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1. On overflow trips will activate as soon as the signal exceeds the trip level and deactivate as soon as the signal drops below trip level hysteresis Retriggerable overflow trips will activate as soon as the signal exceeds the trip level and deactivate when the signal remains below trip level hysteresis for at least timeout seconds Triplevel Here you can specify the level at which the trip will activate Hysteresis Sets the hysteresis band as an absolute value around the trip level that determines when the trip should deactivate It will be added to or subtracted from the trip level to find the level at which the trip will deactivate Timeout secs Sets the timeout time in seconds only for retriggerable trips 5 5 Add e gate e xact Use this command to connect to a new e gate or e xact module Communication with an e gate takes place over a TCP IP network connection Use configuration documentation and tools supplied by Gantner to configure your e gate and the modules that are connected to it After that SignaSoft 6000 will automatically show the configured channels Page 38 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual e pate e xact Properties Communication Channels Triplevels TCPVIP Hostname 300303 System information Module type e gate Username meas Seral Number 300303 Sample Rate Hz 1000 Password Imeas Bytes per measurement 36 l Buffer size zec
2. Trip Sets the type of trip unused trips are marked disabled On overflow trips will activate as soon as the signal exceeds the trip level and deactivate as soon as the signal drops below trip level hysteresis Retriggerable overflow trips will activate as soon as the signal exceeds the trip level and deactivate when the signal remains below trip level hysteresis for at least timeout seconds Trip Level Sets the level at which the trip should activate The value should be entered in the units displayed to the right of the input box Hysteresis Sets the hysteresis band around the trip level that determines when the trip should deactivate The value should be entered in the units displayed to the right of the input box It will be added to or subtracted from the trip level to find the level at which the trip will deactivate Page 34 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Timeout Sets the timeout time in seconds for retriggerable trips 5 4 Add ISM e bloxx Network Use this command to create an ISM e bloxx network Communication with a strain of ISM e bloxx Module s takes place over a serial port You should configure the modules using the Gantner ICP software After that SignaSoft 6000 will automatically show the configured channels 5 4 1 Communication Settings Die bloxx Network Properties Interface kind ES Direct AS 485 Converter Normal COM Por COM2 M
3. 3 5 Save As Command Use this command to save and name the active configuration SignaSoft 6000 displays the Save As dialog box so you can name your configuration To save a configuration with its existing name and directory use the Save command 3 6 Export As Text Command Use this command to store the configuration in a tab separated ASCII file You can use this file as a reference containing all device and channel parameters for a specific configuration Page 6 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual 3 7 Language Command Use this command to select one of the three available languages for SignaSoft 6000 After selecting a new language you should close SignaSoft 6000 and restart it 3 8 Recent File Command Use the filenames listed at the bottom of the File menu to open the last four configurations you closed Choose the number that corresponds with the configuration you want to open 3 9 Exit Command Use this command to end your SignaSoft 6000 session You can also use the Close command on the application Control menu SignaSoft 6000 prompts you to save configurations with unsaved changes Shortcuts Mouse Double click the application s Control menu button DN test sgs Sig Fie Edit Insert Keys ALT F4 4 Edit Menu Commands The Edit menu offers the following commands Cut Deletes data from the configuration and moves it to the clipboard Copy Copies data from the configuration to the clipboar
4. Modules Channels Tripleyvels Channels Mame Varnable 1 Module 4314811 3 TM 1 Temp Channel 1 Type Analog Input nts Minimum Yale Madmum V zue Meas Interval sec Meas frequency Hz Cancel Apply Help On this property page you can view information about the available channels Also you can set the measurement interval for each channel Channels This box shows the available channels To configure a channel first select it from the list You can also select multiple channels if you want to configure the same measurement interval on all of those channels If this box is empty check the communication settings first Name Shows the name of the channel Module Shows the module that contains this channel Channel Shows the channel number within the module Type Shows the measurement type of the channel Units Shows the units used to present measurement values The settings mentioned above can not be changed from this dialog To change these settings go to the Communication Settings and click the Configure Modules button to start the ICP configuration software Minimum Value Maximum Value Use these fields to specify the expected range of the measured value This is used in for example bar graph displays The output value is NOT clipped to this range so these settings have no influence on the actual measurement values produced Meas Interval sec Shows the requested measurement interva
5. New Graphics Group Creates a new graphics group New Numerics Group Creates a new numerics group 5 1 Add Picas Signalog Device Choose Device Type Choose Communications COM Choose Device Type Hardware Address Get Configuration from Device UK Lancel Use this command to create a new device You can select the type of device Signalog or Picas and specify its hardware address Press the Get Configuration from Device to retrieve the current configuration cards and channels from a connected Signalog device Page 8 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual If a connected device contains unsaved measurement data in its internal buffer a message box which allows you to store this data will appear at this point If you choose to store the data the data will be retrieved from the device and stored on the PC 5 1 1 General Settings Picas 2532010 Properties General Communication COM Fort COM A5232 speed 19200 ll Device addr 1 R5495 speed 119200 CF Master Master Serial number 2532010 Presentation Wout K ate Saas Disp Times 0 5 Datalogtilter Op ll Cancel Help In this dialog box the general settings for the PICAS Signalog 6000 device can be made The following settings can be adjusted here Device address This is the address of the device on the RS485 link The device which is directly connected to the PC must have number 1 The highest number
6. The individual items in this configuration page described Cards Select a card from this list to show its information Card Address Shows the logical card address of the card This address determines the CAN ID range that the card uses for communication If you change this value the card will be reprogrammed to communicate using the new address Status Shows the communication status of the card The status is OK if all channels on the card respond as expected DISCONNECTED if the card fails to produce measurement values for one or more channels on the card CAN ID Range Shows the CAN ID range that the card uses for communication Serial number Shows the serial number of the selected card Replace card Allows you to replace a card at a specific address by another one with a different serial number For information refer to the section on replacing cards below Card options Shows the type of card and its option modules Firmware version Shows the firmware version of the card Slot number Shows which slot number in the Autolog 3000 the card occupies Description Use this description to make the card easier to identify Page 25 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Add card Use this button to manually add a new card to the configuration You must know and specify the serial number of the card to be able to use this function Remove card Use this button to remove a specific card and all its settings from the
7. Minor Strain aps 2 Angle alpha Major Stress sigma 1 T Minor Stress sigma SIG_MIM Stress 0 sigma x Unused Stress OUT sigma y Unused Shear Stress tau vu Unused Equivalent Stress sigma e Unused OF Cancel To configure a rosette first select its type and the strain gauges to be used as inputs Note that the input channel must be measured in m m units to be accepted as a strain gauge input You can set the Poisson parameters and E Modulus used for stress type outputs in N mm2 The Kt is used to compensate for the transverse sensitivity of strain gauges For each of the available output types you can select whether or not to actually create a visible output Each output is actually a virtual channel using a special formula to calculate the requested value 5 8 New Graphics Group Use this command to create a new Graphics Group Page 46 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Bx ee eke HSH ei 0614 2007 067142007 10 01 54 17 07 01 Settings 2 0000 Select Channels 1 5000 Zoom Back Zoom In zx 1 0000 Zoom Out 2x Clear Graph 1 5000 1 0000 Show Legend Show Gridlines 1 5000 Moving 4 4x15 40 0000 Left Y Axis Autoscale l Right 4xis Autoscale 0 5000 Show Date tine Show Title anil Show logged values only Show individual measurement values 2 1050 54 472 55400 56 400 57 400 eau DI Export Wisible Measurement Data The graphics group shows measured data for a
8. Output Freely configurable physical units to use for presentation Input values You can choose two different input values for which you know the physical output value you desire Output values When you change on of the output values the new factors for scaling will be calculated and shown Page 20 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Scaling formula The formula shows how the input values are converted to the output values You can modify this formula to your liking 5 2 5 Lead Wire Resistance Lead wire resistance calculation Length of wire meters Cross section area mp Default Spec resistivity micro Olhme cm Default Wine resistance Ohma km Wire resistance Ohms Go Use this dialog to calculate the lead wire resistance When measuring quarter bridge strain gauges or Pt 100 elements using 3 wires the resistance of the lead wires can have a significant impact on the measured value To reduce the error the software can correct the measurement value for an estimated lead wire resistance BEWARE If the lead wire resistance you enter is more than 2 times higher than the real lead wire resistance you will increase instead of decrease the error When in doubt err on the side of caution use a lower resistance value The individual items in this configuration page described Length of wire The length of the lead wire in meters Cross section area The cross section area of the conductive m
9. 0 0 0 gt 0 Min actration time second Pre trigger tine rollizecords May activation time Seconds Mm activation pause time Seconds OF Cancel Help The individual items in this configuration page described Trip list This list shows all trips assigned to the currently selected rule Press Add Trips to add new trips or select one or more trips and press Remove Selected Trips to remove them Min activation time Specifies the minimum amount of time the rule should remain active after one any trip active rule or all all trips active rule trips become active Pre trigger time Using this field for which a maximum of 2000 milliseconds is allowed you can activate the rule before the trip becomes active This allows you to store a small amount of measurement data measured before a certain event causes a trip to trigger Max activation time Use this field in combination with the Min activation pause time field to set a limit on the duration of the activation of the selected rule If the rule activates during a long time this option will force the rule to become inactive for at least min activation pause time before starting again Leave the default value 0 to make sure the rule is always active whenever a any or all of the trips are active Min activation pause time Use this field in combination with the Max activation time field to set a minimum amount of time wherein the
10. 3000 Control Properties Network Cards Channels Trips SE Tip Trip2 Trip 3 Trip Addr 41 chn 3 Hame Trip On overflow Trip Level Trip Active z Trig Hysteresis Timeout Select All Cancel Apply Help Use this dialog to configure up to four trips for the individual channels You can select one or more channels to configure from the list on the left side If this list does not show any channels go to the Network Configuration Page to configure the communication network and press the Scan Bus for Devices button To select ranges of channels click on the first channel then press and hold the SHIFT key and click on the last channel To select multiple individual channels press and hold the CTRL key and click on the channels The configuration items on the right side of the dialog show the settings for the currently selected channel s When multiple channels are selected and an item is blank it means that the channels have different settings for this item When you select a new value for the item it will apply to all selected channels The individual items in this configuration page described Channels Using the SHIFT and CTRL keys in combination with the left mouse button you can select one or more channels from this list to configure Trips tabs From this tab strip you can choose between the four different trips that can be configured per channel Name Set a freely configurable name for the trip
11. 3000 and or StrainBUSter channels in a grid You can use the checkboxes on the top to select the parameter groups you want to view and or edit The lower part of this window shows the selected parameters for all of the available channels To modify numbers in the grid first select one or more items by clicking and dragging Then type the new number which will be assigned to all of the selected channels if possible For floating point numbers you can use E notation eg 1e 3 0 001 as well as the notation shown in the grid eg 1 m 0 001 To modify a text item select it and press the lt enter gt key or click twice to display a dropdown list containing the available options You can also copy and paste selected items from this grid to other applications like Microsoft Excel After making modifications in Excel you can copy the data back to this grid to change the channel parameters If you modify text items in an Excel spreadsheet and then copy them to this grid make sure the text matches one of the available options from the dropdown list exactly You can also use numbers to indicate the dropdown options The first topmost option has number 0 12 5 Trips View Window Tip 1 Trip 2 Trip ES Trip 44 L _ mp_0 0 0 0 000 4 CA Amp 0 0 1 0 000 4 LA Amp 0 0 2 0 000 4 C _Amp_0 0 3 0 000 4 settings Select Channels Show as History Hide Channels without Trips Generate Logfile Page 71 of 77 Peekel
12. Gridlines Determines whether gridlines are shown Show logged values only Determines whether or not to hide measurement values which are not specifically requested in the measurement logging configuration Online presentation speed Determines how many measurement values per second are shown in the graphics group during online presentation 5 8 3 Graphic Axes Page 49 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Graphics Group Properties General Anes Line Styles Color Font iw Autoscale Upper Limit 21 051 Lower Limit EN 049 Auto w Division Lancel Apply Help In this wndow you can set the limits for the X axis and left and right Y axes For the left and right Y axes you can set the upper and lower limit If you check the Autoscale box these values are ignored and the limits are calculated to make the measurement data fit If you check XY plot you can choose a channel to be used for the X axis Upper and lower limit for the X axis can be set just like those for the Y axes Graphics Group Properties General Anes Line Styles Color Font AMIS el jw 1 Plot w Moving els Autoscale Channel Channel 41 1 4 Upper Lirit H UUUU Lower Limit 0 0000 Auto We Division Cancel Apply Help If you leave XY plot unchecked a time range can be entered for the x axis If the Moving X Axis you can also determine the start of the presentation as an absolute dat
13. Trip Value 3 low signal trip on value lower then Trip Value Activation Period The Activation Period determines the minimum time span during which a trip will remain active When set to anything other than 0 the trip will stay active for at least the given amount of time lf after this time the trip is still active another span of the same duration is entered 5 2 Add StrainBUSter Network Use this command to create a new StrainBUSter network A new StrainBUSter network will be added and the associated configuration dialog will be shown In this dialog you can specify which CAN interface should be used and at which speed the communication should take place After that devices on the CAN bus can be detected automatically 5 2 1 Network Settings Strainbuster Control Properties Network Channels Trips Settings Driver lntormatiar CAM Interface Peak USE PCAN_USE 248 30 DA DM version Copyright C 1995 2005 by PEAK Sustem Technik GmbH Darmstadt Strainbusters Z Bus Load Us Cancel Apply Help Use this dialog to configure the CAN network Select the CAN interface and parameters and set the correct speed then press Scan Bus for Devices to detect which devices are connected to the CAN bus After detecting the devices proceed to the Channels Configuration Page to configure the individual channels The individual items in this configuration page described CAN Interface Select a CAN interface from this
14. box The box only shows properly installed CAN interfaces For the PEAK Dongle parallel port interface the preferred option is Peak Dongle EPP Only select the slower alternative Peak Dongle if your parallel port does not support EPP Page 17 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Board Number If you have multiple CAN interface boards of the same type you can enter a specific board number here Otherwise use the default value 0 Port Number If your CAN interface board has multiple CAN connectors you can enter the CAN port number here numbered from O upwards Otherwise use the default value 0 Connection For the parallel port dongle select the parallel port to use If your parallel port uses special IRQ or I O settings enter them manually UO Port Only change this value if your parallel port uses a special I O port You can select the I O address from the list or type your own value IRQ Only change this value if your parallel port uses a special IRQ Interrupt ReQuest Select the appropriate value from the list Speed kbps Select the communication speed to use on the CAN network This speed must match the speed selected on the StrainBUSter hardware The maximum speed of the CAN network depends on the total cable length Scan Bus for Devices Press this button to scan the configured CAN network for connected devices Driver Information This box shows driver specific information from the CA
15. data by using the Retrieve Manual Log command Retrieve Manual Log Allows you to retrieve data from a specific time range When you supply a meaningful name for all manual log actions this function can later supply you with a list of archived data From this list you can select the data to retrieve You can show this data in an existing graphics group or export it from the archives to a data file for offline processing Perform Loadstep Perform datalogging in Loadstep mode Details are described below Start Logging Starts datalogging for all log groups that have a manual activation rule as defined using the Logging Rules command If no groups or rules are defined the program will create a temporary group containing all channels This is the easiest way to manually start and stop archiving of all measured data Stop Logging Stop datalogging for all log groups that have a manual activation rule as defined using the Logging Rules command If a temporary group was created it will be removed at this time 6 1 Perform Loadstep The Perform Loadstep command start datalogging in the same way Start Logging does The difference is that a loadstep measurement will automatically stop as soon as a single measurement value is received and stored for each of the measured channels Page 57 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual When performing loadstep measurements the software will only ask for a manual
16. enough to make sure that at least one value will be measured in that time period otherwise no value may be stored at all Interval The rule will become active at the start of each interval Duration The rule will remain active for the specified duration after the start of each interval If duration equals interval then the rule will remain active from start to stop date time without interruptions Start date time The rule will never become active before the specified start date time The first activation start of the interval is determined by the start date time Stop date time The rule will never become active after the specified stop date time 6 2 4 Trip based Rule A trip based rule is activated depending on trip activation There are two types of trip based activation Active when any trip active rule This rule is active when one or more trips are active The trips to be considered must be added to the trip list of the rule Active when all trips active rule This rule is active when all trips that are assigned to this rule are active Page 61 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual SE Logeing Rules Configuration Add Group Add Fule Rule Configuration A G Sg Rule Type Active when any trip is active si emowe Group or Rule Loadstep activate for a single measurement Deactivate all logging rules Trips Group 1 Add Trips Remove Selected Trips Rule 1 L Amp
17. in the horizontal direction IH Zoom In 2x Show half the amount of data in the horizontal direction Zoom Out 2x Show twice as much data in the vertical direction Zoom In 2x Show half the amount of data in the vertical direction Zoom Back Return to the previous zoom level lvl x Axis Autoscale Scale X axis to fit the data for XY plots fl Left Y Axis Autoscale Scale left Y axis to fit the data ih Right Y Axis Autoscale Scale right Y axis to fit the data La Moving X Axis Automatically scroll the graph to make sure the most recent data is visible vl Show Date Time Show date and time at the top of the graph vil Show Title Show title at the top of the graph Wi Show Legend Show legend at the bottom of the graph Page 48 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual 5 8 2 Graphic Settings Graphics Group Properties Name Graphics Group Title iw Show Title w Show DateTime w Show Legend Show Gridlines Show logged values only Online presentation speed 100 Hz e Cancel Apply Help In the general settings for a graphics control the following items are available Name The name of the graphics control used to identify it Title Title of the graphics shown in the graphics output Show Title Determines whether the graphics title is shown Show Legend Determines whether the legend is shown Show Date time Determines whether date and time is shown Show
18. is 253 CF Master This setting determines where the 5KHz carrier for the supply of the inputs is coming from If it is on Local this signal is generated on board on the PB6000 If it is set at Master it is also generated on board but it will be present on the synchronization lines in the RS485 cable Other devices can use this signal in the Slave mode Serial number This is the serial number of the processor card Firmware This is the Firmware version number of the PB6000 PB6100 RS232 speed The communication speed of the RS232 line can be selected here RS485 speed The communication speed of the RS485 line can be selected here Presentation This setting will influence the measured value which the channel controls will deliver to the main application When set to Vout the output voltages will be delivered Setting it to Vin will result in a measurement value of the input voltage Choosing Phys the calculated physical value of the measurement will be delivered This setting can be overruled by the channel control s Display time This field holds the interval time over which the average is determined from the measurements before the value is passed to the control as actual measurement value Datalogfilter This field determines how datalogging in the device should be filtered The default value oft means all measurement values are stored during datalog operations Otherwise measurement values are only stored when the selected dig
19. log name at the first loadstep All following loadsteps are considered to belong to the same measurement series To complete a loadstep measurement series do one of the following e Name Manual Log to designate a new name for the log data that follows e Retrieve Manual Log to convert the loadstep information to an external format e Close the configuration Each of these actions marks the end of a named collection of loadstep measurements 6 2 Logging Group Configuration The logging rules configuration dialog allows you to create a set of rules which dictate when measurement data for any channel should be stored to disk To make a set of rules you must first create a logging group and assign one or more channels to this group Then you can add one or more rules to the logging group A rule determines when logging should be active based on a time interval trip activation or manual activation If multiple rules are assigned to the same group the group is active as soon as one or more rules say that it should be active It is possible to create several logging groups each with its own set of rules It is not possible to assign a channel to more than one group SE Logeing Rules Configuration Add Group Add Rule Channels Add Channels Remove Selected Channels Remove Group or Rule Deactivate all logging rules Rule 1 OF Cancel Help The individual items in this configuration page described Add Gro
20. mm Amplif Wout D 0 0 Lancel Help In this dialog box the settings for the range of the amplifier can be made The following settings can be adjusted here Page 12 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Range of With this field the mode of operation of the amplifier can be selected A selection can be made from 1 Amplifier 2 Sensor 3 Strain Range This files contains the range of the amplifier at the above mentioned operating mode Amplif Vout A maximum output voltage can be entered here Unit This field shows the physical unit of measurement It can not be adjusted here This must be done in the sensor or strain menu 5 1 7 CA2CF Balance Settings CA_Amp_2532010 0 0 Properties A Balance 0 O L Balance Die l Balance Unit m m Balance use YES ge Cancel Help The following settings can be adjusted here R Balance value This field contains the value of the R balance C Balance value This field contains the value of the C balance in V V Unit This field will hold the physical unit of measurement It can not be adjusted here This must be done in the sensor or strain menu Balance use A selection can be made whether or not to use the balance option Balance command When the Balance button is pressed a measurement is done and the result is placed on the R amp C balance V V lines After balancing the output of the amplifier should be near 0 Volts 5 1 8 CA2CF Tri
21. new configuration press the Create a new configuration button You will then be asked to save the configuration After the configuration is saved an archive directory for storing measurement data will automatically be created If for example you store your configuration under C data config sgs the archive directory will be named C data config_ Archive When you press the Open an existing configuration button you can browse for the configuration to load The Open a recent configuration list shows the four most recent configurations you used You can double click on a configuration to load it If you close this window without loading a configuration you can create or load a configuration using the File menu 3 File Menu Commands The File menu offers the following commands New Creates a new configuration Open Opens an existing configuration Close Closes an opened configuration Save Saves an opened configuration using the same file name Save As Saves an opened configuration to a specified file name Export as Text Stores the configuration as a Tab separated ASCII file Print Prints the active view Language Selects the active language for SignaSoft 6000 Exit Exits SignaSoft 6000 3 1 New Command Use this command to create a new configuration in SignaSoft 6000 You will be asked to save the configuration After the configuration is saved an archive directory for storing measurement data
22. of measurement values available for the selected channels It is selected in such a way that all measurement values are shown using a minimum amount of rows The individual items in this configuration page described Select Channels Use this button to make a selection of channels Start date time Sets the start of the time interval to use Stop date time Sets the end of the time interval to use Storage file This field contains the name of the output file When the output file exists a warning is displayed If you continue the existing file will be overwritten Output format Selects the format in which data will be stored The ASCII file format is a plain text format using columns separated by the list separator character The first two columns are reserved for the date and time of each row of measurement data The DlAdem file format produces a text file with DAT extension which contains configuration information and a binary file with R32 extension which contains the measurement values The first channel in the DIAdem format contains the time in seconds since the specified start date time List separator Only used for ASCII output files Determines the character to use as a separator between columns in the output file The default selection Tab makes it easiest to import ASCII files in soreadsheets like Excel Page 64 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Perform extraction Press this but
23. on the current selection of channels This command averages the measured values over a period of 1 second to determine a stable balance value Balance value The current balance value It is possible to manually modify this value Tare active Determines whether or not the tare value is used for this channel Tare selected Performs a tare command on the current selection of channels This command averages the measured values over a period of 1 second to determine a stable tare value Tare value The current tare value It is possible to manually modify this value 5 3 10 Channels Scaling Page 31 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Autolog 3000 Control Properties Network Carde Channels Trips Channels General Sensor Scaling Measurement Balance T are Shunt i Uze scaling Input m Output Pp 1 Wi Dutput 10000 Inputa DO Select All OF Cancel Apply Help The scaling tab page of the channel configuration contains scaling parameters to allow for a linear scaling from the input value to suitable engineering units Use scaling Determines whether or not linear scaling is used Output units Freely assignable engineering units in which the result of the linear scaling is expressed Measure Press this button to obtain the latest measurement value for this channel as input value You should first activate the channel and set a suitable measurement speed slow to get a stabl
24. rule to never it is effectively disabled The group will act as if the rule is not there Always rule A rule set to always is always active Any other rules assigned to the same group will have no influence because the group is active when at least one rule is active Active when any trip active rule This rule is active when one or more trips are active The trips to be considered must be added to the trip list of the rule Active when all trips active rule This rule is active when all trips that are assigned to this rule are active Periodic rule This rule is activated using specified time intervals Manual rule This rule can be activated manually Page 60 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual 6 2 3 Periodic Rule A periodic rule is activated using specified time intervals SE Logeing Rules Configuration Add Group Add Rule Rule Configuration Rule Type Penodic activation Remove Group or Rule Loadstep activate for a single measurement Deactivate all logging rules Penodic Rule Rule 1 Interval B0 Minutes si Duration KE Seconds Start datetime 01 01 2000 00 00 00 Stop datetime 01 01 2033 00 00 00 Group 1 UK Cancel Help Loadstep Check this to deactivate the rule after a single measurement value is stored This is that during each period of activation only the first measured value gets stored Set the duration long
25. selection of channels in graphical form In the legend measurement values shown in red are invalid either because they have not actually been measured or because the value is out of range When showing on line measurement values the graphics control will show at most 100 new values per second For fast measurements gt 100 Hz per channel this means that not all measurement values may be shown on line During historical analysis by scrolling back in time the graphics control will retrieve archived data from disk At that point values that may have been ignored during on line will be shown You can configure the contents and presentation of the graphics using the button bar at the top of the control An alternative way to determine which channels are shown and how the graphical data is formatted is clicking the right mouse button anywhere inside the window to show to context menu The context menu contains the following options Settings Show the settings for the selected graphics group Select Channels Select which channels should be displayed in the graphics group Zoom Back Go back to the previous zoom level after zooming in or out Zoom In 2x Zoom in to the middle of the graphics You can also click and drag in the graphics view to select a specific zoom area Zoom Out 2x Zoom out to show surrounding data Clear Graph Remove all current measurement values from the graphics buffer which clears the graph Moving X Axi
26. the channel name and its current measurement value are shown below the graphs Double click the bar graph to show the channel configuration for that channel Page 70 of 77 Peekel Instruments 12 4 He Settings View vw Measurement vw Strain vw Range Balance Name Channel 41 1 Channel 41 2 Channel 41 3 Channel 41 4 Channel 41 5 Channel 41 6 Channel 42 1 1 Channel 42 1 2 Channel 42 1 4 Channel 42 1 4 Channel 42 1 5 Channel 42 1 6 Input Type DE DL DL DL DE one Mone one one one one one Bridge Load Excitation 1 000 0 1 000 0 1 000 0 1 000 0 1 000 0 1 000 0 1 000 0 1 000 0 1 000 0 1 000 0 1 000 0 1 000 0 Settings View Window None None None None None None None None None None None None Signasoft 6000 User Manual Meas method Dead band K Factor Average Average Average Average Average Average Average Average Average Average Average Average 0 0000 0 0000 0 0000 0 0000 0 0000 0 0000 0 0000 0 0000 0 0000 0 0000 0 0000 0 0000 2 0000 2 0000 2 0000 2 0000 2 0000 2 0000 2 0000 2 0000 2 0000 2 0000 2 0000 2 0000 Bridge Factor Range zl 0000 zl 0000 7 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 1 0000 7 000 mi 7 000 mi 7 000 mi 1 000 mi 7 000 mi 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 The settings view shows parameters for all Picas Signalog 6000 Autolog
27. the current rule Add Click this button to add the currently selected trips to the rule Done Click this button to close the trip selection list to be able to work on other groups or rules 6 3 Measurement Export Configuration The extraction dialog allows you to retrieve data from the measurement archive You can combine any selection of channels specify a time interval and choose the file format for the output Page 63 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Number of channels shart datetime 14 06 2007 00 00 00 shop datetime 15 06 2007 00 00 01 Storage file ts Sianas oft 6000 extract bt Browse C Program Files Peekel nstruments SignaSoft O00 extract tut Output format AS Cll blanks for missing data r List separator Tab e Datestime format Absolute date and time hal Perform Archive Extraction Cancel Help The output file will contain rows of measurement values Each row has a date time stamp and a measurement value for each channel The measurement values on a row may not have been measured at the exact same time Therefore the date time stamp indicates the first measured value on the row All other values on the same row were measured between this time and the time of the next row If for a certain channel no measurement value is available within the interval the field for that channel will be empty The time interval between rows is automatically determined based on the amount
28. the trip level is reached Execute now Press this button to execute the application immediately Use this to test if your command works as expected 12 5 5 Trip Font Page 74 of 77 Peekel Instruments Trips Group Properties Properties Font Size MS Sans Serif Y 825 l Effects Bold Underline kalie Strikeout Sample Text MS Sanz Sent Signasoft 6000 User Manual In the font selection box for a trips control you can select the font used to present the output on screen 12 6 Event View Window Page 75 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual 6192007 8 44 42 AM Status OK on Aut 1 619 2007 6 42 42 AM Status DISCONNECT on Aut 4192007 6 42 45 AM Status UE on Au TI 6715 2007 14 11 35 PM Status UE on Aut 619 2007 12 17 35 PM Status DISCONNECT on Aut 4192007 14 11 36 PM Status UK on ut TI 6192007 12 14 52 PM Status UE on Aut 619 2007 11452 PM Status DISCONNECT on Aut 4192007 14 14 54 PM Status UK on Gut TI ewech Denn Clear Contents This view shows a history of events It can be accessed using the view menu or by clicking on the most recent event displayed in the status bar of the main window The event history shows trip activation information logging status information and general alerts You can use this information to find out when measurement data was stored to the measurement archives and which event caused measurement storage to start or stop The
29. will automatically be created If for example you store your configuration under C data config sgs the archive directory will be named C data config_Archive You can open an existing configuration with the Open command Page 5 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Shortcuts Toolbar Keys CTRL N 3 2 Open Command Use this command to open an existing configuration You can create new configurations with the New command Shortcuts Toolbar Keys CTRL O 3 3 Close Command Use this command to close all windows containing the active configuration SignaSoft 6000 suggests that you save changes to your configuration before you close it If you close a configuration without saving you lose all changes made since the last time you saved it Before closing an untitled configuration SignaSoft 6000 displays the Save As dialog box and suggests that you name and save the configuration You can also close a configuration by using the Close icon on all of the configuration s windows as shown below al E pe 3 4 Save Command Use this command to save the active configuration to its current name and directory When you save a configuration for the first time SignaSoft 6000 displays the Save As dialog box so you can name your configuration If you want to change the name and directory of an existing configuration before you save it choose the Save As command Shortcuts Toolbar Keys CTRL S
30. 5 2 Add StrainBUSter Vi EECH 17 5 3 6 Pr ae he Sen AAA eee een ery MA 27 5 3 Channels Thermocouple Sensor ENEE 28 5 3 8 Channels Measurement AAA 29 5 3 9 Channels Balanceilarge AAA 30 ROS Ter lu EE 31 5 3 11 Channels Shunt A ee TEE E EE T 32 Page 2 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual PREM u let ge EES 55 ere lee e ai 56 AE eee ees EE 57 1 Device Commands EE 66 7 1 Store Measurement Data 0 cece cece ccc ecececec eee eececeueueueseseueneuedeuseneueeususeueueneusesunensuessuneuneuaeenesseenenness 67 8 Channel Menu COMMANOS EEN 67 aca Mi 68 12 1 Device Overview WINdOW ccccccecececccecceeueececeueueceuseseueueususeueneneaeusuueneneususeneueueususeneneeusssunentntsssssneenes 69 12 2 Channel Overview a RI A A A A A AR 69 13 VANO Menu TIOS ii a A AA AA A E ag ha A AD A A A iain 76 13 1 Cascade LOTO A iia 76 13 2 Tile A o O IR S 11 Page 3 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual 1 Introduction SignaSoft 6000 is a software package designed to configure and control Signalog data acquisition systems and StrainBUSters produced by Peekel Instruments B V To run SignaSoft 6000 you need at least Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Recommended Windows XP Service Pack 2 or higher Windows Vista or Windows 7 When the program starts the Configuration Selection dialog will show This dialog will allow you to create a new configuration or load a recent o
31. 5 69 Username config A CPU NET 50 1 CPUGenID 1077 Password config BlOSver 1 00 060 PES version 1 03 11 EXFPGS er 0017 Mambrdwer U E ConnBrdver 0 Estlrdver O APPYERSION 341 25 2005 06 23 Connected modules 2 total channels 8 Cancel Apply Help 5 5 1 Communication Settings e pate e xact Properties Communication Channels Triplevels TCPIP Hostname 300303 System information Module type e gate Username meas Seral Number 300303 Sample Rate Hz 1000 Password meas Bytes per measurement 36 l Buffer size sec 5 69 Username config SE CPU NET 50 1 CPUGenID 1077 Password config BlOSver 1 00 060 PES version 1 03 11 d ExtFPGAVer 0017 Mambrdwer O E Combrdier 0 Estlrdver O APPYERSION A 25 2005 06 29 Connected modules 2 total channels 8 Lancel Apply Help On this property page you can configure the TCP IP connection and scan for available channels You must first specify the TCP IP address or hostname where the e gate can be located and enter the correct username and password for configuration access and measurement access Refer to your e gate documentation for more information about configuring the e gate TCP IP settings passwords and other parameters TCP IP Hostname Enter the TCP IP address of the e gate example 192 168 0 5 or use a defined hostname if the network is configured to accept it example egate peekel nl Pag
32. 5247007 4 GN Addr 42 DN 24398006 GH Addr 43 SN2498007 Virtual Channels From the device overview you can manage your devices and the cards and channels they contain Information is displayed in a tree containing devices cards and channels A device is shown by a line containing its type Signalog or Picas and its hardware address 001 up to 255 A card is shown by a line containing its type e g CA2CF or CA4CF Empty slots are shown as Empty x where x is the slotnumber A channel is shown by a line containing its name By default this names contains the type of channel e g CA Amp and an indication of device slot and channel number e g 001 2 3 for device address 001 slot 2 channel 3 You can access settings for each of these items by clicking on them and pressing the right mouse button to open a context menu For the root item SignaSoft 6000 the context menu offers the options described under Measurement Menu Commands For a device item the context menu offers the options described under Device menu commands For a card or an empty slots the context menu offers a list of possible cards to be placed in the slot By selecting a card channels are automatically created or deleted as needed For a channel the context menu offers the options described under Channel menu commands To add channels to a numeric or graphics group you can select a channel from the device overview and drag it to the group y
33. Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual The trips view shows alarms or trips for all channels in numerical form The name of each channel is shown followed by the current trip state for 4 different trips If the output is shown in historic mode the trips window shows alarm lines trip events in chronological order To determine which channels have trips and how they are shown click the right mouse button anywhere inside the window to show to context menu The context menu contains the following options Settings Show the settings for the selected trips group Select Channels Select which channels should be displayed in the trips group Show as History Option to show the trips as a chronological list of trip events By default an overview is shown indicating which trips are currently active and which aren t Hide Channels without Option to hide all channels without configured trips in Trips the trips overview display Generate Logfile Option to store trip events in a logfile Use the trips settings to choose a filename 12 5 1 Channel Selection Channel Selection Avallable Channels Selected Channels LA Amp UU La Amp 0 0 0 LA Amp 0 0 3 Y L5_4mp_0 01 lt lt Remove lt lt Move Up Move Dowr To add channels to a group first select one or more channels from the list of available channels on the left side of the window To select several channels press and hold the lt ctrl gt key then select individual c
34. Modules connected 1 Scan for Modules Configure Modules Cancel Apply Help On this property page you can configure the serial communications port and scan for available ISM or e bloxx modules All available modules will be detected but the software will not be able to retrieve measurement data from e bloxx modules if their communication speed is set higher than 115200 For maximum communication efficiency make sure all connected modules use the same communication speed no higher than 115200 and protocol Interface kind Leave this setting to its default of RS 232 Direct unless you have communication problems usually because of a USB to RS 232 converter in which case you should try RS 232 RF Modem RS 485 Converter Leave this setting to its default of normal unless you use a switching RS 485 converter COM Port Select a serial port between COM1 and COM8 where the ISM or e bloxx modules are connected Scan for Modules After setting the correct COM port this button will start a scan to find the available ISM or e bloxx modules A scan can take up to 15 seconds Configure Modules This button starts the ICP configuration software to allow you to configure the variables and settings of the modules 5 4 2 Module Settings Page 35 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual I5Mfe bloxx Network Properties Communication Modules Channels Triplevels Modules 23141 32 TM 1 Temp Type Address Loca
35. N interface hardware driver 5 2 2 CAN Cable Length Maximum CAN cable length This table shows maximum cable length depending on communication speed measurement speeds Ca Laia Lee Le Lan ag Speed cablelength 100 Hz 20 Hz 10 Hz 1 Hz 1 Mbit s B00 Koil 120 bo kbit s lt 1000 mo a 29 54 20 20kbit s lt 2500m____ 1 9 18 120 5 2 3 Channel Settings Page 18 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Strainbuster Control Properties Channels Type SB 5G T emp Hame Addr 1 chn 7 1 7 Addr 2 chn 0 2 0 Measurement Strain 14 bridge 120 Ohms e Addr 2 chr 1 2 1 Meas range m E000 umdm M E factor 2 Bridge factor A Mess frequency Hz 100 Active Balance oO umim W Active Lead wire resistance oO Ohms Details Select Al Balance Selected Cancel Help Use this dialog to configure the individual channels You can select one or more channels to configure from the list on the left side If this list does not show any channels go to the Network Configuration Page to configure the CAN network and press the Scan Bus for Devices button To select ranges of channels click on the first channel then press and hold the SHIFT key and click on the last channel To select multiple individual channels press and hold the CTRL key and click on the channels The configuration items on the right side of the dialog show the settings for the currently selected chan
36. On this property page you can configure the formula for a virtual channel Channel Selection Here you can select the channel to configure Simplify Formula Select this option to simplify the formula as far as possible Constant expressions will be converted to numbers and extraneous brackets will be removed Check Formula Press this button to check the formula for errors If the formula is incorrect problem will be described and highlighted Operator Shows a list of available operators that can be used in the formula Variable Shows a list of available channels that can be used in the formula Formula Place to enter the formula The text will be red when the formula is incorrect or incomplete 5 6 3 Trip Levels Property Page Page 44 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Virtual Channels Properties Channel Formula Trips Channels Trip 1 Trip d Trip 3 Trip d Virtual Channel 1 Name Trip On overflow Triplevet 0 00000 Trip Active Trip Hysteresis 0 00000 Timeout secz Hyst Cancel Apply Help On this property page you can configure up to 4 separate trips for each of the available channels Channels This box shows the available channels To configure trips first select a channel from the list You can also select multiple channels if you want to configure the same trip on all of those channels If this box is empty check the communication settings first Trip Sel
37. Signasoft 6000 User Manual Release date 23 11 2009 Copyright notice The SignaSoft 6000 software package as distributed by Peekel Instruments is property of PEEKEL INSTRUMENTS B V Industrieweg 161 NL 3044 AS Rotterdam The Netherlands which company possesses all rights to distribute and supply SignaSoft 6000 It is not allowed to copy distribute or sell the programs or any material originating from it such as listings disks diskettes or any other medium to copy the program or part thereof to any party company organisation institution or person without written permission of the proprietor Any violation of this shall be brought to lawsuit and prosecution In accepting and receiving this document the recipient automatically agrees to act conform the requirements stated above PEEKEL INSTRUMENTS B V PEEKEL INSTRUMENTS GMBH ED D KE i INDUSTRIEWEG 161 BERGMANNSTRASSE 43 3044 AS ROTTERDAM 44809 BOCHUM INSTRU M E NTS TEL 010 415 27 22 TEL 0234 904 1603 FAX 010 437 68 26 FAX 0234 904 1605 EMAIL sales peekel nl EMAIL Peekel t online de Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual 3 3 EEN 6 EE a BEES 6 O Monu Commands aicc meee a gE aera eeC nee erte em Onze ene Se Re ea ae Oe eee eee mn mentee tae 8 5 1 Add Picas Signalog DeviCe occcoccococccccnncccnoccnnncarenanoncarenanoncanenaroncanonenrncnnoneanenenonenroncrnnncarencanecnocancanerocencanenes 8 ee EE 9 GEERT EENEG 15 e D Ae O e 16
38. ain gage measurements the gage factor of the strain gage element depending on material type Bridge factor For strain gage measurements the bridge factor for half and full bridge measurements 5 3 Channels Thermocouple Sensor Page 28 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Autolog 3000 Control Properties Network Carde Channels Trips Channels ddr 41 chn 1 General Sensor Measurement Balance T are Units L Y CIC Addr Al chn 1 M Select All OF Cancel Apply Help The sensor tab page of the channel configuration contains parameters specific to strain gage pt 100 and thermocouple measurements Units Selects the presentation units for temperature measurements Celsius Fahrenheit or Kelvin CJC For thermocouples selects the Pt 100 input to use for cold junction compensation measurement Burnout detection For thermocouples burnout detection makes sure that a broken wire on a thermocouple measurement does not go undetected 5 3 8 Channels Measurement Page 29 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Autolog 3000 Control Properties Network Carde Channels Trips Channels General Sensor Measurement Balance Tare Shunt Meas speed 10 Hz Scan Speed Au ne Meas method Average Dead band 0 Hmm Select All OF Cancel Apply Help The measurement tab page of the channel configuration determines the measure
39. alues for each channel are show under its name in a top to bottom direction with the most recent measurement value on top High Refresh Rate Check this box to update the numeric display at the maximum possible speed Normally it is only refresh 1 2 times per second to show a more stable display 5 9 2 Numeric Presentation Page 54 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Numeric Group Properties General Presentation Font Items Use Defaults Channel A AN Channel 41 3 W Digits 5 Channel AT ANM SCH D Postcomma Digits 4 We Use specific metic prefis Cancel Apply Help In the presentation settings for a numerics control you can select one or more channels on the left side of the window To select several channels press and hold the lt ctrl gt key then select individual channels using the left mouse button or press and hold the lt shift gt key then select a range of channels using the left mouse button For the selected channels the following items can be set Use Defaults If selected the default settings from the channel are used otherwise specific settings can be specified for this numeric group Digits Determines the total number of digits shown for the measurement value lf the value cannot be displayed using the specified amount of digits it will be indicated by signs Postcomma Digits Determines the number of digits shown after the decimal point comma Use specif
40. are Performs a tare command on the selected channel s Calibrate Performs a calibration on the selected channel s Measure Sensor Measures the sensor of the selected channel s Copy Settings Copies the settings of the selected channel to the clipboard Paste Settings Pastes the settings from the clipboard to the selected channel overwriting the current settings Store Settings Stores the settings of the selected channel in a file Load Settings Loads settings from a file and stores them in the selected channel overwriting the current settings Store Settings to Flash Stores the settings of the selected channel in the flash Memory memory of the device Load Settings from Loads settings for the selected channel from the flash Flash Memory memory of the device Restore Default Settings Restores the default settings of the selected channel overwriting the current settings 9 Graphic Menu Commands The Graphics menu offers the following commands Settings Show the settings for the selected graphics group Select Channels Select which channels should be displayed in the graphics group Zoom Back Go back to the previous zoom level after zooming in or out Zoom In 2x Zoom in to the middle of the graphics You can also click and drag in the graphics view to select a specific ZOOM area Zoom Out 2x Zoom out to show surrounding data Clear Graph Remove all current measurement values from the graphics buffer which clear
41. are configuration Now go to the cards configuration dialog and select the card that you replaced Press the Replace Card button The software should the new card in the slot and transfer the settings of the old card to the new one 5 3 5 Channels Configuration Page 26 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Autolog 3000 Control Properties Network Carde Channels Trips Channels General Sensor Measurement Balance T are Shunt Name Input type Strain 14 bridge 120 Ohms M Excitatiors 10 e Meas range z FOD pmm M Select All OF Cancel Apply Help Use this dialog to configure the individual channels You can select one or more channels to configure from the list on the left side If this list does not show any channels go to the Network Configuration Page to configure the communication network and press the Scan Bus for Devices button To select ranges of channels click on the first channel then press and hold the SHIFT key and click on the last channel To select multiple individual channels press and hold the CTRL key and click on the channels The configuration items on the right side of the dialog show the settings for the currently selected channel s When multiple channels are selected and an item is blank it means that the channels have different settings for this item When you select a new value for the item it will apply to all selected channels The in
42. at the Sensor V V field If you enter the value for the sensor range to match the physical condition under which the measurement was done you have obtained calibration values for this sensor 5 1 5 CA2CF Strain Settings Page 11 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual CA Amp_ 7537010 0 0 Properties K Factor 20 Bridge factor 10 Use E modulus MO E Modulus 21 ook E modulus unit Nmn Cancel Help The following settings can be adjusted here K Factor The k factor or gage factor can be read from the datasheet of the manufacturer of the strain gauge Bridge factor The bridge factor is basically equal to the number of active strain gauges in the bridge If applicable it can also be used for the correction of Poisson effects in strain gauge configurations Use E modulus The above parameters allow calculation of the signal into the strain unit m m If further calculations are to be done to obtain the stress in the material the e modulus parameters may be set Set the use e modulus line to yes and set the e modulus unit and value as appropriate for the material to be tested E modulus value The value van de E modulus or Young s Modulus This value depends on the material on which the strain gauges are mounted E modulus unit The unit of the measurement is displayed here when the E modulus is used 5 1 6 CA2CF Range Settings CA Amp_ 7537010 0 0 Properties Range af Gia Range 2 00 m Unit
43. aterial of the wire in mm Spec resistivity The specific resistivity of the conductive material of the wire The default value 1 75 UOhms cm is an estimate for the resistivity of copper wire The actual value depends on the exact type of cable Wire resistance Ohms km The calculated resistance of the wire in Ohms per kilometer Wire resistance Ohms The calculated resistance of the specified length of wire in Ohms This value will be used to perform the actual correction on the measurement value 5 2 6 Trip Settings Page 21 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Strainbuster Control Properties Network Channels rips Channels Tip 1 Trip 2 Trip 3 Trip 4 Addr 1 chn 1 1 1 Addr 2 chn 0 2 0 Hame Addr 2 chn 1 2 1 Trip Up overflow Trip Level 0 umim Trip Active Tri Hysteresis O umm bk Timeout Secs Hyst Cancel Apply Help Use this dialog to configure up to four trips for the individual channels You can select one or more channels to configure from the list on the left side If this list does not show any channels go to the Network Settings to configure the CAN network and press the Scan Bus for Devices button To select ranges of channels click on the first channel then press and hold the SHIFT key and click on the last channel To select multiple individual channels press and hold the CTRL key and click on the channels The configuration items on t
44. channels without trips In Current Status mode only channels with one or more defined trips are shown if this box is checked Generate logfile on trips If this item is checked all trip events are logged to the specified file A single line in the file describes each event If the file already exists lines are appended to it 12 5 4 Execute Application Page 73 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Trips Group Properties Execute application Execute now Application to execute Minimum time between 2 calls sec K Select tipla that should trigger the application Cancel Apply Help In the execute application settings for a trips control you can configure an application to execute each time that any of a selection of trips occur Application to execute The name of the external application to execute This should include the full path to the application and optionally any parameters to pass on to the application If the application or its path contain space characters make sure to surround it with quotes An Example exe otherwise part of the name will be interpreted as a parameter Minimum time between 2 calls If the application takes a significant amount of time to execute you can set a delay here to avoid executing the application multiple times Select trip s that should trigger the application Here you can select one or more trips that will cause the application to execute when
45. ct them from the list of selected channels then press the Remove button to remove them from the group Page 56 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual 5 9 5 Print Function When you select Print from the right mouse button menu context menu of any control the contents of the control are printed immediately on the default printer using the default settings Data will be formatted to make best use of the available space on paper 6 Measurement Menu Commands The Measurement menu offers the following commands Logging Rules Shows a dialog in which you can configure the rules that determine which measured channels should be archived and when archiving should start or stop Log Extraction Allows you to convert archived data to a format suitable for further processing ASCII text file You can make a selection of channels and specify a start and stop time for the extraction Clean Archives Allows you to remove data you no longer need from the archive directory to save disk space You can make a selection of channels and specify a time interval wherein data can be erased Because of the archive structure the software can not guarantee that all data within this time interval will actually be removed Name Manual Log Allows you to supply a name for manual log data When you start and stop logging manually this name will be given to the block of data archived during this period Afterwards you can easily access this
46. current configuration 5 3 4 Replacing a Card To replace a card in the Autolog 3000 system use the Cards Configuration dialog The exact procedure depends on the type of interface used to communicate with the PC CAN interface When a CAN interface is used all cards are assigned a unique CAN address When you replace a card the new card will get a new unique CAN address and needs to be specifically configured to act as a replacement for the old card Follow these steps to make the replacement 1 Close your application and make a backup of the configuration settings file where applicable 2 Note the serial number of the replacement card you will need it later 3 Switch off the device and replace the card 4 Switch the device back on and load your software configuration Now go to the cards configuration dialog and select the card that you replaced 5 Manually type in the serial number of the replacement card then press the Replace Card button The software should now transfer the settings of the old card to the new one USB or Ethernet interface For these interfaces cards are identified by the slot number they are placed in This makes replacing a card easier than using the CAN interface Follow these steps to make the replacement 1 Close your application and make a backup of the configuration settings file where applicable 2 Switch off the device and replace the card 3 Switch the device back on and load your softw
47. d Paste Pastes data from the clipboard into the configuration 4 1 Cut Command Use this command to remove the currently selected data from the configuration and put it on the clipboard This command is unavailable if there is no data currently selected Cutting data to the clipboard replaces the contents previously stored there Shortcuts Toolbar Keys CTRL X 4 2 Copy Command Use this command to copy selected data onto the clipboard This command is unavailable if there is no data currently selected Copying data to the clipboard replaces the contents previously stored there Shortcuts Page 7 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Er Toolbar Keys CTRL C 4 3 Paste Command Use this command to insert a copy of the clipboard contents at the insertion point This command is unavailable if the clipboard is empty Shortcuts Toolbar Keys CTRL V 5 Insert Menu Commands The Insert menu offers the following commands Add Picas Signalog Creates a new Signalog or Picas device Device Add StrainBUSter Creates a new StrainBUSter Network Network Add Autolog 3000 Creates a new Autolog 3000 device Device Add ISM e bloxx Creates a new ISM e bloxx Network Network Add e gate Creates a new connection to an e gate Add Virtual Channel Creates a new virtual channel and opens the configuration dialog Add Rosette Channel Creates a new rosette channels and opens the configuration dialog
48. d Channels button the left side of the dialog will show a list of available channels The list will not show any channels that are already assigned to a group Press the Done button to close the channel selection list SE Logeing Rules Configuration Selector Channels LA Amp 0 0 0 CA Amp 0 0 1 The individual items in this configuration page described Page 59 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Item selection list Shows available items Click and drag to select one or more items You can then drag them to the list on the right or use the Add button to add them manually Add Click this button to add the currently selected items to the group or rule Done Click this button to close the selection list to be able to work on other groups or rules 6 2 2 Rule Configuration For each logging group you can create one or more rules which determine when the group should be active SE Logeing Rules Configuration Add Group alle Rule Configuration Rule Type Never active bl Remove Group or Rule 7 r Yever active l Always active with optional datareduction Deactivate all logging rules Active when any trip is active Active when all trips are active Group 1 Penodic activation Rule 1 Manual activation Rule type For each rule you assign to a group you can select the type Rules can be activated based on trips time intervals or manual activation Never rule If you set a
49. dividual items in this configuration page described Channels Using the SHIFT and CTRL keys in combination with the left mouse button you can select one or more channels from this list to configure Select All Press this button to select all available channels Name Sets the name of the selected channel s If the same name is assigned to multiple channels the channel names will automatically be made unique by appending a number You can use the name to make the channels easier to identify Input type Sets the type of measurement performed by the selected channel s Excitation Sets the excitation voltage as supplied to the sensor Meas range Sets the range to be used by the selected channel s Which ranges are available depends on the type of measurement 5 3 6 Channels Bridge Sensor Page 27 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Autolog 3000 Control Properties Network Carde Channels Trips Channels General Sensor Measurement Balance T are Shunt Bridge load 350 Ohm E hactar Bridge factor Select All OF Cancel Apply Help The sensor tab page of the channel configuration contains parameters specific to strain gage pt 100 and thermocouple measurements Bridge load For strain gage and transducer measurements the sensor impedance This value is used to determine the expected shunt measurement values This value is not used during normal measurement K factor For str
50. e 39 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Username meas Sets the username used to connect to the e gate in measurement mode The default value 6 reflects the factory default setting in the e gate Password meas Sets the password used to connect to the e gate in measurement mode The default value 6 reflects the factory default setting in the e gate Username config Sets the username used to connect to the e gate in configuration mode The default value 4 reflects the factory default setting in the e gate Password config Sets the password used to connect to the e gate in configuration mode The default value 4 reflects the factory default setting in the e gate Synchronize to Synchronizes this e gate to another e gate in the configuration This option is only available if the e gates are correctly configured Get Configuration After setting the correct TCP IP hostname usernames and passwords this button will retrieve the current configuration from the e gate The process can take some time the status line will keep you informed of progress Status line The status line shows progress information while retrieving the configuration from an e gate Afterwards it shows the number of modules connected to the e gate as well as the total number of channels configured in those modules System Information This box shows system information on a connected e gate The most important information shown he
51. e and time Page 50 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Graphics Group Properties Aes sei Plot w Moving Asis Upper Lirit Range Lower Lirit 5 8 4 Graphic Line Style Graphics Group Properties Items Aus Left Ases Gridlines aller Geen Pick Channel _A1 2 4 Width H Channel 41 3 W Channel GA AN Stile Solid Sample Lancel Apply Help In the line style settings for a graphics control you can select one or more channels on the left side of the window To select several channels press and hold the lt ctrl gt key then select individual channels using the left mouse button or press and hold the lt shift gt key then select a range of channels using the left mouse button For the selected channels the following items can be set Y Axis Choose left or right axis or none hide to hide this channel in the output Color Choose the color for the line You can either pick one of the standard colors from the list or click on the Pick button to show a color selection window Width Choose the thickness of the line If you select a width greater than 1 you can no longer select a style Page 51 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Style Choose the style of the line if it has width 1 You can choose for solid dotted or dashed lines 5 8 5 Graphic Colors Graphics Group Properties Color Set Standard Colors MM Colo
52. e value before using this function Input values You can choose two different input values for which you know the physical output value you desire Output values When you change on of the output values the new factors for scaling will be calculated and shown Scaling formula The formula shows how the input values are converted to the output values You can modify this formula to your liking 5 3 11 Channels Shunt Page 32 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Autolog 3000 Control Properties Network Carde Channels Trips Channels Expected E Addr A1 chn 3 100 O md dd Zei mye Select All OF Cancel Apply Help The shunt tab page of the channel configuration allows you to perform shunt measurements Perform shunt measurement Press this button to perform a shunt measurement on the selected channels A shunt measurement will only be performed for channels configured to a suitable input type strain gage transducer Shunt tolerance Determines the maximum difference allowed between the expected and the measured value If the difference is greater a red smiley is shown in the measurement results Results The results of a shunt measurement are shown in a list which includes the measured value in mV V the expected value and the difference in percent for each measured channel 5 3 12 Trips Configuration Page 33 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Autolog
53. ection There are 4 different trips available for each channel which can be configured separately Name Each trip can have its own name which is freely configurable Type Sets the type of trip unused trips are marked disabled On overflow trips will activate as soon as the signal exceeds the trip level and deactivate as soon as the signal drops below trip level hysteresis Retriggerable overflow trips will activate as soon as the signal exceeds the trip level and deactivate when the signal remains below trip level hysteresis for at least timeout seconds Triplevel Here you can specify the level at which the trip will activate Hysteresis Sets the hysteresis band as an absolute value around the trip level that determines when the trip should deactivate It will be added to or subtracted from the trip level to find the level at which the trip will deactivate Timeout secs Sets the timeout time in seconds only for retriggerable trips 5 7 Add Rosette Channel Use this command to create a new rosette channel Page 45 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Rosette Configuration Type lO E E S A Channel 41 1 led 57G E Channel 41 2 Z S la E Charnel _A1 3 Poisson ref 03 Poisson pec DE EE E E E Modulus 210000 MY rime Output values Stress A Stress B Stress L Cor Strain eps A Corr Strain eps B Cor Strain eps L Major Strain eps 1
54. hannels using the left mouse button or press and hold the lt shift gt key then select a range of channels using the left mouse button Press the Select button to add the selected channels to the group To remove channels from the group first select them from the list of selected channels and then press the Remove button to remove them from the group Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to move selected channels in the group to a higher or lower position to change the order 12 5 2 Print Function When you select Print from the right mouse button menu context menu the contents of the control are printed immediately on the default printer using the default settings Page 72 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Data will be formatted to make best use of the available space on paper 12 5 3 Trips Settings Trips Group Properties Name Trips Group show As Current Status M Presented accuracy digits E Hide channels without trips Generate logfile on trips am Lancel Apply Help In the general settings for a trips control the following items are available Name The name of the trips control used to identify it Show As Choose Current Status to show the current status of all trips for all channels in an array Choose History to show a chronological list of trip events Presented accuracy digits Determines how many digits are shown in numeric values Hide
55. he channel name By default they are shown ina column under the channel name Option to hide measurement values which are not specifically requested in the measurement logging configuration Only affects Picas Signalog devices 11 Trips Menu Commands The Trips menu offers the following commands Settings Select Channels Show as History Hide channels without trips Generate Logfile Show the settings for the selected trips group Select which channels should be displayed in the trips group Option to show the trips as a chronological list of trip events By default an overview is shown indicating which trips are currently active and which aren t Option to hide all channels without configured trips in the trips overview display Option to store trip events in a logfile Use the trips settings to choose a filename 12 View Menu Commands The View menu offers the following commands Page 68 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Devices Show the Device Overview window Channels Show the Channel Overview window Bargraph Show the Bargraph window Settings Show the Settings window Trips View Shows the Trips window Event Viewer Shows the Event View window Toolbar Show or hide the toolbar Status Bar Show or hide the status bar Refresh Refresh the contents of all windows in SignaSoft 6000 12 1 Device Overview Window Device View MIBR Signa ott 6000 Aut 1 Addr 41 5
56. he right side of the dialog show the settings for the currently selected channel s When multiple channels are selected and an item is blank it means that the channels have different settings for this item When you select a new value for the item it will apply to all selected channels The individual items in this configuration page described Channels Using the SHIFT and CTRL keys in combination with the left mouse button you can select one or more channels from this list to configure Trips tabs From this tab strip you can choose between the four different trips that can be configured per channel Name Set a freely configurable name for the trip Trip Sets the type of trip unused trips are marked disabled On overflow trips will activate as soon as the signal exceeds the trip level and deactivate as soon as the signal drops below trip level hysteresis Retriggerable overflow trips will activate as soon as the signal exceeds the trip level and deactivate when the signal remains below trip level hysteresis for at least timeout seconds Trip Level Sets the level at which the trip should activate The value should be entered in the units displayed to the right of the input box Hysteresis Sets the hysteresis band around the trip level that determines when the trip should deactivate The value should be entered in the units displayed to the right of the input box It will be added to or subtrac
57. he sensor Meas type Select the type of sensor to be measured Note the first channel of the CA4Al card can not be used to measure thermocouple channels Presentation This setting will influence the measured value which the control will deliver to the main application When this value is set at default the setting of the processor card will be used Setting it to Meas Value will deliver the measured input value Choose Phys Units to show the calculated physical value of the measurement Range of With this field the mode of operation of the amplifier can be selected A selection can be made from Meas Value or Sensor Range This field allows the selection of the range of the amplifier depending on the selected measurement type 5 1 10 CA4AI Sensor Settings CA4AI_0 0 0 Properties Physical units N M Sensor mar D 00 0 Sensor min Signal max Signal min Lancel Help The following settings can be adjusted here Physical Units The physical unit of the sensor measurement Sensor max The sensor value in physical units when the measured value equals signal max Sensor min The sensor value in physical units when the measured value equals signal min Signal max The measured value to be used as a reference for the specified sensor max value Signal min The measured value to be used as a reference for the specified sensor min value 5 1 11 CA4Al Tare Settings Page 15 of 77 Peekel Instruments S
58. ic metric prefix If this box is unchecked the metric prefix k M G m etc will automatically be selected to best match the current measurement value If the box is checked you can select a metric prefix to be used regardless of the measurement value 5 9 3 Numeric Font Page 55 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Numeric Group Properties Properties Effects Bold Underline italic Strikeout Sample Text Cancel In the font selection box for a numerics control you can select the font used to present the numeric output on screen and on printer 5 9 4 Channel Selection Channel Selection Avallable Channels Channel 41 5 Channel_A1 6 Channel Az Channel A Channel AT Channel AT Channel AT Channel AT 4 1 1 2 1 2 Channel 42 1 3 Channel A 1 4 Channel 6 2 1 5 Channel 42 1 6 Channel AAT Channel 42 1 8 ChannelA2 1 9 Channel 4 2 1 10 Channel 421 11 Channel 421 12 Channel 42 2 1 Channel A A Cancel To add channels to a group first select one or more channels from the list of available channels on the left side of the window To select several channels press and hold the lt ctrl gt key then select individual channels using the left mouse button or press and hold the lt shift gt key then select a range of channels using the left mouse button Press the Select button to add the selected channels to the group To remove channels from the group first sele
59. ignasoft 6000 User Manual CA4A1_0 0 0 Properties Tare value Units Use Tare VES Auto are Cancel Help The following settings can be adjusted here Tare value This field contains the tare value Unit This field will hold the physical unit of measurement It can not be adjusted here This must be done in the sensor menu Use tare A selection can be made for the use of the tare option Auto Tare When the Auto Tare button is pressed a measurement is done and the result is placed on the Tare value line The output of the amplifier should now be near 0 5 1 12 CA4AI Trip Settings CA4AI_0 0 0 Properties General Sensor Tare Trip value 00 Hysteresis 00 Units N Trip control Inactive Activation period Unused M Cancel Help The following settings can be adjusted here Trip Value The Trip value entered here is the signal level on which the trip action will react Hysteresis The Hysteresis entered here is used the reset the trip action When the measured signal is Hysteresis away from the trip value the trip action is reset Page 16 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Unit This field will hold the physical unit of measurement It can not be adjusted here This must be done in the sensor or strain menu Trip Control Selectable trip action A selection can be made from 1 Inactive no trip action 2 high signal trip on value higher then
60. ings Page 41 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual MA Properties Communication Channels Triplewels Channels Tip 1 Trip 2 Trip 3 Trip 4 Name Trip On Overflow Triplevet 0 00000 N Trip Active Trip Hysteresis 0 00000 M Timeout secs a Cancel Apply Help On this property page you can configure up to 4 separate trips for each of the available channels Channels This box shows the available channels To configure trips first select a channel from the list You can also select multiple channels if you want to configure the same trip on all of those channels If this box is empty check the communication settings first Trip Selection There are 4 different trips available for each channel which can be configured separately Name Each trip can have its own name which is freely configurable Type Sets the type of trip unused trips are marked disabled On overflow trips will activate as soon as the signal exceeds the trip level and deactivate as soon as the signal drops below trip level hysteresis Retriggerable overflow trips will activate as soon as the signal exceeds the trip level and deactivate when the signal remains below trip level hysteresis for at least timeout seconds Triplevel Here you can specify the level at which the trip will activate Hysteresis Sets the hysteresis band as an absolute value around the trip level that dete
61. ion Page 65 of 77 Peekel Instruments F Channel Selection Avallable Channels Channel 41 5 Channel_A1 6 Channel_Az 1 1 Channel 5 2 1 2 Channel 42 1 4 Charnel_ 5 2 1 4 Channel 6 2 1 5 2 1 6 Channel 42 1 7 Channel 42 1 8 ChannelA2 1 9 Channel 42 17 10 Channel 42 17 11 Channel 42 17 12 Channel 42 2 1 Channel A222 Signasoft 6000 User Manual Selected Channels Channel AT Channel AT Channel 41 3 Channel AT 4 gt gt Select gt gt lt lt Remove lt lt Move Up Move Dowr Cancel To add channels to a group first select one or more channels from the list of available channels on the left side of the window To select several channels press and hold the lt ctrl gt key then select individual channels using the left mouse button or press and hold the lt shift gt key then select a range of channels using the left mouse button Press the Select button to add the selected channels to the group To remove channels from the group first select them from the list of selected channels then press the Remove button to remove them from the group 7 Device Commands The Device menu offers the following Commande Device Settings Delete Store Measurement Data Central Balance Central Calibrate Peak Value Active Reset Peak Values Get Actual Slot Configuration from Device Load All Channel Settings from Flash Memory Store All Channel Settings to Flash Memory Show the se
62. ital input or trip on a channel is active Page 9 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual 5 1 2 Analog Outputs Picas 2537010 Properties Configure Settings for Analog Output 1 Input signal Scaling Input mii Output 1 Font 1 Point 2 Cancel Help some PICAS Signalog 6000 devices have configurable analog outputs This window configures these outputs The individual settings explained Configure Select the output to configure here all settings below are applied to the selected output Input signal Select one of the measured input signals to use as the source for the analog output Scaling Point 1 2 Here you can set the scaling of the input value to the output value For two different input values specify the corresponding output voltage to create a linear scaling of the input signal 5 1 3 CA2CF General Settings CA Amp_ 537010 0 0 Properties Bridge volt 5 0 Bridge Ful Signal mode Mom 1 2 Comp Polarity Noma y Loe Demm Bridge load 700 0 Calibrate e Presentation Phiys Urit e Cancel Help In this dialog box the general settings for this channel can be made The following settings can be adjusted here Bridge supply This is the supply voltage for the bridge Page 10 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Signal mode A selection can be made here for normal or capacitive measurement Polarity The polarity of the i
63. l for the channel in seconds Note that all channels in a module will be scanned at the same time The channel with the highest configured measurement speed determines the actual scan frequency for a module Slower channels within the same module will be scanned at the same speed but less measurement values will actually be shown and stored Meas frequency Hz Shows the requested measurement frequency for the channel in Hz the inverse of the measurement interval in seconds 5 4 4 Trips Settings Page 37 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual ISM e bloxx Network Properties Communication Modules Channels Triplewels Channels Tip 1 Trip 2 Trip 3 Trip 4 Name EE Trip On Overtlow si Triplevel 0 00000 V Trip Active Hysteresis 0 00000 7 Timeout secs OO Hyst Trip Cancel Apply Help On this property page you can configure up to 4 separate trips for each of the available channels Channels This box shows the available channels To configure trips first select a channel from the list You can also select multiple channels if you want to configure the same trip on all of those channels If this box is empty check the communication settings first Trip Selection There are 4 different trips available for each channel which can be configured separately Name Each trip can have its own name which is freely configurable Type Sets the type of trip unused trips are marked disabled
64. ment speed and related parameters Meas speed The speed at which the channel should output measurement values Scan speed The speed at which the card measures internally If set to Auto the optimum speed will be determined automatically Meas method For measurement speeds lower than 1000 Hz this setting determines what operation the hardware should perform on the raw measurement values acquired at the speed as defined under scan speed to reduce it to the requested amount of data Dead band If set to O default all measured values will be output at the requested speed Otherwise measured values will only be output if they differ from the last output value by more than the dead band setting Regardless of the dead band setting at least one measurement value will be output every second 5 3 9 Channels Balance Tare Page 30 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Autolog 3000 Control Properties Network Carde Channels Trips Channels General Sensor Scaling Measurement Balancer T are Shunt i Balance Active Balance 0 1 0313 mW AN Balance Selected Tare Active Tare oO N Tare selected Select All OF Cancel Apply Help The balance tare tab page of the channel configuration contains settings and commands for balance and tare functions Balance active Determines whether or not the balance value is used for this channel Balance selected Performs a balance command
65. ndow then some or all of the icons may not be visible because they will be underneath this configuration window 13 4 1 2 Command SignaSoft 6000 displays a list of currently open windows at the bottom of the Window menu A check mark appears in front of the window name of the active window Choose a window from this list to make it active 14 Help Menu Commands The Help menu offers the following commands which provide you assistance with this application Contents Offers you an index to topics on which you can get help About Displays version number and general information on SignaSoft SignaSoft 6000 6000 Page 77 of 77
66. nel s When multiple channels are selected and an item is blank it means that the channels have different settings for this item When you select a new value for the item it will apply to all selected channels The individual items in this configuration page described Channels Using the SHIFT and CTRL keys in combination with the left mouse button you can select one or more channels from this list to configure Name Sets the name of the selected channel s If the same name is assigned to multiple channels the channel names will automatically be made unique by appending a number You can use the name to make the channels easier to identify Measurement Sets the type of measurement performed by the selected channel s Beware this setting must match the setting on the StrainBUSter device Gain Sets the gain to be used by the selected channel s Scaling Check this box to allow the measured value to be scaled to your desired physical units Scaling configuration Press this button to show the scaling dialog Page 19 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Units Sets the freely configurable physical units after scaling k Factor For strain measurements enter the k factor depending on material type Bridge factor For strain measurements enter the bridge factor For quarter bridge measurements this value will usually be 1 Meas frequency Sets the measurement interval for the selected channel s For higher i
67. nput signal can be changed here Bridge load This is the impedance of the sensor seen from the input of the amplifier Presentation This setting will influence the measured value which the control will deliver to the main application When this value is set at default the setting of the processor card will be used When set to Vout the output voltages will be delivered Setting it to Vin will result in a measurement value of the input voltage Choosing Phys the calculated physical value of the measurement will be delivered Bridge configuration A selection can be made from Full Half or Quarter Bridge complementation WG Comp The complementation resistor for the half bridge is fixed at 240 Ohms Ya Comp Select the quarter bridge complementation resistor value to use Calibrate At this command the amplifier will automatically perform a calibration It measures the real bridge voltage using the sense lines and corrects any deviation 5 1 4 CA2CF Sensor Settings CA_Amp_2532010 0 0 Properties Sensor Range 5 00 0 k Physic urit d Sensor VAN 1 0 m Meas Sensor Cancel Help The next settings can be adjusted here Sensor range This field holds the maximum range of the sensor Unit of sensor The physical unit of the sensor measurement Sensor V V The sensitivity of the sensor should be entered here Meas Sensor Pressing this button causes a measurement to be performed and the result in V V to be placed
68. ntervals slower measurements the measurement value is averaged over a longer period of time and will therefore usually be more stable Depending on your preference you can show and enter the value as a frequency in Hz or an interval in milliseconds Active Determines whether or not the selected channel s are active Active channels produce measurement values using the configured measurement interval Inactive channels do not produce measurement values Balance Value This shows the current balance value You can manually adjust this value if you wish For Pt 100 measurements you can use this value to correct offsets measured at O degrees Celsius Active Determines whether or not the balance value is actually used If this box is unchecked the measurement value will be calculated as if the balance value equals 0 Lead wire resistance Set this value to compensate for signal loss for quarter bridge measurements with long sensor cabling Press the details button to show the lead wire resistance dialog Select All Press this button to select all available channels Balance Selected Press this button to balance the selected channels 5 2 4 Scaling Scaling Input rs Output COM COS Output 0 001 Input p OF Cancel Use this dialog to enter scaling factors to convert a measurement value to physical units The individual items in this configuration page described Input Shows the input units measurement units
69. ommunication interface between PC and device Reset interface Press this button to reset the communication interface Driver Information This box shows driver specific information from the communication interface hardware driver 5 3 2 CAN Bus Cable Length For CAN bus communication this table shows maximum cable length depending on communication speed measurement speeds eT gate Leg Les Lan Tp Speed cablelength 1000 Hz 100 Hz 10 Hz 1 Hz 1 Mbit s 7000 EE EE 125kbit s lt 500m____ 1 8 87 se 50kbit s lt 1000m LL 3 35 350 20kbit s lt 2500m___ 1 14 140 5 3 3 Cards Configuration Page 24 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Autolog 3000 Control Properties Network Cards Channels Trips Cards Card Address Hatch with slot number Addr 42 SN2498006 Ok Addr 43 SN2498007 statis CAN ID Range 28 39 1Ch 27h Serial Number Replace card Card Options Firmware Yersion Slot Number 2 Description A Add card Remove card Lancel Apply Help Use this dialog to configure the individual cards You can select the card to configure from the list on the left side If this list does not show any cards go to the Network Configuration Page to configure the communication network and press the Scan Bus for Devices button The configuration items on the right side of the dialog show the settings for the currently selected card
70. ou want it to be in If you drag a device or slot to a group all channels in that device or slot will be added to the group 12 2 Channel Overview Window Page 69 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual H Channel View Aj Ed Channel Type Device Slot H Channel Frequency Hz Current Value Balance Wa a DC Aut_1 57 5 1 5948 Y DC Aut 1 5 5 0 3860 4 DC Aut_1 57G 0 4211 Y DC Aut_1 5 1 0 3860 4 DC Aut_1 5 5 1 5948 Y Aut 1 57G 0 0000 Aut 1 Mux 5G 0 0000 A L H 5fL A Ch LC CH CC o IC Hame Channel A Channel AT 2 Channel A Lhannel_ 41 4 Channel 41 5 Channel _A1 6 Channel 42 1 1 ml LU And dn A Pa L L sch sch l ollm an el ool po zc L ch From the channel overview you can manage your channels Information is shown in a grid containing the following columns Name Shows the name of the channel You can change this name to your liking by simply clicking on it and typing a new name A user defined name is always shown in capitals and can not contain spaces or other special characters Device Shows the device which contains the channel Slot Shows the slot number which contains the channel Channel Shows the number of the channel within the slot Interval sec Shows the interval time in seconds used for datalogging You can change the interval time by clicking on it and typing a new value To change intervals for multiple channels click and drag to
71. p Settings Page 13 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual CA_Amp_2532010 0 0 Properties Trip value Hysteresis Unit Trip contral Inactive e Activation period Unused M Cancel Help The following settings can be adjusted here Trip value The Trip value entered here is the signal level on which the trip action will react Hysteresis The Hysteresis entered here is used the reset the trip action When the measured signal is Hysteresis away from the trip value the trip action is reset Unit This field will hold the physical unit of measurement It can not be adjusted here This must be done in the sensor or strain menu Trip Control Selectable trip action A selection can be made from O Inactive no trip action 1 High signal trip on value higher then Trip Value 2 Low signal trip on value lower then Trip Value Activation period Determines the minimum amount of time a trip will remain active after the trip value was reached 5 1 9 CA4AI General Settings CA4A1_0 0 0 Properties Excibation DM Meas type Voltage bi Presentation Default Range OF Meas Value bl Range 10 Urita N Cancel Help Page 14 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual In this dialog box the general settings for this channel can be made The following settings can be adjusted here Excitation Select between a 5 V or 1 mA excitation to be applied to t
72. ple if your channel calculates results in V Volts but you want to present them as mV millivolts you can select the specific prefix m here If you uncheck the use specific metric prefix option values will be presented using the most suitable prefix at any given time Minimum Value Shows the minimum acceptable value for the channel This value is only used for presentation not for range checking or limit warnings Maximum Value Shows the maximum acceptable value for the channel This value is only used for presentation not for range checking or limit warnings Description Room for entering a descriptive text associated to a virtual channel Automatic Recalculation When checked the virtual channel will be recalculated as soon as one of the channels used in its formula receives a new measurement value When unchecked the virtual channel will be recalculated on a time interval basis This option is most useful for pure virtual channels that do not rely on physical measurement values as input for their calculations Calculation interval sec Specifies the interval in seconds to use for recalculating a virtual channel that does not use automatic recalculation Page 43 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual 9 6 2 Formula Property Page Virtual Channels Properties VIRFT_1 d gt Select Channel Simplify Formula Check Formula Operator Vanable Cancel Apply Help
73. r Palette Edit Custom Color Cancel In this window you can choose the color for several parts of the graphics output The following colors can be changed here BackColor the background color of the graphics output GridColor the color of the gridlines LabelColor the color of the labels printed next to the axes LegendColor the color of the legend TitleColor the color of the title text 5 8 6 Graphic Font Page 52 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Graphics Group Properties Properties Font Arial Effects Bold Underline italic Girkeout Sample Text Cancel In this window you can choose the font for several parts of the graphics output The following fonts can be changed here LabelFont the font of the labels printed next to the axes LegendFont the font of the legend TitleFont the font of the title text 5 9 New Numeric Group Use this command to create a new Numerics Group Numeric Group 06 14 2007 10 01 31 427 Channel_A1 1 0 6153 V a ee Channel_A1 2 0 6226 Vo e Show Data in Rows Channel A1 3 0 4211 V en datere Show logged values only Channel_A1 4 0 6226 V High Refresh Rate Print The numerics group shows measured data for a selection of channels in numerical form The name of each channel is shown followed by one or more measurement values including the units Measurement values shown in red are invalid either beca
74. r any other existing configuration To measure channels using SignaSoft 6000 first configure one or more measurement devices After that create channels to measure from the Device Overview After your devices and channels are configured you can create numerical groups allowing you to show measurement data on screen in numerical form Online graphics are supported using graphical groups which can show up to 16 channels in a single graphical display A trips group can be used to configure trips and generate alarm messages From the channel overview you can specify a logging interval for each channel Using these intervals SignaSoft 6000 can log measurement data to a file Throughout the use of the program you can press the F1 key to obtain context sensitive online help Commands File menu Edit menu Insert menu Measurement menu Device menu Channel menu Graphics menu Numerics menu Trips menu View menu Window menu Help Menu Commands 2 Configuration Selection Dialog Page 4 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Configuration Selection Would you like to Lreate a new configuration Open an existing configuration Open a recent configuration LA Program Files Peekel Instuments51qgnaS oft BOO test sga C Program Files Peekel nstruments SignaS oft 6000 picas deg C Program Files Peekel Instruments Signas oft BOUDpicas C Program Files Peekel lnstruments Signas oft BOUD Ychar sge To create a
75. re is the overall sample rate at which the e gate measures and the size of the internal buffer measured in seconds of measurement data 5 5 2 Channel Settings e pate e xact Properties Communication Channels Triplevels Channels Name h1 Friction Module A6 2CF 81 70 TMm 1 Force Channel 1 Type Analog Input Units Minimum alue Maximum Value Data Reduction Show all values Meas frequency Hz OO Cancel Apply Help On this property page you can view information about the available channels Also you can set the measurement interval for each channel Channels This box shows the available channels To configure a channel first select it from the list You can also select multiple channels if you want to configure the same measurement interval on all of those channels If this box is empty check the communication settings first Page 40 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Name Shows the name of the channel Module Shows the module that contains this channel Also shows address FUART Address and module location Channel Shows the channel number within the module Type Shows the measurement type of the channel Units Shows the units used to present measurement values Minimum Value Shows the minimum acceptable value for the channel This value is only used for presentation not for range checking or limit warnings Maximum Value Shows the maximum acceptable value for
76. rmines when the trip should deactivate It will be added to or subtracted from the trip level to find the level at which the trip will deactivate Timeout secs Sets the timeout time in seconds only for retriggerable trips 5 6 Add Virtual Channel Use this command to create a new virtual channel 5 6 1 Channel Settings Property Page Page 42 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Virtual Channels Properties Channels Create Virtual Channel Geste Rosette Name WIRT Units Use specifs metric Drei Mmnum Yale o Masimum Vaue 1 Description W Automatic recalculation Calculation interval sec Cancel Help On this property page you can view and configure general information on the available channels Also you can create new virtual channels from here Create New Channel Press this button to create a new virtual channel Channels This box shows the available channels To configure a channel first select it from the list You can also select multiple channels if you want to configure some of their parameters identically If this box is empty create a new virtual channel first Name Defines the name of the virtual channel which uniquely identifies it Units Defines the engineering units used to present values calculated by this channel Metric prefix If you check use specific metric prefix you can force the channel to present values using a specific prefix For exam
77. rule must remain inactive after the max activation duration time has elapsed Leave the default value O to make sure the rule is always active whenever a any or all of the trips are active Add Trips When you press this button the list of available trips will appear on the left side of the dialog From this list you can select one or more trips to add to the selected rule Remove Selected Trips After selecting one or more trips from the list press this button to remove them from the currently selected rule 6 2 5 Trip Selection Page 62 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual When you press the Add Trips button the left side of the dialog will show a list of available trips Press the Done button to close the trip selection list SE Logeing Rules Configuration Selection Rule Configuration C Amp 0 0 0 gt 0 CA Amp 0 0 1 zs D Rule Type Active when any trip i active of Loadstep activate for a single measurement Trips E Remove Selected Trips La Amp 0 0 0 0 Min activation time ES seconds Pre trigger tine OO rollizecords Max activation time oO Seconds Min activation pause time oO Seconds The individual items in this configuration page described Trip selection list Shows available trips that are not yet assigned to a group Click and drag to select one or more trips You can then drag them to the trip list on the right or use the Add button to add them to
78. s Selects whether X axis should automatically move in time to make sure the latest measurement values are visible Page 47 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Left Y Axis Autoscale Select automatic scaling of the left y axis to make all data visible Right Y Axis Autoscale Select automatic scaling of the right y axis to make all data visible Show Date Time Option to show the date and time of start and end of graph on top Show Title Option to show the title of the graph The title can be entered freely under settings Show Legend Option to show a legend under the graph Show Gridlines Option to show gridlines in the graph Show logged values only Option to hide measurement values which are not specifically requested in the measurement logging configuration Print Immediately print the contents of the graph to the default printer Export Visible Allows you to export measurement data from the Measurement Data archives using the currently visible time range 5 8 1 Graphic Button Bar ee G dH Ge oi WM a 19 Ou Au The button bar on top of the graphics control has the following buttons oil Settings show the settings for the graphics group ER Select Channels select which channels should be displayed in the graphics group amp Print Make a hardcopy of the current display of the graphics group EN Clear Graph Remove all measurement data from the graph and its history d Zoom Out 2x Show twice as much data
79. s the graph Moving X Axis Selects whether X axis should automatically move in time to make sure the latest measurement values are visible Left Y Axis Autoscale Select automatic scaling of the left y axis to make all Page 67 of 77 Peekel Instruments Right Y Axis Autoscale Show Date Time Show Title Show Legend Show Gridlines Show logged values only Show individual measurement values Export Visible Measurement Data Signasoft 6000 User Manual data visible Select automatic scaling of the right y axis to make all data visible Option to show the date and time of start and end of graph on top Option to show the title of the graph The title can be entered freely under settings Option to show a legend under the graph Option to show gridlines in the graph Option to hide measurement values which are not specifically requested in the measurement logging configuration Only affects Picas Signalog devices Show each single value as a cross on the graph instead of a line connecting the values Allows you to export measurement data from the archives using the currently visible time range 10 Numeric Menu Commands The Numerics menu offers the following commands Settings Select Channels Show Data in Rows Show logged values only Show the settings for the selected numerics group Select which channels should be displayed in the numerics group Option to show the measurement values in a row next to t
80. select them and then type a new value If you set an interval time to 0 the channel will not be logged at all Current Value Shows the most recent measurement value obtained for the channel Balance Value Shows the balance value for the channel Tare Value Shows the tare value for the channel Low Peak High Peak Show the lowest and highest value measured when peak value detection is active Peak value detection can be switched on or off using the device menu and is not available for every device type Description Shows a description You can enter any description you like by simply clicking on the description field and typing a new description If you click the right mouse button after selecting one or more channels a context menu appears which offers you the options described under Channel menu commands To add channels to a numeric or graphics group you can select one or more channels then press the right mouse button on the selected area and drag it to the group you want the channel s to be in 12 3 Bargraph View Window Bargraph View KI Io Eg Channel AT A 0 7004 vw This window shows a bar graph of a selection of channels To add new channels to this window drag and drop them from the device overview You can change the order of the bar graphs by dragging them to a new position To remove a bar graph right click it and select the delete option in the context menu When you position your mouse over a bar graph
81. ted from the trip level to find the level at which the trip will deactivate Timeout Sets the timeout time in seconds for retriggerable trips Page 22 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual 5 3 Add Autolog 3000 Device Use this command to create a new Autolog 3000 A new Autolog 3000 device will be added and the associated configuration dialog will be shown In this dialog you can specify which interface should be used and at which speed the communication should take place After that the cards available in the Autolog 3000 can be detected automatically 5 3 1 Network Configuration Autolog 3000 Control Properties Network Cards Channels Trips Settings Driver Information Interface Invalid interface Peak Dongle Connector Default LPT 1 e 1 0 Port 0378 IRG f Speed kbps 000 e Scan Bus for Devices Cards 0 Bus load OS Global time synchronization Reconnect to interface p Cancel Apply Help Use this dialog to configure the communication network Select the communication interface and parameters and set the correct speed then press Scan Bus for Devices to detect which devices are connected to the communication bus After detecting the devices proceed to the Channels Configuration Page to configure the individual channels The individual items in this configuration page described Interface Select a communication interface from this box The box only sho
82. the channel This value is only used for presentation not for range checking or limit warnings Data Reduction The e gate retrieves measurement values for all channels at the same speed The data reduction option allows you to change the data collection rate for individual channels The options are Show all values no data reduction use the global e gate sample rate Disable channel show no measurement values for this channel at all Average over X values build an average value over X measurement values Keep only 1 out of every X values reduce sample rate by keeping only some of the measured values Minimum over X values for each X values keep only the minimum value measured Maximum over X values for each X values keep only the maximum value measured Keep after value difference of X or more keep a new measurement value only if the difference with the previous kept value is more than X Keep after value diff seconds of X or more keep a new measurement value only if the difference with the previous kept value multiplied by the time interval in seconds is more than X Value for X Specify the value of X as described for data reduction Meas frequency Hz Shows the requested measurement frequency for the channel in Hz This value depends on the type of data reduction and the value for X You can also specify the preferred measurement frequency and have the software determine the appropriate data reduction needed 5 5 3 Trips Sett
83. tion TM Temp senal Number 460808 Protocol LOCALBUS 19200 Del iw Disable on errors Disabled Cancel Apply Help On this property page you can view information about the connected modules Also you can reactivate disabled modules Modules This box shows the available modules To configure or show information on a module first select a module from the list If this box is empty check the communication settings first Type Show the type of ISM e bloxx module Address Shows the unique module address Location Shows the location of the module Serial number Shows the unique serial number of the module Protocol Shows the communication protocol and speed used by the module The speed of e bloxx modules must be 115200 or lower to make communication possible Disable on errors Leave this box checked default state unless you have a specific reason not to If this box is checked and a communication error occurs the software will disable this module after two retries This ensures that the communication with other modules will not be slowed down by timeouts Disabled If this box is checked the software will not attempt to communicate with this module When the module has been disabled due to communication errors you can uncheck this box to allow communication to start again 5 4 3 Channel Settings Page 36 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual I5Mfe bloxx Network Properties Communication
84. title of the event view shows the name of the ASCII file where events are stored Each event file contains information about one day Use the date input field or left right buttons to view events that happened in the past Press the refresh button to reread the contents of this file and refresh the window Press the clear contents button to delete the event information for the currently displayed date and earlier Before deleting the file s you are given the option of making a backup of the event history If you make a backup of multiple event files more than one day the files will be merged into a single backup file 13 Window Menu Commands The Window menu offers the following commands which enable you to arrange multiple views of multiple configurations in the application window Cascade Arranges windows in an overlapped fashion Tile Arranges windows in non overlapped tiles Arrange Icons Arranges icons of closed windows Window 1 Goes to specified window Se 13 1 Cascade Command Page 76 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Use this command to arrange multiple opened windows in an overlapped fashion 13 2 Tile Command Use this command to arrange multiple opened windows in a non overlapped fashion 13 3 Window Arrange Icons Command Use this command to arrange the icons for minimized windows at the bottom of the main window If there is an open configuration window at the bottom of the main wi
85. ton to start the extraction from the archive If the specified storage file already exists a warning will be shown before overwriting it During extraction an indicator shows the progress If you cancel the operation during this progress partial output will be available 6 4 Clean Archives The clean archives dialog allows you to remove data from the measurement archive You can make any selection of channels and specify a time interval wherein data may be removed When you clean the archives no data will be removed outside the specified time interval or for other than the specified channels There is no guarantee that data within the time interval will always be removed The archive consists of multiple files for each channel When cleaning up only files containing data entirely inside the specified time interval are removed The most recent file for each channel will never be removed Humber of channels 2 Select Channels Start datetime 15 04 2007 00 00 00 Stop datetime 15 05 2007 00 00 00 Clean Archives The individual items in this configuration page described Select Channels Use this button to make a selection of channels Start date time Sets the start of the time interval to use Stop date time Sets the end of the time interval to use Clean Archives Click this button to clean the archives for the specified selection of channels The operation will be performed immediately 6 4 1 Channel Select
86. ttings for the selected device Removes the selected device from the configuration Stores log data from a device on disk Performs a central balance command on the device Performs a central calibration command on the device Switches peak value detection on or off for all channels in the device Peak values are shown in the channel overview window Resets the detected peak values Retrieves the slot configuration which cards are in which slot from a Signalog device Retrieves the channel settings for all channels in the selected device from the flash memory in the device overwriting the current channel settings in SignaSoft 6000 Stores the channel settings in SignaSoft 6000 for all channels in the selected device to the flash memory in the device Page 66 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual 7 1 Store Measurement Data This option allows you to store measurement data from a device to disk The option is only available when the device is connected and contains unsaved measurement data When you select this option the device will send the measurement data from its buffer to the PC and SignaSoft 6000 will store the data using the configured settings 8 Channel Menu Commands The Channel menu offers the following commands note that not all commands apply to all device channel types Modify Show the settings for the selected channel s Balance Performs a balance command on the selected channel s T
87. up Use this button to add a new logging group to the configuration up to a maximum of 10 Add Rule Use this button to add a new rule to the selected group A maximum of 30 rules can be divided among the logging groups Page 58 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Remove Group or Rule Removes the currently selected group or rule from the configuration If you remove a group all rules assigned to this group are also removed Group and rule tree The tree on the left side of the dialog shows the available groups and rules When you click on a group or rule the right side of the dialog shows the settings of the item OK button Press this button to store the new configuration Cancel button Press this button to leave the dialog without saving changes All modifications to groups and rules are discarded Channel list This list shows all channels assigned to the currently selected logging group Press Add Channels to add new channels or select one or more channels and press Remove Selected Channels to remove them Add Channels When you press this button the list of available channels will appear on the left side of the dialog From this list you can select one or more channels to add to the selected group Remove Selected Channels After selecting one or more channels from the list press this button to remove them from the currently selected group 6 2 1 Channel Selection When you press the Ad
88. use they have not actually been measured or because the value is out of range The header line always shows the date and time of the latest measurement value received for any channel in the numeric control To determine which channels are shown and how the numerical data is formatted click the right mouse button anywhere inside the window to show to context menu The context menu contains the following options Page 53 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual Settings Show the settings for the selected numerics group Select Channels Select which channels should be displayed in the numerics group Show Data in Rows Option to show the measurement values in a row next to the channel name By default they are shown in a column under the channel name Print Immediately print the contents of the numerics view to the default printer 5 9 1 Numeric Settings Numeric Group Properties Name Values per channel Data presentation High Refresh Hate Lancel Apply Help In the general settings for a numerics control the following items are available Name The name of the numeric control used to identify it Values per channel Determines how many measured values are displayed per channel Data presentation If data is presented in rows the values for each channel are shown in a left to right direction with the most recent measurement value on the right side If data is presented in columns the v
89. ws properly installed communication interfaces For the PEAK Dongle parallel port CAN interface the preferred option is Peak Dongle EPP Only select the slower alternative Peak Dongle if your parallel port does not support EPP Board Number If you have multiple communication interface boards of the same type you can enter a specific board number here Otherwise use the default value 0 Port Number If your communication interface board has multiple communication connectors you can enter the communication port number here numbered from 0 upwards Otherwise use the default value 0 Connection For the parallel port CAN dongle select the parallel port to use If your parallel port uses special IRQ or I O settings enter them manually Page 23 of 77 Peekel Instruments Signasoft 6000 User Manual UO Port Only change this value if your parallel port uses a special I O port You can select the I O address from the list or type your own value IRQ Only change this value if your parallel port uses a special IRQ Interrupt ReQuest Select the appropriate value from the list Speed kbps Select the communication speed to use on the CAN bus network The maximum speed of the CAN network depends on the total cable length Scan Bus for Devices Press this button to scan the configured communication network for connected devices Bus load Shows the amount of communication as a percentage of the available bandwidth on the c

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