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1. TA AnalogiIn 16 4 Analog In 32 Ki Analog Qut 1 Analog Out 2 Hardware 2 Digital In 1 iy LineIn 1 4 Digital In 2 1 llla LineIn 8 4 amp 4 Digital In 2 8 E Digital Out 1 Line Qut 1 4 4 Digital Out 2 1 Line Qut 8 4 Digital Out 2 8 4E Formulas 1 a Formula 1 amp 4 Formula 1 484 Formula 2 amp 4 Formula 2 Figure 57 Page 94 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DEVICE The channels are listed by their physical names e g Analog In Digital Out and by device like they physically exist For example device no 1 provides channel Analog In 1 as well as device no 2 Digital channels are numbered by devices too e g Digital In 1 and the included digital lines are numbered for each channel separately e g Line 1 Digital lines with switchable direction are named Digital I O To avoid any mix ups in NextViewe4 the different channels are logically numbered through all DAQ systems see NAME p 95 so that Analog In 1 of the second hardware becomes Analog In 17 for example if the first hardware provides analog inputs To make settings for a channel make sure it is marked in the TreeView of the DEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog box on the left Depending on whether the settings apply to a channel a group or individual lines the configuration of d
2. bmc messsysteme gmbh NextViewo4 Software for Acquisition and Processing of Measuring Data User Manual Version 4 6 gt bavarian measurement company munich TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents 1 OVERVIEW 1 1 1 2 1 3 14 1 5 1 6 1 7 INTRODUCTION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS BMC MESSSYSTEME GMBH COPYRIGHTS NEXTVIEW 4 VERSIONS 1 5 1 DIFFERENCES OF THE VERSIONS 1 5 2 FEATURES FUNCTIONS OF THE VERSIONS COMPATIBILITY WITH NVNT 3 X COMPATIBLE HARDWARE 2 FIRST START 2 1 2 2 2 3 STARTING THE SOFTWARE LICENSING DEVICE SETUP PRO LITE TRIAL 3 BASICS 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 NEXTVIEW 4 USER INTERFACE PROGRAM ARCHITECTURE STEPS OF THE MEASURING CHAIN 3 3 1 CONFIGURATION 3 32 ACQUISITION 3 3 3 VISUALIZATION 3 3 3 1 LIVE DATA IN CHART RECORDER VIEW 3 3 3 2 SIGNAL SETTINGS 3 3 3 3 OTHER DISPLAYS 3 3 4 ANALYSIS 3 3 5 DOCUMENTATION MULTI SCAN BMC Messsysteme GmbH 10 11 12 13 13 14 16 17 19 19 20 23 25 25 26 27 2 28 29 30 30 31 32 33 34 Page iii TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 5 KEY ASSIGNMENT AND SHORTCUTS 4 PROPERTY BAR 4 1 THE PROPERTY BAR AT A GLANCE 4 2 OPERATION 4 5 COMMON TASKS 4 3 1 TAB PROJECT 4 3 2 TAB DEVICES 4 3 3 TAB START STOP 4 4 PROPERTIES 44 1 TAB GENERAL 4 4 1 1 GENERAL SHEET SETTINGS 44 2 LIVE DISPLAY GRAPH DISPLAY 4 41 3 STATIC TEXT DIGITAL MULTIMETER 4 4 1 4 GENERAL PICTURE SETTINGS 4 4 1 5 LEVEL INDICATO
3. NextView 4 see EXPORT WITHIN NEXTVIEW 4 p 180 NextView NT 3 4 dat DIAdem dat TurboLab DAFF asc txt e g Excel WordPad Notepad see ASCII EXPORT 182 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 179 MENU BAR SIGNALS e Before you can activate the EXPORT command you must place the cursors in the display properly e signals in the cursor range except for hidden signals see HIDE SIG NAL p 174 will be exported The command EXPORT of the menu SIGNALS also context menu of the graph display ANALYSIS EXPORT or keyboard ALT X opens the dialog box shown in Figure 126 in which you indicate name path and type of the export file Particularly interesting for users of older versions is the export to the NextView NT 3 4 file format 1fx for compatibility reasons see COMPATIBILITY WITH NVNT 3 X p 16 5 6 3 1 EXPORT WITHIN NEXTVIEWo4 If only a relatively short time segment of a stored signal 1s important for analysis you can use the EXPORT command for copying the signal segment contained in the cursor range into a new file In the case of a long measurement period this function allows considerably amount of disk space to be saved The file containing the complete signal is retained Both cursors see p 165 are set to define the segment in the graph display to be exported The command EXPORT also context menu of the graph display ANALYSIS EXPORT or keyboar
4. name of the message identification number for messages normal 0 11 bit extended 0 29 bit Multiplex Id additional ID saved within the 64 bit data package Options select frame format no selection gt ID 0 11 bit e Extended ID 0 29 bit e Multiplexed ID with Multiplex ID Multiplex order e Intel Motorola order of the sent data bits depend on manufacturer Unsigned Signed Multiplex ID without with negative sign Multiplex offset shift of the Multiplex ID in the data field Offset 0 gt Multiplex ID at the beginning of data field Length length of the Multiplex ID in bit length 8 gt Multiplex ID 0 255 To identify the different message formats directly they are displayed differently in the tab MESSAGES of NextViewe4 with Multiplex ID Name ID Multiplex Id without Multiplex ID E format icon name lt Name gt lt ID gt You can enter the parameters for the CAN channel in tab BUS of the DEVICE CONFIGURATION entry function enter transmission rate in kBd listen only if option is checked the CAN bus only receives no data polling or confirmation that data packages have been received Frame format CAN controller receives messages either in normal ID 0 11 bit or extended ID 0 29 bit format or switches automatically Timeout set time for how long the last sent value 15 to be kept Page 112 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR
5. 5 000 4 DEM 380 104 If you move your mouse cursor across one of these buttons a tiny window appears tooltip explaining its function function gt 2 start stop automatic scrolling keyboard space bar gt 100 zoom fal ol previous next zoom settings ZoomStack BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 147 MENU BAR DISPLAY A live display which has been stopped is always underlaid with a color The stop function is useful to zoom a signal see ZOOMING IN THE DISPLAY p 148 The transmission of live data continues while the display is stopped If the display is reactivated press button Start automatic scrolling the display jumps back to the current point of time 5 5 7 4 1 ZOOMING IN THE DISPLAY If the live display is stopped by either activating the button Stop automatic scrolling see LIVE DISPLAY BUTTONS p 147 or by adjusting the horizontal slider the segments of the signal can be magnified Move your mouse cursor to the signal and a new sign appears Press the mouse wheel to switch between the zooming function L4 and the hand tool Then define the range to be magnified by clicking on a certain point and draw a rectangle with the left mouse key depressed If you release the left key the segment previously defined by the square is displayed The zoom remains even while the display continues running 20 01 05 22 05 15 000 28 01 05 22 05 15 000 Figure 105 Page 148
6. ASCII Diadem TurboLab NextViewe4 NextView NT 3 4 import ASCII Diadem ModuLab NextViewe TurboLab data base 3 subjext to a charge t BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 1 0 OVERVIEW COMPATIBILITY WITH NVNT 3 X 1 6 COMPATIBILITY WITH NVNT 3 X When developing NextViewe4d we put an emphasis on highest software compati bility to the previous version NextView NT 3 x The following table shows the usability of project configuration and measurement files of the two versions file last stored in version open and use in version le 3X fx 4 x export in 3 4 Be careful when saving a project or configuration file in NextViewe4 created with version 3 x because afterwards those cannot be opened by NextView NT 3 x anymore Page 16 BMC Messsysteme GmbH OVERVIEW COMPATIBLE HARDWARE 1 7 COMPATIBLE HARDWARE NextView 4 Professional PCI systems Lite Analysis Trial Acquisition of measuring data PCle Parametrizing Visualization USB Storage Processing LAN Figure 2 NextView 4 supports the complete product range of the bmcm measuring hardware currently available The sampled data are directly recorded displayed parameterized and stored to the hard disk by means of a DAQ system externally connected to the PC USB LAN or a PC data acquisition card installed in the P
7. BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 43 PROPERTY BAR PROPERTIES 4 4 1 TAB GENERAL The tab GENERAL in the section PROPERTIES contains options regarding the view of the display or sheet Depending on the marked object different options are provided Assigning an individual name to a display faciliates the selection of displays placed on several sheets and allows direct access to the displays for programming purposes 4 4 1 2 LIVE DISPLAY GRAPH DISPLAY General General Speed tests Mame Speed tests Size Automatically adjust display width Iv Show channel names View Iw Show channel names Show current values 100 Button Uses signal s default range 100 Button Uses signal s default range f Uses signal s physical range Uses signal s physical range Figure 19 Page 44 BMC Messsysteme GmbH PROPERTY BAR PROPERTIES entry function Name individually name display name is indicated in the tab PROJECt section RESOURCES of the property bar automatic adjustment of the display width to full sheet width View select optional display elements e live display channel name current values e graph display channel name 100 button If pressing this button of the live display or graph display the y axis 1s scaled according to the defined default range default setting or the physical signal range see 100 REPRESENTATION p 149 4 4 1 3 STATIC TEXT DIGITAL MULTIMETER
8. nm Background Title Alarm Figure 28 The color settings for the static text concerning text and background in active or inactive state are made in tab COLOR As even a button can have two states different text and background colors can be assigned signalizing if it is turned on active or off inactive entry function assign color of the title in active or inactive state Background assign background color of the display Title content of the static text or caption of the button The current color settings are changed by drag amp drop of a color button from the relevant palette over the display If the display has been selected before color assignment can be carried out directly by double clicking the desired color button or click A right click on the color palette opens an additional palette with 256 colors to adjust default colors Page 54 BMC Messsysteme GmbH PROPERTY BAR PROPERTIES e The state of the static text is selected the tab STATE e Choose the option Active in the tab STATE without entering a threshold value to check the settings for a potential alarm case in advance 4 4 4 TAB FONT Font Arial al Regular Arial Black Bold Arial Marrow Italic Book Antiqua Bold Italic Bookman Old Style Century Gothic Century Schoolbook Comic Sans MS Courier Courier Mew Fixedsys Franklin Gothic Medi Garamond Georgia Haettenschweiler Impact Kartika Le
9. Automatically run job Printing Confirm printing Print selected sheets atendofjob after each analysis step Analysis Live Elements First Steps Cancel Run Apply Figure 152 entry function Analysis select analysis function Signals list of all signals contained in the graph display mark the signals to be integrated in the analysis choose various additional options see BATCH JOB OPTIONS p 211 if you want to print selected sheets further printing options become active so that the sheets to be printed can be selected in the white field below and other settings can be made Clicking the button Cancel closes the dialog box without changing anything Apply saves the settings and with the button Run the batch job will be applied to the selected signals of the graph display BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 209 MENU BAR SIGNALS 5 6 11 1 1 SETTINGS FOR ANALYSIS Open the list of functions by clicking on the Batch Job arrow button and select the analysis function calculation FFT integration differentia tion filter data reduction to be used for the batch job Signals Sinus 3 CA Documer Figure 153 Press the Setup to open the respective dialog box where all necessary parameters of the analysis function are entered All settings are stored when clicking on the button Apply If the file name of the original active signal
10. e Now proceed with the device setup Pro Lite Trial 2 3 DEVICE SETUP PRO LITE TRIAL Device Setup Please select the devices NextView 4 should get setup with Place a check mark next to the device press Properties to configure it Device Setup Please select the devices NextView 4 should get setup with Place a check mark next to the devices that should get installed Select a device and press Properties to configure it v 1 SNOO065 MAD 12a MCAN v e 2 USB AD158f 5 000335 v1 0 I 3 Formulas Available devices n Formulas i USB AD16f 5 000335 v1 0 SNOO065 12 O 5 036984 MDA16 m 4 m rm fm a mace Ms Properties Available devices O fill PCI Basell SNO3684 MDA16 4i MAD1B USB AD 5 010165 v3 0 USB AD12f 5000054 v4 0 1 USB PIO SNO11969 v3 0 Figure 7 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 23 FIRST START DEVICE SETUP PRO LITE TRIAL After the licensing process when first starting the program the measurement hardware 15 selected and configured The dialog Device Setup Lite Pro Trial shows all installed and connected data acquisition systems Measurement hardware to be used with NextViewe4 is selected by placing a checkmark next to the device in the bottom field In addition 16 form
11. BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DISPLAY Zooming by means of mouse and keyboard lt SHIFT gt zoom y zoom all displayed signals are zoomed along the y axis lt CTRL gt zoom x zoom all displayed signals are zoomed along the x axis lt ALT gt zoom y zoom on the selected signal if one y axis is shared by all signals see tab Y AXIS p 59 all signals are magnified At the bottom of the display you will find the buttons Zoom back and Zoom forth see LIVE DISPLAY BUTTONS p 147 to undo the last eight zoom levels ZoomStack The 100 button displays the signal in full size see 100 REPRESENTATION p 149 This chapter applies to the graph display in the same degree 5 5 7 4 2 100 REPRESENTATION If the 100 zoom button is used see LIVE DISPLAY BUTTONS p 147 the signal in the live display will be displayed in full length 1 e the content of the live data cache graph display complete signal of measurement file The y axis range which is displayed depends on the physical measurement range or the default display range set in the DEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog box in the tab DEFAULTS The setting used for the 100 representation depends on what has been selected in the tab GENERAL of the property bar presetting default range see p 44 e As formula channels have no physical input range see p 116 the preset display range is used for their 100 representation e If the y axis is shared by
12. Installed add on modules such as NextViewe4 Script for example are listed too so that you can check if the installation was successful In addition the relating license numbers are displayed To change to another NextViewe4 version e g Lite Pro Analysis or to install add on modules e g NextViewe4 Script press Add Enter the new serial number in the LICENSING see p 20 received at purchase of the software to request the license number for this PC Reinstalling is not necessary All projects measuring files and setting created until now also with the 30 day trial can still be used 5 7 6 UPDATE NEXTVIEWe Visit the download area of the bmcm website at http www bmcm de to install free updates of NextViewe4 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 219 MENU BAR OPTIONS 5 7 7 SEND BUG REPORT Nobody is perfect and because of its bugs software is lifelike Make use of the direct line to bmcm by reporting bugs or other annoying things via e mail so that NextViewe4 will improve more and more 5 7 8 VIEW The options in the lower section of the OPTIONS menu serve to activate deactivate various elements of the user interface such as the property bar the status bar and the sheet as a tab of a register card If an entry is checkmarked this option will be displayed on the screen Page 220 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR HELP 5 8 HELP In the truest sense of the word this menu item 1s Help meant to be
13. gt software NextView 4 Windows Explorer C Program Files NextView 4 x nextview exe e When starting the software the DAQ hardware to be used must have been connected and if necessary turned on e Upon the initial start of NextViewe4 licensing has to be done first and then the device setup Pro Lite Trial 2 2 LICENSING Upon the initial start NextViewe4 asks for various user data User name Harvey UU Company BMC Messsysteme Harve Please fill in the serial number and lic User name y already requested a license number f Company BMC Messsysteme GmbH how Serial Number r Please fill in the serial number and license number If vou have not already requested a license number for this computer please do so License now Request 30 day Serial Number License Request License Figure 4 Page 20 BMC Messsysteme GmbH FIRST START LICENSING gt Holders of NextViewe4 Lite Pro Analysis Owners of a Lite Pro or Analysis version enter the 10 digit serial number received upon purchase of NextViewe4 gt NextViewo4 Trial version If you want to test the 30 day trial version checkmark the option 30 days free trial version In this case entering a serial number 1s not necessary gt Update NextViewo4 x gt NextViewe4 6 To install a free update of a previous 4 x version enter the old 4 x license number 20 digit in the field of the serial
14. Active 43 150 168 Button 153 Commands 129 130 Copy 83 Cut 83 Delete 83 Digital multimeter 135 Display range 30 Full width 45 48 Graph display 159 Insert 126 Level indicator 139 Message display 170 Name 30 74 Pane 30 Paste 83 Picture 130 Position 30 Scaling of axes 30 Select 128 Settings 128 Size 30 Slider 156 Split 30 Static text 132 Display range 59 99 149 Dot jam 163 Double integration 195 Drag indicators Display 47 Reset 37 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Edit 83 Excel 178 Export 32 68 179 ASCII 182 NextView 4 180 F FFT 32 68 188 Amplitude 194 Averaging the multiple FFT 191 Basics 192 FFT marker 164 167 188 Frequency lines 190 Logarithmic representation 194 Multiple analysis 68 Multiple FFT 190 Phase 194 Settings 189 Source signal 192 193 Window functions 190 193 FFT marker 167 188 File 57 75 90 Commands 75 Numbering 90 Remove from train 73 File train 63 68 71 Create 71 Remove file 73 Filter 194 199 Bandpass 201 Bandstop 201 Bessel 203 Butterworth 203 Critical damping 202 Cut off frequency 200 Highpass 201 Lowpass 201 Method 201 Order 201 Phase shift 200 Ripple content 204 Settings 199 Transient period 200 201 Tschebyscheff 204 Types 200 First start Licensing 20 BMC Messsysteme GmbH INDEX Font 55 Form print 77 Formula 118 Formula channel 28 87 116 149 Select channel 119 Formula channels 24 Frequency 92 Frequenc
15. Channels 64 Characteristic signal values 33 61 63 71 161 162 165 Copy to clipboard 33 61 Clipboard 32 33 36 61 75 80 83 165 173 177 1 92 Color 50 Color button 166 175 Page 223 INDEX Color palette Change 50 Comment 57 96 121 Common tasks 41 Devices 42 Project 41 Start Stop 42 Configuration 27 85 CAN channels 110 Channels 27 85 94 121 Counter channels 108 Entire system 27 85 88 Formula channels 116 Save 28 Configuration file 85 87 124 125 218 Context menu 6 128 133 135 136 138 140 141 151 162 171 Conversion factors 97 109 Convert into train 71 Copyright 12 Counter 108 109 Cramer Rule 197 Critical damping 202 Cumulative sampling rate 89 Current value 102 Cursor 61 164 165 Black cursor 190 Level 32 Position 165 White cursor 167 188 Cursor level 61 Cursors Print 33 77 165 D Data reduction 32 205 Date 48 Default display range 45 Defaults 149 Physical range 149 Device 84 Commands 84 Device configuration 42 85 121 218 Close with RETURN 85 216 Defaults 125 Handling 86 Load 124 Print 28 124 Page 224 save 124 Save with project 87 124 TreeView 86 87 Device setup 24 Devices 42 Differentiation 32 197 Digital channels 121 Change direction 107 Line 94 Digital multimeter 31 135 Active 137 Assign channel 137 Background 53 Color 52 Inactive 137 Name 45 135 Position 136 Size 136 State 49 52 136 137 Display 99 128
16. Delete pane Ctrl D 1 1 1 1 1 1 H aale alr Alt4 X Calculation FFT Alk F Integrate Alt I Analvsis Differentiate Alt D Filter Alt L Reduce Alt R Repeat last analysis Ctrl 4 Toggle panes p Open File Replace File Replace by next File Chri Replace bv previous File Setup Batch Job Run Batch Job Ctrl B Figure 113 The graph display serves to view stored signals from measurement files which have been stored by NextViewe4 or a measurement program in a supported file format see IMPORT p 69 or have been calculated by means of analysis functions By means of comprehensive mathematical functions the signal curves can be analyzed and processed function command dialog insert graph display e menu DISPLAY command GRAPH DISPLAY e context menu of sheet command INSERT GRAPH DISPLAY e keyboard F4 select graph display e mouse click on the display selection bar is shown e keyboard lt gt remove graph display e menu EDIT command DELETE e keyboard lt CTRL gt X BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 159 MENU BAR DISPLAY name graph display automatically adjust to full sheet width turn pane view on off open replace measurement file into the project replace numbered measurement file by next previous insert signal replace signal delete signal select sig
17. TING THE DISPLAY p 146 keyboard gt or 4f use hand tool turn on with mouse wheel see NAVIGATING THE DISPLAY p 146 view signal information of the active property bar tab SIGNAL section PROPER signal TIES use one y axis for all signals property bar tab Y AXIS cursors on off press buttons B see GRAPH DISPLAY BUTTONS p 164 calculate characteristic signal property bar tab CURSOR values draw a rectangle over the signal segment with mouse button pressed press mouse wheel to turn on zooming function see ZOOMING IN THE DISPLAY p 148 show in full signal range 100 press button amp see GRAPH DISPLAY BUTTONS p 164 define range of 100 represen property bar tab GENERAL tation property bar tab X AXIS and tab Y AXIS print graph display e menu FILE command PRINT DISPLAY e keyboard lt CTRL gt P write script instructions property bar tab SCRIPT with NextViewe4 Script only BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 16 MENU BAR DISPLAY The graph display is placed on an empty space on the sheet The common Windows conventions relating to position and size of an object apply see p 129 Navigating the display see p 146 and zooming in the display see p 148 15 executed in the same way as in the live display A right click on the graph display opens the related context menu The settings of the graph display which must h
18. This type of display can show up to 100 messages e g system status information or messages from other users or serve as an output medium for the add on module NextViewe4 Script for charge insert message display e menu DISPLAY command MESSAGE DISPLAY e context menu of sheet command INSERT MESSAGE DISPLAY select message display e mouse click on the display selection bar is shown e keyboard lt TAB gt remove message display e menu EDIT command DELETE e keyboard lt CTRL gt X stop automatic scrolling start automatic scrolling aut adjust to full sheet width show date and time messages contain time information see property bar tab GENERAL character format property bar tab FONT print message display select relevant option in tab GENERAL e menu File command PRINT DISPLAY e keyboard lt CTRL gt P Page 170 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DISPLAY The message display is placed on an empty space on the sheet The common Windows conventions relating to position and size of an object apply see p 129 A right click on the message display opens a context menu containing commands frequently used in this type of display The settings for the active message display which must have been previously selected by mouse click selection bar is displayed are defined in the related tabs GENERAL and FONT under the section PROPERTIES of the property bar on the left The me
19. needed to execute and finish a scan Device Configuration 12 A scan is a measurement based on the defined Scan Configuration F11 DEVICE CONFIGURATION which in A Save Configuration contrast to live data transmission is stored in a measurement file IT x Restore Defaults Work Offline Figure 50 5 3 1 COMMANDS OF THE MENU DEVICE start stop scanning starts or stops the storing of data to a measurement file 1fx keyboard lt CTRL gt R or lt CTRL gt T device configuration dialog for configuring the entire system and configuring analog digital channels counters CAN channels formula channels keyboard F12 scan configuration overview of the settings of available channels and parameterization of individual or several channels keyboard F11 load save configuration loads a previously stored configuration file nvc or stores the configuration data of the measurement system in a file nvc configuration prints an overview of the device configuration restore restore defaults restores the default configuration of the system recent configuration lists the previously stored configuration files max 9 which can also be opened from here Page 84 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DEVICE 5 3 2 START STOP SCANNING A measurement to be recorded with the parameters preset in the DEVICE CON FIGURATION is started by choosing the command START SCANNI
20. 9 are listed and can be opened directly from here BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 125 MENU BAR SHEET 9 4 SHEET A sheet is a page in a project in which the various types of Sheet displays for visualizing analyzing and documenting a New Sheet Delete Sheet measurement application e g live display static text etc can be inserted 1 First Steps 2 Live data 3 Analysis Figure 87 command function new sheet adds a new worksheet to the project keyboard F 9 delete sheet removes the current foremost window All sheets of a project are listed in the lower section of the menu SHEET together with their page number and name The currently displayed sheet is provided with a check mark w The sheet name is also displayed on the sheet register card on the lower edge and in the status bar ther functions command dialog switch between e menu SHEET click sheet name in the list of existing sheets sheets e click on sheet tab at the lower edge e keyboard lt CTRL gt lt TAB gt open context menu e right click on empty space in the sheet e keyboard lt SHIFT gt F10 name sheet property bar tab GENERAL show hide sheet tab menu OPTIONS VIEW SHEET TABS see VIEW p 220 select sheet click on blank space in the sheet You can insert displays on the sheet via the context menu of the sheet Page 126 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Paste Insert w View Property Bar View Status B
21. DEVICE Baudrate 250 kBd Fem um n Frame format auto C Timeout 0 E Figure 75 5 3 3 6 3 MESSAGE To verify or change the format of a message first mark the relevant message in the TreeView on the left side of the DEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog and then carry out your modifications in tab MESSAGE Message Message message 254 254 Id 1254 Multiplex Id Options Extended Multiplexed Multiplex order Multiples offset Length Figure 76 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 113 MENU BAR DEVICE The entry Message indicates the current name with ID and Multiplex ID if existing The settings are the same as when adding a message to the CAN bus see Figure 74 5 3 3 6 4 SIGNALS The signals contained in a message in normal or extended format are listed in tab SIGNALS of the DEVICE CONFIGURATION Signals yiq signal 1 Wig signal 2 Figure 77 Press the Delete button to remove the marked signal from the message With Add a new signal can be included The settings for the new signal are entered in the dialog box CAN Signal Page 114 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DEVICE CAM Signal Message message 254 254 Signal Mame 1 Bitfield order Intel Motorola Unsigned Signed Bitfield offset 0 Length 8 Offset 04000 Factor 1 000 0 000 256 000 3 7 Figure 78 entr
22. display click color button except EXPORT 179 The analysis is executed within the cursor range see CURSORS p 165 which the signal must be entirely available in The result signal will be presented in the display of the source signal except FFT EXPORT All analysis functions can be selected from a context menu which is opened by a right click on the graph display NextViewed creates a backup file of an existing result file upon calculation of signals If a calculation is canceled the original file will be restored but only in case of sufficient storage capacity Stored signals are editable see TAB SIGNAL p 56 Page 172 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR SIGNALS 5 6 1 COMMANDS OF THE MENU SIGNAL add signal inserts a new signal in the active live display or graph display keyboard F6 hide signal hides the selected signal of the display delete signal removes the selected signal from the display keyboard F7 new pane inserts the active signal to a new partial window of the live display or graph display keyboard lt CTRL gt G see PANE VIEW p 176 remove pane removes the partial window of the active signal and inserts the signal into the next window keyboard lt CTRL gt D see PANE VIEW p 176 toggle panes opens closes the pane view keyboard lt CTRL gt H copy selected signal all signals copies the x and y coordinates of the selected or all signals of a graph display
23. 1 nexbview nvp 2 nexkview nvp Exit Figure 44 5 1 1 COMMANDS OF THE MENU FILE new project creates a new project with a blank sheet keyboard lt CTRL gt N open project opens an existing project file keyboard lt CTRL gt 0O save project stores the current project keyboard lt CTRL gt S save project as stores the current project with a new name or in another directory open signal file opens or imports a measurement file in the project print prints the displayed sheet or the active graph display or message display keyboard lt CTRL gt P print preview preview of the display or sheet to be printed also print into clipboard settings for the page format the form print selection and configuration of the printer direct start of projects direct selection of the recently stored projects 9 j closes the current project file BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 75 MENU BAR FILE 5 1 2 PROJECT lt CTRL gt N creates a new project with a blank sheet save project as stores the current project with a new name or path The menu item FILE as well as tab PROJECT in the section RESOURCES of the property bar contains the commands for the project management A project file nvp includes all the information about the screen setup and the representation of the signals Therefore all sheets with displays and relating signals which have been created during a project and stored are loaded when a
24. 2 Show cursor dx and dy Shaw cursor 1 dx and dyidx Cursor level 2 000 y Cursor tools ES Values Minimum 812 37 at 42 Maximum 237 195mV at 795 Mean Value 61 9z6mV Standard Deviation 616 667mV Figure 33 Page 60 BMC Messsysteme GmbH PROPERTY BAR PROPERTIES The commands and functions of the cursors in a graph display are provided in tab CURSOR of the section PROPERTIES In the bottom part characteristic values of the active signal can be calculated within the cursor range and be shown directly show cursor values and other values in the graph display coordinates of the white cursor no 1 coordinates of the black cursor no 2 distance between the two x coordinates dx and their corresponding measuring values dy frequency resulting from the time period dx 1 dx and average slope dy dx Cursor tools Br Be jumps the white or black cursor to the position at which the level value has been exceeded positive edge jumps both cursors to the next interval in which the level value exceeds positive edge or falls below negative edge the cursor level HJH jumps both cursors to the next signal pulse in which the level value exceeds positive edge or falls below negative edge the defined level and the other way round calculation of several characteristic values see below lt SHIFT gt 5 adds new line of characteristic sign
25. 6 7252 51 259mm a Figure 129 Another important export function 15 the ASCII export Signals recorded with NextViewe4 be used by other ASCII compatible programs so that the signals for example are available for specific analysis methods or graphical applications An ASCII file represents the signal in text format The numerical values of the signals are listed in two columns the left listing the values of the x axis and the right column the values of the y axis You convert a signal into an ASCII file by defining the signal segment to be exported by means of the cursors The command EXPORT also context menu of the graph display ANALYSIS EXPORT or keyboard ALT X leads you to the dialog box Save as where you indicate the filename of the signal to be exported and the path see Figure 126 Additionally change the file type to ASCII files asc txt File name export lx Mestie 4 Files Nextyiew 4 Files hx Mex iew HT 3 4 Files If DIADEM Files dat Save as TurboLab Files 7 dat Figure 130 Page 182 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR SIGNALS When you confirm by clicking on the button Save the ASCII export options dialog box see Figure 131 is opened In the tab OPTIONS you can provide all settings in relation to output and number format of the x and y values Enter your settings in this dialog box with regard to the program to be used with th
26. 84 88 101 104 Page 228 Save 105 Start 42 85 State 85 Stop 42 85 89 Scan configuration 28 42 96 103 105 120 Sort channels 121 scan frequency 89 162 Scan period 89 Scan time 89 92 Script 63 Scrolling 30 Send bug report 220 Sheet 44 126 220 Delete 126 Insert new sheet 126 Name 44 74 126 Signal 30 56 172 Active 168 Add 70 168 173 174 Assign 168 Close 68 Color 51 Comment 57 Copy 173 Copy all 173 Copy to clipboard 32 Cut 180 Delete 173 175 Edit 32 57 172 File 57 Group 57 Hide 173 175 178 Insert 30 Name 57 New 174 Pane 173 176 Replace 68 70 168 Replace by next 68 Replace by previous 68 Save 57 68 Select 174 Shift 145 146 147 158 Stop 145 147 x Format 57 y Default range 57 y Format 57 y Range 57 Zoom 145 148 Signal file Close 68 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Export 68 Numbering 68 Open 68 Replace 68 Replace by next file 68 Replace by previous file 68 Save 68 signal interval 61 Signal pulse 61 Signal representation 162 164 Dot jam 163 Envelope curve 145 Staircase function 163 Signal settings 168 Signals 66 114 Commands 173 Context menu 67 Copy all signals to clipboard 177 Copy to clipboard 177 Offset against each other 184 Slider 31 47 146 156 Assign analog output 157 Name 47 156 Operation 158 Position 157 Range 158 Size 157 Slider scale 158 Source signal 117 Square function 119 186 Standard deviation 61 165 Start 42 85 Start Stop 42 State 49 Static t
27. B Abs Live Elements cos aalo ils Figure 151 If the name of the resulting signal includes the name of the original signal it will also be updated when repeating the analysis One example You are making an FFT analysis for a signal named Sinus and you call the resulting signal FFT Sinus So when repeating the FFT the resulting signal of the signal Rectangle will be FFT Rectangle now Besides the better overview another advantage 1s that the resulting files are not overwritten by the following ones BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 207 MENU BAR SIGNALS e The command can also be opened clicking the button see GRAPH DISPLAY BUTTONS p 164 at the bottom of the graph display e The analysis functions are always stored for each display separately and are kept when saving a project so that when opening the project the last analysis function carried out in a display can be applied to the active signal of this display with the same settings 5 6 11 SETUP BATCH JOB A batch job is a function to apply an analysis task with the same parameters to all or several selected signals of a display at the same time In many different types of applications the batch job is advantageous see BATCH JOB TYPICAL APPLICATIONS p 213 Especially for repeating measurements the batch job offers great advantages as processing analysis functions can automatically be started and printed at the end of a
28. CONFIGURATION p 124 of the menu item DEVICE e In the TreeView on the left you have to select a component e g channel of the DAQ system first before you can parameterize it e The configuration will be saved automatically in a file together with saving the project if this option is checked in the project options see p 218 5 3 3 2 The chart TreeView shows all measurement systems with a physical connection that have been indicated upon program installation Depending on the hardware used various channels are available see COMPATIBLE HARDWARE p 17 They are listed under the individual device and numbered accordingly In addition the virtual formula channels Professional version see SETTINGS FOR FOR MULA CHANNELS p 116 are listed below the measurement hardware They are generated by calculating analog signals using a given formula BMC Messsysteme GmbH ILLUSTRATING THE MEASUREMENT SETUP Device Configuration Wig Analog In 1 iq Analog In 2 ki Analog Qut 1 tq Digital In 1 lla Line In 1 Uy Line In 2 meM AD 1 yiq Analog In 1 Wa Analog In 2 Wig Analog In 3 Formulas 1 a amp 1 Formula 1 284 Formula 2 Figure 52 Page 87 MENU BAR DEVICE e The devices are listed the same order as indicated upon installation e distinguish devices of the same type they are assigned with consecutive number
29. Figure 16 The tab DEVICES in the section COMMON TASKS contains direct links to the configuration dialog boxes which are accessible via the DEVICE menu The DEVICE CONFIGURATION is used to define parameters for the whole system or to configure single channels With the SCAN CONFIGURATION you can get an overview of the configuration of all cannels and make settings for several channels at the same time 4 3 3 TAB START STOP Start scan Stop scan Figure 17 Via the tab START STOP in the section COMMON TASKS a scan is started or stopped see START STOP SCANNING p 85 These commands can be reached via the DEVICE menu too Page 42 BMC Messsysteme GmbH PROPERTY BAR PROPERTIES 4 4 PROPERTIES All settings regarding the view of objects in NextViewe4 are assigned on the various register cards in the section PROPERTIES Always the parameters of the currently active object display sheet signals are displayed If you click on another object the tabs are refreshed showing the settings of the recently marked object relating 11 Properties Graph Display 1 properties y Axis Mame Analysis Test 1 General Curs active display Size Automatically adjust display width active signal view W Show channel names B sinus 3 Figure 18 A Selected display is recognizable by its selection bar on the left side of the display Click on the display to activate it
30. Figure 63 Width Decimals max number of characters one point for sign and decimal point reserved before and after the decimal point Format select representation of the numbers see below Exponent in case of scientific representation the conversion to another unit is either done automatically or the specified unit k M G is used if necessary Sample indicates the representation of a value with the current settings For example the number 12345 6789 with a width of 15 characters and 5 decimals would be edited in the following way Page 100 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DEVICE rounded to a whole number value without 12346 decimals Fixed point full display of the decimals if necessary filled with 12345 67890 succeeding zeros Integer Scientific optimize representation of values by using units 12 34568k e g m k M G displayed values are times base unit seconds 3h 25min 45 68s Exponential decimal number 1 digit before the decimal point 1 23457E 004 number of decimals exponent E decimal power 5 3 3 4 5 5 All storage parameters of the Scan selected measurement channel Aa relating to the scan settings are M average defined in the SCAN register minimum card of the DEVICE CONFIGU nu RATION 5 Scan Time 10 000 Hz 1060 Om A 1 1 storage ratio means that Storage Ratio 1 0 1 000 1 000 Hz every incoming value is stored Required 62 1k Free Space 42 456
31. However this rapid reaction 1s compensated for by an overshoot 10 510 000 520 000 00 10 000 eS IU oo 2000 4000 sooo 5 0009 0 000 5 000 18 000 Figure 147 A special feature of the Bessel filter is its perfect square wave transmission response i e the phase shift in the range of the filter cut off frequency 15 proportional to the frequency 5 6 8 2 3 BUTTERWORTH FILTER The Butterworth lowpass shows an amplitude frequency response which 15 hori zontal at first and makes a sharp bend shortly before the cut off frequency 15 reached In principle it can be regarded as a special type of Tschebyscheff filter 1f its ripple content 0 5dB to 3dB can be indicated in this case 1s allowed to go to Zero 10 520 000m 0 0 10 000 00 2000 4000 sooo 52000 0 000 5 000 10 000 Figure 148 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 203 MENU BAR SIGNALS A step response shows a considerable overshoot tending to increase with the higher order With a filter of order 8 the overshoot amounts to a nominal 16 3 5 6 8 2 4 TSCHEBYSCHEFF FILTER The gain of a Tschebyscheff filter shows a ripple content in the vicinity of the cut off frequency which in this case can be selected from 0 5dB to 3dB The higher the value the steeper the transition into the stop range 10 20 000m 540 000m 0 0 10 000 7 oo 2000 4000 sooo 5 000 0 000 5 000 10 000 Figure 149 The following overview lists the maximum gain of a sign
32. MENU BAR DISPLAY 5 5 1 COMMANDS OF THE MENU DISPLAY picture display of a picture in bitmap file format bmp display as background image possible static text opens a text box for additional information or warning messages states of alarm can be signalized optically digital multimeter displays the incoming numerical values of an input channel states of alarm can be signalized optically keyboard F2 level indicator display with drag indicator to visualize levels e g states of alarm can be signalized optically live display opens a display in which online data are represented in chart recorder view as an envelope curve keyboard F3 button inserts the button operating control slider inserts the slider operating control graph display view and analysis of signals in a measurement file keyboard F4 message display displays information in a list provided by the system or other users 5 5 2 POSITION AND SIZE 20 01 2004 11 14 ross 6 000 2 2 500 ooo 1 500 5 000 Ii m Figure 90 You can position or resize a display at will by click amp drag of the selection bar on the left or of the bottom right corner of the display BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 129 MENU BAR DISPLAY move display on the sheet adjust display size on the right hand edge of the display display cannot be moved because it overlaps another display exception picture or is not within in the
33. Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR OPTIONS 5 7 2 2 PRINTING OPTIONS Sheets or displays can be Printing printed with a frame to illustrate analysis individually and con form to your requirements Page Setup Show Page Setup before printing Frame w Use custom frame Portrait frames sbmcem portrait emf Left Margin Emm Right 5mm Therefore a graphics with chan ENS emf file format has to be loaded Landscape C bmem landscape emt BI Left Margin Emm Right Top Margin 25mm Bottom 5mm Figure 158 if you need to adjust the header before each print out optionally open page setup automatically before printing Frame optionally use a graphics to add an individually created frame into the print out Portrait Landscape name and path of the graphics file emf in portrait or landscape orientation used as a frame in the print out change with button on the right inserts internal margin between the outside margin of the emf graphics and the displays to be printed settings become active when choosing the frame option e Always choose the same orientation portrait or landscape as declared in the PAGE SETUP dialog box Otherwise the frame might not be displayed with the correct aspect ratio e To print a frame the option No frame must be unchecked in the PAGE SETUP dialog box see p 81 e You can show or look over the print result in advance by means
34. all signals tab Y AXIS the 100 representation always bases on the minimum and maximum value of all signal ranges also applies for hidden signals BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 149 MENU BAR DISPLAY 5 5 7 5 LIVE DISPLAY ASSIGN CHANNEL If a live display is inserted on the sheet keyboard F3 or a signal is added to the display keyboard F6 any analog or digital input or formula channel is displayed Resources Channels 6 000 73 meM AD 5 000337 al 4 000 meM ADfFo 54000321 E Analog In 1 ila Analog In 1 Analog In 2 Wig Analag In 2 ares In 3 0 000 ll Analog In 3 replace chann iq Analog In 4 i4 Analog In 5 EM g In add channels 2T n gt a Siria iq Analog In 8 Analog In 9 Figure 106 The selection is done in tab CHANNELS under the section RESOURCES of the property bar The presently related channel has a gray marking To add one several channel s to the live display it they has have to be marked in tab CHANNELS and moved by drag amp drop over the display which does not necessarily have to be selected before If moving a channel over the color button of a signal in the display it will be replaced A double click on a channel listed in the selection on the left replaces the active signal of the active display e The active display is recognizable by its selection bar on the left side of the display Color button name and numer
35. be executed for the FFT menu item of the SIGNALS menu is displayed This command also context menu of the graph display ANALYSIS FFT or keyboard lt ALT gt F opens a dialog box where the settings for the FFT analysis can be made Click on the Toggle FFT marker button see p 167 at the bottom of the graph display and the range to be FFT analyzed will be marked in dark yellow starting at the white cursor position An increase of frequency lines will extend this range If the white cursor is shifted the range to be analyzed by the FFT is shifted accordingly e FFT exclusively uses the active signal for analysis e calculation can only be executed if the signal is entirely available within this range for 64 lines at least 128 samples e x axis of the source signal differs from that of the frequency spectrum Therefore their curves cannot be represented in one display Page 188 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR SIGNALS 5 6 5 1 SETTINGS FOR THE FFT ANALYSIS Fast Fourier Transform Source 1 Analog In 11 556 11 684 Destination Cz Mame amp Unit FFT Sinus Window Mone Lines B4 Magnitude Logarithmic E lw Amount auto fixed Interval auta C fixed Average Cancel Apply Calc Figure 136 A precise FFT analysis requires the signal range to be analyzed to contain exactly twice the amount of points as the indicated a
36. by either using the current initial value as the offset value or setting the offset to zero Offset 0V The signal to be integrated 1s then calculated as follows y m measured value at the position m of the signal to be integrated x i measured value at the position i of the source signal At scan time 1 scan frequency k offset A click on Calculate starts the calculation and the result s will be represented in the graph display of the source signal Page 196 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR SIGNALS 5 6 7 DIFFERENTIATION Differentiation Source Triangle 4456s 12 354 Destination 525 smail a bug skz nv Fehlersdiff Ihe m Name amp Unit Rectangle Vs s Ama 5 samples B Triangle Rectangle 0 000 200 000 TT T za ve B Figure 140 The differentiation of a signal allows to detect changes The range in the graph display to be analyzed in which the signal 1s contained in its entirety 15 selected by means of both cursors see p 164 The differentiation dialog box is opened via the command DIFFERENTIATE in the SIGNALS menu also context menu of the graph display ANALYSIS DIFFERENTIATE or keyboard ALT D Source name of active source signal in the graph display x Range cursor range over which the differentiation would be executed according to the current settings name and unit of the result signal Destination name and
37. click on a channel listed in the selection on the left replaces the signal of the active display To look over the parameter settings of the selected channel open the DEVICE CONFIGURATION which can be reached directly with the command CHAN NEL SETTINGS in the context menu of the display also SHIFT double click on the display BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 141 MENU BAR DISPLAY 5 5 7 LIVE DISPLAY 02 01 2004 11 27 20 000 4 000 E Sinus Ti Add signal F signal Delete signal F7 new pane CEri4 G Toggle panes Channel settings Figure 101 This type of display shows the incoming measurement data online in chart recorder view as an envelope curve see p 145 insert live display e menu DISPLAY command LIVE DISPLAY e context menu of sheet command INSERT LIVE DISPLAY e keyboard F3 select live display e mouse click on the display selection bar is shown e keyboard lt TAB gt remove live display e menu EDIT command DELETE e keyboard lt CTRL gt X name live display property bar tab GENERAL adjust to full sheet width property bar tab GENERAL turn pane view on off e menu SIGNALS command Toggle panes e keyboard lt CTRL gt H insert signal menu SIGNALS command ADD SIGNAL context menu of live display command ADD SIGNAL keyboard F6 move channel from tab CHANNELS section RESOURCES of the property bar over
38. counter or incremental encoder can be calibrated Two known measuring values are necessary to calculate the conversion factors defining how the value to be displayed is generated from the measured voltage If you short circuit the channel and press the Offset button the just measured value at 0V will always be subducted from all incoming voltage values BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 109 MENU BAR DEVICE 5 3 3 6 SETTINGS FOR CAN CHANNELS ds Computer 1000 1 44 hardware Bus 1 4 CAN channel Message 1 44 amp message available Signal 14 amp selected signal signals Signal 2 message with Message 2 4 CAN Bus 2 Multiplex ID Figure 72 If using measurement hardware sending measuring data via the CAN bus Controller Area Network e g PCI BASE1000 with MCAN special settings are required in the DEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog concerning the CAN bus itself the sent messages and the signals The configuration is executed on different levels see OPERATING THE DEVICE CONFIGURATION p 86 To open a level in the TreeView click on the H sign If an element is marked in the chart the register cards on the right adjust accordingly and show the current settings The parameters for the selected element can now be entered The settings in the tabs NAME USING SCAN and TRIGGER are the same as if configurin
39. display type picture see p 129 Unlike all other displays a picture may overlap with another display The picture then will always stay in the background So when inserting a picture the frame might be covered by another display if there is not enough space on the sheet BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 131 MENU BAR DISPLAY 5 5 4 STATIC TEXT The STATIC TEXT option in the DISPLAY menu allows to enter All Systems OK additional information for measurement application or warning messages in the case of incidents Figure 92 insert static text e menu DISPLAY command STATIC TEXT e context menu of sheet command INSERT STATIC TEXT select static text e mouse click on the display selection bar is shown e keyboard lt gt remove static text e menu EDIT command DELETE e keyboard lt CTRL gt X e property bar tab STATE e context menu of static text set limits for changing state property bar tab STATE text color background color property bar tab COLOR static text assign channel property bar tab CHANNELS section RE SOURCES check channel settings e context menu of static text command CHANNEL SETTINGS e keyboard lt SHIFT gt double click on the display property bar tab SCRIPT with NextViewe4 Script only define state active inactive Page 132 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DISPLAY The static text is placed on an empty space on t
40. for the active graph display also context menu of the graph display ANALYSIS RUN BATCH JOB or keyboard lt CTRL gt B Before it can be started the respective graph display has to be selected first and the white cursor for FFT analysis must have been set at least The setup of a batch job is always saved for each display separately and is kept when saving a project so that when opening the project a batch job can be restarted Page 214 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR OPTIONS 5 7 OPTIONS This menu provides special display operating and Options project options as well as possibilities to change Preferences version and measuring hardware Lack Project Log On Change Password Users License Update MNexEView Send Bug Report w View Property Bar Alt Enter w View Skatus Bar w View Sheet Tabs Figure 156 5 7 1 COMMANDS OF THE MENU OPTIONS selection of specific dialog and print settings frame settings selection of specific project options lock project restricts the access rights of the project to read only license lists the installed NextViewe4 version and add on modules inclusively serial number update NextView free installation of the latest NextView amp 4 versions updates via internet send bug report send error messages via e mail to bmcm show hide property bar status bar or sheet tabs BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 215 MENU BAR OPTIONS 5 7 2 PREFERENCES This
41. gt mouse symbol set width along the vertical bar between property bar and sheet mouse symbol set height between the sections of the property bar With the following shortcuts the property bar can be operated by keyboard Page 40 BMC Messsysteme GmbH PROPERTY BAR COMMON TASKS fold unfold the object related property bar on the left confirms the changes made in input fields d confirms the changes made in input fields and refreshes the displays if necessary Use the command VIEW PROPERTY BAR in the menu OPTIONS to show or hide the property bar keyboard lt ALT gt 1 4 3 COMMON TASKS Spread on various register cards the upper section of the property bar contains the links to the most frequently used commands and dialog boxes like creating or opening a project access to the configuration dialog boxes or the commands to start or stop a scan This avoids extensive searching especially for beginners To choose an item move the mouse pointer over it As soon as it 1s selectable the mouse symbol changes and the item 15 underlined 4 3 1 TAB PROJECT Project create new project Open existing project Figure 15 In the tab PROJECT of the section COMMON TASKS you will find direct links to the commands of the menu FILE concerning projects BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 41 PROPERTY BAR COMMON TASKS 4 3 2 TAB DEVICES T Device configuration SE Scan configuration
42. of the responsible person and company name which is printed as a header of the file Under Options several elements can be selected concerning the layout of the page to be printed entry function i No frame page is printed without frame Headline page is printed with header Legend contains information about the signals shown e g directory path of signal file sample rate number of signal values signal information cursor values Colors colored print out Patterns signals are printed as a pattern and not with a solid line improved differentiation in black and white print outs BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 81 MENU BAR FILE In the fields Paper and Orientation the page size and format portrait or landscape are set Under Margins the page margins are defined For long signals we recommend to print on several pages Therefore set the number of pages which the print out of the signals 1s spread on The Printer button leads you to the printer settings see PRINT SETTINGS p 78 e Instead of a simple double lined frame you can also load an individually designed frame see PRINTING OPTIONS p 217 e The print preview see p 79 illustrates how the print out would look like according to the settings you made e The options for the y axis and for inserting a legend next to the y axis can be set for each graph display separately They are included in tab Y AXIS see p 59 of the proper
43. point not a comma to separate the decimals below 1 from the rest of the number e Use radian measure for indicating angles Type Pi for the Greek letter a 2 or 3 grade polynomials are recognized automatically The Channel button leads you to the Select channel dialog box where all channels available for computing are listed in groups If you select a channel and confirm via OK it will be inserted into the formula With the Boolean operators you can combine events with each other If defining a trigger for these formula channels e g Positive Edge 1 the scan will be started as soon as the whole condition in the formula becomes true and the formula channel changes from 0 to 1 A right click in the formula entry field opens a context menu with familiar Windows functions see EDIT 83 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 119 MENU BAR DEVICE 5 3 4 SCAN CONFIGURATION open dialog box SCAN CONFIGURATION d close dialog box SCAN CONFIGURATION changes are applied lt ALT gt F4 quit dialog box SCAN CONFIGURATION without accepting changes The dialog box SCAN CONFIGURATION displays an overview of all available measurement channels and their current configuration During a running scan the access to the configuration dialogs is not possible This command can also be executed by means of the relevant entry on the tab DEVICES in the section COMMON TASKS of the property bar 5 3 4 1 NOT
44. project is opened e When NextViewe4 is started the most recently edited and stored project is opened e You can get an overview of the project structure in the tab PROJECt under the section RESOURCES of the property bar e If the configuration is linked with the project see p 218 the related device configuration is loaded automatically Otherwise the settings of another recent project are opened even of another project e The command LOCK PROJECT see p 218 prevents unauthorized access to project settings Page 76 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR FILE 5 1 3 OPEN SIGNAL FILE With this command of the menu FILE you can load previously recorded signals extension 1 x into the current project or import measurement files of other file formats extension 1 x dat tsf asc txt mdb You can also open save signal files via the S menu of the tab SIGNALS under the section RESOURCES of the property bar 5 1 4 PRINT Print Display Ctrl P Print Preview Sheet Fage Setup Figure 45 This menu item allows for the configuration of the printer and the output of measurement data to the printer Print Display lt CTRL gt P prints the active display graph display or message display Print Sheet prints all graph displays or message displays of the entire displayed sheet If the print preview is selected the items to be printed can be viewed A print form is provide
45. scan or when replacing a measuring file A batch job is always stored for each display separately So if you set up a different analysis task for each graph display you can automate multiple analysis functions processing a signal step by step If you set up several batch jobs on a sheet they are numbered and carried out in this order The numbering of the batch jobs depends on the order the graph displays have been inserted in the sheet Always the last batch job with its settings is stored for each display separately and is still available when restarting the project 5 6 11 1 SETTINGS FOR THE BATCH JOB parameters to execute a batch job in the active graph display are specified in the SETUP BATCH JOB dialog box menu SIGNALS or context menu of the graph display The command is only selectable if a graph display has been activated displaying one signal at least and if the cursors have been set within the signal range to be analyzed At least the active signal must be completely within the cursor range Page 208 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR SIGNALS Analysis Calculation Setup Signals zl File Pressure C Documents and Settings H 5 C Documents and Settings H le C Documents and Settings H C Documents and Setlings H Ages C Documents and Settings H Abs Sinus C Program Files Nextview 4 2 Options Add number of step to destination path iw Add files to project
46. sheet If the option Automatically adjust display width is activated in tab GENERAL of the property bar the display width of the live display graph display or message display is always adjusted to the sheet width Pictures in this case are displayed as a background image 5 5 3 PICTURE For the graphic illustration of measuring applications pictures in bitmap format bmp can be inserted on the sheet insert empty frame for picture e menu DISPLAY command PICTURE e context menu of sheet command INSERT PICTURE First an empty frame is placed on an empty space on the sheet If the sheet is active you can assign a bitmap and enter the required settings in tab GENERAL of the property bar If the picture size automatically adjusts to full sheet width it acts like a background image If the aspect ratio is to be retained only the width can be modified The resulting height is automatically resized Press the RETURN or lt TAB gt key so that the changes of the section PROPERTIES are effective Page 130 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DISPLAY Analog In 2 600 000m 800 000m l t aala idie eF 4 01 01 2004 14 39 10 000 01 01 2004 14 39 15 000 Bl Analog In 1 BP Analogin2 EEE 20 000m Analog In 3 ivi 5180 Figure 91 In addition the common Windows conventions relating to position and size of an object apply to the
47. signal 10 0000 B Sinus B FFT Sinus sJ le a pei gm ajaa ids alr Figure 138 If window functions are used the amplitude factor cannot be read but must be calculated by finding the root of the sum of the squares of main amplitude and sidebands BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 193 MENU BAR SIGNALS A A A values of main amplitude and sidebands 5 6 5 3 3 RESULT OF THE FFT ANALYSIS Several output types for the FFT result are available such as amplitude and logarithmic amplitude with or without phase The phase should only be used if the FFT analysis has been executed without filter function and if a multiple of the basic frequency has been selected The logarithmic calculation of the FFT in dB is scaled in such a way that the measurement range of the output signals e g measurement range 10V is equivalent to OdB The conversion is done according to the following formula abs u 1 10dB 2 20 abs absolute value upper limit lower limit amplitude As the results are always floating point values it is not necessary to indicate a sig nal segment However in order to be able to display a signal with visual clarity the lowest and highest measured value is determined during the FFT and stored with an additional 10 serving as a limit of the measurement range In the case of logarithmic calculation the measurement range is fixed between 100dB and 10dB Page 194 BMC
48. to turn on zooming function see ZOOMING IN THE DISPLAY p 148 show in full signal range press button Sl see LIVE DISPLAY BUTTONS p 147 100 define range of 100 property bar tab GENERAL enter display range in the representation DEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog tab DEFAULTS property bar tab X AXIS and tab Y AXIS stop start automatic press buttons gt see LIVE DISPLAY BUTTONS p 147 scrolling keyboard space bar gt BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 14 CJ MENU BAR DISPLAY function command dialog DEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog box tab LIVE DATA data size of live data cache qDEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog box tab LIVE DATA The live display is placed on an empty space on the sheet The common Windows conventions relating to position and size of an object apply see p 129 The settings of the live display which must have been previously selected by mouse click selection bar is displayed are defined in the related tabs GENERAL COLOR X AXIS and Y AXIS under the section PROPER TIES of the property bar on the left Use the pane view to display several signals of a display in separate windows one below the other with individual y axes see p 176 5 5 7 1 TRANSMISSION OF LIVE DATA 25 01 2004 13 18 00 000 25 01 2004 13 18 15 000 Figure 102 The signals of the connected analog and digital inputs and formula channels can be viewed in a live displ
49. unit in the adjoining fields on the right Confirm your changes with the lt TAB gt key BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 97 MENU BAR DEVICE e To define the conversion factors to 8 measuring values can be used If checking this option in the GENERAL OPTIONS under the menu item OPTIONS PREFERENCES tab INPUT will be extended see p 216 e If no data are being transmitted or if not connected to the DAQ system the Offset and Take Sample buttons are grayed out No running measuring samples are displayed If using more than two reference points NextViewe4 creates a regression line The button New allows to add another support tag for calculating the regression line Del removes the selected tag Adding a reference point is done as described before Press the lt TAB gt key to accept and transfer the reference point Only the selected item in the list 1s modified Other items can be configured in the same way by selecting them 0 000 Vv 0 000 m 1 000 v 3 000 m 5 000 W 6 000 m Figure 60 The resulting regression line is displayed in a small window on the left side of the table Each support tag will be represented by a gray X The support tag selected in the table will be displayed in the default selection color in the figure Page 98 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DEVICE 5 3 3 4 3 DEFAULTS The display range specified in the DEVICE CONFIGURATION Default 1 000 1000 m defines the default rang
50. within the cursor range to the clipboard export exports a signal segment to a file of the format asc lfx dat txt keyboard lt ALT gt X calculation dialog box for calculating one or several signals keyboard lt ALT gt C FFT executes a single or multiple FFT analysis keyboard lt ALT gt F integration executes a single or double integration keyboard lt ALT gt I differentiates the selected signal keyboard lt ALT gt D filter provides a selection of digital filters of various order and type keyboard lt ALT gt L data reduction reduces the number of stored measured values of the active signal keyboard lt ALT gt R repeat last analysis applies the last analysis function to the selected signal keyboard lt CTRL gt A A button in the graph display BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 17 CJ MENU BAR SIGNALS setup batch job dialog for the setup and automation of an analysis task for one or several selected signals of a display which is stored for each graph display separately run batch job starts the analysis task which has been setup for the active display keyboard lt CTRL gt B 9 6 2 SIGNAL COMMANDS 5 6 2 1 ADD SIGNAL This command adds any random signal opened in the project into the active live display or graph display also command in the context menu of the live display or graph display or function key F6 The specific signal selection is executed on the left in t
51. 0 000 3 000 10 000 15 000 20 000 25 000 S010 000 0 000 500 000 4 000 rv alele ire Figure 118 The FFT always uses twice as many points as the indicated number of frequency lines Therefore the size of signal range to be calculated by FFT depends on the number of frequency lines set in the FFT dialog box see SETTINGS FOR THE FFT ANALYSIS p 189 5 5 10 3 GRAPH DISPLAY ASSIGN SIGNAL If a graph display is inserted on the sheet keyboard or a signal is added to the display keyboard F6 any stored signal of a measuring file opened in the pro ject will be displayed The selection 15 done in tab SIGNALS under the section RESOURCES of the property bar The presently related active signal of the graph display has a gray marking BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 167 MENU BAR DISPLAY 5 Resources 0 000 5 000 Signals Project 1 7 5 signals IFx b 71 Analog N Sine 6 000 Speed RC D v Voltages replace sign i Dao Rectangle 8 000 4 Rectangle hes add sig nals MV4 Sine 9 E vd a v silfx alala Wig Acceleration liq Speed Figure 119 To add one several signal s to the graph display it they has have to be marked in tab SIGNALS and moved by drag amp drop over the display which does not necessarily have to be selected before If moving a channel over the color button o
52. 0rn Maximum 289 216m 500 000 Physical Range 500 000mwv 500 000 Figure 32 In tab Y AXIS section PROPERTIES the display range of the active signal of a live display graph display or the scale of a slider or level indicator 15 defined use one y axis for all signals of a live or graph display Printing options special print settings for graph displays e legend at y axis name comment scan start e commonly used y axis for all signals of the display in the print out scaling in percent Minimum Maximum display range minimum maximum signal value BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 59 PROPERTY BAR PROPERTIES The specified limits of the default range are shown below the input fields see DEFAULTS p 99 According to these values enter minimum and maximum of the y range or the slider scale to be displayed The entry Physical Range indicates the measuring or output range of the selected analog input or output defined in the DEVICE CONFIGURATION on tab INPUT or OUTPUT If using one y axis for all signals in a live or graph display the signals can be compared with each other in the display If each signal has its own y axis the signals are visualized with optimum display range In this case the specifications apply to the whole display Modified settings are confirmed by pressing the lt gt 4 4 8 TAB CURSOR Cursor v Show cursor values 1 Shaw cursor values
53. 150 151 153 BMC Messsysteme GmbH TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 5 8 1 BUTTON ASSIGN DIGITAL OUTPUT 154 5 5 82 BUTTON OPERATION 155 5 5 9 SLIDER 156 5 5 9 1 SLIDER ASSIGN ANALOG OUTPUT 157 5 5 92 SLIDER OPERATION 158 5 5 10GRAPH DISPLAY 159 5 5 10 1 REPRESENTATION OF STORED VALUES 162 5 5 10 2 GRAPH DISPLAY BUTTONS 164 5 5 10 2 1 CURSORS 165 5 5 10 2 2 X Y REPRESENTATION 166 5 5 10 2 3 FFT MARKER 167 5 5 10 3 GRAPH DISPLAY ASSIGN SIGNAL 167 5 5 10 4 SETTINGS OF THE GRAPH DISPLAY 169 5 5 11 MESSAGE DISPLAY 170 5 6 SIGNALS 172 5 6 1 COMMANDS OF THE MENU SIGNAL 173 5 6 2 SIGNAL COMMANDS 174 5 6 2 1 ADD SIGNAL 174 5 6 2 2 HIDE SIGNAL 174 5 62 33 DELETE SIGNAL 175 5 624 PANE VIEW 176 5 62 5 COPY SELECTED SIGNAL ALL SIGNALS 177 5 6 3 EXPORT 179 5 6 3 1 EXPORT WITHIN NEXTVIEW 4 180 5 6 3 2 ASCII EXPORT 182 5 6 3 2 1 TAB OPTIONS 183 5 6 4 CALCULATION 184 5 6 4 1 ENTER FORMULA 185 5 6 4 2 CHOOSE A SIGNAL 187 5 6 5 FFT 188 5 6 5 1 SETTINGS FOR THE FFT ANALYSIS 189 5 6 5 2 MULTIPLE FFT ANALYSIS 190 5 6 53 NOTES FOR FFT ANALYSIS 192 5 6 5 3 1 TYPES OF SOURCE SIGNALS 192 5 6 5 32 WINDOW FUNCTIONS 193 5 6 5 3 3 RESULT OF THE FFT ANALYSIS 194 5 6 6 INTEGRATION 195 5 6 7 DIFFERENTIATION 197 5 6 8 FILTER 199 5 6 8 1 SETTINGS FOR DIGITAL FILTERS 199 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page vii TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 7 5 8 5 6 8 1 1 FILTER 5 6 8 1 2 FILTER ORDER 5 6 8 1 3 FILTER METHOD 5 6 8 2 PROS AND CO
54. 60 99 104 Picture 130 Background image 31 Name 46 130 Size 46 Polynomial 119 187 Power function 119 186 Preferences 216 General 216 Prehistory 28 34 89 105 Print 77 165 Automatic 77 Batch job 77 Cursor values 33 77 Cursors 33 77 Device configuration 124 Display 33 77 Form 33 Frame 77 217 Into clipboard 75 80 Print preview 33 79 Print settings 78 Sheet 33 To clipboard 33 80 To file 79 Print form Header 81 Program start 19 Project 25 41 74 76 Close 82 Link configuration 76 Lock 76 128 218 New 76 Open 76 Save 76 Save as 76 Project file 124 218 Project options 218 Properties 43 133 136 140 144 151 154 157 162 169 171 Button 47 Color 50 Cursor 61 Digital multimeter 45 47 Font 55 General 44 Graph display 45 Level indicator 47 Page 227 INDEX Live display 45 Message display 48 Picture 46 Script 63 Sheet 44 Signal 56 Slider 47 State 49 Static text 45 47 x Axis 58 y Axis 59 Property bar 39 76 85 120 220 Fold Unfold 40 Operation 40 Pulse time measurement 109 Push button 155 Q Quadrature decoder 109 Radian measure 119 187 Range 108 121 Reduction rate 206 Reference points 216 Regression line 98 Relative time 30 58 Reset 109 Resources 63 Channels 64 Project 74 Signals 66 Ripple content 204 RMS 61 102 118 165 206 Run batch job 214 S sampling rate 89 178 Save Average 102 Current value 102 Maximum 102 Minimum 102 RMS 102 Scan
55. 80 of 544GB Figure 64 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 101 MENU BAR DEVICE multiple choice of storage type x value entered at Storage ratio 1f no option is checked the channel will not be saved during a scan current value storage of every x sampled value average storage of the mean of x sampled values each minimum storage of the minimum of x sampled values each maximum storage of the maximum of x sampled values each RMS storage of the root mean square value x sampled values each based on the following formula N number of measured values here x per interval y i measured values of the relevant interval Scan time indicates frequency and period specified in tab scan when configuring the entire system define ratio of stored value sampled value Required indicates the disk space required for the scan with its current settings and Free space how much disk space is available If recording signals with very different characteristics like high frequency vibrations and slowly changing temperatures we recommend to define the frequency in tab SCAN see p 88 for the entire system so that the fastest signal is recorded adequately and to reduce the number of stored values for the slow signal in this dialog by setting an appropriate high storage ratio If other than current values analog channels only are to be stored a suffix Avg Min Max or RMS is added to the channel name spec
56. ANALYSIS see page 206 and the batch job see SETUP BATCH JOB p 208 automatically carrying out an analysis or printing the resulting signals If the scale of the x axis is the same as of the source signal the result signal will automatically be inserted in the display after calculation Page 32 BMC Messsysteme GmbH BASICS STEPS OF THE MEASURING CHAIN e The tab SIGNAL of the property bar shows the key data of the active signal which were set up for the scan These values can be modified ex post see p 56 The changes will be updated directly in the display e With file trains you can analyze single files of a multi scan beyond file limits e Characteristic values of a signal e g minimum are copied to the clipboard automatically when being calculated see tab CURSOR p 60 They will be available then as table values for other programs e g Excel 3 3 5 DOCUMENTATION You can print see p 77 entire work sheets or single graph displays and message displays A print form is provided containing user and measurement information The cursors of a graph display and their current values are printable too The print preview allows viewing the results before printing Those can also be printed to the clipboard as a scalable bitmap to be used with other programs which can open Windows Metafiles wmf e For each display separately you can decide if different or one commonly used y axis for the signals a
57. C PCI PCIe The number of connected hardware in NextViewe4 Professional is not limited by the software NextViewe4 Lite 1 Even DAQ systems of different type can be installed and several sensors of a diverse range of sensor technology may be connected to the devices The follwing table shows the supported device types The category Sampling rate specifies the maximum scan frequency to be used if exactly one channel is stored The specified performance data only apply together with NextViewe4 For devices sampling asynchronously the PC time is consistent with the scan time The other measuring systems provide an integrated microcontroller for high precision sampling in p seconds using its own time base Because of slightest inaccuracies of the quartz the times used by the DAQ system and by the PC can diverge BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 17 OVERVIEW COMPATIBLE HARDWARE NO gt lt m ON 95 m ON m BH LAN ADI6fx LAN ADI6f iM AD25 a iM3250 T USB ADI6f USB AD14f USB AD12f e W m AIA AIAI AIAIAIAINIAIA Un im gt Z USB OI16 USB PIO meM ADDA m meM PIO PCI BASE3007 10002 16 32 2 PCI PIO EN 3 PCIe BASE 16 32 asynchronous sampling depending on the used module plugged on the card 3 switchable between input and output in groups of 8 USB PIO meM PI
58. ES TO THE SCAN CONFIGURATION In the SCAN CONFIGURATION all channels which can be scanned are listed i e all analog and digital inputs and formula channels Page 120 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DEVICE Scan Configuration Nene Tite Swe commet Analog In 3 Analog In 4 Analog In 5 Analog In Analog In Analog In 8 Analog In 3 Analog In 10 Analog In 11 Analog In 12 Analog In 13 Analog In 14 Analog In 15 Analog In 15 Analog In 17 Analog In 18 USB AD SN 1 USB AD 5 LUSB AD 5 USB 40 5 USB AD 5 USB 40 5 USB AD 5 USB 40 5 USB AD 5 USB 40 SN USB AD 5 USB AD 5 USB AD 5 USB 4D 5 100 PC Basel 00 Mone Mone Mone Store Mane Store Current Value Current Value Average Minimum Maximum RMS rrr Mone Mone Mane Analog In 13 100 malnn in Sse TIE Figure 82 The dialog box shows the current settings in relation to the individual name of the measurement channels its group name a comment if entered if and which trig ger has been set storage rateio and storage type If you click on one of the generic terms in the upper bar e g Group the measurement channels are listed in alphabetical order according to the selected generic term This allows for the listing of all channels of a kind such as Group even if the sig
59. FORMULA Via keyboard or by means of the buttons in the lower section the formula for the calculation of the signal is entered in the white input field Click the button Signal to choose a signal see below A right click into the formula entry field opens a context menu with familiar Win dows editing functions see EDIT p 83 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 185 MENU BAR SIGNALS Calculation 24 Range 1 484 26 203s Destination 5 5 Smail a bug skz nv FehlersdifF Irs EI Mame amp Unit Abs Sinus M B cosi Sinus 27 m absi Sinus 3 m 35670 Sea vs s me tm sj s ain m oJ J 2 Cancel Apply Calc Figure 133 The buttons have the following functions button funetion 000000 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 numerical keys can also be entered via keyboard es operators can also be entered via keyboard sin COS tan asin trigonometric functions sine cosine tangent arc sine arc cosine arc acos atan tangent sqrt abs int square root absolute value integer exp log In 10 10er logarithm natural logarithm for angles in radian measure sqr pow x y square power x for all y 2 0 Other predefined variables and functions Page 186 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR SIGNALS number of measuring values LION MN IN number of measuring vates 000000000000 j ehmemrnwieG 0N ine tothe X axis value i
60. GURATION TEIS general commands insert digital multimeter insert live display insert graph display copy the active display to the clipboard remove the active display and copy it to the clipboard insert a display from the clipboard on the sheet selection of the display print active display graph display or message display only double click on display show tab CHANNELS of the property bar section RE SOURCES lt SHIFT gt double click open dialog box DEVICE CONFIGURATION tab NAME double click on display show tab CHANNELS of the property bar section RE SOURCES lt SHIFT gt double click open dialog box DEVICE CONFIGURATION tab INPUT Page 36 BMC Messsysteme GmbH KEV ACCICNMENT AND CLIGDTCITTC BASICS KEY ASSIGNMENT AND SHORTCUTS double click on display show tab CHANNELS of the property bar section RE SOURCES lt SHIFT gt double click open dialog box DEVICE CONFIGURATION tab NAME lt SHIFT gt E reset the two drag indicators E6 add signal in active display delete signal active lt CTRL gt click on color hide signal button lt CTRL gt G show active signal in a new pane lt CTRL gt D remove the pane of the active signal signal is inserted in the pane underneath otherwise the lowest lt CTRL gt H turn pane view on all signals in panes or off all signals in one window lt space bar gt or stop signal run in the live display mouse cli
61. ING CHAIN There is more to professional measurement than pressing the start button it requi res thorough preparation such as configuring the measurement system displaying signals in a meaningful way displaying analyzing and documenting measured data NextViewe4 leads you through all these steps in an easy and comfortable way 3 3 1 CONFIGURATION The entire configuration can be carried out via the dialog box DEVICE CONFIG URATION see p 85 which is divided into two major parts Depending on the selected level in the TreeView on the left one section comprises the settings relating to the entire system see CONFIGURING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM p 88 the other one the settings for the individual channels see CONFIGURING ANALOG DIGITAL CHANNELS p 93 CONFIGURATION OF THE COUNTER INPUTS p 108 SETTINGS FOR CAN CHANNELS p 110 and SETTINGS FOR FORMULA CHANNELS p 116 Device Configuration USB AD 1 H meM ADfa 1 425 Formulas 1 Fie YiweData f clock V Cum sampl rate 220 000 Device Configuration E My Computer 8 USB AD 1 Vinput f Defauts fusing Scan Trigger Via Analog In 1 Channel Analog In 1 Yiq Analog In 2 n 4 Analog In 3 Mame Analog In 1 As k Group USB AD SN010052 ig Analog In Wig Analog In 14 Analog In 7 JUSTE ig Analog In 8 Wha Analog In 9 Figure 10 By establishing groups of channels a multitude of channels can easily be
62. L INDICATOR Color Active Inactive m m Background z Figure 27 The color settings for the level indicator concerning filling range foreground and background in active or inactive state are made in tab COLOR You can assign different text and background colors to the digital multimeter depending on its state Page 52 BMC Messsysteme GmbH PROPERTY BAR PROPERTIES entry function digital multimeter assign color of the displayed digital values level indicator assign color of the filling range bottom Background assign background color of the display level indicator upper range The currently set color is changed by drag amp drop of a color button from the relevant palette over the display If the display has been selected before color assignment is possible directly by double clicking the desired color button or click A right click on the color palette opens an additional palette with 256 colors to adjust default colors e The state of the display is selected in the tab STATE e If choosing the option Active in the tab STATE without entering a threshold value you can check the settings for a potential case of alarm in advance e The axes of the level indicator signalize the inactive and the active filling range by their color BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 53 PROPERTY BAR PROPERTIES 4 4 3 4 STATIC TEXT BUTTON Color Active Inactive Text Color
63. Mame Alarm information Show channel name Align Text Left 4 Center Right Figure 20 function individually name display name is indicated in the tab PROJECt section resources of the property bar show display frame of the static text or digital multimeter with selection bar and channel name Align text position of text or measuring values BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 45 PROPERTY BAR PROPERTIES 4 4 1 4 GENERAL PICTURE SETTINGS Adjust picture size to sheet E Retain aspect ratio Width 1100 0 5 Height 100 20 Path C Document Firststeps bmp Figure 21 entry function Name individually name display name is indicated in the tab PROJECt section RESOURCES of the property bar Size show picture in the background adjusted to the full sheet width or with original aspect ratio Width Height enter dimensions in percent relatively to the original size of the bitmap choose directory and file of the bmp image Page 46 BMC Messsysteme GmbH PROPERTY BAR PROPERTIES 4 4 1 5 LEVEL INDICATOR SLIDER Name Machine 1 Name View Show display border View Show channel name Name Voltage control View Show display borde Show channel nam Show digital value Figure 22 entry function BUTTON Level Pool 1 Show display border Show channel name Show channel unit Show digital value Show dra
64. Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR SIGNALS 5 6 6 INTEGRATION Integration Source Acceleration x Hange S96 040me 17 1 78s Destination 525 skanv fehlerintegration 1 Integration Mame amp Unit Speed m s Offset auo 0200010 miss 2 Integration M Unit Distance B Acceleration Speed Distance ms JT mira AlE Figure 139 For executing an integration of a signal within the cursor range the command INTEGRATE in the SIGNALS menu also context menu of the graph display ANALYSIS INTEGRATE or keyboard ALT I is provided entry function name of active source signal in the display x Range cursor range over which the integration would be executed according to the current settings Destination name and path of the file 1 x where there result signal is stored change with button on the right name and unit of the result signal choose between automatic or manually calculated offset 2 Integration optionally the second integration can be carried out too settings as for the integration BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 195 MENU BAR SIGNALS The following formula is used for calculating the offset k automatically 1 k xi m 2 6 number of measured values the selected range If the initial and end values of a result signal are not identical the automatic offset must be deactivated or entered manually
65. NG keyboard lt CTRL gt R The incoming signals are stored to a file 1fx in the indicated directory see FILE p 90 The command STOP SCANNING keyboard CTRL T aborts the current scan and the data recorded before are provided in the created file e These commands can also be executed via the relevant entries the tab START STOP under the section COMMON TASKS of the property bar e During a running scan the access to the configuration dialogs DEVICE CONFIGURATION and SCAN CONFIGURATION is not possible e Thestatus bar shows the current state of the scan 5 3 3 DEVICE CONFIGURATION 12 open dialog box DEVICE CONFIGURATION close dialog box DEVICE CONFIGURATION if option checked in the GENERAL OPTIONS under OPTIONS PREFERENCES changes are applied lt ALT gt F4 quit DEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog box without accepting changes All devices installed with NextViewe4 are parameterized via the DEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog box The configuration procedure is divided into two major parts the configuration of the system see CONFIGURING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM p 88 and the configuration of the individual channels see CONFIG URING ANALOG DIGITAL CHANNELS p 94 CONFIGURATION OF THE COUNTER INPUTS p 108 SETTINGS FOR CAN CHANNELS p 110 SETTINGS FOR FORMULA CHANNELS p 116 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 85 MENU BAR DEVICE e During a running scan the access to the configur
66. NPUT 5 3 3 4 3 DEFAULTS 5 3 3 4 4 USING 5 3 3 4 5 SCAN 5 3 3 4 6 TRIGGER 5 3 3 4 7 OUTPUT 5 3 3 4 8 LINES CONFIGURATION OF THE COUNTER INPUTS 5 3 3 5 1 RANGE 5 3 3 5 2 COUNTER SETTINGS FOR CAN CHANNELS BMC Messsysteme GmbH 71 73 74 TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 4 5 5 Page vi 5 3 3 6 1 MESSAGES 5 3 3 6 2 BUS 5 3 3 6 3 MESSAGE 5 3 3 6 4 SIGNALS 5 3 3 6 5 CAN 5 3 3 7 SETTINGS FOR FORMULA CHANNELS 5 3 3 7 1 FORMULA CHANNELS 5 3 3 7 2 FORMULA 5 3 4 SCAN CONFIGURATION 5 3 4 1 NOTES TO THE SCAN CONFIGURATION 5 3 4 5 OPERATION 5 3 5 CONFIGURATION FILE NVC 5 3 5 1 LOAD SAVE CONFIGURATION 5 3 5 2 PRINT CONFIGURATION 5 3 6 RESTORE DEFAULTS 5 3 7 RECENT CONFIGURATION SHEET DISPLAY 5 5 1 COMMANDS OF THE MENU DISPLAY 5 5 2 POSITION AND SIZE 5 5 3 PICTURE 5 5 4 STATIC TEXT 5 5 4 1 STATIC TEXT ACTIVE AND INACTIVE STATE 5 5 4 2 STATIC TEXT ASSIGN CHANNEL 5 5 5 DIGITAL MULTIMETER 5 5 5 1 DVM ACTIVE AND INACTIVE STATE 5 5 5 2 DVM ASSIGN CHANNEL 5 5 6 LEVEL INDICATOR 5 5 6 1 LEVEL INDICATOR ACTIVE INACTIVE 5 5 6 2 LEVEL INDICATOR ASSIGN CHANNEL 5 5 7 LIVE DISPLAY 5 5 7 1 TRANSMISSION OF LIVE DATA 5 5 7 2 ENVELOPE CURVE 5 5 7 3 NAVIGATING THE DISPLAY 5 5 7 4 LIVE DISPLAY BUTTONS 5 5 7 4 1 ZOOMING IN THE DISPLAY 5 5 7 4 2 100 REPRESENTATION 5 5 7 5 LIVE DISPLAY ASSIGN CHANNEL 5 5 7 6 SETTINGS OF THE LIVE DISPLAY 5 5 8 BUTTON 140 141 142 144 145 146 147 148 149
67. NS OF THE VARIOUS FILTERS 5 6 8 2 CRITICAL DAMPING 5 6 8 2 2 BESSEL FILTER 5 6 8 2 3 BUTTERWORTH FILTER 5 6 8 24 TSCHEBYSCHEFF FILTER 5 6 9 DATA REDUCTION 5 6 1OREPEAT LAST ANALYSIS 5 6 11SETUP BATCH JOB 5 6 11 1 SETTINGS FOR THE BATCH JOB 5 6 11 1 1 SETTINGS FOR ANALYSIS 5 6 11 1 2 SELECT SIGNAL 5 6 11 1 3 BATCH JOB OPTIONS 5 6 11 1 4 PRINT BATCH JOB 5 6 11 2 BATCH JOB TYPICAL APPLICATIONS 5 6 12RUN BATCH JOB OPTIONS 5 7 1 COMMANDS OF THE MENU OPTIONS 5 7 2 PREFERENCES 5 7 2 1 GENERAL OPTIONS 5 7 2 2 PRINTING OPTIONS 5 7 3 PROJECT OPTIONS 5 7 4 LOCK PROJECT 5 7 5 LICENSE 5 7 6 UPDATE NEXTVIEW 5 7 7 SEND BUG REPORT 5 7 8 VIEW HELP 5 8 1 HELP TOPICS 5 8 2 NEXTVIEW 4 VERSIONS 5 8 3 KEYBOARD MAP AND SHORTCUTS 5 8 4 NEXTVIEW 4 SCRIPT 5 8 5 ABOUT NEXTVIEW 4 6 INDEX Page viii 200 201 202 202 203 203 204 205 206 208 208 210 210 211 212 213 214 215 215 216 216 217 218 218 219 219 220 220 221 221 221 27 222 222 223 BMC Messsysteme GmbH OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION 1 OVERVIEW 1 1 INTRODUCTION NEXT VieW 4 Harvey hinds bbe aft IT MexEViewrg 4 Professional 4 6 343 5 1997 2014 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Figure 1 NextViewe4 is a universal program for the acquisition and analysis of measured data providing for the configuration of data acquisition systems and PC measuring cards the display of live data as well as storage and anal
68. O C port switchable in groups of 4 total sampling rate of all lines connect counter incremental encoder at digital input lines 2 16 2 16 2x16 12 16 2x16 2x16 NO 2 16 12 16 gt gt E 18 2 250kHz 250kHz 25kHz 25kHz 250kHz 20kHz 20kHz 10Hz 10Hz 10Hz 10Hz 10Hz 10kHz 10kHz MESH 10Hz 333kHz S00kHz S00kHz IMHz 500kHz BMC Messsysteme GmbH FIRST START STARTING THE SOFTWARE 2 FIRST START 2 1 STARTING THE SOFTWARE Desktop Gadget Gallery Internet Explorer Windows DVD Maker e Windows Media Center Windows Media Player e Windows Update 4 XPS Viewer Accessories Games Maintenance NextView 4 6 Hardware Setup _ Manual NetView 4 Overview of version Script manual 4 Back Figure 3 NextViewe4 is started via the Windows Start Menu on the destop or by selecting the program file nextview exe in the installed directory Windows 8 provides additional tiles for NextViewe4 and Hardware Setup see DEVICE SETUP PRO LITE TRIAL on page 23 auf dem Startbildschirm BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 19 FIRST START LICENSING If default settings have been used during installation the software can be reached as follows NextViewo4 Windows Start Menu gt All Programs gt program group NextView 4 x
69. PRINT opens Page 124 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DEVICE Device Configuration My Computer Scan Configuration Scan Printer Scan Frequency 10 000kHz Scan Duration 30 000s Name Adobe PDF Properties Live Frequency 100 000Hz Live Duration 2min 0 0005 Status Ready Type Adobe PDF Converter Scan Configuration File Where My Documents Destination File data Ifx Scans stops after 4 files Comment Erstellt Adobe PDF Print to file Scan stores last 5 files Print range Copies Device List 1 meM ADfo fe Ali Number of copies E 2 meM AD 3 Formulas el Ile Configuration of 21 meM ADfo Analog In 1 Name amp Group Default Range amp L _ Cancel VO Range 1 000 gt 3V Store current 1 1 Analog In 2 Name amp Group Analog In 2 meM amp Dfo 5140003217 Default Range amp Using 5 120 5 120 SCI 9 3 VO Range 5 000 5 000 Y v 0 000 gt 0000 1 000 V gt 1000 Analog In 3 Name amp Group Analog In 3 meM amp Dfo 540003217 Default Range amp Using 5 120 5 120 V SCI 8 3 Figure 86 5 3 6 RESTORE DEFAULTS This command resets the measurement setup to the standard configuration For an overview you can also make a print out of the default settings see PRINT CONFIGURATION p 124 5 3 7 RECENT CONFIGURATION The configuration files previously stored max
70. Path 85 Replace 160 Replace by next 160 Replace by previous 160 Measurement hardware Change 24 Install 24 Measuring hardware 17 Measuring range 60 100 Physical 99 meM INC 108 Memory capacity 88 Menu Device 84 Display 128 Edit 83 File 75 Help 221 Options 215 Sheet 126 Signals 172 Message 113 Message display 31 48 170 Name 48 170 Position 171 Print 48 Size 171 Messages 111 Minimum 61 102 118 165 206 Multiple FFT 190 Multi scan 28 34 68 71 90 162 211 213 Number of scans 34 89 Options 90 Seamless storage 90 N Name 57 158 NextView NT 3 x 16 172 BMC Messsysteme GmbH NextView 4 Analysis 13 20 Differences of the versions 14 Features and functions 14 License number 222 Lite 13 20 24 Professional 13 20 Trial 13 20 21 Update 21 219 Version number 221 222 Versions 13 NextView 4 Script 222 Notepad 178 Numbering Channels 87 95 File 90 Files 34 Sequential 68 90 192 211 O Object 26 Display 26 Sheet 26 Signal 26 Offset 97 109 195 Automatic 196 Online help 221 OpenOffice 178 Operation Logic 119 Options 215 Commands 215 Preferences 216 Project 218 Output 105 Output range 60 Page setup 81 Pane 30 37 142 144 150 160 162 168 173 176 New 173 176 On off 173 176 Remove 173 176 Pane view 30 37 142 144 150 160 162 168 176 Period 109 BMC Messsysteme GmbH INDEX Phase shift 200 Physical measuring range 45 Physical range 57
71. R SLIDER BUTTON 44 1 6 MESSAGE DISPLAYS 44 2 TAB STATE 4 4 5 TAB COLOR 4 4 3 1 ADJUST DEFAULT COLORS 4 4 3 2 LIVE DISPLAY GRAPH DISPLAY 4 4 3 3 DIGITAL MULTIMETER LEVEL INDICATOR 4 4 3 4 STATIC TEXT BUTTON 4 4 4 TAB FONT 4 4 5 TAB SIGNAL 4 4 0 TAB X AXIS 4 4 7 TAB Y AXIS 4 4 8 TAB CURSOR 4 4 9 TAB SCRIPT 4 5 RESOURCES 4 5 TAB CHANNELS 4 5 2 TAB SIGNALS 4 5 2 1 OPEN SAVE SIGNAL FILES 4 5 2 2 IMPORT 4 5 2 3 INSERT A SIGNAL TO A DISPLAY 4 5 2 4 FILE TRAIN 35 39 39 40 41 41 42 42 43 44 44 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 50 51 52 54 55 56 58 59 60 63 63 64 66 67 69 70 71 Page iv BMC Messsysteme GmbH TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 5 2 4 1 CREATE FILE TRAIN 4 5 2 42 REMOVE FILES FROM TRAIN 4 5 3 TAB PROJECT 5 MENU BAR 51 FILE 5 1 1 COMMANDS OF THE MENU FILE 5 2 PROJECT 5 1 3 OPEN SIGNAL FILE 5 1 4 PRINT 5 1 4 1 5 1 4 2 5 1 4 3 5 1 4 4 PRINT SETTINGS PRINT PREVIEW PRINT INTO CLIPBOARD PAGE SETUP 5 1 5 DIRECT START OF PROJECTS 5 1 6 EXIT 5 2 EDIT 5 3 DEVICE 5 3 1 COMMANDS OF THE MENU DEVICE 5 3 2 START STOP SCANNING 5 3 3 DEVICE CONFIGURATION 55 521 3 33 2 3 3 9 9 5 3 3 4 9595222 5 3 3 6 OPERATING THE DEVICE CONFIGURATION ILLUSTRATING THE MEASUREMENT SETUP CONFIGURING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM 5 3 3 3 1 SCAN 9 2592 PILE 5 3 3 3 3 LIVE DATA 5 3 3 3 4 CLOCK CONFIGURING ANALOG DIGITAL CHANNELS 5 3 3 4 1 5 3 3 4 2 I
72. STATE under the section PROPERTIES of the property bar This definition can also be made in the context menu by selecting an option The current state is check marked Active Inactive Active if greater than or equal to The relating color and title w Active iF less than or equal to information for the active and inactive state are entered in tab COLOR Figure 99 Channel settings The axis of the level indicator illustrates the color settings of the active and inactive state see Figure 98 Page 140 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DISPLAY If selecting the option Active without a threshold value the settings in case of an alarm can be checked in advance 5 5 6 2 LEVEL INDICATOR ASSIGN CHANNEL If the level indicator is to switch between the inactive and active state see LEVEL INDICATOR ACTIVE INACTIVE p 140 when a signal value is exceeded it has to be related to a channel input or formula channel The relevant signal is selected in the tab UHANNELS under the section RE SOURCES of the property bar The presently related channel has a gray marking 1 Resources Channels J 5 5 010052 Y4 nalog In 1 Yq Analog In 2 i4 Analog In 3 iq Analog In 4 4 Analog In 5 4 Analog In amp Level 1 Figure 100 To assign a channel it has to be moved by drag amp drop over the display which does not necessarily have to be selected before A double
73. USER INTERFACE 3 BASICS 3 1 NEXTVIEWe4 USER INTERFACE menu bar active signal numerical values buttons digital multimeter button level indicator live display active display static text 4 Ame 60 0 Common Tasks Project Devices Start Stop iad Create new project Open existing project 1 Properties Graph Display 1 LSignal f Color fo Axis y Axis f Name Display 13 General Size Automatically adjust display width view Show channel names 100 Button Uses signal s default range Uses signal s physical range Add signal Hide signal Delete signal Open file Replace file Replace by next file Ctrlt Replace by previous Ctrl Resources Project R Line 15 Analysis Line 16 527 880 949 968 ms i iN Fft res IFx M 244 141 pv 2 930 mY 7 Analog 4 FFT 1 Analog In v sine hum IFx v Analog 4 1 Analog In property bar graph display sheet context menu active signal of sel display other sheet cursor signal name status bar slider Figure 8 When starting NextViewe4 the last project you have been working on will be displayed In the property bar on the left the settings of the active display and of the active signal are shown and can be modified User interface and operation of the pr
74. a help to you Help Topics 4 Versions Keyboard and Shortcuts 4 Script From here you can open the PDF help file of NextViewe4 The Adober Reader must be installed The help file provides central and useful information SES esty Figure 160 The NextViewe4 help is started by pressing the function key F1 It can be accessed from any display or operating element dialog box register card display etc and offers support with your current problems 5 8 1 HELP TOPICS Select this item to open the PDF help file of NextViewe4 keyboard function key F1 5 8 2 NEXTVIEWe4 VERSIONS This chapter of the PDF help gives an overview of the features functions of the versions of NextViewe4 as described in the chapter of the same name 5 8 3 KEYBOARD MAP AND SHORTCUTS To make life easier Use the reference for key assignment and shortcuts in NextViewe4 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 221 MENU BAR HELP 5 8 4 NEXTVIEWe4 SCRIPT This menu item opens the PDF help of the add on option NextViewe4 Script for charge The BASIC like script language allows to automate processes or to realize individual applications In case of alarm for example an programmed event can be set off With the Script Editor being open a HTML help will open by pressing the function key 5 8 5 ABOUT NEXTVIEWo4 A NextViewe4 welcome dialog box will be displayed providing additional information such as the cu
75. ab UHANNELS see LIVE DISPLAY ASSIGN CHANNEL p 150 or tab SIGNALS see GRAPH DISPLAY ASSIGN SIGNAL p 167 under the section RE SOURCES of the property bar e Before you can add a new signal to the graph display at least one signal file must be opened in the project e The tab SIGNALS of the property bar gives an overview of opened measurement files From here you can load measurement files into the project see OPEN SAVE SIGNAL FILES p 67 Page 174 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR SIGNALS 5 6 2 2 HIDE SIGNAL 0 000 5 000 10 000 15 000 20 000 25 000 1 500 1 000 PET EL TN PN ATT AN ELE 5 000 10 000 TI INHA n La gt tvi silo 15 Figure 123 This command temporarily removes the selected signal from the live display or graph display also command in the context menu of the live display graph display or lt CTRL gt mouse click on color button The settings of hidden signals cannot be modified and they are disabled for analysis Although their signal name 1s still displayed the color button in front of their name is grayed out Another click on this command unhides a signal If using a shared y axis for all signals see TAB Y AXIS p 59 hidden signals might influence the 100 representation see p 149 in the display 5 6 2 3 DELETE SIGNAL Unlike the command HIDE SIGNAL this command entirely removes the selecte
76. al in the pass range with various Tschebyscheff filters The overshoot of a signal is even higher as has been in the case of the Butterworth filter and it also depends on the selected ripple content Page 204 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR SIGNALS 5 6 9 DATA REDUCTION Reduction Source Pressure amp Hange 13 390 21 049 Destination CAL 4 2 reductian lfs I Mame amp Unit REDUC Pressure bar Save Minimum Masimum Average AMS Reduce by 1 20 14 000 16 000 13 000 20 000 Pressure Fed Pressure Figure 150 If the overall response of signals with a strong oscillation is more important for analysis than individual peaks these signals can be smoothed by means of data reduction To calculate a reduction signal of the active signal in the graph display within the predefined cursor range open the command REDUCE from the SIGNALS menu also context menu of the graph display ANALYSIS REDUCE or keyboard lt ALT gt R BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 205 MENU BAR SIGNALS name of active source signal in the display x Range cursor range over which the reduction would be executed according to the current settings Destination name and path of the file 1 x where there result signal is stored change with button on the right name and unit of the result signal Save select the way of reducing data minimum maximum average or RMS of N see below values is
77. al values without header see below to the clipboard gt previous content of the clipboard will not be deleted Values shows calculated characteristic values for the measuring values of the active signal within the cursor range minimum maximum mean value standard deviation RMS value BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 61 PROPERTY BAR PROPERTIES e Both cursors see p 165 must be activated to be able to calculate all values e copying the calculated characteristic signal values to the clipboard they can be used as table values by other programs e g Excel If you press the buttons the cursors will jump to the next position where the signal reaches a certain value cursor level in the display As soon as the last level value in the display is reached the cursors restart at the beginning The following figure illustrates how the different cursor values are shown in the graph display In the first line x values are always displayed and in the following lines the y values of the relating signals ECCE 2 characteristic x values E 245000ms 995 000 750000ms 1 333Hz characteristic y values 077bar __ 174bar 251bar 335 i 10681m 10 681 0 000 v 0 000 Vis Properties Graph Display 956726mv 873413mv 83 313 111084mVis General Signal f fx Axis fy Axis view V Show cursor values 1 S
78. al windows simultaneously The properties of displays and signals can be set individually in the property bar e g signal color display size position unit scale of the axes display range etc First however they have to be selected point and click Page 30 BMC Messsysteme GmbH BASICS STEPS OF THE MEASURING CHAIN Channels or signals provided by the hardware or the project are inserted in the display by drag amp drop from the property bar section RESOURCES to the display 3 3 3 3 OTHER DISPLAYS If the numerical value of a signal 1s of more importance than the curve the use of a digital multimeter is recommended By means of static text additional information can be inserted In the graph display previously stored measurement files can be viewed and analyzed For a graphic presentation pictures in bmp file format can be inserted to illustrate the measuring application or as a background image The message display delivers information about the current status of the system or any other notifications e Static text and digital multimeter have been provided with an active alarm function setting off an event if using the optional add on module NextViewe4 Script for charge e new display types slider and button allow the control of analog and digital outputs The button is available in NextViewe4 Analysis too e The level indicator visually depicts quantities or levels You can also use it to view analog output
79. ally see tab GENERAL p 44 Especially the selection of displays placed on different sheets becomes much easier this way and allows the direct access to displays for programming purposes e In a live display or graph display several signals can optionally be displayed in a pane view one above the other see p 176 Each partial display uses the y axis of the signal it shows e If pressing the mouse wheel in a live display or graph display you can switch between the zooming function d magnify signal see ZOOMING IN THE DISPLAY p 148 and the hand tool UP shift signal see NAVIGATING THE DISPLAY p 146 e Analog and digital outputs can be viewed in a digital multimeter 3 3 3 1 LIVE DATA IN CHART RECORDER VIEW In the live display the signals are continuously displayed during the measuring process as an envelope curve in a time grid of 0 1 seconds to 2 hours adjustable This ensures a peak detection even of fast signals Live data can be transmitted at a rate of up to 100Hz It is accompanied by a grid displaying the relative or the absolute time of the sampled signal During the scanning process NextViewe4 is still operable The live display in particular can be stopped and even past segments of signals can be viewed comfortably by means of the scroll and zoom functions Professional version 3 3 3 2 SIGNAL SETTINGS signals are either displayed in a single window max 256 with the relevant title or in sever
80. and CHANNEL SETTINGS e keyboard lt SHIFT gt double click on the display property bar tab SCRIPT with NextViewe4 Script only The level indicator is placed on an empty space on the sheet The common Windows conventions relating to position and size of an object apply see p 129 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 139 MENU BAR DISPLAY A right click on the level indicator opens a context menu containing commands often used in this type of display The settings for the active level indicator which must have been previously selected by mouse click selection bar is displayed are defined in the related tabs GENERAL STATE COLOR FONT and Y AXIS under the section PROPERTIES of the property bar on the left Like the static text and the digital multimeter the level indicator can distinguish between an active or and inactive state see LEVEL INDICATOR ACTIVE IN ACTIVE p 140 This allows for signaling various alarm states If the indicated level of the assigned channel see LEVEL INDICATOR ASSIGN CHANNEL p 141 is exceeded it will be displayed in the level indicator through a warning and different background color e With the add on module NextViewo4 Script for charge you can pro eram script instructions in tab SCRIPT executed in case of incidents e Analog outputs are displayed by the level indicator 5 5 6 1 LEVEL INDICATOR ACTIVE INACTIVE The state of the level indicator 1s set in tab
81. another value 1 2 1 10 000 except 1 1 e In order to save disk space or to increase the maximum sampling rate we recommend storing only those channels actually required for the measurement task BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 123 MENU BAR DEVICE 5 3 5 CONFIGURATION FILE NVC All parameters defined in the DEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog box can be stored in a configuration file with the extension nvc separately from the pro ject Changing the configuration in the DEVICE CONFIGURATION does not mean that these changes are automatically transmitted to the configuration file 5 3 5 1 LOAD SAVE CONFIGURATION The command LOAD CONFIGURATION allows to open a previously stored device configuration in the current project It is a file with the extension Choose SAVE CONFIGURATION to write all parameters defined in the DEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog into a file with the extension nvc Before saving file name and path have to be entered Checking the first two configuration options in the project options see p 218 will save load all settings in a configuration file with the same name and directory always when saving opening a project file 5 3 5 2 PRINT CONFIGURATION In order to keep track of the device configuration you can make a print out The current settings when configuring the entire system and configuring analog digital channels CAN channels and formula channels are shown and the dialog box
82. ar Figure 88 MENU BAR SHEET Picture Static Text Digital Multimeter Fe Level indicator Live Display Button Slider Graph Display F4 Message Display The section PROPERTIES of the property bar on the left will show the sheet settings if it has been selected before BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 127 MENU BAR DISPLAY 9 9 DISPLAY NextViewe4 provides for several ways to display signals Display and information Picture Static Text The DISPLAY menu also context menu of the sheet is or function key contains all available display types acing um By selecting an item the relevant display is inserted in ae Ider the current sheet of the opened project Graph Display F4 Message Display Figure 89 Settings for the selected display relating to channel selection scaling of the x and y axis signal color display name etc are mainly done on various tabs in the section PROPERTIES of the property bar For most displays a right click on a display opens a context menu providing the most important commands concerning the displays Use the standard Windows editing functions see EDIT p 83 to copy cut paste or delete the selected display e Make sure the option LOCK PROJECT see p 218 is deactivated e display is selected by a mouse click keyboard lt gt The active display can be identified by the selection bar on the left Page 128 BMC Messsysteme GmbH
83. ation dialogs is not possible e This command can also be executed by means of the relevant entry of tab DEVICES in the section COMMON TASKS of the property bar e All parameters set in this dialog can be saved in a configuration file nvc and be printed 5 3 3 1 OPERATING THE DEVICE CONFIGURATION The TreeView on the left side of the dialog box DEVICE CONFIGURATION illustrates the structure of the data acquisition system with its different levels To open or close a level click on the symbols or H Device Configuration Bal eee Pate be Live Dake mel Dfa 1 Wig Analog In Wig Analog In Wig Analog In Analog In 4 Anale sampl rate 320 0 Frequency 17 m to Figure 51 If an element of the TreeView is marked the register cards on the right adjust accordingly and show the current settings The parameters for the selected element can be entered now A click on the button Apply causes the program to accept and store the selected settings The dialog remains open If you select OK the configuration is also accepted but the dialog box 15 closed Cancel closes the dialog but changes are not accepted or stored Page 86 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DEVICE Modifications made in the DEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog box are not stored automatically in a configuration file nvc This can be done with the relevant command see LOAD SAVE
84. ave been previously selected by mouse click selection bar is displayed are displayed in the related tabs GENERAL SIGNAL COLOR X AXIS Y AXIS and CURSOR under the section PROPERTIES of the property bar on the left e Signals from previously stored files of a multi scan see p 34 can be displayed and analyzed in a graph display while the entire scan still runs e Before you can view a signal in the graph display the relevant measurement file in the project must be opened see OPEN SAVE SIG NAL FILES p 67 e Use the pane view to display several signals of a display in separate windows one below the other with individual y axes see p 176 e If using the add on module NextViewe4 Script for charge you can program script instructions in tab SCRIPT which are executed when calculating characteristic signal values see CURSORS p 165 e Printing options for the y axis can be defined individually for each display in tab Y AXIS See p 59 5 5 10 1 REPRESENTATION OF STORED VALUES How often a channel is scanned and how many of these measured values are stored during a recording depends on the preset scan frequency and the storage ratio of the channel These are set in the DEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog in the tabs SCAN see p 88 and p 101 The lower the scan frequency and the storage ratio the lesser are the values which are stored during a recording As an example a channel with a preset scan fr
85. ay Without necessarily having to be saved the signals are continuously displayed in a curve The live display is accompanied by a grid displaying the data in real time Page 144 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DISPLAY The live data are stored in a live data cache for a configurable time which allows the signal to be shifted to an earlier point of time during a transmission or scan see NAVIGATING THE DISPLAY p 146 to be stopped see LIVE DISPLAY BUTTONS p 147 or be zoomed in for a closer view see ZOOMING IN THE DISPLAY 148 Parameters for setting the live data transmission are carried out in tab LIVE DATA see p 91 of the DEVICE CONFIGURATION If the configuration in the DEVICE CONFIGURATION or SCAN CON FIGURATION dialog boxes is modified the live data transmission is stopped The new configuration is adopted by the system and the content of the live data cache is deleted If then the transmission continues the previous live data are no longer available 5 5 7 2 ENVELOPE CURVE In the live display the transmitted signal 15 displayed as an envelope curve formed from the measured values to be stored The transmission frequency can be set in the DEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog box in the tab LIVE DATA The envelope curve provides for a better observation of the signal response and the transmission 15 faster as less data have to be conveyed If the scan frequency was 100Hz all scanned values were st
86. ck on horizontal scroll bar lt CTRL gt lt gt remove the numbered measurement file of the active signal from CTRL 4 the project and replace it by the succeeding previous file graph display only use numeric keypad for and Y shift all displayed signals downwards upwards gt 65 shift all signals to the left right ALT scroll or only shift the active signal on the y axis ALT ALT 4 lt SHIFT gt zoom La y zoom the signals are only zoomed on the y axis CTRL zoom Id x zoom the signals are only zoomed on the x axis lt ALT gt zoom y zoom on the active signal 9 click mouse wheel in the switch between zooming function and hand tool 7 display f 2 k lt ALT gt lt shift active signal by means of the hand tool ey lt CTRL gt 1 toggle white cursor graph display only use numeric keys of the standard keyboard Cc Maceevictama Dann 27 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 37 BASICS KEY ASSIGNMENT AND SHORTCUTS lt CTRL gt 2 toggle black cursor graph display only use numeric keys of the standard keyboard lt SHIFT gt adds a new line of characteristic signal values to the clipboard without header previous content will not be deleted graph display only double click on color shows tab COLOR of the property bar section PROPERTIES button double click on channel shows tab CHANNELS or tab SIGNALS of the
87. command allows NextViewe4 users to set their specific preferences 5 7 2 1 GENERAL OPTIONS General Configuration if Allow RETURN to close configuration dialog Allow mare than two reference points Scar Overwrite scan files without confirmation Automatically stop scan on exit Figure 157 In tab GENERAL you will find options for using the DEVICE CONFIGURA TION dialog for example Allow RETURN to uncheck option to prevent the configurations made in the DEVICE close configuration CONFIGURATION dialog box from being stored rashly in this case dialog Allow more than two reference points Overwrite scan files without confirmation Automatically stop scan on exit Page 216 operation only by pressing the buttons OK Apply Cancel To convert voltages of an input into measuring values several reference points can be used If this option is selected tab INPUT see p 97 is adjusted accordingly If this option is selected the additional prompt is left out to confirm the overwriting of the existing file You should only choose this option if there is no danger of unintended overwriting and loss of measuring data Leaves out the additional prompt to confirm the scan stop when closing NextView 4 This option is required for PC systems without any equipment for input or visualization used for scans only Make sure that there is no danger of unintended loss of measuring data BMC
88. context menu of the display also lt SHIFT gt double click on the display 9 5 6 LEVEL INDICATOR channel name state inactive state active numerical value active selection bar inactive drag indicator max drag indicator min aktiv example axis unit Figure 98 Page 138 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DISPLAY Use a level indicator to depict the quantity of measurement data like e g water levels filling quantities etc Two drag indicators show minimum and maximum of the signal values reached up to now insert level indicator select level indicator remove level indicator name level indicator show unit numerical value show channel name show display border selection bar show y axis scaling of the y axis turn on drag indicator reset drag indicators character format define state active inactive e menu DISPLAY command LEVEL INDICATOR e context menu of sheet command INSERT LEVEL INDICATOR e mouse click on the display selection bar is shown e keyboard lt TAB gt e menu EDIT command DELETE e keyboard lt CTRL gt X e property bar tab STATE e context menu of level indicator set limits for changing state property bar tab STATE text color background color property bar tab COLOR level indicator assign channel property bar tab CHANNELS section RESOURCES check channel settings e context menu of level indicator comm
89. d lt ALT gt X will transfer and store all sig nals except for hidden signals of this range in a new file Page 180 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR SIGNALS 4 000 4 000 500 000m 6 000 8 000 10 000 12 000 14000 16 000 0 000 14 Figure 127 File name and path where the file is to be stored must be indicated The new file will still be of the type NextView 4 files 1fx Resources iM export lq Acceleration Yiq Distance Speed Figure 128 Signals The exported signals will all be stored in one file with the name export 1 x for example However they can be viewed individually by opening the relevant folder in tab SIGNALS under the section RESOURCES and inserting the desired signal in the display see GRAPH DISPLAY ASSIGN SIGNAL p 167 e First the result file has to be opened in the project see OPEN SAVE SIGNAL FILES p 67 e As the x axis of the source and the result signal are different these signals cannot be represented together in one display BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 181 MENU BAR SIGNALS 10 000 B00 000m 0 2955 55 220 0 7958 266 1 2955 437 22 Trt 1 7953 S61 7411 s 2 2958 576 681mm s E 2 7858 721 197mm s ie ale 3 2955 737 73 9 3 79583 42 6423mm z 4 2952 45 7121 4 7955 747 191 5 2958 7485 5 5 7958 746 6861 6 2953 429 7 58mm a
90. d see PAGE SETUP p 81 For individual presentation an emf graphics can be included in the print out as a frame see PRINTING OPTIONS p 217 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 77 MENU BAR FILE e display is selected by mouse click The active display is recognizable by the selection bar on the left side of the display e Only signals and cursors which are visible the display are printed If necessary the desired signal segment must be minimized maximized or shifted to the relevant position see NAVIGATING THE DISPLAY 146 e Printing options relating to the y axis be specified in tab Y AXIS see p 59 of the property bar for each graph display individually e Automatic printing at the end of a scan or after an analysis step can be done with the batch job function see PRINT BATCH JOB p 212 5 1 4 1 PRINT SETTINGS The command PRINT leads to a dialog box indicating the default printer and printer interface and providing for setting the print options The used printer is indicated Print ax Printer Mame Adobe FDF Properties Status Ready Type Adobe POF Converter Wher My Documents Comment Erstellt Adobe PDF Print to file Print range Copies Al Number of capies n 10 I Figure 46 Page 78 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR FILE If the option Print to File is activated the print command is sent to a file instead to b
91. d signal from the live display or graph display also command in the context menu of the live display graph display or function key F7 and is no longer available then In the case of live data they will irretrievably be lost Stored signals can be reinserted in the graph display via the ADD SIGNAL command function key F6 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 175 MENU BAR SIGNALS 5 6 2 4 PANE VIEW 21562 B Acceleration 278 246 mints Bl Speed B11 418 mms 500 000m 0 000 5 000 I B pistance 602 758 mm 10 000 0 000 idis Figure 124 If a live display or graph display contains several signals the display can be split up in panes so that individually selected or all signals of a display can be viewed in a separate partial window In a pane one or more signals can be included The panes have the same x axis but use the individual y axis of the contained signal for several signals y axis of the active signal In case of overlapping signals or signals with diverging y ranges this often increases the clarity Compared to several single displays the settings and functions are always applied to all signals The cursor for example is used for all panes together All signals are simultaneously zoomed or shifted in x direction in y direction this applies only to the signals in the pane of the active s
92. d step by step Insert several graph displays on the sheet including the original signal in the first display and in the others always the resulting signal of the previous analysis If the automatic run of the batch job is selected the analysis chain is processed step by step when the original signal is replaced Automatic printing You want to commit everything on paper Choosing the entry Print selected sheets in the batch job setup dialog box and then the option after each analysis step documents all changes Even automatic printing of files that have just been scanned can be realized Just setup a batch job making a calculation of the original signal e g signal 0 As soon as scan writing in the same measurement file e g Latest 1fx see FILE p 90 is finished the result will be printed Automatic analysis after a scan also multi scan or when replacing a measurement file You make long term measurements or test The analysis processes are always the same yet the original signal changes This process can be perfectly automated using the batch job function Selecting the option Automatically run batch job makes an analysis as soon as the original signal changes Add a number to the resulting files so that signals will not be overwritten BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 213 MENU BAR SIGNALS 5 6 12 RUN BATCH JOB This command from the SIGNALS menu starts the batch job see SETUP BATCH JOB p 208 setup
93. e Active if outside 2 000 6 000 Figure 24 active inactive display state does not change active if value 2 lt display becomes active when exceeding falling below a threshold threshold values included active if value inside display becomes active when reaching the defined range threshold values included active if value outside display becomes active when leaving the defined range threshold values not included e settings terms of color and content for the active or inactive state are done in the tab COLOR see p 50 e You can also change the options for the state of the displays via the corresponding context menu open by right click BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 49 PROPERTY BAR PROPERTIES 4 4 3 TAB COLOR On this tab of the section PROPERTIES the default colors are shown NextViewe4 is using in the displays 4 4 3 1 ADJUST DEFAULT COLORS Figure 25 256 colors of the halftone palette are provided to adjust or extend the standard palette of the used colors The standard colors of NextViewe4 being used for the presentation of displays and signals can be changed or enlarged via the tab COLOR Page 50 BMC Messsysteme GmbH PROPERTY BAR PROPERTIES unction procedure open complete palette right click into gray field of the standard palette extend change standard move a color button with the mouse from the complete palette palette to the standard palette
94. e frequency at which the signal 15 attenuated by 3dB factor 0 707 In the FILTER dialog box half of the scan frequency is indicated as the upper limit which cannot be exceeded If the values are relatively small the transient period increases accordingly 5 6 8 1 1 FILTER TYPE NextViewe4 provides 7 types of digital filters Bessel Butterworth Chebpcheft 0 5db Chebychett 1 0db Figure 143 Although the NextViewe4 filters mathematically process the signal these filters lead to results complying with the respective analog filters Very much like the analog counterparts the digital filters show a transient period at the beginning of the signal and a phase shift dependant on the signal frequency In addition the principal restrictions imposed by digital methods of signal processing must be taken into account As an example frequencies above half of the scan time cannot be filtered Page 200 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR SIGNALS 5 6 8 1 2 FILTER ORDER The transient response from the stop range to the pass range should not be confused with the order of filters The order of filters indicates the extent of attenuation of signals above or below the filter cut off frequency Figure 144 po gi mn The order is the same for all filter types Order 4 means an attenuation of 4 6dB per octave If the frequency is doubled the signal is attenuated by the factor 10970 1585 Values of the order 2 to 8 can be s
95. e measuring range of the device after conversion see DEVICE CONFIGURATION tab INPUT y Default range standard range defined to visualize a signal 100 in the display usually differing from the physical measuring range see DEVICE CONFIGU RATION tab DEFAULTS y Format representation of the values of the y axis see DEVICE CONFIGURA TION tab USING All settings not grayed out are editable i e if clicking with the mouse on an item to be modified in the 2nd column you can directly enter the new settings Those will be immediately updated in the display when confirming with lt TAB gt key Intab SIGNAL changed settings are marked bold e The changes will only be stored in the project so that the original signal itself is kept If it is opened in another project the original settings will be used e Changed signals can be saved with their new settings in separate signal files see SAVE SIGNAL FILES p 67 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 57 PROPERTY BAR PROPERTIES 4 4 6 TAB X AXIS Options Automatically scroll display Options Use date and time labels Stark 2 608m Start 02 10 2006 11 45 04 868 gt 0 000 gt 02 10 2006 10 26 34 562 End 5 807 End 02 10 2006 11 55 14 866 29 660 02 10 2006 11 45 52 062 Figure 31 The settings in tab X AXIS of the section PROPERTIES relate to the time interval used in a live display or graph display Options e live disp
96. e of the y axis It is different from the physical measuring range and can be used in a live display or graph display for the 100 represen tation of a signal Physical Range 4 629 5 343 m Input Range 5 120 5 120 V This setting allows the display of the signal in its optimum size It 1s a visual tool without any conse quences to the signal itself Figure 61 enter minimum and maximum for the 100 representation in the live display or graph display Physical range display of the physical measuring range resulting from the input range after conversion display of the input range specified in tab INPUT In the property bar on tab GENERAL of a live or graph display you can choose if the set default range is used for the 100 representation of a signal in the display see p 149 B sinus 3 Bi Druck Bi Sinus Sinus 3 B Druck B Sinus ivi lale 15 Figure 62 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 99 MENU BAR DEVICE This is particularly suitable if a signal always stays within a certain range which happens for example if the input range of the measuring hardware 1s not identical with the output range of the sensor 5 3 3 4 4 USING In this card of the DEVICE CONFIGURATION the output format for measured values of analog inputs 15 set width Decimals Format Integer Fixed Point Exponential Scientific Time Exponent auto Sample 17 337k
97. e printed any time later Name and path of this file can be entered in the subsequent dialog field Print to File A click on the Properties button opens a dialog box providing all printer settings such as paper size format portrait or landscape and color or black amp white print The field Copies allows you to define the number of desired copies 5 1 4 2 PRINT PREVIEW The print preview allows viewing the sheet or display to be printed in the form they will appear when printed Qd NextView 4 nextview nvp Analyse _ Metiew 4 Running Figure 47 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 79 MENU BAR FILE changes to the standard dialog for the print settings copies the print preview to the clipboard see PRINT INTO CLIPBOARD p 80 One Two Page displays the selected number of pages in the preview Zoom In Zoom Out maximizes minimizes the representation in two steps closes print preview and switches to the standard view Next Prev Page browses one page further back if printing on several pages see PAGE SETUP p 81 5 1 4 3 PRINT INTO CLIPBOARD When pressing the button Copy the displayed print preview will be copied to the clipboard so that it be used by all programs which can display scalable graphics in Windows Metafile format wm Labels legends etc will always be printed in Arial 6pt regardless of the current paper size of the printer Therefore minimizing
98. ed register cards always show the settings of the currently marked object 4 5 1 TAB CHANNELS In the tab CHANNELS all channels provided by the hardware are sorted by groups in alphabetical order and listed with their name If using the Professional version the virtual unit of the 16 formula channels 15 included in addition Formulas mem ADfo 5 000321 USB 4D 5 100527 iq Analog In 1 Yiq Analog In 2 Yiq Analog In 3 Yiq Analog In 4 Yiq Analog In 5 Wig Analog In 6 Digital In 1 3 Digital In 1 4 Digital Out 1 1 Digital Out 1 2 Digital Out 1 3 Digital Out 1 4 Figure 36 If selecting a display on the sheet the active channel of this display 15 indicated by a gray marking The names of channels and groups are specified in tab NAME of the DEVICE CONFIGURATION To recognize the channel type different icons are used Page 64 BMC Messsysteme GmbH PROPERTY BAR RESOURCES symbol type default name displays possible group hardware or Formulas for formula channels analog input Analog In lt number gt live display static text dig digital input Digital In lt number gt ital multimeter level indi formula channel Formula lt number gt cator analog output Analog Out lt number gt slider digital multimeter level indicator digital output Digital Out lt number gt button digital multimeter You can directly assign or add one or several chan
99. eeview Here the operating mode counting mode or frequency measurement the latter in dependance on the gate is selected Figure 70 5 3 3 5 2 COUNTER Counter channels are calibrated in the tab Counter of the device configuration Depending on the selected operation mode you can choose at which digital lines the connetors of the counter or incremental encoder can be reached Page 108 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DEVICE Counter Mode Quad Decoder Sample Take Offset Take Sample Take Sample 2 Port Input Heset Invert Invert Enable Figure 71 Mode select the connected counter or incremental encoder Counter simple counter without counting direction Up Down Counter counter with counting direction Quad Decoder quadrature decoder incremental encoder Period Pulse time measurement shows online the incoming values of the counter input scaling of the zero point at zero reset applied voltage Take sample or enter unit and reference values to convert the sampled voltages into the Take sample 2 represented physical variable Port or Input A select digital port A B and line 1 16 of the DAQ system to which the Reset signals of the counter incremental encoder Input A B Reset are to be connected e option Invert reverses the input signal e option Enable turns on the counter reset By means of an offset tool a connected
100. ent signals and to hide unhide the FFT marker Figure 115 If the mouse cursor is moved across one of these buttons a tiny window tooltip appears describing their function activate deactivate cursors white black keyboard lt CTRL gt 1 or lt CTRL gt 2 see p 164 100 zooming see 100 REPRESENTATION p 149 previous next zoom see ZOOMING IN THE DISPLAY p 148 ae les activate deactivate dot jam see REPRESENTATION OF STORED VALUES p 162 activate deactivate x y representation see p 166 A button repeat the last analysis function for the active signal keyboard lt CTRL gt A see REPEAT LAST ANALYSIS p 206 activate deactivate FFT marker see p 167 The buttons for zooming in the display and the 10096 representation have the same function as in the live display and are described in the corresponding chapters Page 164 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DISPLAY 5 5 10 2 1 CURSORS NextViewed provides a white and a black cursor They serve to define signal ranges to be evaluated and processed by means of the analysis functions 6 Figure 116 The cursors are activated deactivated by means of the relevant buttons at the lower edge of the graph display see GRAPH DISPLAY BUTTONS p 164 If you move your mouse to the rhombus 4 below the cursor the mouse cursor turns into a double arrow 8 Now you can move the cursor to the desired position by click a
101. equency of 100Hz and a storage ratio of 1 10 is scanned 10 times per second and every 10th of theses values is stored i e only one value per second Page 162 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DISPLAY The signal response between two stored measured values is unknown and cannot be gathered from the signal representation In order to prevent a signal of the graph display being represented as single dots two methods of displaying signals in a continuous manner are provided The stored signals are represented either as a staircase or smoothed dot jam Figure 114 In the first example the curve 15 constant after a stored value and jumps to the next value as soon as it is stored If the button Toggle dot jam at the bottom of the display is activated see GRAPH DISPLAY BUTTONS p 164 a diagonal line will be drawn between two stored values This curve appears smoother This setting also applies to the x y representation see p 166 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 163 MENU BAR DISPLAY Figure 114 illustrates the different representation of stored signals The difference will become perfectly clear 1f the signals are overlaid This setting is saved in the project so that signals will be represented as desired staircase or dot jam when reopening the project 5 5 10 2 GRAPH DISPLAY BUTTONS The relevant buttons are located at the bottom of the graph display They allow to hide unhide the cur sors Zoom repres
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103. ert into Train multiscan 1 IFx bo js multiscan 3 IFx ies P Bi language multiscan 1 Ifx multiscan 2 IFx A multiscan 3 IFx 7 meM ADfFa 50000321 Y4 Analog In 1 j maeM PIO SMOO1042 My Digital Ifo 1 1 Ma Digital IO 1 2 illa Digital 1 0 112 Dinit Figure 40 The file trains are always named after their first signal file If opening the train by clicking on the white arrow first the included single files are listed and then the stored signals grouped according to the devices which are no longer identifiable as signals of different files Like any other signal they can now be visualized and analyzed in a graph display You can add additional single files of the same multi scan to an already existing file train by drag and drop over the locomotive Page 72 BMC Messsysteme GmbH PROPERTY BAR RESOURCES 4 5 2 4 2 REMOVE FILES FROM TRAIN gt jfsignas 00 g multiscan 1 IFx 1 In the file train select single file s 4 mulki amp can 1 Fx 2 In the relevant context menu click B 220 mutiscan 3 lfx choose the command REMOVE FROM Diii ii meM PIO 5 001042 TRAIN D multiscan z lfx Figure 41 A file that has been removed from the file train is listed as an individual signal file in the tab SIGNALS The part of the removed file s in the graph display showing a file train signal is deleted accordingly E Analog In 1 Analog In 1 Fig
104. erties bar The active display is recognizable by its selection bar on the left Color button name and numerical value of the active signal have a white marking In addition the y axis of the display 1s adjusted in color unit and scaling to the parameters of the active signal Some settings apply to the whole display and all its channels tab GENERAL tab X AXIS tab SCRIPT or only to the selected signal tab SIGNAL tab COLOR tab Y AXIS tab CURSOR e double click on the color button of a signal the x axis or the y axis directly opens the related register card under the section PROPER TIES of the property bar e Changed settings in input fields of the PROPERTIES are updated in the display by pressing the lt TAB gt key BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 169 MENU BAR DISPLAY 5 5 11 MESSAGE DISPLAY 01 01 06 12 51 58 Configuration database unlocked 01 01 06 12 52 22 Client disconnected 192 168 64 110 17713 01 01 06 12 52 28 Client connected 192 158 54 110 1174 2 p 122522 01 01 06 12 50 28 Start of NextView Server Release 42 340 01 01 06 12 52 29 Configuration database 01 01 06 12 51 08 Client connected 192 158 54 110 11717 01 01 05 12 51 10 Configuration database locked by Administrator from HE 01 01 06 12 51 10 Going to stop scan 01 01 06 12 51 11 Configuration database unlocked 01 01 05 12 51 54 Configuration database locked by Administrator from ud Figure 121
105. es are to be stored simultaneously the recording is started as soon as the trigger condition for the RMS values is met e In the case of edge triggering e g Positive edge the channel must be below the trigger level before the surpassing of the level trips the trigger In the case of a window trigger only the current value is of importance e These settings can also be made simultaneously for several channels in the SCAN CONFIGURATION dialog box see p 120 e Complex trigger conditions can be defined as logic operations in formula channels 5 3 3 4 7 OUTPUT The tab OUTPUT of the device configuration allows to define a voltage value for an output channel which is available at the relevant pin of this channel For measurement hardware featuring a function generator e g output module MDA 16 21 41 81 for PCI e cards the type of output signal and its frequency is set in addition BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 105 MENU BAR DEVICE Output Range 5 000 5 000 Vv M Output Range 0 000 10 000 Y Made Sine Wave i Output 4 000 M Boeeceieceneieeieeeiecencenmecneeenimeenenceneeceneeecemeaecenenieenn incen aaa een aaae aaaea daa eE aa anA 10 240 Frequency 2 000k Hz 100 0 kHz Figure 68 entry function select the voltage range of the output allowed by the hardware Output enter the output value as numerical value or use the slider contro
106. et The advantage of a filter with a sharp cut off being selected must be weighed against the disadvantage of the increased transient period which ensues 5 6 8 1 3 FILTER METHOD Apart from lowpass frequency components above the indicated low pass cut off frequency are attenuated described in detail in the following chapter NextViewe4 provides for several methods band elimination such as highpass frequency components below the indicated Figure 145 cut off frequency are attenuated bandpass or band stop In the case of highpass filtering stop and pass range are mirrored and all frequencies below the filter cut off frequency are attenuated A signal with the same frequency as the filter cut off frequency is attenuated by 3dB factor 0 707 With a bandpass the signal is led through a low and a highpass with the same cut off frequency The filter is adjusted in such a way that in the case of a sine signal the amplitude is not changed A bandstop only blocks the indicated frequency As in the bandpass the order is a parameter which allows setting the width of the attenuated or passed frequency band BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 201 MENU BAR SIGNALS 5 6 8 2 PROS AND CONS OF THE VARIOUS FILTERS The following examples demonstrate the properties of the filters from the diagram of the amplitude frequency response represented in the FILTER dialog box and the filter result of a rectangular signal The jumps in the signal re
107. eter is set in tab STATE under the section PROP ERTIES of the property bar This definition can also be made in the context menu by clicking and option The current state 15 check marked The relating color and title information for the active and inactive state are entered in tab COLOR If selecting the option Active without a threshold value the settings in case of an alarm can be checked in advance 5 5 5 2 DVM ASSIGN CHANNEL If the digital multimeter is to switch between the inactive and active state see DVM ACTIVE AND INACTIVE STATE p 137 when a signal value 15 exceeded it has to be related to a channel input or formula channel The relevant signal is selected in the tab UHANNELS under the section RE SOURCES of the property bar The presently related channel has a gray marking BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 137 MENU BAR DISPLAY i Resources Channels usB AD 7500100527 Analog In 1 Wig Analag In 2 Y4 Analog In 3 4 Analog In 4 4 Analog In 5 Wig Analog In 6 Figure 97 To assign a channel it has to be moved by drag amp drop over the display which does not necessarily have to be selected before A double click on a channel listed in the selection on the left replaces the signal of the active display To look over the parameter settings of the selected channel open the DEVICE CONFIGURATION which can be reached directly with the command CHANNEL SETTINGS in the
108. ext 31 132 Active 133 Background 54 Inactive 133 Name 45 132 Position 133 Size 133 State 49 133 Status bar 220 Stop 42 85 Storage capacity 88 90 102 Storage parameter 101 Storage rate 28 121 Storage ratio 162 Storage space 206 BMC Messsysteme GmbH INDEX Storage type 28 121 Switch 47 Synchronization 92 System requirements 10 T Time 48 Total sampling rate 89 Train 71 Transient period 200 201 TreeView 87 94 Trial 13 21 Trigger 28 34 89 119 121 Analog 104 Digital 104 Edge 105 Level 105 Window 105 Tschebyscheff filter 204 U Up Down Counter 109 Update 215 219 Using 100 V Version 221 Change 219 Show 219 View Axis 47 Border 45 47 Channel name 45 47 Current values 45 Date time 48 Digital value 47 Drag indicators 47 Property bar 220 Selection bar 45 47 Sheet tabs 220 Status bar 220 Unit 47 Page 229 INDEX X x y Representation 32 163 164 166 x Axis 58 181 x Format 57 Y y Axis 59 151 169 Shared 175 y Default range 57 y Format 57 y Range 57 Z Zoom 30 147 148 164 ZoomStack 147 164 Page 230 BMC Messsysteme GmbH
109. ext menu of the display also lt SHIFT gt double click on the display 5 5 5 DIGITAL MULTIMETER Analog In 2 Analog In 2 Figure 95 A signal with fairly constant values and of which the curve shape is of no major interest is preferably displayed by means of a digital multimeter DVM insert digital multimeter e menu DISPLAY command DIGITAL MULTIMETER e context menu of sheet command INSERT DIGITAL MULTIMETER e keyboard F2 select digital multimeter e mouse click on the display selection bar is shown e keyboard lt TAB gt remove digital multimeter e menu Edit command DELETE e keyboard lt CTRL gt X name digital multimeter show display border selection bar define state active inactive e property bar tab STATE e context menu of digital multimeter set limits for changing state property bar tab STATE text color background color property bar tab COLOR BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 135 MENU BAR DISPLAY DVM assign channel property bar tab CHANNELS section RE SOURCES check channel settings e context menu of digital multimeter command CHANNEL SETTINGS e keyboard lt SHIFT gt double click on the display property bar tab SCRIPT with NextViewe4 Script only The digital multimeter is placed on an empty space on the sheet The common Windows conventions relating to position and size of an object apply see p 129 You can adjust the
110. f a signal in the display it will be replaced A double click on a signal listed in the selection on the left replaces the active signal of the active display e The active display is recognizable by its selection bar on the left side of the display Color button name and numerical value of the active signal have a white marking Before you can display stored measurement data the relevant measurement file must be opened in the project see OPEN SAVE SIG NAL FILES p 67 e Use the pane view to display several signals of a display in separate windows one below the other with individual y axes see p 176 For information about the stored signal see tab SIGNAL under the section PROPERTIES of the property bar The settings of the graph display regarding the representation of the display and its signals are made in the following chapter Page 168 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DISPLAY 5 5 10 4 SETTINGS OF THE GRAPH DISPLAY related Properties Graph Display 1 properties uem Mame Analysis active display Size Automatically adjust display width active signal view Iv Show channel names Bl Distance B ramp Rectangle Figure 120 The settings for the active graph display or selected signal which must have been previously selected by mouse click display selection bar is displayed signal click color button are entered in the section PROPERTIES of the prop
111. f the slider fine move or by clicking directly on the bar large move Move the mouse over the display stop live display first and press the mouse wheel to switch between the zooming function Ld see ZOOMING IN THE DISPLAY p 148 and the hand tool D This will be indicated by the relevant mouse pointer Now with the left mouse key pressed you can shift signals in any direction you like Page 146 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DISPLAY In the case of a vertical shift and by simultaneously pressing the ALT key only the active signal click colored signal button is moved If only one y axis 1s used for all signals see tab Y AXIS 59 the above is not possible In the case of a slider shift along the time axis the live display stops automatically and has to be reactivated by clicking on the button Start automatic scrolling see LIVE DISPLAY BUTTONS p 147 Shifting signals in the display can also be done by means of the keyboard eyboard function downward shift of all signals upward shift of all signals downward shift of the selected signal upward shift of the selected signal shifts all signals to an earlier point of time the live display will be stopped then see LIVE DISPLAY BUTTONS p 147 shifts all signals to a later point of time 5 5 7 4 LIVE DISPLAY BUTTONS At the bottom of the live display the buttons to 2 000 stop continue and zoom the signals are located 3 000
112. g analog digital channels see p 93 e For detailed information about the CAN bus system please visit www can bosch com e If the PCI BASE1000 or PCIe BASE is used with the MCAN module at least one CAN channel must be installed by adding a message or importing a dbc file see MESSAGES p 111 to display any signals also analog channels NextViewo4 Page 110 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DEVICE 5 3 3 6 1 MESSAGES ae Bus 1 Messages Messages 254 254 Data packages are sent via the cl ae CAN bus as messages The tab MESSAGES of the device configuration shows all existing messages with their name and ID and Multiplex ID if existing Delete Import Figure 73 button function create a new message on the CAN bus Import import all existing messages of a dbc file A dbc file defines several CAN Message CAN messages and its structure It does not contain message 301 information m rin By p ormatio about easuring n values Options Extended Multiplexed It create new HISP Id by Multiples order Intel Motorola pressing the button Add the Unsigned 7 Signed following specifications must be entered the dialog CAN Multiples offset Length EX MESSAGE Cancel Figure 74 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 111 MENU BAR DEVICE ntry function
113. g digital If b amp Files b E Lines D Be FFt res Fx languaae IFx iq Oh Martin D B sine hum IFx Figure 37 signal file name see DEVICE CONFIGURATION tab FILE group name see DEVICE CONFIGURATION tab NAME analog signal name see DEVICE CONFIGURATION tab NAME digital signal name see DEVICE CONFIGURATION tab NAME If you select a graph display the active signal of the display is indicated by a gray marking The marking is moved if one or several files or signals are selected in the following way Page 66 BMC Messsysteme GmbH PROPERTY BAR RESOURCES event function selection of a single item keyboard V lt CTRL gt mouse click selection of several individual items lt SHIFT gt mouse click selection of all items located between two clicked elements draw a rectangle with mouse selection of several adjacent items button pressed 4 5 2 1 OPEN SAVE SIGNAL FILES 1 Resources Open File Close File b B 5 signals IFx Save File 5 Replace File b e digital IF Bs Ix By language Ix b d sine hum IFx Convert into Train Replace by next File Replace bv previous File Remove From Train Figure 38 Recorded signals or results of an analysis are available as a measurement file with the extension 1 x in NextViewe4 To be able to view the signals you must open the relating measurement file i
114. g indicator Show Axis Name individually name display name 15 indicated in the tab PROJECt section RESOURCES of the property bar show display border with selection bar and channel name additionally e level indicator display unit digital value drag indicators and y axis e button acts either as a button or a push button if option selected e slider display of unit digital value BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 47 PROPERTY BAR PROPERTIES 4 4 1 6 MESSAGE DISPLAYS General Mame Status information Size Automatically adjust display width Cipkions Show date and time E Print display Channel Figure 23 entry funetion Name individually name display name is indicated in the tab PROJECt section RESOURCES of the property bar automatic adjustment of the message display to full sheet width add time indication to messages or allow display to be printed Channel change between the display of system information or several user channels 1 3 Page 48 BMC Messsysteme GmbH PROPERTY BAR PROPERTIES 4 4 2 TAB STATE In the tab STATE you can define a static text digital multimeter or level indica tor to be active or inactive In form and content static text these states are indicated in a different way for alarm conditions to be signalized State Active Inactive Active if greater than or equal to Active if less than or equal to f Active if insid
115. he command OPEN FILE File name impart dat Save as 4 Files fs Common Files If buf bf dat EE m 7 4 Files Ifx E Mex igu MT 3 4 Files Nextview sDOOS Files buf Nextyiew DOS Files brs Nextview DOS Files bfe DIADEM Files dat Timestamp Files tsf TurboLab Files dat Database Files Figure 39 Before selecting the signal file to be imported open the list of provided Files of type in the dialog box Open and choose the desired file format The following types can be imported BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 69 PROPERTY BAR RESOURCES type l origin 4 5 2 3 INSERT A SIGNAL TO A DISPLAY You can assign or add one or several signals directly to a graph display by drag amp drop from tab SIGNALS over the display If moving the mouse over the color button signal name or cursor value of an already visualized signal in the display the signal will be replaced The selection in the tab SIGNALS is done as follows event function selection of a single signal keyboard VY lt CTRL gt mouse click selection of several individual signals lt SHIFT gt mouse click selection of all signals located between two clicked signals draw a rectangle with mouse selection of several adjacent signals click amp drag button pressed In addition the dynamic mouse pointer signalizes the possibilit
116. he sheet The common Windows conventions relating to position and size of an object apply see p 129 A right click on the static text box opens a context menu containing commands frequently used in this type of display The settings for the active static text box which must have been previously selected by mouse click selection bar is displayed are defined in the related tabs GENERAL STATE COLOR and FONT under the section PROPERTIES of the property bar on the left Like the digital multimeter and the level indicator the static text box can distinguish between an active or and inactive state see STATIC TEXT ACTIVE AND INACTIVE STATE p 133 This allows for signaling various alarm states If the indicated level of the assigned channel see STATIC TEXT ASSIGN CHANNEL p 134 is exceeded it will be displayed in the static text box through a warning and different background color If using the add on module NextViewe4 Script for charge you can program script instructions in tab SCRIPT which are executed in case of incidents 5 5 4 1 STATIC TEXT ACTIVE AND INACTIVE STATE mem us Inactive Active iF greater than or equal Active if less than or equal Channel settings Figure 93 The state of the static text box is set in tab STATE under the section PROPER TIES of the property bar This definition can also be made in the context menu by clicking this option The current state is check
117. heets at the end of a batch job or after each analysis step If you mark the option Print selected sheets the rest of the grayed out settings become active The selection of sheets to be printed 1s executed in the same way as the selection of signals as described before see SELECT SIGNAL p 210 We recommend printing after each analysis step if the result file has not been consecutively numbered see BATCH JOB OPTIONS p 211 The option Confirm printing gives you the chance to choose whether you really want to print the result files before the batch job starts This 15 especially useful for testing purposes Page 212 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR SIGNALS 5 6 11 2 BATCH JOB TYPICAL APPLICATIONS The batch job is a very complex function which you certainly need some experience for but which includes many advantages and conveniences Especially for repeating processes it can save a lot of manual single steps When setting up a batch job always run a test first We shortly summarized the following typical applications Analysis of several signals You want to apply an analysis function to several signals with the same settings If you do not want to select the signal and start the analysis command for each signal separately insert all signals in a graph display and setup a batch job Add a sequential number to the files so that no resulting signal 1s overwritten Repeated analysis signal 15 processe
118. how cursor values 2 Show cursor dx and dy o M PM P Pent Cursor level 0 00 bar Cursor tools Bm Values Minimum 2 02bar at 980 0 Maximum 0 81bar at 275 00 Mean Value D 55bar Standard Deviation D 77bar Figure 34 Page 62 BMC Messsysteme GmbH PROPERTY BAR RESOURCES 4 4 9 TAB SCRIPT Script Script OnAlarm I OncCalc I OnClick I OnMove Figure 35 In this tab of the section PROPERTIES you can define the action you want to be executed when using the slider or button when a display static text digital multi meter or level indicator changes its state active inactive or when calculating characteristic signal values see tab CURSOR p 60 of a graph display It can only be used together with the add on module NextViewe4 Script for charge 4 5 RESOURCES The third section of the property bar gives an overview of the currently opened project the sheets and displays it contains as well as the provided channels and signals Here the entire signal management like adding and replacing signals in the project and in the display takes place In addition file trains can be created required for analysis across several files BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 63 PROPERTY BAR RESOURCES Like the section PROPERTIES this part of the property bar is object oriented That means that the display
119. ic operations Boolean operators in formulas trigger conditions can be combined with each other 5 3 3 7 1 FORMULA CHANNELS In addition to the analog and digital channels provided by the hardware 16 formula channels are installed With formula channels analog inputs or other formula channels created before can be computed and be displayed in the live display Page 116 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DEVICE If for example only the product of two signals is of major interest in a measurement the thing to do would be to compute the result of these signals by using the formula Signal 1 Signal 2 The source signals do not have to be stored 01 01 2006 12 56 05 000 01 01 2006 12 56 10 000 mo AAA AAAA B current 0 000 2 000 4 000 p al 5 01 01 2006 12 37 50 000 Figure 80 The configuration is carried out in the DEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog box by selecting the relevant formula channel in the TreeView on the left The current parameters will be displayed and can be modified now Settings in the tabs NAME DEFAULTS USING SCAN and TRIG GER are executed in the same way as configuring analog digital channels e If the hardware only features digital channels or analog outputs the option for formula channels is not installed as they cannot be used in this measurement set up e Asthere is no physical range for formula channels the live display always uses the interval for the 100
120. ical value of the active signal have a white marking e Use the pane view to display several signals of a display in separate windows one below the other with individual y axes see p 176 Page 150 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DISPLAY To look over the parameter settings of the selected channel open the device con figuration which can be reached directly with the command CHANNEL SETTINGS in the context menu of the live display also lt SHIFT gt double click on the display The settings of the live display regarding the representation of the display and its signals are made in the following chapter 5 5 7 6 SETTINGS OF THE LIVE DISPLAY 5 Properties Live Display 1 Mame Sound bua Size Automatically adjust display width properties General view V Show channel names Show current values active display 100 Button Uses signal s default range active signal Uses signal s physical range 02 01 2004 13 52 15 000 02 01 2004 13 52 Analog In 1 A Analog In 2 Analog In 3 E Analog In 5 B Analog In EE Figure 107 The settings for the active live display or selected signal which must have been previously selected by mouse click display selection bar is displayed signal click color button are defined in the section properties of the properties bar The active display is recognizable by its selection bar on the left Color button
121. iew Show channel names View change settings of the active object 100 Button Uses signal s default range Uses signal s physical range 5 Resources 5 signals IFx iN a v s Ix Acceleration Channel and signal management for the current project 22 Lines 8 Line M4 9 Line 10 Line fila 11 Line Figure 14 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 39 PROPERTY BAR OPERATION The parameters can be entered directly allowing for an extremely fast configura tion The different areas of the settings are logically cut and spread on different register cards As soon as you select another object the property bar will be refreshed accordingly In addition it includes the entire project channel and signal management of NextViewe4 If a project is locked see LOCK PROJECT p 218 the property bar is hidden Settings cannot be made 4 2 OPERATION The operation of the property bar follows the general Windows conventions Jump to another register card for example by clicking on it The sections COMMON TASKS PROPERTIES and RESOURCES can be folded and unfolded at will by clicking the white arrow in front of the entry The following table lists the symbols in the property bar and its use Depending on the position the mouse pointer indicates different functions click to unfold fold entry click to open context menu 4 mouse symbol click to select command
122. ified in tab Signals M data Ifx memM ADFa 5 000321 l4 Temperature Wha Temperature Wha Temperature Temperature Min Wha Temperature RMS Figure 65 Page 102 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DEVICE If several storage types have been selected only one of these signals is displayed in the live display The signal values appear in the following order RMS Average Current value Minimum and Maximum If the RMS and current values are to be stored simultaneously the RMS values appear as live data EB ocn iii Analog in MERERI Figure 66 Channels that are not recorded appear grayed out in the live display during recording e order to save disk space we recommend saving only channels which are actually required for the scan e If storing current values with a high storage ratio peaks in the signal might not be detected These settings can also be made simultaneously for several channels in the SCAN CONFIGURATION dialog box BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 103 MENU BAR DEVICE 5 3 3 4 6 TRIGGER Tigger C Trigger Trigger None Positive Edge 7 Negative Edge E E zx inside Window E Outside Window Trigger Level 1 10 000 m Range 4 629m b 343m z 12 000 m Figure 67 The trigger condition defines the start of the actual scan Only when the trigger even
123. igital channels is executed on different levels If marking a channel or any other level the register cards of the dialog box on the right reflect the changes automatically The current configuration is indicated and parameters can be entered 5 3 3 4 1 NAME In NextViewe4 the channels are kept under their logical names It Channel Analog In 1 can be indicated in a live display Analogni or graph display see GENERAL p 44 for o EIN example Formulas Assigning channels to a group D up DIEM allows to keep track when many channels are used Channels are always member of a group Comment Figure 58 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 95 MENU BAR DEVICE entry displays selected channel physical name By default channels are always assigned to their DAQ system For example to insert a channel in a display just look under its group see TAB CHANNELS p 64 A list shows the already existing groups and the number of channels they contain Double click one group name listed to assign the actual channel directly to this group The sequential numbering of the channels through the hardware guarantees the uniqueness of the channels names see CONFIGURING ANALOG DIGITAL CHANNELS p 94 e Names can have up to 20 characters spaces included and must be unique e For a detailed description of a channel you can use the comment e default the physical name is used e g Analog In w
124. ignal Page 176 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR SIGNALS The splitting of the signals to the various panes can be chosen arbitrarily and 15 executed with the following commands of the SIGNALS menu New pane inserts the active signal into a new partial window at the bottom edge of the display keyboard lt CTRL gt G Remove pane removes the partial window of the active signal and inserts the signal into the subjacent otherwise above window keyboard lt CTRL gt D Toggle panes spreads all signals contained in the display to partial windows or closes all partial windows displaying the signals in one common window keyboard lt CTRL gt H If moving the color button of a signal to another partial window by drag amp drop the signal will be displayed in this pane 9 6 2 5 COPY SELECTED SIGNAL ALL SIGNALS Microsoft Excel Book1 i EH File Edit View Insert Format Tools m E amp amp 3 1 Arial c 1 2 105 0 02563477 2 2 11 O 06256104 2 116 009918213 4 2 12 013549605 5 2 125 0 17211914 uo Figure 125 This function makes processing of signal values as table data possible in a very fast and uncomplicated way BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 177 MENU BAR SIGNALS The x and y values of the active signal or all signals in the graph display within the cursor range are copied to the clipboard as a text file 1 column values of the x axis in rela
125. in the display is part of the name of the resulting signal during the analysis setup it will be updated for each resulting signal respectively For example if you apply an FFT on the signal Sinus and you name the resulting signal FFT Sinus the resulting signal of the signal Rectangle of the same display will be called FFT Rectangle see Figure 151 5 6 11 1 2 SELECT SIGNAL In the white field of the item Signals all 5 4 i Analysis Calculation signal files of the graph display listed with their signal names file names path Here Signal Signal File Pressure C Documents the signals to be integrated in the analysis function are selected Hectangles L Docur anus Doc amusa CADr Abs Sinus C Figure 154 Page 210 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR SIGNALS vent function i mouse click on signal name selection of an individual signal keyboard selection of several individual signals lt SHIFT gt mouse click selection of all signals located between two clicked signals draw a rectangle with selection of several adjacent signals mouse button pressed If continuing with the settings for the batch job the marked signals are highlighted see Figure 154 The signals to be analyzed must be completely within the cursor range 5 6 11 1 3 BATCH JOB OPTIONS entry function Add number of step to sequential numbering for file na
126. ing activate deactivate menu bar for keyboard operation open the menu item p the key of the underlined character change between menu items or open close submenu selection of next register card focus card TAB selection of item lt SHIFT gt lt TAB gt undo selection of item 4 Enter confirm the active button of the dialog if no button is marked this key closes the dialog except dialog DEVICE CONFIGURA TION see GENERAL OPTIONS p 216 changes are applied lt ALT gt F4 close dialog changes are rejected or graphical representation with selectable items 22201122 device configuration 7 1 resources select next or previous item lt CTRL gt N create a new project file lt CTRL gt 0 open existing project file lt CTRL gt S save the current settings in a project file broperty bar fold unfold the object related property bar on the left confirm changes made in input fields confirm changes made in input fields displays are refreshed BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 35 BASICS KEY ASSIGNMENT AND SHORTCUTS insert new sheet in the project lt CTRL gt lt TAB gt jump to the next sheet of the project lt SHIFT gt lt CTRL gt jump to the previous sheet of the project lt TAB gt mneasurement lt CTRL gt R start recording to a measurement file lt CTRL gt T stop recording to a measurement file F11 open the dialog SCAN CONFIGURATION F12 open the dialog DEVICE CONFI
127. ions in tab SCRIPT which are executed when pressing the button ON or OFF The current state of a digital output can be viewed and set in tab DUTPUT of the DEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog box also BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 155 MENU BAR DISPLAY 5 5 9 SLIDER To display and control analog output channels you can use the Slider The output voltage can be adjusted with the slider control or be entered directly in the field displaying the numerical value of the output voltage Figure 111 insert slider e menu DISPLAY command SLIDER e context menu of sheet command INSERT SLIDER e mouse click on the display selection bar is shown e keyboard lt TAB gt remove slider e menu EDIT command DELETE e keyboard lt CTRL gt X show name unit property bar tab GENERAL numerical value show display border property bar tab GENERAL selection bar scaling of the axis property bar tab Y AXIS set slider value e shift slider handle with the mouse e keyboard Page Up lt Down V e enter numerical value input into field of output values assign analog output property bar tab CHANNELS section RESOURCES property bar tab SCRIPT with NextView4 Script only Page 156 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DISPLAY The slider is placed on an empty space on the sheet The common Windows conventions relating to position and size of an object apply see p 129 The set
128. is a specific arithmetic function providing for a faster conversion of a signal in its frequency spectrum As an example the computing time for the FFT over 1024 points is less than 1 100th of that for the normal Fourier analysis Compared to a standard Fourier analysis for example the calculating time of an FFT over 1024 samples is less than one hundredth 5 6 5 3 1 TYPES OF SOURCE SIGNALS Apart from the number of points the type of the input signal is a decisive factor for the quality of the FFT analysis The FFT analysis uses floating point arithmetic with an accuracy which for the specified number of points reduces rounding errors to a minimum In most cases the source signal will be an analog signal acquired by means of a 12 or 14 bit A D converter For analyzing such signals a so called quantizing error must be taken into account irrespective of the scan time base jitter deviation from desired scan interval Even the most optimal case only 1 digit being in error will result in considerable errors in the FFT analysis for small signals Therefore we recommend observance of the following for the acquisition of the relevant signal record signal at max modulation 1 e use optimum measurement range gt amplify signal externally if necessary gt avoid overranging results in harmonics gt do not use averaging when carrying out data acquisition bad lowpass filter gt do not store calculated signals as 16 b
129. is file For example some programs cannot read the number formats in scientific notation In this case the number format must be defined accordingly 5 6 3 2 1 TAB OPTIONS In the tab OPTIONS the ASCII File Options following settings are possible ENT for the ASCII export 2 Axis Options Exclude Axis Date Format Include unit Exclude white space 25 axis Options Include unit Exclude white space 25 En TAB Field Separator AE Quotes BE Figure 131 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 183 MENU BAR SIGNALS Exclude x axis x axis values are not listed in the file Date format the values of the x axis are represented in the NextViewe4 date time format Include unit the unit of the x or y values is indicated Exclude white space values are represented without spaces left justified QEON decimal places are separated by a comma or a point Field separator separates x and y values by semicolon comma or tab characters Quotes number values can be included in inverted commas or quotation marks 5 6 4 CALCULATION 2 000 4 000 5 000 2 000 BB Sinus 3 ES i 1 000 0 i 000 1 I Abs Sinus 800 000m e 4 b 600 000m 1 EUIS 400 000m 200 000m 0 000 alala ids ale Figure 132 Recorded signals can be used for calculation Also signals can be offset against each other Only th
130. it values but use them directly for FFT as floating point values Page 192 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR SIGNALS 5 6 5 3 2 WINDOW FUNCTIONS As already mentioned the FFT utilizes the symmetrical properties of the source signal Correct FFT results require the source signal to be periodic and for one or several signal intervals to be marked Otherwise the values supplied by the FFT will be wrong and a frequency spectrum with many harmonics not contained in the source signal will be generated in addition The window functions serve to avoid these problems They allow you to change the source signal of the selected range in such a way that no jumps will occur This is achieved by multiplying the values of the selected range with a function the start and end values of the range remaining constant mostly 0 An advantage of these window functions is that no harmonics occur even if the selected range does not cover one of several signal intervals entirely However the frequency band will be expanded This can be clearly illustrated upon FFT analysis of a simple sine signal In the case of the Hanning window the adjacent frequencies are also supplied with signals in the FFT result The relevant correction in NextViewe4 provides that in the case of a pure sine signal without window function or stepped window the selected range containing one or several signal intervals the main amplitude corresponds to the peak value of the sine
131. ith a sequential number throughout the different channel e g analog inputs digital outputs and measurement systems e These settings can also be made simultaneously for several channels the SCAN CONFIGURATION dialog box Page 96 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DEVICE 5 3 3 4 2 INPUT Tab INPUT of the DEVICE CONFIGURATION allows for InputRange 5 000 5000 the configuration of the physical measurement variable Sample d Take Offset 10 000m V By means of an offset tool a Teeme connected measuring amplifier Take Sample 10 000m can be calibrated Two known Take Sample 2 1 010 V measuring values are necessary to calculate the conversion factors defining how the value to be displayed is generated from the measured voltage Figure 59 select the voltage range of the input depends on hardware shows online the incoming measuring values of the analog input scaling of the zero point at zero reset applied voltage Take sample or enter unit and reference values to convert the sampled voltages into the Take sample 2 represented physical variable If you short circuit the channel and press the Offset button the just measured value at will always be subducted from all incoming voltage values Then two known signals are connected and the measured values are accepted one after the other via the buttons Take Sample and Take Sample 2 Enter the corresponding physical desired value and
132. key pressed you can select several files simultaneously With the lt SHIFT gt key pressed you can choose several adjacent ones e With the command SAVE FILE AS a signal file can be exported directly from here e You can also open and import signals with the command OPEN SIGNAL FILE of the FILE menu The signals resulting of an analysis remain open in the project and are shown in the display of the source signal right away exception FFT analysis export Exported signals must be opened in the project first Page 68 BMC Messsysteme GmbH PROPERTY BAR RESOURCES e Measurement files with sequential numbering are created in a multi scan when running a multiple FFT analysis when setting up a batch job see SETUP BATCH JOB p 208 or if the relevant option in the DEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog box in the tab FILE is selected e key combinations for replacing numbered signal files allow rapid switching between and the comparing of signals For and use the keys of the numeric keypad The commands to open and replace files are provided in the context menu of the graph display too 4 5 2 2 IMPORT The import of measurement files which are not available with the standard extension 1 x of NextViewe4 takes place just like opening a signal file see OPEN SAVE SIGNAL FILES p 67 via the tab SIGNALS of the property bar The relevant menu is opened by clicking on the symbol Then choose t
133. l to set it within the selected analog output range set digital output to 0 low or 1 high if provided type of output signal Discrete constant output value Sine Wave Ramp Rectangle Frequency set signal frequency for the generated functions Sine Wave Ramp Rectangle 0 100kHz Please ensure that the hardware settings comply with those of the software Page 106 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DEVICE 5 3 3 4 8 LINES Lines Lines Input Output Figure 69 A digital channel named Digital I O is not hard wired but its direction can be defined in the DEVICE CONFIGURATION The digital channels are set to input or output group by group BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 107 MENU BAR DEVICE 5 3 3 5 CONFIGURATION OF THE COUNTER INPUTS NextViewe4 allows the display of counter channels to connect a counter or incremental encoder Various DAQ hardware of bmcm see COMPATIBLE HARDWARE p 17 provides counter channels Their possible settings are explained in the following The settings of the tabs NAME DEFAULTS USING SCAN and TRIG GER are the same as if CONFIGURING ANALOG DIGITAL CHANNELS see page 94 and are described in the relating chapters 5 3 3 5 1 RANGE Input Range Frequency Gate 1 0 tab Counter The settings in the Range refer to the incremental encoder meas uring system meM INC only which must have been selected before in the tr
134. lay while display is automatically scrolling the incoming measuring vales are visualized within the defined time period e graph display representation in relative time or absolute time Start End beginning and end of the time period to be displayed in the format as shown below live display uncheck option of automatic scrolling If unchecking the option Automatically scroll display the live display stops running continuously and the signals are visualized within the defined time range There are two time formats possible to present the time in the graph display signals in relative time always start at 0 seconds if prehistory is used negative value of the prehistory interval and stop at the end of the scan The absolute time indicates the time interval with date and time information Time settings influence the representation of signals in various ways Relative time serves to compare signal curves whereas absolute time focuses on the time component Page 58 BMC Messsysteme GmbH PROPERTY BAR PROPERTIES e For specifications in absolute time you must keep to certain conventions Compare your notation to the used format of the time limits indicated below e Changed settings are updated in the display by pressing the lt gt 4 4 7 TAB Y AXIS Options Share v Axis between signals Printing options v Print legends at y axis Print single y axis 0 100 Minimum 298 319m V gt 500 00
135. lters provide a simple way of emphasizing desired frequencies or suppressing interference frequencies in a signal In the graph display select the signal range to be analyzed by means of the cursors and open the FILTER dialog box from the SIGNALS menu also context menu of the graph display ANALYSIS FILTER or keyboard lt ALT gt L to execute the settings for digital filters 5 6 8 1 SETTINGS FOR DIGITAL FILTERS The small figure illustrates Filter the amplitude frequency re sponse of the selected filter Source 1 Analog In 11 556 14 706 Destination 4 2 filter E Mame amp Unit 1 Analog In M Filter Type Critical s e low pass Cut off Freg 20 000 amp 500 000 1 0 0 0 a SSS SS Se SS ere 0 0 100 0 200 0 300 0 400 0 500 0 Cancel Apply Calc Figure 142 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 199 MENU BAR SIGNALS Source name of active source signal in the graph display x Range cursor range which the filter would be applied over according to the current settings Destination name and path of the file 1fx where there result signal is stored change with button on the right Name amp Unit name and unit of the result signal Filter indicate filter type filter order and filter method Cut off frequ set minimum frequency at which filtering is done In the case of a lowpass or highpass the filter cut off frequency serves to set th
136. managed without loosing track see NAME p 95 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 27 BASICS STEPS OF THE MEASURING CHAIN By default channels are classified according to devices so that you can track e g an analog channel to its device of origin via the group To get an overview of all channel settings you can either print out the device con figuration see PRINT CONFIGURATION p 124 or open the dialog box scan configuration featuring the simultaneous configuration several channels The selected configuration can either be saved in a file together with the project or in a separate file see PROJECT OPTIONS p 218 3 3 2 ACQUISITION An unlimited number min max current value mean value RMS of signals can be acquired at various storage rates and types Different trigger functions can be set with a prehistory of 1 100 for each channel The virtual unit of formula channels and comprehensive mathematical functions allow for an unlimited number of channels to be sampled displayed and recorded in conjunction with each other Even if they are scanned at various rates there 15 no need to save the source signals Another important feature 1s the multi scan see p 34 a special type of signal recording dividing a measurement into several files in chronological order There is absolutely no data loss between the file limits The multi scan allows for long term measurements and for the detection of malfunction incidents wi
137. marked The relating color and title information for the active and inactive state are entered in tab COLOR BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 133 MENU BAR DISPLAY If selecting the option Active without a threshold value the settings in case of an alarm can be checked in advance 5 5 4 2 STATIC TEXT ASSIGN CHANNEL If the static text 15 to switch between the inactive and active state see STATIC TEXT ACTIVE AND INACTIVE STATE p 133 when a signal value is exceeded it has to be related to a channel input or formula channel This setting is only useful if the state of the display is set to active and if one or two threshold values have been defined The relevant signal is selected in the tab UHANNELS under the section RE SOURCES of the property bar The presently related channel has a gray marking 5 Resources J LISB AD 54010052 Wiq Analog In 1 Wig Analog In 2 Analog In 3 Wig Analog In 4 iq Analog In 5 Wig Analog In Figure 94 To assign a channel it has to be moved by drag amp drop over the display which does not necessarily have to be selected before A double click on a channel listed in the selection on the left replaces the signal of the active display To look over the parameter settings of the selected channel open the DEVICE CONFIGURATION which can be reached directly with the command Page 134 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DISPLAY CHANNEL SETTINGS in the cont
138. mes given when making the destination path settings for analysis Add files to project open result file after each batch job in the project and show it in the graph display of the source signal exception FFT analysis because x axes are different batch job is repeated automatically at the end of a scan or partial scan of a multi scan or when replacing a measurement file in the project see OPEN SAVE SIGNAL FILES p 67 Automatically run job If analyzing several signals of a display the sequential numbering is highly recommended because otherwise each result signal which has just been calculated would be overwritten by the next one and only the last signal of the batch job would be kept BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 211 MENU BAR SIGNALS Resources gt W FFE 1 IFx b Pressures 4 voltages gt M FFE 3 IFx Analag Figure 155 e only one of the numbered result files is opened in the project uncheck 2 option the displayed signal can be replaced directly in the graph display see OPEN SAVE SIGNAL FILES p 67 with the shortcut lt CTRL gt lt gt CTRL 4 use numeric keypad e Turning off the sequential numbering to save disk space is only recommended if the result files are printed automatically after each analysis step see PRINT BATCH JOB p 212 5 6 11 1 4 PRINT BATCH JOB Using the batch job function enables you to print selected s
139. mits are Period restricted by the hardware and the preset scan frequency see above Duration defines the time period in a live display in which you can scroll back Cache usage indicates the disk space required in the RAM according to the current settings Live data are displayed as an envelope curve see ENVELOPE CURVE p 145 providing for enhanced visualization and in particular transmission of fast signals Reducing the frequency extends the maximum time range for the signals to be stored in the live data cache 5 3 3 3 4 CLOCK 65 My Computer Clock Al DAQ systems have 2 Internal internal clock periodically sending a signal to sample another measuring value while a scanning Ais es Format In addition some devices can be z synchronized see BLE HARDWARE p 17 so that if using several devices they can be adjusted in time to each other Exponent Figure 56 Besides that some hardware can be equipped with an external clock signal which is necessary for scans which are not referenced on time but on another quantity Page 92 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DEVICE e g rotation angles In this case the time intervals between the single samples are not the same but sampling is done e g when a shaft has performed a 360 rotation If using an external clock additional information about the notation of the x axis 1s required entry function choose inter
140. mount of frequency lines As it is rather difficult to indicate this number of signal points NextViewe4 automatically calculates this range according to the frequency lines defined in the Fast Fourier Transformation dialog box and shows it by means of the FFT marker button BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 189 MENU BAR SIGNALS name of active source signal in the display x Range time interval starting at the white cursor position over which the FFT would be executed according to the current settings Destination name and path of the file 1 x where there result signal is stored change with button on the right name and unit of the result signal lists available window functions number of values used to approximate the output signal will be represented accordingly Multiple FFT repeated FFT in sections with the same settings see MULTIPLE FFT ANALYSIS p 190 For further details on various setting possibilities please refer to chapter NOTES FOR FFT ANALYSIS p 192 select the FFT output type if Logarithm is activated the result signal A click on the Calculate button starts the analysis Accept serves to confirm and register the modifications If for example the number of lines 1s changed the FFT marker will update its settings 5 6 5 2 MULTIPLE FFT ANALYSIS By means of the multiple FFT analysis the single FFT will be repeated in predefined time intervals starting from the white cursor position a
141. mp drag The operation of the cursors via keyboard is listed in the following table lt CTRL gt 1 activates deactivates the white cursor use numeric keys of the standard keyboard lt CTRL gt 2 activates deactivates the black cursor use numeric keys of the standard keyboard The relating signal values at the cursor positions can be displayed next to the signal name see tab CURSOR p 60 left signal value of the white cursor no 1 right signal value of the black cursor no 2 The current cursor position at the x axis 1s indicated in the first line If cursors are moved the values in the display adjust accordingly In tab CURSOR of the property bar section PROPERTIES characteristic key data minimum maximum mean value standard deviation RMS of the active signal can be calculated for the defined cursor range and be viewed directly In addition these values will be copied to the clipboard automatically see p 60 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 165 MENU BAR DISPLAY e Printing a display or sheet also prints the set cursors If the option Legend in the dialog PAGE SETUP menu FILE is activated cursor values and other characteristic signal data will be printed also e With NextViewo4 Script for charge you can program script instructions in tab SCRIPT which are executed when calculating characteristic signal values e copying the calculated characteristic signal values to the cli
142. n Germany We provide all components required for the measuring chain from sensor to software Our hardware and software components are perfectly tuned with each other to produce an extremely user friendly integrated system We put great emphasis on observing current industrial standards which facilitate the interaction of many components Products by BMC Messsysteme are applied in industrial large scale enterprises in research and development and in private applications We produce in compliance with ISO 9000 standards because standards and reliability are of paramount importance to us for your profit and success Please visit us on the web http www bmcm de for detailed information and latest news bavarian measurement company munich BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 11 OVERVIEW COPYRIGHTS 1 4 COPYRIGHTS The software NextViewe4 has been developed and tested with utmost care BMC Messsysteme GmbH does not provide any guarantee in respect of this manual the hard and software described in it its quality its performance or fitness for a particular purpose BMC Messsysteme GmbH is not liable in any case for direct or indirect damages or consequential damages which may arise from improper operation or any faults whatsoever of the system The system is subject to changes and alterations which serve the purpose of technical improvement The software NextViewe4 the manual provided with it and all names brands pictures oth
143. n relative time to the first cursor time interval distance between two samples sampling period poly x a b 4 grade max polynomial ax bx cx dxte a b c d e coefficients example 2x 7x 5 2 poly 2 7 5 2 If using numbers decimal notation always use a point not comma to separate the decimals below 1 from the rest of the number e Use radian measure to indicate angles Click the Pi button for the Greek letter x see above e 20r3grade polynomials are recognized automatically 5 6 4 2 CHOOSE A SIGNAL The Signal button leads you to the Select signal dialog box where all signals available for calculation are arranged according to measurement file and group name see NAME 95 i e all signals entirely contained in the cursor range of the active graph display If clicking on the plus sign H next to the folder of the file or group name all available signals are shown Another click on the minus sign El displayed now closes it again signals Select signal j Spannungen Figure 134 By selecting the desired entry and confirming with OK the signal will be inserted into the formula BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 187 MENU BAR SIGNALS 5 6 5 FFT B sinus 1 l o rv1 g fl fala ili Figure 135 If the white cursor is placed at the beginning of the signal range in the graph display which the FFT analysis 15 to
144. n the project first Besides the standard extension 1 x of NextViewe4 other signal file formats can be opened or created too The commands for signal and file management are available in the menu top right of the tab SIGNALS in the section RESOURCES of the property bar Open it by clicking on the small symbol amp with the tab SIGNALS being displayed BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 67 PROPERTY BAR RESOURCES Open file select a signal file to be opened or imported in the project 1fx dat tsf asc txt mdb Close file remove the signal file and all related signals of the gray marked item from the project Save file as save lfx or export 1fx dat asc txt a signal file with another name or extension Replace file remove signal file and all related signals of the gray marked item from the project and replace it by another Replace by next replace the numbered file of the gray marked item by the subsequent previous file previous signal file in the project and in the display keyboard lt CTRL gt lt gt or lt CTRL gt lt gt Convert into train convert several selected single files of a multi scan to a connected file file train Remove from train remove the selected signal from the file train and restore it to independent signal file Before displaying recorded measurement data the relevant measurement file must have been opened in the project With the lt CTRL gt
145. nal 1 property bar tab GENERAL property bar tab GENERAL e menu SIGNALS command Toggle panes e keyboard lt CTRL gt H e property bar tab SIGNALS section RE SOURCES open menu 28 command OPEN FILE REPLACE FILE context menu of graph display command OPEN FILE REPLACE FILE property bar tab SIGNALS section RE SOURCES select command in menu context menu of graph display command REPLACE BY NEXT PREVIOUS FILE keyboard CTRL lt gt or CTRL lt gt for use numeric keypad menu SIGNALS command ADD SIGNAL context menu of graph display command ADD SIGNAL keyboard F6 move signal from tab SIGNALS section RE SOURCES of the property bar over the display drag amp drop move signal from tab SIGNALS section RE SOURCES of the property bar over the colored signal button drag amp drop menu SIGNALS command HIDE SIGNAL context menu of graph display command HIDE SIGNAL keyboard lt CTRL gt click signal button menu SIGNALS command DELETE SIGNAL context menu of graph display command DELETE SIGNAL keyboard F7 click related color button or signal name BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DISPLAY display other signal property bar tab SIGNALS section RE SOURCES see GRAPH DISPLAY ASSIGN SIG p 167 shift signals shift slider vertically horizontally see NAVIGA
146. nal or external clock Clock space between the external clock pulses and unit depends on the clock resolution signal x axis notation of the x axis max number of characters one place reserved for sign and decimal point each and places behind the decimal point select representation of the numbers see SCAN p 101 Exponent in case of scientific representation the conversion to another unit is either done automatically or the specified unit k M G is used if necessary BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 93 MENU BAR DEVICE Analog In 1 iLine In 1 inry Digital In 1 Analog Out 1 iLine Out Digital ut 1 A click on opens the measurement hardware in the TreeView of the DEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog box and gives an overview of the channels available for a scan see OPERATING THE DEVICE CONFIGURATION p 86 metl ADO 1 Analag In 1 4 Analog In 1 2 4 Analog In 2 P P EEE PPP iq AnalogIn 16 4 Analog In 16 Analog Qut 1 4 Analog Out 1 m Digital In 1 Hardware 1 Line In 1 Digital In 1 1 Line In 8 amp Digital In 1 8 j km Digital Out 1 Line Out 1 4 Digital Out 1 1 A RRR RSL SY Digital Out 1 8 meM ADfo 2 T4 SnalogIn 1 4 amp Analog In 17 2 amp Analog In 18
147. nals are sent by different DAQ devices A second click reverses the order If selecting several channels settings that are usually done in the tabs NAME and SCAN of the DEVICE CONFIGURATION see p 85 can be made in one go a feature which considerably accelerates configuration The single digital lines are not listed in the SCAN CONFIGURATION but always the ports Therefore only storage parameters can be set here which can also be done for each channel in tab SCAN of the DEVICE CONFIGURA TION BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 121 MENU BAR DEVICE A click on the button Apply causes NextViewe4 to accept and store the selected settings The dialog remains open If you select OK the configuration is also accepted but the dialog box 1s closed Cancel closes the dialog but changes are not accepted or stored 5 3 4 2 OPERATION Scan Configuration _ __ Group Ratio Analog In 3 USB 4D SM 1 1 Analog In 4 USB 4D SM 1 1 Andogln USBAD SN 11 AndeginB USB AD SN 131 Analog In USB AD SM 1 1 Analog In 8 LI SB AD SM 17 Figure 83 If the settings of a channel are to be modified the channel must be selected first This 1s done by clicking on the vertical gray and hatched bar on the left side of the channel event function mouse click selection of a single channel keyboard V selection of several individual channels lt SHIFT gt mouse click selection of all cha
148. name and numerical value of the active signal have a white marking In addition the y axis of the display is adjusted in color unit and scaling to the parameters of the active signal Some settings apply to the whole display and all its channels tab GENERAL tab X AXIS or only to the selected signal tab COLOR tab Y AXIS BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 151 MENU BAR DISPLAY e double click on the color button of a signal the x axis or the y axis directly opens the related register card under the section PROPER TIES of the property bar e Changed settings in input fields of the PROPERTIES are updated the display by pressing the lt gt Page 152 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DISPLAY 5 5 8 BUTTON Labeled Button Figure 108 With the display control BUTTON of the DISPLAY menu you can directly control digital outputs insert button e menu DISPLAY command BUTTON e context menu of sheet command INSERT BUTTON select button e mouse click on the display selection bar is shown e keyboard lt TAB gt remove button e menu EDIT command DELETE e keyboard lt CTRL gt X use as push button property bar tab GENERAL show display border property bar tab GENERAL selection bar character format property bar tab FONT enter title property bar tab COLOR set limits for changing state property bar tab STATE text color button color pro
149. nd stopping at the end of the signal or the black cursor position if set see CURSORS p 165 Page 190 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR SIGNALS 2 500 5 000 7 500 10 000 Intervals between FFTs are automatically set by default 2 500 5 000 7 500 10 000 Intervals between FFTs are set by a fixed value Figure 137 entry function Amount amount of single analyses e auto maximum possible number is executed depends on the defined interval e fixed enter number within the maximum possible value Interval interval between the single FFTs e auto intervals are placed directly one behind the other e fixed enter width of interval the intervals may overlay or have gaps between each other average of all single FFT analyses is formed and stored in a result file Add files to project if several files are created they can be loaded automatically into the project According to the settings for the FFT analysis the time interval to be analyzed by a single FFT is automatically calculated by NextViewe4 and displayed by clicking the button Toggle FFT marker at the bottom edge of the graph display BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 191 MENU BAR SIGNALS If executing a multiple FFT without averaging files with sequential numbering are created They will only be loaded into the project automatically if this option has been checked 5 6 5 3 NOTES TO FFT ANALYSIS The FFT Fast Fourier Transformation
150. nels live display to a display by drag amp drop from tab UHANNELS over the display If moving the mouse over the color button channel name or digital value of an already visualized channel in the display the channel will be replaced The selection in the tab CHANNELS is done as follows event function selection of a single channel keyboard V selection of several individual channels lt SHIFT gt mouse click selection of all channels located between two clicked channels draw a rectangle with mouse __ selection of several adjacent channels click amp drag button pressed In addition the dynamic mouse pointer signalizes the possibility to replace and add channels by using different symbols symbol function replacing adding not possible BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 65 PROPERTY BAR RESOURCES 4 5 2 TAB SIGNALS The tab SIGNALS lists the signal files opened in the project They contain all recorded signals Tab SIGNALS can be viewed if a graph display has been marked If the signal file was created by a scan the signals are provided in their group If the file was the result of analysis the signals are listed directly with their signal name defined in the relevant dialogs for analysis Click on a white arrow to open or close a level Different icons symbolize different levels and functions Signals Wj 5 signals IFx 71 Analog 71 Pressures 71 voltages Yiq Ramp 7
151. nnels located between two clicked channels click amp drag along the gray bar selection of several adjacent channels Scan Configuration Name Group Ratio Analog In 1 USB AD 5 1 1 Analog In 2 USB AD SM 1 1 Analog In 3 1 1 Analog In 4 LI SB AD SM 1 1 Analog In 5 USB 4D SNM 17 Figure 84 Page 122 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DEVICE You can change a parameter of a selected channel by a right click This opens either an entry field or a selection menu where the changes can be made The new setting will then be applied to all selected channels The Store column allows the selection of several storage types see SCAN p 101 by repeatedly opening the selection with the right mouse button and choosing an item of the list Scan Configuration he Tp Trigger Comment Analog In 1 USB AD SN 1 doses mem Analag In 2 5 C Analog In 3 Voltages 1 1 Atore Current Value Analog In 4 USB AD 5 1 1 C Current value Analag In 5 USB amp D SM 1 1 Average Analag In USB AD SM 1 1 C Analag In USB AD S5N 1 1 Mmm Analag In 8 USB AD SM 1 1 RMS Analag In 8 USB AD SM 1 1 0 Analog In 10 USB AD SN 1 1 Figure 85 e Ifa storage type other than current value is selected for a channel the storage ratio Ratio is automatically set to 1 10 because the 1 1 ratio would make no sense here The ratio can be changed to
152. nt Licence Information Please enter the required information Please select select how to proceed This Computer Licence Information send and receive e mails Please enter the required information You should choose this option if vd internet and your e mail client is Ptol P You should choose this option if t internet or the computers s e mail Please open http www nextview de license html using a browser on any computer connected to the internet Please enter the serial number and request nnde on this Serial Number Request Code M8004 1 V1A5 KFCRT NVL7O Alternatively vou might want to click the Open button to open the browser right now if this computer is connected to the internet Open N Figure 6 To complete the licensing process enter the license number 25 digit received by e mail in the NextViewe4 dialog Licensing and press OK Page 22 BMC Messsysteme GmbH FIRST START DEVICE SETUP PRO LITE TRIAL e license number decides about the version Trial Lite Pro Analysis to be installed It is only valid on the PC requesting the license number e The trial is valid for 30 days after requesting the license number If a license is not purchased within this period the functional range of NextViewe4 will considerably be cut back
153. number This also applies to users of the Live version The old license number is provided in the License dialog menu Options of the previous 4 x version of NextViewe4 Click the button Request License After accepting the licensing agreement you can choose if you want to request the license number via e mail or via our website Licence Information Please enter the required information Please select select how to proceed This Computer You should choose this option if your computer is connected to the internet and your e mail client is configured to send and receive e mails C is not connected to the internet Y ou should choose this option if the computer is not connected to the internet or the computers s e mail client is not configured Figure 5 Request license number via e mail If selecting this option your e mail program will automatically be opened The e mail shown contains important data required for licensing and must not be BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 21 FIRST START LICENSING changed Send the e mail licence bmcm de for the license number to be sent to your e mail address gt Request license number via internet The button Open browser now automatically starts the default browser and the webpage NextViewe Licensing also accessible via www nextview de will be opened displaying your licensing data Now enter the e mail address to which you want the license number to be se
154. number of scan to file name IW Save scan files back ta back Here several additional options are provided which are particularly interesting for multi scan applications Options Required 50 Free Space 42 468 80 of 52 4568 Figure 54 Destination The displayed directory path indicating where measuring data are to be stored can be changed with the button on the right File name name of measurement file with the extension 1f x e add number of scan to file name recommended to prevent overwriting e save scan files back to back default option of the multi scan no loss of measurement data between file limits of the partial scans Options the last created measurement file is optionally copied into the file latest lfx Required indicates the disk space required for the scan according to the current Free space settings and the available disk space Attaching a number to the measurement file is recommended when a series of scans is to be executed without great efforts If changing the file name the numbering restarts from the beginning The graph display also benefits from this option allowing to display signals from numbered measurement files in a row by means of a command or key combination without needing to define the channel source for each signal see OPEN SAVE SIGNAL FILES p 67 Page 90 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DEVICE In a multi scan the files are numbered according to a predete
155. of the print preview BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 217 MENU BAR OPTIONS 5 7 3 PROJECT OPTIONS Configuration optionally save load settings of the DEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog box when saving opening a project Special access assign special access rights to the project e g block the DEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog box If when a project is stored the configuration is saved together with the project NextViewe4 will additionally create a configuration file nvc in the same directory as the project file This file will contain all data relating to the device configuration A project can be protected individually against unauthorized access or changes by selecting or unchecking the desired special rights 5 7 4 LOCK PROJECT If this option is activated no modifications can be made in the program Access 1s restricted to read only If a project is locked the property bar on the left is hidden too If you then unlock the project again the property bar has to be opened via the relating command from the OPTIONS menu keyboard lt ALT gt 1 Page 218 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR OPTIONS 5 7 5 LICENSE Licenses Pro XXXXX QOOOUCOOOOCX 2ODOCX 20000 Ed Westview Script XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX OO00OCDIOUOX Figure 159 Choosing this command from the OPTIONS menu opens a window that shows the installed NextViewe4 version see NEXTVIEW 4 VERSIONS p 13
156. of the wmf graphics in the processing program should be avoided If necessary choose a smaller paper size in the printer settings button Properties Example Your printer uses the paper size DIN A4 landscape which is usually the most suitable setting for the arrangement of signal displays and the display format of your measuring application Pressing the button Copy transfers the sheet to the clipboard now The print form in DIN A4 landscape is to be inserted in a text document written in DIN 4 Portrait in full page width That means that it has to be minimized at least to 30 resulting that the legends might become illegible Therefore we recommend setting your printer s paper size to DIN A5 and then printing to the clipboard Now the print form will be displayed in original size in your text document Page 80 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR FILE 5 1 4 4 PAGE SETUP The command PAGE SETUP allows you to define the format of the Heading NextView 4 No Frame print out Comment Insert something intelligent Header Legend Use Colors Responsable Harvey Patterns Header Options Company bmem Pages to print Margins millimeters Orientation Left 15 Right 15 Portrait Top 15 Bottom 15 Landscape Cancel Printer Or Figure 48 In the Page header you can enter additional information such as heading comment also multiline name
157. ogram follow the Windows conventions BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 25 BASICS PROGRAM ARCHITECTURE 3 2 PROGRAM ARCHITECTURE TITLE BAR NextView 4 Project file Sheet MENU BAR Program commands logically structured Configuration SHEET Place objects Hardware Scan active object START STOP a oa E Signal2 E Signal3 active Display types live display graph display message display digital multimeter static text level indicator Management Channels slider Signals picture Project Object related settings Display Signal left click right click Select object Open context menu Sheet1 Sheet2 Sheet3 View other sheet STATUS BAR Information e g current state Figure 9 Working object oriented NextViewe4 provides various objects such as the sheet various types of displays and signals If you click an object it is selected and activated Now all settings for the active object can be made in the property bar on the left see THE PROPERTY BAR AT A GLANCE p 39 The property bar always shows the current settings of the active object and allows for direct and fast changes For example you can insert signals by drag amp drop from the property bar into the display Besides that commands to prepare start or stop a scan are available Page 26 BMC Messsysteme GmbH BASICS STEPS OF THE MEASURING CHAIN 3 3 STEPS OF THE MEASUR
158. ored and the live data was transmitted at a rate of 10Hz then for all 10 scan values a rectangle would be drawn between minimum and maximum in this range This is clearly visible if magnifying the signal see ZOOMING IN THE DISPLAY p 148 If comparing a signal in the live display with the graph display after storage the envelope representation can easily be recognized Figure 103 illustrates how a frequency reduction by factor 10 affects the live display The waveform structure of the stored signal 1s noticeably more precise 10 storage values are equivalent to one square of the envelope curve BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 145 MENU BAR DISPLAY El 26 01 2004 13 48 30 000 1 000 750 000m 500 000m 7 run 26 01 04 18 26 31 200 18 26 31 400 250 000m T 1 I 400 000m 250 000m i i I m 500 000m p t 200 000m 750 000m k spi MEETS 1 000 100 000m gt a B 0 000 B 26 01 2004 13 48 00 000 26 01 20 xim 100 000m 750 000m 500 000 200 000m EE 250 000m 4 Figure 103 5 5 7 3 NAVIGATING THE DISPLAY Navigating the live display also graph display is done by means of slider controls or the hand tool The hand tool features horizontal and vertical shifting of signals in the display The live display must have been stopped before The slider is either moved with the mouse fast flowing move by means of a click on one of the arrows at either side o
159. ose signals which are entirely represented within the set cursors in the graph display are available for calculation The calculation is done within the cursor range and the result signal will be displayed together with the source signal in the graph display The command CALCULATION of the menu SIGNALS also context menu of the graph display ANALYSIS CALCULATION or keyboard lt ALT gt C opens a dialog box see Figure 133 which is designed and operated in the same way as a pocket calculator Page 184 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR SIGNALS Range indicates the selected cursor range name and path of the file 1 x where there result signal is stored change with button lon the right Name amp Unit name and unit which are here assigned to the result signal will be used for displaying the result signal in NextView 4 Formula clicking on the button lists the 10 most recently used formulas formulas which can be used are marked by black dots Signal selection of a signal for calculation fully existent within the cursor range see CHOOSE A SIGNAL p 187 e Before you can activate the CALCULATION command you must properly place the cursors in the display e As the cursor positions are used for calculation the required signals must be continuous and visible in the cursor range By clicking on the Calc button the calculation is started and the result is displayed in the graph display 5 6 4 1 ENTER
160. path of the file 1 x where there result signal is stored change with button on the right number of points N for determining the best fit straight line N 1 1000 NextViewo4 differentiates by means of a best fit straight line which is placed through N points on the right and left of the point to be differentiated The pitch of the straight line 1s the result The best fit straight line 1s found by means of the Cramer Rule using 2N 1 points for calculation BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 197 MENU BAR SIGNALS The pitch of the best fit straight line in point y is calculated according to the following formula i N i N i N 2N 1 gt Xy VET gt Xk X yi y k i N EN i N i N 2 2N 1 x 4 k i N k i N At the right and left margin of the selected range relatively fewer points are used to determine the mean straight line For the calculation of the first point to be differentiated only N 1 points are used because values outside the cursor range here left of the 1 value cannot be used for calculation N indicates that the mean straight value consists of three values the value of the point to be differentiated and the two values on the right and left of this point Page 198 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR SIGNALS 5 6 8 FILTER 1 500 1 000 500 000m 0 000 500 000m 4 000 1 500 d miram in Fr E 1 Analog In Bl iR i Analog In Figure 141 Digital fi
161. pboard they can be used by other programs e g Excel as table values 5 5 10 2 2 X Y REPRESENTATION In the x y representation two signals of the same x axis range can be displayed in relation to each other by placing the first signal in the graph display above the second The color button of the second signal which has adopted the x axis values will be marked in the x y representation by a white X 0 000 5 000 10 000 15 000 20 000 25 000 1 000 I E i EIL 1 Lale come Figure 117 Another click on the x y button see GRAPH DISPLAY BUTTONS p 164 undoes this representation and the signals will be displayed in their original form Page 166 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DISPLAY Depending on the data size drawing a curve in the x y representation might take a long time and cannot be cancelled normally Therefore for displaying more than 500 000 measured values you will be prompted to decide whether you really want to cancel this command 5 5 10 2 3 FFT MARKER If you wish to execute an FFT analysis the FFT marker function Fl is quite useful If the white cursor see CURSORS p 165 is placed at the beginning of the signal where the calculation of the frequency spectrum 1s to be started from the signal range in the graph display to be analyzed by FFT is marked in dark yellow If the white cursor is moved the selection is changed accordingly
162. perty bar tab COLOR for button on off respectively assign digital output property bar tab CHANNELS section resources show channel name property bar tab GENERAL write script instructions property bar tab SCRIPT with NextViewe4 Script only The button is placed on an empty space on the sheet The common Windows conventions relating to position and size of an object apply see p 129 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 153 MENU BAR DISPLAY The settings for the active button which must have been previously selected by mouse click selection bar is displayed are defined in the related tabs GENERAL COLOR FONT and SCRIPT under the section PROPER TIES of the property bar on the left If using the add on module NextViewe4 Script for charge you can program script instructions in tab SCRIPT which are executed when pressing the button 5 5 8 1 BUTTON ASSIGN DIGITAL OUTPUT 2 Resources Channels u5B AD SN010052 Analog In 1 14 Analog In 2 iq Analog In 3 Analog In 4 4 Analog In 5 iq Analag In 6 Digital Out 2 Figure 109 If inserting a button on the sheet no channel is related to it The specific selection of a digital output is done in tab CHANNELS under the section RESOURCES of the property bar on the left The presently related channel has a gray marking e Only a digital output can be assigned to a button e If the button is a
163. property bar name section RESOURCES double click on y axis shows tab Y AXIS of the property bar section PROPERTIES double click on x axis shows tab X AXIS of the property bar section PROPERTIES lt SHIFT gt double click opens dialog box DEVICE CONFIGURATION tab INPUT on color button channel live display only name or current value applies a digital filter to the active signal graph display only exports the signals in the cursor range graph display only repeats the last analysis function graph display only runs a batch job for the active display graph display only lt Page Up gt or shift slider one unit on the axis upwards downwards lt Page Down gt v shift slider 1 5 of a unit on the axis upwards downwards numeric char gt 1 directly enter slider position Page 38 BMC Messsysteme GmbH PROPERTY BAR THE PROPERTY BAR A GLANCE 4 PROPERTY BAR 4 1 THE PROPERTY BAR AT A GLANCE The property bar is the central operating element of NextViewe4 Besides the most important commands it shows the currently used parameters regarding the representation of the marked object display signals or sheet Project Central de Create new project commands Open existing project 5 Properties Graph Display 1 General YSignal Color f x Axis f Cursor f Script Name Elevator Size Automatically adjust display width v
164. r of multi scan measurements to be stored see p 34 if more scans are taken the previously created files are overwritten Required Free indicates the disk space required for the scan according to the current space settings and the available disk space The scanned channels are all channels to be saved and channels serving as a source for formula channels but which are not saved themselves Storage type and rate can be specified for each channel separately see SCAN p 101 e If using different measurement systems the maximum scan frequency depends on the hardware see COMPATIBLE HARDWARE p 17 e scan rate of the hardware is distributed among the number of channels to be stored producing the maximum scan frequency for a channel If less channels are stored see SCAN p 101 or SCAN CON FIGURATION p 120 the scan frequency can be increased does not apply to the USB AD and USB PIO because their scan frequency is fixed to 10Hz per channel e NextViewo4 only uses the value set in the prehistory for a measurement if a trigger is set e Ifrunning a multi scan or using several measurement devices you have to enter at least 10 seconds for the posthistory BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 89 MENU BAR DEVICE 5 3 3 3 2 FILE gh My Computer File In the FILE register card the Destination Mes View Projects information to create a measure File name test It ment file is entered Add
165. re to be printed e legend containing information about the relevant signal can be included in the print out next to the y axis BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 33 BASICS MULTI SCAN 3 4 MULTI SCAN Multi scan is a special scanning method Several measurements with the same settings are automatically executed in series The number of scans to be taken 15 set when configuring the entire system in the dialog box DEVICE CONFIGURA TION at the item Stop of the tab SCAN see p 88 The recordings are seamlessly stored in sequentially numbered files There is no loss of measured data between the file limits Figure 13 A stored file can even be displayed and analyzed while the multi scan is still running In connection with a selected trigger and the relevant prehistory the multi scan allows for long term surveillance and documentation of incidents while recording the essentials only e To minimize negative effects of drift occurrences you can uncheck the option Save scan files back to back see FILE p 90 In this case every single scan is automatically restarted and the internal time of the DAQ hardware is reset to the PC time e With file trains you can analyze single files of a multi scan beyond file limits Page 34 BMC Messsysteme GmbH BASICS KEY ASSIGNMENT AND SHORTCUTS 3 9 KEY ASSIGNMENT AND SHORTCUTS eneral keyboard commands lt SHIFT gt F10 open context menu of the active object menu handl
166. representation set in the tab DEFAULTS see p 149 the graph display the range of the result signal BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 117 MENU BAR DEVICE 9 3 3 7 2 FORMULA In the input field of this tab the formula for calculating the selected formula channel as well as the unit of the result signal is entered This dialog is designed and operated in the same way like a pocket calculator If pressing a button the relevant input is displayed in the white field above If you click in the input field the formula can also be entered directly via the keyboard Formula Formula Voltage Current Unit aj sj 2 sn eo m aj s e an me an af 2 3 7 i e off n l Figure 81 The buttons have the following functions 0 1 2 5 4 5 6 7 6 9 numerical keys can also be entered via keyboard operators can also be entered via keyboard sin cos tan asin acos trigonometric functions sine cosine tangent arc sine arc cosine atan arc tangent The following functions have to be entered via keyboard Page 118 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DEVICE poly x a b 4 grade max polynomial a b c d e coefficients example 2x 7x45 2 poly x 2 7 5 2 Boolean operators less than greater than and or example Analog In 1 gt 5 AND Analog In 2 lt Analog In 1 e If using numbers in decimal notation always use a
167. rmined pattern e g data 1 lfx data 2 lfx etc If you additionally select the sequential numbering two numbers will be attached to the files e g data 1 1 lfx data 1 2 lfx etc the first number indicating the total amount of scans and the second the number of partial measurements of the multi scan Slightest measuring inaccuracies of quartz oscillators integrated in DAQ systems can lead to a time offset in case of long term measurements with the multi scan In this case uncheck the option of saving the scan files back to back The scan is then stopped at the end of each partial scan and restarted so that the time is reset at the beginning of every single scan Creating a latest 1 file is useful if you want to automatically visualize the last recording of a multi scan in the graph display for example 9 3 3 3 3 LIVE DATA Scan Frequency In this tab the settings about the 110 transmission of live data made Frequency 10 000 Hz lt 10 000Hz Period 100 000 gt 100 000 These parameters only relate to the visualization in the live display and do not affect the Cache Usage 8E4 0k 52 of 16 8M acquisition of data in any way Duration min 0 0005 lt 38min 50 100 Figure 55 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 91 MENU BAR DEVICE Scan frequency parameters specified in tab SCAN Scan duration Frequency transmission rate for live data in Hertz or in seconds The li
168. rrent version number and the license number indicated upon installation Page 222 BMC Messsysteme GmbH 6 1 1 100 button 45 100 representation 99 117 149 164 175 2 2 integration 195 A Absolute time 30 58 A button 164 206 Active 49 52 133 137 140 Align text 45 47 Alignment 45 Amplitude factor 193 Amplituden frequency response 202 Analysis 32 159 172 175 Calculation 184 Data reduction 205 Differentiation 197 Export 179 FFT 188 Filter 199 Integration 195 Repeat 164 206 ASCII export 182 Options 183 Automate 208 Average 102 118 206 B Background image 46 130 Bandpass 201 Bandstop 201 Batch job 32 68 208 Analysis 210 Applications 213 Numbering 208 Options 211 BMC Messsysteme GmbH INDEX Print 212 Run 214 Settings 208 Signals 210 Bessel filter 203 Best fit straight line 198 Boolean operators 29 116 119 Bus 112 Butterworth filter 203 Button 31 47 153 Assign digital output 154 Background 54 Name 47 153 Operation 155 Position 153 Size 153 Use as push button 155 C Calculation 32 184 Formula 185 Select signal 187 Calibration 97 CAN 115 CAN channels 110 Channel Active 150 Add 65 150 Assign 137 141 150 154 157 Color 51 52 Replace 65 134 138 141 150 155 158 Save 101 123 Select 134 138 141 155 158 Store none 123 Channel name 121 135 139 140 Logical 95 Physical 95 Channel settings 135 138 141 151 155 158
169. s BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 31 BASICS STEPS OF THE MEASURING CHAIN 3 3 4 ANALYSIS For a thorough evaluation of the data NextViewe4 provides a wealth of analysis functions x y representation calculation of signals see CALCULATION p 184 simple multiple FFT digital filters differentiation integration double integration In addition export functions and the copying of signals see COPY SELECTED SIGNAL ALL SIGNALS p 177 as table values allow for sub sequent processing in other programs e g Excel Using the data reduction sig nals can be smoothed and disk space be saved Show cursor values 1 Show cursor dx and dy Show cursor 1 dx and dy dx Differentiation Cursor level 0 000 m Cursor tools z Values Source Distance xRange 168 538ms 17 303s Destination C s Next View 4 2 diff Ifs E amp Unit Speed Area E Acceleration Speed Distance Figure 12 The graph display allows to immediately analyze signal ranges either by displaying the current cursor values or by directly calculating minimum maximum standard deviation mean and RMS value in the cursor range see tab CURSOR p 60 Cursor functions like automatic jumps at a predefined level provide for a comfortable analysis Extensive possibilities for the automation of recurring tasks are offered by the functions REPEAT LAST
170. s 5 3 3 3 CONFIGURING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM To make settings that apply to the whole measurement system and not only to individual devices or channels select the first level in the TreeView on the left The register cards on the right side are refreshed accordingly and indicate the current configuration 5 3 3 3 1 SCAN 6 My Computer Sean Lum sampl rate 320 000 settings relating to global Frequency 10 000 lt 625 000 Hz parameters of a scan are defined under the tab SCAN cuoc 00 000 gt 1 600ms Duration 30 000 5 By Bw 2d The ranges are determined by the measurement hardware which is Prehistory used see COMPATIBLE HARDWARE p 17 and the memory capacity 0 000 A Stop scan s Save last 4 scan s amp ra 421 Required 235 5k 56 9k per scan Free Space 42 448 80 of 52 466 Figure 53 Page 88 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DEVICE Cum sampl results of the product of measuring frequency per channel and the rate number of sampled channels Frequency sample rate in Hertz or seconds each channel is scanned with limits Period depend on the hardware used Duration recording time prehistory posthistory Prehistory time before scan start indicated as time or in percent in single measurements up to 100 Stop termination of the scan manually see START STOP SCANNING p 84 or automatically after to the preset number of partial scans multi scan Save last numbe
171. saved in intervals Reduce by the reduction rate 1 N defines how many values N are combined in one value N 1 1000 In this process the measured values of individual intervals are combined to form one storage value each on the basis of the defined criteria The result is a considerable reduction of the storage space the signal would usually require 5 6 10 REPEAT LAST ANALYSIS This command reapplies the last analysis function which has been carried out in the active graph display to a selected signal of that display within the cursor range also context menu of the graph display ANALYSIS REPEAT LAST ANALYSIS or keyboard lt CTRL gt A using the same parameters as before This means that the same analysis task can be applied to many signals in a very fast and comfortable way For example frequency spectra of different signals directly can be viewed and compared Page 206 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR SIGNALS fh NextView 4 nextview nvp Analyse _ File Edit Device Sheet Display Signals Options Help 10 000 15 000 20 000 Pressure B Ramp 1 NL HIN ii PUN FFT Press Source Pressure xRange 0 0005 5 120s FFT Ramp Destination C Program Files NextVview 4 2 fft Name amp Unit FFT Pressure Ha Window ETI a Lines 512 EI B FFT Sinus Result Magnitude p FFT Sin 1 000
172. ssage display can be scrolled automatically permanently showing the latest news or be stopped at a certain position by means of the slider on the right of the display Even while new messages are sent the display 15 not changed This circumstance can be recognized by means of the pale yellow color As soon as you go back to the latest message the display adopts its white color again and starts scrolling see Figure 121 e While a dialog box is open the message display will not be updated for incoming messages until the dialog has been closed message display will only be printed if the relevant option is checked in tab GENERAL BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 171 MENU BAR SIGNALS 9 6 SIGNALS This menu provides all commands required for Signals displaying and analyzing stored signals Add Signal F6 Hide signal Delete Signal FF To guarantee the compatibility to NextView NT 3 x see COMPATIBILITY WITH NVNT 3 X p 16 Add new pane Ctr the created signal files can be exported into a file of belie een Toggle panes type NextView NT 3 4 files Ifx Copy selected signal Copy all signals Export Alt Calculation Alt C FET Alt F Integrate Alt Differentiate Alt D Filter Alt L Reduce Alt R Repeat last analysis Setup Batch Job Run Batch Job Figure 122 Ctrl B The processing of signals always relates to the active signal in the graph
173. ssigned to a digital channel which direction has been changed to input the button will be faded out Page 154 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DISPLAY To assign a digital output it has to be moved by drag amp drop over the button which does not necessarily have to be selected before A double click on a channel listed in the selection on the left replaces the signal of the active display To look over the parameter settings of the selected digital output open the DEVICE CONFIGURATION which can be accessed directly with the F12 function key 5 5 8 2 BUTTON OPERATION TT Figure 110 With the button control you can demonstrate and set the digital states low and high of a digital output It is directly switched on and off by mouse click As long as the button is pressed the related digital output 15 1 high If it 1s turned off the digital output is 0 low These states are illustrated by the non pressed or pressed switch position In tab COLOR you can define different titles and colors for the active button ON and inactive state button OFF in addition The button acts like a push button if this option is activated in tab GENERAL of the property bar on the left In this case the button 1s ON only as long as the mouse button is pressed When you release the button the related digital output is reset to o If using the add on module NextViewe4 Script for charge you can program script instruct
174. sult from the type of resolution For the sake of clarity the signals of the time axis are considerably magnified All selected signals are recorded at 2kHz and the filter cut off frequency 15 set to 200Hz Depending on the desired result you normally select between a steep transition from pass range to stop range including ripple content Tschebyscheff filter or a slow transition with almost constant amplitude Butterworth filter 5 6 8 2 1 CRITICAL DAMPING The simplest filter shows the flattest transition from pass range below 200Hz in this case to stop range Even with a filter cut off frequency multiplication factor of 2 5 the signal can clearly be detected similar to a physical filter composed of resistor and capacitor the attenuation already starts with very small frequencies If this filter is put on a step response the transient period will hardly be afflicted with overshoot In contrast to the filters described in the following it reaches its final value faster and shows the least tendency to overshoot 510 000m 20 000m 0 0 T l oo 2000 4000 6000 Figure 146 Page 202 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR SIGNALS 5 6 8 2 2 BESSEL FILTER Only upon a very close comparison with the critical damping can one recognize a more marked damping of the amplitude following the filter cut off frequency The Bessel lowpass filter is the fastest to settle with a new value after a jump
175. t occurs ie an incoming measuring value of a channel meets the given condition the scan 15 started Trigger Analog In e None no trigger has been set e Positive Negative Edge The scan triggers when the measured value surpasses falls below the value defined by Trigger level 1 e Inside Outside Window The scan triggers when the measured value is within outside the range defined by Trigger level 1 minimum and Trigger level 2 maximum Digital In e scan triggers as soon as the line is high e 0 scan triggers as soon as the line is low e None no trigger has been set Trigger Level 1 2 enter the threshold within the physical range Range display of the physical range resulting from the input range after conversion see p 97 Page 104 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DEVICE If no trigger has been set the scan is started by selecting START SCAN see START STOP SCANNING p 85 If triggers are set to more than one channel the scan starts as soon as the trigger condition of one channel is met The measuring values are stored from the point of time of the prehistory set when configuring the entire system in the tab SCAN The current state of the scan 15 indicated in the status bar If several storage types have been set in the tab SCAN the trigger condition 15 set according to the priority of RMS average current value minimum and maximum If RMS and minimum valu
176. the display drag amp drop replace signal move channel from tab CHANNELS section RESOURCES of the property bar over the colored signal button drag amp drop Page 142 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DISPLAY click related color button or channel name e menu SIGNALS command HIDE SIGNAL context menu of live display command HIDE SIGNAL keyboard lt CTRL gt click signal button delete signal menu SIGNALS command DELETE SIGNAL context menu of live display command DELETE SIGNAL keyboard F7 display other channel property bar tab CHANNELS section RESOURCES see LIVE DISPLAY ASSIGN CHANNEL p 150 change signal order move color button to another position drag amp drop property bar tab GENERAL show numerical values property bar tab GENERAL check channel e context menu of live display command CHANNEL settings SETTINGS e keyboard lt SHIFT gt double click on the display change signal color property bar tab COLOR shift signals shift slider vertically horizontally see NAVIGATING THE DISPLAY p 146 keyboard gt or V use hand tool A stop automatic scrolling of display see below and press mouse wheel to turn on see NAVIGATING THE DISPLAY p 146 use one y axis for all property bar tab Y AXIS signals stop automatic scrolling of display see below and draw a rectangle over the signal segment with mouse button pressed press mouse wheel
177. ther version does not require reinstalling see LICENSE p 219 All projects measuring files and settings created with the trial version can still be used If a chargeable version has not been purchased within the first 30 days the functional range of NextViewo4 will be reduced considerably BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 13 OVERVIEW NEXTVIEWG4 VERSIONS 1 5 2 FEATURES FUNCTIONS OF THE VERSIONS storage types current value mean current value mean value rate 1 20 value min max RMS Was mum files w 7 muc _ or signal representation in panes live and graph displays graph displays edit signal parameters J 05 hide delete signas 005 o oo friy representation soo 05 o oo 05 05 _ jeursorjumps so t 08 calculation of signal key values Pe ft e g min max Lo 19 je GmbH Dana 1A DNC Page 14 BMC Messsysl D 3 OVERVIEW NEXTVIEWG4 VERSIONS UE et EN mm Cd _ C _ repeat lastanalysis s setupbatehjob 5 05 mewaedipy 0 05 2 4 slider 2 00 05 NextView 4 Seriptoption3 5 05 saveprojet 5 5 05 print sheet si sheet print active graph display Y
178. thout permanent recording As soon as an individual scan has been stored it can be displayed and analyzed even during the scanning process Page 28 BMC Messsysteme GmbH BASICS STEPS OF THE MEASURING CHAIN e You can use as many measuring systems as you like even of different type except NextViewe4 Lite Even the sound card of your PC can be installed e To adjust the hardware in relation to time an internal or external clock for synchronization can be applied e The maximum size of the measuring file is 1 8 byte e Boolean operators can be integrated in formula channels to combine trigger conditions with each other 3 3 3 VISUALIZATION digital multimeter gt Analog In 2 EM omcm 4 picture 06 01 2004 10 14 55 000 06 01 2004 10 15 00 0C Analog In 1 Analog In 2 ES 15 000m BE lt 4 live display Analog In 6 Analog In 7 B 10 000 12 000 14 000 level indicator gt lt t graph display sing i button slider J 01 01 04 12 39 41 Configuration database locked by Administrator from HQ FU a 01 01 04 12 39 41 Going to stop scan 4 01 01 04 12 39 41 Configuration database unlocked message d isplay Figure 11 There are various displays for the sampled data BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 29 BASICS STEPS OF THE MEASURING CHAIN e You can name the different displays individu
179. tings for the active slider which must have been previously selected by mouse click selection bar is displayed are defined in the related tabs GENERAL FONT and Y AXIS under the section PROPERTIES of the property bar on the left If using the add on module NextViewe4 Script for charge you can program script instructions in tab SCRIPT which are executed when you click release or shift the slider handle 5 5 9 1 SLIDER ASSIGN ANALOG OUTPUT T Resources Ki Analog Qut 1 iq Digital In 1 1 Digital In 1 2 U4 Digital In 1 3 al In 1 4 Figure 112 If inserting a slider on the sheet any channel is related to it The specific selection of an analog output is done in tab CHANNELS under the section RE SOURCES of the property bar on the left The presently related channel has a gray marking Only analog outputs can be assigned to a slider To assign an analog output it has to be moved by drag amp drop over the slider which does not necessarily have to be selected before A double click on a channel listed BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 157 MENU BAR DISPLAY in the selection on the left replaces the signal of the active display To look over the parameter settings of the selected analog output open the DEVICE CONFIG URATION which can be reached directly with the F12 key 5 5 9 2 SLIDER OPERATION With the slider control you can demonstrate and set the voltage values of an analog o
180. tive time 2 and next columns values of the y axis so that they can be displayed e g in an Excel table Notepad or OpenOffice using the standard Windows command PASTE In case of copying several signals the y values are listed 1n the same order as in the graph display top down Select the required signal by a mouse click on its color button and mark the signal range by setting the cursors see p 165 Selecting the command COPY SELECTED SIGNAL or COPY ALL SIGNALS of the menu SIGNALS transfers the values to the clipboard number of transferred values depends on the sampling rate of the signal and the signal range defined by the cursors A warning will be shown if more than 4000 values are copied e Hidden signals see HIDE SIGNAL p 174 will not be copied Page 178 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR SIGNALS 5 6 3 EXPORT Documents Desktop iz ES Computer Network File name esport ls Places Nextview 4 Files Cancel 4 Files Mu S Rl eke ART 324 Clas Save as 2 4 Files DIADEM Files TurboLab Files dat Figure 126 The export functions of NextViewe4 allow to cut out signal ranges from the graph display and copy them to files of different type Use the cursors see p 165 in the graph display to define the signal range to be exported file type open with
181. to a blank space over the color button to be replaced drag amp drop delete color from palette move button No color over the button to be removed 4 4 3 2 LIVE DISPLAY GRAPH DISPLAY Live Elemente sheet Display Signals Options Help asks Devices Start Stop sevice configuration Scan configuration E noni E naon noan 1 Properties Live Display 1 Color Mp analgins colon Bn In 6 Figure 26 The default palette with the colors NextViewe4 is using when inserting a signal in a live display or graph display see ADD SIGNAL p 174 1s shown in tab COLOR The color of the active signal 1s focused method change signal color move desired color button by drag amp drop from the palette over the display or over the color button of a signal to be replaced in the display change signal color of the double click color button in the tab COLOR selected signal BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 51 PROPERTY BAR PROPERTIES A signal is selected in the display by clicking its color button The active signal is white highlighted If changing the signal color with the mouse the mouse pointer becomes a double arrow as soon as it is moved over the desired color button A right click on the color palette opens an additional palette with 256 colors to adjust default colors 4 4 3 3 DIGITAL MULTIMETER LEVE
182. tter Gothic Lucida Console larida Sans I Figure 29 You can define the parameters for titles text or measuring values used in static text digital multimeters sliders buttons level indicators or message displays concerning typeface font style and size on this tab of the section PROPERTIES BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 55 PROPERTY BAR PROPERTIES 4 4 5 TAB SIGNAL Mame Group Comment File Type Samples Sample Size x Resolution x Format y Range v Default Range v Llnit Format Figure 30 Druck Dr cke CADocuments and SettingslHarveyMAMy Do Analog 593 Float 32 Bits 1 14 10 1998 09 54 16 556 0 0005 29 6605 5 000rn Scientific 10 3 50 00bar 50 00bar 5 00bar 4 00bar bar Fixed 9 2 Tab SIGNAL in the section PROPERTIES provided for graph displays contains important configuration data defined when setting up a scan This information is especially useful if a signal has been created long time ago or by somebody else Page 56 BMC Messsysteme GmbH PROPERTY BAR PROPERTIES Name Group signal name membership to a superordinate group annotations see Comment DEVICE CONFIGURATION tab NAME name and directory path of the measurement file see DEVICE CON FIGURATION tab FILE x Format representation of the values of the x axis see DEVICE CONFIGURA TION tab USING y Range physical range resulting from th
183. ty bar 5 1 5 DIRECT START OF PROJECTS The FILE menu contains a list of recent projects up to 9 If you click on one of these projects it will be opened directly 5 1 6 EXIT This command closes the current project If not saved so far an alarm message is displayed asking you if you want to save the modifications Page 82 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR EDIT 5 2 EDIT This menu contains functions for editing and parameterizing Edit objects in NextViewe4 e g displays sheets Cut Ctrl x Copy Ctrl c Paste Delete Figure 49 These commands relate specifically to the selected display As these commands are standard Windows functions they will only be shortly mentioned in the following table function i cut removes the marked display from the sheet and copies it to the clipboard keyboard lt CTRL gt X ommand 8 copies the active display to the clipboard keyboard lt CTRL gt C paste inserts the content of the clipboard display into the sheet keyboard lt CTRL gt V delete deletes the selected display e Selected display is recognizable by its selection bar on the left side of the display Click on a display to activate it e A deleted display cannot be restored BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 83 MENU BAR DEVICE 5 3 DEVICE The items in the DEVICE menu allow for the Device preparation of a scan and contain the commands Start scanning CtrHR
184. ula channels can be installed With the sound card audio signals can be displayed recorded and analyzed in NextViewe4 allowing the use of the 30 day trial license without bmcm measuring hardware It 15 strongly recommended to verify the device specific properties of some systems before installation by selecting the device in the top field and pressing the button Properties which is active now DAQ system Setting LAN data acquisition system iM series Selection of virtual channels 17 19 e temperature sensor measures internal device temperature e hot wired ground channel as reference e clock signal for external synchronization PCI e data To check the module configuration select the module and press acquisition card Properties PCI PCle series input modules MAD series operating mode single ended differential e output modules MDA series output range 5V 10V The settings must correspond to the jumper configuration on the module e Please note that only one data acquistion can be installed in NextViewe4 Lite composition of measurement hardware used with NextViewe4 can be changed at any time The Device setup dialog is accessible via the Windows Start menu by clicking the item Hardware Setup in the NextViewe4 program group see Figure 3 or via the correspondent tile on the Windows 8 start screen Page 24 BMC Messsysteme GmbH BASICS NEXTVIEW 4
185. ure 42 BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 73 PROPERTY BAR RESOURCES 4 5 3 TAB PROJECT To get an overview of the opened Project project jump to tab PROJECT Project nexbview nvp The highest level indicates the file v L Sheet First Steps lg Picture Display 1 name of the current project Sheet Live Elements Wig Live Display Speed tests Click on the white arrows to fold or 4 Button Machine 1 unfold a level Wha Slider Voltage control Wha Static Text Alarm information iq DYM Temperature measurement Iq Message Display Status information Sheet Analysis iq Levelindicator Display 19 Graph Display Display iq Graph Display Display 22 Figure 43 The subordinate level lists the names of the included sheets in alphabetical order and the third level the used display types with the display names see tab GENERAL p 44 on the relevant sheet The selected display has a gray marking If you click on another listed display it will be activated NextViewe4 changes directly to the relating sheet and shows the selected display Page 74 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR FILE 5 MENU BAR 9 1 FILE The FILE menu provides commands for the File management of projects and the printing of measured New Project Open Project data Save Project 5 Save Project 45 Open signal File Print d Print Preview k Page Setup
186. utput directly It 15 operated via the slider handle which 15 shifted with the mouse to the desired position but you can also enter the exact numerical value in the field of output values When pressing the lt RETURN gt key the slider jumps to the specified position The following table shows the operation of the slider via keyboard upward shift of the slider handle for one unit of the axis downward shift of the slider handle for one unit of the axis upward shift of the slider handle for 1 5 unit of the axis downward shift of the slider handle for 1 5 unit of the axis In tab GENERAL of the property bar you can select various display elements to be included in the display The range of the slider scale is defined in tab Y AXIS Default setting is the maximum output range If using the add on module NextViewe4 Script for charge you can program script instructions in tab SCRIPT which are executed when you click release or shift the slider handle The displayed name of the analog output is entered in the DEVICE CONFIGU RATION dialog box keyboard F12 The output voltage of an analog output can be viewed and set in tab OUTPUT of the DEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog box too Page 158 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DISPLAY 5 5 10 GRAPH DISPLAY 500 000 52 500 ms Add signal Hide signal Delete signal FF 1107s Oh Martin Add new pane Chrl 6
187. width of the channel name field if shown and the display field by clicking on the border between both As soon as the mouse cursor has turned into the l symbol you can resize the fields as desired A right click on the digital multimeter opens a context menu containing commands frequently used in this type of display The settings for the active digital multimeter which must have been previously selected by mouse click selection bar is displayed are defined in the related tabs GENERAL STATE COLOR and FONT under the section PROPERTIES of the property bar on the left Like the static text and the level indicator the digital multimeter can distinguish between an active or and inactive state see DVM ACTIVE AND INACTIVE STATE p 137 This allows for signaling various alarm states If the indicated level of the assigned channel see DVM ASSIGN CHANNEL p 137 is exceeded it will be displayed in the digital multimeter through a warning and different background color e If using the add on module NextViewe4 Script for charge you can program script instructions in tab SCRIPT which are executed in case of incidents e The digital multimeter can display analog and digital outputs Page 136 BMC Messsysteme GmbH MENU BAR DISPLAY 5 5 5 1 DVM ACTIVE AND INACTIVE STATE Active if greater than or equal to Active if less than or equal to Channel settings Figure 96 The state of the digital multim
188. y function name and ID of the superordinate message Bitfield ordering e Intel Motorola order of the sent data bits depending on manufac turer e Unsigned Signed values without with negative sign Bitfield offset shift of the bit fields in the data field Offset 0 gt bit field at the beginning of data field Length length of the bit field in bit length 8 gt bit field 0 255 Offset Zero point adjustment Min Max minimum maximum output value with related unit as the result of conversion and offset adjustment 5 3 3 6 5 CAN To test or change signal settings first mark the relevant CAN signal in the TreeView on the left side of the DEVICE CONFIGURATION dialog box and then enter your modifications in tab CAN BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 115 MENU BAR DEVICE Message message 254 254 Signal Mame signal 1 Bitfield order Intel f Motorola Unsigned Signed Bitfield offset 0 Length 8 Offset 10 000 Factor 1 000 10 000 256 000 Figure 79 The entry Message indicates the current name with ID and Multiplex ID if existing the item Signal Name the name of the signal itself The settings are the same as when adding a signal to a message see Figure 78 5 3 3 7 SETTINGS FOR FORMULA CHANNELS Unlike the analog and digital channels formula channels are virtual The signals of the formula channels are generated by computation of signals With log
189. y lines 167 Function generator Rectangle 105 G Ger teeinstellungen mit RETURN schlie en 216 Graph 148 Graph display 31 90 159 Assign signal 168 Buttons 164 Cursors 165 Name 45 159 Position 162 Scroll 146 Settings 169 Signal color 51 Size 162 Group 27 57 95 119 121 187 H Hand tool 30 146 148 Hardware 10 17 87 88 Hardware overview 17 Hardware setup 24 Help 221 Online 221 Highpass 201 Import 68 69 Inactive 49 52 133 137 140 Incremental encoder 109 Input 97 Integration 32 195 Internet address 11 Page 225 INDEX K Keyboard 35 Keyboard operation 221 L latest Ifx 90 Legend 77 165 Level indicator 31 47 139 140 Active 140 Assign channel 141 Background 53 Color 52 Foreground 53 Inactive 140 Name 47 139 Position 139 Size 139 State 49 52 140 License 219 License number 222 Licensing 20 Lines 107 Live 148 Live data 91 144 175 Envelope curve 92 145 Transmission 144 Transmission rate 30 92 145 Live display 30 Assign channel 150 Auto scroll 147 Cache usage 92 Channel color 51 Chart recorder view 30 Envelope curve 30 Grid 30 144 Name 45 Position 144 Print 77 Scroll 92 146 Settings 151 Size 144 Stop 30 147 Live data cache 145 149 Lizenz Show number 219 Long term measurements 28 Lowpass 201 Page 226 M Maximum 61 102 118 165 206 Mean value 61 165 Measured value Output format 100 Measurement file 90 187 Directory path 90 Open 160
190. y to replace and add signals by using different symbols function replace signal T replacing adding not possible Page 70 BMC Messsysteme GmbH PROPERTY BAR RESOURCES 4 5 2 4 FILE TRAIN A file train converts single signal files of a multi scan into one big file This allows for analysis beyond file limits You can still create single files in shorter periods to keep your amount of data manageable and to minimize the risk of any loss of large data amounts On the other hand you can now analyze your signals over a long period of time or calculate characteristic values of a signal see tab CURSOR p 60 Up to now this had to be done for each file separately which then had to be compared with each other The file train commands are provided in the context menu of the tab SIGNALS in the property bar Only partial files of the same overall scan can be connected 4 5 2 4 1 CREATE FILE TRAIN eT Aad 1 In the tab SIGNALS select partial files of a multi scan e g lt CTRL gt mouse click on 1fx files 2 Inthe context menu click 584 choose command CONVERT INTO TRAIN BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 71 PROPERTY BAR RESOURCES Open File Y J Signals 0 Close File S signals I x Save File 5 P Replace File digital IFx Replace by next File W Ix d gt Bimuliscen r i PePlsce by previous multiscan 2 IFx Conv
191. ysis of measured data The MS DOS version of NextView had already been a great success for many years and had constantly been improved We set our focus on ease of operation practical relevance and professionalism NextViewed is a powerful tool which allows you to execute a great variety of measurements completely reliably and efficiently without a bulk of programming work beforehand being necessary BMC Messsysteme GmbH Page 9 OVERVIEW SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS In addition the operation of NextViewe4 follows the Windows conventions reducing the lead in period drastically NextViewe4 guarantees high speed processing of almost any number of data sets NextViewe4 provides various types of DAQ hardware LAN USB PCIe PCI to combine with see COMPATIBLE HARDWARE p 17 With the add on module NextViewe4 Script not free of charge you can control processes and realize individual applications 1 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS minimum recommended gt PC with Windows XP 7 8 gt PC with Windows XP 7 8 gt Pentium processor 400MHz gt Pentium processor 1GHz gt 256MB RAM gt 512MBRAM gt hard disc 50MB gt hard disc gt 200 gt graphics card 1024x768 gt graphics card 1600x1200 256 colors True Color Page 10 BMC Messsysteme GmbH OVERVIEW BMC MESSSYSTEME GMBH 1 3 BMC MESSSYSTEME GMBH bmc messsysteme gmbh BMC Messsysteme GmbH stands for innovative measuring technology made i

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