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© 1998 by IOtec h, Inc . Novem ber 1998 Pri nt ed in the Unit ed S tates of Am erica How T o Use This Manual Chapter 1: Con figur ing and St artin g NetScan pro vide s infor mation t o get your NetS c an system up and running o n the ethernet. Includes softw are installation instructions. Chapter 2: Ch artV iewNE T Quick S tart an d Tutori al incl[...]

ii NetScan Us er’s Manual T able of Contents 1 Con f i gur i ng and S t ar t i ng Ne t S can Overview……1-1 Inspect Your System ……1-1 Install Software ……1-2 Check and Install Hardw are …… 1-2 Verify Voltage Se tting ……1-2 Verify DIP Swit ch Settin g ……1-2 Install Signal Conditioning Car d(s ) …..1-2 Connect Expan sion Cha[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual iii 6 C a li b r a ti o n Introduction …… 6-1 Calibration Setup …… 6-1 Non-Volatile Storage of Calibration Constants …… 6-2 Hardware Protected RA M …… 6-2 ScanCal Softw are Application …… 6-3 ScanCal ’ s M ain W indow …… 6-3 Using ScanCal …… 6-4 Interfa ce Para mete rs Sys t em Inv entory Cal[...]

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NetScan Us er’s M anual , 11-16-98 Configuring and S tarting Net Scan 1-1 Configuring and Starting NetScan 1 Overview…… 1-1 Inspect You r System…… 1-1 Check and Install Hard ware…… 1-2 Verify Voltage Setting …… 1-2 Verify DIP Switch Settings …… 1-2 Install Signal Conditioning Card(s) …… 1-2 Connect Expansion Chassis (optio[...]

1-2 Configuring and St arting Net S c an NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Check and Install Hardware Depending on y our order, your NetScan unit m ay n ot require all the steps under this heading. If a step does not apply to you r unit, sim ply go on to the nex t one. NetScan Re ar Panel Verify Voltage Sett ing Based on y our order, you r NetScan sy stem[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Configuring and St arting Net S c an 1-3 Install Signal Conditioning Card(s) Signal conditioning cards are pre-installed per customer order. However, if y ou need to install a sign al conditioning card, or CSN/Relay card, perform the followin g steps. Repeat the steps for additional card s, and for placing cards into the [...]

1-4 Configuring and St arting Net S c an NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Setup for Ethernet Operation Complete Hardw a re Setup for Ethernet Operation If you want to operate your NetScan unit independent of (not-connected to) the ethernet, refer to Chapter 7 for serial operation. If you ordered a expansion chassis (CSN/Exp), please refer to Chapter 7 fo[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Configuring and St arting Net S c an 1-5 If you ob ser ve a configuration er ror , perf orm an error status qu ery (s ee E? in Appendix A). If you obs erve any other type of error condition, make n ote of the error and contact your service representative. Error Condition LED Indicators AL AR M TRIGGER SCA N ERROR POWER Ge[...]

1-6 Configuring and St arting Net S c an NetScan Us er ’ s Manual If you or d ere d Char tVie w Plus, you must enter the re gistra tion I D number a s it ap pe a rs on your ChartView Plus Registration Sheet. Otherw ise, press Next and continue to follow the screen prompts. Scree n Prompt for Enter ing the ChartVie w Plus ID Using the NetScan Conf[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Configuring and St arting Net S c an 1-7 NetScan Configuration Utility, Ste p 3 You will receive a “ >>Communications Error<< ” if the NetScan Configurat io n Utility fails to communicate with NetScan. Likely causes are: 1) Wrong COMM Port select ed in t he utility (step1 ) . 2) Serial cable connected to w[...]

1-8 Configuring and St arting Net S c an NetScan Us er ’ s Manual NetScan and TCP/IP Addressing Protocol The NetScan uses TCP/ IP (Transport Con trol Protocol/I nternet Protocol) for com m un ications over th e ethernet. You can access NetScan dev ices from virtu ally any w here in the w orld since the World Wide Web uses this s am e protocol. TC[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Configuring and St arting Net S c an 1-9 Configuration There are four basic ne twork scenarios th at pertain to NetScan ethern et operation. Note that proper TCP/IP configur ati o n is ext r emely impor t ant, a nd you must ob tain T CP /IP ad dr essing p a ramete rs b e for e config uring th e protocol. The rules for con[...]

1-10 Configuring and St arting Net S c an NetScan Us er ’ s Manual 3) Private LAN Setup with Multiple Ne tworks Private LAN with Multiple Ne tworks In mu ltiple-netw ork scenarios, tw o or more networks con nect to a comm on gatew ay v ia ethernet hubs. In regard to multiple netw orks, a qualified netw ork administrator should assign all TCP/IP p[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Configuring and St arting Net S c an 1-11 The following f igure and table identify pin locations for outputs, inputs, and grounds associated with the DB5 0 co nnect or . Outp ut s 1 thr ough 3 2 ar e typica lly used fo r al a rms 1 thr ough 3 2 , r e spe c tively. O ut puts 1 thro ugh 1 6 ca n b e used with the rela y car[...]

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NetScan Us er’s M anual , 11-16-98 2-1 ChartV iew NET Quick Start and T utorial 2 Overview ……2-1 ChartViewNET, Basic Co ncepts ……2-1 Configuration Files …… 2-1 Understanding Groups, Charts, & C hannels …… 2-2 Three Ways of Using ChartViewNET …… 2-3 ChartViewNET Q uick Start ……2- 3 ChartViewNET Tutorial ……2-6 Overvi[...]

2-2 ChartView Quic k St art and Tutori al NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView uses Chartvw.cvw as a default configuration file. This file m aintains a location for ChartView confi gur ati o n info r matio n i nclud ing: • Device Interface M ode • Hardware Configuration • Channel Settings: ⇒ Channel Ena ble/Disa ble (On/O ff) ⇒ Ty pe ⇒ [...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Quic k St art and Tutori al 2-3 Three Ways of Using ChartViewNet You can u se ChartViewNET to: • chart and monitor specific chan nels w ith no acquisition of data to disk • acquire data with no charting or m eter use • use chartin g and/or m eters w hile acqu iring data to disk 1) Chart cha nnels (and/or m[...]

2-4 ChartView Quic k St art and Tutori al NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView M ain Window ChartView M ain Wi ndow Control Options = Mouse, = Arrow Keypads , = PageUp/PageDown Keypads 1 Group Se lect Ctrl+G, or , or  14 Channel Sele ction or, 2 Start Charts & Indicat ors or, F5 15 Multiply (x 2) or, [Tab t o and hi t Spacebar] 3 Pause Ch ar[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Quic k St art and Tutori al 2-5 Once ChartView has a co nfigura tion fi le, you c an star t the p ro gram quic kly using the Wi ndo ws Run dia log box. Before execu ting this comm and [by clicking on the OK box] s pecify a configu ration file as a comm and line param eter. In th e follow ing ex ample, th e user [...]

2-6 ChartView Quic k St art and Tutori al NetScan Us er ’ s Manual • ChartView Anal og M e t er s • ChartView Digital Meters • ChartView Bar Graph Meters The meter- type data display s, along with the charts, can be on y our compu ter screen at the s ame tim e. They can be re-sized and repositioned as desired. Analog, Digital, and Bar Graph[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Quic k St art and Tutori al 2-7 2. Configure Chart Setup ◊ (4) On the Select In terface box, sh ow n in step 1, click “ OK. ” A Chart Setup Wiz ard w indow appears (s ee follo wing figure ) . Chart Setup W izard Note: ChartVi ew Plus has C hart Setup Wi zard optio ns i nc ludi ng Moderate and Advanced Auto[...]

2-8 ChartView Quic k St art and Tutori al NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Note: Once you r chart setup is com plete you can alw ays go back an d edit the setup. For the purpose of our tutorial, complete the followin g steps. Note that these steps are catered to ChartView Plus . Comments regar ding st a ndar d Cha rtView are presented in brack ets [ ]. ?[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Quic k St art and Tutori al 2-9 ChartView Toolbar Refere nce 3. Configure Channels & A larms Config ure chann els and alarm s as follow s. ◊ (14) On ChartView ’ s Main Window , click on Setup in the pull- dow n m enu row . The S etup pull- dow n men u appears, allow ing you to mak e more specif ic select[...]

2-10 ChartView Quic k St art and Tutori al NetScan Us er ’ s Manual 4. Configur e Acqui sition. ◊ (18) Click on the Acquisition Setup tab (see previous figure). An Acquisition Configu ration dialog box app ear s. The box can be in either of tw o modes – (1) Norma l , or (2) High-speed, single channel . Note th at you can also access the Acqui[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Quic k St art and Tutori al 2-11 Acquisition Setup Parame ter Options Event Conf iguration Trigger: Set a trigger sc an in the A c quisit ion by us i ng one of the fol l owi ng: Key board - Use Cons ol e Tri gger di al og box to st art tri gger s can. Note: If the Key board Tri gger i s selec ted the us e of Pre[...]

2-12 ChartView Quic k St art and Tutori al NetScan Us er ’ s Manual 6. [Optional]. Save Configuration File. Although the upd a ted Chartvw.cvw file w ill automatically save upon Exit, there may be times wh en you wan t to manu ally initiate a sav e. This will help y ou save tim e if an error occurs that may cor r upt your configur ati o n. Y o u [...]

NetScan Us er’s M anual , 11-9-98 General Inf orm at ion and Speci f icat i ons 3-1 General Information and Specifications 3 &$ 87, 21 If equipm ent is used in any m a nner not specified in this manual, or if specification lim its are exceeded, the function of the equipm ent, as w ell as the protection provided by it, may be im paired. Genera[...]

3-2 General Inform at i on and S pecif i c ations NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Although Ne tSca n can ac quir e te mpe rat ur e r e adi ngs at a r ate of 147 channels /sec, y o u may also program th e unit to acquire data at specified tim e intervals usin g the hh:mm:ss.t form at. For the ultimate in flexibility , you m ay also program separate pre-a[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual General Inform at i on and S pecif i c ations 3-3 Software and Hardw are Software ChartViewNE T PostView ScanCal CIMSc an (optional) ScanServ er (optional) 16-Channel Signal Conditioning Cards ( Optional ) Low-voltage with removable terminal block input module (CSN14/LV/T) Low-voltage with BNC input module (CSN14/LV/B ) L[...]

3-4 General Inform at i on and S pecif i c ations NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Min channel c onfigurat i on 16 channels Max channel c onfigurat i on 128 channels General Instal lation Category: • CE: Category 2 for Lin e Vo ltage Input termin al. All other termin als are Category 1. Warm Up: • 1 hour to rated accuracy . Expansion Connect o r: •[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual General Inform at i on and S pecif i c ations 3-5 Scan In terval: • Absolute tim e between scans ( hh:mm:ss.t ); mi n = 00:00:00.0, ma x = 99:59:59.9. Note: Speci fy ing a v alue of 00:00:00.0 res ults i n no delay between channel scans. Triggers Instal lation Category: • CE: Category 1. Program m able Triggerin g: ?[...]

3-6 General Inform at i on and S pecif i c ations NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Digital I/O Interface & Alarms Instal lation Category: • CE: Category 1. Numb er of Digit a l Inputs: • 8 bits, LS-TTL compatible. Num ber of Digital Outputs: • 32 bits, T TL level compatible. Can be programm ed as alarms. Note: The 32 TT L outputs can be set or [...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual General Inform at i on and S pecif i c ations 3-7 Calibration Calibration m ust be completed periodically to ensure equipm ent is accurate, and can be perform ed manu ally, or w ith the us e of ScanCal . Chapter 6 con tains instructions, including calibration equipment requirements, f o r the following : NetScan m ain uni[...]

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NetScan Us er’s Manual 11-13-98 Chart V iew Software Referenc e 4-1 ChartV iew Softw are Reference 4 ChartView , ChartView Plus, ChartView NET, and ChartView NET Plus Overview ……4-1 Groups, Charts, & Channels …… 4-2 Three W ays of Using ChartView …… 4-2 W hat ChartView and ChartView Plus Prov ide …… 4-3 M ain Window ……4-4 [...]

4-2 ChartView Soft ware Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Groups, Charts, & Channels When startin g the program with n o configu ration file presen t (see Chapter 2 if necessary ), a feature called Char t Setup Wizard is automatically activated to assist you w ith your display setup. To make the best use of Chart Setup W izard you need to un[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-3 Some of the data acquisition scenarios pertaining to ChartView are as f ollows : Four Bas i c Dat a Ac q ui s i t i on Sc enar i os 4) Upl oadi ng Dat a f r om I nst r um ent Buf fe r B u ffe r Sens or 3) Buf fe r ing A cqu is it i on i n I nst rument B u ffe r Senso r 2) Acqui r i ng &am[...]

4-4 ChartView Soft ware Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Main Window While using th is chapter, refer to the Main Window fig ure and its associated control op tio n table as needed. Because of the graphic aspect of th e window , you sh ould be able to develop a g ood unders tandin g of th e program ’ s capabilities and associated oper a ting [...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-5 ChartView Main Window and Control Options = Mouse, = Arrow Keypads , = PageUp/PageDow n Keypads Note: The bulleted list on page 4-4 relates to thi s table. 1 Group Se lect Ctrl+G, or , or  14 Channel Sele ction or, 2 Start Charts an d Indicat ors or, F5 15 Multiply (x2) or, Tab-to /Spa[...]

4-6 ChartView Soft ware Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Channel Information Region Channels can return v alues in units of ° C, ° F, ° K, ° R, mV , V, or user defined units (if the mX + b option is used). With exception of mX + b user defined -units, units d epe nd o n the co nfigura tio n and t ype of signa l conditioning card used. Signa[...]

NetScan 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 referenced is on e vertical grid. In th e example above for C hannel 1, each vertical grid increm ent represents 10.58 ° C per divisi o n. Changi ng t he units/ d ivisio n spi nne r co ntro ls [...]

4-8 ChartView Soft ware Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Main Window T oolbar Each item in the toolbar, with ex ception of Group Select (1), is r ep resented by an indiv idual button icon. Toolb a r -related functions can also be activated from pull- down m enus (discussed later). P lacing the cursor on the button and clickin g the m ouse butto[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-9 Display Configuration The Display Conf iguration button accesses a Displ ay Configur ation Setup dialog box. This box will also be displ ayed i f: a) Cr eate Charts Manual ly is selected du ring use of the Wizard Chart Setup program , b) you select Setup f rom the Ch art pull-dow n men u,[...]

4-10 ChartView Soft ware Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Display C onfiguration Setup Dialog Box with an Existing Configur ation Note: When a chart contain s overlapping channels [and the chann els share v alues such that their traces reside on top of each other], then the chann els listed low er in the display list (th e most recently added c[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-11 Adjusting Channel Se tup for Channel 1 ChartView and ChartView Plus data channels can operate in one of two m odes: Units Full Scale or, Units/Div. The mode is selected by radio button. Units Full Scale . When Units Full Scale is selected, as depicted in the above f igure, y o u can alte[...]

4-12 ChartView Soft ware Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Manually Creating a Display For Cha rtView Plus users, if you plan to h ave a chart setup that is not w eighted evenly , i.e., different num bers of chann els per chart and dif ferent num bers of charts per group, you m ay w ant to m anual ly setup your chart display from scratch, i.e., [...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-13 (4a) Automati c ally add groups to the s et up . Ent er the num ber of groups and c hart s desired by us ing the c urs or and typing in the val ue, or by using t he pul l -down arrows ( τ ) and maki ng t he appropriate s el ec tions ; then cl i c k on the Create Groups but ton. (4b) Man[...]

4-14 ChartView Soft ware Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual 9. Choose ch annels f o r the selected chart. With ChartView Plus, you can select up to four overlapping ch annels per chart. With the basi c ChartView program, y ou are limited to one ch annel per chart. There are four m ethods of adding channels . These are as follow s: • Highlight a[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-15 Channel Configuration The “ Channel Co nfigura t i on ” button brin gs up the Se tup Win dow wi th one of three “ tabbed ” dialog boxes displayed: Acquisition Setup (page 4-33), Channel & A larm Setup (page 4-33), or Data Destination (page 4-39). The information entered in th[...]

4-16 ChartView Soft ware Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Print Charts The Print Charts button activates a screen print of ChartView ’s main window . Main Window Pull- Down Menus The ChartView main w indow features several pull- down m enus. As an altern ative to the men us, y ou can ena b le se vera l menu items by using Toolbar buttons, pre[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-17 File Menu Note When Cha rtView is started for the very f irst time there is n o default channel config uration file. In this case a Chart View Startup di alog box appears , providin g y ou w ith the fol low ing f o ur choices: Retry, Select Device, Load Fil e, and Exit Progr am . After c[...]

4-18 ChartView Soft ware Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Display config. Allows you to: Open a previously s aved displ ay c onfigurat i on f ile, s ave the current display c onfigurati on file, or save the c urrent dis pl ay confi gurat ion fil e i n a di f ferent locati on (or under a di f ferent f i l e nam e). (S ee following note). Note: T[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-19 Options Option Set t ings inc ludes t hree s eparate dialog boxes, ac cess ible by tabs , as i ndi c ated in the following sc reen captures . Charts Restricts Scroll Spee d to Eliminate Aliasing It is possi bl e f or chart di s plays t o exhibit al i as ing when using ChartS c an, NetS c[...]

4-20 ChartView Soft ware Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A cquisition (continued) Automatic Keyboard Trigger on Auto Re-arm This feat ure works i n c onjunct i on with K ey board Triggering when Auto Re-arm is bei ng used. Aut o Re-arm i s disc ussed on page 4-39. If the opt ion is di sabled , acquisit i on dat a is s aved to dis k , and the d[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-21 Comman d Characters This area cont ains t wo fiel ds for entering c om m and charac ters, one f or row setting and one f or colum n setti ng. Ent er t he charact ers (Excel param eters ) t o mat ch the appl i c able version of Excel; f or exam pl e: France - Row = L , Co lumn = C Germany[...]

4-22 ChartView Soft ware Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Upload Av ailable Scans (Ctrl + U) (manual control) Enables ChartView to ac c ess devi ce m emory f or all sc ans c urrent ly available. This f unc tion only upl oads scans t hat are current ly available. Upload Scans Until Done Enables ChartView to ac c ess devi c e m em ory and upload [...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-23 Device … I nterface Setup IEEE 488 The IEEE 488 Setup dialog box appears. Valid address es are 0 t o 30. DIP switch set t i ngs mus t agree with this setup. For Chart S c an, an IEEE 488 interf ace card is required f or us e of IEEE 488 interf ace. NetScan devices c an not m ake use of[...]

4-24 ChartView Soft ware Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Network Network brings up the Network I nt erface S et tings di al og box. A val i d regi s trati on num ber m ust be ent ered (1 st screen bel ow) to gain ac cess to the Chart View ’ s Network Int erface s upport feat ure. The second di al og box allows users of NetSc an or Net232 to [...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-25 From the Alarm configu ration d ialog bo x, y ou can de fine the in formation that w ill be saved in th e log file. Options i nc lude the Tim e and Date when the st ate change oc curred, t he A larm num ber, t he Channel(s) t hat tripped the alarm along with t he c urrent reading, and t [...]

4-26 ChartView Soft ware Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Log Enable (Ctrl+A ) Once an alarm log fil e exist s, l og enabl e c an be used to ac tivat e t he l oggi ng process ; or to di s able an active l og. A chec k-m ark ( ) preceding Log Enable indi c ates t hat the log i s act ive. No c hec k-m ark present indi c ates t he al arm log has n[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-27 Setup Channels & Alarms Ctrl+L Access es the Set up W indow for confi guri ng c hannels and al arm s. From the channels & alarm s dialog box, you can s el ec t the A c quisit ion Set up and Dat a Destinat i on di al og boxes. Acquisition Ctrl+C Acces ses t he A cquis i t ion Setu[...]

4-28 ChartView Soft ware Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Bar Graph Meters Selec t i ng Bar Gra ph Me ter s fr om ChartView ’s Wi ndo w pull -d own menu brings up the B ar G rap h wi ndow. This w indow display s several channels in bar graph format. To activate the display, select the Start button from th e toolbar. At least one meter mu st b[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-29 A na l og Meters Selecting A nalog Meters from ChartView ’s Window pull-dow n men u brings u p the Analog Meters wi ndow . This wi ndow displays s everal chann els in a dial/gag e format. To activate the dis play, select the Start button from th e toolbar. At least one meter mu st be a[...]

4-30 ChartView Soft ware Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Digital Meters Selecting Digital Meters f rom ChartView ’s Window p ull-down m e nu brings up the Digital Meters win d ow to display several chan nels in num eric format. To activate the display, select the Start button from the toolbar. At leas t one meter m ust be assi gned to an act[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-31 Meter Toolbars The toolbar s for the three m eter types are identical, w ith exception that the Digital Meters toolbar does not have a Reset Peak Hold b utton (item C in the follow ing figu re). Mete rs Toolbar Buttons Item Name Function A Start Starts meters. B Stop Stops meters. C Rese[...]

4-32 ChartView Soft ware Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Meters Configuration Menu A m eters co nfiguration m enu (low er left corner of figure) w ill appear when y ou place the mouse pointer over a m eter and click the righ t-han d mou se button. The m enu allow s you to access variou s dialog box es for ch angin g parameters for an in dividu[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-33 Configure M eter Setting s, Function Descriptions Functi on Description 1 Select Chan nel Se lect a ne w channel f or displ ay. T he sele cted channel w ill repl ace the one cur rentl y seen in the me ter. Note , double-cl icking the le ft mouse butto n in the meter region w ill als o br[...]

4-34 ChartView Soft ware Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Channel and A larm Setup Dialog Box Message and Pul l-Down Li st A spects Colum n Message List * 1 CH N/A --- 2 On ENABLE or DISABLE 3 3 Reading N/A --- 4 Type CHOO SE TYPE-> 3 5 Label ENTER LABEL (MAX = 8 LETTER) --- 6 Units CHOOSE UNIT S -> 3 7 Low ENTER DE S I RED LOW LI MIT ---[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-35 Channel Configuration Columns 1) Chann el (CH)  This column serves only as a channel n um ber indicator. The chann el num ber cannot be changed from this column. 2) On  The On colum n allows y ou to enable a channel f o r data collection. When a cell or block of cells in this colum[...]

4-36 ChartView Soft ware Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Note: When using a channel as a reference ch annel, remem b er that lower nu mbered ch annels are calculated ahead of h igher n um bered chann els, e.g., CH1 is calculated ahead of CH2. This m akes a dif ference wh en subtracting a referen ce channel in regard to the time aspect of the r[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-37 The mode i s selected f rom the low er left-h and portion of th e dialog box . The follow ing fig ure represents a s creen capture w ith normal m ode selected. Acquisit ion Setup Dialog Box, N ormal Mode The following f igure dep icts co mponents of an acquisition. The Trigger and Stop P[...]

4-38 ChartView Soft ware Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Acquisiti on Setup Dialog Box, Hi gh-Speed, Single-Channel M ode Acquisition Setup Parameter Options Event Configurat ion Trigger: Set a trigger sc an in the A c quisit ion by using one of the fol l owing: Key board - Use Cons ole Trigger dialog box to s t art trigger s c an. Note: If th[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-39 Data Destination Dialog B ox Data Destination The Data Destination portion of the box is used to assign a filenam e and folder lo cation for data, select an Excel or binary format ( .TXT or .IOT respectively ), and to select optional Time/Date an d/or Alarm Stamps (to be included in th e[...]

4-40 ChartView Soft ware Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Auto Re-arm allow s you to choose one of th e followin g three options: • capture one trig ger block (def ault, Au to Re-arm disabled) • capture multiple trigg er blocks in one file • capture multiple trigg er blocks in indexed files Why use Auto Re- arm? You can u se Auto Re-arm a[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-41 Chart Setup Wizard Reference Note: For very first tim e start-up of ChartView and a program tutorial (that inclu des a first time u se of the C hart Setup Wiz a rd ) refer to Chapt er 2. Introduction Chart Setup Wi zard is a f eature of ChartView , ChartView Plus an d PostView . The feat[...]

4-42 ChartView Soft ware Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A Manual Chart C reation, Create C harts button allows y ou to bypass the Char t Setup W izard an d enter a manual mode. Thi s o pti on makes use o f ChartView ’s Display Conf iguration feature (ref erence page 4-9). Manual chart creation allows y ou to vary the number of assigned chan[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual ChartView Soft ware Reference 4-43 It is a simple task to create chart display conf igurations usin g the autom a tic method. T he following steps apply to this feature of C hart Setup W izard . 1. Select Wi zard from the Chart pu ll-dow n m enu of ChartView ’s main win dow. The New Dis play Setup di alog box appears. 2[...]

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NetScan Us er’s Manual, 11- 06-98 PostView 5-1 PostV i ew 5 Introduction ……5-2 Starting PostView ……5- 3 Toolbar ……5-4 Channel Information Region ……5-5 Me nu Items ……5-6 Understanding Groups , Charts, and Channe ls ……5-7 Chart Setup W izard ……5-7 Introduction …… 5-7 Automatic Display Creation …… 5-8 Display Conf[...]

5-2 PostV iew NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Introduction PostView is an indepen dent program that allow s you to view wav eforms recorded by v arious data acquisition programs. A s the data file is being created, a descriptor file used by PostView is also created. PostView Control Options 1 = Mouse, = Arrow Keypads , = PageUp/PageDown Keypads 1 Group [...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual, 11- 06-98 PostView 5-3 Starting PostV iew The main w ays of starting PostView are: 1) Open Post View directly f rom th e Windows Explorer, Des ktop Icon, or S tart Ru n brow se feature (on desktop). 2) From the acquisition program ’ s m ain wi ndow , click on th e toolbar ’ s PostView button, or se lect PostView from[...]

5-4 PostV iew NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Note: Chart Setup Wizard can be started from the File pull- down m enu. Chart Setup Wizard ’ s use in PostView is disc usse d on page - 7 . T oolbar The follow ing table ex plains PostView toolbar item s, wh ile the n ext page begin s a descript ion of Pos tView Menu item s. Menu and toolbar items are show[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual, 11- 06-98 PostView 5-5 Channel Infor m ati on Regi on By clic ki ng on the up o r do wn arro ws ( σ , or τ ) by the chan nel selection box (item 11), y ou can select one chann el (of a m axim um of 4 ov erlapping chan nels) that w ere assign ed to that chart. You could then observe the chart-related in formation for th[...]

5-6 PostV iew NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Menu Items File Open Opens a data fi l e c reated by the dat a acquis i t ion program . Post V iew automat i c ally detects whether the fil e c ontains ASCII or binary data. Print Prints the pres ent Pos tView window. Setup Access es Dis pl ay Configurati on Setup dial og box, all owing you to edi t the dis [...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual, 11- 06-98 PostView 5-7 Understanding Gr oups, Char ts, and Channel s As indic a ted in the fi gure o n pa ge -3, when no d isp l ay configur ati o n file i s found , P ostV i ew ope ns t he Chart Setup Wi zard to assist y ou in creating a display f ile. T o make the best use of Chart Setup W izard you need to un derstand[...]

5-8 PostV iew NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A Manual Chart C reation, Create Cha rts b utton allows you to bypass the Chart Set up Wiz ard and enter a manual edi t ing mode. T hi s o pt i o n makes use o f P ost V iew ’ s Display Conf iguration feature (discussed in the following Display Configura tio n section). Manual Chart Creation allows y o u t[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual, 11- 06-98 PostView 5-9 It is a simple task to create a chart display conf iguration using the autom atic method. The followin g steps apply to this feature of Chart Set up Wiz ard . Note: If PostView locates a display con figuration file, C hart Setup W izard w ill not be activated unless you ch oose to manually activate[...]

5-10 PostV iew NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Editing a Display Display C onfiguration Setup Dialog Box with an Existing Configur ation To explain editing a conf iguration, we m ake use of an exam ple in w hich ass umes you w ant to edit Chart 1. In the follow ing fi gure, Chart 1 w as highligh ted by clicking on it with the m ouse cursor. The Display [...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual, 11- 06-98 Post View 5-11 Another va ria t i on o f t he Disp l a y Configura t i on Set up bo x app ear s when you highlight a c ha nnel. I n the follow ing figu re, Channe l 1 (of Chart 1, Grou p 1) was selected, resultin g in a new screen im age. From this screen y o u can edit the ch annel setup. Adjusting Channel Se [...]

5-12 PostV iew NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Manually Creating a Display Note: This meth od of creating a display can only be accessed from the Chart Set up Wiz ard . It cannot be accessed if PostView is using an ex isting display configuration file. Unlike editing a display , as just describ ed , this method inv olves creating a display from scratch.[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual, 11- 06-98 Post View 5-13 Adding a Chart to Gr oup 1 3. Chan ge th e num ber of charts per g roup if des ired. 4. Chan ge the group n ame if des ired. 5. Click on a group to see th e chart(s) assi gned to the g roup. In the abov e example there is on e group with one chart. 6. Click on a chart to assign ch annels to the c[...]

5-14 PostV iew NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Note: You ca n remove c hannels b y highlighting a c hannel( s) in t he Selec t Channel s b ox, and t he n clicki ng on the Re move but t o n. I n the p r evio us figure , CH7 ( in the se lec t b ox) is highli ght e d. Clicking th e Remove button w o uld d e lete that channel from Chart1. Note: When a chart[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual, 11- 06-98 Post View 5-15 PostV iew Timebase PostView autom atically detects and displays th e data file timebase along the X- axis at the botto m of the PostView w indow . The timebase can be displayed as relative time or as absolute time in the f ormat: 00:00:00.0 (hour/m inute/second/ten th). The tim ebase form at of a[...]

5-16 PostV iew NetScan Us er ’ s Manual It is possible for the data acq uisition program to create files containing multiple tim ebases, p re-trigger, post- trigger, an d post-stop data. PostView accomm odates all these f eatures, as sh own in th e previous ex ample (taken f rom a Ch artScan/1400 unit w ith the ChartView data acquisition prog ram[...]

NetScan Us er’s Manual, 11-16-98 Calibration 6 -1 Calibration 6 Introduction ……6-1 Calibration Setup ……6 -1 Non-Volatile Storage of Calibration Constants …… 6-2 Hardware Protected RAM …… 6-2 ScanCal Softw are Application ……6-3 ScanCal ’ s Main Window …… 6-3 Using ScanCal …… 6-4 Interfa ce Para mete rs Sys t em Inv en[...]

6-2 Calibration NetSc an Us er ’ s Manual &$ 87, 21 The digital voltm eter (or digital multim eter) used to verify calibration voltage accuracy m ust m eet the follow ing criteria: 1) Minim um Re soluti on: 6-1/2 digi ts 2) Minim um DC Accu racy: 0.005% full s cale Failure to com ply with this requirement can res ult in faulty equipm ent perf[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Calibration 6-3 &$ 87, 21 Unless you are sett ing main unit calibration consta nts or cha ng ing the passw ord, the calibration mode should be disabled. The calibration m ode applies to m ain unit calib ration, and n ot to the calibration of signal condition ing cards. ScanCal Software Application ScanCal’s Main Win[...]

6-4 Calibration NetSc an Us er ’ s Manual Using ScanCal To use ScanCal, simply follow the f our steps listed under the word Instruction s in ScanCal ’ s Main Wi ndow . The steps are repeated bel ow, al ong w ith the proper t ool icon an d equivalent pu ll-dow n m enu opt ion. Instru ctions for settin g up calibration equ ipmen t are contained i[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Calibration 6-5 System Inventory 2. Select the Inventory icon f rom the toolbar to generate a list of items that m ake up your scan ning system . 3. Select the item s you w ish to calibrate. Calibration 4. Select the Calibration icon from the toolbar to initiate the autom atic calibration pro cess. T he ScanCal pro gr am [...]

6-6 Calibration NetSc an Us er ’ s Manual Calib ration o f Main Unit Offset Calibration of Main Unit Required Equipm ent - Shorting bar, or 3 l i nk ed banana plugs (s ee following figure) - Calibration Card (ins talled i n bot tom slot , slot #1, of the m ain unit ) &$ 87, 21 Do not install or rem ove any cards from the m ain unit, or from i[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Calibration 6-7 1. Ensure the m ain unit is powered “ OFF, ” and h as no pow er sources connected to it. 2. If a signal conditioning card is in slot #1 o f the chassis, remove the card. 3. Install Calibration Card into Slo t #1 (b o ttom slot) of the main unit. &$ 87, 21 Do not perform calibration until after the [...]

6-8 Calibration NetSc an Us er ’ s Manual Gain Calibration of Main Unit Required Equipm ent* - Volts DC Cal ibrator - 22-2 Twisted pairs (t o c onnect c alibrator t o c alibrati on c ard) - Digita l Voltmeter, or D igital Multimeter (used for verificat ion of c al i brat ion voltages ) - Calibration Card (ins talled i n bot tom slot , slot #1, of[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Calibration 6-9 1. Connect HI, LO, -S , and +S lines from th e precision calibrato r to the binding posts of the calibration card, as indicated in th e figu re above. 2. Apply - 4 .4 VDC (minus 4.4 VDC) from th e calibrator to the calibr a tio n card. Use a precision digital mu ltimeter to verif y v oltage accuracy. Note:[...]

6-10 Calibration NetSc an Us er ’ s Manual Calibr ati on of Signal Condi tioning Car ds Offset Calibration of Cards Required Equipm ent - BNC Short f or CS N14/LV/ B cards, see note - Term i nal Type S hort for CSN14/ LV /T cards , s ee not e - Banana Plug Type Short for CSN14/ LV / S cards , see not e - Type U Subm iniatu re P l ug S hort for CS[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Calibration 6-11 1. If the calibration passw ord has not been chan ged, enter K12345 . If the passw ord has been ch anged, enter the K com mand and the cu rrent password. This en ables the calibration m ode. 2. Ty pe U2X to verify calibratio n mode. U128 should appear, indicating the u nit is in calibration mode. 3. Ty pe[...]

6-12 Calibration NetSc an Us er ’ s Manual Gain Calibration of Low Volts Cards Required Equipm ent* - Volts DC Cal ibrator - 22-2 Twisted pairs (t o c onnect c alibrator t o c alibrati on c ard) - BNC Harness (f or CSN14/LV / B cards ), see not e - Terminal Type Harnes s for CS N14/LV/ T c ards, s ee note - Banana Plug Type Harness CSN14/LV / S c[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Calibration 6-13 1. Connect an applicable calibration harness to each card. R efer to fig ure below.[...]

6-14 Calibration NetSc an Us er ’ s Manual 2. Apply calibration voltage from the precision calibrator to the firs t chann el of each card (see f ollowi ng table), and verify w ith a digital mu ltimeter. Requirem ents for bo th devices are specified in Required Equipment . Volts DC Slot # 1 Slot # 2 Slot # 3 Slot # 4 Slot # 5 Slot # 6 Slot # 7 Slo[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Calibration 6-15 Gain Calibration of High Volts Cards Required Equipm ent* - Volts DC Cal ibrator - 22-2 Twisted pairs (t o c onnect c alibrator t o c alibrati on c ard) - Banana Plug Type Harness for CSN14/ HV/S s ee note - Digital V ol t met er or Digital Mult im et er (used for veri f icat ion of c al i brat ion voltag[...]

6-16 Calibration NetSc an Us er ’ s Manual 2. Apply calibration voltage from the precision calibrator to th e first channel of each CSN14/HV/S card (see followin g table), and verify with a digital m ultim eter. Requirements for both devices are specified in Required Equipm ent . Volts DC Slot # 1 Slot # 2 Slot # 3 Slot # 4 Slot # 5 Slot # 6 Slot[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Calibration 6-17 Cold Junction Calibration Required Equipm ent Equipm ent for CJC Calib ra tion Cold (ice) c el l for cal i brat ion with therm ocouples at 0 °C T/C wire and submi ni at ure plug connec t ors (T-Type T/C wire is rec om m ended) U-Type copper short i ng pl ugs Thermoc ouples Equipment for Verification of C[...]

6-18 Calibration NetSc an Us er ’ s Manual &$ 87, 21 The m ain unit (cha ssis) and T/C cards must be calibrated f o r offset a nd gain prior to calibrating the T/C cards for cold junction. &$ 87, 21 Do not install or rem ove any cards from the m ain unit, or from its expans ion chassis unless the unit is powered “ OFF ” and has no pow[...]

NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Calibration 6-19 4. Ty pe U2X to verify calibratio n mode. U128 should appear, indicating the u nit is in calibration mode. 5. Enter comm ands similar to those in the first tw o co lumns in the f ollowing table. This exam p le is for a T/C card in sl ot #1, and a Ty pe 3 ( “T” type) therm ocouple. T he table on the pr[...]

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NetScan Us er’s Manual, 11-17-98 7-1 Hardw are 7 Overview ……7-1 Front Panel ……7-1 Rear Panel ……7-2 Power Aspects ……7- 3 Changing the Voltage Setting …… 7-3 Replacing the AC Pow er Supply Fuse …… 7-4 M emory Configuration ……7-4 Expanded M emory Options …… 7-4 Calibration M emory W rite Enable/Disable …… 7-6 Ethe[...]

7-2 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Rear Panel NetScan ’ s rear pan el contains s everal items , including a set of LEDs f o r status indication. The LED indicators are described in the following table. Oth er rear pa nel items are listed in a separate table following the illu str ation. LED Indicators, Chassi s ALARM ON w hen an al arm has oc curred.[...]

Hardware 7-3 Ethernet Interface, secti on of Rear P anel LED Indicators Acti vi t y - ON when data is being s ent or received through t he internet . Link - ON when the NetSc an unit has a s olid connec tion t o t he internet . Ethernet - ON when the ethernet interf ac e is enabled and f uncti oni ng properl y. OFF when the ethernet interf ac e is [...]

7-4 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual 4. As i ndicated in the figu re, press dow n on the sw itch to ch ange t he sett ing f rom 115VAC t o 230VAC. To change th e setting f rom 230 to 115VAC , you mu st press up on t he sw itch. 5. Replace NetScan ’ s cover plate and secu re w ith screw s. 6. Add a ne w sticker, o r ta g, sta t i ng the newly select e d[...]

Hardware 7-5 NetScan provides th ree options f or expanding t he stan dard 256 KB of m em ory to 1 MB (C SN/MEM1), 4 MB (CSN/MEM4), or 8 MB (CSN/MEM8). T o install a mem o ry option into the un it, it is necessary to perform the followin g steps: : $5 1, 1* Never disasse mble NetScan ’ s case while it is connected to the AC power line! Internal v[...]

7-6 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Calibration Memory Write Enable/Disable NetScan ’ s constant s for chassis calibration and the calibratio n pa ssword are sto r ed by NetScan in Non-Volatile RA M (NV-RA M). The passw ord is a safety f eature used to prev ent una uthorized person nel from entering calibration mode and altering the calibration consta[...]

Hardware 7-7 Configuring RS-232/422 Parameters &$ 87, 21 The RS-232/ 422 interface is on ly to be used for s erial comm unications. C able length should not exceed 50 feet (15 m eters). Note: The DIP switch is read only wh en power is applied to NetScan , and for that reas on mu st be set before apply ing power. Note: Unless an in terface optio[...]

7-8 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Configuration Settings on R ear Panel DIP Switch Micro- Label Setting Descripti on switch # 1 COM M SELEC T 0 Selects seria l communicatio n 1 Not applic abl e t o NetSc an 2,3 HANDSH AKE (H/S) 1 00 No Handshak e 01 Software Handshak e onl y 2 (XON/X OFF) 10 Hardware Handshake only (RTS/CTS) 11 Both Hard ware/ So ftwa[...]

Hardware 7-9 NetScan to PC Connection (RS-232) DB9 M ale Pin & Signal Cable Wiring DB9 Female Pin & Signal 2 RxD- ⇐ 3 TxD - 3 TxD - ⇒ 2 RxD - 5 GND ⇔ 5 GND 7 RTS- ⇒ 8 CT S- 8 CTS- ⇐ 7 RT S- NetScan Connection (RS-422) DB9 M ale Pin & Signal Cable Wiring 1 RxD+ ⇐ 2 RxD- ⇐ 3 TxD - ⇒ 4 TxD + ⇒ 5 GND ⇔ 6 RTS+ ⇒ 7 RTS- [...]

7-10 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Digital I/O Lin es NetScan has eight 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 in put usin g NetScan com mands. Note: The fir st 16 output lines are available f or use w ith relays via th e high current CSN/R elay card option [...]

Hardware 7-11 External TTL BNC Connector s NetScan ’ s rear pan el provides tw o external trigger BNC con nectors. The BNC TT L Scan outpu t is used f o r syn chronizing equipm ent w ith NetScan. NetScan can be programm ed to tr igger on a rising or falling TTL level. Any T TL level signal (> 2.2V = Hi, < 0.8V = Lo) may be used as a trigger[...]

7-12 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual CSN14/TC/P Thermocouple and Low Volts Card with Subminiature Plugs The CSN14/TC/P card contains 16 dif ferential inpu t channels, each of wh ich m ay be con figured as any thermocouple ty p e or as a milli-volt input. Tem perature values may be r e turned in units of ° C, ° F, ° K, ° R, o r mV. This signal condit[...]

Hardware 7-13 Digital Filte ring: • Averages 32 sam ples at 50/60 Hz f or l i ne c ycle nois e reject i on (VDC m eas urement s) Voltage Range 2 , Accuracy 3 and Resolution: • ±100 mV ± 0.02% 3. 05 µ V/bit • ± 1 V ± 0.02% 30.5 µ V/bit • ± 5 V ± 0.02% 153 µ V/bit • ± 10 V ± 0.02% 306 µ V/b it Note 1: Accurac y is bas ed on 18 t[...]

7-14 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual CSN14/LV/ (T, B, & S) Low Voltag e Cards There are three version s of low voltage signal con d itioning cards for use w ith NetScan. Each card su pports 16 differential input ch annels and is capable of measurin g analog input sign als on any of four programm able ranges: ±100 m V, ±1 volt, ±5 volt and ±10 v [...]

Hardware 7-15 CSN14/HV/S High Voltage Card with Safety Jack Connectors The CSN14/HV/S card contains 16 differen tial input chan nels and is f o r use with “ safety jack ” ty pe connectors. Each CSN14/HV/S card is capable of measu r ing analog inpu t signals on any of the follow ing three program mable ranges: ±2.5 vol t, ±25 v o lt and ±250 [...]

7-16 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual CSN/Relay Car d (for High-Current Digital-Output) CSN/Relay Car d The high-current digital- o utput CSN/Relay Card allow s you to add relay fu nctions to the first 16 digital outputs. The CSN/Relay card installs into NetScan ’ s slot 1 (bottom card slot). On ly on e relay card can be u sed per NetScan unit , and a [...]

Hardware 7-17 CSN/Relay Card Specifications Num ber of Channels: • 16 (2 groups of 8 channel s) Relay Contacts (Manufactu rer ’ s Rating s) :* • 8 Am ps, 125-250 VA C Resist ive • 5 Am ps, 30 VDC Re sisti ve Card Contact Rating s: • 8 Am ps max imum on group com mon s Contact-to-System Isolation: • 500 Volts (A C or DC) *Man ufacturer ?[...]

7-18 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual C onne cti ng t h e Expans i on C hassi s t o Net S can M o un ti ng Bl ock (1 o f 4 ) Net Sc an Ri bbo n Cab l e C A -1 54 (Inc l u d e d) C o nn ecto r PH 4 01 ( on bac k si de of Anal o g Bac kpl ane Boa rd) Exp ans i on Cha ss i s Cov er Pl at e S c re w (1 of 2 ) Cov er Pl at e 4. Insert one end of the in cluded[...]

Hardware 7-19 A utomatic Channel A ssignment Unless the CSN /Rela y car d is use d, Cha nnels 1 t hr ough 6 4 ar e auto maticall y assigne d to N etSc a n, while extend ed channel s 65 thro ugh 128 are assign ed to the expansion chassi s. Even if a card slot is left empty in the NetS can or the expansion chassis, th e channel as signm ents are as s[...]

7-20 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Expansion Chassis Specific ations : $5 1, 1* Service must be perform ed by qualified personnel. All t erminals, including the AC line and analog input s, must be disconnected prior to opening NetScan main unit or expa nsio n chassis casing. Interna l volta ge potent ials exist w hich could cause bodily inj ury or dea[...]

Appendices A-i A ppendices Appendix A  A PI Commands Appendix B  Ethernet A PI Appendix C  Configuration A spects for Programmers Appendix D  Registers, Data Formats, & Queries Appendix E  NetScan Program Examples Appendix F  A SCII Code Summary Appendix G  NetScan Error Messages Appendix H  A bbreviations Synopsis of Ap[...]

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NetScan Us er’s Manual, 11-10-98 A-1 Appendix A API Commands Contents Command Syntax................................................................................................................. A- 2 Case Sensitivity ............................................................................................................... ....... A-2 Spac[...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-2 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Command Syntax Comm ands are identified by the follow ing sy ntax formats: • A sing le letter ( A thr o ugh Z ) • A sing le letter ( A thr o ugh Z ) follow ed by a poun d sign ( # ) • An at-sign ( @ ) • An ast er is k ( * ) follo wed by a single letter ( A through Z ) In addi[...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-3 Fixed Formats Any Q ue r y ( ? )c o mmand or Status ( U ) comm and returns a fix ed form at. For instance, an y option that can ran ge up to 65,535 alw ays retu rns five di gits , so zero w ould be retu rned as 00000 . In the f ollowing co mm and descriptions, leadin g zeros are incl[...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-4 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual The following is a list of all the imm ediate and d e ferre d comm ands for NetScan. Comman d Ty pe @ Trigger On Comm and Deferred *B Flush Ac qui s ition B uf f er Imm ediat e *C Clear Channel Configurat ion Deferred *F Restore Fac t ory Sett i ngs Imm ediat e *K Change Calibration [...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-5 Deferred Commands, Order of Execution The imm ediate comman ds take eff ect imm ediately w hen they are interpreted. Even so, they must be follow ed by an Execu te ( X ) comm and to terminate th e comm and string f or correct operation. For exam ple: K00001X Deferred comm ands are no[...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-6 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Command Summary Comman d Sy ntax Description @ Trigger On Comm and @ Trigger on receipt of an @ . *B Flush Ac qui s ition Buffer *B Flush any data c urrently in the ac quisi t i on buf fer. *C Clear Channel Configurati on *C Clear out the c hannel c onfigurat i on s o that no c hanne[...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-7 Comman d Sy ntax Description D# Set Rela y Ma ke Time 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 mic rosecond i ntervals . E End Calibrati on Mode E Terminat e Cal ibration Mode E? Error Stat us Qu[...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-8 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Comman d Sy ntax Description L Set Trigger Level Lchan, level, hyst Sets t he level agains t which the tes ting of c hannel readings s hould be perform ed where chan is t he c hannel num ber such t hat 1 < chan < max , where max = 128 for Ne tScan. level is the l evel agai ns t[...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-9 Comman d Sy ntax Description R# Read Last Readings R#chans Queries the l as t readings f rom t he HLL Regist ers for spec ified channels. chans may be in two forms: chan (for a single c hannel where 1 < chan < max ) or first-last (for a range of channel s where 1 < first <[...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-10 NetScan User ’ s Manual Command Reference The follow ing page s provide the com mand set f or NetScan. For each com man d, the com man d name, the descriptive n ame, and the com mand description are g iven. In turn, the com mand description includes the f ollowin g form at. Command Description Format Type T[...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-1 1 @ - T rigger On Command TYPE A cquisition EXEC UTION Deferred SYNTAX @ Trigger upon receipt of an @ DESCRI PTIO N The Trigger On ( @ ) com m and will start or s top the ac quis ition ac c ordingly when the start or stop arguments of the Set Tri gger Configurati on ( T ) c omm and i[...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-12 NetScan User ’ s Manual *C - Clear Channel Configuration TYPE Channel EXEC UTION Deferred SYNTAX *C Clear out the channel configuration so that no channels are configured DESCRI PTIO N The Clear Channel Configurat i on ( *C ) c omm and will clear out t he c hannel configurat ion s o that no c hannels are co[...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-1 3 *K - Change Calibration Key w ord TYPE Calibrat ion EXEC UTION Immediat e SYNTAX *Kkey Change the cali brat ion keyword, where key is the k eyword in the form of a 5- digit num ber nnnnn . Therefore t he password can be no longer t han 5 charact ers. DESCRI PTIO N Note: This com ma[...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-14 NetScan User ’ s Manual *R - Pow er-On Reset TYPE Sy stem EXEC UTION Immediat e SYNTAX *R Power-On Reset. E qui val ent to a hardware reset. DESCRI PTIO N The Power-On Reset ( *R ) com m and has the sam e eff ect on t he unit as rem oving and re-appl yi ng power. Al l data in data buf f ers and conf igurati[...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-1 5 *T - T ime Stamping TYPE Sy stem EXEC UTION Immediat e SYNTAX *Tstate Specify whether or not tim e st am ping will be enabled. Valid options f or state are: 0 - Disabl e t im e s tam ping (default ), 1 - Enable abs olute t i m e stam ping, and 2 - E nabl e rel at ive tim e s t am p[...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-16 NetScan User ’ s Manual A - A ssign A larm Output TYPE Sy stem EXEC UTION Deferred SYNTAX Achans, output Set alarm condit ion where chans is the c hannel (s ) to ass ign to t he di gi t al output. chans may be in two forms: chan (for a singl e c hannel where 1 < chan < max ) or first-last (for a range[...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-1 7 A# - A larm Stamping TYPE Sy stem EXEC UTION Immediat e SYNTAX A#state Specify whether or not alarm stam ping will be enabled. Valid options f or state are: 0 - Disabl e al arm st ampi ng (def ault), and 1 - E nable alarm stam ping. DESCRI PTIO N The Alarm S tam pi ng ( A# ) c omm [...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-18 NetScan User ’ s Manual C - Configure Channels TYPE Channel EXEC UTION Deferred SYNTAX Cchans, type [, [lowsp], [highsp], [hyst] ] Configure the c hannel s for t he m as t er uni t and its s lave units . chans and type are required argument s, while lowsp , highsp and hyst are optional. chans may be in two [...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-1 9 Note: Sp ecifying a reser ved ty pe w ill cause an error . Note: Si nc e the Confi gure Channel s ( C ) com m and is a def erred c omm and, t he c hannel(s) will not actually be configured unt i l t he Execute ( X ) com m and is proc es sed. A lso, s ince t he c onfiguring of chann[...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-20 NetScan User ’ s Manual EXAM PLE PRINT#1, “ F0,0X ” ‘ Set Data Form at t o E ngineering Unit s , degrees C PRINT#1, “ *CX ” ‘ Clear current c hannel conf i gurat ion PRINT#1,"C1,1,-100.0, 100.0, 0.5" ‘ Configure channel f or T/ C type J with low setpoi nt of - 100.0 ° C, hi gh s etp[...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-2 1 D# - Set Relay Make Time TYPE Sy stem EXEC UTION Deferred SYNTAX D#make Specif y how long to wait after c losing a c hannel relay bef ore readi ng val i d data, where make is the num ber of 520. 833-mi c rosecond i nt ervals. DESCRI PTIO N The Set R elay M ake Time ( D# ) com mand [...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-22 NetScan User ’ s Manual E? - Error Status Query TYPE Sy stem EXEC UTION Immediat e SYNTAX E? Returns pres ent error condit i on of t he unit with one of t he f ollowing error codes: E000 - No error has occ urred. E001 - Invalid devic e dependent c om m and (IDDC). E002 - Invalid devic e dependent com m and [...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-2 3 F - Set Data Format TYPE Sy stem EXEC UTION Deferred SYNTAX Fengr, format Configure the input and output f orm ats . engr converts t he raw data t o t he engineering unit s with which you prefer to work. Vali d opt ions are: 0 - ° C, 1 - ° F, 2 - ° R, 3 - ° K, and 4 - Volts. °[...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-24 NetScan User ’ s Manual Data Output F o rmats Data Ty pe Engineering Units Binary Counts High Byte / Low By te Low By te / High Byte Temperature xxxx.xx °C xxxx.xx °F xxxx.xx °R xxxx.xx °K H/L L/H ±xxxxx Volts +xx.xxxxxxxxx H/L L/H ±xxxxx Tim e/ Dat e Absolute hh:mm:ss.mil, MM/DD/YY hmstMDY hh:mm:ss.m[...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-2 5 EXAM PLES PRINT#1, “ F0,0X ” ‘ Set the engi neeri ng uni t s to ° C and reading f ormat to engineering units PRINT#1, “ C1, 1, -100.0, 100.0, 1.0X ” ‘ Set point s and hysteres is i nt erpreted as ° C PRINT#1, “ U4X ” ‘ Retrieve High/ Low/Las t readi ngs LINE INP[...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-26 NetScan User ’ s Manual G - Calibrate Channel Gain TYPE Calibrat ion EXEC UTION Immediat e SYNTAX Gchan, type Calibrate t he c orrecti on gai n c onstant s for gi ven opt i on c ard where chan is the channel num ber suc h that 1 < chan < max , where max = 128 for NetSc an. The chas sis i s chan = 0 . [...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-2 7 H - Calibrate Channel Offset TYPE Calibrat ion EXEC UTION Immediat e SYNTAX Hchan Calibrate t he c orrecti on of fset c onst ant s for given opt i on c ard where chan is the channel num ber suc h that 1 < chan < max , where max = 128 for NetSc an. The chas sis i s chan = 0 . [...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-28 NetScan User ’ s Manual I - Set Scan Interv al TYPE A cquisition EXEC UTION Deferred SYNTAX Inorm, acq Set the t wo configurable s c an intervals of the uni t where norm and acq are the norm al and ac quisit ion sc an i ntervals which have t he form : hh:mm:ss.t where hh is hours, mm is mi nut es, ss i s se[...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-2 9 I# - Digital Input Stamping TYPE Sy stem EXEC UTION Deferred SYNTAX I#state Specify whether or not digital input s t amping will be enabled. state may have either of t he f ollowing values: The def ault of 0 , which disables digital input st am ping, or 1 t o enable digit al s tam [...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-30 NetScan User ’ s Manual J - Calibrate Cold Junction Offset TYPE Calibrat ion EXEC UTION Immediat e SYNTAX Jchan, type, temp Calibrate t he c old-junct ion off s ets f or c old-junc t ion com pensat i on of the therm oc ouple signal s where chan is the channel num ber suc h that 1 < chan < max , where [...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-3 1 K - Enter Calibration Mode TYPE Calibrat ion EXEC UTION Immediat e SYNTAX Kkey Enter Cali brat ion Mode if the k eyword (or password) is correc t, where key is the keyword in the f orm of a 5-di gi t number nnnnn . Therefore the password can be no longer t han 5 c haracters . K? Qu[...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-32 NetScan User ’ s Manual L - Set T rigger Lev el TYPE Channel EXEC UTION Deferred SYNTAX Lchan, level, hyst Sets t he level agains t which the tes ting of c hannel readings s hould be perform ed where chan is t he c hannel num ber s uch that 1 < chan < max , where max = 128 for N etScan. level is the l[...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-3 3 M# - Set Measuring Mode TYPE Sy stem EXEC UTION Deferred SYNTAX M#mode Specif y m eas uri ng m ode. V al i d options f or mode are: 0 - Line c yc l e integration / high-speed m ulti -c hannel m ode, and 1 - Single c hannel high- speed burst m ode. DESCRI PTIO N The Set Measuring Mo[...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-34 NetScan User ’ s Manual N - Set Ev ent Mask TYPE Sy stem EXEC UTION Deferred SYNTAX Nmask Directly sets t he Event St at us Enable Register (ESE) where mask is in the form of t he number nnn such that 000 < nnn < 255 is summed fr om the following condit i ons : 000 - Clear event m ask 016 - Execution [...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-3 5 O - Set Digital Outputs TYPE Sy stem EXEC UTION Immediat e SYNTAX Obank1, bank2, bank3, bank4 Set any of t he 32 digital out puts (s eparated into f our 8-bit bank s ) to a specif ied set t ing, where bankn (for n = 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) is an argum ent i n t he form of t he number nnn s[...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-36 NetScan User ’ s Manual P - Program T rigger T imes TYPE Channel EXEC UTION Deferred SYNTAX Pstart, stop Set the t rigger st art and/ or stop t im es for an acqui s ition c onfigured f or s tart and/or stop on abs olute t i m e, where start and stop are in t he standard tim e/date s t amp f ormat : HH:MM:SS[...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-3 7 ? - Query TYPE Sy stem EXEC UTION Immediat e SYNTAX ? Query the present c onfigurat i on or m ode of t he com mand prec eding the ? DESCRI PTIO N Most com m ands have a corres ponding Query ( ? ) com m and form ed by appending a quest i on m ark ( ? ) to the com m and let t er. Que[...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-38 NetScan User ’ s Manual Q - Set Query T erminator TYPE Sy stem EXEC UTION Deferred SYNTAX Qresp, hll, scan, block, sep Set the query t ermi nat ors with the f ollowing paramet ers: resp is the response t erm inat or, hll i s the c hannel t erm inat or, scan is t he t ermi nat or which follows each s can out[...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-3 9 The following table s umm arizes t ermi nat or usage with all pos sible c omm ands i n A S CII m ode (no term inators are used in binary m ode), where X indicates t hat the t erm inat or i s ass ert ed at the end of t he response, O indicat es that the t ermi nat or is as s erted w[...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-40 NetScan User ’ s Manual QC? - Query Card Data TYPE Calibrat ion EXEC UTION Immediat e SYNTAX QC? Read back c ard I D and calibrat ion inform ati on f rom t he card previous l y select ed by the Sel ec t Card ( C# ) com m and. DESCRI PTIO N Note: This com mand i s only for advanc ed us ers who perform their [...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-4 1 R - Read Buffered Data TYPE Buffer EXEC UTION Immediat e SYNTAX Rtype Read scan dat a f rom the ac quisi t i on buf fer where type is the t ype of dat a request being m ade. V al i d opt ions f or type are: 1 - Read t he oldest s can currently res i di ng i n t he acquis i t ion bu[...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-42 NetScan User ’ s Manual R# - Read Last Readings TYPE Sy stem EXEC UTION Immediat e SYNTAX R#chans Queries the l as t readings f rom t he HLL Regi s ters f or speci f ied channels . chans may be in two forms: chan (for a singl e c hannel where 1 < chan < max ), or first-last (for a range of channel s w[...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-4 3 T - Set T rigger Configuration TYPE A cquisition EXEC UTION Deferred SYNTAX Tstart, stop, re-arm , sync Configure an acqui s ition of scan dat a with the foll owing param eters: start is the s tart event stop is the s top event re-arm determ i nes if the uni t should c ont inue acq[...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-44 NetScan User ’ s Manual start defines t he event that i s to tak e place in order f or the unit t o begin acquiri ng scans . This event is referred to as t he Start Tri gger. W hen the uni t has recogni zed t hat a St art Trigger has been enc ount ered, it will begin acquiring sc ans at that point . The fir[...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-4 5 U - User Status TYPE Sy stem EXEC UTION Immediat e SYNTAX Ureq Request inf ormat i on about various i nt ernal c onditi ons of the unit where req refers to one of the fol l owing request types: 0 - Query and clear the E vent Stat us Regist er (E SR) 1 - Query the Stat us Byte Regi [...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-46 NetScan User ’ s Manual Contents of Calibrati on S tatus Regist er (CS R) U3 : Query the current syst em s et t ings. Thi s com mand res ponds with the equi val ent of the f ol l owing: F?I?L?P?Q?S?T?Y? U4 : Reads the c urrent High/ Low/Las t data for al l c onfigured c hannel s . Refer t o t he Data Ou tpu[...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-4 7 • Stop Scan Point er : This fi el d repres ents t he locat i on i n t he current read bl oc k that the st op event occurred. This pointer will always be relative to the trigger point with the trigger point always oriented at locati on 0 . Sinc e the st op event m ust always occ u[...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-48 NetScan User ’ s Manual U17 : This c omm and com putes and returns t he root m ean s quare (RMS) value of t he l as t com plet ed burs t m ode acquisi tion. U18 : Queries t he ac quisi t i on s tates and various s ys tem flags. The response nnn has the foll owing int eger form: 000 ≤ nnn ≤ 255 . The bit[...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-4 9 V - Set User T erminator TYPE Sy stem EXEC UTION Deferred SYNTAX Vval Set the User Term inat or value to any c harac ter whose num eri c value (AS CI I value) val is i n t he range 0 to 255 . V? Query the present us er term inator value. DESCRI PTIO N The Set User Term inat or ( V [...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-50 NetScan User ’ s Manual X - Execute TYPE Sy stem EXEC UTION Immediate SYNTAX X Execute preceding com m and stri ng. DESCRI PTIO N Most com m ands are interpret ed and proc essed as they are recei ved but are not executed unt i l t he E xecute ( X ) com m and is i s sued. Com m ands sent without an X are st [...]

Appendix A API Com m and Reference NetScan Us er ’ s Manual A-5 1 Y - Set Counts, or Select Blocks TYPE A cquisition EXEC UTION Deferred SYNTAX Ypre,post, stop W hen in Normal mode of data ac quisit ion, s et acquis i t ion count s where pre is the pre-t ri gger c ount, post i s the post -trigger c ount and stop is the post-s t op c ount. Y0,coun[...]

API Com m and Reference Appendix A A-52 NetScan User ’ s Manual − Notes[...]

Appendix B Ethernet API Re fer ence Overview NetScan software provi des an ethern et API that allows users to wri te program s. Support con sists of t wo files , NPCI_WIN.DL L for 16-bi t wi ndows devel opers, and NPCI_W3V .DLL for 32-bit w i ndo ws dev elopers. The only system requirement is that the Win dows TCP/IP prot ocol be loa ded and config[...]

nIOLock Function : int nIOLock (long ses sio n, s hor t iotype, short channel, s hort lock); Parameters: Long sessio n The session ha nd le of t he NetSc a n Short ioty pe Al ways a 9 Short port The serial port bein g locked (1 f or the netscan, 0 for the AUX port) Short lock 0 to unlock, 1 to lock Returns: 0 if successful, error code if not. Descr[...]

nSerialReceive Function: int nSERIALReceive (long session, short port, un si gned short flush, long timeou t, short t erminat or, short l ength , char FAR *dat a, short FA R * xlength, unsigned s hort FAR *status); Parameters: Long sessio n The session handle o f the NetS can Short port The port bein g read from. Unsigned sh ort flush Flag to indic[...]

nSerialSend Function: int nSERIALSen d (long se ssion, sh ort port, unsig ned short fl ush, long ti meout, short t erminat or, short l ength , char FAR *dat a, short FA R * xlength, unsigned s hort FAR *status); Parameters: Long session The sessio n hand le of the Ne tS can Short port The port being read f ro m. Unsigned sh ort flush Flag to indica[...]

NetScan Us er’s M anual , 11-11-98 C-1 Appendix C Configuration Aspects for Programmers Reference Note: If you are not f amiliar w ith pro gramm ing you w ill pr o bably gain m o r e understanding of the program-related portions of this appendix by first rev iewin g Appendix A, API C ommands . Reference Note: Hardware configuration is discussed i[...]

Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers Appendix C C-2 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Memory A llocation Each NetScan com es equipped w ith 256 KB mem ory. There are three options for additional m emory: 1 Mby te, 4 Mbyt es, and 8 Mby tes. The mem ory m odules are l ocated in SIMM s ockets JP201 an d/or JP202 on th e mi croprocessor board. Ref er to[...]

Appendix C Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers NetScan Us er ’ s Manual C-3 Measuring Modes Overv iew You can select eith er of two scan ning m odes for NetScan, 1) N ormal mode or 2) Hi gh-speed, single channel mode . NetScan Measuri ng M odes Mode “A verage w eight” Setting A pplication Normal 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256 Recommended f or[...]

Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers Appendix C C-4 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Normal Mode NetScan has the ability to reject noise re sulting from A C line pick-up w hen an Aver age weight se ttin g of 16 or more m easurements per line cycle is used. This noise rejection f actor is importan t, as it allows for h igher accuracy . When an avera[...]

Appendix C Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers NetScan Us er ’ s Manual C-5 High-Speed, Single-Channel Mode The High-speed, singl e-channel mode , also kn own as burst mode , is used for post-acquisition w aveform analy sis of A C and DC v oltages. In th is m ode, NetScan can sam ple from 38.5 Hz to 20.0 kHz, and s tore the data in mem ory[...]

Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers Appendix C C-6 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual The rem ainder of t his a ppendix a nd the next, pertaining t o acquisitio n set up, ref er to norma l mo d e acquis itions only. Configurati on Requi rements NetScan do es not sc a n channels on its initia l p ower-up. Even though most user -se t configur ation st[...]

Appendix C Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers NetScan Us er ’ s Manual C-7 Reference Note : If y ou are not familiar w ith pro gramm ing you w ill p r o bably gain m o re unders tandin g of th e program-rel ated portions of this appen dix by first review ing Appendix A, API Commands . PRINT#1,"C1-4,1X" ‘ Configure master chann[...]

Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers Appendix C C-8 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual CSN14/TC/P  Configuring Thermocouple Channels Begi n c onfigur ing inp ut channe l s b y first sp eci fying the c hannel t ype . W hen the CSN 14 / TC / P signa l conditioning m o dule is used, 16 differential therm ocouple inputs are provided. I n configuring t[...]

Appendix C Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers NetScan Us er ’ s Manual C-9 CSN14/HV/S  Configuring High Volts Channels When the CSN14/HV/S signal conditioning m od ule is used, NetScan m easures high v oltages providing a pro grammable r ange p er c hannel. T o co nfi gure the channe l s o n a CSN1 4/H V/S, use the Co nfi gure Cha nne [...]

Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers Appendix C C-10 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual The I comm and is used to set these tw o scan intervals. For ex ample, th e follow ing com mand: I00:00:10.0,00:00:00.1 w ould set the scan interval to once every 10 seconds an d set the post- trigger scan interval to once ev ery 0.1 seconds. As m entioned earlier[...]

Appendix C Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers NetScan Us er ’ s Manual C-11 Pre-Trigger State The Pre-Trigger state is define d as the period af ter NetScan has been configu red to collect an acquisition (via the Trigger Configur atio n T comm and), and before th e actual Trigger even t occurs. While the unit is in th is state, the TRIGGE[...]

Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers Appendix C C-12 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual To enable this functionality y o u must perform the follow ing steps: 1. Set the first parameter of the Counts ( Y ) comm and to -1. If more than one transition cy cle is desired, enable th e Auto- Rearm f lag of the Trigger Conf iguration comm and. If this is don[...]

Appendix C Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers NetScan Us er ’ s Manual C-13 Post-Trigger State The Post-Trigger state is th e period between the occurrence of the trig ger event an d the occurrence of the stop event. While the un it is in this state the TRIGGER LED w ill b e o n and the alarms and their associated outputs will be updated [...]

Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers Appendix C C-14 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual In order for an acquisition to take place, the u nit mu st have a trigg er event and can be assign ed a Stop Event. This allows different stim uli to begin and end an acquisition. Note: If the trigg er start even t is level or alarm , at least one pre-trigger scan[...]

Appendix C Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers NetScan Us er ’ s Manual C-15 T ime Stamping ( *T ) As m entioned in the prev ious section s, the conten ts of each s can contain s one reading for each def ined chann el. Optionally , time st ampin g of each s can can be enabled w ith the *T co mma nd . *T1 enables abso lute time stamping, *T[...]

Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers Appendix C C-16 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual With Alarm Stam ping: PRINT#1, “ A#1X ” ‘ Enable alarm stamping ‘ Configure and start an acquisition PRINT#1, “ R1X ” ‘ Request the next scan in the buffer LINE INPUT#1, A$ ‘ Retrieve it PRINT A$ ‘ ....+0234.20-0019.40+0001.40+0023.60 005 128 032[...]

Appendix C Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers NetScan Us er ’ s Manual C-17 With Digital Input Stamping: PRINT#1, “ I#1X ” ‘ Enable digital input stamping ‘ Configure and start an acquisition PRINT#1, “ R1X ” ‘ Request the next scan in the buffer LINE INPUT#1, A$ ‘ Retrieve it PRINT A$ ....+0234.20-0019.40+0001.40+0023.60 [...]

Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers Appendix C C-18 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Acquisition Buffer , A Description Once scans are read from the buf fer by the controllin g com puter, they are erased from NetScan ’ s buff e r . T he acquisition buffer is a FIFO (First-In First-Out) buff er. In other words, the oldest data to be written into [...]

Appendix C Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers NetScan Us er ’ s Manual C-19 This respons e indicates that the firs t availabl e scan is - 0000076, which is a pre-tri gger scan . T his scan can be retrieved as follows: PRINT#1, ” R1X ” ‘ Get the -0000076 scan LINE INPUT#1,A$ ‘ Get the scan PRINT A$ ‘ Screen shows (4 channels conf[...]

Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers Appendix C C-20 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Multip le T rigger B locks Thro ugh the Auto-Rearm cap a bility of the NetScan, it is p ossible to cap ture more tha n o ne trigger b lock in the unit ’ s Acquisition Buffer. Each trig ger block would contain one an d only one trigger point. These trigger block [...]

Appendix C Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers NetScan Us er ’ s Manual C-21 Acquisiti on Buffer Inter r ogation Note: In the follow ing sections “ current trigger block ” alw ays refers to the trig ger block that is currently being read . The current status of the acquisition buff er may b e interrogated at any tim e b y issuin g the [...]

Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers Appendix C C-22 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual 7 - End Scan Po inter This field represents th e location in the cu rrent trigger block that the end scan occurred. This pointer will alw ays be relative to the trigger point. Since the end scan m ust alway s o ccur after the trigger event this pointer w ill alway[...]

Appendix C Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers NetScan Us er ’ s Manual C-23 The following figures and table illustrate a case in w hich an acquisition has been triggered, the stop event and end scan h ave occurred, and the buf fer contains sev eral trigger blocks. Field Response Implication 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0000007 0020567 -00000100 12:01:[...]

Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers Appendix C C-24 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Reading the Acquisi ti on Buffer The three previous sections briefly discussed how th e acquisition buffer m ay be accessed and read. In this section the m ethods by w hich the acquisition buff e r is r ead will be discussed in m o re detail. As m entioned ear lie[...]

Appendix C Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers NetScan Us er ’ s Manual C-25 The R2 comman d will read the oldest available trigger block in the A cquisition Buffer. For instance, continuin g with the previous exam ple: PRINT#1,"U6X" ‘ Request the current status of the Acquisition Buffer LINE INPUT #1,A$ ‘ Retrieve it. PRINT [...]

Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers Appendix C C-26 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Configuri ng Al arms NetScan can produce an internal event w hen the value of a ch annel is outside of u ser-defined lim its. These “ alarm events ” can be used as trigg er or stop events, or as a stim ulus for TTL-level s ignals on the NetScan back panel. To [...]

Appendix C Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers NetScan Us er ’ s Manual C-27 As m entioned above m o re than one chann el can be assig ned to any given outpu t bit. For exam ple, if the followin g statem ent w ere appended to the above example, th en either chann el 2 or channel 3 will set digital outpu t #2. Alarms and Setpoints PRINT#1, [...]

Configurati on A s pects for Program m ers Appendix C C-28 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Digital I/O Operatio n As show n in the DB50 p inout in the Installation and Configuration section, the NetScan h as digital I/O pins for eight inputs an d thirty-tw o outputs (see note). T he digital outputs can be controlled either automatical ly via the alarm s[...]

NetScan Us er’s Manual D-1 Appendix D Registers, Data Formats, & Queries Reference Note: If you are not f amiliar w ith pro gramm ing you w ill pr o bably gain m o r e understanding of the program-related portions of this appendix by first rev iewin g Appendix A, API C ommands . Contents Using the Hi gh/Low/Las t (HLL) Registers--------------[...]

Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries Appendix D D-2 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Using High/ Low/ Last (HLL) Registers The High/Low /Last (HLL ) registers are an alternative m ethod of getting ch annel data f rom the NetScan . The HLL registers are updated during an acquisition and at the current program med scan rate. A t any tim e, the HLL reg[...]

Appendix D Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries NetScan Us er ’ s Manual D-3 You can us e the Query T erminator ( Q ) com mand to specify a response term inator betw een each ch annel of th e HLL res ponse. Use th e Format ( F ) com mand to specify the output f ormat of th e HLL Regist ers. The follow ing ex amples s how how to use th ese co[...]

Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries Appendix D D-4 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Example 3: Exam ple shows h o w to read only the Las t readings . PRINT#1,"F0,0 Q1,1,0,0, 0X" ‘ Set format to ASCII degrees C with ‘ HLL terminator of CR LF/ EOI PRINT#1,"C1-4,1X" ‘ Configure four channel (no setpoints) . . . ‘ Configure [...]

Appendix D Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries NetScan Us er ’ s Manual D-5 Example 6: Exam ple 6 show s how to retriev e Last readings f o r a subset of the conf igured channels . PRINT#1,"F0,0 Q1,1,0,0,0X" ‘ Set format to ASCII degrees C with ‘ HLL terminator ‘ of CR LF/EOI PRINT#1, ” C1-4,1X" ‘ Configure four cha[...]

Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries Appendix D D-6 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Data Output Formats Data Output formats dif fer slightly from data input form ats in that binary f ormats m ay be used for Chann el Data. Channel Data is the only output data which m ay use the binary format (if it is specified). Chann el Data is defined as data ori[...]

Appendix D Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries NetScan Us er ’ s Manual D-7 Volts The default NetScan system units and resolution are dep endent on the low or high volts range: Low Range Resolution High Range Resolution ±100 mV 3.12 µ V/bit ± 2.5 V 78.75 µ V/bit ±1 V 31.21 µ V/bit ±25 V 787.46 µ V/bit ±5 V 156.06 µ V/bit ±250 V 7[...]

Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries Appendix D D-8 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Binary Data Format Only High/Low /Last (HLL) register and acquisition output data, m ay be in binary format. Binary form atted data can be output in either hi ghby te/low byte or low byte/high b yte form at. Tim e/Date Stam p If binary f ormat is selected, the High/[...]

Appendix D Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries NetScan Us er ’ s Manual D-9 Configuri ng Power -Up State The NetScan has an in ternally stored factory default config uration w hich can be recalled at any time. You can program the NetScan to pow er-up in a “ user-defined ” state, or if des ired, can conf igure the u nit to pow er-up with[...]

Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries Appendix D D-10 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Queries The NetScan provides m any w ays to query the unit for specifi c inform ation. Most comm ands have a correspondin g query com mand w hich respon ds with the conf iguration or m ode of a previous ly executed comm and. In additio n, the U Status comm ands can[...]

Appendix D Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries NetScan Us er ’ s Manual D-11 U Commands and Descripti ons U0 Returns inf ormat ion in the E vent S tatus Regist er. U1 Returns inf ormat ion in the S t atus Regi s ter. U2 Returns inf ormat ion in the Cal i brat ion Stat us Regis ter. U3 Returns s ys t em s etti ngs sim ilar t o i nvok ing a c[...]

Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries Appendix D D-12 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Register Chart Status and Event Reporting Registers Command Ty pe Register A ccess Read Wri te Clear CSR Calibration S t atus Read/Clear U2 N/A U2 ESC Error Source Read/Clear E? N/A E? ESR Event St at us Read/Clear U0 N/A U0 STB Status Byte Read U1 N/A N/A Register[...]

Appendix D Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries NetScan Us er ’ s Manual D-13[...]

Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries Appendix D D-14 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Calibration Status Register ( U2 Command ) The calibration status register in dicates w hich calibration errors , if any have occurred. The individu al errors are described in the U2 comm and. Any calib ration error will be mapped into the Calibration Status wh ich[...]

Appendix D Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries NetScan Us er ’ s Manual D-15 Status By te Register The acquisition device sets the Message Available bit (MAV) in th e Status Byte Register to determin e if data can be read by the controller. The status by te register contains th e follow ing active bits : Bit Location Value Description DIO1 [...]

Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries Appendix D D-16 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Bit Location Description Set, Clear and Descri p ti ve I nformatio n DI01 Alarm Set when the sc anni ng devi c e has sens ed a valid alarm condi t ion. The alarm is cleared when the alarm condit i on no l onger exist s . DI02 Trigger Detect ed Set when the NetSc an[...]

Appendix D Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries NetScan Us er ’ s Manual D-17 T rigger Latency Each trigger source has an associated latency . This is the time betw een the actual trigger an d its recognition by the acquisition device. The followi ng latency times are only representative of the tim e between w hen the trigger is detected and[...]

Registers , Data Form ats , & Queries Appendix D D-18 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Buffer Overrun With One Trigger Block When only one trigger block is in the buff er, a buffer overrun w ill erase the entire pre-trigger. If the controller was reading pre-trigger data from the buf fer, the next scan read will be the trigger point. If no pre-trigge[...]

NetScan Us er’s Manual E-1 Appendix E NetScan Program Examples Note As t his m anual goes to press, program exampl es do not ex ist. How ever, program exam ples should be available on the releas e disk in th e EXAMPLES su bdirectory (of the CHA RTVIEW directory).[...]

NetScan Program Ex amples Appendix E E-2 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual[...]

NetScan Us er’s Manual F-1 Appendix F ASCII Code Summary Decimal Values 00 to 63 – ACG, UCG & LAG Box Items Hexadecimal V al ue $41 65 Decim al Value A (in center) A S CII Charac ter $00 00 $01 01 $02 02 $03 03 $04 04 $05 05 $06 06 $07 07 NUL SOH STX ETX EOT ENQ ACK BEL $08 08 $09 09 $0A 10 $0B 11 $0C 12 $0D 13 $0E 14 $0F 15 BS HT LF VT FF [...]

ASCII Code S umm ary Appendix F F-2 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual Decimal Values 64 to 127 – TAG & SCG Box Items Hexadecimal V al ue $41 65 Decim al Value A (in center) A S CII Charac ter $40 64 $41 65 $42 66 $43 67 $44 68 $45 69 $46 70 $47 71 @ABCDEFG $48 72 $49 73 $4A 74 $4B 75 $4C 76 $4D 77 $4E 78 $4F 79 HIJKLMNO $50 80 $51 81 $52 82 $53 83 $[...]

A SCII Code Summary Appendix F NetScan Us er ’ s Manual F-3 A SCII Code Details Decimal Values 00 to 31 – ACG & UCG Descriptions A SCI I Control Codes (00 to 31) Dec Name Description 00 Null ( NUL ) Space filler char acter. Used in outpu t timing for some dev ice drivers. 01 Start of Header ( SOH ) Mark s beginning of m ess age header. 02 S[...]

ASCII Code S umm ary Appendix F F-4 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual − Notes[...]

NetScan Us er’s Manual G-1 Appendix G NetScan Error Messages At initial pow er-up NetScan perf orms a utomatic se lf-tests to e n sure it is fully functional. The re ar panel L EDs indicate errors, if they occur . Possible error c onditions and their corre sponding indica tor light patte rns are shown in th e fol l owing tabl e. Any pattern no t [...]

NetScan E rror Messages Appendix G G-2 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual − Notes[...]

NetScan Us er’s Manual H-1 Appendix H Abbreviations (bull et symbo l) “ and” (e.g. *SC CA ) FCC F eder al Communications Commis sion A/D Anal og- to-Dig ital FF Form Feed (ASCI I Control Code) ACK Ackno wle dgem ent (A SCI I Contro l Code ) FS File Separa t or (ASCII Con trol Cod e) ADC Anal og-to-D igital Conve rter GS Gr oup Se parator (A S[...]

Abbreviati ons Appendix H H-2 NetScan Us er ’ s Manual − Notes[...]

NetScan Us er’s Manual Index-1 Index -A- Abbreviations, Appendix H Alarms, 4-24, 4-33, 4-38, C-26, D-16 API Commands, see Appendix A ASCII Code Summary, see Appendix F Auto Re-arm, 4-39, 4-40 -C- Calibration Calibration M ode Indicator, 6-5 Command Active Indicators, 6-5 Main Unit, 6-6 thru 6-8 Password, 6-5 ScanCal, 6-3 Setup, 6-2 Signal Conditi[...]

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WARRANTY/DISCLAIM ER OMEGA ENGINEERING, INC. warrants this unit to be free of defec ts in m aterials and work m anship f or a period of 13 mo nths 13 months 13 months 13 months fr om date of purchase. O MEGA W ar ranty adds an additional one (1) m onth grace period to the norm al one (1) year product warranty one (1) year produc t warranty one (1) [...]

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