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1. Tanke Alarmlevel 100 0 dB Serdalsetings cee co Loadseu SeveSet Fig 11 41 Configuring measurement alarm settings in the Station configuration dialog box SVANTEK 190 SvanPC User Manual To enable the configuration of measurement alarm you have to disable the Skip alarm configuration option 2 on Fig 11 41 The following settings are available Active level Low High determines whether the alarm will be activated when the evaluated function reaches values below or over the chosen limit level Source determines which function will be taken under consideration in alarm condition checking Source type determines whether current or periodic values of the selected function will be compared with the adjusted alarm level Alarm level the value of the measured function below over which the alarm will be activated The Data transfer alarm is activated if the communication absence time exceeds the limit specified in the No response time field Note In case of Continuous logger download sessions see Chapter 11 3 3 Continuous Logger Download a Data transfer alarm is also activated if no logger data is incoming from the unit during time longer than the specified No response time Activation of an alarm may be followed by automatic sending of an e mail notification from a chosen account to a chosen address The e mail sending configuration is enabled only if you check
2. Remote Address 0 0 0 0 Port D Select from list Fig 11 6 Adding a TCP Manual station TCP UDP CRP means that the station is configured either as TCP Server or UDP and will provide its IP address and port via the use of Connection Request Packets The user will be presented with a window in which the software will listen for incoming UDP packets on designated port regardless if the option is enabled in Remote Settings Upon receiving the CRP packet the station will be added as either TCP CRP or UDP CRP and the proper setting will be adjusted accordingly Select Remote Address Remote Address Select from list Listening status Listening for Connection Request Packets CRP Press stop if you want to manually enter remote address 7 Automatically dose and use address of first connection Stop Fig 11 7 Adding a TCP UDP CRP station UDP Manual means that the station is configured as UDP The user will be prompted to enter an IP address or domain name and port number to exchange data packets with the station via UDP protocol r Select Remote Address Remote Address 0 0 0 0 Port D Select from list Fig 11 8 Adding a UDP Manual station FTP means that the station is configured to utilize FTP push FTP pull protocol a feature of the SV 200 instruments The user will be prompted to provide station type and number as well as th
3. SVANTEK 173 SvanPC User Manual Logger download session Station list Address Unit File Cnf Stopped Show log Options Fig 11 25a Logger download session dialog box The Station list table in the center of the window contains information about all the connected instruments stations and about the current state of logger download activity If an error occurs concerning connection with a station the background color of the corresponding row in the table turns to red as shown in Fig 11 25b Address N A Fig 11 25b Station list in the Logger download session dialog box Red color indicates that a connection error has occurred To start stop logger downloading use the Start Stop button located in the lower left corner of the window The Terminate button can also be used to stop a session but in contrary to the Stop button it causes an immediate break of the current action instead of waiting for its finishing To configure the logger downloading options press the Options button The Continuous logger download options dialog box will appear Note Configuration of options is only possible if the downloading session is stopped Otherwise the Options button is inactive SVANTEK 174 SvanPC User Manual Continuous logger download options Logger downloading and saving Download every 5 x f 1s ed Download path C svan v Save daily data to File naming use original file name creat
4. SVANTEK 195 SvanPC User Manual Main Options Instrument autodetection Graph View Language E Values formatting Table View Print Audio Playback Multifiles Logging Settings Ee Calculator Health amp Safety Ea Svan Project Logger dose Remote Communication Settings Controller settings USB Fully manual control Wizard assistance Remote Session V Enable live results view at start Automatic updates __ Check for firmware updates for W units used with RC module at program start Check for updates now RC Service iv Place SvanPC icon in tray at RC service start __ Automatically append new W catalogue data instead of redownloading it __ Data exchange between Svan MW RC Service and SvanPC requires confirmations 127 0 0 1 Service port 121 Files downloading Automatically adjust downloaded wl files timestamp to compensate for Daylight Saving differences Daylight Saving Timezones only should Svan RC Service be running while the setting is modified itis recommended to restart it care ad Fig 11 47 Remote communication settings in Main Options The following settings are available SVANTEK Controller Settings use these buttons to choose whether you will have fully manual access to all the settings in the Controller Settings dialog box or you will be able to configure these settings
5. Ami Pomoc Fig 10 43 Step 2 of the User function wizard In Step 2 you can specify parameters of the new function viz the units in which its values will be entered and several parameters describing the function s domain and target set as well as simulating the configuration of a measuring instrument SVANTEK 148 SvanPC User Manual Step 3 User function wizard Step 3 Fill data Mo Date amp time LEQ dB 4d 2014 01 29 12 25 54 000 2 2014 01 29 12 25 55 000 4 2014 01 29 12 25 56 000 4 2014 01 29 12 25 57 000 gt 6 7 8 g 2014 01 29 12 25 58 000 2014 01 29 12 25 59 000 2014 01 29 12 26 00 000 2014 01 29 12 26 01 000 2014 01 29 12 26 02 000 2014 01 29 12 26 03 000 2014 01 29 12 26 04 000 2014 01 29 12 26 05 000 2014 01 29 12 26 06 000 2014 01 29 12 26 07 000 2014 01 29 12 26 08 000 2014 01 29 12 26 09 000 i i e Curent decimal separator Ca a Fig 10 44 Step 3 of the User function wizard In Step 3 you can enter the values of the function You can do it in two different ways Typing the numbers manually after entering a value you can proceed to subsequent cell by pressing ENTER or the Add new value button Copying values from another application e g Microsoft Excel or a text processing application In order to do so copy selected numbers from the other application to the clipboard then go back to the User function wizard select a cell and press CTRL V The
6. The Calculator Settings Toolbar provides quick access to saved calculator settings You can show hide it using the Calculator Settings Toolbar command available in the View menu Fig 10 40 The Calculator Settings Toolbar Different settings can be assigned to each of the four buttons Ifa button has no settings assigned to it yet only a number is displayed in its center 3 and 4 in figure above Press the button to assign settings to it In case of buttons which already have settings assigned to it name of settings is displayed instead of the number 1 and 2 in figure above Click with left mouse button to run calculations according to the saved settings Click with right mouse button to assign different settings When you assign or reassign settings to a button the Calculator settings dialog box appears Select desired settings and press the OK button or select lt not defined gt to leave the button without settings assigned to it SVANTEK 145 SvanPC User Manual Calculator settings pmm Select settings Total LEQ lt not defined gt Fig 10 41 Assigning settings to a button of the Calculator Settings Toolbar 10 6 3 USER FUNCTION WIZARD The User function wizard serves for creating user defined functions with values entered manually as well as copied from other applications such as Microsoft Excel These functions can then be used as data source for sessions in the same way as measurement res
7. _ _ Pi aa z T EEUE VERA a mn Start session automatically and stop only on i Channels Functon Levelmeter w user request Logger Start delay lis opera i Meteo and system check RMS integration Linear k Wait for GPS synchronization Statistics integration linear diu Repetition cydes INFINITE Compensation Off Windscreen C Channels config Channel Mode Range Ch1 SLM High Fig 11 31 Setting the start and stop time of a programmable remote measurement session Except of the common file downloading options set in the Common settings tab for each of the Stations you can configure individual downloading path and naming convention which will be used instead of the common settings To do so click on the unit name on the list and in the General settings panel press the Configure individual file downloading options button SVANTEK 180 SvanPC User Manual The nstrument station downloading options dialog box enables to set individual preferences for a selected station after enabling the Override session s general downloading settings option The settings are identical to those available in the Common settings Note The preferences set in the Common settings will still affect all instruments stations where the Override session s general downloading settings option has not been enabled The configuration of individual downloading settings is illustrated in Fig 11 32 Re
8. settings in a quick and efficient way and upload them to the instrument The configured settings can be saved in external svt files for a possible future reference 3 3 1 OPENING SETUP FILES The Setup File Editor works in the section of SvanPC responsible for the communication between the instrument and computer The program uses setup files that can already be found in the instrument That is why before any modification is done to a setup file it needs to be downloaded first For details on downloading files from the instrument see Chapter 3 2 Data Transfer In order to edit a setup file svt you need to select it in the files list of the SVAN Files dialog box and press the Setup file editor button located in the top right corner of the window as shown in SVANTEK 13 SvanPC User Manual Fig 3 6 You can also double click on a setup file In this case a temporary file on a local drive will be first created and then opened in the Setup file editor _ Folder destination GS F ae 4 Rename x Delete Di Setup file editor Name ize Date Time OP 23APR svn 404B 2007 04 23 10 50 24 OP 23APRO svn 404B 2007 04 23 10 50 24 T Buffer_isvn L35kB 2006 12 22 11 02 17 SUN Buffer 2 svn 2 27 kB 2006 12 22 11 02 12 SUN Buffer_3 svn 105 88 kE 2007 03 22 15 06 50 TEL 792B 2007 03 22 15 08 30 Setup svt 2 21kB 2007 04 10 10 38 30 Fig 3 6 Opening svt files with the Setup file editor The file format
9. Cascade Tile Horizontally Tile Vertically Arrange Icons Auto arrange Common results window Comparison windows eae SVANTEK Function Creates a new window with the same data as the currently active window Arranges windows in an overlapped fashion Causes the currently opened windows to fill the whole working area tiled horizontally without overlapping Causes the currently opened windows to fill the whole working area tiled vertically without overlapping Arranges only the minimized sub windows in the lower left corner of the working area Arranges windows automatically to use all free space of the screen When the Auto arrange tool is enabled al icons appear in the top right corner of each sub window They can be used to lock the visibilty of particular sub windows When the icon is in 2 position it will remain visible when a new sub window is opened Displays the results functions table usually presented below the plot in the Plot view window as a separate window Opens the Logger or Frequency results comparison window which enables to compare the values of two or more functions in a table To use this tool Fig 4 29 1 Select the functions you wish to compare in the functions list 2 Press the right mouse button and in the pulldown menu select the Add selected functions to comparison window command 3 The function values are available to compare in the table Separate compar
10. Since the release of version 1 6 1 of SvanPC the RC module supports communication with multiple stations using different types of Internet connection simultaneously For details on the consequences of updating the RC module see Section 11 7 The available connection types include TCP IP Address Server or AS TCP Client TCP Manual TCP UDP CRP UDP Manual FTP The connection type is defined for each station separately at the moment the station is added in Remote Communication Center described in Section 11 2 1 or Svan Files windows SVANTEK 154 SvanPC User Manual Remote Communication Center Unit AFD CLD LR RS Status SVAN 979 21004 of Of Of OF N A ji Live results preview Remote session Continuous logger download 1 Check instrumentis status jo Terminate RC service Fig 11 2 Connection type related controls in the Remote Communication Center The Type column 1 in Fig 11 2 denotes the type of the internet station New station can be added by clicking the Add button 2 in Fig 11 2 Upon clicking it a new window will appear in which you can select the type of the station Fig 11 3 Select connection type TCP IP Address Server TCP dient connection with a remote address obtained from AS server TCP server connection with a remote incoming connection TCP Client station TCP dient connection with a static IP address or domain name TCP dien
11. The new objects can be added atthe current location of the cursor in Microsoft Word or at the end of the report template document To decide use the buttons in the panel signed Place templated object at located at the right side of the window Note If a Microsoft Word warning window appears saying that comments must be added to the main text it means that the cursor in Microsoft Word is currently located in a comment text where it is impossible to add templated objects To add a templated object you must move the cursor in Microsoft Word outside of the comments To edit the templated objects use the Template object editor It is opened automatically when you add a new templated object or drag an object from the Project Browser and drop it to the Templated objects list You can also activate it manually by selecting a templated object from the list and pressing the Edit button It allows for specifying the data source and parameters of the templated object There are several types of data sources for the templated objects View a SvanPC view such as described in Section 4 3 Parameter the value of a measurement parameter Special result the result of calculations representing a single value e g penalty factor in case of tonality measurements Result the result of measurement or calculations Tag value the value of a tag of specified category assigned to a particular object Template const
12. To use a predefined report template find it on the list and click on its name with the right mouse button The menu that appears allows for the following options Copy template to project includes the selected report template in the Project Reports list of the current project so you can work with it in the same way as with any other report template Generate report from template Generate PDF report from template Generate report serie creates a report a report in PDF format a series of reports respectively using the selected predefined template in the same way as in case of ordinary report templates as described in Section 10 4 3 The Preview panel located at the right hand side of the Report templates browser window displays the selected report template Note You can also add your own custom report templates by dragging them from the Project Browser to the Report templates browser s list SVANTEK 134 SvanPC User Manual Report templates browser Templates C ProgramData Svantek SvanPC Report Templates Building Acoustic Standardized level difference according to ell 140 4 Dn 10ct EN doc ISO 140 4 io Wi 140 4 Dn 3rdOct EN doc Field measurements of airborne sound vl 140 4 nT 10ct EN doc insulation between rooms a 140 4 DnT 3rdOct EN doc Wi 140 4 Rw 1Oct EN doc Wi 140 4 Rw 3rdOct EN doc Wi 140 5 R45w 3rdOct EN doc Wi 140 7 Ln 10ct EN doc WE 140 7 Ln 3rdOct EN doc WE 140 7 LnT 10c
13. or both should be calculated Running values this option should be used if changes of the calculated function values during each interval period are considered Total values this option should be used when only the final results of the calculations are considered Note In case of Total values recalculated functions a specific View sub window type is available where function values are displayed once for each calculation period together with information about the period It is described in Chapter 4 3 2 View Sub windows Types Cumulation of results The possibility of cumulation of results concerns calculations performed on non continuous blocks of data In non cumulating mode the selected function s will be calculated for each separate block of data independently starting the calculation again at the start points of every data block In cumulating mode the function s will be calculated as if all the separate blocks of data formed one continuous selection without restarting the calculation You can acquire cumulated and non cumulated results simultaneously by selecting the Both option Note For some functions this option is not available It is also not possible to perform calculation on intervals with the Cumulate option To make the Cumulate option available uncheck the Calculate in intervals check box Intervals You can also choose to perform the calculations in intervals To do so click on the check
14. BHM Channel 1 GH channel 1 M Profile 1 OSHA HC Ei M Profile 1 OSHA HC Selecting this _ EIMAX s Emax Selecting this object with the CILEQ 3 VWiIELO object CTRLbutton l_IPEAKZ a i M PEAK Z also causes the pressed gt v fi _ i M MIN lt selection of objects H E Logger H Logger dose between them o he ELAV EE e and then M Profile 2 OSHA PEL Profile 2 OSH selecting this E be E PEAK Z i PEAK Z object with the also causes EMAX a3 MAX SHIFT button the selection l LEQ l 3 P JLEQ pressad of this object MIN o EMN and all other E E Logger dose E E Logger dose objects of the LAV PILAY same type l a Using the CTRL button b Using the SHIFT button or with the Lock results option on Fig 4 31 Methods for the selection of multiple objects simultaneously in the View Configurator SVANTEK 49 SvanPC User Manual Note The same effect as using the CTRL button can also be obtained by turning on the Lock results option in the Options menu By default the View Configurator is presented in the tree structure Channel Profile Function By activating the Options Flat view command you can view the configurator as a plain list not representing the structure of data This also enables to select all the available data at once by selecting the Flat results checkbox Check to select all available data t S c
15. Parameters Day time starts at hh mm ss 06 00 00 Evening tme starts at hh mm ss 18 00 00 gt Night time starts at hh mm ss 22 00 00 5 Evening penalty factor dB 5 00 Night penalty factor dB 10 00 W Calculate using reference time Reference time day hh mm ss 08 00 00 Reference time evening hh mm ss 08 00 00 Reference time night hh mm ss 08 00 00 Reference level dB 40 00 Reset to defaults Fig 9 3 Parameters panel of the Calculator dialog box for the Lden function SVANTEK 107 SvanPC User Manual 9 2 SPECIFYING THE CALCULATION PERIODS The Calculation period s settings enable to select the range of the time domain for which the calculations should be performed Channels and profiles Calculation penodis Length hh imm ss ms Block selection E Block selection inverted Available periods F High vibration level E High vibration level inv Time ranges contained 2013 06 12 12 21 29 2013 06 12 12 21 30 in the period selected 2013 06 12 12 21 34 2013 06 12 12 21 35 onthe list 2013 06 12 12 21 42 2013 06 12 12 21 43 2013 06 12 12 71 45 2013 06 12 12 21 50 6 Running values Cumulate Total values Dont cumulate Both Both Type of results Check to enable Calculate in intervals calculation in intervals a Siena C Fixed start time Intervals settings Start 20
16. SVAN 95x with MOXA SV 21x with MOXA SV 200 with Lantronix LAN module This will configure the device to connect to Internet Private SvanPC to communicate via Internet Supported configurations SVAN 95x with GPRS modem 5V 21x with GPRS modem SV 200 with H24 modem module This will configure both SvanPC and device to Internet FTP communicate through internet via FTP server Fe ful when both PC and station do not have Public IP Supported configurations SV 200 with H24 modem module requires Administrator Mode to configure Please connect your station to USB port Fig 11 11 The Select system type dialog box of the Remote Connection Wizard By pressing the More button you can access more available connection systems To hide them again press the Simple button Note In case of Internet connection the Wizard applies the same algorithm for each connected station independently in order to select connection type first the station is configured for TCP AS communication and then it is determined whether the station can work as TCP Server or not in the latter case the configuration is changed to TCP Client More instructions on how to connect your device using this Wizard are available on the SVANTEK website in the form of video tutorials SVANTEK 159 SvanPC User Manual 11 2 INSTRUMENT MANAGEMENT AND CONFIGURATION 11 2 1 REMOTE COMMUNICATION CENTER The Remote Communication Center dialog b
17. SVANTEK 120 SvanPC User Manual a Chi SLM chi SLM an 1 3 Octave RMS 1 3 Octave RMS Date amp time 2007 09 09 09 31 06 100 2007 08 08 09 31 06 200 0 0010 0 004 2007 08 08 09 31 06 300 0 001 0 002 2007 08 08 09 31 06 400 0 001 0 002 2007 08 08 09 31 06 500 0 0008 0 002 6 2007 08 08 09 31 06 600 0 001 0 002 2007 08 08 09 31 06 700 0 002 0 002 8 2007 09 08 09 31 06 800 0 0008 0 001 9 2007 08 08 09 31 06 900 0 002 0 0008 10 2007 08 08 09 31 07 000 0 0005 0 002 Fig 10 12 Parts of the Table view which are copied only if the Include table header button is pressed marked in red Table dragging modes The mode of adding Table views to the report can be switched using the i i button There are two modes available Drag table selection mode in this mode only the selected cells are copied to the report If there is no current selection in the table view the whole table will be copied This mode is active if the Drag table selection button is pressed Drag whole data mode In this mode the whole table is copied to the report even if there are cells currently selected in the table view This mode is active if the Drag table selection button is not pressed Include fonts and colors button The A can be used to configure the settings of copying Table views to the reports If the Include fonts and colors button is pressed Table views will be copied to the reports keeping t
18. TA Jt Auto RT60 AA J Auto RT60 SA a S EE Sy san e Be T 5 Auto RT60 il ll J Auto RT6O z naaa Strona 12 1 razy 108 E H BL 5096 j __ _ __ J Sl Airborr dions Pies El 45 5I Airborr a a a Sound insulation type Airborne R Show results Run calculations iW SI wall For Help meh Fig 12 19 Generating report from Sound Insulation Wizard A report named according to pattern SI partition id will be added to the Project Reports section and the file will be opened with Microsoft Word 12 4 BUILDING ACOUSTIC TOOLBAR The Building Acoustic Toolbar provides easy access to several features of the Building Acoustic module Its contents are described in Table 12 1 SVANTEK 218 SvanPC User Manual Table 12 1 Contents of the Building Acoustic Toolbar Control Description 7 Sound Insulation Wizard allows for opening the Sound Insulation Wizard cf Section 12 3 A T RT60 analysis methods buttons after clicking one of these Hzer buttons corresponding set of markers and levels will become available user enables adjustable t2 and t3 markers Decay Impulse Decay Impulse switch allows for selecting the RT60 measurement method Response time 3 Response time field it is recommended to set the Response time parameter two times longer than expected reverberation time cf Section 12 1 2 Note You can show
19. Y System check at every summary Day hours 80 Day background Might background threshold Measurements timeout 5 minute s RMS Q deviation 3 dB 50 V Send calibration factor Q to SVAN If system check succeeds Use Cal Factor ka IF is outside range Use SVAN s Cal Fact m Generate alarm in case of Q outside range or system check fail Cancel Fig 11 28 The System check configuration button and window in the Continuous Download session In the System check configuration window you can specify whether or not system checks should be performed at every Station Summary if not they will only be performed when requested manually values of system check parameters background value for day and night periods acknowledged as day and night timeout value and maximum acceptable deviation of the calibration factor what should be done after system check the calculated calibration factor can be sent to the station depending on the success failure of the system check whether or not an alarm should be generated if calculated calibration factor is outside acceptable range You can also set a time limit of waiting for the completion of the daily download If the daily downloading is not finished within the specified amount of time this action will be terminated and the summary actions will be performed except if the Wait until daily download
20. You can also invert the block selection Choosing this option removes the current selection and selects all the remaining data in the file Additional features The 1 and 2 cursors can be used for precise selection of blocks When both block cursors are located on the plot o Pressing ENTER will create a new block selection between the two block cursors o Pressing ESC will deselect the part of a block selection from between the cursors if the area between the cursors contains a fragment of a block When you click on a block with the main cursor the slider in the table below the plot will be moved automatically to the field containing the range of the selected block Note This feature can be disabled in the Local plot settings dialog box Pressing ESC if the 1 and 2 cursors are not placed will remove a block selection containing the Main cursor If the Main cursor is not located within any blocks pressing ESC will remove all the selections you will be asked for confirmation The selected data is listed in the table in the lower left corner of the Plot view window it is not visible if you select the Only Data mode In case of the cursors the point of their position is given SVANTEK 32 SvanPC User Manual In case of block selections the points of begin and end of all separate blocks are given The Main cursor position is also marked below the X axis of the plot Additional cursors Block selection B Main cursor
21. clicking on the icon next to its name in the table below the plot When passive the cursor s icon turns to By default the current position of the Main cursor is marked on the plot with a vertical line in inverted background color 1 and 2 cursors There are two additional cursors available called Block cursor 1 and 2 You can set their positions by clicking somewhere in the plot area with the right mouse button and choosing the Put 1 or Put 2 command in the pulldown menu or by pressing CTRL 1 or CTRL 2 keys The selected cursor position is then set at the current position of the Main cursor By default the positions of the additional cursors are marked on the plot with vertical lines in inverted background color with numbers written next to them You can clear the selections of additional cursors by clicking on the icons next to their names in the table below the plot Block selections To set a block selection you have to click in the plot area and drag the mouse without releasing until all the elements you need are selected When you select two different blocks the selections will be added previous selections are not removed The selected area is represented with a gray background To deselect blocks click on the icons next to their names in the table below the plot or click in the plot area with the right mouse button and choose the Deselect block s option You can deselect the current last selected block or all blocks at once
22. enabling one to configure wired connection LAN or wireless connection in Infrastructure or Ad hoc mode Note These settings are available for this type of instruments only if they are connected by USB if they are connected remotely the Remote communication tab is not displayed at all nternet services enables one to configure the Web Interface select between static dynamic mode configure authorization settings logins and passwords for admin and guest and FTP including server login PUSH and PULL frequency path settings System events enables one to configure parameters related to alarms activated in special situations that may occur for SV 200 instruments If you leave the Station Configuration window without by pressing Cancel or ESC the changes will not be applied for Automatic Files Download and or Continuous Logger Download settings verification process For this reason a warning message is displayed and confirmation is requested to prevent accidental cancelling of the station configuration Fig 11 15 SvanPC 2 Cancelling will cause stationis configuration to remain unchanged for AFD and or CLD settings verification process Are you sure Fig 11 15 A warning message displayed when cancelling the Station s Configuration changes 11 3 DATA ACQUISITION METHODS The RC Module enables one to use remote connection modes for acquisition of measurement data from Svantek instruments For manual data
23. hide the Building Acoustic Toolbar using the Building Acoustic Toolbar command available in the View menu SVANTEK 219 SvanPC User Manual INDEX BS FN E S TEAT EEN EEEE esses 21 MS EXCEP oen 69 70 82 activation code essssssssssesssrssssessrerssssrrerssee 85 86 MS VY OO eee 71 72 82 active UNCON sonorae 28 34 MUE nes acess tossesecess 11 12 21 44 audio events erccssssdccavccsrawesseeceanesssneess 51 52 75 76 TA VID AG PE E 51 54 76 IOC orram 32 33 58 62 65 85 plot 23 27 33 38 47 53 58 63 67 71 85 Calculated reSuUlts cccecesccsescescessceseeeseeseees 66 68 real NCO CK cestec ts cinness teacaiteaacsatesasoaseccicas 10 20 calcula tO ocna 44 55 64 68 81 20 AY e ee see T 55 64 65 CSV TOI sas eect 72 74 81 Fe see aaa eee sates anaes eegeeeeeeeuseeacees 8 data tran TE eer eee ee ee eer 9 12 S T P T 13 18 20 21 decimal PONM esrenronanna 73 74 SIO FC UL KEV GS noiisnr an 84 HERS Cell O N ee ce easauseecenarancieceuseanecneacannees 6 7 SpeEctrograM icscecosassindsarcseesonsssecgiasetens 23 34 35 38 E E EE E A T EEE 55 64 65 SPECtrUM cecceceeeeeeeeeees 39 44 55 62 63 64 66 limit time domain ssssssesssesrssssrrerseens 26 27 51 SCIES a 23 41 43 logger results as sncecutadesinccsenecbatansssances 11 23 39 41 table 23 27 38 53 58 60 62 69 71 78 82 main toolbar seses 23 25 38 80 83 ae eee 17 18 23 25 35 36 38 71 78 Vell OF ssaucemans
24. i Eeclude from curent block selection i Include in marker Marker Exclude fram marker Marker Fig 8 17 Step 3 of the Blocks markers generator In Step 3 you can select how you want to use the time ranges generated using conditions specified in previous steps The possibilities include creation of a new marker of a specified name creation of a new block selection previous block selection will be cleared adding the time ranges to the current block selection removing the time ranges from the current block selection ak the time ranges to a selected marker removing the time ranges from a selected marker After you specify the output press the Finish button SVANTEK 103 SvanPC User Manual Note For details on block selections see Section 4 2 2 paragraph Selection of data For details on markers see Section 5 1 3 Note You can press the Finish button in earlier steps of the Blocks markers generator In such case various things may occur lf you configure settings in Step 2 or 3 then go back to some earlier step using the Back button and press Finish all the settings you configured are taken into account f you press Finish in Step 1 or 2 not entering to Step 3 at all Create new block selection is automatically selected as the output option If you press Finish in Step 1 not entering to Step 2 at all no conditions are set except of the general ones selected in Step 1 and Create
25. 0 850 0 827 0 465 1 150 0 848 0 497 0 529 1 024 0 615 0 576 0 527 Fig 12 4 The RT60 view RT20 s SvanPC ver 1 6 8 RELEASE 2013 07 19 13 41 53 203 3 KK KK 1 319 1 421 0 907 0 550 3 997 0 502 0 428 0 594 0 411 0 490 0 649 0 352 0 605 0 656 0 624 0 543 0 642 0 517 0 509 0 514 0 560 0 588 4 RT30 s ak a 29 710 1 579 0 517 2 206 0 501 0 403 0 554 0 513 0 539 0 578 0 438 0 556 0 626 0 552 0 560 0 577 0 620 0 578 0 544 0 553 0 565 RTResult s 1 359 6 849 29 710 1 579 0 769 0 517 2 206 0 501 0 403 0 554 0 513 0 539 0 578 0 438 0 556 0 626 0 552 0 560 0 577 0 620 0 578 0 544 0 553 0 565 Not connected SvanPC User Manual The last column RTResu t provides the most precise result in the given frequency considering the order of calculation quality as following RTUser RT30 RT20 EDT The values in RTResult column may be corrected by experienced user Double click a cell to edit Note The RT60 results may also be plotted using the Logger 1 1 Octave or Logger 1 3 Octave view In case a cell from EDT RT20 RT30 or RTUser column is double clicked the Logger octave time intersection view shall be opened at selected frequency band and corresponding method will be active as shown in Fig 12 5 12 1 4 RT60 RESULTS DETAILED REVIEW AND MANUAL CALCULATION After double clicking a cell with calculation results in RT60 view or aft
26. 07 300 V Time period Start hh mm ss 06 00 00 Stop hh mm ss 18 00 00 W Day of week Men ElTue PlWed PT Pl IV Sat F Sun 7 Month dan Elfe ElMar Apr WJ Vlag DSe lOc V Date Stat 20080214 E 00 3926 Stop 2042 14 E 00 45 01 Watecz Dalej gt Zako cz Anuluj Pomoc Fig 8 13 Step 1 of the Blocks markers generator In Step 1 you should declare a time range in general wider than the target one in which conditions that you will specify in the next step will be considered Various conditions can be used in this step all of which are connected by logical AND adding any condition can only reduce the resulting time range The possibilities include SVANTEK 100 SvanPC User Manual using existing block selections and markers as well as their inversions or the entire time history of results stored in the currently open file Whole data by checking the corresponding checkboxes in the list located at the top of the window filtering the time history according to time of day by checking the Time period checkbox and specifying the start and stop time of the period to be considered filtering the time history according to days of week by checking the Day of week checkbox and checkboxes corresponding to days of week which you want to be considered filtering the time history according to months by checking the Month checkbox and checkboxes corresponding to months whi
27. 1 1 UNITS CONVERSION While visualising the data in the Viewer module you can easily recalculate logarithmic to linear and linear to logarithmic units In case of VLM results it is also possible to display the values in linear non metric units The available units are shown in Table 5 1 Table 5 1 Units for displaying SLM and VLM results available in SvanPC VLM results SLM results Acceleration Velocity Displacement Logarithmic dB dB dB dB Linear Pa m s2 m s m Linear non metric g ips mil To select the units for sound level results you can use the pulldown menu available in View menu E SLM Units To switch between the units you can also press the button on the Main toolbar SVANTEK 55 SvanPC User Manual Analogously to select the units for vibration level values go to View VLM Units Pressing the button will also switch between the available units 5 1 2 ZOOM AND AGGREGATION The Zoom serves to adjust the amount of displayed data In case of Plot views this concerns manipulating the number of pixels per sample In case of Table views increasing the zoom from the original level cannot affect the way data is displayed However in each display mode the zoom can be reduced in reference to the original level meaning that multiple samples are represented by one pixel or cell This requires the application of data aggregation algorithms The so called aggregation degree denotes the numb
28. 500 Block selection 92 7 Fig 4 27b An example of Marked periods Totals in Cumulated view SVANTEK 45 SvanPC User Manual Wave results Wave results Tin Wave resuts This type of view enables to display audio data in wav format It can be viewed in Table or Plot mode When such a view is opened the Wave Navigator window is automatically activated For details see Chapter 4 5 Audio Playback Other views There are several types of View sub windows representing results of special types of measurement such as LN Tonality Loudness Meteorological or RT60 measurements These views do not have any special features and can be displayed in Table or Text mode 4 3 3 ARRANGING THE WORKING AREA When multiple views of several documents are opened simultaneously in the SvanPC application the particular sub windows can be arranged in the working area in various ways You can use the Window menu commands listed in Table 4 1 to obtain the optimal arrangement Edit SVAN View Tools Help New Window Cascade Tile Horizontally Tile Vertically Arrange Icons Auto arrange Common results window Comparison windows t Logger 1 Buffe_40 Header information Frequency v 2 Buffe_ 40 Logger results 3 Buffe 40 Logger 1 3 Octave Fig 4 28 Window menu commands SVANTEK 46 SvanPC User Manual Table 4 1 Window menu commands serving for arrangement of sub windows Command New Window
29. Copy with headers 6 00 00 06 000 0 024 0 0 irai 7 00 00 07 000 0 016 0 0 Sort by name 9 00 00 08 000 0 004 0 gt m m SS aua a 50 Hz 00 00 03 000 Fig 4 4 The Copy with headers tool Cell types There are different types of cells in the table Cells with gray background contain headers describing the current data which will be copied when you use the Copy with headers tool Cells with yellow background also contain descriptions for the data values but they are not copied by the Copy with headers tool Cells with white background contain the data values Adjusting the view To configure the way data is displayed in the Table view you can use the following buttons T Table Font Size on the Main Toolbar sets the size of the text displayed in the table oc AutoSize Columns on the View Toolbar sets the column widths equal the longest text string Configuration of the Table view settings is also available in the Table View tab of the Main Options dialog box You can open the Main Options dialog box using the 24 button on the Main toolbar or the Main Options command from the Tools menu This tab is composed of 3 panels The Font and colors panel enables to configure the way text is displayed in the Table view To select the text font press the Choose button A font selection window will appear allowing to SVANTEK 25 SvanPC User Manual set the font you prefer To select the tex
30. File menu When multiple files are selected to open the Multiple Selection dialog box will appear To create a multifile press Merge Note The Merge amp Open option has the same effect as Merge but the created multifile will be also automatically opened in SvanPC Multiple Selection You have selected 3 files What would you like to do with them open Sema es a Fig 3 4 Merging files in the Multiple Selection dialog box In case of a multifile in which files with different settings are merged data displayed in views of the Merged type are divided into groups corresponding to particular settings whereas in the Multifile view settings of the measuring instrument are not taken into account data available in all merged files can be displayed together ordered only according to channels and profiles This view is useful in case a change of little significance was done in the instrument setup during measurement Merging logger files Logger files can also be merged it is done in a different way than in case of result files Logger files need to have identical parameters and the should not overlapse in time They are merged into one file by taking the results of measurement performed least recently and adding subsequent results up until the most recent ones Pauses are included in the fragments of the time domain for which results are not defined in the merged files Only the header of the least recent file is kept Headers of a
31. Grid Hour IEFE Current 1 Integration Perioc 4 X VLM Totals Measurement gt VLM Measurement i SLM Totals Measurement Be OM Moscuromeant Fig 3 12 Confirmation box the user has selected to change ntegration Time to 5 seconds while Auto Save is set to ON In our example during any attempt to change the Integration Time to a value lower than 10 seconds when Auto Save is on the module will ask for confirmation If user proceeds the Auto Save function will be switched off SVANTEK 17 SvanPC User Manual 3 3 4 MANAGING AND UPLOADING THE SETUP FILES The Setup filename field located in thetop right corner of the window allows to change the original filename This filename is the one seen by the device after the file is uploaded to its internal flash memory Changing this filename allows to store numerous setup files in the device with different filenames Note Uploading a setup file with a filename which already exists will overwrite the old setup file The filename is limited to 8 characters Buttons placed in the bottom of the window are responsible for the file management Print and Print to file allow the user to output the data into either printer or a text file For both of these options the data will be arranged in a way similar to the List View alphabetically with corresponding values right next to it The list will have an added label with the type of the instrument for which the setup
32. Manual ku File Edit SVAN View Tools Window Help l j z PCHN S AADRIA B weKee m a a Teone E oo TR omea T ee o a cur me RYU user Decay impulss Responsetime 7 1 l 5 Channel 1 R760 Calc 1 1 3 Octa Freg Hz EDT s RT30 s RTUser 5 RTResult s 20 0 1 359 ae 1 359 25 0 6 849 ata 6 849 31 5 0 460 29 710 29 710 40 0 0 318 1 579 1 579 50 0 690 0 769 0 769 63 0 683 0 517 0 517 80 1 102 2 206 2 206 100 0 566 0 501 0 501 125 1 313 0 403 0 403 160 1 912 0 554 0 554 200 1 605 0 513 0 513 250 1 341 0 539 0 539 315 0 559 0 578 0 578 400 0 850 0 438 0 438 500 0 827 0 556 0 556 630 0 465 0 626 oo 0 848 0 560 ayy 0 497 0 577 0 577 0 529 0 620 0 620 1 024 0 578 0 578 0 615 0 544 0 544 0 576 0 553 0 553 0 527 0 565 0 565 For Help press FI SvanPC ver 1 6 8 RELEASE 2013 07 19 13 41 53 Not connected Fig 12 7 An RT60 view containing RTUser results 12 2 BUILDING ACOUSTIC PROJECTS Activation of the Building Acoustic module also unlocks access to Svan Projects a useful tool for data management that simplifies the usage of SvanPC reporting features General ways of working with projects are described in Section 10 In case of Building Acoustics the Projects functionality allows for management of numerous measurement files recorded during measurement of reverberation time and sound insulation It is necessary for Sound Insulation Wizard It provides unique f
33. Report Show report Duplicate report Convert report to PDF Edit report template Fig 10 16 Opening the Report Template Editor Note The templated objects are added to the Microsoft Word document in the form of comments assigned to the text SvanPC These comments contain code understandable by the SvanPC application it is advisable to edit templated objects with the use of the Report Template Editor and not to modify the corresponding comments directly in Microsoft Word Report Template Editor Report template z Current template Project Objects report_temp 1 doc Templated objects Place templated object at cursor position 6 document end Tip Drag object from Project Explorer and drop it onto the templated objects list to create template based on dragged object Fig 10 17 Report Template Editor dialog box SVANTEK 124 SvanPC User Manual The currently edited template s name is displayed in the Current template field at the top of the window The templated objects contained in the current report template are listed in the Templated objects list located at the left side of the window To add a new templated object you can do one of the following Press the Add button Select a templated object on the list and press the Duplicate button A copy of the selected object will be created Select an object from the Project Browser list and drag it to the Templated objects list
34. acquisition you can use the SVAN Files dialog box accesible from the Remote Communication Center or using the icon on the Toolbar This tool is described in Chapter 3 2 1 Downloading Files from Instrument In case of remote connection the selection of instrument can be done by pressing the Change button and selecting a remote station from the list The RC Module also provides several methods for acquiring data automatically Live Results allows for remote viewing of current results Automatic Files Download allows for downloading files periodically Continuous Logger Download allows for downloading logger results during measurement Remote Session allows for performing programmable measurement sessions SVANTEK 165 SvanPC User Manual 11 3 1 LIVE RESULTS The basic functions of the Live Results tool are Collecting current results data from many devices periodically every 1 2 5 10 20 30 or 60 seconds Collecting meteo results for monitoring stations SV 21x Results visualization in real time To open the Live Results dialog box press the Live results preview button in the Remote Communication Center see Fig 11 12a You can select the station from which the results will be read using the Station selector Station SVAN 959 11295 Read step Direct cable connection Configure results _ Publish HTML Program Files SvantekiSvanPC Viewerlindex html Current results in
35. and 1 3 octave spectrum is available in the Parameters panel Minimum maximum values will be found across the calculation range independently for each frequency band Statistics Statistics may be calculated for several logger or multifile type functions All available statistical recalculations are listed in the Logger Statistics group and in the Logger 1 n octave Statistics group in case of spectral data For example you can use the Logger Statistics LEQ stats function to obtain LEQ calculation results statistics Calculating a Statistics type function automatically opens a Statistics logger recalculated sub window containing the calculation results The statistical results can viewed in two modes Histogram mode presents the percentage participation of each dB level in the given function values at 1 dB resolution LN mode has the following interpretation x of samples have values equal or greater than the LNx value In case of spectral statistics LN f mode of view is also available as described in the Statistical Views section of Chapter 4 3 2 View sub windows types LEQ Averaged Spectrum To calculate the time averaged spectrum of selected LEQ data use the Spectrum averaging function from the Logger 1 n octave group You can choose between averaging the 1 1 octave and 1 3 octave spectrum SVANTEK 91 SvanPC User Manual This function is available only for files containing spectral data in multiple tim
36. at least one of the Send e mail notification for options After you configure the e mail sending options you can check the performance of the automatic e mail sending by pressing the Test e mail settings button A test e mail will be then sent with the configured settings Multiple alarms from a single query can be sent as a single e mail or as multiple separate e mails you can select the preferred option using the Send multiple alarms from the same instrument as single e mail checkbox at the bottom of the window Messages can also be shortened for easier forwarding in the form of SMS to enable this feature check the Create short event s details checkbox located below the Send multiple alarms checkbox You can also enable the automatic sending of summaries of the activity of the RC service every day week month These reports contain information such as a list of active RC services together with the used Svan devices a list of disks where the data is stored and the amount of memory available on these disks The summaries are sent by e mail with the configured settings at 0 00 To enable the summary reports sending switch the RC service summary report option on and select the sending period The measurement performance errors for which alarms can be configured are related to potential hardware problems If this option is enabled every Query period the remote AFD and CLD sessions download METEO results and LEQ values measure
37. be adjusted in Main options Calculator RT60 or in the Building Acoustic Toolbar This parameter helps SvanPC find the time period in which the sound source is switched off and sound pressure level goes down to stable background noise It is recommended to set the Response time parameter two times longer than expected reverberation time 7 DARE oe eg WSer Impulse impuse Fig 12 3 Adjusting the response time using the Building Acoustic Toolbar In order to run calculations press the Calculate button After reverberation time calculations the RT60 view will automatically be opened Note In case the RT60 calculator is used repeatedly the previous results of calculation will not be available anymore 12 1 3 RT60 VIEW The RT60 view is automatically opened when calculation of reverberation time is completed It serves for displaying the results of calculation in the form a table cs OM File Edit SVAN View Tools Window Help 20H S KR Bias Yor B t Sm oa A ie E Tenio TE aren Tid oome T RY g e comatose an user Decay impulse Response time L 1 Channel 1 Freq Hz 20 0 25 0 31 5 40 0 50 63 80 100 125 160 200 250 315 400 500 630 800 OO NID Bio ie For Help press FI SVANTEK 2 RT60 Calc 1 1 3 Octa EDT s 1 359 6 849 0 460 0 318 0 690 0 683 1 102 0 566 1 313 1 912 1 605 1 341 0 559
38. blocks individual blocks enables one to show or hide the rows of the table representative of various ranges of the time domain whole data corresponds to all the available time history inside blocks correspond to the accumulated ranges of all block selections outside blocks correspond to the ranges of all the fragments of the time domain which are not included in block selections and individual blocks correspond to separate block selections displayed individually as Block 1 Block 2 etc Start Duration t FBP Peak Info w Chi Pi Wd ag Main cursor 2008 02 14 00 41 02 100 76 0 dB Whole data 2008 02 14 00 39 26 000 00 05 35 000 139 5 dE Inside blocks 2008 02 14 00 40 58 300 00 00 09 700 83 7 dB _ Set font Autosize columns fit in window Autosize columns fit in column Autosize off Show start Show stop Show duration Show whole data Show inside blocks Show outside blocks Show individual blocks Show calculation parameters Delete all calculated functions Delete selected calculated function Delete latest calculated functions Add selected function to comparison window Show results based on selected functions Fig 4 9 Customizing the contents of the table below the plot You can also choose the currently active function used to define the primary y axis and the main cursor domain as well as the parameter to be represented on the secondary y axis using the Act
39. box signed Calculate in intervals You can then choose the start and stop time of the intervals and the interval period The range of the time domain available in the currently opened file is displayed at the bottom of the window Pressing the Reset start stop button will set the interval start stop time equal the file start stop time If you choose to perform calculation on intervals the common part of the adjusted intervals and the selected periods will be used for calculation Note If the selected interval start time does not correspond to the logger step it will be adjusted automatically After reopening the Calculator dialog box the last settings of the interval start stop time and period will be reloaded if possible If the last used settings do not fit the available range of data they will be automatically set within the limits of the available data If the Fixed start time option is enabled the specified start time is remembered by SvanPC together with other calculator SVANTEK 109 SvanPC User Manual settings Therefore even though another file may contain results of measurement performed on different dates the start time of intervals will be automatically set as specified e g at 6 00 AM Note With the Fixed start time option the start time can also be stored in saved calculator settings saving calculator settings is only possible in the Projects module gt Section 10 6 2 Periodic functions In case of some
40. browser using the J button available on the Projects Toolbar a system file path to the folder containing the template files becomes available Building acoustic templates are placed in the Building Acoustic subfolder SVANTEK 208 SvanPC User Manual les lt 7 Uae i AL ante Sey COT Sake ERT ATM ORT ise Decay mpuise Response tme LSS E Project Objects wl 4 Room A E44 Source 3 dB af ecHNLi sen A H eCHNL2 sen a w BCHNL3 svn 60 0 2 9 SCHNLS sen nA ECHNLEsen gf BCHNLT svn E Room B Report templates browser E D Background Hi Receiving ec RTE AS ATED decay i AFTA m Source mM 140 40n Oct Bi dac E5 Room C H 140 4 Dn Fdo doc Hi E Background W 140 4 Dn 10ct EN doc HEN Recening mM 140 4 OnT Sect EN dee gD RTA peel Project Sessions ar HED Auto ATED Roome PLB 149 7 in Oct EN doc E Auto ATEI Room EMY 149 7 bn ardoet EN doer Auto ATED RoomB lO ted 449 7 LnT Oct EN dec E5 Auto RTGD Room tS 0 7 Ln ddot Edar lE Auto ATED Reems Health amp Safety hourly LEQ doc 55 0 140 4 Re SedkSoct EN do LVA report dor Pai E Report templa te doc Project Reports i Bi Sl wallA B E For Hep press FI HEUTE RS Bi oe wale Cea Se Ee ee i mm Dee eS De ee L ee SvanP ver 10 8 RELEASE 2073 07 19 1341537 Alot connected Fig 12 9 Accessing the list of Building Acoustic report templates A report may be conveniently gen
41. can view all these functions with their values displayed only once for each period together with information about the period s start time duration and name In addition the Marked periods Totals view allows to sort the displayed periods by start time or by name To do so click with the right mouse button and in the pulldown menu choose the Sort by start time or Sort by name command SVANTEK 44 SvanPC User Manual In the Marked periods Totals view it is possible to display results in Cumulated view Cumulation can be performed on results functions or both You can switch the mode in the Marked periods Totals window s View Toolbar te 1 2 gt Standard view Cumulated view Cumulated functions Cumulated results amp functions Fig 4 26 Switching the mode of displaying the Marked periods Totals view with the use of the View Toolbar Cumulation of results causes the following effects Functions calculated on block selections or markers without the Cumulate results parameter are not displayed Functions calculated on block selections or markers with the Cumulate results parameter are displayed in one line in which the start time of the first period and the combined duration of all periods are given in the Start time and Duration columns For interval calculations the Start time value equals the start of the interval The Duration column contains then information about the interval length all functions cal
42. data for which the selected function is supported 3 Press the Calculate button Note The Parameters Calculation period s and Options are not available to configure in the free Viewer module of SvanPC The recalculation is performed for the current block selection made in the Plot view of the analysed data To perform calculation on the whole available data remove the block selection For details on data selection see Chapter 4 2 2 Plot view SVANTEK 65 SvanPC User Manual 5 2 3 CROSS SPECTRA Cross spectra calculator Cross spectrum Functions i selection list Press to start calculation Calculated Results Fig 5 11 Calculator dialog box for Cross spectra recalculations Calculation of functions available in the Cross spectra sub module proceeds similarly to the Total RMS LEQ sub module the only difference being the selection of data made in the Parameters panel instead of the Channels and profiles panel 1 Choose whether you wish to calculate the Transfer function Coherence or both in the functions list at the left side of the Cross spectra calculator dialog box 2 In the Parameters panel select the cross spectrum for which the calculations should be performed 3 Press the Calculate button 5 2 4 VIEWING CALCULATED RESULTS When recalculation is done the resulting functions are automatically displayed in the current view They are also listed in the View configurator allowing to hide
43. instrument The SvanPC program is a sophisticated tool which extends the functionality of the mentioned instrument series The SvanPC Viewer base module is available for all users free of charge Other modules e g REMOTE COMMUNICATION BUILDING ACOUSTICS are optional and have to be purchased 1 1 MAIN FEATURES Downloading measurement results from instruments to PC Data files storage and management in project documents Visualisation of data and instrument settings during measurements Adjusting the instrument settings wizard and editor modes Easy direct data export to commonly used applications Data post processing e g spectra comparison time history recalculation Support for all new SVAN instruments RS 232 and USB interfaces compatible 1 2 REQUIREMENTS MS Windows XP VISTA 7 8 1 3 ABOUT THIS MANUAL This manual s structure is designed to show the ways of using the software to connect and configure Svan instruments download measurement data visualise data and playback post process and analyse data data export for reporting ee a The newest version of this manual in PDF format is available to download on the Svantek website www svantek com Further information on the SvanPC program can be found in the HTML version of the help available after pressing the F1 button The structure of the HTML help corresponds to the structure of the program with detailed descriptions of particu
44. instruments file storage clearing with different period setting than for downloading Log on all commands sent to the meter Automatic files download Stations Connection type Property Value Address Unit SVAN 977 S N 34151 Download path C Users Kuba Doau svan977 34151 simople SVAN 977 34151 a ET fle cant 0 Logger files count 0 Last download status N A Last dear status N A Last check status N A Last sys check status N A Information Progress er Time left to downloading 00 00 26 Station IP SVAN S77 S N 34151 Time left to dearing Not used Filename L13 SVL State Downloading file 7 Current file Total stop AFD Terminate Download now Download and dear no Fig 11 19 Automatic files download dialog box To open the Automatic files download dialog box press the Automatic files download button in the Remote Communication Center see Fig 11 12a SVANTEK 168 SvanPC User Manual The list in the upper left part of the window contains information about the connected stations Stations can be added to the list using the Remote Communication Center The table in the upper right corner of the window contains information about an instrument selected on the list Downloading files To start stop the Automatic files download session use the Start AFD Stop AFD button in the lower left corner of the window The files will not be downloaded immediately but only when the specified downl
45. instruments using various types of RC sessions Automatic files download Live results preview Remote session Continuous logger download Configuring online alarms settings Alarms Stopping all the current RC sessions Terminate RC service To remotely start measurement in selected connected instruments use the Start measurements button To update the current measurement status of the connected instruments use the Check instrument s status button In case of stations connected via USB the status is updated automatically You can also display more detailed information about connected instruments by pressing the Toggle mode button An additional part of the Remote Communication Center window is then opened containing the values of several parameters such as free space battery state etc You can copy all the displayed data to the clipboard for later use pressing the Copy to clipboard button SVANTEK 161 SvanPC User Manual SVAN 977 34151 Firmware version 1 08 2 Logger M A Logger files 0 Free space OB Power source Battery Battery state 0 Setup file N A Calibration factor N A Overload N A Underrange N A Remote session Controller details Continuous logger Type SV211 download S N 10400 Firmware version 7 101 Alarms pi Copy to dipboard Troubleshooting Terminate RC service Fig 11 13 The details display in the Remote Communication Center 11 2 2 STA
46. is complete option is set to No timeout Publish WWW SVN upload You can enable to automatically export the downloaded logger results to HTML format The downloaded files can also be automatically uploaded to a specified directory on an FTP server The SVANTEK 177 SvanPC User Manual HTML publishing and files uploading settings are available after pressing the Options button For details see Chapter 11 4 Online Data Export Note When you enable the Publish HTML or the FTP upload option two additional columns will appear in the Stations list table The WWW column contains buttons which enable to select the data from the particular Station to be published in HTML and the files to be uploaded to an FTP server The WWW FTP column contains information about the enabled data export options for the particular station None WWW FTP WWW FTP Address Unit File Cnf WWW FTF WAY State N A SVAN 979 21004 B None won Stopped Fig 11 29 Stations list table in the Logger download session dialog box with columns concerning online data publishing Note Loggers that are not currently written by the instrument can also be exported in HTML CSV format 11 3 4 REMOTE SESSION The Remote Session consists of a programmable remote measurement session carried out over a specified time period also allowing to Display and download results Download and clear logger results Perform system check and veri
47. long as Svan RC Service is running the SvanPC tray icon is also added to the automatically started programs of each user of the computer If this is not possible due to administrative reasons the icon is only added to the automatically started programs of the current user 11 6 3 RC TROUBLESHOOTING TOOL The Remote Communication Troubleshooting tool available in the SvanPC RC Module serves for reporting problems concerning data exchange with Svan instruments The idea of using the Troubleshooting tool is to easily create and send e mails to Svantek containing automatically collected information which helps to find a solution to the problem SVANTEK 193 SvanPC User Manual To use the Troubleshooting tool open the Remote communication center press the Toggle mode button to enable additional options and press the Troubleshooting button located at the bottom of the window The Remote Communication Troubleshooting Tool dialog box will appear Remote Communication Troubleshooting Tool Use this form to fill out a report detailing your problem Part of the information has already been induded but the more detailed the description the higher chances that Svantek will be able to handle the problem Clicking Send will send the composed message along with all attachments using your default e mail dient Send to monitoring support svantek com pl SvanPC_Settings 55 sts 43 kB cc s Subject Remote Communication problem with SV
48. long lines Reserved as Hex present undocumented fragments of binary file in hex format or not The same settings can be configured in the Values formatting tab of the Main Options dialog box see Fig 6 7 SVANTEK 74 SvanPC User Manual 6 5 AUDIO EXPORT SvanPC supports exporting audio data in WAV file format This includes exporting Audio events contained in the currently opened Logger data as well as wave data currently opened in the Viewer 6 5 1 EXPORTING LOGGER EVENTS To export events included in active logger view use the File Export Logger events command After activating this command the Export Events dialog box will appear Logger events available in the current data are listed in the upper part of the window You can set the target directory for the output wave files by clicking on the icon next to the Path field To export the Events as WAV files press the Export button located at the bottom of the window Start Time Length 13 31 44 020 00 00 00 900 Available events list Path C Program Files Svantek SvanPC Filename prefix Event Naming Convention Append Index to Prefix Wave export Output Files Format Wave File wav hd r settings Gain control Maximum Level Automatic gain contral z Press to export events with configured settings Fig 6 9 Export Events dialog box This dialog box also enables the configuration of following settings Filename prefix tex
49. of all the available tag categories created automatically as well as defined by the user 2 Specify the condition type You need to select the type of condition that has to be satisfied by the tag value In case of tags with text values you can choose whether the value should be given precisely or contain a given string In case of tags with number date values you can select a numerical comparison operator 3 Specify the tag value There are 3 ways of specifying the value of the search criteria a Value allows to choose a value from the list of all available values b User value allows to type any value this is particularly useful in case of the contain conditions SVANTEK 139 SvanPC User Manual c Value between allows to specify the range of the tag value if the between condition has been selected in step 2 4 Select the logical operator f there already is a search criteria in the current query you need to decide about the logical relation between the new and the already existent criteria Note The new criteria is only added at the end of the query with AND or OR to create a more complex logical structure you need to edit the text form of the query in the Search query field 5 Press the Add search criteria button The query is also displayed in text form in the Search query field You can modify the query simply editing the text in this field adding search criteria in the form lt Tag category name gt
50. of the Events Navigator Icon Function gt Play event Jt Pause resume event m Stop event F Jump to previous event press this button and CTRL simultaneously to jump to first event gt Jump to next event press this button and CTRL simultaneously to jump to last event Ps Show options described below Several options are available for the Events Navigator after pressing the Show options button The Maximum Level slider allows for setting the audio signal boost level O dB leaves the signal at its original level The Automatic Gain Control tool serves to automatically adjust the signal boost With this option enabled fragments of audio data will be constantly analysed in order to maximize the signal dynamics given the Maximum Level slide bar is left at O dB The length of analysed fragments can be specified in Main Options Audio Playback Buffer Length The minimum value of the Maximum Level parameter depends on signal bit depth e g 144 dB for 24 bit 96 dB for 16 bit Differences below 12 dB between subsequent fragments of audio data will not affect the boost level The algorithm is designed to reduce the boost level faster than when increasing it so that sudden loudness is avoided The Play event from beginning option alters the behaviour of the Play button automatically moving the Main cursor to the beginning of current event before starting playback The Synchronize All Views option allows for simultaneous movemen
51. play it Select all Select none Stripped filename C svan Logger_with stripped _events svl V Open stripped file after exporting Playback gain control No gain contral P R Fig 6 10 Strip events from logger file dialog box Select audio events that you wish to remove from the logger file using the checkboxes in the Remove column of the table located in the upper part of the window Press the Export button to create a new logger file with selected events removed You can also select whether to use no signal boost constant level signal boost or Automatic gain control smart signal boosting mechanism cf Section 4 5 1 about the Events Navigator using the selector located at the bottom left corner of the window 6 5 2 EXPORTING WAVE FILES To export wav files from wave data opened in SvanPC use the File Export Wave command After activating this command the Export wave dialog box will appear Audio channels available in the current data are listed in the upper left part of the window You can set the target filename and directory for the output wave files by clicking on the icon next to the Filename field SVANTEK 76 SvanPC User Manual Select channels to export Channel 1 Range 120 03dB Ref 20uPa peed aus Channel 2 Range 120 03dB Ref 20uPa J Channel 3 Range 120 03d8 Ref 20uPa Channel 4 Range 120 03d0B Ref 20uPa Wave format settings Mix c
52. right mouse button and choosing the Delete option You can also press the Delete button with the folder selected on the Project Browser list All the data contained within this folder will be then deleted However the corresponding measurement results file contained in the Project Objects list will remain unchanged You can also delete multiple sessions at once To do so select all the folders you wish to delete clicking on their names with CTRL or Shift pressed and press the Delete button Opening sessions To open a session window in the working area you can do one of the following Clicking on a session folder in the Project Browser with the right mouse button opens a pulldown menu with the names of all the view types available for the data used for creating the selected session Choosing a view type from the menu creates a view of that type Choosing the Show session option in the same pulldown menu creates a view of the type specified in Main Options Views settings If none of the types specified in the Opening priority list is available for the selected data a Header Info view will be opened The same can be done by clicking twice on a session folder All the available views are also listed inside the session folder To open a selected view click on its name twice with the left mouse button or choose the Show session option available after clicking on the session name with the right mouse button Session he
53. same type e g all SVAN 979 instruments downloads the current settings from the connected device and sets all the options to the read values sends the settings adjusted in the Station s configuration dialog box to the selected device opens a dialog box which enables to communicate with the station manually sending commands in the SVAN protocol Send all settings sends the settings adjusted in the Station s configuration dialog box to all the connected devices The settings can be stored in a file in the local memory and restored in the Station s configuration dialog box using the Load Setup Save Setup buttons at the bottom of the window To configure a connected station select it from the list on the left side of the window and choose the type of settings you wish to modify The settings available for configuration are grouped into several categories described below In the General settings available after selecting the instrument station s name on the list it is possible to Fig 11 14 SVANTEK 163 SvanPC User Manual Seta name for each connected station Add a comment for each connected station Set a Remote serial number different than the instrument s S N this does not affect the device nor the connection Enable the configuration of External interface settings this control is enabled disabled automatically during connection Modify the set of available optio
54. tert a ern ttre er Tren errr eT Teer ree 52 Ae WAVE INI OR a rrcpreen ens E ob a hiv brad hea E E same naee idan attdetinrs ahs saves 53 POST PROCESSING AND DAIAANALY 519 iscurctsieniniieenisiniantuciraa tien een 55 5 1 VIEWER MODULE POST PROCESSING TOOLS ciccsistnntassveuideersenctanisenlacelveuntacmvenstesnviuednettiwbasel EE 55 SLL ee SOS ict eo 0 renere tn re E ere eer en err ce 55 542 9 LOOWANDAGGREGA THON i setiversietinstvitaertincsnerseneticniasesd tn taenniaripitedr see 56 or Ds Be MABKER T eee rere eee nT eer ne ee ee ee ee ee ee 58 5 1 4 ACCELERATION VELOCITY AND DISPLACEMENT 0 eee ceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeceaeeessaeeeseeeeeaeeees 62 SVANTEK 1 SvanPC User Manual 5 1 5 SPECTRUM RECALCULATION seinan a caashs vince tanner E aceries snare ENE 63 5 2 TOTAL RMS LEQ AND CROSS SPECTRA RECALCULATIONG c ssssccccceessssssneeeeeecesssssnneeeeeeeeees 64 IAL VAN PCFACALCULATOR TOOL arrr ii ceed asks E N ated en tait anacueree i teeta 64 B22 TOTALRMS LEO irine i oh EN EE taaatnne E 65 32 gt ROS STOP EGU crion a E A N id a aean eee 66 S24 VIEWING CALCULATED RESULTS rein certs ln seitateiau area iav avert antiena aiid ieee aes 66 6 DATA EXPOR orenedtinctsase teen tadeaaiaenddnsetesida tute Nacd taauebutiel latins ouetsesss a 69 6 1 WVICROSOPMEXKCE Lianan a a Aeoveh Raia cael ctved Alors ck ia dvemeTteaatiandaededaee 69 6 2 MICROSOFT WORD wicusnetiad to Recoticntaentar Avent uatheilas denen niacsets dda
55. the name and location of the created csv file To configure the formatting of the exported CSV data open the Main Options dialog box using the 24 button located on the Main toolbar or the Main options command from the Tools menu and go to Formatting values tab Note These settings also affect the way numbers are displayed in SvanPC Viewer 2 Instrument autodetection E Graph View i Language Val Logging Settings i RTO Linear values display Frequency display Forma Gotilicnication resin Gls Pn of CSV output Center to decimal point in table view settings Display CSV export Decimal separator dE resolution Field separator ASCII Export Download Punctuation xx x I No block offset Punctuation xx Hexadecimal block offset te Confi gu ration Comments Decimal block offset of ASCII output Wrap long lines Reserved as Hex setti ngs Fig 6 7 Configuration of the formatting of data exported as csv files This dialog box enables the configuration of the following settings SVANTEK Format Fixed point Scientific and precision 1 5 of the displayed linear and frequency Enable disable the Center to decimal point in table view option Note this option sets the location of linear values in cells so that the decimal point is located in the middle of the column Otherwise the numbers are aligned horizontally in cells Sign used as decimal separator in all displayed number
56. the Calculator settings is divided into 4 sets of options Channels and profiles Parameters Calculation period s Options You can select a set of options by clicking on a tab in the upper right part of the window SVANTEK 106 SvanPC User Manual 9 1 1 CHANNELS AND PROFILES The Channels and profiles settings enable to choose the data set which will serve for recalculations All the available measurement channels and profiles from the currently opened data are listed in this panel The elements marked in grey represent data for which the selected calculation is unavailable To select data click on the corresponding check boxes Clicking on a check box next to the name of a channel will select all profiles available for the selected channel Analogously clicking on a check box next to the name of a profile will select all channels available for the selected profile Note In case of some functions calculated on specific data this mode of data selection is disabled For example in case of Cross spectra calculations you can only choose the cross spectrum data in the Parameters settings 9 1 2 PARAMETERS The Parameters panel enables to configure the function specific parameters of calculations The set of parameters available to configure depends on the currently selected function For details on the functions available in a particular SvanPC module see the chapter related to that module Channels and profiles
57. this function for automatic logger clearing if enabled Otherwise the clearing is performed during station summary in configured periods The downloaded files path and naming settings affect all connected instruments or stations To modify the files settings for a single instrument station go back to the Stations list table of the Logger download session window and press the button located in the File Cnf column of the row corresponding to the desired instrument or station The Instrument station downloading options dialog box will appear Instrument station downloading options V Override session s general downloading settings Download path C svan File naming use original fle name creates folders with unitname amp S N Folder prefix LoggerDownload_ Save data to C svan data Browse W Archive to IC svan data archive Cancel Fig 11 27 Instrument station downloading options dialog box for Continuous logger download To enable the configuration of individual settings for the selected station check the Override session s general downloading settings box Except of the settings identical to those available in the common options you can specify a separate destination for saving data and archiving for the particular station You can use the Show log button to open a Logger window in which all executed commands are displayed Station Summary You can enable to automatically perform statio
58. to select the source for replacing the templated object All the objects that can be used to replace the templated object are displayed on the list To select one of them click on it and press the OK button If you press the Skip button the templated object will not be replaced it keeps the form of the SvanPC text with a comment assigned to it Pressing the Skip all button will skip the current templated object and prevent from activating the Multi sources dialog box in case any later templated objects can also be matched by several objects Report template multi sources More than one result matches the template the template has been selected in MS Word Please select from the list below the result you would like to use or press skip Path Result Project Objects amp LOGii svn PEAK Chi P1 Project Objects amp LOG1Lsvn PEAK Chi P3 Project Objects amp LOG1Lsvn PEAK Chi P3 Project Objects amp LOG11 svn MAX Chi P1 Project Objects amp LOG1Lsvn MAX Chi P2 Project Objects amp LOG11Lsvn MAX Chi P3 Project Objects amp LOG11 svn MIN Chi Pi 4 rT Fig 10 22 Report template multi sources dialog box Note To see which of the templated objects is currently considered look in the Microsoft Word document containing the used report template The text corresponding to the templated object for which multiple sources are found is automatically selected in Microsoft Word SVANTEK 132 SvanPC User
59. used to run many sessions of different types running simultaneously For instance it can run Automatic Files Download and Remote Live Results at the same time In such case the following priority list applies 1 Automatic Files Download Continuous Logger Download equal priority Remote Session Live Results Preview Other commands sent to instrument i The list describes priority order for a single instrument with the lowest number having the highest priority Actions with lower priority need to wait until all actions with higher priority are complete before being resolved For instance if Automatic Files Download session starts downloading files from an instrument Live Results Preview will not be able to access this instrument until AFD completes the downloading cycle SVANTEK 188 SvanPC User Manual The service is activated when needed by SvanPC and continues running until disabled manually or by uninstalling SvanPC Since it s a Windows Service it runs on low permission Local User account that is automatically logged in at Windows start it s possible for the service to run even if no standard user is logged in It s automatically shutdown upon SvanPC application closing it has no sessions configured to run As long as the service is activated and any remote communication session is running all SvanPC communication through the connection type defined for the service e g USB Internet is routed through the s
60. view gathering results of calculation for all types of airborne or impact insulation Note The generation of such a Summary Sound Insulation view is possible only if appropriate files are available and assigned to rooms partitions SVANTEK 217 SvanPC User Manual 12 3 6 REPORTING ON INSULATION CALCULATION RESULTS The most comfortable way of generating a report is to use the Report button in the Sound Insulation Wizard Sound Insulation Wizard AW Eile Edit ed ae A B doc Tryk 1 Add room facade K Gl L nE ik Narzec Wstaw Uktad Odwo Koresp oa sae Times New Roman ay a dd facet F ubi a E D E a e Style Edytowani iriran Wklej 2 kap je owanie Fa EDT 7 y a A 4 Aa A E E i BE ami chowek m Czcionka m Project Object 45 Room A Ty _ f Source E B calf E H A B H E 2B n svn 1 3 Octave LEQ Cl A 1 aia TT SCE pean goo ee m mE T mp 7 ve aira ea be IT Lr svn 1 3 Octave LEQ cl afin B svn 1 3 Octave LEQ Cl Ij Room E an AA LOR fel ra eo Backgr i gt H E Receivi i time eo RT6O fe 43 RTA0 Calc 1 Cl A J 2 a RTE fe_44 RT60 Calc 1 Cl T 4 Source fe_46 RT60 Calc 1 Cl i mr Poom C Ea AP aren fei 4 cl ae gt fC Backgr GME Receivi ie a RTO O svn 1 3 Octave LEQ A Project Views Lasen 1 3 Octave LEQ J Auto RT60 2 svn 1 3 Octave LEQ 5 45 Auto RTO 2
61. will not work without the dongle being plugged into the computer Note If after attaching the dongle you still do not have access to the additional modules this might be due to an older version of SvanPC being previously installed on your computer It is then necessary to first uninstall SvanPC and then install the newest version of the software available on the Svantek website When using a terminal server the dongle is available for one user at a time SVANTEK 86 SvanPC User Manual 8 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING MODULE TOOLS SvanPC Environmental Monitoring is an additional module of the SvanPC software suite designed for processing data from noise or vibration measurements including long period unattended environmental monitoring The EM Module enriches the SvanPC software with the following features Advanced recalculation tools Data management in form of measurement projects Saving analysis results and data views Tools for reporting including templates User Function Wizard gt Section 10 6 3 Blocks markers generator The possibility to edit logger contents gt Section 10 6 4 Extended functionality of the table below the plot gt Section 4 2 2 paragraph Contents of the plot 8 1 ENVIRONMENTAL CALCULATOR SvanPC Environmental Monitoring provides tools for the assessment of noise concerning recalculations based on measurement results In this chapter the functions ava
62. 0 00 41 27 600 00 41 23 500 Fig 4 7 An example of the Plot view To scroll the view along an axis you can use the green sliders click with the left mouse button on the axis and move the mouse without releasing To scale an axis click on it with the right mouse button and move the mouse without releasing Window configuration The Plot view window is composed of 3 parts Fig 4 8 Central part the plot together with the axes and additional controls SVANTEK 27 SvanPC User Manual Upper part a table containing information about the active function the secondary y axis etc Lower part a table containing the positions of cursors and selections as well as a list of results of measurements and calculations You can show or hide the particular parts using the buttons located at the left side of the window You can also use the Plot view pulldown menu or press the bii button to switch between 3 available modes Normal all parts visible Data and results Maximize data upper part hidden Only data only the middle part visible Modena_3 Logger 1 3 Octave _ O X 2008 02 14 00 39 26 100 Upper part additional information Show hide l upper part t 8 Central part plot Show hide lower part Cursor Frequ Main cursor Lower part wh M L60 a B 1 2 octave AccRMS Chi 68 5 dB selections and results lists Fig 4 8 Parts of the Plot view wi
63. 0 for all available frequency bands open the Building Acoustic Calculator using the Calculator gt gt Building Acoustic command in the Tools menu Tick Reverberation Time from the list on the left hand side of the window and go to Parameters tab SVANTEK 201 SvanPC User Manual select saved settings gt save Delete Building Acoustic Reverberation time type EDT RT 20 RT 30 RT user Reverberation time method Decay Impulse _ Perform calculations on smoothed data Reset to defaults Calculated Results Close window after calculations Fig 12 2 Calculation of RT60 in the Building Acoustic Calculator In the parameters tab the user may select according to which methods the calculation should be performed EDT RT20 and or RT30 may be selected if custom markers have been previously created using the RTuser tool available on the Building Acoustic Toolbar the RT User option is also enabled The choice between Decay and Impulse methods is important and should be made according to the type of measurement that has been performed In case of using the omnidirectional sound source the Decay method should be the right choice By default RT60 calculation is performed based on non smoothed data even if smoothing has been turned on in Logger time intersection subview It is however possible to run calculations based on smoothed data SVANTEK 202 SvanPC User Manual The Response time parameter may
64. 00 12 00 52 400 Time B Put 2 12 00 34 000 Deselect blockis Invert block selection Edit markers b Use selected blocks b New marker 3 Marker to blocks Point marker b Add selection Delete marker Remove selection Local plot settings Fig 5 3 Creating a block marker While creating point markers instead of making block selections in the plot area you only have to place the Main cursor at the desired location simply clicking with the left mouse button The rest of the process is analogous to the creation of block markers the only difference being the path in the pulldown menu Edit markers Point marker New marker Note With the Environmental Monitoring module activated you can also create markers according to complex criteria using the Blocks markers generator for details see Section 8 2 3 Markers visualization Markers are visible in the Plot view as horizontal lines below the plot area above the x axis In case of point markers semi transparent vertical lines are also drawn Each marker has its own color chosen during its creation The created markers are listed in the table below the plot To show or hide markers click on the f 3 icons located next to their names on the list Note In case the Show individual blocks option is enabled cf Section 4 2 2 paragraph Contents of the plot all the separate ranges of block markers are also listed in the table In that case you can SV
65. 09 01 01 00 02 34 Measurement stop 2009 01 01 00 07 56 Unit type SVAN 959 Value Edit user tags definition Delete Fig 10 28 Tags dialog box The Automatically assigned tags and User tags lists are automatically filled with tags assigned to the object currently selected in the Project Browser list It is possible to assign a new tag to the selected object edit a User tag already assigned to it or remove an already assigned User tag using the buttons located at the bottom of the window You can also remove a selected User tag from all the sub items contained in the selected Project Object To create a new User tag use the User tags definition dialog box It can be opened by pressing the Edit user tags definition button located at the lower left corner of the Tags dialog box SVANTEK 137 SvanPC User Manual User tags definition Values Worker s name Chris Company unit Jack Machine Carol George Ben Fig 10 29 User tags definition dialog box This dialog box can also be opened with the User tags definition command from the Tools menu The list on the left side Category contains all the tag categories already defined by the user The list on the right side Values contains all the values available for the selected category The Values list and the corresponding buttons are only available if a category is selected in the Categories list You can use the Add Edit and Delete buttons located below both
66. 1004 SD disk SVAN total fil 50 SVAN selected files 0 Display filter buttons Files list Device Files list Local Fig 3 1a SVAN Files dialog box To download files in the SVAN Files dialog box you have to do the following Select the device from which you want to download files if multiple devices are connected as well as the memory type and sub catalogue used as the source if multiple sources are supported Important Changing the viewed directory in a SVAN 979 instrument to Internal memory also causes to change the instrument s working catalogue where the data is being saved to internal memory see Fig 3 1b Select the transfer destination a local PC LAN folder or a Svan Project file and the local destination folder SVANTEK 9 SvanPC User Manual Select the files to download from the device s files list and copy them to the target location using the gt button or copy only the new files using the button Si SVAN Files pn gt WZ T E x SVAN 979 21027 4 Set RTC Internal flash a AF SD disk Internal RAM Folder destination G SD disk JD P RK J Svan_RC_downloads Q a e 2 ALL b 2 1 x gt Setup file editor Name i File date File time Name Size Date Time D MAREK 2011 01 01 00 43 52 Ji AFD 2011 08 26 13 42 24 C Measurements_2011 2011 01 01 00 45 06 J AFD test JS 2011 01 14 16 43 06 G 073AN11 2011 01 07 21 45 42 jy AFD_new 2011 06 17 09 08 22 G 083aN
67. 11 an AR gt D e m 2011 02 18 13 33 44 G Test l oon a 2011 02 18 13 15 52 El SESS 20 2011 06 22 09 06 00 android_secure 2011 08 26 14 47 26 E Performing this action will change the instrument s current working Lost l SD directory 2011 07 14 15 29 04 su 236 1 2 Areyou sure you wish to continue 2011 07 11 09 06 32 J REC WAV 2 2011 08 29 10 50 40 fe LOG SVL 2d 2011 06 17 13 16 00 dz ROO1 SVN 2 2010 09 11 00 00 10 dz ROO2 SVN li 2011 01 14 13 50 46 x ROO3 SVN 20 gt ___ 2011 06 15 11 27 22 x ROO4 SVN 139 F newD 2011 05 04 10 44 50 x ROOS SVN i 2011 01 01 _ Remote_session 2011 06 17 13 18 08 e R006 SVN 2011 01 01 _ Remote_session_new 2011 06 17 13 18 08 az ROO7 SVN 2011 01 01 J RT_stream 2010 10 01 09 27 36 ae R008 5VN 2011 01 01 Download type id SV 100 2010 09 29 10 03 56 x ROO9 SVN 2011 01 01 sv 102 2010 09 29 x RO10 SVN 2011 01 01 Al ASCH LJ SvAN953 2011 06 15 Til iN J SVAN 955 2011 06 09 i Bi Sisy SVAN 956 2011 06 15 Display filter Lb SVAN 958 2011 06 15 4 ry ic a dl a f C Utils Svan_RC_downloads SVAN 979 S N 21027 SD disk SVAN total files 133 SVAN selected files 0 Fig 3 1b Changing the viewed catalogue in case of a SVAN 979 instrument to Internal memory also affects its working catalogue You can use the Results Logger Setup Wave and Other buttons in the Display filter panel to choos
68. 12 000 2 3 day s 10 44 16 000 LMIN End 2008 05 09 11 10 12 2008 009 21 05 24 2008 009 21 56 36 2008 05 12 22 45 40 EP statistics Running values Total values E Calculate in intervals 28 2008 15409 11 10 12 2008 05 12 22 45 40 Fig 8 12 Using markers with environmental data SVANTEK 99 SvanPC User Manual 8 2 3 BLOCKS MARKERS GENERATOR The Blocks markers generator allows for determining ranges on the time axis according to one or more complex conditions and using them for creating block selections and markers To open the Blocks markers generator you can use either the corresponding command in the Tools menu or the HE button on the Toolbar Note The Blocks markers generator is only available when a panel containing results defined in the time domain e g Logger results is currently active The procedure of generating blocks and markers is divided into three steps 1 Specification of the time range in which any further conditions will be considered 2 Specification of one or more conditions according to which blocks markers will be generated 3 Specification of the output which can take form of new blocks markers or changes in existing ones Step 1 Blocks markers generator Step 1 Specify time range for searching Period Length hhimm ss ms WV Whole data 00 05 35 000 E Block selection 00 00 27 100 E Block selection finverted 00 05 07 900 F 00 00 27 200 00 05
69. 13 06 12 Stop 2013 06 12 fale 13 0731 Data stat 2013 06 12 12 21 28 Total available time range Reset start stop Press to set Data stop 2013 06 12 13 07 31 interval start stop Fig 9 4 Calculation period s panel of the Calculator dialog box Mie stari top Periods The Period panel enables to choose subset of data used for calculations The Whole data marker is always available enabling to perform calculations on the whole data If a Block selection has been made in the current view you can choose to perform calculations only on the selected data You can also choose the inverted selection meaning that calculations will be performed on all the data outside of the current block selection If there are Markers defined on the data you can perform calculations in the time periods specified by the markers or outside of them You can select multiple periods The selected function s will be calculated for each period separately The table below the Period panel shows the begin and end points of all separate time ranges contained in the selected period SVANTEK 108 SvanPC User Manual Note You can use the nverted block selection to remove a selected fragment of data from the calculations It is also possible to use the Period data selection mode with calculation on intervals mode simultaneously Running Total values The buttons in the middle of the window enable to choose whether Running values Total values
70. 2007 12 15 12 01 48 800 106 4 104 1 Copy 475 2007 12 13 12 01 49 000 TAi iei Se 476 2007 12 13 12 01 49 200 sort by start time 477 2007 12 13 12 01 49 400 110 0 wE 478 2007 12 13 12 01 49 600 110 0 105 P J 479 2007 12 13 12 01 49 800 113 9 111 1 480 2007 12 13 12 01 50 000 105 4 108 3 x Fig 6 13 Copying the Table view contents using the clipboard The Copy with headers option includes the header cells marked with grey color in the copied data 6 6 2 COPYING TEXT VIEW CONTENTS Contents of a Text view can be easily copied directly to a text editor application by doing the following 1 Selecting the data to copy 2 Clicking on it with the left mouse button 3 Drag the selection without releasing to the text editor application 4 Drop the selection in the target document SVANTEK 78 SvanPC User Manual Device A i na U H i iD i ia in A Ser Int Fil H n iD k Measurement hour Measurement day Device functior LEQ RMS iptfegration start g i yyy y MM dd type aerial No Internal software version Filesystem version SVAN 959 11295 6 13 0 6 13 k a z H E H HN EE Tei kad baj 11 16 40 2010 07 19 Level Linear 1 0 s Fig 6 14 Using the drag amp drop technique to export the contents of Text view SVANTEK 79 SvanPC User Manual 7 OTHER FEATURES 7 1 TOOLBAR CUSTOM
71. 63 6 60 4 9 9 CERT 1 12 2008 02 14 00 39 27 200 63 6 60 4 9 9 ate 1 13 2008 02 14 00 39 27 300 63 6 60 4 9 9 62 5 1 i4 2008 02 14 00 39 27 400 29 7 39 6 66 1 62 5 1 Fig 4 3 An example of the Table View Normal Transposed view In general when the Normal view is set the table rows contain different time samples while columns contain results of different measurements or calculations Switching to the Transposed view sets the inverse configuration The Transposed view is particularly useful if you need to view many variables in few points of time To enable the Transposed view you can do one of the following Click on the BIEN button Use the Table view pulldown menu available from the Main toolbar Use the Table view command from the View menu Copying with headers The Copy with headers tool is available via Edit menu or from the pulldown menu opened by clicking with the right mouse button It copies the selected data to the clipboard together with describing it headers from above and left hand side of the selection SVANTEK 24 SvanPC User Manual Cells also copied by the Copy with headers tool LO SWN LOE SYN LO SWN chi YLM chi WLM Chi vLM 1 3 Oct Acc RM 91 3 Oct Acc RMS 4 1 3 Oct Acc RM No 0 400 Hz 0 50 Hz 0 63 Hz 1 00 00 01 000 0 016 0 022 0 005 2 00 00 02 000 0 0001 0 013 0 0009 00 00 03 000 0 014 oe onin 4 00 00 04 000 0 012 Copy 5 00 00 05 000 0 014
72. ADDITIONAL CONNECTION MODES To communicate with instruments using GPRS and Internet connection you have to purchase the SvanPC Remote Communication Module Multiple advanced tools for data acquisition are also provided with this module SVANTEK 8 SvanPC User Manual 3 2 DATA TRANSFER 3 2 1 DOWNLOADING FILES FROM INSTRUMENT To download data from a SVAN instrument using SvanPC software you have to do the following 1 Connect the instrument to the PC 2 Switch on the instrument 3 Launch SvanPC 4 Manage the files transfer with the use of the SVAN Files dialog box The SVAN Files dialog box can be opened through the Instrument Wizard see Chapter 3 4 Instrument Wizard You can also use the SVAN Files command in the SVAN menu or press the f button on the Toolbar Source selection Destination selection SVAN Files SVAN 979 21004 gt Internal flash sP USB dis ww Folder destination 5 Svan Project destination e 7 7 J y EF END Rename JR Delete Setup file editor File date bs Size Date Time 2011 02 17 2011 04 21 16 27 54 2010 01 01 2008 02 26 12 55 54 2010 01 01 le 2009 01 01 00 02 34 2010 01 01 2008 07 02 12 07 00 2010 01 01 2010 01 01 2010 01 01 2010 01 01 2010 01 01 2010 01 01 2010 01 01 2010 01 01 2010 01 01 2010 01 01 2010 01 01 2010 01 01 2010 01 01 2010 01 01 2010 01 01 2010 01 01 Display filter SVAN 979 S N 2
73. AN 959 15696 User information Automatically generated information enter the description of your problem here 522 OU Ss SVAN 959 15696 ver 6 13 8 SV210 10443 ver 1 451 14 Status code 4 U210 N10443 W 1 45 WP L 14 01s d0 C0 50194420 A M 5EL1 5Aadresystaqgi svantek com dajeAdres php A L SEL2 P11 V1R VM180 410 61Leg E1dB F11 t5 5 4 e0 R20h36m7s2004M 117 501944201 50019442901 4 21 R9h44m39s 103M 117 501940201 5001940201 T FA e2 FA e3 A e4 A e5 Fig 11 45 Remote Communication Troubleshooting Tool dialog box E mails containing reports are sent using your default e mail configurations The recipient s address and the subject are automatically filled However you can add more recipients in the CC s field Attached to the report is automatically generated information about the RC Service activity as well as zipped files such as current SvanPC settings Remote Communication Center log remote communication sessions log You can also write a description about the problem in the User information field or attach any additional files you find necessary using the Add files button Any details you can add to the report might be helpful for Svantek to find a solution to the problem To send the report use the Send button 11 6 4 DYNAMIC DATA APPENDING Some additional functionalities of the Remote Communication module are also available via the File Dynamic Appending RC menu SVAN
74. ANTEK 59 SvanPC User Manual use the buttons to remove ranges from markers To show hide separate ranges of a marker double click on its name Modena_3 svn Logger results _ O x a ww HA BIE Accele ratih fa hl 6 000 4 000 2 000 0 000 4 00 39 26 000 0 39 35 600 00 39 54 800 Time Point marker rs Block marker Click to hide show avi AAU w L tii 7 markers on the plot y Point Marker 2008 02 14 00 39 27 800 00 00 00 100 1 245mjs 2 y Block Marker 2008 02 14 00 39 40 500 00 00 08 200 9 441 mj s 2 Click to remove Block Marker 1 2008 02 14 00 39 40 500 00 00 02 300 1 462 m s 2 sae ac dette I Block Marker 23 2008 02 14 00 39 45 500 00 00 05 900 9 441 m s 2 rom marker 4 i Fig 5 4 Visualization of markers in the Plot view In the Table view markers are considered as one of the functions available for displaying You can select the values displayed in the table for data contained not contained within the range of a marker using the Table view options in the Main Options Editing markers To modify the ranges of markers you can use the pulldown menu opened by clicking with the right mouse button somewhere in a plot area when working with a Plot view Following commands are available e Edit markers Use selected blocks Add selection adds the current block selection to a chosen marker e Edit markers Use selected blocks Remove selection subtracts the cu
75. AS station password dialog box accessible from the Remote Settings window described in Section 11 1 1 Note This connection type is denoted as TCP AS in the Remote Communication Center Select Station Unit type SVAN 979 Unit serial number 21004 Password seneeneneeee Fig 11 4 Adding a TCP AS station TCP Client means that the station is configured to initiate connection to the client s PC Upon selecting it a window that is listening for incoming connection will be presented to the user Regardless of whether it is enabled in Remote Settings or not it will listen on designated port for incoming TCP connections and adjust the setting accordingly should a station connect successfully during the procedure once it happens the connected station will be added as TCP Client Select Remote Address Remote Address Select from list Listening status Listening for incoming connections Press stop if you want to manually enter remote address V Automatically dose and use address of first connection Stop __Cancel__ Fig 11 5 Adding a TCP Client station TCP Manual means that the station is configured as TCP Server The user will be prompted to enter an IP address or domain name and port number for direct TCP connection Note This connection type should be selected in case of stations registered in DynDNS SV 200 SVANTEK 156 SvanPC User Manual Select Remote Address
76. Automatically append new W catalogue data instead of redownloading it ___ Data exchange between Svan IW RC Service and SvanPC requires confirmations Service address 127 0 0 1 Service port 121 Files downloading Automatically adjust downloaded files timestamp to compensate for Daylight Saving differences Daylight Saving Timezones only k should Svan RC Service be running while the setting is modified itis recommended to restart it OK Cancel Fig 11 44 Configuring the SvanPC tray icon settings in the Main Options dialog box Clicking twice with the left mouse button on the SvanPC tray icon opens the SvanPC application unless it is already running Clicking with the right mouse button on the SvanPC tray icon opens a menu containing the following commands SvanRC Service state displays whether a SvanRC Service is currently running or not Edit session settings with SvanPC runs SvanPC and automatically opens the Remote Communication Center dialog box Stop Start Svan RC service stops starts the SvanRC Service Terminate Svan RC service stops the Svan RC Service immediately without waiting until the current action is finished Note When SvanPC software is running these options are not available Exit hides the SvanPC tray icon When a session is stopped with the use of the SvanPC tray icon you can later start it in the same Way As
77. Calculate insulation index with defining rooms and partitions plan arranging numerous measurement files usage of imported data results of Airborne R Dn DnT R45 D2m n D2m nT impact Ln LnT and ratings reporting with preinstalled and manually created report templates accordance with ISO 140 4 140 5 140 7 717 1 717 2 standards O O 0O 0 Note In order to use the reporting templates functionality Microsoft Word and Excel 2003 or newer is required 12 1 CALCULATION OF REVERBERATION TIME Basic edition of SvanPC is able to display SVAN instrument calculated RT60 results with dedicated RT60 view SvanPC Building Acoustic additionally provides tools to calculate reverberation time RT60 based on SVAN measurement file containing short step Leq spectrum The calculation may be performed over decay or impulse octave band time history logger in 1 1 octave or 1 3rd octave band with EDT RT20 RT30 and manual methods The calculation can be initiated using any Logger type view however it is recommended to open a Logger Octave TSect Time Intersection view since in this case additional features are available in the Building acoustic Toolbar see Section 12 4 12 1 1 LOGGER OCTAVE TIME INTERSECTION VIEW After opening a file containing short step Leq spectrum use the Navigator toolbar in order to open the Logger 1 1 Octave TSect or Logger 1 3 Octave TSect subview SVANTEK 200 SvanPC User Manual D File Edit S
78. EK 80 SvanPC User Manual Double click on an icon in the Available buttons list to add it to the custom toolbar or double click on an icon in the Custom toolbar list to remove it Note Different toolbar configurations are used when a document is currently opened and when there are no opened documents in SvanPC You can customise both toolbar configurations separately You can also use default settings for one of the configurations and custom settings for the other All buttons available for displaying on the Toolbar are described in Table 7 1 Icon a L gu bk fn SVANTEK Table 7 1 Buttons available for displaying on the Toolbar Name New Window Open Save file Save view Print Cut Copy Paste Instrument wizard SVAN Files RC Module group Calculator Blocks markers generator Function Creates a new view sub window with the same contents as the one currently active Opens a selected file Saves an open file Exports the curretly active view in CSV format Prints the currently active view Deletes selected data and moves it to the clipboard Copies selected data to the clipboard Inserts data from clipboard Shows hides the Instrument wizard dialog box Opens the SVAN Files dialog box Enables to access SVAN Files Remote Communication Center and Connection Configuration Enables to access Calculator sub modules Opens the Blocks markers g
79. I I i I I I SoS I I I I adios I I I I I p I I N A i Di 39 45 00 D0 79 50 00 00 39 54 500 00 79 54 600 Fig 4 13 Types of data selection in the Plot view The selected data is listed in the table in the lower left corner of the plot view window not visible if you select the Only Data mode In case of the cursors the point of their position is given In case of block selections the points of begin and end of all separate blocks are given In case of the cursors the point of their position is given in the Start column In case of block selections the points of begin and end of all separate blocks are given in the Start and Stop columns For each cursor and block selection these points can be edited by entering the time values manually after double clicking corresponding fields of the above mentioned columns Start Stop a Main cursor 2013 09 25 12 30 40 Inside blocks 2013 09 25 2 30 05 2013 09 25 12 32 22 Double click the Start Stop field for a selected cursor or block selection to enable editing Fig 4 14 Manually editing the position range of selections in plot views Note In order for the Start and Stop columns to be shown corresponding options have to be enabled in the table s context menu for details see this topic With the Environmental Monitoring module activated you can also generate block selections according to complex cr
80. ISATION The Toolbar is displayed at the top of the SvanPC application window below the menu bar It provides quick access to many tools used in SvanPC To hide show the Toolbar use the View Toolbar command EE m c eee Fig 7 1 The Toolbar It is possible to choose the buttons displayed on the toolbar with the use of the Toolbar configurator dialog box It can be activated in two ways Using the Tools Customize toolbar command Clicking twice with the right mouse button in the Toolbar area Check to enable toolbar customisation E Drop icons G Y a 5 Ls k Pick icons Automatic Files Open file Automatic Files i from here Download Download oe fi ne E Ja Svan wizard Remote Settings Svan wizard Remote Settings double cick buttons in the right list to add them to the toolbar double cick buttons in the toolbar list to remove them Press to confirm changes Fig 7 2 Toolbar configurator dialog box To use a custom selection of toolbar buttons enable the Use customized toolbar option using the checkbox located at the upper left corner of the Toolbar configurator window To use the default configuration uncheck this option To select buttons you can use one of two following methods Drag and drop icons from the Available buttons list located at the right side of the window to the Custom toolbar list located at the left side of the window as illustrated in Fig 7 2 SVANT
81. Manual Generating reports series A series of reports can be generated separately for multiple different datasets at once by using the Generate reports serie command The selection of Project Objects for which reports will be generated can be done using a dialog box which appears after activating this command Select tag category Select tag values Filename W MT_21004 2013 09 13 15 22 17 svmt R Modena Sua C Convert reports to PDF W Buffe_11 pause svn Buffe_33 svn W Buffe_40 svn Buffe_51_vector svn V Buffer_5 svn Fig 10 23 Dialog box allowing for the selection of Project Objects used for generation of a project series Objects can be selected by checking the checkboxes next to their names in the list located at the right hand side of this dialog box This list is filtered according to a tag value selected in the Select tag category listbox Reports in the series can be generated in the PDF format to do so enable the Convert reports to PDF option Additional options You can enable disable the Keep templated objects when generating report from template option using the a button available in the Projects Toolbar If it is enabled the Microsoft Word comments that serve for storing templated objects are not removed during the generation of reports Therefore the generated reports remain valid report templates although templated objects are replaced with proper data and figures The Automatic
82. Minute 2 the minimum value of Note Expanding measurement will affect whole sessio and all panels Fig 4 11 The Auto scale x settings Another method of automatic scaling of the x axis is available by clicking with the right mouse button in the plot area and selecting the Auto scale x to selection command which scales the x axis according to the current block selection The displayed range of the time history may contain unselected fragments if the block selection is non continuous I I L I I I I I I I I I I 00 00 00 000 00 01 36 000 00 03 17 000 00 04 46 000 Time Auto scale x to selection 00 01 43 000 00 01 25 000 00 01 52 000 00 02 16 000 Time Fig 4 12 Auto scaling the x axis to a selected range of the time history Note If you scroll or scale an axis when the corresponding auto scaling tool is enabled it will be automatically disabled SVANTEK 31 SvanPC User Manual Selection of data To select data you can use the cursors or block selections Each cursor allows to select one element of the data at once while blocks enable the selection of multiple elements at once Main cursor When you open a window with the plot view only the Main cursor is present You can set its position by clicking in the plot area by using the left and right arrow keys or by using the lej I buttons located in the upper part of the SvanPC window You can also switch the Main cursor off
83. R27 SVN Project Objects R28 5VN Project Objects R29 5VN Project Objects R30 5VN BASERE Ch 1 Ch 2 Ch 3 Ch 4 Ch 5 Ch 6 Ch 7 Ch 8 Fig 10 37 Source files selection in the Calculator s Channels and Profiles settings for multi source data 10 6 2 SAVING CALCULATOR SETTINGS The Svan Projects tool enables to store the settings configured in the Calculator tool such as functions selected for calculations their parameters calculation periods etc for later use It can be realised with the use of the Settings panel located in the upper part of the Calculator dialog box For details on the Calculator tool see Chapter 9 SvanPC Calculator tool settings Fig 10 38 Settings panel of the Calculator dialog box To store the currently configured settings press the Save button The Save settings dialog box will appear allowing to specify the name for the saved settings SVANTEK 144 SvanPC User Manual Save settings settings name Statstics Fig 10 39 Save Settings dialog box After saving the settings they are available to load by using the lt select saved settings gt pulldown menu containing a list of settings with the names specified during saving The settings can also be loaded any time for calculations in another Svan project Pressing the Delete button deletes the currently selected settings Pressing the Clear settings button deselects all functions and sets all options to default
84. RT TEMPLATES vi tscesiaceineccuat cncuncaursi aaa AN 134 10 DATA SEARG Hiei acta tect E A E A N E mates nanny ante serene 136 10 5 1 TAOS eea E E A A E A 136 10 5 2 PERFORMING DATA SEARCH oireet niae a A E N A 138 10 60 OTHER FEATURES OFTHE SVAN PROJECT Secer E E A dante 141 10 6 1 MULTSOURCE SESSION Srani A E E a N 141 10 6 2 SAVING CALCULATOR SETTING Srsactcretl catia E A E entshee eaeineenaeese eae 144 10 6 3 USER FUNCTON WIZARD eaaa st desea sbadeewe tet cake cunt N 146 10 6 4 EDITING LOGGER CONTENTS cronin E N 150 Lt REMOTE COMMUNICATION MODUL E sia tis seisvcwitiaren EE E A A 152 isd REMOTE CONNECTION ceser iiras nen E a a 152 11 1 1 MANUAL CONFIGURATION OF CONNECTION SETTINGS eee eeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeeeeeeens 152 11 1 2 INTERNET CONNECTION TYPES sccsiect cota sicteccucudteidcriveturercdetan tier evntanigainietneniiantnatecaetens 154 11 1 3 REMOTE CONNECTION WIZARD iii wen tcnthas nin E E A E aaa deeecounent 158 11 2 INSTRUMENT MANAGEMENT AND CONFIGURATION 0 oe eeeeceeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeaeeeeueeeeeaeeeseeeens 160 11 2 1 REVIOTE COMMUNICATION CENTER sccscitensennnveesenrmiecgiteedlaimeritietuns eeinietaaiadeeonen 160 11 2 2 STATION CONFIGURATION iraa E A EN ans 162 Tiss DATAACOUISIMON VIE VIO DS asen a hcegtenatadeseoatedatinereeneua terse 165 11 3 1 KV ERE SAUT si tit teres shcaca tea pdhetcueas banda ance a Cute sets seaceouanemees a 166 T32 AUTOMATIC FILES DOWNLOA D asiat n na O 168 11 3 3 CONTINUOUS LOGGER DOWNLOAD riccii a a Uetared
85. SVAN 94x series and the SVAN 912AE instrument Note To disable the automatic opening of the Instrument wizard uncheck the Show wizard when connecting an instrument control via Main options Instrument autodetection You can also manually show hide the Instrument Wizard window using the Instrument Wizard E ft command in the View menu or the icon on the Toolbar SVANTEK 18 SvanPC User Manual SVAN 956 instrument wizard What would you like to do Data download and visualization Develop load or activate instrument settings Set instrument real time cock PC 2011 03 22 12 26 30 Instrument 2012 06 09 23 55 50 Configuring device and SvanPC 2e Remote Connection for remote communication Wizard Remote communication management of the device Look up firmware updates Instrument firmware version Newest firmware version Fig 3 13 The Instrument Wizard dialog box for SVAN 956 Depending on the instrument connected there are various buttons available in the Instrument Wizard window as listed in Table 3 1 SVANTEK 19 SvanPC User Manual Table 3 1 Buttons available in the nstrument Wizard Button Function synchronizes the connected instrument s real time clock with the real time on the PC opens the V100 101 Calibration dialog box a Check for Updates compares the firmware version installed on the device with the latest version available opens the SV100 101 Options conf
86. Save log enable disable saving the command history for the automatic files download session in a log file of a specified name These settings affect all connected stations To modify the files settings for a single station go back to the stations table of the Automatic files download window and press the button located in the File Cnf column of the row corresponding to the desired station The Instrument station downloading options dialog box will appear To enable the configuration of individual settings for the selected station check the Override session s general downloading settings box The file path naming and folder prefix settings are identical with the ones available in the File saving panel of the Automatic files download options compare Fig 11 20 and 11 21 Press to configure settings for particular instrument Address Unit Instrument station downloading options configuration Files downloading 3 settings Folder prefix AutoDownloadedFiles_ Z Group fies n Multifies z Fig 11 21 Modifying the files downloading options for a single instrument or station in an Automatic files download settings The instrument individual options also enable to group the downloaded files from the same day or month in a separate subcatalogue named as year month day e g 20140123 or as year month e g 201401 or as a multifile in this mode only results files are grouped logger
87. Show in Live Results option The data is refreshed automatically with the step adjusted in the Read step selector To start stop a Live results session use the start button The results will be updated when the selected reading time is reached The button can also be used to stop a session but in contrary to the Stop button it causes an immediate termination of the current action instead of waiting for its finishing You can enlarge the displayed results simply by clicking on a cell in the results table The Results focus window will appear containing the enlarged data as well as information about the displayed function instrument measurement settings units You can open multiple Result focus windows simultaneously SVANTEK 167 SvanPC User Manual VAN 958 11701 is HP MAX 15 136 Channel 1 Profile 1 Fig 11 18 An example of Live results enlarged view window HTML publishing and FTP upload functions are available after activating the corresponding check boxes in the lower part of the window For details see Chapter 11 4 Online Data Export 11 3 2 AUTOMATIC FILES DOWNLOAD The basic functions of the Automatic Files Download tool are Periodic result and or logger files download with configurable period hourly daily monthly or custom with minimum step of 1 minute Downloading files from pendrive System check functionalities for monitoring stations SV 21x Periodic
88. SvanPC User Manual Ly Alarms status Opens the Alarms status sub window Loa Add file Adds a file to the Project Objects list Ks User Function Wizard Opens the User Function Wizard only available in the Projects module 7 2 SV10x CALIBRATION The SvanPC software enables to easily calibrate a SV100 SV101 or SV103 unit connected to the computer via USB You can activate the calibration function in various ways using the V100 101 103 Calibration USB command from the SVAN menu clicking on the O icon available on the Toolbar Note This icon is not available in the default Toolbar configuration For details on the available Toolbar icons see Chapter 7 1 Main Toolbar Customization pressing the Calibration button in the SV100 101 103 Instrument Wizard Each of these actions opens the SV100 101 103 Calibration dialog box SV 100 Calibration USB Channel X 18 20 mm s 2 3 737 mm s 2 10 39 mm s 2 Channel X Channel Y Channel Z Calibration Factor dB 34 81 Calibration Factor dB 48 56 Calibration Factor dB 39 68 Save Calibration Save Calibration Save Calibration Calibration Level m s2 1 001 Calibration Level m s2 1001 Calibration Level m s2 1 001 Band Limiting Wm Filter wm Fiter wk Detector 1 0s Detector Measurement Time Settings Start Delay 9s Integration Period Repeat Cyde Vibration Units Logarithmic Linear
89. SvanPC software ver 2 1 0 RELEASE CANDIDATE 2014 02 17 1g Copyright c 2014 by Svantek USER MANUAL Ver 2 0 www svantek com TABLE OF CONTENTS TWN RODUICIION scscnceretsscseuceeesceevnnatuaecasas itis byzccesssauhiantassudtsatsteiet eovausopes E R 5 1 1 MAIN FEATURE cacncaincsenucin see E A A E tases E A E E E E E E OE EE 5 1 2 REC UIRENIE NT Forenings arin a E E E NE A EAE AA 5 1 3 ABOUT THL MANUA L concn rn a e T E E 5 2 SOFTWARE UNS TALIAT IOI cssrrccsnepecan eer E E E E 6 2 1 USB DRIVERS INSTALLATION serrer anin er E E E 6 2 2 SVAN PC FFINSTALATIO N roroi E E E EEE 7 3 CONFIGURING INSTRUMENTS AND DOWNLOADING DATA ssssessssssssssssssssssrssrsssssrsssessresssersssessrereseeeseessnee 8 3 1 CONNECHON MODE Tespi ae E E E E E E E 8 SLE U E ONNECTON eere S E E E A AS S E S 8 Sak R eA CONNEC ON er E E R E T E 8 3 1 3 ADDITIONAL CONNECTION Vl ODES wecsiasccssimetucestatescosnpntesninnsencaeasatevaranerecutesatapaveanceanmaausiomeee 8 3 2 DATA TRAN FER orreri E N E E A E EA E E A E E E A 9 3 2 1 DOWNLOADING FILES FROM INSTRUMENT ssssesnessenssssssssnsssenssrsssssssssessssssssrssressrersseresreesseeeseens 9 sa PETUNG REALTIME CEOCK irssi e n E E sera sim ataaegiauaeecen nian 10 S MERGING FILE o E E near acesauasnsusanesenmacecenacees 11 3 2 4 CORRECTING DATE AND TIVE cscccsternstiatocsiunptasncusdancsenatudwathsiacousstedanmnssqurnstaiartneussene Tesora 12 3 3 OE BU Oye arar e E A E E E E E nec 13 SE OPENING EIU RIES a
90. TA MANAGEMENT WITH THE USE OF PROJECTS eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeaeeeseaeeenaeeens 98 8 2 2 USING MARKERS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE DATA 1 00 eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeueeeeaeeeens 98 8 2 37 BLOCKS MARKERS GENERATOR isisssciccsvedesessanceescvedsdexsisnabcagan ana kisa p kana eaS ia iaa 100 9 SVAN PCR CALCULATOR crnu EAE EE NENE AE 105 9 1 USING THE CALCULATOR DIALOG BOX sinsin a ENTEN 106 ILE ACHANNELS AND PRORILES 2csisccctieierssaasastiubiscacesnciiain unas E E ANNAN 107 92 PARAMETERS carr nE NEO aha ten cere sotaabvanmesencanarnensunuetusnunarvaasusneeranths 107 9 2 SPECIFYING THE CALCULATION PERIODS trisi rtan E E E EO miataasuecanes 108 10 SVAN PCFEPROJECTS crenn a E E E A E A tebe eoncias 111 10 1 CREATING PROJECTS cunei A E a E N 111 10 2 USING THE PROJECT BROWSER aresiiirerraniee e o E A E 112 10 2 1 PROJECT OBIE CUS weg sd asis vats E E E E N 113 10 2 2 PROJECT SESSIONS aein beeing sia eee E tenua eatabe he aaaingnnehee anaes 115 10 2 3 PROJECTREPORT Surrirea vtec areitve eat Gh tei eie A A N 117 10 PROJECTS TOOLBAR ninos a a a aie suatesndssateumescieaes 119 T04 REPORT GEVIPLAT ES cputsagtrayiencietceeapuneusonvin and a a o E T ES 123 10 4 1 CREATING TEMPUEA TIES crichenna a E 123 10 4 2 BOTTING TEMPLATES vesichicrasvaeiteretabidnagehtubensn tasty eaeibtetabindnag a er deaeietect 123 SVANTEK 2 SvanPC User Manual 10 4 3 GENERATING REPORTS FROM TEMPLATES aoje e E aa acie ean E 131 10 4 4 PREDEFINED REPO
91. TEK 194 SvanPC User Manual Add file Close Close All Views Close All Documents New Prayect Close Project Close Project and Open Save Ctrl Save As Save as Project Copy SVN file as Save Current View Dynamic Appending RC Auto Refresh Synchronize Fig 11 46 Dynamic Appending RC options in the File menu The marks signify options which are currently enabled To enable disable an option simply click on its name If the Auto Refresh function is enabled SvanPC will automatically check every 1s if new data is available in the currently opened files e g if an RC session is currently active new logger results can be automatically downloaded If there are new results available the currently opened views will be automatically updated If the Synchronize function is enabled and if the Auto refresh function is enabled every time the views are updated with newly downloaded results the visible cursor will be automatically placed at the position of the latest downloaded sample in the Table View as well as Plot view 11 6 5 RC SETTINGS IN MAIN OPTIONS You can configure some settings related to the Remote Communication module using the Main 25 Options In order to do so press the M button or activate the Main Options command in the Tools menu and select Remote communication in the list of available categories of settings at the left hand side of the Main Options window
92. TION CONFIGURATION Station Configuration accessible from the Remote Communication Center is an extensive tool that allows configuration of an instrument monitoring station The availability of particular sets of options depend on the type of configured Svantek instrument During the opening of this dialog box the stations settings are downloaded automatically so you can work on the current settings All the connected devices are listed on the left side of the window The set of options available for configuration depends on the device SVANTEK 162 SvanPC User Manual Station s configuration I SVAN 977 34151 e Measurement setup Channels Logger 2 Alarm settings E Station with controller Remote communication JA Changing the instrument will reset Instrument svan s77 oo AL all settings to the default values 34151 TEE aA SESE e EAN D J INCOMING canmecHan F Pile 1 Enables instrument s Remote at Control Mode in which the device will dose any automatic messages that would otherwise require manual control Remote Control Mode Clone settings Read settings SVAN commands Send all settings Cancel LoadSetup Save Setup Fig 11 14 Station s configuration dialog box To communicate with stations you can use the following buttons sends the settings adjusted in the Station s configuration dialog box to all connected devices of the
93. VAN View Tools Window Help ICOMOS KOSS a iwa m Mn 7 g e gig impulse Responsetime 7 ing is ON Frequency NJET Smoothing on off selection i WN switch Pressure Smoothing samples parameter 17 31 56 000 17 31 56 480 17 31 56 960 17 31 57 440 17 31 57 920 17 31 58 400 17 31 58 880 17 31 59 360 17 31 59 840 Time 17 31 58 020 Time Date Function Main cursor 17 31 58 020 2010 10 16 S O 1 3 Octave LEQ Ch1 HP 79 8 dB For Help press F1 SvanPC ver 1 6 8 RELEASE 2013 07 19 13 41 53 Not connected Fig 12 1 Logger time intersection subview The view serves for displaying the time history of one frequency band at a time The up and down arrows allow for browsing the available frequency bands It is useful to apply smoothing to the short step Leq function for better visual evaluation of reverberation time Smoothing on off switch allows to turn smoothing on or off Smoothing is performed by averaging linear sound pressure levels The Smoothing samples parameter decides on how many Leq function samples are averaged when smoothing is on It is always an odd number since the sample from the point in time is taken into account as well as even number of samples before and after it as far as possible Smoothing samples parameter may also by adjusted in the Main Options Calculator RT60 panel Smoothing affects both values in the plot as well as in table view 12 1 2 CALCULATION METHODS AND PARAMETERS In order to calculate RT6
94. VANTEK 197 SvanPC User Manual Connecton Type Internet Internet setings Buffer size for block operations 4096 E Goonies Local IP 192 168 168 185 chekrP 1 Timeouts UDP amp TCP options Retry timeout Connecting lim 7 Listen for connection request packets ih Reading im Port 3001 E TCP options Listen for incoming connections Disconnect after downloading Port for incoming connections V Disconnect on transfer error pE Ea Station AS password USB in Simple Mode if no instrument is autodetected the following connection type will be used Internet Fig 11 48 New Remote Settings window Remote Connection Wizard has also changed slightly to work with the new concept With old design the first station that was configured defined the connection type for all other instruments Now for each station the same algorithm is applied the wizard configures it for TCP AS communication and then determines whether the station can work as TCP Server or not it changes its configuration to TCP Client in the latter case 11 7 2 UPDATING FROM EARLIER VERSIONS OF SVANPC Updating from earlier versions of SvanPC may result in a conflict with previously defined Stations Since the information about the connection type of each station are not available in station definitions in SvanPC versions of 1 6 0 and earlier the system will be unable to recognize via which method it sho
95. a printable form 6 Clicking with the left mouse button on the chart will place a cursor at the selected location Value of the data at the location of the cursor is displayed next to it 7 Pressing the Place cursor at current result button will place the cursor at the right side of the chart where the newest data is displayed 8 Pressing the Clear cursor button will remove the cursor from the chart The cursor can be placed again by clicking on the chart with the left mouse button 9 When the Synchronize cursor with time option is enabled the cursor will move automatically as new data is drawn to the chart so its value remains the same Otherwise the location of the cursor on the chart will remain constant but its value will be modified as new data is received 10 The Current result value is the latest received measurement result 11 5 SVAN RC SERVICE The data acquisition methods available in the Remote Communication Module are performed with the use of the SvanRC Service a separate application that works as Windows Service It runs in the background which means that once a remote communication session such as the ones described in Chapter 11 3 Data Acquisition Methods is applied SvanPC can be closed and the session itself will continue running with all defined parameters At any moment by accessing session window via SvanPC the session s state can be browsed and changed stopped terminated etc The service can also be
96. ader Instrument configuration gt E amp LOG svn Header info fin PEAK Left P Tin MAX Left P2 Logger results i Ta wpe ba Jin Whole data nm Show session gq Header info i i in Logger results Hide session fecon 29 Duplicate session Rename lect Reports Fig 10 8 Opening sessions using the Project Sessions list SVANTEK 116 SvanPC User Manual When a view is created you can work with it in the same way as in the free Viewer module However all the modifications can be saved 10 2 3 PROJECT REPORTS A report is a file in the Microsoft Word format created with the use of objects and sessions contained in the project Note Microsoft Word 2003 or newer must be installed on your PC to work with reports Creating reports To create a new report click on Project Reports in the Project Browser with the right mouse button and choose the New report option Microsoft Word will be opened and a new empty document will be automatically created A new object will also appear on the Project Reports list called Report where is the lowest unoccupied number This name may be manually edited afterwards T Swan Project Hed Project Objects _ aE aj Report templates browser Report New report template Fig 10 9 Creating a new report The report can only be viewed in Microsoft Word If you close the report document you can reopen it by clicking on the report name with the right mouse button an
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98. aining information about the source of data is added on the top of the hierarchy for each viewed file as illustrated in Fig 10 35 SVANTEK 142 SvanPC User Manual gt E M Project Objects F001_20110501 svn amp M Channel 1 SLM El M Profile 1 fa Markers gt Project Objects F002_20110501 svn lM Channel 1 SLM EW Profile 1 Markers gt Project Objects F003_20110501 svn EM Channel 1 SLM I W Profile 1 Gl Markers gt Project Objects F004_20110501 svn EM Channel 1 SLM EM Profile 1 E Markers e Markers Fig 10 35 View configurator for multi source data In the table located above the plot area the name of the file being the source of data in the active function is also given Logger results pixels per sample 6 Absolute time Active function P LEQ Chl Fig 10 36 Data source specified in the Active function table Calculations on multi source data When performing calculations with the use of a multi source session the Channels and profiles settings of the SvanPC Calculator enables to select which files should be used for the calculations To select data for calculations check the boxes next to the desired filenames For details on the Calculator tool see Chapter 9 SvanPC Calculator tool SVANTEK 143 SvanPC User Manual Channels and profes Calculation pao Project Objects R25 5VN Project Objects R26 5VN Project Objects
99. al operator i comparison or None to compare Trigger condition Specify fixed value for comparison only with fixed value Check to test the value of a selected PEAK Ch1 F1 100 dB PEAK Ch F1 parameter Specify logical relation between Check to test the OR nl the two tests if both are enabled oo value of the gradient of a selected GRAD PEAK Ch1 P1 50 dByY 100 ms parameter Select parameter whose gradient will be compared Fig 8 16 Specifying the Trigger condition in Step 2 of the Blocks markers generator The tests for the Pre and Post trigger conditions may consist in comparing the value of a measured parameter to a specified constant value or the value of another measured parameter or simply measuring a fixed time from the trigger point if the Fixed time option is selected SVANTEK 102 SvanPC User Manual The relational operators available for comparing parameters with fixed values and other parameters are equal to lt less than lt less than or equal to gt greater than or equal to gt greater than lt gt not equal to After specifying the conditions as well as optionally minimum and maximum duration of time ranges proceed to Step 3 by pressing the Next button Step 3 Blocks markers generator Step 3 Specify output representation Create new marker new Marker Create new block selection C Include in current block selection
100. ally create missing sessions option can be used to specify the program s behaviour in case none of the sessions contained in the current project fits the parameters of a templated object of View type if this option is disabled the templated object is skipped if this option is enabled SvanPC will try to generate a new session to fit the templated object s parameters fe To enable disable this option use the ti button Note The automatic generation of sessions is done according to tag queries defined in the Tags query and View parameters gt gt Visible results query fields in the Template object editor Results that fit these queries are searched and used for the creation of a new session SVANTEK 133 SvanPC User Manual 10 4 4 PREDEFINED REPORT TEMPLATES Except of report templates that you can create by yourself using methods described in previous sections several predefined templates are also provided in SvanPC To gain access to them ie open the Report Templates Browser using the ys button available on the Projects Toolbar or using the Report templates browser command available in the menu opened by clicking with the right mouse button on Project Reports in the Project Browser Fig 10 24 KS ve lie A a a yg Svan Project H A Project Objects Jae eii ap Ths irt template New report template irt template for Sin Fig 10 24 Opening the Report templates browser
101. am area You can also modify the position of the cursor using the arrow keys and the gt 2I buttons above the Spectrogram view window The current position of the Main cursor is represented as the point of crossing of grey lines drawn in the spectrogram area The table below the spectrogram area describe the position of the Main cursor in the time and frequency domains as well as the results value in the selected point You can hide show the Main cursor clicking on the w icon next to its name in the table below the spectrogram area 4 2 4 TEXT VIEW The Text view can be used for viewing the Header information and measurement results in the text form Data is presented as simple text with additional descriptions if available The text can be copied with the use of the pulldown menu opened by clicking with the right mouse button or with the relevant Edit menu commands SVANTEK 35 SvanPC User Manual E Modena_3 Header information Internal software version Filesystem version Original file name Measurement hour Measurement day yyyy MM dd Device function Reference level for Acc Reference level for Vel Reference level for Dil LEQ RMS integration Start delay Integration period Repetition cycle Calibration type Logger step 4 nm o x SVAN 958 A 14619 3 07 3 07 Buffer 3 00 39 26 2008 02 14 1 3 Octave m 0 0 dB 0 0 dB 0 0 dB Linear 1 0 s l h 1 Undefined 100
102. an be saved in txt format and loaded later with the use of Save Setup and Load Setup buttons at the bottom of the window Common settings In the Common settings tab you can select the Session Mode The Transmit and receive mode stands for standard functioning where after the instrument station is configured and measurement is started the application will acquire data by sending commands and collecting responses The Configure start and receive only mode means that after the instrument station is configured and the measurement is started the application will passively wait until data is sent by the device in this case the application does not control the data to be received Note The Configure start and receive only mode can be useful in a situation where results have to be acquired from one or multiple measurers in short time intervals e g 0 5 s Sending commands and waiting for responses by the application would be ineffective in contrary to the mode in which the device sends results automatically allowing better accuracy The Common settings also enable to set the directory where the results obtained during remote sessions will be stored Except of setting the path you can also choose to create subcatalogues for the downloaded files SVANTEK 179 SvanPC User Manual You can choose one folder for all sessions with a given name with or without appended date and time You can also choose to create an ind
103. and show them where they can be recognized by Calculated added to their names see Fig 5 12 SVANTEK 66 SvanPC User Manual Fa A lvy M Total RMS run Calculated 1 Whole data Cumulated Total RMS run Calculated 2 Block selection Cumulated JE Total RMS run Calculated 3 Whole data Cumulated W Channel 3 VLM amp Profile 1 PEAK RMS Fig 5 12 View configurator list containing calculated functions In the Plot view the calculated functions are listed in a separate table below the plot area next to the Functions list As with the other functions you can decide whether to display them or not using the f icons E Modena 3 Logger results 0 x la Acceleration i 5 E 00 39 51 600 00 40 01 200 00 40 10 500 00 40 20 400 00 40 30 000 D0 40 73 600 044049 200 Time Function Main c Calculated function Main cursor Total result 30 1 dB al E Total RMS run 3 Whole data Cumulated 123 0 dB ow rms chi P 36 68 w B Total RMS run 1 Whole data Cumulated 122 3 dB gt ow B vov Chi P 82 2dB ev E Total RMS run 2 Block selection Cumulat Cursor Time Date 4 ii F Calculated functions list Fig 5 13 Plot view containing calculated functions Calculated results sub window To manage the results of calculations you can use the Calculated results sub window which can be opened in two ways Using the Calculated
104. another marker adds the selected ranges to a chosen marker e Remove current range from marker removes the range that was clicked from the marker that it belonged to e Remove all selected ranges from marker removes the selected ranges from a chosen marker Quick markers adding You can add markers using right ALT 0 9 convention A new point marker of the name M 0 9 will be automatically created in the current location of the Main cursor If a cursor of the selected number already exists the sample selected with the Main cursor will be added to the selected marker Special markers Some markers are created automatically and cannot be edited This includes The Audio marker shows the time ranges containing audio data if available in the currently viewed data The Whole data marker contains the whole time domain The Pause or Break marker shows the time ranges containing pauses or breaks if available in the currently viewed data The Block selection marker denotes the current block selection The High vibration marker generated by SV 104 units denotes fragments of data where the measured vibration level exceeds a threshold value The Overload marker denoting ranges of time in which overload has occurred Note The Overload marker is set for a record if at least one of the results is overloaded even though some instruments append information about overload independently for each type of measurement re
105. ant a parameter that will be constant for all reports generated using the particular template Microsoft Excel Chart a chart in Microsoft Excel format You can select the source type for the current templated object using the Source type menu If the Path option is checked object from the specified path will be used as the source for the templated object Otherwise all the objects satisfying the specified criteria will be searched The Path field is filled automatically when a templated object is created by dragging an object from the Project Browser to the Report Template Editor SVANTEK 125 SvanPC User Manual Template object editor Source parameters Window type Header info View type Table Cumulated result Signal is impulsive E Tags query Formatting parameters Excel chart parameters W Spectrum type Channel Value type E Result type E Calculated result Yes Time range Frequency range LN range E RT60 results filter EDT RT20 RT 30 RT User View mode E Cumulated result E Marker name E Logger total result 63 000 4000 000 RT Result Template constant Generate as POF Fig 10 18 The Template object editor The source parameters can be configured to specify the data source for the templated object Various parameters are available for different source types If you want use one of the parameters to define the source check the control next to its nam
106. ar metric Pa m s2 m s m o Linear non metric g ips mil Select the time domain type in logger results o Absolute time values represent the actual measurement time as saved in the results file o Relative the first sample time is set as 00 00 00 of the first day of the measurement and all the later sample times represent the time passed since the measurement of the first sample Configure the following settings of the values display o Format Fixed point Scientific and Precision of the displayed numbers The symbol used as the decimal separator in all displayed numbers system default dB resolution the precision of displaying logarithmic values 0 1dB 0 01dB Time span format the way time values are formatted including hours minutes seconds and milliseconds Select the information to be included o Unit o Result header o Result O O O SVANTEK 129 SvanPC User Manual The View parameters are available if the source type for the templated object was specified as View The Plot parameters allow for configuring graphic options such as axis limits and background color in case the source is a Plot view if you want them to differ from the options configured in Main Options Graph view and Local Plot Settings The Units panel allows for selecting units in which sound and vibration levels will be presented in this template object The Visible results query allows for filtering the data usi
107. arately for each logged frequency Calculating a spectral function automatically opens a 1 3 or 1 1 octave logger recalculated sub window containing the calculation results E Acoustics Sound Exposure Level Minimal Maximal LEQ Result LEQ statistics F VOV stats W Logger 1 n octave M Acoustics LEQ based functions for spectral data LEQ spectrum statistics Fig 8 5 LEQ based functions on the Calculator functions list SVANTEK 90 SvanPC User Manual SEL Sound exposure level The SEL result is essentially a subset of the LEQ function SEL LEQ 10log 8 2 k sample index in given set of data Tk measurement time It is possible to calculate the SEL function in intervals by setting the start and stop time of the calculation period using the Calculate in selected time period option in the Parameters panel The SEL function is available in the Logger Acoustics group For spectral data it can also be calculated using the SEL function from the Logger 1 n octave Acoustics group Maximum and Minimum LEQ You can recalculate the highest and lowest LEQ level within the measuring period using the LMAX and LMIN functions correspondingly which are available in the Logger Acoustics group These functions are also available for spectral data under the same names in the Logger 1 n octave Acoustics group In case of spectral LMIN and LMAX the choice between 1 1 octave
108. ccess to the Calculator using the Calculator pulldown menu opened by clicking on the LEIF icon on the Main toolbar or through the Tools Calculator menu The base module of SvanPC enables the application of two Calculator sub modules Total RMS LEQ Cross spectra If a type of recalculation is not supported for the currently opened data the corresponding command will be disabled When you click on a command related to a Calculator sub module the Calculator dialog box will appear SVANTEK 64 SvanPC User Manual 5 2 2 TOTAL RMS LEQ Total RMS LEQ Calculator Channels and profiles Calculation period s Functions F Profile 3 list l Ch 1 VLM Ch 2 VLM Ch 3 VLM P2 3 Wch asim EP 9 Available Ch5 1 i measurement Ch 6 3 data Ch7 Che Press to start calculation Calculated Results Fig 5 10 Calculator dialog box for Total RMS LEQ recalculations The recalculations can be carried out by doing the following 1 Select the function you wish to recalculate on the list at the left side of the Calculator dialog box To select a function click on the check box next to its name Note You can recalculate both functions simultaneously 2 Select the measurement data on which the recalculation should be performed All the available measurement channels and profiles are displayed in the Channels and profiles panel at the right side of the dialog box The enabled check boxes correspond to the
109. ch you want to be considered using a particular period of time between selected values of year month day of month hour minute and second by checking the Date checkbox and specifying the start and stop dates in the fields below After specifying all necessary conditions proceed to Step 2 by pressing the Next button Step 2 Trigger condition PEAK Ch1 P1 1000 de fO AND fl GASE PEAK Ch1 P1 Pre tigger condition Fred time hh mm ss PEAR Chi F1 Post tigger condition PEAKICHI P1 de fa V Minimum duration hh mm ss 00 00 05 lt W Maximum duration hh mm ss 00 00 40 Fig 8 14 Step 2 of the Blocks markers generator In Step 2 more specific and complex conditions can be configured Three conditions are available of which at least one the Trigger condition should be specified otherwise the whole range selected in Step 1 will be used for block marker generation The meaning of the pre and post trigger conditions can be understood by analyzing the procedure of selection of time ranges according to the three conditions Fig 8 15 1 A point on the time axis for which the Trigger condition is satisfied is found SVANTEK 101 SvanPC User Manual 2 The time history is browsed towards earlier time values until a point satisfying the Pre trigger condition is found 3 The time history is browsed towards later time values until a point satisfying the Post trigge
110. check the alarms conditions more frequently in the time intervals given in the Query period field SVANTEK 189 SvanPC User Manual Events checking System events Time synchronization AFD CLD Measurement threshold alarms Time difference Data transfer alarms L Fi Query period Noresponse time 00 40 00 E mail notifications System events Time synchronization alarms Measurement threshold alarms Low free disk space warning E Measurement performance errors V Warn below E Data transfer alarms Ppa Monthly Remind every summary report you can input numerous addresses separated by Send multiple alarms from the you can input 1 to indude occured event s type same instrument as single e mail you can input 1 to indude event s details Create short event s details OV ix controller events and SV 200 system events only Fig 11 40 Alarm config dialog box To set a Measurement alarm use the Alarm configuration tab in the Stations configuration dialog box see Chapter 11 2 2 Station Configuration Station s configuration El SVAN 979 21004 Alarm configuration 5M5 configuration E mail configuration Skip SMS configuration Skip e mail configuration Send Mode i Send Email _ A LE Number 1 SMITE Server ae Alarm settings Rumer ee Username Password Sender s Address i Recipient s Address Subject message
111. cified reference time Ltm5 Tm5 Takt Maximum levels The Ltm5 and Tm5 functions in the Logger Acoustics group allow to calculate the Takt Maximum levels according to German standard TA Larm I Logger Gi Acoustics a Fle Ln gt LMIN VLA EP AX Vibravons Statistics Logger 1 n octave Fig 8 7 Takt Maximum level functions on the Calculator functions list The calculations are performed in 5 seconds time intervals beginnings from the file start independently on the intervals set in the Calculation periods settings The Ltm5 and Tm5 values are calculated only for ranges of data where the whole 5 second period is selected for calculation If a part of a period is not contained within the selection calculation for a period of length lt 5 s will never be performed Maximum value calculation It is possible to calculate the maximum value of functions measured by the SVAN instruments such as MAX and PEAK with the use of MAX MAX and MAX PEAK functions from the Logger Acoustics group accordingly These functions simply return the maximum value of given measurement results SVANTEK 94 SvanPC User Manual W Logger GM Acoustics s E SEL E Lden E LMIN Tm5 trl p wnr o Trn T LI fall L Ly Fig 8 8 Maximum value functions on the Calculator functions list 8 1 3 VIBRATION MEASUREMENTS BASED CALCULATIONS RMS based calculations The a
112. ck with the right mouse button on the Project Reports list name or a sub catalogue and select the New report template command MJ Svan Project Fig 10 14 Creating a new report template The report templates are created as Microsoft Word documents same as reports of names Report template where is anumber When you create a report template the corresponding Microsoft Word document is automatically opened 10 4 2 EDITING TEMPLATES The constant parts of the report templates are edited directly in Microsoft Word The Microsoft Word document corresponding to the report template is automatically opened when you create a new template To manually open the corresponding document click with the right mouse button on the name of the template you wish to open and select the Show report command yg Svan Project ae mal Project Objects 4 92 Project Sessions a Froject Reports Duplicate report Fig 10 15 Opening a report template in Microsoft Word SVANTEK 123 SvanPC User Manual To edit the templated objects you can use the Report Template Editor dialog box This dialog box is opened automatically when you create a new template To manually open the Report Template Editor click with the right mouse button on the name of the template you wish to edit and select the Edit report template command MJ Svan Project Gaia Project Objects 4 3 Project Sessions H E Project Reports WF
113. copied series of numbers should have the form of a table column or numbers separated by the End of line character You can also copy a fragment of the function from the User function wizard itself Note Before copying the table cell in which the copied series should start has to be selected i e it should be highlighted in blue but it should not be in text editing mode which is marked by the presence of the text cursor flashing in its center You should not leave any field empty or enter text strings that do not represent numbers otherwise you will not be able to proceed to next step SVANTEK 149 SvanPC User Manual Step 4 User function wizard Step 4 Select function destination Name Test function Destination E Project Objects lt Wetecz Zako cz Anuluj Pomoc Fig 10 45 Step 4 of the User function wizard In Step 4 you can specify a name for the new function and select location where it will be stored the Project Objects catalogue or one of its subcatalogues After pressing the Finish button the new function is created and ready for using it in a session The user defined functions are displayed in the Project Objects list of the Project Browser in the same way as imported files They are stored in the form of SVU files 10 6 4 EDITING LOGGER CONTENTS With the Projects module activated it is possible to modify logger type data downloaded from a Svantek instrument There are thr
114. culated with the same interval start time and length are displayed in the same row For the Ltm5 function the start time and duration values are displayed according to the selection instead of the resulting values so it can be contained in the same row with the other functions calculated on the given selection Cumulation of functions causes all the calculated functions of the same type to be displayed in one column It is useful when e g SEL is calculated for two types of events denoted with two different markers after the cumulation of functions results of all calculations of SEL will be displayed in a single column It is possible to enable cumulation of results and functions at the same time Cumulate results on Cumulate results off pws Se Ch SLM ch SLM ch4 SLM P1 4 Fast Pi 4 Fast Pi 4 Fast Mo Start Time Duration Mame LEQ tot Calc 1 LMAX tot Calc LEQ tot Calc 2 1 2008 02 14 00 40 12 300 0 day s 00 00 11 500 Block selection D an 92 7 74 1 2008 02 14 00 40 29 300 0 dayfs 00 00 05 900 Block selection 50 2 oF a4 1 3 2008 02 14 00 40 39 300 0 dayfs 00 00 06 100 Block selection 92 7 742 Fig 4 27a An example of Marked periods Totals in Standard view ch4 SLM ch4 SLM Pi 4 Fast Pi 4 Fast Mo Start Time Duration Mame LEQ tot Calc 1 LMAX tot Calc 2008 02 14 00 40 12 300 O day s 00 00 17 400 Block selection ES 2008 02 14 00 40 12 300 0 day s 00 00 23
115. d choosing the Show report option yg Svan Project H Project Objects Project Reports Duplicate report Convert report to PDF Fig 10 10 Reopening a report To delete a report select it in the Project Reports list and press the Delete button You will be asked for confirmation SVANTEK 117 SvanPC User Manual Adding data You can add files of various types to the report document clicking on the files in the Project Browser area and dragging them on the name of the report file in the Project Reports list Adding objects such as pictures text etc will simply paste them into the document Adding contents of sessions from the Project Sessions list can be performed in two modes selected via Projects Toolbar as bitmaps in this mode the session is represented in a stable picture form but cannot be modified as metafiles in this mode modifications of the session are possible in Microsoft Word but its representation may not be stable The objects added to the report are pasted at the current location of the cursor in the report document The easiest way to add contents of sessions or graphic files to the report is to simply drag them from the Project Browser directly to the Microsoft Word document as shown in Fig 10 11 Project Browser ATP Svan Project faa Project Objects d Project Sessions Session 1 a Data oy Project Reports _ Fig 1 LEQ measurement results o
116. d in all profiles in order to analyze whether their value averaged over the last hour is a reasonable one i e whether it falls in an acceptable range If any unacceptable value is obtained it is notified by activating an alarm This type of alarms is particularly useful for cases of e g microphone damage or loss of connection between individual components of a meteo station when erroneous data is sent by the station It is also possible to configure automatic sending of an e mail notification when the amount of available disk space reaches values below a specified level To do so switch on the Low free disk space control and type the desired level in MB The e mail notification can be also repeated automatically in specified time periods once the alarm has been activated To enable this SVANTEK 191 SvanPC User Manual functionality switch on the Remind every option and select a time period in which the notifications should be repeated After configuring the alerting options the changes will take effect only after a RC session is started However if the RC Service is already running but you want the alerting options to be applied immediately it is also possible you only have to confirm it in the dialog box that appears after closing the Alarm config dialog box Fig 11 42 vanf Gh RC Service is running do you want to update the c hanges made to Alarm Configuration to it Otherwise the changes will not take effec
117. d to source room 1 n octave averaged receiving room 1 n octave averaged background noise from the receiving room 1 n octave delta Lsrc Lrcv the dB difference between sound pressure levels in the source room and the receiving room 1 n octave delta Lrcv Lbkgnd the dB difference between sound pressure level in receiving room when the omnidirectional sound source or tapping machine was operating in the source room and the background noise in this room Aver RT60 averaged RT60 results from the receiving room SVANTEK 215 SvanPC User Manual E Eile Edit SVAN Took a Help K ir B eHe BBA f M it IS oe Ea OOD ie Be GS 8 ot if EET kak IF Ed L AJA zA Decay Decay impulse Reaponscime 7 Svar Project Ba Project Objects 445 Room A i SET Spune a 6CHNL1 svn 3 f8 aCHNL2 svn AA BCHNLS svn n A CECHNLS sun H A BCHNLGsvn H E ECHNLT evn TS Room 6 L Si Background i a Receiving i 6 RTed i n i RTE decay i Bi Source j6 Room EED Background E Receiving 6E RTD i Project Sessions H E Auto ATED Room Ei Aute ATEI RoomB E E Auto AT RoomnB H Auto RTO Room a Auto Kr ponny Pressure wt But sorces 1 3 Octave Airborne A 1 Whole deta Cumulated Chi HP w BBuitsources 13 Octave shifted norm arve 1 ch HP For Help press Fl manfi wer 16 8 RELEASE 2013 07 19 1341 53 Not connected Fig 12 17 The Sound Insulation view plot of sound in
118. des e g Measurement Mode the user gains the access to a related group of controls visible in the top right corner of the window Fig 3 11 These controls enable viewing and editing the selected setting Setup file editor Current Setup File SV 100 4000 ver 1 11 1 Auto Save Off Auto Save File Name RESO Channel X Channel xX Channel X Calibration Level Channel X 120 01 dB Channel X Vector Coefficient Channel X 1 40 Channel Y Channel Y Channel Y Calibration Level Channel Y 120 01 dB Settings Channel Y Vector Coefficient Channel 1 40 confi gu ration Channel 7 Channel 7 Channel Z Calibration Level Channel 7 120 01 dB Channel Z Vector Coefficient Channel 7 1 00 Detector Channel X LOs Detector Channel 1 05 Detector Channel 7 10s a Device Function Dosimeter defaul Exposure Time a00 h Related Wizards 4 m Tree View EE List view Wizards View USE Instrument Print to file sy 100 4000 F Upload setup and activate controls Fig 3 11 Controls for viewing and editing the instrument settings in the Setup file editor here check box type controls SVANTEK 16 SvanPC User Manual Depending on the selected setting following controls are available text control permits editing settings that contain a plain text user inputs the setting value directly from keyboard e g Server Address or SMS Text for Wireless Communication scrollable co
119. e name of FTP server credentials to authorize access to it and paths to where measurement data and configuration file will be stored The station will use the FTP push functionality to periodically upload measurement data to a known FTP location and will use FTP pull functionality to fetch configuration file from an FTP location A FTP station in SvanPC means that the software will connect to a designated FTP server and download data in SvanFiles and remote sessions or upload the station s configuration in Station Configuration SVANTEK 157 SvanPC User Manual Unit type sv 200 r Unit number 500 Server address ftp server com server port 21 Passive Login ftplogin Password eeeeees FIP push path push_path FTP pull command file path FIP pull result file path Fig 11 9 Adding an FTP station 11 1 3 REMOTE CONNECTION WIZARD The Remote Connection Wizard automatically detects the capabilities of connected devices and chooses the optimum method for exchanging data It then adds the configured stations to a list of devices which is used as reference in all remote communication features The only requirement is to know the APN mounting point of the SIM card that is used with the station and select between Internet and Local Area Network connection types To open the Wizard use the Connection configuration wizard command from the SVAN menu or 2 JF from the pulldown menu opened with the 7
120. e Clicking with the left mouse button in the middle of a range and moving the mouse without releasing will move the selected range within the time domain When the mouse is in a position allowing for moving a range the marker s name and the number of the range is displayed Fig 5 6a Note If multiple ranges are selected moving one of them automatically moves the whole group e Clicking with the left mouse button on one of the ends of a range and moving the mouse without releasing will resize the selected range When the mouse is in a position allowing for resizing a marker range the lt lt gt gt signs are added to the name of the marker Fig 5 6b M 4 a Clicking and moving mouse will move the range b Clicking and moving mouse will resize the range Fig 5 6 Labels that appear when the mouse is in a position allowing for the modification of a marker range Clicking with the right mouse button on a marker range activates a pulldown menu containing the following commands all these commands can be used for a group of selected ranges e Open comment file opens the comment file that the selected marker corresponds to e Add marker range to selection selects the range that was clicked e Remove marker range from selection deselects the range that was clicked e Selected ranges to blocks adds the selected ranges to the block selection on the plot SVANTEK 61 SvanPC User Manual e Add selected ranges to
121. e Drawing mode buttons located on the left side of the window Axis auto scaling The Y axis auto scaling tool serves to automatically scale the y axis to make the function values fill the plot area To enable the Y axis auto scaling use the buttons located at the left hand side of the Plot view window Analogously the X axis auto scaling tool serves to automatically increase or decrease the number of pixels per sample to make all samples visible in the whole plot area If displaying 1 pixel sample is still insufficient for the current number of samples and window size to view all the data the algorithm applies aggregation by time of minimum sufficient level X axis auto scaling does not apply aggregation by frequency To enable the X axis auto scaling use the buttons located at the left hand side of the Plot view window You can also automatically scale the x axis so that only a selected interval of time is displayed using the Auto scale x settings dialog box accessed by selecting the Auto scale x settings command in the context menu opened by clicking with the right mouse button anywhere in the SVANTEK 30 SvanPC User Manual plot area It also allows for expanding the range of measurement results in order for the x axis to start at a selected hour Auto scale x settings Use this field to the length of the time t to align to selected start time If this option is enabler Hour 4
122. e La button or selecting the Restore data to original command in the context menu GILOGI11 svn Logger results pixels per sample 4 O x 09 31 18 000 09 31 20 400 Fig 5 15 Controls for editing logger contents There are two methods of deleting logger contents After activating the Delete command the Delete logger contents dialog box will appear enabling to select the preferred method Delete logger contents Please select a method for deleting logger contents 0 compress timebase insert breaks and mark deleted regions as a marker Fig 5 16 Delete logger contents dialog box The compress timebase method cuts out a fragment of data and moves the subsequent data to its place The time signatures in the processed data will be then altered The insert breaks and mark deleted regions as a marker removes the selected data but leaves the time axis unchanged A new marker called Deleted data marker is created to describe the regions of the time domain where data has been removed Note The data is removed only in the active view The source files remain unchanged SVANTEK 151 SvanPC User Manual 11 REMOTE COMMUNICATION MODULE SvanPC Remote Communication is an additional module of the SvanPC software suite that focus on remote acquisition and presentation of data coming from Svantek measuring instruments in continuous operating mode To use this module it is necessary to acquire Remote Communicati
123. e R Fig 12 12 Selection of sound insulation type for rooms SVANTEK 211 SvanPC User Manual The possible options are e Airborne R Apparent sound reduction index according to ISO 140 4 Field measurements of airborne sound insulation between rooms e Airborne Dn Normalized level difference according to ISO 140 4 Field measurements of airborne sound insulation between rooms e Airborne DnT Standardized level difference according to ISO 140 4 Field measurements of airborne sound insulation between rooms e Impact Ln Normalized impact sound pressure levels according to ISO 140 7 Field measurements of impact sound insulation of floors e Impact LnT Standardized impact sound pressure levels according to ISO 140 7 Field measurements of impact sound insulation of floors In case a facade is selected as the source types of sound insulation of facades are available e Airborne R45 Apparent sound reduction index according to ISO 140 4 Field measurements of airborne sound insulation of facade elements and facades e Airborne D2m n e Airborne D2m nT Options Sound insulation type Airborne D2m n Airborne D2m nT Fig 12 13 Selection of the sound insulation type for facades 12 3 3 ASSIGNING MEASUREMENT FILES As soon as a partition and Sound insulation type are selected it is possible to assign to rooms measurement files of sound pressure level in a source room sound pressure level in a receiving room reverberation ti
124. e and select the desired value Parameter name Window type View type Parameter type Special result Spectrum type SVANTEK Source types View View Parameter Special result Parameter Result Special result Tag value Table 10 2 Source parameters available in the Template object editor Function Enables to select one of the view sub window types with which the templated object should be replaced Enables to select one of the view forms in which the view should be displayed Enables to select the parameter with which the templated object should be replaced Enables to select the kind of special result with which the templated object should be replaced Enables to select the domain of the data used as the source for the templated object 126 SvanPC User Manual Function type Value type Channel Profile Result type Calculated result Cumulated result Marker name Time range Frequency range SVANTEK Parameter Result Special result Tag value Parameter Result Special result Tag value Parameter Result Special result Tag value Parameter Result Special result Tag value Parameter Result Special result Tag value Parameter Result Special result Tag value Parameter Result Special result Tag value Parameter Result Special result Tag value Result Result Excel Chart Enables to select the function measured or reca
125. e and open a session you can do one of the following Clicking on the file name with the right mouse button opens a menu containing all the view types described in Section 4 3 2 available for the selected file Choosing one of them opens a session of the selected type Clicking on the file name with the right mouse button and choosing Create default session creates a view according to the priority specified in Main Options Views settings If none of the types specified in the Opening priority list is available for the selected file a Header Info view will be created The same can be done by clicking twice with the left mouse button When you create a session using the Project Objects a view is automatically created in the Working Area A corresponding folder is created in the Project Sessions list SVANTEK 114 SvanPC User Manual jen Svan Project I ia Project Objects H Summary results Header info Main results LN Spectra Create default session Fig 10 6 Creating sessions using the Project Objects list 10 2 2 PROJECT SESSIONS The Project Sessions list is filled with folders containing data which are displayed in SvanPC sessions created in the current Svan Project using Project Objects A feature of the Svan Projects module unavailable in the free version of SvanPC is that modifications made while working with sessions can be saved and then reloaded when you open the project Creating s
126. e category specifies the type of information given in the tag while the va ue contains the specified data for the object to which the tag is assigned There are three types of tags defining the type of provided data Text Number and Date The tags are divided into two groups Automatically assigned tags these tags are created automatically and contain information about the measurement and the file This group of tags cannot be modified User tags these tags are assigned to the object manually and can contain any category or value defined by the user Note Tags are only used by the Data Search tool Tags can be added to objects from the Project Objects list files folders channels and to Project Sessions To view or edit tags for a selected object click with the right mouse button on its name in the Project Browser list and in the pulldown menu choose the Tags command fj Svan Project Ra Project Objects ell pause svn Rename e 33 svn Delete e 40 5vn New folder k 51 _vectorsvn Properties pean lena_3 5vn J a So pon Pot oI La a Wo n Laj Dock left Fig 10 27 Opening the Tags dialog box After activating the Tags command the Tags dialog box will appear SVANTEK 136 SvanPC User Manual Automatically assigned tags Category Value Filename amp LOG38 svn Original filename amp LOG338 Associated fle name Device function 1 1 Octave Measurement start 20
127. e functioning such as additional indexes javascript files for charts etc map files additional HTML files created if the Create additional files containing last results option is enabled Similarly when uploading CSV files you can select the following types of files data files history files all files of which name ends with the _history csv suffix SVANTEK 184 SvanPC User Manual WWW FTP selection SVAN 977 34151 Results selection MIN SPL LEQ SEL Lden Ltm3 AE ims H P Statistics H E Profile 2 E Profile 3 H E Monitoring station Write data to csv FTF HTML CSV upload E Upload HTML files fall V Upload CSV files all V Upload data files Upload cata files Upload map files T Upload structural index files FTP binary data upload V Upload logger data files O Upload pendrive WAVE files F Upload data files to individual folder Fig 11 36 WWW FTP Selection dialog box It is also possible to specify an individual folder for the particular station by checking the Upload data files to individual folder option at the bottom of the window and specifying the folder name in the field next to it Note In the Live results preview sessions this window also serves to select the data displayed in the Live results preview window In this case every function name works as a toggle instead of a checkbox allowing both adding the data to the preview wi
128. e points such as Logger or Merged spectral data It is not available for Results files Day Evening Night level functions The Lg Le Ln Lan and Laen functions are descriptors of noise level based on the LEQ results for the day evening night day night and day evening night periods correspondingly with penalty factors for particular parts of day They can be accessed in the Logger Acoustics group E Logger i amp M Acoustics Fig 8 6 Laen family of functions on the Calculator functions list LEQ Dr L _ Ldenn LEQk denk 110 log k be 10 10 10 10 Dp 0 fort T4 To Pr De for tk E Te Tn Pn fort E Ta Ta Lop Ek La 10 log xi 10 10 for tg E Ta To Paaa Le 10 log xi 10 10 Pe for tg E To Ta laran E Ly 10 log xi 10 10 Pn for t Ta Ta Ta day time start point T evening time start point Ta night time start point De evening time penalty Pn night time penalty k sample index in given set of data t k sample measurement time SVANTEK 92 8 3 8 4 8 5 8 6 8 7 SvanPC User Manual In the Parameters panel for Lge family functions you can adjust the values of following parameters Day time start point hh mm ss Evening time start point hh mm ss Night time start point hh mm ss Evening time penalty factor dB Night time penalty factor dB Note Start
129. e the file types to be displayed on the lists The SVAN Files dialog box is presented in Fig 3 1a More detailed information on how to use this dialog box can be found in the SvanPC HTML help path Dialog boxes and sub windows SVAN Files dialog box Note Uploading files to devices configured for storing on a USB disk is not possible The exception is SVAN 979 where it is possible to upload files to the SD card or pendrive if the working catalogue is accordingly configured 3 2 2 SETTING REAL TIME CLOCK In order to set the Real Time Clock in the instrument the user has to click on the E Set RTC button The current date and time will be transferred from PC to the connected instrument RTC updated message will appear on the screen It is also possible to manually set date and time To do so press the arrow button next to the Set RTC button and enter the date and time in the Customize RTC dialog box SVANTEK 10 SvanPC User Manual Customize RTC O9 ssi2F 2010 08 16 9 Set RTC Fig 3 2 Customize RTC button and dialog box 3 2 3 MERGING FILES Merging files means creating one file called multifile from multiple measurement results files The merging is usually performed on results of measurements in different time moments leading to a file containing a finite range of the time domain analogous to a Logger results file You can merge files when downloading them from measurer in the SVAN Files dialog b
130. e time domain can be viewed as a Table or Plot but neither can be presented as a Spectrogram f a view form is available for the currently active data its icon is drawn in colors instead of grayscale Each of the view modes has its own tools which serve to customise the way data is displayed in order to achieve a desired form of visualisation Features of particular view modes are described in Chapters 4 2 1 4 2 4 4 2 1 TABLE VIEW In the Table View numeric and text data are displayed in the form of a table This mode is used for viewing the Header information as well as measurement results such as Main results Statistics Logger results etc in numeric form SVANTEK 23 SvanPC User Manual E Modena_3 Logger 1 3 Octave 0 x Chi ve Chi WLM Chi gL Chi LM 1 3 Octave Acc RMS dB 1 3 Octave Acc 1 3 Octave Acc 1 3 Octave Acc Marker Mo Date amp time 0 800 Hz 1 00 Hz 1 25 Hz 1 60 Hz 1 2008 02 14 00 39 26 100 22 6 22 6 22 6 62 5 1 2 2008 02 14 00 39 26 200 22 0 22 0 22 0 62 5 1 3 2008 02 14 00 39 26 300 22 6 22 6 22 6 59 4 1 4 2008 02 14 00 39 26 400 62 8 55 4 61 4 66 0 1 2 2008 02 14 00 39 26 500 62 8 22 4 61 4 66 0 1 6 2008 02 14 00 39 26 600 62 8 5 4 61 4 65 6 1 2008 02 14 00 39 26 700 60 0 63 3 46 4 65 6 1 o 2008 02 14 00 39 26 800 60 0 63 3 46 4 60 1 g3 2008 02 14 00 39 26 900 60 0 63 3 46 4 60 7 1 10 2008 02 14 00 39 27 000 63 6 60 4 9 9 57 9 1 11 2008 02 14 00 39 27 100
131. ection 11 3 In case of Internet connection the Type column is also displayed in the Instruments table to denote each station s connection type For details see Section 11 1 2 Note To connect a new instrument you must assure that no RC sessions are currently in progress If Simple Mode is enabled via Station Settings adding or removing instruments outside of the SVANTEK 160 SvanPC User Manual Remote Connection Wizard is not allowed If direct cable connection is currently active the list is updated automatically at the moment of connection disconnection The background of the Status field for the connected stations flashes in green in case when measurement is in progress When the measurement is stopped the background color of the Status field turns to red as shown in Fig 11 12b Address Type Unit AFD CUO IR RS Status svan9 34151 simple url TCP SVAN 977 34151 of of of of BE Address Type Unit AFD CLD LR RS status svano7 3415 1 simple url TCP SVAN 977 34151 of Of of Of Stopped Fig 11 12b A row in the nstruments table in the Remote communication center Flashing green background of the Status field means that measurement is currently in progress while static red one that the measurement is stopped The buttons at the right side of the window allow for Configuring the instrument s settings Station configuration Downloading files from the instrument SVAN Files Communicating with
132. ee ways in which logger data may be modified deleting clipping a shifting The effects of editing concern all the data if no block selection has been made If there is a block selection the modifications only concern the selected data The Delete tool affects all the functions in the selected time range while the Clip and Shift tools only affect the visible functions the ones selected in the View Configurator e To delete data select a range of time and press the by button or click with the right mouse button and select the Delete data command e Clipping means truncating all data above a specified threshold the truncated values are replaced with the threshold value To clip data enter the threshold in the field to the left of SVANTEK 150 SvanPC User Manual the button and press this button You can also click with the right mouse button select the Clip data command and enter the threshold value in the dialog box which will appear e Shifting means adding a constant positive or negative value to a range of data To do so first select a point or a range of data to be shifted using the main cursor or blocks of selection You can then enter the value to be added in the field to the left of the KA button and press this button or you can click with the right mouse button select the Shift data command and enter the value to be added in the dialog box which will appear All the modifications can be undone by pressing th
133. egation level 1 V Apply time aggregation to active view only M Fig 5 2 Setting the aggregation level by time interval Using the same pulldown menu you can also decide whether aggregation should be applied to the time or frequency domain if it is available in the currently viewed data Aggregation can be applied to the currently viewed panel only if Apply time aggregation to active view only is checked or to each panel generated using the same data as the currently viewed one otherwise Aggregation algorithms The value of an aggregated sample is calculated using the set of original samples according to a formula selected on the basis of the function type Maximum value max x functions MAX PEAK MAX MAX MAX PEAK LMAX Minimum value min x functions MIN LMIN Root mean square 4 x functions RMS LEQ Lden Ldn Ld Le Ln SEL VEC Ltm3 Ltm5 4 degree generalized mean 4 x function VDV Maximum modulus value keeping the original sign max x function WAVE x gt Allthe calculations used for aggregation are executed on linear values gt Inthe aggregated data the aggregated sample time is equal to the time of the last sample in the block for which the aggregation was calculated SVANTEK 57 SvanPC User Manual gt Setting an aggregation level affects all the views of the current data except of Marked Periods Totals The aggregation is performed con
134. eidesangnnraaseeutwetecus 173 11 3 4 REMOTE SESS LOIN ne a a a N 178 Tia SONCINE DATA EXPOR Tisan n a a a r Gnaeus eeetnas 184 11 4 1 PCV PUB EI SEUNG seannoa e an neat aadoenameduat toatenengenreoamcentvennt 184 11 4 2 Pelle NOD cause aan haan a bade dna tines heaton Ct eaiotts one ao aaaeete a a E 186 11 4 3 DRAVVING ONUINE CHARTS eitctcastousancce annaa a a a 187 TES VANS SERVIC E een a a T eemee seein as 188 V6 OTHER FEATURES OF THERE MODULE iniia a T ve iavegeatuces 189 11 6 1 ALERTING esnearen sotleutens aug a a apie sabhafaivaubaaceuatnet 189 11 6 2 SVANI PEE PRAY ICON nuria ds iuciveatol evens wiley E a 192 11 6 3 RG TROUBLESHOOTING TOOL wiceiseicasinsavepsaseupay a a A 193 11 6 4 DYNAMIC DATA APPRENDI G iisvestsenteagvbtaieqsntaveapecavbetenatiednes a E 194 11 6 5 RGSE TINGS IN IVIAIN OPTIONS ccsiersssnssavecsasespay iua a a 195 17 NEW FUNCTIONAURIES IN RG MODULE esisnieasvepuaivagsatu sins wiisbeniebindbasinaieeiobiteesvnueueteia unde eiueveasa ince 197 11 7 1 CHANGES SINCE SVANP CPA BiG sF caicss outers cagsets cpnctuedeeauiatiwwagsangaaauedenepsade iin dualicipuaaeemietesss 197 11 7 2 UPDATING FROM EARLIER VERSIONS OF SVANPC4 4 insna eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaneeens 198 12 gt BUILDING ACOUSTIC MODULE rriren nE a ier O Need E aie eee E 200 12 1 CALCULATION OF REVERBERATION TIME ssceusectsstoctinniacis deena ieeiaiaus term aani teas 200 12 1 1 LOGGER OCTAVE TIME INTERSECTION VIEW 0 00 ee ceeeeecseeeeceeeeeeeeeeee
135. ein E EE A A N 13 39A SETUP PILE EDITOR VIEW MODE Siserevasacecssmnesecevtateeceanpaserumnsaencseasatevaranoractonsasasesnsanmeenmatecennacees 14 23 EDITING THEINSTRUMENT SETTINGS tcccsssscnsesnsvscepresreiieraieyenseavin A S 16 3 3 4 MANAGING AND UPLOADING THE SETUP FILES 20000 ceeeeeceeeeeeaeeeeeaeeeeeaeeeeaeeeeeaeeees 18 3 4 ENS TRUMENT WWAZAR D e A A oun arwnianneieyesausuntirececrees 18 3 5 Oy ANP Ce EEE TYPE ran an E T E 21 4 DATAVISUALISATION AND PLAYBACK ocsurmsitiossdnnnr T T ees 22 4 1 LOADING DATAAND BROWSING FILES sesisiisunirin sannin ES 22 4 2 DAAC VISUALISATION MODES sernir ia E E 23 zy eed TABLE N EV srna T E er et rT Ten 23 Ze PLOTY IE W a E E E cates stan a sisierusiorsaseeiniatees 27 BZ S PECTROGRAM VIE mirer E E E satieniasuier aa aia 34 ALA TEAT VEN o E E A E E E E A 35 4 3 DATA SPECIFIG VIEW SUB WINDOW Siccctaesestctnsalncctsexencnsiersceanyrnnhearashiceisarephoneieascrumamiiseolondensanes 36 4 3 1 OPENING VIEW SUB WINDOWS ssessesnsesosssensesnsssseneensesrossonnsenseseonsennesnsesosueensesrosssoneeuseveoseees 36 ASA VIEWSUB WINDOWS TYPES aes wa tance teae se irena a ee sen eens E hia eden 38 4 5 5 ARRANGING THE WORKING AREA eessesssssessssssssrssrsssssssssessrsssssresstssreresressressrereseresreesrereseeee 46 TE CONE GTR AO ii asssaatersiedes cares net ieee beac ates ces hoeclioenen EE E E 48 4 5 POO RAY BAM scan atte e teanecasenep E E E E E E uenecate nena EO 51 oe Ae a i Sah 2a Cyd k aniren r ner r rence tre err
136. el SVANTEK 42 SvanPC User Manual Data presentation mode Current frequency Frequency selection 5 EJ 140 10 10 0 z go 6 0 4 0 2 0 nal 0 0 de 40 00 44 00 48 00 52 00 56 00 60 00 64 00 68 00 72 00 76 00 80 00 84 00 dB B 38 00 Fig 4 25a Viewing the Statistics for spectral data in Histogram or LN mode Data presentation mode Current statistical level Level selection INQ NW oct_stats 1 3 Octave stats tt y5 iojxj p z oon 0 0 400 2500 6200 460 400 100 250 G20 160 400 1000 2500 ca Freqite p ey Dimension lefa 4 ha Fig 4 25b Viewing the Statistics for spectral data in LN f mode SVANTEK 43 SvanPC User Manual Tl Logger 1 3 Octave Time intersection m Tipe __ The Time Intersection view is available in case of spectral data containing measurement results in multiple points of time such as Logger Merged 1 1 Octave 1 3 Octave or FFT results It can be recognized by TSect added to the name of the view This type of view allows to display data corresponding to one particular value of frequency as a function of time The displayed frequency can be selected using the G t buttons located on the View Toolbar In case of the Time Intersection views the Data Smoothing tool is available You can enable disable it using the Smoothing is ON OFF button located next to the frequency selection buttons Configuration of the data smoothing settings
137. ement channels used for calculations is only available in the Parameters panel SVANTEK 96 SvanPC User Manual Er 78 E E Acoustics a Eviratn 5 Floace ijn octave a Ei Fig 8 10 VECTOR function on the Calculator functions list Total VDV Total Vibration Dose Value The Total VDV function is calculated with the use of VDV results according to the formula VDV TotalVDV 5 log 2 10 5 8 13 k sample index in given set of data It is available in the Logger Vibrations group m oo E E Acoustics EI W Vibrations j ilione L n octave a oO aE Fig 8 11 Total VDV function on the Calculator functions list SVANTEK 97 SvanPC User Manual 8 2 OTHER FEATURES 8 2 1 DATA MANAGEMENT WITH THE USE OF PROJECTS Except of the recalculation tools described in Chapter 8 1 Environmental Calculator the activation of the Environmental Monitoring Module also unlocks the SvanPC Projects tool It enables to Group multiple files of various types in a project file Organize source data Compare data and perform analysis Save your work for later continuation Quickly create reports Svan Projects are described in Chapter 10 Working with SvanPC Projects 8 2 2 USING MARKERS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE DATA Markers can be defined on selected ranges of the measurement data as a tool for classification Details on using the markers can be found in Chapter 5 1 3 Markers In case of
138. enerator only available if Environmental Monitoring module is activated 81 SvanPC User Manual igs S SVANTEK Data search Send to MS Excel Send to MS Word Change SLM units Change VLM units Zoom in Zoom out Table Font Size Main options About SvanPC Remote settings Remote Communication Center Remote Connection Wizard SV 100 101 103 calibration SV 100 101 103 104 Options Configurator SV 100 101 103 group Opens the Data search dialog box only available if Svan Projects are activated Enables to export data to Microsoft Excel Enables to export data to Microsoft Word Enables to choose units for displaying SLM results Enables to choose units for displaying VLM results Decreases the number of samples per pixel Increases the number of samples per pixel Enables to adjust the size of numbers displayed in Table view Opens the Main options dialog box Displays information about the used version of SvanPC Enables to select connecion type and communication mode between SvanPC and a SVAN unit Opens the Remote Communication Center dialog box Opens a Wizard enabling to easily configure the connection Enables to calibrate a SV100 101 unit connected to PC via USB Enables to configure the settings of a SV100 101 unit connected to PC via USB Enables to access the SV100 101 103 calibration and the SV100 101 103 104 Options Configurator 82
139. ents are displayed on the list The New Document option enables to create a new Microsoft Word document for the exported data On the right side of the window you can decide whether the data should be inserted below the current document contents Insert at document end or at the current position of the cursor in the opened document nsert at cursor position You can enable to automatically select the newly inserted data in Microsoft Word Select inserted data If you enable the Remember this choices and don t ask again option the next export will be done with the same settings and the Send To Microsoft Word dialog box will not appear The same can be obtained using the Use Last Settings command from the pulldown menu opened next to the w icon wil Send Ask For Settings W Use Last Settings Fig 6 6 Saving the last settings for later data exports to Microsoft Word W icon means that the settings have to be configured w icon means that the last settings are remembered After the export Microsoft Word will be automatically opened with selected data pasted to the selected document SVANTEK 72 SvanPC User Manual 6 3 CSV FORMAT SvanPC Viewer also supports the data export in CSV comma separated values format To save the currently opened data in a csv file use the Save Current View command in the File menu After activating this command the Save current view dialog box will appear enabling to select
140. eport from template command available after clicking on the template with the right mouse button fy Svan Project oe Piojed pipas Fig 10 21 Generating reports from templates After the generation of a new report it will be placed in the Project Reports list The corresponding Microsoft Word document will be automatically opened All the templated objects will be replaced with proper text tables pictures etc The report can also be generated in the PDF format by using the Generate PDF report from template command The Regenerate report command generates the report again replacing all the templated objects that have not been replaced during its previous generation No new report file is created if there are no non replaced templated objects the Regenerate report command has no effect Note If the report was generated with the Keep templated objects when generating report from template option it is available in the Projects Toolbar described in Section 10 3 information about templated objects is stored in the report even if they have been replaced in that case the SVANTEK 131 SvanPC User Manual Regenerate report command replaces all the objects again taking into account recent changes made in the sessions Selecting from multiple available data sources In case there are multiple results satisfying the criteria specified for a templated object the Report template multi sources dialog box will appear allowing you
141. equirements must be fulfilled The analysed Logger file must contain WAX function measurement results The measurement must be conducted in 3 profiles with the use of following detector types Fast Impulse and Slow The logger step must be smaller than 1s No additional parameters are available to configure in case of this function 8 1 2 GENERAL NOISE ASSESSMENT Except of the specific noise assessment the Environmental Monitoring Calculator provides also tools for general noise assessment LEQ Equivalent Continuous Sound Level The total Equivalent continuous sound level value in a given period can be calculated on the basis of LEQ measurement results according to the formula LEQ LEQ 10 log yk 10 ho 8 1 k sample index in given set of data This is realised by the LEQ function from the Logger Acoustics group Logger Fi Acoustics W LEO Fig 8 4 LEQ function on the Calculator functions list The EM Calculator provides various types of LEQ recalculations such as Total spectral averaging In intervals Finding max and min levels Statistical levels SVANTEK 89 SvanPC User Manual The spectral LEQ is available in the Logger 1 n octave Acoustics group In the Parameters settings for this function you can choose whether to calculate the 1 1 octave or 1 3 octave spectrum Note In case of spectral logger based calculations the calculation is performed sep
142. er clicking one of the EDT RT20 RT30 user buttons from Building Acoustic Toolbar a corresponding set of markers and levels will become available in Logger octave time intersection view D File Edit SVAN View Tools Window Help SOAR S XP BS 4 2 N k Kal m o a 1 3 1 3 Oct Ti Header info Fi RT60 Tin Logger results Logger 1 Tin onde avo Close file Buffe_43 svn Fz t Smoothing is ON Smoothing samples 7 y RT6 measurement es RT60 analysis method selection w 3 n n v a 17 31 56 880 17 31 57 200 17 31 57 520 17 31 57 840 17 31 58 160 17 31 58 480 17 31 58 800 17 31 59 120 Function j Total result 4 I 1 3 octave LEQ Ch1 HP For Help press F1 SvanPC ver 1 6 8 RELEASE 2013 07 19 13 41 53 Not connected Fig 12 5 RT60 analysis in given frequency band A number of functions and markers will become available in the View configurator including L1 noise on level in case of decay method and last value of backward integrated curve in case of impulse method SVANTEK 204 SvanPC User Manual L2 L1 5dB level RT20 RT30 or L1 10 dB EDT L3 L2 20 dB RT20 or L2 30 dB RT30 level L4 background noise level Noise on marker averaged level when omnidirectional sound source is operating decay method Decay start marker detected moment of time when the sound source was turned off decay method Top level marker at the point wh
143. er of data represented by one element sample in a plot cell in a table Note It is possible to display more than one pixel per sample with aggregation degree higher than one at the same time To reduce increase the aggregation degree use the ai buttons located on the Toolbar In case a Plot view is currently active and aggregation is not applied using these buttons you can increase decrease the number of pixels per sample You can set the aggregation degree manually using the Set aggregation level command from the pulldown menu opened by clicking on the button next to the Zoom Plus Minus buttons The aggregation degree can be then entered in the Set aggregation level dialog box The maximum value of the aggregation degree equals the number of samples in the current data Apply time ag Fig 5 1 Setting the aggregation level manually Another possibility is to set the aggregation degree by time interval The degree will automatically be set to a value for which a single element a pixel or a cell will correspond to a selected time interval For example for measurement results in which each datum corresponds to measurement time of 1 second selecting the aggregation time interval as 1 minute will set the aggregation degree to 60 SVANTEK 56 SvanPC User Manual ils sef Set aggregation level Set aggregation level by time interval Aggregation time interval t s aggr
144. erated by dragging and dropping a view with sound insulation results onto a desired template file Users may modify the Svantek templates as well as add their own as described in Section 10 4 12 3 SOUND INSULATION WIZARD The Sound Insulation Wizard allows for Defining rooms and partitions to reflect the measurement situation Easy assignments of various kinds of measurement data to rooms and partitions Running calculation of various kinds of sound insulation indexes Calling report generator to create report for a given partition ye In order to start the Sound Insulation Wizard use the button located on the Building Acoustic Toolbar or select the Sound Insulation Wizard command in the Tools menu It is only available when working with a Building Acoustic Project SVANTEK 209 SvanPC User Manual 12 3 1 DEFINING ROOMS AND PARTITIONS The first thing to do after starting Sound Insulation Wizard is defining rooms The Add room button is located in the top left corner of the window Sound Insulation Wizard fa Svan Project 54 Project Objects 2 Gee Room arga mz 25 4 Backgrou on Recenang 5 RTO HE REO 73 Garra gt Reom C JLD Backgrou Cy Receiving Fi ae ETE ge Project Sessions Project Reports Temperature deg 33 Humidity 5 65 Lith Aver Dat fog For Help press Fi Fig 12 10 Defining a room in the S
145. ere impulse Leq value was highest and the last sample where backward integrated curve has been calculated impulse method Background noise t4 marker detected moment of time when reaching stable background noise 10dB point marker for EDT method indicating reaching 10 dB below L1 level reaching L2 level 5dB point marker for RT20 and RT30 methods indicating reaching 5 dB below L1 level reaching L2 level 25dB point and 35dB point markers indicating reaching respectively 20dB for RT20 and 30 dB for RT30 below L2 reaching L3 t and t3 markers for user mode which indicate the range of samples representing the decay or backward integrated curve 1 n Octave Slope line linear approximation of samples of Leq decay method or backward integrated Leq impulse method between t2 and t3 user mode or between 5dB point and 35dB point RT30 method or between 5dB point and 25dB point RT20 method or between decay start and 10dB point markers EDT method 1 n Octave Schroeder curve backward integrated Leq impulse method After switching to user mode in the Building Acoustic Toolbar it is possible to adjust positions of t2 and t3 markers in order to select the most representative set of samples for the decay curve decay method or backward integrated curve impulse method In order to adjust the positions of a mar
146. ervice application In such situation it is subject to the priority list mentioned earlier allowing to send commands only if no session is currently exchanging data with the instrument the user wishes to communicate with Note If the Service is currently running a Remote Communication session using USB or RS2 connection the instrument autodetection in main window will be disabled 11 6 OTHER FEATURES OF THE RC MODULE 11 6 1 ALERTING The SvanPC RC Module enables to activate alarms to alert the user of events such as e g high or low noise level loss in connection low disk space etc To configure the alarms go to the Remote Communication Center and press the Alarms button see Fig 11 12a The Alarm config dialog box will appear There are 3 types of alarm triggering events System events warnings sent by a controlling unit connected to a station or a SV 200 station itself concerning events such as high low temperature loss of AC DC external power etc Data transfer alarms warnings concerning connection problems Measurement threshold alarms activated if a measured value exceeds a given range Measurement performance alarms related to hardware problems The system and measurement alarms conditions checking time corresponds to the data downloading time period in the current remote data acquisition session If the data downloading time step is longer than the adjusted maximal query delay time the service will
147. es folders with unitname C svan DailyData Folder prefix LoggerDownload_ Auto daily merge filename has unit type s n and date W Save log LoagerDownloadSession log Delete files from download folder after copying W Archive downloaded loggers to IC svan ArchivedLogger oe er l V Compress archive to monthly ZIP files W Clear loggers during measurement if supported otherwise during summary Summary Publish WWW SVN Upload V Perform station s summary Publish HTML Cr svan himl index html daily E 00 00 Mode Latest results in one file for all stations Wait until daily download is complete ss Create additional files per station containing only last results from logger summary actions Limit exported logger data to the last 5m ki T No logger limit in CSV W System check E Synchronize time Verify settings configure via Station Configuration Cancel V FTP upload fip example com 21 Quser Configure FIP Fig 11 26 Continuous logger download options The Logger downloading and saving panel enables to Set the logger downloading period 1s 23h Select the directory for the downloaded logger files Select the file naming mode O O Use original file name the downloaded files keep the same name as stored in the station memory In this case an individual folder needs to be created for every station You can select one of two modes for naming the folde
148. essions New sessions can be created using the measurement results data through the Project Objects list as described in the Creating sessions from data section of Chapter 10 2 1 Project Objects When there is at least one session in the Project Sessions list you can create a copy of it To do so click on the session s name with the right mouse button and choose the Duplicate session option A new session folder identical with the duplicated one is then put on the list SHE aii Sessions Session header Instrument configuration Header info Logger results Show session Duplicate session Hide session Fig 10 7 Duplicating a Project session SVANTEK 115 SvanPC User Manual Managing sessions The sessions are grouped in separate folders which contain all the types of sessions available for the measurement results listed in the Data sub catalogue When sessions are created they are named automatically as Session where is the lowest unoccupied number You can change the name of a session folder in 3 ways Clicking on the folder name with the right mouse button and choosing the Rename option Clicking on the folder name with the left mouse button twice slowly Pressing F2 with the folder name selected on the Project Browser list Note The session folders names cannot contain any of the following characters lt gt You can delete a session folder clicking on its name with the
149. f the window the exchanged commands are listed Pressing the Terminate button serves for breaking the current action without waiting for its finishing Managing Remote Sessions After you configure your preferences in the Common settings as well as the measurement settings and the time period of the remote sessions for all devices you with to use you can activate the measurements using the Start button in the lower left corner of the window The Remote Session dialog box will be opened SVANTEK 182 SvanPC User Manual Remote Session Transmit Receive Session info Sessions control Connection type Internet i Running Current date amp time 2011 09 05 19 42 46 Start 2011 09 06 08 00 00 Stop 2011 09 06 16 00 00 To ae O day s 12 17 14 Stop All State Waiting for start Show log File download progress Close Start All Terminate All session status Options Live current results update Live logger update Live multifile update Synchronize logger views with last record Fig 11 34 Remote session dialog box The lower part of the window contains a list of all currently connected devices After selecting a position on the list detailed information about the remote session will be shown in the upper part of the window To start stop or terminate the remote session for one of the instruments or Stations click on it with the right mouse button and choose the appropriate command fr
150. ffer Length The minimum value of the Maximum Level parameter depends on signal bit depth e g 144 dB for 24 bit 96 dB for 16 bit Differences below 12 dB between subsequent fragments of audio data will not affect the boost level The algorithm is designed to reduce the boost level faster than when increasing it so that sudden loudness is avoided The Mix to mono option allows for mixing the signal from all channels to be played equally in all output channels The Loop playback option causes the WAV file to be played from the beginning again when the end of file is reached SVANTEK 54 SvanPC User Manual 5 POST PROCESSING AND DATA ANALYSIS Except of the tools for data visualisation and playback described in Chapter 4 the base Viewer module of the SvanPC software suite offers several ways of data post processing such as Units conversion Data aggregation by time and frequency Using markers for selection of data Recalculation of various VLM parameters Conversion of the spectral data domain In addition some features of the Calculator tool are available in the basic SvanPC module such as Total LEQ and Total RMS recalculation Transfer function and coherence recalculation with cross spectrum result files More data analysis related tools are available after purchasing an additional module of SvanPC such as e g the Environmental Monitoring module 5 1 VIEWER MODULE POST PROCESSING TOOLS 5
151. fication of the station s settings To activate a Remote session press the Remote session button in the Remote Communication Center see Fig 11 12a The Remote Session Settings dialog box will appear SVANTEK 178 SvanPC User Manual Remote Session Settings Transmit Receive Common settings for all sessions El SVAN 979 21004 i fn Measurement Connection Type Internet Channels Transmit commands and receive replies Logger Results Path C Program Files Svantek SvanPC Advanced Create subdirectory for session files Remove empty directories Meteo and system check Subdirectory prefix RemoteSession Naming convention Prefix_Date_Time one directory for all sessions Result Web Publishing Logger Web Publishing Publish HTML Source Currentresults Limit logger data written sm to html to the last Path C Program Files Svantek SvanP gt S M Commands logger e fles with last results aa FTP Upload Log fle session log Incoming connections and CRF packets El Accept incoming connections and CRP packets to create new sessions Bt X e 2 Start Fig 11 30 Remote Session Settings dialog box The list on the left side of this window is composed of two parts 1 Common settings enable to configure the general settings for all sessions 2 Below the Common settings a list of all connected instruments or stations is displayed It enables to configure the measurement settings All the settings c
152. file has been prepared for Finally the data will be sent to either printer through Printer dialog or written into selected file in simple text format Open file loads a selected local file to the Setup file editor allowing the user to modify it Save file saves the currently opened setup file to a selected local file Upload setup clicking this button will upload the file with current settings to the connected Svan instrument Upload setup and activate clicking this button triggers a similar procedure as above but additionally sends to the instrument a command to load the settings from the uploaded file During the upload the device type and software version are compared with the file s information and any incompatibilities are reported If the uploaded file s software version is different from the instrument s the Setup file editor will offer either aborting or upgrading or downgrading the file to the format accepted by the device If multiple devices are connected the selector in the bottom of the window enables to choose the device for the upload 3 4 INSTRUMENT WIZARD The Instrument Wizard provides an easy access to various features of SvanPC concerning a connected device It is opened automatically every time when the software detects connection with a Svan instrument for which the Wizard is available Most Svantek instruments are currently supported by the Instrument Wizard excluding only the
153. file you wish to work with click on its name on the list To close a file select its name on the list and press the Close file button You can decide whether to show or hide the Files list toolbar using the Files List command in the View menu It is also possible to change the location of the Files list toolbar To do so click somewhere in its area with the left mouse button and drag it without releasing to the desired location SVANTEK 22 SvanPC User Manual 4 2 DATA VISUALISATION MODES The SvanPC Viewer module enables to visualise the data in one of four different modes Table View Plot View Spectrogram View Text View You can choose between different view modes to find an optimal form for reading and analysing data To switch the views you can use the corresponding buttons on the View Toolbar located at the top of each view sub window or the corresponding commands in the View menu as shown in Fig 4 2 View Configurator Local Plot Settings TT li Ea 82 Table View f i Plot View to t Table Plot Spectrogram Text Spectrogram View Available Text View view modes SLM Units p Fig 4 2 Controls for switching the view modes in the View Toolbar left and in the View menu right The availability of the view modes depends on the type of currently active data For example Header information data can be only viewed in the Table or Text mode while results of measurements in th
154. files allowing to plot the results of a measurement in different time points stored in separate files The Absolute and Relative modes allow to display and compare the results of various measurements stored in separate files e g logger type results from different measurers in the Same session In the Absolute mode the actual time of measurement is considered enabling to compare the differences between different measurements performed in the same time In the Relative mode the start point of all measurements is equalized It allows to compare multiple measurements in one session when the actual measurement time is not significant The scale of the time axis is relative common for all viewed results Viewing multi source data When multi source data is viewed on a plot the source file of currently viewed functions is specified in the functions list below the plot area as presented in Fig 10 34 The file name as well as its location in the current project is given in the Source column Source Function Main cursor y PB Project Objects F001_2011050i svn LEQ Chi P1i A Fast 0 002Pa w Project Objects F002_2011050i svn LEQ Chi Pi A Fast 0 0009 Pa a FB Project Objects F003_20110501 svn LEQ Chi P1 A Fast 0 003Pa a Project Objects F004 2011050i svn LEQ Chi Pi A Fast 0 003Pa Fig 10 34 List of viewed functions in case of multi source sessions In the View configurator list an additional branch cont
155. files cannot be grouped in this mode Clearing files The downloaded result and logger files can be removed from the instrument memory after downloading SVANTEK 170 SvanPC User Manual To enable automatic clearing press the Options button and set the types of files to be removed result logger as well as the clearing period from 1 minute to 1 month in the Automatic files download options dialog box see Fig 11 20 The clearing period must be equal or longer than the downloading period To manually download the files and clear all the already stored files use the Download and clear now button This single download clear does not affect the automatic download process if it is started System check The system check can be performed to verify the state of the instrument calibration This diagnostic tool stops the measurements modifies the instrument settings to fit a calibration measurement performs instrument calibration and then resets the device to previous settings and restarts the measurements Note The system check is only available dor instruments with SLM functionality To enable system checks press the Options button and activate the Perform system checks if configured checkbox see Fig 11 20 Once it is enabled the Sys Chk column appears in the table in the Automatic Files Download window containing buttons allowing for the configuration of system checks Address Unit File Cnf WWW FTIP WWW Sys Ch
156. forming to the following rules Aggregation is always executed on the basis of the whole time domain in the file and the least common multiple of the data pauses length for multifiles at least 1s or the logger step for logger at least 2ms The lengths of non continuities in the logger are mathematically rounded to the length of the logger step The selection of blocks in the configurator and the time domain limit tool do not affect the aggregation When you use the Toolbar buttons the aggregation degree is modified according to the relation between the least step in the file and the least step currently displayed so that the changes are effective for the displayed function of the least step Results shown in the table and on the plot are identical When the step is reduced for the function after aggregation a warning message box will appear during every consecutive redrawing You can turn this messages off by checking the control signed Do not show this in the future You can turn it back on using the Activate all warnings command Calculator actions are always executed on non aggregated data even if the current view represents data after aggregation Sometimes the results of calculations cannot be presented in aggregated mode gt The maximum available aggregation degree depends on the number of samples 5 1 3 MARKERS Markers can be used as a tool for data classification in the Viewer module They constitute binary functi
157. from result files generated with different settings of the measuring instrument This view is therefore available only for multifiles in which such files have been merged Note In this view values are always displayed in logarithmic scale in dB In case of a multifile in which files with different settings are merged data displayed in other views of Merged type are divided into groups corresponding to particular settings In the Multifile view settings of the measuring instrument are not taken into account data available in all merged files can be displayed together ordered only according to channels and profiles This is useful in case a change of little significance was done in the instrument setup during measurement SVANTEK 40 SvanPC User Manual Tin Merged 1 1 Octave Logger Merged spectral results Logger and Merged results can also be obtained in case of spectral measurements The name of such a view contains then the type of data Logger or Merged and the type of measurement 1 1 Octave 1 3 Octave or FFT e g Logger FFT view These types of data can be viewed in a Table view Plot view as well as a Spectrogram view Further description of the Spectrogram view can be found in Chapter 4 2 3 Spectrogram View While working in a Plot view the spectrum is displayed in a selected point of time The history of the spectrum can be browsed using the buttons located on the View Toolbar below the Navigator bar as sh
158. functions settings related to the calculation period are also available in the Parameters panel e g Lden Ldn Ld Le Ln functions The time period used for calculations is then equal the common part of the Parameters and Calculation period s settings Time display mode You can decide whether to work with absolute or relative time values To do so open the Main Options dialog box using the Tools Main options command or clicking on the 3 icon on the Main toolbar Then go to the General settings and use the buttons of the Time panel Main Options esx General pe General settings Sound units vibration units Phase units Logarithmic Logarithmic Rad Linear Linear Metric RP E Deg gt Linear Non Metric Automatic update Check for SvanPC updates at program start Time mode i iinet selection pogra sete Parser options F Save parsing log level Level 1 headers Save offsets in hex Tool tips Show tool tips in setup editor Fig 9 5 Time settings in the Main Options dialog box SVANTEK 110 SvanPC User Manual 10 SVAN PC PROJECTS The SvanPC Projects feature is a useful tool which enables to manage multiple files of various types modify and save data views as well as create reports using the measurement data contained in project This feature is not included with the free Viewer version of the SvanPC software It is available after activating the Env
159. g and deleting Fig 4 34 List box for loading View Configurator settings View Configurator settings Note The Limit time domain tool accessible via the View configurator enables one to display a selected range of data in the Table view It is described in Section 4 2 1 4 5 AUDIO PLAYBACK The audio playback in SvanPC comprises two main aspects Logger events playback WAVE files support The SvanPC tools which allow for playback are the Events Navigator and the Wave Navigator It is possible to choose the device for audio stream playback as well as the buffer length To do so open the Main Options dialog box using the Tools Main Options command or the Ei button on the Main toolbar and go to the Audio Playback section SVANTEK 51 SvanPC User Manual Supports 24 bit Playback Yes Buffering Buffer Length Fig 4 35 Audio playback settings in the Main Options dialog box 4 5 1 EVENTS NAVIGATOR The Events Navigator appears on top of the View configurator when a file with one or more audio events e g recorded during measurement by an SV 104 instrument is opened It consists of a set of buttons which allow for managing the playback of the attached audio data The functions of these buttons are described in Table 4 2 Events Navigator 1 Channel 1 SLM EM Profile 1 PEAK Fig 4 36 The View Configurator with the Events Navigator SVANTEK 52 SvanPC User Manual Table 4 2 Buttons
160. g the calculation of insulation all the assigned spectra and reverberation time results are going to be averaged 12 3 5 CALCULATION OF INSULATION After pressing the Run calculations button in the Sound Insulation Wizard a new session named according to pattern SI type of insulation partition id will automatically be created in Project Browser and a dialog box shown in Fig 12 16 shall appear SVANTEK 214 SvanPC User Manual Partition area 15 0 md Recenving room volume 75 0 m3 R A1 52 dB R A 48 dB R w C Ctr 54 2 6 dB Ctr 30 3150 8 dB 50 5000 1 dB Ctr 30 5000 8 dB C100 5000 1 dB Ctr 100 5000 6 dB Fig 12 16 Basic results of calculation of insulation This dialog box presents the basic results of calculation of sound insulation After clicking OK button the 1 1 Octave or 1 3 Octave view of the newly created SI session shall be displayed Note If the difference of average sound level in the receiving room and in the background is lower than 10dB for some frequencies a warning message is displayed at the bottom of this window and a correction is added to the sound levels in the receiving room The view presents by default the 1 n octave sound insulation curve norm curve and shifted norm curve Additionally the view configurator will allow to display a subset of the following supporting functions 1 n octave averaged source room result of averaging spectrums assigne
161. ger data to the last 5m C No logger limit in CSV Mauriy Create additional fles containing last results only from Disabled System validation W Perform system checks if configured V FTP upload ftp example com 21 user Validate after dear Validate after sys check Measurements Synchronize time V Ensure measurements are always in progress F Verify settings requires configuration via Station New instruments Configuration V Accept incoming connections and CRP for new instruments during downloading Applies to SVAN 95x series and SVAN 979 only Applies to SVAN 95x set to Wave Event Recording and SVAN 979 only mr Applies to SVAN 979 only Fig 11 20 Automatic files download options dialog box You can also configure The path where the downloaded files will be stored Files naming mode o use original file name the downloaded files keep the same name as on the device but an additional folder is created The name of the folder is set using a specified prefix the unit name and serial number e g C Program Files Svantek SvanPC AutoDownloadedFiles_ SVAN_959_11295 01JANO svn SVANTEK 169 SvanPC User Manual o append S N to original file name the downloaded filed names are created using the original name and the unit serial number e g C Program Files Svantek SvanPC 01JANO_SVAN_959_11295 svn Folder prefix used in the use original file name mode
162. hannel 1 uM Et Profle 1 Se Tchannel 1 VLM gt Profile i gt M Channel 1 VLM gt Profile 1 gt 1 Eloi 1 VLM gt Profile 1 gt annel 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave i ain Octave _ Flchanne 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave fel Channel 2 VLM Channel 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave 41 7 Channel 3 VLM Channel 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave 5 E Channel 4 SLM Channel 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave E Channel 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave e tates Channel 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave Whole data marker E Channel 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave Marker P Channel 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave 7 Channel 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave Channel 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave ic 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave Channe piped a Fig 4 32a The View Configurators Fig 4 32b The View Configurators list in Tree view mode list in Flat view mode It is possible to save the View Configurator s settings for later use The settings are saved in a package including selection of data to be displayed colors of the plots To save the current configuration use the Save button located above the list of available results All saved settings are listed in the box above that button They can be loaded by selecting one of them or deleted using the Delete button located next to the Save button Fig 4 33 and 4 34 SVANTEK 50 SvanPC User Manual Delete amp Channel 1 SLM aw GD 1 3 Octave E Markers S W Markers Fig 4 33 Buttons for savin
163. hannels to mona Manual range control ae Gain options 5 Maximum Level Tip Double dick on selected channel to change range Gak value Options Save signal calibration parameters in exported wave header Uncheck to V Export each channel individually as new file mix channels Filenamel C svan my Wave wav amp Target filename to mono and directory Press to export wave files with configured settings Fig 6 11 Export wave dialog box You can select a set of channels to be exported as well as WAV tag format EXTENSIBLE format should be used especially if Bits per sample parameter exceeds 16 bits unless the device or software supposed to handle the exported files supports only standard PCM format You can also select whether to use no signal boost constant level signal boost or Automatic gain control smart signal boosting mechanism Further information on SvanPC audio signal boosting can be found in Chapter 4 5 1 Events Navigator The Manual range control option also available in the list box related to gain options Fig 6 11 allows for scaling the wave signal according to range values specified manually for each channel separately This possibility might turn out useful in case of WAV files generated by different instruments in which ranges in particular channels do not match in such case you can use the Manual range control to scale the ranges in order to be able to compare values stored in diffe
164. he border of the Project Browser and moving the mouse without releasing the button or using the Dock left Dock right commands in the pulldown menu opened by clicking anywhere in the Project Browser area with the right mouse button SVANTEK 112 SvanPC User Manual Add file New folder Properties Dock right Fig 10 3 Commands serving to dock the Project Browser 10 2 1 PROJECT OBJECTS Adding data You can add data files to the project in several ways using the L Add button located at the left end of the Toolbar when you are working with a project this button serves for selecting files to be added to the Project Objects list simply clicking with the left mouse button on the desired file in the explorer and dragging it without releasing to the Project Objects list using the Add file command available after clicking with the right mouse button on Project Objects or a folder contained within this list This command will activate the Open File dialog box where you can choose the file you want to add yg Svan Project sie i Project Objects Add file Newfolder 22 Buu p i IG svn rio E les aE n j Sessions Tags Re ports Dock lett Dock right Fig 10 4 Adding files to the Project Objects Managing data You can manage the files in the Project Objects list in sub catalogues To create a new folder click on Project Objects or on the name of an already existing folder with t
165. he current table font style and color settings Otherwise tables added to the report will include the font and color currently active in Microsoft Word Plot dragging modes The 3 can be used to set the mode of exporting sessions to reports There are two modes available Drag plot as bitmap BMP Drag plot as metafile EMF SVANTEK 121 SvanPC User Manual In the BMP mode the sessions are represented in a stable picture form but cannot be modified In the EMF mode modifications of the session are possible in Microsoft Word but its representation may not be stable Tile horizontally button The O button can be used to set the screen configuration easier to work with SvanPC and a report simultaneously After pressing this button the SvanPC application window will fill the left half of the screen while the Microsoft Word report document window will fill the right half of the screen Measurement tracking views Measurement tracking views can be opened by creating sessions using imported SVMT files Note SVMT files can be created using SvanMobile an application for mobile devices running on Android For details visit http svantek com software svanmobile new html i MT_21004_2013 09 13 15 22 17 svmt Measurement tracking 5 x WANTI T9 77004 Measurement tracking 1 t Bab Ri LOGS5 Ky Gorasz i ns 4 Es te AD a t AF Podkonary A AN 979 21 B0AN 979 21004 4 Measu
166. he right mouse button and choose New folder from the menu The new folder will be created inside the selected location To place a file in a folder click on it with the left mouse button and move it without releasing to the desired location To rename a file click on its name with the right mouse button and choose the Rename option You can also use the F2 button or click twice slowly on the file name SVANTEK 113 SvanPC User Manual To delete a file from the project click on its name with the right mouse button and choose the Delete option You will be asked for confirmation Note Any changes you make on the files contained in the project such as renaming will not affect the original files When you delete a file from the current Svan Project the original file is not deleted Note When you attempt to delete an object that had been used for creation of sessions contained in the current Project Sessions you will be asked for additional confirmation You can also choose whether SvanPC should automatically remove the session folders which remain empty after the deletion of the object or not To set this option check the Remove empty sessions checkbox SvanPC The object you want to delete is related with project sessions Deleting the object will remove related results from sessions Fig 10 5 Removing empty views from the Project Objects Creating sessions from data To start working with a results fil
167. ia bjects Room Af ourcr DECH L ovn 19 Octave LEQ Cl A is Room B Receiving G BCHOLLsm 1 3 Octave LEO Cl A a l nee bjects Room A Source PSCHAL2 sun 1 3 Octave LEQ cl ects Ficom 6 Recenving BCHOL2 swn 1 3 Octave LEQ Cl ais bjects Room A Source ZGCHML3 eun 1 9 Octave LEQ Cl y arte Foam HRecehing i GECHOLI sm 1 3 Octave LEQ c Q e ile Mio A I ee ie I A adie oes i Le Ce ke i T xh p ms d F Backgrou Reverberationtme 8 ct Views Auto RTSO Room Buffe_43 RTEO Cal 1 0 A Tet Views Auto ATEO Rooma Buffe_44 ARTEO Cale 1 0 _ict Wews Auto RTEO Room Buffe_45 RTEO Calc 1 C a a Source Sebi Moni PO Al Ce a ee Beale a E Reom C kE o M 7429 Backgrou Badoground nase u Sy Receiving cta Rioom B Background ECHTLW sm 1 3 Octave LEQ A Ea RTE cts Room BBedground gG CHTLSLsvm 1 7 Octave LEQ cts oom 8 Baceground SSCHTL S2 svn 1 9 Octave LEO J bae Fince W EE o i m e mse r oR ei es 45 Auto ATI H Auto RTO F ars BE aera el eS k rr 13 Auto ARTEI CENTE Sy eS ee 45 Auto ATEI PN Auto ATEO Ontions Fa Proyect Reports Sound insulation type Airborne F ka Repo i Run calculations x For Help press F1 Fig 12 15 Automatic calculation of reverberation time upon assignment of logger files Project sessions named according to pattern Auto RT60 room id filename shall be created and calculated RT60 results will be assigned Note Durin
168. icon located on the Toolbar or simply clicking on EN the kd icon if it is available on a customized Toolbar Remote Connection Wizard Mariiatng station list Internet c Comment Load from file Fig 11 10 The Remote Connection Wizard window SVANTEK 158 SvanPC User Manual The Remote Connection Wizard facilitates the configuration of connection with Svantek instruments by the following means e Internet When the Wizard is used for configuring Internet connection all Internet settings are configured automatically and the Simple mode is enabled see also Remote settings e Ethernet wired LAN In this mode the Wizard allows for specifying the station s network address e Wi Fi in infrastracture and ad hoc modes In this mode the Wizard assists in the selection of network or its creation only ad hoc To change the connection system press the New connection system button in the bottom left corner of the window The Select system type dialog box will appear Select system type Click a button to select type of the new station connection This will configure both SvanPC and device to Internet communicate through internet Supported configurations SVAN 95x with GPRS modem SV 21x with GPRS modem 5V 200 with H24 modem module This will configure both SvanPC and device to Local Area Network communicate through LAN WiFi using MOXA Supported configurations
169. ien Evans Sas 0 003 Select a power prefix from 0 002 micro this menu to convert the e unit of displayed results 0 001 g 0 001 piko Fig 4 5 Converting the units in a Table view Limiting the time domain The Limit time domain to tool enables to display only a limited range of the time domain specified by a selected function or marker In order to enable this option you have to select the desired function marker in the View configurator and press the Limit time domain button In order to remove the limit press the Clear time domain limit button In Fig 4 6 the time domain is limited to the range of Marker 1 More detailed information about the View configurator can be found in Chapter 4 4 View configurator SVANTEK 26 SvanPC User Manual Chi gL Chi gL Pi Wd 15 Pi Wd 15 E PEAK dE RMS dE Marker 1 Mo 1 80 8 75 2 1 4 Channel 1 VLM 3 S14 5 4 i W Profile 1 z 83 9 90 2 1 Mpe 4 54 1 81 6 1 5 91 4 64 8 1 a13 Octave p 91 0 83 4 1 t Channel 2 VLM 7 92 0 98 1 1 i Michael 3 aM B 96 3 81 2 1 g 56 8 92 9 1 10 73 3 68 8 1 Block selection m 11 74 1 63 9 1 1 12 76 0 71 9 1 13 77 6 75 0 1 Fig 4 6 Limiting the time domain 4 2 2 PLOT VIEW In the Plot view parameters measured in the time or frequency domain such as e g Logger results or 1 3 Octave are presented in the form of a 2D plot x 5 0 dB x Acceleration 00 41 08 400 00 41 18 00
170. igurator window 2 Remote Communication E Center opens the Remote Communication Center window e Remote Connection Wizard opens the Connection configuration wizard window pi Setup editor opens the Setup file editor window opens the SVAN Files dialog box Note The Check for Updates button serves only to search for newer versions of firmware However it is not possible to download new firmware using the Instrument Wizard For more information on the Instrument wizard please refer to SV 100 102 or other relevant instrument s quick start guide available on the SVANTEK Website www svantek com SVANTEK 20 SvanPC User Manual 3 5 SVAN PC FILE TYPES Since the release of the SV 979 measurer files downloaded from the Svan instruments may have various extensions in order to achieve a better distinction of the file contents All SvanPC file types are listed in Table 3 2 Icon Extension svn svi svt SVr SVS Srt StS SVP SVU Svmt SVANTEK Table 3 2 SvanPC file types Description Files created in devices older than SV 979 and multifiles generated with the use of the SvanPC X software Logger files or files of new format containing both time history and summary results They can be generated by e g SV 103 SVAN 971 and SVAN 977 instruments Instruments setup files Results files Station wizard settings RC files Real t
171. ilable for recalculation will be considered Methods of using the advanced recalculation tools are described in Chapter 9 SvanPC Calculator Tool 8 1 1 SPECIFIC NOISE ASSESSMENT The Environmental Monitoring Calculator sub module provides several tools for specific noise assessment Peak and harmonics detection The detection of peak and harmonics in FFT data is provided by the Peak detection and Harmonic detection functions in the Result FFT group of the EM Calculator E EiResut rT Fig 8 1 Peak and harmonics detecion functions on the Calculator functions list These two functions are available for recalculation only if FFT Result type data is available in the currently opened file SVANTEK 87 SvanPC User Manual Note Harmonic detection will be performed using main cursor position as the starting point It is advised to first perform peak detection then place main cursor at the desired peak and launch harmonic detection calculation You can adjust the Peak Harmonic detection criterion between 1dB and 30cB Tonality analysis The tonality analysis is provided in the EM Calculator in two modes for FFT data the Tonality analysis function in the Result FFT group for 1 3 octave data the Tonality analysis Simple function in the Result 1 n octave group Res in octave i ality analysis Simple i l Result FFT Peak detection M Tonality analysis Fig 8 2 Tonality analysis functions
172. ile which contains a Filename marker Autosave option in 95X single channel instruments pressing this button will search for a results file of specified filename corresponding to the measurement time specified by the current position of the main cursor in the same directory in which the logger file is stored SVANTEK 39 SvanPC User Manual If the active file is a logger file which contains Wave markers after pressing this button SvanPC will look for the WAV file which corresponds to the time point currently selected by the main cursor in the same directory in which the logger file is stored If such file is found it is opened and the cursor is moved to the same place as selected in the logger view Note If file of appropriate name is not found the directory is searched again in order to find a WAV file with matching measurement time and instrument parameters such as type and serial number Gy SvanPC RES1 File Edit SVAN View Tools Window me dins ies RESL Header information 1 Device type Serial Mo Internal software version Filesystem version Original Tle cane my Weasurement hour Herod Measurement day yyyy MM dd 2009 05 20 10 Device function Dose meter 1 2 3 4 a 6 J For Help press F1 SvanPC wer 0 9 4 Fig 4 22 Opening the Logger file associated to a Result file Multifile merged with different settings The Multifile view serves for displaying in a single table data coming
173. ill be asked whether to install SvanPC for yourself or for anyone who uses this computer The choice determines the area in which SvanPC settings and shortcuts are stored and hence its availability to users sharing the workstation SVANTEK 7 SvanPC User Manual 3 CONFIGURING INSTRUMENTS AND DOWNLOADING DATA 3 1 CONNECTION MODES SvanPC supports USB and RS232 interfaces for direct communication Configuration of each interface is different More remote communication modes are supported as an optional feature available after purchasing the relevant SvanPC module RC Module 3 1 1 USB CONNECTION Using the USB interface requires appropriate drivers being installed see Chapter 2 1 USB Drivers Installation SvanPC will automatically detect instruments plugged in by USB 3 1 2 RS232 CONNECTION Configuration of RS232 interface can be done using the RS232 Settings command from SVAN menu This will activate the RS232 Settings dialog box It enables to configure the connection parameters and options Note Baud Rate must be the same in the SvanPC application and in the instrument After setting RS232 options press the OK button to save changes Cancel to discard changes or Default to set default values for each parameter When you attempt to connect a SVAN device to your computer via Bluetooth two new COM ports will appear To successfully communicate with the instrument you have to select the output port 3 1 3
174. ime analysis results files SvanPC application settings files Svan Project files User files such as e g functions generated using the User Function Wizard Files containing Measurement tracking data generated using the SvanMobile Android app 21 SvanPC User Manual 4 DATA VISUALISATION AND PLAYBACK The base module of the SvanPC software suite Viewer enables to visualise the measurement results downloaded from the Svan instruments 4 1 LOADING DATA AND BROWSING FILES After downloading a data file see Chapter 3 2 1 Downloading Files from Instrument you can open it directly from the SVAN Files dialog box by simply clicking twice on its name in the files list This will cause the SVAN Files dialog box to close and the selected file will be opened in the Viewer module It is also possible to open files downloaded earlier which are stored in the PC To do so press the O button or use the Open command from the File menu and find the desired file using the File open dialog box It is possible to open multiple files in the Viewer module simultaneously To choose between the opened files you can use the Files list toolbar located in the top left corner of the SvanPC window below the Main toolbar Close file E FLN EF T amp LOGO svn amp LOGS svn Buff 137 swn Fig 4 1 Files list toolbar j ie ht p To expand the list of currently opened files click on the mark To select the
175. in SvanPC Viewer If a FFT or 1 3 octave based function is available in the current data file you can display the same measurement results in another domain by doing the following as illustrated on Fig 5 9 1 Go to Plot view by clicking on the biis icon 2 Select the function s you wish to convert in the list below the plot 3 Click with the right mouse button to open the pulldown menu 4 Choose Octaves 1 3 or Octaves 1 1 from the Show results based on the selected functions menu SVANTEK 63 SvanPC User Manual Function Main cursor RA FFT LEQ Chi 1L5dB Autosize columns Set font Show outside blocks Delete all calculated functions Delete selected calculated functions Delete latest calculated functions Add selected functions to comparison window Octaves 1 1 Octaves 1 5 Fig 5 9 Recalculation of 1 1 octave and 1 3 octave spectrum from FFT spectrum The new function will be opened in a new view sub window e g a 1 3 Octave view or a 1 1 Octave view sub window 5 2 TOTAL RMS LEQ AND CROSS SPECTRA RECALCULATIONS SvanPC enables the recalculation of various functions based on the measurement data downloaded from a Svan instrument or saved in a Svan file In the base Viewer module of SvanPC the recalculation of running Total RMS and LEQ is available as well as Transfer function and Coherence for cross spectrum results files 5 2 1 SVAN PC CALCULATOR TOOL You can gain a
176. ion To do so press the Draw chart button available in the published HTML files You can also set the Auto draw option which causes to automatically redraw the chart each time when files are updated The Online Chart view will be opened Oud auto draw Report view Place cursor at current result Clear cursor Synchronize cursor with time L 648 46 0 dB Fig 11 39 An example of an Online Chart created with the use of the Publish HTML option 1 The header contains information about the currently used device and the current measurement SVANTEK 187 SvanPC User Manual 2 The Toggle auto draw button can be used to start stop the automatic redrawing of the chart If the Auto draw option is active the chart as well as the current result will be updated each time when new results are received 3 The displayed range of the y axis can be modified by typing the minimal and maximal value in the Range fields and pressing the Update Range button 4 You can also use the Auto scale option which works in an analogous way to the axis auto scaling tools in the Plot View see Chapter 4 2 2 Plot view When checked this option sets the displayed y axis limits as the minimal and maximal value of the currently displayed data 5 This interactive view cannot be easily printed or copied If you need to print or copy the chart use the Report view tool to open a new window containing the chart and its header in
177. ion by selecting its name on the list in the Remote Session Settings dialog box and press the Results preview button The Results preview window will appear Results preview Results PEAK 47 50 dB MAX 35 70 dB MIN 35 10 dB SPL 35 70 dB LEQ 35 40 dB SEL 35 40 dB Iden 45 40 dB Ltm3 35 70 dB Ltm5 35 70 dB Channel 1 SLM Profile 1 20 10 08 24 14 30 37 Flease wait 20 10 08 24 1430 37 Opening connection USE 20 10 08 24 14 30 37 11295 Connecting OK 2010 08 24 14 30 38 11295 gt 1 U N W 2 ors OK 20 10 08 24 14 30 38 11295 lt 1 0959 N11295 WL6 13 W6 13 023 27 LS 1 OK 20 10 08 24 1430 38 11795 gt LU N W 7 57 27 R M D K d XR X57 F7 B f b 2010 08 24 14 30 39 11295 lt 1 U959 N11295 WL6 13 W6 15 02 21 M1 R1 F2 1 F3 2 F 20 10 08 24 14 30 39 11995 gt 1LXa Xv Xd m s7 p g7 07 0K 2010 08 24 14 30 40 11295 3 lt 1 m0 50 100 Ma1 Xv1 d1 010 p0 0K 120 10 08 24 1430 45 11295 gt 2 1 7 7 P 2 M N o7 R2 U 62 4 a OK 20 10 08 24 14 30 47 112795 lt 2 1 V0 71 P47 5 M35 7 N35 1 535 7 R55 4 U35 4 8 4 45 Terminate Fig 11 33 Results preview window The results downloaded from the instrument station are displayed in the upper part of the window The nterval selector enables to set the time period in which results are read The Channel profile selector enables to select the results to be displayed In the lower part o
178. ironmental Monitoring or Building Acoustics module A Svan Project is a structure in the form of a svp file containing files downloaded from Svan instruments and other types of files 10 1 CREATING PROJECTS To create a new project use the New project command from the File menu The created project will be empty You can also create a new project from the files currently opened in SvanPC This also allows to Save any actions that have been done in the Viewer module To do so use the Convert to project command from the File menu When you begin to work with a Svan Project all other files will be closed Once a project is created you can import data to it from another project To do so use the Import Data from another project command available in the File menu When you do that the Import data from another project window will appear Import data from another project C svan Example project svp T Svan Project i HEA Project Objects oa Project Objects F E Project Sessions RF Buffe_13 svn fly Session 1 2 Ep Modena_3 svn 3 Ka Reports a a8 Project Sessions iW SI pl fy Session 1 ae E Session 2 amp Session 3 if Session 4 amp Session 5 P E Session 6 E pe Reports Fig 10 1 Importing data from another project SVANTEK 111 SvanPC User Manual The imported data may include Objects Sessions and Reports Note When a session is imported the Object that was used f
179. is automatically checked during opening In case of incompatibility an error will be reported Otherwise a new window will be opened containing the SVAN instrument s settings in a configuration similar to its internal menu structures 3 3 2 SETUP FILE EDITOR VIEW MODES In the Setup file editor you can choose one of three view modes Tree List and Wizards View To select the most convenient press the corresponding button List View Wizards View Fig 3 7 Setup file editor view modes buttons The default Tree View is presented in Fig 3 8 It offers the settings arranged in a form of a tree resembling structure of settings in SVAN instruments Names in capitals only denote menu tabs while the others particular settings The settings are sorted in accordance to menu structures accessible through display panels of the instrument SVANTEK 14 SvanPC User Manual Calibration b Channel X Calibration Level Channel Y Calibration Level Channel Z Calibration Level F Measurement Measurement Mode Channel X Vector Coefficient Fig 3 8 Instrument settings presented in Tree View in the Setup file editor The List View is presented in Fig 3 9 It shows settings and only settings not menu tabs in the form of a list containing names of the settings and their current values The settings are sorted in alphabetical order and any changes made to the settings are automatically updated in the list Aut
180. is available in the RT60 tab of the Main Options dialog box It is possible to configure the size of the sample set used for smoothing the response time value used for background detection in RT60 calculations This view is particularly useful for the Building Acoustics module users Note Selecting a point of the time domain in the Time intersection view will automatically change the time point displayed in the corresponding spectral Logger Merged view T Logger Merged combined results Tin Merged combined resuts Some types of results cannot be presented on a plot The Combined results view enables to display all available results gathered togerher in the Table mode It is useful if various types of measurements have been performed in the Logger mode or if various types of results have been merged in a Multifile e g PEAK MIN MAX P P results together with METEO results Marked periods Total Marked periods Totals Tin Matked periods Totais This type of view is available only for functions recalculated with the Total values parameter set in the Calculator tool in contrary to Running values This view can be displayed only in the Table mode When a function with Total values is viewed in a Table view of type other than Marked periods Totals its values are repeated in multiple rows that belong to the same calculation period The repeated values are marked with grey background However in the Marked periods Totals view you
181. ison windows are opened for Logger and Frequency type functions Allows to select the active sub window from the list of all currently opened sub windows 47 SvanPC User Manual Autosize columns Set font Da 40 Logger results 0 z E E Logger results comparison x 170 0 Function Data origin Main cursor X value ror BB RMS Ch1 P1 KB 100 ms Buffe_40 swn 107 7 dB 00 00 00 200 day 1 3 110 0 E MAX Chi P1 KB 100 ms Buffe 40 cvn 108 2 dB 00 00 00 200 day 1 12 00 52 400 12 01 11 600 12 01 30 500 Time Function Main cursor Cursor Time Date ol Ma 12 00 14 200 2007 12 13 yf RMS Chi P1 KB 100 ms 107 E 1 Max Chi P1 KB 100 ms 108 2 dB 2 Show outside blocks Delete all calculated functions Delete selected calculated functions Delete latest calculated functions Add selected functions to comparison window 2 Show results based on selected functions Fig 4 29 Using the Results comparison window 4 4 VIEW CONFIGURATOR The View Configurator enables to select results displayed in a Table Plot or Text view To show or hide it use the hi button located on the View Toolbar located at the top of each view sub window or the View Configurator command in the View menu It can also be hidden using the Hide button in the upper right corner of the View Configurator sub window SVANTEK 48 SvanPC User Manual SLOGI svn Logger results p
182. iteria using the Blocks markers generator For details see Section 8 2 3 SVANTEK 33 SvanPC User Manual 4 2 3 SPECTROGRAM VIEW The Spectrogram can be used to show the 3D variation of time frequency and amplitude on a 2D plot The x axis represents the time domain the y axis represents the frequency domain and the color variation shows the amplitude domain of the currently selected function The time scale is linear while the frequency scale is logarithmic The range of the color scale is shown down the right hand side of the plot area SVANO005 Logger 1 3 Octave aggregation degree amp O x Freq Hz ee Total C 3150 1000 315 100 31 5 M3220000 14 32 21 536 MERIR MRE MRSA MIRE MRIG Time 14 32 21 536 14 32 23 072 14 32 24 608 14 32 26 144 14 32 27 680 14 32 29 216 Time 14 32 20 016 Dimensionless Function Time Date Frequency Hz Result wf Main cursor 14 32 20 016 2009 08 17 20 0 5 6 dB Fig 4 15 An example of the Spectrogram view To scroll the time axis you can use the green slider above the spectrogram area or click on the axis below the spectrogram area with the left mouse button and move the mouse without releasing In contrary to the Plot view axis scaling is not available in the Spectrogram view The configuration of the Spectrogram view window is analogous to the Plot view window for details see Chapter 4 2 2 Plot view Adjusting the view You can choose the parameter visua
183. itional modules available for purchase such as SvanPC Remote Communication SvanPC Environmental Monitoring SvanPC Projects SvanPC Dose Measurements SvanPC Building Acoustic There are two ways of activating SvanPC additional modules Entering an activation code Using a hardware dongle 7 4 1 RC MODULE ACTIVATION The Remote Communication Module is licensed separately for each SVAN instrument To access this module you have to purchase an activation code for each instrument you wish to use with SvanPC RC and enter it in the Enter Activation Keys window in the SvanPC application SVANTEK 85 SvanPC User Manual Help Topics Type the code here Show Activated Modules Enter Activation Key Enter Activation Keys Activate Demo Serial Online About Fig 7 4 Entering codes for RC Module activation 7 4 2 HARDWARE DONGLES The EM DM and BA modules can be activated with the use of hardware dongles Fig 7 5 A hardware dongle The dongles contain keys which serve to activate additional SvanPC modules When you plug a dongle to a USB port of your computer the key is automatically unpacked and you gain access to the modules Removing the dongle will block the access to the modules There can be multiple SvanPC modules activated with one dongle Keys contained in the dongle are connected with its serial number Therefore a key copied from the dongle
184. ive function selector and the Secondary y axis selector located in the upper part of a plot view SVANTEK 29 SvanPC User Manual Session 1 Logger results joj xj 0 I dw Gia 1032 3350 Eia 5 0dB 30 048 RA AA Primar y Secondary Po y axis selector F selector a 4 Start Duration ire y Jems a KE y Total RMS run 1 Whi Info fw Chi P1 Wd Chi P1 Wd Lin Chi P1 Wd Lin Chi P1 Wd Lin wi Main cursor 2008 02 14 00 41 15 100 80 7 dB 76 5 dB 72 9 dB 117 1 dB List of E Inside blocks 2008 02 14 00 41 09 200 00 00 05 900 83 2 dB 72 1 dB 78 4 dB 117 3 dB ie displayed q m functions Fig 4 10 Elements of interface related to configuring the contents of a Plot view Note Some functionalities of the table below the plot are only available after activating the Environmental Monitoring module Graphic options The graphic options such as the backgroud color and the style of grid lines of a particular currently opened Plot view can be configured using the Local Plot Settings dialog box opened with the Local Plot Settings command available in the View menu and in the pulldown menu opened by clicking in the plot area with the right mouse button Similar options but concerning all plot views in SvanPC can be configured using the Graph View options in the Main Options You can also specify the way functions are drawn on the plot using th
185. ividual folder for each session Its name is created from a given prefix and the Remote address of the session There is also a possibility to automatically remove the subcatalogues where no files are saved during the remote sessions Remove empty directories The Commands logger enables one to save the commands exchanged during a remote session in a LOG file of selected name The Incoming connections and CRP packets option serves for automatic creating of new sessions triggered with incoming connections and CRP packets The Result Web Publishing panel contains options for exporting the results into the HTML format and for uploading the files to an FTP server In case logger files are selected for publishing you can select the length of the time period from which the data will be uploaded using the selector in the Logger Web Publishing panel The HTML publishing and FTP uploading tools are further described in Chapter 11 4 Online Data Export Individual settings To set the start and stop time of the measurement session for a single instrument station select it on the list and go to Measurement settings You can also start a session without specifying a time period the session will start immediately after pressing the Start button and stop only when requested to do so Check to start session immediately instead of programmed date Common settings Measurement settings El SVAN 977 34151 Measurement Session g Measuremen _
186. ixels per sample 3 5 x a I nae ze oe Bie ao 1 1 1 1 Pe eee 25 0 17778777T a I I I I I I l I 1 I a T E ee ee ee ee E n eee ee eee v Channel 1 SLM 5 DONE O ee cee ce ee ee E me o 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 a I I I I I 1 I l I nE i aa a a aa a a a a a a a a aa a ata as 75 0 ped taka diet ado eda ted ada dea eee a A E D Profile 2 PEPES eee eee eee eae _ ElProfe 3 eo te es fe eon o B 13 Octave E E ee ee ee ee ee ee ee Gi v Markers ee a a a n 09 31 08 400 09 31 10 800 09 31 13 200 09 31 15 600 09 31 18 000 03 31 20 400 Time View configurator Fig 4 30 Selecting results displayed in a view with the use of the View configurator There are two methods of selecting multiple objects simultaneously e Selecting an object with the CTRL button pressed will cause the selection of all available objects of the same type e g selecting the Time history MIN results in Profile 1 will also cause the selection of Time history MIN results in other profiles as well as Summary MIN results in all profiles e Selecting one object and then selecting another object in the same subtree with the SHIFT button pressed will cause the selection of all objects in the subtree that are displayed between the two objects These two methods are illustrated in Fig 4 31 E Noise dosimetry Task based Task 1 T1 2 5VL M Noise dosimetry Task based Task 1 T1 2 5 E1 W Time history TH Eh W Time history TH
187. k Activity m CON x E System check at files dearing AFD 1 V System every day at 06 00 x svan977 34151simple SVAN 977 34151 System check configuration W Turn actuator on every day at for the duration of Day hours 1h Day background 80 dB Might background threshold 60 Measurements timeout 5 minute s RMS Q deviation 4 5 3 Ela V Send calibration factor Q to SVAN If system check succeeds Use Cal Factor k If is outside range Use SVAN s Cal Faci Y Generate alarm in case of Q outside range or system check fail Cancel Fig 11 22 The System check configuration button and window in the Automatic Files Download session In the System check configuration window you can specify when should system checks be performed at files clearing or at particular time of day values of system check parameters background value for day and night periods acknowledged as day and night timeout value and maximum acceptable deviation of the calibration factor SVANTEK 171 SvanPC User Manual what should be done after system check the calculated calibration factor can be sent to the station depending on the success failure of the system check whether or not an alarm should be generated if calculated calibration factor is outside acceptable range You can also manually run a system check using the Perfor
188. ker you need to move mouse cursor to the bottom of the line representing the marker A frame in the colour of the marker should appear you can drag and drop the marker left or right from its original position The value of function RTUser as well as RTResult will be recalculated as soon as marker is dropped in a new position as well as the 1 n Octave Slope line SVANTEK 205 SvanPC User Manual oS SvanPC Buffe_43 svn Logger 1 3 Octave TSect f 800 Hz pixels per sample 2 SMOOTHING 7 0 an File Edit SVAN View Tools Window Help ISOHDSIX OES fF T wka oe oM i e_43 svn v T eedevio E Po A roas RE A e O oeie outa 2 D 80 0 s a 60 0 40 0 al Ar 17 31 56 000 17 31 56 480 17 31 56 960 17 31 57 440 17 31 57 920 17 31 58 400 17 31 58 880 17 31 59 360 17 31 59 840 Time d 17 31 57 980 Cursor Time Function Main cu In bl Calculated function i Total result Main cursor 17 31 57 980 4 B 1 3 octave EQ c 80 4dB WL 0 ch1 HP 66 5 dB 4 ch1 HP lt gt For Help press F1 SvanPC ver 1 6 8 RELEASE 2013 07 19 13 41 53 Not connected Fig 12 6 Calculation of RT60 in User mode After manual adjustment for a given frequency band results will be shown in the RT60 view in RTUser column and the value in the RTResult column will be respectively updated Fig 12 7 SVANTEK 206 SvanPC User
189. l appear in the Stations table The WWW column contains buttons which enable to select the data from the particular station to be published in HTML and the files to be uploaded to an FTP server The WWW FTP column contains information about the enabled data export options for the particular station None WWW FTP WWW FTP Address Unit File Cnf WWW FTP www Activity N A svan 979 21004 None i Fig 11 24 Station table in the Automatic files download dialog box with columns concerning online data publishing 11 3 3 CONTINUOUS LOGGER DOWNLOAD The Continuous Logger Download tool serves for short period remote data acquisition from current logger also enabling daily logger merging as well as verification of settings and system checking To use the Continuous Logger Download data acquisition method press the Continuous Logger download button in the Remote Communication Center see Fig 11 12a The Logger download session dialog box will be opened Downloading logger results When you start a logger download session all the logger files found in the instrument s memory will be downloaded to the computer If a logger mode measurement is currently performed a file containing all the already saved results is created for the current logger and then it is continuously extended with the latest results during the measurement The application also reacts when the logger measurement is stopped and a new one is started
190. l r rerin ana A ee DLA E maa PD ete l Era O Recenang lt RTA 4 4 RT d 1 4 Source Reem C 1 Cy Backgrou Back cord nmga a oy Receiving cls fieem B Backgreund OCHTLIO avn 1 3 Octave LEQ A JE RTO cts ioom BBadioyound ACHT S1 svn 1 1 Octave LEG A Project Sessions i cts Room 6 Background BCHTLS2 svn L3 Octave LEQ E Project Reports eta Maam Q Beier e a OF ma FF ekan l gin Y m el Se Pa p EA esas DE iia a ae Gea Fig 12 14 Assigning measurement files to rooms in the Sound Insulation Wizard 12 3 4 AUTOMATIC CALCULATION OF REVERBERATION TIME In case a logger containing short step LEQ 1 1 or 1 3 octave spectrum time history is being dropped onto the Reverberation time section SvanPC will automatically perform RT60 analysis according to its current setup considering e g whether the decay or impulse method is selected in the Building Acoustic toolbar This type of data is then visible as Auto RT60 in the lists Note When both RT60 results and logger data are available in the loaded file which is possible in case of SVAN 977 instruments only the RT60 results are taken into account SVANTEK 213 SvanPC User Manual Fike SWAN Wew lo z i Add room facade Par tier Vein I z rie T a ie Add facade Add Edt Deaete een ig Svan Project a Ga Project Objects em Room A ms co Source oma ft 8e Edt Delete i GEC Seund precsure leval T ap
191. lar elements of the SvanPC graphical user interface such as menus dialog boxes etc 2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 USB DRIVERS INSTALLATION USB drivers installation package can be found at the CD received on purchase of an instrument or it can be downloaded from www svantek com path SUPPORT DRIVERS SOFTWARE USB DRIVERS Please follow the installation instructions To complete the USB drivers installation user should connect the instrument after system reboot and select automatic USB driver installation It may be necessary to repeat the last step for all USB ports Important Installation of USB drivers requires the user to have administrator privileges SVANTEK 6 SvanPC User Manual 2 2 SVAN PC INSTALLATION SvanPC software installation can be initiated using provided CD or by downloading the installer file from www svantek com path PRODUCTS SOFTWARE SvanPC Please follow the installation instructions l iz SvanPC gt se n Welcome to the SvanPC Setup Wizard a lt The installer will guide you through the steps required to install SvanPC on your computer WARNING This computer program is protected by copyright law and intemational treaties Unauthorized duplication or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil or criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maxdmum extent possible under the law Fig 2 1 SvanPC software installer You w
192. lculated which should be used as the data source Enables to select with what type of result the templated result should be replaced Standard value received from a Svantek instrument Running total values obtained with the use of the Calculator tool Enables to specify the channel number used for the measurements of which results should be used Enables to specify the profile number used for the measurements of which results should be used Enables to specify whether logger or simple results should be used Enables to specify whether results of calculations should be used or not Enables to specify whether cumulated results of calculations should be used or not In case you wish the templated object to be replaced with the results of calculations performed in time periods determined by a marker this parameter enables to specify the name of this marker Enables to specify a range of the time domain from which the results should be taken The time range can be configured using the Time range dialog box Enables to specify a range of the frequency domain from which the results should be taken The frequency range should be specified by typing the minimum and maximum frequencies in Hz separated by a hyphen It is possible to select multiple ranges separated by a comma e g 1 000 2 000 8 000 16 000 127 SvanPC User Manual LN range Result Excel Chart RT60 results filter Result Excel Char
193. le add remove and configure networks and set timeouts Simple mode In the Simple mode USB connection is automatically detected If no instruments are connected via USB the active connection type Internet or Local area network is set as selected in the Connection configuration wizard It is mentioned in the message on the bottom of the window Simple mode uses the list of instruments defined by Remote Connection Wizard and does not allow for adding or removing defined instruments outside of the wizard functionality it s only valid for Internet connection type Moreover setting the Simple mode disables the Internet settings These settings are configured automatically Note If you use the Remote connection wizard to connect instruments the Internet settings will be configured and the Simple mode will be enabled automatically Common settings In the Remote Settings dialog box it is also possible to set Retry Counter and Retry timeout if the connection is lost the service will try to reconnect only the number of times given in the Retry counter field and not longer than the time specified in the Retry timeout field If the number of trials or amount of time before a successful reconnection exceeds the specified limits the application will quit to reconnect Station AS password password used by the service when connecting to the Svantek server if communication in the AS system is enabled 11 1 2 INTERNET CONNECTION TYPES
194. lised on the spectrogram by using the Active function selector in the upper part of the Spectrogram view window This selector is visible only in the Normal mode it is hidden in Data and Results and Only Data modes The selected function defines the values on the z axis Fig 4 16 The Active function selector The Auto scale z tool serves to scale the z axis to fit the range of currently displayed data When browsing the time domain the scale will be modified automatically When you disable the Auto scale z option the scale will remain unchanged SVANTEK 34 SvanPC User Manual Fig 4 17 The Auto scale z control in the View Toolbar You can modify the profile of the z axis to set the optimal contrast for the range of data that you need To do so click on the color bar representing the z axis on the right side of the Spectrogram view window Then click on one of the displayed squares to move the range in which the chosen color will be displayed You can set 4 points of the profile to adjust the color dynamics as needed Modifying the color profile does not change the scale of the z axis 140 00 dE 140 00 dE 120 00 dB 120 00 dB 100 00 dB 100 00 dE 80 00 dB 80 00 dB 60 00 dB 60 00 dB 40 00 dB 40 00 dB Fig 4 18 Examples of z axis color profiles in the Spectrogram view Selection of data A point of the spectrogram can be selected with the use of the Main cursor To select a point simply click somewhere in the spectrogr
195. lists to modify their contents 10 5 2 PERFORMING DATA SEARCH To perform the search use the Data search dialog box It can be opened in two ways using the Data search command from the Tools menu using the button from the Main toolbar SVANTEK 138 SvanPC User Manual mro Search criteria Condition E connguranon Value logger 1 10ctave 7 Press to perform search User value E Value between and acl operat Results dass Logger 1 3 Octave OR Results dass Logger 1 1 Octave Current search query Results Project Objects 8LOG11svn Results Project Objects amp LOG38 svn Project Objects amp LOG66 svn Project Views View 1 Fig 10 30 Data search dialog box To use the Data search tool you should do the following 1 Specify a search query 2 Perform the search using the Find now button 3 Browse the search results displayed at the bottom of the window Building a search query A search query is conformed by several search criteria each describing one category An example of a search criteria could be Results class Logger 1 3 Octave An example of a search query could be Results class Logger 1 3 Octave OR Results class Logger FFT To add a search criteria to current query the following steps are necessary 1 Specify a tag category You can choose a category such as Measurement time start or File type from the list
196. ll You can also decide whether table headers or the Header information should also be copied SVANTEK 69 SvanPC User Manual Send To Microsoft Excel Please select the target Worksheet E New Workbook Insert Position First Free Column L Separate With Blank Column First Free Row Separate With Blank Row Selected Cell Insert Table Header Automatically Insert HeaderInfo Never Remember this choices and don t ask again Fig 6 2 Configuration of data export to Microsoft Excel settings If you enable the Remember this choices and don t ask again option the next export will be done with the same settings and the Send To Microsoft Excel dialog box will not appear The same can be obtained using the Use Last Settings command from the pulldown menu opened next to the a icon Fig 6 3 Saving the last settings for later data exports to Microsoft Excel E icon means that the settings have to be configured ag icon means that the last settings are remembered After the export Microsoft Excel will be automatically opened with selected data pasted to worksheet In case the amount of data exceeds Microsoft Excel s rows or columns number limit it will be split to more than one worksheet SVANTEK 70 SvanPC User Manual 6 2 MICROSOFT WORD Results in text or picture form can be exported directly to Microsoft Word Send to MS Word View mode selection Buffer_2 Logger results aggregati
197. ll other files are removed 3 2 4 CORRECTING DATE AND TIME Since version 2 1 0 of the SvanPC software it is possible to correct the date and time of measurement start in files downloaded from Svantek instruments In order to save a file with different date and time than that set by the instrument use the Export Export with corrected date amp time command in the File menu In the dialog box that appears specify the desired date and time and press OK You will then be able to specify a new location and name for the file with corrected date and time SVANTEK 12 SvanPC User Manual Open Ctri 0 Close Close All Views Close All Documents New Project Close Proyect Close Project and Open Save Measurement date Measurement time ave As 2014 02 19 lal 08 00 00 Save as Project Copy SVN file as Reset to original date amp time Save Current View Dynamic Appending RQ Properties Import Ej SvanPC Settings Logger Events Beant Ctrl P Strip Events Print Preview WOVE ASCI Export Print Setup Fig 3 5 Correcting the measurement date and time in downloaded files 3 3 SETUP FILE EDITOR The Setup File Editor is a SvanPC extension that gives its users an easy access to SVAN instruments setup files Thanks to the clear visualization similar to the menu displayed by the instruments the user may configure the instruments
198. ls on viewing the results of calculations see Chapter 5 2 4 Viewing Calculated Results SVANTEK 105 SvanPC User Manual 9 1 USING THE CALCULATOR DIALOG BOX After selecting a Calculator sub module the Calculator dialog box will appear Environmental Monitoring Calculator Sets of options available for configuration Functions list BER Ch 1 VLM Ch 2 VLM Ch 3 VLM Ch 4 SLM WIFI Ch 45 F1 Ch amp Ch7 Ch3 Channels and profiles settings Press to browse the results of recalculations Press to start calculation Fig 9 2 The Calculator dialog box All the functions available for recalculation are displayed on the list located at the left side of the window By clicking on the check boxes next to the names of the functions you can select deselect the functions you wish to calculate You can select multiple functions for simultaneous calculation The functions are displayed in tree mode grouped by cathegories By selecting a branch containing multiple functions you can select all the functions belonging to the relevant cathegory For each function various settings are available Some settings are common to all functions but all of them can be configured separately for each function The right side of the Calculator dialog box enables the configuration of settings for a particular function after selecting it from the list or simply after clicking on its name if it is already selected Configuration of
199. lski Polska Fig 10 11 Adding data to report by dragging objects from the Project Browser to Microsoft Word SVANTEK 118 SvanPC User Manual 10 3 PROJECTS TOOLBAR The Projects Toolbar contains useful tools specific for working with projects and building reports You can show hide the Projects Toolbar using the Projects Toolbar command from the View menu The controls available in the Projects Toolbar are listed in Table 10 1 Table 10 1 Projects Toolbar buttons Icon Name Tall ie 4 Select merging mode User function wizard gt Section 10 6 3 4 Data search gt Section 10 5 amp Switch dragging mode A Switch dragging of current spectrum from active logger spectrum view on off Include table header Drag table selection gt E a Include fonts and colors am Drag plot as bitmap a Drag plot as metafile Fal Keep templated objects when generating pi report from template gt Section 10 4 3 a Automatically create missing sessions when generating report gt Section 10 4 3 1 Tile app and report horizontally Ta Show Report templates browser gt Section 10 4 4 SVANTEK 119 SvanPC User Manual mA Generate report for current project gt Section 10 4 4 a Include map when copying Measurement Tracking views to reports Merging mode The Select merging mode pulldown menu enables to specify the way da
200. lt condition gt lt Tag value gt adding logical operators OR AND adding brackets Note Manually adding brackets to the search query text is the only way to build a logically more complex search query Using the search results You can use the results of the search in two ways Clicking twice on a position in the Search results list will select it in the Project Browser and close the Data search dialog box You can then work with the file using the Project Browser Clicking on a position in the Search results list with the right mouse button will open a pulldown menu containing various options depending on the type of the result object session The menus work in an analogous way to those described in Chapter 10 2 Using the Project Browser Header info Session 1 Logger results Session 2 cae oun fession 3 Logger 1 3 Octave I j Logger 1 3 Octave TSect Search results Results Project Objects Buffer_5 svn i niarts Modena _3 svn Create default session Properties Tags Fig 10 31 Using the search results When you open a session using the search results the Data search dialog box will automatically be closed SVANTEK 140 SvanPC User Manual 10 6 OTHER FEATURES OF THE SVAN PROJECTS 10 6 1 MULTI SOURCE SESSIONS When working with a Svan Project you can view data contained in multiple files simultaneously To create a multi source session select all
201. lts It is also possible to add further conditions for the data series such as e g Results PEAK AND Filter C Upon generation of reports SvanPC fills the charts with data by using tag queries to search for measurement results that fit to Excel s data series In the Formatting tab you can also decide whether to include also units headers and results Fig 10 20 If you decide to include headers the names of the series will modified SVANTEK 130 SvanPC User Manual Formatting parameters If no source is matched replace template object with E Format results as Unit type Logger time type Tabe o o Logarithmic Absolute Absolute si Values formatting Options Fixed Predsion 3 F Add unit ici According to Main Option V Add result header Time span format Defaidt Fig 10 20 Formatting parameters of a templated Microsoft Excel chart 10 4 3 GENERATING REPORTS FROM TEMPLATES The main purpose of using report templates is to easily create reports containing constant text parts together with templated objects depending on the results files and other project objects To generate a report based on a report template drag a session that you want to use with the template from the Project Sessions branch and drop it on the template in the Project Reports branch If there is only one file session in the current project you can also use the Generate r
202. m system check button at the bottom of the Automatic files download window The system check interferes with measurements performed by the station for this reason you will be asked for confirmation before manually starting a system check The table describing station s details at the top right corner of the Automatic Files Download window contains i a a field related to results of system checks the Last sys check status property It may take the following values N A means that system check has not yet been performed for this station Success 1 56 dB means that system check has been successfully accomplished and the calculated calibration factor is in acceptable range the number in brackets is the calculated value of the calibration factor Failed 4 78 dB means that system check has been successfully accomplished but the calculated calibration factor is outside of the acceptable range Failed N A means that a system check was performed but has not been successfully accomplished The reason for failure might be too high a level of background noise or other unpredicted factors the procedure stops repeating system check attempts after the amount of time specified in the background noise timeout field in the system check configuration window Property Value Unit SVAN 977 S N 34151 Download path C Users Kuba Docu Result fles count Logger files count Last download status Las
203. mbo box user modifies the setting value by selecting the desired option from a list supported by the instrument e g Measurement Mode or Integration Time check boxes ticking the checkbox activates or deactivates the function e g Logger results Some settings are related to each other It means that one works only when the other is set to a certain value For example the Auto Save option is available only if Integration Time value is equal or bigger than 10 seconds unless the repetition cycle is equal to1 If settings of related options are not corresponding the setup is not available for editing In the mentioned example the Auto Save will not be possible to edit if the Integration Time is set to 9 seconds or less When lack of correspondence occurs the editor asks for confirmation When user chooses to continue the change in spite of the incorrespondence the related setting will be set to a value which will not cause any discrepancy default Setup file editor C Users Kuba Documents Svantek Settings svn Setup filename settings Current Setup File SVAN 959 11295 ver 6 13 9 Bits Per Sample Integration Period Compensation Filter Conf E mail D A EXTENDED I O SETUP Day Time Limits Device Functio unctiof pcs Direct EXTEND Direct Save ase am 7 Changing this setting will reset Auto Save to default Eject Page WOE Auto Save s current value On Exposure Time Do you wish to proceed File Info Format
204. me and or background noise level Note Only summary results are used if available Time history results are used only if a particular object corresponding to this type of data is dragged from a branch of the Project Objects list not a whole file or channel or in case summary results are not available in the selected file In case of Reverberation time section those can be RT60 result files from instrument in case there are few in a file the averaged will be taken RT60 results files defined by User function wizard of SvanPC or results of RT60 analysis performed with SvanPC but also loggers containing short step Leq 1 1 or 1 34 octave spectrum time history may be dropped To assign a group of files select them or whole folder in the Project Browser and then drag and drop them to the proper section in the Sound Insulation Wizard SVANTEK 212 SvanPC User Manual File SVAN Virw Tag a noo Pac aiton n in Add rocen wala tt w ar lds Add facade Add Eat Delete IET aT ETH ig Svan Project Eit Delate I Sound pressure level i scts Room HRecerng OECHA lawn 1 3 Octave LEQ 0 A iRoom Aecem GICHOL rm 1 3 Octave LEQ cl niis Foom BRecening DECHA I n 1 3 Octave LEQ Cl i crin iann eek ee PL E m eee 2 i gt sA Sound pressure level bjects Room A Source GOAN lyn 1 3 Octave LEQ Cl A i bjerts Roon A Source POOH 2 avn 1 3 Octave LEQ Cl bjects Room ASource DEOL Seen 1 3 Octave LEQ C
205. mote Session Settings Transmit Receive Select a station on the list semis as Remote Address 0 0 0 0 C Station with controller Changing the instrument will reset Instrument ail settings to the default values aor p 4 Serial number is used only with Serial number 1 LJ incoming connections setups File i Enables instrument s Remote Control Mode in which the device will dose any automatic messages that would otherwise require manual control Press to open Configure individual file downloading options f i j eee eee i a naming convention for this the options window station instrument only Overrides general session settings Remote Control Mode Coe Teens odse evesen Check to enable the configuration of individual settings eae ay Set the preferred path and naming RemoteSession Fig 11 32 Configuring individual files downloading settings for a single instrument in the Remote session All the other available individual station settings in the Remote sessions are identical to the features of the Station configuration tool described in Chapter 11 2 2 Station Configuration Results preview In case of the Remote Sessions it is possible to display the selected results of current measurements performed by a chosen connected device within a specified time interval To do so SVANTEK 181 SvanPC User Manual go to the General settings of a chosen instrument or stat
206. ms 2 Fig 4 19 An example of the Text view 4 3 DATA SPECIFIC VIEW SUB WINDOWS 4 3 1 OPENING VIEW SUB WINDOWS After opening a file downloaded from a Svan instrument or stored on the PC a View sub window is opened automatically It is displayed in the working area of the SvanPC window as shown in Fig 4 20a SVANTEK 36 SvanPC User Manual File Edit SVAN View Toots Winedow Hetp Navigator bar Minimize maximize Multifile info close the Files count sub window File no Device type 7 Internal software version 5B Filesystem version 5 O View ae sub window Original file name M RESSS i Measurement hour 11 48 06 Measurement WEL yyy Mi ddl 2006 12 22 SvanPC wer 0 9 4 Fig 4 20a A View sub window and related controls Close Restore Minimize Fig 4 20c Buttons for minimizing restoring and closing of a maximized View sub window Fig 4 20b A minimized View sub window To move a sub window click on its title bar with the left mouse button and move the mouse without releasing within the working area To minimize a sub window press the button A minimized sub window is automatically located in the lower left corner of the working area as shown in Fig 4 20b SVANTEK 37 SvanPC User Manual To maximize a sub window press the button A ma
207. n summaries in selected time periods during the logger downloading session The summaries can consist of the following actions as configured Synchronize time updates the unit s clock to the PC time Verify settings compares the current station settings with the settings configured in the Stations configuration dialog box see Chapter 11 2 2 Station Configuration f during the summary the settings are different enabling this option will cause the automatic modification of the station settings so they correspond with the remotely configured settings Note The verification concerns only the measurement settings System check The system check can be performed to verify the state of the instrument calibration When activated this diagnostic tool performs the following actions o Stop the measurements SVANTEK 176 SvanPC User Manual Modify the instrument settings to fit a calibration measurement Perform a calibration measurement Reset the device to previous settings Restart the measurement Note The system check is only available for instruments with the SLM functionality O O O O After enabling system checks the System Check column appears in the table in the Continuous Logger Download window containing buttons which allow for configuration of system checks Address Unit File Cnt System check State svan977 34151 simple SVAN 977 34151 System check configuration
208. n various ways for different acquisition methods In case of Live results preview the data for HTML publishing is selected together with the displayed results after pressing the Configure Results button see Fig 11 17 Incase of Automatic files download and Continuous logger download the data can be selected for each unit separately using the buttons In case of Remote session you can only select the source for publishing files Current results RAM file If no data is selected files will not be published even if the publishing option is enabled You can use the Results selection list to select measurement results data which will be contained in the created HTML files During the opening of this window the current settings are downloaded from the device and the list is automatically filled with all the currently measured functions To select a function for publishing check the control next to its name In case of the Live results preview and Continuous logger download sessions Write data to csv option is also available Checking this option enables to export the data published in HTML format also to CSV format The created csv files are of the same name and directory as the html files If you decide to upload HTML files via FTP you can select types of files to be downloaded data files history files all files of which name ends with the _history html suffix structural files files supporting websit
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210. ndow Contents of the plot view All the functions displayed on the plot are listed in the table in the lower part of the Plot view window After clicking on a function name in the list its representation in the plot area becomes highlighted so you can easily recognize it when many functions are plotted at once The buttons serve for showing hiding the functions Color used for plotting a function can be selected by clicking on the square located next to the function s name The contents of the table below the plot can be customized using the context menu opened by clicking with the right mouse button anywhere in the table area The menu contains the following commands Set font enables one to select the font used in the table below the plot Autosize columns off fit in window fit in column enables one to automatically adjust the table columns width the fit in window option causes the columns to fill the whole width of SVANTEK 28 SvanPC User Manual the panel while the fit in column resizes the columns to fit exactly the width of the contained text Anytime you manually resize a column the Autosize off option becomes automatically selected Show start stop duration enables one to show or hide the columns of the table representative of the information about the time ranges specified by block and cursor selections and markers Show whole data inside blocks outside
211. ndow and to the published HTML files To select data for HTML publishing select Add to WWW You can choose one of the options or both 5 0 PEAK Lrs F Show in Live Results Fig 11 37 Selecting data for HTML publishing in case of Live Results Preview The files can be published in the following modes available to configure in the options panels of particular data acquisition methods Current results in one file for all stations merges the files containing the current results from all the units to one HTML file Current results in individual file for each station creates one HTML file for each station containing the current results the name of the created file contains the unit name and serial number Current results and archive individually for each station creates a new HTML file for every current result and one index HTML file containing links to all the archived results for each SVANTEK 185 SvanPC User Manual Station files are stored in folders of names containing unit name and serial number created for every station You can also choose to create additional files containing only the last results data from the Main results or Logger downloaded files these files are significantly smaller than the ones containing all the latest results The names of these files begin with map_ 11 4 2 FTP UPLOAD The files downloaded from an instrument or station as well as the created HTML or CSV files can be aut
212. new block selection is automatically selected as the output option SVANTEK 104 SvanPC User Manual 9 SVAN PC CALCULATOR The Environmental Monitoring Dose Measurements and Building Acoustics modules provide more advanced tools for data analysis and recalculations in relation to the basic Calculator tool described in Chapter 5 2 Total RMS LEQ and Cross spectra Recalculations It is realised by unlocking additional features of the Calculator disabled in the free version of SvanPC This chapter is devoted to the discussion of these further possibilities of the Calculator tool and methods of using them After the EM DM or BA Module has been activated the corresponding command in the Calculator pulldown menu is enabled To use the recalculation tools specific for the purchased module open the Calculator pulldown menu by using the Tools Calculator command or by clicking on the Lillad icon on the Main toolbar and choose a sub module from the menu Total RM5 LEQ Sub modules available Cross spectra in the free version of SvanPC Environmental Monitoring Building Acoustic Sub modules available Real time Analysis after activating relevant Dose Measurements SvanPC modules Machine Monitoring Fig 9 1 Accessing the module specific Calculator tool The icon displayed next to a module s name means that the module is not activated and the functions related to it are unavailable Note For detai
213. ng Data search tools To save the settings and close the Template object editor press the OK button Pressing the Cancel button will discard the changes and close the Template object editor Including templated Microsoft Excel charts In order to include a Microsoft Excel chart in a report template it is necessary to go through the following steps Insert an Microsoft Excel Chart object in the Microsoft Word document corresponding to the edited report template Insert gt gt Object gt gt Object gt gt Microsoft Excel Chart Still in Microsoft Word define data series for the chart and configure the look of the chart Select the chart in Microsoft Word Note The chart should not be opened in editing mode in Microsoft Word you have to quit editing and simply click on the chart in order to select it In the Report Template Editor add a new Templated object and in the Template object editor define its Source type as Microsoft Excel Chart Specify the chart s parameters in the Source parameters tab and assign SvanPC tag queries to Excel s data series in the Excel chart parameters tab To add remove a serie use the Add and Remove buttons located below the series list To edit serie parameters using Data search tools use the panel located to the right of the series list In order to specify the function that will constitute the source of data for an Excel chart s data series the Source function tag query should have the form Resu
214. non metric Linear metric Start Calibration v 100 4000 Start Measurement Send Settings Fig 7 3 SV100 101 103 Calibration USB dialog box If there are multiple instruments connected to the computer you can use the Select instrument pulldown menu located in the lower right corner of the window to choose the device you wish to calibrate You can manually set the Calibration Factor as well as the calibration measurement profile settings such as Calibration Level Filter SVANTEK 83 SvanPC User Manual Detector for each separate measurement channel using the controls grouped in the Channel X Y Z panels below the Measurement progress bar It is also possible to configure the Measurement Time Settings and choose units for the vibration measurement results The settings are automatically downloaded from the instrument when you open the SV 100 101 103 Calibration dialog box You can also download them manually using the Read Settings button located at the bottom of the window The Send Settings button serves for sending the configured settings to the instrument You can start measurements with the current instrument settings using the Start Measurement button The results of the RMS measurement for each channel downloaded from the SVAN 100 101 device are displayed in the panels at the top of the window above the Measurement progress bar The values are automatically upda
215. ns using the Instrument selector after the change the particular options become available as if the selected instrument was connected and all settings are reset to default values Set the Remote Control Mode disabling all the device s automatic messages requiring manual control The Measurement setup panel enables one to configure various measurement settings such as measured function filter detector for particular channels and profiles logger settings of the connected instrument or station via your PC The measurement settings are grouped into 5 subcategories general measurement setup Channels Logger Advanced and External I O settings Note In case of measurers which enable configuration of audio recording options e g SVAN 956 957 or 959 Audio Events settings are also available as a subset of Measurement setup Logger settings This category of settings enable to configure various parameters of Wave and Event recording such as sampling format etc reflecting the device s functionalities The Alarm settings panel enables one to configure the alarms in the form of SMS or e mails sent automatically when a specified level is obtained by the selected measured function To enable SMS e mail sending configure the SMS e mail and alarm activation settings and switch on the Send SMS Send e mail control Note If the Station with controller control is checked in the Station s configuration dialog box different options a
216. o Save Auto Save File Name Channel X Channel X Channel X Calibration Level Channel X Channel X Vector Coefficient Channel X 1 40 Channel Y Channel Y Channel Y Calibration Level Channel Y 120 01 dB Channel Y Vector Coefficdent Channel 1 40 Channel Z Channel 7 Channel Z Calibration Level Channel 7 120 01 dB Channel Z Vector Coefficient Channel 7 1 00 Detector Channel X L0 s Detector Channel Y LOs Detector Channel 7 LOs Device Function Dosimeter Exposure Time 8 00 h 4 Fig 3 9 Instrument settings presented in List View in the Setup file editor The Wizards View contains a list of general areas of the instrument settings that can be customized as presented in Fig 3 10 It enables to configure the instrument settings in a simplified way To do so select the area you wish to customize e g Auto Save Basic Settings and follow the steps supported by the program The Cancel Wizard button enables to quit the current Wizard without applying the changes made with it SVANTEK 15 SvanPC User Manual i Auto Save i Basic Settings i Display X GPRS Communication gt SLM Measure Logger SLM Measurement I SLM Totals Measurement X VLM Measure Logger X VLM Measurement X VLM Totals Measurement Fig 3 10 Instrument settings presented in Wizards View in the Setup file editor 3 3 3 EDITING THE INSTRUMENT SETTINGS By selecting a particular setting in any of the three view mo
217. oading time is reached The Terminate button can also be used to stop a session but in contrary to the Stop button it causes an immediate break of the current action instead of waiting for its finishing It also terminates a single upload that is in progress at the moment of pressing the Terminate button not waiting for its completion You can also download the files without waiting by pressing the Download now button This single download does not affect the automatic download process if it is started To select the types of files to be downloaded results logger stored on a pendrive as well as to set the downloading time period from 1 minute to 1 month press the Options button in the lower right corner of the window The Automatic files download options dialog box will appear Automatic files download options Downloading File saving V Download result files Download path C svan V Download logger files Download external storage files WAVE Downloading period hourly File naming Use original fle name creates folders with unit name amp S N o Folder prefix AutoDownloadedFiles_ V Save log autodownload log E Group files Daily in Multifiles Clearing Automatically dear result files Automatically dear logger files Publish HTML C svan himl index html Automatically dear WAVE files Mode Latest results in one file for all stations Publish WWW SVN Upload Limit exported log
218. ods To add a time period you have to 1 Specify the Begin time of the new period To select the date use the E button which activates the calendar window To select the time click on the hours minutes or seconds and increase decrease the value using the buttons Note In case of relative time values the date is unavailable 2 Specify the End time of the new period in the same way as the Begin time 3 Press the Add button SVANTEK 128 SvanPC User Manual Time range Relative T Absolute l a Begin Begin End 2011 04 28 06 00 00 2011 04 28 12 00 00 2011 04 28 2011 04 28 18 00 00 2011 04 29 00 00 00 18 00 00 End 2011 04 29 00 00 00 Fig 10 19 The Time range dialog box The Formatting parameters tab enables one to Specify a text string that will be enclosed in the report instead of the templated object in case no data satisfying the conditions specified in Source parameters is found To enable this option check the f no source is matched checkbox Select to format the results as o Table a standard Microsoft Word table with rows containing individual data and columns referring to different information o List a list of results with each data in separate lines different information being separated by acomma o Text results in raw text form with individual data contained in separate lines Select the unit in which the results should be displayed o Logarithmic dB o Line
219. om the pulldown menu Address Comment Unit State Waiting for start Start Session Terminate Session Stop Session Fig 11 35 Commands for starting terminating and stopping a remote session You can also start stop or terminate all sessions at once using the Sessions control buttons in the upper right corner of the window The Remote Session can be configured to download running logger measurements or to acquire the current results and save a results history in a special file both can be later opened in SvanPC and viewed as a set of results Setting the particular options in the Options panel at the right side of the Remote Session window causes the application to automatically open these files and update them automatically during sequential download steps SVANTEK 183 SvanPC User Manual 11 4 ONLINE DATA EXPORT 11 4 1 HTML PUBLISHING Results downloaded with the use of tools for automatic data acquisition available in the Remote Communication module can be saved in the form of HTML files of selected names and directories To create HTML files it is necessary to enable the Publish HTML option available among the options of particular data acquisition methods as described in Chapter 11 3 Data Acquisition Methods After activating the HTML publishing option you also have to select the data to be contained in the created HTML files This can be done using the WWW FTP Selection dialog box which is opened i
220. omatically sent to an FTP server To upload files it is necessary to enable the FTP upload option available among the options of particular data acquisition methods as described in Chapter 11 3 Data Acquisition Methods To configure the FTP server settings you should use the Configure FTP dialog box which can be opened by pressing the _ Configure FTP button For Live results preview the Configure FTP button is located in the lower right corner of the Live Results window see Fig 11 16 For Automatic files download and Continuous logger download the Configure FTP button is located in the Options window available after pressing the Options button see Fig 11 20 and 11 26 For Remote Session the Configure FTP button is available in the Common settings FTF server address FIP server port Username Password Remote directory Separate svn directory Passive transfer mode al Delete HTML before uploading E File appending mode REST Restart ka automatically configured by Test FTP default REST value is recommended only change in case of issues with fle uploading TestFTP Fig 11 38 Configure FTP dialog box With the use of this dialog box it is possible to Specify the FTP server to be used for automatic file uploading by setting the address and port Set the data required to access the server Username Password Select a directory for storing files on the server Remote directo
221. on degree 1024 0 x 30 0 20 0 70 0 configuration Pressure 50 0 40 0 30 0 20 0 11 53 48 00 18 20 12 42 52 D1 07 24 13 31 56 Time 13 02 04 Fig 6 4 Exporting data from Plot view to Microsoft Word 1 Go to the desired view mode e g Plot or Table view 2 Configure the exported data a In case of a table select the cells to be exported b In case of a plot use the customisation tools as described in Chapter 4 2 2 Plot view to obtain the optimal visualisation The whole sub window will be copied to Microsoft Word unchanged including tables below and above the plot area 3 Press the w wi button located on the Main toolbar 4 If you use this tool for the first time the Send To Microsoft Word dialog box will appear allowing to configure the export settings Note Logger and Merged type views cannot be exported to Microsoft Word in table form only as plots Pictures are exported as Windows meta files SVANTEK 71 SvanPC User Manual Send To Microsoft Word Please select the target document New Document Insert at document end Report1 doc f SVAN PC 4 UM 1 0 docx Insert at cursor position Options E Select inserted data Remember this choices and don t ask again Fig 6 5 Configuration of data export to Microsoft Word settings In the panel on the left side of the Send To Microsoft Word dialog box you can select the target Microsoft Word document All currently opened docum
222. on key for each instrument that is to be used with the module The RC Module enriches the SvanPC software with the following features On demand and automatic remote data download from SVAN instruments Measurement status monitoring and verification system check alerting Remote instrument configuration and control Tools for data export and publishing Most of the RC module functionalities can be accessed from the Remote Communication Center 4 window To open it use the Remote Comm Center command in the Remote Communication pulldown menu available on the Toolbar or the SVAN menu Remote Communication Remote Communication Center command This window is described in more detail in Section 11 2 1 Several interactive guides to the RC module are available on the Svantek website 11 1 REMOTE CONNECTION The RC Module supports the following connection methods Direct connection by RS232 single device or USB cable many devices Internet GPRS Wi Fi LAN MOXA Bluetooth ZigBee The connection settings can be configured manually You can also use the Remote Connection Wizard a tool which allows to configure both instrument or monitoring station and PC for communication using Internet or Local Area Network Wi Fi 11 1 1 MANUAL CONFIGURATION OF CONNECTION SETTINGS The settings concerning all SvanPC remote communication modes can be configured with the use of the Remote Settings dialog b
223. on the Calculator functions list The Tonality analysis function enables the assessment of tonality in selected FFT data with selected criterion As a result of calculations a dialog box will appear containing information about the necessary penalty factor In case of this function the following parameters are available for configuration Standard Nordic according to ISO 1996 2 2002 standard or German Maximum tone bandwidth 5 25 Tone seek criteria 1 dB 5 dB Regression range 0 100 Tone bandwidth 1 dB 6 cB The Tonality analysis Simple function enables the assessment of tonality in selected 1 3 octave data As a results of calculations a dialog box will appear containing information about the audible tones found In case of this function no parameters are necessary to configure Impulsivity analysis The impulsivity of a jogger stored signal can be evaluated with the use of the Impulse analysis function from the Logger group M Logger Acoustics apf od Ged oof God Goof Geen SVANTEK 88 SvanPC User Manual Fig 8 3 Impulsivity analysis function on the Calculator functions list The recalculation is performed according to the norm UNI BS 9432 2002 on the basis of measured MAX function As a result of calculations a dialog box will appear containing information about the impulsivity of the evaluated signal To enable the mpulse analysis recalculation the following r
224. onalities are described in previous sections as they apply currently in the latest version of the software therefore the following text is irrelevant for users who started using SvanPC in version 1 6 1 or later 11 7 1 CHANGES SINCE SVANPC 1 6 1 With version 1 6 1 SvanPC introduces new way of declaring remote stations Before communication parameters for Internet stations were strictly defined In Remote Settings the user was obliged to select between TCP Client TCP Server and UDP communication furthermore for TCP Client they had to choose between Manual CRP Packets or Address Server and for UDP between Manual and CRP Packets This meant that the particular installation of SvanPC software could only work with one type of Internet stations if for instance a TCP Server was chosen it meant that all stations had to be configured as TCP Clients to properly communicate with the software Starting with 1 6 1 SvanPC moves beyond such limitation Most settings are gone from SvanPC there s no longer global fixed selection between TCP Client TCP Server and UDP and option for listening for incoming connection and CRP packets can be now triggered regardless of any other settings The obvious advantage is the ability of the software to work with differently configured stations The particular type of the station is now defined at the moment the station is added in Remote Communication Center or Svan Files windows S
225. one file for all stations Create additional files with last main results only pupa phaea Fig 11 16 Live Results dialog box To view results in the table in the upper part of the window you must select the results to be displayed To do so press the Configure results button The WWW amp Live Results FTP Selection dialog box will appear SVANTEK 166 SvanPC User Manual WWW amp Live Results FTP Selection SVAN 977 34151 Results selection it Profile 1 el l PEAK gt Show in Live Results FF Show in Live Results of MN eH sr EE e9 ef Sen EE Lden FTP HTML CSV upload O Upload HTML files fall Upload CSV fles fall Upload data files Upload cata files Upload map files Upload merged results fles Upload structural index files Upload merged results files FTP binary data upload Upload logger data files Upload pendrive WAVE files Lipload data files to individual folder Fig 11 17 WWW amp Live Results FTP Selection dialog box This dialog box allows to Select data to be displayed Select data to be contained in HTML exported files Select file types used for automatic uploading to an FTP server During the opening of this dialog box the current settings are downloaded from the device and the list is automatically filled with all the currently measured functions To display a function in the Live Results Preview check its corresponding
226. ons defined in the time domain A marker denotes a certain range of data specified automatically or selected by the user They can be stored in a file by a Svan instrument or created in the SvanPC software Note This tool is especially useful and applicable in the Plot view mode However markers can also be used in the other modes e g for time domain limiting in the Table view For details on visualisation modes in SvanPC see Chapter 4 2 Data Visualisation Modes Creating markers Markers divide into two types Block markers Point markers The block markers contain a finite range of data while point markers only contain one sample To create a block marker 1 Define a data block selection in the plot area simply dragging the mouse with left button pressed SVANTEK 58 SvanPC User Manual Note A block marker does not have to be continuous i e it can be composed of several separate ranges 2 Press the right mouse button to open a pulldown menu 3 Inthe menu select Edit markers Use selected blocks New marker 4 Specify the desired name and color for the new marker in the Create New Marker dialog box Buffe_40 Logger results pixels per sample 2 0 x w a oo EEE ae ee New Marker i 135 0 pipes ee 4 fe Marker s name Marker 1 170 0 Fe ee ee ee eee 115 0 Marker s color 110 0 105 0 100 0 l a ee ie f ma 100 33 200 12 00 42 5
227. or its creation is be imported as well To import data select it on the list at the right hand side of the window and press the button To change project from which data is imported press the Open project button 10 2 USING THE PROJECT BROWSER When a Svan Project is opened the Project Browser will automatically be displayed It can also be manually shown hidden with the use of the Project Browser command from the View menu ag Svan Project ae Project Objects fl Example Folder as amp LOG svn d 4 channel wav af RES1 svn Es a RES2 svn ff RES3 svn mi Hee RES svn fF RESS cvn a eo Project Sessions any Session 1 3 Project Reports Fig 10 2 The Project Browser Managing files A list of files contained in the current project is displayed in the Project Browser It is divided into three parts Project Objects files containing measurement results data and other related information used in the project This can also be calculation results view photos graphics pictures report templates etc Project Sessions sessions used for displaying data in the form of tables plots etc such as the ones described in Chapter 4 3 2 which you can modify and save Project Reports Microsoft Word text files containing measurement data results etc Moving the Project Browser You can change the location of the Project Browser in two ways clicking with the left mouse button somewhere on t
228. ound Insulation Wizard It is obligatory to fill in at least Room room identification and Room volume parameters Other are optional and function as additional notes Note With the Add facade button it is also possible to define the area outside the building in case facade sound insulation is analysed As soon as at least two rooms are defined it is possible to select them as source room and receiving room from the measurement of a newly defined partition The Add button in Partition section in the top middle section of the Sound Insulation Wizard window will allow to define a partition SVANTEK 210 SvanPC User Manual Sound Insulation Wizard l Add facade Edit Delete pressure level Partition name Partition area m2 Spedfic weight kg m 3 Description i required field Sound insulation type Airborne R te Report Show results Run caloulabons dae Fig 12 11 Defining a partition in the Sound Insulation Wizard The rooms selected as source and receiving will be considered side rooms for the partition being created After providing at least Partition name and Partition area parameters it is possible to save the definition of partition with OK button 12 3 2 SELECTION OF SOUND INSULATION TYPE The switch which allows for selecting sound insulation type is placed in the bottom left corner of Sound Insulation Wizard window Options Sound insulation type Airborn
229. own in Fig 4 23 Scroll to the beginning Current position Scroll to the end l l wit 686 3350 ac Previous sample Next sample Fig 4 23 View Toolbar buttons serving to browse the history of measured spectra o Statisti Statistics m Saisies The Statistics view may be available both for Main results files and Logger files after necessary calculations Statistical data can be presented in two different modes Histogram or LN By default Histogram is initially presented To switch the presentation mode the selector located on the View Toolbar can be used Fig 4 24 SVANTEK 41 SvanPC User Manual Gy SvanPC MINMAXO File Edit SVAN View Tools Window Help Bohne eBleae Presentation mode selector i Fig 4 24 Selection of data presentation mode in the Statistics view The Statistics view may also concern spectral results such as the 1 3 Octave statistic view and 1 1 Octave statistic view While viewing this type of data in the Histogram LN presentation mode the statistics are displayed for a selected frequency To select the displayed frequency value use the buttons located on the View Toolbar In case of the spectral statistics another presentation mode called LN f is available In this mode the spectrum is displayed for a selected statistical level The buttons serve then for the selection of the statistical lev
230. ox It can be opened using the SVAN menu Remote communication Advanced Settings Remote Settings command from the SVAN menu or by using the ome button in the Remote Communication Center Note Any changes made in the remote connection settings while an RC session is running will only take effect after the session is restarted SVANTEK 152 SvanPC User Manual Connection type Selecting a connection type affects all aspects of remote communication in SvanPC Choosing one of the five connection types enables a set of options available for the particular connection type Remote Settings Connection Type Internet Simple mode Internet settings Settings Buffer size for block operations 4036 F Retry Counter Local IP 2 168 1 41 check fa Timeouts UDP amp TCP options Retry timeout Connecting im Listen for connection request packets ih Reading im Port a001 TCP options Listen for incoming connections Disconnect after downloading pe ing connec Disconnect on transfer error S002 a Station AS password USE in Simple Mode if no instrument is autodetected the following connection type will be used Internet NOTE Any changes made to remote configuraton while an RC session is running will only take effect for the RC service after the session is restarted Cancel Fig 11 1 The Remote Settings dialog box For USB and RS232 connections i
231. ox To do so the following actions are necessary Select the files you wish to merge on the device s files list Merge Toggle the Merge button in the Download type panel gt Press the Download selected files button Files created as an effect of merging downloaded measurement results are automatically given a name of Multifile 1 Multifile 2 etc Merging result files In case of result files multifiles are created by appending to a file several other files In case settings in merged files do not match after opening such multifile in SvanPC an additional list will appear on the files list toolbar where the files with various settings are grouped and can be browsed as shown in Fig 3 3 However integration period and calibration factors values may be ignored in that case according to settings in the Main Options dialog box path Tools Main Options Multifiles Close file Multifile svn SVAN 958 5 N 14250 Level meter 2 files SVAN 959 S N 14752 1 1 Octave 3 files Fig 3 3 Files list toolbar containing groups of files in a multifile with different measurement settings SVANTEK 11 SvanPC User Manual It is also possible to merge files which are already downloaded For merging files in a local directory you have to do the following Open the files you wish to merge with the use of the File open dialog box activated with the button on the toolbar or with the Open command from the
232. ox is the heart of remote communication in SvanPC software It allows for managing instrument configuration configuring and start automatic data acquisition methods accessing alarm configuration checking instrument status measurement state or more detailed information such as e g remaining logger space and display its parameters starting and stopping measurement in a connected instrument To open the Remote Communication Center use the corresponding command from the SVAN airal menu or from the 7 pulldown menu or click on the S icon available only after Toolbar customization Remote Communication Center Instruments Connection type Address svan977 34151 simple url SVAN 977 34151 Automatic files download Live results preview Remote session Continuous logger downlo becca Alarms Check instrumentis status Toggle mode Terminate RC service Fig 11 12a Remote Communication Center dialog box The nstruments panel contains a list of connected instruments stations To fill the list with units you want to communicate with initiate the connection using the Remote Connection Wizard available from the SVAN menu The AFD CLD LR and RS columns denote if a station is active in Automatic Files Download Continuous Logger Download Live Results and Remote Session respectively These tools for data acquisition are described in S
233. points of the day parts are given in absolute time independently of Main options Settings If the Calculate in intervals option is enabled the common part of the intervals and the selected day parts will be used for recalculation For details on calculation in intervals see Chapter 9 2 Specifying calculation periods You can also choose to calculate the described functions using a specified reference time This option is particularly useful if you perform calculations on a shorter range of the time domain lf the Calculate using reference time option is enabled the recalculation consists of the following steps 1 LEQ is calculated for separate events selected by the user with blocks or markers 2 Calculations are performed according to the following formulae La 10 log 4 10 48 8 8 Rd bee 10 log lyre 1008 ae P6 8 9 Re L 10 log yn 1003 azen 8 10 Rn ty 0 1LAg 1 2 ye 0 1 LagjtDe 1 Nn 0 1 LagitPn Laen 10 log Fe t 10 AEs T Djen t 10 LAEj Pe 4 ia t 10 LAEj P 8 11 Tra reference time day Tre reference time evening Trn reference time night Laz LEQ for event j tj duration time of event Nng number of events in day time Ne number of events in evening time nN number of events in night time SVANTEK 93 SvanPC User Manual If recalculation is performed in intervals for each interval the calculations are performed independently with spe
234. quires confirmations this checkbox allows for selecting between two different modes of transmission between Svan RC Service and SvanPC 196 SvanPC User Manual When it is enabled a confirmation of receipt is expected for each command sent and in case the confirmation is not received the command is retransmitted Therefore the transmission is more reliable but at the same time slower When it is disabled the confirmations are not sent nor expected so the transmission is faster but less reliable Note By default transmission with confirmations is used and it is advisable to enable it in most cases The other mode of transmission might turn out useful in cases when multiple Stations are used and lots of data are frequently downloaded if results are not updated with sufficient speed try disabling the confirmations o Service address and port allows for setting manually the IP address and port at which the RC Service can be accessed Note It is recommended to restart the Svan RC Service after modifying settings in the RC Service settings category so they can take effect except for the one concerning the tray icon 11 7 NEW FUNCTIONALITIES IN RC MODULE Some fundamental changes have been introduced in the RC Module with the release of version 1 6 1 of SvanPC This section is devoted to an explication of what has changed and its consequences for users that update the software from a version earlier than 1 6 1 The new functi
235. r condition is found 4 The range between points found in steps 2 and 3 is selected Note if the pre and post trigger conditions are not specified only the point found in step 1 is selected 5 Steps 1 4 are repeated until all points satisfying the Trigger condition have been considered Ranges selected in subsequent iterations are accumulated 6 Continuous selected ranges which have duration shorter than specified Minimum duration or longer than specified Maximum duration are rejected Trigger condition satisfied Pre trigger ee eee dia ee eee eee condition satisfied l i i i i l Post trigger ae 1__ 43 _ _ Jc_ 4 f a_i _ condition satisfied _ ee m Se ee Se ee ee en ee Resulting time range whose length will yet be compared with min and max duration Fig 8 15 An illustration of the procedure for selecting a single time range according to conditions specified in Step 2 of the Blocks markers generator The test for the Trigger condition may consist in comparing the value of a measured parameter to a specified fixed value or the value of another measured parameter or the value of another measured parameter offset by a specified fixed value comparing the value of the gradient of a measured parameter to a specified constant value both the above mentioned comparisons connected by a logical conjunction or disjunction Specify another parameter for Select parameter to be compared Select relation
236. re available The alarm configuration is then available in the External interface tab The External interface panel enables one to configure the settings of an external controller connected with the Svan device It is available only if the Station with controller control is checked in the Station s configuration dialog box Note The selection of alarm source and level value s based on settings in the instrument alarm level value is displayed in proper units The Remote communication panel enables to configure the connection settings related to Internet connection and registration options To enable configuration of these settings uncheck the Skip remote connection configuration checkbox Warning Changing these settings through working Internet connection may cause the instrument to become unresponsive if settings are entered incorrectly In case an SV 200 instrument is being configured several sets of options specific for that type of instrument are also available External I O enables one to configure an external device supporting the SV 200 monitoring Station a User Interface for which Baud Rate and Timeout of serial transmission settings are available or a Meteo module for which the number of wind direction sectors can be specified SVANTEK 164 SvanPC User Manual Remote communication for SV 200 instruments equipped with a LAN Wi Fi modem different settings are available than for other types of instruments
237. rement tracking 2 ae aly RiLocss amp a te pam gery ra ee okt Sh 5 Dene or p a Danedo Mapy 22014 Google Warunki korzystania z programu 1 Mame Measurement tracking 1 Measureme 2 Source file MT 21004 2013 09 15 15 22 17swmt MT 21004 2015 L 3 Instrument SVAN 979 21004 SYAN 9 4 Instrument date amp time 1 1 2013 5 50 37 1 1 20 g Mobile GPS latitude 2d Lim 40 4205 M 52d 10n _ F i F Fig 10 13 A Measurement tracking view A Measurement tracking view contains supplementary information about the measurement such as location photos voice comments etc Using the i button available on the Projects Toolbar you can enable disable enclosing maps containing locations of measurement together with other measurement tracking information when exporting Measurement tracking views to reports SVANTEK 122 SvanPC User Manual 10 4 REPORT TEMPLATES The Report templating is a special feature useful for creating reports The report templates have the same form as a report however they may contain templated objects When you generate a report based on a report template all the templated objects are replaced with views parameters or results taken from objects contained in the current Svan project 10 4 1 CREATING TEMPLATES The report templates contained in the current Svan project are listed in the Project Browser Project Reports list To create a new report template cli
238. rent WAV files When this option is selected double click the name of a channel in the list located in the top left corner of the window to open the Edit wave range dialog box in which you can specify new range for the selected channel Edit wave range Range dB 120 03 Reference level uPa 20 Warning setting the range to value lower than original can cause the exported wave to go out of band Fig 6 12 The Edit wave range dialog box SVANTEK 77 SvanPC User Manual Selected channels are by default exported to separate files You can decide to mix all channels to one mono channel by unchecking the Export each channel individually as new file option To export the wave files press the Export button located at the bottom of the window 6 6 USING THE CLIPBOARD Data can also be easily exported from SvanPC with the use of the clipboard 6 6 1 COPYING TABLE VIEW CONTENTS You can export the contents of Table view to a text editor application using the clipboard by doing the following 1 Select the data you wish to export in the Table view 2 Press the right mouse button to open a pulldown menu 3 Choose Copy or Copy with headers command 4 Goto the text editor application and use the Paste command i Buffe_40 Logger results O x Chi Lm Chi GLM a P1 KB 100 ms Pi KB 100 ms PEAK dE MAX dE Mo Date amp time 472 2007 12 13 12 01 46 400 473 2007 12 13 12 01 48 600 4 4
239. results button in the lower left corner of the Calculator dialog box Clicking twice on the name of a calculated function on the Calculated functions list in the Plot view SVANTEK 67 SvanPC User Manual Calculated Results E Total RMS LEQ l Channel 1 Calculation ranges Whole data Profile 1 2008 02 14 00 39 26 000 2008 02 14 00 45 01 000 Calculated Total RMS run 1 Calculation Length hh mm ss ms 00 05 35 000 functions list Total RMS run 2 parameters Total RMS run 3 Exchange rate 3 for the selected Total RMS run 4 f ti ere unction El Profile 3 Delete selected all Return to functions Calculator Highlight the selected function on the plot Fig 5 14 Calculated Results sub window All the calculated functions are listed at the left side of the window grouped by measurement channels and profiles You can select a function to view the parameters used for its calculation in the panel at the right side of the window You can also delete a selected function or all calculated functions using the Delete Delete All buttons at the bottom of the window Pressing the Show button switches to the Plot view closing the Calculated Results sub window and highlights the selected function so it can be recognized among all the plotted functions To close the Calculated Results sub window and return to the Calculator tool press the Calculator button located in the lower left corner of
240. ring measurement It is advised to view the Main results as a transposed table The transposition can be easily done by clicking on the EIEN button when the Table view is already active For details see Chapter 4 2 1 Table View 1 3 Octave Spectral results B V30cave This type of view contains the results of measurements in the frequency domain concerning the 1 1 Octave 1 3 Octave and FFT measurements They can be viewed in a Plot view or in a Table view Logger merged results Tin Logger resuts Files containing results of measurements in multiple points of time can be obtained in two ways downloading results of a Logger type measurement from instrument merging several files containing single results This first type of data is displayed as Logger results the other as Merged results Both these types of data present the time history of measurement and can be viewed in analogous ways in a Plot view or ina Table view Using the E button you can open a logger file associated with the open result file or a result file corresponding to the current record time in the open logger file If the active file is a results file with header indicating the associated logger filename pressing this button will attempt to open the logger file from the same directory If the button is marked grey it means that there is no connected logger file as stated in the Associated file name field of the Header If the active file is a logger f
241. rrent block selection from a chosen marker e Edit markers Point marker Add cursor position adds the sample at the current position of the Main cursor to a chosen marker e Edit markers Point marker Remove cursor position subtracts the sample at the current position of the Main cursor from a chosen marker e Edit markers Delete marker deletes a chosen block or point marker Every time you modify or delete a marker the Choose marker window will appear It serves for selecting the marker you wish to modify or delete You can select multiple markers clicking on their names with CTRL pressed You can also select several successive markers clicking on the first one and then the last one with SHIFT pressed SVANTEK 60 SvanPC User Manual Choose Marker Choose marker El BlockMarker 1 PointMarker 1 C BlockMarker 2 Fig 5 5 The Choose Marker dialog box A marker need not be continuous it can be composed of several disconnected continuous fragments Such an individual fragment is called a range of the marker Note A group of ranges can be selected in order to perform some operations on several markers simultaneously To select deselect a range click on it of them with the SHIFT button pressed You can also use the Add remove marker range to from selection to select deselect ranges Selected ranges are drawn in black You can easily modify ranges in the following ways
242. rs a Folder prefix user specified unit name serial number b Folder prefix user specified index number Append S N to original file name the file name is created from the original name and the Station s serial number Folders are not created in case of this option Enable disable saving commands log in a log file of specified name Enable disable daily data saving to a specified directory the following additional options for daily data saving are available O O Auto daily merge instead of saving all individual logger files the files from the current day are automatically merged into one file Its filename is composed of the measuring unit name and serial number and the current date Delete files from download folder after copying the files which are already copied to the computer can be automatically deleted from the download folder when daily data saving is performed Archive downloaded loggers the downloaded files can be copied to an archive folder except of the one selected for the daily data saving destination Compress archive to monthly ZIP files the archived files from each month can be compressed in the form of a single ZIP file Enable disable loggers clearing in the range where their results are already downloaded SVANTEK 175 SvanPC User Manual Note Some devices support logger files clearing during the measurement process If it is available the logger downloading session will use
243. ry Select a separate directory for storing svn files Separate svn directory Note The directories of the given names must exist on the server Enable Passive transfer mode SVANTEK 186 SvanPC User Manual Enable automatic deletion of html files before the upload Note This option is useful in case of FTP servers not allowing to overwrite files It is enabled disabled automatically when you activate the Test FTP tool The Test FTP button serves for performing an FTP server test with the use of configured settings A warning will appear if connection is not possible or if directories of the given names cannot be found on the server It also checks the necessity of automatic html files deleting After activating the FTP uploading option you also have to specify which files should be uploaded This can be done using the WWW FTP Selection dialog box see Chapter 11 4 1 HTML Publishing and Fig 11 36 The types of files available for uploading are HTML files Result files Logger files Binary files CSV files You can select multiple file types using the relevant check boxes located in the lower part of the WWW FTP Selection dialog box Note The FTP configuration is available only if the FTP upload option has been enabled 11 4 3 DRAWING ONLINE CHARTS In the Remote Communication Module it is also possible to enable drawing charts in the HTML files created with the use of the Publish HTML opt
244. s system default Precision of displaying logarithmic values dB resolution as 0 1dB 0 01dB 73 SvanPC User Manual Note The display resolution does not affect the precision of calculations Symbol used as field separator in CSV output data tabulator space 6 4 ASCII EXPORT Data can also be exported according to ASCII standard as csv files To do so use the File Export ASCII Export Export command Import Export p Export with corrected date time SvanPC Settings F Logger Events Save data in oe ASCII format Print Ctrl P mien W ave Print Preview i se r Sens ASCI Export ego Punctuation 1 Event2 wav unctuationi 30X Punctuation wx 2 SVANOOO7 svn 3 C Users Aa LOGI L svn No block offset 4 C Users BAProject svp Hexadecimal block offset Exit Decimal block offset Comments Wrap long lines Reserved as Hex ASCII export settings Fig 6 8 Exporting data in ASCII format In the ASCII Export pulldown menu the following settings are available Punctuation signs dot as decimal separator and comma as field separator or comma as decimal separator and semicolon as field separator Block offset hexadecimal decimal none Note Displaying the offset may help to compare the data position in the file in binary and ASCII form Allow to place comments or not in output ASCII file Splitting long lines of data or leaving them unchanged Wrap
245. sulation curve norm curve shifted norm curve Double clicking any of the functions in the table below the plot opens Calculated Results dialog box It presents calculation parameters and basic results It is possible to select the text for copying to clipboard The Run calculations button in the Sound Insulation Wizard may be used multiple times for a single partition The Show results button opens the last generated view with calculation results SVANTEK 216 SvanPC User Manual El Building Acoustic E Channel 1 R A1 52dB pee a 54 2 6 dB BES Octave Airborne R w C Ctr 54 2 6 dB 1 3 Octave Airborne R C50 3150 2 dB Ctr 50 3150 8 dB 50 5000 1 dB Ctr 50 5000 8 dB 100 5000 1 dB Ctr 100 5000 6 dE Partition name wallA B Partton area 15 0 m2 Specific weight 100 0 kg m2 Description Wall between A and B Source room RuoomaA Room volume 75 0 m3 Room area 25 0 m2 Temperature 23 0 degC Humidity 65 0 Description 11th Avenue ist floor List of input files for averaging sound level in the source Receiving room Roomb Room volume 75 0 m3 List of input files for averaging sound level in the receiving room M BCHOL Lsvn M 6CHOL2 svn Fig 12 18 Reviewing calculation parameters and resulting indexes Summary Sound Insulation views Commands available in the pulldown menu accessible via the Run calculations button enable one to create a single Sound Insulation
246. sult Note The Whole data marker and the Block selection marker is only applicable in Table view 5 1 4 ACCELERATION VELOCITY AND DISPLACEMENT In case of VLM spectra measurement results SvanPC Viewer offers the recalculation of three parameters Acceleration Velocity Displacement This concerns the files where spectral data is given e g 1 3 Octave results To select the parameter you wish to display use the pulldown menu opened next to the button for VLM units selection on the Main toolbar SVANTEK 62 SvanPC User Manual Click to open the menu a Sahin a ieee J ae LJ BSI ai ae OEF aii Logarithmic Linear Metric Linear Non Metric Acceleration Parameter selection Velocity Displacement Fig 5 7 Selection of the displayed VLM parameter Acceleration velocity and displacement can all be displayed simultaneously In the Plot view the particular parameters can be recognized in the functions list below the plot by Acc for acceleration Vel for velocity and Dil for displacement added to the name of the function Function Main cursor of BB 1 3 octavg Acc of TB 1 3 octavd vel of B 1 3 octavd Dil R MS Ch3 75 248 MS Ch3 120 7 dB 15 Ch3 166 3 dB Fig 5 8 Functions list containing the same function for various VLM parameters 5 1 5 SPECTRUM RECALCULATION Conversion from FFT to 1 3 octave spectrum and from 1 3 octave to 1 1 octave spectrum can be easily done
247. t Logger total result Parameter Result Special result Tag category Tag value Tags query All Name Template constant Value Template constant Enables to specify a range of the LN domain from which the results should be taken The LN range should be specified by typing the minimal and maximal LN values separated by a hyphen It is possible to select multiple ranges separated by a comma e g L80 L90 L95 L99 Enables to select methods for reverberation time calculation of which results will be enclosed in the report Enables to specify whether logger total results should be used or not Enables to specify the category of tag for which value will be enclosed in the report Enables to specify a query for finding source objects using Data search tools described in Section 10 5 Name of the template constant parameter Value of the template constant parameter The time range can only be specified using the Time Range dialog box Fig 10 19 It can be given in absolute or relative time values Absolute time values represent the actual measurement time as saved in the results file Relative the first sample time is set as 00 00 00 of the first day of the measurement and all the later sample times represent the time passed since the measurement of the first sample To select the time type use the buttons in the upper part of the window Moreover the time range can be composed of several separate time peri
248. t until a session is started Fig 11 42 Dialog box allowing for applying alerting changes to a running RC Service 11 6 2 SVAN PC TRAY ICON By default the SvanPC tray icon is created every time a SvanRC Service session is started It can be used to work with SvanRC Service sessions when SvanPC application is not running Svan RC Service running Edit session settings with SvanPC Stop Svan RC service Terminate Svan RC service Fig 11 43 SvanPC tray icon and its menu The automatic creating of this tray icon can be enabled disabled in the Main Options Remote communication settings To gain access to the Main Options you can use the Main options command from the Tools menu or the EA button available on the Main Toolbar SVANTEK 192 SvanPC User Manual Main Options GE views y Instrument autodetection G Graph View H Language E Values formatting Audio Playback Multifiles gq Remote communication Logging Settings E Calculator Health amp Safety fel svan Project Logger dose Remote Communication Settings Controller settings USB Fully manual control Wizard assistance Remote Session V Enable live results view at start Automatic updates __ Check for firmware updates for units used with RC module at program start Check for updates now RC Service W Place SvanP C icon in tray at RC service start B
249. t EN doc hed 140 7 Ln 3rdOct EN doc H E Health amp Safety Chent Date of test Descnption and identification of the building construction and test arrangement direction of measurement Source room volume kexxlh4I11 m Fig 10 25 The Report templates browser The predefined report templates can also easily be applied for generation of reports using the iw Generate report Wizard You can open it using the zi button located on the Projects Toolbar Generate report wizard Report Templates Building Acoustic ae Healit amp Safety Fig 10 26 The Generate report wizard To generate a report simply select a folder in the list of available reports templates and press Next the Wizard automatically finds data that fit the templates in the selected folder Note A report can be generated using the Wizard only if a template fits the data in 100 i e all the templated objects can be replaced Otherwise the template is considered as not matching the results in the current project and the report is not generated SVANTEK 135 SvanPC User Manual 10 5 DATA SEARCH The Data Search tool serves to find files contained in the current project satisfying specified conditions such as a certain filename or measurement time The files are searched with the use of tags assigned to them automatically or manually 10 5 1 TAGS Each tag consists of two objects a category and a value Th
250. t color press the color button A color choice window will appear allowing to select the preferred color The Display panel enables to configure the way functions are displayed in the Table view when viewing multiple functions of different steps The continuously repeating values option causes the fields where the values are not defined because a function has a greater step than other displayed functions to be filled with the last available value The show single value at start time of greater step option causes to display values only at the beginning of a greater step leaving the other fields empty The Marker set of values panel enables to configure the way markers are displayed in the Table view Markers contain ranges of the time domain specified by the user or created automatically They can be displayed in the Table view as a function You can select the value displayed in the table corresponding to data contained not contained in the marker Existence value Not existence value Units conversion You can easily convert the unit of displayed results in terms of the power prefix using the menu opened by clicking with the right mouse button on the header of a column in the normal view or of a row in the transposed view LO SVT BLOGS Shy chi GLM Chi LM 1 3 Oct Acc RMS 1 3 Oct Acc RM Click the header with the 0 63 He right mouse button to open TEE the unit conversion menu 0 003 Acceleration me none milli l
251. t connection or UDP data exchange with an address retrieved from received CRP packets UDP data exchange with a static remote address FTP data transfer from an FIP server to which the station uploads data files periodically Fig 11 3 Selecting the internet connection type for a station The stations can be modified later by using the two buttons to the right of the Add button By clicking the Change connection type button 3 in Fig 11 2 the Select connection type window will appear and you will be able to select a new connection type for existing station By clicking the Edit instrument button 4 in Fig 11 2 you will be able to change details of the station based on selected connection type It should be noted that changing the connection type alone does not SVANTEK 155 SvanPC User Manual adjust any settings and most likely editing the station s details is also required afterwards The particular connection types are described below TCP IP Address Server means that the station is configured as TCP Server and is to provide its address on Svantek Address Server Upon selecting this type the user will be presented with a window in which they must input unit type unit number and AS password Such station will be communicated with by first downloading the current IP address from Svantek server and then by connecting to it The AS password can be read from the Svantek instrument using the
252. t dear status Last check status ast sys check status Fig 11 23 Field related to the results of system checks in the table describing station details in the Automatic Files Download window Except of the system check it is possible to automatically perform system validation which can be composed of Time synchronization updates the unit s clock to the PC time Verify settings checks if the device settings are the same as specified in the Stations configuration dialog box if not updates the device s settings Note The alerting feature allows for sending an e mail alarm if instrument settings do not match while performing the Verify Settings procedure For details on alerting see Section 11 6 1 The system validation can be performed after each system check or after each automatic files clearing as configured in the System validation panel of the Automatic files download options dialog box SVANTEK 172 SvanPC User Manual Data export You can enable to save the downloaded files in HTML format every time when files are downloaded from the instrument The downloaded files can also be automatically uploaded to a specified directory on an FTP server The HTML publishing and files uploading settings are available after pressing the Options button see Fig 11 20 For details see Chapter 11 4 Online Data Export Note When you enable the Publish HTML or the FTP upload option two additional columns wil
253. t is possible to set Buffer size for block operations concerns the situation when file downloading from the SVAN instrument is supported in block parts instead of downloading whole files at once The adjusted value determines the size of the file parts downloaded at once Timeouts determine the time limits for retrying a reading or writing action if it cannot be successfully accomplished due to connection problems In case of Harvest GPRS Modem connection the Read settings and Send settings buttons can be used to exchange the current settings with the instrument monitoring station For Internet connection it is possible to set Buffer size for block operations and Timeouts same as in case of direct connection Local IP determined manually or automatically using the Check IP button Note If multiple network cards are available the automatic checking will result in setting the number of the first of available cards You can manually modify the number after setting it automatically Timeouts determine the time limits for retrying a reading or writing action if it cannot be successfully accomplished due to connection problems Particular options for UDP and TCP protocols such as the port number etc Note Different sub types of Internet connection are available and can be selected for each Station independently For details see Section 11 1 2 SVANTEK 153 SvanPC User Manual For ZigBee connection it is possib
254. t of the data selection tools in all views which contain the audio record comprising the Main cursor in case of Plot view and the selection bar in case of Table view If the Play all events option is enabled after reaching the end of an event playback will automatically continue from the beginning of the next event Otherwise it will stop 4 5 2 WAVE NAVIGATOR The Wave Navigator appears on top of the View configurator in Wave Results views available when a WAV file is opened It consists of a set of buttons which allow for managing audio playback The functions of these buttons are described in Table 4 3 SVANTEK 53 SvanPC User Manual Wave Navigator Fig 4 37 The View Configurator with the Wave Navigator Table 4 3 The Wave Navigator s buttons Icon Function Start playback of WAV file Stop playback 2 Jt Pause resume playback an Show options described below Several options are available for the Wave Navigator after pressing the Show options button The Maximum Level slider allows for setting the audio signal boost level O dB leaves the signal at its original level The Automatic Gain Control tool serves to automatically adjust the signal boost With this option enabled fragments of audio data will be constantly analysed in order to maximize the signal dynamics given the Maximum Level slide bar is left at O dB The length of analysed fragments can be specified in Main Options Audio Playback Bu
255. t string with which the output filename will start Naming convention select between appending the number of the event or its start time to the filename Output Files Format the format of created file Note Currently only WAV file format is supported Settings wave parameters settings Compression Sampling Rate Hz Channels Bits Per Sample Gain control select whether to use no signal boost constant level signal boost or Automatic gain control smart signal boosting mechanism SVANTEK 75 SvanPC User Manual Note Further information on SvanPC audio signal boosting can be found in Chapter 4 5 1 Events Navigator Play playback of the last selected audio event It is also possible to generate a new logger file containing only some of the audio events present in the original file Use the Export gt gt Strip Events command available in the File menu to open the Strip events from logger file window E Strip events from logger file Remove 0342 4500 00 00 12 2530 0342 36 000 03 45 17 500 03 46 27 000 03 58 44 000 04 00 28 500 04 02 03 500 04 03 39 000 00 00 14 180 00 00 25 360 00 00 30 270 00 00 24 010 00 00 16 280 00 00 10 020 00 00 14 500 SS oan Select events to be removed iann Ma 2 3 E 5 Fi 3 9 _an 04 04 54 500 Abo a GA 00 00 10 020 A a a Double dick event to automatically
256. ta is merged when creating multi source views For details see Chapter 10 6 1 Dragging mode The Dragging mode is a tool which enables one to easily add data to report To switch the dragging mode on off use the button When the dragging mode is enabled the mouse cursor face will turn to With the dragging mode enabled you can grab the contents of a Plot view and drag them to the window of another application such as e g Microsoft Word Dragging current spectrum The Dragging of current spectrum from active logger spectrum tool enables one to drag the currently displayed spectrum from a Logger 1 3 octave view and drop it in another view sub window as a reference spectrum Note When using this tool only a single spectrum corresponding to the currently displayed moment of time is dragged as opposed to the default action which is dragging the entire spectral logger To enable disable dragging current spectrum use the li button It is particularly useful if you need to select a time history of spectral results with another single spectrum Include table headers button The a button can be used to configure the parts of the table view that are copied to the report If the Include table header button is pressed when you add a Table view to a report it will be copied together with the columns and rows with information about the table contents If it is not pressed only the cells with numerical data will be copied
257. ted during the measurement process Pressing the Start Calibration button sends the configured settings to the instrument sets the calibration mode in the instrument starts calibration measurement To send the Calibration factor value to the connected instrument press the Save Calibration button individually for each measurement channel You can use the Terminate button to terminate the current action such as downloading settings from the instrument etc Note A short guide in PDF format explaining how to work with a SV 100 instrument is available on the SVANTEK website www svantek com 7 3 SHORTCUT KEYS The key combinations available in SvanPC are listed in Table 7 2 SVANTEK 84 SvanPC User Manual Table 7 2 Shortcut keys in SvanPC Key combination Function CTRL C Copy selection CTRL V Paste from clipboard CTRL Z Undo last action F1 Access help CTRL P Print CTRL O Open afile Left ALT F E Access to menus F File E Edit etc Shift F1 Enables to use the mouse to open help page related to a selected control CTRL F6 Show next opened sub window ESC In Plot view delete the block selection containing the current position of the Main cursor delete the only existing block selection delete all block selections 7 4 ACCESSING ADDITIONAL MODULES Except of the free Viewer module the SvanPC software suite comprises several add
258. the Environmental Monitoring Module the markers in conjunction with the advanced Calculator tool can serve to simplify the work with noise events To post process a period separately or to process data excluding an unwanted fragment pee ee 1 Go to Plot view Create a marker containing the desired event and name it e g Event1 Activate the Environmental Monitoring Calculator Go to the Calculation period s panel of the Calculator dialog box For processing only in the marked range in the periods list find the created marker and select it to perform calculations only in its range For removing the marked event from the range of calculations in the periods list find the inverted marker s range e g Event1 inverted Select it to perform calculations only outside of the marker s range Calculate the desired functions using the selected period This procedure is illustrated in Fig 8 12 SVANTEK 98 SvanPC User Manual hf r Ee a a o a Tt RIMIS LEO 3 Environmental Monitoring Building Acoustic H Dose Measurements Butfer_2 Logger results aggregation degree 64 Ioj x Marker s name Event 11 10 12 13 26 44 15 43 16 17 53 48 20 16 20 22 32 52 Cursor Time Date Function Main cursor FS B 21 05 24 2008 05 09 4 E LEQ Chi Pi A Fast 65 8 dB P Length f day s hh mm ss ms dF Logger 1 n octave da 3 day s 11 35 28 000 1 Acoustics 00 51
259. the desired data files on the Project objects list click with the right mouse button and select the data you wish to view Ta Swan Project Eda Project Objects Summary results Header info Main results LN Spectra Create default session Fig 10 32 Creating a multi source session It is also possible to manually add data from any file to a session by using the drag and drop technique 1 Select the data on the Project Objects list from the Channel or Profile folder attached to a results file 2 Move the data without releasing the mouse button to the name of the desired view on the Project Sessions list 3 The data will appear in the Data folder attached to the particular session fal Project Objects H RESL svn gA RES2 swn a Channel Left b Channel Right QE Profile 1 Ea Profile 2 Ee Profile 3 H DoseMeter Results i Project Sessions Eli Data RES1 svn hula LN spectra Right P3 Ge PE RES2 svn La LN spectra Right P3 Fig 10 33 Manually adding data from a Project Object file to a Project View SVANTEK 141 SvanPC User Manual Merging modes The multi source data can be merged in three different modes Multifile Absolute Relative To select the merging mode you can use the asi button located on the Projects Toolbar In the Multifile mode files are merged in the same way as in case of multifiles see Chapter 3 2 3 Merging
260. the type of data defined as 2 will be opened if available and so on If none of the data specified in the Opening priority list is available no View sub window will be opened automatically You can then open a desired view using the Navigator bar 4 3 2 VIEW SUB WINDOWS TYPES Depending on the type of data displayed various View sub windows are characterised by different features For particular types of sub windows different view modes see Chapter 4 2 Data visualisation modes are available e g Header info can be viewed as a table or in text form but cannot be viewed on a plot or spectrogram If a particular view mode is available the corresponding icon on the Main toolbar is drawn in colors SVANTEK 38 SvanPC User Manual The View sub windows types can be grouped into several categories each with specific tools and features as described below i Header int Header information Header info This type of view contains basic information about the opened file such as the device used for measurement the instrument settings name of the file etc It can be viewed in Table view or Text view This data is available in each svn file and by default this is the View sub window displayed automatically when a file is opened Main result Main results E Man resuts This type of view contains the results of a single measurement together with some additional information such as the instrument settings or time elapsed du
261. the window SVANTEK 68 SvanPC User Manual 6 DATA EXPORT 6 1 MICROSOFT EXCEL You can use the Send to MS Excel command to export the viewed data directly to a Microsoft Excel worksheet Send to MS Excel Table view EH Buffe 40 Logger results O x Chi CLM chi vLM Pi KB 100 ms Pi KB 100 ms Ls PEAK dB RMS dB No Date amp time 2 2007 12 13 12 00 14 400 107 3 103 6 3 2007 12 13 12 00 14 600 110 5 105 6 4 2007 12 13 12 00 14 500 103 5 98 6 5 2007 12 13 12 00 15 000 O 2 lt 4 Data 6 2007 12 13 12 00 15 200 111 1 104 1 N selection 7 2007 12 13 12 00 15 400 112 8 103 9 Fig 6 1 Exporting data from Table view to Microsoft Excel Go to Table view by clicking on the iE icon Select the data you wish to export Press the eg button located on the Main toolbar If you use this tool for the first time the Send To Microsoft Excel dialog box will appear allowing to configure the export settings AN PI In the panel on the left side of the Send To Microsoft Excel dialog box you can select the target Microsoft Excel worksheet All currently opened worksheets are displayed on the list The New Worksheet option enables to create a new Microsoft Excel worksheet for the exported data On the right side of the window you can decide whether the data should be inserted beginning from the first free column in the worksheet from the first free row or from the currently selected ce
262. uld connect to each of the stations the Type column may display N A in such case The software has several procedures that will assist in overcoming this problem First upon entering RCC or SvanFiles the software checks if any station has connection type information missing If so it will display a warning message Fig 11 49 SVANTEK 198 SvanPC User Manual SvanPC i One or more stations seem to have undefined protocol type This is P likely because they were defined using an earlier version of SvanPC 1 6 0 or below The application will likely be unable to communicate with such a station SvanPC may attempt to adjust the protocol type based on other settings it will assume any station with a defined AS password to be TCP IP Address Server station and all other to be TCP IP Manual connection After the procedure it is advised to verify any inaccuracies by clicking Change protocol type and or Edit buttons Do you wish the application to adjust the station settings Fig 11 49 A message displayed when missing information is detected If accepted all stations that have missing connection type will either become TCP AS stations if they had AS password entered or TCP Manual all other At this point the user should verify whether the stations are properly defined they can use Change protocol type to adjust any inconsistencies If a user had any TCP Client stations defined manuall
263. ults downloaded from Svantek instruments To open the the User function wizard you can use either the corresponding command in the Tools We menu or the E button on the Projects Toolbar The procedure of creating user defined functions is divided into four steps 1 Specifying the function type 2 Specifying the function parameters 3 Entering the function s values 4 Saving the function in selected location with custom name After specifying all the characteristics of the function in a particular step you can proceed to next step by pressing the Next button located at the bottom of the User function wizard window You can also always go back to correct some settings by pressing the Back button SVANTEK 146 SvanPC User Manual Step 1 Logger 1 1 Octave O 1 3 Octave Fig 10 42 Step 1 of the User function wizard In Step 1 you can select the type of quantities sound level vibration level and particular parameter e g Leg or the range of a marker that will be represented by the values of the new function as well as the function s domain time for Logger mode functions or frequency 1 1 Octave 1 3 Octave or FFT SVANTEK 147 SvanPC User Manual Step 2 User function wizard Step 2 Specify function parameters Unit Weighting filter Detector type Reference level uPal Logger step 1s Logger start 2014 01 29 J 12 25 54 00 00 70 lt Wstecz Dalei gt
264. unctionality of limiting range of frequency bands to be displayed and analysed in the software narrowing it down to the standard used in sound insulation assessment With the Projects functionality it is also possible to import measurement functions not recorded by SVAN instrument but e g coming from table of typical RT60 values for a room of given size and construction The User function wizard described in Section 10 6 3 serves for this purpose 12 2 1 STARTING A BUILDING ACOUSTIC PROJECT After activating the New project command in the File menu the New Project Wizard dialog box will appear SVANTEK 207 SvanPC User Manual Title my BA project tite Comment my BA project comment Octaves type Limit frequency domain 11 octave Min Hz 50 Max Hz 5000 Fig 12 8 Using the New Project Wizard for starting a Building Acoustic project For building acoustic projects it is possible to set limit frequency domain minimum and maximum values It is necessary to declare whether measurements used in the given project have been performed with 1 1 octave of 1 3rd octave bands 12 2 2 BUILDING ACOUSTIC REPORT TEMPLATES The Report templates form part of the Svan Projects module Specifically for the Building Acoustic module Report templates for sound insulation in accordance with ISO 140 4 140 5 and 140 7 have been prepared by Svantek and are installed together with Pij SvanPC After opening Report templates
265. usbaried taslaen auger a deen tats 71 6 3 CV FORMAT saces cesesseeeis tutes sectinsa E N R N 73 04 PSCIEK POR Tisema ar a E N E E N N ceeeeeresaes 74 6 5 AUDIO EXPORT ornice a EA E E 75 GA EXPORTING LOGGER EVENT Scie crsiecgutvecesineiiauceunedeecutanseniivr at eatbadnasesweatiactpeniiaterneaiedintieeaenrtes 75 B52 EXPORTING WAVE FILE Serei ar E leeds instetaviaciolea tabs E A N 76 6 6 USING THE CHIP BOAR D ocenenia a N N A eda E N 78 G6 COPYING TABLE VIEW CONTENTS sucdcccccsscisincanssdeetaptasietivaecteinh diate a N ae 78 06 2 COPYING TEXT VIEW CONTENT Seramin a a a aa a ae 78 7 OTHERFEATORE Sonare a A E a a eto eeee 80 LE TOOLBAR CUSTOMISATION earo a a E ee N 80 7 2 N ILIXCALIBRA TON Gionee E E A 83 7 3 CP I YS anaa a ween a a eats 84 TA ACCESSING ADDITIONAL IVIO DUES iicsicacikslen tite iaaa E EE 85 ZA REMODULE ACTIVATION aroni a tooo iea heeded a iat uta ates 85 TAZ WARD NV ARE DOING IEE S cerrota a Beda olen a E A ane etal 86 8 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING MODULE TOOLS 0 ee eeececeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeecaeeeenaeeeeaaeesaaeeeeaneeeeaeees 87 8 1 ENVIRONMENTALCALCULATOR saion nair r N E tity ldewuiynienidwaetes 87 SLE SPECIFIC INOISE ASSESSIVIENT oiin a a NS 87 S12 GENERAL NOISE ASSESSMENT ccreni dene e E E N 89 8 1 3 VIBRATION MEASUREMENTS BASED CALCULATIONS s ssssssssssssssssssssssssessressssessresssersssessreesseee 95 8 2 OTHER FEATURES scossnialaase3cagen boate i auancseahstauaan cue estan sh acaderqiateapia e E 98 8 2 1 DA
266. using a Wizard Remote Session o Enable live results view at start if this option is enabled the Remote Session will by default display downloaded results logger or summary when it is started and synchronize them during downloading this function can be disabled in each particular Remote Session Automatic updates if this control is checked SvanPC will automatically search for firmware updates in the Internet every time it is started The program will only search for updates for the units that are currently used with Svan RC Service You can use the Check for updates now button to manually search for updates for connected instruments Files downloading allows for automatic adjustment of downloaded files timestamp according to Daylight Saving differences in local time RC Service settings o Place Svan PC icon in tray at RC service start if this option is enabled a Svan PC tray icon will be created every time Svan RC Service is started o Automatically append new catalogue data instead of redownloading it with this option enabled downloading files with Svan RC Service will be performed only for the files missing on your PC instead of downloading the whole catalogue every time This functionality is particularly useful in case of downloading big catalogues as well as when there are problems in transmission which may cause frequent restarts of the downloading o Data exchange between Svan RC Service and SvanPC re
267. veraged RMS value for a vibration measurement signal can be calculated using the Total RMS function in the Logger Vibrations group It is analogous to the LEQ function in case of acoustic measurements The maximal and minimal RMS value can be calculated with the use of LMIN and LMAX functions from the Logger Vibrations group in an analogous way as in case of LEQ based calculations for acoustic measurements the only difference being that LEQ values are replaced with RMS values Consequently the RMS statistics as well as the RMS spectrum statistics can also be calculated analogously to how it is described in the Statistics section of Chapter 8 1 2 General noise assessment SVANTEK 95 SvanPC User Manual a a H Acoustics a tah ae Minimal Maximal RMS Result 5 RMS value calculation _Etotal VDV a lw Statistics D Mo 1 n octave E Acoustics a Wistatistics RMS spectrum z statistics JE pE aE Fig 8 9 Vibration RMS signal based functions on the Calculator functions list VECTOR function The VECTOR function available in the Logger Vibrations group is calculated with the use of Total RMS data measured in different channels according to the formula VECTOR 10 log Xn K TotalRMS2 8 12 n channel number k sample index in given set of data K vector coefficients which can be adjusted in the Parameters panel In case of this function the selection of measur
268. ximized sub window fills the whole working area hiding all other sub windows When a sub window is maximized the Minimize Restore Close buttons are moved to the SvanPC menu bar as shown in Fig 4 20c To close a sub window press the button Depending on the type of the loaded data there are various views available You can open multiple views from one file simultaneously e g a Header Information View containing information about the device and measurement or a FFT Spectrum View containing results of FFT measurements To display a desired view use the buttons located on the Navigator bar see Fig 4 20a The icons on the buttons correspond to the particular types of data represented by the views You can also choose the type of View sub window displayed automatically when a file is opened By default Header information is always displayed first To configure the priority of opening the View sub windows open the Main options dialog box by using the 2 button or the Main options command in the Tools menu and go to the Views tab Views Opening priority 1 Main results T 2 Logger results Merged results 3 Logger 1 3 Octave Merged 1 3 Octave 4 Header info is 5 None nis Fig 4 21 The View sub windows Opening priority settings in the Main Options dialog box The type of data which is defined as 1 will be opened with the highest priority If it is not available in the current file
269. y they can go to Remote Settings and ensure that Listen for incoming connections is enabled Then in RCC by clicking Listen for incoming connections a listening window will appear and wait for incoming connections Once a station connects its connection type will be automatically updated to TCP Client If a user had any TCP CRP or UDP CRP stations defined they can go to Remote Settings and ensure that Listen for incoming CRP packets is enabled Then in RCC by clicking Listen for incoming CRP packets a listening window will appear and wait for CRP packets Once a station connects its connection type will be automatically updated to either TCP CRP or UDP CRP If the stations were configured via Remote Connection Wizard and SvanPC continues to operate in Simple Mode Remote Communication Center will automatically listen for incoming connections and update connection types accordingly once the station s connect SVANTEK 199 SvanPC User Manual 12 BUILDING ACOUSTIC MODULE SvanPC Building Acoustic module BA extends basic SvanPC functionality offering easy to use environment and tools for reverberation time and insulation calculation and reporting The Building Acoustic includes tools which allow for Calculate reverberation time RT60 o based on decay or impulse octave band time history logger o in 1 1 octave or 1 3 octave band o with EDT RT20 RT30 and manual methods

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