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1. Chnlva Start Wale End Value 1 000000 fi ooooon F Increment Step Value Variable poo aff a Preview Window Operation List OF Cancel Clear Figure 3 20 Example of the Trace Generator dialog with fields filled in If you decide to use the preview button a curve will be generated that is temporary and none of it s data will be created in LiveWire If you press OK data will be generated and inserted into LiveWire where it will be accessible immediately on the navigation tree Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 48 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Dependent Data Generation Special Note mismatched data LiveWire allows the user to perform mathematical operations on two sets of data whose bounds and increments are mismatched To see how it is handled the following two examples illustrate but problems separately Case 1 Mismatched bounds Two sets of data are added Data set 1 starts at time 0 and ends at time 10 Data set 2 starts at time 5 and ends at time 10 Bounds for the new generated curve are set by the user from 10 to 10 Result The new data will be created as follows No data will exist from 10 to 0 but a domain will exist Data from 0 to 5 will be created that is an exact copy of Data set 1 from 0 to 5 Data from 5 to 10 will be the addition of Data set 1 and Data set 2 Case 2
2. 3 Untitled 2 3 Untitled 3 1 Print Layout H Ua Data E S Example Data Exarnpl A Chal Ya A Chnlb AY Chrlice A Chnl la A Chnl b Ay Chnl le The features properties of the different tree components can be accessed via the menus Right click on any tree items to bring up the menu associated with that component Creating a New Workspace To create a new workspace in LiveWire e From the LiveWire menu click File New Workspace or click the oD button from the toolbar Opening an Existing Workspace To open an existing workspace in LiveWire e From the LiveWire menu click File Open Workspace or click the E button from the toolbar Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 12 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Saving a Workspace To save an existing workspace in LiveWire e From the LiveWire menu click File Save Workspace or click the I button from the toolbar Absolute Relative Path Data Data loaded in LiveWire can be associated with the workspace in a relative or absolute manor Bea Untitled Livewire Fle Edit View Insert Help Cut Ctrl Copy Ctrl C Faste Cirle Select All Paste Data d License Manager Preferences Directories Data Directory Work Directory Data Link X Link data files by absolute path Cancel Absolute path results in data being in
3. e From the LiveWire menu click View gt Zoom In or click the al button from the toolbar for zooming in on the worksheet or Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 19 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool e From the LiveWire menu click View Zoom Out or click the Ql button from the toolbar for zooming out on the worksheet To zoom to a predefined amount e From the LiveWire menu click View Zoom To gt zoom percentage or select a zoom percentage from the combo box that is located on the toolbar Printing a Worksheet When printing workspaces only the active workspace can be printed or viewed in the print preview LiveWire uses special features that check printer configurations and adjust displays so that the presentation is never sacrificed To print a work space e From the LiveWire menu click File gt Print or click the 5 button from the toolbar 3 1 4 Tab Window The bottom of the worksheet contains a tabbed window Each tab represents a different worksheet in LiveWire The highlighted tab is associated with the current worksheet in focus The user can navigate between all the worksheets either by using the tabs or by clicking on the worksheet component on the tree i Untitled Untitled 2 Ready Figure 3 10 Example of the Tab Window 3 1 5 Annotations LiveWire has built in annotation support Annotation objects
4. 51 259 Max 29 677 50 100 150 O a a a a rT ET 0 3750 0 3800 aheso 0 3900 0 3550 0 4000 0 4050 0 4100 04150 0 3043 2 0 4069 al E e A 0 0226 Frequency Graph Magnitude Graph Properties Copy Visible Data to Clipboard Copy All Data to Clipboard Display Magnitude Plot Display Phaze Plat s Zoom Preferences Copy Graph as Bitmap Figure 5 6 Example of selecting a phase plot for the frequency graph component of the harmonic component Or e From the frequency graph properties dialog box select the desired plot from Plot Options section Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 101 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 12 000 0 000 0 000 20 000 0 000 0 000 115 105 Figure 5 7 Example of the frequency graph properties dialog box Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 102 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 6 0 Keyboard Shortcuts 6 1 General Components Key Press Action Ctrl N Create new workspace Ctrl O Open existing workspace Ctrl S Save workspace Ctrl P Print workspace Ctrl V Paste component from clipboard Ctrl C Copy component to the clipboard Ctrl V Paste component from clipboard 6 2 Graph Components Key Press Action Zoom in Zoom out Undo zoom Redo zoom aU Reset horizontal axis Res
5. Data item on the tree A dialog will come up with user definable properties for generated data Enter a name for the trace Enter an equation using a variable of your choice All trace variables in the equation must be delimited by quotes Enter start end and increment values Enter the variable used by your equation Press OK to commit the data or preview to preview trace Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 46 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Trace Generator Trace Information Mame Generated SIN Wave Equation sinf 2 Start Value End Value Fo pj fo a Increment Step Value Variable por pl f gi Preview Window Trace List ID Trace File Record Chnlva Chala 1E sample Data Chnlv b Chel vb E sample Datat Chnlvc Chral ciExample Datat Chnlla Chnl la E sample Data Chnl lb Chnl lb E sample Datat Chnlle Chnl lc 1E sample Datat Operation List OF Cancel Clear Figure 3 19 Example of the Trace Generator dialog If you decide to use the preview button a curve will be generated that is temporary and none of it s data will be created in LiveWire If you press OK data will be generated and inserted into LiveWire where it will be accessible immediately on the navigation tree Dependent Data Generation You can invoke Dependent data generation by simply cho
6. Formatted csv Comma Separated Y arable Unformatted csv All Files Formatted All Files Unformatted Figure 3 11 Example of the Importation Dialog To import load a data file in LiveWire Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 37 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool e From the LiveWire menu click File gt Import Data File or e From the Workspace item in the tree view right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Insert Data Source Note 1 There is built in support to directly read in PSCAD version 2 data Note 2 EMTDC data from PSCAD will adopt the grouping structure that is defined in a PSCAD project l fz Workspace Untitled fF 2o9 Worksheets el Data Fi noname inf Snoname tnt i Speed A Wind_speed_ mi s A v rads y Power A G_ MVar A PR 3 Piteh_ angle L A Beta_ Deg a Voltage A PT_ pul A EFD pu Torque AQ Thurbine_ pul Ay Tm_ipu Ay Te_ pul 3 2 2 Exporting Data Files Livewire allows the user to export data in two different file formats e COMTRADE files cfg e Comma Separated Variable files csv Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 38 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Save As Ed X Save ir E Examples do E ee a E ample Data ctg
7. Rename Worksheets You can rename worksheets by invoking the worksheet properties Left mouse click on the appropriate tree node and select Properties 2z Workspace Untitled El s5 Worksheets Untitled 1 3 Untitled 2 3 Untitled 3 Untitled 4 3 Untitled 5 Untitled 6 ae cee t 9 Print Layo aUa ae m Data Worksheet Properties X Hame Preferences Onentation M Show Grid Dots i Portrait Landscape Performance M Use Double Buffering for Drawing M Use Fast Scroll Panes M Animate Tooltips Cancel You can also change the order of the worksheets on the tree by left clicking on the appropriate tree item and dragging the node Upon the release the worksheet will anchor in the new position Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 15 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Elz Workspace Untitled Elz Workspace Untitled E 858 Worksheets a88 Worksheets 3 Untitled 1 Untitled 1 3 Untitled 2 1 this is being moved O Untitled 3 C Untitled 2 x D Untitled 4 C Untitled 3 this is being moved Untitled 4 C Untitled 6 x C Untitled 6 9 Print Layout Print Layout Ha Data fi Data Deleting Worksheets Worksheets can be deleted from the LiveWire workspace All graphs will be unloaded and deleted e Right click on the Worksheets tree item to pull up the Remove Worksheet menu
8. ac Evenly Space Aight Top E ottom Format the Spacing Between Graphs To format the spacing use the mouse and right click over any of the multiply selected components Select the Evenly space option from the menu Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 34 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool an a Horizontally Moving Multiply Selected Graphs Using the mouse perform a left click and drag on any of the multiply selected components The group will move as a whole Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 35 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Analog Graph m H Digital Graph ooo CS 1 00 3 2 Data Manipulation LiveWire supports the importation and exportation of industry standard data file formats such as COMTRADE and EMTDC It provides users with the ability to import and export general data formats as well such as comma Separated variable files csv and text files txt LiveWire even provides the means to generate data from user defined equations and import export data from other applications using the clipboard Records are stored as a single domain data set with one or more measured trace data sets 3 2 1 Importing Data Files gt Common Transient Data Exchange COMTRADE I EEE C37 111 is fully supported for years 1991 1996 draft 1997 d
9. but still provide users with extra information about the data and assist them in simple analyses Adjusting Markers There are a couple of ways to adjust the markers the two most common ways are as follows Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 88 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool e Select either one of the markers and drag it to the desired location Y Plot Y Axis hn vc m hnl la m hn m hnlle eee Mt r mitt tah fit al in 3 i ie N A AT li l win it 50 aperture aS woth 1 546 ally 1 000 1 000 Fosition 1 000 a barker I 3 x 63 32 y 21 33F T Marker l x 06 015 y 15 915 T 0 Figure 4 35 Example of dragging the markers on a graph Or e From the surface of the plot region right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Plot Properties From the plot properties dialog box type the location for each of the associated markers Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 89 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Plot Properties _ Ej i oO FEROHOETN Wemes teline Figure 4 36 Example of setting the location of the markers from the plot properties dialog box 4 6 3 How to Adjust Trace Options Within the plots the user has the option to adjust whether specific traces are displayed as lines and
10. 3 0 The LiveWire Environment 3 1 1 Title Bar Menu Bar and Tool Bars Title Bar Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 8 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool At the top most part of the window that displays active workspace name LiveWire is called the LiveWire title bar The active workspace name changes depending on the current workspace you have open When you start LiveWire by default an empty untitled workspace will be active g Untitled LiveWire j e Fal o a e Figure 3 1 Example of the LiveWire Title Bar Menu Bar and Tool bar Menu Bar The area under the title bar consisting of menu items is called the menu bar All main menu items are drop down menus which means that when you point the cursor to one of these menu items and click the left mouse button a list will appear below it To select an item move the cursor over that particular item the item is highlighted and click the left mouse button The following figure illustrates opening an existing LiveWire workspace F Untitled Livewire Figure 3 2 Opening an existing workspace using the menu bar Tool Bars The group of pictures just below the menu bar are called the tool bar Each picture is a tool bar button While the menu items are two stage processes the tool bar buttons are single Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 9 LiveWire 2 User s M
11. 91 4 7 Graph Frame Features sesesessrsrrerererrerererrrrrrsrererererrrrrrererrererererrrrrrrne 91 47 HOW O Add Gr aP Sorre E A E A 92 4 7 2 How to Move Graphs within a Graph FramMe ssssssesersrsrerererersrereren 92 4 7 3 Minimize and Maximize graphS ssssensrsrrerererrererrrrererrererrrrrrerrrrrreree 93 5 0 Harmonic Analysis COMpPONneNE esnia E eater bed tee e aan 94 5 1 Creating Harmonic Components ccccc cece cet ee eee e ee eeeee eee eeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeneas 94 5 1 1 How to Create a Harmonic Component ccc cece ee ceee eee eeeeeeeeeesanaes 94 5 2 Attaching Data to Harmonic COMPONENKS cc ccec eee e cece cece eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeas 95 5 2 1 How to Add a Curve to a Grapn ccc ccccc cece cece eee eeseeeeeeeeeeesetenaennennes 95 5 3 Harmonic Component Featules ccccc eee a cece eeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeesegeeeenegs 96 5 3 2 HOW CO Pernon ANa yS S ences ctrl E T Bonen 96 5 3 2 Enabling Disabling the Positive Negative Zero Sequence Transform 97 5 3 3 How to Toggle Between Magnitude and Phase Plots cccseeeeeeeees 100 6 0 Key OO ar SAORECUUS sie fcc nandereamne sierra aetna EA 103 6 1 General COMPONENTS creii iaa eaea iaaa Mier Eaa 103 02 Grapa COMPONEN eeraa a oad ela Sie ee ne a A AA 103 6 5 AXIS COMPONENTS rentran rea EEE aise Err EE i 103 6 4 FregdUenCY PIOUS ciarryririsei headin a a Ea ae AEAT 104 6 5 Harmonic Analysis COMPONENL sienas ai aaa aA 104 7 0 TEChNiC
12. Digital Graph 4 3 Creating Plots The plots are quite different from the graphs in LiveWire They use different dimensions instead of having one domain axis and one range axis like typical graphs they have two domain axis The other significant difference between the plots and the graphs are their behaviour to data The graphs operate with any number of curves or data sets the plots however work with curve pairs As a result before the plot can render data it must have two curves at an equivalent Sampling rate one that represents the X axis and one that represents the Y axis In LiveWire there are two types of plots to choose from e X Y plots e Polar plots 4 3 1 Creating an X Y Plot The X Y plot is a type of plot that renders its data with Cartesian coordinates To create add a new X Y plot to the active worksheet e From the LiveWire menu click Graph gt Plot Add X Y Plot or click the button from the toolbar Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 61 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Plot A Axs Y AXIS m hnl wa m hnl wh m ALE m hn C hnl lh E hnlle 150 100 1 00 1 50 Aperture jas idth 1 548 ali 1 OOS 1 000z Position 1 000 Figure 4 6 Example of a X Y Plot 4 3 2 Creating a Polar Plot The polar plot is a type of plot that renders its data with polar coordinates To create add a new polar plot to the active
13. File name save as type COMTRADE Files chg Cancel COMTRADE Files cha Comma Separated Variable csv wee Figure 3 12 Example of the Exportation Dialog Exporting COMTRADE Data Files The COMTRADE export module provides the user with the capabilities to write IEEE Standard Common Format for Transient Data Exchange IEEE C37 111 data files This module implements support for the 1991 1996 1997 and 1999 versions Both ASCII and Binary formats are supported for all the revisions For the convenience of the user this module also provides header support and multiple channel selection allowing subsets of data to be written Below Is a visual example of the COMTRADE Exportation dialog Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 39 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Save data to COMTRADE x Version Format fissi fasc mie Wegatve lime Mame Identification Example Data COMTRADE Header This i for demonstration purposes only Avallable Channels Exported Channels ale kb a4 mea Figure 3 13 Example of the COMTRADE Exportation Dialog To export save a data file in LiveWire e From the Data item in the tree view right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Export to Data File Note When saving a workspace that contains data which was not imported but rather pasted into Livewire be s
14. In general the graph frame has a limited number of features Primarily the frame is only used to contain graphs However the following will demonstrate some of the feature which are available Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 91 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 4 7 1 How to Add Graphs The graph frame provides the user with the capability to directly add new graphs Meaning instead of cutting copying a graph and pasting it into a graph fame the frame itself can add new graphs To add new graphs e From the top header of the graph frame right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Add Analog Graph to add an analog graph or any one of the other graphs digital or bar l Advanced Graph Frame Frame Properties Cut Frame Copy Frame Faste Graph Add Analog Graph Add Digital Graph Add Bar Graph Toggle Markers M Send to Back Bring to Front Copy Frame as Bitmap 0 00 0 10 0 20 0 30 0 40 0 50 0 60 0 70 0 80 0 90 1 00 Lal F e Figure 4 40 Example of adding a new analog graph to a graph frame 4 7 2 How to Move Graphs within a Graph Frame There may be a need at some time to move a graph within the graph frame To move a graph e Select the desired graph from the frame From the surface of the graph right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click one of the Move Graph items Copyright 200
15. and Visualization Tool Enabling Disabling the Cross Hairs There are a couple of ways to enable and or disable the crosshairs the two most common ways are as follows e From the surface of the graph right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Preferences Show Cross Hair or press the C key Or e From the surface of the graph right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Graph Properties From the graph properties dialog box check the Show Cross Hair box Toggle Cross Hair Mode The cross hair feature in the graphs has two modes of operation The default mode snaps the cross hair to the data points and provides the user with point by point information The other mode doesn t snap the cross hair to the data but rather provides the user with general coordinate information relating to the graph 4 5 7 How to Set General Display Preferences Like many of the components within LiveWire the user can adjust their displays to suit their needs Set Display Preferences e From the surface of the graph right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Properties From the properties dialog box select the preferences desired Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 83 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Analog Graph Properties ak 2 A as 4 4 150 000 150 000 0 000 eco a Figur
16. custom printing elements e Print The customizable printing template is used for all printed pages and is saved along with the workspace and all worksheets It can be accessed via the tree and the Print Layout node E 324 Workspace Untitled 888 Worksheets O Untitled 1 Print Layout iy Data Adjustable Margins Margins can be set graphically by clicking dragging the margins 1 Go to the Print Layout Beg Untitled LiveWire File Edt Wiew Insert Help Ee a Fitz Workspace Untitled E 858 Worksheets 3 Untitled 1 1 Print Layout iy Data De 2 Activate annotation layer ER 2 eS Go ee sel Se e Enable and Interact with Annotations Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 25 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 3 Drag margins by click and drag with the mouse WORKSHEET WORKSHEET left mouse click on hold left button down and any of the 4 borders drag ther margin over OR The margins can be adjusted via the properties box 1 Right click on the Print Layout WORKSHEET 2 Select Properties from the menu Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 26 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 3 Manually enter a percentage for the margin Print Boundaries Adding Print Objects If you adjust all four margins the print layout
17. figure below illustrates a sample workspace Elz Workspace Untitled 888 Worksheets Untitled 1 3 Untitled 2 Untitled 3 Print Layout H a Data H A Example Data Exarnpl AY Chl Va A Chnlb AY Chal Yc A Chnl la A Chni lb Ay Chnltc Figure 3 4 A LiveWire workspace From Figure 3 4 we can see a workspace entitled Untitled This workspace contains two components one worksheet component entitled Worksheets and one data component which itself contains five data sets In LiveWire workspaces are broken down visually in tree views similar to way Microsoft Explorer visually depicts hard disks and their contained directories Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 11 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Navigation Tree The Workspace item e Represents the workspace The Worksheets item 22 e Represents all worksheets The Worksheet item L e Represents a single worksheet The Data item til e Represents all the data currently loaded in LiveWire The Record item e Represents a record of data The Trace item e Represents a single trace or Channel of data Note 1 Data loaded from a file are Blue Data pasted into LiveWire are Purple Data generated by LiveWire are Green How to Access Features Properties The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Fl 22 Workspace Untitled E 858 Worksheets Untitled 1
18. markers on a graph Adjusting Markers There are a couple of ways to adjust the markers the two most common ways are as follows Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 76 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool e Select either one of the markers and drag it to the desired location Analog Graph m Chola O 6 916 2 23 462 amp 30 380 FAAA LET nl ee TTT ee Marker Figure 4 24 Example of dragging the X marker on a graph Or e From the surface of the horizontal axis control region right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Axis Properties From the axis properties dialog box type the location for each of the associated markers Analog Graph m Thala Horizontal Axis Properties x O18 O 25 462 amp 30 380 Min 26 267 T Snap Aperture to the Grid 0 999826 Max 25 175 T Enable Minor Grids M Dynamic Aperture Adjustment i 1 11022e 016 Ath Markers W Show Markers Marker 7 Wo Show Delta Readout O Marker J3 agg 10g D15 0 00 O lil amp 0 15 carc Figure 4 25 Example of setting the location of the markers from the axis properties dialog box Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 77 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Locking Unlocking Markers e The horizontal axis control region right click to genera
19. option E 324 Workspace Untitled 888 Worksheets 3 Untitled 1 Print Layout Properties Remove Worksheet Hi fi Data e Or click the icon on the toolbar 5 S ei fa amp Gs BB BQ GH fas esj E Focus is the Key All menus and settable properties in LiveWire are in reference to the component currently in focus Components can be brought into focus by clicking on them once This also applies to putting the worksheet or the tree in focus Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 16 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Moving Components Around the Worksheet All components on the worksheet can be dragged anywhere on the worksheet by clicking on them with the mouse and dragging them with the mouse button held down For most components dragging the frame of the component does this How to Access Features Properties All features properties of the worksheet can be accessed via the menu e Right click anywhere on the worksheet e Or by a double left click on the worksheet tab at the bottom Untitled 3 Untitled 1 e Or by right clicking on the tree item associated with this worksheet El 2z Workspace Untitled El ss Worksheets Untitled 1 Untitled 2 Untitled 3 A Data How to Change Worksheet Views LiveWire provides the user with three different types of worksheet views The following figures illust
20. outside the visible region To bring that marker back into focus e Click on the indicator arrows below the axis which advises the user that a particular marker is outside the visible region yl 0 550 0 600 0 Elko 0 700 0 750 0 800 x 0 50 O 0 65 e as Marker Figure 4 31 Example of the indicator used to advise the user that a particular marker is outside the visible region 4 5 5 How to Offset Active Curves Once a desired curve Is active selected it may be offset dynamically with the use of the offset control Enable Disable Offset Control e From the surface of the graph right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Preferences gt Show Offset Control or press the O key Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 81 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool e ee eee Nev we nee A eels iioin UU UE UAL Ay AAA VAY Uy ee ee Figure 4 32 Example of the offset control within a graph 4 5 6 How to use the Cross Hairs The crosshairs that are included in all of the graphs and plots provide the user with information about the data on a point by point basis a C S N T Ee H 0 6776 ne al 083 hAnna AAAA e LAL Af IITIN TITIAN SHAUN NNT TT LAARAERAAARTAAARARANN P Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 82 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis
21. the toolbar 5 2 Attaching Data to Harmonic Components For the harmonic component to be useful you must be able to get the data connected to them LiveWire provides many different ways to do this To display or visualize and perform a harmonic analysis on a data set in a graph it must be attached as a curve 5 2 1 How to Add a Curve to a Graph To add a curve to a harmonic component in LiveWire e From a data set object in the tree view right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Copy E 224 Workspace Untitled f ade Worksheets H A Data ek Example Data Example A Chr a A Chnl b A Chrlice A Chnl la A Chnl lb Copy as Curves 50 Figure 5 1 Example of creating a curve from the data object in the tree view Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 95 paa oo ES LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool e From the surface of the graph within a harmonic component right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Paste Curve El 22 Workspace Untitled mag worksheets Analog Gra W Data aT E o Example Data Example 15 Graph Properties Ay Cninl a va Cut Graph Ay Chn b Copy Graph AY Chrlice A Chni la A Chnil lb Copy Data to Clipboard A Chile aan p Figure 5 2 Example of pasting a curve into a graph within a harmonic component Very s
22. will now consist of 8 separate cells that surround a center worksheet cell Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 27 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool WORKSHEET Within the 8 bordering cells print objects can be added that will be visible on every printed worksheet Print objects can be added by using the built in menu system 1 Make sure the annotation layer is turned off Q 2 Enable and Interact with Annotations oF So fo o 0 t 2 Right click the mouse over one of the bordering eight cells Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 28 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Ci gilis Aa a gN a rot Ta te Compone ntle T ele act fu Add Print Object 3 Select from the list of print objects Add Print Object Add Text 4 Place object by drag and drop Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 29 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Po Before lace text here After Final Print When you have assembled your printing template all printed documents will adopt this template during a print job The following is an example of a fully constructed printing template Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 30 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Profes
23. 04 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 72 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Zoom Y Extents 7 Figure 4 19 Example of resetting the vertical extents of a graph Reset Horizontal Extents e Select a desired graph by clicking on its plot area From the surface of the graph right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Zoom gt X Extents or press the X key Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 73 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Analog Graph m chin A ol Graph Properties 100 Cut Graph s0 Copy Graph Paste Curve Copy Visible Data to Clipboard 50 Copy All Data to Clipboard Copy Marker Bounded Data to Clipboard 100 Zoa Zoomin Zoom Luk 150 Preferences 5 0 3900 Move Graph Up titan 0 4150 0 4200 a Move Graph Down ay E Move Graph to Top s Extents m Move Graph to Bottom Y Estent r a Reset A Copy Graph as Bitmap Figure 4 20 Example of resetting the horizontal extents of a graph 4 5 2 How to Use Markers The markers that are included in the advanced graphs provide users with extra information about the data and assist them in simple analyses Enabling Disabling Markers There are a couple of ways to enable and or disable the markers the two most common ways are as follows e From the surface of t
24. 2 79 204 P T Format Cells 0 99774 7G 20 Coma ellz 17 oo Figure 3 14 Copying data from another application e From the LiveWire menu click Edit Paste Data From Clipboard or e From the worksheet right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Paste Data From Clipboard or Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 41 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool e From the Data item in the tree view right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Paste Data From Clipboard E 424 Workspace Untitled nog E 595 Worksheets 3 Untitled 1 Print Layout c m x Insert Data From File s Ekg Example Dat Insert Data From Equation AY Chalwa AQ Chil Paste Data From Clipboard Formatted AY Chic Paste Data From Clipboard Unformatted A Chil A Chnl lb Ay Chnillc Sort Records by name Figure 3 15 Example of pasting data into LiveWire Note 1 paste data from clipboard has 2 options formatted and unformatted o Formatted text is textual data having its first column being the domain o Unformatted text is textual data with no domain values all range data The domain will be calculated from the sample size How to Copy and Paste Data from LiveWire There are numerous ways to copy data from LiveWire If a component on the worksheet contains data that data can be copied and then pa
25. 4 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 9 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Move Gra ph Up Figure 4 41 Example of moving a graph up one place within a graph frame 4 7 3 Minimize and Maximize graphs All graphs in Livewire have the ability to minimize to an icon on the worksheet This is invoked by pressing on the minimize button on the frame of any graph Minimize To restore press the maximize button on the graph icon R Restore Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 93 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 5 0 Harmonic Analysis Component 5 1 Creating Harmonic Components 5 1 1 How to Create a Harmonic Component The harmonic component is a specialized component which provides the user with the ability to perform harmonic analysis on various data atmo Frame SOS mchnive jm Chm tm Chnevo OOO O a SRU INAN NyA XNA TNN Ez VTN E a 4 s 16 119 149 1153 130 105 1357 222 Figure 5 0 Example of a Harmonic Component To create add a new harmonic component to the active worksheet in LiveWire Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 94 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool e From the LiveWire menu click Graph gt Specialized Add Harmonic Graph Component or click the button from
26. Clipboard all Copy Marker Bounded Data to Clipboard mall 100 200r EEN rm Ou 450 Preferences ya Previous P x ooo oao ozo c Move Graph Up ee N 7 Move Graph Down es La Move Graph to Top a Estenta 3 Move Graph to Bottom Y Extents Y Copr Graph as Bitmap esse Figure 4 11 Example of zooming in on a graph General Zoom Out e Select a desired graph by clicking on its plot area From the surface of the graph right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Zoom Zoom Out or press the key Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 67 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Analog Graph m Chn va T E EO NIN E ELT NM an A TITI Graph Properties BU 40 Cut Graph Copy Graph 20 Paste Curve z 0 Copy Visible Data to Clipboard 30 Copy All Data to Clipboard aa Copy Marker Bounded Data to Clipboard oom d Zoom lna 50 m Preferences d a Previous F x 0 20 0 30 o Move Graph Up ext N Move Graph Down eee Lal Move Graph to Top a Extents 3 Move Graph to Bottom Y Estenta r Reset All A Copy Graph as Bitmap iit Figure 4 12 Example of zooming out on a graph Box Zoom e Select a desired graph by clicking on its plot area From the surface of the graph drag a box region over the desired area you would like to zoom Analog Graph m hn j 100 AAAA sata ld Figure 4 13 Example of box zooming on a g
27. E and EMTDC It also provides users with the ability to import and export general data formats such as comma separated variable files csv and text files txt LiveWire even provides the means to generate data from user defined equations and import export data from other applications using the clipboard LiveWire has a very wide range of advanced features not available in similar software packages Features like smart axis and dynamic aperture controls in both the graphs and plots allow the user to easily navigate through their data Other features like enhanced tool tips present the user with thumbnail views of data sets The ability to save and restore LiveWire workspaces lww provide the user with a sense of comfort and security that their worksheets and imported data files will not have to be regenerated like many other data analysis packages The capability to generate Bitmap images on a frame by frame basis allow the user to add results and visual depiction to their reports quickly and effortlessly without using additional software Z Systems LiveWire provides the user with a very intuitive very robust software environment Along with the wide array of features and Z Systems imbedded technology it is obvious why LiveWire is the only choice for data analysis software t Common Transient Data Exchange COMTRADE I EEE C37 111 is fully supported for years 1991 1996 draft 1997 draft and 1999 in both ASCII and BINARY and Multi
28. File Spanning Electromagnetic Transients for DC EMTDC This format uses information files and multi file Spanning to support up to 200 channels Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 4 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 2 0 Installation and Setup LiveWire is currently supported on PC s running Microsoft Windows 9x ME NT XP and 2000 Operating systems 2 1 System Requirements The following are the minimum recommended specifications Processor 100 MHz Pentium processor higher speed recommended Operating System Microsoft Windows 95 or later Windows NT 4 0 or later Memory RAM 32 MB 64 MB or more recommended Hard disk space 50 MB minimum Additional space may be required to save workspaces as you use LiveWire SVGA minimum XGA recommended 17 size or higher for desktop and 11 or higher for laptop 800x600 resolution 1024x768 or higher recommended Other peripherals and hardware A CD ROM drive and 32 bit CD ROM drivers a mouse or compatible pointing device 2 2 Installation Procedures Automatic installation 1 Insert the LiveWire CD into your CD Rom drive 2 LiveWire will automatically begin its self install program 3 Follow the on screen instructions to continue with the installation Note 1 If installation does not automatically start follow the manual installation Note 2 You can hit cancel at any time to stop
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30. LiveWire 2 User s Manual wildy z Z Systems 7 ht LiveWire The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Copyright 6 20035 2 Systema Ine All Rights Reserved LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Table of Contents LOGU ON cucrnrinutstiiistatataasduncekteiuadutctuieiagaatasave iad ta tedautiueeneieonettudetiseavads 4 tl Whati HIVEW WE tssanivehndne it eeatiaieadecen snl shancercebnies sei A OE enka saan 4 2 0 NStallation and Setup icrssiewaeersseniieanedidanceseuriatesnserenteleanvenseeeabine ia 5 2d SV StI REGUIRE MMCNES tui ducers anges erie tines tae a eaa EE eke eas 5 2 2 Installation Procedur CS irnia la sre ees sie ea ares 5 2 Saved LIV CW INC eevenekiioaineticinye tat aA enter ere a dean p ert aaeuarideaseuns 7 26 ISA LIVECWIRG aviciimervinntapiexinckimedued painaner acide EE exinee inating 7 3 O ADDIICALIONOVENV IEW acini ta tecd a chil cores rapid ae bade ee 8 3 LIVEWIFE ENVIFONIMENU sitscinsuretsvrratesakadentactpouerteresieioteadnedsaiaireneeensnaeenent 8 3 1 1 Title Bar Menu Bar and Tool Bass c cece cece cece eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeenenneees 8 31142 WORKSPACE stil insu ote entns cade a T 10 3 3 NV OPKSINCCL penro corciiee ecrnctv canine ume ens ouniidduvin torr EEA 14 Silay Fan WINGOW irarria na EEA AA AAE A aa eabaertiawes 20 Bi 5 MMOL AL OMS erea a a AE A i a 20 ALO PRANGN oiar A E A AEA 25 Bia PRIM eee ea E E beaters gaan 30 3 1 7 Mult
31. Mismatched data increment Two sets of data are added Data set 1 increment does not match Data set 2 increment User sets the increment of the generated data to neither that of set 1 or 2 Result The new data will be created as follows The increment of the generated curve will be the user defined increment Data from both dependant curves are INTERPOLATED if no data exists at a given time step 3 2 5 Synchronization of Data This is a special feature that updates the data in LiveWire when data has been changed A popup box giving the option to reload the file will prompt the user If the user chooses yes the data will automatically reload with the changes reflected in the graphs and all dependant data data generated with an external data as one of the variables If the user chooses no the unaltered data will remain in LiveWire To force a manual reload there is reload button at the top of the application It can be pressed at anytime to refresh all data External Model LiveWire automatically detects changes in File data when the file has been altered by an external mechanism such as a Data Logger or Simulator Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 49 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool File Data loaded into LiveWire O meom mewe Data Logger The synchronization of data has no bounds You can have an unlimited number of dependen
32. The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool E 424 Workspace Untitled E 885 Worksheets Data EH ABB in Properties H 7 CUI Eee Save to Data File Remove Data trom Workspace Sort Groups by Name Eo diodet Eo Div inf Divin Ek noname Inf noname Int Channel Sorting Right click on a group node on the workspace tree and select the Sort All option E 324 Workspace Untitled E 885 Worksheets el Data ig ABB inf SEB inf a AC System LON TROLSEE A Gmeas_F A PdeP_E A PdeP_F A lameas_F1 A Herf 3 2 9 Data Properties Introduction When data is brought into a graph a curve is created A curve is what LiveWire uses to display data The curve has properties which determine how the data is to be displayed The user can change these properties and thus change the way the data is represented E 324 Workspace Untitled aes Worksheets E Data E i Example Data 4E A Chri A Chnlb A Chrlice A Cholla l Tul See i aAcurYe when putinto a graph Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 54 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Curve Properties Curves have properties that can be viewed and set by right clicking on any curve and selecting the Curve Properties option From the dialog that opens up you can see that you can change such prope
33. Wire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 4 1 2 Creating a Digital Graph To create add a new simple digital graph to the active worksheet e From the LiveWire menu click Graph gt Simple Graph gt Add Digital Graph or click the button from the toolbar Digital Graph l l l l l l l l 0 200 0 225 0 250 02ra 0 300 O45 0 350 0 375 w Figure 4 1 Example of a Simple Digital Graph 4 1 3 Creating a Bar Graph To create add a new simple digital graph to the active worksheet e From the LiveWire menu click Graph gt Simple Graph gt Add Bar Graph or click the m button from the toolbar Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 57 and Visualization Tool The Professional s Data Analysis LiveWire 2 User s Manual Figure 4 2 Example of a Simple Bar Graph 58 Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 4 2 Creating Advanced Graphs The advanced graph is a graph that provides the user with more functionality than the simple graph did Additional features like the ability to pan data or the ability to attach analyses are present in the advanced graph that were not in the simple graph Like the simple graph through users may choose from three different types of graphs e Analog graphs e Digital graphs e Bar graphs 4 2 1 Creating
34. al SUDDOM E oreste iederre sIr O a 105 8 0 EXamMpIE WOrFKSDaACES sererai uira na EE T E O r eN 106 8 1LSiImMDE AllalOG Gra areca a a a a a a a A 106 G42 SDE Gra PN S ereere terar E EE O A AEE Er 106 3 3 Advanced Analog Glan eerren EE EE RN 106 8 4 Advanced Graphs serei a nA a a AA 106 OSA PO Eunos a ar O Aree 106 OGPA E a E E a AOT a a e a O 106 8 7 Graph Frame with Vertical Scrolling sesosososnsnnnerererersrsrererererererrrrrrnne 106 8S Harmonie COMPONENT riitiren aer N a NSR 106 9 0 LiveWire Licence AGrEQMent ccc ccccceceeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesneeeeeeetsesegaaeeeeeetennas 107 O20 CODY MOM Ct miratAinis vatiaeeia ia A E AT E 108 Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 3 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 1 Introduction Z Systems Inc specializes in developing data analysis acquisition and visualization software and software technologies that provide a complete solution for scientists engineers and OEM software developers LiveWire which was developed using Z Systems software technologies is the best data visualization and analysis software packages available today 1 1 What is LiveWire LiveWire is a simple yet powerful software tool designed to visualize and present time based data This application uses a single window split pane user interface It supports the importation and exportation of industry standard data file formats such as COMTRAD
35. al The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool e From the surface of one of the graphs right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Paste Curve 2z Workspace Untitled mag Worksheets Analog Gra G A Data Example Data Example 15 Graph Properties AY Chri Wa An Cut Graph A Chnil Yb Copy Graph A Chrlice A Chnila z A Chnl lb Copy Data to Clipboard amp A Chnl lc Bia l Figure 3 22 Example of pasting a curve into a graph LiveWire also allows the user to drag curves from the tree view and drop them on a graph This would be similar to creating a curve and then pasting it upon any of the graphs To perform this task simply select a curve from the data set object in the tree view drag it over into the workspace and drop it on the desired graph e Using your mouse select a curve from the data set object in the tree view click and drag it over into the worksheet and drop it on the desired graph f2 Workspace Untitled E 585 Worksheets Data Drag mouse while e m chwa Eg Example Data SE sample pressing lef button A Chl Ya Ss A Chive oe gt a hnli Pees 2s A Chnl la A Chnl lb 8 kk amp Ss A Chnl lc _ 2 se amp Figure 3 23 Example of dragging a curve into a graph 3 2 7 Moving Groups of Data into a Graph Hold either the Ctrl or Shift key down on the keyboard while selecting the desired traces from th
36. ame ww 8 7 Graph Frame with Vertical Scrolling e GraphFrameWVS ww 8 8 Harmonic Component e HarmonicComponent ww This example simply illustrates how to create a basic analog graph with one curve This example shows you how to create the basic graphs with one curve in each This example illustrates how to create an advanced analog graph with multiple curves and some of the features available in the advanced graphs This example demonstrates how to create multiple advanced graphs with multiple curves This example simply illustrates how you would create an XY plot This example illustrates the power of the graph frame and demonstrates how multiple graphs with multiple curves can be contained with one This example demonstrates how to create a graph frame with vertical scrolling and the robustness this frame can provide This example demonstrates how to create a harmonic component This example is only available in LiveWire PS Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 106 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 9 0 LiveWire Licence Agreement LIVEWIRE V2 LICENCE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT CAREFULLY READ THIS LICENCE AGREEMENT BEFORE PROCEEDING SOFTWARE PROGRAM LIVEWIRE Version 2 This document is your Proof of LICENCE and the legal agreement governing your use of the Software 1 GRANT Z Systems Inc ZSYSTEMS grants you the right to use the S
37. an Analog Graph To create add a new advanced analog graph to the active worksheet e From the LiveWire menu click Graph Advanced Graph gt Add Analog Graph or click the E button from the toolbar Analog Graph SL a ES S S 0 370 0 350 0 390 0 400 0 410 0 420 0 430 0 440 0 450 0 460 Lal L Lp Figure 4 3 Example of an Advanced Analog Graph Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 59 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 4 2 2 Creating a Digital Graph To create add a new advanced digital graph to the active worksheet e From the LiveWire menu click Graph gt Advanced Graph gt Add Digital Graph or ral click the button from the toolbar Digital Graph a O lg Sg ee 0 220 0 240 0 260 0 260 0300 0 320 0 340 0 360 0 53860 0 400 0420 a Lp Figure 4 4 Example of an Advanced Digital Graph 4 2 3 Creating a Bar Graph To create add a new advanced digital graph to the active worksheet e From the LiveWire menu click Graph gt Advanced Graph gt Add Bar Graph or click the jr button from the toolbar Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 60 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Bar Graph E Chn va gt 5 0 4010 0 4020 0 4030 0 4040 0 4050 0 4060 0 4070 0 4080 0 4090 0 4100 al E e Figure 4 5 Example of an Advanced
38. andard uninstall procedure From the Windows taskbar click Start Settings Control Panel Add Remove Programs If you are not familiar with this procedure ask for assistance from your system administrator to avoid unintentional deletion of some other program or module or use the Microsoft Windows help Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 7 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 3 0 Application Overview 3 1 LiveWire Environment As you look at the main window of LiveWire you will notice an environment very similar to that many commonly used applications The general interface consists of a single window split pane with tree navigation The purpose of the left pane is to manage workspaces including worksheets and data The right pane is used to visualize and interact with the active worksheets At the top of the window File Edit etc are called the main menu items File Edit iew Insert Help EB ers o eela a 0 a fis Gje ej E fill ee A7 as bet 0 Un aie d2 Py Untitled 3 1 Print Layout E4 Data Eg Example Data Exarnple N Cri l i ll WM me wl it lll i N miia ani il mm Ig a Ay Chil Ib A Chrille EEAO e E aae E E ppf United 1 Untied 2 Untied 3 Figure
39. anual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool stage processes They initiate actions as soon as you click on them and hence are easier to use For this reason frequently used operations have button representations H Untitled LiveWire Fle Edit Wiew Insert Help ce A et Fs amp Es LY fiso QQ E 324 Workspace Untitled Add Worksheet f see Worksheets os ei Data Figure 3 3 Example of the opening an existing workspace using the tool bar Toolbar descriptions new save equation copy print acl Zoom enable plain metal workspace generator worksheet out annotations view view El Hlg Fald GS B Q 2 K fis Jaa S ei6 open data from curt paste reload delete zoom display 30 workspace file data worksheet in annotations view E Add m advanced TH Adl i EA simple align align even space left top horizontal Fd graphs I o 0 Go 4 mA Add ae Fo OO H Ez empty wan graph frames align align even space L right bottom vertical Aca ej polar and AY plots Add Harmonic a L_a x analysis component 3 1 2 Workspace Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 10 The Professional s Data Analysis LiveWire 2 User s Manual and Visualization Tool The workspace can be thought of as a project Like a project the workspace can contain multiple elements Each workspace contains multiple worksheets similar to documents and data files The
40. are placed on a secondary layer that is transparent and sits right over top of the entire canvas Activating the Annotation Layer This layer can be toggled on and off via buttons on the application toolbar Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 20 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool mes Pees sje e 22 E mile a2 amp 1 Enable and Interact with Annotations Adding Annotation Objects Annotation objects that can be added include Text areas or sticky notes Imported images Lines Circles filled non filled Squares filled non filled Arrows vertical horizontal These annotation objects can be created from either the annotation toolbar visible when annotation layer is active to M0e 0 RE or by right clicking on the active annotation layer and selecting Add Annotation from the popup menu Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 21 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool HS amp S Sy oleae sal a dt e Select All Add 4nnotation oe L Add Line Add Ellipse d Add Rectangle Add Arow Add Image Paste Component s Resizing Annotation Objects Any object on the annotation layer can be resized by simply left clicking on the object to bring up the green resize pads ee F amp a a K f0 aa alaei This is just some text By clickin
41. are responsible for compliance with all applicable export or re export control laws and regulations if you export the Software This Agreement is governed by and is to be construed under the laws of the Province of Manitoba The 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods will not apply If you have any questions concerning this Agreement please contact our local representatives office through which you obtained this Agreement or write to Z Systems Inc 102 545 Hervo Street Winnipeg Manitoba R3T 3L6 Canada 9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT You acknowledge that you have read this agreement understand it and agree to be bound by its terms and conditions All registered and unregistered trademarks are the sole property of their owners and are specifically listed in the Software Product Description or user documentation for this Software Program Copyright C Z Systems Inc 2004 All rights reserved Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 107 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 10 0 Copyright Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved The entire risk of the use or the result of the use of this software and the documentation remains with the user No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any means electronic or mechanical for any purpose except as expressed in the Software License Agreement Z Systems Z S
42. cies and an unlimited number of dependant levels curve A dependant on curve B dependant on curve C AS soon as a reload occurs a trickle effect will update all data starting from the parent altered file all the way down to all dependant children generated data with dependencies Internal Model File Data Data Syncronisation trickles down dependancy Generated Datat Generated Data dependancy Generated Data Changes in the loaded File Data triggers a regeneration of all Dependent data Scenario 1 Loaded Data from Files When you load data from a file LiveWire will continuously monitor that file If another application alters the data the refresh popup dialog will appear Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 50 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Pressing Yes will result in LiveWire reloading the data Any graphs containing the altered data will also automatically reload Scenario 2 Generated data with Dependencies on File Data Using the trace generator you can generate data dependent on any external file data By doing so the generated trace will have a dependency on a specific file data If another application alters the data in that file the refresh popup dialog will appear Pressing Yes will result in LiveWire reloading the file data Any graphs containing the altered data will also automatically rel
43. dependently associated with the workspace If the workspace is moved it will still find the data Relative path results in the workspace being dependant on the relative location of the data If the workspace is moved the data must also be moved relative to the new location of the workspace Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 13 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 3 1 3 Worksheet The LiveWire worksheet is similar to a document it represents a sheet of paper This is the area where you will create components such as graphs and plots and analyze your data The figures below illustrate sample workspaces Each worksheet can be oriented as a portrait or as a landscape Figure 3 5 Example of a LiveWire Figure 3 6 Example of a LiveWire worksheet worksheet Portrait Landscape Adding Additional Worksheets Additional worksheets can be added to the LiveWire workspace The user can then switch between these multiple worksheets e Right click on the Worksheets tree item to pull up the Add Worksheet menu option Fl 2z Workspace Untitled E 888 Worksheets i CT Untitled 1 De Add New WorkSheet eal Data e Or click the L icon on the toolbar Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 14 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 5 S Hlg fa amp Gs BQ a fas Jesj E Reorder
44. e e From me LiveWire menu click Graph gt Graph Frame Add Graph Frame or click button from the toolbar Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 65 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 4 4 2 How to Create a Graph Frame with Vertical Scrolling Figure 4 10 Example of a Graph Frame with vertical scrolling To create add a new graph frame with vertical scrolling to the active worksheet in LiveWire Vertical Scroll or click the button from the toolbar Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 66 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 4 5 Graph Features The graphs have many features available to the user the following outlines only a few of the more important features All of the features within the graphs can be accessed by the property dialogs or from the pop up menus 4 5 1 How to Zoom Data There are many different ways to zoom in and out of data within the graphs The following demonstrates many of the most common ways General Zoom In e Select a desired graph by clicking on its plot area From the surface of the graph right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Zoom gt Zoom in or press the key Analog Graph m hnl a T Graph Properties me Cut Graph ee ALNO Faste Curve 0 Copy Visible Data to Clipboard Copy All Data to
45. e 4 33 Another example of the graph properties dialog box Note Many of these preferences can also be set using the pop up menus and or the keyboard shortcuts 4 5 8 Graph Toolbar Tool bar The tool bar itself is like a menu but is activated via a button placed on the graph When activated the toolbar will slide outward and away from the graph Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 84 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool p 4 00 iN 0 90 0 80 o 0 70 0 60 0 As you can see from the above illustration the toolbar is comprised of a row of buttons each corresponding to a different commonly used graphs property zoom out reset x extents reset y extents G reset xiy extents prev zoom hext zoom crosshair a markers By pressing a desired button on the toolbar the associated property in the graph is invoked Upon releasing the button the toolbar will close mimicking the behaviour of a menu 4 5 9 Manual Graph Sizing I ntroduction Graphs in LiveWire automatically adjust to best fit its frame This feature can be turned off to allow the user to manually define the size Shut Off Auto Sizing Auto sizing can be turned off through the properties of the graph frame Right click on the graph frame and select Frame Properties from the menu In the dialog that opens toggle the auto sizing option Co
46. e tree They will highlight as you select each one and be handled as a group Now you can perform a drag and drop just as you did for single channels Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 52 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool l Le aL i E fnl Data SO ei Graph H Example Data Exarmple AY Chrila Drag mouse TT O O O aT Chnlvb pressing lett button A Chale A Chnl la x gt AY Chol Ib Ay Chnl lc The group of data will transfer into the graph as a whole EEE Worksheets Analog Graph Ell E H Data Ek Example Data Example A Chnl a Ay Chnl Yb AY Chr A Chnl la A Chnl Ib A Chillc a eee es ney eee eee eee er eee een eee 0 170 0 190 0 210 0 230 0 250 0 270 mE E 3 2 8 Sorting Data Alphabetically Record Sorting Right click on the Data node on the workspace tree and select the Sort records by name option E 224 Workspace Untitled age Worksheets EL Data Sra ek Div int 40 Insert Data From File s H o diodetest ir Insert Data From Equation 1 By noname int Paste Data From Clipboard Formatted fg OBB int Paste Data From Clipboard Unformatted Sort Records by name Group Sorting Right click on a record node on the workspace tree and select the Sort Groups by name option Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 53 LiveWire 2 User s Manual
47. erved 79 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Honzontal AXIS Properties eT 0 939826 1 11022e 016 Figure 4 28 Example of the axis properties dialog box 4 5 4 How to Pan Data The advanced graphs have a special feature that is very useful to many users and that is its ability to pan data This feature allows a user to view data over a precise region and move through the rest with the same conditions General Panning e From the horizontal axis control region using the slider move through the data Figure 4 29 Example of panning the data within a graph Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 80 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Adjustable Aperture The aperture can be adjusted on the fly using the mouse and panning slider control For those of you who don t understand the purpose of this aperture control you can think of it as an adjustable window that allows the user to view data over a specified time quantity e From the horizontal axis control region move the mouse pointer near the edge of the slider control The mouse pointer will change when the adjustable aperture is active Left click and drag the mouse to change aperture size send Figure 4 30 Example of the adjustable aperture Focus Region Around Markers There may be times when any one of the markers has moved
48. et vertical axis Rest both axis I lt X Enable disable grid Enable disable tick marks Enable disable glyphs hatch Enable disable offset component OA Enable disable markers Enable disable x intercept Enable disable y intercept Enable disable crosshair Toggle the crosshair mode M Q W C H Tab Set next curve active Space Set next curve active Key Press Action i Move O marker to the left g Move O marker to the right lt Move X marker to the left Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 103 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool gt Move X marker to the right X Snap the X marker to the mouse O Snap the O marker to the mouse L Lock the markers F Toggle the delta marker readout mode 6 4 Frequency Plots Key Press Action 1 Display the magnitude plot 2 Display the phase plot 6 5 Harmonic Analysis Component Key Press Action Z Enable Disable the Positive Negative Zero Sequence Transform Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 104 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 7 0 Technical Support Z Systems Is committed to providing you with comprehensive technical support Before Contacting Technical Support Before you contact our technical support department please try to resolve your problems by using this guide and or the Z Sys
49. g and dragging any of the green resize pads the object will stretch his is just some text Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 22 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Upon releasing the mouse the object will be resized oe m is fiso S amp This is just some text Moving Annotation Objects Objects can also be moved around anywhere on the annotation layer by simply using the mouse and perform a click drag and release operation on the object Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 23 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Displaying Annotations Annotations may be toggled on and off at any time by toggling the show annotations button Anaka rapt Ss ee ee ee eee eee eile _ _ 4 1 1 0N J I 1 L LI J E E E LE LE 1 ooo O20 O40 O88 O80 100 as 000 O20 odo O80 oso 4 00 Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 24 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 3 1 6 Printing Introduction LiveWire allows the user to customize a printing template that is used to print all pages during a print job Elements such as margins page numbers and images can be added in just a few minutes LiveWire makes custom printing easy by breaking down the process into 3 easy steps e Set your margins e Add
50. he graph right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Preferences gt Show Markers or press the M key Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 74 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool ATT AMAO N apoo QA Preferences Show Markers Figure 4 21 Example of enabling the markers on a graph Or e From the surface of the horizontal axis control region right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Axis Properties From the axis properties dialog box check the Show Markers box Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 75 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Analog Graph m Chola 0 s 23 462 O 23 462 0 000 lll a C S a Ansis Properties Toggle Markers Toggle Marker Lock Step Toggle Delta Readout Set Marker t Set Marker 0 Figure 4 22 Example of enabling the axis properties dialog box Analog Graph al Li q Horizontal Axis Properties Mf 95 462 T Asis O 23 462 Title p 40 000 Min 23 462 M Snap Aperture to the Grid blas 0 999826 wax 0 000 M Dynamic Aperture Adjustment blir 1 11022e 016 _ T Enable Minor Grids Grid o Markers Mh Show Markers i Marker 0 000000 M Show Delta Readout O Marker 0 000000 x oso 400 0 00 0 00 cred Figure 4 23 Example of enabling the
51. imilar to the other components in LiveWire user can drag curves from the tree view and drop them on the graph contained in a harmonic component This would be similar to creating a curve and then pasting it upon the graph To perform this task simply select a curve from the data set object in the tree view drag it over into the workspace and drop it on the contained graph 5 3 Harmonic Component Features The harmonic component contains a few features which are not common to the other analysis components within LiveWire The following covers a couple of the more important ones Similar to the other analysis components all of the features can be accessed by the property dialogs or from the pop up menus Note Features that would usually be contained with the individual components are still that way 5 3 1 How to Perform Analysis Initially when a harmonic component is created no analysis is present To perform an analysis there must be at least one curve present and the markers within the graph component must enable The markers control the analysis and a DFT Discrete Fourier Transform transform is applied to the data contained between the two markers Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 96 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool STS a aa o tl 5 oo S S o e ooo S S o e O oo es o e C E Re es ee oo ee o e O oo es o e oo S S o e O a es e ee eee Figu
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53. m Zoomin Z Out 40 Preferences ee A L 0 3901 Move Graph Up Bae ye 0 4150 0 4200 EN E Move Graph Down ee lr Move Graph to Top Extents m Move Graph to Bottom Y Extents Y Reset All A Copy Graph as Bitmap Figure 4 16 Example of undoing zoom on a graph Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 70 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Redo Zoom e Select a desired graph by clicking on its plot area From the surface of the graph right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Zoom gt Next or press the N key a ee aes a ee Ly ILE a M A SRE EA A A A EET A A p ece O E BOON A EEEE Mext i Figure 4 17 Example of redoing zoom on a graph Reset Extents e Select a desired graph by clicking on its plot area From the surface of the graph right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Zoom gt Reset All or press the R key Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 71 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Reset All R Figure 4 18 Example of resetting the overall extents of a graph Reset Vertical Extents e Select a desired graph by clicking on its plot area From the surface of the graph right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Zoom gt Y Extents or press the Y key Copyright 20
54. oad Furthermore all generated data graphs with dependencies on the reloaded file will also regenerate NOTE The synchronization of data has no bounds You can have an unlimited number of dependencies and an unlimited number of dependant levels curve A dependant on curve B dependant on curve C AS soon as a reload occurs a trickle effect will update all data starting from the parent altered file all the way down to all dependant children generated data with dependencies 3 2 6 Attaching Data to Graphs and Plots For the graphs and or plots to be useful you must be able to get the data connected to them LiveWire provides many different ways to do this On the worksheet LiveWire represents every data set as a curve To display or visualize a data set in a graph it must be attached as a curve How to Add a Curve to a Graph To add a curve to a graph in LiveWire e From a data set object in the tree view right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Copy as Curve E 224 Workspace Untitled F aee Worksheets Ej Data Eg Example Data E sample n a a a 15 A Chia E amp 4 Chrl b A Chrlice S kk amp Hx A Chnila ee es 50 A Chnl lb Copy as Curves 100 Figure 3 21 Example of creating a curve from the data object in the tree view Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 51 eT oa o ESE m Chola 0 LiveWire 2 User s Manu
55. oftware Program Version the Software specified above and its associated documentation on the Quantity of personal computers as specified on the purchase order s You may copy the Software into the local memory or storage device of the specified quantity of computers You may copy the Software onto a network server for the sole purpose of distributing the Software to the specified quantity of computers You may make archival or back up copies of the Software You may not transfer or LICENCE your rights to use the Software the Software itself including any updates to the specified version of the Software and the accompanying documentation including this LICENCE Agreement 2 COPYRIGHT The Software is owned by ZSYSTEMS and is protected by copyright laws and international treaties Your use of the Software and associated documentation is subject to the applicable copyright laws and the express rights and restrictions of this LICENCE Agreement 3 RESTRICTIONS You may not rent lease loan or otherwise transfer the Software except as expressly authorized in this LICENCE Agreement You may not remove any copyright trademark or other proprietary notices from the Software or the media You may not reverse engineer decompile disassemble or translate the Software or otherwise attempt to derive the source code of the Software except to the extent the ZSYSTEMS cannot prohibit such acts by law 4 LIMITED WARANTY a ZSYSTEMS warrants that the Sof
56. onent right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Properties From the harmonic component properties dialog box check the Enable Positive Negative Zero Sequence Transform box Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 98 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis Harmonic Frame Properties lave eg aN O a ce ai a M ai oo S S o e O oo es o e O E E a a a es ee a C A es a E oo o S o e oo ee o e O a es a ee eee Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved and Visualization Tool 99 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 1197 115 105 Figure 5 5 Example of a harmonic component with one curve 5 3 3 How to Toggle Between Magnitude and Phase Plots By default the harmonic component displays its frequency component as a magnitude plot However the user can toggle between this plot and a phase plot To toggle the plot type there are two common methods e From the surface of the frequency plot component right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click either Display Phase Plot or Display Magnitude Plot The user can also press the 1 or 2 key respectively Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 100 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool m hna T 13 599 25 50g amp 9 990 Min
57. or scatter points To adjust this feature e From the plot properties dialog box select the desired style from the Trace Options section pecanda laces te line m Greater Figure 4 37 Select the desired style for the primary first trace and general all other traces from the plot properties dialog Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 90 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 4 6 4 How to Pan Data The plots similar to the graphs provide the user with the capability to pan data Unlike the graphs though the aperture of the panning control can be manually adjusted For those of you who don t understand the purpose of this aperture control you can think of it as an adjustable window that allows the user to view data over a specified time quantity General Panning e From the time domain control region using the slider move through the data Za CONNOR 4 SPE 100 50 T 50 100 Aperture C gt width 1 546 a 1 000s OOD Postion 1 000 Figure 4 38 Example of panning the data within a plot Adjusting Aperture e From the plot properties dialog box type desired values into the appropriate fields from the Aperture Settings section Aperture Settings Seconds Position f 1 000 width 1 548 Cancel Figure 4 39 Set the desired values for the aperture control from the plot properties dialog 4 7 Graph Frame Features
58. osing Insert data from equation option available in the application menu or by right clicking on the Data node on the tree A dialog will come up with user definable properties for generated data 1 Enter a name for the trace 2 Enter an equation using a variable and or a trace s of your choice from the trace list All variables in the equation must be delimited by quotes 3 Enter start end and increment values 4 Enter the variable used by your equation 5 Press OK to commit the data or preview to preview trace Left mouse clicking on the desired trace from the trace window may also select traces Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 47 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Trace Generator Trace Informeatiar Trace List ID Trace File Record Hame Chala Chrl va Example Datat hni vb Chnib Example Data Seaton Chale 9 Chril vc Example Data Chnlva Chnl la Chrilla Example Data Chri 1b Chri lb Example Data Shark Value Chriile Chnille Example Data ENN 2 Trace Generator Trace Information Trace List ID Trace File Record Trace Chnala Chala 1E sample Datat Chnlv b Chnl Wb Example Datat Chno Chrl vc Example Datat Chnlla Chnl la E sample Data Chnl lb Chnl lb E sample Data Chnlle Chnl lc E sample Datat Mame E enerated from file data 2 E guation
59. phanumeric characters a Z 0 9 Variables must begin with a letter Display fields e Trace list A listing of all the traces currently loaded into the workspace These traces can be selected into the equation by typing them out or by selecting with the mouse Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 45 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Operator list This is a list of all the currently available math operators supported by LiveWire Preview Window A preview of the generated data Buttons OK Commits all dialog parameters to the generation mechanism which generates data The newly generated data is automatically sent to the workspace after processing is finished Cancel This will quit dialog without generating any new data All parameters set by the user will be discarded Preview This will create a curve in the preview widow that represents the data generated with the parameters set forth by the user in the dialog This action does not commit the new curve to LiveWire until you click OK This feature allows the user to preview the generated data and make changes without affecting the application Clear This will clear all editable fields in the dialog Independent Data Generation You can invoke the Independent data generation by simply choosing Insert data from equation option available in the application menu or by right clicking on the
60. pyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 85 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Frame Properties a 1 00 Cut Frame Copy Frame Paste Graph eee Add Analog Graph Ing Add Digital Graph 1 00 Add Bar Graph Add Poly Graph 1 00 Sa Toggle Markers F Toggle Auto Sizing a Send to Back Bring to Front 1 00 Copy Frame as Bitmap 7 y odg l Copy Frame as Metafile 100 Ent a Graph Frame Properties Hame Legend Options Legend Position C Left f Top Preferences M Show Markers M Show Grid M Show Glyphs M Show Y Intercept Show Ticks M Show Intercept M Show Offset Control Dl Erei Auto Sizing Cancel Using the Keyboard to Adjust the Graph Using the mouse click one of the graphs in the frame to bring it into focus For course adjustments hold down the CTRL key and press the Arrow up down keys to change the size For fine adjustments hold down the ALT key and press the Arrow up down keys to change the size Using the Properties Dialog to Explicitly Set a Size Right click on the graph and select Graph Properties from the menu Within the dialog that opens there is an editable field where a specific size for the graph can be entered Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 86 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Graph Properties Analog Graph Properties CAA A T
61. raft and 1999 in both ASCII and BINARY and Multi File Spanning Electromagnetic Transients for DC EMTDC This format uses information files and multi file Spanning to support up to 200 channels Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 36 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Livewire provides the user with the capability to import five different file formats COMTRADE files cfg EMTDC files inf Comma Separated Variable files csv Tab Delimited files txt Text files txt PSS E PTI files asc raw All Files The text file format allows the user to import data files that may not have typical delimiters or delimiters the user is unaware of Formatted and Unformatted File Types Comma Separated Variable files Tab Delimited and Text files all have additional importation options They can be brought in as Formatted or Unformatted Formatted data the first column of data is interpreted as the domain of the data set Unformatted data all data is interpreted as range data and the domain is calculated by the Sample size Open 7 Look ir E Examples d ft CE Bk a8 Example Data CFG File name Files of type COMTRADE Files cfg Cancel EMTOC Files inf EE COMTRADE Files chg PSSVE PTI Files asc raw Text Files Formatted tet Test Files Unformatted tt Comma Separated Yanable
62. raph Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 68 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Vertical Zoom e Select a desired graph by clicking on its plot area From the surface of the graph with the Shift key pressed drag a region over the desired area you would like to zoom Analog Graph nn ET x 0 250 0 300 0 350 0 400 0 450 0 500 0 550 0 600 a E Le Figure 4 14 Example of vertical zooming on a graph Horizontal Zoom e Select a desired graph by clicking on its plot area From the surface of the graph with the Ctrl key pressed drag a region over the desired area you would like to zoom Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 69 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Analog Graph m hola 140 120 aI x 0 250 0 300 0 350 0 400 0 450 0 500 0 550 0 600 Lal E rm Figure 4 15 Example of horizontal zooming on a graph Undo Zoom e Select a desired graph by clicking on its plot area From the surface of the graph right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Zoom gt Previous or press the P key Analog Graph m hna 140 120 Graph Properties 100 Cut Graph a0 Copy Graph BO Paste Curve 40 Copy Visible Data to Clipboard a0 Copy All Data to Clipboard Copy Marker Bounded Data to Clipboard T 30 Zoo
63. rate each of these views Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 17 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Analog Graph hnl a E D toi tt Ta A aALA_ATT AAAS Oo ral f Po 50 100 150 A 0 325 0 350 0 375 0 400 0 425 0 450 0 475 0 500 Figure 3 7 Example of the Plain View ea eee AA ooo y HAA of T Figure 3 8 Example of the Metal View Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 18 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Analog Graph m hnl a gt 100 POSAPOUTENUY i VAVAVIAYAY 100 mm 150 SS e e eee e e 0 325 0 350 0 375 0 400 0 425 0 450 0 475 0 500 A _ _ a Figure 3 9 Example of the 3D View To change or toggle between the three different views e From the LiveWire menu click View gt Look and Feel gt Plain or click the button from the toolbar for the Plain view or e From the LiveWire menu click View gt Look and Feel gt Metal or click the El button from the toolbar for the Metal view or e From the LiveWire menu click View gt Look and Feel gt 3D or click the button from the toolbar for the 3D view Zooming a Worksheet LiveWire provides the user with the ability to zoom in and out or zoom to predefined amounts on the worksheet To simply zoom in and out
64. re 5 3 Example of a harmonic component prior to enabling the markers and the analysis component 5 3 2 Enabling Disabling the Positive Negative Zero Sequence Transform The Positive Negative Zero PNZ Sequence transform comes from the study of symmetrical components and their use as a tool for analyzing unbalanced three phase power systems at steady state Normally a power system operates under balanced conditions However under fault abnormal conditions the system may become unbalanced To perform steady state analysis of an unbalanced system the method of symmetrical components Is required Symmetrical Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 97 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool components allow you to break down the problem of solving unbalanced fault conditions in the power system Symmetrical components consist of three sets of phasors the positive sequence the negative sequence and the zero sequence Before the Positive Negative Zero Sequence transform can be applied there must be exactly three curves present in the harmonic component There are a couple of ways to enable and or disable the PNZ Sequence transform the two most common ways are as follows e From the frame of the harmonic frame right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Toggle PNZS Transform or press the Z key Or e From the frame of the harmonic comp
65. rties as the name and rendering options This can be done for any curve in any graph in Livewire Analog Graph Curve Properties Cut Curve Copy Curve Copy Data to Clipboard Move to the Start Move to the End Curve Properties Name EEA weight 0 2pt Color Bien Render Style Line Type analog Analog Display a Multiplier 1 000 amp Offset 0 000 Y Multiplier 1 000 Y Offset 0 000 Digital Display Threshold 0 500 Above High Below Lo Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 55 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 4 0 LiveWire Graphs and Plots LiveWire provides the user with a wide array of graphs and plots From simple graphs to advanced graph frames the user has many options to use when analysing their data 4 1 Creating Simple Graphs The simple graph is a graph that provides the user with a clean lightweight visual depiction of data Users may choose from three different types of graphs e Analog graphs e Digital graphs e Bar graphs 4 1 1 Creating an Analog Graph To create add a new simple analog graph to the active worksheet e From the LiveWire menu click Graph gt Simple Graph gt Add Analog Graph or click the button from the toolbar Analog Graph x Figure 4 0 Example of a Simple Analog Graph Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 56 Live
66. s sl a 4 6 Plot Features Like the graphs the plots also have many features available to the user In general though most of the features outlined in the previous section hold true for this component as well And like the graphs all of the features within the plots can be accessed by the property dialogs or from the pop up menus The following will only demonstrate additional and or unique features contained within this component 4 6 1 How to Zoom Data The plot can zoom in and out of data exactly the same way as the graphs the only difference is the additional control included in the plots which may assist users Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 87 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool To use the zoom control e Select the slider on the right side of the plot region Adjust it to the desired zoom level 1 50 548 a 1 000 Figure 4 34 Example of the zoom control Enabling Disabling the Aspect Ratio By default the plots maintain an aspect ratio of 1 1 The following may disable this feature e From the surface of the plot right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Plot Properties From the plot properties dialog box uncheck the Maintain Aspect Ratio box 4 6 2 How to Use Markers The markers that are included in the plots are slightly different then the ones included in the advanced graphs with regard to their use
67. sional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool WORKSHEET The next set of images depicts a worksheet during draft time and then what it looks like at print time when it adopts the global print template q Sa a a ae ee E si Lh _e e ol pe me eye ee ee ee ie mt The last set of images depicts a different worksheet during draft time and thane what it looks like at print time when it adopts the global print template Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 31 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 32 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 3 1 7 Multiple Selection of Graphs and Formatting To multiply select components use the mouse and perform a left button click and drag to box a region encompassing the desired components OO O i ET 3 Aligning Graphs To align the components use the mouse and right click over any of the multiply selected components Select the Align option from the menu Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 33 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Cut Copy
68. sted into another software program To paste data from LiveWire to another application e From any particular graph or curve right click to generate a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Copy Visible Data to Clipboard which will copy only the portion of data visible in the graph click Copy Marker Bounded Data to Clipboard which will copy only the portion of data contained between the markers or click Copy All Data to Clipboard which will copy all the data in the graph Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 42 and Visualization Tool The Professional s Data Analysis LiveWire 2 User s Manual a E me a e SSS E me e E N W Mh Figure 3 16 Example of copying data from LiveWire Paste the data into the other application 43 Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Ed Microsoft Excel File Edit View Inset Format Tools Data Window Help Copy ia Paste Paste Special Insert Delete Clear Contents ied Insert Comment Format Cells Pick From List 4 Hyperlink Figure 3 17 Example of pasting LiveWire data into another application 3 2 4 Data Generation The Data Generator Dialog Livewire provides the user with the capability to genera
69. te a pop up menu From the pop up menu click Toggle Marker Lock Step or press the L key Analog Graph 0 588 O 02 112 amp 13 523 Min 65 417 polll O oe Mini _ 0 Axis Properties Toggle Markers Toggle Marker Lock Step Toggle Delta Readout Set Marker s Set Marker O Figure 4 26 Example of locking the markers on a graph 4 5 3 How to Adjust Axis Both the vertical and the horizontal axis may be adjusted if the user needs The methods of doing this are very similar for both the simple and advanced graph For this example we will only demonstrate using the more common advanced graph Adjust Vertical Axis e From the graph properties dialog box type the desired values into the associated Y Axis fields Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 78 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Analog Graph Properties E i Aca A EE sl st 4 MMI ini Bo l __ Carel Figure 4 27 Example of the graph properties dialog box Adjust Horizontal Axis e From the axis properties dialog box type the desired values into the associated Axis fields Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Res
70. te theoretical data from mathematical equations The equations and their properties can be defined in the equation generator dialog The editable equation properties are as follows Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 44 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Trace Generator Trace Information Mame E enerated from file data Equation Ehn va 2 Start Wale End Value 1 000000 fi ooooo0 F Increment Step Value Variable pona af a Preview Window Trace List ID Trace File Record Chnl a E ample Datat Chnl b E sample Datat Chic TE xample Datat Chnl la E sample Datat db Chnl lb E sample Datat Chnl le Chnl lc E sample Datat Operation List OF Cancel Clear Figure 3 18 The Trace Generator dialog Editable fields e Name A unique name using only alphanumeric characters a Z 0 9 Names must begin with a letter e Equation A user defined equation made up of variables trace ids and operators These items can be either typed in manually or by selecting from the trace operator lists e Start Value A start value for the data extents must be less than end value e End value An end value for data extents must be greater than the start value e Increment A data increment or step where a point will be generated must be greater than zero e Variable A unique variable using only al
71. tems Inc web site Tips O Your problem may be resolved by applying the most recent patch or upgrade of the software O Your product registration key is required to obtain technical support Contact Information Company Headquarters Z Systems Inc 102 545 Hervo Street Winnipeg Manitoba Canada R3T 3L6 Phone Number 204 453 1755 Fax Number 204 474 1543 Support E Mail Support zsystems ca Company Web Site http www zsystems ca Please include a description of your problem Also include a return address daytime phone number and or any other relevant information Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 105 LiveWire 2 User s Manual 8 0 Example Workspaces The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool LiveWire installation comes with an Examples directory that contains workspaces to illustrate various features of LiveWire The Examples directory is located under the LiveWire installation directory in LiveWire Examples The example workspaces described in this section are mainly meant to illustrate the use of LiveWire Each example introduces a new feature If you are a first time user go through all the examples in the order they are listed 8 1 Simple Analog Graph e SimpleAnGraph lww 8 2 Simple Graphs e SimpleGraphs lww 8 3 Advanced Analog Graph e AdvanceAnGraph lww 8 4 Advanced Graphs e AdvanceGraphs lww 8 5 X Y Plot e XYPlot lww 8 6 Graph Frame e GraphFr
72. tentchd caer nade bbe wane A ee Ene ae na onea tied 61 oL Creating art ASY POU r ee niet a raO 61 15 2 Creating aPOlal PlOl crrr eiue a a ea ara a eLa 62 44 Creating Graph Frame S ianea a E E O AR 64 4 4 1 How to Create a Graph Frame without Vertical Scrolling sessereseesen 65 4 4 2 How to Create a Graph Frame with Vertical Scrolling cceeee eee ees 66 4D GEA FCauul CS r a a aie keane A 67 AD A OW OOO DIE ES E P E T A E tie eotaotares edo tice E A S A ET 67 A52 HOW tO US MarkelS eiei Sulu hd eero ia a a a a a oad 74 4 513 HOWTO AGIUSE AX Siep r E a AA 78 ATOW TO Pan Datari r ee a a a ar d 80 4 5 5 How to Offset Active CurveS ss sssesrrrerrrerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrerererererrrrrrr 81 A 5 60 HOW touse the Cross HOW S orarorrir taani a mia sae A STEE a 82 4 5 7 How to Set General Display Preferences ssessnrrrrrererrrrrerrrerererereren 83 45 9 Graph TOODA rr A AA e Ea ETE EEA 84 Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 2 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 4 5 9 Manual Graph SIZING scorch cane iacasreyaadsaniate O ua ada td worsened aden 85 4 6 PIO Feat eS incr idan nun ameiaavandanmivard pian cianmenniat aa 87 45621 HOW 0 ZOOM Data 1 ociactutemnhueaicdevads wndadewiige teehee teeth aeruneidaves 87 4 0 2 HOW to USE MarK S oo a E E A 88 4 6 3 HOW t Adj st Tr ce OptiONS ivasnieciicinivadic venas e EEE 90 AOA HOWTO Pan Daldir aa eA AAACASA
73. the installation procedure Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 5 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool Manual installation 1 Have the LiveWire CD in your CD Rom drive 2 From the Windows taskbar click Start gt Run 3 Type your CD drive letter setup exe in the Open text box Run ki Ed Type the name of a program Folder document or Internet resource and Windows will open it For You Cancel Browse 4 Click Ok then follow the on screen instruction to install the program Note 1 You have to determine the drive letter of your CD drive where the LiveWire CD Is located and substitute your CD drive letter setup exe Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 6 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 2 3 Starting LiveWire From the Windows taskbar click Start gt Programs gt LiveWire gt LiveWire Note The first time you execute LiveWire you will be prompted for a registration key This key will be located upon the Z System LiveWire CD If you do not enter a registration key LiveWire will go into evaluation mode and allow you to demo the application for 30 days before disabling itself If you do not have the registration key contact Z Systems Inc and they will provide you with one 2 4 Uninstalling LiveWire If uninstalling from Microsoft Windows use the st
74. tware will perform substantially as described in the documentation accompanying the Software for a period of sixty 60 days from delivery ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE LIMITED TO SIXTY 60 DAYS b EXCLUSIVE REMEDY ZSYSTEMS s and its suppliers entire liability and your exclusive remedy for Software which does not conform to the ZSYSTEMS s Limited Warranty shall be at the ZSYSTEMS s option either 1 repair or replacement of the nonconforming Software or 2 refund of your purchase price This warranty and remedy are subject to your returning the nonconforming Software during the warranty period to the supplier from whom you obtained the Software c DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES THE ABOVE WARRANTIES ARE YOUR EXCLUSIVE WARRANTIES AND NO OTHER WARRANTY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WILL APPLY ZSYSTEMS does not warrant that the operation of the Software will be uninterrupted or error free This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from region to region Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts so the above limitation may not apply to you 5 ALLOCATION OF LIABILITY ZSYSTEMS S AND ITS SUPPLIERS TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE PURCHASE PRICE YOU PAID FOR THE PRODUCT THIS LIMITATION WILL APPLY REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION NEGL
75. ure to export that data before to ensure that the entire workspace will save properly The workspace must have a location in memory to store that data 3 2 3 Copy Paste Data LiveWire has the resources to allow users to copy data from other applications like Microsoft Excel and paste it directly into a workspace The user can also copy data from LiveWire and paste it into various other applications Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 40 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool How to Copy and Paste Data to LiveWire To paste data into LiveWire from another application e Copy a region of data from another application E4 Microsoft Excel File Edit View Inget Format Tools Data Window Help Acrobat DSH 46A BB noou AEA Chralvc Chnl la M 86 4685 65 18699 22 19663 3 246966 0 99983 66 074 so manaa a opg 3203664 0 99965 89 12 Cut 3 320362 oss 69 67 MMos 3 520362 1 0 99931 90 22 GF Paste 47 3283664 en a 56A 0 998965 8972 5 324696 0 0 99678 gaoz Insert 26 317357 D 0 99861 67 671 Delete 93 3 100174 0 099844 6611 ClearContente 76 3026778 0 99826 6416 E9 2 959382 0 0 99809 81 911 CA Inset Comment 73 280659 0 94 2 696496 0 Fick From List 47 2 513006 U 0 99757 7254 L 47 2402912 O 9 9974 69 16 eb Hyperlink 92 225612 0 199799 RRo397 97 ARMS ARATA 21090A 17 Cht 0 9979
76. worksheet e From the LiveWire menu click Graph gt Plot Add Polar Plot or click the button from the toolbar Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 62 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool A Figure 4 7 Example of a Polar Plot Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 63 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 4 4 Creating Graph Frames The graph frames are simply the frameworks around the advanced graphs What makes these components so special is their unlimited flexibility for advanced users Multiple graphs of different types can be added and removed from the frame This component allows the user to have complete control of their analysis and the visualization of it LiveWire provides two types of graph frames e Graph Frames without vertical scrolling e Graph Frames with vertical scrolling Bee eee ee ieee Naana aAa aan a a a Aaa AAEEen aE nE An s DP Figure 4 8 Example of a Graph Frame with multiple graphs Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 64 LiveWire 2 User s Manual The Professional s Data Analysis and Visualization Tool 4 4 1 How to Create a Graph Frame without Vertical Scrolling Figure 4 9 Example of a Graph Frame without vertical scrolling To create add a new graph frame without vertical scrolling to the active worksheet in LiveWir
77. ystems Logo and LiveWire are trademarks of Z Systems Inc All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners slay z Z Systems Prac Livewire Copyright 2004 Z Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 108

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