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2. 4 If the dialog includes a Setup button the button must be clicked Perform any con figuration in the subdialog that appears Note that once the values in the Setup dialog are configured and the instrument is added to the rack the values may be recalled for review but can never be altered Setup Wave device C Turbo Mode f Normal Figure 4 5 The Setup Subdialog for the Voss Wave Dummy Driver 5 Click Finish to add the instrument to the rack 4 1 2 3 Configure the instrument in the Rack 1 Double click the instrument driver icon in the rack The tabbed instrument specific configuration dialog will open DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 59 DAAAC 4 0 Acquire shot 12 SEE File Preferences Station Config Acquisition Tools Data View Window Help La A Voss Wave Tutorial Local ACTIVE Voss Wave Det ACTIVE Voss Image 1 ACTIVE Voss Wave 3 NOT AVAN Double Click tds8000 G 0 1 to Configure Voss Wave Demo Rack Figure 4 6 Double Click to Open Configuration Dialog 2 The dialog will normally consist of three tabs Main Channel and Utility Other tabs may also be present The main dialog configures the acquisition The channels dialog enables or disables the various signal channels and adjusts individualized channel properties Utility provides bookkeeping services Configure the instrument as appropriate and close the dialogs Once all instruments are configured Acquire is prepared f
3. caca Heb Figure 4 22 Selecting an Instrument from the Inventory To select an instrument from the inventory select the Manufacturer from the left list All models supported by your system for the selected manufacturer are displayed in the center list For example to install the Stanford Research DG535 select the Stanford Research manu facturer name If your system includes a DAAAC driver for the DG353 it will be listed in the center list Note that some devices are not listed under a specific manufacturer name but under a general group name such as Cameras Spectrometers or Misc The manufacturer Voss Scientific if present contains virtual instruments used to test the acquisition and reduction sequences Select a Model from the center list A list of serial numbers will appear in the right list if any instruments of this model type have been added to the database If no serial numbers exist for the selected manufacturer amp model enter a serial number in the edit control and select Add New Item The new serial number will appear in the list Optionally Generate will create a unique serial number for you Select a serial number from the Serial Number list then select Next to continue with the configuration step The Next button will only be enabled after a manufacturer model and serial number have been selected If your system does not enforce strict inventory control then a given item instance manu facturer model se
4. mes Wave O Linear Transt Tutorial ce Tutonal oss Tutorial Insert a new item bo the RIGHT of this item Insert a new item to the LEFT of this item Select Combine Operand Delete this item relinks item s parent to item s child Select entire line Copy Paste Move Delete Clear Figure 2 46 Start the Channel 1 Association DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Ctrl Ctrl Chrl e Ciel ESE 41 Voss Wave Tutorial oss Wawe Ty Tutorial woss 1 Linear Transto 5 E Tutorial Voss 1 Chi X Ch2_ Tutonal Woss Figure 2 47 Final CalMan Configuration CalMan is now fully configured as specified Return to the Acquire module and click Select the same test in the Global Setting dialog and allow the execution to proceed Once again Acquire will arm the virtual instrument wait for data and collect the data The data will be written to the database and displayed in analyze The data will also be sent to CalMan for re duction CalMan will perform the various manipulations The processed data with also be sent to the database and presented in Analyze DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 42 Analyze s 5 Voss Wave Tutorial Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 4 FFT 1 File Tasks Edit Preferences Analysis Acquisition Tools Data View Window Help aea al S Haase alre ajja 2 r s 5 Voss Wave Tutorial Tu Seles fe s 5 Voss Wave Tutorial Tut Sel fe s 5 Voss Wave Tut See Yimin 2 814 2
5. Any number of FOMs may be selected for the given waveform name no duplicates and any number of waveform names may be added to the FOMs to plot list The output may be di rected to an Overlay where each separate FOM is normalized and stacked one on top of the other Alternatively all can be overlaid without normalization in one window or each FOM can be plotted in separate windows Caution too many FOMs plotted in an overlaid window can result in a plot that is difficult to read and interpret If many FOMs are to be plotted at one time they should be placed in separate windows select Separate windows from the Waveform type group A filter may be applied to limit the FOMs to a range of shots or bursts Also the x axis may be either the shot or burst number or it can be numbered sequentially from 1 n shots or bursts Foms vrs Shots Search attributes Processed waveforms wim Name mambo2 chanl a 3dB Name 3 1831 mambo STAREP4C1 col 100 FOM Name pulse width 3 1884 mambo chanl a 3dB 1884 mambo chanl a antenna Add wim FOM to list Confirm wfm Name 31084 mambo2 chanl a 3218585 mambo chanl a 3dB 321005 mamboz chan a antenna eT niiin 20 886 mambo char a 3dB A rl a 321886 mambo chan a antenna Waveform Fom 3 1887 mambo chant a 3dB mon base top 31887 mambo chanl a antenna vernon pulse width 1889 mambo chanl a 3dB 221808 mambo chanl a Add 221808 mambo chanl a antenna lt gt Delete Delete Al
6. File Info Page Ho _ Figure 7 6 Image Retrieval Browser Enable Preview displays a thumbnail of the image selected in the file window A preview of the file is displayed for those formats that support thumbnail displays Select File Info to view additional information about the image selected in the file window 7 4 2 Tasks menu The Tasks menu switches execution focus to Acquire Archive or CalMan It causes the program to start if it is not already running 7 4 3 Edit menu The Edit menu provides the following commands DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 156 Item Description Undo Undo reverses the last operation if possible If Undo is disabled the last ac tion cannot be reversed Undo is only enabled when the currently active wave form is the waveform to which the last operation was applied Ctrl Z or Alt Backspace are the shortcuts Cut Cuts the current selection to the Clipboard Not available in this version of DAAAC Copy Copies the current selection to the Clipboard Not available in this version of DAAAC Paste Pastes the contents of the Clipboard into the current document Not available in this version of DAAAC 1 4 4 Preferences menu The Preferences menu provides the following commands for setting user preferences in Analyze Item Description Display Options The Display Print Options dialog configures the display and print options for waveforms overlays and images Fields are divided into Glob
7. Image FROG Image Branch Image Combine Image Divider Image Process Image to Contour Image to Waveform ND Filter No reduction E Dot Bdot Feed Thru Feed through Reference 139 Filter E Free Space Integrator Mixer Multi port Overlay ar ge a O E E Sensor Sensor Offset SPIDER A X User Process wji Waveform Branch Terminator 3 J Transformer Volt Divider Volt Divider Descriptions of the specific controls for each item type can be found in CalMan s on line help or in Appendix E Cal Items Press Fl while the Cal Item interface is active to view the help for that item Cal Items with special abilities or additional configuration requirements are discussed in the following sections 6 3 Cal Manager Toolbar The toolbar is displayed across the top of the Cal Manager s window below the menu bar The toolbar provides quick access to many of Cal Manager s features Click To Switch to Acquire Switch to Archive Switch to Analyze Add delete or checkout Cal Items from the Inventory List DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 140 Search the graph for specific Cal Items Select a Station with which to create a new graph of the test set up Insert a new Cal Line in the graph Show Cal Manager s program information 2 2 e Jn A Start Cal Manager s online help 6 4 Status Bar The status bar at the bottom
8. Output nodes The majority of the cal items have a single input and a single output whether referring to their physical connections or data flow during reduction Here the special cases are presented those nodes that have either multiple inputs or multiple outputs at present no items are sup ported that have both DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 112 6 1 4 1 1 Waveform and Image branch These soft items make multiple copies of the input data during the reduction sequence for processing along parallel paths see Figure 6 2 Only the primary path that follows the branch node can contain hardware components Link lines out of the branch nodes are not labeled be cause all branch node reduction outputs are identical 1 e the reduced data generated for each output is the same To create a new branch select Insert an item to the RIGHT from the branch node s right click menu or drag n drop the item onto the branch node Branches are displayed and reduced in the order added maji 79404 channel 1 smoother wm branch E Lea May not be Hard Item integral overlay MN lt ingle quare 7 Figure 6 2 Waveform branch node 6 1 4 1 2 Multiple reduction output multi out Soft items that are currently limited to the image divider but will soon include the FROG item the mixer item and any other item that generates multiple output waveforms and or images during reduction Multi out items behave like branch nodes but have unique outputs C
9. and End Burst values Define the first shot burst in the series of waveform names and associated FOMs Numbers less than this entry are excluded from the plot Define the last shot burst in the series of waveform names and associated FOMs Numbers greater than this entry are excluded from the plot Select the numbering type The first x axis value will be the Start Shot Burst number The first x axis value will be 1 If filtering FOMs by burst Analyze again will determine the shots per burst and assign a percentage to each shot within the burst for the plot 165 Destination Create a waveform or send the data to a text file Output to window s Search results are sent to a window The Waveforms FOMS values are plotted like a waveform The independent axis x is the shot number also extracted from the database and the dependent axis y is the actual FOM value Output to text file Search results are sent to a text file and in a columnar format that is easily im ported into a spreadsheet The data sent to the file is as follows Shot Fom Name Fom Value Burst Shot In Burst Export filename The full path or default if no path is supplied and the name of the file to write the search results into Get File Activates the Window s File Directory dialog for selecting a path and a file name to overwrite 7 4 6 Acquisition menu The Acquisition menu offers the following commands for specifying how Analyze handles ac
10. command The Inventory List will appear Select the type of Cal Item from the left column then a specific Cal Item from the right column 4 Choose OK The selected Cal Item will appear in the graph An alternate method is to use the Drag and Drop Inventory List Unlike the regular Inven tory List this list is used only for adding items to the graph items cannot be created edited or deleted from the Drag and Drop list Some Cal Items require additional information before they can be inserted into the graph When adding Splitters or Coax Switches CalMan will ask you to select an output port This port will be linked to the Cal Item beside which the new Cal Item is to be inserted Likewise an input port must be selected for Cal Items that are attached to the right of Adders See section Appen dix E Section 5 3 for more information 6 2 5 4 1 Using the Drag and Drop Inventory List Once the Cal Items are created with the Inventory List dialog they can be added to Cal Lines with the Drag and Drop Inventory List The Inventory Drag and Drop Inventory List dialog inserts Cal Items into Cal Man ager s graph by dragging them from the list then dropping them on top of other Cal Items in the graph The new Cal Item then is inserted to the right of the target Cal Item This interface is much more efficient for inserting numerous Cal Items when the Cal Items have already been created and configured from the main Inventor
11. ena A DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 62 14 If there is data reduction Multicasts processed data to the database through NetCom and to Analyze 15 If there is data reduction CalMan signals Acquire that it 1s done 16 If this is a repetitive acquisition increment the execution count and go to 17 Other wise go to 20 17 If there is a finite number of repetitions go to 18 Otherwise go to 19 18 If the specified number of acquisitions have occurred or if the user has clicked go to 20 Otherwise go to 3 19 If the user has clicked o go to 20 Otherwise go to 3 20 Acquire tells the test director that it is done There are several things to note about this sequence e The discussion is the same in both Stand Alone and Networked mode provided the Stand Alone station is regarded as a networked station in a single station system e There is no distinction between single shot and burst mode here The discussion ap plies equally well to both e The discussion is not independent of other DAAAC Modules including NetCom CalMan and Analyze 7 will abort the acquisition at any time The process is shown graphically in Figure 4 2 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 63 neduce and spoon Data Transmut Data muted wa Count Reached p o lt D Test Director Terminates Aequisition Figure 4 8 Automatic Acquisition Flow Diagram 4 1 3 2 Acquisition Sequence in the Acquire Module As the Acquire
12. quired data Item Description Work Offline Sets Analyze to ignore new waveforms being transmitted from other modules dur ing acquisition or reduction Fast Arm Automatically rearms DAAAC for another acquisition If Acquire is not running on this computer Fast Arm has no effect Configuration The Acquisition Configuration dialog sets the display and print options for incom ing acquired or automatically reduced data The Acquisition Configuration options determine only how Analyze manages acquired and reduced data transmitted from other modules or computers Analyze does not control what data are transmitted or when data are transmitted See Appendix B Section 2 4 15 Reset Overlays Reset all running overlays displayed during acquisition See the Acquisition Con figuration interface for running overlay options 7 4 7 Tools menu Contains custom functions not presented here 7 4 8 Data View menu The Data View menu offers the following commands Item Description Next Waveform Next Waveform activates the next waveform in a multi waveform display This feature is available for Real Imaginary or Magnitude and Phase waveform pairs following a Fast Fourier Transform Go to Signal Line Transfers control to CalMan and highlights the Cal Line that originates at the chan nel that produce the selected waveform provided the channel is active in CalMan DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 166 Go To Instrument Go to Instrument activates Acquire
13. 101 Cal Manager 140 Tools menu Archive 104 Trash 47 triggers forced 70 instrument 70 settings 80 timeout 76 timing 71 87 Trigger page 67 Truncate Transaction Log 104 Tutorial 89 107 168 U Undo 157 Utility page 67 V View menu Analyze 166 Archive 102 106 Cal Manager 146 View Waveforms dialog 47 views in Archive 95 W Waveform View 95 96 waveforms burst 71 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Cable Cal 163 closing 155 168 combining 150 154 copying 99 150 154 corrected output 131 creating 150 cursors 159 deleting 47 deleting points 162 displaying 157 167 editing 159 importing 134 instrument settings 167 measuring 159 min and max 132 Next Page 167 number of 147 opening 149 153 overlaying 151 154 162 Previous Page 167 printing 152 154 recovering 48 reduction 133 retrieving 47 saving 153 154 Search dialog 49 spooling 71 statistics 159 zeroing 161 zooming 161 wideband settings 123 Window menu 157 167 Acquire 89 Analyze 157 167 Archive 106 Work Offline 166 Zero Base 85 zeroing 161 zooming racks 82 waveforms 161 179 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 180 Notes DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 181 Notes DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 182 Notes DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 183 Notes DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 184 Notes DAAAC 4 0 User s Manu
14. Right click over a blank area in the graph to display the graph s pop up settings menu 2 Select the desired commands to edit the graph display settings 6 2 2 3 Printing the current graph When printed all Cal Items in the graph are listed and grouped by instrument and channel The items are printed in the order that they appear in the graph Cal Item information includes item type name description delay and calibration factor As an option barcodes can be printed above each Cal Item The option for enabling bar code printing is found in the Barcode Tuning dialog which is available by selecting Preferences Barcode Print Setup from the menu To print the current graph 1 From the File menu select Print Graph Items Alternatively select Print Graph Items from a station instrument or channel node The standard Print dialog will appear 2 Make any changes that may be necessary to the print settings then choose OK A tabular listing or graphical display of components in Cal Manager s current graph will be printed DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 118 The following is a sample tabular graph printout This graph contains two channels with two identical lines Calibration Lines for Station Test 12 31 03 8 00 00 Page 1 of 1 Instrument Wave Channel W1 C1 reduction is on Description Test reduction Type Name Description Cable 10 cable Line one cable Attenuator 3dB attenuation Line one atten sensor Open End WG Lin
15. The entire graph s display print archive options can be set or cleared at one time The instrument is displayed in the first column There are no options for the instrument en try Each channel is displayed in the second column The first row for each channel contains a Line Reduction check box which is the same check box option contained in the channel s dia log When checked reduction will be performed for the entire line Double clicking this column within the Line Reduction text activates the channel s reduction dialog Any changes made in the reduction dialog are updated in the options map when OK is selected Every channel row and every Cal Item row contain a Waveform type The channel wave form name is Raw Most Cal Items waveform type is Corrected However some nodes do con tain other waveform types Every channel contains a Display and Print check box the same op tions that are contained in the item s Reduction page Global Reduction Options Map Instrument Channel reve foe xl IU IE a pe a am e 0 0 0 fpe CN Search this Map Toggle Channel Options Toggle Column FOM Options Set all Line Reduction Set Set Set Clear all Line Reduction Clear Clear Clear Double click the Cal lter to El LESA activate the item interface 5 T Pa LIL A3PS chan2 Figure 6 21 Global Reduction Options DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 144 All Cal Items attached to the channel are listed aft
16. margin spacing and text horizontal and vertical spacing Once these parameters are properly configured for a particular printer they should not need to be adjusted again The dialog also en ables or disables the printing of page numbers and assigns a location on the page 1f they are to be printed The printout is in standard text with no configuration retained DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 53 Set Print Parameters 100 Left Margin Page Numbers i Print Page Numbers Left 60 Lines Per Page Centered C Right Cancel Figure 3 6 Notebook Printer Configuration 100 Vertical Line Spacing When OK is clicked in the Notebook editor window the window is closed and the docu ment is displayed in the Notebook management window Clicking OK closes that window and stores the document to the database When Notebook is re executed all archived documents are recalled and listed in the management window The document may be reopened for review by anyone and for editing provided the User ID control matches the ID associated with the docu ment Notebook Modification Date Bete Demonstrate the Notebook Tool DAAAC User USR 123 10 20 2006 11 434 10 20 2006 11 434 SET i UsR 123 Cancel Figure 3 7 Updated Notebook Management View DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 54 4 Acquire 4 1 Acquire Overview Acquire has been introduced in the tutorial Section 2 3 2 in sufficient detail to configure and perform a simple acquisit
17. secs 0 Cancel Figure 6 10 Narrowband Reduction Configuration From the Frequency Source During Reduction list select the source of the frequency vs time information The options are as follows Freq Envelope Other Use the frequency vs time information from some other channel Select the Chan channel from the list in this dialog box Freq Envelope This Use this channel s frequency vs time information Chan Local Constant Use the default frequency specified in this dialog over the entire waveform Global Constant Use the global frequency specified in the Reduction Global Parameters DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 124 menu over the entire waveform The Min Freq and Max Freq values limit the returned value from the frequency lookup The Time Offset accounts for time delays between the data on this channel and the data from the frequency vs time reference channel The specified time offset 1s subtracted from this Cal Line s waveforms before the frequency vs time lookup is performed 6 2 4 1 1 3 Image settings Channel Reduction page The Image signal class has no channel reduction settings at this time 6 2 4 2 Inserting Cal Lines Because Cal Lines start with a channel Cal Line creation begins when channel nodes are inserted into the graph See Section 6 2 4 1 for instructions Once the Channel is included in the graph Cal Items can be added to complete the Cal Line See Sections 6 2 5 2 and 6 2 5 4 for
18. 12 34 PM First system checkout EH Tests checkoz 6 2 2010 12 12 48 PM second system checkout El check01 driver _testi 10 19 2009 10 45 09 AM testing for DOP3054 driver El checko El driver_testi Figure 5 2 Archive Database View 5 1 1 2 Named Configurations View Named Configurations View displays all existing Named Configurations in the window s left pane in hierarchical directories Click either the leaf to expand the directories or the leaf to collapse the directories Other information pertaining to the current entry 1s displayed in the right pane Named Configurations can be restored from this view Select Named Configurations from the buttons on the left side of the window Click on the configuration displayed in the right side of the window with the right mouse button then select Restore Named Configuration from the pop up menu to restore the specified Named Configuration 5 1 1 3 Waveform View Waveform View displays raw and processed waveform data in the window s left pane in hierarchical directories using a calendar layout Click either the leaf to expand the directories or the leaf to collapse the directories Information pertaining to specific waveforms is displayed in the right pane Waveforms are grouped by year month week and day as the directory is ex panded All waveforms for the selected time period are displayed in the right pane For example if the year 2001 is selected the right pane will disp
19. 16 2006 02 15 14 PM Show Raw Waveforms From Sun Oct 1 2006 up to but not including Wed Nov 1 2006 Figure 2 49 Raw and Processed Voss Wave Data in the Database DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 3 Common DAAAC Features 3 1 Tool Bar The main Toolbar is visible under the applications main menu provided the user has en abled it Commonly used operations are placed in the toolbars but note that some operations may only be available via the application menu or right click menus All DAAAC toolbars can be docked under the menu on left side of the window or floated anywhere on the screen To move the toolbar use the left mouse button to grab it in any area that does not contain a button The figure shows the task portion of the toolbar All DAAAC modules show this portion The set of icon represent the three DAAAC modules that are not the module with the task bar Click an icon starts a module if it is not started and switches to it 3 2 Status Bar Status bars are displayed at the bottom of each DAAAC module s main window To dis play or hide the status bar use the Status Bar command in the Preferences menu Run Internal Cals on all supported devices MUM The left area of the status bar describes actions of menu items as you navigate through the appli cation s menus Similarly this area shows messages that describe the actions of toolbar buttons as you depress them before releasing them If you choose not to execute the co
20. 23 3 CalMan The final stage in this First Execution tutorial is to reacquire the data and perform a simple data reduction on the raw Voss Wave waveforms The reduction is performed by the CalMan module CalMan is a very complex program that will be detailed in Chapter 6 For the purposes of this tutorial only those steps necessary to produce the data reduction will be dis cussed At the highest level CalMan performs two functions 1 Process the acquired data to account for the influence of components in the acquisi tion signal path that altered the data In this case the acquired data is taken back along the signal path and sequentially adjusted for the influence of the physical com ponents until an estimation of the signal that entered the sensor is reached 2 Manipulate the acquired data in some way that is useful to the process of understand ing it Rather than unfiltering the data to generate a clearer picture of the actual sig nal this process introduces additional filtering to perform analysis The reduction done in this section will perform the second of these functions The processing performed will have no particular meaning The purpose is strictly demonstration The process ing will be as follows e Channel 1 will be linearly transformed by 12 25 X Data 17 2 e Channel 2 will be multiplied by channel before transformation e A Fast Fourier Transform FFT will be performed on Channel 4 In CalMan go to Gra
21. 5 7 1 1 Searching the Global Reduction Options Map To search the Global Reduction Options Map 1 Select the Search button The Search Global Reduction Options Map dialog will open 2 Select the field type to search instrument channel or item In the Search String field enter the text to search for 3 Select Find If the item is found its first occurrence will be highlighted in the map Choose OK when done searching 6 5 7 2 Off line Reduction Automated reduction during the acquisition sequence is referred to as on line reduction CalMan can also be used to perform off line reduction at any time using any raw data in the database To perform an off line reduction 1 Select the Reduction Off line reduction menu item 2 The raw waveform selection dialog will appear Select the waveforms and images to reduce Data can be selected from multiple shots Any selected data that does not have a corresponding Cal Line will be ignored 3 Select OK in the selection dialog CalMan will begin reducing the selected data CalMan s status bar will display the current channel and shot being reduced When all reduction complete the reduced data will be transmitted to the database and the Analyze module DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 145 Note that the off line reduction always uses the current Cal Line definitions to reduce the data If you want to reduce data with historic definitions the historic configuration must be re s
22. D dot PFL Pos 8 D dot PFL Pos 9 D dot PFL Pos 9 B dot Instrument Active Channel Active WES Y Offset Timebase Trigger Pos Zero base Descriy Ena R em a ov oos ETE fes oo P evo a ov a ne o p eee e ov o o fesa og ov CI o o e Saen e Presao Bd ov oox feses ome eg O preoa ea ov eo e CT IO ov CE o f enoe pov oo fe Sea feme O ov Joos feses fions oo Oooo pree a ov o lo peeo a ov o S lt A i pea a ov a oe Seem f Serce eroaa Bd ov Joos ases one 8 dere 8040 Io ov foo e Ooo o peee a ov ooze peee a ov o oe coe Figure 4 19 Instrument Settings Dialog DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 84 Item Station Crate Instrument Active Channel Active VFS V Offset Timebase Trigger Pos Zero Base Description Auto Export 1 2 Auto Export Type Print Description Networked Systems the station name is displayed in the far left column If more than one station is open each station and all of its instruments will be displayed with the station name If a crate exists eg cPCI VXI etc then the Crate column is to the left of the in strument column Each instrument within the crate is then listed in the instrument column Lists the instrument name The instrument name 1s listed once for all channels the first channel is listed on the same row as the instrument name The name can be edited here Double click the name to highlight it then edit the name and pres
23. DAAAC and its copyright DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 107 6 CalMan CalMan is DAAAC s signal line management and data reduction module It automatically reduces raw data based on the contents of the acquisition signal lines called Cal Lines and is the inventory manager for the signal line components called Cal Items used in the acquisition system A brief and simplified introduction to CalMan was presented in Section 2 3 3 This chapter provides a complete detailed discussion of CalMan 6 1 CalMan overview CalMan displays the current acquisition station as a hierarchical graph of Cal Items linked into Cal Lines as in Figure 6 1 This graph represents the electrical connections in the acquisition signal lines by displaying each component of the Cal Line from the sensor that detects the sig nal left to the destination instrument channel CalMan then reduces the recorded data based on the Cal Line definition and the characterizations of each Cal Item in the line DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 108 CalManager mambo2 Ac o Xx Sl File Tasks Edit Preferences Inventory Graph Reduction Tools Window Help coa aam Nodes Representing Cal Items NOV AN peg E AN 1 wave Cl a vera new 2 amp01 3dB int 4 xtal 1 225ft exsw 4 20dB adder A FTE ARA Cal Lines Start Here j Channel Nodes es E 2 Jiii wave In trument lt For Help press F1 Row 1 Col 5 Figu
24. User s Manual 89 Active Idle Copy Settings Paste Settings Save Settings Read Settings Temporarily activate the selected instrument This selection is NOT persistent and will be lost when the software is shut down unless the instrument dialog is opened by dou ble clicking and dismissed with OK Temporarily idle the selected instrument This selection is NOT persistent and will be lost when the software is shut down unless the instrument dialog is opened by double clicking and dismissed with OK Copies the settings of the current instrument to the buffer These settings may be pasted later to any other instruments of the same type The copied settings are available for pasting until Acquire terminates Paste Settings pastes any instrument settings that were previously Copied from the Rack menu to the currently selected instrument This paste operation is valid only if the instruments are of the same type Copy Paste operations may be performed across stations Saves the settings from the selected instrument in a specified file including pre processing channel options interface bus settings and instrument name Save Set tings is primarily useful for cloning a station This command can be used to save a whole crate and will restore to a crate with the same instrument types in the same positions Reads settings from a file created with Save Settings item to an instrument of the same type This command can be used on a w
25. all triggering controls The Utility page may contain as many as five functions to control instrument settings Demo Tek 2440 2440 Main Settings Channel Settings Trigger Settings Utiity Instrument Identification Timebase Active Mame T Record Length 1024 Serial number TR2440 252 FO Calibration Sampling Inverval 20 ng S Date 09 26 2006 Status Unknown Auto Calibrate Time window 20 48 ps E El gt SU MSs Cancel Help Figure 4 11 Demo Instrument Configuration Main Page Tektronix 2440 Digitizer DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 67 Tek 2440 1 2440 Main Settings Channel Settings Trigger Settings Utility Chan to edit Channel 1 renin Mame Description Volts Full Scale Position Inversion al 1 dr Coupling Impedance Bandwidth e fe 3 Lancel Help Figure 4 12 Tektronix 2440 Channel Page Instrument Control dialogs are far too numerous and varied to permit detailed examina tion in a dialog Figures 4 4 and 4 5 show the Main and Channel tabs for a typical digitizer driver in this case the Tektronix Model 2440 A few configuration parameters are common to all drivers and are worth noting here e The Main Settings tab will include two radio buttons that can switch the instrument to Active or Idle An instrument that is not in communication with DAAAC cannot be set Active e The Main Setting tab will include a section that identifies the instrument The Na
26. and general waveform statistics The cursor point information is also displayed in Analyze s status bar Waveform statistics are computed from the first point in the waveform to the current position if no tags have been placed on the waveform If a single tag has been placed the statistics are computed from the tag position to the cursor s current position If two or more tags have been placed the statistics are computed between Tag 1 and Tag 2 See Cursor Measurement Selection dialog below for step by step instructions on placing measurement tags To close the Cursors position dialog activate its window by clicking on it then press Esc The main Cursors window will remain on until turned off from the menu or toolbar DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 159 Cursor Position Faint 330 Position 3 36e 006 0 460608 Statistics Point 0 to cursor position ds 3 3Be D06 mean 0 03493 dy 0 456156 stdy 0 3837 area 1 161e 007 Figure 7 8 Cursor Tracking Information Cursors can be used on raw processed and overlay waveforms For overlay waveforms Cursors tracks the currently selected waveform which is marked with a yellow triangle in the overlay waveform key Shortcuts Toolbar Keys F6 7 4 5 1 1 Cursor Measurement Selection dialog Within Cursor Operations the Cursor Measurement Selection feature displays the delta x and delta y measurements between tags The selected measurements are displayed in the
27. and opens the interface for the instrument that acquired the current waveform This command can be used on a raw or automati cally processed waveform This function has no effect on imported or user created waveforms or on Overlays The instrument s dialog is activated so that changes can be made to the instrument settings Log Page Log Page displays the associated log page in effect when this data was created if one exists This display shows historic settings and cannot be edited Acquisition Set Acquisition Settings displays the associated acquisition settings in effect when this tings data was created if any exist This display shows historic settings and cannot be edited Cal Lines Cal Lines displays the associated Cal Line configuration in effect when this data was created if any exist This display shows historic settings and cannot be edited Instrument Set Instrument Settings displays the associated instrument settings in effect when this tings data was created for the associated channel This display shows historic settings and cannot be edited Info txt See the discussion in section Appendix B Section 2 4 17 Error Log Open the DAAAC execution ASCII error log in Notepad This feature is useful for debugging DAAAC configuration errors VSI personnel may also require access to the log to determine why the program may be failing 7 4 9 Window menu The Window menu provides the following commands for displaying waveforms
28. be connected to control and collect data from its own series of instruments These hosts are linked through NetCom and supervised by a Test Director station A stand alone configuration with a single host acts as a special case of the networked configuration with the single Station acting as its own Test Director A Rack is a model in Acquire of a physical rack of instruments On creation it DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 6 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual DRAFT 7 is given a height that represents the total number of instruments that it can hold Each station can hold any number of Racks and each rack can hold any number of instruments independent of the other racks in the station Instrument An instrument is a model of a physical instrument attached to the station The instrument occupies a single position in a rack Each instrument is accompa nied by a driver developed by VSI for DAAAC and the suite of instruments available to a given customer is determined by that customer s keys In a rack the instrument has a custom configuration dialog that allows the user to set pa rameters that will be used to configure the physical instrument before an acqui sition event Channel Many instruments are able to capture and produce data from more than one source in a single shot The maximum number of sources for a given instru ment is given by the number of instrument channels available In a multi channeled instrument DAAAC can be configu
29. clicking it Networked DAAAC configurations can contain multiple stations Stand alone configurations will contain a single entry 4 If the selected graph is new a single station node will be displayed 5 Right click on the station node and select Insert a new cal line from the pop up menu The Cal Lines dialog will open 6 Open the channels for the desired instruments by clicking the instrument 7 Double click the desired channel The New Cal Line dialog will open 8 Enter an optional description then choose OK The new channel s settings dialog will open 9 Configure the channel settings being sure to specify the signal class then choose OK 10 Continue adding channels from the Cal Lines dialog if desired steps 5 9 11 Choose Finished to close the Cal Lines dialog and return to the graph Populate the new Cal Line by using either the Inventory List available from the Inventory menu or by using the Drag and Drop Inventory List If the selected station has a graph that was previously created that graph then will be loaded The loading status will be displayed in the status bar s first pane at the lower left corner of the window Each item s name is displayed as it is created and displayed in the graph 6 2 2 2 Editing the graph s appearance Many aspects of the displayed graph s appearance can be changed including the size color and style of the components within the graph To edit the graph s appearance 1
30. etc Export to Excel compatible csv file the essential configuration of all timing chan nels Includes delays trigger modes address information etc Save the currently displayed Named Configuration including all displayed sta tions under specified name and description Restore the selected Named Configuration Exit Acquire Store Named Configuration File menu Store Named Configuration saves the current DAAAC configuration as a Named Configu ration for later restoration The configuration includes displayed stations instruments and their settings Global Settings and Calibration settingsThis dialog names and supplies an optional de scription to the current configuration Clicking OK saves the configuration See Appendix B Section 2 1 1 for more details 4 4 1 2 Restore Named Configuration File menu Restore Named Configuration retrieves a previously stored Named Configurations For in structions on saving a configuration see Section 4 4 1 1 immediately above When a name is se lected the instrument Global and calibration settings in place at the time when the configuration was saved are restored to the original state Each station the station rack Global Settings and all Calibration graph settings will be restored exactly as they appeared when the configuration was saved Restore also returns the configurations of any remote stations that were part of the origi nal named configuration See section Appendix B Sect
31. from the inventory of instruments in the open database Often before an instrument can be selected it must first be added to the database inventory The instrument is selected for addi tion to the inventory from a list of all available instruments The selection in number and type DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 56 of instruments available depend on the options purchased with DAAAC and is determined by the installed keys 4 1 2 1 Adding an Instrument to the Inventory To add an instrument to the database inventory 1 Right click in an open instrument slot in a rack and select Add from the popup menu Add will be the only available option for a rack location with no instrument as signed Voss Wave Der Voss oon 1 Figure 4 2 Initiate a New Instrument 2 The dialog of Figure 4 3 appears The lists that appear under Manufacturer and Model will depend on the drivers allowed by the installed DAAAC keys The list un der Serial Number will depend on the selected items under Manufacturer and Model and instruments that have already been set into the inventory DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 57 Inventory Manufacturer Highland Technology Natonal lnestuments Parker Hann Picosecond Pulse Labs ROHDE amp SCHWARTZ Stanford Research Tektronis Serial Number GFS STG Wat Image Met Compl UCF Networked Computer Place Holder Faint Fower Supply TWAIN Image Woe Fa Voss Scientific Generale Senal Number Add N
32. instrument to be DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 15 named The dialog may also have a Setup button enabled If it does as Voss Wave does the button must be clicked to complete the setup Interface GPIB Station Yoss Wave Tutorial Pack Yoss Wave Demo A Position NM Mame Voss Wave Demo 1 Figure 2 9 Add Instrument Dialog Clicking Setup opens an additional instrument configuration dialog In the case of Voss Wave the user chooses between Turbo Mode and Normal Turbo Mode is unique to the Voss Wave Driver In Normal mode synthetic delays are added to the acquisition sequence to mimic delays in communicating with an actual instrument In Turbo Mode the delays are disabled and the acquisition occurs as fast as the software is capable For the purposes of this tutorial select Normal mode Note For all drivers with a Setup button the configuration presented in the Setup dialog is permanent one the dialog is closed Such configuration must be made to accurately reflect the hardware configuration since it cannot be changed later during instrument configuration Setup Wave device f Turbo Mode f Normal Figure 2 10 Additional Instrument Setup DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 16 Click OK then Finish The instrument will appear in the rack in the position indicated when the process started The instrument name will appear along with an icon specific to the instrument type m DAAAC 4 0 Acquire shot 1 File Preferenc
33. interface to the database From Archive you can create and se lect databases import and export file data and organize and transfer data Archive is also the starting point for the DAAAC application When you run DAAAC you are actually starting the Archive module 5 1 Archive Overview The database is used to store configurations and such data as waveforms instrument set tings and Cal Item data and to link all this data together so that the conditions under which any set of data was recorded are associated with the data All DAAAC modules including Archive connect to the database via the NetCom module NetCom also acts as a communicator between the DAAAC modules and the network if the in stalled DAAAC system supports networked operation NetCom is started automatically when Archive starts and it must always be running for any DAAAC module to access the database whether standalone or networked New databases are created from Archive and Archive is used to select the DAAAC sys tem s operating active database Archive displays open databases in a two pane window for viewing information such as current configuration and waveform data Archive can have several databases open at the same time each displayed in its own window Only one of these data bases 1s considered active however The active database is the one that the DAAAC modules use to store and retrieve waveform data instrument configurations and Cal Item data A b
34. measurement list on the Cursor Statistic area of the Cursor Operations window and printed in the waveform s legend when the waveform is printed from the Cursor Operations window Cursor measurement manual selection Measurements Measurement type Insert le deltas C delta Delete a Tag 1 Tag Clear All 2 2 Cancel Figure 7 9 Cursor Measurement Selection Dialog To add a measurement to the displayed list 1 Place two or more tags on the waveform by clicking on the desired points with the mouse The keyboard arrow keys also can be used for greater accuracy DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 160 2 Select Setup from the Measure group in the Cursor Operations window The Cursor Meas urement Selection dialog will appear 3 Choose Measurement type 4 Select Tag 1 and Tag 2 to define the beginning and ending positions of the measurement 5 Choose Insert 6 Continue selecting tags for measurements as needed 7 Choose OK To delete measurements from the list 1 Open the Cursor Measurement Selection window 2 Select the measurement to be deleted from the left list 3 Choose Delete To remove all listed measurements choose Clear All 4 Choose OK If any tag used to compute a measurement is deleted the measurement will be automatically re moved from the list To print the waveform with the tags and measurements 1 Place the tags on the waveform and define the measurements 2 Select Print from the File men
35. narrative discussion of the modules they describe This discussion is as extensive as necessary to present a complete presentation of the purpose configuration and opera tion of the module Detailed subsections discuss important elements of the module The introductory section is followed by a section that describes the toolbar icons available to the module The presentation is a table showing the toolbar icons and a de scription associated with each Subsections following the table present detailed discus sions of the toolbar functions The third section in the module chapters presents the module s menu structure This discussion is also tabular and is hierarchical The first table presents the main menu DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 7 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual DRAFT g items left to right on the module Each of the main entries is then broken out into a table that contains the menu entries under the main menu The entries are presented by name followed by a description In many cases the description in the table is sufficient and no further detail is provided Where the menu entry needs clarification a section below the table provides the additional detail item by item The detail will include a discussion and any shortcuts to the operation Many menu items open one or more dialogs If the dialog is simple it is often omitted with a simple reference to its detailed discussion in Appendix B Otherwise the dialog will appear as an image along
36. new database A file directory is displayed so that you may select a database name from the disk When the database is opened Archive informs the other DAAAC modules so they can reload appropriate data Acquire will close the current station and open the new database s station Cal Manager will close all graphs and open the local sta tion s graph When in standalone mode Select NetCom Server runs NetCom from a different computer than the local computer Your computer must be networked to use this function When in networked mode Select Networked Server runs NetCom from a remote computer via the network Your computer must be networked to use this function See Appendix B Section 2 2 11 for dialog details Activates the NetCom database server See Chapter 8 for details regarding the im portance and role of NetCom Stop NetCom stops DAAAC s Netcom module Because NetCom is the communications link between all DAAAC modules and the database DAAAC cannot operate without NetCom running This selection will always be grayed Manage Data Sources accesses the ODBC Data Source Administrator For more information open the ODBC Data Source Administrator then select Help Initialize Database accesses the ODBC Select Data Source utility For more information open the ODBC Select Data Source then choose Help WARNING This function completely destroys the contents of the selected da tabase Sets the Location Code for invent
37. of the Cal Manager window displays information about Cal Manager current operation To display or hide the status bar use the Status Bar command in the View menu The left most area of the status bar describes the current menu actions This area also shows messages that describe the actions of toolbar buttons when they are pressed The right most status bar area displays the graph row and column number of the compo nent under the mouse pointer For Help press Fl Row 6 Col 10 Figure 6 20 Status Bar 6 5 Cal Manager menus 6 5 1 File menu Cal Manager s File menu offers the following commands Item Description Print Graph Items Prints a tabular listing of all components in the graph grouped by instrument channels and individual Cal Lines attached to each channel The fields listed for each Cal Item are type barcode or name description delay and calibration fac tor DXF Export Graph Creates a graphics file of Cal Manager s graph in DXF format Item information including barcode or name is listed File Export Graph Items Entire Graph Exit Closes Cal Manager DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 141 6 5 2 Tasks menu This menu simply lists the Archive Acquire and Analyze modules allowing the user to switch to and if necessary start the selected module This mirrors the module options in the toolbar 6 5 3 Edit menu Entries in the Edit menu operate on one or more Cal Man nodes that have been selected by rub
38. of the process of configuring Acquire to capture data for the first time Throughout the process an example is presented that can be duplicated by the first time user on any installation that includes Acquire A Voss Wave instrument is used to generate the data The Voss Wave driver is a virtual instrument that is available to all installa tions regardless of key set As a virtual instrument no actual hardware need be connected to the host computer 2 3 2 1 Add Station Before any action can be performed by DAAAC at least one station must be added to the database In a Stand Alone installation only one station will be added The Acquire module w1ll automatically open the station configuration dialog on first execution as in Figure 2 5 Station Properties Station Hame Voss Wave Tutorial Station Description E Configuration and esecution Station Address 12700 Number of racks in station z caca e Figure 2 5 Add a Station amp Set Rack Count As shown in the figure the station is identified by name required and can include a de scription optional The network address of the station is set here In Figure 2 5 the address 1s fixed at 127 0 0 1 That is the universal address of the local machine Since it is fixed this indi cates that the installation is Stand Alone The number of racks is assigned here Note that once the number of racks is set it cannot be reduced though it can later be increased Configure
39. on Go Initialize on OK Lock Out Front Panels Arm Trigger Beep when armed Triggering Time out Single Point Data Spool Forever Description Instrument polling during idle time When checked instruments are polled and their status 1s updated at the time inter val specified in the Poll Period field Polling occurs during idle times and not dur ing acquisition When polling DAAAC checks for the presence of a device at the address of each instrument in the configuration This feature allows DAAAC to determine whether a device is present powered on and connected at each address It reduces the incidence of interface related errors when communication is at tempted with an instrument The time period between successive instrument poll operations Defines when to initialize instruments and front panel lockout option When checked all instruments are initialized when the GO button is selected re gardless of their present status When checked each instrument 1s initialized when OK is selected from the instru ment s dialog The instrument dialog is activated by double clicking the instrument icon in Acquire s rack display When this option is checked DAAAC attempts to lock out the instrument s front panel This setting prevents users from inadvertently making the instrument set tings inconsistent with the DAAAC settings Options for the arm and trigger portions of the acquisition sequence Causes the system
40. on the type and complexity of the Cal Item e Appendix F DAAAC Installation File Structure This appendix pro vides a hierarchical summary of the files that are written with a typical DAAAC installation DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 9 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual DRAFT 10 2 Getting Started with DAAAC 2 1 Installing DAAAC To install DAAAC 4 0 simply put the disk into your CD ROM drive and the in stallation program will launch automatically A few dialogs will open during installa tion that allow specification of the target directory and other options If needed DAAAC will install Microsoft DAO and ODBC components and a CrypKey service DAAAC should be uninstalled only when it will no longer be used on a computer DAAAC is uninstalled using the Add or Remove Programs applet in Control Panel from the Windows Start button select Settings then Control Panel Be sure to back up any DAAAC database mdb files before uninstalling the application Many user settings are stored in the registry which is cleared during the uninstall process Reinstalling DAAAC will not restore those registry settings Note Do not change permissions or locations of any files installed by DAAAC You will break it Note You must have administrator privileges in order to install since the DAAAC installer will be writing to the registry 2 2 License When first starting DAAAC 4 0 it will tell you that it is not licensed When this happens run Li
41. parameters Specific settings for the highlighted FOM in Selected FOMs To specify and configure a FOM highlight the desired FOM from the list of Available FOMs then select Add Fom gt to add the FOM to the Selected FOMs list The FOM is moved from the available list to the Selected FOMs list each FOM may be selected only once To delete a FOM from the Display FOMs list highlight it and press the Del key or the Delete button It then will be removed from the Selected FOMs list and added back to the avail able list Each FOM type defines different parameters These parameters may be entered when the FOM is created added to the Display FOMs list or may be edited when the FOM in the Display DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 132 FOM List is highlighted The edited data is accepted when the dialog is dismissed or when an other FOM is selected To edit the min max and FOM specific parameters click on a FOM in the Selected list The min and max values are available for all selected waveform FOMs but need not be entered If they are entered and the computed FOM value falls outside the specified limits the waveform is marked out of spec Out of spec waveforms are displayed with a yellow background in Analyze To disable use of the min and max limits set both values to 0 6 2 5 2 3 2 Curve dialog Many Cal Items are characterized by a function such as gain vs frequency The Curve dialog configures this type of characterization for a Ca
42. played in the right column Click on and hold the specific Cal Item in the right list with the left mouse button then drag it to the drop position in the graph The mouse pointer will change into a standard Window s arrow plus the Cal Item icon Drop the Cal Item onto an existing node The tip of the mouse pointer s arrow is the cen ter of the drop point and 1t must be within a Cal Item node s boundary for the drop to be valid The new item will always be inserted to the right of this target Cal Item When done adding Cal Items to the graph close the Drag and Drop Inventory List by clicking its Close box in the top right corner When running in networked mode a separate Drag and Drop Inventory List must be opened for each graph that will have Cal Items added For example when two stations are open a separate inventory dialog must be opened for each Also when dragging items out of the win dow assigned to this dialog the pointer will change to a circle to indicate dropping will not be allowed The pointer with the Cal Item icon indicates that the current window 1s valid 6 2 5 5 Copying and Moving Cal Items Cal Items can be copied or moved from one Cal Line to another but some restrictions ap ply Strict inventoried systems may copy only those few Cal Item types that are not under inven DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 137 tory control These are the Combine Overlay and User Process Cal Items These may be copied only if th
43. right click menu to restore the full system configuration that was in effect when the data was acquired Restoring a historic configuration will replace the current instrument and Cal Line configurations with the historic settings The Waveform Selection dialog contains the following menu items toolbar items and controls Item Description Trash Menu Options for removing waveforms from the database Delete Waveforms Removes all currently selected waveforms from the database When wave Trash menu forms are first deleted they are only tagged as deleted and not displayed in the waveform list but they remain in the database They are not perma nently removed from the database until Empty Trash is selected A dialog is then displayed asking if associated waveforms raw if deleting proc essed and processed if deleting raw also should be removed When Yes is selected the waveforms are permanently removed from the database Recover Trash Deleted waveforms that have not been emptied from the Trash can be re menu covered To recover deleted waveforms they must be displayed in the list Select View Trashed Waveforms see below or click the Trash icon in the left pane to see data in the trash Select the data to recover from the list then select Recover Waveforms from the Trash menu A dialog is dis played asking if associated waveforms raw if recovering processed proc essed if recovering raw also should be recovered If Yes is select
44. s Manual 10 Index arming instruments 70 Arrange Icons 89 106 168 attenuators 111 automatic reduction 145 B barcodes Inventory Data page 130 Tuning dialog 118 beginning acquisition 70 bitmaps 156 burst Capabilities dialog 78 mode 75 C Cable Cal 163 cables 111 Cal Items adding 140 copying in graphs 137 creating 127 128 deleting 127 139 editing 127 138 inserting into the graph 136 Inventory Data page 129 Item Data page 112 116 129 moving 137 overview 115 Reduction Defaults dialog 143 Reduction page 130 types of 139 Cal Lines Cal Lines dialog 118 125 copying 126 inserting 125 141 printing 141 Cal Manager 173 menus 146 overview 108 setting up 117 status bars 141 toolbar 140 calibration controls 66 67 Cancel Drag 92 Cascade 89 106 154 167 changing databases 98 105 channels Channel page 66 deleting 126 inserting 121 number of 78 options 90 printing 141 readout order 82 Reduction Defaults dialog 143 Reduction page 121 settings 66 time delay 86 Timing Grid 85 closing Close 155 Close All 154 168 waveforms 155 colors 18 combining waveforms 150 154 comments 79 Common Settings dialog 84 configuration data 147 constants waveforms 150 copy 154 copying Cal Items in graphs 137 Cal Lines 126 Copy 157 data 99 instrument settings 89 Named Configuratio
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46. select Change Database See Section 5 2 3 for more information Creation of a new database using the Change operation is often prefer DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 102 able because it allows you to automatically copy the current DAAAC configuration into the new database during the creation process Note that this process will create an Access database on a station running a local copy of NetCom This menu item will not create an MS SQL database Creating a database from the file menu normally applies only to standalone operation Shortcuts Keys Ctrl N 5 4 1 2 Open File menu Open is used to connect to additional databases while maintaining the connection to the ac tive database This command creates a new database window with a connection to a selected database from the local or a remote computer A standard Windows file browser dialog is used to select the database name and location Secondary databases opened with this command are only used to copy and view configurations Archive does not make the newly opened database the current system database To do that use the Change command see Section 5 2 3 You can have any number of databases open simultaneously but only one will be the ac tive database Use the Window menu commands to switch between multiple open database views tile etc Note that any database window except the currently active database may be closed Shortcuts Keys Ctrl O 5 4 2 Tasks menu The Tasks men
47. that used strict inventory control Otherwise it is disabled Display edit common instrument settings for all acquisition channels Display edit common instrument settings for all timing channels 4 4 3 1 Instrument Settings Station Config menu The Instrument Settings dialog lists all instruments and channels that exist in all open sta tions It also displays several settings common to all instruments This grid is an efficient method of quickly viewing these common settings and changing them without having to activate the in strument s dialog Instrument Active Channel Active Zero base and Auto Export can be toggled on off directly from the map Alternatively the instrument s dialog may be activated by right clicking on the instrument s name Any settings such as Volts Full Scale VES that are not grayed out may also be adjusted from this dialog If the current system is networked then each station s name is listed in the left most col umn Also if any crate instruments exist they are listed to the left of the instrument name Chan nels are listed within instrument names the instrument is listed once for all of its channels on the same row as the first channel All Common Insrument Settings Channel Mars CVA Mar Voltage Divider Marx Diverter B dot Fire Signal tO PFL Pos 4 D dot PFL Pos 5 D dot PFL Pos 5 B dot Laser Pin Diode 51A1P407 PFL Pos 6 B dot PFL Pos 6 D dot PFL Pos 7 B dot PFL Pos 7
48. the Cal Items to be deleted They will be highlight to indicate that they are marked for deletion 2 Click any Cal Item in the series of selected Cal Items and press the Delete key or chose Delete from the Edit menu A confirmation dialog box will appear 3 Select Yes to remove all selected Cal Items No to remove only the currently active Cal Item or Cancel to abort the deletion without making changes to the graph An alternate method is to click inside the block of highlighted Cal Items with the right mouse button to activate the pop up menu then select Delete from the pop up menu When a Cal Item is deleted it is returned to the Inventory List for use later Likewise channels that have been deleted become available again from the list of Cal Lines in the Cal Lines dialog 6 2 5 8 Types of Cal Items CalMan supports three general categories of Cal Items Waveform Reduction Image Re duction and No Reduction As the names imply Waveform items operate on waveform and sin gle point data Image items operate on image data No Reduction items are for signal line docu mentation and do not support reduction The item types currently supported under each category are shown below Appendix E Cal Items presents each of the Cal Items in detail Waveform HH Antenna ANA Attenuator JE saun Cable Coax Switch afe E x Combine Coupler Crystal DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual ole E 8 A 10
49. the curve delay and reduction page data may be changed at any time 6 2 Working with Cal Manager 6 2 1 Setting up Cal Manager Before Cal Manager can reduce data or track inventory it must be configured by following these steps 1 Select a station from the Stations dialog Graph Stations This creates a new station graph consisting of a single Station positioned in the top left corner Only one station 1s available with standalone systems The procedure for doing this is described in Creating the graph immediately below Stations Station Mame Address Comments GFA Test Severn 120 01 seventh go Cancel Figure 6 7 Select a Station to be Calibrated 2 Once the station is in place instruments and channels can be added To do this refer to section 6 2 3 1 and section 6 2 4 1 3 Cal Items then must be created and added to Cal Manager s Inventory as described in 6 2 5 2 These then can be added to the acquisition lines that stem from each instrument channel Once the Cal Lines are populated with the Cal Items Cal Manager can be configured for automatic data reduction as described in Section 6 1 3 6 2 2 Cal Manager s graph 6 2 2 1 Creating the graph To create a new graph 1 Activate Cal Manager 2 Ifno graph window is present in CalMan select the Graph Stations menu The Stations dialog will open Otherwise skip to step 4 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 117 3 Open the desired station by double
50. the station from the list then select OK Cancel will dismiss the Stations dialog without changing the graph If operating in standalone mode only one station is available See Appendix B Section 2 3 8 Lines This option opens a dialog that maps the instruments and channels available to a given sta tion The map can be used to insert new lines into the Cal graph for channels not yet as signed Cal lines Section Appendix B Section 2 3 9 6 5 7 Reduction Menu Reduction menu Item Description Global Selection Map Opens the Global Reduction Options Map Global Parameters Off line Reduction Entries in this menu enable or disable auto reduction of selected Cal Lines and affect CalMan behavior during reduction See Appendix B Section 2 3 11 Display the toolbar s icons in large and regular sizes DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 143 6 5 7 1 Global Reduction Options Map The Global Reduction Options Map configures reduction options for CalMan s current graph Each entry in this dialog contains the same reduction functions that can be found in each Cal Item node s reduction page and in each channel node s reduction page Use this interface when changes are necessary for many Cal Items or to view the entire reduction configuration This reduction options map displays all instruments Cal Lines and Cal Items attached to each channel Line reduction can be toggled on and off and output options for each line can be set
51. this buffer is set in the Acquisition Configuration dialog Section 4 2 7 3 OLA Activates the specified window 7 4 10 Help menu The Help menu provides the following functions for working with Analyze Item Description Help Topics Opens an index of help topics Tutorial Opens DAAAC s on line tutorial About Analyze Displays Analyze s version number build date and other information License Agreement Displays the DAAAC end user license agreement 7 4 10 1 Index Help menu Index displays the opening screen of Help Instructions and reference information for using Analyze are available from the opening screen DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 168 8 NetCom 8 1 Overview NetCom is the communicator between DAAAC s modules the database and the network Net Com starts automatically when Archive starts and 1t must be running for DAAAC to access the database The DAAAC database stores the system configurations and such data as waveforms instrument settings and Cal Item data As such DAAAC relies on an active open database Each module Ar chive Acquire Analyze and CalMan must have access to this database and NetCom must be running it is the communications link between the DAAAC modules and the database NetCom does have a minimal user interface that displays status information but you will rarely need to interact directly with this module NetCom s configuration settings can be modified from Ar chive as de
52. tions that are then linked to all acquired waveforms A fifth DAAAC module NetCom pro vides the interface between the other DAAAC modules and the database While NetCom is an important part of DAAAC it is not one that you will interact with Figure 1 1 depicts the DAAAC modules and their highest level relationships One of the most important aspects of the DAAAC architecture is that these five modules use inter process communication IPC to exchange information and operate as a single integrated system DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 1 MS Windows E Database Archive Analyze CalMan Acquire Figure 1 1 The DAAAC Modules 1 2 Networked DAAAC installation and operation can be categorized in many ways One important distinction is between Networked and Stand Alone installations there are two or more host computers each running its own copy of DAAAC and each con trolling and acquiring data from its own set of connected instruments Each combination of host DAAAC installation and instrument suite is known as a Station One station 1s des ignated as Test Director The test director instructs the other stations to perform an acqui sition and transmit data All data is gathered by the test director for reduction display and storage in a single shot see Section 1 5 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual In Networked mode a Ea Standalone A Yp RPC Netcom Dat
53. to beep while armed at an interval specified by the registry key HKLM Software VSIMDAAAC BeepPeriod The number of seconds to wait for all instruments to trigger after any instrument has triggered A zero value means wait indefinitely DAAAC will continue polling for a trigger until all instruments are triggered or until Stop or Force Triggers is selected Settings for acquiring single point tabular data Allows the data from single point instruments e g time interval meters power meters voltmeters to be accumulated across many shots bursts This allows for easy trend analysis and graphing at the analysis stations If enabled single point data from a given instrument channel is spooled cumulatively until the control is turned off Number to Spool Number of single point values to spool This setting overrides the number of shots in Repetitive Single Shot Burst mode This value is ignored if Spool Forever is checked Acquisition Available modes for acquiring data Mode DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 76 Single Shot Repetitive Single Shot Burst Repetitive Burst Live Video Pushbutton Ac quisition Bursts to acquire Shots in Burst Repeat until abort Instrument Burst The system arms each participating instrument for a single shot trigger event After the system triggers data is read out sent to the database and automatically processed if auto reduction is enabled If this control is selected Shots to acqu
54. value with the current Power Value into the polynomial Power Current polynomial power of x Current The specified polynomial Polynomial Waveform When selected activates the Waveform curve interface Displays the expected units and the currently selected waveform Get Raw Select a Raw waveform from the database Get Processed Select a Processed waveform from the database File Import Import a waveform file from the disk Polynomial curve specifications are typically used for items that have a relatively flat or linear response over the operational frequency range although higher order polynomials are sup ported Note that the standard units for polynomials are dB vs GHz The use of GHz instead of Hz removes the need for excessively small scaling factors for the high order terms Also note that most items use gain vs frequency which means that attenuation is specified as a negative value For example the cal factor for a 6 dB attenuator would be 6 If a characterization waveform has been created for the Cal Item with a network analyzer or other instrument the waveform can be directly assigned to characterize the Cal Item The Waveform view of the Curve Specification dialog displays the current waveform and allows se lection of a new waveform If you select Raw or Processed a retrieve file dialog will appear for choosing a waveform from the database If you select File Import an Open File dialog will ap pear for choosing a data
55. will be downloaded to the database Shortcuts S Toolbar 4 2 3 Arm System The Arm button arms all active instruments in the system When it is pressed DAAAC polls the instruments for triggers and updates Acquire s instrument rack display when a trigger is detected The time out settings are ignored when using Arm If a trigger is not detected you must manually stop the system polling This is accomplished by clicking Stop or Force Trig gers When acquiring data with Arm the remainder of the acquisition sequence must be per formed manually This acquisition method only arms and detects triggers Select either Stop or Get Waveforms to download data from the instruments Also automatic data reduction is not performed This differs from an acquisition started with GO which initializes and arms instruments reads out data after instruments are triggered then performs automatic data reduction Shortcuts Toolbar 4 2 4 Force Triggers Force Triggers forces triggering on those instruments that have not already triggered In most cases non triggered instruments will return baselines This function allows the normal ac quisition sequence processing to continue when an instrument fails to trigger DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 70 Shortcuts Toolbar 4 2 5 Timing Triggers Timing Triggers triggers any timing channels such as a DG535 BNC555 or V951 that are set to computer manual trigger mode Shortcuts T
56. y C y C v Satt Log 10 y 17y i Lr ey Abs Norn OF Cancel Help Figure 2 32 Select the Calculator Tab and Click y C DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Arithmetic y C Constant i 2 25 eo ere Fe e ee Es MALEN El OEA ee Figure 2 33 Enter 12 25 User Processing Definition Calculator Advanced Functions Independent Axes Trig e Hyperbolic Macros Operation List Apply a Constant r Mise Logs 17y Lr ey Abs Horm OF Cancel Help Figure 2 34 Click y C DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 35 Arithmetic y C Cancel Figure 2 35 Enter 17 2 User Processing Definition OF Cancel Help Figure 2 36 Final Macro List DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 36 MM item Inventory List Cal ltem Types User Process Inventory List Mame In Use Description Linear Transform 1 Channel 1 Linear Transform User Process Waveform Branch IMAGE Reduction a Image Combine Image Divider MD Filter Image Process Image to Contour gt Display deleted items Retrieve ltem by Mane Create Copy Delete ye Edit Print Undetete CR ml Voss Wave Tutorial Linear Transt Tutorial oss Tutorial woss For Help press Fl gt Row 2 Col 3 Figure 2 38 Station Graph with User Process Icon DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 37 Repeat the process starting at Figure 2 28 for Channel 4 This time select the Advanced Fun
57. 0 Image Retrieval DO WS usada 156 Ersure 77 Amaly ze FOM Selec Hom a ial iasaaduceieeiteteaieees 158 Figure 7 8 Cursor Tracking Information ssessssesseeeeeececeecceeceeaaaeaeasseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeees 160 Figure 7 9 Cursor Measurement Selection Dialog ooooonnnnnnnnnncccnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonononncnnnnnncnnos 160 Fiure 710 FONEYS Shot Conti ura ON ts 164 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual vill 1 Introduction to DAAAC 1 1 Introduction The DAAAC 4 0 data acquisition management system simplifies laboratory testing by centralizing data acquisition analysis archival and instrument control in a single turnkey package DAAAC 1s specifically designed to address the demanding recording requirements associated with high value transient events The DAAAC user interface consists of four modules Archive Acquire Analyze and CalMan that operate as one system documenting and organizing all test parameters in Strumentation calibrations characterizations and event data The Archive module is DAAAC s database manager From Archive users can select databases import or export data and organize and transfer data The Analyze module displays and prints data and pro vides tools for examining and processing waveforms and images Acquire manages all in strument communication and inventory as well as providing a consistent graphical interface for various instrument types CalMan manages component inventory and signal path defini
58. 46 3 3 1 1 3 Context Help Context Help presents help on any DAAAC feature With Context Help the mouse pointer will change to an arrow with question mark Help will be presented on any item selected with this pointer such as a toolbar button or data window Shortcuts Toolbar R Keys Shift F1 3 4 Waveform Selection Dialog The Waveform Selection dialog is displayed when selecting raw and processed waveform and image data from the database For example it can open waveforms for editing in Analyze or it can select a waveform as a characterization curve in CalMan This interface also is used to delete waveforms and images from the database and to view data records instrument settings cal lines system configuration associated with acquired waveforms and images Select Processed Waveforms AVIJAVA C Program Files daaac40 DB PASCO01 1 mdb Trash View Exit 2104 of 2104 Waveforms Displayed Waveforms Stations LOC mod out 31274 4 20 2002 2 24 58 PM EH Tests Impedance s1274 4 20 2002 1 43 29 PM Trash Curent TB 51274 4 20 2002 1 08 54 PM Current 51274 47 20 2002 1 05 29 PM e Voltage 51274 422042002 12 57 58 PM b 124 1 J2AF25 FOB ie 5 etal 4 79 2002 4 13 15 PM b 1284 1 Y AK Cap Cap Probe 4 19 2002 4 13 15 PM 6 1264 7 Cathode Log Cathode Absolute Yaluelly 7e D05 log 4792002 4 19 15 PM 6 1264 7 Cathode Current_Probe_1 4 79 2002 4 19 15 PM b 1284 1 E 3ADSIKTAL Log EHS TAL Absolute Yalu
59. 836 2 209 E avg 121 1 m1 l peak avg 1 629 Amplitude volts A ocaled Volts Volts Amplitude volts s 5 Voss Wave Tutorial Tu SEE El El s 5 Voss Wave Tu AE Amplitude volts Response volts a Dr E E no om jas E E For Help press F1 a Archive FORNACIS 127 0 0 1 C Demo For Manual Manual Demosntration mdb File Tasks Preferences Tools Data view Window Help Bas KAKAL FORMACIS 127 0 0 1 C Demo For Manual Manual Demosntration mdb A Waveform Yiew Burst Shot Mame Baw Waveforms Tutorial voss Wave Ch 1 First Channel in the Voss Wave Tutorial 10 16 2006 02 13 31 PM Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 2 Second Channel in the Voss Wave Tutorial 10 16 2006 02 13 31 PM E 006 Tutorial voss Wave Ch4 Fourth Channel in the voss Wave Tutorial 10 16 2006 02 13 31 PM SE October Tutorial voss Wave Ch 1 First Channel in the voss Wave Tutorial 10 16 2006 02 14 27 PM Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 2 Second Channel in the Voss Wave Tutorial 10 16 2006 02 14 27 PM H lo 43 4 Tutorial voss Wave Ch4 Fourth Channel in the Yoss Wave Tutorial 10 16 2006 02 14 27 PM H 8 91011 1 Tutorial Yoss Wave Ch 1 First Channel in the Yoss Wave Tutorial 10 16 2006 02 15 13 PM cB 15 16 17 18 1 Tutorial voss Wave Ch 2 Second Channel in the Voss Wave Tutorial 10 16 2006 02 15 14 PM E 22 23 24 25 2 mm 20 30 31 m Pi Mi Bo Po Bo hoe oe Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 4 Fourth Channel in the Voss Wave Tutorial 10
60. Analyze module 7 2 Working with Analyze 7 2 1 Preparing for acquisition Analyze s primary function is to display waveform and image data If desired Analyze can display and print this data as it is acquired Networked Operation to participate in a networked acquisition an Analysis computer must be located on the same subnet and must be connected to the same database as the other DAAAC computers Analyze must be running to display and print incoming newly acquired data Acquire will not start Analyze Before acquisition Acquire s display and print options should be configured to suit the desired output format Open the Acquisition Configuration dialog to select what and how data is displayed and printed see Appendix B Section 2 4 15 During acquisition Acquire reads the newly acquired data from the instruments and noti fies Analyze to prepare to receive the data Raw data is then transmitted to Analyze for direct display and printing If CalMan is active and configured for reduction then it will perform data DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 148 reduction and transmit the reduced data to Analyze Raw and processed data then can be ana lyzed and edited copied and saved back to the database 7 2 2 Retrieving waveforms and images Raw and processed waveforms and images can be retrieved and displayed from the active database With the Select Waveforms dialog waveforms can be found either by Station by Test or by specifying sear
61. Copy Delete Cancel Edit Print Undetete Figure 2 28 CalMan Item Inventory List DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 31 Just as with instruments to be added to a rack in Analyze a data reduction item must be added to the CalMan item inventory before it can be used in a Cal Line Furthermore if the item is not in the inventory it must be created as part of the inventorying process In the Cal ltem Types column select User Process and click Create MM tem Inventory List Cal lhem Types User Process Inventory List Probe Sensor Sensor Offset SPIDER User Process Waveform Branch MAGE Reduction Image Combine Image Divider NOD Filter Image Process Image to Contour Image to wfm Image Branch FROG No Reduction lt 3 Bdot Bias T h 0 OR Cancel gt Display deletetherns Retrieve kem by Name User Processing ltem Data NameDescription Mame Linear Transform 1 Description Channel 1 Linear Transtorm Titles Title Time y Units ns Y Title caled Volts Y Units Volts User Processing Definition E Lancel Help Figure 2 29 Start the Cal Item Inventory A dialog opens that allows the Cal Item to be named As usual an option description may be applied There are also fields to specify the axis titles and units Click User Processing Definition to define the transform DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 32 The user process being de
62. OK 7 3 Analyze Toolbar Analyze s toolbar is displayed below the main menu bar The toolbar provides direct ac cess to many of Analyze s features To hide or display the toolbar choose Toolbar from the View menu or press AIt V T Click To Es Retrieve raw waveforms Retrieve processed waveforms DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 153 L da E a CS Save all displayed waveforms as processed data Print all displayed waveforms and images Set the Global Display Print options for waveforms overlays and im ages Copy the active waveform or image Cascade the data windows Tile the data windows Close all windows and empty the data buffer This icon is disabled if Use Cursors 1s selected Display the previous page of data Display the next page of data Process the active waveform or image Use cursors to examine waveform or image values Combine waveforms or images using basic arithmetic Overlay waveforms in a single graph Configure Analyze to receive acquired and reduced data This icon is disabled if Work off line or Use Cursors is selected Reset running overlays as selected in the Acquisition Settings dialog This icon is disabled if Work off line or Use Cursors is selected Work off line If selected ignores all acquired and reduced waveform and image data transmitted from Acquire and CalMan 7 4 Analyze menus 7 4 1 File menu Analyze s File menu includes the following c
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64. Trash receptacle Waveforms may be held in Trash indefinitely From there they can be restored back to the database or permanently removed The process is de scribed in detail in 3 4 To open the Waveform Selection dialog select a File gt Export Waveforms b Data View gt Raw Waveforms or c Data View gt Processed Waveforms 5 3 Archive Toolbar Archive s Toolbar provides the following functions LJ Switch to Acquire Switch to Analyze Switch to Cal Manager CHANGE Change databases Make a new database the active database Transfer data from one database to another Import waveforms Export waveforms Display program information About box Display online help Exit Archive B gt e s 89 ei i 5 4 Archive menus The Archive module has the following menus DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 101 Item Description File menu Performs file operations Tasks menu Invokes other DAAAC modules Preferences Sets module and display preferences Tools Performs database and network administrative operations Data View Selects database view mode displays database information and logs Window Arranges displayed windows Help Displays module information and on line help 5 4 1 File menu The following commands are available under Archive s File menu Item Description New Creates a new DAAAC database Open Opens an existing database Change Changes the active database Close Closes the curr
65. User s Manual T1 4 2 7 3 1 Burst Capabilities dialog When activated from the Acquisition page of the Global Settings dialog the Burst Capabili ties dialog displays the number of channels and bursts per channel that each instrument in the current acquisition configuration can acquire See Appendix B for more details 4 2 7 4 Administrative page Global Settings dialog The Administrative page of the Global Settings dialog defines the I O error and diagnostic names and paths and several other administrative options Global Settings General Processing Acquisition Administrative settings Log Alll 0 LO Log File ram Hes daaacdO Logs loLog log iM Log All Eros Error Log File gram hlezdaaacdMlogs Error log Log State Info Log Path c program hlezstdaaaciDMlogs Acquire Network Communications Number of retnes 4 E W Show this dialog on GO Figure 4 16 Global Settings Dialog Administrative Settings Tab Item Description Log All I O When checked all I O data is sent to the file named in the I O Log File field I O should not be logged except for debugging purposes The I O Log file can grow very large quickly so this feature should normally be disabled T O Log File The full path and name for the I O log file Log All Errors When checked all system errors are sent the file named in the Error Log File Er rors should be logged only under unusual circumstances Error Log File Full path name for the e
66. Voss Scientific Inc 420 Washington St SE Albuquerque NM 87108 905 256 1500 phone 505 256 4333 fax daaacQvosssci com WWW VOSSSCI COM Document No VS2006 01 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Document 1 Main Manual June 2010 Copyright 2010 by Voss Scientific Inc All Rights Reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written consent of Voss Scientific Inc DAAAC is a trademark of Voss Scientific Muicrosoft Windows Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP Access and Excel are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 11 Table of Contents I Introduetionto DAAAC ic ss ns a o i atta ees one eee 1 1 e 1 A O O A EAT WD O ates sneemtrasaeat 1 3 Stand AION a a DAAAC Installation Ty pes NA A A AR IAEA 1 4 1 DANA AROS iii 1 4 2 A A A E A 1 4 3 AMAS UA id 1 4 4 Analysis cc Cali iaa 1 5 DAAAC CONTIG UT AM Oia iii LO Maa ias 1 7 PPC dia 2 Gettine Started with DAAA Cossa tn 2al sulme DAAA C ar a na 2 EEEa EE ee ce E T ee eee eer eee 2 3 Firs A Deira A eee Ee eee 2 321 O LE CO MES ni iaa 2 39 CaM ie A e 3 CommomDAAAC ESAS ai A Ai 3 1 OO Ditto 32 SS ts 3 3 A E E eee coat ein seca oh eammadetenaannecbas 3 01 Task Mena HE ao to eaten teow So Wavetormselecuon Dido
67. a two dimensional plot of the data The Raw data is the data collected directly from the instrument If configured the Processed data is data produced by DAAAC by manipulating the Raw data as described in Section 2 3 3 With multiple instruments and or burst mode configured there will be multiple waveforms in a single shot Raw data is a collection of X Y independent dependent pairs received directly from an instrument It can be used to present a two dimensional plot Processed Data Processed data is a collection of X Y independent dependent pairs generated by performing a series of user configured operations on a Raw data collection It is associated with its original Raw data in a single waveform Image Data Rather that collecting standard X Y pair data from instruments such as digitiz ers DAAAC can be configured to control and receive data from cameras The data is three dimensional with values representing the horizontal and vertical position and intensity of each pixel This image data can be processed dis played stored and recalled and exported just as waveform data in DAAAC Processing functions that may be applied to image data differ from those ap plied to waveform data but the tools have similar organization Instrument Figure 1 4 Instrument Organization Organization Station A station is a single node on a networked collection of nodes Each node con sists of a host running its own copy of DAAAC The host will
68. a wideband signal class See Section 6 2 5 2 3 for information on Cal Item reduction settings 6 2 4 1 1 1 Wideband settings Channel Reduction page When the Wide Band setting is selected from the Signal Class control on the Channel Re duction page clicking Settings opens the Wideband Reduction Settings dialog The dialog is used to configure the reduction settings for wideband waveform data Wideband Reduction Settings i Compensate for components in the frequency domain Filter Definition Filter Start GHz 20 Filter Stop GHz 21 Cancel Figure 6 9 Wideband Reduction Configuration Compensate in the If not selected the DC 0 Hz value of the characterization curve is applied directly frequency domain to the input waveform in the time domain If the curve is not defined at O Hz the curve value at the lowest frequency is used If selected the input waveform is converted to the frequency domain The gain at each input waveform frequency is looked up in the gain vs frequency characteriza tion curve and then applied to the input waveform The reduced waveform is then converted back to the time domain Filter Definition This filter is used to prevent over amplification of high frequency noise in the in put waveform The filter is applied to the input waveform after it is converted to the frequency domain The applied filter is a cosine function that rolls from a scale value of 1 0 to a scale value of 0 0 Filter Sta
69. abase Analyze Analyze 3 RPC Net Acquire A q Multicast pe q rotos Netcom a CalMan CalMan Test Director Acquire Acquire p Test Director Station Acquisition Station 1 Acquisition Station n Figure 1 2 Networked Dataflow and Communication Links 1 3 Stand Alone Stand Alone mode is a special case of networked mode in which the test director is the only station present There is no network communication Only instruments connected directly to the test director will be configured and triggered and have their data acquired In this configuration the concept of station is an extra abstraction since there is always exact one station Nevertheless from the perspective of the NetCom module DAAAC operation be haves as though it were networked Figure 1 1 is representative of the Stand Alone DAAAC operation mode 1 4 DAAAC Installation Types Every DAAAC installation is custom This section begins by describing the keys that determine the characteristics of a particular installation Then the most common installation types are briefly presented 1 4 1 DAAAC Keys Every DAAAC installation is customized to the needs of its particular user group All DAAAC installation disks include a set of custom software keys specific to the user that DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 3 lock and unlock various DAAAC features depending on the configuration purch
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71. al Options those options that will be immediately applied to all displayed items and New Object Defaults those options that are applied when an item is created for display in Analyze Most new object defaults can be modified after the object is created by selecting Properties from the To right click menu See Ap pendix B Section 2 4 6 for details Shortcut gt Processed FOMs Selects Figures of Merit FOMs to be computed for processed data Add view options moved from the View menu Tools Toggles the presentation of the toolbar in the program window Status Bar Toggles the presentation of the status bar in the program window Large Icons Toggles the appearance of the icons on the tool bar between smaller and larger 7 4 4 1 Processed FOMs Preferences menu Processed FOMs selects the Figures of Merit that are computed when a manually processed wave form is created The list of computed FOMs determines which FOMs are displayed with the waveforms and which FOMs can be searched for when retrieving a manually processed waveform that has been stored in the database The Processed FOMs dialog allows the user to select how the specified list of FOMs is applied The specified FOM list can either 1 replace the existing list 2 be appended to the existing list or 3 only be used when the data has no existing FOMs FOMs for automatically processed waveforms are selected in Cal Manager Section 6 2 5 2 3 1 FOMs for raw waveforms are
72. alMan module Reduction Data Post processing settings for each node in CalMan s graph Signal lines Also called Cal Lines signal lines are the signal paths that stem from an re cording instrument to a sensor They are comprised of various components called Cal Items Splitters Signal path items that have a single input port and multiple output ports all of which are active simultaneously Station A single computer that has instrumenta tion connected to it via GPIB or other inter face to form a data acquisition system DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Test An organizational unit for acquisition data Trash The cache of deleted waveforms and im ages Trashed data can be recovered Waveform View The Archive View that dis plays raw and processed data by date 171 A About 46 Analyze 168 Acquire menus 81 83 87 88 overview 55 toolbars 68 80 acquisition Acquisition menu 156 166 Acquisition page 75 beginning 69 70 description 73 live video 66 manual 70 mode 55 75 number of shots 77 preparing for 148 racks 56 Repeat 77 Stopping 70 Work Offline 166 acquisition configuration 154 active database 98 adding Cal Items 140 instruments to racks 89 92 90 Administrative menu 105 page 78 analysis Analysis menu 158 Analyze menus 169 overview 147 toolbars 153 Archive menus 101 overview 94 setting up 97 DAAAC 4 0 User
73. ange individual words or text strings in any portion of the record Words or text strings may be an exact match with or without case sensitivity or any substring See Appendix B Section 2 1 16 for details 4 2 9 Print System Configuration Print System Configuration prints the configuration of every active acquisition instrument in the current station The printout shows the time base settings trigger settings and channel settings for each active acquisition channel To print the configuration of timing channels delay trigger generators use the File menu command Print Timing Configuration Shortcuts 8 Toolbar 4 3 Named Configuration Toolbar The Named Configuration toolbar supports rapid selection of named configurations see Section 4 4 1 1 for shot and trigger test modes The S button and droplist support configura tions for shot mode while the T button and droplist support configurations for trigger test mode Each of the droplists allow selection of any stored named configuration The configura tion specified in the shot droplist will be activated if the S button is pushed or if the lt Shot_ gt command is received via Acquire s remote control interface see Appendix D Section 4 2 Similarly the configuration specified in the trigger test droplist will be activated if the T button is pushed or if the lt TrigTest_ gt command is received Selection of the rightmost button
74. as SIR1P C check the Title Parameter and enter SIR1 into the Search Cri teria field All titles that contain SIR1 will be displayed If you enter sIr1 lower case letters all titles that begin with S1R1 will match When you select OK the search results are displayed in the Select Waveform dialog s right pane Use Reset to clear the search results and reload the default list DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 50 3 5 Numeric Data Entry Many of the DAAAC interfaces for entry of numeric data support engineering suffixes Instead of entering 3e 3 or 0 003 you can simply enter 3 m Numeric controls that do not support suffixes are either expecting integer values or the expected units already contain a suf fix For example controls with units of Hz or seconds will support suffixes controls with units of GHz or milliseconds or number of points will not Supported suffixes are as fol lows Suffix Name Scale Suffix Name Scale y yacto 10 k kilo 10 Z Zepto 10 M mega 10 a atto 10 G giga 10 f femto 107 T tera 10 p pico 10 P peta 10 n nano 10 E exa 10 u micro 10 Z zetta 10 m milli 10 Y yotta 10 3 6 Keyed Features Although all DAAAC installations use a common set of executables and libraries many individual drivers and capabilities are keyed to allow the creation of custom installations While some of the keyed features are cost items e g instrument driv
75. ased Keys are used to enable particular instrument drivers and signal path component types They are also used to enable custom menu items that are not generally useful to all users For this reason menus that appear in a particular DAAAC installation may not exactly match those discussed in this document Keys are discussed in more detail throughout this manual In addition to the custom keys a user will need to execute a licensing program before running DAAAC This is discussed in detail in section 2 2 License 1 4 2 Full As the name suggests this option installs a completely operable DAAAC system in cluding all five modules In this context Full installation refers only to the functionality of the five modules It does not mean that all instrument drivers or custom DAAAC features are accessible 1 4 3 Analysis Only The Analysis Only installation excludes Acquire and CalMan from the installation No acquisition or data reduction is available It is a low cost option for installations that are to be used to review and analyze data collected by other DAAAC installations Archive may be used to connect to existing databases through NetCom Analyze may be used to recall and review the data using tools available to Analyze 1 4 4 Analysis CalMan The Analysis and CalMan installation is the same as Analysis Only except that Cal Man is available to reduce the data recalled by Analyze Only data acquisition is disabled in t
76. ate Settings dialog based on the output waveform type se lected Currently the Mixer item s waveform types are the only waveforms that can be configured Display Button Set the display axes limits X and Y Display TI Axis limits may be independently as signed to auto adjustment or fixed Fixed anis limits user defined values 2 Fis x axis a 22 5 i Fis y axis EE cancel 6 2 5 2 3 1 FOMs page The FOMs page configures Figures of Merit for the current Cal Item FOMs are metrics derived or computed from the graph node s output data FOMs are archived with the data and displayed on the waveform in the Analyze module See Appendix C Figures of Merit Foms for a complete description of FOMs DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 131 Figures of Merit Corrected Available FOMs Selecled FO Mz integrated total mas pulse height min marx domain mean Delete Delete All FOR limits Min 30 0000 blax 200 0 FOM parameters Add For gt cancel Figure 6 16 FOMs Configuration Item Description Available FOMs List of available FOMs To add a FOM to the reduction waveform highlight the de sired name in this list then select Add FOM gt Add FOM gt Add the currently selected FOM name to the Selected FOMs list Selected FOMs Listing of selected FOMs Min The minimum acceptable value for the highlighted FOM in Selected FOMs Max The maximum acceptable value for the highlighted FOM in Selected FOMs FOM
77. ation see Section 6 2 4 4 6 2 5 6 Editing Cal Items After a Cal Item is placed in Cal Manager s graph most of its properties can be edited However for strict inventoried systems inventory data may not be changed To edit a Cal Item 1 Double click the Cal Item node in the graph or press Enter if it is active and high lighted The appropriate Cal Item dialog will appear Make the required changes Refer to CalMan s on line help for documentation on item specific controls 2 Choose OK to implement the changes or Cancel to abandon the changes A Cal Item s settings are also available from the Inventory List by selecting it from right hand column then choosing Edit Some Cal Item settings cannot be changed after the item is created For example the num ber of ports for Multi Port Cal Items can only be specified when the item is created Also the direction of the signal multi in multi out may not be changed for Multi Port Cal Items once placed in the graph Finally the attenuator s type inline or rotary may not be changed from the type specified when it was created Most other properties for other items may be changed from the original settings at any time DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 138 6 2 5 7 Deleting Cal Items Cal Items can be deleted either individually or as a group within a Cal Line To delete a Cal Item 1 Select the Cal Item or group of Cal Items to be deleted by dragging a selection box around
78. ause each component has an effect on the original sig nal CalMan reduces the data by using the original captured input signal then compensating for the loss through the cable and attenuator The sensor reduction is based on the specific sensor type used and would likely involve a conversion of units e g to power density E field amps CalMan precisely determines the data conversion by applying each item s reduction algorithm which is used in conjunction with the item s characterization data Item Data pages for many Cal Items include a curve specification that characterizes the item s effect on the input signal Selecting Curve in the item interface activates the curve dialog which either creates a polynomial or selects a calibration waveform file Preferably this curve should be the waveform that resulted from a direct characterization of the particular device such as a network analyzer sweep When performing data reduction on Cal Items that do not represent physical components CalMan is simply applying user specified functions in an automated fashion Common user processing includes waveform scaling integration dividing one channel by another creating overlays and extracting rows from images There are three primary advantages to CalMan s method of data processing 1 it automates the entire data processing effort once CalMan is configured multiple data channels over multiple acquisitions can be processed with a few mouse cli
79. be spooled to the printer chosen in Print Setup DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 152 If printing an individual waveform the Print function is also available by right clicking on the waveform The print all function prints all displayed waveforms on a single page Images are always printed one per page Shortcuts dEn a Toolbar 7 2 8 Storing waveforms and images Processed and raw waveforms overlays and images that have been edited with Analyze s utilities can be saved in the database for later applications All data stored from Analyze will be saved as processed data including raw data that has not been modified To store data 1 Select a displayed waveform overlay or image so that it is active 2 From the File menu select Store then either Active to store only the active waveform or All to store all open waveforms The waveforms will be available for later applica tion by using Retrieve Processed Or 3 Right click on a displayed data window and select Store from the pop up menu Shortcuts fal 7 2 9 Opening images Toolbar Analyze can open files with many common image formats including JPEG Windows Bitmap and TIFF To open images 1 From the File menu select Open image The Open a File dialog will appear 2 Select a file format from Files of type 3 Locate and select the image file within the directory to the left A preview of the image will appear if Enable Preview is checked 4 Choose
80. begins polling each instrument waiting for a trigger When all triggers are detected or when a user programmed timeout is reached the data is downloaded from each instrument sent to Analyze and stored in the database If automatic data reduction is enabled Cal Manager is notified to be gin reduction and send the reduced data to Analyze The Global Settings dialog will be activated when GO is selected if the Show this dialog on GO option is enabled from the Global Settings dialog s Administrative settings page de scribed in Appendix B Section 2 1 10 This dialog is displayed to permit acquisition configura tion changes before acquisition starts DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 69 If acquisition is begun with either the F2 or F3 keys the global settings dialog is NOT dis played regardless of this setting F2 performs an acquisition exactly as if the user had clicked GO and the OK on the global settings dialog F3 is effective only with certain instrumentation If cameras or fast chiefly cPCI digitizers are present pressing F3 temporarily initiates live dis play mode Once the live acquisition 1s stopped the previous acquisition mode is restored ac quisition modes are described in Section 4 1 3 Shortcuts F2 F3 Toolbar EJ 4 2 2 Stop button Stop halts the current acquisition If no instrument has triggered this button returns all in struments to their initialized states If any instruments have triggered the available data
81. ber banding the items To do this click the mouse in the empty graph space above and to the left of the left most item and drag the mouse to the empty graph space below and to the right of the right most item This encloses the item group in a rectangle called a rubber band Releasing the mouse selects all enclosed items as a group Only items on a single Cal Line can be rubber banded Rubber banding highlights the grouped items in yellow by default After rubber band ing the desired nodes the Edit menu items can also be accessed by right clicking and selecting from the popup menu Note that actions performed in the Edit menu cannot be undone The Edit menu includes the following functions Item Cut Copy Paste Move Delete Clear Description Deprecated See the Move option Deletes data from the document and moves it to the clip board If no data is currently selected this command is unavailable Data cut to the clipboard replaces data previously stored there lt Ctrl X gt 1s a shortcut to the option Copies data from the document to the clipboard It is unavailable if no data has been selected Data copied to the clipboard replaces its previous contents lt Ctrl C gt is the shortcut Pastes data from the clipboard into the document at the insertion point This is unavailable if the clipboard is empty Use lt Ctrl V gt for a shortcut Not Implemented Removes the selected Cal Items or active item from the
82. cense exe located in the root directory where DAAAC was installed The license applica tion will display a site code see Figure that is unique for each DAAAC installation Contact Voss TREES eye Scientific at 505 256 1500 daaac vosssci com or Se a eee info vosssci com with this site code and we will Ae give you the site key to enter in the license applica tion After you have entered the site key and serial number printed on the DAAAC installation disk Authoainalion Seiad Hurmi 11000 press License to enable DAAAC Sie Code D546 DDCA DIS COFT EF To unlicense the DAAAC software without feo uninstalling it simply delete the LicMgr key file in are the DAAAC directory 1 Register Trafa 2 Trametes Du 3 Transfer ln Note DAAAC is only licensed to run under the directory in which is installed Do not attempt to For Autorizan Plazas conduct vists Solari Inc move any DAAAC files written by the installer ls ISOS 256 4393 Laaraa e eevee Hale Figure 2 1 License Manager Note If DAAAC is not properly licensed Archive and the other modules will not start The exe cution will simply show the warning DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 10 MM System Error Figure 2 2 Starting and Unlicensed DAAAC Installation 2 3 First Execution This section will walk the first time user through a simple but complete system configu ration and execution A database will be created Since this is a Stand Alone example no s
83. ch criteria See Section 3 4 for more information To retrieve waveforms and images 1 From Analyze s File menu select Retrieve then either Raw or Processed The Se lect Waveforms dialog will appear Select Raw Waveforms FORNACIS C Demo For Manual Manual Demosntration mdb Trash wiew Select Data Types afefe To 38 of 38 Waveforms Displayed Waveforms Burst Shot EH Stations Tutorial oss W First Channel in t 10192006 09 53 53 AM EF a Tutorial Voss Wh Tutorial Woss Ww 51R1PF2C1 Tutorial Woss WW Tutorial Woss Wi Tutorial woss VW 51R1P2C Tutorial Woss 44 Tutorial Woss Ww Tutorial Woss Wi 51R1P2C Tutorial Woss Wi Tutorial oss WW Tutorial oss Ww 21A1P2C1 Second Channel Fourth Channel i First Channel in t Second Channel Fourth Channel i First Channel int Second Channel Fourth Channel i First Channel in t Second Channel Fourth Channel i 1013922006 09 53 53 AM 10719 2006 09 53 53 AM 10719 2006 09 53 53 AM 10719 2006 08 21 13 AM 101922006 08 21 13 AM 10719 2006 08 21 13 AM 10719 2006 08 21 13 AM 101722006 04 28 08 Fh 10717 2006 04 26 06 PM 1041722006 04 26 06 PM 1041722006 04 26 06 PM 1041722006 04 22 13 PM 1041722006 04 22 13 PM 101722006 04 22 13 PM 1041 222006 04 22 15 PM w Save this list and restore it nest time Heset Search Retrieve associated processed waveforms Limit List and Search t
84. cks 2 it provides complete documentation a permanent record of the processing steps is associated with the processed data and 3 it uses a simple graphical interface that does not re quire the user to write code 6 1 4 Direction and Input Output naming conventions Nodes may have a notion of signal inputs and outputs or also parent and child but it is important to understand that the input and output sides may change depending on the context For example examine the CalMan graph shown in Figure 6 1 with digitizers on the left side and sensors on the right During data acquisition data flows from right to left from the sensor to the digitizer so the node outputs are on the left side During data reduction data flows from left to right digitizer to sensor so outputs are on the right side A physical component like a splitter has multiple outputs that would be drawn on the left side A processing component like an im age branch has multiple outputs on the right side Also note that some cal items such as switches can be oriented with their multiple ports on either side Physical inputs and outputs are referred to as ports which indicates flow from sensor to digitizer Data processing node inputs and outputs will be preceded by the tag reduction indicating flow from digitizer to sensor The following section presents particular Cal Items or classes of Cal Item that have mul tiple input and or output ports 6 1 4 1 Multi Input
85. cond tags Delete Outside removes all points outside the region between the first and second tags Delete Left removes all points left of the first tag Delete Right removes all points right of the first tag For all methods of deleting the tag points are not modified 7 4 5 2 Overlay and Overlay All Analysis menu The Overlay function plots multiple waveforms in a single window This function is normally used to make qualitative and quantitative comparisons of related waveforms To create an overlay waveform select this operation then click on each waveform to be added to the overlaid window Click outside of the waveform e g on the Analyze title bar to end selection Al ternatively you can overlay all displayed waveforms by selecting Analysis Overlay All from the menu A new window is then created that contains the selected waveforms and a color coded legend The ini tial display properties are determined by the settings in Preferences Display Options Overlay tab see Section Appendix B Section 2 4 4 9 Display settings may be changed after the overlay is created by right clicking on the overlay and selecting Properties from the menu The first waveform in the overlay is the active waveform and is marked with a yellow triangle in the legend To make a different waveform active use the left mouse button to click its entry in the legend The active waveform is always drawn on top of all other waveforms Cursors and Process operatio
86. cquisition processes in detail Other acquisition options are presented as appropriate in this discussion 4 1 3 1 Automatic Data Acquisition Automatic data acquisition is initiated after the instruments are fully configured by pressing the button Once pressed under normal circumstances the acquisition will proceed without further user intervention until all data have been acquired per the module configuration The sequence is as follows 1 Press 2 If the acquisition is configured to display the Global Settings dialog on a display the dialog Otherwise go to 3 Pressing lt F2 gt instead of a will start the automatic acquisition sequence and bypass the Global Settings dialog Initialize all uninitialized instruments Arm all instruments 5 Repeatedly poll all instruments until all instruments have or until the user programmed timeout is reached Read out the data from the instruments Write the data to a spool file 8 Transmit the data The data is multicast by all stations The multicast is reliable There is handshaking between NetCom and acquire to validate the data 9 NetCom stores the data to the database 10 Analyze assembles data packets into waveforms to display 11 If there is no reduction Acquire deletes its spool file otherwise 12 If there is data reduction CalMan reads the data and deletes the spool files 13 If there is data reduction CalMan reduces the data and spools the processed data
87. crip tion of every dialog in DAAAC Organized by module each dialog dis cussion has four subsections including a typical dialog image a narrative discussion a table that names and describes each control and an indication of the ways the dialog is accessed e Appendix C Figures of Merit Every Figure of Merit available within DAAAC is presented in one of two tables The first table relates to wave form data and the second to image data Columns in the image data table name the FOM give a detailed description and name and describe any user configurable parameters The waveform data table adds a column that describes the type of waveform for which the FOM is intended to be used The FOM will operate on any waveform input but will provide a valid evaluation only for the appropriate input waveform type Note that FOMs in CalMan have user configurable parameters These are absent in Acquire and Analyze Table entries for FOMs with such parameters will specify what the fixed value is for the parameter FOMs are presented al phabetically in the tables e Appendix D DAAAC Installation File Structure This appendix pro vides a hierarchical summary of the files that are written with a typical DAAAC installation e Appendix E Cal Items This section provides a detailed narrative de scription of every Cal Item Some Cal Items are generic and grouped un der a single common description The organization of the entries varies depending
88. ctions tab Click FFT and accept the defaults in the dialog that appears or configure the transform as preferred Close the series of dialogs User Processing Definition Calculator Advanced Functions Independent Axes Trig Hyperbolic Macros Calculus Fournier Transtorms Offset 0 FFT Phase Min x20 G3 Wrap dy ds In FFT Min 0 Unwrap Spectrum Base 0 Misc Clipping Smooth Filters Freg vs Time Rezample Curve Fit Power gt dB Insert Pots Droop dE Power Avis Labels Figure 2 39 The Advanced Functions Tab FFT Options Output Real Imaginary C Magnitude Phase C Magnitude Phase Window None Info Number of points Myquist frequency Hz Frequency resolution Hz Lancel Figure 2 40 The FFT Configuration Dialog DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 38 MM item Inventory List Uzer Process Invertiony List ulti Port Overlay Probe Linear Transhorm Sanat Channel 4 FFT Sencar Offset SPIDER Lise Process waveform Branch IMAGE Reduction Image Combine Image Dinader ND Fier Image Process Image to Contour Image lo wii Image Branch FROG I Display deleted tems ie lona 2 Retleve Item by Name Greate Copy Delete Figure 2 41 The FFT User Process Item Appears Voss Wave Tutorial Woss Wave T Tutorial Woss 3 Tutonal woss 3 utonal woss 1 Figure 2 42 Updated Station Graph For Channel 2 se
89. data contains information about the system configuration This configura tion data includes the test name test description acquisition settings and the instrument and its settings from the test that created the waveform All data stored with or linked to the waveform data can be viewed in Analyze Any number of waveforms can be retrieved from the database and viewed processed overlaid combined with other waveforms and otherwise analyzed Waveform and image data can be analyzed with the Cursors operations view individual points pixels and remove and or expand parts of the waveform processed with Process functions arithmetic calculus trans form smoothing filtering trigonometric hyperbolic and other functions overlaid with other data and combined by applying arithmetic functions DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 147 EY Analyze pulser diagnostics overlay Seles File Tasks Edit Preferences Analysis Acquisition Tools Data View Window Help aaa ea S oaase alra eam 2 pulser diagnostics overlay EJ fx E raw FROG image Contour 3D Surface Sele raw FROG image Amplitude V 1 0 5 0 0 5 1 1 5 2 2 5 Time us 1423 8753ES Pulse _ gt shot92 Matched SOohmL shot 1424 match 50 50 Ox E raw FROG image fit to mee Magnitude mUnits ast eho ele elo ee le ee ae eee 0 25 05 0 75 1 LZS EN ER 2 Frequency kHz 0 0 700 800 0 Figure 7 1 Examples of Waveform and Image Data displayed in the
90. des The system is placed in live video mode AND all non live capable channels are armed When the pushbutton is activated a special external trigger gating box is required as sensed by a non live device triggering the live mode is stopped and the last frame captured as in a normal acquisition If this control is selected Shots in Burst and Instrument Burst Capacity are disabled The number of shots or bursts for the current acquisition This control may be en abled if Acquisition Mode is Repetitive Single Shot Repetitive Burst or Pushbutton Acquisition Otherwise it is disabled In any case the control is disabled if Repeat Until Abort is checked The number of shots per burst when in single or repetitive burst mode This con trol is enabled if Acquisition Mode is Burst or Repetitive Burst Otherwise it is dis abled When checked DAAAC acquires data until the Stop button is selected The Shots Bursts to Acquire field is not used in this mode This control is enabled if Acquisition Mode is Repetitive Single Shot Repetitive Burst or Pushbutton Acquisi tion Otherwise it is disabled If this control is checked Shots to Acquire will be disabled Activates the Burst Capacity dialog which displays the number of channels and the Capacity burst capacity for each instrument See Burst Capabilities dialog below This control is enabled if Acquisition Mode is Burst or Repetitive Burst Otherwise it is disabled DAAAC 4 0
91. des serial numbers bar code numbers model numbers and property control num bers Inventory List DAAAC s inventory of Cal Items Multi Port Cal Items Signal line components that have multiple input or output ports such as Adders Splitters and Coax Switches 170 Named Configurations An entire test system description that can be pre configured and recalled in seconds which makes test recon figuration a simple point and click task Also instruments can be configured from their front panels and DAAAC 4 0 will cap ture and store those settings for use in future tests Named Configuration View The Archive dis play of the various Named Configurations used for restoring DAAAC to a previous test setup as well as copying Named Configura tions to other databases NetCom The DAAAC module that provides an interface between the other DAAAC mod ules and the database Nodes Graphical elements in CalMan s graph that represent the various signal line compo nents ODBC The Object Database Connectivity ap plication programmer s interface API for standardized access to database management systems Processed waveforms images Data that have been changed or edited after acquisition Raw waveforms images Data that have been retrieved from an instrument and have not been processed Reduced waveforms images Data that have been processed after acquisition by applying the item specific algorithms specified in the C
92. e fore this occurs 6 Choose Save A confirmation dialog will open to display the number of lines exported to the DXF file and the directory location of it 7 Choose OK to close this confirmation dialog and return to Cal Manager s graph DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 119 6 2 3 Instruments 6 2 3 1 Inserting instruments Instruments that are available in DAAAC s inventory from Acquire can be added to Cal Manager s graph for reduction Refer to Section 4 4 9 1 for instructions on adding instruments to DAAAC s inventory Instruments are automatically added and placed into the graph when a channel is selected from the Cal Lines dialog They cannot be added unless a channel is selected To insert an instrument 1 Select the Graph Lines menu The Cal Lines dialog will appear 2 Double click the instrument to be added then double click a channel The New Cal Line dialog will appear 3 Enter an optional description then choose OK The channel s Reduction page will ap pear 4 Change the Reduction settings as desired then choose OK The new channel will be listed under the new instrument in the Cal Lines dialog 5 If desired continue adding channels by following steps 2 through 4 or choose Finished The new instrument and the selected channels will appear in the graph To add Cal Items to the channel see Section 6 2 5 2 and Section 6 2 5 4 6 2 3 2 Moving Instruments Once placed in the graph instruments ca
93. e IP address directory path and current database name In non networked systems the IP address will always be 127 0 0 1 which refers to the local computer The toolbar on the left or Archive s Data View menu activates the view for each module e Database View e Named Configurations View e Waveform View and e Calibration Settings View Sections 5 1 1 1 through 5 1 1 3 describe these views in detail 5 1 1 1 Database View Database View displays DAAAC s Stations and Tests in the left pane of the database window in typical hierarchical directories Click either the leaf to expand the directories or the leaf to collapse the directories Other information relating to the current entry 1s displayed in the right pane The current DAAAC configuration Acquire and CalMan settings can be cop ied by dragging the Database View entry from the left pane of the source database to the left pane of the target database DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 95 The following example shows one station and two tests Databases used in non networked systems only have one station representing the local computer The current selection is Tests and the time of each test is displayed in the database s right pane To change the name of a his toric test right click on the entry in the right pane and select Rename Test from the popup menu gi ZAVIJAVA 127 0 0 1 C Program Filesidaaac40WBYunk3 mdb AE G Database View E Stations check l er2 2010 12
94. e Global Settings dia log will appear when the acquisition is started by clicking CJ or can be accessed through Acqui sition gt Acquisition Configuration or by clicking a The Global Settings dialog will open DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 20 Global Settings General Acquisition Administrative settings Test Name Test Description Create Mew Test Acquisition Description Use Remote Shot Number Nest Shot Number Auto Export 1 Path Auto Export Log Auto Export 2 Path Auto Export Log Auto Print Log Beep when armed Log Page s Enable Post Burst Processing Cancel Help Figure 2 15 Global Settings Dialog The Global Settings dialog is used to configure many acquisition parameters These are detailed in Appendix B Section 2 1 0 Here the interest is in creating a new test Click Create New Test A dialog will appear that allows the test to be named and an optional description to be applied DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 21 Hew Test l Woss Wave Demo Test One Test name Test description Demonstration Test for the DASAC Manual Cancel Figure 2 16 New Test Dialog After naming the test click Add The dialog will close and the test name will be added to the Global Settings dialog Test Name list Make sure that the test name is highlighted and then click OK to proceed with the acquisition DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 22 Global Settings General Acquisitio
95. e inventory of items or only the current items displayed in the Inventory List select the print command This activates MPAA a message dialog that requires you to select an option Choose either Only the items displayed in the item inventory C The ENTIRE list of items in the inventory list to print the current selection s inventory or select The ENTIRE list of items in the inventory to print all of the Cal Item types Selecting the entire list of items in the inventory prints all Cal Items in the database which may require considerable time if the database 1s large Select Items to Print Cancel To delete a Cal Item highlight the item in the Item Inventory List and press Delete Be certain that you really want to delete the item because it will be permanently re moved from the list and cannot be undeleted without special access privileges Include items that have been deleted in the Inventory List 6 2 5 2 Creating Cal Items Before Cal Items can be added to the Cal Lines in Cal Manager s graph they must be cre ated and added to the Inventory List To create and add Cal Items to the Inventory List 1 From the Inventory menu select Inventory List The Item Inventory List dialog will ap pear 2 Select a Cal Item Type from the left column A list of similar Cal Items will appear in the right column if any have been previously created Choose Create An empty Cal Item dialog will appear 4 Ent
96. e listing displays shot number FOM name FOM value burst and shot in burst Search attributes W m Name Fom Name Add to list Waveform type Stack in one window Overlaid in one window Separate windows Foms to plot Filter Filter is Shot number Filter 1s Burst number Start Shot End Shot Shot Numbering x axis Use FOM Burst shot Start x axis at 1 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Defines the search criteria Waveform name to find in the database This is the name of a processed wavetorm raw waveforms are not used FOM name listing of available FOMs The ones selected must already have been computed for the given waveform name during data reduction in Cal Manager More than one FOM name can be associated with a waveform name Add the waveform name and FOM to the list Results go to Overlays or individual windows All FOM plots are normalized and stacked above each other in an Overlay This is useful when FOMs have different value ranges but it is necessary to view the FOM plots in the same window to see any correlation All FOM plots are overlaid in the same area This is meaningful only when all plots have the same range of values Each FOM plot is plotted in an individual window Listing of configured waveform and FOM name search data Select begin and end shot burst numbers The shot number 1s used for the Start Shot and End Shot values The burst number 1s used for the Start Burst
97. e one sensor Instrument Wave Channel W1 C2 reduction is on Description Test reduction Type Name Description Cable 10 cable Line one cable Attenuator 3dB attenuation Line one atten Sensor Open End WG Line one sensor 6 2 2 3 1 1 Printing Options Cal Manager Delay n sec DA 20d Delay n sec 14 287 0 0 Cale Mactor 0 0 0 Cali rFactor 0 0 0 Printing options are available to print the current graph contents a graphic description by instrument or single channel and Cal Item inventory by single type or the complete inventory 6 2 2 4 Exporting graph files Graphical representations of selected instruments in the current graph can be exported in DXF format To export the graph to a DXF file 1 From the File menu select DXF Export Graph A dialog will open that instructs you to use the mouse to select the instruments that should be exported 2 Press OK With the mouse click on the instruments that should be included in the DXF file 4 When all of the instruments are selected click within the background space of the graph to indicate that the instruments have been selected and the file export should begin A Save As dialog will open 5 If desired navigate to a directory for the DXF file to be exported to and enter a name for the file If the name entered here matches the name of an existing DXF file in the same directory DAAAC will overwrite the existing file No warning will be displayed b
98. e the action does not change the active database this operation will normally occur prior to a drag and drop transfer of data between databases including the newly opened one Shortcut Keys Ctrl O 5 2 3 Changing databases DAAAC s default database may be changed to another at any time other than during an acquisition sequence To change databases Switch to Archive if necessary 6 Select Change Database on Archive s toolbar The file directory dialog will be activated for selecting an existing database or for entering a name to create a new one If a name is en tered to create a new database Archive will display a message box asking if the current con figuration is to be copied Select Yes to copy the configuration from the currently open data base including everything but waveform data If No is selected a new blank database is cre ated and Acquire 1s activated so that the station can be configured 7 Select a database then choose Open The currently open database is first closed and then the selected database will open Note When the active database is changed the change extends to all of the DAAAC modules The process of changing databases may produce warnings and be prevented if any of the modules is in active communication with the database For example if Acquire is actually performing an acquisition sequence the database may not be changed DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 98 5 2 4 Copying waveforms Note T
99. ed the associated waveform is recovered and again available Empty Trash When selected all waveforms and images in the Trash are permanently menu amp toolbar removed after prompting Warning Empty Trash permanently removes the items from the data base They cannot be recovered View Trashed Displays deleted items in the waveform list along with the items that have Waveforms not been deleted Deleted data items currently in the trash is shown with View menu aredicon Items that have been emptied from the trash are not displayed Select Data Types Available only when retrieving raw waveforms Select Data Types toggles menu amp toolbar the display of waveform single point and image data If a data type is not selected items of that type will not be displayed in the selection list Retrieve associ Available when retrieving both raw and processed waveforms When ated processed checked any processed waveforms linked to raw waveforms are retrieved waveforms as well The associated processed waveforms are not displayed in the list but are available to the module using this dialog This has no effect when only viewing waveforms such as when this dialog is activated from Archive DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 48 Retrieve associ Available when retrieving only processed waveforms When checked any ated raw wave raw waveforms linked to any processed waveforms are retrieved also f l l on The associated raw waveforms are not d
100. ed to change them without activating the instrument s dialog All fields may be edited in place double click the item to highlight it then make changes and press Tab to exit the field Unlike the Instrument Settings interface the instrument s dialog cannot be activated from this interface DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 85 All Common Timing Channel Settings Item Instrument Active Channel Delay Print Instrument Active Channel Figure 4 20 Timing Instrument Configuration Description The instrument name The instrument name is listed once for all channels the first channel is listed on the same row as the instrument name The name can be edited in place When checked the corresponding channel is active The channel name The name can be edited in place The time delay for the channel The delay can be edited in place Prints the information displayed in the grid DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 86 4 4 4 Acquisition menu Acquire s Acquisition menu contains the following commands Item Acquisition Con figuration Go Arm Trigger Timing Trigger Get Waveforms Take Control 4 4 5 Tools menu Description Displays the Global Settings dialog which is used to configure acquisition parame ters see Section 4 2 7 Starts the automated data acquisition sequence initialize arm trigger retrieve archive and display reduce Arms all active instruments Initiates the manual data acquisition
101. editor Note that the times as sociated with a message are GMT View I O Log Display the contents of the I O log file in a text editor The I O log records all activity on all of the instrumentation communication busses in the system This log can become very large in a short period of time and when large nega tively impacts system performance It should only be enabled to trouble shoot specific hardware problems View State Log Display the contents of the state log file in a text editor The state log tracks all acquisition state e g initializing arming etc entry and exit times as well as selected other performance data Note that the times associated with a message are GMT Performance Report Displays the Generate Performance Report selection dialog This dialog allows the operator to limit the report to a user specified number of shots and or sta tions Once Generate Report is selected a report will be generated directly in the users already installed copy of Microsoft Excel If Excel is not installed an error will be issued The report contains the information specified when performance monitoring was configured This subsystem is optional and may not be present in your system It is primarily used to monitor the health of very large installa tions or facilities lo Keyed Item See Appendix B Section 2 1 14 for details regarding the dialog DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 88 4 4 7 Window menu The Window menu offers the followi
102. efore the title in the database window indicates the active database DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 94 E Archive ZAVIJAVA 127 0 0 1 C Program Files daaac40 WB junk3 mdb 5 J El File Tasks Preferences Tools Data View Window Help CHANGE g i ee a a Se a SB GQ iil 8 Waveform View fl Raw Waveforms Ba 009 2010 January 4114 2010 5 14 21 PM 4 14 2010 5 14 21 PM 4 14 2010 5 14 21 PM 4 14 2010 5 14 21 PM 4 14 2010 5 14 21 PM 4 14 2010 5 14 21 PM 4 14 2010 5 18 28 PM 4 14 2010 5 18 28 PM 4 14 2010 5 18 28 PM 4 14 2010 5 18 28 PM 4 14 2010 5 18 28 PM 4 14 2010 5 18 28 PM 4 14 2010 5 20 52 PM 4 14 2010 5 20 52 PM 4114 2010 5 20 52 PM 4 14 2010 5 20 52 PM 4 14 2010 5 20 53 PM 4 14 2010 5 20 53 PM 4 14 2010 5 21 41 PM 4 14 2010 5 21 41 PM 4 14 2010 5 21 41 PM 4 14 2010 5 21 41 PM 4 14 2010 5 21 41 PM 4 14 2010 5 21 41 PM AMO AO aoa ARA February March April End BI 4 5 6 7T 11 i 13 14 1 E 18 19 0 212 E 5 26 7 28 2 May June fl Processed Waveforms Ea 009 010 1 1 1 1 1 1 E 2 E 2 Ed 2 3 3 a 3 a 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 Cc Show Raw Waveforms From Thu Apr 1 2010 up to but mot including Sat May 1 2010 Ready Figure 5 1 Example Archive View with Open Database 5 1 1 Archive views Archive s views contain data in a two pane window The vertical divider in the center of the view sizes the windows The view s title displays the computer network nam
103. elly Te O05 ogi 4 19 2002 4 19 15 PM b 1284 1 EXS DSIETAL E Field 3 4 19 2002 4 19 15 PM 7 b 1284 1 J2 D0 5 FOB FS DC 4 19 2002 4 13 15 PM ve b 1284 1 ROS AD 5 4 19 2002 4 13 15 PM b 1204 1 Y AK Cap Log WAK Absolute Yaluelly 1e DO5Mlogl 4 19 2002 4 19 15 Phi b 1284 1 Mixer Beam LO 2 Anaren with A amp S LO hrEorrec 4401922002 4 19 15 PM b 1284 1 Tail Biter Current Transformer 44192002 4 19 15 PM we Retrieve associated raw wavelormes ae Save this list and restore it next time Heset Search Retrieve associated processed waveforms Limit List and Search to O Waveforms 0 Mo Limit Cancel Figure 3 2 The Waveform Selection Dialog The left pane contains the categories Station Test and Trash Click the or leaves to ex pand or contract each category Click on the top level Waveforms entry to see all available data in the right pane The right pane contains the current list of waveforms and images The contents of this list can be changed by selecting a category from the control on the left or by performing a Search operation Clicking on a list column header sorts the list items by that column s field The de fault sort parameter is Time Right clicking on a waveform in the list opens a popup menu that DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 47 displays the Log Page SysInfo Instrument and Cal Line settings in effect when the data was ac quired You may also select Restore Historic Configuration from the
104. ent wait for a trigger and re cover data However the instrument will operate based on a default set of configuration parame ters These should be reasonable but do not necessarily reflect the needs of a particular meas urement To configure the instrument double click on its location in the rack A tabbed dialog will open The dialog will be specific to the instrument being configured Most dialogs will have as a minimum a Main Settings tab a Channel Settings tab and a Utility tab Voss Wave Demo 1 Wave Main Settings Channel Settings Utility Instrument Identification Mame Voss Wave De Serial Number 4 Trigger Timeb ase Record Length 1000 Soft Only Sampling Interval 10 ne O Auto gt 100 M5s Time Window 10 ps Cancel Help Figure 2 12 Voss Wave Configuration Dialog The Main Settings tab will always include controls to set the instrument to Active or Idle and to allow the instrument to be renamed The remaining controls will depend on the type manufacturer and model of the instrument The Voss Wave driver will generate up to two pulse waves and two sine waves depending on the number of channels enabled The main dialog is DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 18 used to determine the total number of point captured and the time between points The config ured values are applied to all channels Voss Wave Demo 1 Wave Main Settings Channel Settings Utility Chan 2 to edit Mame Tutorial V
105. ent database window Import Waveforms Imports waveform files into the database Importing images is not sup ported in the Archive module but external image files can be opened in the Analyze module Export Waveforms Exports waveform data to files If multiple waveforms are selected for ex port the file dialog does not allow selection of a file name and all ex ported waveforms are automatically named Auto named files use the format lt channel name gt _ lt shot number gt lt extension gt where extension depends on the selected file type Exporting images is not supported in the Archive module but images displayed in the Analyze module can be exported to several file formats 1 N Lists the N up to 10 most recent databases Exit Exits Archive 5 4 1 1 New File menu File gt New creates a new empty DAAAC database A standard Windows file browser dia log 1s used to select the database name and location Selection of an existing name must have the overwrite confirmed Warning If you select an existing database name Archive will reini tialize that database destroying any existing contents Archive will then display the new da tabase in its own window along with any databases that are already open The active database is not affected by this operation Data can be copied from the active database into the new data base including test configurations and raw or processed waveforms A new database also can be created when you
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107. er a name and description as well as any item specific settings DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 128 5 Choose OK The new Cal Item will appear in the right column of the Inventory List 6 To close the Inventory List choose OK The new Cal Items are now ready to be inserted into Cal Lines For more information see Section 6 2 5 4 6 2 5 2 1 Item Data page Cal Item dialog The Item Data page is first displayed when opening the Cal Item dialog The dialog is opened when creating a cal item in the inventory list or by double clicking a cal item in the graph to edit it It contains item type specific properties most of which can be edited At a minimum the page will contain a name and description The name field must be unique as this is the pri mary identifier for the Cal Item Inventory control systems use Barcode instead of name The description field is optional The figure shows an Item Data page for a User Processing cal item User Processing ltem Data Name Description Hame Demo User Process Description Demonstration for the DASAL Manual Titles Title Sequence si Unita Y Title Altered Te Units Pc Ok Cancel Help Figure 6 14 Example Item Configuration Dialog Cal Items that are used in the graph multiple times share a single copy of the Item Data For example if the cal factor for a 6 dB attenuator is changed from 6 1 to 6 2 every occur rence of that attenuator in the graph will use
108. er the channel name Each Cal Item row contains the same options Cal Item name Waveform type and the waveform output selection Display Print and Archive columns If the Cal Item supports more than one waveform type then each type is listed on a separate row and each has its own set of Display Print and Archive check boxes Double clicking inside the Cal Item name field activates the appropriate Cal Item dialog This is the same dialog that is activated from the graph Any changes made in this dialog are en acted when OK is selected Likewise changes made in the Reduction page of the Cal Item dialog are updated in the Global Reduction Options Map when OK is selected A Search function at the bottom left opens a dialog that searches the map names of instru ments channels or Cal Items If found the row containing the target string will be highlighted The buttons beneath the Cal Item name column set or clear all channel line reduction op tions The buttons beneath each output column display print and archive set or clear each col umn Set All sets all output types in the map and Clear All clears all of them Select OK when you have made the required modifications All reduction information is then updated in the graph Selecting Cancel abandons any changes made If any settings in any of the Cal Item dialogs have been altered by double clicking the Cal Item column then Cancel will be disabled and all changes become permanent 6
109. ers test director mode most items are keyed to avoid cluttering the user interface with unnecessary functionality In some cases keyed items not included in your DAAAC system will appear in a disabled or erayed out state Other types of keyed items such as instrument drivers and CalMan inven tory items will not be visible if not included in your DAAAC keys If you have any questions about enabling keyed features contact Voss Scientific Inc 3 7 Notebook The Notebook tool is a documentation tool specific to individual users and available from all DAAAC Modules On first execution the tool opens a management window Here users can be added and or logged in Once a user is logged in he or she can create a Notebook docu ment and add it to the database Enter a user ID and click New DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 51 Notebook Name ID Creation Date Modification Date Cancel Figure 3 4 Notebook Management View The Notebook editor window opens The user s name is entered and the document is as signed a title Editing can proceed with unlimited text Text can be configured to have any combination of the properties in the table DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 52 Standard text editing commands Cut lt Ctrl X gt Copy lt Ctrl C gt and Paste lt Ctrl V gt oper ate correctly in Notebook E Demonstrate the Notebook Tool Insert Font Find Name DAAAL User ID JUSA 123 Title Demonstrate the Notebook To
110. es Station Config Acquisition Tools Data View Window Help Timing my 1 info z TRIG be Q s K Double Click to Configure Voss Wave Der Voss Wave Demo Rack Figure 2 11 Acquire with an Instrument Added 2 3 2 5 Instrument Status Before proceeding it is important to note that an instrument may be in one of several states when located in the Acquire rack Furthermore not all instruments in the rack will neces sarily be in the same state The state of the instrument is normally designated by text in the rack position and by the color of the instrument background The Voss Wave instrument at this point should indicate Active and have a purple background Table 1 shows and defines the various instrument states as a function of color DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 17 Table 1 Instrument Status Codes Inst Color State Meaning Light blue Idle Instrument is not in use Purple Active in use Instrument is active and communicating with DAAAC Dark Blue Not available Instrument is active but not communicating with DAAAC Yellow Initialized Instrument is active and has been initialized by DAAAC Light Green Armed Instrument is armed and ready for trigger Dark Green Triggered Instrument has triggered and waiting to download data Orange Read Out Instrument is downloading data Red Error An error has occurred while communicating 2 3 2 6 Configure Instrument Acquire is now ready to create a test then arm the instrum
111. es graph items from a dedicated Cal System database This option is available only with NetCom running Truncate Transac Flushes transactions and tests system integrity You can monitor the NetCom tion Log window during these operations for important messages or review the same data in the NetCom log This option is available only with NetCom running and is for networked SQL Server databases only Logs Truncate Delete the current system error log file Error Log DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 104 Logs Truncate Netcom Log Notebook Delete the current Netcom Log file Open the laboratory notebook interface Allows arbitrary length text entries to be added to the database The text entries are indexed by user and a given user may view but not edit another users entries This option is available only with NetCom running 5 4 6 Administrative menu The Administrative menu is available from Archive s Tools menu when NetCom is not running This sub menu contains utilities that perform network and database administrative func tions Item Change Database Select NetCom Server Select Networked Server Start NetCom Stop NetCom Manage Data Sources Initialize Database Inventory Control DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Description Selects the ODBC Data Source used by NetCom in the Network Mode Change Database changes DAAAC s current default database to any existing database This function cannot be used to create a
112. es multiple output waveforms images each output will have its own set of reduction options For items that generate a single output the default output waveform name 1s Corrected Cal Items that generate multiple waveforms and or im ages will list outputs by name Reduction options are only available for Cal Items that have been added to the graph If a Cal Item is added to the graph multiple times each occurrence of the item has its own set of reduction options User Processing 1 2 C ltem Data Reduction Output waveforms Conected l i Display Print W Archive Process a copy of the input waveform Figure 6 15 Cal Item Reduction Tab DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 130 Item Description Output list Lists the available output data objects waveforms or images supported by the cur rent item Most items support a single output called Corrected Display When enabled the resulting reduced waveform is displayed in the Analyze module if Analyze is running and configured to display reduced data during reduction Print When enabled the resulting reduced waveform is printed from the Analyze mod ule Gf Analyze is running and configured to accept reduced data during reduction Archive When enabled the resulting reduced waveform will be archived to the database FOMs Activates the FOMs dialog which configures various Figures of Merit See the discussion immediately below Settings Activates the appropri
113. es support functions that apply globally to the ac quisition sequence These functions include configuring activity logs creating new tests and de fining the acquisition parameters The following sections describe each page in detail Shortcut Toolbar O 4 2 7 1 General page Global Settings dialog The General page of the Global Settings dialog displays test names and descriptions cre ates new tests and configures settings related to shots for the currently selected test This is the default page for the Global Settings dialog and is activated when the Get Waveforms Global Settings Go or Arm buttons are selected DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 12 Global Settings General Processing Acquisition Administrative settings Test Hame driver test Test Description testing for DOP S054 driver Create New Test Acquisition description pulse generator only Use Remote Burst Number Nest Burst Humber 2 Mew Log Pages E Lancel Help Figure 4 13 Global Settings Dialog General Tab The Test Name and Description list groups all system data by test at the highest level The upcoming shot or burst data can be associated with an existing test or a new test can be created Item Test Name and Description Create New Test Acquisition Description Use Remote Shot Number Next Shot Number Log Page s DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Description Listing of previous and current test The hig
114. ew ltem Figure 4 3 Database Inventory Dialog Select the Manufacturer The list of available instrument drivers will appear in the Select the desired model Any instruments of that model lt already added to the inven tory will appear by serial number in the Serial Number list Create a serial number Either type an appropriate value into the Serial Number con trol or click Generate to automatically create a random and unique value That value 3 Model list 4 5 will appear in Serial Number 6 Click Add New Item The instrument will be added by serial number to Serial Number The instrument is now in the inventory and may be added to a rack position for use 4 1 2 2 Adding an instrument to a rack position This process can be continued immediately from the previous sequence or begin by re peating steps 1 through 4 of 4 1 2 1 l 2 3 Select an instrument by serial number from the Serial Number control in Figure 4 3 Click Next gt An interface dialog will appear It can be used to add a name for the instrument and review other instrument properties The nature of the dialog is variable For instru ments with a GPIB interface the GPIB addresses are configured here The dialog may also include a Setup button DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 58 Interface GPIB Station Voss Wave Tutorial Fack Voss Wave Demo A Position BO Andas WossWave3 caca tp Figure 4 4 Instrument ID and Setup Dialog
115. ey are last components in the Cal Line If an inventoried item follows a Combine or User Process Cal Item then the line may not be copied For all systems Cal Items or Cal Lines may be copied only to other Cal Lines To copy or move Cal Items individually or as a group 1 Use the mouse to drag a selection box around the Cal Item or a series of Cal Items within a single Cal Line to select it them When you release the mouse button the se lected Cal Items will be highlighted 2 With the left mouse button click into and drag the selected Cal Items to the location where they should be copied When you release the mouse button a popup menu will appear beside the cursor 3 Choose Copy or Move Choosing Cancel will abort the copy or move If any Cal Items that are moved include Multi port nodes or are attached to Multi port Cal Items any links to the Multi port items will be broken See section Appendix E Section 5 3 for more information on Multi port items An alternate method of copying or moving Cal Items is to use the keyboard Cal Items can be selected with the arrow keys Holding the Shift key selects a range of Cal Items Once the Cal Items are selected press Control C or select Copy from the Edit menu to copy the Cal Items to the computer s Clipboard Scroll the graph to the destination then press Control V to paste copied Cal Items or Control X to move the Cal Items to the new location For more inform
116. file to import Once the file is selected the Waveform Import Titles dia log will appear that allows you to enter axis titles and units This version of the file importer supports only comma separated ASCII data without header information Magnitude only files should contain x y pairs real imaginary and magnitude phase files should contain x y z tri ples To import additional data formats import the file in Archive then select the imported waveform using the Processed button in the Curve Specification dialog Note that the standard units for waveform characterization files are dB vs Hz Some components use other units so be sure to check the expected units text at the top of the Curve Specification dialog DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 134 Curve Specification Fa Curve Type 1 25 AS ais 5 ata Pa BTS 10 Frequency GHz gt Gain Phase Title D source convert O utputymagphase txt Comment Retrieve Waveform Send Waveform to Analyze Processed Raw File Import Send Cancel Figure 6 18 Cal Item Curve Configuration Waveform Configuration If Polynomial is selected and no polynomial is defined the calibration factor will be zero If Waveform is selected and none is assigned then the curve again defaults to a polynomial value of zero A zero value is acceptable but the item will be considered one that does not alter the signal 6 2 5 3 Printing the Cal Item inventory Printing Cal Items is a
117. fined acts as a macro that can perform any number of user defined operations in a series on the data In the dialog that appears first select the last tab and click Start This begins the macro recording process It will expand the dialog to show the list of processes added to the macro and the Start button becomes a Stop Button Switch to the first Calculator tab Select y C and enter 12 25 in the calculator that appears Then select y C and enter 17 2 Close the dialog The Inventory dialog will appear with the new Linear Trans form 1 item entered Make sure that the item is highlighted Close the dialog The transform appears as a new icon to the right of the Channel 1 icon in the station graph The entire process is shown in the following sequence of figures User Processing Definition Calculator Advanced Functions Independent Axes Trig Hyperbolic Macros Macros Macro Operations Record _ Directory Director c daaacdi Figure 2 30 Define the User Process Click Start DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 33 User Processing Definition Calculator Advanced Functions Independent Axes Trig Hyperbolic Macros Apply Macros Macro Operations Operation List Directory Directora c daaac40 Figure 2 31 The Macro Recording Has Started User Processing Definition Calculator Advanced Functions Independent Anes Trig Hyperbalic Macros Operation List Apply a Constant Misc Logs
118. folding the ef fects of components or Cal Items Channels An instrument s input or output ports Characterization data The defining set of pa rameters that describes the behavior of a Cal Item within a signal line DAAAC uses DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 9 Glossary these parameters during automatic reduction to unfold the signal as received by the sen sor Coax Switches Signal path items that have mul tiple input and or output ports only one in put and one output are active at any given time Database View The Archive module view that shows which stations and tests are loaded Copy data by dragging and dropping to other databases Figures of Merit FOMs Metrics computed from acquired or processed data Some ex amples of figures of merit are X min and max Y min and max risetime falltime and pulse width Global Settings A collection of controls for configuring global acquisition settings These features include configuring activity logs creating new tests and defining the ac quisition parameters Graph The two dimensional representation of CalMan s documented signal lines Includes connection information for instruments channels and signal line components Instrument Any device that is controlled via the Acquire module Typically a device that collects and converts an analog signal into digital data Inventory data Identification data that is unique for each Cal Item Inventory data in clu
119. g 75 moving 92 120 polling 70 76 settings 67 69 71 90 167 Timing Grid 85 triggering 70 Interface GPIB dialog 91 inventory Cal Items 115 control 129 Drag and Drop Inventory List 127 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Inventory Data page 129 Inventory List 116 127 136 140 Inventory menu 142 143 printing 135 rectifying 104 IP address 95 Item Data page 112 129 reduction defaults 143 L Limit List Search 49 Log Page 48 logs Data Migration Log 106 error 78 Log Pages 73 104 Truncate Transaction Log 104 M Manage Data Sources 105 max 132 Maximize 104 menus Acquisition menu 156 166 Administrative menu 105 Analysis menu 158 Analyze 169 Archive 101 Cal Manager 146 Custom menu 163 Edit menu 142 156 File menu 81 83 87 88 141 154 Help menu 45 89 107 168 Inventory menu 142 143 NetLib menu 47 Rack menu 56 89 Tasks menu 45 103 Tools menu 104 View menu 102 106 146 166 Window menu 89 106 migrating data 104 min 132 Minimize 104 176 modes burst and single shot 75 modulation pulse waveforms 150 moving Cal Items 137 moving instruments in Acquire s racks 92 in Cal Manager s graph 120 Multi Port Cal Items attenuators 111 splitters 111 N Named Configurations copying 99 restoring 81 saving 81 View 96 narrowband settings 124 NetCom 94 overview 169 NetLib
120. g Technology Binary img and Femtosoft FROG dat may be imported Open a standard windows browser to navigate to a location and identify a file name for the exporting of data Waveform data may be exported to a text file txt as columns of X Y pairs or the Analyze waveform image may be stored to a bitmap or JPEG format Selecting this option initiates a process in which the user may select any visi ble window on the desktop A browser dialog is then opened to allow the im age of the window to be saved in bitmap bmp or JPEG form Closes the active waveform or image Analyze does not prompt to save modi fied data before closing Closing a waveform or image without saving it will result in lost data Properties displays general and statistical information about the data in the ac tive window as well as allowing the setting of label and display options for the data General data information and acquisition information are available under the General page parameters and Figures of Merit FOM are available under the Statistics page data title and comments and axis titles and units can be set under the Labels page and the plot type and styles can be set under the Dis play page See Appendix B Section 2 4 4 1 through Appendix B Section 2 4 4 9 for details regarding the Properties dialogs Print spools the selected waveforms to the printer Before executing Print Analyze will ask which title should be included as well as if
121. g configures acquisition related settings for the next shot These settings include the acquisition mode single shot repetitive single shot burst and repetitive burst whether the instrument front panels are locked out whether instru ments are initialized when OK is pressed in their main interface dialogs and whether they are unconditionally initialized at the start of each acquisition If an instrument s front panel is locked out the instrument need not be initialized at the start of an acquisition This saves time when the configuration includes instruments that are slow to initialize such as the TDS family of digitizers Global Settings General Processing cquisition Administrative settings Instrument Polling Acquisition mode i Poll interface C Single Shot Poll period secs Instrument Initialization Initialize on Go i Initialize on OK sl a Repetitive Single Shot Burst Lockout front panels Push Button Acquisition e e f Repetitive Burst gt e Live Video tuning mode Instrument Aro Trigger p lt Beep when armed i SIRS a ies Triggering timeout secs 10 z Shots In Burst Single Point Data Repeat until abort Spool forever O z Number to spool Instrument Burst Capacity Figure 4 15 Global Settings Dialog Acquisition Page DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 75 Item Device Polling Poll Interface Poll Period Instrument Ini tialization Initialize
122. general discussion Views the contents of the Error log file error and warning messages generated by all DAAAC modules Views the contents of the Acquisition State log file sequence information and performance metrics generated during the acquisition sequence Views the contents of the NetCom log file database related status and error messages generated by the NetCom module Views the contents of the Data Migration log file The Data Migration Log lists the dates on which data were migrated the files the data were migrated to and which expired data have been deleted along with any errors encoun tered during migration 5 4 8 Window menu Archive s Window menu provides the following functions Item Cascade Tile Horizontally Tile Vertically Arrange Icons Description Overlaps and cascades all open database windows Arranges and sizes all windows horizontally Arranges and sizes all window vertically Arranges all minimized window icons DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 106 1 N Lists all open database windows 5 4 9 Help menu Archive s Help menu provides information concerning how to use DAAAC as well as in formation about the current system and database Item Description Help Topics Opens the Help Topics Contents Tutorial Opens a tutorial that explains DAAAC s primary functionality Info Displays the number of records in each table within the active database About Presents information about
123. gh the extensive menu system All of these options will be described in detail in Chapter 7 Reconfigure the driver and repeat the measurement as desired DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 25 j Mak 2 Analyze s 4 Voss Wave Tutorial Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 4 Fie Tasks Edit Preferences Analysis Acquisition Tools Data View Window Help ae 008 S 0 23 S s e gt a 8 0 ejej 2 2 El s 4 Voss Wave Tutorial Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 1 Sele s 4 Voss Wave Tutorial Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 2 Sets _ EOX Y min 2 615 Y maz 2837 peak avg 237 1 m Amplitude volts ie For Help press Fl Figure 2 20 Voss Wave Data Displayed in Analyze a Archive FORNACIS 127 0 0 1 C Demo For Manual Manual Demosntration mdb File Tasks Preferences Tools Dataview Window Help S F tala ta Om al FORNACIS 127 0 0 1 C Demo For Manual Manual Demosntration mdb A Waveform View Burst Shot Name 1 Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 1 First Channel in the woss Wave Tutorial 10 16 2006 01 44 13 PM J E Raw Wave a R Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 2 Second Channel in the Yoss Wave Tutorial 10 16 2006 01 44 13 PM H 2006 Tutorial voss Wave Ch4 Fourth Channel in the Yoss Wave Tutorial 10 16 2006 01 44 14 PM Em 8 91011 1 H 15 16 17 18 1 M22 23 24 252 m 29 30 31 ol En October Hmm 1 2 3 4 Show Raw Waveforms From Sun Oct 1 2006 up to but not including Wed Mow 1 2006 Figure 2 21 Acquired Data in Archive DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 26
124. ght pane 4 Drag and drop it into the left pane of the destination database The pointer will display the text of the copied item when you have a valid copy If the pointer does not change the copy is either invalid or the pointer is not positioned properly Archive will ask you to verify the copy Archive Copy the Voss Wave Tutorial Mamed Configuration From 127 0 0 1 C Demo For ManualiManual Demosntration mdb To 127 0 0 1 CDA 564C401DB 00 Test For Baye mdb Cancel Figure 5 4 Validate the Copy 5 Choose OK to complete the copy As Archive copies the data the Transfer Status dialog will appear If necessary choose Suspend or Abort Archive will notify you when it has finished the copy Transter Status Transfering Instrumentos Scientific Image acQladddd 4294 4b11 6es2 8d1 935bee382 Figure 5 5 Transfer Progress 6 Transfer Complete appears Choose OK 5 2 6 Deleting Stations and Tests When in Database View you can select Stations or Tests in the directory on the left side of the window to display the list of stations or tests When the stations or tests are being displayed in the directory on the right side of the window you can select stations or tests to delete Press ing Delete removes the selected items DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 100 5 2 Deleting waveforms To delete waveforms from the database the Waveform Selection dialog is opened and data is moved to the database
125. graph This option will allow the user to choose between deleting all rubber banded items or deleting only the single selected node The selected node is highlighted in green by default Selection can also be deleted with the lt Del gt key Clears the rubber banded selection 6 5 4 Preferences menu The Preferences menu controls CalMan s visual display Graph Display Barcode Print Setup DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Opens the Graph Display dialog that allows users to customize the appearance of the graph The dialog may also be called up by right clicking in an empty area of the graph and selecting Graph Display from the popup menu See Appendix B Sec tion 2 3 3 for details regarding the dialog Activates a dialog that allows the user to configure the print format of barcodes and print test barcodes The dialog is detailed in Appendix B Section 2 3 4 142 New Item Defaults Tool Bar Status Bar Large Icons This option opens a dialog that allows the user to specify the default values for pa rameters that are common to all Cal items when a new node is added to the graph The Item Reduction Defaults dialog sets the default settings that each new Cal Item will have when first added to Cal Manager s graph These options can be changed at any time after the Cal Items are in the graph by activating their Reduction page from the Cal Item dialog The Reduction page is also accessible from the Global Reduc tio
126. he Cal Line Characteristics Accept the defaults and just click OK DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 29 Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 1 ltem Data Reduction Output waveforms Faw i Display Print ra Display Channel options W Reduce this channel Signal Class wide Band r Settings Cancel Help Figure 2 26 Configure the Cal Line Repeat the process of Figure 2 24 through Figure 2 26 for channels 2 and 4 Click Fin ished on the dialog of Figure 2 24 The station window is updated with new icons that are linked by gray lines that show association To the right of and slightly below the station icon is an icon that represents the Voss Wave instrument To the right of this vertically aligned are three icons Each of these represents a channel DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 30 Voss Wave Tutorial E Right Click E Insert cal item to the RIGHT FEE Instrument dialog Print Graph Items File Export Graph Items current channel e Delete this channel Tutorial oss Line Totals Line Summary Tutonal Wiss Copy Ctrl C Ctrl Ctrl Del Figure 2 27 Cal Station with Cal Lines Added Right Click on the Channel 1 Icon and select Insert cal item to the RIGHT from the popup menu The Item Inventory List dialog will appear MM item Inventory List Calltem Types Er WFM Reduction A Antenna Under T est Description Inventory List Display deleted items Retrieve ltem by Mame Create
127. he User Security options in Acquire Refer to Appendix B Section 2 2 7 for details Data Migration Data Migration controls the automatic migration copy of SQL data to the off line Access databases that are created for each day by date See Appendix B Section 2 2 8 Log Page The Log Page contains a list of log page names or it will be blank if none exist The Log page is defined and accessed in Acquire See Section 4 2 7 4 for more information 5 4 5 Tools menu Archive s Tools menu provides Administrative utilities for modifying how Archive func tions as well as network administration Item Description Stop NetCom or If Netcom is running the first entry in the Tools menu will allow it to be stopped Administrative from Acquire The user will be warned that all modules will be denied access to the database Network administrative utilities network mode only This function is available only when NetCom is closed Advisable only in special circumstances in net worked mode Migrate Data Optional function available only in networked mode Allows all data older than a user specified interval to be removed from the online database to offline Access databases This option is available only with NetCom running Minimize Tables Removes records with no linkages e g orphaned as a result of deleting data and compacts the database file in standalone mode This option is available only with NetCom running Rectify Inventory Copi
128. his and subsequent sections discuss moving data using a technique known as Drag and Drop This is the same operation that is familiar to users of the Windows Explorer The technique begins by selecting the object to be moved ex a file in Windows Explorer with the left mouse button While continuing to hold the left mouse button the object is moved from its original location to the target location ex another folder with the mouse Once the object is positioned the mouse button is released The object will either be moved or copied depending on the circumstances to the new location Once the operation is understood it is a simple and practical way to reconfigure objects under Windows It is used extensively throughout DAAAC Raw or processed waveforms may be copied from one database to another either in entire groups or within a specific year month week or day To copy waveforms from one database to another 1 Switch to Archive if necessary 2 Open the source and the destination databases then select Waveform View in the source s left hand toolbar the destination database s current view does not matter In the source s left pane select the time period from which the waveforms are to be copied 4 Drag the selection into the left pane of the destination database The pointer will display the text of the copied waveforms If the pointer does not change the copy is either invalid or the pointer is not positioned properly Arch
129. his installation DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 4 1 5 DAAAC Configuration DAAAC comprises two distinct paradigms for the organization of its acquisition re lated objects The acquisition data waveforms amp images hierarchy is shown in Figure 1 3 The instrument representation is seen in Figure 1 4 Both figures introduce simple terminol ogy that has specific meaning in DAAAC The table below the figures provides detailed definition of each term as it pertains to a particular model data or instruments Database Database Test lt Aae JD Station lt Name i gt Shot 1 Rack 1 Instrument lt Marne gt Wavetorm lt Warne gt o Raw 0 amp e e Processed amp e e E gt Waveform Aare p gt E Instrument lt Name p Shot Rack gt P Image lt Name l gt z Intstrument lt Warne F Instrument lt Nare s gt Image Name q gt station lt Name x gt Tf Networked Test lt Naneo n gt Figure 1 3 Data Organization Figure 1 4 Instrument Organization A diagram of the entire DAAAC database architecture including table links is shown in Appendix A Database Organization DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 5 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual DRAFT 6 Database The Database is common both to the Data and the Virtual Instrument organiza tions It stores either the raw and processed waveforms or image data captured in an acquisition It also maintains a complete picture of the DAAAC conf
130. hlighted line selects the cur rent test Activates the New Test dialog used to enter test name and description Each new test created with this function is then listed in the main win dow of this dialog An optional descriptive string for the current acquisition The shot number is from a remote source such as a DAAAC log API software or user written software A serial value to be prepended to the Test Name to uniquely identify the acquired waveform This value is automatically incremented by DAAAC or may be manually assigned This control is disabled if Use Remote Shot Number is Enabled Display or edit the Log Pages which contain user defined test data ES This is an optional item not included in most systems 73 4 2 7 1 1 Create New Test dialog Figure 2 16 When activated from the General page of the Global Settings dialog the Create New Test dialog creates a new Test Enter the test name and an optional description When Add is se lected the test is created and added to the list on the General page The new test then becomes the current test and is highlighted in the list See Appendix B Section 2 1 10 for more details 4 2 7 2 Processing page Global Settings dialog The Processing page of the Global Settings dialog configures automated processing set tings for the next shot including data reduction and exports Global Settings General Processing Acquisition Administrative settings Automatic data p
131. hole crate After the settings are read the instrument will no longer be initialized Right drag menu items Item Move Cancel Description Moves the dragged instrument to the selected position Cancels the drag operation in progress 449 1 Add Instrument Rack menu Adding an instrument to the inventory and inserting it in a rack was presented briefly in the Getting Started tutorial Sections 2 3 2 3 and 2 3 2 4 This section discusses the process in greater detail Add Instrument uses a two step wizard to 1 select an instrument from the inventory and 2 specify interface settings and select instrument hardware options The Inventory dialog is activated from the rack s right click pop up menu gt Add or when copying an instrument from one rack position to another It is the first page in the setup wizard and selects an instrument manufacturer model and serial number from the existing inventory The list of supported instrument types in the inventory list is controlled by your system keys Only those manufacturers supported by your DAAAC license are displayed DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 90 Inventory M anubacturer Senal Number Highland Technology GPS 5TG HP Image LeCroy Net Comp UDP Misc Networked Computer M ational nstruments Place Holder Parker Hann Point Picosecond Pulse Labs TWAIN Image ROHDE amp SCHWARTZ Y58753 Stanford Research Tektronix a Generate Serial Number 1042 Add New ltem
132. ich displays the current informa tion record for the current test A new information record 1s created for each new test The information displayed includes the following Item Description Test Name Displays the Test Name Test Description Displays the Test Description Acquisition Description Displays the first 39 characters of the Acquisition Description Starting Shot Displays the first shot number for this test Num Shots Displays the total number of shots acquired under this test Comment field not labeled Field for entry of comments which are limited to 1024 characters View Old Info txt Activates the Info txt Select dialog used for viewing old test records created when the tests were defined Shortcuts info tut Toolbar 4 2 8 2 Select Info txt Display Edit Info txt dialog Select Info txt retrieves an Info txt record other than the current record The retrieved re cord then can be edited The Info txt Select dialog below displays most of the fields found in the DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 79 Edit Info txt dialog simplifying record selection It also searches for pertinent information to ease selection See Appendix B Section 2 1 16 for details 4 2 8 3 Search Info txt Records dialog Activated from the Info txt Select dialog the Search Info txt dialog searches the list of Info txt records Search Info txt looks for the Info txt record that contains specified search crite ria Search criteria may include date r
133. igu ration at the time of the acquisition and establishes links between the two or ganizational representations so that configuration parameters may be recalled and associated with the data Data Organi Figure 1 3 Data Organization zation Test A test is a named collection of shots As such it is a management tool that al lows the grouping of shots that share some common collection attribute such as instrument configuration execution configuration date etc Tests are added and or selected in Acquire by selecting Acquisition gt Acquisition Configuration Section 2 3 2 7 or in the Acquisition Configuration dialog that appear when Wl is clicked Section 2 3 2 9 Shot A shot is a single instance of arming the suite of active instruments detecting triggers from all armed instruments and receiving the data from those instru ments Normally the number of raw waveforms received in a shot will equal the total number of instrument channels configured If instruments are config ured to produce data in burst mode Section 4 2 7 3 those instruments will pro duce multiple waveforms in a single shot Shots are distinguished by a serial value This value is normally automatically incremented by DAAAC In re petitive mode multiple shots can be taken in a single acquisition sequence Waveform A single waveform consists of one or two collections of X Y independ ent dependent pairs of data received from a single instrument producing
134. imeout 5660 Database is Closed Wersion 1 9 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 169 Acquire The DAAAC module that manages communication between instruments and the DAAAC station Acquire displays the in strumentation racks as they are physically arranged Rearranging the rack setup is a simple drag and drop task Also Acquire can capture data directly during acquisition or download data stored in instrumentation Adders Signal path items that have multiple input ports and a single combined output port all of which are active simultaneously Analyze The DAAAC module that displays and prints data and provides tools for analyzing and manually processing waveforms and images Archive The DAAAC module that is DAAAC s database manager From Ar chive users can change databases import or export data and organize and transfer data Cal Items The DAAAC representation of physical signal path such as sensors attenu ators and cables Also includes components for automated signal processing Cal Lines Data acquisition signal lines such as channels stemming from instruments that include components called Cal Items leading to a signal source Cal Manager CalMan The DAAAC module that documents every channel s signal path providing a graphical display of the test setup and organizing the signal line compo nents CalMan uses this information to automatically reduce the data to physically meaningful quantities by un
135. in Ana lyze Item Description AEAEEAGE Next Page displays the next page of waveforms Next Page and Previous Page are enabled when there are more waveforms in the display buffer than will fit on one display page The number of waveforms per page and the buffer size are set in Acquisition Configuration dialog Section 4 2 7 3 If the remaining number of waveforms in the buffer is less than the Graphs Per Screen setting in the Acquisition Configuration dialog then all remaining wave forms are displayed PEVOU LAER Previous Page displays the next page of waveforms Previous Page and Next Page are enabled when there are more waveforms in the display buffer than will fit on one display page The number of waveforms per page and the buffer size are set with the Acquisition Configuration dialog Section 4 2 7 3 Selecting Previous Page removes the current waveforms from the display then dis plays the last set of waveforms Copy Copy creates a copy of the active waveform and displays it in a new window The new copied waveform then becomes the active window and is displayed on top of all other windows Modifications to the copy have no effect on the original wave form Cascade Overlaps all open windows DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 167 Tile Tiles all open waveforms without overlapping Arrange Icons Arranges icons of minimized windows Close All Close All closes windows and removes all waveforms from the waveform buffer The size of
136. ion However Acquire is a much more advanced tool than hinted at in that section Chapter 4 presents a complete detailed review of the module s capabilities Keep in mind however that none of the DAAAC modules operates completely independently of the others A complete understanding of Acquire will only be gained with the understanding of the other modules as well Acquire is DAAAC s instrument and data acquisition control module It configures the acquisition station manages instrument inventories and settings communicates with the instru ments and runs the automatic and manual data acquisition sequences The Acquire module displays the current acquisition station in a rack display that may be configured to mimic the layout of the real test hardware instruments may be positioned in the racks as they are in the real station which makes accessing and configuring the instrument inter faces intuitive and less prone to error The module is used to configure the acquisition sequence Available user controls include acquisition mode single shot burst repetitive live automated reduction and automated data export Acquire is also used to document the acquisition with parameters such as test name shot number and acquisition description Acquire contains a myriad of instrument drivers for common and not so common in struments that require no programming and in most cases can control all of the instrument s common functions The instru
137. ion 2 1 2 for more details 4 4 2 Preferences menu Acquire s Preferences menu contains the following commands DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 81 Item Description Readout Order Specifies the order in which triggered instruments are read out during acquisition FOM Selection Specifies the figures of merit that are automatically computed when data is ac quired Configure Perf This selection allows the operator to specify a performance monitoring database Monitor and to specify which state transitions are monitored with the performance monitor configure dialog custom feature unavailable on most installations Rescale Racks Rescale Racks can be accessed by right clicking with a station window outside of any rack Rescale Racks activates the Rack Scaling dialog which changes the size of Acquire s display racks The numbers for the x and y axes are a percentage of an arbitrary size which at full scale 100 percent will display four instruments verti cally and two racks horizontally See Appendix B Section 2 1 5 Status Bar Select to toggle the status bar display Toolbar Select to toggle the toolbar display 44 2 1 Readout Order Preferences menu Readout Order activates the Readout Order dialog which specifies the order in which ac tive instrument channels are displayed by analysis stations To change the display order select a instrument with the left mouse button and drag it to a different location on the list When an ite
138. ion can be performed by se lecting a module s button from the toolbar See Section 3 1 for more information Each module will contain three task icons in its toolbar one for each of the other user modules The icons for task selection are shown below Icon Module Archive Acquire Analyze CalMan 3 3 1 1 Help The Help menu contains the following commands Item Description Help Topics Offers an index of available help Tutorial Opens DAAAC s on line tutorial About Displays DAAAC s version number and configuration information License Displays the DAAAC license agreement 3 3 1 1 1 Help Topics Help Topics invokes Help s Table of Contents Help topics are organized by modules Overviews procedures and features Tutorial and setup instructions are also available from Help s Table of Contents Help s opening window contains tabs to select the following methods of finding help Item Description Contents Displays three main topics Getting Started How To and Menu DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 45 Index Contains an alphabetical listing of Help text and some items contain sub items In dex is best for specific help Find Searches Help for keywords or phrases When Find is first activated a database is constructed You may select different levels of detail for building the database The most detailed version is recommended for maximum search capabilities 3 3 1 1 2 About Box About displays the copyright notice and ve
139. ire Shots in Burst Repeat until abort and Instrument Burst Capacity are disabled Like single shot except that when the acquisition sequence is complete the system will automatically re arm the specified number of times If this control is selected Shots in Burst and Instrument Burst Capacity are disabled The system arms each instrument for the specified number of shots Multiple shots a burst are stored internally in the digitizers and rearm rates are determined solely by the hardware After the system triggers all shots in the burst have been ac quired data is read out sent to the database and automatically processed if auto reduction is enabled If this control is selected Shots to acquire and Repeat until Abort are disabled Like burst except that the system is automatically re armed the specified number of times after the completion of each acquisition sequence If this control is selected Shots to acquire Shots in Burst Repeat until abort and Instrument Burst Capacity are enabled A window is created for each enabled camera and fast digitizer channel which will acquire data as fast as possible from the device and display it This data is not stored and cannot be analyzed further This mode is intended for optical and signal alignment purposes If this control is selected Shots to acquire Shots in Burst Repeat until abort and Instrument Burst Capacity are disabled Special mode that combines live video and single shot mo
140. isplay Print F Display Channel options W Reduce this channel Signal Class wide Band Settings Cancel Help Figure 6 8 Cal Item Configuration Dialog Channel Reduction Page Item Description Output waveforms Display When checked write reduced data to the display Print When checked send reduced data to the printer Archive When checked write reduced data to a file FOMS Settings Display Set the display axis limits Allow automatic Display Options setting or manually adjust Fixed axis limits x min Fix x axis 2 max ymin 22 5 IV Fix y axis ymax 128 2 Cancel Channel Options Reduce this channel When checked reduction is performed during online or offline reduction If it is not checked no items in the line will be reduced DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 122 Signal Class Selects the type of data that this line will process wideband narrowband or im age The Settings button described below activates a configuration dialog that sets the reduction options based on the Signal Class Settings Activates a configuration dialog corresponding to the currently selected Signal Class See Section 6 2 4 1 1 1 and Section 6 2 4 1 1 2 immediately below Be sure to specify the proper signal class before adding Cal Items to the Cal Line The various Cal Items are not compatible with all signal classes e g you cannot add an image proc essing Cal Item to a channel with
141. isplayed in the list but are avail able to the module using this dialog This has no effect when only viewing waveforms such as when this dialog is activated from Archive Save list and re Select this item to have the Selection dialog remember the list of data that store next time is displayed when the dialog is dismissed That list will be displayed when the Selection dialog is next invoked Limit List Search Limits the number of items displayed in the list to the number entered in this field Only the first N where N is the number entered into this field items retrieved from the database are displayed Enter 0 to display all items Reset Resets the list of waveforms and images to show all data under the selected category category specified by the tree control on the left Used after the list had been reduced via the Search function Search This activates a dialog used for searching within the current list of dis played items See Section 3 4 1 Waveform Search Dialog for details 3 4 1 Waveform Search Dialog Activated from the Waveform Selection dialog Section 3 4 the Search Criteria dialog configures searches through the database for waveforms and images that match the specified pa rameter values The parameter list differs for raw and processed data and includes text fields e g channel name acquisition description and numeric fields e g shot number figures of merit Text parameter searches are case inse
142. ive will ask you to verify the copy 5 Choose OK to complete the copy As Archive copies the waveforms the Transfer Status dia log will appear Archive will notify you when it has finished copying the waveforms 6 Choose OK 5 2 5 Copying data Data from one open database may be copied to another including the current active data base Current Configuration Named Configurations and raw or processed waveforms can be copied from one database to another in Archive To copy data from one database to another 1 Switch to Archive if necessary 2 Open the source and the destination databases then select Database View Named Configu ration View or Waveform View with the left hand vertical toolbar Calibration Settings View is not implemented in this version of DAAAC 3 Inthe source database s left pane select the test configuration or data to be copied e Current configuration Select the database view for the source database Select the Da tabase View text in the left pane of the source e Named configurations Select the configuration view for the source database Expand the Named Configuration tree item Select the desired Named Configuration from the source s left pane DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 99 e Waveforms Select the Waveform view Expand the calendar control as needed Select any portion of the calendar control from the left pane day week month etc or select any group of waveforms from the ri
143. l Warvtorme listed 1154 Limit to 10 O all Get wims W Get corresponding Forme Fams to plot bl Destination Filter Corresponding FOMS f Output to window s f Filter is Shot number had lmia f Export to text file Filter is Burst number centroid falltime Filename start Shot 0 rise intercept End Shot rise slope st D retrieves all Wiavetorm window type Shot Numbering axiz Separate windows Use FOM shot f Overlaid in one window O Start s axis at 1 f Stacked in one window Cancel Figure 7 10 FOM vs Shot Configuration When plotting FOMs by burst number the number of shots per burst determines how the FOM is plotted Analyze determines the number of shots in a burst by testing the first burst as defined by the burst filter and then numbers the x axis title as a percentage For example if the DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 164 number of shots per burst is set to four and the first burst to plot is one then the first four shots are plotted as 1 00 1 25 1 50 and 1 75 Caution If the number of shots per burst changes within the selected burst range then how Analyze plots the FOM is undetermined Therefore the burst filter should always be set to include only those bursts that contain the same number of shots If uncertain about the number of shots per burst in a range of bursts or for all bursts send the data to a text file from the Destination group select Output to text file This fil
144. l Item This dialog can be accessed through the Curve button on the Item Data page for such Cal Items A curve can be either a polynomial value up to tenth order or an actual calibration waveform produced specifically to characterize the item Curve Specification Gain vs Frequency GHz dB dE Power Current Polynomial ff 2 9 0 2x 0 02 Accept F F E F gt gt x y a od B 6 woe o g x Cancel Figure 6 17 Cal Item Curve Configuration Polynomial Configuration Item Description Polynomial When selected activates the Polynomial curve interface The defined polynomial then is used to characterize the Cal Item during reduction DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 133 dB The polynomial can be a single value power x 0 or it can be a tenth order poly nomial To create the polynomial enter the dB value in the dB field Next select the Power x40 x10 Finally select Accept to add the current dB value to the total polynomial The Current Polynomial box displays the current polynomial definition Note if creating a value other than a first order polynomial the order of entry does not matter That is x 5 can be entered before x 2 etc The program will create the poly nomial properly f x 12 5 0 2x 0 03x42 Values may be altered simply by entering a new GB value selecting the proper Power value and selecting Accept Accept Enters the current dB
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146. lationships over a series of shots or range of num bers The shot number or any number is used as the independent x axis value and the value extracted from the column of data is the dependent y axis vari able Fom v Data Plot the selected FOM data with corresponding imported columnar data FTIR preproc Adjust cycle to cycle variation on FTIR waveforms based on a reference ess waveform Data Miner Waveform Builder Image Builder Due to their highly custom nature and limited application these features are keyed and do not appear in most systems With a few exceptions no further discussion is provided in this document Please see the online help for more information 7 4 5 3 1 Fomv Shot Custom menu FOM v Shot plots a processed waveform s FOM values to view trends and relationships over a series of shots or bursts The FOMs are Cal Item FOMs computed during data reduction in Cal Manager The shot or burst number is used as the independent x axis value and the FOM value is the dependent y axis variable The entire database the current database is searched and all matching waveform names and associated FOMs are extracted and plotted as waveforms Cursor and Process functions then may be applied to further analyze the plot DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 163 The waveform name processed waveform for a Cal Item must be in the database and the FOM name must have been computed already and stored with the processed waveform
147. lay all waveforms acquired during 2001 If No vember is selected all of November s waveforms will be displayed Likewise when a single week or day is selected all waveforms acquired during that period will be displayed DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 96 e ZAVIJAVA 127 0 0 1 C Program Files daaac40 DB junk3 mdb SEE 4 Burst Shot Comment 31 Si1R3P6C1 521 LogMag 5 3 2010 9 40 25 S1R3P6C1 521 LogMag 5 3 2010 9 4 1 S1R3P6C1 521 LogMag 5 7 2010 12 04 chO1 5 26 2010 1 38 chos 5 26 2010 1 38 choi 5 26 2010 1 38 01 5 26 2010 1 38 03 5 26 2010 1 38 04 5 26 2010 1 38 gt Show Raw Waveforms From Sat May 1 2010 up to but not including Tue Jun 1 2010 Figure 5 3 Waveform Database View 5 2 Working with Archive This section presents a series of step by step instructions to guide the user through the various Archive operations 5 2 1 Creating databases To create a database 1 From the File menu select New A standard Windows browser dialog will appear 2 Browse to the directory into which the new database should be created Enter a file name If the file name already exists you must confirm your intent to over write the existing file 4 Choose Open DAAAC will create the new database or reinitialize an existing database and open it in Archive Creation of a new database does not affect the active database or any other databases open in Archive An alternate method of database creation is
148. lect the Combine Cal ltem Type In the dialog that appears when you click Create select Multiply for the Combine control option Close the dialogs Again the reduc tion icon appears to the right of the Channel 2 icon Right click on the reduction item and select DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 39 Select Combine Operand from the popup menu Then click with the left mouse button on the Channel icon not the reduction icon A line joining the Channel icon with the bottom of the Channel 2 reduction icon appears indicating a data relationship Combine Combine NameDescription Name Chi Che Description Multiply Channel 1 and Channel 4 Options Combine Multiply Correlation None Apply curve as operand Selected curve Lancel Ar Help Figure 2 43 Combine Item Configuration Select Multiply W item Inventory List Cal ltem Types WEM Reduction Antenna Under Test Attenuator Chi a Che Multiply Channel 1 and Channel 2 Combine Inventory List Balun Cable Combine Coupler Crystal Filter Free Space Integrator Miser Multi Fort Overlay Probe Sensor t i Sensor Offset Display deleted items SPIDER 0 Retrieve ltem by Mane Create Copy Delete OK pas Et Edit Print Figure 2 44 Combine Item in the Inventory DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 40 Voss Wave Tutorial Tutonal oss utonal Woss 1 Tutonal oss Voss Wave Tutorial
149. m is released it 1s inserted in the list immediately after the item it is released on Individual instrument channels are displayed but the readout order of Networked systems all instruments within a station must be read out as a group You cannot specify an order that interleaves instruments from different stations The station level readout order can be changed by selecting a station name and dragging it to its new position channels within an instrument cannot be changed Choose Clear to restore the default readout order which is based on the instruments posi tion in the racks min to max vertical rack position and left to right rack DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 82 Read Out Order Ed Read Out Order Voss Wave Tutorial Voss Wave Tutorial Voss Wave Demo 1 G vos Image 1 Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 1 Voss Wave Demo 1 Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 2 Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 1 Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 4 Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 2 Voss Wave 3 Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 4 Voss Image 1 Voss Wave 3 Drag an instrument with the left mouse button to reorder the readout Channels cannot be reordered Figure 4 18 Read Out Order Dialog 4 4 2 2 FOM Selection Preferences menu The FOM Selection interface specifies the Figures of Merit FOMs that are to be auto matically computed and stored with newly acquired raw waveforms It also governs the order in which FOMs are displayed with the raw data in Analyze Automated FOM calculation for ma
150. me field can be adjusted The Serial Number field is for review e The Channel tab will show a list of all available data channels Channels may be se lected for data transfer or disabled from this tab e Each of the data channels can be assigned a name and description from the Channel Settings tab 4 2 Acquire Toolbar The Toolbar is displayed across the top of the Acquire window below the menu bar The toolbar provides quick mouse access to many of Acquire s functions some of which can be se lected only from the Toolbar such as GO To hide or display the Toolbar choose Toolbar from the View menu or press Alt V T DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 68 Switch to Archive Switch to Analyze Switch to Cal Manager Start the acquisition sequence Arm the system wait for triggers and do not proceed when triggered Force triggers on any devices not yet triggered Force triggers on any timing channel devices set to computer manual trigger mode Download waveforms from devices or spool files and read from trig gered instruments Stop the current acquisition Open the global system settings dialog box Display and edit the Info txt record Print the instrument settings for all active currently displayed instru ments 4 2 1 Go button Selecting the GO button on the Toolbar begins an automatic data acquisition sequence All uninitialized instruments are initialized the instruments are armed and DAAAC
151. ment drivers that are available on your DAAAC system depend on the system keys you have installed Once DAAAC is configured properly station and instruments are configured and cali bration lines are set up the automated data acquisition sequence begins when Acquire s a but ton is pressed Instruments are initialized then armed Once the instruments trigger Acquire reads the data then sends it to Analyze for display and printing to CalMan for automatic reduc tion and to the database for archival DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 55 DAAAC 4 0 soc al shot 1922 me bieal eral Figure 4 1 Typical Acquire Configuration 4 1 1 Acquire s Rack Acquire s acquisition rack display contains instrumentation used during acquisition and represents the real acquisition station s layout Instruments can be placed in columns and rows and later moved removed or copied so that they replicate the positions of the actual test instru mentation Acquires racks can be modified by using the Rack menu which is accessed by clicking on an instrument with the right mouse button For more information about the Rack menu refer to Section 4 4 9 The states of the instruments in the rack are designated by the color of the instrument as seen in the figure Refer to Table 1 for a description of each state by color 4 1 2 Adding an Instrument Adding an instrument to a position in a rack is a matter of selecting the instrument by serial number
152. ment in the graph 6 2 4 Channels and Cal Lines 6 2 4 1 Inserting channels Channels mark the beginning of the Cal Line They are placed to the right of the instru ments from which they extend An acquisition line must begin with an instrument s channel To insert a channel 1 Either e Right click the instrument from which the Channel and Cal Line should extend and choose Insert channel or e Graph Select the Lines menu The Cal Lines dialog will appear See Figure 6 11 2 Double click the instrument to open its list of channels then double click the desired channel The New Cal Line dialog will appear 3 Enter an optional description then choose OK The channel s Reduction page will ap pear 4 Modify the settings as necessary then choose OK If desired continue selecting channels to add from the Cal Lines dialog by repeating steps 2 through 4 6 Choose Finished The new channels will be added to the graph Once an instrument and its first channel are inserted into the graph subsequent channels for this instrument are inserted the same way Shortcuts Toolbar El 6 2 4 1 1 Channel Reduction page The Channel Reduction page configures the reduction settings for channels It will be ac tivated automatically when a new channel is created and can be accessed at any time by double clicking on a channel node DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 121 31R1P1C1 ltem Data Reduction Output waveforms z W D
153. menu 47 networking 106 communications 79 selecting servers 105 new databases 97 102 next page 167 O ODBC 10 data sources 105 opening databases 98 103 images 153 156 waveforms 149 153 options display 154 display and print 119 157 Options dialog 103 printing 154 overlays 162 waveforms 151 154 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Overviews Acquire 55 Analyze 147 Archive 94 Cal Items 115 Cal Lines 108 Cal Manager 108 data reduction 111 graphs 108 NetCom 169 P Paste 157 Paste Settings 89 90 polling instruments 70 76 polynomials 112 133 pre start cleanup 104 Previous Page 167 printing barcodes 118 Cal Item inventory 135 Cal Lines 141 channels 141 configurations 80 graphs 118 141 images 154 options 157 Print 85 155 print setup 81 reduced waveforms 131 Timing Channels 80 Timing Grid 86 waveform measurements 161 waveforms 152 154 155 processed FOMs 157 pulse waveforms 150 R racks 55 configuring 89 menu 56 Rack menu 89 177 scaling 82 ramp waveforms 150 reading data 71 Read Settings 89 Readout Order 82 Recover Waveforms 48 rectify inventory 104 reduction 55 automatic 70 71 145 Cable Cal 163 Cal Item Reduction page 130 calibration waveforms 133 Channel Reduction page 121 Curve dialog 133 during acquisition 111 FOMSs page 131 Global Reduction Optio
154. minate at the bottoms of the nodes and are drawn using a dotted pen Figure 6 5 rgl42 5 overlay Figure 6 5 Overlay node 6 1 5 Inventory Cal Items Cal Item nodes are the graphical representations of signal line components Each compo nent or component group in the real acquisition line should be represented in CalMan s graph and the Cal Item should accurately characterize the real component All Cal Items are invento ried and therefore must be created configured and added to the database before they can be used in the graph DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 115 Cal Items are created with the main Inventory List that is available from the Inventory menu See Section 6 2 5 for more information For systems with strict Inventory Control each Cal Item s configuration dialog has at least two pages the Inventory Data page and the Item Data page The Inventory Data page is the same for all Cal Items and contains mandatory fields that uniquely identify each item CalMan will not allow duplicate information in these key fields Attenuator 70dB 001 x Inventory Data kerri Data Reduction Serial wns Manufacturer Bath Model A Property ID a Barcode 20dB 001 File jute s s sSSSCS S i Cancel Apply Help Figure 6 6 Sample Cal Item Configuration Dialog Attenuator For systems without strict inventory control only the Item Data page is displayed when Cal Items are created The Item Data page contai
155. mmand after viewing the description move the pointer off the toolbar before releasing the mouse button During some multi step operations and automatic sequences the status bar will also provide in structions or sequence information In some cases the status bar is the only indication of a pro gram action that is occurring 3 3 Menu While each DAAAC module contains a unique set of functionality many operations are common to all modules or fall into common categories The menu structure is therefore similar in all DAAAC modules with the following layout Menu Description File File functions open close save and printing Tasks Task switching between DAAAC modules Edit Cut Copy Paste and Undo operations Preferences Default settings and display layout preferences DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 44 Module Specific Variable number of module specific menus Tools High level operations that are specific to each module Data View Interfaces to view the specific data objects supported by the module Window Functions to arrange the module specific data windows Help On line help tutorial about box The common items under each of these menus are discussed in the following subsections Module specific menu items are discussed in the sections for those modules 3 3 1 Task Menu Item The Tasks menu switches from one DAAAC module to another If the requested module is not active DAAAC will start and switch to it The same funct
156. module moves through the acquisition stages the instruments change color to indicate the current acquisition action Figure 2 19 is copied here to illustrate the process DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 64 Figure 4 9 Acquisition Sequence in the Acquire Module Color coding is defined in Table 2 Table 2 Acquire Module State Color Coding Inst Color State Meaning Light blue Idle Instrument is not in use Purple Active in use Instrument is active and communicating with DAAAC Dark Blue Not available Instrument is active but not communicating with DAAAC Yellow Initialized Instrument is active and has been initialized by DAAAC Light Green Armed Instrument is armed and ready for trigger Dark Green Triggered Instrument has triggered and waiting to download data Orange Read Out Instrument is downloading data Red Error An error has occurred while communicating 4 1 3 3 Manual Data Acquisition The process of manually acquiring data flows in much the same manner as the automatic process with the same decision points The most significant difference is that user intervention is required at several points In particular e The process starts by clicking Sai instead of a on the toolbar e The program proceeds automatically through triggering UE may be clicked to force any instruments that do not trigger in response to the Arm command to trigger e Once all instruments have triggered must be clicked to recover and store data and pas
157. more instructions 6 2 4 2 1 Cal Lines dialog The Cal Lines dialog lists all available instruments and channels for the current station A check mark beside the channel indicates that it is already selected and displayed in Cal Man ager s graph Only those channels that have not been selected are available The dialog is opened by selecting the instrument in the graph right clicking and selecting Insert channel from the popup menu An alternative is to go to the menu Graph Lines option Cal Lines Double click on a channel to create a new cal line L Yoss Wave Tutorial _ Voss Wave Demo 1 Tutorial Woss Wave Ch 1 Tutorial Woss Wave Ch 2 Tutorial ozs Wave Ch d Tutorial Woss Wave Ch 4 _ Voss Image 1 351A1P2C1 Figure 6 11 Cal Lines Dialog DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 125 Channels are selected for insertion into the graph by double clicking them The New Cal Line dialog will appear for entering appropriate information Channels are always placed in the graph beside and under their corresponding instrument If necessary an instrument node is automatically created when a channel is selected Hew Cal Line Voss Wave Demo 1 Hame channel Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 3 Description Demonstrate the addition of a new cal line to the graph Figure 6 12 Cal Line Configuration Dialog 6 2 4 3 Deleting channels To delete a channel 1 In Cal Manager s graph activate the channel with the right mouse button t
158. n Administrative settings Test Name Test Description Voss Wave Demo Test Une Demonstration Test for the Dy Acquisition Description Use Remote Shot Number Nest Shot Number Auto Export 1 Path Auto Export Log Auto Export 2 Path Auto Export Log Auto Print Log Beep when armed Log Page s Enable Post Burst Processing Ok Cancel Help Figure 2 17 Global Setting Dialog with Test Added and Selected 2 3 2 8 Acquisition Sequence Before proceeding with the tutorial example this section will present a brief overview of the automatic acquisition process as shown in Figure 2 18 A more detailed description will be found in section 4 1 3 That section will also detail the manual acquisition process and various other acquisition modes Once the Acquire module has been populated with configured instruments and the mod ule is able to locate at least one of those instruments automatic acquisition begins by pressing a on the Acquire tool bar The first thing that will happen is that Acquire will present a dialog in which the test is configured This is not shown in Figure 2 18 but is discussed in Section 2 3 3 6 Once a Test is designated Acquire initializes and arms all active instruments It the re peatedly polls the instruments until all are triggered or until a timeout occurs When either event occurs Acquire gathers data from all triggered instruments The data is then passed to Ne
159. n Options Map Details of the dialog are found in Appendix B Section 2 3 5 Making this selection toggles between showing and hiding the toolbar Making this selection toggles between showing and hiding the status bar Making this selection toggles between showing larger or smaller icons on the tool bar 6 5 5 Inventory menu The Inventory menu contains commands that activate inventory list dialogs Inventory List Drag and Drop Inventory List Activates the main inventory list which creates edits deletes and prints Cal Items Also the Inventory List can be activated from the graph and used for insertion items into the graph right click a Cal Item to activate the popup menu and select the direction of insertion left or right See section 6 2 5 lor Appendix B Section 2 3 6 Activates a dialog for inserting Cal Items into the graph by dragging the item from the list onto the graph This is more efficient than the standard Inventory List when the Cal Items are already created and many Cal Items are to be added at a time to the graph See section 6 2 5 4 lor Appendix B Section 2 3 7 6 5 6 Graph menu The Graph menu contains commands that control the stations and the Cal lines within each station Stations The Stations menu activates the Stations dialog for creating loading and selecting a station graph Select Stations opens the Stations dialog to select a station and begin a graph To open or change a station simply select
160. n be repositioned with their attached channels and Cal Lines by using either the keyboard or mouse To move an instrument with the keyboard 1 Select the instrument to be moved by clicking it with the mouse or scrolling with the keyboard arrow keys 2 Press Control C The instrument will be highlighted to indicate that it is marked to be moved 3 Select any other instrument and press Control V to place the instrument below the second instrument or press Control A to place the instrument above the second instrument To move an instrument with the mouse 1 With the left mouse button click on the instrument to be moved and drag it to the new position within the instrument column The graph will scroll if needed 2 Release the left mouse button Moving instruments does not break any Splitter or Combine links that may exist between Cal Items attached to the moved instrument and others DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 120 6 2 3 3 Deleting instruments When an instrument 1s deleted its channels are removed and the Cal Items attached to each channel are removed and returned to the Inventory List Deleting an instrument in CalMan does not affect the instrument in Acquire To delete an instrument 1 Right click the instrument to display the pop up menu 2 Select Delete this instrument A confirmation dialog will appear before the instrument is deleted 3 Choose OK to delete the instrument or Cancel to leave the instru
161. n is dis played under the switch node and the active port s connecting edge is displayed with a solid line while all other port edges are displayed with a dashed line Switch multi port items have individual characterization curves for each port so each port is numbered An available port number must be selected whenever a node is attached to the switch multi port s multiple port side The port number is then displayed in the graph near each node that connects to the switch multi port The port numbers are not shown near the multi port node because the diagram is already crowded at that node DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 114 3 PNL 3 t EIN SIRSP5C3 10dB swite 10 rg 58 3dB os Dia lt rgl42 5 225ft I 9 Sf ES S S ON S gt SIRSP5C4 40d6 3dB 30dB away switch cable6 40 703 Pos3 tds2024 SIR6P3C1 a a splitter2 SIREP3C2 10d8 2 SIREP3C3 ae SIR6P3C4 Fild2 Figure 6 4 Switches and multi port splitter nodes 6 1 4 1 4 Combine and Overlay This is a group of soft items that are initially added to the graph like any other single input single output node Once added in the normal manner the user can select outputs from any other node as combine overlay reduction operands To specify an operand choose Select Combine Overlay Operand from the combine overlay node s right click menu then click on the operand node Directional connecting edges from operand node to combine overlay node origi nate and ter
162. ncnnn 59 Figure 4 6 Double Click to Open Configuration Dialog oooonnnncnnnncnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnonnnoos 60 Figure 4 7 Voss Wave Main and Channel Dialog Tabs ccccccnonnonccananonncnnnncnnnnnnnnnononoss 61 Figure 4 8 Automatic Acquisition Flow DiagraM ooooooonnncnnnnnnnnononocnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnos 64 Figure 4 9 Acquisition Sequence in the Acquire Module occccccccnccncnnnnnnnnnnnnononocnccnnnncnnos 65 Table 2 Acquire Module State Color COAINZ oocccccccccnonnooncnnnnnnnonononannnnnnnnonononnnannnccnnnnnnnnnnos 65 Figure 4 10 Manual Data Acquisition Flow Chatt ooooonnnnnnccncnoncncnnnononnnnonnnncnnnnnccnnnnncnnnonons 66 Figure 4 11 Demo Instrument Configuration Main Page Tektronix 2440 Digitizer 67 Fisure 4 12 Tektrontc2440 Channel Pare a 68 Figure 4 13 Global Settings Dialog General Tab ooonnnnnnncccnnononnnnnnnnonononononnncnnnnnnnnnnnos 73 Figure 4 14 Global Settings Dialog Processing Tab occcccnnnnoonnnnnnnnnnnnnnononocnncnnnnnnnnnnnos 74 Figure 4 15 Global Settings Dialog Acquisition Page occcccccnnonnnnncnnnnnnononononnnnnnnnnononnnnos 75 Figure 4 16 Global Settings Dialog Administrative Settings Tab cece 78 Figure 4 17 Named Configuration toolbar ccccccececcccccccecceeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeaaaaaas 80 Froure 4 13 Read Out Order Dial a euriaad a deaetariee eon eds 83 Figure 4 19 Instrument
163. ng functions Item Description Cascade Arranges windows in an overlapped fashion Tile Arranges windows in non overlapped tiles Arrange Icons Arranges icons of closed windows 4 4 8 Help menu The Help menu offers the following commands Item Description Help Topics Offers an index to help topics Tutorial Activates DAAAC s Tutorial About Displays general information about the DAAAC installation and the current con figuration License Agreement View the DAAAC system End User License Agreement EULA 4 4 9 Rack menu The Rack pop up menu is activated by clicking with the right mouse button inside Ac quire s rack display It contains functions for adding or modifying instruments in the racks and for moving and copying instruments and settings When activated in an empty rack slot the single available menu item is Add instrument When activated on an instrument within the rack the Delete Copy Settings Paste Settings Save Settings and Read Settings instrument commands are available You also can use the mouse s right button to drag an instrument from one location to an other When the button is released on an empty slot the Rack menu offers Move and Cancel Delete Active Idle Copy Settings Save Settings Read Settings Figure 4 21 Rack Right Click Menu Right click menu items Item Description Add Adds an instrument at the selected rack location Delete Deletes the selected instrument DAAAC 4 0
164. ng the Cancel button will undo all operations applied while the dialog was open Appendix B Section 2 4 9 Shortcut aj lt F5 gt Cursors Toggles Cursors operations for the detailed examination of the waveform Combine Combines waveforms by applying various math operations See Appendix B 2 4 10 for details Create contour Generates a contour waveform based on the z values in the active image Image plot Only Visualize Image data only Overlay Overlays two or more selected waveforms into a single window Waveform Only DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 158 Overlay all Overlays all displayed waveform data Waveform Only Extract Extracts a single waveform from an Overlay and places its data in a new window Off line Reduc Off line Reduction performs data reduction from previously acquired raw wave tion form data the raw waveform contains configuration data in addition to the wave form data that is displayed One or more raw waveforms instrument channels can be selected at a time The reduction is always performed using the current settings in Cal Manager and the data is displayed printed using the Acquisition settings in Analyze see pages 111 and 166 To reduce data with historic reduction settings first restore the appropriate configuration by right clicking on the waveform and selecting Restore Historic Configuration from the pop up menu Reduce Processed Reduce processed data using the signal line information from an instr
165. ns 99 waveforms 99 150 Corrected Output waveforms 131 Create DAAAC Database dialog 97 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Create New Test dialog 74 creating Cal Items 127 128 databases 97 102 tests 73 waveforms 150 cursors 154 cursor operations 159 Measurement Selection dialog 160 curves 112 Curve dialog 133 custom Custom menu 163 plots 163 Cut 157 D data configuration 147 copying 99 migration 104 reading 71 single point 76 spooling 71 72 databases changing 98 105 creating 97 102 Database page 104 Database View 95 106 default 105 initializing 105 opening 98 103 SQL 104 dB 134 loss 111 default databases 105 defaults Item Reduction dialog 143 deleting Cal Items 127 139 channels 126 images 47 instruments 121 stations 100 174 tests 100 waveform points 162 waveforms 47 description of acquisition 73 displaying Display Edit Info txt dialog 79 Drag and Drop Inventory List 136 DXF files 119 141 E Edit menu 142 156 editing Cal Items 127 138 graphs 118 Info txt 79 waveforms 159 Empty Trash 48 Exit Acquire 81 Analyze 156 Archive 102 Cal Manager 141 exporting automatic 84 data files 166 DXF graphs 141 graphs 119 F Fast Arm 166 Figures of Merit 111 157 See also FOMs File menu Acquire 81 83 87 88 Analyze 154 Cal Manager 141 files logs 78 Flush Spo
166. ns Map 144 Item Defaults dialog 143 polynomials 133 printing waveforms 131 repeat acquisition 77 repetitive mode 76 Rescale Racks 82 restore Historic Configurations 48 Named Configurations 81 retrieving images 47 retrieving waveforms 47 S saving images 153 154 Named Configurations 81 Settings 89 waveforms 153 154 searching Global Reduction Options Map 145 Info txt 80 selecting data sources 105 data types 48 networked server 105 stations 141 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual sensors 111 settings Acquisition page 75 Cal Lines 48 channels 66 instruments 66 67 69 timeout 70 wide and narrowband 123 shots number to acquire 77 per burst 71 78 records 79 single point data 76 shot mode 75 76 splitters 111 spooling data 72 flushing 87 Spool Files 72 waveforms 71 starting acquisition 69 stations deleting 100 printing configurations 80 selecting 141 Statistics waveform 159 status bars 44 Archive 102 Cal Manager 141 stopping Stop button 70 75 Store 81 Named Configurations 81 SysInfo 48 T Tasks menu 45 103 Tektronix instruments 75 tests 96 creating 73 74 deleting 100 178 text entry 79 Tile 89 106 154 168 time base settings 66 80 time delay 86 timing Timing Grid dialog 85 triggers 69 71 toolbars 44 Acquire 68 80 Analyze 153 Archive
167. ns ap ply to the active waveform Some operations such as Combine cannot be performed on overlay waveforms Overlay All automatically creates a single plot that overlays all waveforms in Analysis No user selection is necessary Shortcuts Toolbar Keys F8 Shift F8 overlay all DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 162 7 4 5 3 Custom menu Analysis menu The Custom submenu of the Analysis menu provides the following specialized analysis functions Item Description Velocity The Velocity Plot Generation dialog plots velocity versus time given pin clo sures versus time The input waveform is assumed to be a series of pins versus time where each pin is represented by a voltage spike Level History ee Cable Cal activates a dialog that facilitates the creation of a waveform for use as cable characterization curve with CalMan s data reduction operations Sev eral common cable types are supported When OK is selected the waveform is created however it is only displayed To store the waveform in the current database select File Store Active If this procedure is not followed the waveform will not be saved in the database and will not be available to other modules Modulation Stats Modulation Stats is not available in this version of DAAAC FOM v Shot Plot the selected FOM data ordered by shot number Data v Shot The Data v Shot dialog applies analysis routines that plot imported tabular text data to show trends and re
168. ns characterization information specific to each Cal Item type as well as the item Name and Description fields The Name field is the key field and it must be unique For inventory controlled systems the Item Data page is always the second page after the Inventory Data page Strict inventory control is not a user selectable option and is not a standard DAAAC deliv ery configuration ES Cal Item data is specific to each item type Many parameters are for bookkeeping purposes only These do not affect the item processing CalMan will alert the user if any required data has not been supplied For example Multi Port Cal Items require information about how many ports they support and Cable Cal Items require a length to be entered If data reduction is supported a third page will appear for reduction configuration but only after the item has been added to the graph The Reduction page is not displayed during item crea tion or when accessed through the main inventory list The Reduction page is the same for most Cal Item types Items that have more than one output waveform type Mixers FROG etc allow specification of reduction options for each output object Cal Item inventory data may not be changed but most item data properties may be changed after the item is created For example the cable s type and length can be altered and DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 116 the integrator s type time constant and delay may change For all Cal Items
169. nsitive and match substrings Note that Figure of Merit FOM parameters will not match unless the waveforms in the database had the appropri ate FOMs computed before they were stored see Appendix C Figures of Merit FOMs DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual AQ Search Criteria Normal Parameter Search Criteria a ANNE roam Cow ment Ceme IN xen ce ANNE yam ceo INN 1 2 3 3 E T z 3 i A E E E A MON A Bm e yl Figure 3 3 Waveform Search Dialog Parameter Lists all parameters that can be included in the search More than one parame ter may be checked The available parameters are different for raw and proc essed data Search Criteria The search string for the corresponding parameter field Character data entered into this field is not case sensitive Save Stores the current search criteria to a text file Load Loads the search criteria from a file Reset Clears all selected parameters and search criteria Check the parameter to search then enter the search string into the Search Criteria field More than one field may be searched at a time by checking each parameter that applies to your search criteria multiple search fields are applied using the logical AND operator 1 e returned data will meet all selected criteria The search is not case sensitive and any matching sub strings are returned For example to find all waveforms from Station 1 Rack 1 regardless of Position or Channel such
170. nstallation File Structure presents a tree structure of the files added when DAAAC is in stalled Open the laboratory notebook interface This feature allows arbitrary length text to be associated with the system configuration The text entries are in dexed by user and a given user may view but not edit another user s entries The option is discussed in detail in 3 7 and Appendix B Section 2 1 13 87 Truncate Error Log Delete the contents of the current error log Truncate IO Log Delete the contents of the current IO log Post Process Activate custom post processing operations This is an optional feature and may not be present Change Station Address 4 4 5 1 Gang Calibrate All Tools menu Gang Calibrate calibrates all selected available and active instruments that support internal calibra tion The dialog See Appendix B Section 2 1 11 list represents all instruments in the current configura tion that can be calibrated internally Any checked instruments of the indicated type will be calibrated in parallel when Start Cal is selected When the calibration is done a summary dialog is presented showing the results of the calibration Networked Systems Only the current Test Director may perform ganged calibrations on a remote sta tion s instruments 4 4 6 Data View menu Acquire s Data View menu contains the following commands Item Description View Error Log Display the contents of the error log file in a text
171. nted by a Cal Item A large number of Cal Items are available Several specific Cal Items are referred to in Chapter 6 as examples and a detailed discussion of Operations and parameters that apply to Cal Items in general is provided How ever details of specific Cal Items are reserved for Appendix E e Chapter 7 Analyze Raw and Processed data is shown in this module after data capture by Acquire and processing by CalMan Existing data may also be re called from the database or imported into DAAAC Once displayed in Anaylze the data can be examined using tools that apply directly to the data presentation These include such mechanisms as cursors combining data into single plots sub sampling data or computing Figures of Merit FOMs e Chapter 8 NetCom A very brief description of the NetCom program is pre sented The NetCom module is the mechanism that coordinates actions between the other modules DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 8 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual DRAFT 9 1 7 Appendices A companion document to this manual contains the appendices The appendices provide reference information that is ancillary to the manual The also provide program detail that is beyond the scope of the manual The appendices are e Appendix A Database Organization This is a single image that details the various tables in the database and their relationship to each other e Appendix B DAAAC Dialogs This section presents a detailed des
172. nually processed waveforms is specified in the Analyze module Section 7 4 4 1 Automated FOM calculation for reduced waveforms is specified in the CalMan module Section 6 2 9 23 1 To select a FOM for computation and display check the FOM name Those that are not checked will not be computed To change the display order select the FOM name with either mouse button and drag it to the desired location in the list If a FOM is not computed you cannot use it as search criteria when retrieving waveforms Additional FOMs can be computed and stored with existing waveforms at any time using the Properties interface in the Analyze module Appendix B Section 2 4 4 See Appendix B Section 2 1 4 for a description of the FOM selection dialog See Appen dix C Figures of Merit FOMs for a detailed discussion of all FOMS 4 4 3 Station Config menu Acquire s Station Config menu contains the following commands Item Description Add Station Networked Systems opens the display for a remote acquisition station Display must be opened to control a remote station The option is grayed in Stand Alone installations DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 83 Instrument Inven tory Delete Instrument Instrument Set tings Timing Settings Adds a new instrument to the inventory list the list of available acquisition hard ware Does not add the instrument to the rack Removes instruments from the inventory list Note Only available in systems
173. o 0 Waveforms 0 Ho Limit Cancel Figure 7 2 Select Waveforms Dialog 2 Select either a Station or Test from the directory in the left pane The available wave forms and images will be displayed in the right pane By default this data will be displayed in order of time and date however it also can be sorted by Burst Shot Name Description or other category by selecting the column heading with the mouse 3 Select the desired waveforms in the right pane Use Shift to select a contiguous se ries of waveforms or Ctrl to select a discontinuous series 4 Select the option to retrieve any associated raw or processed waveforms if these are desired 5 Choose OK DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 149 Shortcuts Toolbar ey 7 2 3 Combining waveforms or images to retrieve raw waveforms and images to retrieve processed data To combine waveforms displayed in Analyze 1 Activate the first waveform by clicking on it 2 Open the Combine Waveforms dialog by selecting the toolbar button pressing F7 or choosing Combine from the Analysis menu 3 Select a function The title of the first waveform will change to Selected Click the second waveform or multiple waveforms for the Average operation If applying the Average operation click outside a waveform e g on the Analyze ti tle bar to end selection 6 The result of the math operation will either replace the contents of the active window or if
174. o display its menu 2 Select Delete this item A confirmation dialog will appear Choose OK to delete the channel or Cancel to leave it in the graph An alternate method is to select the channel so that it 1s active then press Delete When a channel is deleted all Cal Items for the deleted Cal Line are removed from the graph and returned to the inventory When the last or only channel under an instrument is de leted the instrument node also will be removed 6 2 4 4 Copying Cal Lines To copy a Cal Line 1 Click on the left most Cal Item in the Cal Line segment to be copied It should be the Cal Item that marks the beginning of the Cal Line segment This does not have to be the first Cal Item on the line and it cannot be an instrument or a channel node 2 Press Ctrl C to copy the Cal Line segment to your computer s Clipboard Click on the Cal Item to the left of where the Cal Line segment should be copied Press Ctrl V to insert the Cal Line segment The copied Cal Line segment will appear in the destination Cal Line If the copied Cal Line contains Multi Port Cal Items such as Adders then all lines attached to it will be copied as well When copying Splitters the outputs that branch to other lines will be disabled but the first output to the left will be enabled and set to Port 1 automatically DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 126 6 2 5 Cal ltems 6 2 5 1 Inventory List dialog The Inventory List dialog creates edi
175. ol 87 FOMs 111 132 163 configuring 131 displaying 83 Fom v Shot 163 page 131 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Processed FOMs 157 selecting 83 Force Triggers 70 G General page 72 74 Get Data Specification dialog 72 Waveforms 70 71 getting started Acquire 74 Analyze 148 Archive 97 Cal Manager 117 Global Reduction Options Map 144 145 Global Settings 71 72 Acquisition page 75 Administrative page 78 General page 72 74 GO button 55 69 71 GPIB addresses 66 interface dialog 91 graphs editing 118 exporting DXF 119 printing 118 141 H Help context sensitive 47 topics 45 89 107 168 Help menu 45 Acquire 89 Analyze 168 Archive 107 I image settings 125 images copying 154 deleting 47 175 DXF export 119 opening 153 156 printing 154 retrieving 47 saving 153 154 importing waveforms 134 Info txt displaying 79 editing 79 opening 79 Search dialog 80 Select dialog 79 initializing instruments 75 initializing databases 105 inserting Cal Items 127 136 Cal Lines 125 141 channels 121 instruments 120 instruments adding to graphs 120 adding to inventory 90 adding to racks 55 89 92 arming 70 burst capacity 77 calibrating 88 Common Settings dialog 84 configuring 89 control dialogs 66 deleting 121 dialog 90 Get Data Specification dialog 72 initializin
176. ol Creation Date 10 20 2006 11 43 41 4M 10 20 2006 11 29 23 Text that is added and or updated here is stored back to the database Test can be reviewed by anyone but only edited by the initial user The date and time can be automatically added lnsert gt D ate ime or lt F 52 10202006 11 31 18 The date can be automatically added Inzert gt Date Only or lt Ctr F5 gt 10 20 2006 The time can be automatically added Ingert gt Time Only or lt Shtt FSe 1103243 Text can be added in Bold Font gt Bold or lt Ctrl B gt Marco Farias or Underlined Font Underline or Ch U gt subscript Font gt Subscript or lt Ctrl s gt 01 superscript Font gt Superscript or lt Ctrl F gt ya mad ey PESE Text can algo be added in Blue Font gt Color gt Blue or lt Ctrl L gt Red Font gt Color Red or Ctrl D gt Green Font gt Color gt Green or Chl G gt or velo Fonts Colo elow ors Ct PWS Fonts Colors Black or Ctrl Kp restores the normal black text color Export OF Pririt Cancel e Figure 3 5 Document Editing View Once the document is edited it can be exported to text Rich Text or Excel formats Clicking Export opens a standard Windows file browser dialog to navigate to a folder assign a file name and choose a file type The Print button opens the standard Windows print configuration dialog Once OK is pressed the Notebook feature opens an additional dialog that allows output to be adjusted for left
177. ommands some of which are available only when data is open while others are available only when no data is open Item Description New Waveform New Wavform activates the New Waveform dialog used to create a custom waveform This dialog is also displayed as a property page in the Process Data dialog See Section 7 2 5 for details Retrieve gt Raw Retrieves raw waveform data from the database for display and processing in Analyze DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 154 Retrieve gt Processed Store gt Active Store gt All Import Waveform Open Image Import Image Export Screen Capture TW AIN gt Acquire TWAIN gt Select Close Properties Print Print All Retrieves processed waveform data from the database for display and process ing in Analyze Stores a copy of the currently active waveform in the database If the wave form already exists it is NOT replaced but a second copy is created and stored Stores all displayed waveforms in the database as processed waveforms If the waveforms already exist they are NOT replaced but stored in the database as copies Imports a waveform from an external file Opens and displays an external file that contains data in a standard image for mat e g TIFF Windows Bitmap JPEG Open a standard windows browser to navigate to an image to be imported into Analyze Files of type ASCII Z List txt ASCH Z Array txt Sensors Unlimited Binary 1mg Imagin
178. on the toolbar displays the Named Configuration dialog box Appendix B Section 2 1 1 which is used to manage the named configuration list S TI l Figure 4 17 Named Configuration toolbar 4 4 Acquire menus This section presents the menus left to right and the items accessed by them All menu items are presented in tables Where the table discussion is sufficient there is no further discus sion Where more detail needs to be provided the items are specified immediately below the table Some menu items will open dialogs If the dialog is sufficiently simple it will not be shown in the document DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 80 4 4 1 File menu Acquire s File menu offers the following commands Item Print Setup Print System Con figuration Print Timing Con figuration Export System Configuration Export Timing Configuration Store Named Con figuration Restore Named Configuration Exit 4 4 1 1 Description Select a printer and printer connection Print the essential configuration of all digitizers in the system Includes digitizing rate channel coupling trigger settings address information etc Print the essential configuration of all timing channels modes address information etc Includes delays trigger Export to Excel compatible csv file the essential configuration of all digitizers in the system Includes digitizing rate channel coupling trigger settings address in formation
179. onnec tion of a node to the multi out s output side requires user selection of an available reduction out put A label identifying the selected reduction output is displayed next to the connected node Figure 6 3 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 113 G SIREP 4C branch Figure 6 3 Image divider node with four reduction outputs 6 1 4 1 3 Coax switches and multi port adder splitter These items are hardware components that have a single port on one side multiple ports on the other side and can be oriented with their multiple port sides towards the instrument or to wards the sensor A multi port item that splits one signal from a sensor into multiple outputs is called a splitter A multi port item that combines multiple sensor signals into a single output is called an adder If the switch or multi port has multiple inputs ports on the sensor side parallel sub lines are constructed to indicate the components connected to each port All sublines are located be low the main line in the order constructed see the switch in the first row of Figure 6 4 If the switch multi port item is added with multiple outputs ports on the instrument side one of its outputs is on the same line as the switch multiport item and all other outputs are connected via graph edges to other signal lines see the switch in the third row of Figure 6 4 Switches select a single input or output port to be connected at any given time The current switch positio
180. oolbar 4 2 6 Get Waveforms Get Waveforms manually downloads data from either spooled file data or all active in struments If Show this dialog on Go is checked from the Administrative Settings page of the Global Data dialog the Global Settings dialog will be activated so that acquisition parameters can be set When settings are entered and OK is selected the Get Data Specification dialog de scribed below is activated so that you can choose to download files from the spool directory or directly from the instruments The data is then downloaded when OK 1s selected This function is normally used when DAAAC has detected triggering but the data has failed to download from the instruments This occurs when an acquisition sequence is started with the Arm button or certain errors occur in the hardware When Get Waveforms is selected the data is read into Acquire and transmitted to Analyze However automatic data reduction is not performed even if selected This differs from starting an acquisition sequence with the GO button which enables automatic data reduction if selected An example use of this function is when data should be read from an instrument that was not part of an acquisition sequence The instrument may have data from another source and is connected to the DAAAC computer and added to Acquire rack When Get Waveforms is se lected all data are read from the instrument into Acquire Initialize on OK should be unchecked in the Ac
181. or acquisition DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 60 Voss Wave 3 Wave Main Settings Channel Settings Utility Identification Mame voss Wave j Serial Number f 1 Instrument Timeb ase Record Length 1000 C Soft Only Sampling Interval 10 nz E e gt 100 MS s Time Window 10 pg Cancel Apply Help ES Voss Wave 3 Wave Main Settings Channel Settings Utility Chan 8 to edit N Name 5181P2C Description Full Scale Range Vertical Offset Percent j r f Volts W Enable Options AUto Processing Enable Cancel Apply Help Figure 4 7 Voss Wave Main and Channel Dialog Tabs DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 4 1 3 Acquisition Sequencing Section 2 3 2 8 presented a basic description of an automatic acquisition sequence That description was not only overly simplified it also focused on a single acquisition mode There are a number of acquisition modes including Automatic Manual Single Shot Repetitive Single Shot Burst Repetitive Burst Live Video Push Button Acquisition The first two options automatic and manual acquisition form the basic distinction with the other options acting as subcategories under these two One option live Video is not techni cally an acquisition at all When it is selected an image is repeatedly captured and displayed but not processed or stored to the database This section describes both the automatic and manual a
182. ore data reduction information Not all nodes on the graph represent Cal Items The first three columns in the graph contain nodes that represent the Station Instruments in the Station and Channels in the Instruments respectively e Edge lines that represent the connections between nodes e Cal Line A linear collection of cal item nodes originating at a channel node and con nected by edges Data collected by the channel is processed at each node as it is moved to the right along the cal line While several connection restrictions and special cases exist hard and soft items nodes are largely treated in the same manner 1 e not segregated in the inventory list no display characteristics to distinguish them in the graph etc DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 110 e Graph the complete collection of nodes and edges 6 1 2 CalMan s role in acquisition During the acquisition sequence CalMan s primary function is to compute data reduction for each acquisition line and for all Cal Items attached to those lines To perform an on line automated reduction CalMan should be running and configured before acquisition begins See Section 6 2 1 for information about configuring the system Auto Reduce Data Global Settings Acquisition must be selected in Acquire for reduction to be performed as part of the acquisition sequence See Section 4 2 7 for more information During acquisition Acquire spools the newly collected data to disk file
183. ory control as well as selects the calibration da tabase See Appendix B Section 2 2 12 for details ES 105 Standalone Selects standalone or networked modes This disables networking and the entire acquisition system is expected to reside on the current computer 5 4 7 Data View Menu Archive s Data View menu provides utilities for examining database records and selecting viewing modes Item Database View Configuration View Waveform View Table Info Raw Waveforms Processed Wave forms Error Log State Log NetCom Log Data Migration Log Registry Settings Description Switches the selected database window to Database view mode which displays Stations and Tests in the database Switches the selected database window to Configuration view mode which dis plays Named Configurations in the database Switches the selected database window to Waveform view mode which displays Wavetorms and Images in the database The Table Info option opens a dialog that lists the various database tables alpha betically For each of the tables the number of entries held by the currently ac tive database is listed See Appendix B Section 2 2 13 Activates the Select Raw Waveforms dialog for viewing listings of the raw data in the active database See 3 4 for a general discussion Activates the Select Processed Waveforms dialog for viewing listings of the processed data in the active database See 3 4 for a
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185. oss Wave Ch 4 Description Fourth Channel in the Voss Wave Tutorial Full Scale Range Vertical Offset Channel 4 Percent JS e ols Options Cancel Help Figure 2 13 Voss Wave Channel Dialog In all drivers that produce data the Channel Settings dialog is used to name each channel provide an optional description for each and determine which channels are to be captured Addi tional controls depend on the driver In the example of Figure 2 12 Channel 3 is not to be cap tured Each channel has been assigned a name and description and has been given a voltage range over which to produce data Other controls have been left as default DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 19 Voss Wave Demo 1 Wave Main Settings Channel Settings Utility Save Mamed Settings Read Named Settings OF Lancel Help Figure 2 14 Voss Wave Utility Dialog The Utility dialog tab is common to all drivers Itis used to save the current configura tion to a file from which 1t may be recalled to configure other identical instruments The current configuration may also be set as the default Occasionally this dialog will vary slightly between instruments Once the configuration is set and reviewed click OK to return to the Acquire win dow 2 3 2 Add Test In order to run an acquisition or shot the acquisition must be associated with a test A test is created and or selected as a part of acquisition configuration Th
186. other things the user can select whether each node s data is displayed printed or archived It is important to note that if reduction is turned on for a particular channel all nodes in the corre sponding Cal Line will be processed even if some or all of the Cal Items are not configured to display print archive their data 6 1 1 Terminology Several terms were introduced in the previous section They are presented here in more detail In particular please note the distinction between an Jtem and a Node e Item also cal item or inventory item the definition of a signal path component or proc essing algorithm that includes all information required to characterize the item for pur poses of data reduction Cal Items are maintained in a CalMan inventory A Cal Item may be represented by a Node on the CalMan graph e Hard item represents hardware components in the signal path Includes characteriza tion data that is used during the data reduction sequence to unfold the effects of the component on the signal passing through that component Examples attenuator ampli fier cable filter sensor e Soft item algorithms used to automatically process data during the reduction sequence Examples user process waveform image branch overlay combine e Node a representative container for a hard or soft cal item that has been added to the graph The node is used to access the item maintain connection information and st
187. owever only one database is active That database will receive all of the information generated by actions in DAAAC until the active database is changed On first execution Archive will automatically begin the process of adding a database by opening a standard Windows browser dialog Navigate to an appropriate folder Folders can be created during navigation Assign a file name and click Open The new database appears as a document in the Archive window This document will be discussed in detail in section 5 1 1 Note that if an active database was already visible in the Acquire window the new database would appear with it but the existing database would remain active until databases are changed See section 5 2 1 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 11 Create Daaac Database Look in E Demo For Manual te E F wR ecent Documents Desktop My Documents My Computer My Network File name Manual Demosntration mdb Places Files of type Access Database mdb Lancel Figure 2 3 Creating a New DAAAC Database Al Archive FORNACIS 127 0 0 1 C Demo For Manual Manual Demosntration mdb AE File Tasks Preferences Tools Data View Window Help al FORNACIS 127 0 0 1 C Demo For Manual Manual Demosntration mdb Sele Database View Address Comment HEN Stations l Tests Figure 2 4 New Database Window in the Archive Module DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 12 2 3 2 Acquire This section walks through each step
188. ph gt Stations In the dialog that appears select Voss Wave Tuto rial and click OK Stations Station Name Address Comments oss Wave Tutonal 127 0 0 1 Demonstrate Acquire Configuration Cancel Figure 2 22 Open a Station in CalMan DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 27 A window for the station opens in CalMan The station is represented by a rectangular icon in the upper left corner of the window Right click on the station and select Insert a new cal line from the popup menu to start creating the data reduction Voss Wave Tutorial Insert a new cal line Insert Static Instrument Print Graph Items File Export Graph Items entire graph Right Click to Start Development Figure 2 23 New Station Window in CalMan In the dialog that appears expand the tree and double click on the Channel 1 entry to add a Cal Line DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 28 Cal Lines Double click on a channel to create a new cal line L Yoss Wave Tutorial L Voss Wave Demo 1 MI Tutorial oss wave Ch 1 _ Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 2 _ Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 3 _ Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 4 Double Click Figure 2 24 Add Cal Lines A dialog appears to add an optional description to the Cal line Hew Cal Line Voss Wave Demo 1 Mame channel Tutorial Voss Wave Ch 1 Description 2 20 Data 17 2 Cancel Figure 2 25 Describe the Cal Line When the New Cal Line dialog is closed a second appears to configure t
189. pying waveforms and images tai as 150 1 2 3 Creatine Waver orses niriana A 150 7 2 6 Overlay me Wave OMS erreia a a a 151 dela Prmtmo waveforms and Mates us in 152 7 2 8 Stories Waveforms and IMAGES usais 153 1 29 Openin IMAP CS or 153 7 3 Analyze TODA asa 153 Jak Anye NU S ias 154 7 4 1 WN Ms INU cette E E E ett eect E E E E E EE esecin Soenete Nuss 154 7 4 2 Tasks A A E E NN 156 7 4 3 EdibmMenlls datada 156 7 4 4 Preferences Men ir sados 157 7 4 5 Analysis MO AA A 158 7 4 6 PAE GUIS Honen arar a A wa ce allstar deat 166 1 4 7 Tool AG TAN see RR RIA 166 74 8 BASS gion pent oe tee Rm Eo Te nm eater eNO OR TE Pmt Ne 166 7 4 9 WON e aa E E ates ecard eee Osten aces eu eats cece en mueeeee or 167 AAA A oticaitetetseaenatancraied wr edotnabroletsanelahuniaiesntdetenralatiane 168 S TNC EC a sa r ws adispnseacfis oiessisfutotcraddin aad tanesracticaasesanisfaststenaidaierasiguesmenass 169 8 1 A eee oP a eT EES NT eS oreo Oe eT EE eee rete ee ner are 169 9 GLOSS ia a daa see dbaninanvediGa tien ated ae Manidadtadsaceb iano auc a Mseiaaie 170 10 A A a a 173 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual V 6 2 3 SUMEN Sanaan a a A 120 Table of Figures Eisure 1 1 The DAAAC Modules nn adas 2 Figure 1 2 Networked Dataflow and Communication Links occccccnnccnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 3 Pisune ES Data Ore ami Zain iii nia ies 5 Figure l 4 Instrument Organization AAA 5 Peur 2 bicem Mand dd pita 10 Figure 2 2 Starting and Unlicensed DAAAC TInstal
190. quisition page of the Global Settings dia log if any of the instrument s software settings have been changed If multiple waveforms Fast Frame segmented memory or burst were acquired with the instrument the number of Shots In Burst on the Acquisition page of the Global Settings dialog should be set to the correct value Shortcut Toolbar Er DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 71 4 2 6 1 Get Data Specification dialog The Get Data Specification dialog is activated after Get Waveforms is selected It selects the source for the data either Spool Files or Instruments See Appendix B Section 2 1 15 for de tails When OK is selected the data is read from the selected source Note that the Get Data Specifications dialog does not appear when Get Waveforms is clicked as part of the normal manual execution sequence 4 2 7 Global Settings The Global Settings dialog was introduced in Section 2 3 2 7 solely for the purpose of cre ating a test to allow the tutorial acquisition to occur This important function of the dialog is just one of several operations and parameters supported by it The dialog will be opened automati cally when an automatic execution sequence is initiated by the a button provided the dialog display is enabled Initiating the automatic acquisition using lt F2 gt bypasses the dialog The dia log can also be accessed through the menu path Acquisition gt Acquisition Configuration The Global Settings dialog s three pag
191. r the x and y axis parameters 4 Choose Create then OK Gaussian my Figure 7 4 User Specified Waveform 7 2 6 Overlaying waveforms Multiple waveforms can be overlaid onto a single plot for comparing data To overlay waveforms DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 151 N me From the Analysis menu select Overlay Select the waveforms to be overlaid by clicking within each Their titles will change to Selected Click the mouse outside of a waveform such as on the Analyze title bar or status bar Analyze will open a new waveform plot that overlays all selected waveforms Overlay copy ye o te Lm Shortcuts Toolbar 0 75 position mm KPF 100 row 331 KPF 100 row 620 b K PF 100 row 703 KPF 100 row 825 KPF 100 row 905 Figure 7 5 Five Overlaid Waveforms Keys F shift F8 automatically overlays all displayed waveforms 7 2 7 Printing waveforms and images Analyze can print one or all currently open and displayed waveforms To print waveforms l 2 To print a single waveform click the desired waveform to make it the active wave form From Analyze s File menu select either Print to print the active waveform or select Print All to print all open waveforms The Print Title dialog will appear Select Title Date and Time in the checkboxes if they should be printed as a header to the waveforms then change the Title if desired Choose OK The waveforms will
192. re 6 1 The DAAAC CalMan Module with a Graph of Signal Paths A graph displays the components used in the acquisition system along with their connec tions in four distinct tiers Individual graph items called nodes represent the signal line com ponents the instruments and the controlling computer station Except for the Station and In strument nodes each component has a settings dialog that configures its properties to match the electrical properties of the component in the real acquisition line The first graph tier contains the single Station node at the graph s top left corner It can be used to create new lines and print the graph but has no settings dialog The second tier or column holds instrument nodes Like the station node the instrument node has no settings of its own and is used to add new signal lines or print portions of the graph If the Acquire module is running double clicking an instrument node in CalMan will transfer control to the corresponding instrument interface in Acquire The single column of channel nodes occupies the third tier They are used to specify the type of data present in this signal line e g image wideband waveform narrowband waveform and whether or not this line is part of the automated reduction process See Section 6 2 4 1 1 for details on channel reduction settings The final tier is made up of any number of columns of nodes Multiple nodes representing Cal Items are attached
193. red to receive data from any combination of the available instrument channels 1 6 Manual Organization This chapter has provided a very brief introduction to the capabilities organiza tion and terminology of DAAAC The remainder of the manual will provide a more de tail look into DAAAC and examine all of the features that are generally available to any installation e Chapter 2 Getting Started with DAAAC This chapter begins with a simple de scription of the DAAAC installation and licensing process It then proceeds through every phase of the first execution of DAAAC using a simple tutorial that will be available to all DAAAC Full installation customers This process will create a database and a station install racks and add a Voss Wave virtual digi tizer that requires no actual hardware A test will be added the instrument con figured and an acquisition sequence realized Finally the chapter will configure a simple data reduction in CalMan and repeat the acquisition producing Processed data derived from the Voss Wave instrument Raw data e Chapter 3 Common DAAAC Features This section describes general use elements of DAAAC that are com mon to the four main DAAAC modules and are common across the various pos sible installations and key sets Among the items discussed are the toolbar the status bar general menuing options and many others The next four chapters present the four DAAAC modules The chapters begin with a
194. rial number may be added to the racks crates as many times as you like Once you have selected an instrument from the inventory the Interface dialog configures the hardware interface GPIB cPCI etc instrument hardware options and instrument name The displayed interface configuration information is specific to the instrument s interface type and some interface types have no required parameters at this step If an instrument has any spe cial setup then the Setup button will be enabled If Setup is enabled you must click it and spec ify whatever options are present before you can add the instrument If you are adding an instru ment to a crate the Interface dialog will not appear but the unit s Setup dialog will be invoked directly when required After specifying the required parameters click on Finish to add the instrument to the rack DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 91 Interface GPIB Board Number Station mambo Primary Address Back Racks Position H 4 Name e Tos7404 3 cuca teo Figure 4 23 Instrument Interface Configuration Networked systems Copy and Paste operations may be performed across stations 449 2 Move Instrument Rack menu To move an instrument select the instrument with the right mouse button and drag it to the new location Release the right mouse button when it is positioned over the proper location on the rack The Rack menu is then activated Select Move to move the instrument Net
195. rocessing i Auto reduce data Enable post burst processing Automatic export 1 Waveform export Channel Specif Format Path C Program Files daaac40 export raw Export log Automatic esport 2 Waveform export Disabled Format Path Export log Log pages Aubo print log Figure 4 14 Global Settings Dialog Processing Tab Item Description Auto reduce data If selected Acquire passes control to CalMan following acquisition of raw data from the instruments for automatic data reduction If not se lected the reduction sequence can be initiated manually at any time from Analyze or CalMan Post burst process If selected launches custom database processing that follows the main acquisition sequence Mathis is an optional item not included in most systems DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 74 Automatic Export 1 amp 2 Waveform export Format Path Export Log Auto print Log Supports automatic export of raw waveform data to two different loca tions and or in two different formats Allows selection of channel specific export global export all raw wave forms or no export File format used if global export all waveforms is selected Location for raw waveform export files Export an ASCII representation of the Log Page data if defined Print the associated Log Pages if any have been defined 4 2 7 3 Acquisition page Global Settings The Acquisition page of the Global Settings dialo
196. rror log The Error Log file is named Error log by default DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 78 Log State When checked diagnostic messages are sent to the file named in the Info Log Path Log State is also used for debugging purposes and system tuning It generates a file containing time stamped records of all state transitions in the system e g initializ ing arming etc The InfoLogPath specifies the location of these logs Info Log Path The full path for the log state file The files are according to the current date and are formatted as YYYYMMDD Inf where Y Y YY is the four digit year MM is the month and DD is the day Acquire Network The number of times to try to re connect to a remote network station if communica Communications tions is lost The default is four which requires a total of eight minutes This value Number of retries may be changed to suit current circumstances Show this dialog When checked the General page of the Global Settings dialog is displayed when on GO the Go button is selected This allows changes to be made for each shot test name shot numbering etc 4 2 8 Info txt Info txt maintains a list of acquisition parameters along with user comments It provides a quick view of the acquisition history The name info txt comes from the original implementa tion of this feature which used an external text file 4 2 8 1 Display Edit Info txt Display Edit Info txt activates the Edit Info txt dialog wh
197. rsion information for each DAAAC module About Analyze DAAAC 4 0 Analyze Versi n Release 5 9 System Type Stand Alone Seral 1000 Privilege Level Administrator Warming Level Verbose Netcom CANA Database CA Program PilestidasacdO DBAredtest9 mdb Build Date Dec 7 2004 Build 23763 Copyright E 1993 2004 Yoss Scientific Inc Warning This computer program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the masimum extent possible under the law Contact address 420 Washington St SE Albuquerque WM 87108 phone 505 256 1500 84M 5PM Mountain Time hM F e mail daaacyosssci com web WIM YOSSSCL COM Figure 3 1 The DAAAC About Box DAAAC s module name current version and release are displayed at the top Item Description System Type Standalone single computer or networked Serial The unique serial number for this license Privilege Level not currently selectable all DAAAC systems use Admin Warning Level not currently selectable all DAAAC systems use Verbose NetCom The computer on which the current NetCom resides Database The current active database Build Date The date and build number of the current release The copyright notice and contact information are displayed at the bottom of the dialog DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual
198. rt Indicates the starting frequency in GHz of the roll off filter At this frequency the filter scale value is 1 0 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 123 Filter Stop Indicates the end frequency in GHz of the roll off filter At this frequency the filter scale value is 0 0 Number of Points Number of points in the filter waveform This value determines the frequency resolution of the filter A value of 100 is typically adequate 6 2 4 1 1 2 Narrowband settings Channel Reduction page When the Narrow Band Signal Class is selected Settings opens the Narrow Band Reduc tion Options dialog It configures narrowband parameters for the Cal Line Narrowband reduc tion assumes that at each point in time only one frequency is present in the signal That fre quency however may change over time Narrowband channels may also use mixer or crystal detection to convert high frequency signals to lower frequencies that can be digitized Mixer channels are capable of performing the down conversion in a manner that allows construction of a frequency vs time waveform This waveform can then be referenced by other channels to de termine the frequency at any point in the signal and thus use the appropriate correction factor Narrowband Reduction Options SounrceA ecard Frequency Source During Reduction Freg Envelope This Chan Stat 1 Ack 3Pos 8 Chn 3 S1RSPEC3 z General Setup Min Freg GHz 0 Max Freq GHz E Default Freg GHz 2 Time Offset
199. s If automatic re duction is enabled Acquire will notify CalMan to start the reduction on the data in those files CalMan must be running for reduction to be performed Acquire will not automatically start CalMan for data reduction Next CalMan traverses each line of the graph and computes reduction outputs for each Cal Item in the line Cal Manager then sends the data to the database to be permanently archived and to Analyze to be displayed and printed Each of the Cal Items in the signal line must be configured properly for the reduction to be effective Many Cal Items are characterized with a curve which is typically a waveform pro duced by a network analyzer to define the item s electrical characteristics such as dB loss over a frequency range This characterization also can be a simple polynomial value instead of a com plex waveform The polynomial type is most often used with devices such as attenuators and splitters that have relatively constant or linear response over the expected frequency range Some Cal Items contain additional property settings to further characterize the physical item For example Cables require a length entry to compute the time delay based on the cable type Sensors contain many different options e g equivalent area impedance transmission line to characterize the specific type of sensor In addition to the Cal Items that represent physical components CalMan contains several items that support automa
200. s Tab to exit the field The instrument s name must be unique and contain only valid characters To activate the instrument s dialog right click the name Changes made in this dia log are automatically updated in the map when OK is selected When checked the instrument 1s active The channel name for the instrument name last listed The instrument s first chan nel is listed on the same row as the instrument The name can be edited in place Double click the name to highlight it then edit the name and press Tab to exit the field The channel name must be unique and contain only valid characters When checked the corresponding channel is active Volts full scale for the channel Vertical offset for the channel as a percentage of full scale Digitizing rate in samples second Trigger position in seconds Offsets the waveform so that is at zero Channel description string Enable auto export to path 1 or 2 for this channel If enabled globally in the Global Settings Dialog the specified file type will be exported containing the data for each channel on which auto export is enabled Specify the file type to be exported Prints the information that is displayed on the grid 4 4 3 2 Timing Settings Station Config menu The Timing Settings dialog displays all current timing instruments and their channels and the timing delays for each This grid is an efficient method for quickly viewing these settings and can be us
201. s it to CalMan and Analyze for reduction and display Figure 4 10 reduces Figure 4 8 and emphasizes the manual user interaction with the proc ess DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 65 Arm Command to Instriment Ing Any Instruments iggerede top Button Pressed an LO oad Lata from All Anmed Instruments and Store ta Database Lo fram Instruments Store te Database and Send to Analyzes Figure 4 10 Manual Data Acquisition Flow Chart 4 1 3 4 Live Video Acquisition Running Acquire in Live Video mode causes the program to repeatedly capture and re display image or waveform data indefinitely until is clicked The purpose of this feature is to allow instruments to be actively adjusted to optimize the data before performing an actual cap ture No data are processed or stored in live acquisition mode 4 1 4 Instrument Control dialogs Instrument Control dialogs typically contain Main Channel Trigger and Utility pages They are accessed by double clicking the specific instruments in the racks The Main page contains electrical address information time base settings record length and calibration controls The Channel page contains settings that are set on a per channel basis for the instrument such as vertical scale and offset Auxiliary functions performed on a per DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 66 channel basis such as auto export are contained on this page also The Trigger page contains
202. scribed in Section 5 4 6 NetCom StandAlone Mode Sans Network Debugging Dave NT NetCom MWersion 1 ZADIJAVAZSK CG 0AProgram Files DAAACAB Archive exe HB1A62Z7H Open A IEEE AIRE AA AAA ASA e Access Driver mdb gt 3PageTimeout 54065 Database Mersion 1 9 ZAVIJAVAZE C2 Program Files DAAACAM Archive exe HB1LAS4S4D6H Open the ODBC DEQ D source Daaac4h DB redtest 8 mdb Driver Nicrosoft Access Driver mdhb PageTimeout 56H0 Database Wersion 1 9 ZAVIJAVAZE C 2 Program Files DAAACAMAnalyze exe ABLASFVH Open the ODBC DEQ D source Daaac4h DB redtest8 mdb Driver t Microsoft Access Driver mdb PageTimeout 5600 Database NetCom Active and OnLinet Protocol ncalrpe accepted Wersion 1 9 IZAVIJAVA2K C Program Files DAAACAB CalMan exe MBLASSEDH Open the ODBC DBQ D source Daaac4h DB redtest mdb Driver Microsoft Access Driver lt mdb gt 5PageTimeout 504048 Database A61A458D6 The ODBC DEQ D source Daaac4dh DR redtest8 mdb Driver Microsoft Acce zs Driver _mdb gt gt PageTimeout 544B5 Database is Closed Wersion 1 9 ZADIJAVAZK C Program Files DAAACSH Acquire32 exe ABLASEDH Open the ODBC DEQ D source Daaac4dh DB redtest8 mdb Driver tMicrosoft Access Driver mdb PageTimeout 5600 Database B61458D6 The ODBC DBQ D source Daaac4h DE redtest8 mdb Driver Microsoft Acce s Driver mdb gt PagelT
203. selected be placed in a new window If the operation is Correlate Only only the selected window will be modified 7 An analogous interface is available for combining images The procedure for com bining images data is the same as for waveforms Shortcuts Toolbar Keys F7 7 2 4 Copying waveforms and images Waveforms and images can be copied for editing without changing the original To copy a waveform or image 1 Select the waveform that should be copied so that it becomes active 2 From Analyze s Window menu select Copy Analyze will create a copy of the origi nal waveform The Copy function is also available by right clicking the waveform or image 7 2 5 Creating waveforms Analyze can create constant ramp step pulse and other waveforms from parameters en tered into the New Waveform dialog To create waveforms 1 From Analyze s File menu select New The New Waveform dialog will appear DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 150 Hew Waveform Create Waveform Saxe specication Number of points 007 Delta i 10 m Minimum value 0 Masinum value 100 Waveform type r asis Function Gaussian Mear 22 Standard dev 14 2 Formula hi OF Lancel Help Figure 7 3 Create a User Specified Waveform 2 Select the type of waveform from Function in the Waveform Type group The avail able types are Constant Ramp Step Pulse Modulated Pulse Gaussian or Formula 3 Ente
204. selected in Acquire Section 4 4 2 2 Unlike FOM selection in CalMan most FOMs specified here to not include user defined parame ters For those FOMs that do include parameters the parameter values are not stored in the database with the FOM DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 157 Figure Of Merit Selection Parameters Threshold 50 absolute beam height Inner radius 50 pixels eam heig beam width Outer radius O all i 00 beam area javg beam height avg beam width FOM list management When processing data Do not modify the data object s existing FOM list Replace the existing FOM list with these FOMs Protect FOM that are not user selectable Add these FOMs to the existing FORM list Cancel Figure 7 7 Analyze FOM Selection 7 4 5 Analysis menu Analyze s Analysis menu offers the following commands for processing and examining wave forms Item Description Process Process activates the Process Data dialog that applies math operations to the active waveform For overlay waveforms the operations are applied to the currently se lected waveform which is marked with a yellow triangle in the waveform key See Appendix B Section 2 4 8 The Image Process dialog applies math operations to the active image It s layout is similar to that of the Waveform Process dialog Like the waveform dialog all op erations applied from this interface are applied immediately to the active image Pressi
205. sequence Triggers all armed acquisition instruments Triggers any timing channels that are set to computer manual trigger mode such as can be found on a DG535 BNCS555 or V951 Retrieves data from all acquisition instruments that have triggered Networked Systems takes control of another acquisition station Only available on the station running in Test Director mode Acquire s Tools menu contains the following commands Item Gang Calibrate All Check Addrs User Security Flush Spool Notebook DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Description Run the internal calibration procedure on all instruments that support auto mated calibration See Appendix B Section 2 1 11 Check all instruments in the rack for interface bus address conflicts This option is used to administer user security DAAAC users may be added and privilege and warning levels set or adjusted This dialog only appears to users with Administrator access level assigned This feature has been dep recated and is no longer supported Flush Spool deletes all spool files These spool files are temporary files that store the waveforms before they are written to the database They are typi cally deleted automatically however this command should be used if the spool files must be purged manually as part of a disaster recovery procedure Flush Spool may also be used to reset the single point data spools without sacrificing any data collection time Appendix D DAAAC I
206. tCom for storage in the database to Analyze for display and to CalMan for reduction Once CalMan DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 23 has reduced the data the processed data is also sent to NetCom for storage and to Analyze for display This is a very simplified description of the procedure The actual operation is much more complex and highly variable depending on the configuration of Acquire Analyze and CalMan More detailed descriptions will be presented as appropriate For now this will be sufficient to run this tutorial Acquire Module Initialize 41 Instruments Arm All Instruments Wait for All Instruments to Trigger Eead Cut Data NetCom Module Store Data to the Database Assemble and Lisplay Data Reduce Data Assemble and Display Reduced Data Figure 2 18 Simplified Automatic Acquisition Sequence DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 24 2 3 2 9 Make the Shot Click Create the test as described in Section 2 3 2 7 The acquisition will proceed automatically through the following sequence Figure 2 19 Standard Acquisition Sequence 2 3 2 10 Review the Data Once the Read Out phase is complete Acquire will automatically send the data to the da tabase and to the Analyze module Analyze automatically displays the data as it 1s received Feel free to experiment with any of the options in Analyze Many options are available by right clicking on a data plot Others will be accessed throu
207. ta tion will be added to Acquire Acquire will be configured by adding a rack adding an instru ment to the inventory and to the rack and configuring the instrument A test will be created and a shot will be taken and the data displayed for review in Analyze A simple CalMan data reduction will then be configured and a second shot will generate both the raw and processed reduced data that will again be presented for review in Analyze The instrument to be added will use the Voss Wave driver This is a virtual digitizer that generates a synthetic signal just as though it were captured by a digitizer No instrument need be connected The Voss Wave driver is available to all users regardless of key set The new user should be able to duplicate the actions in this section exactly but please feel free to experiment 2 3 1 Database Begin by double clicking the DAAAC icon CAUS that the installer placed on the desktop All five DAAAC Modules will open in minimized mode and will be accessible from ay r Archive the task bar along the bottom of the desktop Click on the Archive task to show 1t The first order of business 1s to create a database to contain all of the information about DAAAC configuration instrument configuration and acquired data The database is a Microsoft Access format file It can have any name and be stored any where on the host computer or networked hard disk DAAAC may have any number of data bases open at a time H
208. te 100 5 2 7 Delene Wave ors einnsean ica 101 5 3 Archive TOD Roa 101 A ACME MENS on 101 5 4 1 A O eee nee my E emer nnn mee 102 5 4 2 Task NMG NU ate te da doi 103 5 4 3 Preterences men od gies arian sul dates 103 5 4 4 Options Preferences Men coso 103 5 4 5 TOO MEN ca 104 5 4 6 AQMINISTAUIVE ML ia 105 5 4 7 Data View Mental Oo 106 5 4 8 NAMCO MEN aai I E EAE 106 5 4 9 A I 107 O Camisa id ea 108 6 1 Cala OVENI OW onea ilcaii 108 6 1 1 SHEN OVO 2 eren E 110 6 1 2 CallViat Sole nm acquistion added 111 6 1 3 Data reduc Holena ia 111 6 1 4 Direction and Input Output naming CONVENtIONS occcccccnccnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnns 112 6 1 5 Inventory Calles aa 115 6 2 Working WithiCal Manacor aniston pia da 117 6 2 1 SS A A 117 0 2 2 Cal Managers Slap ads 117 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 1V 6 2 4 Channels and Calles ads 121 6 2 5 Car He M e E TE 127 6 3 Cal Manacer TOMA o ies io liaiaa 140 6 4 O Ba erener RRP nN RP eee N 141 6 5 CabMa naser Mel aa 141 6 5 1 A A a SS 141 6 5 2 AE A E E A S E E das 142 6 5 3 Edi MENU did 142 6 5 4 Preferences Mena 142 6 5 5 Divemor mel oia 143 6 5 6 E ON 143 6 5 7 AN A e A nn ae Pen 143 6 5 8 Tools meia a a ican es aan ee Shomer 146 A EO 147 7 1 Any OVVIO W o iii aa vane inne 147 L2 Woorkine With Analy 26 ii A A e 148 7 2 1 Preparine for AE QUISO aa 148 L222 Retrieving Waveforms and IMA Ges sciatic vara A ARA 149 dedi Combining waveforms OF 1MAGES seara aa a A 150 7 2 4 Co
209. ted custom data processing These include the User Process Com bine and Overlay items Systems that support image acquisition also include items for image processing and image to waveform conversion Each Cal Item that is used in a signal line contains a Reduction page for selecting output handling display print or archive Figures of Merit FOMs and display options FOMs are metrics taken directly from or computed from the reduced data The FOMs dialog lists the Fig ures of Merit that may be selected configured and attached to the Cal Item s reduction output These FOMs then are archived with the data and can be displayed with the reduced data in Ana lyze 6 1 3 Data reduction When performing data reduction for physical components e g amplifier cable mixer fil ter sensor CalMan proceeds to undo the effects of each component on the input signal Starting with the recorded data in at the digitizer CalMan works backwards through each com ponent until it has computed the physical quantities present at the sensor The processing used to DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 111 correct for the components depends on both the signal type e g wideband waveform narrow band waveform image and the component type For example before a raw waveform is acquired by an instrument suppose it passes through a sensor an attenuator and a 10 foot cable The raw data acquired by the instrument is not the same as was seen at the sensor bec
210. the date and time the waveforms were printed should be included Analyze can print as many as 64 waveforms per page but can print tabular data only on single sheets Print All spools all active waveforms to the printer Before executing Print All Analyze will ask which title should be included as well as if the date and time the waveforms were printed should be included Analyze can print as many as 64 waveforms per page but can print tabular data only on single sheets DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual Print Setup Print Setup opens the standard Windows printer configuration dialog allowing the adjustment of such parameters as page orientation paper size and source and which printer to send the document to Exit Exits Analyze 7 4 1 1 Open Image File menu Open Image activates a file directory dialog for selecting an image file The selected im age is displayed in a new window Supported graphic formats include the following Bitmap Windows PCX GIF PhotoShop PSD JPEG TGA MS Paint TIF Photo CD Windows Metafile Open File Look in O daaacdD amp E Snalyze hip E ArchLib dll E CalMan cnt E AnritsuDrivers dll Ps beam profile jpg om CalMan exe Archive cnt BitFlow dll Calman hip Da archive exe BYCDrivers dll CameraDrivers dll E archive GID E CalltemDL dll Pcks exe Archive hlp 2 CalLib ll 2 crp9s16a dil 4 ifii gt File name beam profilejpg W Enable Preview Files of type ALE Cancel
211. the new 6 2 value Data entered on the Reduction page however is unique to each node in the graph So continuing the example changes to the 6 dB attenuator s FOM list will affect only that occurrence of the attenuator 6 2 5 2 2 Inventory Data page Cal Item dialog The Cal Item Inventory Data page is used for entering and displaying Cal Item inventory data for systems under strict inventory control Strict inventory control means that each item must be uniquely identified by manufacturer model serial number and no item may be used more DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 129 than once in a system configuration graph When present the Inventory Data page is the first page of every Cal Item s interface It does not appear in systems without strict inventory control The Inventory Data page is the same for all Cal Items The first three fields Serial num ber Manufacturer and Model number create a unique database key When combined this key must be unique to the Cal Item PropID property identification and File are not required as unique identifiers Although not part of the Cal Item s key Barcode is a required field Each barcode entry must be unique In inventory controlled systems the Barcode is used in place of the Item Name to identify the item 6 2 5 2 3 Reduction page Cal Item dialog The Reduction page of the Cal Item dialog is used to specify post reduction options for each node in the graph If the node generat
212. this dialog as appropriate then click Next gt The Rack configuration dialog will appear DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 13 2 3 2 2 Add Rack Rack Properties Rack Name Voss Wave Demo Rack Same height all racks Iw Rack Height 4 lt Back Lancel Help Figure 2 6 Configure Racks Racks are identified by name The default name is Rack n and is sufficient though not descriptive This dialog allows each rack to be independently named and have its height set Height indicates the number of instruments that can be placed in the rack Once the racks are configured click Finish to open Acquire Voss Wave Tutorial Local Sle x Right Click a Box to Add an Instrument Right Click Any where Here to Ac cess Properties Double Click Window Scale Here to Re Properties verse Instru ment Order Voss Wave Demo Rack Figure 2 7 First Instance of Acquire DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 14 To increase the number of racks and or the size of any rack right click in an empty space on the station window and select Properties from the popup menu A single dialog appears that con tains as tabs the dialogs of Figure 2 5 and Figure 2 6 This dialog can be used to completely reconfigure the station 2 3 2 3 Add an Instrument to the Inventory Before adding an instrument to a position in a rack the instrument must be added to the available inventory This can either be done independently as a distinct opera
213. tion or can be done as part of the process of adding an instrument to a rack This tutorial will examine the latter process Right click in any empty box on any rack and select Add from the popup menu The Inventory dialog will appear Inventory Manufacturer Serial Number Highland Technology GPS STG HP Image Met Compl UCF l Networked Computer Natonal Instruments Place Holder Parker Hann Point Picosecond Pulse Labs Fower Supply ROHDE amp SCHWARTZ TWAIN Image Stanford Research Woe fa Tektronix Voss Scientific Generate Serial Number 441 Add New ltem caca tp Figure 2 8 Adding an Instrument to the Inventory Select the manufacturer of the appropriate instrument from the Manufacturer list select Voss Scientific The entries in this list will vary depending on the key set installed Select the appropriate model Wave from the Model column The instrument must be added to the inven tory by serial number The serial number may either be manually typed or generated by DAAAC Either type into the Serial Number control or click Generate The serial number will appear in the Serial Number control Click Add New Item to add the item to the Inventory The item will appear by serial number in the Serial Number column 2 3 2 4 Add Instrument to Rack Select the instrument so that its serial number is highlighted in Serial Number then click Next gt in the dialog of Figure 2 8 A dialog will appear that will allow the
214. to Contour Image to fm I gt Image Branch Display deleted items FROG x 1 Retrieve ltem by Nane Create Copy Delete cancel is pen ee Figure 6 13 Item Inventory A compact drag and drop inventory list is also available but is used only for inserting items into the graph you can t create or edit items from this dialog See Section 6 2 5 4 1 for specifics DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 127 Name Retrieve Item by Name Create Edit Copy Print Delete Undelete Display deleted items Retrieves items for editing if the name is known This speeds retrieval operations for large inventory systems After this field is completed use Tab to exit the field This retrieves the item from the database If found it will be listed alone in the Inventory List box If it is not in the database a message is displayed To create a new Cal Item select the type of item from Cal Items Type list Ampli fier Attenuator Balun Bdot etc then select Create An Inventory Data page for that Cal Item will open Enter the data to configure the new Cal Item then select OK The new Cal Item is then added to the Inventory List To edit the settings for an existing Cal Item either double click the item in the Cal Item s Inventory List column or highlight the desired item then select Edit Edit the item as desired then select OK The Cal Item is then updated in the Inventory List To print a listing of the entir
215. to the right of the channel to create a Cal Line Cal Items are added to the graph from an Inventory List that manages the available items Once a Cal Item has been added DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 109 its settings dialog can be accessed by double clicking the Cal Item node or pressing Enter after selecting the node In addition to displaying the item s electrical characteristics the settings dia log is also used to specify what happens to computed data during the reduction process Edges between the station digitizers and channel nodes show the hierarchical relation ships between those components stations contain instruments that contain channels Edges be tween the channels and signal path components represent physical links e g an attenuator con nected to a cable and data flow Edges typically extend horizontally between connected signal path components and do not indicate direction several special cases are discussed below The user builds a graph by connecting new nodes to existing nodes beginning with the station node The user determines the component connections but component placement and edge routing is automatically determined by the software In CalMan data reduction is enabled at two levels the channel and the individual Cal Items The channel level control simply turns reduction on and off for the entire Cal Line Each Cal Item node has controls to specify what happens to the data computed at that node Among
216. to use the Change Database operation In the Change Database dialog enter a new unique database name instead of selecting an existing da tabase name Archive will then create the database and copy the system configuration from the currently open database into the new database if desired This is often the preferred way to cre ate a new database as it also makes the new database the active database Shortcut Keys Ctrl N 5 2 1 1 Create DAAAC Database dialog This standard Windows file directory dialog allows selecting a directory folder and enter ing a name for creating anew DAAAC database The file dialog can be used to create new fold ers and delete existing databases or other files DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 97 When a new name is given for a database DAAAC will create the new database and it is then available for use Shortcut Keys Ctrl N 5 2 2 Opening databases To open an existing database From the File menu select Open Browse to the location of the database Select the database Choose Open DAAAC will open the database in Archive A V N gt This operation will open a database for viewing and for copying data to another database including DAAAC s current database It does not close any databases that may be open and it will not make this newly opened database the current system database See Section 5 2 3 imme diately below for instructions on changing DAAAC s current system database Note Sinc
217. tored before the reduction operation See Section 3 4 for information on how to restore a his toric configuration 6 5 8 Tools menu Cal Manager s Tools menu provides a variety of useful services Item Description Search Opens the Search dialog described in Appendix B Section 2 3 12 Line Summary Alters the CalMan display to show detailed summaries of each item in the cal line See Section 2 3 13 Conversions A simple calculator that allows conversion of distances from one set of units to another Ex 196 ft gt 5974 08 cm and from scalar values to dB or dB to sca lar in both power and voltage Appendix B Section 2 3 14 DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 146 7 Analyze 7 1 Analyze Overview DAAAC s Analyze module is used to view analyze and manipulate waveform and image data acquired during acquisitions processed during reduction or imported from disk Raw data is sent to Analyze during automated data acquisition from Acquire and reduced data is sent from Cal Manager if automatic data reduction is enabled Data can be imported directly from a file processed or copied then exported to a file or saved in DAAAC s database Database data can also be re processed copied or saved to DAAAC s database Analyze uses individual windows to display waveforms data tables and images Each window can be resized tiled minimized or maximized Within each window waveforms can be edited with various analysis functions Raw acquisition
218. ts and deletes Cal Items and is also used to select items for insertion into the graph The list is available from Inventory Inventory List or by selecting a channel or cal item right clicking and choosing Insert Cal Item from the popup menu Item Cal Item Type Description This list contains all Cal Item devices supported by Cal Manager Select the Cal Item type to edit create delete or print Items already existing in the database are listed in the right hand list When the Cal Item Types selection changes the cur rently inventoried types are displayed in the Inventory List an icon of the current item is displayed and the total number of items listed in the Inventory List is dis played lt Type gt Inventory This list contains the Cal Items already in the inventory for the current type se List lected from the Cal Item Types list on the left The items displayed in this list de pend on the features of the installed DAAAC system For all systems at least Name In Use and Description are listed For performance reasons the Description field is not initially displayed for any item To display the description select the item with the mouse by clicking it once MM ltem Inventory List Cal lhem Types User Process Inventory List Mer Multi Fort Overlay Probe Sensor Sensor Offset SPIDER User Process Waveform Branch IMAGE Reduction Image Combine Image Divider ND Filter Image Process Image
219. u or from the pop up menu available by clicking on the wave form with the right mouse button 3 Make any necessary changes to the waveform s print title date and time options 4 Choose OK Selecting Print All from the File menu or the Toolbar prints all waveforms that are open in Analyze including any tags that are defined in Cursor Operations Print All will not include the legend of tags and measurements however 7 4 5 1 2 Zooming Cursor View functions Zoom In enlarges the selected region The waveform is re scaled using the first and second tags as the waveform x axis limits Zoom Out shrinks to the previously selected region The waveform is rescaled using the previous set of tags as the waveform x axis limits Zoom Off displays the entire waveform The waveform is re scaled using the minimum and maxi mum x axis values as the waveform limits 7 4 5 1 3 Zeroing Cursor Edit functions Zero Between sets the y values of all points that fall between first and second tags to zero Zero Outside sets the y values of all points outside the region between the first and second tags to zero Zero Left sets the y values of all points left of the first tag to zero Zero Right sets the y values of all points right of the first tag to zero For all methods of zeroing the tag points are not modified DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 161 7 4 5 1 4 Deleting Cursor Edit functions Delete Between removes all points that fall between first and se
220. u switches between DAAAC s other modules Acquire Analyze or Cal Man If the module is already running it will become the top active module If not it will be Started and activated The toolbar contains an icon for each of the other DAAAC modules Shortcuts Toolbar 5 4 3 Preferences menu Archive s Preferences menu selects default application settings and layout preferences Options DAAAC module startup and shutdown behavior database pre start cleanup data migra tion and Log Page selection Toollbar Display Hide Archive s toolbar Status Bar Display Hide Archive s status bar 5 4 4 Options Preferences menu Options opens the Options dialog s four pages that control various DAAAC and SQL functions DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 103 Page Description Modules The Modules page contains settings that control the behavior of the DAAAC mod ules when Archive is started and stopped Checking AutoStart starts the module when Archive first opens Checking AutoStop stops the module when Archive exits Checking Minimized minimizes the module s window after it is started via AutoStart The dialog is presented in detail in Appendix B Section 2 2 6 Database The Database page contains functions to do a pre start cleanup for SQL databases and SQL transaction log truncation These options are valid only if the system data base is SQL These functions are accessible only to those with Administrative privi leges as set in t
221. ument chan nel Custom Performs custom analysis including Velocity Cal Report Antenna Field and Modulation Stats Apply Last Op Apply Last Op applies the last waveform processing operation to the active wave form Although the last operation may be applied any number of times Undo re verses only the last application Shortcut lt F4 gt Macro List This selection open a modeless dialog that lists available macros Any number of macros can be selected and applied to the selected waveform Appendix B Section 2 4 13 Image Adjuster This selection open a modeless dialog that allows the brightness contrast and gamma Setting of the selected image to be adjusted Appendix B Section 2 4 14 7 4 5 1 Cursors Analysis menu Cursors enables the cursor operations for the current waveform which allows examining indi vidual waveform point data and extracting parts of the waveform by setting tags with the mouse cursor When Cursors is activated the active waveform is maximized and its toolbar is displayed initially on the right side of the window but can be moved anywhere The active waveform is maximized but can be reduced or minimized Also other waveforms can be activated but Cursors will continue to oper ate on the original waveform until the option is turned off with the main menu or right mouse button popup menu A floating dialog is also initially displayed containing information about the current cursor point
222. vailable only from the Inventory List dialog of the Inventory menu You can either print the inventory of Cal Items by type or print the entire inventory of Cal Items To print the Cal Item inventory 1 Open the Inventory List by selecting it from the Inventory Inventory List menu 2 If you want to print the inventory of only one type of Cal Item select the type from the left column Choose Print The Inventory Printing dialog will appear 4 Select whether the inventory for a single type of Cal Item should be printed or if the en tire inventory of Cal Items should be printed 5 Choose OK to continue or Cancel to abandon the printing If OK is selected the standard Print dialog will appear 6 Make any changes that may be necessary to the print settings then choose OK 7 Choose OK to close the Inventory List DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 135 6 2 5 4 Inserting Cal Items Cal Items can be added to the right or left of other Cal Item nodes in the graph but only to the right of channel nodes Two methods are available for inserting Cal Items into CalMan s graph the main Inventory List and Drag and Drop Inventory List From within the graph the Inventory List inserts a single Cal Item to either side of other Cal Items or to the right of channels To add a Cal Item to the graph 1 Right click the Cal Item beside which the new Cal Item should be inserted A popup menu will appear 2 Select either Insert new item
223. with a discussion and a table detailing the dialog s controls Menu presentations may vary depending on the current DAAAC or module pro gram status or the keyed features installed Where an item depends on the installed keys it will be highlighted with the ES icon Menu entries may also differ for networked and standalone installations Where the discussion applies only to networked installations the text is highlighted in blue The module chapters are e Chapter 4 Acquire The Acquire chapter presents in detail a complete descrip tion of the Acquire module including menuing dialogs and the acquisition proc ess The chapter describes virtual instrument configuration and the data acquisi tion process e Chapter 5 Archive The archive module manages the various databases that have been created under DAAAC It provides access to waveforms that have been acquired into a particular database This chapter describes all Archive mod ule functionality e Chapter 6 CalMan This chapter provides a detailed description of the func tionality of CalMan CalMan allows the captured signal to be modified through preprocessing Preprocessing mathematically backs out the effect of various components cable attenuators etc in the signal path to estimate the actual raw input signal It also provides for signal post processing In that case the detected signal is manipulated to perform analysis Each manipulation of the data is repre se
224. worked systems instruments may be moved only within a station 4 4 10 General Right Click Menu Right clicking in the open area of a station window produces a popup menu that allows access to the Rescale Racks menu of Appendix B Section 2 1 5 It also provides access to Ac quire s properties dialog Window Scale Properties Figure 4 24 Acquire General Right Click Menu The station properties dialog is exactly like the interface that appeared when the station was created This dialog allows the user to adjust station level settings conveniently after the station has been added All the names of objects may be edited The number of racks may be increased but NOT decreased Similarly the heights of racks may only be increased after the station is added Once increased a decrease may only be accomplished by restoring a previous configuration or generating a new database In the networked system stations may also be de leted DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 92 mambo Station Properties Rack Properties Station Mame mambo2 Station Description test computer Station Address 127004 Number of racks in station E z ep Heb Figure 4 25 Station Properties GFR Test Seven Station Properties Rack Properties Rack Rack Name GFR Rack 1 Same height all racks w Rack Height e E Figure 4 26 Rack Properties DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 93 5 Archive Archive provides the user s
225. y List The Drag and Drop Inventory List differs significantly from the main Inventory List First once the Drag and Drop Inventory List is opened it can remain open while other parts of DAAAC are used Also Cal Items are dragged from the dialog onto the graph to be inserted The list of Cal Items on the right displays only the item s name and the description fields De scription fields are not filled in until the item is clicked on in the list DAAAC 4 0 User s Manual 136 Item MM Attenuator Inventory List WWF Reductor Name Antenna Under Tes 10dB Attenuator 20d6 Balun 20dB 2 Cable 2106 Combine nal 30dB Coax Switch JJB Coupler Ande Crustal MITA IB rotar 29 Figure 6 19 Drag and Drop Item Insertion Dialog Description Left List Lists the Cal Item types supported by the current DAAAC installation Right List Current inventory of all cal items of the type selected in the left side list To add a Cal Items with the Drag and Drop Inventory List Using the Scroll bars position the graph so that the Cal Item s intended drop position is visible The graph cannot be scrolled while dragging and dropping a Cal Item with the mouse Open the Drag and Drop Inventory List by selecting 1t from the Inventory menu then move 1t to a convenient location that does not cover the destination Cal Line Highlight the Cal Item type in the left column A list of specific Cal Items will be dis

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