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1. Image There are two possibilities to set the status visualization o Pilot light in this case it is only necessary to define the pilot light color when the status 1s On and Off in case of wrong data the pilot light will show a red cross o Selectable image select an image to be displayed in the following situations On Off and Error There is no alarm on the status indicator NS S 29 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 7 5 6 Configuring the value status indicator Indicator settings dsa Data connection Visual properties Image Indicatar levels Drawing type Level text f Light signal of bees Normal condition Colorized background N Value One Prudence Behavior Update with the most B Value Two Pre Alarm s recent value Show the maximum LU Value Three Alarm 9 value Show changed status m Value Four High Alarm M time E Cancel The configuration of the value status indicator is similar to that of the on off status indicator Y Data connection in input the indicator supports value between O0 and 4 one per status displayed according to the chosen modality v Visual properties see 7 5 Y Image the indicator shows the input value in two different kind although it uses the same logic Light signal and Colorized background every value status 1s displayed according to the selected colour and text it 1s possible to leave the text field empty to only have the colour indication the behaviour of the2. each with a specific title 3 amp LSI InfoPanel Page 1 Title File Options Page 1 Title Page 2 Temp C fal hl 5 40 Each page can be shown with an automatic rotation mechanism or by clicking on the tab with the page name Configuration Pag 1 New Auto tum hi page Page rate sec 0 Rename Remove Move Up Move Down Background image of the selected page 8o For each page it 1s possible to v Rename an existing page v Remove an existing page Y Set the Automatic turn page rate between pages in seconds To shift between automatic and manual go to menu Options Automatic page turn v Move Up Down the page order in the list therefore on the bar and in the order of automatic turn Y Insert a Background image of the selected page bmp 36 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 11 General configuration Many basic options to run the program can be set in the general configuration window Configuration General Data sources Elaborations Pages Indicators Charts Heading data fram Storage ratio charts Instruments rate sec elaborations and files Humber of consecutive failed readings for data invalidation l hh Time length of the internal data aE dd buffer B ae sale aN cd Main window user logo C lmmaginisFoto bmp T Stretch logo e Reading data from instruments rate in sec the instruments send data to the PC according to this
3. 0 X 100 X 200 X 300 X 400 X 500 X 600 X 700 X 800 X 900 900 600 Y 600 Y 600 Y 600 Y 600 Y 600 Y 600 Y 600 Y 600 Y 600 Y 600 X 0 X 100 X 200 X 300 X 400 X 500 X 600 X 700 X 800 X 900 700 800 Y 800 Y 800 Y 800 Y 800 Y 800 Y 800 Y 800 Y 800 Y 800 Y 800 X 0 1X 2100 X 200 X 300 X 400 X 500 X 600 X 700 X 800 X 900 Y 900 J Y 900 Y 900 Y 900 Y 900 Y 900 Y 900 Y 900 Y 900 Y 900 Y 900 X 0 X 100 X 200 X 300 X 400 X 500 X 600 X 700 X 800 X 900 X 0 100 200 300 500 700 400 600 800 X 900 It is possible to define positions X Y defined by integers e g X 320 Y 456 The extension of X and Y can reach 1000 in spite of the resolution of the screen used Moreover the position and the dimension of each indicator or chart can be modified using the mouse directly over it dragging it 1n the desired position and resizing it as you want The Move and Resize option must be enabled To move the indicator 1 Click left mouse button over the indicator or chart to move 2 Hold down left mouse button and move the mouse until the indicator is in the desired position the x y coordinates shown in the Status Bar of the program are the coordinate of the upper left corner of the selected indicator To resize the indicator 1 Click left mouse button over the indicator or chart to resize 2 Hold down left mouse button over an anchoring
4. Creating a new configuration After having changed an existing configuration the user is now used to the program and can create a new configuration in a simple way Before using the program the user 1s however advised to plan the following tasks 1 e using the table reported 1n the next page Y Define how many and which quantities are to be used by the program Y Define for each quantity which indicators and their instant values are to be entered on each page Define for each quantity 1f the indicators related the statistical values are to be entered Define for each quantity 1f the charts are to be shown Find the number of channels from each acquiring instrument Draw in pencil a plan of the requested result NN S The steps to be followed to create a new configuration are S Create an empty page for a new configuration To do so open any configuration and select Options gt Reset configuration Create a new data source Create a new page Create new elaborations if required Create new indicators Match the indicator to the number of channel of the data source or to the previously defined elaboration Create new charts Match each chart line to the number of channel of the data source or to the previously defined elaboration SN SON NN S 12 1 Saving the settings In order to activate the changes to a configuration when the program is opened the configuration must be saved File Save as default It is
5. is necessary to know the network address Id of each probe installed in the system and for each of them the list of the acquired or calculated channels The network address usually corresponds to the last three digits of the instrument s serial number inside the probe below the bar code For instance in order to assign an indicator to the quantity relative humidity produced by a cordless probe mod DME801 with serial number 0401010 enter the data according to the window below Indicator settings Data connection Visual properties Scale Numeric display t Data source t Elaboration Cordless Prabes Simulator Probe Id Channel The example above indicates the use of a data source called Cordless probe programmed to receive data from this type of instrument In order to produce elaborations or charts from data produced by the LSI LASTEM microprocessor probes the same methodology must be followed 16 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 5 3 4 4 Palring between Indicator and statistical elaborations Indicator settings Data connecton Visual properties Scale Mumeric display t Data source Elaboration Speed Select Elaboration to pair the indicator with a statistical elaboration In this case instead of the channel of the instrument a list of available elaborations will appear see 5 4 Pair the indicator with a type of desired statistical elaboration 5 4 Elaborations In each indicator
6. o o Store data on file Y Select Data source to create the elaboration processing rough values from a data source acquisition instrument it is not possible to repeat the data produced by a different elaboration Y Select the channel number of the probe the user wishes to receive statistical values from There are two methods to process each elaboration e Continuous elaboration these elaborations use the previous data mobile elaboration stored in the period Elaborate data in this time length For instance if the set period is 60 minutes the calculation will start in the 61 minute and will cover the period ranging form the 1 to the 61 minute in the 62 minute the calculation will cover the period ranging 18 NS S LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual from the 2 to the 62 minute etc This type of elaboration cannot be represented by means of a chart Timed elaboration the elaboration is produced when the Time length period times out Example if the Time length is set to 10 minutes the first elaboration will be available at the end of the 10 minute and will use all acquired data in the previous 10 minute period the second at the end of the 20 minute etc This type of elaboration is used to be inserted in charts select the elaboration type Continuous or Timed select the time length during which data are to be processed Additionally it 1s possible to store the processed elaboratio
7. receive data acquired by the LSI LASTEM instruments Each instrument used must be qualified to be able to interface with the program This is done by means of a license file in connection with the identification code of the instrument serial number for the acquisition instruments Babuc and Elog or the corporate name of the end user cordless probes In order to activate an existing configuration do the following 1 Install the license file in connection with the instrument Each license file activates the display of information of a specific instrument in case of more instruments e g connections by means of a TCP IP line the user must hold additional license files 2 Modify the communication parameters of the data between instrument and PC 3 Modify the pairing between the number of channels of the quantities acquired by the instrument and the elaborations the indicators and the charts which use such specific quantities 4 Make sure the option Options Data reading active 1s activated Before accepting any changes in a configuration file read 12 1 5 3 1 Selecting the data source The data source represents the instrument that actually acquires the data and transfers them to the PC where InfoPanel is installed By default each configuration file collects data from the ASCII file generated by nstGenerator It 1s therefore necessary to modify the data source and enter the one to be actually used Configuration General Data s
8. settings it is possible to select those which are more adequate according to one s own requirements as well as to create a new set We recommend before trying to create a new configuration to get used to the program by modifying an existing set 5 1 Opening an existing configuration Cerca in 73 Contig D ocumenti E InFoPanelCfg xml recenti Desktop Document s5 Hisarse del computer Risorse di rete Wome file Tipo file Configuration files xml Annulla Perform the following operations v File gt Open v Select the configuration file with the extension xml Y Select Open Once the configuration 1s opened the program shows the windows the indicators and the charts which correspond to the selected set Make sure that the selected configuration roughly corresponds to the quantities acquired by the instrument itself The user may wish to open further configuration sets and select the one closer to his her needs When the InfoPanel program is closing the default configuration is updated according to the one used before the application was closed While opening InfoPanel again the default configuration will be automatically loaded thus restoring the previous data visualization mode LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 5 2 Automatic values generator Each configuration in the installation CD uses originally to be able to run the program data generated by a program called nstG
9. the chart you can perform zoom operation move backwards and forwards in the time and change the y axes limit values To Move the chart in time 1 Press SHIFT and hold down left mouse button 2 Move the mouse left or right to move the chart in time To Scale the chart 1 Press CTRL and hold down left mouse button 2 Move the mouse down to increase chart size up to decrease chart size To Zoom an area of the chart 1 Press ALT and hold down left mouse button 2 Drag mouse to select zoom area and release the mouse button To Reset scale and position 1 Double click left mouse button to remove all scaling moving and zooming effects If the chart does not display the new data it 1s necessary to reset the chart double clicking the left mouse button of the mouse on the chart Special Note in order to interact with the chart the Move and resize option must be disabled 27 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 7 4 Indicators settings Check the settings of indicators for correct program functioning The most important settings are e The connection of the indicator with the data source or with the elaboration see 5 3 4 2 and 5 4 e Visual settings text of the title position of indicator on the screen size of the indicator etc see 87 5 e Alarm scale and thresholds see 7 5 2 e Configuration of the numeric display see 7 5 3 7 5 Visual settings Each type of indicator has specific Visual pro
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11. ach configured page it is possible to enter the chart indicators which represent an instant value of a specific quantity or the result of a statistical value processed on a chosen time basis The available chart indicators are Mew indicator bd Hew indicator Type Type Label value Label value 1 Numeric only Numeric only Hand indicator Hand indicator Thermometer Thermometer Hecipient Wind rase On Off status Recipient Wind nose On Off status E NE NE MEM ME ME D ME NE NES NE NE S Latus value S Latus value Mew indicator Ed Mew indicator E uU im E uU m See setae ee Label value Label value Numeric only Humeric only Hand indicator Hand indicator yy E Thermometer Thermometer Recipient Wind rose On Off status Recipient Wind rose On Off status ME NE NE NE AE NE NE Status value Status value Mew indicator E TI D abel value Mumeric only Hand indicator Thermometer y C Recipient wW Ind rose On Off status Status value Hew indicator E gm m Label value Numeric only Hand indicator Thermometer Recipient wind rose On Off status oO NE NE ME ME E Status value ec EE EE LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual Mew indicator oe NE NE NE I m AE 1 Label value Mumeric only Hand indicator Thermometer Recipient Wind rose On Off status Status val
12. advisable to keep the original configurations supplied with the program and to create a new one rename them in File Save As Attention the program will however save once the program is closed the current configuration as default It is therefore strongly advisable to save the newly created configuration with a different name so that further changes in the current configuration will not replace it by mistake 38 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual Instrument Quantity Channel Name Type of Elaboration Type of Position X Position Y Size Size Chart Chart Page Number Ist Val indicator Name control Width Height sing double 1 IstTemp Thermos Min Temp s num 1 2 RH Ist Hand RH Min s num 1 39
13. elect the Serial port used by the PC Y Select the data transmission Speed bps used by the instrument for data transfer v Select Instrument Communication parameters Protocol version Address Timeout time seconds Retnes after error ar timeout Cancel Y In Protocol version enter 1 for E Log or for Babuc version 3 0 3 99 2 for version 4 or higher Y Enter the network Address called protocol ID default 2 programmed in the instrument Y Select OK to confirm 13 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 5 3 4 Pairing the channels This operation is obligatory without the correct pairing the program will not be able to receive the values from the right channels and might show an Error message or show wrong values received for instance from other channels 5 3 4 1 Finding the number of the Instrument s channels After having correct the configuration of the instrument the user must find its channels These channels have nothing to do with the input number of the instrument s probe they refer to the progressive number of the quantities shown on the monitor of the instrument Babuc instrument when Brief display is selected Example Channel n 1 Channel n 2 Channel n 3 Channel n 4 other channels Etc Write down the name of the quantities and their corresponding channel numbers 5 3 4 2 Palring the Indicator and the number of channel In the acquisition instrument Each indicator can use rough valu
14. enerator stored in the nfopanellBin folder This program creates dummy data from 7 channels which are used by the pre configured file in order to run InfoPanel Besides controlling the pre configured file hence understand its content this function 1s used to run the program in demo mode to show the user how it works without the need to have acquisition instruments actually connected The program nstGenerator allows the manual setting of the instant value of each single channel by means of scrolling tabs alternatively it can also generate the values automatically providing for a value change each second to shift to automatic mode tick the Auto box Je InstGenerator Ioj x Hate ms v InfaPanel Compatibility 1000 f ASCII file Fort Data source C 1ML UCP 50993 InstGienerator Ch 1 Ch 2 Ch 3 Ch 4 Ch 5 Ch 6 Ch 7 50 100 all 399 100 1000 110 c NEM NEM NEM NIS 300 In order to interface with data generated by InstGenerator InfoPanel requires the configuration of an ASCII File containing the source data whose serial number is 234 and the relative license file stored inside the folder c Documents and Settings All Users Applicazioni data SI LASTEM Lastem InfoPanel Licenses supplied with the program for Windows Vista this folder is c ProgramData LSI LASTEM Lastem InfoPanel Licenses 10 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 5 3 Obligatory changes to configuration InfoPanel is designed to
15. es coming from a data source usually an acquisition instrument or from an elaboration produced by the program To connect the indicator to a data source perform the following operations Y Select Option gt Edit Configuration in the command menu v Selects Indicators 14 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual Configuration The list of the chart indicators stored in the selected configuration will appear Should the user wish to use one of the indicators stored in the configuration select the desired type example Displ in this preview window and page number the user must make sure to have selected the desired indicator select Edit Indicator settings Data connection Visual properties Scale Numeric displau f Data source Elaboration Cordless Probes Simulator Channel 1 Select Data source to specify that the indicator will receive the instant value from the instrument probe From the list select the number of the channel taken from the previous list which will be used by the selected indicator Or Select Elaboration to pair the indicator with a statistical elaboration which must have been previously configured see 5 4 15 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 5 3 4 3 Palring by LSI LASTEM probe with protocol CISS InfoPanel can use data transmitted by the LSI LASTEM probes to microprocessors cordless or via cable In order to set InfoPanel to display data from these instruments it
16. ext of the title and Background of the chart Select the type of Frame Select Chart 34 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual Chart settings Visual properties Chart This settings are relalree to Scale f Left axe 5 To W Automatic l Measure unit Diagram type Lines L t Bars Visible axe grid IJuantibes t Data source Temp t Elaboration E alate Cordless Probes Simulator Remove Channel 1 Each chart can hold one or more quantities If the chart holds only quantities of the same type all temperature values all radiation values etc select the Settings relative to Left Y axe Diagram time ines or bars Measure unit shown on the axe Automatic scale or Start end for non automatic scale Axe grid ordinate visible Name of the quantity shown on the legend Color of the line or bar on the chart and corresponding legend Select the quantity whose Name is possible to change and match the number of the Channel taken from the previous list which corresponds to the quantity acquired by the instrument which will be included in the chart In case of two types of non homogeneous quantities to be shown simultaneously it is possible to show the second axe of the ordinates the right one and to enter the same settings used for the left axe 35 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 10 Setting the pages The program can group the indicators and charts on several pages
17. frequency This rate may be too fast leading the PC to slow down e Number of consecutive failed readings for data invalidation the program no longer indicates the quantity value but shows an Err message when it failed to read the values from the acquisition instrument for a number of consecutive readings e Time length of the internal data buffer the internal buffer contains data which are used by the charts and by the statistical elaborations to be able to run the program Once the program is closed the buffer 1s saved in a file 1n the Temp folder When the user opens the program again the statistic elaborations and the charts will be loaded according to the current values in the buffer unless the time interval between its opening closing 1s greater than the time set for the buffer length The buffer can be reset in Options Reset received data e Main window user logo defines a bitmap of JPG image that can be inserted on the right hand side of each page below the LSI LASTEM logo this logo can be Stretched to fill all the corresponding area e Storage ratio it is possible to define a ratio 1 n between the values received by the acquisition instrument and those actually used to create the charts the elaborations and the file ASCII files Therefore the program will use less memory when the reading time of the instruments is rather fast and the time length of the storage buffer rather long 37 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 12
18. he wind speed matches the color selected in Colors Alarm Y Select the colors of the hand that indicates the wind speed for No alarm and Alarm v Select OK to confirm 32 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 9 Chart configuration If the selected configuration includes charts it is necessary to enter a series of additional information so that the program will work properly Each chart is given a univocal name Select Option gt Configuration from the menu and then select Charts Configuration General Data sources Elaborations Pages Indicators Charts Edit Rename Remove Select the chart to be configured and then select Edit 33 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual Chart settings Visual properties Chart Border Page Pag 1 C None iw Antialias t Single Iw Show legend Title Temp RH ac z W axe grid visible Y Colors H8 EN dE width Height Size 550 450 Background Time width of the chart h LUN dd data zo ED es cd Perform the following operations v v NN SN SN AS Enter the Title of the chart and Page on which it appears Set the Time width of the chart data Attention this entry must NOT be higher than the time Time length of the internal data buffer set 1n General see 11 Select Antialias to enhance the chart s definition performance will be however reduced Select Legend to show it Select X grid visible to show it Select Color for T
19. indicator works as follow o Update with the most recent value the indicator shows real time the value of the associated quantity both in case of increasing and decreasing value in case of data error the signal is indicated with a red cross o Show the maximum value the indicator show the peak achieved from the associated value indicating in case of decreasing value the current value with the relative colour only in the indicator contour while the colour of central part displays the maximum value reached In this configuration the user can confirm state validation the peak revealed by clicking the indicator area in this case the central part assumes the same colour as the contour o Show changed status time if selected the indicator show the date time of the instant in which the state 1s changed as for the maximum value modality the date time 1s update only in case of increasing value while it remains unaffected in case of decreasing value when the operator confirms the peak the indicator removes the visualization of the date time 30 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 8 Alarm control 8 1 Setting the alarms on indicators Hand Thermometer and Recipient By setting the numeric limits of the alarms the program generates two different colors green and red on the scale of the indicator When the measured value reaches the red area the digital value of the quantity will flash thus indicating the value in alarm The set limi
20. lot lights convey according to the colors they show Pilot light color Grey Communication with data source disabled Current communication process Blue The data source has not been qualified by the license code or a wrong code has been entered Gre Red Communication error control the communication parameters programmed for the data source in case a File has been chosen check the path of the file that contains the data Green Previous communication has been completed successfull 20 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 7 Data visualization To each instant value acquired by the channels of the instruments available to the user or to each statistical elaboration programmed it is possible to associate one or more indicators or to show its their progression in one or more charts 7 1 Creating a new indicator Configuration Temp Wind To create a new indicator select ndicators and then New Hew indicator Type t Numeric only f Hand indicator C Thermometer t Recipient C Wind rose C On Off status e D DX m Select a type of indicator and enter a univocal Name Go to 7 4 21 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 7 2 Creating a new chart Configuration General Data sources Elaboration Pages Indicators Charts Edit em Rename Remove Select Charts select New and enter a univocal Name Go to 8 7 3 Interacting with charts Using the mouse directly on
21. ns in a separate txt file by ticking the Store data on file box Attention should the user need to elaborate rain data acquired by Babuc ABC the following operations must be performed V v Make sure the instrument carries out the elaboration of the Rain channel usually connected to operative code 99 by performing totalizations alone and not the recording of events The sampling rate of the rain channel the default value for the operative code 99 1s 60 seconds must necessarily be equal to the acquisition rate of the InfoPanel data in the General section it 1s the time expressed by the parameter Reading data from instruments rate multiplied by the parameter Storage ratio also 1n the General section Should the user overlook the instructions above InfoPanel will produce wrong rain totalizations 19 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 6 Communication status After configuring the program InfoPanel will start to communicate with the instruments according to the selected transmission modes The right hand side of the main window shows the status of the communication process with the data sources for each phase of the process a pilot light indicates according to a color scheme the status of the communication process Slide the mouse onto the pilot light to see after a couple of seconds the name assigned to each data source that each pilot light refers to The table below describes the meaning of the messages the pi
22. nstallation the program will create some folders inside the folders chosen for installation default c Program Files LSI Lastem InfoPanel as follows e Bin contains the program file InfoPanel exe and some help files e Doc contains the documentation of the program including this user s manual Other folders will be created in c Documents and Settings All Users Applications Data LSI Lastem InfoPanel this folder is kept hidden from the operative system in order to show it go to folder properties and select Show hidden files and folders New folders are Data contains the ASCII files where the program saves data acquired by the instruments Temp contains the program s temporary file e Config contains the InfoPanel s default configuration file and some folders named after abbreviated the languages in which the product is available e g it italian en english which contain several examples of program configuration LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 4 Description of the program The program presents a main window showing several instrumental indicators thermometers hand indicators recipients etc and line or bar charts the indicators show the values of the associated quantities both analogically and digitally Each indicator can be associated to a real quantity taken by Babuc or by the cordless probes or alternatively to its statistical elaboration average minimum maximum value etc The main windo
23. or chart it is possible to call either an instant value or an elaborated value The instant value is the rough value received by a specific channel of the acquisition instrument The elaboration 1s a statistical value which 1s the result of a calculation average minimum maximum standard deviation sum and totalization processed by the program from the rough value sent by a specific channel The data used for the calculation of the statistical elaboration are those acquired by the instrument while InfoPanel is running the calculation cannot use the data acquired by the instruments while InfoPanel is not running It is necessary to define the configuration of the elaboration before each indicator or chart may use it 17 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual Configuration General Data sources Elaborations Pages Indicators Charts Speed Edit Rename Remove Perform the following operations Y Select Elaborations and then New Y Enter a univocal name for the elaboration Example Elab Temp ch 1 Elaboration settings Values to elaborate f Continuous elaboration Data source t Timed elaboration eZ Makes aroling elaboration using data in the period specilied by Elaborate data in this time length This Cordless Probes elaboration cannot be used to makes charts but only For Simulator Instantaneous indicators hh mm Channel 1 m Elaborate data in this ae time length D a
24. ources Elaboration Pages Indicators Charts Mew Edit Rename Remove 11 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual Perform the following operations V Activate the command in the Option menu gt Change configuration v Select Data sources Y Select New Y Goto 85 32 5 3 2 Setting the data source Data source Babuc Type Instrument d ASCII File 1234 I Enable data reading Store data on file Data source file path Ic data data xd T Perform the following operations Select the Type of instrument used Enter Instrument id the instrument s serial number without the initial 0 Activate Enable data reading Activate if necessary Store data on file to create an ASCII file with the acquired data the txt file is in the InfoPanel Data directory and is renamed with the name of the data source where the data come from NN S Select OK to confirm or Communication Parameters to modify the communication parameters Go to 85 3 3 12 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 5 3 3 Communication parameters Should the user have a simple communication via RS232 port in the PC only a few parameters will have to be modified Communication parameters Serial port Instrument Seral port Speed bp Parity Stop bits Com 1200 2400 Data bits 4800 s m m S600 I 13200 ATS signal Start activation time m f a i Auto eee End de activatian time m f Cancel Y S
25. perties Generally some graphical settings have the same visual properties Indicator settings Data connection VIsual properties Scale Mumeric display Bord cue ZEN V riis Single Text Press hPa amp an Colors a Y Position 450 0 E um Test width Height ee 300 po Background Transparent Change some visual properties of the indicator if necessary v Page which shows the indicator see 10 v Text shown on the indicator v Antialias if selected enhances the chart s definition of the indicator while reducing however its performance visualization 1s slightly slowed down V Text Color and number on the indicator and Background Color Transparent transparent background Y Position see 7 5 1 v Size see 7 5 2 Other properties settings are available in each particular indicator 23 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 7 5 1 Position of the indicators on the screen The position of each indicator is defined by moving the upper left hand corner of each object over an X Y grid according to the example below Y 0 X 0 X 100 X 200 X 300 X 400 X 500 X 600 X 700 X 800 X 900 Y 0 Y 0 Y 0 Y 0 Y 0 Y 0 Y 0 Y 0 Y 0 Y 0 100 200 Y 200 Y 200 Y 200 Y 200 Y 200 Y 200 Y 200 Y 200 Y 200 Y 200 X 0 X 100 X 200 X 300 X 400 X 500 X 600 X 700 X 800 X 900 300 400 Y 400 Y 400 Y 400 Y 400 Y 400 Y 400 Y 400 Y 400 Y 400 Y 400 X
26. point of the indicator and drag the mouse until the indicator assumes the desired dimension the H W dimensions shown in the Status Bar of the program are the dimension of the selected indicator At the end of the operation it 1s recommended disable the Move and resize option 24 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 7 5 2 Setting scale and alarm Indicator settings Data connection Visual properties Scale Numeric display Stark End An Disabled Inside limits 800 1100 Dutside limits l L limit Higher limit Tick frequency related siete Ecco to scale limit 50 850 1 O50 Minor tick frequency related to scale limita ig Perform the following operations V Select scale Start End of the indicator Y Set Tick frequency ticks with numeric label and Minor tick frequency ticks without numeric label Set alarm limits and control logic see 8 Select Numeric display NN 7 5 3 Setting the digital numeric display palred with the indicator Each indicator can hold a digital numeric display which shows the values in numbers Indicator settings iM Show display Characters number 4 E Format 000 0 Colori M am a Background BE Alarm 25 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual Perform the following operations Y Select Show display to show the numeric indicator v Set the Characters number figure which are shown on the indicator v Set the Format of the number to determine the posi
27. r settings Data connection Visual properties Mumeric displays Alarm Hose NEEEH oe Sii Direction text j oe t Single Speed text X3 Background image l Colors Y D m Text a Background Transparent Change some visual properties of the indicator if necessary Y Direction speed text shown in the numeric displays if chosen to be displayed see 8 2 Y Select Numeric displays 2 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 7 5 4 2 Configuring the numeric displays Indicator settings Iv Show numeric direction iw Show numeric speed Choose whether or not to see the numeric displays Select Rose see 7 5 4 3 or Alarm see 8 3 7 5 4 3 Configuring the Wind rose The picture shows the meaning of each type of visualization of the wind rose Indicator settings Data connection Visual properties Numeric displays Alarm Rose Transparent v Show scale Iw Show sector Scale Max speed Speed calm Level 3 28 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 7 5 5 Configuring the status indicator Indicator settings f Light indicator Indicator colors BM o ag o t Selectable image Image files path On status Off status Error status The setting of the indicator is similar to the setting of the other indicators Y Data connection Attention value equals 0 means status off value other than zero means Status on Visual properties see 7 5
28. soft NET framework has already been installed in the system in case of doubt it is possible to reinstall it anyway The program for framework installation is available in LSI LASTEM product CD MW6501 Run the installation following the instructions provided by the CD In case of operating systems in languages other than Italian or English it 1s possible to download free of charge the framework directly from the Microsoft site at www microsoft com downloads Run the InfoPanel installation by starting Setup from the nstall InfoPanel link located in the program installation menu The installation program will supply the instructions necessary for the installation The product can be installed either before or after the installation of Microsoft NET framework If the PC is set to auto run the program from the CD the CD main window will be displayed automatically and it will be possible to select the desired task In case this window is not displayed automatically click on the index eng htm file located in the CD s main directory In order to make the installation active and operational 1s necessary the license file InfoPanel License key is present on the special CD LSI LASTEM License MW6505 that is delivered together with the CD produced of LSI LASTEM The file of installation 1s auto installing it 1s necessary to insert the CD and to follow the guided procedure for the installation of the license 3 1 Organizing installed files During i
29. t determines a situation in alarm when the value of the quantity exceeds this limit Indicator settings Press Indicator preview Data connection Visual properties Scale Numeric display Alarm Start End ar i C Disabled Inside limits 800 ra C Dutside limits Tick ueauencu related Lower lirnit Higher limit to scale limits 50 300 i O00 Minor tick frequency related to scale limits i 0 W Show minimum and maximum indicators Indicator settings Press Indicator preview Data connection Visual properties Scale Numeric display Alarm Start Shad i ELEM NN 800 1100 Outside limits Tke eed Lower lirnit Higher limit to scale limits 50 300 i O00 Minor tick frequency related to scale limits i 0 W Show minimum and maximum indicators 3l LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 8 2 Setting the alarms on the numeric display Indicator settings a Disabled Lower limit Higher limit C Inside limits Outside limits 112 30 Select Lower higher limits to set the range outside which the indicator must flash alarm status In order to define the color go to 7 5 3 Select OK to confirm your choice 8 3 Setting the alarms on the Wind rose Indicator settings Show alarm when speed si greater than 5 TES Colors i No alarm E Alarm Configuration of alarms for wind speed v Select Show alarm when speed is greater than in m s over which the hand that indicates t
30. tion of the decimal divider following the 000 0 format the number digits must correspond to the number set in Number of digits while there 1s no limit for the decimal point V Set Colors Digits Background and Alarm digit colors change when a value is in alarm mode v Select OK to confirm the changes 7 5 4 Setting the Wind rose indicator Indicator preview The Wind rose indicator is full of possible options therefore this section defines the configuration of the channels as well as all other possible options Perform the following operations v Select Indicators Y Select the name which corresponds to the wind indicator Select Edit 7 5 4 1 Pairing between Rose wind indicator and the channels wind direction and speed 26 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual Indicator settings Data connection Visual properties Numeric displays Alarm Hose Director Speed Data source f Data source f Elaboration f Elaboration Cordless Probes Cordless Probes Simulator Simulator Channel 1 Channel 1 Perform the following operations Y In section Direction select the instrument and the number of the channel taken from the list previously created which correspond to the quantity Wind direction Y In section Speed select the instrument and the number of the channel taken from the list previously created which correspond to the quantity Wind speed v Select Visual properties Indicato
31. truments and provides instantaneous statistical average minimum maximum standard deviation and historical instant or statistical values charts information Besides the values received can be saved in an ASCII file InfoPanel is recommended for installations where PC and acquisition instruments are permanently connected by means of a serial cable line drivers TCP IP or radio all of them providing continuous and quick data transmission for the update of indicators and charts in real time 2 System requirements Hardware and software requirements Personal computer e Operating system Microsoft Windows 2000 XP Vista Microsoft NET Framework V 1 1 available on LSI LASTEM Products CD MW6501 or downloadable from Microsoft site Physical RAM memory 128 MB minimum 256 MB recommended Disk space 100 MB 600 MHz frequency processor or higher 1 GHz recommended Video card SVGA res 1024x768 or higher graphic accelerator required Acquisition instrument Babuc A M V 3 and higher Babuc ABC V 3 and higher E Log LSI LASTEM microprocessor probes cordless and via cable acquired by means of Babuc A BC or directly by PC by means of the LSI LASTEM receiver mod DEC301 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 3 Installation Please check minimum system requirements For Windows 2000 and Windows XP the user must have administrator rights to ogin and install the program otherwise installation will fail Check if Micro
32. ue Mew indicator Type ME NO NE NE M E Label value Numeric only Hand indicator Thermometer Recipient Wind rose On Off status Status value It is possible to modify the graphical aspect of the indicators Choosing Options Move and resize you will be able to act on the graphics on the various indicator With one mouse click select the indicator to modify the indicator is now active and you can act on its size and position With two mouse clicks a menu of graphical parameters will appear you can configure such menu as you like LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 4 2 Charts The instant values received and or the statistical values calculated may be displayed in charts which show quantities that have the same scale or non homogeneous quantities that require two different scales 228 434 432 228 43 42 8 22 1 42 5 226 42 4 e 422 3 Temp 22 5 D RH 418 22 4 AT 5 22 3 41 4 41 2 41 18 20 00 18 30 00 12 40 00 18 5000 19 00 00 19 10 00 19 20 00 In the chart you can make some zoom you can move backwards and forwards in the time and change the y axes limit values Refer to 7 3 LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 5 Configuring the program All information displayed by InfoPanel as well as its elaboration modes is completely configurable The configuration information 1s collected in a file which the program uses when it starts The program is supplied with a series of pre configured
33. w is divided in one or more windows which can be shown automatically or by request Each window may hold a free selection of indicators and charts Besides the background of each window may show a background image over which the indicator in a transparent manner may overlap this provides for the realization of geographic synoptic or plant masks Each window may represent for instance several sections of an industrial plant or different rooms of a museum The program communicates with one or more Babuc instruments or with the LSI LASTEM cordless probes of different nature too The data acquired by InfoPanel are exclusively the instant values of the input blocks and possible deriving quantities calculated directly by the acquisition instrument it 1s not however able to use the statistical data processed by such instruments Once the program is correctly configured it will no longer require further intervention When it is opened it will automatically start transferring the values of the quantities selected by the connected instruments and show them in the set indicators and charts When the program is closed and opened again it will present the window shown when it was last used containing the former statistical values and charts unless the time interval between its opening closing is greater than the time set in General gt Time length of the internal data buffer LSI LASTEM InfoPanel User s Manual 4 1 Avallable chart indicators On e
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