PMD500: SX-Suite
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1. HE sartorius mechatronics User Manual Sartorius PMD500 SX Suite Software Program e i oF MOC KANININ ASAT TA pee ree Contents NNNNDNDNDDADAGDMNMHUGHHMUGHHAH o N O O O O WO o oo o OC 1 REVISION HISTORY Version 1 6 8 2007 12 14 SX Center V2 0 Version 1 6 7 2007 11 12 SX Backup V2 0 SX Config V2 0 SX Server V2 0 SX Center V2 0 Version 1 6 6 2007 06 08 Version 1 6 5 2007 05 25 SX Server V1 9 23 SX Center V1 9 30 Version 1 6 4 2007 04 20 SX Server V1 9 19 SX Center V1 9 28 Version 1 6 3 2007 01 16 Auditing System SX Server V1 9 18 Version 1 6 3 2007 02 05 continued SX Center V1 9 27 SX Backup 1 8 11 Version 1 6 3 2007 02 05 continued SX Config V1 8 12 SX Test V1 4 5 Version 1 6 2 2007 01 16 Version 1 6 1 2007 01 08 Version 1 6 0 2006 12 21 SX Center Version 1 9 23 or later SX Server Version 1 9 15 or later Version 1 5 9 2006 12 06 Version 1 5 8 2006 11 20 Version 1 5 7 Version 1 5 6 O Version 1 5 4 2006 06 22 11 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 2 INTRODUCTION 3 INSTALLATION 4 SX SERVER 4 1 User interface 4 2 1 Unit 4 2 1 1 Port 4 2 1 2 Target 4 2 1 3 Gain 4 2 1 4 Reverse lamp 4 2 1 5 Ref Interval 4 2 1 6 Ref EDY 4 2 1 7 Feeder 4 2 2 Spectrometer 4 2 2 1 High sensitivity integration time 4 2 22. enter Reverse lamp correct password and press enter External Reference v Ret Hold Ret Interval Zz 0 Ret EDY 0 Feeder 10 Spectrometer v High sensitwity 8 Scans 5 VIS Gain 30 VIS Offset 0 00 13 4 2 1 Unit 4 2 1 1 Port Check option to open port Enter appropriate parameters before corresponding to installed hardware as follows lt port number gt lt baud rate gt lt parity gt lt data bits gt lt stop bits gt Port setting may range from 1 to 9 baud rate may be 19200 or 38400 See instrument manual for specification parity data bits and stop bits always read n 8 1 unless otherwise explicitly defined Select the appropriate device type The system will normally detect this setting and change it automatically 4 2 1 2 Target Target for the instrument temperature control circuit this circuit will heat or cool as needed If checked the measurement will wait until temperature target has been reached 4 2 1 3 Gain Sets the gain associated with controlling the temperature if checked this parameter will be automatically optimized by the software 4 2 1 4 Reverse lamp Checking this option activates the spare lamp rather than the normal lamp 4 2 1 5 Ref Interval Defines time between internal dark and white calibration The default setting 0 will trigger reference measurement upon temperature change 4 2 1 6 Ref EDY Defines maximum noise during Dark and White measurement 4
3. lt green gt lt blue gt Masks the respective color planes 4 3 2 2 17 Negative Replaces the image with it s negative representation Used to assess white areas rather than black 4 3 2 2 18 Stretch lt sigma gt Recomputes image content such that intensity distribution is centered and that whole distribution represent x of original image sigma Used to normalize for grey level and particle size 4 3 2 2 19 Flat lt raster gt Adjust image contrast by computing actual image contrast over raster by raster squares and normalizing each pixel to highest intensity Used to cancel out illumination differences 4 3 2 2 20 Compute Computes absorbency of red green and blue as well as their distribution and displayed Histogram in the original image 4 3 2 2 21 Sigma not yet defined 4 3 2 2 22 Threshold lt level gt Replaces image with a black amp white image using the set level of intensity 4 3 2 2 23 Count lt size gt replaces aperture Counts number and area of spots larger than size Will display detected spots as follows to small spots using a red circle exactly equal to size in yellow and larger spots in green Count represents number of spots equal or larger than size Area is expressed as fraction of total area 4 3 2 2 24 Max lt area gt lt size gt Evaluate the result of Count to access if value is to be regarded This is used to filter out outliers caused by nonrepresentative images 4 3 2 2 25
4. 7 1 7 Spectral and Image data 31 8 Process Control 8 1 General The software offers a number of commands to automate selection of recipe feedback of current values and automation of process documentation The communication is made through RS485 simplex traffic Two registry keys are used to configure the communication Settings the SPS_Port value to a larger value than 9 will allow communication by TCP IP by computer IP and port defined Setting SPS_Host to a value different than blank will enable UDP The local port for SX Center will be SPS_Port setting plus 1 Each instrument is accessed through a unique address this allows a single channel communication for all instruments operated by the SX Center software The link is created by further registry keys starting with the protocol start character gt greater than followed by a 2 character address The value of the key shall correspond to the instrument serial number A further parameter can be set to replace the order of parameters e g gt A1_PO set to 1 would shift each parameter result in a circular fashion thus responding to command b and j with second recipe parameter in c1 t1 and u11 The software also implements a process interface through 4 20mA signals using a ADLINKTECH PCI 6308A board This interface is only implemented for a single instrument as described in section 7 2 Configuration of card is found in registry This value shall correspon
5. 1 4 gt Name 4 lt ORDERNUMBER3 is defined in Table Application SX Suite Orders psx 7 2 Single or Multi User configuration At installation the software defaults to a single user configuration This mean that an administrator account is used to configure the measurement and application other user may only view the results and may not interact with the continuous measurement In the single user environment all application configurations will be stored under KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE NIROnline A multi user environment can be activated by setting HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE NIROniine iultiUser DWORD 0x00000001 This will allow each user to take full control of the measurement In a multiuser environment data will be stored in accordance with HKEY_CURRENT_USER Volatile 30 Environment APPPATH and all settings will be stored under HKEY_CURRENT_USER SOFTWARE NIROnline 7 3 Registry 7 3 1 Single user mode As administrator read write access rights are needed for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software NIROnline and its sub keys As user read access rights are needed for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software NIROnline and its sub keys 7 3 2 Multi User As user read write access rights are needed for HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software NIROnline and its sub keys 7 3 3 Multi Configuration use By creating a subdirectory named Users in the NIR Online folder and setting the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software NIR Online XPATH to reference
6. 5 2 4 Create a order report 5 2 5 Create a new recipe 5 2 6 Recall journal data 5 3 Today 5 3 1 Selecting an instrument 5 3 2 Actions 5 3 2 1 1 24 hour graph 5 3 2 2 Export results 5 3 2 3 Export data 5 4 Order 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 24 24 24 24 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 26 26 26 26 26 26 5 4 1 Actions 5 4 1 1 New Order 5 4 1 2 Remove Order 5 4 1 3 Create Report 5 5 Recipes 5 5 1 Actions 5 5 1 1 New Recipe 5 5 1 2 New parameter 5 5 1 3 Remove entry 5 5 1 4 Copy entry 5 5 2 Fields 5 5 2 1 Name 5 5 2 2 Parameter 5 5 2 3 Calibration File 5 5 2 4 Bias amp Slope 5 5 2 5 Target Tolerance Min amp Max 5 5 2 6 Average 5 5 3 Process control fields 5 5 3 1 Output 5 5 3 2 Control 5 6 Batches 5 6 1 Actions 5 6 1 1 1 24 hour graph 5 6 1 2 Export results 5 6 1 3 Export data 5 6 1 4 Reload data 5 6 1 5 Merge batch file 5 7 Classes 5 7 1 Actions 5 7 1 1 Derivative 5 7 1 2 Method 5 7 1 3 Autoidentify 5 8 Journal 5 8 1 Actions 5 8 1 1 Export data from today 5 8 1 2 Export all data 5 8 1 3 Create QC Report 5 8 1 4 Reload data 27 28 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 30 30 30 30 31 32 32 32 33 33 34 34 34 34 35 35 35 35 35 35 36 36 36 36 36 6 SX REMOTE Configuration 7 TECHNICAL INFO 7 1 Files and Folders 7 1 1 Application files 7 1 2 Data tables 7 1 3 Calibration files 7 1 4 Exported
7. Additional settings for UVVIS Spectrometer offset and gain SX Server Average of image data corrected data rate can now be set to other value than 0 using a camera device SX Config activate deactivate of SX Profi auto run corrected SX Center New licenses for activating Auto calibration feature SX Center Auto calibration option added SX Center You can now open a Auto calibration project directly from the recipe SX Center amp SX Server now have a larger foot print but are about 2 times faster SX Center Full Audit is created for calibration changes and adjustments Version 1 6 1 2007 01 08 Version 1 6 0 2006 12 21 SX Center Version 1 9 23 or later Journal can now automatically print a label Report templates have moved to folder Templates Templates for psx files have moved to Templates psx file header text are multilingual Journal now exports each recipe into a different file Minimized traces Target 0 is now spread over more than one line Misalignment of trace spectra fixed Additional time lines of graphs Graphs of class calibrations now lists all class targets Order reports of one batch now lists parameter results with parameter name Client version is realize through special license key Crash marking first journal entry fixed Journal delay was not properly used fixed Today module can not be deactivated Background of spectral view turned white upon recipe cha
8. If the installation software doesn t start automatically locate the file install htm on the CD and open it Click SX Suite or SX Remote to start installation In the Download dialog select Open If you are updating from an earlier version this dialogue will appear start by removing previous version Start the msi package again and follow the instructions To start installation follow the command 4 SX SERVER 4 1 User interface After program installation an icon appears in the system tray lower right hand corner of your desktop Status of the software is shown as a speechbubble By right clicking the icon a menu appears Selecting Open SXServer displays the user interface Open SX Server Sartorius on the Web Terminate P QOS ORD ne UK List of instruments gt D G em Graphical display of and actions measurement data D Auflistung der right click on area to Ger te und Befelte select visual taces D Graphische Darstellung der Messdaten Uder die rechte UO M Maustaste wetere Le easurement 8 Grallon ee anzuwalvien D Mess Einstel lungen UK Status of currently selected instrument D Status des ausgewihRen Ger tes UK Status of software _a Status des Programmes Hardware 1 S N 50002003 Unit 4 2 Hardware configuration Fada z Click the left pane Hardware a v Taget 32 gt Gain password dialog may appear
9. Min lt area gt lt size gt See max used to filter out too small values 4 3 2 2 26 Result lt 1 4 gt Stores the current result if not filtered in position one through four 4 3 2 2 27 Break Exits further processing 4 3 2 3 Image processing examples 4 3 2 3 1 Basic setup Calibrate 32 29 143 3 1 Crop 64 32 248 Compute Save 4 3 2 3 2 Counting black spots Basic setup Flat 5 Stretch 3 Display 1 Threshold 0 Count 1 Result 1 4 3 2 3 3 Counting black and brown Basic setup Flat 5 Stretch 3 Push Display 1 Threshold 0 17 Count 1 Result 1 Pop Threshold 112 Count 2 Result 2 4 3 2 3 4 Counting large yellow grains Basic setup Flat 5 Transcode 255 255 0 Negative Threshold 90 Median 5 Count 200 Max 500000 40 Result 1 5 SX CENTER ae are a i FF ee ce i es User interface i e 5 2 How to i 5 2 1 View instrument data e o e In View menu select Today Soe Select the instrument by clicking the instrument caption bar The latest data set i T rae gi captured with this instrument will i anes 2m automatically be displayed in a chart f l ee omens 5 2 2 Select a recipe e In View menu select Today dm Ma e In the menu of an instrument click the current recipe e f In the combo box select the desired recipe 0 E l 5 2 3 Recall batch data j an I
10. data 7 1 5 Remote data 7 1 6 Reports 7 1 7 Spectral and Image data 7 2 Single or Multi User configuration 7 3 Registry 7 3 1 Single user mode 7 3 2 Multi User 7 3 3 Multi Configuration use 7 4 Data redirection 8 PROCESS CONTROL 8 1 General 8 2 ADLINKTECH PCI 6308A board 4 20mA Interface 8 3 DataLab 10u USB 8 3 1 Process output signal 8 3 2 Process Control 8 3 3 Process Alarm 8 3 4 Journal auto sampler 8 4 Communication format 8 5 Semantic 8 6 Commands and their function 8 6 1 Alarm query 8 6 2 Status query 8 6 3 Values query 8 6 4 Tolerance query 8 6 5 Batch assign 8 6 6 Product assign 8 6 7 Order assign 8 6 8 Journal assign 8 6 9 Batch query 37 8 6 10 Product query 37 8 6 11 Order query 37 8 6 12 Journal query The following symbols are used in these instructions indicates required steps O indicates steps required only under certain conditions gt describes what happens after you have performed a particular step indicates an item in a list A indicates hazard 1 Revision History Version 1 6 8 2007 12 14 SX Center V2 0 CHANGE Process interface command Q and q changed see paragraph 8 6 CORRECTION Corrected text to DAIO process control Version 1 6 7 2007 11 12 SX Backup V2 0 CORRECTION Software failed to delete hidden files SX Config V2 0 NEW Allow to enter license keys NEW JCAMP option for SX Server SX Server V2 0 EASE OF USE Add button to blo
11. 2 1 7 Feeder Check mark is used to activate deactivate feeder X Rot operation The setting on the left is the time defined for emptying the remaining sample from the feeder can be set to O for X Rot Second setting defines duty cycle of the feeder 1 Continious 2 Every second measurement and so on 4 2 2 Spectrometer 4 2 2 1 High sensitivity integration time If checked the gain of the spectrometer is increased by a factor of 10 this allows you to capture the spectrum very fast typically 3ms This option is normally not checked The integration time states the number of milliseconds the CCD gate is open to capture the spectrum energy typical value is 30 4 2 2 2 Scans Sets the number of scans co added for one measurement typically it is set to 15 giving a measurement once per second 4 2 2 3 VIS Gain 4 2 2 4 VIS Offset 4 2 2 5 Detector Temp Displays the current temperature of the instrument Application Datacvaluation Low range mask 0 09 0 39 Hegh range mask i f 0 24 0 60 Lead IN 3 Leed OUT a Deta rate a Camera V Enable 1 DO Calibrate 19 69 13931 Z Crop 80 32 237 B Flats Z Compute Save Display 1 Z Thresnoic 0 Z Count 2 Z Max 1000 100 E Result 1 ey ey gt m a a 4 3 Application settings 4 3 1 Data evaluation 4 3 1 1 Low High Range Mask Defines a mask for the spectra By double click the current spectra i
12. 2 Scans 4 2 2 3 VIS Gain 4 2 2 4 VIS Offset 4 2 2 5 Detector Temp 4 3 Application settings 4 3 1 Data evaluation 4 3 1 1 Low High Range Mask 4 3 1 2 Lead in Lead out 4 3 1 3 Data Rate 4 3 2 Camera 4 3 2 1 Channel 4 3 2 2 Image processing 4 3 2 2 1 Zoom lt 1 5 gt 4 3 2 2 2 Calibrate lt x gt lt y gt lt dy gt lt dx gt lt level gt 4 3 2 2 3 Brightness lt 0 200 gt 4 3 2 2 4 Contrast lt 0 200 gt 4 3 2 2 5 Gamma lt 0 20 gt 4 3 2 2 6 Crop lt x gt lt y gt lt size 4 3 2 2 7 Push 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 19 19 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 22 4 3 2 2 8 Pop 4 3 2 2 9 Save 4 3 2 2 10 Load 4 3 2 2 11 Display lt zoom gt 4 3 2 2 12 Grey 4 3 2 2 13 Median lt radius gt 4 3 2 2 14 Derivative lt distance gt 4 3 2 2 15 Transcode lt red gt lt green gt lt blue gt 4 3 2 2 16 Color lt red gt lt green gt lt blue gt 4 3 2 2 17 Negative 4 3 2 2 18 Stretch lt sigma gt 4 3 2 2 19 Flat lt raster gt 4 3 2 2 20 Compute 4 3 2 2 21 Sigma 4 3 2 2 22 Threshold lt level gt 4 3 2 2 23 Count lt size gt replaces aperture 4 3 2 2 24 4 3 2 2 25 Max lt area gt lt size gt Min lt area gt lt size gt 4 3 2 2 26 Result lt 1 4 gt 4 3 2 2 27 Break 4 3 2 3 Image processing examples 4 3 2 3 1 Basic setup 4 3 2 3 2 Counting black spots 4 3 2 3 3 Counting black and brown 4 3 2 3 4 Counting large yellow grains
13. DE Write permissions are tested on folders and files prior to start this ensures that you have necessary access rights Selecting a order in the order view now updates field result Order graphs are stored as hidden files to prevent long lists of data Order graphs may be turned OFF stored as bitmaps or jpeg files SX Backup 1 8 11 Now supports backup of files larger than 2 4GB depending on file system Now supports delete of old files on completed backup this function is not yet fully validated Now supports hidden type Kill not yet to be used by others than NIR Online Full Audit on user operations Changes Accepting errors Version 1 6 3 2007 02 05 continued SX Config V1 8 12 Added option for SX Backup to automatically remove completed backup files from source based on age of modification Pay attention to that this function may invalidate your journal functionality Added option to define file extension for delete after completing a backup Added option for SX Server to Activate saving images of order reports and selection of format BMP or JPEG Adding further users with password as well as changing default user and master password revised SX Test V1 4 5 Expanded to support wavelength checking using Hg and Ar light sources 1 Version 1 6 2 2007 01 16 MSI package version 1 10 0 0 SX Server problem with settings int time and scans using VIS spectrometer fixed SX Server
14. ck accept spectra CORRECTION VIS Gain amp Offset is re sent upon Lamp ON NEW SX Server now creates JCAMP DX files when flag JCAMP DWORD in key SX Server is set to OxffffffffF File is placed in Data named as sxd file but with extension dx EASE OF USE User interface for settings has changed to hardware and application block SX Center V2 0 FIX Back up tables every hour Save compressed copy at midnight EASE OF USE Always display recipe drop down remember last 3 selections allow alias allow filter to assign recipe to specific instrument EASE OF USE Allow direct entry of order in Today EASE OF USE Always auto width columns based on displayed data in header EASE OF USE Add reminder if operator enters target values but forget to set check mark EASE OF USE Allow recipe alias move parameter global rename propagate to journal instrument mask COMPLETION Display current Homogeneity as current value LIMIT only works for one instrument when selected batch is currently running batch NEW Repeated actuation of Auto sampler this function allows a single journal creation event to activate the auto sampler x times defined by DAIO_JournalPulses CORRECTION Block recipe names containing _ CORRECTION Adding or removing a sample is added to SX Center Audit CHANGE Auto calibration when leaving journal or after 5 minutes CHANGE Timeout for auto calibration increased t
15. d to board address defined by on board jumpers See Manual for PCI 6308A board 32 The software also offers a connection through a USB to 4 20mA interface from DataLab this interface can be provided with up to 32 outputs See section 8 3 8 2 ADLINKTECH PCI 6308A board 4 20mA Interface Configuration HKEY_LOCALC_MACHINE Software NIR Online SX Center A06308A DWORD Channel A2 to A4 Outputs current value scaled to range of parameter E g Moisture is measured from 2 to 10 a value of 2 will output 4mA and a value of 10 will output 20mA Channel A5 Status of current values where 4mA signifies that all values are valid and 20mA signifies that one or more values are out of calibration range or identified as outliers Channel A6 Status of measurement where 4mA signifies that sample is being measured and 20mA signifies that sample is not being measured e g no product in front of the instrument Channel A7 Status of instrument where 4mA signifies that instrument is operating and 20mA signifies a disturbance invalidating measurement Note All outputs are pertained and only valid if A7 is 4mA AO A5 are valid if A6 is 4mA AO A4 is valid if A5 is low 5 Outliers are identified by the applied calibrations model and signify a measured spectrum that poorly fits the calibration spectrum data base If these spectrums are proven correct they shall be added to the calibration model to provide valid esti
16. data 5 3 1 Selecting an instrument The instruments are listed on the right hand side of the screen the selected instrument will appear in a different color To select the instrument simply click on the bar with the instrument name The bar also displays state of equipment where a red mark instrument off or error yellow tempering or not yet ready Dark green ready waiting for sample Bright green measuring 5 3 2 Actions 5 3 2 1 1 24 hour graph To display all data select a batch during the day you would like to display Click 24hour diagram The data will be display in the trace view 5 3 2 2 Export results See Batches 5 6 1 2 5 3 2 3 Export data To export data mark the check boxes of the lines you would like to export Click Export data To find exported data click Exported data in Locations In the Explorer window locate the file created name will be lt YYYY MMDD gt batches xls 21 eae Ee a eee ee eee sonar ee oeme sma _ sn 22 5 4 Order This view serves to manage orders For each order there is a line in the table Additional fields can be selected by right clicking in the tob line of the table All active fields will appear on the report 5 4 1 Actions 5 4 1 1 New Order Click New Order The field number will be enabled for editing Enter the order number this number must be unique Enter a scheduled date this date is used to contro
17. de and the time of data to use in seconds 25 26 5 8 Journal 5 8 1 Actions 5 8 1 1 Export data from today Exports all entries selected of the currently selected day 5 8 1 2 Export all data Exports all entries selected from currently selected 5 8 1 3 Create OC Report This action is a custom function implementation is described separately The QC Report is now created as an Excel XML report with one recipe per page 5 8 1 4 Reload data This action reloads all SX Server data to find button entries any missing entries will be inserted This is only required if the SX Center software was not running as data was being measured 6 SX REMOTE Ey aa 2 sogtphpamanengtquasal p Fete nn wy i 5 SX Remote delivers a simple Illustration of measuring data on a PC being connected in a network After starting the program this picture appears 1 On the left hand of the picture the choice modules appear 2 Current measuring data of the device 3 Possibility to add or remove further devices You can choose a day in the calendar by clicking at the respective day 4 The respective course of the parameter is shown here The graph will be scaled and centered automatically if you double click with the left mouse button on the graph In order to show data of the production process please press the left mouse button and move the mouse to the right or left In the window being shown you will see the curre
18. e overall display zoom factor for the images 4 3 2 2 2 Calibrate lt x gt lt y gt lt dy gt lt dx gt lt level gt Calibrates the camera response by a reference object Adjust parameters to position of image squares finally adjust level by a reference color sample 4 3 2 2 3 Brightness lt 0 200 gt Adjusts brightness of image 4 3 2 2 4 Contrast lt 0 200 gt Adjusts contrast of image 4 3 2 2 5 Gamma lt 0 20 gt Adjusts image intensity linearity according to gamma 4 3 2 2 6 Crop lt x gt lt y gt lt size Defines the used square of the image Square is displayed as a red box within the image 4 3 2 2 7 Push Saves the current image for further processing 4 3 2 2 8 Pop Restores the previous Pushed image 4 3 2 2 9 Save Stores the current picture for display in SX Center 4 3 2 2 10 Load Restores the saved picture 4 3 2 2 11 Display lt zoom gt Displays the current processed image in SX Server 4 3 2 2 12 Grey Combines the red green and blue channel to a grey image 4 3 2 2 13 Median lt radius gt Applies a filter to the image replacing each pixel with its median value over a circular aperture 4 3 2 2 14 Derivative lt distance gt Replaces image with its derivative representation 4 3 2 2 15 Transcode lt red gt lt green gt lt blue gt Replaces the image with and absolute difference from a specific color and intensity Used to detect a certain color 4 3 2 2 16 Color lt red gt
19. eport statistics Version 1 6 4 2007 04 20 MSI Packet Version 2 0 1 0 USB COM Driver Update Chapter 5 5 2 added Chapter 5 5 3 revised SX Server V1 9 19 SX Server supports DEBUG mode by creating key HKLM Software NIR Online SX Server DEBUG DWORD 101 SX Center V1 9 28 Error during Copy Recipe fixed Additional field in Recipe to pre scale output prior to transport over TCP IP or PROFIBUS This allows to transport numbers with 4 significant digits when values are larger than 99 99 Field is added automatically empty field equals pre scaler 1 Memory foot print reduced Erratic calibration files caused crash now causes outlier result Version 1 6 3 2007 01 16 MSI package version 2 0 0 0 Auditing System Auditing System has changed to create shadow volume copies of entries thus deleting files will not remove actual files from hard drive Recovery automation will arrive in next update As well as separate software to read and print the Audit Trail SX Server V1 9 18 SX Server no longer qualifies white values of the Camera during internal NIR reference measurement Thus the user must ensure that SX Server Calibrate is active and that it s not in saturation SX Server no longer creates a subfolder for images if the image option isn t active SX Server erratic display of left pane has been resolved SX Server now displays logger level 50 and lower for configuration checking purposes Auditing
20. images and instrument status information SX Center provides the interpretation of the instrument data and structures it to monitor and control any type of process SX Remote allows other users to view current and history data through the company LAN network SX Server is installed to automatically start as the computer is started this is done to ensure that any measurement data is stored If the computer is configured into a LAN network you should make sure that log in is completed automatically and doesn t require entering a username or password The SX Server software starts without user interface and is visible as and icon in the system tray which reflects the softwares actual state O i No connection to the instrument GVellow Measurement stopped Doreen Measuring All software uses current XP style explorer interface displaying commands and status on the left hand side of the software frame and the selected date on the right hand side The operation of the software requires a pointing device such as a trackball mouse or touch screen 11 3 INSTALLATION Mae beem a eee S am semm eee ate eee hoe Leno nal EEN lt wm Wetoome to the So Suite Getup Wired amen ee et i tie gt ne ne Welcome to the Sx Sure Setup Wizard ban NIR Ihe sate ad pam m teeap to mum maam m a H ae e ma samaan The Wer gt somme To install the software insert the CD into the drive
21. is defined by absolute value 8 3 3 Process Alarm Channel 8 Default will output a global alarm If any instrument is in an invalid state or sample is missing or any parameter is invalid or outside limits Channel may be changed using SX Config parameter DAIO Alarm Setting this parameter to 0 disables function 8 3 4 Journal auto sampler A signal may used to control an auto sampler when pressing the instrument button or using the process connection to create a journal entry Port is defined by parameter DAIO Journal and Time for taking the sample in parameter DAIO JournalTime These settings can be set using SX Config 34 8 4 Communication format Configuration and example settings HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software NIR Online SX Center Key SPS_Host STRING RS485 z TCP i UDP 192 1 1 10 Key SPS_Port DWORD RS485 3 TCP 10 UDP 10 Key SPS_Settings STRING RS485 4800 n 8 1 TCP lt not used gt UDP lt not used gt Key gt A1 STRING RS485 50002011 TCP 50002011 UDP 50002011 Key gt A2 STRING RS485 50002012 TCP 50002012 UDP 50002012 Each command and reply is formatted as follows SAACP SS gt Start character AA Address C Command P Parameter value SS 2 character hex 8 bit checksum of string not including starting character ASCII code 13 end of line Example gt A1sE5 reply A0060 or A0161 8 5 Semantic The following se
22. ius AG reserves the right to make changes to the technology features specifications and design of the equipment without notice Status August 2009 Sartorius AG Goettingen Germany Printed in Germany on paper that has been bleached without any use of chlorine W1A000 KT Publication No WPM6070 e09082
23. l which order to display in the order drop down menu in the today view 5 4 1 2 Remove Order Select the item you would like to remove the item may not be checked Click Remove order 5 4 1 3 Create Report Select the item Note that there should be a batch reference in the Batch field Click Create Report A word document with order information and batch traces will be created To open the report click the report name located in the block Status just below Actions 5 5 Recipes 5 5 1 Actions 5 5 1 1 New Recipe Click New Recipe Enter the name of the Recipe Select a Calibration and enter a parameter name Enter other values as appropriate 5 5 1 2 New parameter Select the Recipe that you want to add a parameter to Click Add parameter a new line will appear Select a calibration and enter a parameter name Enter other values as appropriate 5 5 1 3 Remove entry Select the last parameter Click Remove Entry To protect against accidental removal entries needs to be removed bottom up 5 5 1 4 Copy entry First Select any one parameter in the recipe you want to copy Select copy action enter the new name of the recipe 5 5 2 Fields 5 5 2 1 Name A unique name for the recipe if you don t check the checkmark the recipe will be hidden and not available in the Today view for selection 5 5 2 2 Parameter Text that appears in the Today view to name the value this name also a
24. mantic should be used 1 Alarm query if not A00 raise alarm and repeat 2 Status query If not A01 repeat from 1 3 Values query 4 Settings query if order changed needed go to step 5 if product change needed got to step 8 otherwise go to step 1 5 Batch assign If not A00 raise alarm go to 1 6 Order assign If not A00 raise alarm go to 1 7 If not product change needed go to 1 8 Product assign If not A00 raise alarm go to 1 9 go to 1 Each command should have a timeout of 1 second except for the command Order query o that should have a timeout of 15 seconds 8 6 Commands and their function 8 6 1 Alarm query Alarms should always be requested prior to status query Command gt aSS7 Example gt AlaSSe Reply A SSe1 00 No alarms lt gt 00 Alarm 8 6 2 Status query Status should always be requested prior to values Command gt sSS Reply A 00 No product 01 Product and values available 8 6 3 Values query Read the current values returns result for up to seven parameters in a fixed fractional format E g the value 1 is represented by 0100 the value 12 5 is represented by 1250 Command gt bSSC Reply Aaaabbbbbbe1c1c2c2 c7c70000000000000000SS aaa Product bbbbbb Order clcl first parameter value 100 c2c2 second parameter value 100 0000000000000000 fixed zero values 8 6 4 Tolerance quer
25. mates 8 3 DataLab lOu USB Channel 1 amp 2 are fixed for indication if measurement is running or not Output one will change from 1 to 9V when measurement starts Channel 2 from 4 to 20mA 8 3 1 Process output signal You can output current results through the DataLab 10p The field Output in recipes define the output channel The output signal is proportional to the current analysis value The output current range from 4mA to 20mA and is automatically scaled to the calibration range of the parameter Example A protein calibration with a range of 10 to 20 would for a current value of 15 output 12mA For output of proportio nal value it is necessary to set field Control to zero or empty The Field Output may be set to a negative value e g 2 this results in the output going Low if result is within limits and High if outside limits 33 8 3 2 Process Control A signal from DataLab 10 interface can be used to control an admixing device for a target value You only need to determine direction of control by setting parameter Control in the recipe A 1 defines a system where the activation of the admixer leads to an increased value A 1 defines a system where the activation of the admixer leads to a decreased value The capacity of the admixer should be set to a complete stop for 4mA and maximum admixture behaviour for 20mA The output port is defined by field Output Channel
26. n View menu select batches i e In the list of batches select the batch of iv interest 5 2 4 Create a order report e In View menu select Orders e Select the order you want to create the report for e In Actions menu click Create Report e In Status menu a link to the report will be shown click it to view and or print the report 5 2 5 Create a new recipe e In View menu click Recipes e In Actions click New recipe 19 20 Enter a recipe name Note This recipe name must be different to the existing recipes Enter the parameter name and select the appropriate calibration Use command New parameter to add further parameters Each parameter incorporates the following values Bias constant adjustment of the result Slope Target used for the graphical representation Traces Tolerance Maximum allowed deviation from target before curve turns yellow if tolerance is exceeded by 1 5 times the tolerance the curve will become red While positive values give the tolerance in positive and negative direction negative values are read only as maximum 5 2 6 Recall journal data In View menu click Journal Search the item of interest in the journal and select it The trace graph will show X seconds of data around point of time when instrument button was pressed one Bp sess 5 3 Today The today view gives access to current
27. nge fixed Block edit of field SNR in journal Disable popup cut in recipes Exporting journal data now creates ID s with entered values for missing entries date and time is used Tables now support Copy and Paste SX Server Version 1 9 15 or later Remove Add unit removed Realized with SX Config Default value for reference measurement is changed from 60 to 0 Version 1 5 9 2006 12 06 Version 1 5 8 2006 11 20 Instructions for installing drivers for the DataLablO device Change to output for signaling parameter out of tolerance Change for output global status on channel see SX Config parameter DAIO Alarm Default output is 8 Pressing instrument button causes output to go high after time ms low see SX Config parameter DAIO Journal and DAIO JournalTime Defualt is 0 Deactivated The changes are valid for SX Center V1 9 Build 20 or later SX Config V1 8 Build 4 Version 1 5 7 Format corrections Version 1 5 6 Changes in Process output signal process and Process control Version 1 5 4 2006 06 22 Process output through DataLab 10 interface described section 4 5 and 7 3 Recepie replaced by Recipe Software SX Center version 1 9 Build 12 or later 2 Introduction The SX Suite software allows operation and control of up to 4 instruments SX Server is background software continuously communicating with the instruments and storing raw measured spectra
28. nt measuring value 5 In the header 6 the median and the standard deviation of the measured values are shown On the left edge of the graph 7 the highest and lowest value is marked 27 Configuration While starting the program the first time you have to add the respective measuring device You can do this by using the function add device After calling this function the data dialog is shown Here you can choose only one data file Search in the network for the approved file of the measuring PC and choose the remote file for the chosen measuring device For example Crop1 jjmmdd rmt and then flour1 jjmmdd rmt jjmmdd means year month and day of the measured data Repeat this procedure until all devices are added 28 7 Technical Info 7 1 Files and Folders 7 1 1 Application files Location Applications SX Suite Filespec Content 0cx Application runtime object dll Application runtime libraries SX Server Application files SX Center Application files 7 1 2 Data tables Location Applications SX Suite Filespec psx Content Data tables for Batches Recipes Orders and Journal Size lt 1MB year Archive YES 7 1 3 Calibration files Location Applications SX Suite Calibrations Filespec cal Content Calibration files Size lt 100kb calibration Archive YES 7 1 4 Exported data Location Applications SX Suite Export Filespec lt YYYY MM DD gt xls Conten
29. o 5 minutes CORRECTION When no recipe is selected an error could occur Version 1 6 6 2007 06 08 Paragraph 5 3 1 revised Version 1 6 5 2007 05 25 SX Server V1 9 23 FIX Persistent detection of UVVIS model This ensures that any error condition will cause red state rather than measurement without UWIS data Critical update for and device using UVVIS spectrometer FIX Changes to number of Scans did not affect measurement SX Center V1 9 30 NEW Added Action to create journal entries of measurements from Today and Batches For laboratory use NEW Automatic Journal data export now denotes as separator Thereby data is exported sub classed A recipe name of Flour 550 would add data into lt snr gt Journal lt snr gt Flour Journal and lt snr gt Flour 550 Journal this allows global calibrations with local class adjustments by using lt snt gt Flour Journal followed by lt snr gt Flour 550 Journal in the calibration project It of cause also allows splitting Rye flour from Wheat flour using appropriate recipe names Needed for recent customer installation using Auto calibration feature NEW Journal has new action to clean unused entries this function simply removes any non checked items where no reference value has been entered Function start at selected entry and spawn back in time FIX Merge item was available outside Today and caused a crash FIX Misalignment of XML r
30. on user configuration added Optimization and corrections processing VIS NIR data Software now monitor free available disk space and will start to give warnings every 4 hours if available disk space is lower than 128MB Escalation will take place if amount of free space drops below 16MB where message will arrive every minute If Software fails to write measurement data error is logged into the audit trail and a error message will appear in the taskbar The machine state will reset and SX Center will show RED status This will also cause the error to propagate through the process connection Version 1 6 3 2007 02 05 continued SX Center V1 9 27 When operating more than one instrument over the process interface connection ordering one instrument to create a new batch second instrument to start a new batch other instrument to create a new batch without receiving Data from SX Server caused 2 errors 1 Crash creating report Missing result for one of the batch entries Creating a new batch when no measurement runs causes Trace display to display No Data Auditing on System interactions for the process interface Hitting cancel on Select Folder Dialogue now terminates the software Software now remembers last selected folder in the Select Folder Dialogue Software now defers to software installation path for Templates if missing German Templates sub folder has changed to
31. perty values Command gt Q lt id gt lt parameter gt lt value gt lt parameter gt lt value gt SS8 Reply A lt yyyymmddhhnnss gt SSt Journal was assigned nn minute Nooe Journal assignment failed e g invalid format Example gt A1Q2007 12 14 001 Protein 12 4 Feuchte 13 9SS2 A20071214083059 4 Note Entries created without parameters but with an ID are available as predefined 1D s for selection during sample analysis A second transfer to an existing ID with target values will fill in values and activate the entry for automatic calibration Values are transferred with a dot As decimal separator without any unit of measure e g 8 6 9 Batch query Reads the content of the batch table the mask shall be sent on first query to repeat query for further records resend the command without mask The mask is compared with the field ID of the batchtable Command gt z lt mask gt SS7 Example gt A1z SS Reply A lt id gt lt result gt SS result is formatted as values query A00 End of data Noo Error 8 6 10 Product query Reads the content of the Recipe table the mask shall be sent on first query to repeat query for further records resend the command without mask The mask is compared with the field NAME of the Recipe table Command gt p lt mask gt SS Reply A lt id gt lt parameter gt lt target gt lt tolerance gt lt bias gt lt slope gt SS AOO End of da
32. ppears on reports and in the journal 5 5 2 3 Calibration File A teference to the calibration model used to convert the measured spectra into a property If you change a calibration you may be asked if you want to change all references to this calibration This is very useful if you have many recipes using the same calibration You will also be prompted to reset any Bias adjustments to Zero it is the normal procedure to reset any Bias adjustments when you change your calibration 5 5 2 4 Bias amp Slope Used to adjust the output by taking value produced by the calibration multiplying it with the slope and then adding the bias Slope adjustments are uncommon 5 5 2 5 Target Tolerance Min amp Max Target sets the mid point of the graphical trace and represents the target for any process control Tolerance is a symmetric allowed tolerance any value outside the Target Tolerance will cause an Alarm condition If Tolerance is zero you can set asymmetric tolerances e g max 0 1 means that any value higher than Target 0 1 will cause an error Likewise Min value can be used to create a lower limit for alarm If you set Target to 0 Max to 0 and Min to 0 no graphical trace will be displayed for this parameter 5 5 2 6 Average Average denotes the time in seconds window of data to create a current value output to the display and for process control purpose The Average setting of the first parameter also denotes the time be
33. s used to set values Clicking the button releases current spectra Clicking the button blocks current spectra 4 3 1 2 Lead in Lead out Defines number of spectras that needs to be inside the mask before measurement begins and number of spectras that needs to be outside the mask for a measurement to end 4 3 1 3 Data Rate Determine how often spectral data is stored O Every spectra is stored 5 Average over the last five seconds is stored every five seconds 4 3 2 Camera 4 3 2 1 Channel Only available when an X Two instrument is connected Enables image processing if checked Enter the channel of the framegrabber card in the textbox There are several algorithms available for image processing the parameters of which may be adjusted via the control bars below These adjustments are done by service technicians 4 3 2 2 Image processing A list of image processing steps made on 15 each captured image at least one of the processing steps giving a result shall be used The image processing steps may be modified by a context menu clicking the tight mouse key Items may also be modified using the keyboard as follows Insert key adds one line after the selected one Delete key removes the selected row pressing key up or down moves the processing step up or down in the list A processing step may be selected and its parameters may be changed using the slide bars 4 3 2 2 1 Zoom lt 1 5 gt Sets th
34. t Exported NIR results in tab separated text file Size Not defined Filespec lt YYYY MM DD gt Data xls Content Exported NIR spectral data in tab separated text file Size Not defined 7 1 5 Remote data Location Applications SX Suite Remote Filespec lt YYYY MM DD gt lt INAME gt rmt Content SX Center prediction data Size lt 2MB day instrument Archive YES 7 1 6 Reports Location Applications SX Suite Reports Filespec dot Content Word report templates Size Typ 50kB file Archive Filespec lt YYYY MM DD gt lt ORDERNUMBER gt doc Content SX Center trace data Size Not defined Archive YES Filespec lt YYYY MM DD gt lt SNR gt doc Content SX Center trace data Size Not defined Archive YES 7 1 7 Spectral and Image data Location Documents User Application data SxX Suite Data or Applications SX Suite Data and Documents User Application data SxX Suite Data lt SNR gt or Applications SX Suite Data lt SNR gt Filespec lt YYYY MMDD gt lt SNR gt sxd Content SX Server raw spectra 29 Size 88MB day Archive YES Filespec lt YYYY MM DD gt lt SNR gt bmp Content SX Server images Size 9 MB day Archive YES 1 Windows configuration parameter e g C Program Files 2 lt YYYY MM DD gt Year month and date reference relevant to data content 3 Defined by SX Server configuration HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Sofware NIROnline SX Server lt
35. ta Nooe Error 8 6 11 Order query Reads the content of the order table the mask shall be sent on first query to repeat query for further records resend the command without mask The mask is compared with the field NUMBER of the order table Command gt 0 lt mask gt SS71 Reply A lt id gt lt result gt SS result is formatted as values query2 A00 End of data NOO Error 8 6 12 Journal query Reads the content of the journal table the mask shall be sent on first query to repeat query for further records resend the command without mask The mask is compared with the field ID of the journal table Command gt q lt mask gt SS 1 Reply A lt id gt lt result gt SS A00 End of data NoOo Error Note lt result gt is formatted as example under point 8 6 8 If Target values are missing the result is the NIR analysis result If the ID is missing it is replaced by the system internal journal 1D defined by date and time as yyyymmddhhnnss 37 Sartorius AG Weender Landstrasse 94 108 37075 Goettingen Germany Phone 49 551 308 0 Fax 49 551 308 3289 www sartorius com Copyright by Sartorius AG Goettingen Germany All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reprinted or translated in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Sartorius AG The status of the information specifications and illustrations in this manual is indicated by the date given below Sartor
36. the output to increase periodically if value is lower than target Setting it to 1 will cause output to periodically increase if value is higher than target Each time the sample goes away or an Alarm is triggered the control will reset and begin from 4mA 1V Output channel is defined by value 5 6 Batches 5 6 1 Actions 5 6 1 1 1 24 hour graph See 5 3 Today ee ie ee Hee sann stss Iti 5 6 1 2 Export results To export result mark the check boxes of the lines you would like to export Click Export results To further view data click Exported data in Locations In the explorer window locate the file created Name is lt SN YYYY MMDD gt data xls 5 6 1 3 Export data See 5 3 Today 5 6 1 4 Reload data This functions will reread all spectral data from SX Server and create the batch entries This is only required if the SX Center software was not running as data was being measured 5 6 1 5 Merge batch file This function merges a Batches psx file with the current This is only required if data is moved from one PC to another 5 7 Classes 5 7 1 Actions 5 7 1 1 Derivative Activate this option to asses on spectral shape rather than spectral absorbance 5 7 1 2 Method This setting defines how a spectrum is classified to belong to a class or not Available is Correlation Distance and SIMCA 5 7 1 3 Autoidentify This setting defines if a continuous assessment of class belonging is ma
37. this folder the SX Center software will prompt to select a subfolder of this folder This allows you to copy data psx sxd and cal files and use these as one configuration This is useful to maintain and configure several configurations and usage in application development By creating links to other computers base SX Suite folder running SX Center and exporting this computers registry into a file named Client reg placing it into the SX Suite folder the software will allow total remote control and configuration 7 4 Data redirection For storage of data there is a re direction function This redirection can be used to store data at other locations i e on the file server of the network Set these keys to valid paths HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software NIR Online XPATH General path if setting is missing or blank the application installation path is used for single user mode and the HKEY_CURRENT_USER Volatile Environment APPPATH is used for a multi user environment The following settings override XPATH setting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software N Online TABPATH 7 1 2 Data tables R HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software NIR Online CALPATH 7 1 2 Calibration files HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software NIR Online EXPPATH 7 1 4 Exported data HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software NIR Online RMTPATH 7 1 5 Remote data HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software N Online RPTPATH 7 1 6 Reports R HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software NIR Online DATPATH
38. tween each data point in the graphical traces 5 5 3 Process control fields Limitations and Implications The process control interface requires one DataLablO device per equipment You can t output results from one instrument over more than one DataLablO device The DataLablO device will only support 4 channels of 4 20mA and 4 channels of 1 9V eventhough hardware can be reconfigured 23 Ce ee wrea Le PN ge i de le 4 pecene 9 nee ip os ren j 5 5 3 1 Output A number between 1 and 4 determinates output port for current value in the range of 4 20mA on the DataLab 10 device Range of calibration is used to scale the output A number between 5 and 8 determinates output port for current value in the range of 1 to 9V on the DataLablOu device A negative value in the range of 1 to 4 will cause an alarm using 20mA for alarm and 4mA for no alarm A negative value of 5 to 8 will cause an alarm using 9V for alarm and 1V for no alarm You may combine more than one parameter for Alarm E g setting 2 parameters to 2 will cause an alarm of 20mA on output 2 if any one of the 2 parameter are outside your specified target and tolerances Note Alarms are delayed by 120 seconds 5 5 3 2 Control A direct process control can be activated by using this field Value equals port and sign denotes process influence Output is either 4 20mA for port 1 to 4 and 1 to 9V for port 5 to 8 Setting the value to 1 will cause
39. y Read the targets and tolerances currently used Command gt jSS Example gt A1jSS Reply Atit1t2t2 t7t7u11u22 u77SSe titl first parameter target value 100 t2t2 second parameter target value 100 ull first parameter tolerance 100 u22 second parameter tolerance 100 35 8 6 5 Batch assign Used to create a new batch begin an optional ID may be assigned to the batch Command gt Z lt id gt SS Reply A004 Batch was assigned NOO Batch assignment failed 8 6 6 Product assign Used to assign a product to the currently running batch id is required any further parameters are optional Double semicolons don t change value Command gt P lt id gt lt parameter gt lt target gt lt tolerance gt lt bias gt lt slope gt lt min gt lt max gt SS Example gt AOPExport 600 Moisture 14 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0SS2 gt AOPExport 600 Protein 12 5 0 2 0 07 1 0 0 0SS Reply A00 Product and settings were assigned Noo Product and or setting assignment failed 8 6 7 Order assign Assigns an order to the currently running batch Assigning a new order will change the order of the currently running batch and create the report and results of the previous processed order Command gt 0 lt id gt SS Example gt A000x123tSS Reply A004 Order was assigned Noo Order assignment failed 36 8 6 8 Journal assign Creates a new Change an existing journal entry and fill in target pro
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