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ChartScan Us er’s Manual How T o Use This Manual Chapter 1: ChartScan Unit S tartup and C hartView Tutorial provides inform ation to get your ChartScan sy stem up and running.
ii ChartScan Us er’s Manual T able of Contents 1 ChartScan- Unit Star tup & ChartVi ew Tutori al Overview…… 1-1 Unit Startup……1-2 Inspect Your System……1-2 Install Software……1-2 C.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual 08-09-02 iii 5 eZ-PostView and ViewXL 6 Calib ration Introduction ……6-1 Calibration Setup ……6 -1 Non-Volatile Storage of Calibration Constants ……6-1 Hardware Pro.
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ChartScan Us er’s Manual, 1-5-99 1-1 ChartScan Unit Startup and ChartV iew T utorial 1 Overview…… 1-1 Unit Startup……1-2 Inspect Your System……1-2 Install Software……1-2.
1-2 ChartScan – Uni t St artup and ChartVi ew Tutorial ChartScan Us er’s Manual The basic Startup Steps are: 1. Inspect Your Sy stem 2. Install Sof tware 3. Check and Install Hardw are a. Verify Co rrect Voltage Setting b. Verify Co rrect DIP Switch Settin g c.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartScan - Uni t St artup and ChartV iew Tutorial 1-3 3. Check and Install Hardware Depending on y our or der, your ChartScan u nit may not require all the steps under this heading. If a step does not app ly to y our unit, simply g o o n to the next one.
1-4 ChartScan – Uni t St artup and ChartVi ew Tutorial ChartScan Us er’s Manual CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION Use approved ESD precautio ns, including static-free w ork area and gr ounded wrist stra p, when handling circuit boards and electronic comp onents.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartScan - Uni t St artup and ChartV iew Tutorial 1-5 5. Apply Power to ChartScan ChartScan can be powered from a standard A C outlet. Use the follow ing steps to connect pow er to your unit. 1. Make sure ChartScan ’s power sw itch is in the “0” (OFF) position.
1-6 ChartScan – Uni t St artup and ChartVi ew Tutorial ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartScan has eigh t digital input lines and thirty -two digital output lines available on th e rear p anel DB-50 conn ector. CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION Do not exceed the 0.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartScan - Uni t St artup and ChartV iew Tutorial 1-7 7. Start ChartVie w , Configure System , and Collect Dat a Note: First time us ers should skip this step and return to it after review ing ChartView, Basic Concepts and com p leting the ChartView Tutorial .
1-8 ChartScan – Uni t St artup and ChartVi ew Tutorial ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView M ain Window ChartView M ain W indow Control Options = Mouse, Ú = Arrow Keypads , = PageUp/PageDo.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartScan - Uni t St artup and ChartV iew Tutorial 1-9 Once ChartView has a co nfigura tion fi le, you c an star t the pro gra m quickly using the W indo ws Run dialog box. Before ex ecuting this com mand [by clicking on the OK box] specify a configuration f ile as a comm and line param eter.
1-10 ChartScan – Uni t St artup and ChartVi ew Tutorial ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartV iew , Basic Concepts An un derstanding of the followin g basic concepts will help you m aster ChartView more qu ickly, and should be u nderstood before proceeding w ith the tu torial.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartScan - Uni t St artup and ChartV iew Tutorial 1-11 Three Ways of Using ChartView You can u se Cha rtView to: • chart and m onitor sp ecific chann els with no acquisit.
1-12 ChartScan – Uni t St artup and ChartVi ew Tutorial ChartScan Us er’s Manual 1. Select Interf ace Device ◊ (1) From Window s, start ChartView by double-clic king on the ChartView icon. The Chart View Start up dialog box appears. ChartView Setup Dialog Box ◊ (2) Choos e the Select Device button.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartScan - Uni t St artup and ChartV iew Tutorial 1-13 Chart Setup W i zard, Automatic Option s Setup Ty pe Group Setup Chart Setup Channel Setup Simple 1 group only Up to .
1-14 ChartScan – Uni t St artup and ChartVi ew Tutorial ChartScan Us er’s Manual 3. Configure Channels & Alarms Config ure channels and alarm s as follow s. ◊ (14) On ChartView ’s Main Window, click on Setup in the pu ll-dow n me nu row . T he S etup pull -down men u appears, allowin g you to m ake more specif ic selections.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartScan - Uni t St artup and ChartV iew Tutorial 1-15 Acquisit ion Dialog Box, Normal Mode ◊ (19) Click “Okay ” to exit the Acquisition dialog box. Note that w e are using the A cquisition default settings, and the Data Destination default settin gs in this tutorial (as show n in the above figure).
1-16 ChartScan – Uni t St artup and ChartVi ew Tutorial ChartScan Us er’s Manual 5. Review Configuration. Review ing the configu r ation prior to d ata acquisition is optional; however, y ou should complete a review at this time (in the tu torial) to help with your fam iliarizatio n of ChartView .
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartScan - Uni t St artup and ChartV iew Tutorial 1-17 A Note In Closing. Thi s compl etes t he tuto ria l. Yo u may continue running Cha rtView in the sim ulated instrum ent mode and try v ario us options to get a better feel for the program .
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ChartScan Us er’s Manual 12-28-98 2-1 General Information 2 CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION If equipm ent is used in any manner not specified in this manual, or if specification lim its are exceeded, the function of the equipm ent, as well as the protection provided by it, may be im pa ired.
2-2 General Inform ation ChartScan Us er’s Manual In addition to t he features o f ChartScan described t hus far, the unit includes: • Thirty-tw o TT L (Transistor-to-Transistor Logic) digital alarm o utputs and 8 TTL-compatible digital inputs.
General Inform ation ChartSc an User’s Manual 2-3 16-Channel Signal Conditioning Cards ( Optional ) Low-voltage with removable terminal block input module (CSN14/LV/T ) Low-voltage with BNC input mo.
2-4 General Inform ation ChartScan Us er’s Manual General Instal lation Category: • CE: Category 2 for L ine Voltage Input term inal. All other term inals are Category 1. Warm Up: • 1 hour to rated accuracy . Expansion Connect or: • 40-condu ctor connector for con necting ex pansion chas sis via ribbon cable.
General Inform ation ChartSc an User’s Manual 2-5 Triggers Instal lation Category: • CE: Category 1 Program mable T riggering: • Temperature or Voltage level (above or below), absolute time of d ay, alarm condition (on or of f), IEEE GET, IEEE T ALK , external TT L trigge r (rising or falling) , sp eci fied number o f rea dings.
2-6 General Inform ation ChartScan Us er’s Manual Digital I/O Interface & Alarms Instal lation Category: • CE: Category 1 Numb er o f Digita l Inputs: • 8 bits, LS-TTL compatible. Num ber of Digital Outputs: • 32 bits, T TL level compatible.
General Inform ation ChartSc an User’s Manual 2-7 Calibration Calibration m ust be com pleted periodically to ensure equ ipment is accurate, an d can be perform ed manu ally, or w ith the use of ScanCal.
2-8 General Inform ation ChartScan Us er’s Manual − Notes.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual, 12-28-98 3-1 Hardw are 3 Overview ……3-1 Front Panel ……3-1 Rear Panel ……3-2 Power Aspects ……3- 3 Changing the Voltage Setting ……3-3 Replacing the AC Pow .
3-2 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Rear Panel ChartScan’ s rear panel contains s everal items, inclu d ing a set of LEDs for status in dication. T he LED indicators are described in the followin g table. Other rear panel items are listed in a separate table followi ng the illustration.
Hardware 3-3 Power Aspects Changing the Voltage Setting Based on y our order, your ChartScan system was set at the voltage indicated by a sticker or tag (located on th e rear of the unit, n ear the power sw itch). If you need to chan ge the voltage selection, complete the follow ing steps.
3-4 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Replacing the A C Pow er Supply Fuse Fuse: 1/2A , 250V, Slo Blo, 3A G for 105-125V pow er line, or 1/4A, 250V , Slo Blo, 3AG f or 210-250V pow er line CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION Fuse failure indicates a possible problem within the device circuitry.
Hardware 3-5 WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING Never disassem ble ChartScan’s case while it is connected to the AC power line! Internal voltag e potent ials exist which co uld cause bodily inj ury or .
3-6 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Calibration Memory Write Enable/Disable ChartScan’s cons tants for chassis calibration and the calibration password are stored b y ChartScan in Non-Volatile RAM (NV- RAM).
Hardware 3-7 Steps for RS-232/422 Configuration Standard Unit s, Only Early Produc tion Units, Only 1. Turn the Ch artScan system ’s pow er “OFF.” 1. Turn the ChartScan system ’s pow er “OFF.” 2. Ensure the COMM SELECT micro- switch (on the rear-panel DIP sw itch) is in the “0” (down) position.
3-8 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Serial Port Pin Connectors An option al CA-47 cable (or equi valent) connects C hartScan to the com puter. T he ChartScan side of the cable has a mal e DB9 connector for u se with the RS-232/ 422 serial port. The cable’s computer side h as 2 connectors : one for DB9, and the other f or DB25.
Hardware 3-9 Serial Port Pin Connector Signals for RS-232/422 Applications RxD- (Receive Data Neg ative) Input: This pin accepts serial d ata sent b y an RS- 232 or RS-422 dev ice. The serial data received is exp ected to match the word length, baud rate, sto p bi ts, and parit y configuratio n of the p articu lar por t.
3-10 ChartScan Us er’s Manual IEEE 488 Interface Configuration (Option) The IEEE 488 interface option is intended for digital com munication with IEEE 488 com pliant compu ter platforms, as w ell as IEEE 488 com pliant platfor m-independent configu rations.
Hardware 3-11 IEEE 488 Configuration WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING Never rem ove or install an in terface card w hile ChartS can/1400 is connected to the A C power line! Internal v oltag e potentia .
3-12 ChartScan Us er’s Manual IEEE 488 Configuration Settings Standard Unit s, Only Early Produc tion Units, Only 1. Ensure IEEE 488 In terface is installed. 1. Ensure IEEE 488 In terface is installed. 2. Turn the Ch artScan system ’s pow er “OFF.
Hardware 3-13 Digital I/O Lin es ChartScan has eigh t digital input lines and thirty -two digital output lines available on a rear panel DB-50 connector. These lines can be ou tput and/or input u sing ChartScan com man ds. Note: The fir st 16 ou tput lines are available f or use with relay s via the h igh current C SN/Relay card option.
3-14 ChartScan Us er’s Manual External TTL BNC Connector s ChartScan’ s rear panel provides tw o external trigg er BNC connectors. The BNC TTL Scan output is u sed for syn chro nizing equipm ent with ChartScan. ChartScan can be programm ed to trigger on a rising or falling TTL level.
Hardware 3-15 CSN14/TC/P T hermocouple and Low Volts Card with Subminiature Plugs The CSN14/TC/P card contains 16 dif ferential input chan nels, each of w hich m ay be conf igured as any therm o couple type or as a milli- volt input. Te mperature valu es may be return ed in units of °C, °F, °K, °R, or mV.
3-16 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Digital Filt ering: • Averages 32 sam ples at 50/60 Hz f or line cyc le noise rej ecti on (VDC m easurem ents) Voltage Range 2 , Accuracy 3 and Resolution: • ±100 mV ± 0.02% 3. 05 µ V/bi t • ±1 V ± 0.02% 30.5 µ V/bit • ±5 V ± 0.
Hardware 3-17 CSN14/LV/ (T, B, & S) Low Volt age Cards There are three version s of low v oltage signal con d itioning cards for use w ith ChartScan. Each card supports 16 differential in p ut channels an d is cap able of measurin g analog input signals on any of four programm able ranges: ±100 mV, ±1 v olt, ±5 volt and ±10 volt.
3-18 ChartScan Us er’s Manual CSN14/HV/S High Voltage Card with Safety Jack Connectors The CSN14/HV/S card contains 16 differential inpu t channels and is f or use with “safety j ack” type con nectors. Each CSN14/HV/S card is capable of measuring analog input sig nals on any of the follow ing three prog rammable ran ges: ±2.
Hardware 3-19 CSN/Relay Car d (for High-Current Digita l-Output) CSN/Relay Car d The high-cu rrent digital-output CSN/Relay Card allow s you to add relay fu nctions to the first 16 digital outputs. The CSN/Relay card installs into C hartScan’s sl ot 1 (bottom card slot).
3-20 ChartScan Us er’s Manual CSN/Relay Card Specifications Num ber o f Channels: • 16 (2 groups of 8 chann els) Relay Contacts (Manufacturer’s Ratings):* • 8 Am ps, 125-250 VA C Resi stive .
Hardware 3-21 Connecting the Expansion C has sis to ChartScan Mo unting Block (1 of 4) Chart Scan Ribb on Cable CA-154 ( Included ) Co nn ec t o r PH 4 01 (on back side of Anal o g Bac kplane B oard ) Exp ansion Chassi s Cover Plat e Screw (1 of 2) Cover Plat e Cross Se ction of Mounting Block 4.
3-22 ChartScan Us er’s Manual A utomatic Channel A ssignment Unless the CSN/Rela y card i s used, Channels 1 thro ugh 64 are auto maticall y assigned to Chart Scan, while extende d channel s 65 thro ugh 128 are assign ed to the expansi on chassis.
Hardware 3-23 Expansion Chassis Specifica tions WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING Service must be perform ed by qua lified personnel. All terminals, including the AC line and analog input s, must be disconnected prior to opening Cha rtScan main unit or expansion chassis casing.
3-24 ChartScan Us er’s Manual − Notes.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual 1-12-99 Chart View Soft ware Reference 4-1 ChartV iew Softw are Reference 4 ChartView, ChartView Plus, ChartView NET, and ChartView NET Plus Overview ……4-1 Groups, Chart.
4-2 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual Groups, Charts, & Channels When startin g the program with no conf iguration file presen t (see Chapter 1 if neces sary), a featu re called Chart Setup Wizard is automatically activ ated to assist you w ith your display setu p.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-3 Some of the data acquisition scenarios pertaining to ChartView are as follow s: Fou r Bas ic Data Ac qui si ti o n Sce na rios 4) Uplo a di.
4-4 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual Main Window While using this chapter, refer to the Main Window f igure and its associated control op tion table as needed.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-5 ChartView Main Window and Control Options = Mouse, Ú = Arrow Keypads , = PageUp/PageDown Key pads Note: The bulleted l ist on page 4-4 relates to this table.
4-6 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual Channel Information Region Chann els can return valu es in units of °C, °F, °K, °R, m V, V, or user defined units (if the mX + b option is used). With ex cep tion of mX + b user defined -units, units d epe nd o n the c onfigur atio n and type o f signal conditioning card used.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-7 Units/div - The units in units/div (18) can be ° C, °F, °K, °R, m V, or V. The division ref erenced is one vertical grid. In th e example above f or Channel 1, each v ertical grid increment repres ents 10.
4-8 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual Main Window T oolbar Each item in the toolbar, with exception of Group Select (1), is represented by an individual button icon. Toolba r-related fun ctio ns can also be activated from pull-down m enus (discussed later).
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-9 Display Configuration The Display Conf iguration button acces ses a Display C onfiguration Setup dial og box.
4-10 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual Display C onfiguration Setup Dialog Box with an Exis ting Configuration Note: When a chart contain s overlapping chan nels [and the chann .
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-11 Adjusting Channel Se tup for Channel 1 ChartView and ChartView Plus data chann els can op erate in one of tw o modes: Units Full Scale or, Units/Div. The mode is selected by radio button. Units Full Scale .
4-12 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual Manually Creating a Display For Ch artView Plus users, if you plan to have a ch art setup that is not weigh ted evenly, i.e., diff erent num bers of chan nels per chart an d different numbers of charts per g roup, you m ay w ant to m anually setup your chart display from scratch, i.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-13 (4a) Automati cally add groups to t he setup . Enter t he number of groups and c harts des ired by using t he cursor and typing in the val ue, or by using t he pull-down arrows ( τ ) and making t he appropriate s electi ons; t hen clic k on the Create Groups button.
4-14 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual 9. Choose ch annels for the selected ch art. With ChartView Plus, you can select up to four overlapping ch annels per chart. With th e basic ChartView program, y ou are limited to on e channel per chart.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-15 Channel Configuration The “Ch annel Con figurati on” button bri ngs up th e Setup Window w ith one of t hree “tabbed” dialog boxes displayed: Acquisition Setup (page 4-33), Chann el & Alarm Setup (page 4-33), or Data Destination (page 4-39).
4-16 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual Print Cha rts The Print Charts button activates a screen print of ChartView’s m ain w indow.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-17 File Menu Note When ChartView is started for the very f irst time there is no default chan nel configuration file. In this case a Char tView Start up dialog box appears, prov iding y ou wit h the follow ing four ch oices: Retry, Select Device, Load Fil e, and Exit Program .
4-18 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual Display config. All ows you to: Open a previous ly saved dis play conf iguration f ile, s ave the c urrent display c onfigurat ion file, or save the c urrent dis play conf iguration f ile in a dif ferent locati on (or under a different file nam e).
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-19 Options Option Set tings i ncludes three separat e dialog boxes, acc ess ible by tabs , as indi cated in the following sc reen capt ures.
4-20 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual A cquisition (continued) Automatic Keyboard Trigger on Auto Re-arm This feat ure works in conj unction with K eyboard Triggering when Auto Re- arm is being used. Aut o Re-arm is dis cuss ed on page 4-42.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-21 Comman d Characters This area cont ains t wo fields for ent ering com m and charact ers, one f or row setting and one f or colum n sett ing.
4-22 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual Upload Av ailable Scans (Ctrl + U) (manual control) Enables ChartVie w to ac cess device m em ory for all scans currentl y available. Thi s func tion only upl oads scans that are c urrently availabl e.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-23 Device … I nterface ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ Setup IEEE 488 The IEEE 488 S etup dialog box appears. V alid address es are 0 to 30. DIP s witch set tings mus t agree with this s etup. For Chart Scan, an IEEE 488 interf ace card is required for us e of IE EE 488 int erface.
4-24 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual Setup Network Brings up the Network Interf ace Set tings dialog box. A valid regi strat ion num ber mus t be entered (1 st screen below) to gain acces s to t he ChartVi ew’s Network Interf ace support feature.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-25 From the Alarm configu ration dialog box, yo u can define the information that w ill be saved in th e log file.
4-26 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual Log Enable (Ctrl+A ) Once an alarm log fil e exists, log enable can be us ed to act ivate the l ogging proces s; or t o disable an active l og. A c heck-m ark ( 9 ) prec eding Log Enable i ndicat es that the log is acti ve.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-27 Setup Channels & Alarms Ctrl+L Ac ces ses t he Setup W indow for configuring channel s and alarm s. From the channels & alarm s dialog box, you can s elect the Ac quisit ion Setup and Dat a Destinat ion dialog boxes.
4-28 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual Bar Graph Mete rs Selec ting Ba r Gr ap h Mete rs fr om ChartView’s Wind ow pull-d own menu brings up the B ar Gra ph wi ndow. This window displays several chan nels in bar graph format. To activate the display, select the Start button from the toolb ar.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-29 A nalog Me ters Selecting A nalog Meters from ChartView’s Window pull-dow n m enu bring s up the A nalog Meters w indow. This w indow dis plays several chan nels in a dial/gage f ormat. To activate the display, select the Start button from the toolb ar.
4-30 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual Digital Me ters Selecting Digital Meters f ro m ChartView’s Window pull-down m enu brings up th e Digital Meters wi ndo w to display several channels in num eric format. To activate the display, select the Start bu tto n from the toolbar.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-31 Meter Toolbars The toolbars for the three meter ty pes are identical, with exception that th e Digital Meters toolbar d oes not ha ve a Reset Peak Hold bu tton (item C in the follow ing figure).
4-32 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual Meters Configuration Menu A m eters configuration m enu (lower lef t corner of figure) w ill appear when you place the m ouse pointer over a m eter and click the rig ht-hand m ouse button.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-33 Configure M eter Sett ings, Function Descriptio ns Functi on Description 1 Select Chan nel Sele ct a new channe l for displ ay. The selecte d channel w ill re place the o ne currentl y see n in the me ter.
4-34 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual Channel and Alar m Setup Dialog Box Chan nel and Alar m Setup , Button Descriptions 1 – T urn On A ll Channels (Alt + N) 2 – T urn Off.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-35 Channel Configuration Columns 1) Chann el (CH) This column serves only as a chann el number indicator. The ch annel num ber cannot be changed from this column. 2) On The On colum n allow s you to enable a chan nel for data collection.
4-36 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual Note: When using a channel as a referen ce channel, rem ember that low er numbered ch annels are calculated ahead of h igher num bered channels , e.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-37 The mode is selected from the low er left-h and portion of th e dialog box. The fol lowing figure represents a s creen capture with normal m ode selected. Acquisit ion Setup Dialog Box, Norm al Mode The following figure depicts components of an acquisition.
4-38 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual Acquisition Setup Parameter Options Event Configurat ion Trigger: Set a trigger scan i n the Ac quisit ion by using one of the foll owing: Key board - Use Consol e Trigger dialog box to st art trigger s can.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-39 Burst Mode, Operat ional Issues Acquisiti on Setup Dialog Box, High-Speed, Single-C hannel Mode The Burst Mode , also referred to as High-speed, single-channel m ode , is selected with a radio- button located on the lower lef t of the Acquisition Setup Dialog Box.
4-40 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual • When usin g Burst Mode , data saved to disk can still be viewed in P ostView. How ever, the PostView chart setup w ill only allow y ou to select the single chann el (p reviously selected in ChartView as the high-spee d B urst M od e cha nnel).
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-41 Measuring AC RM S The follo wing steps p ert ain to measuring AC RMS vo lta ge. 1. Determin e the peak voltage of the input sign al. 2. Based on the value from step 1, select the appropriate VAC option.
4-42 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual Data Destination Dialog B ox Data Destination The Data Destination portion of the box is used to assign a filenam e and folder location for data, select an Excel or binary format ( .TXT or .
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-43 Why use Auto Re-arm? You can u se Auto Re-arm as a conveni ent way to monitor and an alyze specific ty pes of trigger ev ents.
4-44 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual Chart Setup Wizard Reference Note: For very f irst time start-up of ChartView an d a program tutorial (th at includes a first time u se of the Chart Setup Wizar d ) refer to Chapter 1. Introduction Chart Set up Wizar d is a feature of ChartView , ChartView Plus an d PostView .
ChartScan Us er’s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-45 A Manual Chart C reation, Creat e Charts button allow s you to bypass the Char t Setup Wiz ard and enter a manual mode. T his op tion make s use of Cha rtView’s Displa y Configura tio n featur e (r efer enc e pa ge 4-9 ).
4-46 ChartView Soft ware Reference ChartScan Us er’s Manual It is a simple task to create chart display configurations using the automatic m ethod. The following steps apply to this feature of Chart Setup W izard . 1. Select Wi zard from th e Chart pull -down menu of ChartView’s main window .
ChartScan User’s Manual 08-09-02 5-1 eZ-PostV iew and Vi ew XL 5 Introduction ChartScan sy s tems can now make use of the post-acquisition data viewing prog ra m, eZ-Po stView and a Microsoft Excel add-in known as ViewXL .
5-2 08-09-02 ChartScan User’s Manual eZ-Pos tView includes the following features : • File In put Format Su pport for: DaqView, W aveView, Personal DaqView, Chart View , Universal File For mat UFF-58B.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual, 1-12-99 Calibrati on 6-1 Calibration 6 Introduction ……6-1 Calibration Setup ……6 -1 Non-Volatile Storage of Calibration Constants ……6-2 Hardware Protected RAM .
6-2 Calibration ChartScan Us er’s Manual CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION The digital voltm eter (or digital multim eter) used to verify calibration voltage accuracy m ust meet the following criteria: 1) Minim um Resolution: 6-1/ 2 digits 2) Minim um DC Accuracy: 0.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual Calibration 6-3 CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION Unless you are sett ing main unit calibration const ants or cha nging the pa ssword, the calibration mode should be disabled. The calibration m ode applies to m ain unit calibration, and not to the calib ration of signal conditioning card s.
6-4 Calibration ChartScan Us er’s Manual Interface Parameters If y our d ata acquisition device interface is set u p for Network (ethernet), y ou should chang e the device interface to R S-232 serial comm unications prior to performin g calibration.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual Calibration 6-5 Calibra tion Without ScanCal Password To perform calibration, the calibration mode m ust be enabled. T he Enter Calibration Mode ( K ) c o mma nd enables calibration, w here keyword is the fi ve-digit keyw ord (or p assword) currently configured for the unit.
6-6 Calibration ChartScan Us er’s Manual Calib ration of M ain Unit Offset Calibration of M ain Unit Required Equipm ent - Shorting bar, or 3 l inked banana plugs (see fol lowing figure) - Calibrati.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual Calibration 6-7 1. Ensu re the main un it is powered “ OFF,” and has no pow er sources connected to it. 2. If a signal con d itioning card is in slot #1 of the chassis, rem ove the card. 3. Install Calibration Card into Slot #1 (bo ttom slot) of the m ain unit.
6-8 Calibration ChartScan Us er’s Manual Gain Calibration of Main Unit Required Equipm ent * - Volts DC C alibrator - 22-2 Twisted pairs (t o connect calibrat or to cali bration card) - Digita l Vol.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual Calibration 6-9 1. Connect HI, LO, - S, and +S lines from the precision calibrator to the binding posts of the calibration card, as indicated in th e figure above. 2. Apply -4.4 VDC (minus 4.4 VDC) from the calibrato r to the calibration card.
6-10 Calibration ChartScan Us er’s Manual Calibr ation of Signal Conditi oning Cards Offset Calibration of Cards Required Equipm ent - BNC Short f or CSN14/LV/ B cards , s ee note - Term inal Type S.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual Calibration 6-11 1. If the calibration password h as not been chang ed, enter K12345 . If the pass word has been changed, enter the K com mand and th e current passw ord. This enables the calibration mode. 2. Ty pe U2X to verify calibration mode.
6-12 Calibration ChartScan Us er’s Manual Gain Calibration of Low Volts Cards Required Equipm ent * - Volts DC C alibrator - 22-2 Twisted pairs (t o connect calibrat or to cali bration card) - BNC H.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual Calibration 6-13 1. Connect an applicable calibration harness to each card. Refer to figu re below..
6-14 Calibration ChartScan Us er’s Manual 2. Apply calibration voltage from the precision calibrator to th e first channel of each card (see follow ing table), and verify with a digital m ultimeter. Requirem ents for both devices are specified in Required Equipment .
ChartScan Us er’s Manual Calibration 6-15 Gain Calibration of High Volts Cards Required Equipm ent * - Volts DC C alibrator - 22-2 Twisted pairs (t o connect calibrat or to cali bration card) - Bana.
6-16 Calibration ChartScan Us er’s Manual 2. Apply calibration voltage from the precision calibrator to the f irst channel of each CSN14/HV/S card (see followi ng table), and verify w ith a digital multim eter. Requirements for both devices are specif ied in Required Equi pment .
ChartScan Us er’s Manual Calibration 6-17 Cold Junction Calibration Required Equipm ent Equipm ent for CJC Calib ration Cold (ice) c ell for c alibrati on with therm ocouples at 0°C T/C wire and su.
6-18 Calibration ChartScan Us er’s Manual CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION The m a in unit (chassis) and T/C cards must be calibrated fo r offset a nd gain prior to calibrating the T/C cards for cold junction.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual Calibration 6-19 4. Ty pe U2X to verify calibratio n m o de. U128 should appear, indicating the unit is in calibratio n mode. 5. Enter comm ands similar to those in th e first two colum ns in the followi ng table. T his exam ple is for a T/C card in slot #1, an d a T ype 3 (“ T ” type) therm ocouple.
6-20 Calibration ChartScan Us er’s Manual.
Appendices , 12-30-98 A-i A ppendices Appendix A A PI Commands Appendix B Configuration A spects for Programmers Appendix C Registers, Data Formats, &am.
A-ii ChartScan Us er’s Manual.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual, 1-14-99 A-1 Appendix A API Commands Contents Command Sy ntax ................................................................................................................. A-2 Case Sensitivity............................
API Com m ands Appendix A A-2 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Command Syntax Comm ands are identified by the followin g syntax form ats: • A sing le letter ( A thr ough Z ) • A sing le letter ( A thr o.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-3 Fixed Formats Any Q ue r y ( ? )c ommand or Sta tus ( U ) comm and returns a fix ed format. For ins tance, any option that can rang e up to 65,535 alwa ys return s five dig its, so zero w ould be returned as 00000 .
API Com m ands Appendix A A-4 ChartScan Us er’s Manual The follow ing is a list of all the im mediate an d deferred comm ands for ChartScan. Comman d Ty p e @ Trigger On Comm and Deferred *B Flush A.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-5 Deferred Commands, Order of Execution The imm ediate comm ands take effect im mediately when they are interpreted. Even so, they m ust be follow ed by an Ex ecute ( X ) comm and to terminate th e comman d string for correct operation.
API Com m ands Appendix A A-6 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Command Summary Comman d Sy ntax Description @ Trigger On Comm and @ Trigger on receipt of an @ .
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-7 Comman d Sy ntax Description D# Set Rela y Make Time D#make Specif y how long to wait after c losi ng a channel relay bef ore reading valid data, where make is the num ber of 520.833 mic rosec ond intervals .
API Com m ands Appendix A A-8 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Comman d Sy ntax Description L Set Trigger Level Lchan, level, hyst Sets t he level agains t which the t esti ng of channel readi ngs shoul d be perform ed where chan is the channel num ber suc h that 1 < chan < max , where max = 128 for ChartS can/1400.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-9 Comman d Sy ntax Description R Read Buffered Dat a Rtype Read scan dat a from the acquis ition buf fer where type is the type of data reques t being m ade.
API Com m ands Appendix A A-10 ChartScan User’s Manual − Notes.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-11 Command Reference The follow ing pages provide th e comm and set for ChartScan. For each comman d, the comm and name, the descriptive n ame, and the com man d description are gi ven. In turn, th e comman d description includes the f ollowing f ormat.
API Com m ands Appendix A A-12 ChartScan User’s Manual @ - T rigger On Command TYPE Acquis ition EXECUT ION Deferred SYNT A X @ Trigger upon receipt of an @ DESCRI PTION The Trigger On ( @ ) com man.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-13 *B - Flush A cquisition Buffer TYPE Buffer EXECUT ION Im mediat e SYNT A X *B Flush any data c urrently in t he acquisi tion buff er DESCRI PTION The Flush Ac quisit ion Buff er ( *B ) com mand will flush any dat a currently in the ac quisiti on buffer.
API Com m ands Appendix A A-14 ChartScan User’s Manual *C - Clear Channel Configuration TYPE Channel EXECUT ION Deferred SYNT A X *C Clear out the c hannel conf iguration s o that no c hannels are c.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-15 *F - Restore Factory Settings TYPE System EXECUT ION Im mediat e SYNT A X *F Restore unit to fac tory c onfigurati on DESCRI PTION The Restore Fac tory Default s ( *F ) c omm and m ay be used to res tore the uni t to the s am e configurat ion it had when it left the fac tory.
API Com m ands Appendix A A-16 ChartScan User’s Manual *K - Change Calibration Key w ord TYPE Calibra tion EXECUT ION Im mediat e SYNT A X *Kkey Change the cali bration k eyword, where key is the keyword in the f orm of a 5- digit num ber nnnnn . Theref ore the pass word can be no longer than 5 charact ers.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-17 *P - A djust Calibration Card Pots TYPE Calibra tion EXECUT ION Im mediat e SYNT A X *Pchan Select voltage level to be enabled for adj ustm ent. Valid opt ions f or chan are: 01 - Enabl e -4.4 Volt Source on c alibrati on card, 02 - E nable +4.
API Com m ands Appendix A A-18 ChartScan User’s Manual *R - Pow er-On Reset TYPE System EXECUT ION Im mediat e SYNT A X *R Power-On Reset. E quivalent t o a hardware reset. DESCRI PTION The Power-On Reset ( *R ) com m and has the s ame ef fect on the unit as rem oving and re-applying power.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-19 *S - Pow er-Up Settings TYPE System EXECUT ION Im mediat e SYNT A X *Smode Specif y power-up configurati on mode. Valid opt ions for mode are: 0 - Power up under last k nown configurati on (default).
API Com m ands Appendix A A-20 ChartScan User’s Manual *T - T ime Stamping TYPE System EXECUT ION Im mediat e SYNT A X *Tstate Specify whether or not ti me st amping will be enabled. Valid opt ions for state are: 0 - Disabl e tim e stam ping (def ault), 1 - Enable absol ute tim e stam ping, and 2 - E nable relati ve tim e stam ping.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-21 A - A ssign A larm Output TYPE System EXECUT ION Deferred SYNT A X Achans, output Set alarm condi tion where chans is the c hannel(s) t o assi gn to the digi tal output.
API Com m ands Appendix A A-22 ChartScan User’s Manual A# - A larm Stamping TYPE System EXECUT ION Im mediat e SYNT A X A#state Specify whether or not alarm stam ping will be enabled. Valid options for state are: 0 - Disabl e alarm s tam ping (defaul t), and 1 - Enabl e alarm stam ping.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-23 C - Configure Channels TYPE Channel EXECUT ION Deferred SYNT A X Cchans, type [, [lowsp], [highsp], [hyst] ] Configure the c hannels f or the m aster unit and its slave unit s. chans and type are required argument s, while lowsp , highsp and hyst are optional.
API Com m ands Appendix A A-24 ChartScan User’s Manual Note: Specifying a r eserved ty pe will cause a n error. Note: Be cause t he Configure Channels ( C ) com mand is a deferred com m and, the channel(s ) will not actually be configured unt il the E xecute ( X ) com mand i s proces sed.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-25 EXA MPLE PRINT#1, “OUTPUT07; F0,0X” ‘ Set Dat a Format to Engineeri ng Units, degrees C PRINT#1, “OUTPUT07;*C” ‘ Clear current channel c onfigurati on PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07;C1,1,-100.
API Com m ands Appendix A A-26 ChartScan User’s Manual C# - Select Card TYPE Calibra tion EXECUT ION Im mediat e SYNT A X C#card Select the card f rom which s ubsequent QC? and U12 i nterrogation will retrie ve information.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-27 D# - Set Relay Make Time TYPE System EXECUT ION Deferred SYNT A X D#make Specif y how long to wait after c losing a c hannel relay bef ore reading valid data, where make is the num ber of 520. 833-m icrosec ond interval s.
API Com m ands Appendix A A-28 ChartScan User’s Manual E - End Calibration Mode TYPE Calibra tion EXECUT ION Im mediat e SYNT A X E Terminat e Calibrati on Mode DESCRI PTION Note: This com m and is only f or advanced users who perform t heir own calibrati on.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-29 E? - Error Status Query TYPE System EXECUT ION Im mediat e SYNT A X E? Returns pres ent error condit ion of t he unit with one of t he following error codes: E000 - No error has occ urred. E001 - Invalid devic e dependent c omm and (IDDC).
API Com m ands Appendix A A-30 ChartScan User’s Manual F - Set Data Format TYPE System EXECUT ION Deferred SYNT A X Fengr, format Configure the input and output f ormat s. engr converts the raw data to the engineeri ng units with which you prefer to work.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-31 Data Output Form ats Data Ty pe Engineering Units Binary Counts High Byte / Low By te Low By te / High By te Temperature xxxx.xx °C xxxx.xx °F xxxx.xx °R xxxx.xx °K H/L L/H ±xxxxx Volts +xx.
API Com m ands Appendix A A-32 ChartScan User’s Manual EXA MPLES PRINT#1, “OUTPUT07:F0,0X” ‘ Set t he engineering units to ° C and reading f ormat to engineering units PRINT#1,“OUTPUT07;C1, 1, -100.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-33 F# - Set Burst Mode Frequency TYPE System EXECUT ION Deferred SYNT A X F#freq Select burst m ode sa mpli ng frequency where freq is a real number and where 38.5 < freq < 20000.0 Hertz (default).
API Com m ands Appendix A A-34 ChartScan User’s Manual G - Calibrate Channel Gain TYPE Calibra tion EXECUT ION Im mediat e SYNT A X Gchan, type Calibrate t he correct ion gain cons tants for given opt ion card where chan is the channel num ber suc h that 1 < chan < max , where max = 128 for ChartSc an/1400.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-35 H - Calibrate Channel Offset TYPE Calibra tion EXECUT ION Im mediat e SYNT A X Hchan Calibrate t he correct ion offs et cons tants for given opt ion card where chan is the channel num ber suc h that 1 < chan < max , where max = 128 for ChartSc an/1400.
API Com m ands Appendix A A-36 ChartScan User’s Manual I - Set Scan Interv al TYPE Acquis ition EXECUT ION Deferred SYNT A X Inorm, acq Set the t wo configurable s can int ervals of t he unit where norm and acq are the norm al and acquis ition s can int ervals which have t he form : hh:mm:ss.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-37 I# - Digital Input Stamping TYPE System EXECUT ION Deferred SYNT A X I#state Specif ies digi tal input stam ping as enabl ed ,or disabled . state m ay have either of t he following values : the defaul t of 0 , which disables digital i nput stam ping, or 1 t o enable digit al stam ping.
API Com m ands Appendix A A-38 ChartScan User’s Manual J - Calibrate Cold Junction Offset TYPE Calibra tion EXECUT ION Im mediat e SYNT A X Jchan, type, temp Calibrate t he cold-junc tion off sets f.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-39 K - Enter Calibration Mode TYPE Calibra tion EXECUT ION Im mediat e SYNT A X Kkey Enter Cali bration Mode if t he keyword (or password) is c orrect, where key is the keyword in the f orm of a 5-digit num ber nnnnn .
API Com m ands Appendix A A-40 ChartScan User’s Manual L - Set T rigger Lev el TYPE Channel EXECUT ION Deferred SYNT A X Lchan, level, hyst Sets t he level agains t which the t esti ng of channel readi ngs should be perform ed where chan is the channel num ber suc h that 1 < chan < max , where max = 128 for ChartSc an/1400.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-41 M - Set SRQ Mask TYPE System EXECUT ION Deferred SYNT A X Mmask Use the I EEE 488 S ervice Reques t (SRQ) m echani sm to info rm t he IEEE 488 .
API Com m ands Appendix A A-42 ChartScan User’s Manual M# - Set Measuring Mode TYPE System EXECUT ION Deferred SYNT A X M#mode Specif y meas uring m ode. Vali d options for mode are: 0 - Li ne cycle integration / high-speed m ult i-channel m ode, and 1 - Single c hannel high- speed burst mode.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-43 N - Set Ev ent Mask TYPE System EXECUT ION Deferred SYNT A X Nmask Directl y sets the Event S tatus Enable Regis ter (ES E) where mask is in th.
API Com m ands Appendix A A-44 ChartScan User’s Manual O - Set Digital Outputs TYPE System EXECUT ION Im mediat e SYNT A X Obank1, bank2, bank3, bank4 Set any of t he 32 digital outputs (separated i.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-45 P - Program T rigger T imes TYPE Channel EXECUT ION Deferred SYNT A X Pstart, stop Set the t rigger st art and/or s top tim es for an acquis it.
API Com m ands Appendix A A-46 ChartScan User’s Manual ? - Query TYPE System EXECUT ION Im mediat e SYNT A X ? Query the present configurat ion or m ode of the c omm and precedi ng the ? DESCRI PTION Most com m ands have a c orresponding Query ( ? ) c omm and form ed by appending a ques tion m ark ( ? ) to the com mand let ter.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-47 Q - Set Query T erminator TYPE System EXECUT ION Deferred SYNT A X Qresp, hll, scan, block, sep Set the query t ermi nators with t he following.
API Com m ands Appendix A A-48 ChartScan User’s Manual The following table s umm arizes term inator us age with all poss ible com m ands in A SCII mode (no t ermi nators are used in binary m ode), w.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-49 QC? - Query Card Data TYPE Calibration EXECUT ION Im m ediate SYNT A X QC? Read bac k card I D and calibrat ion inform ati on from the card previous ly select ed by the Sel ect Card ( C# ) c omm and.
API Com m ands Appendix A A-50 ChartScan User’s Manual.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-51 R - Read Buffered Data TYPE Buffer EXECUT ION Im m ediate SYNT A X Rtype Read s can data from the ac quisi tion buff er where type is the type of data request being m ade.
API Com m ands Appendix A A-52 ChartScan User’s Manual R# - Read Last Readings TYPE System EXECUT ION Im m ediate SYNT A X R#chans Queries the las t readings f rom t he HLL Regist ers for s pecif ied channels .
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-53 S - Set Real T ime Clock TYPE System EXECUT ION Im m ediate SYNT A X Stime Set the unit ’s int ernal real-ti me c lock where time is in the s.
API Com m ands Appendix A A-54 ChartScan User’s Manual T - Set T rigger Configuration TYPE Ac quisit ion EXECUT ION Deferred SYNT A X Tstart, stop, re-arm , sync Configure an acqui siti on of sc an .
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-55 (1) The first paramet er, start , def ines t he event that i s to t ake plac e in order for the uni t to begin ac quiring scans .
API Com m ands Appendix A A-56 ChartScan User’s Manual U - User Status TYPE Sy stem EXECUT ION Immediat e SYNT A X Ureq Request inf ormat ion about various internal c onditi ons of t he unit where r.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-57 Contents of C alibration Status Register (C SR) U3 : Query the current system s ettings . This com mand res ponds with the equi valent of t he following: F?I?L?P?Q?S?T?Y? U4 : Reads the c urrent High/Low/Las t data fo r all conf igured channels .
API Com m ands Appendix A A-58 ChartScan User’s Manual • Stop Scan Point er: This field repres ents t he locat ion in the c urrent read block that t he stop event occurred. This pointer will always be relative to the trigger point with the t rigger point always oriented at locati on 0 .
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-59 U17 : This com m and com putes and returns t he root m ean square (RMS) value of t he last com pleted burs t m ode acquisi tion. U18 : Queries the ac quisit ion st ates and various syst em f lags.
API Com m ands Appendix A A-60 ChartScan User’s Manual V - Set User T erminator TYPE System EXECUT ION Deferred SYNT A X Vval Set the User Term inat or value to any c haracter whose num eric val ue (ASCII value) val is in the range 0 to 255 . V? Query the present user term inator val ue.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-61 W# - Set A verage W eight TYPE System EXECUT ION Deferred SYNT A X W#wt Spec ify t he number of sam ples t o average in the Normal mode , where wt is the average weight . Val id options for wt are: 1 , 2 , 4 , 8 , 16 , 32 , 64 , 128 , and 256 (with 32 being the defaul t value).
API Com m ands Appendix A A-62 ChartScan User’s Manual X - Execute TYPE System EXECUT ION Im m ediate SYNT A X X Execute prec eding com m and stri ng. DESCRI PTION Most com m ands are int erpreted and proces sed as t hey are received but are not executed until the Execute ( X ) com mand is iss ued.
Appendix A API Comm ands ChartScan Us er’s Manual A-63 Y - Set Counts, or Select Blocks TYPE Ac quisit ion EXECUT ION Deferred SYNT A X Ypre,post, stop W hen in Normal mode of data ac quisi tion, s et acqui siti on counts where pre is the pre-t rigger count , post is t he post-t rigger count and stop is the post-s top count .
ChartScan Us er’s Manual, 1-4-99 B-1 Appendix B Configuration Aspects for Programmers λ Reference Notes: If y ou are not familiar w ith programm ing you will probably gain m ore understanding of th e p rogram- related portions of this appendix by first revi ewing Appendi x A, API Commands and Appendix D, ChartScan Pr ogram Examples .
Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers Appendix B B-2 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Memory A llocation Each ChartScan comes equi pped with 256 KB m emory. There are th ree options for additional m emory: 1 Mbyt e, 4 Mbytes, and 8 Mby tes. The m emory modules are located in SIMM sock ets JP201 and/or JP202 on the m icroprocessor board.
Appendix B Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers ChartScan Us er’s Manual B-3 Measuring Modes Overv iew You can select eith er of two s canning m odes for ChartScan , 1) Normal mode, or 2) High-s peed, single-channel mode (Bur st Mode).
Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers Appendix B B-4 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Normal Mode ChartScan has the ability to rej ect noise resulting f ro m A C line pick-up w hen an Average w eight settin g of 16 or more m easuremen ts per line cycle is u sed.
Appendix B Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers ChartScan Us er’s Manual B-5 High-Speed, Single-Channel Mode (Burst Mode) The High-speed, si ngle-channel mode , also know n as burs t mode , is used for post-acquisition w aveform analy sis of A C and DC vol tages.
Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers Appendix B B-6 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Configurati on Require ments ChartSca n does no t scan cha nnels on its initial p ower-up. Even though most user -set co nfiguratio n states have assoc iate d d efault s, you must confi gure a few items befo re sc anning b egins.
Appendix B Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers ChartScan Us er’s Manual B-7 PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07; C1-4,1X" ‘ Configure master channels 1-4 with Type JTC PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07;I00:01:00.
Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers Appendix B B-8 ChartScan Us er’s Manual CSN14/TC/P Configuring Thermocouple Channels Begi n confi guring inp ut cha nnels b y first sp ecifying the channel type. When t he CSN1 4/T C/P signa l conditioning m odule is used, 16 differential therm oco uple inputs are provided.
Appendix B Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers ChartScan Us er’s Manual B-9 CSN14/HV/S Configuring High Volts Channels When the CSN14/HV/S signal conditioning m odule is used, ChartScan measures h igh voltages providing a pro grammable range per channe l.
Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers Appendix B B-10 ChartScan User’s Manual The I comm and is used to set th ese two scan intervals. For exam ple, the followin g comm and: I00:00:10.0,00:00:00.1 w o uld set th e scan interval to once ev ery 10 seconds and s et the post-trigger s can interval to once every 0.
Appendix B Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers ChartScan Us er’s Manual B-11 Pre-Trigger State The Pre-Tri gger state is defined as the period after ChartScan has been configured to collect an acquisition (via the T rigge r Co nfigura tion T co mm and), and before the actual Trigger event occurs.
Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers Appendix B B-12 ChartScan User’s Manual To enable this functionality y ou must perform the following steps: 1. Set the first param eter o f the Counts ( Y ) com mand to -1. If m ore than one transition cy cle is desired, enable th e Auto-Rearm flag of th e T rigger Conf iguration com mand.
Appendix B Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers ChartScan Us er’s Manual B-13 Post-Trigger State The Post-Trigger state is th e period between the occu rrence of the trigg er event and the occurren ce of the stop event.
Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers Appendix B B-14 ChartScan User’s Manual In order for an acquisition to take place, the u nit must hav e a trigger event and can be assign ed a Stop Event. This allows diff erent stimuli to begin and end an acquisition.
Appendix B Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers ChartScan Us er’s Manual B-15 T i me Stamping ( *T ) As m entioned in th e previous sections, th e contents of each scan contains on e reading for each defi ned channel. Optionally , time stam ping of each scan can be enabled with the *T co mma n d .
Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers Appendix B B-16 ChartScan User’s Manual With Alarm Stam ping : PRINT#1, “OUTPUT07;A#1X” ‘ Enable alarm stamping . ‘ Configure and start an acquisition PRINT#1, “OUTPUT07;R1X” ‘ Request the next scan in the buffer PRINT#1, “ENTER07” ‘ Retrieve it INPUT A$ ‘ .
Appendix B Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers ChartScan Us er’s Manual B-17 With Digital Input Stamping: PRINT#1, “OUTPUT07;I#1X” ‘ Enable digital input stamping . ‘ Configure and start an acquisition PRINT#1, “OUTPUT07;R1X” ‘ Request the next scan in the buffer PRINT#1, “ENTER07” ‘ Retrieve it INPUT A$ .
Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers Appendix B B-18 ChartScan User’s Manual Acquisition Buffer , A Description Once scans are read from the bu ffer by th e controlling com puter, they are eras ed from Ch artScan’s buffer. The acquisition buff er is a FIFO (First-In First-Out) buffer.
Appendix B Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers ChartScan Us er’s Manual B-19 This respons e indicates th at the first av ailable scan is -0000076, wh ich is a pre-trig ger scan.
Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers Appendix B B-20 ChartScan User’s Manual Multip le Trigg er Blocks Thro ugh the Auto-Rear m capability of ChartSca n, it is po ssible to captur e more than one tr igger b lock in the unit’s A cquisition Buffer.
Appendix B Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers ChartScan Us er’s Manual B-21 Acquisiti on Buffer Interrogati on Note: In the follow ing sections “cu rrent trigger block” alw ays refers to the trigg er blo ck that is cu rrently being read .
Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers Appendix B B-22 ChartScan User’s Manual 7 - End Scan Po inter T his field repres ents the location in th e current trigger block that the end scan occurred. This pointer will alw ays be relative to the trig ger point.
Appendix B Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers ChartScan Us er’s Manual B-23 The following figures and table illustrate a case in w hich an acquisition has been trigg ered, the stop event and end scan h ave occurred, and the bu ffer contain s several trigger block s.
Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers Appendix B B-24 ChartScan User’s Manual Reading the Acquisi tion Buffer The three previous sections briefly discussed how the acquisition buf fer may b e accessed and read. In this section the m ethod s by w hich the acquisition buff er is read will be discussed in more detail.
Appendix B Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers ChartScan Us er’s Manual B-25 The R2 comm and will read the oldest available trigger block in the Acquisition Buffer.
Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers Appendix B B-26 ChartScan User’s Manual Configuri ng Alarms ChartScan can produce an internal even t when th e value of a chann el is outside of us er-defined limits . T hese “alarm events” can be u sed as trigger or stop even ts, or as a stimu lus for TTL-level sig nals on ChartScan ’s rear panel.
Appendix B Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers ChartScan Us er’s Manual B-27 As m entioned before, m ore than one chan nel can be assig ned to any g iven output bit. For ex ample, if the followin g statement w ere appended to the above exam p le, then either ch annel 2 or channel 3 will set digital outpu t #2.
Configurati on Aspec ts f or Program mers Appendix B B-28 ChartScan User’s Manual Digital I/O Operatio n As show n in the DB50 pinout in the Installation and Config uration section, ChartScan has digital I/O pins for eight inputs an d thirty-tw o outputs (see note).
ChartScan Us er’s Manual, 1-14-99 C-1 Appendix C Registers, Data Formats, & Queries Reference Note: If y ou are not familiar w ith programm ing you will probably gain m ore understanding of the program- related p ortions of this appendix by fi rst reviewing Appendix A, API Commands and Appendix D, Char tScan Program Examples .
Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries Appendix C C-2 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Using High/ Low/Last (HLL) Register s The High/Low /Last (HL L) registers are an altern ative method of getting channel data f rom the Ch artScan unit. The HLL registers are u pd ated during an acquisition at th e current programm ed scan rate.
Appendix C Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries ChartScan Us er’s Manual C-3 You can us e the Query Termin ator ( Q ) comman d to specify a respon se terminator betw een each chan nel of the HLL res ponse. Use the Form at ( F ) comman d to specify the ou tput form at of the HLL R egisters.
Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries Appendix C C-4 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Example 3: Exam ple show s how to read only th e Last readings . PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07 F0,0 Q1,1,0,0, 0X" ‘ Set format to ASCII degrees C with ‘ HLL terminator of CR LF/ EOI PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07 C1-4,1X" ‘ Configure four channel (no setpoints) .
Appendix C Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries ChartScan Us er’s Manual C-5 Example 6: Exam ple 6 shows how to retrieve th e Last readings for a subset of th e configured chan nels.
Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries Appendix C C-6 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Examples: PRINT#1,"OUTPUT07; F0,0X" ‘ Interpret C and L command parameters as ‘ Engineering Units — .
Appendix C Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries ChartScan Us er’s Manual C-7 Cen tigrade : -3276.7 < C < +3276.7 Fahrenhe it : F = (9 /5 )C + 32 Ran kine: R = (9/5)C + 491.
Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries Appendix C C-8 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Scan In terval Scan Interv al formats hav e the followi ng ASCII f ormat: hh:mm:ss.
Appendix C Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries ChartScan Us er’s Manual C-9 Configuri ng Power-Up State ChartScan h as an internally stored factory def ault configuration that can be recalled at any time.
Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries Appendix C C-10 ChartScan User’s Manual Queries ChartScan prov ides many way s to query the unit for specifi c information. Mos t comm ands have a correspondin g query comma nd whi ch responds w ith th e configu ration or mode of a previously executed comm and.
Appendix C Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries ChartScan Us er’s Manual C-11 U Commands and Descripti ons U0 Causes Chart Scan t o return a fixed-length s tatus mes sage st ring. The s tatus mes sage shows t he current opt ions in us e for each com m and.
Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries Appendix C C-12 ChartScan User’s Manual Register Chart Status and Event Reporting Registers Command Ty pe Register A ccess Read Wri te Clear CSR Calibration.
Appendix C Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries ChartScan Us er’s Manual C-13.
Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries Appendix C C-14 ChartScan User’s Manual Calibration Status Register ( U2 Command ) The calibration status register indicates w hich calibration errors, if any hav e occurred. The individual errors are described in the U2 comm and.
Appendix C Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries ChartScan Us er’s Manual C-15 Status By te Register The acquisition device sets the Message Av ailable b it (MAV) in the Statu s Byte Register to determine if d ata can be read by the controller.
Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries Appendix C C-16 ChartScan User’s Manual Bit Location Description Set, Clear and Descri ptive Inform ation DI01 Alarm Set when the sc anning device has sensed a val id alarm condit ion. The alarm is cleared when the alarm condit ion no longer exists .
Appendix C Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries ChartScan Us er’s Manual C-17 The ESB in the Serial Poll Status Regis ter is also cleared by these operation s. The Comm and Error, Execution Error and Device Depen dent Error are also cleared with an Error Query (E?) com mand.
Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries Appendix C C-18 ChartScan User’s Manual T r igger Latency Each trigger source has an associated latency. This is the tim e between the actu al trigger and its recognition by the acquisition device.
Appendix C Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries ChartScan Us er’s Manual C-19 1. IEEE 488 PRINT#1, “SPOLL 07" INPUT #2, S% IF (S% and 128 = 128) THEN PRINT “Buffer Overrun Occurred” ENDIF 2.
Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries Appendix C C-20 ChartScan User’s Manual − Notes.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual, 1-14-99 D-1 Appendix D ChartScan Program Examples Reference Note: You may find Appendix A useful while rea ding t hro ugh these e xample s. Appendix A contains descriptions and exam ples of the A pplication Program Interf ace (API) Comm ands.
Char tScan Progr am Examples Appendix D D-2 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Reading HLL Status using HLL16. BAS The following p rogram is HLL 16.BAS in the EXA MP LES directory. It w ill configure 16 channels, collect the HLL (high/low/last) data, and post it on the screen.
Appendix D ChartScan P rogram E xamples ChartScan Us er’s Manual D-3 Until another k ey is pressed to ex it the loop, the U4 comm and is issued and the high/low/last data is collected.
Char tScan Progr am Examples Appendix D D-4 ChartScan Us er’s Manual The T comm and sets up the trigger param eters for the acquisition. In this exam ple, the start event is an ‘ @ ’ character sent by the controller, an d the stop event is also an ‘ @ ’ character.
Appendix D ChartScan P rogram E xamples ChartScan Us er’s Manual D-5 Acquiring Pr e- & Post-Trigger Data at the Same Rate using FAST_ACQ.BAS The follow ing prog ram, FAST_ACQ.BAS , in the EXA MP LES directory w ill set up the ChartScan for fast acquisition then bring th e values into the controller after the acquisition is com plete.
Char tScan Progr am Examples Appendix D D-6 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Using th e event status regi ster comm and “ UOX ”, we n o w w ait until the acquisition com plete event wh ich includes the s top event.
Appendix D ChartScan P rogram E xamples ChartScan Us er’s Manual D-7 After th e C comma nd is issued, the Ch artScan is now completely arm ed for alarmin g.
Char tScan Progr am Examples Appendix D D-8 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Using the IEEE 488 SRQ with Alarms using ALAR2SRQ.BAS The follow ing prog ram, ALAR2SRQ.BAS , in the EXA MP LES directory w ill set up the alarm sy stem of the ChartS can and then u se the IEEE 488 Service Re quest sign al to asynch ronously service the even t.
Appendix D ChartScan P rogram E xamples ChartScan Us er’s Manual D-9 The O? query com mand returns the f ollo win g string representing all 4 ports digital output status. Oxxx, xxx, xxx, xxx AlarmHandler: LOCATE 5, 1 PRINT “An Alarm condition has been detected.
Char tScan Progr am Examples Appendix D D-10 ChartScan Us er’s Manual PRINT “The ChartScan is currently collecting pre-trigger data..” PRINT “The ChartScan has not been triggered.
Appendix D ChartScan P rogram E xamples ChartScan Us er’s Manual D-11 Collecti ng Binary -Formatted HLL Data using BIN_HLL.BAS The follow ing prog ram, BIN_HLL.BAS , in the EXA MP LES directory w ill set up the ChartScan to collect High/L o w/ Last channel readings in a binary form at rather than the default A SCII format.
Char tScan Progr am Examples Appendix D D-12 ChartScan Us er’s Manual WHILE INKEY$ = "" PRINT #1, "OUTPUT 07;U4X" PRINT #1, "ENTER 07 #"; CHANNELS% * 20; " BUFFER .
Appendix D ChartScan P rogram E xamples ChartScan Us er’s Manual D-13 Using Auto-Rearm to Capture Multiple T r igger Blocks using BLK_ACQ.BAS The follow ing prog ram, BLK_ACQ.
Char tScan Progr am Examples Appendix D D-14 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Using the U6 quer y, the co ntro ller gets t he tri gger b loc k stri ng, which, among o ther things, sup pli es the block com plete flag, indicating th e state of the present trig ger block.
Appendix D ChartScan P rogram E xamples ChartScan Us er’s Manual D-15 'fin d the pointer to DataBuffer$ for DMA transf er buffseg% = VARSEG(DataBuffer$) DX% = VARPTR(DataBuffer$) buffoff% = FNP.
Char tScan Progr am Examples Appendix D D-16 ChartScan Us er’s Manual 'Query the ChartScan for the # of scans av ailable in the Buffer PRINT "An SRQ has been detected.
Appendix D ChartScan P rogram E xamples ChartScan Us er’s Manual D-17 Configure for High-Speed, Si ngle-Channel Burst Mode using BURST.BAS BURST.BAS configur es Char tSca n for the High-Sp ee d, Sin.
Char tScan Progr am Examples Appendix D D-18 ChartScan Us er’s Manual 'Qu ery the C hartScan for th e # of 256 sam ple scans availa ble in the Buf fer PRINT #1, "OUTPUT 07;U6X" PRINT .
ChartScan Us er’s Manual, 11-97 E-1 Appendix E Bus States, Bus Lines, and Data T ransfer Aspects Bus State Bus Line Data Transfer (DIO) Lines 87654321 Bus Management Lines IFC Interf ace Clear REN R.
E-2 ChartScan Us er’s Manual − Notes.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual, 11-97 F-1 Appendix F ASCII Code Summary Decimal Values 00 to 63 – ACG, UCG & LAG Box Items Hexadecimal V alue $41 65 Decimal Value A Bus Me ssage 01 (in c enter) ASCI.
ASCII Code Sum m ary Appendix F F-2 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Decimal Values 64 to 127 – TAG & SCG Box Items Hexadecimal V alue $41 65 Decimal Value A Bus Me ssage 01 (in c enter) ASCI I Charac.
A SCII Code Summary Appendix F ChartScan Us er’s Manual F-3 A SCII Code Details Decimal Values 00 to 31 – ACG & UCG Characteristics A SCII Control Codes (Decim al 00 to 31) Dec Value Hex Value.
ASCII Code Sum m ary Appendix F F-4 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Decimal Values 00 to 31 – ACG & UCG Descriptions A SCII Control Codes (00 to 31) Dec Name Description A ddressed Command Group ( ACG ) 00 Null ( NUL ) Space filler character. Used in output timing for som e device drivers.
A SCII Code Summary Appendix F ChartScan Us er’s Manual F-5 Decimal Values 32 to 63 – LAG A SCII Character Set (Decim al 32 to 63) Dec Hex Character Name Bus Message Listen A ddress Group (LA G) 3.
ASCII Code Sum m ary Appendix F F-6 ChartScan Us er’s Manual Decimal Values 64 to 95 – TAG A SCII Character Set (Decim al 64 to 95) Dec Hex Character Name Bus Message Talk A ddress Group (TA G) 64.
A SCII Code Summary Appendix F ChartScan Us er’s Manual F-7 Decimal Values 96 to 127 – SCG A SCII Character Set (96 to 127) Dec Hex Character Name Bus M essage Secondary Command Group (SCG) 96 60 .
ASCII Code Sum m ary Appendix F F-8 ChartScan Us er’s Manual − Notes.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual, 1-4-99 G-1 Appendix G ChartScan Error Messages At initial pow er-up, ChartScan performs au to matic self -tests to ensure it is fully functional. Rear-panel LEDs indicate errors, if they occur. Possib le error conditions and their corresponding in d icator light patterns are show n in the follow ing table.
ChartScan E rror Messages Appendix G G-2 ChartScan Us er’s Manual the Set Scan Interv al ( I ) comman d is issued d uring an acqui sitio n ( tstart 0 ). After ex ecution of the Error Status Qu ery, most error conditions are cleared. Error conditions may also be cleared by issuin g a Clear Event Status ( U0 ) com mand to the unit.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual, 11-97 H-1 Appendix H Abbreviations y y y y (bull et sym bol) “and” ( e.g. *SC y y y y CA ) HT Hor izontal T ab (AS CII Contro l Code) * (asterisk symbol) “ u nasserted” (e.
Abbreviati ons Appendix H H-2 ChartScan Us er’s Manual − Notes.
ChartScan Us er’s Manual 08-09-02 Index-1 Index -A- Abbreviations, Appendix H AC Voltage, Measuring of, 4-40 AC RM S Voltage, Measuring of, 4-40, 4-41 Alarms, 4-24, 4-33, 4-34, B-26 API Commands, se.
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