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1. Description Export Import In above window you can Rename the machine name description and machine picture Remove the machine from the Template file Export the machine in another Template file the file can be created if don t exist Import a machine form any Template file the file must exist 41 SpectraPro User Manual 5 Off route transfer From Easy Balancer or Easy Viber Analyzers you can transfer the following type of off route data Spectral data including time signal Envelope spectra Coast down Coast up plots Balancing data Data can be transferred from these Instruments in two ways Direct If the machine database is available you can transfer each file from Analyzer in the proper location Indirect In this case the data will be transferred first in a Transfer file and after that from the file in the machine database 5 1 Direct transfer Direct transfer can be done using the Transfer gt Off route command or pressing the specific button from the toolbar Before to execute this command check If the serial cable is properly connect on both Analyzer and computer ports If the Analyzer is switched on and on the Analyzer screen the Communication menu item is selected On the screen the transfer window will appear 1 Select the serial communication part Transfer out of route Spectrum data spectrum data a a Balancing
2. Edit Delete To add a new bearing in the Library proceed as follow Press New to add a new Manufacturer in the list Press New to add a new bearing o Enter new name for x Bearing name 12345 r EJE rreguenc data BPFO 13 5000 BPFI 16 5000 FTF o 4500 BSF 4 9500 amp Edit dimensions dit b i Mos of rolling parts 30 Contact angle lol If you know the fault coefficients select option Edit frequency data If you know only the bearing dimensions select option Edit dimensions Finally press OK to save the bearing definition 4 4 8 Automatic adjustment of the pre calculated bearing fault frequencies The bearing fault frequency can be displayed in any spectra plot 37 SpectraPro User Manual t ee e e e a a e ee ee p m a saiit m a rs ee i m g a a a a E Ei fa Td FF i ti E a i i i E T rE rE a A Ki a a A g a Fe S a zi wi wa wa a a ral rd af rd g g gt cL ma i a a E vE m E m w ki Di Fi F a aD CO I i i i ql ij i Oh P M E j B i L ee j J d ai i I L Ad Pos i J mil LTM i 5 i f ATP L 7 A typical spectrum from a bearing with faults is shown above In most cases the calculated and the measured frequencies will be separated with a small margin In the SpectraPro software is implemented a function where the basic fault frequency lines with multiples are moved to the
3. Now all the spectrum of the same machine without to be collected with speed reference have the speed cursor in the correct position Of course is assumed that in time of data acquisition the machine speed remain the same 66 VMI AB SWEDEN 10 2 5 2 For a new Using the Saved Speed un loaded spectrum without speed measurement in time of the data acquisition the SpeedTool Menu appears as below Save current speed Measured item is disabled because the speed was not measured in time of data acquisition Saved shatt speed Calculated 7 560 0 RPM Saved shaft speed item is also disabled because Measured no any shaft speed was saved Defined 7 560 0 RPM To set the proper shaft speed for all machines directions proceed as follow Select any spectrum of the same machine Manually move the shaft speed cursor near the frequency where you consider that the speed is correct From the Main Menu toolbar press K button In the enlarged spectrum graph locate the Best shaft position This is the maximum of the peak as bellow 2944 3 RF tl Best shaft speed 7941 8RPM 5 09 mm s The grey line reconstructs the spectrum peak be Real lines 20 2880 2 940 3000 3 08 2850 2994 p970 3030 Slowly move the shaft speed cursor over the maximum of the grey peak Now press again Ci to display whole spectrum From the Speed tools item select Save cur
4. The i 3 936 0006 e list can be ordered by value 2 104 0 006 Unknown frequencies of frequencies 2 500 0 005 value of vibration 19 418 O 005 amplitude or in g 3379 00051 natural order 10 172357 0005 11 5 018 000s 12 ABO 0005 1 Af Onn Omni oo 4 b A If the gap is too small and the fault frequencies is not equal with fault definition plus or minus the gap value in place of label a question mark will be displayed If the gap is too large for the same frequency more than one label will be shown Zoom This action can be used for a fine tuning of the shaft speed 63 SpectraPro User Manual Sample plant Machine 3 P1 Yvert 2mms RMS Fixed 30 11 1999 09 06 43 0 ee Bot o SG The real peak frequency calculates ee T 1 594 mms TEGES from the existing spectral line The EN 2 BRACPRE et real peak is also reconstructed i i i i 54 1 1 t 5 4 Poca ele Wiel E BS bee cb Sie cee eae cee ee eee eee s i t F i i i g Fi i i i i i i i i i i i i i i This cursor and associate label indicates the real frequency of the spectrum peak P 670 CPM 0 001 mms Zoom CPM o D ona ee 2 670 2 790 2 910 A 3 030 3 150 3 270 10 2 4 Other settings in the spectrum plot The main cursor shape can be selected using the Optional Settings command from the main Settings menu Optional Settings x Spectrum line width 1 H Pixel Main cursor f Line l
5. Multiple label Multiply 7 RefRPM sd 7 343 70 Hz 35 SpectraPro User Manual 4 4 7 Editing on point level On point level you can select or define a bearing and a shaft speed The shaft speed can be one previously defined or other related with main reference speed or secondary reference speed Also you can edit the specific data for a gearbox To select a bearing push Bearing button and after that press Library button Machine 1 Machine description Description Drive bel fan amp motor Bearing SKF 6203 Fafnir 1105 DemoPro Settings Department 1 thy Bi klachine H Name Shaft Speed 7 Faint 18 gt Bearing Gear Copy from template Topy as template On each point you can add up to 4 bearings Ji Bearing settings Shaft Speed A 49 10 Hz ee ee Bearing i E Manufacturer EKF se aan Bearing 2 Type number E203 E otating outer race Clear i j Bearing Coef Bearing Freq Bearing 3 BPFO 33158 163 BPFI 4 6866 a FTF 0 5658 Bearing 4 BSF 76597 C RPM Hz Cancel If Library button is selected the Bearing Library window will appear In the library exist more than 6000 bearing definitions The user can also add some new bearing definitions in the Bearing Library Database 36 VMI AB SWEDEN The bearing library window appears as follow Bearing Library E x Manufacturer Bearing type d E 0 2363 7 995 Angle 0 0000
6. This application will install if required MSDE MicroSoft Database Engine Please make note of the following tems before proceeding An install image for MSDE 1 0 may be required Press NEXT and follow on screen instruction After the installation will be completed in the computer task bar a small icon will indicate that the MSDE Server is running I 4 Installing protection key drivers Where are two type of protection key parallel and USB HASP USB protection key Parallel HASP protection key not need any driver For USB protection key you may need to install drivers Normally the drivers are installed together with the VMI AB SWEDEN SpectraPro application but sometime especially under VISTA the drivers can t be installed automatically Before to start SpectraPro for the first time you can check if the USB protection key drivers are installed properly or not running the external software Start gt Programs gt SpectraPro gt Protection key test x ETE Protection key HASP Device Driver Installatior ALADUIN Version Number 4 10 P E AA E TEAT Processor Type ab Installation Date Januar 2 2004 FULL FACILITY KEY Hasp key OF Be sure that the protection key is inserted in any USB hub and press Test Key button If the protection key drivers are installed properly the key type will be shown Otherwise an error message will be displayed If this is the case run Start gt Programs gt SpectraPr
7. e A collection of trends and spectrum selected by you View gt Show selected information e A Quick View session in which you explore the machines the trends and spectra associated with the selected direction View gt Quick View If Bands are defined also Band Trends are available 12 VMI AB SWEDEN e Trends and spectra from whole machine in which you can see at once all this trends and spectra associated with the selected machine View gt Show spectra from whole machine e A List View in which you can see at once all Total values Vibration Bearing Condition and Envelope for the whole machine View gt List View Also the Alarm status is indicating e A Band View in which you can see at point level all vibration total values and Band values peak average for the band width Alarm status for above is also indicated View gt Band View e Graph View is a specially mode of displaying the data A GraphView protection key is required The GraphView project can be customised using the external software provided in the SpectraPro Installation kit Start gt Programs gt SpectraPro gt GraphView Editor In all these views a Notepad is available on the machine level to type all the observations in time of diagnosis process Finally chose the Report gt Job Report command and you can customise a report for the maintenance teams using all the notes supplied Once you customise a Job Report the appearance of this
8. Database name E ase Database file path in remote server CASOLSERYER SDATA SpectraPro name oE 4 Cancel If the Administrator ID and the password are correct the new database will be create Otherwise an error message will be shown A SQL Server database has several files as follow MyBase_table sp MyBase_index sp7 MyBase_image sp7 MyBase_log sp 7 26 VMI AB SWEDEN NOTE You can t make a backup of the database copying the above files Please contact your IT Department to make periodic backup copy of your databases This action must be done regularly in the Server computer 4 1 5 Creating an Oracle machine database Before to create an Oracle database please check If an Oracle database server exist and run in your network If a Service to connect your computer with Oracle database server exists in your computer For more details please contact your IT Department First select the Server type to be Oracle g Create a new SpectraPro database Server connection details i 2 E ta cle Server type reels Service name OracleService Administrator ID JAD MIM HE Password 27 SpectraPro User Manual Now type the database file name Es Create a new SpectraPro database New database settings Oracle Database name UserlD MyBB ase SpectraPro name gi Cancel continue In Oracle database server the database name is the UserID
9. b Standard License i Workstation file server Except as set forth below you may use the SOFTWARE PRODUCT on any single computer You may also install a copy for your exclusive use on either a home or portable computer If you have acquired the PRODUCT in a VMI Software License Pack you may make the number of additional copies of the PRODUCT equal to the number of purchased licenses and you may use each copy in the manner specified above You are also entitled to make a corresponding number of secondary copies for either home or portable computer use as specified above c Educational License You may use the PRODUCTS acquired in special conditions usually lower price as Educational License ONLY if you are an educational institute and ONLY on educational purpose computers You are not allowed to use these Licenses for administrative accounting or other such activities d Open License You may use the PRODUCT acquired as Open License on ALL your computers Internet domains branches that belong to your company but only in one country There is NO RESTRICTION to use the PRODUCT inside the company including local branches e Update VMI AB SWEDEN All licensees may download and use the latest version of the PRODUCT and the latest Service Pack starting with the first installation but not longer than 14 months from PRODUCT acquisition 2 Other rights and limitations a Storage You may store or install a copy of the PRODUCT on a sto
10. 4 25 2005 16 54 0 5 0 365 mms AMS U4 0 63 Wi Turatie snec 4 25 2005 0 80 0 5 0 000 mms AMS 0 00 0 00 IL LF eof 2005 50 00 0 5 0 009 mms AMS 0 07 0 10 ILJ IREF 320 00 0 5 0 006 mms AMS 0 02 0 03 ILJ IPF 0 5 0 004 mms AMS 3 00 5 00 Whi FTF 05 0 023 mms AMS 0 08 0 10 Wh BSF 4 25 2005 61 18 0 5 0 011 mms AMS 0 03 0 04 L EFFI 4 25 2005 134 76 0 5 0 007 mms AMS 0 02 0 03 L BPFO 4 25 2005 14174405 0 004 mms AMS 0 02 0 03 L i1 4 25 2005 16 54 0 5 0 365 mms AMS 0 47 0 63 L M2 4 25 2005 33 17 40 5 0 034 mms AMS 0 04 0 05 Lul M3 4 20 2005 45 65 0 5 0 101 mms AMS 0 10 0 20 LL i4 4 25 2005 63 61 0 5 0 015 mms AMS 0 03 0 04 In the List a popup menu is available s arid IB show spectrum F Show trend TA Show notepad ea Show machine picture Show machine description ny Report Using this menu you can show the whole spectrum or the band trend This feature is not the same as in the QuickView Each plot required the above Popup menu is displayed for the selected item from the table The plots do not reflect the selection changes and must be closed manually You may copy the relevant plots in the Notepad or in MS Word A Band Report is available to be shown in Print Preview or to be inserted in a MS Word document 81 SpectraPro User Manual If you intend to re arrange the BandView windows select from the SpectraPro main menu Windows Arrange BandView EXAMPLE Copy
11. Machine name MDes Machine description Hadai hate R an dete DBas Database name i I 88 VMI AB SWEDEN You can preview a sample of the header pressing the Preview button from the toolbar The last contents of the header will be automatically saved for later use If you want to have more then one type of header saves the contents in a file In this way you can customize how many header type you want Next time you can restore from the saved file the contents of the header Pressing Picture button from the toolbar you can include a picture in your header e g company logo The Header Edit Window shows the header to 1 1 scale depending from your print setting In very similar manner you can customize the body Press Body Finally press Print button and the Report Preview windows will be activated See Report Preview more details 12 3 Machine Description Machine Description Report design The Machine Description Report contains in the body the description of the selected machine iy Departament 1 First select the desired machine BESTS Machine H b Machine 2 bi Machine 3 Now if you use the software for the first time you must customize the header and the body of this report To edit the header press Header button A specific window will appear In the pop up menu hl activate with a right mouse click you have Begs x Basil some reserved word all included in square brackets
12. Press NEXT to continue A new database with the name MyNewBase will be created in the C SpectraPro Data directory A MSDE database has several files as follow MyNewBase_table sp 7 MyNewBase_index sp 7 MyNewBase_image sp 7 MyNewBase_log sp NOTE You can t make a backup of the database copying the above files Please contact your IT Department to make periodic backup copy of your databases Alternatively use external software DBManager exe 4 1 3 Creating machine database in a SQL Server Express Database Server SpectraPro application running under Vista Operating System can create machine databases also in a SQL Server Express database Server installed on the local computer If you are a normal user you will be not able to create SpectraPro database because you don t have enough rights to do this Bellow is explained step by step how you must configure the VISTA Operation System to allow a normal user to create SpectraPro database in a specific folder directory Locate the Data folder in a default SpectraPro installation is C Program Files SpectraPro Data Alternatively you may create a new database folder Click right mouse on the folder name and select Properties In the bellow windows select Security tab From Group or user names Select Users VISTA PC Users where VISTA PC is your computer name 17 SpectraPro User Manual fl Data Properties VISTA PC Administrators Press Edit
13. This words will be replaced in the final report according with the actual contains from the database You can preview a sample of the header pressing the Preview button from the toolbar The last contents of the header will be automatically saved for later use If you want to have more then one type of header save the contains of the header in a file In this way you can customize how many header type you want Next time you can restore from the saved file the contents of the header Pressing Picture button from the toolbar you can include a picture in your header e g company logo The Header Edit Window shows the header to 1 1 scale depending from your print setting Finally press Print button and the Report Preview windows will be activated 12 4 Transfer Report Transfer Report can show any of route transfer in the SpectraPro database 89 SpectraPro User Manual Transfer report xj From the list select the transfer date _y Monday December 06 1999 a Tuesday November 30 1999 03 06 Press Print button to show the A Tuesday November 30 1999 09 05 report The report can contain all measurements or a selection depending on Alarm condition Also the specified number of highest peaks from spectrum can be shown All measurements Above Warning Cancel Above Danger 5 gt l Specify number of highest frequency peaks in the J jist C RPM t Hz 12 5 Un measured machine Report x
14. e PASNE S me ES at e a B a 1 OR i a a i p T va rene me EE i m B Eb em CE E E CEE E 1 f i j Pe ai 868686 a he tl i ne mee weet rA k zi g omens migran aeaii moata piaia mi ata azi z t L a ir H i a F A K i 5 x AN amp i i i i i i a i i i i E i E a i E E i I i a a a i i E a i i i 3 r 3 x A F r 3 z a z a 2 be z e i i i 1 1 Y i i a i i i 1 1 7 s i a i 5 i 2 x r r z i E i I L 1 1 I E ET i y J a J I L Li a 1 E r i i 1 a a i i i ii i i i a i f i Li i i a i I i P L i i L a 1 j i i i t F p p j P g pee m F 1 i m 7 j m A a 7 i i 5 7 in i i i i i i fale O a a a ty a i Ne ee a LS A ie BEA Be EOR ty RS ee Re ee Be Lee Tee 1 5 i 2 4 i 5 z f hs i i i i 1 i i i i i i i 1 k i 1 i E s te 5 a a 8 i i i n e a z s 1 1 a E 1 T gt s 3 3 x P i fk z e J H H 5 fd L i 4 i a i E E i SA CO eea ee eee Ee a oh a G M gt el L k 1 i i l 1241 1999 12 15 1999 d Wag YOD04 AM 000 AM 1zi A lt Use Left or Right arrow key BEER ERERE to change the cursar TOT nnsition Unit and average The trend unit for the Total value of vibration are all the time in according with the setting of the Alarm levels in Edit Database window The unit and average can t be changed Gain Then the trend is show fo
15. routes list select the route Press up load button right arrow button 6 3 2 Indirect transfer Use external program Route transfer to file Create a transfer file with extension tr4 Transfer the route in this file In the SpectraPro select Transfer gt Route gt From file menu Browse for the transfer file Press Transfer button to up load the measurements into the database 49 7 Importing data SpectraPro User Manual External data can be imported in the machine notepad using Import notes command from the Database Menu With this command you can complete your notes using helpful information from the maintenance team Import command is a easy way to add information s regarding repair process Spare parts used or any other information s even picture or text file To do this first you must prepare a text file with any name but with imp extension The following reserved words can be included in this text file between square brackets PLANT lt plant name gt MACHINE lt machine name gt DATE lt date gt RTF lt file name gt FILE lt file name gt PICTURE lt file name gt NOTE lt plant name gt must exist in the database lt machine name gt must exist in the database in computer format e g dd mm yyyy full path and name of a rich text file full path and name of a text file full path and name of a picture file in Windows graphic format Next line
16. t measured in time of spectrum acquisition the cursor will be placed in the defined position o Saved shaft speed The speed arrow will be place in the position saved before using the Save speed current command The speed value is saved only for the selected spectrum or for all spectra belonging to the machine see Adjusting speed paragraph Harmonic cursors As default up to 10 harmonic cursors can be shown together with the main cursor but you can change this number in the Settings gt Optional settings menu Side band cursors As default up to 10 side band cursors can be shown together with the main cursor but you can change this number in the Settings gt Optional settings menu Fault frequency cursors This is a powerful tool for fault identification In a toolbox window all the defined fault frequencies appear Click here and the O Shaft 17 1877 Hz auxiliary defect cursor will appear in the AS spectrum plot QO BPFI 84 9759 Hz O FTF 10 6247 Hz CJ BSF 38 4032 Hz A Electrical motor P LineFreg 50 0000 Hz Click here and auxiliary CUPP 582 6123 Hz defect cursors will CJRBP 412 5046 Hz Sel 7 b appear together with O Gear box elect ine NUMDETs the harmonics and C0 343 7530 Hz oring narmonies ang lt idebands 0 1718 7690 Hz sidebands Mn 1718 7R9N H7 Number of harmonics E T Adjust the contact angle only for bearings Number of side bands Contact angle
17. 1 Database Level On the Database level you only can add Departments or plants ann h sample plant H E thi Machine 1 a Delete 2 eee paa Machine 2 OET wi Machine 3 Ta psa Machine 4 tt View 30 VMI AB SWEDEN 4 4 2 Departments Level On the Departments level you can add Machines and also you can delete or rename Departments aen chy San ip a 4 anti L1 44 Te 44 A thi Machine 1 e le esate thi Machine 2 Adel Delete Rename View _ pan Machine 3 IEE pan Machine 4 4 4 3 Machine Level On the Machine level you can add Points You can delete or rename the selected Machine Also you can view the structure of the database a sample eee i Sample plant Ta rid ri eee ee EKdachine 1 eo e e e e ih Machine 2 Add Delete Rename View eee pam Machine 3 eee thi Machine 4 The following point s type can be added Vibration point Temperature point only for f Vibration measurements XVIBER Temperature measurement Speed point only for XVIBER Manual entry point YemwPoing C Speed measurement C Manual entry point Only vibration points has Directions 4 4 4 Point Level On the Point level you can add a Direction You can delete or rename the selected Direction Also you can view the structure of the database a sample zeae Mi Sample plant E TAR sa Machine eal amp amp pened ee d Pe Add Delete
18. 2 00 lg Point 1 Horiz TALAAN 102 mms AMS 6 00 11 00 ae Paint 1 Horizc gBL 1 00 2 00 ZF Point 1 Axial mm s AMS 4 00 6 00 w Grid E Show spectrum A Point 1 Axial SW Point 4 Vertic i Point 4Vertic a Point 4 Horiac ee Show trend A Show notepad ea Show machine picture i Show machine description gBL rims AMS gBL mms AMS 1 00 6 30 1 00 6 30 2 00 11 00 2 00 11 00 a Paint 4 Horizc gBL 1 00 2 00 mm s AMS 6 30 11 00 0 450 gC 1 00 2 00 y Report BSS Point H4 Axial Ee Rep 5E ae Point 4 4x1al 12 27 1599 In the List View is shown Total vibration values Total BC Total Envelope values Manual entry point mV Measurements 85 SpectraPro User Manual 12 SpectraPro Reports The following pre defined report is included in the SpectraPro software Job Report Machine history Report Machine description Report Transfer Report Un measured Machine Report Diagnosis Report Majority of them can be user customize Any report can be send to a text editor for more modification 12 1 Job Report The Job Report contains the last notes made by you for the selected machines This report is addressed to the maintenance team The notes are a consequence of the diagnostic process using the measurements unloaded from the data collectors w Job Report design A double Derma Selected machines ai a Departament 1 DemotDepartament 1 Mach
19. Bearing tools Find best shaft speed the cursor will be move under the biggest peak located near the value give to the shaft speed cursor in Edit command 10 2 2 Actions from popup menu The Spectrum Menu can be activated in each Spectrum Plot with a right mouse click The Menu has the following actions Copy This action copy the plot in Clipboard You Grid can use also CTRL C You can paste the clipboard em Show trend contents in the Notepad with CTRL V Also you Show notepad can copy the plot in a MS Word document file First copy action in MS Word will open a new document Consecutive copy action will insert the plots any in the same document file ik Show machine description ee Show machine picture Ref spectra Grid The grid of the spectrum can be shown or Main cursor l i hide using this action Harmonic cursors Speed tools Show trend selecting this action the trend Frequency list associated with the spectrum will be shown cy Defect list ra Bearing Library Show with Show Notepad Selecting this action the Notepad associated with the spectrum will be Shown Notepad can be activated also with the RPM specific button from the toolbar Colour a Show machine description The machine description editor will be opened Show machine picture The machine picture will be shown Reference spectra The reference spectra Baseline spectra if exist will be draw in the same plot with black lines
20. Manual 18 Using Notepad Notepad is available all the time when a plot is visible on the screen The Notepad can be activated from the main toolbar menu Also the Notepad can be activated from the popup menus of each plot Show notepad command line The Notepad date appears in accordance with the plot date From a trend plot the Notepad will appear with the cursor date Because the Notepad contains appear in many Reports a proper documentation done in the Notepad will assure a good report also Notepad editor NewPlant NewMachine File Edit Insert Format Fa ZH Sanc re mom aS Te arule j4 4 12i242007 _ gt Lg The Notepad must be use to document your diagnosis process In the Notepad can be added Any plot form the screen Any text using copy and paste Any text or rtf external file Any picture including digital camera picture The text can be formatted as in any standard text editor The contents of a page can be saved in an rtf file type 108 VMI AB SWEDEN Notepad is page and machine oriented Each page has its own date Also the Notepad is synchronized with the plots When a plot set focus and the Notepad is visible the Notepad page will be automatically changed to the plot date and to the machine If only the point or direction of the same machine is change in plot the Notepad contents will be not affected This means that all the time the Notepad has the active pag
21. Spectrum NewDirection 0 x O a ee ee h ir H 0 0 D0 1000 2000 300 0 4000 500 0 600 0 700 0 800 0 3000 1000 0 SAO 150 0 2500 3500 4500 550 0 650 0 7500 850 0 9500 When the mV label is selected the following window will be shown xj Now you can edit the unit and set the correct transducer sensitivity in Unit name bar Ok mvV unit Sensitivity 7 8 minit The settings will be save in the database 69 SpectraPro User Manual 10 3 Time signal plots Time signal can be collected in either route mode or off route measurements only with Easy Viber Analyzer The time signal graph can be very usefully as a complementary plot in machine diagnosis process Commentary line Time signal a wal Au BOF 3 I I I I I I I I I I I I I 0 1593 sec ns ee en ee a a mms 0103992 sede Double period 0 0092 0 0276 0 0459 0 0643 0 0827 0 1 rmorroero rore 0 1562 0 1745 To add a user label in the plot area proceed as follow Move the mouse pointer in the position where the labeling will begin Double click left button and keep press the mouse left button The labeling will begin showing a blue colored label on screen Move the mouse pointer in the end position and just click once The label will show the distance between the start and end position in seconds and in frequency units A short comment can be added to the label Click right in the label area A Small window
22. The Reference spectra have its own cursor synchronized with the Spectrum cursor Using the mouse pointed in the origin of Reference spectrum axis you can move the reference spectrum where you want in the plot area If you want you can place the reference spectrum over the actual spectrum Main cursor Determine how the cursor will move in the plot Peak locked When a peak is detected the cursor will be place on maximum calculate peak A small blue icon will indicate peak detection If a peak is not detected the cursor will move with spectrum resolution steps 60 VMI AB SWEDEN Frequency line The cursor will follow the spectrum lines Free The cursor is moved with one pixel step The peak amplitude will be calculated with linear interpolation between spectrum lines Speed tools Determine how the software will place the speed arrow A _ Shaft speed arrow o Calculated The speed arrow will be place in the position calculated from the actual spectrum around the defined values The software tries to detect a peak a higher line between other two smaller around the defined shaft speed If a peak is found the exact frequency and peak amplitude are calculated If a peak isn t found the speed arrow is place on the defined frequency o Defined The speed arrow will be place as is defined in Database edit menu o Measured The speed arrow will be place in the position where was measured If the shaft speed wasn
23. and your sole remedy for any breach of this warranty shall be to replace your defective media Replaced media shall be covered by this limited warranty for the period remaining under the warranty that covered the original media or if longer for thirty 30 days after the date of shipment to you of the replaced media b Software Product This software and the accompanying files are provided as is and without warranties as to performance or merchantability or any other warranties whether expressed or implied Because of the various hardware and software environments into which VMI may be put no warranty of fitness for a particular purpose is offered Good data processing procedure dictates that any program be thoroughly tested with non critical data before relying on it The user must assume the entire risk of using the program SpectraPro User Manual The rest of the warranties do NOT refer to evaluation period VMI warrants that a the Software will perform substantially in accordance with the accompanying written materials for a period of ninety 90 days from the date of receipt and b any Support Services provided by VMI shall be substantially as described in applicable written materials provided to you by VMI and VMI support engineers will make commercially reasonable efforts to solve any problem issues To the extent allowed by applicable law implied warranties on the Software if any are limited to 90 ninety days VMI s sole lia
24. database This action will optimize the size of the database and will re index the tables This action will seep up the access to the database items Detach command This action will detach the database from the MSDE server After detaching the database files can be copied and moved in another computer Connect command A detached database can be connected attached to another MSDE database 115
25. edit fault frequencies very helpful later 4 4 6 Editing on machine level On machine level you can edit A short description a 30 40 char length description of the machine This description can be use in reports A machine description clicking on Description button a text editor appear For each machine you can fill here as much information you want You can use different type of colour letter size and alignment You can import the contents of some external file text or RTF file or picture The contents of machine description can be printing with Report gt Machine Description Report Machine picture For each machine you can add a picture from the existing collection provided in the installation kit The picture must be in a picture file format Of course you can make your own picture with a digital camera To add a picture to a machine click Browse button and select any picture file Machine Fil Machine description Description Drive belt fan amp motor 2 DemoPro fy Department 1 Point 4 Point 3 Settings Paint 2 Name Reference Speed El motor detects Belt detects Multiples Copy from template Copy as template ee Machine 1 _ Picture size G i we come 14610 Bytes e Reference speed For each machine you can define 2 reference rotational speeds First is primary rotational speed and other one in the secondary reference speed related with first one These speeds wi
26. maS Width j zj Fisel Target jj Cross Shaft Bearing Gear Multiples Electrical Belt Speed motor Ma ota fro a o a o a e a a Max number of side bands p El b 2 w ea Main cursor can be Line default Target type Cross type Just click on option you want and the cursor shape selected will be shown in Spectrum plot all the time from now Also you can adjust the cursor thickness default is 1 pixel The thickness of the spectrum line can be adjusted with a proper setting of the Width Maximum numbers of harmonics cursors and side band cursor can be adjusted in the same tab 64 VMI AB SWEDEN Once set any of above will be save in the SpectraPro ini file 10 2 5 Adjusting speed Begin with SpectraPro SP8 new enhancement has added to the Speed tools menu A major task in spectrum analysis is to determine with higher accuracy the correct speed for each spectrum Almost all fault frequencies are associated with the shaft speed A small error in shaft speed determination can produce larger errors in fault frequencies calculation and as a consequence a poor diagnosis process A solution can be to measure the spectrum from the route using speed reference active tachometer input This action is difficult to be done in most cases because a speed sensor must be fitted to the each machine shafts Method Using the Measured speed described bellow allow a correct shaft speed calculation even
27. mms AMS Auto Monday December 27 1999 00 04 000 verall 11 01 mm s RMS MS Sans Sei z8 BIuU P FBzRBlEl BI PETISEVTESTT ere Notes for machine 1 ae aaa Hz 0 ais mms OXMultiply 3 3XSecRPM 7XMultiply 5 1XSecRPM a 1XSecRPM Oyo 1080 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 e000 30 0 10000 M 4 a299 gt gt Q ns caps num 2 FAO 150 0 2500 350 0 4500 550 0 650 0 7500 850 0 9500 The number of workstations to show GraphView is unlimited Contact VMI AB to obtain GraphView Protection Key 113 SpectraPro User Manual 20 SQL Server Database Manager If you create database in MSDE database Server you are not able to make periodically database backup or to delete unused database For this reason a simple Database Manager is included in each SpectraPro package Run Start gt Programs gt SpectraPro gt MSDE Database manager If you have an older SpectraPro installation the application will not appear as above In this case locate the SpectraPro installation directory in a default installation is C Program Files SpectraPro and run manually DBManager exe Database manager Yer 3 4 beta release F Server Local Ge BAZANOQUA JEJ BAZANDUA SpectraPro Name not registred z ox Created date 24 Jan 2004 06 09 el TEST2S0L Last backup 19 Oct 2006 10 47 TZI TEST89 Files Path c program files spectrapro data J T estinto Files 4 TESTSOL testegl table spi 2490 KB 4 testeqlt testegl index spi 1048 KB te
28. nearest peak if some exist within the selected gap If in this interval more than one peak exists the fault frequency line will be moved to the highest peak found If the basic fault frequency is moved also the side bands will move with the same distance Because the distance between the measured and the calculated frequency can vary slightly from multiple to multiple this adjustment is done on each basic bearing fault frequency separately 4 4 9 Editing gear box fault frequency Gear box definiton SecRPM e000 CPM x Jad 240000 CPM i 71 fo Frequency label lt 1 To define the fault frequencies for a gear box proceed as follow Press Gear button The following window will appear Before to set the gear frequencies set for each point of the machine the proper calculate speed For the selected point type the number of the gear teeth and select the conjugate point If the conjugate point was correctly selected the number of conjugate RetR Fi F fe 000 CPM EA 50 i FOO00 CPM Point H1 Ok Cancel 38 VMI AB SWEDEN gear teeth will be an integer and the OK button will be activate Otherwise you can not save the settings Before to save the setting type a label name for the gear mesh frequency To understand better the gear box settings please analyze the following example The gear box has the following characteristics INTE EMEDIATE 1 I ae PES ALLL wT PT
29. re own database on the beginning use DemoPro database to display spectra and trends 13 SpectraPro User Manual Yew measurements Edit _ database measurements If you run the program for the first time select Settings gt Optional Settings command Select the units metric or imperial and the measurement unit for frequency Hz or CPM For the moment don t change the number of spectra in trends You can do this later Click Save to save this setting Choose from the View menu Show Selected information command A specific window will appear in the screen which will allow you to choose the department the machine the point and the wished direction Choosing is done selecting a certain direction with the mouse in the above mentioned order When the direction is selected in the upper right side it appears a list with all collected measurements for that direction Coloured small icons indicate also an alarm condition for the measurements A check mark icon indicates the base line spectrum if set Now you can select a collection of trends and spectra to be Shown Just double click to any trend or direction and the item will be move to the show list Instead of double clicking you can drag and drop any Direction or Spectrum to the show list If you want to not display some items from the show list just double click on that items and item will be remove from the list Finally press Show butto
30. software onto your computer you have to make sure that the CD ROM is put into the CD ROM player Because of the Autorun functionality the installation program will start automatically When this does not happen go to My Computer and double click the CD ROM icon Next double click on the installer and follow the instruction displayed on screen Analysis and Proactive Maintenance Software Get latest update You need an Internet link Read installation gu lid g VER 4 0 in HTM pl a F Install SpectraPro Computer SpectraPro arn vE ena ccepted including Install Latest Service Pack Service Pack afro io rajal ICES raf MSDE Press SpectraPro label and follow the instruction displayed on screen If you accept the default location SpectraPro will be installed on C Program Files SpectraPro directory VMI AB SWEDEN As Download When you have obtained the software as a digital file e g downloaded it there are two possible variants A You have a zipped file zip file or B you have the installer exe file When you have a zipped or stuffed file recognizable by the compression icon you need to have WinZip or a different program that supports these compressed files If you have the Installer file you can proceed by double clicking this file The installation will start and you will have to follow the instructions displayed on screen I 1 Installing the latest Service Pack The latest a
31. the BandTest sp3 Database in the SpectraPro Data folder Open SpectraPro software and register the BandTest sp3 Database Activate the BandTest sp3 Database In this simple database 4 bands are defined for each Direction as follow Narrow Band Setting DEPARTMENT1 MACHINE P2 x Type Band name Frequency Value Hz Multipl GaplHz ar Dan Active a 1 Calculated Primary PrimarvAPh 17 40 1 000 1 0 1 75 1 50 es WF Calculated Secondary Secondary A Ph 24 71 1 000 10 O79 1 03 Yes E Calculated Widel Fixed 1Hz 1 00 90 000 BOO 5 63 7 36 Yes E Calculated Wwidez Fixed 1Hz 1 00 90 000 AO 2 58 3 38 Yes 5 000 0000 OO 000 0 00 No E 000 0 000 0O 000 0 00 No i 000 0 000 OO 0 00 0 00 No E 000 0 000 OO 000 0 00 No 4 00 0 000 of 0 00 O00N0 e Alarm Unit mm sec AMS cr Ctrl Enter Edit Cell w E amp 4 Enter Save and Exit from Cell Edit Mode hl Escape Exit fram Cell Edit Mode dont save A narrow band for the PrimaryRPM 17 4 Hz 1 Hz A narrow band for the SecondaryRPM 24 71 Hz 1 Hz A wide band alarm covering the range of 290 Hz 50 Hz A wide band alarm covering the range of 190 Hz 50 Hz Alarm settings for the bands are automatically calculated from the Baseline Open QuickView and extend the tree up to bands level Select any one band In the right side the trend plot will be changed to show trend for selected band Also in the spectrum plot the band will be marked Notice that to display the n
32. the trend will be shown Notepad Hy Report can also be activated with the specific button from the toolbar Show machine picture If you select this action the machine picture will be shown in a separate window Alarm limits You can make visible with this action the alarm limits for the selected trend Synchronize cursor this action activates or deactivates the linking between the cursors for other trend plots If a large number of trend Use same plots are displayed is better to not synchronize the cursors same CUrSOrs Link ko Use same scale for all This command is an action and adjusts the gain for all trends according with the gain of active trend depending of the link level Link to You can synchronize trends cursors and make same gain for all the trend plots depending on link level global for all active trends machine or point level Colors You can customize the color for Main cursor Axis background Axis foreground Trend grid 57 SpectraPro User Manual Trend overall alarm line Trend bearing alarm line Trend background Color settings Axis background Axis foreground Select the item Trend grid Click here to select the desired color for color change Trend overall line Trend bearing line Trend background System colors Set Default You can save these new colors using Save command You can restore the default colors using the Set Default comm
33. will be moved to the destination 101 SpectraPro User Manual Select the copy options you can copy only machine definition or also the measurements Finally press SAVE button All the selected machines will be copied to the destination This action can take few minutes Using Exchange Machine command you can create a single database using the machine stored in several database Also you can transform a database type Example a MSDE Database in another Example MS Access Database This action can be helpful to move your databases into another computer 102 VMI AB SWEDEN 16 SpectraPro translation SpectraPro is multi lingual software The entire program message is stored in Message mdb file a Microsoft Access databases In order to have a SpectraPro version in a specific language the entire database must be translated Then you install the SpectraPro also some additional executable file is automatically installed For translation purpose run Start gt Programs gt SpectraPro gt Translate message software 8 Translate SpectraPRO messges all messages is available ee E al jxj Ci Enh 4a 1 Check your language to translate from English C2 vesa O O e5 2 Fill bellow all empty rows with your proper translation 3 Dash Of pir 3 All changes is automatically saved Initializing program variables Creating database settings Registering databases Registriert Datenbank Open
34. 0 0 61 SpectraPro User Manual Any selection will update in real time the spectrum plot Last selection is also saved for later use Fault list The Fault list table will be shown You can do this action also from the Main menu toolbar Depending of the gap setting the labels attached with the fault frequencies will be shown also accordingly Show with Same cursors If on the screen is shown more that one spectrum if you select this action the cursors from all spectra plots will be synchronizing depending on link level Link to action Show with Use same This action set the synchronism level for range if more than one Spectrum is shown You can select between Frequency range Amplitude range or for both Show with Link to This action set the synchronism level if more than one Spectrum is shown The synchronism level can be one of Global for all the Spectra plots on machine level on point level or on direction level CPM Hz You can change anytime the Y axis unit selecting CPM or Hz Colors You can customize the colors in the spectrum plot You can change the colors for e Main cursor e Harmonics cursors e Bearing cursors e Axis background e Axis foreground e Overall barograph e Spectrum grid e Spectrum line e Spectrum background Color settings desired color Select the item for o EE eee RnR color change g Harmonics cursors Bearitctrescsors Axis background Axis f
35. Access e MSDE Microsoft Database Engine not suitable for Windows VISTA e Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP2 e Microsoft SQL Server e Oracle 8 0 or newer 4 1 1 Creating a MS Access machine database First select the Server type to be MS Access You not need any Administrator ID or password Press NEXT 15 SpectraPro User Manual gg Create a new SpectraPro dat ie a T MERNE x New databaze settings Y Database name MyD atab ase path to the Database CS pectraPro D ata ME Pea ber jsa Peai SpectraPro name Help Et E Cancel The SpectraPro name is optionally If you don t type any name the SpectraPro name will be the database file name Press NEXT to continue A new MS Access database with the name MyDataBase sp3 will be created in the C SpectraPro Data directory NOTE To create a backup copy of your database simply copy the sp3 file in a safe location 4 1 2 Creating machine database in MSDE Server First select the Server type to be Local You not need any Administrator ID or password Press NEXT gg Create a new SpectraPro da New database settings Database name MN ewe ase Database file path in local peri a CA SpectraPro Data SpectraPro name MN ewe ase 16 VMI AB SWEDEN The SpectraPro name is optionally If you don t type any name the SpectraPro name will be the database file name
36. Database Server your connection is associated with a particular database on the server This database is called the current database You are usually connected to a database defined as your default database by the system administrator although you can use other connection options in the SpectraPro to specify another database You can switch from one database to another with the Change command from SpectraPro application The SpectraPro allows you to create multiple machine databases in the local Database Server MSDE or SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP2 or in a remote server SQL Server or Oracle Using the Database gt Exchange Machine command you can copy machines from one Database Server to another 11 SpectraPro User Manual 3 SpectraPro Overview SpectraPro software is mainly dedicated to implement a true Proactive Maintenance Program For every plant you can create a database which can have an unlimited number of machines points and directions The spectra are stored at the level of the measurement directions If for a direction you store more then two spectra then you can display a trend of the evolution in time of the Total Vibration or trend of the evolution in time for Bearing Condition Coefficient BC If Envelope measurement is done also Envelope spectra are available for trending On the Machine level Manual Entry point can be added The Manual Entry points are not measured point but values entered directly usin
37. I AB SWEDEN FOU R 9 thea Bos a ees ee j Py f u ee E p Fo r Firin bka marhara LAAs EER I ee ee ee ee p oy z p 4 F T 7 T T ii XE iD i W AO You can change the position of the windows in the screen but you can t close plots windows If you close tree window all the windows will be also close The last positions of the windows will be save Use Arrange Quick View command from the Windows menu to rearrange the window in a convenient way The Notepad Window can be closed any time Advantage of using Quick View Any trend or spectrum from any part of the database can be shown Quick access to any plot from the whole machine database Disadvantage of using Quick View Only a single pair trend spectrum can be shown in same time 11 4 Band View A band is a defined portion of a FFT spectrum The bandwidth can be calculated with the following formula Band Width Central Freq Gap Central Freq Gap 2 X Gap The amplitude value of the band is calculated with the formula Amplitude Sqr gt L where L i Spectrum line inside of Bandwidth Each band has a specific frequency generally a fault frequency or a multiple of it In the SpectraPro for each Direction up to 32 bands can be defined 11 4 1 Defining Band The bands can be defined in the Database Edit Menu on each Direction level 75 SpectraPro User Manual The Bands definition can be made after all the fault frequenc
38. Machine History Reports contain all the notes for a selected machine Machine Notes Report design DEMO oti o reden 1 T PERE H Drive belt fan amp motor z bb Machine 3 a ay Machine H4 All history vee Departament 2 vn Departament 3 SpectraPro User Manual Machine 1 Machine description Details F Last 2 records Last W months a Departament 4 TSE Header Body Cancel Print First select the desired machine and decide if you want a report with all the history or a partial report Now if you use the software for the first time you must customize the header and the body of this report To edit the header press Header button A specific window will appear Preview button Io effo fee e CQ RL Paper size 44 2104 297 ra Company name here Date Date Time Time Type here your Company name Type here the name of the Report Paper size depending of the Printer Setup History Report for Machine MNam from MPar This item will be replaced with the actual machine name Machine details MOes Date Current date Time Current time MPic Machine picture In the pop up menu activate with a right mouse click you have some reserved word all included in square brackets These words will be replaced in the final report according with the actual contains from the database Jate Macine mate MPar Machine parent MNam
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40. Rename View ORTSA F3 dp F4 31 SpectraPro User Manual 4 4 5 Direction Level On the Directions level you can delete or rename selected Direction Also you can view the Trend plot if any sample After adding a new item in the database any selected item can be renamed The new items are added with a default name which can be changed any time To do these select the item of which wants to change and press Rename button Then change the name using the keyboard and finish with OK An empty name is not allowed For deleting an item select the item and press Delete button If the item is not the last one in the hierarchy tree or in that particular direction is already stored measurements then the item can t be deleted As a general rule of deleting is one that a deleting procedure must be made in the following order e measurement direction point machine plant department The spectra deletion can be done by selecting one or more spectra and then pressing the Delete button or keyboard Delete key f 4499 12 00 14 4M 11 50 10 54 3 1 2 00 10 4h 10 50 127r 1999 1 2 00 05 4M 10 32 12 6 1999 12 00 06 SM Se 4 79 9 34 32 VMI AB SWEDEN The baseline spectrum can t be deleted First double click on item to transform baseline spectrum in normal spectrum and after that you can delete it After you finish machine definition plant machine point and direction on each level of the hierarchy you can
41. Report 12 6 Diagnosis Report Defect List Report 12 6 1 Using Defect List Report 12 6 2 Best practice for a suitable Defect List Report 12 7 Print Preview Updating alarms 13 1 Introduction 13 2 Settings of SpectraPro application 13 3 Semi automatic alarm update SpectraPro general settings Exchange machines SpectraPro translation Route inspection code Using Notepad GraphView SQL Server Database Manager SpectraPro User Manual 56 57 57 57 58 59 59 59 61 62 62 62 65 67 68 Analysis and Proactive Maintenance Software VMI AB SWEDEN Torsgraend 15 603 63 Norrkoping Sweden Tel no 4611 31 16 67 Fax no 4611 31 16 78 E mail info vmiab com http www vmiab com Document Reference No UM 00101 1 Release notes Date December 2007 SpectraPro User Manual I Installing the software This product has been developed to work on any properly configured version of Microsoft Windows XP 2000 2003 98 ME NT4 or VISTA operating systems or higher Due to the nature of the anti piracy security technology built into this product using illegal keys may lead to software failure or instability Before you run the setup file make sure that you close all other programs This includes anti virus software and any other programs that are running If you do not follow this procedure it may interfere with the normal setup procedure From CD ROM To start installing the
42. SSI ino aoo FA INTERMEDIATE 2 Type FLENDER Model KZN 280 Z1 16 teeth Z2 26 teeth Z3 17 teeth Z4 47 teeth Z5 14 teeth Z6 45 teeth On machine level set the main reference speed to 3000 RPM and label it as MotorSpeed Set the secondary reference speed to the output shaft P4 207 7467 RPM with the label RollSpeed For the input shaft P3 set the shaft speed to be 1XMotorSpeed For the Intermediatel shaft set the speed to 0 61538XMotorSpeed 1846 1538 RPM For the Intermediate2 shaft set the speed to 0 22258XMotorSpeed 667 75 RPM For the output shaft P4 set the speed to 1XRollSpeed 207 7467 RPM Press Gear button for the point P3 and make the settings Number of teeth to 16 and label GM1 2 Select the conjugate point to be Intermediate1 26 teeth for conjugate point will appear Press Gear button for the point Intermediate1l and make the settings Number of teeth to 17 and label GM3 4 Select the conjugate point to be Intermediate2 47 teeth for conjugate point will appear Press Gear button for the point Intermediate2 Number of teeth to 14 and label GM5 6 Select the conjugate point to be point P4 45 teeth for conjugate point will appear Press Gear button for the point P4 Number of teeth to 45 and label GM5 6 Select the conjugate point to be point 39 SpectraPro User Manual P4 14 teeth for conjugate point will appear Now the setting is complete 4 4 10 Editing on direc
43. Transfer gt From file command to transfer the data from the selected transfer file in the machine database 5 2 1 Easy Balancer transfer to file program Start the program from the Windows gt Start gt Programs Menu list Easy Balancer Data transfer Iof x Date amp time No _ Date amp time Directory list area File grid area Easy Balancer pectrum data Z Select the data type COM2 xX gi Awaiting connection 2719700 9 22 AM y Status bar for Press here to select a Press here to create or to message proper COM port select a Transfer file Before to execute this command check If the serial cable is properly connect on both EB and computer ports File gt C Program Files Spectra2 as tr2 ld Record no 0 f j j j n S 44 VMI AB SWEDEN If the EB is switched on and on the EB screen the main menu is displayed Select an existing Transfer file or create a new one The default extension for Transfer files is tr3 In same file you can transfer data from Easy Balancer or Easy Viber analyzer Select a proper serial communication port e g COM2 Select the data type e g Spectrum data From the EB EV menu select Print out communication menu line and press Enter The Status bar message will be Ready to transfer A directory list will appear also Select any file from this list and press the Transfer button The selected file will be transfer
44. VISTA PCASQLEXPRESS Administrator ID Password I Cancel Type the Server Name In above example the server name is VISTA PC SQLEXPRESS You must replace the VISTA PC with your computer name Type the Administrator ID and Password In a default installation of the SQL Server Express the Administrator ID is sa and is no password Press NEXT button to continue In the next windows type a name for your database and type the location 24 VMI AB SWEDEN g Create a new SpectraPro database x New database settings Database name TEST Database file path in remote server Ic Program Files SpectraPro D ata SpectraPro name Cancel The database will be creating in the named folder Press NEXT twice to continue 4 1 4 Creating a SQL Server machine database Before to create a database in a remote SQL Server be sure that your computer is connected with the computer where SQL Server is installed SpectraPro can create database in any SQL Server after SQL Server 7 First select the Server type to be SQL Server You may need Administrator ID and a valid password Ask for help if is required 25 SpectraPro User Manual Create a new SpectraPro database Server connection details ay l af Server type SOL Server Sener name Mo SERYVER Administrator ID USERNAME Password Ez 4 Type the gg Create a new SpectraPro databa Hew database settings
45. VMI AB SWEDEN Torsgraend 15 603 63 Norrkoping Sweden Tel no 4611 31 16 67 Fax no 4611 31 16 78 E mail info vmiab com SpectraPro USER MANUAL Analysis and Proactive Maintenance Software VMI AB SWEDEN 01998 2007 SpectraPro User Manual License Agreement SOFTWARE PRODUCT SpectraPro Copyright 1995 2007 C VMI AB SWEDEN All Rights Reserved IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY This VMI SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT SLA is a legal agreement between you either an individual or a single entity and VMI AB SWEDEN for the SpectraPro SOFTWARE PRODUCT identified above which includes computer software and associated media and printed materials if any and may include online or electronic documentation By installing copying transferring or otherwise using the SOFTWARE PRODUCT you agree to be bound by the terms of this SLA If you do not agree to the terms of this Agreement you are not authorized to use copy or transfer the SOFTWARE PRODUCT 1 Grant of License a Evaluation and registration The SOFTWARE PRODUCT is not free software You are specifically prohibited from charging or requesting donations for any such copies however made and from distributing the software and or documentation with other products commercial or otherwise without prior VMI AB written permission If after the evaluation period you decide that the PRODUCT does not fit your requirements you have to uninstall and destroy all Product s copies
46. a September 2007 C Delete all measurements excludin aq Last J20 ET measurements Delete associated notes lt 9 Today 12 26 2007 Repair and compact Ok Cancel e by date e by number The baseline spectrum will be not deleted Notepad records associated with measurements can be deleted only the checkbox Delete associated notes is checked Deleting process can take a long time especially for long databases Repair and compact command can be used only with MS Access type databases 52 VMI AB SWEDEN 9 Database filters 9 1 Why is using a Filter When is manipulate large SpectraPro machine database you will find that is difficult to access a specific machine point or direction For this reason the user can use a filter condition applied to the machine database to reduce the items number A filter is in fact a collection of some machines points and directions defined as a route Many filters can be created for a machine database This filter s is named also Route 9 2 How to build a filter Any numbers of filters can be built using the Edit Filter command from Database menu Activate this command and the Filter Editor will be activated Press Add button to add a new filter An existing Filter can be renamed or deleted pressing the Rename or Delete buttons Once a new filter is created you can add to the Filter some machines To do this select any machine from the machine database
47. achine databases can be accessed in the same time from many computers across the network in a network environment only exist the possibilities that the user isn t informed about the real status of alarm in the database tree See the schematic bellow This is a typically accessing diagram for machine database in a network SpectraliveServer spectraPro First instance SpectraPro Second instance SpectraPro Third instance Any of above users can made some change in the machine database adding new measurements In this paper is described how the user can set the SpectraPro in a way to be informed all the time about any changing in the alarm status and also how the alarms update can be done 96 VMI AB SWEDEN 13 2 Settings of SpectraPro application In order to receive periodically information regarding alarm update status the user must set some option in the Setting gt Optional settings window as bellow Optional Settings General Transfer Trend Spectrum Fieport to Unit lia Metric Imperial Frequency se stal Be f Hz C RPM i ae Refresh interval i minutes Help File Es pectraFrosSpectaPAO chm NOTE The alarm are not updated automatically just the database is checked for new measurements If new measurements exist in the database the Manual Update Alarm button will be change to not pressed as follow Me ee December 23 2007 3 26 01 PM ia Updat
48. al AN Asia ad Automatic Alarm Report Terminate Press File button and select the required Transfer file All the record from this file will appear in left part of the window Select any record and a proper destination For Spectra and Coast down data a Direction must be selected in the machine tree For Balancing data a Machine must be selected You can see the plot before transferring pressing the Show button Now press Transfer button and the data will be transferred in the destination location Instead you simple can drag and drop the selected item from the file list in the final destination After transferring you can optionally delete the record from the file list pressing the Delete button Finally press Terminate button to conclude the transfer session 46 VMI AB SWEDEN 6 Route transfer The followings steps must be done to use the route transfer Create a route Download the route definition into Easy Viber Analyzer Data collector Perform the measurements Download the route measurements 6 1 Create a new route Select Database gt Route Edit menu if dt Route SAMLE ROUTE a Departmert 1 WMactme 1 Machine H2 Press Add button to add a new route in the list s Form the machine database tree select first machine and press Add Add button 47 SpectraPro User Manual The selected mach
49. and Report Using this command a trend report will be RF to M5 Word generated After previewing you can print the report to to print preview the system printer The Report can be made directly in a text editor also 10 1 2 Actions from the toolbar Notepad button When this button is pressed the Notepad will be activate in accordance with the active Trend plot 10 2 Spectrum plots Then a spectrum plot is shown you can take a large number of actions to customize the graph Majority of these actions can be done using the pop up menu activate with right mouse button Other actions can be taken using the mouse or and keyboard Also you can use the dedicated buttons from the Toolbar 10 2 1 Actions with mouse and or keyboard 58 VMI AB SWEDEN In the following picture you can see all the action you can take using the mouse or the keyboard Spe eum n r 5 g roars ffs Auto December 271999 00 00 24 Overall 3 90 mms AMS 59 577 Hz TARA Ca ee n Sao f ij rk a res M E E 1 1 1 i 1 Pee hs ah are ae 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 eit eee ee ee ee paaorag He 2510 ame Hz 2 5410 mms 1 JUL aM Hh 100 0 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 B000 3000 1000 0 see 250 0 350 0 4500 5500 6500 7500 8500 9500 Se ee oe Gain Then the spectrum is for first time shown the gain is set in respect with the overall value of the vibration AUTO mode The gain can be change clicking and d
50. ange the list dragging the items Now you can remove some items for the list with a double click or show the list pressing Show button The plots will be shown in trends spectrum pair If you don t need all the plots close some of them and use the Pre arrange Trend Spectrum command from Windows menu to rearrange the plots on the screen If you move the cursor in a trend plot the contains of the associated spectrum plot also will be change to reflect the actual position of the cursor You can synchronize the cursor in the spectrum or trend plots For more details see also Trend plot and Spectrum plot Finally use Clear All command from Windows Menu to close all plots Advantage of using Machine plot view All trends and spectra associated with a machine can be displayed in a single screen Disadvantage of using Machine plot view Only plots belonging to a single machine can be shown 11 3 Quick View This command shows trends and spectrum in a special way Then you select this command a four window screen will appear e Database tree e Trend plot e Spectrum plot e Notepad editor All four windows are synchronizing If you move the cursor in the database tree all other windows will be refreshed If you change the position of the cursor in the trend plot the spectrum plot and notepad contains will be change In this way you can see very quickly all the information s you need for the whole database 74 VM
51. arm update procedure all other user will be informed about this The Manual Update Alarm button will change the status to un pressed 98 VMI AB SWEDEN 14 SpectraPro general settings After the SpectraPro is installed on your computer you can customize some software appearance Use Settings gt Optional Settings command Optional Settings x General Transfer Trend Spectrum Fepatt Unit Alarm status in databse tree Jw Enable Frequency Hz C RPM f Metric Imperial Refresh interval i minutes Help File C SpectraPro SpectraPRO chm Browse Cancel In the General tab you can set the followings Unit used Metric or Imperial Frequency unit Hz or RPM This setting can be modified in all the plots showing frequency Alarm status in database tree See paragraph 13 for more details Help file The default help file is SpectraPRO chm but the file can be changed if a help file translation is available In the Trend tab you can set the followings Dimension width of the total value and BC line in trend plot Number of measurements in the trend plot default are 24 In the Spectrum tab you can set the followings Cursor type and width The cursor can be show as Line Target or Cross Spectrum line width Number of harmonics for each fault type default are 10 Number of side bands for each fault type default are 3 In t
52. ase just remove it from the list In addition you can rename the generic name of the database Finally click Cancel to terminate the command 4 3 Database change SpectraPro can manage many databases but not in same time This means that you must make a particularly database from the registered database list active Use Database gt Change command to do this 3 Press Change button or double click on database item 1 Selecta database abase server Server name i SpectraPro LU MS access C SpectraPro_LU MS Access C SpectraProDa M5 Access EEEEMSPS CilSpectraProiMs M5 Access FES viber besk Cry SpectraProiMs M5 Access fl volttest Cry 5pectraProiMs M5 Access FES TESTYM1 10 Cr 5pectraPro_lu M5 Access 3 Press OK to finish Double click on the item in the list or select with a click the database and after press Change button To conclude press OK button The name of the file selected will appear in the status bar S MSPS C SpectraProiMsPs SpectraProiMSPs spay 4 4 Database Edit Use Database gt Edit command to edit a database To do this select this command from the main menu or press the dedicated button from the toolbar ay This command is used to edit the active database add delete rename items and for database maintenance In accordance with the selected item from the hierarchy tree you can add machine point or direction 4 4
53. assumed that in time of data acquisition the machine speed remain the same 10 2 6 Pseudo spectra If the measurements are down loaded from a XVIBER Instrument and the Instrument isn t set to collect spectra the measurements don t contain spectrum line Instead only the first highest spectrum peaks are transferred 68 VMI AB SWEDEN Still SpectraPro will show the spectrum plot but only with 10 lines This is a pseudo spectrum Spectrum ee m Al E Se Total level 4 9 mms Frequency 3200 Hz Thursday November 29 2007 15 39 50 yverall 4 989 mms AMS 5 pi mms AMS Auto re og 10 lines spectrum 2 50 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I EEE Ne ee tea E A Sena E Cer Oey tere Nerney Ge mee eee ort ee ely eee r I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I i I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 0 0 Jo Sey rer 0e Tags 834 lela Wr 235 0 13 0 38 94 646 907 1166 1425 168 4 1943 220 2 246 1 In such cases the fault frequencies are calculated with a high error margin Also all other spectrum lines has zero amplitude values 10 2 7 Spectrum in mV unit With the EasyBalancer or with EasyViber Instruments mV spectra can be measure but only off route These spectra have special meaning the engineering unit can be any not only vibration unit The mV spectra can be shown only in the Edit windows and in List View Bellow is shown an mV spectrum RS
54. bility and your sole remedy for any breach of this warranty shall be in VMI s sole discretion i to replace your defective Software or ii if the above remedy is impracticable to refund the License fee you paid for the Software Replaced Software and Documentation if any shall be covered by this limited warranty for the period remaining under the warranty that covered the original Software or if longer for thirty 30 days after the date of shipment to you of the replaced Software Only if you inform VMI of your problem with the Software during the applicable warranty period and provide evidence of the date you acquired the Software will VMI be obligated to honor this warranty VMI will use reasonable commercial efforts to replace or refund pursuant to the foregoing warranty within thirty 30 days of being so notified THIS IS A LIMITED WARRANTY AND IT IS THE ONLY WARRANTY MADE BY VMI VMI MAKES NO OTHER WARRANTY REPRESENTATION OR CONDITION EXPRESS OR IMPLIED AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NO INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS THE DURATION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY AND OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS LIMITED TO THE ABOVE LIMITED WARRANTY PERIOD SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY OR CONDITION LASTS SO LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU
55. button The following windows will appear 18 VMI AB SWEDEN fi Permissions for Data x Object name C Program Files SpectraPro Data Group or user names 2 CREATOR OWNER amp SYSTEM amp 2 Administrators VISTA PC Administrators B Users VISTA PC Users amp 2 Trustedinstaller Allow Full control Modify Read execute List folder contents Read From Group or user names select again Users VISTA PC Users In the Permission for Users area click on Full control check box in the Allow column Also the Modify item must be checked Press Apply button Press OK button to return Now the initial windows will look as follow 19 SpectraPro User Manual n Data Properties x General Sharing Security Previous Versions Customize Object name C Program Files Spectra Fro Data Group or user names S2 SYSTEM amp 2 Administrators VISTA PC Administrators t Users VISTA PC Users Dnieted netaller To change pennissions click Edit Pennissions for Users Full contral Modify Read 4 execute List folder contents Read Write wf For special pennissions or advanced settings Maed click Advanced iaia Leam about access control and pennissions You can observe that for the Users the Full control and also Modify items are checked Press OK to exit Now the SpectraPro will have permission to create new databa
56. contain of the header in a file In this way you can customize how many header type you want Next time you can restore from the saved file the contents of the header Pressing Picture button from the toolbar you can include a picture in your header e g company logo The Header Edit Window shows the header to 1 1 scale depending from your printer setting In very similar manner you can customize the body Press Body In the pop up menu activate with a right mouse click you have some reserved word all included in square brackets This reserved words will be replaced in the final report according with the actual contains from the database In the Job Report Body you can add the following items ete enmen aae mime curenttime MPic Machine picture defined in the MPic Machine picture Database Edit Note Machine note Note Contents of the last Notepad contents MP ar Machine parent MPar Department name MMam Machine name MNam Machine name MDes Machine description MDes Machine short description Ndat NotePad date Ndat Last Notepad entry date DBas DataBase name DBAs Active Database name Before printing you can edit contain of the notes Use Notepad button but first select the desired machine from the Selected machine list Finally press Print button and the Report Preview windows will be activated See Report Preview for more details 12 2 Machine History Report 87 The
57. dala l Coast Down Envelope Name Date N 1 E DemoPro T f Department 1 eee ih Department 2 oe T Department 3 E T Department 4 eee hy Sample plant E wae Automatic delete Automatic Alarm Report i a elete Upee sles iv erminate L Awaiting connection A In the Status bar the Awaiting connection message will appear 42 VMI AB SWEDEN Select the proper serial communication port e g COM4 and the data type on your choice e g Spectrum data Now you must select from the Analyzer menu the Print out Communication command and press Enter key Depending on your selection in the directory area a list of existing file in Analyzer will appear 1 27 00 14 22 27 es AM 4 00 Oa 2226 1 1 ma EAE qar D0 14 24 46 Ji mms qar D0 14 24 49 Zid FE qar 00 14 25 30 Ji 2c q2 400 14 25 31 Af2 Fi qar D0 14 26 07 i ou 127400 14 26 06 Zid The Status bar will display Ready to transfer message For both Spectra and Coast down data two type of files can be shown Single data files e g 1 1 Double data files These files are displayed as two items e g 1 2 and 2 2 having same name and same date 1 sec more for the second file Each item has a specific icon le Single spectrum file m First spectrum from a double spectra file ma Second spectrum from a double spectra file wdheneenres sope Single Coast down plot First Coast down plot from a double plot file Second Coast down p
58. dary UL Wide IL widez MEE 5 00 mms AMS Auto 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 375 aloes ore a Ne ese eee ad eee lh eee ara eee aa a a ammo Fa cae A e 2 ae r r rs oe ES 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 AO Al E E Mas 5 E Uae op EY E ae ace aE et MAN gc ete NY Sh EEE TEE EE Id 1 1 r i T 1 1 1 i T 1 1 r I 1 1 1 1 r I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I l 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 I I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 I l 1 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 125 Heo SSeS he hes tas aeteo sso oetoe er Sadas SeStib ashe eh ese ete testa Ss ose hala cs 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 Li I I 1 Li 1 1 1 1 1 1 Li 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 00 I l Li l I i 1 I l l Li I I I I l Li Li I i 1 10 03 2005 24 05 2005 22 07 2005 04 10 2005 28 02 2006 27 04 2006 05 07 2006 26 03 2006 T2331 16 33 50 08 2419 16 30 21 03 53 25 16 26 48 11 08 40 11 27 07 84 VMI AB SWEDEN 11 5 List View Using List View you can see the alarms status for all the Machine Points in a single list without the bands alarm included List View never includes the bands alarm Latest measurement i 2 woela Pons Dae vae e waf oH SIY Point 1 Vertical 127271999 3 790 mm s AMS 6 30 11 00 g Point 1 Vertical 127271999 0 200 gBC 1 00
59. e Window Menu to arrange the plots in the screen You can clear the screen using Clear All command or you can copy in the Clipboard any plot using Copy to clipboard command EE er Cascade T Tile Horizontal E Tile Vertical C Clear All Copy to clipboard Ctrl C For details regarding an efficient way of using the spectrum and trends plot see also Spectrum plot and Trend plot Advantage of using Selection view Any trend spectrum or coast down measurement can be displayed in a Single screen Number of plots displayed is limited only to the screen size Disadvantage of using Selection view Long time for selection of plots 11 2 Trend and spectra from whole machine With this command you can see in a single scrolling screen all the trends and Spectrum associated with a machine Last measurements will be shown in the spectrum plots 73 SpectraPro User Manual First select from the hierarchy tree the desired machine In the right part of the selection window a list with all directions of the selected machine will appear F Trend amp Spectrum View m Departament a Machine H Point 1 Wertical E iache R za Machine 1 Point 1 Horizontal ETA Machine 15Point H Axial aa Machine 14Point e Vertical Machine 14Point 2 H orizontal Ti Machine 15Pomnt 24x1al Pa Machine 1 Point 3 Vertical a Machine 1 Point S Horzontal mI L Show Terminate Before showing you can rearr
60. e display area Any type of picture file is accepted Add to the icons some position lines Preview the final graphic aspect of the page 9 Double click on each Department icon In the left side of the windows the machine list will be shown Proceed as before and add machine For each Department a new graphic page will be created 10 In each new page double click on each machine In the left side of the windows the Points list will be shown Add for each machine the points Directions will be added also For each machine a new graphic page will be created 11 In each page you can add a background picture 12 When you finish just exit from GraphView Editor The he pages will be automatically saved in the machine database Now any computer from the network can be configured to show a graphic format of the database To do these proceeds as follow 1 Install SpectraPro in the computer and the latest Service Pack Use a normal protection key to start SpectraPro Select the desired database and close the SpectraPro Remove the normal HASP protection key 2 Insert in any available USB hub a black protection key 3 Now when the SpectraPro start instead to open the normal windows will show a graphical view of the database In GraphView mode the user can change nothing the database is read only If alarm limit is set also the icons will be colored according with alarm level in the machine tree Clicking on a Departmen
61. e of the Alarm status is required If the mouse cursor is moved in the button area the tooltip text will indicate if the alarm update is required or not If the alarm update is required a manual update is necessary Just press the button and the update procedure will begin NOTE For medium and large size machine databases a complete updating procedure can take minutes In time of alarm update the software is locked for the user This is way a full automatically procedure can t be implemented 13 3 Semi automatic alarm update 97 SpectraPro User Manual If in the SpectraPro instance a measurement down load occur the user can decide if also the alarms update must occur when the transferring measurement is finished In any transfer windows a check box is placed in the window lower side Bellow is presented the Manual Entry transfer windows ai Manual entry transfer x Sunday December 23 2007 16 14 00 12 23 2007 0E e T tment H 16 j4 one La Machine 1 saae ie Point 1 i eae lly Vertical ZENT Esi Horizontal i ee is Amal poten Point 4 ae Point 3 oy Point 2 meee Bj Machine 2 Neue a Machine 3 TORLI Bi Machine 4 eee ih Department H gt ee Pih Monarkriant H Select 4 manual entry point Update alarm box is checked as default When the Exit button is pressed an automatically alarm updating will occur also NOTE If any user form the network perform al
62. e on the right date and for the active machine Is not need to save explicit the Notepad contents Every time when the page is changed the previous contents is automatically saved in the database 109 SpectraPro User Manual 19 GraphView If the machine database is accessible in a network is possible to present data in a simple graphical way A black protection key is required for each workstation To create a GraphView data presentation follow the steps 1 In any computer from the network where the SpectraPro is installed start SpectraPro and select Database gt Change a database 2 Run external software Start gt Programs gt SpectraPro gt GraphView Editor 3 The following windows will appear sits GrapheEditor Database View Format Help 4 Check one by one each Department to be moved in the graphic area 5 Move the icons in convenient location using the mouse 6 Click right on Department icon and a popup menu will be shown EC ame A Size D Background colour From the above menu you can Re name the Department Adjust the icon size small medium or large Select a background color for icon 7 Click right in the graphic area The following popup menu will be Shown 110 VMI AB SWEDEN Picture 8 You can do the followings Add a temporary grid to the graphic area Select a background picture The picture must have an approximate size to cover all th
63. e to use the software Don t forgot to set back the TranslateMode in the SpectraPro ini file 105 SpectraPro User Manual 17 Route inspection code From Settings gt Route inspection code menu you can activate the bellow window x In the table you can add up Codeno Description 2 Seal leaking o Pie Bignoise o 4 Bearing superheated 5 C to 100 inspection codes The inspection codes work only in conjunction with the Easy Viber Data Collector Each time when a measurement is done in the Instrument you have the possibilities to add an inspection code number When the measurements will be down loaded in the machine database in the NotePad also the contents of the inspection code will be added For each measurements you can add more than one inspection code Read the Easy Viber User Manual for more details In the Easy Viber Instrument the Inspection Codes can e mixed with some text message Between Inspection code and text a separator is required The separator can be dot dash or space In the same message the same separator must be used 106 VMI AB SWEDEN Consider the Inspection Code for the above list 1 status of machine Ok status of machine Soa of ee a o l 4 and 2 4 and 2 Bearing super heated and Seal leaking 4 and 2 Here is 3 Here is 3 Here is Big noise Here is 3 4 and 70C 4 and 70C Bearing super heated and 70C 4 and 70C 107 SpectraPro User
64. ectrum Lines If in this range a spectrum peak isn t detected the Defined frequency band will be used instead If the Defined frequency is zero normal setting for variable speed machine the best shaft speed is considered to be the highest peak in spectrum e Measured The Band central line is calculated in relation with measured speed in time of data acquisition If the speed wasn t measured the frequency of the band will be zero Never define Band with Measured type if you are not sure that the speed will be measured together with the Spectrum Band name This item must be added by the user to identify later the band 76 VMI AB SWEDEN Frequency This is the central frequency of the band In time of editing must be selected from a list 29 possible fault frequencies are available in the SpectraPro These frequencies must be defined before Only the defined frequency will appear in the list In the following table are described the fault frequencies defined in the SpectraPro Primary reference speed Defined at Machine level normal the drive rotational speed always exist Defined at Machine level normal the driven rotational speed Defined at Machine level this is the line frequency 50 or 60Hz Pole pass Defined at Machine level this is Pole pass for asynchronous electrical motors Rotor bar pass Defined at Machine level this is the Rotor bar pass for asynchronous electrical machine Se Defined at Machine lev
65. ed some machine not included in the Filter will not appear in the machine tree Quick iew iF DemoPro Mew Filter pe EDepartment 1 ba Machine 4 Bj Machine 3 Zi Machine 2 In the below example the DemoPro database tree will appear as follow Only Department 1 is visible because the Filter includes only this Plant After the database name also the Filter name is shown 54 VMI AB SWEDEN 10 Viewing plots SpectraPro can display the followings plots Trends for total value BC Envelope Temperature Speed Manual Entry values and also Coast Up and Coast Down graph Spectra for vibration measurement and Envelope Time signal plots 10 1 Trend plots Trend plots can be show for any View or from Edit windows Then a Trend Plot is shown you can take a large number of actions to customize the graph Majority of these actions can be done using the pop up menu activate with right mouse button Other actions can be taken using the mouse or and keyboard Also you can use the dedicated buttons from the Toolbar 10 1 1 Actions with mouse and or keyboard In the following picture you can see all the action you can take using the mouse or the keyboard 55 SpectraPro User Manual j gt P a T i at i i mk REDT i a 1 A ane indian pe ie PE aa E A aa eee i i b o Pia fi r a i i i i a i j j ri i 4 asai bere 3 H f i a t
66. el this is Belt fault frequency Multiply frequency Defined at Machine level these are any multiply frequency of above In the SpectraPro up to 5 Multiply can be defined Shaft Speed Defined at Point level this is the Shaft speed defined as a multiply of the primary or secondary reference speed always exist BPFO BPFI BSF FTF Defined at Point level these are the bearing frequency faults In SpectraPro for each Point up to 4 bearings can be defined Gear box fault Defined at Point level this is the gear mesh fault frequency A special 1 Hz fixed frequency can be also added as Band frequency definition Value Hz This column can t be edited In the column is indicated as reference only the actual frequency of the fault as is defined before In time of showing data this frequency is re calculated according with the Type setting Multiply This is a multiplier of the fault frequency selected in the Frequency column Using the Multiply factor many Bands can be defined having the same fault frequency as reference Gap Hz This is the gap of the Band The gap can be selected from a list and can be from O to 50 Hz As a general rule the gap can be at least the spectrum resolution If the gap is selected below spectrum resolution the band will be the peak amplitude 7 SpectraPro User Manual If you select the gap value zero the band will be the peak amplitude Use a zero gap value if you intend to have a t
67. equencies are not completely defined for that Direction Return to Edit menu and add all available fault frequencies associated with the Machine 12 6 1 5 Highest peak value in spectrum Base line The table is similar with the table above but is shown the highest magnitude peak for base line spectrum 12 6 2 Best practice for a suitable Defect List Report The Report contains only known information Lack of information s will give a poor Report Follow the bellow rules to produce a usefully Report Define as many fault frequencies are possible Always define a base line spectrum for each Direction Adjust the correct shaft speed in spectrum before to use this Command Measuring the speed in time of data acquisition is the best practice at least for a single Direction If this isn t possible adjust manually the correct shaft speed for a single Direction belonging to a Machine and use the Speed Tool menu to set the proper shaft speed to all Machine Directions The magnitude values are important Even low magnitude peak can be relevant for the machine conditions Set the Total value alarms according with a well known standard Be carefully to set other smaller limits for Vertical and Axial directions Don t use same limits for all measurement direction Add to the Report your comments from the NotePad Will be very helpful in time of diagnosis process From information provided by this Report try to find first what
68. faults the machine DON T have rather then to try to detect the existing possible fault Eliminate one by one the inexistent fault and finally you will obtain a short list with all possible faults Now will be much easy to determine the real faults 94 VMI AB SWEDEN 12 7 Print Preview Before a Report to be printed the contents are shown in a Print Preview window Page selection is used to browse between report pages Using Zoom button you can adjust the report size on the screen Press Print button to print the report to the computer default printer Press Word button to copy the report contents in a MS Word document the MS Word must be installed in your computer 95 SpectraPro User Manual 13 Updating alarms 13 1 Introduction When the machine tree is shown the items icons are colored according with the actual alarms level This is true only if the latest alarms were updated recently The actual Alarm Status can be seen looking on the Manual Alarm Update button from the Main Menu toolbar Sunday December 23 2007 et December 23 2007 2 55 5 Pha 3 26 01 Ph There is no change in the alarm status in update of the Alarm status is required If the button is pressed right picture the alarms are shown correctly no update is required If the button is not pressed left picture the alarms need to be refreshed manually To do this just press the Manual Alarm Update button Because the m
69. g the keyboard For X Viber Instrument also Temperature and Speed points can be defined in the database Default only the last 24 measurements are shown for that direction but you can change this number using Settings gt Optional settings command The program allows to copy in clipboard any displayed graph spectra or trend and later to copy this graphs in a text editor e g WORD or in the Notepad Customized professional reports about the machines can be made in this way The machine Database store machinery measurement unloaded from the EasyBalancer EasyViber or X Viber instruments The users can add in the Notepad information following the diagnosis procedure Trough Database gt Import command external useful data can be added to the databases regarding repair process spare parts used etc This information can come directly from CMMS or prepared in a special format by the maintenance teams In this way valuable complete information can be added in time for each machine from the databases Analysing this information periodically you can act proactively discovering the real causes of the failures Main purposes of using this software is to supply to the maintenance team a periodical report regarding the action to taken to maintain the machinery in good working condition For this reason SpectraPro can create a Job report In order to analyze the collected data you have on your choice many ways of viewing data
70. ge will be in your language Set your SpectraPro default language C 3 Deutsch C5 f O E F omanan This setting will be save in file C SpectraFrosSpectraPRO ini General Language The latest saved language is saved in the SpectraPro ini file as is shown above If some messages are not translate you have the possibilities to made translation in time of running the SpectraPro software To do these proceeds as follow Locate SpectraPro ini file in your computer in a default installation the file will be in C Program Files SpectraPro directory Just double click on file to be opened in NotePad Bellow is presented the first part of this file General Language 1 MessagePro C SpectraPro MessagePRO mdb TranslateMode 0 TranslateMode 0 Un translated message will be shown in English TranslateMode 1 Un translated message will be shown as NoMessage Message in English TranslateMode 2 Un translated message can be edited on fly Change TranslateMode to 2 and save the file Now when you will run SpectraPro again each time when an un translated message will be find in the translation file an edit windows will be shown 104 VMI AB SWEDEN SpectraPRO message 9096 gy Eg oA 7 Now you have the possibilities to translate on fly the message Don t use this settings when too many message are not translated The running of SpectraPro will be interrupted many times and you will be unabl
71. he Report tab you can set the followings Header of each report type Body of each report type 99 SpectraPro User Manual Once set the contents of Header and report Body will appear every time when a report is shown If you select Imperial unit for SpectraPro all the measurement will be automatically presented in Imperial units 100 VMI AB SWEDEN 15 Exchange machines Sometime you will need to move or copy a machine from a database to another SpectraPro offer a possibilities to move or copy machines between any two databases The database can be creating in any Server type Select Database gt Machine exchange command i Exchange Machines Both databases must be registered Do the followings Select the source database from any registered databases Select destination The destination database must have at east one Department or Plant You can t copy a machine in an empty database If you intend to move whole source database in a new destination database first use Edit command and create the same Departments as in the source database Select first Departments where you intend to copy a machine Select the machine The MOVE button will be activating Press the button and the machine name will be moved to the destination The contents will be not transferred yet After transferring one machine the item in the source tree will advance to the next machine Press again MOVE button up to all machine
72. hines directions proceed as follow Identify the spectrum having Measured item enabled Click on Measured item to extend the menu lines wv Grid ae Show trend Show notepad ib Show machine description gi Show machine picture Ref spectra Main cursor Harmonic cursors Frequency list Saved shaft speed Ey Defect list ee ee ee ee ee eB ee ee phen M I I I I I I f I F I Save current speed F as i I I I I I I I Calculated 7 560 0 RPM f g tarina Library EEA Set For this spectrum Show with Defined 7 560 0 RPM _ Save to all points Hz Colour Export my Report Select menu Set to all points The proper shaft speed will be back calculated using the speed settings in the database for all the measurements belonging to the same machine and having the same transfer time in fact this means that all the transferred measurements from the route belonging to the same machine will be settled with Measured speed The result can be seen immediately just select another spectrum of the same machine and the Speed Tool menu will look like bellow Save current speed In our example the measured speed for this shaft is back calculated to be 1230 RPM Saved shaft speed Calculated 3 150 0 RPM The calculations use the measured speed of the Measured 1 230 0 RPM Previous point as reference Defined 3 150 0 RPM In the QuickView you can do the settings in seconds
73. ies and alarms are defined for the selected Machine To start an editing session just press the Narrow Band button b DataBase Edit l IP 428 2005 2 00 01 PM 0 34 mms A IP 2 272005 2 11 40 PM 1 21 mum s Fi ci 1O 22 2004 11 19 03 AM 0 98 mins Fi Bae Trag 2004 1 2 26 10 PM 0 99 mms Fi P 7 872004 5 34 49 PM 1 40 mms Fi 2 4 22004 1 50 01 PM 1 25 mms Fi 1 16 fly DEPARTMENT fl MACHINE hy Sec seeeeemeeeee Reds nec a SneRed 2 eee Bi IMO 0117 AL SIL IMO 01 3 EL acop IMO 01 4ME IMO 014 H aa e Bj IMO 01 5TA AL CEL c14 Si Si Marrow Band Route settings ae IMO 01 1 5Y E 2 oo i MOO GwE Seer E S a Bi MO OI FTF aC Eopy Mom tempate Lopp as tempate il GH a a Add Delete Rename Show E xit TESTAOEPART MENT TSMACHINE 1 Pointl 4 0 fi The Narrow Band Setting window will appear The editing window contains a spreadsheet or a table in which you can edit up to 32 Bands The table has the following columns Type In this column can be selected one of the following items from a combo box beers e Defined The Band central frequency will not be Calculated calculated from the spectrum just the defined Calculated frequency will be used to calculate the Band amplitude e Calculated The Band central frequency will be re calculate according with the real shaft speed from the Spectrum The actual frequency is calculated around the Defined frequency with a gap of 2 X Sp
74. if only a single measurement belonging to the machine has a speed reference The algorithm works also if the machine has different Shafts speed Method Using the Saved speed allow a correct shaft speed calculation without to collect any spectrum with speed reference sensor For a single spectrum belonging to a machine the speed must be manually set After that using a back calculation all the spectra will appear with correct speed cursor 10 2 5 1 Using the Measured Speed For a new un loaded spectrum having the speed measured in time of the data acquisition the Speed tools Menu appears as below In this example the Measured shaft speed is Save current speed 2952 1 RPM THE Saved Shaft speed item is disabled because no any speed was saved before Calculated 7 560 0 RPM Because Defined speed is set to 7560 RPM the Measured 2 952 1 RPM Calculated speed in our example is the same Defined 7 560 0 RPM Calculated speed is calculate around the Defined Shaft speed 20 Saved shalt speed For a new un loaded spectrum without speed measurement in time of the data acquisition the SpeedTool Menu appears as below Save current speed Measured item is disabled because the speed aa at aa a was not measured in time of data acquisition Saved shalt speed Calculated 7 560 0 RPM Others items are the same Measured Defined 7 560 0 RPM 65 SpectraPro User Manual To set the proper shaft speed for all mac
75. ighly recommended to define a base line measurement for each Direction This can be done in Edit Command 92 VMI AB SWEDEN 12 6 1 1 Total value table Lastvalue Prevvalue Baseline Unit WHI DHI 3 790 EREN 9 564 11 00 0200 0 200 0 230 In above table appear latest two measurements values together with the base line value If Envelope measurement is defined also the Envelope magnitude will appear If the alarm limits is exceeded the values appear colored in yellow or red 12 6 1 2 Fault frequency table latest measurement Defect Name Bearing Value _Unit_ E e N E E Trusty ShaftSpeed 145i7 mms RMS 4880Hz 504 880 2 Sha S5peed 2368 mms RMS 9760Hz S 550 3 ShaftSpeed eS mm s RMS 14638Hz 1839 330 Low FREQ o taes mmisRMS 3d0Hz 063 1 10 LINEFREQ oo __mmjsRMs oooh 0 63 1 10 Mo tFx2 o oo dese mmis RMS OOO Hz O63 110 Mo cue ee Se Sn E o E a a a ho _ BPFOfI e2 603 0032 mms RMS 32250Hz 032 055 Mo AAI 603 S mmis RMS eS He 032 055 Mo BPF tos 2S mms RMS 25250Hz 032 055 No BPF s2 tios 0027 mmjs RMS 50250 Hz Oe Oss Mo mH ne 0 023 mmek 20 00 He 032 oss mo In above table is shown the values for all defined fault frequency Fault frequency can be defined in the Edit Window The fault frequency can be define on Machine Point or Direction level Shaft speed fist two harmonics and Low frequency are
76. indow Then you select this command a specific window will appear in the screen which will allow you to choose the department the machine the point and the wished direction Choose are done selecting a certain direction with the mouse in the above mentioned order When the direction is selected in the upper right side it 72 VMI AB SWEDEN appears a list with all collected spectrums for that direction Colored small icons indicate also an alarm condition for the measurements A check mark icon indicates the base line spectrum if any Coasts down measurements are marked with a blue icon Now you can select a collection of trends and spectra to be shown Just double click to any trend or direction and the item will be move to the show list In place of double clicking you can drag and drop any Direction or Spectrum to the show list If you want to not display some items from the show list just double click on that items and item will be remove from the list Finally press Show button and the entire list will be shown After you displayed some trends and spectrum set the main window remain active and you can select other trends or spectrum Although it can display a large number of information s on a single screen it is recommended to limit the number of simultaneously opened plots because the plots will have smaller and Smaller sizes and many details will be lost When one or more plots are displayed you can us
77. ine 1 click here will ake oh Machine 1 thal Demo Deparament 1 Machine remove the gt ote bil is _ bid Demo Departament 1 Machine 3 machine from p chine 3 gt wit TTT the print list a S Departament 2 Departament 3 bene fii Departament 4 19 a Header Body Notepad Cancel Pririt First select the machines from the hierarchy tree Just double click on each machine or drag and drop the machines in the selected machine list You can remove some machines from this list with a double click Now if you use the software for the first time you must customize the header and the body of this report To edit the header press Header button A specific window will appear 86 VMI AB SWEDEN In the pop up menu activate with a right mouse click you have some reserved word all included in square brackets This words will be replaced in the final report according with the actual contains from the database In the Job Report Header you can add the following items Date Current date Date Current date Maly eee Time Current time klai A erie aine DBas Active Database name ote hacmine nmaote Peret Sie Seen Ne es fete You can preview a sample of the header pressing MBS aachie cati the Preview button from the toolbar hasi Hot sddate DBas Database name The last contents of the header will be automatically saved for later use If you want to have more then one type of header save
78. ine will be added to the route structure Proceed as above with all machines SAMLE ROUTE mJ ky Department 1 ee exe taba Machine 1 Te wh Kdachine 2 T fly Department 2 oe tebe tdachine 1 F ee i Point HL From the route structure you can remove some points or directions The removed items will be not deleted from the database just will be not transferred in the Data Collector To remove an item select it and es Point H2 press Exclude button naire Point 3 l pends Point H4 Finally press Exit to save the route definition ai 4 Machines 3 hi 1 Points 12 Directions 35 E xit E sclude 6 2 Download the route in the Data Collector Select Transfer gt Route gt EasyViber menu The Route Transfer window will appear First check the Serial communication port 48 VMI AB SWEDEN Transfer from Easy iber paeme Ma f i I Automatic Alarm Report z M Update alams IE wating connection withEasyViber Delete route Establish the communication with the Data Collector Select the route definition and press download button The route definition will be transferred in the Data Collector 6 3 Download the measurements You can download measurements from a route directly in the machine database or in a transfer file 6 3 1 Direct transfer Select Transfer gt Route gt EasyViber menu again Establish the communication with the Data Collector From the Data Collector
79. ing server connection Gfinet Sever Starting the program Startet Programm Filter Filter No Filter Kein Filter Full facility Alles funktionsfahig Route Rug o F No key Kein schlissel gefunden eg Network Netzwerk Network Route Route Netzwerk Gra phen Graphikanzeige First select any empty text box and fill it with your language name In the table complete item 1 with your language name can be typed in your local language Now begin translation Be carefully in English language all the message are shorter as in he majority of other languages If you not fully understand how to translate some propositions just skip the row You can do this later When you finish close the translation windows Your work will be save in the Message mdb file 103 SpectraPro User Manual If you update the SpectraPro with a new Service Pack don t be worry The Service pack will not delete your translation file but will add to this newest words or propositions in English language You must only run again the Translation software and translate the latest messages When you close the Translation software the following window will be shown 6 Set your SpectraPro default language x Your language will appear in the translation list Just select your language from the list and next time when you will start the SpectraPro all the messa
80. ion but not less than 1 Hz Band Type must be set to Calculated gt Add a band to Line frequency and to 2 X Line Frequency if you have an asynchronous electrical motor The best Gap resolution must be set as above Band Type must be set to Defined gt Add Belt fault if the assembly has a belt The best Gap setting is 2 X spectrum resolutions Band Type must be set to Calculate gt Add Multiply for motor fan blade and also for pump blade The best Gap is 2 X spectrum resolutions Band Type must be set to Calculate gt Add bearings fault frequencies if you have roll bearings Band Type Calculated gt Add a fixed O to 5 Hz band frequency Band type Defined Generally above bands are required during diagnostics procedure More bands can be added for special machines or for specific purpose 11 4 3 Showing Band in Quick View Mode The bands can be shown in QuickView or in BandView View Setting Report MB Selection E Machine plots Quick view List view O Band view In the QuickView select a Direction and extend the tree All defined bands will appear in the tree 79 SpectraPro User Manual Fp 4 DEPARTMENT Bj MACHINE ae h v ae MA ed A errr Port ee WL Turatie motor l EE TA UL Turatie srnec aes UL LF SERME UL FEP See UL FFP RUN UL FTF Pane UL ESF ees UL EFFI The Trend Plot will be shown in the right side for the selected band The Spectrum Plot will be show
81. j Monday February 04 2002 2 4 2002 Machene 41 Monday December 27 Machrie Monday December 27 Mac jonday December 27 Mac onda December 27 M Jonday December 27 Machine Monday December 27 Machre H3 Monday December 27 Machine 4 Monday December 27 Machrie H Monday December 27 10 Machne H2 Wonday December 27 11 Machine 3 Monday December 27 12 Machine H4 onday December 27 13 Dep Machine 1 poda December 27 Search h machine s founs This report can be usefully to find the machines un measured from a specific date Select the date first and press Search button The report will be shown in the print preview window 12 6 Diagnosis Report Defect List Report This paragraph describes how to use the Defect List Report for diagnosis purpose 90 VMI AB SWEDEN In a machine diagnosis task a major difficulty occur because many information are required for a precise diagnose The computer size is limited so no all necessary spectrum plot can be displayed in the same time In the spectrum plot can be shown the fault lines but if are many these can t be usable The Base line spectrum and the latest measurement are very useful for diagnosis also The alarms limit settled in the machine Edit time can also provide valuable information s Using this new report the user can have access once to all relevant information regarding machine condition The Defect List Report is a valuable to
82. l xj 1 Update also the Band alarm This action can take a very long time Now you have two choices To press NO and the bands alarm will be not update in the database tree To press YES and the bands alarm will be also include in the database tree If the database is large and many bands alarm are defined the above action can take minutes 83 Also you must consider the followings SpectraPro User Manual The alarm in tree coloured icons is a good indication for you that something wrong is happened with your machine In fact this is the first information regarding machines running conditions If you add to the alarms also the band alarm and many band alarms are defined for the machine the probability to obtain a coloured icon for machine is very high In majority of the cases the machines alarm will be in red status Have a look bellow condition In the machine tree the MACHINE1 is in Danger Because the point P4 is in Danger alarm also the MACHINE1 and DEPARTMENT1 are in Danger alarm If you expand the tree more you can see that the problem isn t the total value of the point P4 but the Secondary band because the total value of the vibration in Point P4 is bellow the Warning limit Showing band alarm in tree can create confusion so all the time is your decision if the band alarms will be added or not to the database alarms update Be MACHINE P1 IL Frimary UL Secon
83. ll be useful later on shaft speed definition for each point In this respect you can label these two speeds for easiest recognition in future 33 SpectraPro User Manual For variable speed machine define the primary rotational speed to be zero The software will determine the real shaft speed using the latest measurement Reference speed settings Primary reference speed Value fas 10 Hz Secondary reference speed Label S5ecRPM Ratio 2 E RefRPM 98 20 Hz RPM Hz a A Ok Cancel For more details see Speeds setting Electrical motor fault frequencies Line Frequency Value 50 Hz Label LF Fole Bars Hos 2 Hos E Label Pole pass PF 1 80 Hz Rotor bar pass REF 2062 20 Hz Ok Cancel You can define the followings fault frequencies Line frequency LF Pole pass frequency PP Rotor bar pass frequency RBP 34 VMI AB SWEDEN Belt fault frequencies 2 Belt Setting x Pulley Speed SecRPM Fitch diameter Freguency 30 65 Hz Frequency label BFin Multiply fault frequencies You can define five multiply fault frequencies for each machine x Ratio for Multiple x Multiple label Multiply 3 nefRPM gt 3 z 147 30 Hz Multiple label Multiply 4 RefRPM x p 196 40 Hz Multiple label Multiply 5 RefRPM sd 5 245 50 Hz Multiple label Multiply 6 RefRPM fe 294 60 Hz
84. lot from a double plot file K A X mark indicate that this file is already transferred in the machine You can not transfer a file with a X mark again To do the transfer first selects a file from the list and after that a destination in the machine tree The destination must be a Direction for spectra and Coast down data and a Machine for balancing data Once the source and destination is properly selected the Transfer button will be enabled Now you can transfer the selected data in two ways 43 SpectraPro User Manual Press the Transfer d button Alternatively drag the selected item and drop to the proper destination If you check the Automatic delete check box after transferring is done the file will be delete from the Analyzer memory Here is an exception if the file is double type the file will be deleted only if both data is transferred In same session you can transfer all type of data spectra coast down plots and balancing data If the Automatic report check box is selected when you press the Terminate button a report will be generating also If Update Alarm check box is checked when you press Terminate button the alarms will be update 5 2 Indirect transfer The indirect transfer must be done in two steps First using the external program Easy Balancer transfer to file you must transfer the data from EB or EV in a Transfer file The Transfer file has the wtr3 extension Use the
85. mong all users e A relational database server optimizes network traffic by returning only the data an application needs For example if an application working with a file server needs to display a list of the names and machine descriptions it must retrieve the entire Machine file If the application is working with a relational database server it sends this command SELECT Name Description FROM Machine WHERE MachineID 123 The relational database sends back only the names and description of the selected machine not all the information about all machines e Hardware costs can be minimized Because the data is not stored on each client clients do not have to dedicate disk Space to store data The clients also do not need the processing capacity to manage data locally and the server does not need to dedicate processing power to displaying data The server can be configured to optimize the disk I O capacities needed to retrieve data and clients can be configured to optimize the formatting and displaying of data retrieved from the server The server can be stored in a relatively secure location and equipped with devices such as an Un interruptible Power Supply UPS which is more economical than fully protecting each client e Maintenance tasks such as back up and restoring data are simplified because they can focus on the central server In large client server systems many users may be connected to a Server installation at
86. n and the entire list will be shown After you displayed some trends and spectra set the main window remain active and you can select other trends or spectra Although it can display a large number of information s on a single screen it is recommended to limit the number of simultaneously opened plots because the plots will have smaller and Smaller sizes and many details will be lost For details regarding an efficient way of using the spectrum and trends plot see also e Spectrum plot e Trend plot e Time signal plot e Coast down Coast up plot Other ways for displaying data are e Quick view e Show Spectra from whole machine e List View e Band View Try also these commands to see the differences but first read the help associated with commands 14 VMI AB SWEDEN 4 Creating registering and editing databases To make a functional program every user has to create an edit its own database For each part of a whole plant it is recommended to create a separate database 4 1 Create a new database To create a new database use Database gt Create command First select a database server where the database will be created Create a new SpectraPro database Server connection details i qa EATR ee Oe Pale 4 aT Lt 3 F T s HE Sever type MS Access h e Py a Server name Administrator ID admin Password Cancel You can create machine database in the following database servers e MS
87. n above In the spectrum the selected band will be clearly marked If the band has also alarm defined the band will be tri colour showing the Warning and Danger levels De e a 100 mms AMS Feed Thursday April 25 2005 14 00 07 Overall 0 94172 mm s AMS j a S 0 0 3 8 no 11 3 16 0 16 8 22 5 26 3 30 0 338 3 5 13 5 6 4 4 13 1 16 9 20 6 a 4 eu a 35 6 NOTE In spectrum the alarm levels are shown only for reference purpose Remember that the alarm levels are for the Bands and not for the peak Always the Band alarm limits will be greater than the peak high because the band value is an average of all the band peaks Only if the band contains a single peak the alarm level will be valid also for peak 80 VMI AB SWEDEN NOTE If the Gap value is zero a single line will mark the Band A Band report is available from Trend popup menu 11 4 4 Showing Band in Band View Mode Showing bans in BandView is very similar with showing bands in the QuickView mode In the left tree appear only the Database hierarchy up to Point level Once a Point is selected in the right side appears a list showing Total values for all the Directions and also the bands values The items have colour icons to indicate the band alarm status Magenta colour denotes that the Warning and Danger limits are zero no alarm Set Latest measurements DEPARTMENT1 MACHIME Pointi oO 472872005 ALL 0 541 mm s RMS 2 30 4 50 Wil Turatie motor
88. n mode specifies the security used when connecting to SOL Server Select the authentication mode to use for this installation Mixed Mode Windows Authentication and SQL Server Authentication Specify the sa logon password below Enter password oao Confirm password In the following windows select Enable User Interface and press Next VMI AB SWEDEN i Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Setup ii xj Configuration Options Configure user and administrator accounts NE This option enables users without administrator permissions to run a separate instance of the SQL Server Express Database Engine Add user to the SOL Server Administrator role This option adds the user who is running the SOL Server Express installation program to the SOL Server System Administrator role By default users on Microsoft Windows Vista operating system are not members of the SQL Server System Administrator role Complete the installation I 6 Using the help menu and toolbars If you experience any problems when using the software you can open the help file by clicking Help from the Toolbar or pressing F1 It provides basic information on how to use the software with both a step by step guide and a more detailed description of all the available functions The functionality of the software can be accessed from different locations The main menu of course gives access to all the functions within the program and the To
89. name If the connection with your Oracle database server is OK the new database will be create 4 2 Database registration Before to use any SpectraPro database you must register it Use Database gt Registration command to add an existing database to your registration list 28 VMI AB SWEDEN If you create you re own database the database will be self registered To have access to the other SpectraPro database from the network you must register them first adani laa database connect a D moPra CASp fetraPro LU MS Access TEST 23 C SpectraPro LU MS Access PERENE SPEED C SpectraPro Da MS Access MSPS CNSpectraProwM MS Access viber test C SpectraPro M MS Access E Volttest C SpectraProsh Mo Access Delete C SpectraPro LU MS Access Register anew database connection Server connection details Server type Server name Database details Database name in R MyB ase ee SpectraPro name Test connection In above example a remote SQL Server database is selected You can add any type of SpectraPro database Only registered databases can be activated in the SpectraPro software If the SpectraPro is installed in a network each user can have his own database collection 29 SpectraPro User Manual The databases will be added in the registered list of databases You can any time Remove a egistered database This not means that you delete the selected datab
90. nsfer 5 2 1 Easy Balancer transfer to file program 5 2 2 Transfer From File Command 6 Route transfer 6 1 Create a new route 6 2 Download the route in the Data Collector 6 3 Download the measurements 6 3 1 Direct transfer 6 3 2 Indirect transfer 7 Importing data OoOnNN KRW W WN 8 Database maintenance 9 Database filters 10 11 12 13 9 1 Why is using a Filter 9 2 How to build a filter 9 3 Filter activation Viewing plots 10 1 Trend plots 10 1 1 Actions with mouse and or keyboard 10 1 2 Actions from the popup menu 10 1 2 Actions from the toolbar 10 2 Spectrum plots 10 2 1 Actions with mouse and or keyboard 10 2 2 Actions from popup menu 10 2 3 Actions from the toolbar 10 2 4 Other settings in the spectrum plot 10 2 5 Adjusting speed 10 2 5 1 Using the Measured Speed 10 2 5 2 Using the Saved Speed 10 2 6 Pseudo spectra 10 2 7 Spectrum in mV unit 10 3 Time signal plots 10 3 Coast down coast up plots Viewing data 11 1 Show selected information 11 2 Trend and spectra from whole machine 11 3 Quick View 11 4 Band View 11 4 1 Defining Band 11 4 2 Recommendation for Band definition 11 4 3 Showing Band in Quick View Mode 11 4 4 Showing Band in Band View Mode 11 4 5 Band Alarm in tree 11 5 List View SpectraPro Reports 12 1 Job Report 12 2 Machine History Report 12 3 Machine Description 12 4 Transfer Report 12 5 Un measured machine
91. o gt Install HASP Drivers If still you have some problems with the HASP protection key please visit http www aladdin com I 5 Installing SQL Server Express optionally SpectraPro application running under Vista Operating System can create machine databases also in a SQL Server Express database Server installed on the local computer For details regarding how to install SQL Server Express on your computer and also License details visit http msdn2 microsoft com en us express bb410792 aspx Before you complete a Microsoft SQL Server download and install any member of the SQL Server 2005 Express Edition family you must install first NET Framework 2 0 http www microsoft com downloads details aspx familyid 9655156b 356b 4a2c 857c e62f50ae9a55 amp displaylang en Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is the free easy to use lightweight version of SQL Server 2005 SpectraPro User Manual The best choice is to download SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP2 After software download install the SQL 2005 Express following the instruction bellow Locate and run the SQL Server Express installation file SQLEXPR32 exe Follow on screen instruction Generally press NEXT on each step During installation some settings are required as follow When the bellow windows appear select Mixed Mode and just press Next ie Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Setup a x Authentication Mode The authenticatio
92. ol to speed up the diagnosis process The Defect List Report is available in the SpectraPro application begins with SP8 The command is included in the Main menu under Report menu a Job Report mp Machine history ib Machine description Kiah Transfer report thing Un measured machines Defect List Report Printer Setup 91 SpectraPro User Manual 12 6 1 Using Defect List Report When this command is selected the following window will appear Pz Detect List Report E DemoPro Machine Machine 1 E ERTE T Department 1 i e Bij Machine 1 PTE T Machine 2 early Bi Machine 3 eens Machine 24 Sree iy Department 2 iene iy Department 3 ee ete by Department 4 es T Sample plant i Full report Ee rn Report are report The Constants window shown the alarm level for all fault type available in the SpectraPro software The alarm levels are calculated using the alarm defined for Total Vibration values Warning and Danger limits In this first release the constants values can t be adjusted by the user The report has several tables for each Direction Total value table Fault frequency table latest measurement Fault frequency table base line Highest peak value in spectrum latest measurement Highest peak value in spectrum base line If Base line is not defined the table with base line information will not appear Is h
93. olbar provides the most commonly used functions The Status bar at the bottom of the program window displays information about the opened database I 7 Trademarks Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and or its affiliates HyperTerminal is a trademark of Hilgraeve Inc All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations SpectraPro User Manual 1 SpectraPro architecture SpectraPro can work in conjunction with the following machine database types e MS Access e MSDE Microsoft Database Engine not suitable for Windows VISTA e Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP2 e Microsoft SQL Server e Oracle 8 0 or newer All of these have Client Server architecture MSDE and SQL Server are very similar in fact MSDE is an SQL Server server with the following differences 3 Maximum size of the database is restricted to 2 GB 4 MSDE server can be used in a network with 5 users only SpectraPro can create and manage also MS Access database type The MS Access isn t a real database server but has a database structure A MS Access databases have the following advantages 1 Small space required on the hard disk and low resources required from the host computer 2 Easily
94. ontents of the table definition and apply the contents to all Direction from the selected Point a Alarm Automatically apply a calculated level alarm for all the defined faults based on Baseline spectrum On same Direction must exist a Baseline otherwise the action fail Save Save the definition in the Machine Database Each time when you change an item in table before to Exit you must Save your change Automatically saving is done after Delete and Paste action Also after Copy to all action the band definition form other Directions are saved 78 VMI AB SWEDEN Editing items in the table are very simple Move the cursor in the cell where you intend to change something Just type directly the new value If a combo box appears use the up and down arrows to select the proper item and press Enter to complete If the cell is a direct editing field just type the numbers or letters To complete press Enter key You can use also the mouse just click in the cell you intend to edit Once you click the mouse in another cell the previous cell editing mode finish 11 4 2 Recommendation for Band definition A large numbers of bands can be added in the Database Some of them can be usefully but some of them not Follow the rules described before to not waste time and to add more functionality in your software gt Add bands for Shaft Speed and also for 2 X Shaft Speed and 3 X Shaft Speed The best Gap setting is the spectrum resolut
95. or marks on the Software or Documentation g Use of VMI s name You may not use VMI or VMI s suppliers name logos or trademarks in any manner including without limitation in your advertising or marketing materials except as is necessary to affix the appropriate copyright notices as required herein 3 Termination The License is in effect until terminated The License will terminate automatically if you fail to comply with the limitations described herein On termination you must destroy all copies of the Software and Documentation 4 Diverse This Agreement represents the complete agreement concerning this license between the parties and Supersedes all prior agreements and representations between them This Agreement may be amended only in writing executed by both parties THE ACCEPTANCE OF ANY PURCHASE ORDER PLACED BY YOU IS EXPRESSLY MADE CONDITIONAL ON YOUR ASSENT TO THE TERMS SET FORTH HEREIN AND NOT THOSE CONTAINED IN YOUR PURCHASE ORDER If any provision of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable for any reason such provision shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable and the remainder of this Agreement shall nonetheless remain in full force and effect 5 Limited warranty a Media VMI warrants that the media containing the Software if provided by VMI is free from defects in material and workmanship and will so remain for 30 thirty days from the date you acquired the product VMI s sole liability
96. oreground Overall bargraph Spectrum grid Set Defa You can save these new colors like default color or to restore the original colors using Set default command Export You can export whole spectrum in any transfer file having extension tr3 62 Click here to select the VMI AB SWEDEN Report Using this command a spectrum Report will be generated After previewing you can print the report to the system printer For more details see Report preview The Report can be transferred also in a MS Word Document If no document is open a new document will be opened Consecutive reports will be inserted in the Same document file 10 2 3 Actions from the toolbar In the Main Menu some Toolbar buttons is dedicated for Spectra Plots 23 decembrie 2006 11 41 12 Notepad button When this button is pressed the Notepad will be activate in accordance with the active Spectrum plot Dynamic table A table with first 30 fault frequencies can be shown Fault toolbox Activating this action the Fault frequencies toolbox window will be shown Gap Depending on the gap in the dynamic table less or more frequencies can be labeled sample planti Machine 34F1 ert Nos CPM ims RMS Obs a 2 454 1594 Motor speed LineF rey 1 514 0571 Fan speed Blade pass 3x Mlotor 244 0 515 BF 5 093 0007 SxFTF 1xMlotor speed Clicking here you can change the order in the list OO m a e to bo
97. ormal QuickView style just not extend the Direction item Now you can move the cursor in the trend and the spectrum plot will be refreshed Each time you move the cursor the peak found in the spectrum plot is Slightly move but always a peak is found correctly The wide bands cover a 200 Hz range above the SecondaryRPM frequency Now you can return to the Database Edit and add more bands definition for all major faults found 82 VMI AB SWEDEN E SpectraPRO Full facility i E 18 xi Database Transfer view Settings Report Window Help g AN Gap 0 125 HHz Ei Primary DEPARTMENT 1 MACHINE1 P2 BandT est E M DEPARTMENT 1 MACHINE 2 0 Be oe fl Primary owl Secondary ma IL Wide ofl Wide mm s RMS 11 05 2005 22 07 2005 21 10 2005 14 04 2006 05 07 2006 24102006 Notepad editor DEPARTMENT1 MACHINE1 a xf File Edit Insert Format rm Air LY X I 500 mms AMS Auto 24 octombrie 2006 12 56 17 Overall 3 738 mm s RMS A hiii Mabou PEE ETER mtiini arin rnhiann ipo kA 740 111 0 148 0 1850 2220 2590 2968 0 3330 370 0 l 555 925 1295 1665 2035 2405 2775 3145 3515 M 4 24 10 2008 gt gt QQ ns caps hum 3 BandTest C SpectraPro DataBandTest sp3 EO MS Access Y No Filter 8 12 PM 12 29 2006 vv 11 4 5 Band Alarm in tree When you update the alarms in the Database Command Update Alarm Status in Database Menu The following attention message will appear Update alarm status
98. pectra from whole machine e A List View in which you can see at once all Total values vibration Bearing Condition and Envelope for the whole machine View gt List View Also the Alarm status is indicating e A Band View in which you can see at point level all vibration total values and Band values peak average for the band width Alarm status for above is also indicated View gt Band View 11 1 Show selected information Demo Spectrum in this direction Deparment 1 Double click on i Department 2 Date _ Unit Value i Mi Department 3 41 27 00 14 36 any item or drag Department 4 12 19 99 00 38 mmf 14 02 13 and drop in the 2 w Machine 1 m 12 11 99 00 19 mm gf 0 68 i Point 1 m EET mmy 1 07 0 60 Spectrum and amp Vertical 12 9 99 00 14 mm 10 79 0 54 trends to show 5 12 8 99 00 12 mm 1054 0 47 ee tala B1 2 5 99 00 04 mmz 913 0 25 window d Point 2 E amp Point 3 E amp Point 4 bhi Machine 2 1 Spectrum nd trends to show List of selection Machine 3 f La th pana Mg Machine 1 Point 1 Vertical 12 10 99 00 16 Double click to Bf Point 1 eae Neon ee release an item Uebel from the list amp ASial x Abandon y Show a 4 gt Demo Deparment 4 Machine 1 Point 14Vertica Double click on any Press this button to display Direction item or the plots drag and drop in the Spectrum and trends to show w
99. r the first time the gain is set in respect of the biggest Total value from the trend AUTO mode The gain can be change clicking and after this dragging the upper horizontal line of the grid If you drag in down direction the gain will decrease if you drag in upper direction the gain will increase A double click in y axis label area will restore the auto gain The gain for BC can t be adjusted Cursor Then a trend are shown the cursor is placed on last most recent measured point You can place the cursor also in the other position using the mouse click in the new position or using left and right arrow from the keyboard If the synchronize cursors command is check depending on link level Synchronize to menu the cursors in other trend will move 56 VMI AB SWEDEN 10 1 2 Actions from the popup menu The Trend Menu can be activated in each Trend Plot with a right mouse click The Menu has the following actions Copy This action copy the plot in clipboard or ina text editor You can use also CTRL C You can paste a Grid the clipboard contents in the notepad with CTRL V WB Show spectrum 2E Show notepad Grid The grid of the trend can be shown on hide a Show machine description using this action wl Site miim piim Show spectrum Selecting this action the Alarm limits Spectrum associated with the trend cursor will be Shown Show with Eelo Show Notepad Selecting this action the Notepad associated with
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101. ragging the upper horizontal line of the grid If you drag in down direction the gain will decrease and if you drag in upper direction the gain will increase A double click in X axis labels area will restore the Auto gain Frequency range If you click and drag the y axis of the plot you can adjust the minimum frequency range If you drag in right direction the minimum frequency range will increase Similar you can increase the maximum frequency range clicking and dragging the last vertical line of the grid Difference between maximum and minimum frequency must be at minimum 50 Hz 3000RPM A double click in Y axis labels zone will restore the whole frequency range Zoom You can enlarge the plot with a double click anywhere in the plot area To restore the spectrum plot to initial size double click again Main cursor Main cursor can be activated with a click in plot area The main cursor has a label associated You can use also the Left or Right arrow keys for a Slow moving of the cursor or CTRL Left CTRL Right arrow keys for a fast 59 SpectraPro User Manual moving of cursor Press keys 0 to 9 to move the cursor to the shaft frequency or to its harmonics Move the cursor label up or down using the UP DOWN arrow keys Shaft Speed cursor The shaft speed cursor is shown like a small triangle near x axis With the mouse you can adjust the position of this cursor If you select from the pop up menu the command
102. re you are granted only an non exclusive right to use a copy of the software All intellectual rights in the Software remain property of VMI Sweden copyrights law and international treaties protect the PRODUCT VMI AB SWEDEN A WUN I 1 I I I I I NOY B WN Contents Installing the software Installing the latest Service Pack Updating the software Installing MSDE Database Server optionally Installing protection key drivers Using the help menu and toolbars Trademarks SpectraPro architecture 1 1 Client Server Architecture Database architecture SpectraPro Overview Creating registering and editing databases 4 1 Create a new database 4 1 1 Creating a MS Access machine database 4 1 2 Creating machine database in MSDE Server 4 1 3 Creating machine database in a SQL Server Express Database Server 4 1 4 Creating a SQL Server machine database 4 1 5 Creating an Oracle machine database 4 2 Database registration 4 3 Database change 4 4 Database Edit 4 4 1 Database Level 4 4 2 Departments Level 4 4 3 Machine Level 4 4 4 Point Level 4 4 5 Direction Level 4 4 6 Editing on machine level 4 4 7 Editing on point level 4 4 8 Automatic adjustment of the pre calculated bearing fault frequencies 4 4 9 Editing gear box fault frequency 4 4 10 Editing on direction level 4 4 11 Editing machine in batch 5 Off route transfer 5 1 Direct transfer 5 2 Indirect tra
103. red in the tr2 file and will appear also in he grid list In the Destination field the name of EB file will appear Type the final destination in the Destination field of the grid list You can type the whole tree or only Point and Direction Date amp time Type here the 1 27 00 2 22 27 PM Spec 6400 1MMS destination in 1 27 00 2 24 48 PM Spec 3200 2MMS eae I gt 1 27 00 2 24 49 PM Spec 3200 2MMS oy After transferring you can press the Recycle Bin button to delete the file from the EB instrument Be Select any record from the grid list and press the Show button if you want to see a plot of the selected item Finally press Exit button 45 SpectraPro User Manual 5 2 2 Transfer From File Command This command is used to transfer data from any tr3 file in the machine database From the main menu select Transfer gt From file command The following window will appear Date SiPReereate Nachined Poin Vv fg 1 27 00 2 24 46 PM Machine l Poin l H dg 1 27 00 2 24 49 PM Machine l1 Poin l A Destination in the machine database Press this button to select a terancfar fila Press this button to transfer the data M Transfer C Program Files Spectra2 as tr2 Demo i Department 1 bei Machine 1 Point 1 amp Vertical 8 Horizontal amp Axial E Point 2 amp Vertical amp Horizontal amp Axial Point 3 g Vertical 8 Horizont
104. rend for a peak instead to have a trend for a Band In run time for each measurement in the Trend the correct frequency will be calculated but only if you select Calculated type Band If you select Defined type Band because the peak value can shift the Trend results can be erratic Using fixed frequency of 1 Hz and gap you can define fixed Bands To define a band for low frequency from O to 6 Hz select as Frequency the Fixed 1Hz frequency Multiply to be 1 and Gap also 5 Hz The band will have a range from O to 6 Hz Warning This is the Warning level of alarm defined in the units and average selected in the Alarm Settings Automatically setting is also possible if a Baseline spectrum is defined Danger This is the Danger level of alarm defined in the units and average selected in the Alarm Settings Automatically setting is also possible if a Baseline spectrum is defined Active If active is set to YES the band can be shown in QuickView or in BandView If the setting is NO the Band is only defined but can be Shown In the Band definition window a series of buttons are available in editing time x Delete Use this action to delete the selected portion form the table Bg Copy Copy all table contents in the Clipboard Later you can Paste the table contents to another Direction in Tree B Paste If is enabled you can Paste the table contents previously copied amp Copy to all Copy the c
105. rent speed and Save to all points item The proper shaft speed will be back calculated using the speed settings in the database for all the measurements belonging to the same machine and having the same transfer time 67 SpectraPro User Manual in fact this means that all the transferred measurements from the route Belonging to the same machine will be settled with Saved shaft speed w Grid ee Show trend i Show notepad ib Show machine description ee Show machine picture Ref spectra Main cursor Harmonic cursors Frequency list ey Defect list a Bearing Library Show with Hz Colour Export a Report eee a ee ee a S Save to all points Saved shaft speed Save For this spectrum Calculated 3 150 0 RPM Measured 1 230 0 RPM Defined 3 150 0 RPM i ed The result can be seen immediately just select another spectrum of the same machine and the Speed Tool menu will look like bellow Save current speed E Saved shaft speed Calculated 3 150 0 RPM Measured Defined 3 150 0 RPM The Saved shaft speed is checked even if was not saved for this measurement The calculations use the measured speed of the previous point as reference and the speed cursor in the spectrum is placed according with the calculation In the QuickView you can do the settings in seconds Now all the spectrum of the same machine has the speed cursor in the position decided by you Of course is
106. rver data is stored in databases The data in a database is organized into the logical components visible to users A database is also physically implemented as two or more files on disk depending on the Server type When using a database you work primarily with the logical components such as tables views procedures and users The physical implementation of files is largely transparent Typically only the database administrator needs to work with the physical implementation Each Database Server installation has multiple databases Some organizations have only one user database containing all the data for their organization Some organizations have different databases for each group in their organization and sometimes a database used by a single application like SpectraPro For example an organization could have one database for sales one for payroll one for a document management application one for rotating machinery and so on Sometimes an application uses only one database other applications may access several databases It is not necessary to run multiple copies of Database Server to allow multiple users to access the databases on a server Database Server is capable of handling thousands of users working in multiple databases on the same server at the same time Database Server makes all databases on the server available to all users that connect to the server subject to the defined security permissions When connecting to
107. s will be considered to be notes to be added Finish with other reserved ENDNOTE x word or with ENDNOTE Is considered to be comments Is not transferred For the DemoPro database provided in installation kit an import file example is Sample import file PLANT Department 1 MACHINE Machine 1 DATE 23 08 1999 NOTE Notes for Machine 1 ENDNOTE Next machine MACHINE Machine 2 NOTE Notes for Machine 2 ENDNOTE End of the import file Generally import files can be automatic generate by other computer software used in maintenance activity 50 VMI AB SWEDEN If SpectraPro not find a plant or a machine in your active database an error message will be generate If the software not finds a specific date will add a new record to your database fl Transfer to Notepad Ea Terminate Then you execute this command first press Transfer button A specific window will appear and you will be asking to select the transfer file somewhere in the accessible network Select the file and press Open The import procedure will begin Finally press Terminate button to finish the import procedure 51 SpectraPro User Manual 8 Database maintenance From time to time run Maintenance command to optimize the dimensions of your databases You can select two way of deleting some old measurements _ Delete old measurement f Delete all measurements older tha Delete associated notes
108. se but only in the Data folder You can create more than a single folder to store SpectraPro databases using the SQL Server Express Before to create a new database be sure that the SQL Server Express is installed on your computer To test the connection with your SQL Server Express proceed as follow In the Start gt Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt DataSources ODBC select UserDSN tab and press Add 20 VMI AB SWEDEN A ODBC Data Source Administrator From the list select SQL Server and press Finish button Create New Data Source In the Create a New Data Source to SQL Server windows type a name in the Name text box In the Server combo box select VISTA PC SQLEXPRESS item where VISTA 21 SpectraPro User Manual PC is your computer name Create a New Data Source to SOL Server Press Finish button Now you can test the connection with the database Server Press Test Data Source button 22 VMI AB SWEDEN ODBC Microsoft SOL Server Setup Use ANSI Null Paddings and Wamings Yes Data Encryption No TESTS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY Now you are ready to create your own databases 23 SpectraPro User Manual OPTION 1 Select Server type to be Local and follow instruction on screen OPTION 2 Select Server type to be SQL Server g Create a new SpectraPro database x Server connecton detalls server type SQL Server Germer name
109. shown always If the fault frequency represents a peak in the spectrum the value is marked with a trusty flag If the fault frequency is not a peak but near the values are marked as not trusty In this last case the value shown in majority of cases DON T represents a fault All defect frequencies is related with the shaft speed If the shaft speed is incorrectly settled in the spectrum all the values can be wrong For more information regarding how to set the shaft speed BEFORE to issue this Report please read the document AN 01452 Improved speed tool menu 12 6 1 3 Fault frequency table base line This table is similar with the previous but is referred to base line spectrum 93 SpectraPro User Manual A simple analysis of these tables can give a first impression regarding the faults evolution 12 6 1 4 Highest peak value in spectrum latest measurement Fremency Nowe om name change e pe Change See 5 04 29291 Hz 2 594 mmjsRMS X 6 ShaftSpeed Multplye 96 30 064 147 5 ShatSpeed Multiply 5 195 11 Hz 1 511 mmis RMS 4 ShaftSpeed Multiply 4 96 30 pF He 064 mmjsRMS SO tone fone In this table are shown only the first ten fault frequencies but also is shown the changing in magnitude since the last measurement If a peak is not identifying the Fault name is missing If this is happened for majority of the highest magnitude lines seems that the fault fr
110. stegl image zpy 11206 FB testeqllog sp 1046 KB Statistics Deparments Remove Erase ae Faint Backup Restore Update LS ae Directions Connect Detach E sit Measurements In the left windows all the SpectraPro database are shown In the right side are presented some statistics regarding the selected database This software is provided as is it No any guarantee is provided using this software Microsoft can provide professional tools for SQL Server maintenance You can do the following actions 114 VMI AB SWEDEN Register the selected database into SpectraPro Remove the selected database from the SpectraPro registration list Erase the selected database files All the information s will be lost No recovery is possible Create a protection backup To do this press Backup button Backup database GT678 i Backup to CAMSSOL7BACKU P GT6 6 bkp Select a directory where the backup copy of the database will be created and press Backup button Restore a previous backup of the database Use Restore command Restore database GT6f Parameters Backup to restore Size Restore from 30 Dec 2007 17 35 00 2710 5 KE CAMS SOLS BACEUPSGT678 BEP Restore Se Cancel From the list select a file to be restored normally the latest backup Press Restore button If restore process occur any information since the last backup will be lost Update the selected
111. t icon the Machine page will be shown Clicking on a Machine icon a Point page will be shown Clicking on Point icon a special kind of Quick View will be shown This is what the user can see in GraphView mode SpectraPro User Manual On Department level Department 8 p er ite T ov Pe F E rena E On Machine level Machine 4 o lt O Machine 1 Machine 2 112 VMI AB SWEDEN On Point level P f e do Point 1 i Vertical Point 4 Hi point 4 Axia 1212711999 O Horizontal 1212711999 12 00 24 AM 1212711999 12 04 48 AM m A Point 2 Axia 12 04 24 AM 1212711999 d O 12 02 24 AM F Point 37 Vertical 1212711999 12 02 48 AM 12 27 1999 A9 N2 2R AKA Point 3 Horizontal 1212711999 Point 1 AN Point 1 Axia Horizontal 12 03 12 AM 1212711999 1212711999 Point 2 i 12 01 12 AM 12 00 48 AM Horizontal 1212711999 Point 2 12 02 00 AM Vertical 12 27 1999 Point 4 12 01 36 AM Vertical 12 27 1999 12 04 00 AM 0 l 5 TAEI Honz ntal FOmEAEDN n 1272721555 Point a2 atta 12 04 24 0 Jee AM 1272711993 12 02 24 g 1272771935 12 02 43 AM 12 4 1999 12 7 1999 12 11 1999 12 15 1999 12 19 1999 12 23 1999 12 27 1999 12 00 10 AW2 00 40 AM 12 01 20 AM 12 02 00 AM 12 02 40 AM 12 03 20 AM 12 04 00 AM Notepad editor Department 1 Machine 1 j xj Fie Edit Insert Format m F X MA EE E BOB 15 00
112. the same time The Server has full protection for these environments with safeguards that prevent problems such as having multiple users trying to update the same piece of data at the same time The Server also allocates the available resources effectively such as memory network bandwidth and disk I O among the multiple users Server applications can run on the same computer as Server The application connects to the Server using Windows Inter process Communications IPC components such as shared memory instead of a network This allows the Server to be used on a small system where an application needs to store its data locally SpectraPro User Manual 1 1 2 Desktop Database Systems While Database Server works effectively as a server it can also be used in applications that need stand alone databases stored locally on the client The Server can configure itself dynamically to run efficiently with the resources available on a client without the need to dedicate a database administrator to each client SpectraPro can also embed a MSDE Server as the data storage component for machine databases When clients use local Database Server one copy of the Database Server engine runs on the client and manages all the databases SpectraPro connects to the database engine in much the same way they connect across the network to a database engine running on a remote server 10 VMI AB SWEDEN 2 Database architecture The Database Se
113. tion level On the direction level you can edit the alarm limit for total vibration values of the measurements and also to define the Route settings Click Alarm settings button and you can edit two alarm levels for each overall vibration BC and Envelope values Two tables ISO 2372 diagram and Bearing Condition Coefficient diagram is on your disposition to select proper value for alarms Select the unit for total vibration values and also the average type Note If on directions Level is already stored some measurements you can declare for each direction one of them to be Baseline To do this just double click on that measurement Only one measurement can be Baseline All other measurements are considered to be Normal measurements Click Route settings to set some parameters for route measurements Route settings Spectrum In the Route settings you can select the followings Maximum spectrum frequency Number of sample n time of data collection normally 2 or 4 Transducer selection only for Easy Viber Data Collector Nos of spectrum sample Collect BC or and Time signal together with the spectrum l Envelope collection Collect bearing condition Envelope band pass filter Number of sample for Envelope collection Spectrum resolution Transducer selection Collect time signal Envelope Collect envelope Finally Press SAVE button Envelope band pass filter J1 2 2 2 KHz You can copy the se
114. transferred to other computers 3 Easily to create backup file Just copy the database file with extension sp3 onto a USB stick or somewhere in a network computer In the same time the MS Access database have also the following disadvantages 1 Is not a safe database especially for a large number of machines 2 Used in a network this type of database will dramatically increase the network traffic and slow down the communication speed 3 It is not a solution for large enterprise integration For these reasons it is not recommended to use the MS Access database for company applications 1 1 Client Server Architecture A Database Server is designed to work effectively in a number of environments e Asa two tier client server database system e As a desktop database system 1 1 1 Client Server Database Systems Client server systems are constructed so that the database can reside on a central computer Known as a server and are shared among several users Users access the server through the SpectraPro application Having data stored and managed in a central location offers several advantages VMI AB SWEDEN e Each data item is stored in a central location where all users can work with it Separate copies of the item are not stored on each client which eliminates problems with users having to ensure they are all working with the same information e Security rules can be defined one time on the server and enforced equally a
115. tree area and then press Add button In same Filter a machine can t be added twice In place to add a machine you can add directly all the machines from a department To do these select a department and push the Add button All the machines belonging to the selected Department will be added To remove a machine from the Filter tree select the machine and push Remove button w Remove You can remove entirely a Department also To do this select a Department from the Filter tree and press same Remove button From an existing Filter you can exclude some Direction Cd Exclude In a filter you can arrange the items using Arrange buttons To do this first press CTRL key from the computer keyboard and after that click on Up or Down Arrange buttons 9 3 Filter activation To activate a filter proceed as follow 53 SpectraPro User Manual Select Settings gt Set filter Full Facility Filter Aoute Change o Select a Filter definition or a Route A Route can be used anytime as a Filter You can press Show button to see the Filter contents Press Change button to activate the filter You can do the same from the SpectraPro Status bar Just click on Filter icon Y No Fitter If a filter is active the filter name will appear in the Status Bar also To cancel the filtering just select whole database as filter In above example the database name is DemoPro NOTE Then the database is filter
116. ttings and Mos of spectrum sample E paste to any other direction or to ALL direction of the machine Lait e hl Department 1 Machine 14Point 1 4 Yertical 40 VMI AB SWEDEN 4 4 11 Editing machine in batch If in your database is more then one identical machine edit only one machine and after that you can copy and paste this machine many times z DemoFro Ty Department 1 ee Machine H hj Machine 2 Copy Bea Machine 3 aii Paste outed Machine 4 ly Department 2 E E Add Th Department 3 Po Delete Thy Department 4 Fi A Rename fly Sample plant fff ool Machine H i a Machine 2 wf r Copy as template Bi Machine 3 of A Copy From template B Machine 4 LA Shave Before to copy the new machine must exist only as name the machine hierarchy can be empty You can save a just created machine in a template database or use the template database to copy a pre defined machine in your database When the SpectraPro start for the first time a file with the name Template tp7 is created as default The template file is empty In this file you can add as many machines you want From the template file you can export some machine template in other template files Or from any template file you can import in your template file a series of machines Template list Gg x Template name Grinder IMO 01 1T SL SIL IMO 01 1 PIO 3 Pump Machine 1 Drive belt fan amp motor Remove Rename
117. vailable Service Pack is always onto the CD ROM Before to run the Service Pack Installation file first start the SpectraPro once With this occasion you can select the software language also I 2 Updating the software SpectraPro software is equipped with an automatic software update check You can easily check if there is a free update available by selecting Help gt Check for Updates from the menu bar An Internet connection is needed for this S SpectraPro software upgrade bA Checking for latest file Deeg at ete E a a TIP tek from Veil AB server 3 1 Eby Cancel I 3 Installing MSDE Database Server optionally MSDE is an SQL Server database server with the following differences 1 Maximum size of the database is restricted to 2 GB 2 MSDE server can be used in a network with maximum 5 users only MSDE is free and can be installed in any workstation From the installation page press MSDE button SpectraPro User Manual NOTE MSDE is not suitable for VISTA operation system If your computer runs VISTA please install instead SQL Server Express Edition with SP2 Bellow is the welcome screen for MSDE installation MSDE Wizard Installer er 1 0 Welcome to the SOL Server Manager Details This application will check the following components on your systern Windows operation system M5 SOL Server 7 0 any edition or MSDE 1 0 any edition The latest SOL Server 7 0 Service Pack
118. will be saved and next time the report can be create in a very short time Job Report can be transferred to a text editor You can then preview modify and finally print the Job Report You can also preview and print directly the report to the system printer From time to time you will want to make a report regarding all the history of a selected machine Use Report gt Machine History command to do this You can also customise the History report and then preview modify and print it The previously mentioned reports have to distinct purpose e The Job Report is addressed mainly to the maintenance team e The Machine History is useful to take some proactive actions before a failure of the machinery to occur The SpectraPro software is very flexible software and offers to you many commands to do same action in different way Before to use the software read carefully this document and using DemoPro databases provided in installation kit try to learn how to use efficient this powerful program If you run this software for the first time then you can use DemoPro databases which are included in the installation kit In this way you can learn how to work with the software and to evaluate the special performance of it On the screen a list of Menus and a Toolbar are displayed In the Status Bar on the bottom of the screen the active database is also displayed On the first run the active database is DemoPro Although you can create you
119. will be shown Edit comments Double period Delete Enter your comment and press ENTER key The comments will be added to the label A label can be deleted Proceed as above but select Delete from the window More than one label can be added to the time signal plot The labels are stored in the machine database for future use 70 VMI AB SWEDEN 10 3 Coast down coast up plots Coast down and coast up graph can be collected off route only These graphs can be viewed only in the Edit window or in Show selected information view 445 A 6 21 mms RMS 59 3 Deg Each plot has a popup menu User can change the frequency unit RPM or Hz The plot colors can be change using Color menu item From popup menu the user can copy the graph in Clipboard or in MS Word and also to create a report The graph can be exported in any tr3 transfer file 71 SpectraPro User Manual 11 Viewing data In order to analyze the collected data you have on your choice many ways of viewing data e A collection of trends and spectrum selected by you View gt Show selected information e A Quick View session in which you explore the machines the trends and spectrum associated with the selected direction View gt Quick View If Bands are defined also Band Trends are available e Trends and spectra from whole machine in which you can see at once all this trends and spectrum associated with the selected machine View gt Show s

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