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1. The edited name is accepted and the instrument returns to the 0 LM Save Results window after pressing the lt ENTER gt push button The second pressing of the lt ENTER gt push button saves the file in the working directory The special warning is displayed in the case the file with the edited name already exists in the memory The instrument waits then for a reaction of the user any push button should be pressed except the lt Shift gt or the lt Alt gt one Notice The files can be overwritten the use of the same file name without any warning if the Replace option is switched on path lt Menu gt File Save Options The saving is not possible in the case when the instrument is measuring the signal The message Measurement in progress is displayed for about 3 seconds The presented below message is displayed after trying to execute the save operation in the case when no measurements were performed and there are no results to be saved The instrument then waits for the reaction of the user any push button should be pressed except the lt Shift gt or the lt Alt gt one and after pressing a push button it returns to the Save Results window simultaneously the lt ENTER gt and lt Alt gt push buttons if the Auto Save option is switched off path Menu File Save Options In another case Auto Save option is switched on the results are saved after pressing these push buttons in the file with the automatic
2. In the Velocity position the user can set the reference level of the velocity signal It is possible to set this level from 1 nms to 100 nms 9 8 User filter setting User Filters The User Filters position enables the user to introduce the values of the O LM 01 34 coefficients of the user filters This position is active only in 1 1 Octave and 1 3 Octave modes 76 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 9 9 Selection of the Vibration units Vibration Units The Vibration Units position enables the user to select the metric or non metric units It is possible to select the Non Metric units e g g ips mil etc or Metric units e g m s m s m etc 9 10 Warnings selection Warnings The Warnings enables the user to select the messages which could be displayed during the operation of the instrument The measurement results are not saved in a file When the position is set to be active the special warning can be displayed after pressing the lt Start Stop gt push button It will be happened in a case when the result of the previous measurement was not saved in a file of the instrument The question Continue appears with the warning message There are three options Yes No or Save If Yes is chosen the instrument returns to the active mode of result presentation starting the new measurement process If No is chosen the instrument returns to the active mode of measurement results presentation w
3. 1 INTRODUCTION The GA2007 Ultimus is a new six channel human vibration meter and analyser Instrument meets ISO 8041 2005 standard and it is an ideal choice for measurements according to ISO 2631 1 2 amp 5 and ISO 5349 Using computational power of its digital signal processor the Castle Ultimus instrument can simultaneously to the meter mode perform real time 1 1 Octave or 1 3 Octave analysis Advanced time history logging and time domain signal recording according to the ISO 2631 5 to built in Micro SD flash card give almost unlimited capabilities of data storage Results can be easily downloaded to PC using USB interface and PC software o ON OFF atima The Whole Body vibration measurement is easier thanks to SV 38 seat accelerometer which can be placed directly on the seat cushion floor or fixed to the back of the seat The SV 50 set with tri axial accelerometer enables Hand Arm vibration measurements regardless of the type of evaluated tool Additionally for measurements of very high impulse vibration the special adapter SA 55 with low pass mechanical filter protecting accelerometer from DC shift effect is available Evaluation of the grip force will be accessible with dedicated integrated adapter SV 105 under development stage Fast USB 1 1 interface 12 MHz creates real time link for the PC front end application of the Castle Ultimus instrument The measurement results can be downloaded to PC usi
4. 64 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 7 3 Managing the setup files Setup Manager The Setup Manager is used for checking the contents of the memory and make operation on Setup files such as open delete copy move rename files create new files and display file information In the Setup Manager window only setup files are displayed Setup files have extension SVN and icon attribute 7 3 1 Saving the setup files There are two options to open the Setup Manager window One option is to press lt S P gt push button when the measurement is not performed Another option is to open the Setup Manager position from File menu In order to save the setup file one should enter the catalogue in which the new file will be created and press the lt ENTER gt push button at the lt New File gt position Save Setup window is opening then 7 3 2 Operations on the setup files The Setup Manager enables one to perform operations on the setup files the same way as it was described above for the File Manager position To perform any of operation like Open Copy Move Rename Info and Delete one should choose the file for which this operation will be applied and press the lt Enter gt push button The list of operations then will open 65 C LM oo 03 lt ENT gt C LM 00 05 lt S P gt lt ENT gt lt ENT gt Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 0OS 171 04 02 Opening the setup file means
5. RTC The RTC enables one to programme the O LM 00 14 internal Real Time Clock This clock is 00 14 46 displayed in the different places depending 04 Jan 2011 on the selected presentation mode The window is closed and the instrument returns to the Instrument list after pressing the lt ENTER gt or lt ESC gt push button The time edition is doing in the special window which is opening after pressing the lt gt push button The selection of the setting parameter hour minute second and also day month and year is performed using the lt 4 gt lt gt gt push buttons and the change of its value using the lt gt OLEND lt 7 gt push buttons pressed together with the lt Alt gt The required date can be selected in a special window which is opening after pressing the lt lt gt lt gt push buttons when the Start Day text is displayed inversely in the Timer sub list In order to set data one has to select its position by means of the lt 41 gt lt gt gt and lt gt lt gt push button and then press the lt ENTER gt push button 8 5 Activation the remote control error confirmation Remote Control The Remote Control position enables the user to activate or deactivate O LM oo 19 error confirmation function If Remote Control function is Enabled then the 5 instrument confirms warnings after 5 seconds and the user reaction is not O required This function is very useful when the in
6. Castle Ultimus Vibration Meter Operating Manual Revision A www castlegroup co uk Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 5 1 1 Castle Ultimus main features 5 1 2 Accessories included 6 1 3 Accessories available 6 2 MANUAL CONTROL OF THE INSTRUMENT 7 2 1 Control push buttons on the front panel T 2 2 Input and output sockets of the instrument 11 3 SETTING THE INSTRUMENT 12 3 1 Basics of the instrument s control 12 3 2 Powering of the instrument 15 3 3 Initial Setup of the instrument 16 3 4 Icons description 17 3 5 Memory organisation 18 4 FUNCTIONS OF THE INSTRUMENT Function 20 4 1 Measurement functions of the instrument Measurement Function 20 4 2 Instrument s calibration Calibration 21 4 2 1 Downloading and uploading TEDS data TEDS 21 4 2 2 Calibration of the instrument channels Channel x 21 4 2 3 Calibration by transducer s sensitivity Calibr By Sensitivity 22 4 2 4 Calibration by measurement Calibr By Measurement 22 4 2 5 History of the calibrations Calibration History 24 4 2 6 Clear calibration records Clear Calibr History 24 5 MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS SETTING Measurement 25 5 1 Selection of measurement parameters General Settings 25 5 2 Setting the parameters for dose measurements HAV WBV Dosimeter 28 5 3 Setting parameters in a channels Channels Setup 30 5 3 1 Assignment channels for the accelerometer axis Channel
7. GA2007 User Manual During the clearing process the message WAIT is displayed The following message is displayed after the return to the default settings and the instrument waits for the user s reaction 9 6 Setting the scope of instrument s functions Instrument Mode The Instrument Mode sub list enables the user to set the scope of available instrument s functions There are two possible modes of the instrument Simple Mode and Advanced Mode Advanced Mode defines the full scope of available functions while Simple Mode defines limited scope of available functions excluding functions which are using quite rare like trigger wave and event recording user filters etc Thus some menu lists will have different view contetn for different instrument modes Below some windows different in simple and advanced modes are presented lt gt lt gt O LM LM lt gt 19 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 0O LM 01 46 0O LM 01 42 lt gt lt gt 9 7 Reference signal in vibration measurements Reference Levels The Reference Levels sub list enables the user to set the reference level of the vibration signal The values which are set here are taken into account during the calculations of the measurement results expressed in the Logarithmic scale with the dB as the units In the Acceleration position the user can set the reference level of the acceleration signal from 1 ums to 100 ums
8. 4 AA batteries SC 56 Mini USB 1 1 cable typical 2m SA 146 Carry Case for Ultimus and Accessories Accessories available Power supply unit with USB Connector SC 118 LEMO 4 pin to LEMO 5 pin connector SV 38V Tri axial accelerometer for Whole Body measurements MEMS type SV 105 Integrated tri axial Hand Arm adapter with grip force sensor SC 38 Cable used to connect the tri axial accelerometer with the Ultimus 4 pin Microtech to LEMO 4 pin typical 2 7 m SA 50 Hand Arm measurement adapter shaped base for SV 3023M2 accelerometer SA 51 Hand Arm measurement adapter flat base for SV 3023M2 accelerometer SA 52 Hand Arm measurement adapter direct for the SV 3023M2 accelerometer SC 14 LEMO 5 pin to LEMO 5 pin extension cable 10 m SA 55 Adapter with low pass mechanical filter SV 39A L Seat Accelerometer including SV 3143M1 and SC 38 cable SV 50 Set for Hand Arm measurement Dytran accelerometer 3023M2 adapters SA 50 SA 51 SA 52 GA 606 Vibration Calibrator KD 1215 Transducer Mounting Glue and Stud Pack KD 1217 Petro Wax Transducer Mounting Compound TT 4KIT Cable Ties Metal Barbed 100 with Tensioning Tool Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 2 MANUAL CONTROL OF THE INSTRUMENT The control of the instrument is developed in the fully dialogue way The user can operate the instrument by selecting the proper position from the Menu list Thanks to that the number of the control push buttons of the instrument is
9. Axis Mapping 30 5 3 2 Setting parameters for channels Channel x 31 5 4 Setting the vector parameters Vector Setup 32 5 5 Setting of the logging functionality Data Logging 33 5 6 The results history logging 33 5 6 1 Data logger programming Logger Setup 34 5 6 2 Results selection Logger Results 35 5 6 3 Logger trigger parameters setup Logger Trigger 3 5 6 4 Event recording setup Event Recording 39 5 6 5 The marker setup Marker Setup 40 5 7 Wave recording 41 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 5 8 Measure triggering parameters selection Measure Trigger 42 5 9 Settings whole body measurements with the use of seat accelerometer SEAT 45 5 10 The alarm trigger setting Alarm Trigger 45 5 11 Programming the instrument s internal timer Timer 45 5 11 1 Description of the exemplary timer function execution 46 6 DATA AVAILABLE ON THE DISPLAY Display 48 6 1 Selection of the modes of measurement results presentation Display Modes 48 6 1 1 Main presentation mode 49 6 2 Setting the result presentation parameters Plot Scale 53 6 3 Setting the scale of result s presentation Results Scale 54 6 4 Setting the display brightness and power saver Screen 54 7 SAVING THE MEASUREMENT RESULTS File 56 7 1 Saving files in the instrument s memory or external memory 57 7 2 Managing the files saved in the internal and external memory File Manager 59 7 2 1 Setting the directory for saving
10. HAV WBV Dosimeter window opened from the Measurement list If the Dosimeter function is switched on then the HAV WBV Dosimeter position in the Measurement list will became active and DLM D1 1 or D1 3 function abbreviations appear in the upper line 11 1 Setting the parameters for dose measurements HAV WBV Dosimeter The HAV WBV Dosimeter list is opening from the Measurement menu O DLM 00 11 This list enables one to set up the parameters for dose measurements like exposition period type of measurement whole body or hand arm performed in channels 1 3 and 4 6 limits used for some standards U K Italy Poland France and Germany as well as limits defined by the user User Setting the measurement type for channels 1 3 and 4 6 Positions 1 3 Dosimeter and 4 6 Dosimeter enable the user to set the desired type of the measurement performed with the use of channels 1 2 3 and 4 5 6 hand arm HAV or whole body WBV vibration Setting the exposure time The Exposure Time enables the user to set the desired value of the exposure time that is used for the calculation HAV WBV Dose results The Exposure Time values are within the range 00h01 24h00 86 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Setting the standard for dose measurements The Standard position enables the user to set the standards for the measurements of the HAV WBV Dosimeter The available values of this position are U K Italy Poland France Germany a
11. Measurement list and some of sublist General Settings and Data Logging contents depend on Instrument Mode selection from menu Auxiliary Setup Simple Mode or Advanced Mode In Advanced Mode some additional functions like triggering markers event and wave recording appear can be changed only when the instrument does not execute a measurement The parameters are displayed with different colour and any marker movement is impossible The blinking em icon indicates that the instrument is performing the Notice Any parameter in the lists of the Measurement menu measurements 0 LM 00 02 0O LM 01 53 depends on the Scale position value path Menu Display Results Scale e g 10 m s can Notice The parameters can be presented in Logarithm decibels or Linear m s units It be presented as 140 dB 5 1 Selection of measurement parameters General Settings The General Settings list consists of the following parameters the delay of the start of measurements Start Delay the integration period Meas Period and the repetition of the measurement cycles Repetition No In Advanced menu mode there are three additional parameters Measure Trigger Logging Mode and Event Recording 25 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Setting time delay before the start of measurements The Start Delay defines the delay period from the lt Start Stop gt push button pressing to the start of the measurements
12. Mode is selected in the Instrument Mode sub list then O DLM Vibr Dose Calculator list consists of first three positions only 91
13. RESULTS File The File list contains the elements that enable one to manage the files O LM 00 03 created and saved in the internal memory of the instrument or external memory carriers The registration of the measurement results is an essential task for the efficient use of the instrument All available measurement results and also instrument s settings are stored as a file in the internal FLASH type memory of the instrument or on the external SD Card memory Instrument s files containing data e from Level Meter e measurement results from 1 1 Octave analysis e measurement results from 1 3 Octave analysis e stored in the logger file e stored in the wave file e settings Result files can be saved manually or automatically Setup files are saved manually Logger and Wave files are saved automatically Each file consists of some elements which are the same for all kind of files e a file header e the unit and software specification e the user s text stored together with the measurement data e the parameters and global settings e the special settings for profiles e the marker of the end of the file The File list contains the following items File Manager enables one to manage the files saved in the instrument s or on external memory Setup Manager enables one to manage the Setup files Save Options enables one to set the options of the measurement result savings Setup Options enables one to set the
14. The Screen window enables the user to set O LM oo 54 the brightness of the display and switch on the screen saver Ye n Setting the brightness of the display Disabled The Brightness enables the user by means of the lt 4 gt lt gt gt push buttons to set the proper brightness of the display The user can select 20 different values of this parameter Notice The new value of the brightness is confirmed after each pressing of the lt 1 gt or lt gt push buttons new value is selected without any confirmation from the lt ENTER gt push button 54 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Setting the power saver function The saving of the internal source of the instrument s power can be achieved by means of reducing the brightness of the screen when possible It is possible to set the Power Saver automatically The screen may be switch off Screen Off or dimmed Dim In the case when any of these options is set after 15 seconds from pressing any push button the screen is switched off or dimmed If it happened the first pressing of any push button would cause the switch on of the screen Power Saver function may also be deactivated if Disabled parameter is selected Setting the power saver delay The Power Saver Delay defines the delay period from last use of any push button to the Power saver mode This delay period can be set from 5s to 60s 55 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 7 SAVING THE MEASUREMENT
15. channels will be disabled and will not be displayed Activation of second profiles In the Enabled 2nd profiles the user may switch on or off result calculations for the second profiles If second profiles are switched off there will be no calculations performed and displayed in different presentation modes and all positions with settings for second profiles will be not active 5 3 1 Assignment channels for the accelerometer axis Channel Axis Mapping The Channel Axis Mapping position enables one to assign channels to the transducer s axis The user can assign channels 1 2 3 to the axis X Y Z of the first transducer connected to the Lemo compatible sockets type ENB 0B 304 for Channels 1 3 and channels 4 5 6 to the axis X Y Z of the second transducer connected to the Lemo compatible sockets type ENB 0B 304 for Channels 4 6 If same channel is assigned to the more than one axis there will be error detected and the user will be proposed to reassign the channels 30 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 5 3 2 Setting parameters for channels Channel x The Channel x positions enable one to set up O LM o1 58 or display parameters for the individual channel like input type and filters for profiles Building Direct Wd lf Dosimeter is active the first profile filter is set BL Wd by default and it cannot be changed When second profile is switched off the filter for second profile doesn t appear as parame
16. event recording 39 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual When Pre Trigger position is switched on then the signal is recorded before the triggering condition with interval defined by the position Pre of the Logger Trigger window path lt Menu gt Measurement Data Logging In the Rec Limit position it is possible to select the time of event signal recording after triggering If the triggering condition appears then the signal Max Length will be recording during the period defined in Rec Time The available 00m10s values of Rec Limit are Max Length Fixed Len or Off When Off is chosen then the event signal will be recording as long as memory was filled or until the trigger condition was ceased When Max Length is chosen then the signal will be recording during period defined in the Rec Time but can be stopped earlier if trigger condition was ceased When Fixed Len is chosen then the signal will be recording during period defined in the Rec Time even when trigger condition ceased In the Rec Time position it is possible to select the time of signal recording after triggering If next triggering condition appears then the signal will be recording a011 07 additional Rec Time Max Length 00m10s The Channel x positions switch on or off the channels for event recording Max Length 00m10s iv lt vo 5 6 5 The marker setup Marker Setup The Marker Setup position appears only in advanced instrumen
17. exists in the memory The instrument waits then for a reaction of the user any push button should be pressed except the lt Shift gt or the lt Alt gt one The main measurement results cf App B are calculated in the period set on in the Meas Period These results can be saved in the result files in the instrument s or external memory In the case the Meas Period is greater than 9 seconds it can be done also by means of the Auto Save operation In case the Repetition No is greater than one the Auto Save operation will be performed after the period set on in the Meas Period The name of the file with the main results is increased by one after each saving In the same when the Logger Mode is switched on On the partial measurement results are calculated in the period set on in the Logger Step Up to 60 results can be logged simultaneously from all channels and profiles of the instrument PEAK P P MAX RMS VDV and two vectors VEC13 and VEC46 with time step down to 100 ms These results are saved in one logger file The name of the file is set on in the Logger Name position The registration in the loggers memory is stopped after the period which is equal to Meas Period multiplied by Repetition No after pressing the lt Start Stop gt push button or after stopping the measurements remotely 34 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual REP CYCLE REP CYCLE REP CYCLE REP CYCLE signal amplitude main results main
18. files Set Working Directory 61 7 2 2 Creating new catalogue and new file 61 7 2 3 Deleting all files from Internal memory Delete All 61 7 2 4 Merging result and setup files memory Defragmentation 62 7 2 5 Opening file catalogue Open 63 7 2 6 Deleting file catalogue Delete 63 7 2 7 Copying file catalogue Copy 63 7 2 8 Moving file catalogue Move 64 7 2 9 Renaming file catalogue Rename 64 7 2 10Information about file catalogue Info 64 7 3 Managing the setup files Setup Manager 65 7 3 1 Saving the setup files 65 7 3 2 Operations on the setup files 65 7 4 Controlling the data storing in the instrument s memory Save Options 66 7 5 Options for setup files Setup Options 68 8 SETTINGS OF THE INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS Instrument 69 8 1 Selection of keyboard modes Keyboard 69 8 2 Setting parameters of the I O port Multifunction I O 70 8 3 Checking the powering of the instrument Power Supply 71 8 4 Programming the instrument s internal Real Time Clock RTC 72 8 5 Activation the remote control error confirmation Remote Control 72 8 6 Transducer s compensation activation Transducers 73 8 7 Checking the specification of the instrument Unit Label 73 9 AUXILIARY SETTINGS Auxiliary Setup 74 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 9 4 Setting the language of the user interface Language 14 9 5 Return to the factory settings Factory Settings 14 9 6 Setting the scope of i
19. is displayed with the unit of the measurement in so called two profile mode Two results mode is always available for most Functions of the instrument Presentation modes O LM 00 06 x00 02 The results of the measurements can be also presented in 6Channels_ or 3 Profiles modes In these modes the results for six channels or 3 profiles are presented on the screen The user can switch the presentation modes by means of lt Alt gt and lt gt lt 7 gt push buttons pressed simultaneously 16 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Default settings measurements The default settings set up by the producer for the profiles of all channels are as follows Signal type Type IEPE weighting filter Filter Wd type of the RMS detector 1 0s dose meter 1 3 Dosimeter WBV 4 6 Dosimeter HAV The user can change all mentioned above settings using Measurement list The instrument remembers all changes The return to the default settings set up by the producer is possible after the execution of the Factory Settings position available in the Auxiliary Setup list 3 4 Icons description Description of the instrument state Additional information about the instrument s state is given by means of the icon s row visible in the top of the display The type of measurement function and the measurement mode LM DLM 1 1 and 1 3 etc as well as RTC is also displayed in the same line together with icons The mea
20. is used for saving the user filters together in the setup files 68 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 8 SETTINGS OF THE INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS Instrument The Instrument list contains different sub lists and positions which are directly related with the settings of the hardware components of the instrument In order to open the Instrument list one has to press the lt Menu gt push button select the Instrument text and press lt ENTER gt The Instrument list contents depend on CO LM oo 15 O LM Instrument Mode selection from menu Auxiliary Setup Simple Mode or Advanced Mode In the Instrument list the following items are available Keyboard Enables the user to set the operating mode of the lt Shift gt and the lt Start Stop gt push buttons Multifunction I O Enables the user to select the available functionality of the I O port Power Supply Enables the user to check the powering source of the instrument RTC Enables the user to set the Real Time Clock Remote Control Enables the user to activate or deactivate error confirmation function Transducers Enables the user to activate or deactivate the transducer s compensation Unit Label Enables the user to check the type of the instrument its serial number and the current software version installed in it and the standards which the instrument fulfils 8 1 Selection of keyboard modes Keyboard The Keyboard position enables the user to O LM 00 15 O LM 0
21. lists Function Measurement Display File Instrument Auxiliary Setup Each of the mentioned above sub lists consists of the sub lists elements and data windows These main sub lists will be described in details in the following chapters of the manual Double pressed lt Menu gt push button enters the list containing eight last opened sub lists It often speeds up the control of the instrument as the user has the faster access to the frequently used sub lists This push button pressed together with the lt Alt gt one enables the user to save measurement results as a file in the internal instrument s memory or on the SD card This push button closes the control lists sub lists or windows It acts in opposite to the lt ENTER gt push button When the window is closed pressing the lt ESC gt push button any changes made in it are ignored in almost all cases This push button pressed together with the lt Shift gt one enters the Calibration sub list In which the user can enter one of the available sub lists Calibr by Sensitivity Calibr by Measurement Last Calibration and Clear Calibr History This push button enables one to jump to the Setup Manager window or to break the measurement process temporarily These push buttons enable one in particular to e select the column in a multi column parameter list e select the parameters value in an active position e g filter Z A or C Integration period 1s 2s 3s etc
22. measurement by pressing the lt Start Stop gt push button The measurement starts after 5 seconds delay The measurement time is also predefined to Sseconds During the calibration period the lt ESC gt and lt Pause gt push buttons do not operate but it is possible to stop the measurement using the lt Start Stop gt push button Waiting for the calibration measurement to begin a Start Delay is counted down At the end of the measurement the result is displayed on the display in the bottom line The calibration procedure should be repeated a few times to ensure the integrity of the calibration The obtained results should be almost identical with 0 1 dB difference The reasons for unstable results are as follows e The calibrator is not properly attached to the instrument e There are external disturbances e The calibrator or the measurement channel the accelerometer or the instrument itself are damaged Notice During the calibration period external disturbances vibrations or acoustic noise should not exceed 100 dB 7 Press the lt ENTER gt push button in order to accept the measurement result The calibration factor is calculated stored and displayed after pressing the lt ENTER gt push button 23 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 4 2 5 History of the calibrations Calibration History The Calibration History window displays O LM 02 27 O LM o1 26 up to ten last calibration records In
23. relation to 10 0 mV ms For the sensitivity of the accelerometer higher than 10 0 mV ms the calibration factor is negative For the sensitivity of the accelerometer lower than 10 0 mV ms the calibration factor is positive The lowest applicable value of the sensitivity to be introduced is equal to 9 89MV ms 2 10 0 uV ms it conforms to the calibration factor equal to 60 0 dB and the highest one 10 0 V ms calibration factor equal to 60 0 dB In order to save the selected calibration factor the user has to press lt ENTER gt In order to return to the Calibration sub list the user has to press the lt ESC gt push button 4 2 4 Calibration by measurement Calibr By Measurement The calibration by measurements can be done in the following way O LM 1 Select the calibration by measurement highlight the Calibr By Measurement text from the Calibration sub list and press the lt ENTER gt push button 22 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 2 Select filter for hand arm transducer O LM 01 12 O LM 01 12 BL Wh for whole body transducer TT yer BL Wk or equivalent 10 0 m s 140 0dB 10 0 m s 140 0dB 3 Select the calibrator signal level O LM 01 15 4 Attach the vibration calibrator to the instrument s accelerometer BL Wk 5 Switch on the calibrator and wait approximately 30 seconds before 41 4 m s 141 1dB starting the calibration measurement 6 Start the calibration
24. that the OSLM 19 06 settings saved in this file will be loaded to the instrument s operation memory So if the user press lt Start Stop gt push button the instrument will start the measurement with the loaded settings lt ENT gt To get information about the setup file one OS 171 00 58 Os i71 00 59 should for selected file press the lt ENTER gt push button on the Info position in the file operations list After opening the list of operations one should select the Info position and press the lt ENTER gt push button again lt ENT gt 7 4 Controlling the data storing in the instrument s memory Save Options The Save Options sub list is used for the O LM o1 03 selection of the options of data storing in the instrument s files It is possible to replace the existing in the memory file by the new with the same name Replace to save automatically the results of the measurements Auto Save to save the results with the automatically incremented name Direct Save Replacement of the existing files by the new ones eT ERE This option is used in remote mode and for the files created by with the use of Auto Save function The result of the attempt to save the file with the name which already exists in the memory depends on the setting of the Replace If position is active then the old file will be erased and the new file will be saved with the same name The message is displayed that such operation is not av
25. the case of switching on the Auto Save function the minimum value of the integration period should be equal to 10 seconds If the user wants to switch on Auto Save option path Menu File Save Options the integration period value has to be greater or equal than 10 seconds When Auto Save option was switched on and new entered integration period value is less than 10 seconds Auto Save option switches off and Integration Period Too Short Autosave Not Available message appears on the display 26 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Setting the number of repetition of measurement cycles The Repetition No defines the number of cycles with the measurement period defined in the Meas Period which should be performed by the instrument The Repetition No values are within the limits 1 1000 Activation of the measure trigger The Measure Trigger position activates or deactivates the measure trigger function This position doesnt appear in the Simple Mode path lt Menu gt Auxiliary Setup Instrument Mode If the Measure Trigger function is switched off then the Measure Trigger position in the Measurement list will be not active Activation of the dose meter function O DLM 03 26 The Dosimeter position activates or deactivates the dose meter function If the Dosimeter function is switched on then all channels will be assigned for whole body WBV or hand arm HAV dose measurement Dosimeter paramete
26. 1 octave or 1 3 octave bandpass the RMS result is measured Additionally to the bandpass RMS results three Total values are measured during 1 1 and 1 3 octave analysis Total values parameters weighting filter type of integration filer for acceleration velocity or 19 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual displacement results and additional calibration factor are setting up in the Total Values window path lt Menu gt Display Spectrum Display Setup The output of the selected 1 1 Octave or 1 3 Octave filter can be also used as the triggering signal for different trigger applications triggering the logger triggering the event recording triggering the wave recording and triggering the alarms 10 3 Activation of saving of 1 1 Octave and 1 3 Octave analysis results in the logger s file Logger Results The RMS results from 1 1 Octave or 1 3 Octave analysis can be saved in the logger file The spectrum saving in the logger file can be activete for each channel in the appropriate window path lt Menu gt Measurement Data logging Logger Results 1 1 Octave or 1 3 Octave If the None value is selected in the position Channel x then spectrum data will not be saved in the logger file If RMS value is selected then RMS spectrum will be saved in the logger file for this channel 10 4 Selection of the 1 1 Octave and 1 3 Octave bandpass results as triggering source For the 1 1 Octave or 1 3 Octave analysis func
27. 3 or 6 Wk lf HAV measurements are performed in channels 1 3 or 4 6 the filters defined for channels are as follows Channel 1 or 4 Wh Channel 2 or 5 Wh Channel 3 or 6 Wh If second profile is active during Dosimeter measurements the filter can be HP or one of from BL Wd BL Wk or BL Wh depending on what filter was predefined for the first profile of the chosen channel according to the rule described above 31 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual RMS detector In the instrument the only one 1 0s RMS detectors is available 5 4 Setting the vector parameters Vector Setup The Vector Setup position enables the O LM 03 45 user to select the coefficients to calculate the vector for channels 1 2 3 and 4 5 6 Vector is calculated based on different set of coefficients for three axis X Y Z which may be selected in the position Mode for hand arm measurements Standard H A for whole body measurements Standard WBV for measurements with O LM user defined coefficients User and for MTVV measurements MTVV For Standard H A and Standard WBV modes coefficients are predefined For User and MTVV modes it is possible to define coefficients for vector calculation Standard WBYV When the user needs to calculate vector with other than standard coefficients it is possible to select the coefficient within the values from 0 00 to 2 00 The values presented above are taken into account during the E calculations o
28. 6 32 programme the operation mode of the lt Shift gt lt Alt gt and lt Start Stop gt push buttons Direct Direct 69 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual lt Shift gt lt Alt gt push button mode OC LM os 33 In the Shift Mode position the user can choose between 2nd Fun and 2nd Fun Direct When the Direct option is selected the lt Shift gt and lt Alt gt push Direct buttons operate as in the keyboard of a computer in order to achieve the desired result the second push button has to be pressed in conjunction with the lt Shift gt lt Alt gt one When the 2nd Fun option is selected the lt Shift gt lt Alt gt push button operates in the sequence with the other one lt Start Stop gt push button working mode selection O LM 06 34 In the Start Stop position the user can choose between Direct and 2nd Fun With Shift When the Direct option is selected the instrument reacts on With Shift each of the lt Start Stop gt push button pressing starting or stopping the measurements When the With Shift option is selected the lt Start Stop gt push button operates in conjunction or in a sequence with the lt Shift gt one The measurements are started or stopped after pressing both push buttons 8 2 Setting parameters of the I O port Multifunction I O The Multifunction I O enables the user to O LM Goo 19 O LM Goo 05 select the available functionality of the I O Analog Out port 1 Mode selection of the
29. Data Logging list consists of two positions in case of Simple Mode Logger Setup Logger Results or consists of four to five active positions in case of Advanced Mode Logger Setup Logger Results Logger Trigger Event Recording which in turn is active when Event Recording position in the General Settings list would be active and Marker Setup 33 O LM 04 03 O LM 01 45 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 5 6 1 Data logger programming Logger Setup The Logger Setup list enables the user to edit the name of the logger file history of results measurements or wave records and to set other general parameters Depending on what Logging Mode was selected Logger or Wave in General Settings window the Logger Setup window has different view amp LOG23 When Logger mode was selected apart from logger file name the user may define the interval of the data logging in a file Logger Step The Logger Step can be set from 100 milliseconds to 1 hour The Logger Name enables the user to name the logger file The default one is LOG for Logger files and amp REC for RLOG23 Wave files The name cannot be longer than eight characters After pressing the lt 4 gt lt gt push buttons the special window with text editor function is opening 1s The edited name is accepted and the file is saved after pressing the lt ENTER gt push button The special warning is displayed in the case the file with the edited name already
30. I O port O LM 00 06 In the Mode it is possible to select the function of the instrument s socket Digital In named as I O This socket can be used as e the output of the analogue signal Analog Out transmitted from the input of the instrument to its output without any digital processing i e filtering e the input of the digital signal used as an external trigger to start the measurements Digital In in the slave instrument e the digital output Digital Out used for triggering other slave O LM 00 07 instrument from the master one T igital Out e the source of any alarm signal in the case of certain circumstances Trigger Pulse occurred during the measurements i e the level of the input signal was Positive higher than selected one The more detailed description of the I O is given in App C 70 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Selection the channel for analogue output In the Channel position it is possible to select the channel which signal is assigned to the analogue out Digital output function selection of the I O socket In the Function position it is possible to set the function of the digital output of the I O instrument s socket The socket can be used as the source of the trigger pulse Trig Pulse which starts the measurement in another slave instrument linked to the master one or the alarm signal which appears there after fulfilling certain measurement conditions Alarm
31. M 00 56 mode presentation ogarithe The Dynamic position appears when the 80dB Logarithmic value of Scale parameter was Lv chosen The Dynamic parameter enables the user to select the proper scaling of the graphical mode presentation In the case of the vertical axis one can obtain the double four times and eight times expansion as O LM Goo 57 the default the vertical axis corresponds to 80 dB after expansion it corresponds to ogar hadi 40 dB 20 dB and 10 dB respectively x 93 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Switching on off the grid in the graphical es 13 mode presentation Logarithm The Grid enables the user to switch on or 40dB off the grid in any graphical presentation El Switching on off the automatic Y scale adjustment The Autoscale position switch on the automatic adjustment of scale Y This position is under development 6 3 Setting the scale of result s presentation Results Scale The Results Scale sub list enables the O LM Goo 06 user to change the scale in the available Linear modes of the measurement results There are two options for Scale parameter Linear and Logarithm In the case of the first one the units are linear In the latter case the measurement results are expressed in decibels the results are related to the values set in the Reference Level path lt Menu gt Auxiliary Setup Reference Levels 6 4 Setting the display brightness and power saver Screen
32. Pulse Polarisation selection of the digital output signal In the Polarisation position it is possible to select which polarisation of the signal negative or positive will be valid Active level selection of the digital output signal In the Active Level position it is possible to select which level of the signal should be treated as a valid one negative or positive logic Low or High Alarm duration selection In the Hold Time position it is possible to select the minimum duration of alarm signal 8 3 Checking the powering of the instrument Power Supply The Power Supply enables the user to O LM Goo 27 check the powering of the instrument internal battery condition source and voltage of the external power supply and also set the battery type for checking their condition 71 0O LM oo 09 Digital Out Alarm Pulse High O00Om00 O LM oo 11 Digital Out Trigger Pulse Negative 0O LM Goo 12 Digital Out Alarm Pulse Low 00m0O0 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual The instrument can be powered from four AA rechargeable or standard batteries or from the USB interface when its USB Device socket is connected by means of the cable to a PC The view presented on the display for each powering sources is different The current battery voltage is displayed together with its approximate state in the graphical form Alkaline 8 4 Programming the instrument s internal Real Time Clock
33. TER gt push button on the active Yes option the instrument checks whether the used result and Setup files memory is continuous or not If this memory is continuous the Defragmentation operation is not executed and the special message is displayed The instrument waits for the reaction of the user any push button should be pressed except the lt Shift gt and lt Alt gt one and after pressing a push button it returns to the Defragmentation sub list If there are conditions to execute the Defragmentation operation the current progress of defragmentation is shown on the display After the successful defragmentation the special message is displayed and the instrument waits for the reaction of the user Any push button should be then pressed except the lt Shift gt and lt Alt gt one After pressing a push button the instrument returns to the Defragmentation sub list 62 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 7 2 5 Opening file catalogue Open It is possible to open file or catalogue from the file catalogue list In order to do this one should select the file catalogue and press the lt ENTER gt push button After opening the list of operations one should select with the lt gt lt Y gt push buttons the Open position and press the lt ENTER gt push button again The effect of such operation for the catalogue is the same as opening the catalogue by means of the lt gt gt push button Opening the measurement fil
34. ailable in the case when this position is not active cf the description of the Save In the other case the existing file is overwritten 66 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Controlling the measurement results savings Using the Auto Save one can set the self saving of the measurement results with automatic number increment Number or to switch it off Off This position was also established in order not to waist too much memory of the instruments when the self saving is not necessary The Auto Name position appears after switching on the Auto Save function RES13 path Menu Measurement General Settings is not less than 10 seconds If it is less than 10 seconds the measurement results are not saved without any indication of that fact There is only one exception when the Repetition Cycles path Menu Measurement General Settings is equal to one the Auto Save function is executed disregarding of the value of the integration period A Notice The Auto Save function can be performed only in the case when the Meas Period When the Meas Period is too short for switching on the Auto Save option or the Repetition No is set to one the following message appears on the display When the Auto Save option is active after starting the measurements by pressing the lt Start Stop gt push button the results are saved in the file with the selected name Another measurement is started after next pressing of the
35. ain list contains the headers of six lists which also contain sub lists or positions The main list is opened after pressing the lt Menu gt push button This list contains the following sub lists Function Measurement Display File Instrument and Auxiliary Setup Position selection The desired position in menu list is selecting with the use of lt gt or lt gt push buttons Entering position O LM oo 02 O LM After the selection of the desired position in the menu list the user has to press the lt ENTER gt push button in order to enter it After this operation new sub menu option list parameter list or information window appears on the display 12 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual List of parameters The parameter list contains parameters for which the user may select the value from the certain range Next pressing of the lt ENTER gt push button enables one to access mentioned above sub lists The desired position of a list is accessed after pressing the lt gt or lt 7 gt push button The change of the value in a selected position is performed by the lt lt 4 gt or lt gt gt push buttons or pressed together with the lt Shift gt one If the parameter has numerical value the user may to speed up its selection keep pressing the lt 4 gt or lt gt push buttons or pressed together with the lt Shift gt one longer than 1 second In this case parameter starts to change automat
36. al memory One option is to press lt Save gt push button right after the measurement performance Another option is to create lt New File gt in the File Manager After pressing the lt Save gt push button the Save Results window appears After pressing the lt Save gt push button the Save Results window appears In the Save Results window the user can give the name for the result file or choose the automatic name generation option The Setup files can be stored also by means of lt S P gt push button and creating the lt New File gt in the Setup Manager list The logger wave and event files are created automatically in the assigned directory on the external memory drive 19 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 4 FUNCTIONS OF THE INSTRUMENT Function In order to select the Function list one has O LM 00 02 O LM 01 07 to press the lt Menu gt push button select the Function text and press lt ENTER gt The Function list contains two elements Measurement Function and Calibration lt ENT gt 4 1 Measurement functions of the instrument Measurement Function The main function of the instrument is the measurement of Vibration level Level Meter meeting the ISO 8041 2005 standard The instrument can also be used for the long term vibration monitoring using for this purpose the huge logger in which the measurement results are stored The user may also use 1 1 and 1 3 octave analysis functions These functions broa
37. ally incremented name Notice The direct access to the Save Results window is possible after pressing 58 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 7 2 Managing the files saved in the internal and external memory File Manager The File Manager is used for checking the contents of the memory and make operation on result and logger files such as open delete copy move rename create new files or catalogues and display file and catalogue information In the File Manager window the list of files catalogues and memory devices is presented Files are stored in catalogues which are organised hierarchically Catalogues names are of capital letters and have no extensions By pressing the lt ENTER gt push button the window with the list of available operations is opening for marked highlighted position When SD Card is selected the first two positions lt New Directory gt and lt New File gt can be used to create new elements When Internal memory is selected the only lt New File gt position is available The list of operations on files saved in the Internal memory differs from that one for the SD Card by one position It is not possible to rename the files saved in the Internal memory and thus Rename position in this list is not active When the memory disk is selected after pressing the lt ENTER gt push button the list of operations on disk appears 59 Ci LM 0O LM 00 16 lt ENT gt Castle Ul
38. and press lt ENTER gt Language Enables the user to set language of the user interface Factory Settings Enables the user to return to the default factory settings Instrument Lock Enables the user to lock the menu and to reduce the access to the program functions of the instrument function is under development Instrument Mode Enables the user to define the scope of available instrument functions and adjust accordingly the lists in some menu windows Reference Levels Enables the user to program the user filters User Filters Enables the user to select the Vibration units in which the results of the Vibration Units Enables the user to select the Vibration units in which the results of the measurements are to be given Warnings Enables the user to switch on or off the warnings that can be displayed during the operation of the instrument 9 4 Setting the language of the user interface Language The Language enables one to select the O LM 01 38 O LM 00 34 language of the user interface For activation of the Russian version of the O user interface the special code has to be 5 entered O lt ENT gt 9 5 Return to the factory settings Factory Settings pa lt ENT gt The Factory Settings enables the user to return to the default setup of the instrument The factory setup can be install also by means of lt Shift Enter gt and lt Alt Start gt push buttons pressed together 14 Castle Ultimus
39. ange the relation between the Y axis and X axis of all plots presented on the screen The lt gt lt 7 gt push buttons pressed in conjunction or in sequence with the lt Alt gt enable one in particular to e change the mode of result s presentation e programme the Real Clock RTC and Timer The lt Info gt push button simultaneous pressing the lt 4 gt lt gt push buttons opens the window with the help information in the measurement display modes The Markers enable the user to mark special events which occurred during the performed measurements Event function is active only when Logger is active In order to activate the markers the logger has to be switched on path lt Menu gt Measurement General Settings Logger Mode Logger and one or more logger results PEAK P P MAX RMS VDV in profiles have to be activated path lt Menu gt Measurement Data Logging Logger Results Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual In order to enter the marker the user must press lt Shift gt and lt Alt gt push buttons simultaneously during the measurement Then four available markers appears on the screen To choose marker number 1 the user must press lt gt push button number 2 lt 4 gt number 3 lt gt gt and number 4 lt v gt The markers disappear automatically and chosen marker is activated after pressing lt Shift gt lt Alt gt again active marker number will be highlighted In o
40. ation level and the calibration result is expressed in different units depending AN on the settings of the instrument The metric or non metric Vibration units are set in the Vibration Units path lt Menu gt Auxiliary Setup Vibration Units Additionally the linear or logarithmic units are set in the Display Scale path lt Menu gt Display Display Scale 21 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Notice It is not possible to calibrate the instrument during the execution of the measurements AN It is possible to open different lists and sub lists but the positions in these lists are not displayed inversely and so not accessible The gt icon indicates that the instrument is in the measurement process In order to change the sensitivity the measurement must be finished 4 2 3 Calibration by transducer s sensitivity Calibr By Sensitivity The calibration by the accelerometer s sensitivity introduction can be done in the following way 1 Select this type of the calibration highlight the Calibr By Sensitivity text from the Calibration sub list and press the lt ENTER gt push button 2 Set the sensitivity of the accelerometer taken from its calibration certificate using the lt 4 gt lt gt push buttons or combination of the lt Shift gt and lt gt lt gt gt push buttons AETAT PE The calibration factor is calculated after pressing the lt lt gt lt gt push buttons in the
41. ble to a PC the Computer icon is presented on the top of the display and in the Battery window there is the USB Power 0 00V message Notice In the case when Battery icon is red it is strongly recommended to use as soon as possible the external power adapter or USB interface In the other case the instrument after a while will be switched off automatically The saving of the internal source of the instrument s power can be achieved by means of reducing the brightness of the screen when possible The settings of Brightness and power saver function may be done in the Screen Setup window path lt Menu gt Display Screen 3 3 Initial Setup of the instrument Switching the instrument on O DLM o2 54 To switch the power on the user should press the lt Alt gt and lt Start Stop gt push buttons in parallel The instrument passes the self test after switching on in this time the producer and the name of the instrument is displayed on the display and then it enters the Select Setup window This window enables one to select predefined setup for specific measurements To ignore the selection one should press lt Esc gt push button After selection or skip the predefined setup the unit has to warm up during one minute and then the measurement screen with two results appears Starting measurement O LM 13 38 To start the measurements the user has to press the lt Start Stop gt push button The result of the measurement
42. calculated by multiplying the value set in the Pre by the time period taken from the Logger Step path Menu Measurement Data Logging Logger Setup e all measurement results up to the moment the triggering condition disappears e the results registered directly after the moment the triggering condition disappears time of the registration can be calculated by multiplying the value set in the Post position by the time period taken from the Logger Step position path Menu Measurement Data Logging Logger Setup Pre and post trigger registration O LM G01 20 In the Pre Post line the number of the TE results registered in the loggers file amp L0G23 1 C0m10s before after the fulfilment of the triggering ee condition can be set This number is within the limit 0 20 for Pre trigger and 0 200 for Post trigger Trigger parameters setting The position Trigger Parameters enables to define the parameters of the triggering signal To open this position one should select it and press lt ENTER gt push button The Trigger position enables one to select the trigger type Level Level Slope Slope Gradient and Gradient 0O LM 02 36 Level 1 0s Profile 1 1 RMS 10 0 mfst In each Trig Step of the measurement the triggering condition is checked and 37 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Step In the case of Level is selected the triggering condition is fulfilled only wnen the Source has the
43. celerometers In case of using other transducers the calibration of the measurement channels has to be done Periodic calibration of standard accelerometers is also required In order to select a calibration function the user has to enter the Calibration sub list SENTS The Calibration list consists of six positions Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 6 which are used to perform the calibration of each channel of the unit 4 2 1 Downloading and uploading TEDS data TEDS If accelerometer with new TEDS system is connected before switching the instrument on the TEDS data are downloading automatically TEDS data usually include serial number producer name calibration factor etc The TEDS position enables the user to O LM 00 07 O LM 00 10 Download TEDS Data when the accelerometer is connected during instruments working session It enables also to Upload TEDS Data from the instrument to the accelerometers TEDS memory calibration results performed by user lt ENT gt 4 2 2 Calibration of the instrument channels Channel x lt ENT gt Notice The calibration factor is always added to the results in the Level Meter 1 1 Octave 1 3 Octave FFT and other modes The Channel x sub list consists of three positions Calibr By Sensitivity Calibr By Measurement which are used to perform the calibration and Calibration History used for checking the parameters of the previous calibrations Notice The calibr
44. defined as dB per Logger Step Switching the triggering by means of RTC In the case when the RTC Real Time Clock is selected the triggering starts at the time set up by RTC Start The user has to press lt Start gt push button and the measurement will be triggered on time selected in RTC Start The measurement is repeated with the step selected in Repeat Every position The parameter Repeat Every can have values Measurement Cycle or Period If Period is selected then additional position RTC Period appears 44 0O LM 02 51 Slope External O LM 02 53 Slope RMS 1 4 11 2 mfst O LM 02 58 Gradient 1 10 0 mfst 21dB ms 0O LM 02 44 RTC OOhOOmOOs Measure Period 0O LM 03 01 RTC OOhOOmOO0s RTC Period OOhOOmO1s Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 5 9 Settings whole body measurements with the use of seat accelerometer SEAT The SEAT window enables the user to switch on SEAT measurements and to assign channels for tree axial seat accelerometer Seat channels or accelerometer for base measurements Base channels 5 10 The alarm trigger setting Alarm Trigger The Alarm Trigger position appears only in O LM 00 52 advanced instrument mode path lt Menu gt ar Auxiliary Setup Instrument Mode Advanced Mode The Alarm Trigger position enables the user to program the trigger which generates alarm pulse on the I O socket if Mode parameter o
45. den the main Level Meter functions of the instrument because 1 1 and 1 3 analysis is performed together with all calculations of Level Meter functions In all functions it is possible to perform additionally dose measurements Dose parameters are setting up in HAV WBV Dose window path lt Menu gt Measurement O LM 01 07 O LM 00 05 O Oo Oo lt ENT gt The type of measurement function and the measurement mode is displayed at the upper line of the screen In order to select the required function the user has to enter the Measurement Function list After entering the Measurement Function list the set of the available functions appears on the display Level Meter Currently active function is marked LM Level Meter DLM Dose amp Level Meter 1 1 1 1 Octave D1 1 Dose amp 1 1 Octave 1 3 1 3 Octave D1 3 Dose amp 1 3 Octave Optional functions that broadening the applications of the instrument can be install These options can be supported by the producer or purchased later Notice It is not possible to change the measurement function during the measurements The instrument displays in this case for about 3 seconds the text Measurement in Progress In order to change the mode of the instrument the measurement must be finished 20 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 4 2 Instrument s calibration Calibration The instrument is factory calibrated with the O LM o1 09 O LM 00 07 supplied ac
46. e control the cursor in Spectrum and Logger modes of result s presentation e select the position of the character in the text edition e activate markers 2 and 3 e speed up the changing of the numerical values of the parameters when pressed and hold Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual l lt 4 gt lt gt lt 4 gt lt gt gt lt gt lt v gt lt gt lt 7 gt lt gt lt 7 gt Info Markers The lt 4 gt lt gt push buttons pressed in conjunction or in sequence with the lt Shift gt enable one in particular to e speed up the changing of the numerical values of the parameters i e the step is increased from 1 to 10 in the setting of Start Delay path Menu Measurement General Settings Start Delay e jump to the end or first character of edited text line in the text edition modes The lt 4 gt lt gt push buttons pressed in conjunction or in sequence with the lt Alt gt enable one in particular to e select the parameters value in the multi column list e insert or delete a character in the text edition modes The lt gt lt gt push buttons enable one in particular to e select lines in the list e select the proper character from the list in the text edition mode e activate markers 1 and 4 The lt gt lt 7 gt push buttons pressed in conjunction or in sequence with the lt Shift gt enable one in particular to e ch
47. e means that the measurement results saved in this file will be loaded to the instrument s operation memory 7 2 6 Deleting file catalogue Delete It is possible to delete file or catalogue from the file catalogue list In order to do this one should select the file catalogue and press the lt ENTER gt push button After opening the list of operations one should select the Delete position and press the lt ENTER gt push button again 7 2 7 Copying file catalogue Copy It is possible to copy file or catalogue from the file catalogue list in one memory type to another or from one catalogue of external memory to another catalogue same memory It is not possible to copy logger files to the Internal memory because this type of memory does not accept such files In order to do this operation one should select the file catalogue and press the 63 01 46 01 46 lt ENT gt Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual lt ENTER gt push button After opening the list of operations one should select the Copy position and press the lt ENTER gt push button again The instrument then will propose to choose the target catalogue for copying After selection of the target catalogue the user should press the lt ENTER gt push button The window with two options will appear Copy Here and Rename 7 2 8 Moving file catalogue Move It is possible to move file or catalogue from the file catalogue list in one memory ty
48. elect it and press lt ENTER gt push button 00m10s Profile 4 The Trigger Parameters window and Sie meaning of all positions is identical as for 10 0 m s Logger Trigger case 5 8 Measure triggering parameters selection Measure Trigger The Measure Trigger position appears only in advanced instrument mode path lt Menu gt Auxiliary Setup Instrument Mode Advanced Mode The Measure Trigger sub list enables the user to set the parameters for triggering the measurement The Measure Trigger is a contexts sub list in which the triggering can be O LM 00 38 switched off or on Trigger in the case when on the source of the i Slope triggering signal can be determined Source channel of source signal Channel its level Level and sometimes also the speed of changes RMS 1 Gradient If RTC is selected as trigger type start time RTC Start and 1 repetition of triggering Repeat Every is defined 10 0 m s 42 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Switching the triggering on and off The triggering of the measurements Trigger can be switched off using the lt 4 gt push buttons The triggering is switched on if one of its six modes is selected Slope Slope Level Level Grad or RTC If the instrument works with the triggering switched on the appropriate icon appears on the display In the case when the triggering condition was not fulfilled The triggering condition is checked ever
49. ent the standard 4 pins socket is used described in details in Appendix C The additional multipurpose input output socket called I O is a two pins LEMO socket On this socket in the case when the Analogue Output functionality is selected the signal from the input of the analogue digital converter before the correction is available This signal can be registered using magnetic recorder or observed on the oscilloscope The Digital Input as another functionality serves as the external trigger while the Digital Output is used to generate the trigger pulse or alarm pulse from the instrument Notice Switch the power off before connecting the instrument to any other device e g a printer or a Personal Computer Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 3 SETTING THE INSTRUMENT In order to perform the measurements using the instrument the user has only to plug in the proper transducer and to switch the power on 3 1 Basics of the instrument s control The instrument is controlled by means of nine push buttons of the keyboard Using these push buttons one can access all available functions and change the value of all available parameters The functions are placed in the system of lists and sub lists The instrument s menu consists of different type of windows which may be main menu list sub menu list option list parameter list text editor window information window and file manager window with file command list Main menu The m
50. er the Markers on the plots during the measurement lt Alt gt This push button enables one to choose the third push button function in case of lt Save gt and lt Pause gt push buttons In order to select the third function the user must press the lt Alt gt and the second push button simultaneously Notice The simultaneous pressing of the lt Alt gt and lt Start Stop gt push buttons switches the instrument on and off Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual lt Start Stop gt A lt ENTER gt lt Menu gt lt Save gt lt ESC gt Cal lt S P gt lt 11 gt lt gt This push button enables one to start the measurement process when the instrument is not measuring or to stop it when the instrument is in course of the measurement It is also possible to set such mode of this push button in which in order to start or stop the measurements the user has to press it simultaneously with the lt Shift gt one Notice The change of the lt Start Stop gt push button mode is performed in the Keyboard Settings window of the Instrument list see description of the Instrument list This push button enables one to enter the selected operation mode or to confirm the control options Some additional functions of this push button will be described in the following chapters of this manual This push button pressed together with the lt Shift gt one enables the user to enter the main list containing six sub
51. ered by one of the following sources e Four AA standard internal batteries In the case of alkaline type fully charged set can operate more than 12 h 6 0 V 1 6 Ah Instead of the ordinary four AA rechargeable batteries can be used for charging them the separate charger is required In this case using the best NiMH type the operation time can be increased up to 16 h 4 8 V 2 6 Ah e USB interface 500 mA HUB In the Power Supply window of the Instrument list one can see the information about the power source When the instrument is powered from batteries the Battery icon is presented on the top of the display When voltage of the batteries is too low the icon is flashing or during attempt of switching on the Low Battery message occurs on the display for 2 seconds and the instrument switches off by itself To change the batteries the user has to switch off the instrument take off the black bottom cover of the instrument unscrew battery cover change the batteries and reassemble the parts of the instrument The fully charged battery ensures more than 12 hours of the continuous work of the instrument with the backlight off The battery condition can be checked by means of the Battery function It is also presented continuously on the display by means of the Battery icon 15 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual When there is a connection to the USB interface USB Device socket is connected by means of the ca
52. ew file name The default name for a file is displayed in the case of the first entering to this position after power on The default name consists of the day and the month s abbreviation and cannot exceed 8 characters The user can skip the file s name edition and start saving file pressing the lt ENTER gt push button or return to the File list or measurement display by pressing the lt ESC gt one To start file edition the user has to select O LM the File name position and to press lt 4 gt or lt gt gt push button After that the special window with edition function is opening The edition process is presented on the Figure below Selection of the character s position to O LM be edited One can select the position of the character in the edited text using the lt 4 gt lt gt push buttons For the current position the character can be changed position can be deleted or inserted 57 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Changing the edited character The available ASCII characters can be changed using the lt gt or lt 7 gt push button The subsequent digits letters and other characters appear on the display in the inversely displayed position after each pressing of the mentioned above push buttons Position insertion deletion atO LM oo 46 One can delete or insert the position in the edited text using the lt 4 gt lt gt gt push buttons pressed together with the lt Alt gt one
53. f Multifunction I O window is set to Digital Out The Alarm Trigger window and meaning of all positions is identical as for Logger Trigger case 5 11 Programming the instrument s internal timer Timer The Timer position appears only in O LM 03 05 O LM G01 45 Advanced Mode path lt Menu gt Auxiliary Setup Instrument Mode Off The Timer enables one to programme the internal timer The instrument can be switched on automatically in the programmed time and perform the measurement with settings used before the instrument was switched off 45 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Selecting the mode of the timer function O LM o1 46 O LM o1 47 The timer can be switched off Off Single Regular switched on only once Single or 01 Jan 2011 01 Jan 2011 00h00m 00h00m switched on many times regularly Regular with the period between two consecutive measurements set in the Repeat Time line as 24 hours It means that the unit will be switched on once a day at the same time until one disables timer function If the instrument was switched on by means of Timer then the clock icon appears on the screen Setting day of the instrument s switch O LM o1 51 on Single The Start Day determines the date of the 01 Jan 2011 measurement start The timer can be 00h00m programmed up to one month ahead and during the date setting the current state of the Real Clock is taken into account The required da
54. f the measurement results VECTOR is calculated according to the formulae BE ga 2 9 ra Where k4 k and k are the coefficients and x4 X2 and x3 are RMS results for different channels It is important that the user should choose only coefficients corresponding with the proper channels 32 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 5 5 Setting of the logging functionality Data Logging The Data Logging list enables one to program the logger functions history of results measurements events and wave recording for all six channels The Data Logging list content depends on Instrument Mode selection from menu Auxiliary Setup Simple Mode or Advanced Mode In Advanced Mode appear some additional functions like triggering markers event and wave recording Depending on Logging Mode Logger or Wave set up in the General Settings list the DataLogging window will have different view This is an example of Data Logging window in Simple Mode and Logging Mode Logger Wave recording is enabled only in advanced instrument mode When Wave function is chosen for the Logging Mode the Data Logging list consists of three active positions Logger Setup Wave Channels and Wave Trigger 5 6 The results history logging 0O LM 01 56 When Logger function is chosen for the Logging Mode the Data Logging list enables one to program saving the history of results in the logger file Depending on the Instrument Mode the
55. f the spectrum view The following windows contain the elements that influence the presentation of the results of 1 1 Octave and 1 3 Octave analysis lt ENT gt Display Modes Enables one to switch on the spectrum presentation mode Spectrum Display Setup Enables one to select options for spectrum presentation Spectrum Scale Change the scale of the vertical axis of the graphical presentation switch on or off the grid switch on or off autoscale Spectrum View Choose the type of the spectrum to be presented Multichannel View Select how many channels will be displayed simultaneously Total Values Select parameters for Total Values presentation 10 6 Presentation of 1 1 Octave and 1 3 Octave analysis results The Single Spectrum and 017101 24 Multiple spectrum positions of the Display Modes list are accessible only for 1 1 Octave and 1 3 Octave functions When Single Spectrum mode is switched on the measurement screen in Spectrum visualisation mode is like below 81 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual The user may shift the Y axis during the spectrum presentation after pressing the lt Shift gt and lt gt or the lt Shift gt and lt 7 gt push buttons The user may change the cursor position by means of the lt lt 4 gt lt gt push buttons The frequency and appropriate value are presented in the line below the plot When Multiple spectrum mode is switched 017 101 32 on the measurement screen in Spect
56. g wave recording and event recording Alt icon is displayed when the lt Alt gt push button is pressed clock icon is displayed when timer is On Is active when the instrument is waiting for the measurement start up When the measurement start up is close the icon changes its colour to green and starts to blink battery icon is displayed when the instrument is powered from the batteries Icon corresponds to the batteries state three two one or none vertical bars in side of the icon When the voltage of the batteries is low the icon became red push button is pressed Shift icon is displayed when the lt Shift gt 3 5 Memory organisation All available measurement results as well as measurement and device settings can be stored in the internal FLASH type memory of the instrument 16 MB or in the external Memory SD Card Logger wave and event results can only be saved in the external Memory The SD Card external memory is activated automatically after insertion of the card The SD Card memory is organised as standard memory with directories and sub directories It is possible to create and to delete the directory The content of each memory type can be checked with the help of the File Manager or Setup Manager function of the File menu The File Manager is used for checking the contents of the memory and make operation on result and logger files such as open de
57. ger setup ENTE The Wave Trigger position appears only in advanced instrument mode path lt Menu gt Auxiliary Setup Instrument Mode Advanced Mode The Wave Trigger enables the user to activate and programme the wave recorder trigger lt ENT gt 41 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual The position Enabled switches on off the Wave Trigger In the Rec Limit position it is possible to select the time of signal recording v after triggering If the triggering condition appears then the signal will be Max aos mMm sS recording during the period defined in Rec Time The available values of Rec Limit are Max Length Fixed Len or Off When Off is chosen then the event signal will be recording as long as memory was filled or until the trigger condition was ceased When Max Length is chosen then the signal will be recording during period defined in the Rec Time but can be stopped earlier if trigger condition was ceased When Fixed Len is chosen then the signal will be recording during period defined in the Rec Time even when trigger condition ceased In the Rec Time position it is possible to select the time of event signal oOmes recording after triggering If next triggering condition appears then the signal will be recording additional Rec Time The position Trigger Parameters enables O LM 00 32 to define the parameters of the triggering C FORE signal To open this position one should Max Length 1 05 s
58. greater value than this determined in the Level position and in the other cases the triggering condition is not fulfilled In the case of Level is selected the triggering condition is fulfilled only when the Source has the lower value than this determined in the Level position and in the other cases the triggering condition is not fulfilled In the case of Slope is selected the triggering condition is fulfilled only when the arising value of the Source is passing the level determined by the Level parameter In the case of Slope is selected the triggering condition is fulfilled only when the falling down value of the Source is passing the level determined by the Level parameter In the case of Gradient is selected the triggering condition is fulfilled only when the signal has the greater level than this determined in the Level and the gradient of the signal is greater than this determined in the Gradient position In the other cases the triggering condition is not fulfilled In the case of Gradient is selected the triggering condition is fulfilled only when the signal has the lower level than this determined in the Level and the gradient of the signal is lower than this determined in the Gradient position In the other cases the triggering condition is not fulfilled for checking the triggering O LM 02 41 O LM 02 41 condition The Trig Step position enables one to select integration time for condition evaluation Logger s
59. h on or off the grid in any graphical presentation Displays with the grid switched on and off are presented Switching on off the automatic Y scale adjustment The Autoscale position switch on the automatic adjustment of scale Y This position is under development 10 8 Setting the parameters of the spectrum presentation Spectrum View In the Spectrum View window the user can EAn ARAE EAn ARIE program the view of screen in the METE Single spectrum and Multi spectrum presentation modes and to set spectrum Ea type to view View minimum and Ea maximum spectrum Minimum and Maximum In the position View the user can select the 017 1001 42 different type of spectrum like Averaged TAS aE Instantaneous Max or Min 83 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual In the case when the Averaged or EKAN ARME 0171 Instantaneous spectrum is selected the user can additionally switch on the presentation of Max and or Min spectrum Averaged 10 9 Selection of the channels for presentation Multichannel View i 171 02 51 171 02 23 The Multichannel View window enables o one to select for which channels spectrum will be viewed during multi spectrum display mode and to assign special color for the spectrum curve y x x 10 10 Setting the parameters for total values Total Values The position Total Values enables the user C171 03 22 to program parameters for total values calculation The are
60. he catalogue in which the new file will be created and press the lt ENTER gt push button at the lt New File gt position 7 2 3 Deleting all files from Internal memory Delete All It is possible to delete all result and or setup files from the instrument s memory In order to do this one should select the memory and press the lt ENTER gt push button After opening the list of operations one should select with the lt gt lt gt push buttons the Delete All position and press the lt ENTER gt push button again 61 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual To delete files from the Internal memory O LM G02 15 the user shall mark the desired file type then press the lt ENTER gt push button The m Delete All window with the list of file types will be opened 7 2 4 Merging result and setup files memory Defragmentation The Defragmentation is used to make the Internal memory continuous All new files are saved starting from the beginning of the free memory space The memory occupied by the deleted file assuming that the file was not the last one remains unused for the next files saving After the removing a file the files memory becomes discontinuous with unused parts which cannot be utilized in the future The situation changes after the process called defragmentation During this process the files saved in the files memory are moved in order to obtain the continuous occupied space After pressing the lt EN
61. he filter coefficients for selected user filter FUSR1 FUSR2 and FUSR3 The Clear Vibration Filters position opens the window with warning before deletion the user filter coefficients In case of positive answer all coefficients of selected filter will Settin be zeroed g user filter coefficients for 1 1 Octave and 1 3 Octave analysis The Edit Filter position opens the window O 171 02 00 with table of filter coefficients All positions in this table can be edited The opened window contains the centre frequencies of the filters and their coefficients 85 0 40 Hz 0 50 Hz 0 63 Hz 0 80 Hz 1 00 Hz 2 50kHz available values for 0 4 Hz centre frequency filter 100 0dB 100 0dB available values for 0 5 Hz centre frequency filter 100 0dB 100 0dB available values for 0 63 Hz centre frequency filter 100 0dB 100 0dB available values for 0 8 Hz centre frequency filter 100 0dB 100 0dB available values for 1Hz centre frequency filter 100 0dB 100 0dB available values for 2 50 kHz centre frequency filter 100 0dB 100 0dB Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 11 DOSIMETER FUNCTION Activation of the dose meter function O DLM 03 26 The Dosimeter position activates or deactivates the dose meter function If the Dosimeter function is switched on then all channels will be assigned for whole body WBV or hand arm HAV dose measurement Dosimeter parameters can be setup in the
62. ically until the user releases the pressed buttons The user may change the numerical parameter value with the step usually 10 20 by means of the lt 4 gt or lt gt gt push buttons pressed together with the lt Alt gt one Option list The option list consists of different options from which the only one may be selected The selection of the option is performed next way The user has to highlight the desired option by means of lt gt or lt 7 gt push buttons and then press the lt ENTER gt one This option became active and the list is closing When the user enters this list again the selected option will be marked Matrix of parameters 01 38 When the list of parameters consists of more than one column the user may change column by means of lt 4 gt or lt gt line in the same column by means of lt gt or lt gt value in a selected position by means of lt 4 gt or lt gt with lt Alt gt all values in the same column by means of lt gt or lt 7 gt with lt Shift gt all values in the same line by means of lt 4 gt or lt gt gt with lt Shift gt Complex parameters OsS 171 03 08 Some parameters like Start Hour Start Day etc are complex consists of more that one value field The selection of values for such parameters is performed in a special window which is opened with the lt 4 gt or lt gt push buttons In the special window the value is selected w
63. ile 5 Cursor 6 Cursor position 6 Changing the active fields The result field activation is made by pressing the lt lt gt or lt 7 gt push buttons Changing the field content When Profile or Function position is chosen then the profile number or function name is changed after pressing the lt 4 gt and lt gt push buttons Changing the cursor position The user may change the cursor position by means of the lt 4 gt lt gt push buttons The appropriate value is presented in the line below the plot 52 O LM Goo 07 x00 03 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual When Logger view is switched on there is also combined view of logger plot and the result presentation available 6 2 Setting the result presentation parameters Plot Scale The Plot Scale sub list enables the user O LM oo 37 O LM 00 55 to change the plot scale of results E i near presentation a Setting the scale of the measurement results presentation O LM 00 56 Two options are available Linear and Logarithm In the case of the first Logarithm one the graphical presentation and the units both are linear In the latter 80dB case the graphical presentation is given in the logarithmic scale and the x measurement results are expressed in decibels the result is related to the values set in the Reference Levels path Menu Auxiliary Setup Reference Levels Scaling the vertical axis of the graphical O L
64. ith the use of lt 4 gt lt gt or lt gt lt 7 gt push buttons and then is confirmed by lt ENTER gt 13 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual In all cases the lt ENTER gt push button is used for the confirmation of the selection in a position and for closing the opened sub list The sub list is closed ignoring changes made in a sub list by pressing the lt ESC gt push button Information window Some windows inform the user about the state of the instrument available memory not existing files or loggers standards fulfilled by the unit etc In order to scroll the list the user has to use the lt gt or lt 7 gt push button In order to close such window the user has to press the lt ESC gt push button Text edition window There are also windows in which the user may edit some text i e the name of the file the header for the printed reports from the measurements This window displays help information to guide the user how to edit the text The displayed inversely character may be edited One can select the position of the character in the edited text using the lt 4 gt lt gt push buttons The available ASCII characters can be changed using the lt gt or lt 7 gt push button The subsequent digits underline big letters and space appear on the display in the inversely displayed position after each pressing of the mentioned above push buttons One can insert or delete the posi
65. ithout starting the new measurement process If Save option is chosen then the measurement results are saved The vector settings warning 00 03 When the Vector Settings position is set to be active the special warning can be displayed if Mode parameter selected in the Vector 1 3 or Vector 4 6 windows are not conformed to the standard T Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Confirmation of the instrument switch off If this parameter is switch on then the instrument will send the message in case when the user is switching it off When the Power Off position is set to be active the special warning appears after pressing the lt On Off gt push button to switch off the instrument 78 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 10 1 1 AND 1 3 OCTAVE ANALYSER The instrument operates as 1 1 Octave or 1 3 Octave analyser in a very similar way to the Level Meter mode and in addition 1 1 octave or 1 3 octave analysis is performed in parallel with the Level Meter operations All 1 1 octave with the centre frequencies from 2 kHz down to 0 5 Hz in base two system and 1 3 octave with the centre frequencies from 2 50 KHz down to 0 40 Hz in base two system digital pass band filters work in the real time with the HP weighting filter type 1 according to the IEC 61672 1 standard the filter characteristics are given in Appendix D and the linear RMS detector The results of 1 1 Octave and 1 3 Octave EA analysis also called spectrum a
66. le number or function name is changed after pressing the lt gt or lt gt push buttons in conjunction with the lt Alt gt one Presentation mode for three results The three profiles measurement _ result s presentation mode 3 Profiles shows simultaneously results for three profiles 00 01 00 03 1 Line for first result 2 Line for second result 3 Line for third result 4 Function name RMS VDV CRF OVL TIME PEAK P P and MTVV 5 File name when Auto Save function is active path lt Menu gt File Save Options 6 The value of measured function and units of measured value 7 Elapsed time shows the current second of the measurement The value presented there belongs to the range 1 Integration Period Changing the active fields The change between positions is made by pressing the lt lt gt or lt 7 gt push buttons lt vo 51 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Changing the field content O LM Goo o5 x00 03 When Profile or Function position is chosen then the profile number or function name is changed after pressing the lt 4 gt and lt gt push buttons Presentation mode for logger view The history of results saved in the logger can be presented in the special Logger mode The Logger mode can be activated or deactivated in the Display Modes window 1 Logger plot Result value for the cursor position Name of the logged result 2 3 4 Name of the logger f
67. lete copy move rename create new files or catalogues and display file and catalogue information 18 O LM doo 51 0O LM oo 54 lt ENT gt Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual ___ gt SS O O Memory selection O LM To change the memory type one should press the lt gt push button in the File Manager window select the memory type by means of the lt gt lt gt push buttons and press the lt gt one The file are saved in the Memory and in the catalogue which was set up as a working The working Memory type is displayed as the icon in the left position of the icon line O Internal memory icon is displayed when internal memory is assigned for file saving SD Card icon is displayed when external SD card memory is assigned for file saving Micro SD card is connected The working directory is described in the bottom line of the File Manager window To change the working directory and or working memory one should select the Memory type and in case of SD Card the desired directory and press the lt ENTER gt push button After the new window is opening one should select the Set Working Directory position and press the lt ENTER gt push button again The icon on the upper line and the directory path on the bottom line will be changed accordingly Same algorithm is applied for directory changing for SD Card memory There are two options for storing result data in the internal or extern
68. lt 7 gt push buttons Changing the field content When Profile or Function position is chosen then the profile number or function name is changed after pressing the lt 4 gt and lt gt push buttons Changing the presentation mode lt vo The presentation mode is changed after pressing the lt lt gt or lt 7 gt push buttons pressed together with the lt Alt gt one When Auto Save function is active the file name is indicated on the upper screen field Presentation mode for all channels The six channels measurement _ result s presentation mode 6 Channels shows simultaneously results for six channels If not All channels are enabled in Channel Activation window path lt Menu gt Measurement Channels Setup the 6 Channels mode is not active 1 Result line for Channel 1 2 Result line for Channel 2 3 Result line for Channel 6 A Function name RMS VDV CRF OVL TIME PEAK P P and MTVV 5 The value of measured function and units of measured value 00 21 x00 01 6 Elapsed time shows the current second of the measurement in the range 1 Meas Period 50 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Changing the active fields O LM oo 21 O LM oo 21 x00 05 x00 05 The change between position is made by pressing the lt gt lt Y gt or lt 4 gt lt gt gt push buttons Changing the field content When Channel or Function position is chosen then the profi
69. lt Start Stop gt push button The measurement is stopped after the selected Measa Cycle Time path Menu Measurement General Settings The name numbers of the next saved files are automatically incremented by one The same remarks are valid in this case as it was already stated in the description of the Save Next function Edition the name of the Auto Save file The Auto Name enables one to edit the name of the Auto Save file To edit the file name the user has to press the lt gt gt push button The text edition window is opening RES13 Direct access to the Save function The Direct Save enables one to select the instrument s reaction on the simultaneous pressing of the lt ENTER gt and lt Alt gt push buttons If this option is not active after pressing these push buttons the Save window is accessed if the measurements are not performed If the option is active RES13 after pressing the lt ENTER gt and lt Alt gt push buttons the results are saved in the file with the automatically incremented name Press the lt ENTER gt and lt Alt gt push buttons during the execution of the measurements causes disregarding the option set in the Direct Save that the message Measurement in Progress is displayed 67 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 7 5 Options for setup files Setup Options The Setup Options sub list is used for the selection of the options for storing setup files The Save User Filters
70. n Below the table with the description of icons is presented Wave file New file or catalogue 60 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 7 2 1 Setting the directory for saving files Set Working Directory It is possible to assign the catalogue for automatic saving logger files and result files In order to do this one should choose the required catalogue and press the lt ENTER gt push button After opening the list of operations one should press the lt ENTER gt push button and Set Working Directory operation will be performed The new catalogue name will appear at the bottom line of the display Starting from this moment all files will be saved in this catalogue 7 2 2 Creating new catalogue and new file It is possible to create new catalogue in the m a file system on SD Card In order to do this one should enter the catalogue in which the new one will be created and press the lt ENTER gt push button at the 01JAN11 lt New Directory gt position The proposition of new catalogue name will appear at the bottom line of the display If there already exists a directory with such name the warning message will appear In other case this operation will be performed There is another than pressing the lt Save gt 0 LM push button way of saving results as a file in the internal or external memory This can be done in the File Manager window by creating new file in the file system In order 02 JANO to this one should enter t
71. nalysis can be examined by the user on a display in the Spectrum presentation mode The availability of this mode can be switched on or off by the user path lt Menu gt Display Display Modes 45 F 0 40Hz 1 1 Octave and 1 3 Octave spectrum for all centre frequencies of pass band filters together with three Total Values measured with selected by the user weighting filters are presented in the switched on Spectrum mode 10 1 Selection of 1 1 Octave or 1 3 Octave analysis mode In order to select the 1 1 Octave or O LM oo 07 O LM oo 33 1 3 Octave analysis mode the user has to enter the Function list by pressing the lt Menu gt push button then select the Function text and press the lt ENTER gt one O lt ENT gt The instrument displays in this case for about 2 seconds the text Measurement in Progress In order to change the current measurement function the instrument must be stopped A Notice It is not possible to change the current function during the measurements 10 2 Setting the parameters of 1 1 Octave and 1 3 Octave analysis The execution of 1 1 Octave or 1 3 Octave analysis depends on settings of the General Settings list Measure Period and Repetition No Other parameters are setting up by default weighing filter HP frequency range from 0 5 Hz up to 2 kHz for 1 1 octave analysis and from 0 40 Hz up to 2 50 kHz for 1 3 octave analysis and measurement range 126 m s In every 1
72. nch Germany or edit User limits for dose calculations View or edition of the limits for dose calculation The View Standard Limits position opens the window with the coefficients for the selected standard When the User is selected in the Standard O DLM 00 28 position then the Edit User Limits position PAT appears on the screen where the user can WBY set up its own coefficients 08h00 User 29 O DLM 00 26 HAV WBY 08h00 User O DLM 00 27 O DLM Goo 29 0 00 5 00 0 50 mist 1 15 mist Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 5 3 Setting parameters in a channels Channels Setup The Channel x position enables the user to assign the axis of three axial O LM 02 03 accelerometer for the specific channels switch on or off channels or second profiles and to program the channels parameters as transducer type Type and weighting filter Filter The measurement range cannot be changed and is displayed only for information purpose The Channels Setup list is opened from the Measurement list Notice The change of the profile parameters is not possible when the measurement is performed The user has to finish the current measurement Activation of channels O LM 22 48 The first two positions enable one to switch on or off some channels and the All second profile from the calculation process E In the Enabled Channels the user may select All 1 3 or 4 6 channels to be active during measurement Other
73. nd User Depending of settings in the position Standard it is possible to view U K Italy Poland French Germany or edit User limits for dose calculation View or edition of the limits for dose calculation The View Standard Limits position opens the window with the coefficients for the selected standard When the User is selected in the Standard position then the Edit User Limits position appears on the screen where the user can set up its own coefficients 11 2 Setting parameters for channels Channel x The Channel x positions enable one to set up or display parameters for the O DLM 02 01 individual channel like input type and filters for profiles Building Direet lf Dosimeter is active the first profile filter is set by default and it cannot be changed When second profile is switched off the filter for second profile doesn t appear as parameter in the list When Dosimeter function is active the filters for first profiles are predefined and depend on type of dosimeter measurements for the channels WBV or HAV lf WBV measurements are performed in channels 1 3 or 4 6 the filters defined for channels are as follows Channel 1 or 4 Wd Channel 2 or 5 Wd Channel 3 or 6 Wk lf HAV measurements are performed in channels 1 3 or 4 6 the filters defined for channels are as follows Channel 1 or 4 Wh Channel 2 or 5 Wh Channel 3 or 6 Wh 87 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual If second p
74. ng all mentioned above interfaces The instrument is powered from four AA standard or rechargeable batteries i e NiMH separate charger is required The powering of the instrument from the USB interface is also provided Robust and lightweight design accomplishes the exceptional features of this new generation instrument 1 1 Castle Ultimus main features e Human Vibration measurements meeting ISO 8041 2005 e ISO 2631 1 2 amp 5 including VDV and MTVV and ISO 5349 e Six channels for acceleration IEPE type and two channels for force measurements e Whole Body measurements Low cost seat accelerometer SV 38V e Hand Arm measurements Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 1 2 1 3 SV 50 tri axial accelerometer with set of adapters SA 55 adapter with tri axial mechanical filter SV 105 integrated tri axial accelerometer adapter including grip force sensor Time domain signal recording meeting ISO 2631 5 1 1 octave and 1 3 octave spectrum parallel calculations Advanced data logger including spectral analysis Micro SD flash card for mass data storage USB 1 1 Client interface Integration time programmable up to 24 h PC software for easy instrument setup and data download Easy to use with a user friendly interface and colour display Pocket size 140 x 83 x 33 millimetres Weight only 390 grams including batteries Accessories included The Ultimus is supplied with the following GA2007 Ultimus Instrument with
75. nings of the icons are as follows play icon is displayed when the instrument is the measurement is started and executed the measurement plug icon is displayed when the instrument is powered from the external source stop icon is displayed when the measurement is stopped Internal memory icon is displayed when internal memory is assigned for file saving pause icon is displayed when the measurement is paused SD Card icon is displayed when external SD card memory is assigned for file saving Micro SD card is connected Zee E computer icon is displayed when there is the USB connection with the PC Trigger Level icon is displayed when the trigger condition is set up to Level The icon appears alternately with the play icon C astle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual curve icon is presented when the current measurement results are logged in the instrument s logger file Trigger Level icon is displayed when the trigger condition is set up to Level arrow up icon is displayed when overload appears Trigger Slope icon is displayed when the trigger condition is set up to Slopet arrow down icon is displayed when under range appears Trigger Slope icon is displayed when the trigger condition is set up to Slope tone icon is displayed durin
76. nstrument s functions Instrument Mode 15 9 7 Reference signal in vibration measurements Reference Levels 76 9 8 User filter setting User Filters 76 9 9 Selection of the Vibration units Vibration Units Tf 9 10 Warnings selection Warnings 7 10 1 1 AND 1 3 OCTAVE ANALYSER 79 10 1 Selection of 1 1 Octave or 1 3 Octave analysis mode 79 10 2 Setting the parameters of 1 1 Octave and 1 3 Octave analysis 19 10 3 Activation of saving of 1 1 Octave and 1 3 Octave analysis results in the logger s file Logger Results 80 10 4 Selection of the 1 1 Octave and 1 3 Octave bandpass results as triggering source 80 10 5 Display options in 1 1 Octave and 1 3 Octave analysis mode 81 10 6 Presentation of 1 1 Octave and 1 3 Octave analysis results 81 10 7 Setting the scale of the spectrum results presentation Spectrum Scale 82 10 8 Setting the parameters of the spectrum presentation Spectrum View 83 10 9 Selection of the channels for presentation Multichannel View 84 10 10 Setting the parameters for total values Total Values 84 10 11 Setting user filter coefficients for 1 1 Octave and 1 3 Octave analysis User Filters 85 11 DOSIMETER FUNCTION 86 11 1 Setting the parameters for dose measurements HAV WBV Dosimeter 86 11 2 Setting parameters for channels Channel x 87 11 3 Dosimeter presentation mode 88 11 4 Calculation of hand arm and whole body daily results Calculator 88 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual
77. options of the setup savings 56 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 7 1 Saving files in the instrument s memory or external memory There are two options for storing result data in the internal or external memory One option is to press lt Save gt push button right after the measurement performance Another option is to create lt New File gt in the File Manager After pressing the lt Save gt push button the Save Results window appears There are two available options for saving files with the edited name or with the name automatically changed with the name increased by one These options can be selected in the position Auto Name If Auto Name is switched off Off the name of the saved file is like in the position File Name This file name can be edited in the special window which is opening by means of lt gt gt push button When the Auto Name function is set on Number then a file is saved with the name as displayed above but after the last non numeric letter of the text there will be added digit O If there already exists any chain of digits on the end of the file text the number that these digits create will be increased by one The number can be changed from O0 to N The only limitation of the N value is the length of the file name which cannot be longer than eight characters In the case when such limitation is achieved and the instrument cannot change automatically the file s name the only possibility is to edit n
78. order to review all calibration record the user has to use the lt gt lt 7 gt push buttons The opened window contains the date and time of the performed calibration measurement the way the calibration was done Calibr By Measurement or Calibr By Sensitivity and the obtained calibration factor Calibration Factor In the case when the calibration measurements were not performed the Calibration History window does not contain any record The content of this window is cleared after the Clear Calibr History operation 4 2 6 Clear calibration records Clear Calibr History The user can clear all calibrations records In order to do this the user has O LM to choose the position Clear Calibr History in the Calibration sub list and press lt ENTER gt The instrument requests the confirmation of the operation The next pressing of the lt ENTER gt push button when the No option is selected causes the closing of the window and the return to the Calibration sub list After Clear Calibr History operation the Calibration History window does not contain any record 24 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 5 MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS SETTING Measurement The Measurement list contains the elements which enable one to programme the measurement parameters for all channels and profiles The Measurement list appears after pressing the lt Menu gt push button selecting the Measurement text and pressing lt ENTER gt The
79. osition is changed by means of lt 4 gt lt gt gt and lt gt lt 7 gt push buttons Example display of Logger with two O LM 01 52 selected results Selection vectors for logging The Vector list enables the user to activate the vectors VEC13 and VEC46 which will be recorded to the logger file activate plot and select its color 36 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 5 6 3 Logger trigger parameters setup Logger Trigger The Logger Trigger position appears only O LM 00 58 in advanced instrument mode path lt Menu gt Auxiliary Setup Instrument Mode Advanced Mode The Logger Trigger parameters influence the way the measurement results are saved in the logger The Logger Trigger switches on the result logging The logger triggering of the measurements Enabled can be switched on with the lt gt gt push button In this sub list the triggering of logger can be switched off or on Enabled O CO0m0OOs the parameters of the triggering signal determined Trigger Parameters 0 Om00s 1 the number of the results saved in the logger before the fulfilment of the triggering condition Pre and the number of the results saved in the logger after the fulfilment of the triggering condition Post be select If the triggering condition is fulfilled the logger contains e the measurement results registered directly before the fulfilment of the triggering condition time of the registration can be
80. p the instrument and the preset Start Delay time the measurements are performed for a period of ten seconds Then the results are saved in the file which name was given or accepted the proper information is displayed and finely the instrument is switched off 47 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 6 DATA AVAILABLE ON THE DISPLAY Display O LM oo 05 The Display list contains the elements that O LM 00 02 enable one the independent programming of the display parameters In order to open the Display list the user has to press the lt Menu gt push button select the Function text and press lt ENTER gt lt ENT gt The Display list is used for setting the various parameters which are mainly dedicated for the control of the display The list consists of Display Modes enables one to select the mode of the measurement results presentation Plot Scale enables one to change the plot scale of results presentation Results Scale enables one to change the scale of result s presentation Screen enables one to set the brightness and the switch on off the screen saver of the instrument s display 6 1 Selection of the modes of measurement results presentation Display Modes The Display Modes list enables one to switch on or off the currently available modes of displaying the results of measurement The mode of the results presentation is related with the selection of the instrument s function LM 1 1 Octave 1 3 Octa
81. pe to another or from one catalogue of external memory to another catalogue same memory It is not possible to move logger files to the Internal memory since this type of memory do not accept such files In order to do this operation one should select the file catalogue and press the lt ENTER gt push button After opening the list of operations one should select the Move position and press the lt ENTER gt push button again The instrument then will propose to choose the target catalogue for copying After selection of the target catalogue the user should press the lt ENTER gt push button The window with two options will appear Move Here and Rename 7 2 9 Renaming file catalogue Rename It is possible to rename file or catalogue In O LM 01 20 order to do this one should select the file catalogue and press the lt ENTER gt push button After opening the list of operations one should select the Move ERT CLE position and press the lt ENTER gt push button again The window with text editor function will appear 7 2 10 Information about file catalogue Info It is possible to get information about file or O LM G03 05 catalogue In order to do this one should select the file catalogue and press the lt ENTER gt push button After opening the list of operations one should select the Info position and press the lt ENTER gt push button again The instrument then will display the information about selected file catalogue
82. peed of the triggering signal changes Gradient can be set from 1 dB Profile 41 to 100 dB range Speed is defined as dB per Logger Step 1 RMS 10 0 ms 10 dB 5 6 4 Event recording setup Event Recording The Event Recording position appears only in Advanced Mode path lt Menu gt Auxiliary Setup Instrument Mode and became active after Event Recording parameter in the General Settings list was switched on Logger The Event Recording enables the user to activate and to set the parameters of event signal recording in the same logger file as for results history The Sampling Rate position displays the sampling frequency of event recording 6000 Hz When Trigger position is selected then O LM oo 04 event recording will start by trigger osc Trigger condition is set up in the window 1 0s opened by position Trigger Parameters dali This position appears in the list after RMS activation the Trigger 10 0 m s When Trigger On Marker position is selected then event recording will start by the marker initiated by the user Markers for triggering are defined in the Markers Setup window When Trigger and Trigger On Marker event recording are chosen then event recording will start when one of these triggering conditions are Max Length fulfilled 00m10s When Trigger or Trigger On Marker event recording is chosen then additional positions appears These positions enable one to programme additional parameters for the
83. posure Time The Exp Time Exposure Time defines the period during that the measurement results are extrapolated The required value can be set in the special window which is opened by means of the lt 4 gt lt gt push buttons pressed together with the lt Alt gt one The Exposure Time can be set from 00h00m to 24h00m The user can set the Exposure Time for each file separately Selection of dose results Dose results calculated with the use of channels 1 2 3 or 4 5 6 can be assigned for calculation of Dose 1 or Dose 2 results Dose 1 or Dose 2 results will be calculated for HA and WB measurements based on set of appropriate selections files Hand Arm daily dose results The HA Daily Results is used to display daily HA dose calculations for all selected files Whole Body daily dose results The HA Daily Results is used to display daily WB dose calculations for all selected files 90 O DLM Goo 35 O DLM O00 36 O DLM G00 36 OLJAN 01JANO 07 100 01JAN2 Empty O DLM o0 38 O DLM 00 38 O DLM 00 38 lt gt gt O DLM 00 39 O DLM o0 39 lt ENT gt Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual _ gt SS O O Hand Arm partial results O DLM 00 40 O DLM Goo 41 The HA Partial Results is used to display daily HA dose results for all selected files Whole body partial results O DLM 00 42 The WB Partial Results is used to display daily WB dose results for all selected files When Simple
84. rder to switch off the marker the user has to pressing lt Shift gt lt Alt gt and press the arrow push button which refers to the marker to be switched off The current state of the markers is indicated in the logger s file cf App B for details and can be used to show them using dedicated presentation software The exemplary presentation of the markers on the time history plot is shown below to view a plot with markers the user has to transfer data to the proper software lt Shift gt lt Alt gt S FFT 02 18 x00 01 80 70 60 50 40 EET 30 EEE e Leq a Marker 1 Marker 2 a Marker 3 a Marker 4 20 13 30 00 13 30 09 13 30 17 13 30 26 13 30 35 13 30 43 13 30 52 10 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 2 2 Input and output sockets of the instrument Top cover of the instrument The measurement inputs are placed on the top cover of the instrument two 5 pins Lemo compatible sockets type ENB 0B 304 for Channels 1 3 and Channels 4 6 all with IEPE power supply for the accelerometers Bottom cover of the instrument In the bottom cover there are two sockets placed from the right to the left as follows USB Device 1 1 interface and multipurpose input output socket I O The USB Device 1 1 interface is the serial interface working with 12 MHz clock Thanks to its speed it is widely used in all PC In the instrum
85. reduced to nine 2 1 Control push buttons on the front panel On the front panel of the instrument there are located the following control push buttons e lt ENTER gt lt Menu gt lt Save gt e lt ESC gt lt Cal gt lt S P gt e lt Shift gt Markers e lt Alt gt Markers e lt A gt 4 e So MARKERS e lt P gt lt v gt j A ON OFF e lt Start Stop gt _ Casjle E Q The name given in brackets denotes the second push button function which is available after pressing it in conjunction or in sequence with the lt Shift gt push button For the first two push buttons the name given in square brackets denotes also the third push button function which is available after pressing it in conjunction or in sequence with the lt Alt gt push button lt Shift gt The second function of a push button written in red colour on a push button can be used when the lt Shift gt push button is pressed This push button can be used in two different ways e as Shift in the keyboard e g while typing the filename both lt Shift gt and the second push button must be pressed in parallel e as 2nd Fun this push button can be pressed and released before pressing the second one or pressed in parallel while operating in 2nd Fun mode see the following notice with the second push button The lt Shift gt push button pressed in conjunction with the lt Alt gt one enables the user to ent
86. registered only when the result value Source has the greater level than this determined in the Level position and the gradient of the signal is greater than this determined in the Gradient position In the other case the measurement 1 result is skipped The only one sources of the triggering signal is available 10 0 m s RMS 1 10dB ms Gradient Checking the triggering condition The triggering condition is checked every 5 millisecond The position Trig Step informs this 43 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Selection of the triggering signal O LM 02 48 The user can select several sources of the Slope vectors VEC13 and VEC46 RMS of the first profile RMS 1 and external signal of the I O socket External VEC13 10 0 ms Setting the channel of the triggering signal The Channel parameter denotes the channel of the triggering signal Setting the level of the triggering signal The Level position enables one to select the value of threshold for triggering condition The level of the triggering source can be set in a range from 60 dB to 200 dB or from 1 00 mm s to 10 0 km s depending on what scale type was selected in the Scale position path lt Menu gt Display Results Scale Setting the speed of the triggering signal changes This position appears when the Gradient or Gradient trigger is chosen The speed of the triggering signal changes Gradient can be set from 1 dB to 100 dB range Speed is
87. results integration period integration period from N 2 T from N 1 T to N 1 T s to NT op ae Ool YO s a A LOGGER STEP Relations between Measurement Cycle Integration Period and Logger Step 5 6 2 Results selection Logger Results The Logger Results list enables the user O LM 0O LM to activate the results for all channels and profiles Channel x Profile x and for vectors Vector for recording their history in the logger file The view of the Logger Results list O LM depends on the settings of the Enabled Channels and Enabled 2nd profiles parameters path lt Menu gt Measurement Channels Setup 35 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual In Advanced Mode it is possible to define O LM logger results for each channel and profile individually Selection results for channels and profiles 03 04 Depending on Instrument Mode and Enable 2nd profiles parameter the user may activate the results for channels and profiles PEAK P P MAX RMS and VDV which will be recorded to the logger file column Log activate plot column Plot and select its colour column Color in the windows with names Channels x y Channels x y Profile z Channel x Channel x Profile y The VDV history will not be recorded if Wh filer is chosen in this profile 01 45 Activation deactivation can be done by means of the lt 4 gt lt gt push buttons pressed together with the lt Shift gt one The p
88. rofile is active during Dosimeter measurements the filter can be HP or one of from BL Wd BL Wk or BL Wh depending on what filter was predefined for the first profile of the chosen channel according to the rule described above 11 3 Dosimeter presentation mode The dosimeter presentation mode is always active when Dosimeter is switched on Fields description of the dosimeter view 1 Channels used for dose calculation 2 Function name Daily Exposure AEQ MAX RMS EAV Total Time EAV Time Left ELV Total Time ELV Time Left 3 Second field for dose results measurement 4 Elapsed time shows the current second of the measurement The value presented there belongs to the range 1 Meas Period 5 The value of measured function 6 The value of measured function in the second field 11 4 Calculation of hand arm and whole body daily results Calculator The Calculator position is used to calculate O DLM oo 03 O DLM 00 30 the various parameters which are dedicated to the dosimeter measurements This position opens menu Vibr Dose Calculator which based on selected files with partial results Selected Files calculates HA and WB daily results lt ENT gt The Selected Files position is used to load O DLM Foo 30 data from the files with dosimeter results It is possible to select up to 10 files The files are marked and loaded after pressing the lt ENTER gt push button The name of this file appear
89. rs can be setup in the HAV WBV Dosimeter window opened from the Measurement list If the Dosimeter function is switched on then the HAV WBV Dosimeter position in the Measurement list will became active and DLM D1 1 or D1 3 function abbreviations appear in the upper line Setting the Logger mode The Logger Mode position enables one to deactivate the logger function Off or to activate this function by choosing the logger mode Logger or Wave Wave option doesn t appear in the Simple Mode path lt Menu gt Auxiliary Setup Instrument Mode In case the Logger is selected the history of results will be saved in the logger file In case the Wave is selected the wave signals for the channels selected in the window Wave Channels will be recorded in the logger file The file name is defining in the Logger Setup window and for history results will have predefined name amp LOG and for wave recording amp REC Depending on what parameter of Logger Mode was chosen some positions in the Measurement and Data Logging lists are not active 27 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual O DLM 03 31 lt ENTER gt lt ENTER gt O DLM 03 30 CO DLM 03 31 1s 1s lt ENTER gt lt ENTER gt Activation of the event recording 0 DLM Go3 35 function The Event Recording position enables one to activate the event recording function This position doesnt appear in the Simple Mode path lt Menu gt Auxiliary Setup In
90. rum visualisation mode is like below 10 7 Setting the scale of the spectrum results presentation Spectrum Scale The Spectrum Scale sub list enables the Oi7i17 05 01 101 36 user to change the scale in the available BUTT modes of graphical presentation of the 80dB measurement results and switch on off the lv grid Setting the scale of the measurement 01 results presentation Two options are available for the Scale position Linear and Logarithm In the case of the first one the graphical presentation and the units both are linear In the latter case the graphical presentation is given in the logarithmic scale and the measurement results are expressed in decibels the result is related to the values set in the Reference Level path lt Menu gt Auxiliary Setup Reference Levels 82 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Scaling the vertical axis of the graphical mode presentation The Dynamic position enables the user to select the proper scaling of the graphical mode presentation In the case of the vertical axis one can obtain the double four times and eight times expansion as the default the vertical axis corresponds to 80 dB after expansion it corresponds to 40 dB 20 dB and 10 dB respectively Displays with the 1 1 Octave results presented with different Dynamic parameter 80 and 40 dB are presented Switching on off the grid in the graphical mode presentation The Grid enables the user to switc
91. s in a list as it is presented below 88 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual The message Invalid File Content is 00 32 displayed when the selected file does not include dosimeter data The instrument waits for the reaction of the user until pressing any push button except the lt Shift gt and lt Alt gt After that it returns to the Selected Files list In the Selected Files window one can change the content of the table Change the file 01 JAN 08h00 01JANO 08h00 After pressing lt 41 gt lt gt push buttons MAC RGNE O8hoo together with the lt Alt gt one the Result File M214 list is opening This allows one to perform some operation with the file lt Al gt gt Select Different File 00 33 To select different file one should press lt ENTER gt push button on this position select new file and press lt ENTER gt again lt ENT gt Remove File Clear All Files To remove file all files one should press lt ENTER gt push button on this position Selected file all files from the table will be deleted Add Additional Files O DLM Goo 34 To add additional files one should press lt ENTER gt push button on this position select new files and press lt ENTER gt again lt ENT gt 89 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Replace All Files To replace all files one should press lt ENTER gt push button on this position select new files and press lt ENTER gt again Ex
92. strument Mode If the Event Recording function is switched off then the Event Recording position in the Data Logging list will be not active 5 2 Setting the parameters for dose measurements HAV WBV Dosimeter The HAV WBV Dosimeter list is opening from the Measurement menu O DLM 00 11 This list enables one to set up the parameters for dose measurements like exposition period type of measurement whole body or hand arm performed in channels 1 3 and 4 6 limits used for some standards U K Italy Poland France and Germany as well as limits defined by the user User 28 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Setting the measurement type for channels 1 3 and 4 6 Positions 1 3 Dosimeter and 4 6 Dosimeter enable the user to set the desired type of the measurement performed with the use of channels 1 2 3 and 4 5 6 hand arm HAV or whole body WBV vibration Setting the exposure time The Exposure Time enables the user to set the desired value of the exposure time that is used for the calculation HAV WBV Dose results The Exposure Time values are within the range 00h01 24h00 Setting the standard for dose measurements The Standard position enables the user to set the standards for the measurements of the HAV WBV Dosimeter The available values of this position are U K Italy Poland France Germany and User Depending of settings in the position Standard it is possible to view U K Italy Poland Fre
93. strument is working as remote controlled If Remote Control function is Disabled then the instrument waits for the user reaction This mode is used in normal mode 72 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 8 6 Transducer s compensation activation Transducers The Transducers position enables the user O LM oo 20 to activate or deactivate the transducer s az noise compensation 8 7 Checking the specification of the instrument Unit Label The Unit Label enables the user to check O LM Goo 31 O LM o1 03 the type of the instrument its serial number the current software versions installed in it and the standards which the instrument fulfils The displayed text is scrolled on the display after pressing the lt gt lt 7 gt push buttons lt ENT gt Notice The contents of the Unit Label should be always given to Castle Group s service department if any problems are faced by the user during the instrument s operation 73 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 9 AUXILIARY SETTINGS Auxiliary Setup _ lt ENT gt In the Auxiliary Setup list the following items are available The Auxiliary Setup list contains positions directly related with measurements and not related with the hardware components of the instrument In order to open the Auxiliary Setup list the user has to In order to open the Auxiliary Setup list the user has to press the lt Menu gt push button select the Function position
94. t mode path lt Menu gt Auxiliary Setup Instrument Mode Advanced Mode The Marker Setup enables the user to assign the name for each marker and define markers for event recording 40 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 5 7 Wave recording All positions connected with wave recording m LM in Data Logging list appear only in advanced instrument mode path lt Menu gt Auxiliary Setup Instrument Mode Advanced Mode When Wave function is chosen for the Logging Mode the Data Logging list consists of three active positions Logger Setup Wave Channels and Wave Trigger Setting up the Wave recorder function The Logger Setup list enables the user to edit the name of the logger file history of results measurements or wave records and to set other general parameters The Wave Rec position is not active It only informs about the used type of wave recording Continuous The user may define the format of the wave file header Format Format of the wave file header may be PCM or Extensible The Sampling Rate position is not active It only informs about the used sampling rate 6000Hz Selecting the channels for Wave O LM recording The Wave Channels position appears only in advanced instrument mode path lt Menu gt Auxiliary Setup Instrument Mode Advanced Mode The Channel x positions enable the user to select the channels which signal will be recorded 05 04 El Wave recorder trig
95. te can be selected in the special window which is opened by means of the lt 4 gt lt gt push buttons Setting time of the instrument s switch O LM o1 54 on Single The Start Time determines hour of the 08 Jan 2011 measurement start The required hour can 00h00m be selected in the special window which is opened by means of the lt 4 gt lt gt gt push buttons 5 11 1 Description of the exemplary timer function execution The Timer function is used to programme the instrument s switch on at the given time and perform the measurements with the parameters set in the Single Measurement sub list Let us assume that the user wants to switch on the 01 Jan instrument the 1 of January at 20 30 measure vibration during 20 30 10 seconds without using logger and save the results in a file R1 In order to do this the user has to set the parameters of the Timer function path Menu Setup Timer the measurement parameters path Menu Measurement General Settings activate the Auto Save function path Menu File Save Options named the file the File Name window is opened after switching on the Auto Save function and finely switched off the instrument 46 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual The instrument will be switched on the 1 of January at 20 30 and will be warmed up for the period of 60 seconds decrementing by one after each second the counter visible on the display After warming u
96. tep 100ms _ 1 0s Meas Time and Meas Period Source for triggering condition and channel of triggering signal The Source position enables one to select the type of source for triggering condition calculation Vector or Profile 1 The Channel position enables one to select the channel of triggering source Depending on value of the Source parameter the value of Channel will be different Level Logger step Profile 1 1 RMS 10 0 m s CO LM O2 43 Level Logger step Vector 1 3 140 0dB Function for triggering condition definition and threshold Level 100ms Profile 1 1 RMS 10 0 m s 0O LM 02 43 Level Logger step Profile 1 1 RMS 10 0 m s O LM 02 49 The Result position enables one to select the function for triggering Level condition PEAK P P MAX MIN RMS or VDV When Vector is selected Logger step as a Source the only one function is available RMS Profile The Level position enables one to select the value of threshold for PEAK 10 0 m s triggering condition The level of the triggering source can be set in a range from 60 dB to 200 dB or from 1 00 mm s to 10 0 km s depending on what scale type was selected in the Scale position path lt Menu gt Display Results Scale 38 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Speed of the triggering signal change O LM 02 54 This position appears when the Gradient or Gradient trigger is chosen Logger step The s
97. ter in the list Input type and range selection The following inputs are available IEPE and Direct The Range value cannot be changed it always depends on the filter type and calibration factor If calibration factor is equal to zero the range is equal to 126 m s Weighting filter selection The following weighting filters are available for the first profile of the instrument Wh Wk Wd Wc Wj Wm Wg Wb and Wf The characteristics of the filters are given in App D The set of filters for the profile two is depending of the filter selected for profile one There is always available filter HP Second available filter for profile 2 is one of BLWh BLWk BLWd BLWc BLWj BL Wm BL Wg BL Wb and BL Wf according to the rule if Wh filter is selected in the profile 1 then the apart of HP only BL Wh filter is available for profile 2 If Wk filter is selected in the profile 1 then the apart of HP only BL Wk filter is available or profile 2 And so on O DLM o2 01 Building Direct 0O LM 02 02 Building CIEPE Wd BL Wd O LM 02 05 Building Direct Wh BL Wh O LM 02 08 Building Direct Wh HP When Dosimeter function is active the filters for first profiles are predefined and depend on type of dosimeter measurements for the channels WBV or HAV lf WBV measurements are performed in channels 1 3 or 4 6 the filters defined for channels are as follows Channel 1 or 4 Wd Channel 2 or 5 Wd Channel
98. the digital filters of the instrument analyse constantly the input signal even when the measurements are stopped This delay period can be set from 0 second to 60 seconds with 1 second step by means of the lt 4 gt lt gt push buttons and with 10 seconds step with the lt 4 gt lt gt push buttons pressed together with the lt Shift gt one Notice The minimum delay period is equal to 0 second In the Calibration mode the delay period is equal to 5 seconds Setting the integration period The Measure Period defines the period in which the signal is being averaged during the measurements The definitions of the measurement results in which the integration period is used is given in App D The required value of this parameter can be set in the range of From 1 s to 59 s with 1 second or 10 seconds step From 1 m min to 59 m with 1 minute or 10 minutes step From 1 h to 24 h with 1 hour or 10 hours step It is also possible to set Inf value The Inf value denotes the infinite integration of the measurements until the pressing the lt Start Stop gt push button or after receiving the remote control code Additionally the predefined periods 1m 5m 15m 1h 8h 24h and Inf which are enumerated in the standards are also available by pressing the lt gt push button or lt 4 gt with lt Shift gt these values are placed in the mentioned above sequence on the left in relation to 1 s Notice In
99. three total values calculated for each channel and for all three total values it is possible to define weighting filter integration method and accordingly type of signal measurement acceleration velocity or displacement as well as calibration factor By default for the first Total value HP filter is denote Second and third 017100 25 Totals have same filters as were set up for profiles Prof 1 and Prof 2 in e the Channels window path lt Menu gt Measurement Channels ACC It is possible to select also tree user filters FUSR1 FUSR2 and FUSR3 ace 4 When user filter is selected two additional position appear Type and Prof 2 Cal Factor In the position Type one can define type of integration to present measured O 17 1 00 01 signal as acceleration ACC velocity VEL or displacement DIL T In the position Cal Factor one can define additional calibration factor which ACC 0 0dB FUSR1 ACC 0 0dB will be applied to the calculation of Total value Same settings can be done for Total 2 and Total 3 values 84 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 10 11 User Filters The User Filters position path lt Menu gt Auxiliary Settings User Filters enables the user to introduce the values of the coefficients of the user filters This position is active only in 1 1 Octave and 1 3 Octave modes The User Filters position opens the window in which the user can clear Clear Vibration Filters or edit Edit Filter t
100. timus GA2007 User Manual lf SD Card is not installed its position in the O LM ot 25 O LM oo 40 File Manager window became unavailable The list of operations on the Internal memory differs from that one for the SD Card by one position It is not possible to rename the Internal memory and thus Rename position in this list is not active The Internal memory can be also defragmented and this is performed by operation Defragmentation The selected catalogue can be opened by two ways after pressing the lt gt push button or after opening the operation list by means of lt ENTER gt push button then selection the position Open and pressing the lt ENTER gt push button once again The File Manager window is closed and the instrument returns to the File list after pressing the lt ESC gt push button To return to the upper catalogue the user has to press the lt 4 gt push button The upper highest catalogue contains the names and icons of memories available for files SD Card and Internal The description of the memory is presented below the memories list Disk Name Free memory and Capacity total memory space In the File Manager window files are described by file name with extension SVN or WAV as well as additional icon and measurement abbreviation SLM S 1 1 etc m The names in which the first character is bogger tie Setup file Result file Catalogue are coming from the Auto Save functio
101. tion in the edited text using the lt lt gt lt gt gt push buttons pressed together with the lt Alt gt one Help information In most of the windows the last line or several lines consist of help information It informs the user how to select or modify the parameter s value change the character in the text line etc 14 0 LM 0 LM lt gt 14 50 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Not active parameters O LM oi 17 If some functions or parameters are not active Level the positions in the menu or parameter lists 1 0s Vector linked with this function or parameter became not active their colour became grey For example if Dosimeter path lt Menu gt 140 0dB Measurement General Settings Dosimeter Off is switched off the HAV WBV Dosimeter line is not active 1 3 Grey colour of parameter position means that this parameter has only one value and it is not possible to change it Simple and advanced menu modes O LM There are two instrument modes which define scope of available functions Simple Mode and Advanced Mode These modes can be selected in the Instrument Mode window of Auxiliary Setup menu Simple Mode defines basic instrument functions while Advanced Mode defines full scope of functions Many windows thus have different views Below is an example of Measurement window for simple and advanced modes 3 2 Powering of the instrument The Castle Ultimus can be pow
102. tions it is possible to define O 171 G04 08 trigger events for logger event wave and alarm triggers based on the Level spectrum selected band level 1 08s This trigger condition for above applications can be programmed in spectrum windows Logger Trigger Event Recording Trigger Wave Trigger and 0 50Hz Alarm Trigger In these lists one should set up the Source to Spectrum 40 0 m s and select required band pass in the Result position 80 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual The trigger condition can be defined for the selected in the position Result O 171 G04 20 bandpass of 1 1 Octave filters 0 50 Hz 1 00 Hz 2 00 Hz 4 00 Hz evel a 8 00 Hz 16 0 Hz 31 5 Hz 63 0 Hz 125 Hz 250 Hz 500 Hz 1 00 kHz and 1 05 2 00 kHz or 1 3 Octave filters 0 40 Hz 0 50 Hz 0 63 Hz 0 80 Hz Spectrum 1 00 Hz 1 25 Hz 1 60 Hz 2 00 Hz 2 50 Hz 3 15 Hz 4 00 Hz 5 00 Hz 1 6 30 Hz 8 00 Hz 10 0 Hz 12 5 Hz 16 0 Hz 20 0 Hz 25 0 Hz 31 5 Hz Total 1 CHP 40 0 Hz 50 0 Hz 63 0 Hz 80 0 Hz 100 Hz 125 Hz 160 Hz 200 Hz e 250 Hz 315 Hz 400 Hz 500 Hz 630 Hz 800 Hz 1 00 kHz 1 25 kHz 1 60 kHz 2 00 kHz and 2 50 kHz Total Level results with appropriate filters can also be selected as a source Total 1 HP Total 2 Wd Total 3 BI Wd 10 5 Display options in 1 1 Octave and 1 3 Octave analysis mode The Display list is used for setting the O17100 37 017 117 05 various parameters which are mainly dedicated for the control o
103. ve etc When all display modes in the Display Modes list are switch off the only main presentation mode with two results is available Any attempt to switch the mode by means of lt Alt gt and lt lt gt lt 7 gt push buttons gives no results Two results of main presentation mode Logger presentation mode 48 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual 6 Channels presentation mode 6 Profiles presentation mode When all display modes in the Display Modes list are switched on they all are available and can be selected by means of lt Alt gt and lt gt lt 7 gt push buttons 6 1 1 Main presentation mode Fields description of the two results O LM 00 20 view X00 01 The main presentation mode is always active and it is not possible to switch it off 1 Channel and Profile number 2 Function name RMS VDV CRF OVL PEAK P P MTVV 3 The name of the implemented filter Wh Wk Wd Wc Wj Wm Wg Wb Wf for first profiles and HP BL Wh BL Wk BL Wd BL Wc BL Wj BL Wm BL Wg BL Wb BL Wf for second profiles and detector time constant 1 0 s 4 Elapsed time shows the current second of the measurement The value presented there belongs to the range 1 Meas Period 5 The value of measured function 6 Units of measured value 49 Castle Ultimus GA2007 User Manual Changing the active fields The change between positions is made by pressing the lt lt gt or
104. y 0 5 seconds Switching the triggering by means of measured result Slope Level Grad In the case when the Slope is selected the measurement starts when the O LM G02 45 arising result value Source will pass the level determined in the Level SOTE position In the case when the Slope is selected the measurement starts when the falling down result value Source will pass the level determined RMS 41 in the Level position 1 10 0 m s The measurement is stopped when the conditions set in the General Settings sub list are fulfilled after pressing the lt Start Stop gt push button or after receiving the proper control code remotely The next sources of the triggering signal are available RMS 1 VEC46 VEC13 or External External source means that the triggering will take place from the positive or negative slope of the signal on the input output socket I O In the case when the Level or Level is selected every 5 millisecond the O LM 02 46 triggering condition is checked and the measurement is registered only when the result value Source has the greater lower level than this determined in the Level position and in the other case the measurement RMS 1 result is skipped 1 10 0 m s Level The next sources of the triggering signal are available RMS 1 VEC46 or VEC13 In the case when the Gradient is selected every 5 millisecond the O LM 02 47 triggering condition is checked and the measurement is

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