drop down list box allows you to choose the windowing option that rioServer Standard will use when calculating the frequency spectrum Unless you are familiar with the 84 rioServer Standard User Manual mathematical concepts of windowing and digital signal processing it is strongly recommending that this setting be left on Hanning Send Graph With Emails This option causes a jpg image of the currently alarming spectrum graph to be attached to all outgoing email alarms Configure Reporting Options This button causes the reporting options dialog to open See Edit Reporting Options Dialog below for more information Show VMU Temperature This will cause the software to get the internal temperature of the VMU This is not a valid measurement for process control It is a self diagnostic tool to see if the VMU is in an environment that could potentially be harmful to it The VMU is rated only to 60 degC Running the unit in an environment hotter than about 55 degC runs the risk of damaging or destroying the VMU and thus is not recommended The VMU typically runs a couple degrees hotter than the surrounding environment due to the internal power consumption of the electronics Default Units Spec
76. st of possible trends Within one sensor s list each trend name must be unique Thus sensor 1 and sensor 2 can both have a trend called Overall RMS 76 rioServer Standard User Manual But sensor 1 cannot have 2 trends named Overall RMS It could however have a trend called Overall RMS 1 and Overall RMS 2 Alarms This is the value that will indicate an alarm condition for this trend It is scaled in whatever unit is chosen in the Unit parameter High High and Low Low alarms are considered red alarms for alarm handling and processing purposes High and Low alarms are considered yellow alarms Unit This is the type of unit in which the trend is calculated displayed and checked for alarms The units available are mV G in sec mils sec mm sec in sec mils sec mm sec in mils and mm Please note that the units that have sec in them and Gs are in the acceleration domain units with only sec in them are in the velocity domain and units without sec are in the displacement domain The unit mV will use the raw voltage reading on the VMU without any scaling Start Stop Frequency These are the values that define the bandwidth of the data that is used for the trend calculation The raw data is first scaled into the proper unit then run through an 8 order butterworth bandpass filter using these numbers as the beginning and end Fe for the bandpass filter The minimum value of the sta
77. t As Spectrum On Trigger none Tach Only Alarm Only Tach and Alarm When the Spectrum Scan Rate Divisor is entered as 0 or greater than 1 additional Spectrums can be saved when the conditions of the Trigger Type are met For instance with the Spectrum Scan Rate Divisor set to 0 the Trigger Type set to Tach Only and the Tach Trigger Point set to an RPM value between 0 and the nominal running speed of the machine The VMU will only save a Spectrum when the machine is running Sensor Settings This button causes another dialog to appear in order to setup the details of how the individual sensor s data is collected Load Save Profile 56 rioServer Standard User Manual This setting is for future implementation so it has been grayed out in this display Alarm and Trend Configuration Envelope Alarms This button causes another dialog to appear in order to setup the envelope alarms See chapter 5 for more details Band Alarms This button causes another dialog to appear in order to setup the band alarms See chapter 5 for more details Trends amp Trend Alarms This button causes another dialog to appear where you can setup the trends and the trend alarms See chapter 5 for more details Configure Sensor Dialog This dialog is reached in one of three ways It can be reached by clicking on the button labeled Sensor Settings in the Configure VMU dialog It can be reached through the menu item Edit gt Con
78. t comes on whenever rioServer is attempting to collect data from a VMU It also lists wnat VMU name and which sensor it is currently attempting to collect data from If the green light is off it the VMU and sensor are left at whatever was collected last In the screenshot above the light is off The VMU name of the last acquired sensor is shown immediately to the right of the light In this case it is the VMU named NewVMU 25 rioServer Standard User Manual Time To Clear This countdown timer is normally disabled and grayed out However if the current VMU and sensor are in alarm the time left before the alarm flag is automatically cleared will be counting down in this control Historical Scrollbar Control By moving the blue scrollbar handle with the mouse the user can scroll between scans on a particular sensor Alternately the user can click on the triangular shaped buttons immediately to either side of the scroll bar to move the scroll bar position 1 scan in either direction Note Scrollbar Shows Only Single Day The scrollbar only displays all the scans in a given day When the blue handle is all the way to the left it will show the f scan of the day When it is all the way to the right it will show the last scan of the day First Day Button The s button changes the current day to the first day that contains scans After this button is clicked this button and the previous day buttons will be grayed out The dat
79. t describes the piece of equipment that is being monitored For example a sensor mounted on the horizontal axis of the drive end of a motor connected to a fan called the FD Fan might be labeled FD Fan DE H This drop down list box allows you to choose the highest frequency for the spectrum you wish to view The smaller the number the longer the VMU will take to collect the data This drop down list box allows you to choose the number of lines of resolution you wish to see for each spectrum that is collected The larger the number the longer the VMU will take to collect the data Averages This number is how many acquisition cycles to collect and average for creating a spectrum The greater the number the longer it will take rioServer to collect the data and the larger the stored data file will be on your hard drive Averaging lowers the total noise floor of a spectrum Averaging also reduces the systems sensitivity to transient events this may be good or bad depending on what you are trying to respond to 59 rioServer Standard User Manual Acquisition Time This is a number calculated by rioServer estimating how long a single collection event will take with the current fMax Lines and Averages settings You can use this to help plan your collection schedule Sensor Type Use this drop down menu to select the type of sensor you are using Accelerometer Velocity Displacement or Custom Data Point Selecting Custom al
80. trend graph display Sensor Health Check Checks all enabled sensors for their bias voltage This function is used to restore operation to a sensor that was flagged as bad due to an improper bias voltage reading during operation Delete Old Files Opens a dialog that allows you to select a range of dates from which to delete the spectrum files 33 rioServer Standard User Manual Refresh File Cache Reloads the current list of files from the disk drive This is especially useful if you manually delete files from a sensor s directory using Windows Explorer Backup Configuration Opens a dialog that allows you to send an email that includes an ini file with your current configuration data Exit Saves the current settings and closes the program Edit Menu The edit menu looks as follows File Graph Help Run Ctrl R Collapse Tree To VMU Modules Ctrl M Collapse Tree To Sensors Ctrl S Clear Current Sensor Alarm Flag Clear All Alarm Flags _ Configure Sensors gt Configure MU NewVMU Edit MU List Configure Trend Export Preferences Run This command starts or stops data acquisition 34 rioServer Standard User Manual Collapse Tree To VMU Modules This command causes the tree to collapse so that all you see is a list of VMU modules Each icon will have a sign next to it so that you can re expand any part of the tree you wish This is handy if you have a lot of VMUs configured Col
81. trum This is the default unit for spectrum data Whenever you change from sensor to sensor or to a new VMU rioServer will automatically switch to this unit This prevents the user from customizing a graph when analyzing a particular spectrum then forgetting to set the units back to normal Later another user may see the graph and think something is wrong if they don t notice that the units have been changed 85 rioServer Standard User Manual Time Waveform This is the unit that the software uses when displaying the time waveform See spectrum above for more information Trend This is the unit that the software uses when displaying the trend See spectrum above for more information Email Setup Buttons Edit Email List This button causes another dialog to appear where you can setup the distribution list of people you wish to receive email notification of alarms See chapter 5 for more details Email Setup This button causes another dialog to appear where you can configure the email The email MUST be configured properly before email can be sent successfully See chapter 5 for more details Send Test Email This button causes a short test email to be sent to the email distribution list It is HIGHLY recommended that this test be done before counting on proper email delivery This prevents misspellings in the SMTP server address and email addresses from going unnoticed 86 rioServer Standard User Manual Edit Reportin

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