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xms Handbook PC-software for Condition-oriented Maintenance

This handbook provides instruction for operation of the extended monitoring Software program xms in a PC for representation, organisation and evaluation of Vibration and process data in combination with various data acquisition units.

The program xms constitutes thereby an important aid for condition-oriented monitoring and diagnosis within the framework of predictive maintenance for machinery and plant.

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Subject to technical changes without prior notice.

Copyright 2005 by Brüel & Kjær Vibro GmbH

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xms Handbook Contents

Contents Introduction 11

Condition-oriented machine maintenance 11

Which tasks can be solved by the xms software? 11

Description of the xms software 12

Exceptional features of xms 12

New features in this version 14

Instruments and other components for use with xms 15

Advice about the user’s documentation 15

Handbook 15

Online Help 15

Structure of the documentation 16

Typography and symbols 17

Installation of xms 19

Overview 19

Prerequisites for the installation 19

Requirements for the computer 19

Necessary equipment and components 20

Installing xms 21

Preparing the computer 21

Installing files from the CD 22

Operation with restricted user rights 32

General 32

Supplementary settings 33

Software registration for user-profiles 33

Registration and release 34

Test phase 34

Sequence of registration and release 35

Registration data 35

Registration dialogue 36

Working with xms 38

Definitions 38

Information structure 38

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Contents xms Handbook

Data sources 38

Data groups and data elements 39

The databases of xms 40

Starting the program 42

The dialogue window Login 42

The program window 43

The work window 46

Online Help 52

Program settings 55

System settings 55

System database 55

CM-400 directory 56

Auto Logoff 56

Due Routes 56

Update Views 57

Ignoring the setup changes 57

Access rights 57

Changing the passwords 57

User-groups 58

OPC - Process Visualization 59

Databases 60

Creating a new database 60

Log-in of databases 62

Log-off of databases 65

Database properties 66

Data backup and compressing a database 67

SIMS/VC6000 72

Log-in of a OPC Data Access Server 72

Log-off of a OPC Data Access Server 74

OPC Data Access Server properties 74

VT60-cards 74

Log-in a PC-card 74

Log-off of a PC-card 75

Setups for Views 75

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Overlaid displays 75

Background displays 76

Foreground templates 77

Data import 79

Older xms database 79

Starting the update 79

Creating a backup copy 80

Concluding the update 80

CM-400 databases 81

Prerequisites 81

Call up the data import in xms 82

Selecting a Plant from the CM-400 82

Selecting the target database 83

Concluding the data import 84

Measurement Points 86

Adding a measurement Point 86

Tutorial example 86

New Plant 86

New Machine Group 88

New Machine 88

New Point 89

Modifying data elements 90

Tutorial example 90

Copying and Pasting 90

Cutting and Pasting a Point 92

Moving a Point 93

Deleting a Point 94

Multiple Selection 94

Selecting the data elements 94

Editing properties 96

Adding Views 97

Configuring a VT60 Point 99

Point properties 99

Tutorial example 99



General 99

Selecting a sensor 102

Worksheet measurement types 103

Overview 103

Selecting the measurement tasks 104

Saving measurement Point properties 108

Further measurement types 108

Monitoring for spectra measurement 111

Monitoring bands 111

Reference and Alarm spectrum 112

Data acquisition - off-line 116

Route operation 116

Creating a Route 116

Configuring a Route 117

Route management 121

Loading the Route to a PC-card 123

Unloading the Route from the PC-card 125

Comments for Routes 127

Using pre-defined Comments 127

Editing Comments 128

Adding and grouping the Comments 128

Displaying measurements with Comments 129

Report measurements 129

Displaying the data group Reports 130

Unloading Reports from the PC-card 131

Unloading multiple Reports simultaneously 133

Properties of Report measurements 133

Online measurements 137

Online monitoring systems 137

Data transfer via OPC Client/Server 137

Managing online monitoring instruments 138

Configuring the OPC measurement point 140

Adding an OPC point 140

Defining the properties 141



Selecting measurement types 143

Configuring measurements 144

Saving settings 149

Data acquisition - on-line 149

Starting data acquisition 149

Stopping data acquisition 150

System View 150

The System View window 150

Toolbar for the System View 152

Configuring the System View 152

Process visualization 153

The PV component in xms 153

Configuring the PV component 154

Configuring the OPC server link 159

Setting up PV components in operation 164

Example of setting up an Online measurement 166

Analysing measured data 174

Working with diagrams 174

Select measurement Point 174

Single cursor and cursor values 176

Delta cursor, Text cursor and Cursor symbols 177

Quick Zooming 179

Zooming and Shifting the diagram axes 180

Displaying Comments 182

Trend diagram 183

Trend extrapolation 183

Displaying monitoring limits 184

Deleting measurements 184

Displaying extra information 186

Displaying multiple curves 187

Adding curve 187

Selecting multiple display 190

Spectra diagram 191

SFT analysis 195



Calculations from spectra 198

Displaying monitoring limits and symptom markers 202

Deleting spectra 202

Navigation in diagrams 204

Navigator for measured data 204

Point navigation 204

Time navigation 205

Selecting alternative measurement types 205

Navigator symbols in the toolbar 206

Three-dimensional diagrams 206

3-D spectrum 206

3-D Contour spectrum 208

Diagrams for Report measurements 209

Trend display over speed and time 210

Diagrams for Tracking analysis 211

Supplementary functions for diagrams 213

Switching X-axis unit for spectra 213

Copying a diagram to Clipboard 214

Recorder function for Online measurements 214

Diagram settings 215

Curve properties 215

Diagram properties 217

Diagram presetting 218

The Journal of xms 220

Overview 220

Journal View 220

Working with the event table 221

Symbols 221

The toolbar 221

The context menu 222

Indexing the entries 222

The filter for displaying events 223

Working with Views 225

Overview of display components 226



Plant overview 226

Machine Group View 228

Machine View 229

Point View 230

Configuring Views 231

Managing Views 232

Working with the View Editor 236

Tutorial example – text display 243

Machine drawing editor 249

Adding further components 260

Report forms for printing 270

Using standard reports 270

Various reports 270

Creating short reports 271

Creating extensive reports 275

Data export 281

Adapting reports 283

Managing reports 283

Various form types for reports 284

Standardised form sections in reports 285

Tutorial example Creating your own report header 286

Aids for diagnosis 290

Symptom marker for spectrum analysis 290

Entering factors for symptom markers 290

Calculating marker factors from bearing geometry 291

Accepting marker factors from the bearing database 292

Speed for calculating symptom frequencies 293

Displaying symptom frequencies in diagrams 294

Appendix 295

Abbreviations 295

Symbols for measurement types 296

Service 297

Index 299


xms Handbook Introduction

Introduction Condition-oriented machine mainte-nance The xms PC software package represents the central compo-nent of a system for condition monitoring and condition diagno-sis within the framework of predictive maintenance for machines and plant. Vibration data and process values from the machines or plant are systematically acquired at regular intervals and delivered to the xms software program. According to how critical a machine is for production, either a permanently-installed on-line system or a portable data-collector is employed for this purpose.

Which tasks can be solved by the xms software? The xms software package simplifies data organisation and the evaluation of measured data. From the entire machine complement those machines that re-quire immediate attention are automatically highlighted. The reasons for the highlighted machines being conspicuous are also revealed. Machines with the beginnings of damage are identified at an early stage. Together with the Compact monitor / VIBROCONTROL 6000 Systems - Online measurements are available currently and virtually anywhere and provide up-to-date information about the instantaneous condition of machines and plant at any time.


Introduction xms Handbook

Description of the xms software Exceptional features of xms

General The modular structure of the software permits adaptation to any individual formulation, and provides for the possibility of a simple extension of the program as well as uniform processing of off-line and on-line data. Through the multi-user concept of the network-capable soft-ware with a single or a distribution installed database almost every type of software architecture can be realised. Graphic elements for fashioning the user-interface allow changes of form and colour according to your imagination. Your company logo can be displayed on the screen and on printed reports. Transfer of data from VIBROEXPERT CM-400 and databases from older versions of xms is conveniently supported. With the data import from CM-400 multiple Plants can be si-multaneously accepted. Available Routes are automatically im-ported and saved in a Plant-specific manner. The Route calender provides a fast overview of due Routes at any time and can be automatically displayed at the start of xms if required.

Measurement tasks and monitoring The new Bandpass, SED envelope curve analysis and CPB spectrum measurement tasks have been integrated. Spectrum monitoring can be configured with the help of Ref-erence and Alarm spectra and through monitoring bands that can be graphically edited.

Online measurements The connection of Online monitoring systems via OPC-Client/Server technology has been achieved. The open concept for online data transfer allows not only monitoring with the Compact monitor / VC6000 instruments from Brüel & Kjær Vibro but also the integration of monitoring instruments from other manufacturers.



The OPC Data Access Server - an especially tailored OPC Client/Server solution for Compact monitor / VC6000 - takes care of an extremely simple system configuration for the automated data transfer betweens xms and Compact monitor / VC6000. A powerful process visualization function is available for the display of online measurements. The System View provides a permanent overview display of online measurements in a separate window.

Measurement analysis When measurement tasks are selected for a new measurement Point a set of Analysis Views is automatically established with the appropriate diagrams. These Views are then immediately available for the assessment of measured data. For the analysis of measurements four different Y-axes can be displayed in one diagram. The Navigator allows Point and time “paging” in the measured data for direct measurement comparison. Machine diagnosis is supported by an extensive rolling-element bearing database for inserting bearing damage fre-quencies and other symptom frequency markers into the cur-rently displayed spectra diagrams. The interruption of the trend curve due to a change in the measurement Point setup can be switched off.

Reports and data export A number of pre-configured standard reports are available for a printout. The header and footer of all reports can be processed and adapted to user-specific requirements at a central location. The measurements can be issued in the form of lists or dia-grams. A data export function for reports and measurements – as lists or diagrams – in standard formats such as Excel, Word or PDF files is integrated.



New features in this version For storage of Online measurements the new OPC-measurement point is available. Vibration, BCU, Bandpass, Tracking analysis and Process val-ues can be configured as measurement types for acquisition of Online measurements. Together with the Online vibration measurements an arbitrary Control parameter can be acquired and stored as supplemen-tary information. The Online measurement acquisition is implemented as a Windows service. This permits further unrestricted acquisition of Online measurements even after xms is closed. An Alarm monitoring function can be activated for the Online measurements. Data reduction can be set up by using tolerance bands which serve as a storage criterion for the Online measurements. A faulty status of the OPC connection to the Online instru-ment is signaled in the element organizer by the display of a blue indicator. A direct connection to the Soft-Terminal program is integrated for the configuration of Compact monitor / VC6000 instruments. A recorder function can be activated for display of Online measurements in the diagram. Two new components are available for the arrangement of user-specific Views. Through the Measurement list the meas-urements from a selected time period in the trend can be listed. The Peak list displays the magnitude of the 10 largest peaks of a spectrum. To delete measurements with the assistance of a time filter data elements can be directly selected in the element organizer. To issue a report of user-specific Views suitable report for-mats can be selected. A service program is available for compressing the data-bases.



Instruments and other components for use with xms In this version offline measured data is acquired using the port-able VIBROTEST 60 measuring instrument, saved in the data-base and analyzed offline. Current measurements are transferred from online monitoring instruments such as Compact monitor / VC6000 , or others, over an OPC Client/Server connection to xms. The acquired measurements are selected for storage in the database. Cur-rent measurements can be displayed through the process visu-alization and are thus available anywhere, anytime.

Advice about the user’s documentation This documentation is provided only as a supplement for opera-tion of the xms program and is therefore not suitable for use as a training manual independent of the software.

Handbook This user’s handbook is available in printed form and as an electronic PDF file. The electronic documentation for xms can be found in the <doc> folder in the program directory <xms> on the hard disk of your computer, or on the xms CD.

Latest new features

Use the online Help to find all the functions and new features in this current program version. Due to the time lag that occurs between program development and printing of the hard copy of the handbook the latest developments in the software may not always be completely documented.

Online Help The online documentation is available directly from the program as a compiled HTML help, but can also be used independently of the xms program.



Structure of the documentation

Introduction After a description of the field of application and the fundamen-tal innovations, advice about the user’s documentation for the xms software package is given.

Installation Here you will find information you need to set up the xms pro-gram for a single-user station with local or distributed data-bases, or a multi-user station system in a Windows network.

Working with xms In this chapter you will learn about the information structure of the data, the user interface and the basic operation of the xms program.

Program settings All settings that can be carried out for the program setup can be found in this chapter.

Functions and exercise examples Further chapters of the documentation are structured in a task-oriented format. In these chapters all the functions of the xms software program are comprehensively described. Using compact and holistic exercise examples on individual subjects you can quickly become confident in the use of the task-oriented operation and handling of the xms program. In the online Help the exercise examples – identical to those in the handbook – are available in text form. As an alternative to using the exercise examples from the text instructions, you can also view the animated DEMO Tutorials where the exercise examples are executed.



Appendix In this section of the handbook you can find directories for the following subjects:

• Abbreviations used

• Symbols for measurement types

• Service

Typography and symbols To Select data elements, fields, options or check boxes click with the left mouse button on the element concerned. Data elements can also be selected using the keyboard buttons or the space bar. Your selection will be shown by the program as a marked object.

Select

<Name> in brackets of this type is always used when the item named is available in the current dialogue. The word <Name> may describe a button, option, selection box, entry field, a menu point resp. an entry or data element.

<Name>

This text describes special functions that can be carried out using the mouse.

Click always means a mouse click with the left mouse button. When a mouse click with the right mouse button is required, this will be explicit in the handbook by statements such as "Click the right mouse button ...." or “right-click …”. Advice: This text contains useful information concerning the current subject.

Tip: Here a recommended procedure about the associated subject is described.



Caution! This warning identifies a portion of text that should be observed to avoid damaging the instrument or the PC software, or losing data.

Handling instruction: In this section a specific procedure is explained in the form of an exercise example.

Demo Tutorial: For this example there is a self-running, demo flash-video se-quence that can be called directly in the online Help.


xms Handbook Installation of xms

Installation of xms Overview In this section there is a description of how the xms PC soft-ware should be installed on your computer and which prerequi-sites are necessary to execute this. The program can be installed in a single-user station or in a network for use by a number of PCs. In the case of a multi-station installation a common database can be arranged so all work-stations have access to the same data. The integrated user-management system permits an arrange-ment for various user-profiles having their respective corre-sponding entitlement to operate the system. This is independ-ent of whether the program is arranged in one or a number of networked computer systems.

Prerequisites for the installation The installation must be executed with administrator rights. The network installation (server/client) is possible only in a Microsoft Windows network. Detailed information with examples for an installation of xms in a network can be found in the document "xms Client Server Installation" on the xms-CD.

Requirements for the computer In principle it is recommended that you employ the latest stan-dard for the PC system.

Minimum equipment Minimum equipment Processor Pentium III / 500 MHz

RAM memory 128 MB

Hard-disc drive 2 GByte free space

CD-ROM drive 20 X

Graphic card and monitor

65,000 colours (16 Bit), small script, Resolution 1024 x 768 Pixel


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Online data acquisi-tion

A computer with the recommended equipment is required for acquisition of Online measurements.

Recommended equipment Recommended equipment Processor Pentium IV / 2.4 GHz

RAM memory 512 MB

Hard-disc drive 4 GByte free space

CD-ROM drive 40 X

Graphic card and monitor

65,000 colours (16 Bit), small script, Resolution 1280 x 1024 Pixel

Interfaces network connection

Operating system and Internet • Microsoft Windows 2000

• Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0, service pack 6

• Microsoft Windows XP NTFS should be arranged on the computer as the filing system. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 (already available before installation of xms)

Necessary equipment and components Keyboard Mouse



Colour monitor To allow clear and easily recognisable xms program displays, a colour monitor with a minimum diagonal size of 17" – and a recommended size of 21" – should be used. The display of 65,000 colours with a resolution of at least 1024 x 768 Pixels is necessary. PC-card drive The PC-card drive is required for the exchange of data with the VIBROTEST 60 portable measuring instrument. Description: CSM OmniDrive Professional Capacity limitations of the PC-card maximum 5 Routes per PC-card maximum 1000 measurement Points per Route maximum 1000 Report measurements per PC-card Colour printer If you wish to print out reports, lists, setup information, etc. a colour printer should be part of your computer’s system. Use the software supplied with the printer or a program that is pre-installed on the PC (e.g. a word-processor program) to check the function of the printer.

Installing xms Preparing the computer Under Windows 2000 a fixed size for the temporary evacuation file of the virtual memory must be set up.

Windows 2000



Installing files from the CD Insert the xms-CD into the CD-ROM drive. If Autoplay is active in the PC-system the program setup will start automatically. If the program setup does not start automatically, use the com-mand <Run...> in the start menu of Windows and open the file <Setup.exe> on the CD.

Selecting the language version After the start, first of all select the language version in which xms should be installed.

To select the language you desire click on the corresponding flag symbol. The Start dialogue for selection of the various installations from the xms CD will be displayed.



In the Start dialogue you can select from the following installa-tions:

• Install xms

• Install or select from the Service programs

Selecting Service

Click first of all on <Service> to select from the service pro-grams in this category on the left area of the dialogue.

Starting the installation program



This dialogue window indicates that execution of the installation program has started. Follow the instructions to proceed with the installation.

Confirm with <Yes> your acceptance of the licence agreement.

Installation variants • The standard installation variant is the <Single station ver-

sion> for operation of the program on a stand-alone com-puter.

If you have installed a single-station version, you can also work with user-databases on a server.

local and distributed User-databases

• For an installation in a network first of all the installation variant <Network Server> must be carried out. The server database can be addressed locally as well as from other computers (Network-clients). In this variant the user rights and the User-databases are managed on the server.

• The installation variant <Network Client> is carried out for the computer so that it should address the database on the Network-server.

Detailed information with examples for an installation of xms in a network can be found in the document "xms Client Server Installation" on the xms-CD.

Installation in a net-work



Select the desired installation variant and click on <Next>.

Preparing for data import from VIBROEXPERT CM-400

In the dialogue window <Additional Features> the option <Prepare CM-400 Data Import> can be selected. To be able to do this the program VIBROEXPERT CM-400 should already exist in this computer. Data import from VIBROEXPERT CM-400 can also be under-taken at any later point in time.



Selecting a folder for the program

Select a directory on the local hard-drive for installation of the program.

Selecting a folder for the System database

Installation Single-station



Installation Network-client and Network-server

Make sure with an installation as Network-server, that the Sys-tem database is installed in a directory that can be accessed by other computers (Clients). To ensure this an entry here about the path to a folder which is a Network directory is necessary. For a computer installed as a Network-client here the Network-directory of the Network-server in which the system database has been installed must be entered. In the predefined directory structure of xms this is the file <sys>.




For the Interbase connection to the System database the name of the server and the local path entry – as it exists in the server - must be entered in the dialogue window.

Selecting a folder for the User-database





Make sure with an installation as Network-server, that the Sys-tem database is installed in a directory that can be accessed by other computers (Clients). To ensure this an entry here about the path to a folder which is a Network directory is necessary. For a computer installed as a Network-client here the Network-directory of the Network-server in which the customer data-base has been installed must be entered. In the predefined di-rectory structure of xms this is the file <dat>.


For the Interbase connection to the User database the name of the server and the local path entry – as it exists in the server - must be entered in the dialogue window.



Entering the program directory for the VIBROEXPERT CM-400

Option CM-400 Data import

In this dialogue window the name of the directory in which the CM-400 data is located is requested. Here the name of the su-perior folder <CM_400>, in which the sub-directory <CM_DB> with the database is located, is necessary. The installation pro-gram checks whether a CM-400 database is available and cop-ies the assistant program for data import into the folder <CM_400>.

Selecting the folder for the xms program symbol



Starting the copy procedure Before the procedure for copying files from the CD is started you can check your selected settings once more and edit them if necessary.





Advice about the program The information about the version of the software is stored in the file <readme.rtf> on the xms-CD.

The installation is successfully completed. Click on <Finish> to exit the installation program.

Operation with restricted user rights General When you wish to operate the software package xms with re-stricted user rights, some supplementary settings must be carried out after the installation of xms is completed.

Sensitive areas of the operating system

Because some of these settings are associated with sensitive areas of the operating system, it is absolutely necessary that these settings be carried out by an experienced user or your system administrator.

Administrator rights for editing reports

Report forms for printing can be edited or created only with Administrator rights.



Supplementary settings Please carry out the following supplementary settings.

Editing rights for directories When working with xms, edited files are stored in the sub-directories <sys> and <dat> in the xms directory, and there-fore these sub-directories must be released for the correspond-ing user-profile. When operating the module VIBRO-REPORT the sub-directory <bin> must also be released.

Entry in the registry for language versions With the installation of an English of French version of xms an additional entry is required in the registry. To carry out this entry you should log in to the system with the restricted user-rights.

• Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USR\Software\Borland\Locales

• String: <xms-Pfad>\bin\xms.exe <xms-Pfad> is the path to the program directory of xms e.g. C:\Program\xms

• Value: ENG ( English) or FRA (French) According to the language version the value for this entry must be entered.

Software registration for user-profiles The software-registration has to be repeated for each user-profile. It is adequate to load the received release code again. It is not necessary to send the registration data to us.



Registration and release To be able to use the xms program to its full extent you should carry out the software registration.

Test phase Without registration you can test the program with some func-tion limitations. Offline operation The following functions cannot be executed or are limited in the DEMO-Mode during the test period:

• Printing of reports; the print preview is displayed

• Exporting of data

• Copying diagrams into the Clipboard

• Only the first 5 Points in Routes can be loaded and unloaded.

Online operation

• A SIMS COM Demo-server for testing the Process Visualiza-tion is available which simulates the online operation without requiring a connected SIMS instrument.

• The measurements in the components for Process Visuali-zation will be switched off after 3 minutes (black display)

• The <Reset instruments> function for connected SIMS in-struments is inactive

• In the View <Properties> and the <Logbook> for SIMS in-struments, only the first 5 lines of available information will be displayed.

During the test period these functional limitations are displayed in the registration dialogue at the program start.



Sequence of registration and release

Registration data With delivery of the program package you will have received a 16-character xms-code that you will find on the package, on the program CD and also on an attached adhesive label. For the registration this xms-code is entered together with the customer information in the registration program. The registra-tion program determines some specific information about your computer and generates, together with the xms-code and your customer information, a coded registration data set. Trans-mission of this registration data set to Brüel & Kjær Vibro GmbH is supported by the registration program. To this end simply fol-low the instructions of the registration dialogue. After verification of the registration data set you will receive your release code. With the entry of the valid release code the reg-istration will be completed and you will be able to use the xms program to the full extent that you have purchased.



Registration dialogue After installation on your computer the registration dialogue ap-pears when the program is started.

Registration For registration click on the button <Register now>.



In this dialogue window select the first option <I have pur-chased the software and wish to register now with Brüel & Kjær Vibro> and then follow the instructions. You may also call up this registration dialogue at any time through the menu <Help> and the option <Register>.

Release When you have received the release code for your software, select the registration dialogue in the program start by clicking <Register now> or select the option <Register> in the menu <Help>.

In this dialogue window select the second option <I have re-ceived my release code from Brüel & Kjær Vibro and wish to complete registration>. With installation of the xms software, the VIBRO-REPORT software module is also installed on your computer and a pro-gram symbol for the module is added to the desktop.

VIBRO-REPORT software module

You will receive an additional handbook for this module if you have purchased it together with xms. When you use only the xms software the VIBRO-REPORT module will be de-activated by entry of your release code.


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Working with xms Definitions Information structure In the xms program the information is structured according to the following data scheme.

Data sources In the xms program system a data source is a unit on which data is transferred and stored. This data is available to the user according to the respective access authorization at all times. The various data sources, for example databases, OPC Data Access Server, or a PC-card (VT-60 memory card) are handled entirely equitably, regardless of their significance or extent.

The installation location of the data source is independent of the xms system. The presupposition is merely that the xms program can access the data source.


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Data groups and data elements The information within the data sources is divided first of all into data groups. These serve for the logical composition of the indi-vidual data elements.

Database (SQL database) The following data groups, with their associated data elements, are defined in a data source of the type SQL database: Data group Sensors Data elements: Folder, Sensor (freely definable hierarchy)

Data group Plant Data elements: Plant, Machine group, Machine, Point (VT60 Point / OPC point) (fixed predefined hierarchy) Data group Routes Data elements: Folder, Route (VT60 Route) (freely definable hierarchy)

Data group Comments Data elements: Folder, Comment (freely definable hierarchy)

PC-card (VT-60 memory card) For a data source of the type PC-card (VT60 memory card) two data groups with their associated data elements are defined:

Data group Routes Data elements: Route (VT60 Route) (as a simple list without hierarchy)



Data group Reports Data elements: Report (as a simple list without hierarchy)

OPC DA Server The following data groups with their associated data elements are defined in a data source of the type SIMS COM Server: Data group SIMS/VC6000 Data element: SIMS/VC6000 instruments (as a simple list without hierarchy)

The data group SIMS/VC6000 is provided for display of the connected Online monitoring instruments and there is no direct connection to a database. The configuration and actual adjustment of SIMS/VC6000 instruments is prepared by calling up the program Soft Terminal. There are no user-defined Views for the data elements of this data group.

No connection to the database

The Process visualization allows the current measured data to be displayed on arbitrary View pages or on the system View. The acquisition of Online measurements is arranged through the OPC measurement point in the Plants data group. The Online measurements transmitted from the OPC Data Access Server are saved directly in the database.

The databases of xms

System database In this database the system settings of xms are saved, and this is not accessible to the user.



Demo database This database is provided to assist the user with orientation. In the existing data structure you will find relevant examples for a real Machine hierarchy, properties of data elements and actual measured data with their respective displays for analysis. In this extensive Demo database numerous Machine and diagram templates are available to use in the creation of your own data-base.

Empty database with presettings This database is provided as the basis for construction of a user-defined data structure. When a new database of the type SQL is created it is an empty database containing merely the following default settings. Five standard sensors for data measurement are existing in the data group Sensors.

• Displacement sensor (IN),

• Velocity sensors (VS)

• Acceleration sensors (AS) These sensors are available for configuration of measurement Points. The data group Comments contains 30 predefined Comments in a list. The data group Plant contains templates for the most common machine types. In these machine templates suitable meas-urement Points with complete measurement Point setups and typical monitoring limits have been pre-configured.

User database This database is laid by the user and initially contains only the presettings described in the "Empty database".



Starting the program The dialogue window Login Start the xms program by double-clicking on the program sym-bol <xms>. The dialogue window <Login> for registration of the user will appear.

Program symbol After the installation on your computer when you start the pro-gram first of all the registration dialogue appears. (see section "Registration and release").

Registration

Open the selection box <Authority level> and select your user group from the following list:

• Administrator

• Setup

• Alarm

• Route

• Guest (no password required)



The User-groups with their respective entitlements are de-scribed in the section "Program settings/User-groups".

User-groups After entering your valid password the program is started by clicking on the button <OK>. For the user-group <Guest> no password is required and the password entry field will not appear.

The program window After starting the program the screen display of xms appears where you can identify the following main areas:



The Program window of xms contains the menu bar and ba-sic toolbar as well as one or more Work windows with the areas: Selection bar, Element organizer and Workspace (here the Properties file card has been selected).

The menu bar in the program window In this menu bar the commands and functions are arranged in groups. In the following sub-menus the individual commands are available: In the menu Work window the commands for opening and closing work windows and exiting the program can be selected.

• New: Open a new work window

• Close: Close the current work window

• Exit: Exit the xms program In the menu Extras you will find the program settings for xms under the menu item Options.

The import of data from the database of the VIBROEXPERT CM-400 can be called up here. In the Window menu are the commands for controlling the dis-plays of the work window.

• Cascade: arrange all work windows in a cascade display

• Tile horizontally: display all work windows one below the other

• Tile vertically: display all work windows next to each other

• Minimize: minimize the current work window



In the menu Help you can call up the on-line Help, as well as information about the registration and the current version of xms.

The basic toolbar in the program window In this toolbar the following commands are available for control-ling the program and general handling of the work window. Open a new work window

Exit the program Arrange the work windows in a cascade format

Tile the work windows horizontally - one below the other

Tile the work windows vertically - next to each other

Minimise the work window Call on-line Help Display System View



The work window When working with the xms program one or more Work win-dows can be opened. A work window always has the areas selection bar, element organiser and workspace.

The selection bar In the selection bar the logged in data sources are displayed by buttons. Click on the desired button to call up the corre-sponding data source.

In the selection bar data sources that are available are dis-played by buttons. Click on a button to call up the correspond-ing data source. The button for the selected data source is always arranged directly above the data group symbols. The data group is displayed by symbols. Click on the required symbol. The corresponding data group will be displayed in the element organiser and selected for detailed processing in the workspace. Functions of the data groups that are applicable are selected by clicking the right mouse button on the symbol of the associated data group. The context menu for data groups will be displayed.

Context menu data groups



The selection bar can be switched on and off by clicking on the symbol <Show / Hide data sources>.

Show / Hide the se-lection bar

The element organiser In the element organiser the data elements of the selected data group are displayed with their hierarchy. In this field the data elements can be selected for display and detailed process-ing in the workspace.

The element organiser conveys a quick overview of the status of the entire hierarchy. By displaying status symbols, symbols for inactive monitoring and a greyed-out display for inactive data elements the hierarchy status is immediately identifiable.



Symbols in the element organiser Symbol Data element

Plant

Machine group

Machine

VT60 Point with measurement

VT60 Point without measurement

OPC Point with measurement

OPC Point without measurement

Folder

Route in the database

Route on the PC-card

Comment

SIMS/VC6000 instrument

Instrument not accessible

Symbol Event / Description

Monitoring inactive

Alert

Danger

OPC status faulty

Using the familiar Windows and mouse functions to copy, move and delete data elements, the creation and maintenance of the machine hierarchy in the element organizer is simple to exe-cute.



Click on the symbol <Update data sources>, to read the cur-rent database and to update the display on the element organ-izer.

Update data sources

This function is important with distributed databases (Cli-ent/Server installation), that can be accessed by a number of users. Functions of the data elements that are applicable are selected by clicking the right mouse button on the associated data ele-ment. The context menu for data elements will be displayed.

Context menu data elements

The workspace On the right in the work window you find the workspace with its toolbar, the navigation bar and the file cards Properties, Jour-nal, and View.

On the Properties file card various worksheets for the proper-ties of the selected data element are available. By clicking in the selection field for Properties the corresponding worksheet will be displayed on the right.



The file card Journal displays the table of events for the se-lected data element. The third type of file card is the View card which can be indi-vidually constructed by the user and is especially provided for a graphic display appropriate to the data element. Up to 7 file cards with views for a data element can be added.

A View file card with the description <Machine View>



The workspace toolbar In the toolbar the following commands are available for func-tions in the work window and for the handling of the views. Switch element organiser

Save changes Discard all changes Add a new View

Delete the current View Edit the View Show previous data element Show next data element Print a report Assign Report to View Call on-line Help

Start Process Visualization Stop Process Visualization



Navigation bar Through the navigation bar a direct jump command to the first Plant or to data elements that are adjacent to the selected data element can be executed. First Plant in the element organiser

Previous element one level higher

Previous element at the same level

Next element at the same level

Next element one level lower

The toolbar and the navigation bar in the workspace is auto-matically transferred to the program window when the work-space is switched to maximum size.

Maximizing the workspace

Online Help The online documentation is available as a compiled HTML Help for calling up directly from the program, but can also be used independently of the xms program. Click on the <Help> symbol in the toolbar of the workspace to call up the online Help of xms. The Help window will be dis-played

Help



The Help window

The subjects of online Help will be displayed in the contents window. The selection field can be switched to display a con-tents tree, index list or a search function by selecting the respective register card at the top. Navigation within the Help subjects is done via the register cards and sub-register cards at the top of the display area of the Help window. In the symbols column, just as in the handbook, you will find the respective relevant program symbols or symbols for user guidance. In the online Help a drop-down graphics can be opened up and closed as required by clicking.

DEMO Tutorials

The exercise examples – identical to those in the handbook – are available in text form and are displayed in a second Help window. As an alternative to carrying out the exercises using the text instructions, you can view the examples as animated DEMO Tutorials in which the sequences in the exercise exam-ples are executed.



Context-sensitive Help In the dialogue windows of xms you can call up the context-sensitive Help subject directly by clicking on the Help symbol at the bottom left in the dialogue window. In this case the Help subject that is appropriate for the current dialogue window will be displayed in the Help window.

Help


xms Handbook Program settings

Program settings In the menu <Extra> and under the menu item <Options> the system settings of the program, passwords of the user-groups and the data sources and databases are managed. Associated with this are also the background displays and templates for the Views as well as the various report forms for printing out.

Through the selection field in the dialogue window <Options> you are able to carry out configuration of the various settings.

System settings System database

Single-station version <System database path in local computer> Enter the local path to the system database here. Example: "C:\Program\BKVibro\xms\sys\". Click on search <...> for this text field to select the directory for the system database on this local computer. The field <System database path in target computer> re-mains empty.


Program settings xms Handbook

Network-Client version <System database path in local computer> Enter the local path for the system database on the server here. Example: "C:\Program\BKVibro\xms\sys\". Click on search <...> for this text field to select the directory for the system database on the server computer. <System database path in target computer> Here you should enter the name of the server (target com-puter), a colon and the path to the database. The path that is valid on the server is to be entered. Example: The server is named <DBSERVER>. The system database

is in the directory <C:\Program\BKVibro\xms\sys\>. Entry: "DBSERVER:C:\Program\BKVibro\xms\sys\".

CM-400 directory Here the directory in which the VIBROEXPERT CM-400 is in-stalled is to be entered. Click on search <...> for this text field to select this directory on the local computer. When a valid CM-400 directory is entered, the menu point <Data import CM-400> will be displayed in the menu <Extras> (see the section "Data import from CM-400 databases").

Data import CM-400

Auto Logoff The function <Auto Logoff> of xms can be switched active and set up here. The time offset for auto logoff is oriented by the time of the last registered entry in the xms program.

Due Routes When this control box is activated the Route calender will be automatically displayed when the xms is started.



Update Views With this setting the update rate for Views can be defined. This allows you to determine how often the display is requested to be updated to the current status of a data element in the da-tabase.

Ignoring the setup changes When there is a change in the setup the trend curve is inter-rupted. With the option <Ignore the setup changes in the Trend diagram > the entire trend curve for all measurements will be displayed. In the Trend diagram measured values with different measure-ment Point setups are displayed in the same trend curve. This display conceals the danger that older measurements will be incorrectly interpreted because the scaling in the diagram is valid only for the current measurement Point setup.

Trend display with Setup changes

Access rights Changing the passwords The setups of passwords for the various user-groups are car-ried out under the item <Access rights> in the dialogue win-dow of <Options>. Here you may use individual passwords for each user-group. After the initial installation of the xms program, the presetting for all passwords is first of all uniform. This password is: "VIBRO" (Note capital letters).



For the application of new passwords you should note that the program passwords are sensitive to capital and small case let-ters.

User-groups In the following table the user-groups and the entitlements as-signed to them are shown. The sequence of user-groups in the table is arranged from top to bottom in the table so that the enti-tlements of the next lower user-group in the table always in-cludes the entitlements of the group above it. User-group Entitlements

Guest Display all data Print report forms

Route-user Load, unload and reset Routes Unload Reports

Alarm-user Acknowledge Events

Setup-user Add, edit and delete Data elements Add, edit and delete Views Add, edit and delete report forms Reset SIMS/VC6000 instruments

Administrator Add, log-in, log-off Databases Edit Database properties Change Passwords



OPC - Process Visualization Select the entry <OPC> in the Options selection field.

In this dialogue window the acquisition rate with which the Online measurements will be requested from the OPC Data Access server for Process visualization can be determined. The acquisition rate for Online measurements which will be saved to the database is not affected by this setting.

Data acquisition for Online measurement



Databases Creating a new database A new database is added if you select <Databases> in the se-lection field and then click on the button <Create>.

In the dialogue window <Log-in database> first enter the name of the new database.

Single-station version <Database path in local computer> Enter the local path and file name of the new user database here. Example: "C:\Program\BKVibro\xms\dat\New-DB.fdb". Click on search <...> behind the text field and select the direc-tory for saving the new database in the dialogue window <Search folder>.



When you have modified templates and images in the Demo database resp. user database and want to use these for the new user database as well, you should retain the recommended directory <dat> as the storage location for the database file.

Database directory

When creating a new database the folder <Bitmaps> in its de-livered condition is copied to the directory of this database. If a folder named <Bitmaps> already exists in the selected direc-tory, a dialogue window <Confirm folder replacement> will be displayed>. Click on <No> in this dialogue window if you wish to retain the existing folder with templates and images.

Folder <Bitmaps>

The field <Database path in target computer> remains empty. The new database is created with the entered name and the file extension <.fdb> and is automatically registered in the xms pro-gram.

Network-Client version <Database path in local computer> Enter the path and file name of the new user database on the server here. This can be done in a UNC-path code or over a mapped drive. Examples: 1. On the "DBSERVER" the directory

<C:\Program\BKVibro\xms> is released as "XMSPROG".

Entry as UNC-path: "\\DBSERVER\XMSPROG\dat\New-DB.fdb".

2. On the "DBSERVER" the directory <C:\Program\BKVibro\xms> is released as network drive "K:".

Entry: "K:\dat\New-DB.fdb" .



<Database path in target computer> Enter the name of the server (target computer), a colon, the path of the user database and a file name here. The path is to be given as it is on the server. Example: The server is named <DBSERVER>. The new user data-

base should be saved in the directory <C:\Program\BKVibro\xms\dat\> of the server.

Entry: "DBSERVER:C:\Program\BKVibro\xms\dat\New-DB.fdb".

Details about the installation of a network-client version of xms are described in the document "xms Client Server Installation" on the xms-CD.

Installation Cli-ent/Server

Log-in of databases Already existing databases must first be registered as a data source in the xms program. Click on the button <Log-in>, to log in a database.



Single-station version <Database path in local computer> Enter the local path and file name of the database to be logged in here. Example: "C:\Program\BKVibro\xms\dat\New-DB.fdb". Click on search <...> behind the text field, the dialogue window <Open> will be displayed.

In the dialogue window <Open> the database files stored in the standard directory <dat> will be displayed. Select the desired database here and click on the button <Open>. When databases are registered that do not stem from the cur-rent xms version, the assistant for actualization of this database will be automatically started (see the section "Older xms data-base").

Database from an older xms version

In the dialogue window <Log-in database> the path to the da-tabase file and the file name will be displayed in the field <Da-tabase path in local computer>.



The description with which this database will be displayed as a data source in the xms is to be entered in the text field <Name> of this dialogue window. The name for the database can be dis-tinctive from the name of the database file.

Network-Client version <Database path in local computer> Enter the path and file name of the user database to be logged in on the server here. This can be done in a UNC-path code or through a mapped drive. Examples: 1. On the "DBSERVER" the directory

<C:\Program\BKVibro\xms> is released as "XMSPROG".

Entry as UNC-path: "\\DBSERVER\XMSPROG\dat\New-DB.fdb".

2. On the "DBSERVER" the directory <C:\Program\BKVibro\xms> is released as network drive "K:".

Entry: "K:\dat\New-DB.fdb".



<Database path in target computer> Enter the name of the server (target computer), a colon, the path to the user database and the file name. The path is to be given as it is on the server. Example: The server is named <DBSERVER>. The new user data-

base should be saved in the directory <C:\Program\BKVibro\xms\dat\> of the server.

Entry: "DBSERVER:C:\Program\BKVibro\xms\dat\New-DB.fdb".

For solving problems in connection with a database installation (FireBird Database Server setting up) on a network server, you will find further information on the xms CD (Fire-bird\Interbase6doc\OpGuide\OPGuide.pdf).

Database problem solving on a server

Log-off of databases

All the registered databases will be listed here. The check mark indicates whether the data source is switched to active and dis-played in the selection bar. Click on the check mark to switch the data source to inactive. A maximum of 3 databases can be simultaneously switched active.



If you click on the button <Log-off> the selected database will be removed from this list.

Database properties Click on the button <Properties>; the dialogue window <Change database properties> will be displayed.

The link between <Name> of the database in xms and the <Path> of the database file can be randomly changed here. When you change the description in the text field <Name> this does not change the name of the database file. In the selection bar of xms, the database with the description entered here is displayed. You can select another database file while retaining the name, i.e. the description used up to now for the database is dis-played, but xms uses the (other) database file selected here.

Transferring Plants and Routes into the new database

To use already created Plants and Routes in a new database, you can create a copy of the original database and register the copied database in xms.



Data backup and compressing a database It is recommended that you secure your databases and the user-specific setups of xms on a regular basis.

To secure all the required files of xms, create complete back-up copies of both folders <dat> and <sys> (with all their sub-directories).

Complete data secu-rity

Step 1: Copying a database file For copying and renaming xms database files you should select the following procedure. The dialogue window <Options> is open. In the selection field the entry <Data sources> is opened and the entry <Data-bases> is selected. Select from the list the database which you wish to copy. Click on the button <Properties> and the dialogue field <Change database properties> will be displayed.

In the dialogue window <Change database properties> click on the symbol <Search>. The dialogue window <Open> will be displayed.

Search



In the dialogue window <Open> the selected database file can be copied and renamed with the help of the context menu (right-mouse click). When inserting the copied database file the name of the copy is automatically changed and inserted as <Copy of *.fdb>. This description of the database file can be edited (Button F2 or click again on the selected file name).

Step 2: Deleting measurements To work further more comfortably with the original database you should reduce the database size. Select in the element organizer the data elements from which measured values should be deleted. You can either select a single Plant or, using multi-selection, a number of Plants simul-taneously. You can also select data sub-elements (Machines or Machine groups). In the context menu select the menu point <Delete measured value>. The dialogue window <Delete measured values> will be displayed.



Open the selection box to select the time range for the meas-ured values that are to be deleted.

Step 3: Compressing database After measured values have been deleted from the database the database should be compressed so that all data fields that are no longer required can be deleted. Then you may close the xms program.



In the program group xms locate the Help program <Com-press xms databases >. Start the program.

Select the database which you wish to compress by clicking on the symbol Search.

Search

If you wish to make a backup copy of the database, activate the option Create backup copy in this dialogue window.



Start the database compression procedure by clicking on the button Compress.

When the message Database compression successfully completed appears in this dialogue window, close the proce-dure by clicking on End.



SIMS/VC6000 Log-in of a OPC Data Access Server An existing OPC Data Access Server must first of all be logged in as a data source in the xms program. Select the entry <SIMS/VC6000> in the selection field and click on the button <Log-in>; the dialogue window <Log-in SIMS/VC6000> will be displayed.

Enter the description for the data source in the text field <Name>. This name will be displayed in the selection bar of xms. Click on the search symbol <...> for the text field <URL>; the dialogue window <OPC-Parameter> will be displayed.



Connecting the OPC Data Access Server

For the selection of an OPC server on the local computer, in the text field <Computer> you can accept the presetting <local-host>. Click on the search symbol <...> behind this text field to select a computer in a Microsoft Windows network. Click on the search symbol <...> behind the text field <OPC Server>. The dialogue window <OPC-Server> will be dis-played.

Selecting the OPC Server

When a OPC Data Access Server is installed on the selected computer this will be shown in the dialogue window <OPC Server>. In this example only the OPC Data Access Demo Server <BKVibro.SIMS.DEMO.OPC.DA> is shown. Select the desired OPC server and then click on <OK>. Close both dialogue windows <OPC-Parameter> and <Log-in SIMS/VC6000> with <OK>.



Log-off of a OPC Data Access Server By clicking on <Log-off> the selected OPC Data Access Server will be removed from the list.

OPC Data Access Server properties Click on <Properties>, for example to change the name of a logged in OPC Data Access Server for displaying in the selec-tion bar of the xms.

VT60-cards Log-in a PC-card Select <VT60-cards> in the selection field Options and click on the button <Log-in> to register a data source of the type <VT60 PC-card>.

In the dialogue window <Log-in PC-card> first a <Name> must be entered for this data source. As <Path> the PC-card drive is selected.



The VT60 card registered as a data source will be displayed here. By clicking on the check mark the <PC-card> can be switched to active or inactive.

Log-off of a PC-card By clicking on <Log-off> the selected VT60 card will be re-moved from this list.

Setups for Views Overlaid displays The appearance of the View pages - with the exception of the System View - in xms is based on a composition of three differ-ent layers.



Background displays

Background picture On the lowest level of the View the <Background picture> is displayed. The background picture is provided for blending in, for example, a company logo in the View.

In the dialogue window <Options> first of all the graphic for the background picture is specified by entering the <Path> for the graphic file. The graphic can be single, multiple (tiled) or can also be arranged to fill the entire background (stretched). In ad-dition here you can also define a background colour for the entire page.



Background view The second level for blending in a background display on the View is the <Background view>.

For the background view various schemes can be created as templates and arranged over this dialogue window. The background view can be processed and arranged in the identical manner as a View page (see the section on "Configur-ing Views"). By clicking on the button <Add> a new background view can be created; through the button <Process> the selected template is opened in the Editor mode. With the button <as Standard> it is defined which background view should be blended in for all Views of this database. The background view selected “as Standard” is marked by an arrow in the selection field <Templates>. The setups for the background picture and the background view are effective for all Views connected with the selected da-tabase.

Foreground templates The third level for the arrangement of Views is the foreground display. The foreground display can be individually adapted for each single data element. Details for processing these fore-ground views are given in the section "Configuring Views". The View configured for one data element type can be saved as a foreground template. The foreground templates are filed in sub-divisions according to the data element type.



By clicking on the button <Add> a new foreground template can be created. With the button <Process> the selected template is opened in the Editor mode. With the button <as Standard> you can define which foreground template should be inserted on new View pages for all data elements of this type. The foreground template selected „as Standard” is marked in the selection field <Templates> by an arrow. Fashion a new View page for a selected data element, with all the settings and links for the display components, and save it as a foreground template (see the section "Saving the View as template").

Creating a fore-ground template

Analysis Views

The templates for the measurement-specific Analysis Views are managed under the entry <Analysis Views>.


xms Handbook Data import

Data import Older xms database Starting the update After installation of a newer version of xms an assistant for up-dating an older xms database is automatically started. All data-bases registered in xms will be checked. When databases are registered a comparison of the versions is done. The data import assistant starts automatically when the registered database is to be updated.

In the dialogue window <Update database> you are informed by the data import assistant that a database exists from an ear-lier version of xms. Select <Yes> to import this database into the current version of xms.


Data import xms Handbook

Creating a backup copy You have the choice of creating a backup copy of the old data-base.

In this dialogue window enter the name of the directory in which the backup copy of your old database should be saved.

Concluding the update

Close the data import assistant by clicking on the button <Exit>. When further databases that stem from an earlier version of xms register, the data import assistant will start again.



CM-400 databases Prerequisites In this section a Plant from an existing database of VIBROEX-PERT CM-400 will be transferred into the xms program.

Existing CM-400 data Only data from the current version 4.03.03 of CM-400 is trans-ferred. If you wish to import data from an older version of CM-400, an update of the older database to version 4.03.03 of CM-400 must first of all be carried out. For an update of older databases of CM-400, use the pro-gram delivered on the xms CD. Select the option <Service> after inserting the CD. The pro-gram for converting the old CM-400 database is started by se-lecting <CM-400 Update>. When importing data only the currently logged database in the program CM-400 will be transferred. When you wish to import another database it must first be correspondingly arranged in the CM-400 program.

Logging in correct database in CM-400

Only VT 60 Points are transferred

Online Points and Points from a S40 instrument that exist in the CM-400 database will not be imported into this version of xms.

Preparing CM-400 data import During the installation of xms, preparation can be made for CM-400 data import. If this option is not selected during the installation of xms, the organisation for data transfer will have to be carried out later. In the menu <Extra> select the item <Options>.



In the Options selection field select <System>. Here the name of the directory containing the data to be imported from the VI-BROEXPERT CM-400 (version 4.03.03) should be entered into the field <CM-400 directory>. Using the button <...> the rele-vant directory can be searched for in the displayed directory structure. When updating old CM-400 data the updated CM-400 database will be saved in a new directory. Enter the path to the current CM-400 directory here.

Correct the directory after the CM-400 da-tabase update

Call up the data import in xms Select the option <Data import CM-400> in the menu <Extras>

Selecting a Plant from the CM-400 In the dialogue window <Data import from CM-400> you will be guided through the data transfer by the data import assis-tant.



In this dialogue window a list of Plants that are available in the CM-400 database will be displayed. Select the Plants you wish to import and click on the button <Continue>. Using the Ctrl button select multiple Plants for the data import.

Importing multiple Plants from CM-400

Selecting the target database To accept the selected Plant into the xms first of all the target database must be selected in the next dialogue window <Data import from CM-400>.



Here the database that is registered and set to active in the xms will be displayed. Select <New Database> to import into a new database which has been first of all created in an intermediate step (described in section "Managing data sources/Create new database"). Select the target database by clicking on the box in front of the database name. The selected database name will be marked by a check mark. Click on the button <Continue> to complete this step of the data import.

Concluding the data import

The next dialogue window will advise you that the Plant from the CM-400 has been successfully saved in the selected xms database.

Imported Routes The Routes that have been imported together with the Plants can be found in the data group Routes. A Route which belongs to a Plant is stored in a folder with the same name as the Plant.



Imported Plants In the element organizer of xms the imported <Demo Anlage> of this example is displayed.


Measurement Points xms Handbook

Measurement Points Adding a measurement Point Tutorial example

In this section a new measurement Point for the portable VI-BROTEST 60 is added. For this purpose, first a new Plant is created and the structure of this “Example Plant” is then formed using Machine Group, Machine and VT 60 Point elements. An OPC point for Online measurement is added in the same manner.

OPC Point

New Plant Click the right mouse button on the symbol <Plant> in the sym-bol bar; the context menu with the option <New> will be dis-played.

Plant

Position the mouse pointer on the option <New> and <Plant> will be displayed. Click on <Plant>. A new Plant element named <New Plant> will be created and displayed in the ele-ment organiser.


xms Handbook Measurement Points

Edit the name <New Plant> to "Example Plant". The element <New Plant> is selected; by clicking on the name again or pushing the button F2 call up the rename function. Enter the name “Example Plant” using the keyboard and then close the text entry with Enter .

Editing the name in the workspace The name of the element selected in the element organiser is displayed in the title bar of the current window as well as in the <Name> selection box of the workspace. The name of the selected data element can also be edited in the workspace of the Properties file card.

Editing the name in the workspace Click in the selection box <Name> on the displayed text, and

either delete the text with Del or mark the text using the mouse. Enter the new name using the keyboard.

Save

Save this change by clicking on the symbol <Save>.

Properties in the workspace In the workspace on the file card <Properties> the general properties of the selected data element are displayed. Here you are able to switch the data element <Example Plant> to active or inactive status, and enter a short description and other infor-mation related to the element in the Comments box. Further information can be found in the section “Configuring a Point”.



New Machine Group The newly-created <Example Plant> is selected. Click the right mouse button on the data element <Example Plant> in the element organiser; the context menu is displayed. Position the mouse pointer on the option <New> and <Machine Group> will be displayed. Click on <Machine Group>. A new Machine Group element will be created and displayed with the name <New Machine Group> in the element organiser.

Edit the name <New Machine Group> to "Example Machine Group". To do this the element <New Machine Group> is se-lected and then by either clicking again or pushing the button F2 to call up the rename function. Enter the name "Example Machine Group" using the keyboard and close the text entry function with Enter .

New Machine The newly-created <Example Machine Group> is selected. Click with the right mouse button on the data element <Example Machine Group> in the element organiser; the context menu will be displayed. Position the mouse pointer on the option <New>; <Machine> will be displayed. Click on <Machine>. A new Machine element will be created and displayed with the name <New Machine> in the element organiser.

Edit the name <New Machine> to "Example Machine".



New Point The newly-created <Example Machine> is selected. Click with the right mouse button on the data element <Example Ma-chine> in the element organiser; the context menu will be dis-played. Position the mouse pointer on the option <New>; <VT60Point> will be displayed. Click on <VT60-Point>. A new VT60Point element will be created in the element organiser and displayed with the name <New VT60 Point>.

Edit the name <New VT60 Point> to "Example Point". The simplest structure for a Plant with the elements Machine Group, Machine and Point has now been created. Save this setup by clicking on the <Save> symbol.

Save

To allow you to work with this <Example Point> the final step is the configuration of the Point by defining the properties of the measurement Point (see the section "Configuring a VT-60 Point").



Modifying data elements Tutorial example

In this section you will be shown how already configured data elements can be copied and modified. This will allow you to re-duce considerably the cost of defining all the necessary proper-ties for similar measurement Points where similar measure-ments will be taken on identical or similar Machines.

Copying and Pasting

Copying a Point Click the right mouse button on <Example Point> in the ele-ment organiser. The context menu will be displayed. Copy the selected data element by clicking on the option <Copy>.

Paste positions

Click the right mouse button on <Example Machine> in the element organiser. The context menu will be displayed. Paste in the copy of <Example Point> by clicking on the option <Paste>. The Paste function is always effective below the element for which it is selected. For example a copied measurement Point can only be pasted in at Machine level. The xms program per-mits data elements to be pasted only in the positions for which they are designated. The newly pasted measurement Point is displayed in the ele-ment organiser with the description <Example Point(1)>.



Now edit the description <Example Point(1)> to "Example Point 2". The element <Example Point(1)> is selected by clicking, and then by clicking again or the button F2 is used to call up the rename function. Enter the name "Example Point 2" using the keyboard and finally close the text entry with Enter .

Copying a Machine Click with the right mouse button on <Example Machine> in the element organiser. The context menu will be displayed.

Copy the selected data element by clicking on the option <Copy>. Click the right mouse button on <Example Machine Group> in the element organiser. The context menu will be displayed. Paste the copy of <Example Machine> by clicking on the option <Paste>. The pasted new Machine will be displayed with the description <Example Machine(1)> in the element organiser.

Click on the symbol + in front of <Example Machine>. The cor-responding measurement Points will be displayed.

Click on the symbol + in front of <Example Machine(1)>. The measurement Points copied together with this Machine will be displayed.



You will notice that the description of the copied Machine was automatically changed by the Paste function.

Data elements with an identical descrip-tion

The names of the associated Points have remained unchanged; two different Points now exist with the same description. Identical descriptions for data elements at the same hierarchy level are only possible when they belong to data elements at a higher level that have different descriptions. This takes into consideration the common practice of having identical descrip-tions for individual measurement Points on similar Machines that have different descriptions. Edit the description <Example Machine(1)> to "Example Ma-chine 2".

Cutting and Pasting a Point

Click the right mouse button on the element <Example Point 2> on <Example Machine>in the element organiser The con-text menu will be displayed. Cut out the selected data element by clicking on the option <Cut>. Click the right mouse button on <Example Machine 2> in the element organiser. The context menu will be displayed. Paste in <Example Point 2> that was cut, by clicking on the option <Paste>.



The measurement Point that originated from <Example Ma-chine> will be displayed in the element organiser with the de-scription <Example Point 2(1)>.

The name of the pasted Point is changed by the program be-cause under <Example Machine 2> an element already exists with the same description as the pasted one. Now edit the description <Example Point 2(1)> to "Example Point 3".

Moving a Point Click and hold the left mouse button on <Example Point 3>. Move this data element to <Example Machine> by dragging with the mouse. The data element being dragged by the mouse will be displayed in grey letters under the mouse pointer.

The insertion position of the drag and drop is identified by the horizontal line and also by the active display (background col-our of the marked element) of the data element above this line. Paste the <Example Point 3> directly below <Example Point> at <Example Machine> by releasing the mouse button.



Deleting a Point

Click the right mouse button on <Example Point 2> in the ele-ment organiser. The context menu will be displayed. Delete the selected data element by clicking on the option <De-lete>. In the dialogue box <Confirm> you are asked to confirm that the selected Point should be deleted. Click on the button <Yes>.

This command can also be executed using the button Del

The deleted <Example Point 2> will no longer be displayed in the element organiser.

Data element se-quence for Routes

When adding a Machine hierarchy it is useful to take the se-quence of the individual elements into consideration as they appear in the element organiser for the Route construction that is done at a later stage. A considerable amount of time can be saved this way because the elements can then be simply dragged in the same sequence across to the Route list.

Multiple Selection Selecting the data elements In the previous steps we selected one specific data element and used the cut, copy, paste, move and delete functions. The commands <Cut>, <Delete>, <Copy> and <Paste> can also be used with a number of selected data elements simultaneously. Such a multiple selection is only possible for data elements of the same type. Select <Example Machine Group> from the element organiser and create a new Machine with the name "Example Machine 3". Select the following data elements from the element organiser; initially the first <Example Point> in the organiser, and then while holding the Ctrl button select the second <Example Point> in the organiser by clicking.



Click the right mouse button on one of the marked elements. The context menu will be displayed.

Copy the selected data elements by clicking on the option <Copy>. Click the right mouse button on <Example Machine 3> in the element organiser. The context menu will be displayed. Insert the copied data elements by clicking the option <Paste>. A sequential group of data elements in the element organiser can be marked for multiple selection by holding down the Shift button.

Click in the element organiser on the symbol + in front of <Of-fenbach Power Station> and then on the symbol + in front of <Air compressors>. The Machines belonging to the Machine group <Air compressors> will be displayed. Click on the Ma-chine <17 LP Compressor 1> and then, while holding down the Shift button, also on the Machine <22 HP Compressor 2>. These two Machines, and all the data elements in between, will be selected.



Editing properties With the already described multiple element selection you are able to simultaneously edit the properties of these data ele-ments. In the case of multiple element selection, only the file card <Properties> is displayed in the workspace, i.e. Journal and View file cards cannot be edited in the case of multiple element selection. You are able to identify the multiple-element editing mode on the worksheet by the fact that in the selection box <Name> only the symbol for the selected data elements is displayed and the name description is suppressed.

In the check boxes for <Machine active> and <Alarm active> the check marks and backgrounds are greyed out. Click in the check box <Alarm active>; the monitoring will be switched active for all the selected elements. In the check box the check mark will be displayed in black and the background in white.



Click once more in the check box <Alarm active>. Now the monitoring for all the selected data elements will be inactive, and the check box will be empty. Clicking this box once again will return it to the original status, i.e. with a greyed out check mark and background. In this condition the original setting for the monitoring of the individual data elements will be retained. The text fields on the <Properties> file card worksheets are dis-played empty in the multiple-element edit mode. Only new en-tries in the text fields are accepted for the selected data ele-ments by the command <Save>. The original settings and entries for the Properties of the data elements are changed as a unit only in multiple selection mode, when new entries are made, or the options fields or check boxes are switched over.

Editing Properties in multiple selection mode

Adding Views Through multiple selection you can add complete View tem-plates for multiple data elements simultaneously. The only pre-requisite is that the selected data elements must be of the iden-tical type (e.g. Machine). The selected data elements can also belong to different Plants. First of all save your especially aranged View as a template (see in addition the section "Saving the View as template".

Saving the View as a template

Add View

Add the selected data element to a new View by clicking on the symbol <Add View>. The dialogue window <Add View> will be displayed.



The register card <Template> is selected. Here you select the desired template from the list and then close the dialogue win-dow with <OK>


xms Handbook Configuring a VT60 Point

Configuring a VT60 Point Point properties Tutorial example

In this exercise example you will learn to know and work with all the required measurement Point properties for a VT60 Point.

General Select the <Example Point> in the element organiser. Select the file card <Properties> in the working area. On the file card <Properties> various worksheets are available for the properties of the selected data element. By clicking in the Properties selection field, the corresponding worksheet will be displayed on the right.

The <General> worksheet is selected. The general properties for the selected data element <Example Point> will be dis-played on the <Properties> file card.


Configuring a VT60 Point xms Handbook

For elements higher in the hierarchy level, general properties for the data elements can also be defined in their respective <Properties> worksheets in the same way as described for the Point. Active/inactive switching is possible for data elements at all hierarchy levels (Plant, Machine Groups, Machine and Point). This affects all sub-level elements of a data element without altering the properties of these sub-elements. This ensures that active/inactive switching results in the identical consequences in both cases. The monitoring can also be switched active/inactive for Ma-chine type data elements.

General Properties

Displaying hierarchy Open the selection box <Name> in the <Properties> file card.

The new Point with its related elements is displayed in the ele-ment organiser on the left as well as in the <Name> selection box on the <Properties> file card. Here you can identify, on the right of the display in the open <Name> selection box, that only the hierarchy line directly above the selected data element is displayed. This allows you a fast overview of the location in which the selected data element belongs. With complex Plant structures this is a useful supple-ment to the view of the entire element organiser.

Hierarchy display of the selected data element

Point active By clicking the control box <Point active> the data element <Example Point> can be switched active or inactive.



By setting a data element inactive, it can be set aside for a time from the list of measurement Points that are operative without actually deleting it. The data element is retained, with its com-plete configuration, and can be activated again at any time. A reason for setting inactive can be a temporary shutdown of a Machine or Machine Group, or the removal of individual meas-urement Points from the current measurement operation. A data element that is inactive is then, for example, not taken into consideration in the loading and unloading of a Route to a PC-card.

Inactive data elements

Click on the <Point active> control box; a check mark is dis-played.

Monitoring By clicking in the control box <Alarm active> you can switch the monitoring for this Point active or inactive. If you switch to Alarm active, a check mark will be displayed in the control box.

Description A short description (maximum 32 characters) can be entered in the text field <Description> for the selected data element. Click in the text field and using the keyboard enter "Bearing drive-side" for the <Example Point>. For further information related to this measurement Point, the text field <Comment> is available. More comprehensive infor-mation can be entered in this field.



Selecting a sensor Select the next worksheet by clicking <Sensor> in the selection field.

Select the sensor for this Point from this worksheet. A number of elements are available in the Sensors data group from which to select. A direct jump from here to the Sensors data group is possible when you click on the arrow symbol to the right of the <Input signal> selection box. A new work window will be opened in which the properties of the selected sensor are displayed

Sensors data group

In our tutorial example we wish to measure the absolute bear-ing vibrations to acquire the bearing condition, and therefore a vibration acceleration sensor is selected. For the portable VI-BROTEST 60 instrument the vibration acceleration sensor type AS-06x/07x is provided for this purpose. Open the selection box <Input signal> and select the sensor <AS-06x/07x> by clicking. With the selection of the input signal the data of the selected sensor will be displayed in the lower part of the worksheet.



Worksheet measurement types Overview Select the next worksheet by clicking on the <Measurement types> in the selection field.

On this worksheet you can define which measurement types should be acquired and evaluated. In a case where this Point will be used to acquire Process val-ues, this can be defined here as an alternative to vibration measurement.

Process values

If there are any single or special measurements – so-called un-scheduled Reports that have been acquired with the VIBRO-TES 60 – for the selected Point, the corresponding Report measurement variables will be displayed here by an active con-trol box. The Reports cannot be activated by the user (see the section "Properties of Report measurements").

Report measure-ments

A speed measurement can also be activated on this work-sheet. Instead of an actual speed measurement, a nominal speed can be entered for calculation of symptom frequencies (see the section "Speed for calculation symptom frequencies").

Speed measurement



Selecting the measurement tasks Click on the symbol + in front of ”Measurement types” to display the sub-worksheets. For the <Example Point> we wish to measure Vibrations. Click on the circle box in front of <Vibration/BCU> and then select the following measurement types for this Point.

The measurement <Vibration> is already automatically se-lected by the program when the option <Vibration/BCU> is se-lected. Activate the measurements

• <BCU>,

• <Spectrum> and

• <BCS> by clicking the respective check boxes. For each measurement type that is selected here, an Analysis View register card is automatically added with a diagram for the respective measurement (see the section "Analysing measured data").

Analysis Views

Depending on the measurements selected on the right, the dis-play of the measurement types on the left in the Properties se-lection field is either extended or reduced.

Measurements in Properties selection field



Vibration measurement Click on <Vibration> in the selection field to select the next worksheet.

Open the selection box <Unit>; all possible units for vibration measurements are displayed. The unit dimensions are depend-ent on the selected sensor. With the acceleration sensor type <AS-06x/07x> the vibration velocity can be evaluated; therefore select the unit <mm/s>. The Signal detection setting for calculation of the Overall vi-bration value is taken as <rms> to correspond with the default given by the program. For the filter settings, select the most commonly used values of <10 Hz> for the <High-pass> and <1000 Hz> for the <Low-pass> filters. The <Monitoring> group is provided for entry of the limit values necessary for alarms. Activate the <Danger> by clicking the control box and enter a limit value of "5" in the text field. Activate the <Alert> by clicking the control box and enter a limit value of "2" in the text field. An activated alarm at Point level only becomes effective when the alarm at the corresponding Machine level is also active.

Activate monitoring at Machine level



BCU measurement Switch to the next worksheet by clicking on <BCU> in the selec-tion field.

For the BCU-measurement only the entry of the <Norm. fac-tor> is required on this worksheet. In this case you should also accept the default value of <1.0> offered by the program. The normalisation factor serves to assist in the comparison of the BCU values from different measurements. A BCU value re-acts in a very sensitive way to the system properties of the measurement point (e.g. the mounting of the sensor). An equalisation of the measured signals with the help of the Nor-malisation factor should compensate for these influences.

Normalisation factor

The <Monitoring> should also be switched to active for the BCU measurement. Activate the <Danger> by clicking the control box and then en-ter a limit value of "10" in the text field. Activate the <Alert> by clicking on the control box and enter a limit value of "5" in the text field.



Spectrum measurement Click on <Spectrum> in the selection field to display the next worksheet.

For measurement of a spectrum of vibration in our tutorial ex-ample, accept the defaults offered, with the following exception: Open the <No. of averages> selection box and select <16>. Monitoring for the Spectrum measurement is configured on the worksheets <Monitoring bands> and <Reference / Alarm> (see the section "Monitoring for spectra measurement").

BCS measurement Switch to the next worksheet by clicking on <BCS> in the selec-tion field.



Accept the defaults for the BCS measurement, with the follow-ing exception. Open the selection box <No. of averages> and select <16>. Monitoring for this measurement is configured on the work-sheets <Monitoring bands> and <Reference / Alarm> (see the section "Monitoring for spectra measurement").

Saving measurement Point properties This effectively fixes and stores all the necessary entries that describe the complete range of measurements selected for this measurement Point. Save the settings by clicking on the symbol <Save>.

Save

Before saving the measurement Point properties the program carries out a plausibility check to verify all the configured pa-rameters. Unacceptable settings are displayed with a corre-sponding error message. In case of an error the measurement Point configurations will only be saved after the unacceptable entries have been corrected.

Plausibility check

Detailed entries for the permissible parameters can be found in the VIBROTEST 60 handbook under SETUP adjustments.

Further measurement types

Band-pass measurement The new Band-pass measurement type can be used as an al-ternative to the classical BCU measurement for rolling-element bearing monitoring.



On the worksheet for this measurement type you can set up the corner frequency for the band-pass filter and the unit for meas-urement. For the signal detection the <rms> value is used for Band-pass measurement. The limit values for the monitoring function can be entered in the fields for Alert and Danger. To enable these alarms a check mark must be set into the check boxes.

CPB spectrum measurement CPB spectrum measurement can be selected as an alternative to the classical spectrum measurement.

The parameters for this measurement type are selected on the CPB spectrum worksheet. A definitive setting is the relative value for the Bandwidth, within which the amplitude of the CPB spectrum will be con-stantly displayed. For the averaging time any value between 3 and 999 seconds can be entered. Monitoring for the CPB measurement is configured on the worksheets <Monitoring bands> and <Reference / Alarm> in a similar way to standard spectrum (see the section "Monitoring for spectra measurement").



SED Envelope curve analysis measurement The new SED Envelope curve analysis measurement can be used as an alternative to the classical BCS analysis for rolling-element bearing analysis. SED measurement can only be se-lected together with the Band-pass measurement type.

On the worksheet for this measurement type all the parameters for configuring the measurement can be set up in the fields pro-vided. The settings for the Band-pass filter corner frequencies must match the configuration of the measurement type Band-pass.

Corner frequencies for Band-pass filters

The monitoring for SED measurement is configured in the worksheets <Monitoring bands> and <Reference / Alarm> in the same way as for spectrum measurement (see the section "Monitoring for spectra measurement").



Monitoring for spectra measurement Monitoring bands Monitoring bands can be set up for the measurement types

• Spectrum,

• CPB spectrum,

• BCS and

• SED Envelope curve analysis A <Monitoring bands> worksheet is provided for each of these measurement types. In the element organizer select a measurement Point for which a spectrum is already set up, for example <Offenbach Power Station – Steam generator 11 – 01 Exhaust fan DE 11 – 04W Exhaust B-Side>. In the Properties selection field select the <Monitoring bands> worksheet for the measurement type Spectrum.



The monitoring bands can be edited directly in the table and, with the help of selected spectra, graphically displayed and ad-justed. If previously measured spectra are available for this measure-ment Point, they can be displayed in the Measurements selec-tion box and can be individually selected for the graphic display. Up to a maximum of 10 spectra can be selected for the display. Click in the control boxes of the column <Band active> in the table. The monitoring band is then accepted with the values determined with the help of the selected spectra.

In the diagram on this worksheet the monitoring band is graphi-cally displayed and can be adjusted there using the mouse.

Reference and Alarm spectrum Reference and alarm spectra can be stored for the measure-ment types

• Spectrum,

• CPB spectrum,

• BCS and

• SED Envelope curve analysis The settings are defined in the <Reference / Alarm> worksheet for each of these measurement types. In the element organizer select a measurement Point where spectra have been previously measured – for example <Offen-bach Power Station – Steam generator 11 – 01 Exhaust fan DE 11 – 04W Exhaust B-Side>. In the Properties selection field, select the worksheet <Refer-ence / Alarm> for the measurement type Spectrum.



On the worksheet <Reference / Alarm spectrum> the Refer-ence spectrum and the associated Alarm spectrum are dis-played in the upper diagram. The lower half of the worksheet can be switched over through the tabs <Reference> and <Alarm>.

Selecting Reference spectrum

On the tab card <Reference> displayed here the available measurements are listed in the selection box. In the diagram on the right of the selection box the individually selected spectrum is displayed.



By setting a check mark in the selection box the spectra for cal-culating the Reference spectrum are selected. A maximum of 10 spectra can be selected for the setup of the Reference spec-trum. Alarm spectra can only be created when a Reference spectrum exists.

Reference spectrum

Configuring the Alarm spectrum

On the register card <Alarm> the parameters for calculation of the alarm spectra can be set up. The relative offset for the elevated reference spectrum can be given either as a percentile value (%) or by Decibel values (dB). In the selection field <Unit for rel. offset> select the desired op-tion. Observe the following example for interpretation of the entry for the relative offset.



Examples for the relative offset

as percentile as Decibel as simple factor

100 % ≈ 6 dB 2

200 % ≈ 10 dB 3

400 % ≈ 14 dB 5

Activating an alarm spectrum Click on the control boxes for Alert and Danger to enable the Alarm spectra for monitoring.

In the upper diagram the Alarm spectra are displayed together with the Reference spectrum. The display of a Reference spectrum and the associated Alarm spectra can be switched over through the options


Data acquisition - off-line xms Handbook

Data acquisition - off-line Route operation Creating a Route

General In this section you will learn how a measurement Route is cre-ated from the already produced Machine hierarchy. This Route will be loaded (saved) to a PC-card and then transferred to the VIBROTEST 60 portable measuring instrument. The measurement tasks associated with the Route are proc-essed with the VIBROTEST 60 (see VIBROTEST 60 hand-book). The data in the individual measurements is then saved with the Route on the PC-card. Through unloading of the Route from the PC-card the meas-ured values are transferred to the xms program for analysis and archiving. Before creating a new Route extend the existing <Example Plant> by copying and renaming the data elements to the fol-lowing structure.

Switch the <Example Machine 2> inactive. Select the <Example Machine 2> in the element organiser and in the workspace the <Properties> file card as well as the work-sheet <General>. Remove the check mark in the control box <Machine active>. Switch <Example Point 2> on <Example Machine 3> inactive in the same way.


xms Handbook Data acquisition - off-line

New Route Select the data group <Routes> in the selection bar. First click the right mouse button on the symbol <Routes>, and the con-text menu with the option <New> will be displayed.

Routes Position the mouse pointer on the option <New>, and the option <VT60-Route> will be displayed. Click on the option <VT60-Route>. A new element of the type Route will be created and displayed with the description <New VT60-Route> in the ele-ment organiser.

Edit the description <New VT60-Route> to "Example Route".

Configuring a Route Select <Example Route> in the element organiser. Select the file card <Properties> in the workspace. On this file card the required tasks for configuring the selected <Example Route> are displayed.



Selecting a Plant

Open the selection box <Plant> on the file card <Properties>. Click on <Example Plant> to select it for configuration of the Route.

The selected Plant will be displayed in the <Plant> selection box. In the selection field <Plant elements> below this the hi-erarchy of the <Example Plant> will be displayed. Click on the symbol + in front of <Example Machine Group> and in front of the data element <Example Machine 1-3>, to see the underly-ing data elements.



Selecting the Route elements Click and hold the left mouse button on the <Example Machine 1>. Still holding the left mouse button clicked, drag the selected <Example Machine 1> across to the right selection field <Route elements>. The selected data elements being dragged will be displayed in grey letters under the mouse pointer. Paste the <Example Machine> in the selection field <Route elements> by releasing the mouse button. Click on the symbol + in front of <Example Machine Group> to see the underlying data ele-ments.

You notice that only the selected <Example Machine 1> was carried into the selection field <Route elements> on the right. Now repeat this selection procedure for the <Example Machine 2> then finally for the <Example Machine 3>.

Changing the sequence In the selection field <Route elements> you are able to change the sequence of selected Machines or Points, for example to match the physical location of the Machines or Points on the Route through the plant.



Click in the selection field <Route elements> on the <Exam-ple Machine 2> and then holding the left mouse button clicked, drag this Machine to the last position. The selected element is displayed in grey letters under the mouse pointer while being dragged to the desired location. The actual point of insertion is identified by an overlaid horizontal line and the active display (background colour for the marked element) of the data element above this line.

Click on the symbol + in front of <Example Machine 3> to dis-play the Points that belong to this Machine.

Using the drag and drop method you are now familiar with move the <Example Point 3> to the first position of <Example Machine 3>. Now move <Example Point 2> from <Example Machine 3> to the last position in the complete Route below <Example Ma-chine 2>. You are also able to delete individual entries in the selection field <Route elements>. Click the right mouse button on <Ex-ample Point 1> under <Example Machine 3>. By clicking on the option <Remove entry> in the context menu or using the button Del remove this Point from the Route.

Button Del



Saving the Route You should now have the following picture for <Example Route>.

The configuration of the <Example Route> is now concluded. Go ahead and save these settings by clicking on the symbol <Save>.

Save

Routes can only be created within one Plant. If you wish to create a Route consisting of machines from dif-ferent Plants this must be done by re-structuring your Machine hierarchy.

Routes only possible within one Plant

Route management

Defining Route measurement intervals Select the Routes data group. In the element organizer select the Route for which you wish to define a measurement interval. Click in the working area on the <Properties> tab.



On this worksheet the selected Route is switched active or inac-tive and the measurement interval is defined. The measurement interval can be selected in days, weeks or months and the number of times per interval between 1 and 20.

Route calendar For a quick overview of due Routes a Route calendar is avail-able in xms. Click with the right mouse button on the Routes symbol in the selection bar; the context menu will be displayed. Select the item <Calendar> in the context menu.

In the window <Route Calendar> those Routes that are due up to the date set in the field <Due Routes until> will be displayed in a list.

Displaying the Route calendar when the program starts

The Route calendar can be automatically displayed when the xms program starts. This setting is activated under <Ex-tra/Options> in the option <System>.



Loading the Route to a PC-card To transfer this now to the VIBROTEST 60 measuring instru-ment you need to save (load) the Route to a PC-card.

Click the right mouse button in the element organiser on the <Example Route>. The context menu will be displayed. Click on the option <Load to card>. The dialogue window <Load> will be displayed.



Start the Load procedure by clicking on the button <Start>. A report of the Load procedure is created and blended into the dialogue window <Load>.

In the Load procedure report all the Points in the Route are in-troduced but the inactive Points are not saved to the PC-card. The end of the load procedure will be announced by the mes-sage in the <Information> dialogue field.

Make sure that no changes are made to the configuration ad-justments for those data elements which have been loaded for Route measurement to the PC-card. The configuration may be changed only after the measurements have been unloaded from the PC-card.

Do not change con-figuration

It is not necessary to observe this precaution when measure-ments that exist on the PC-card will not be accepted into the xms database.



Unloading the Route from the PC-card

Selecting the PC-card Select the <PC-Card> in the selection bar by clicking the active data source.

The button <PC-card> is displayed above the associated data group in the selection bar. Open the data group <Routes> for display in the element organiser by clicking on the symbol.

Unloading the Route Click the right mouse button in the element organiser on <Ex-ample Route // Example Plant>. The context menu will be dis-played. Call up the window for the Unload by clicking on the menu point <Unload from card>.



In the window <Unload Route> you can select the database that will be used as the data source in the Unload procedure. Here the database registered in the xms program will be speci-fied. In this context the data source designates the target for saving the measured data from the Route. If there are Points in the Route that do not exist in the data source, these Points are first of all added. Click on the button <Start> to initiate the Unload procedure into the selected data source.

Event table for the Unload procedure

Symbols in the event table

The symbols that appear in the <Alarm> column of the event table are explained in the section "The Journal of xms". In the window <Unload Route> a direct jump to the respective data element can be called. Select the entry <Go to ...> in the context menu of the event table.

The window <Unload Route> remains opened. When the measured data is saved in the data source a limit value comparison is automatically carried out. In the events ta-ble in the window <Unload Route> the result from each meas-urement Point in the Route is immediately displayed.

Resetting Routes After unloading the data from a Route, the Route itself that is stored on the PC-card can be reset using the command <Reset Route> so that the Route can once more be used with the VT60 measuring instrument. This prevents you having to re-load the unchanged Route onto the PC-card. The PC-card and then the data group <Routes> must be se-lected. Click with the right mouse button on the corresponding Route. Select the option <Reset Route> in the context menu.



By executing this command the processing information dis-played in the VT60 for all the measurement Points on the Route is removed and all measured values and Comments stored on the card are deleted. A PC-card can be blocked due to an error that occurs when data is being saved to the VT60 instrument. The card is then write-protected. All data stored on the card before the error occurred can be unloaded from the PC-card to the xms program.

Blocked PC-card

Comments for Routes In the data group Comments pre-defined statements are man-aged that are provided for use in communication with the VI-BROTEST 60 portable measuring instrument. This list is also loaded to the PC-card each time a Route is loaded. During the data acquisition the loaded list of Comments is available at any time to the user of the VIBROTEST 60.

Using pre-defined Comments Select the data group <Comments> in the selection bar by clicking the symbol.

Comments

In the element organiser a list of 30 pre-defined Comments is displayed (above is an extract from the list).



Editing Comments You can edit these pre-defined Comments for your own re-quirements by clicking again on an already selected Comment or by using the button F2 to switch to the rename function. En-ter the new text for the Comment using the keyboard and finally close the text entry function with Enter .

The length of the Comment is limited to 32 characters. The Comments can also be edited in the worksheet on the file card <Properties>.

On this worksheet the text for the Comment is displayed in the selection box <Name> and can be edited directly. Here there is also the possibility to switch a Comment inactive by clicking the control box <active>. An inactive Comment will not be loaded to the PC-card when a Route is loaded.

Adding and grouping the Comments Analogous to the data elements in the data group <Plants> new Comments can also be created in the data group <Comments>. In this data group a hierarchy can likewise be created and the Comments grouped into files Click the right mouse button on the symbol <Comments> in the selection bar; the context menu with the option <New> will be displayed. Position the mouse pointer on the option <New> and click on the menu option <Folder> to create a new folder.



Click the right mouse button on <New folder>. The context menu will be displayed again. Now via the option <New> select the menu option <Comment> to create a new Comment.

Displaying measurements with Comments Measurements that have had Comments assigned to them dur-ing the Route measurement can be displayed in the Alarm and Measurements reports (see the section on "Alarm and Meas-urement reports"). In the Analysis displays the Comments that were stored during the Route can be displayed in the diagrams (see in addition the section "Displaying Comments").

Displaying Com-ments in the dia-grams

Report measurements Single, or unscheduled (off-Route) measurements - Reports - acquired with the VIBROTEST 60 are also stored on the PC-card. The measured data in the Reports can also be stored for evaluation and documentation in the xms database. The term Report is used here exclusively for single, or un-scheduled measurements taken with VIBROTEST 60. Printouts or lists for printing out for which the term “Reports” is used are called report forms in this handbook and in the xms software.

Term Reports



Displaying the data group Reports Select the <PC-card> as the current data source in the selec-tion bar.

Reports

Click on the <Reports> symbol data group In the same way that Routes are unloaded from the PC-card, the PC-card can be selected as the current data source in the selection list and the data group <Reports> clicked for display in the element organiser.

Reports measurements that exist on the PC-card will be dis-played in the element organizer in a List box.



Each entry in the List box contains essential information related to the Report measurement. The meanings of the Measure-ment type symbols are explained in the section "Measurement type symbols" in the appendix of this handbook.

Unloading Reports from the PC-card First select a Report by clicking in the List box. Then right-click the selected Report and in the context menu that appears se-lect the menu point <Unload from card>. The window <Unload Report> will be displayed.

In contrast to the unloading of a Route, when unloading a Re-port it is necessary to enter the assignment of each measure-ment Report to a measurement Point.



Selecting the Machine To be able to assign each individual measurement to its asso-ciated measurement Point, first of all only the Machine to which the Points belong is selected. In the selection box <Machine> the Machine hierarchy of the data source selected beforehand is displayed.

Through the two measuring channels of the instrument VIBRO-TEST 60 two measurements can be undertaken simultaneously and stored in one Report. With the data acquisition in Routes however, only one channel is always used for measurement.

Two-channel meas-urement

After clicking <Start> in the next step, in the field <Unload Re-port>, the assignment of measurement Points from the Machine selected beforehand to both measurement channels is queried.

Selecting the Point

If no available measurement Point is selected, a new meas-urement Point is automatically added and given the default name of the Report measurement and the measurement is stored at this new Point.



The symbols that appear in the <Alarm> column of the event table are explained in the section "The Journal of xms".

Symbols in the event table

Unloading multiple Reports simultaneously In the list of available Reports on the PC-card, a number of Re-port measurements can be simultaneously selected. To select a number of Reports, select the desired Reports by left mouse clicking while holding the Ctrl button, or select a number of se-quential Reports by clicking the first Report and then the last Report in the sequence while holding the Shift button. The Ma-chine for this group of Reports is selected in the window <Unload Report>.

In the dialogue window <Unload Reports> for assignment of measurement channels to measurement Points, you may save all the selected Reports under the selected Machine, without further queries, by clicking the button <Accept all>. To display this dialogue window each time you wish to save a Report, and thereby assign the measurement channel to the measurement Point differently for each individual Report, select the button <OK>.

Properties of Report measurements

Examples in the DEMO database For Report measurements that have been unloaded to meas-urement Points of xms, the configuration of the measurement types is displayed in the same way as Route measurement Points.



Examples of Report measurements are stored in the Demo da-tabase of xms. Select the measurement Point <f(n) 1> in the Plant <Reports>.

In the workspace select the register card <Properties>, for the display of the measurement Point configuration.

Measurement Points that have Report measurements are automatically set to inactive, because they do not come into consideration for Route measurement operation. The individual worksheets for measurement Point configuration can be selected in the selection field <Properties>.



Worksheet Measurement types Select the item <Measurement types> to display this work-sheet.

For the selected measurement Point the measurements <Vi-bration f(n)> and <Bandpass f(n)> are unloaded as Report measurements. The available measurements are marked in the <Reports> category by a check mark in the control boxes. The measurement type <Vibration> is automatically activated when the option <Vibration/BCU> is selected for the measure-ment Point.

Vibrations as a function of speed Select the item <Vibration f(n)> in the <Properties> selection field.

The configuration for the Report measurement <Vibration f(n)> is shown on this worksheet. These are the settings that were configured in the VIBROTEST 60 measuring instrument and therefore they cannot be changed in the xms. The measurement selected here is configured for displaying the Overall vibration values as a function of speed during the coast-down of a machine.



Vibrations as a function of time In the element organizer select the measurement Point <f(t) 1>.

The selected measurement is configured for displaying the Overall vibrations values as a function of time.


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Online measurements Online monitoring systems Data transfer via OPC Client/Server OPC Client/Server technology is implemented for the data transfer between xms and the online monitoring systems. OPC (OLE for Process Control) is a standard technology for auto-mated data exchange between measuring instruments and PC software. For the connection of xms to SIMS / VIBROCON-TROL 6000 an especially tailored OPC Client/Server solution has been developed that permits an extremely simple system configuration.

The total concept for transfer of measured data using OPC Cli-ent/Server technology is laid out for any OPC server with vari-ous monitoring systems. This open concept permits not only foreign PC software but also foreign monitoring instruments to be integrated.


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OPC server configu-ration

Details concerning the installation and configuration of the OPC Data Access Server and for setting up of DCOM for communi-cation between the OPC clients and servers in the Windows network should be taken from "OPC Data Access Server” handbook. This documentation is part of the delivery of the xms online module. The xms program will exhibit no reaction if the OPC server is interrupted when accessing the xms.

Interruption of an OPC server

In this case first of all exit the xms through the Task Manager of Windows and then exit Windows on the computer with the de-fective OPC server. After starting xms again, configure the Online components which are connected to the defective OPC server by deactivat-ing the <Autostart> function for these components. Finally start the computer with the OPC server once more.

Managing online monitoring instruments For management of online monitoring instruments from Brüel & Kjær Vibro, a data source for OPC Data Access Server is inte-grated with the data group SIMS/VC6000 in xms.

SIMS/VC6000

For the SIMS/VC6000 instruments as data elements in the group SIMS/VC6000 the system data and the measured data from the instrument is automatically read into the xms through the connection with the OPC Data Access Server . Therefore, in contrast to the offline data groups of xms (e.g. Plants, Sensors, Comments, Routes and Reports), no folders can be laid in the <SIMS/VC6000> data group.



The data source SIMS/VC6000 is managed via the menus <Ex-tras / Options under the entry <Data sources> (see the sec-tion on "Program settings - SIMS/VC6000").

Changing the name of SIMS/VC6000 instruments You can edit the displayed name of the SIMS/VC6000 instru-ment data element. Select the SIMS instrument in the element organiser and switch to the edit mode by clicking again on the SIMS/VC6000 instrument (resp. by using button F2).You can also process the name change in the text field <Name> on the register card <Properties> in the workspace.

Resetting SIMS/VC6000 instruments In the context menu for the data group <SIMS/VC6000> there is an option <Reset instrument>. With this total system reset the relays of the SIMS/VC6000 instrument can be reset; the monitoring function is not influenced (see "SIMS/VC6000 hand-book").

Properties of SIMS/VC6000 instruments Select the desired SIMS/VC6000 instrument in the element or-ganiser. The data related to the instrument identification is displayed on the register card <Properties>.

Through the four buttons you are able to directly call up the Soft Terminal program. Depending upon which button is se-lected for the call up, the corresponding register card is dis-played in the workspace of Soft Terminal. If the program Soft Terminal is not yet installed in your PC you will be requested at this time to carry out an installation.

Installation of Soft Terminal



Click on the button Setup Parameter to display the parameter blocks for the already selected SIMS/VC6000 instrument.

All further information concerning the program Soft Terminal can be found in the "Soft Terminal Manual". The PDF file of this user’s manual will open when you click on the Help symbol in the Soft Terminal program.

Soft Terminal

Configuring the OPC measurement point Adding an OPC point Select the Example Machine in the element organiser and then right-click on this data element.



Select New in the context menu and then on OPC point.

A new OPC point will be added and displayed with the name "New OPC point" in the element organiser.

Defining the properties Select the register card Properties and the option <General> in the selection box to first of all determine the properties for the OPC point.

The option <Meas. point active> means that measurement acquisition for this point is active and that measurements which correspond to the set parameters will be acquired and saved. The option <Monitoring active> means that the incoming measurements will be checked for limit violations. When an alarm limit is violated – in a positive or negative direction – the event will be recorded in the Journal. At the same time a traffic light in the element organiser will change to yellow or red. If the next consecutive measured value is within the alarm limit, the traffic light stay on until the alarm has been acknowledged. But the entry in the Journal will be retained.

Display in the ele-ment organiser



OPC status If the connection to the measuring instrument or the OPC server is interrupted – OPC-status faulty – the data element in the element organiser will be indicated with a blue traffic light.

When the measurement transmission is once again functioning correctly, the current alarm status for the OPC point will be dis-played – if there is no alarm limit violation, no traffic light will be displayed. When a faulty OPC-status is identified an entry is always re-corded in the Journal through which the type of fault can be as-sessed.

Entry in the Journal

Select the option <Report on OPC status>, to continuously document the data transmission quality in the Journal. This is provided for setup or test purposes and should be deactivated during on-line data acquisition so that the number of Journal entries remains visible.



Selecting measurement types Select the option Measurement types in the selection field to define the measurement tasks for the OPC point.

In the category <Measurement types> you can activate the desired measurement types. Control parameter The Control parameter is a supplementary measurement. This can be compared with speed measurement in the VIBRO-TEST 60 but is more flexible because arbitrary measurement types can be selected as control parameters. The control parameter is acquired each second and then al-ways saved whenever a measurement for this OPC point is saved. The measured control parameter is displayed in the diagram in the Cursor values field. An examination of the vibration measurement trend vs. the con-trol parameter is possible by exporting the measurements and the control parameter and displaying them using Excel.

Display as a function of the control pa-rameter



Configuring measurements The selected measurement types are displayed in the selection field as entries.

Vibration Click on Vibration to select the associated worksheet.

OPC connection parameters In the field URL select the OPC server to which the selected measuring instrument is connected. In the field Measured value select the entry (OPC-Tag) which is providing the desired measured value. Click on the symbol <Search> behind the field to open the dialogue window <OPC entries>.



Only the entries of the type "value" come into question for the selection of the <Measured value>. Use the program Soft Terminal to view the individual configura-tion of the measuring instrument.

Soft Terminal The Acquisition rate determines the time interval which the OPC server requires from the measuring instrument for this OPC point. Storage criterion The Tolerance band always refers to the most recent and valid saved measurement and states how large the absolute differ-ence between the last measurement and the current measure-ment should be if a new measurement is to be saved.



Example: Tolerance band (+/-) 2 mm/s Last saved measured value 6 mm/s If the next measured value is higher than 8 mm/s or lower than 4 mm/s a new measured value will be saved. If a new value is saved the tolerance band is then referred to this new value. Monitoring In the category Monitoring enter the limit values provided within xms for the alarm monitoring. The limits set up in the measuring instrument will not be changed.

BCU Click on BCU to select the associated worksheet.

For BCU measurement you can configure the OPC connection parameters, Storage criterion and Monitoring as described for the measurement Vibration.



Bandpass

For the Bandpass measurement you can configure the OPC connection parameters, Storage criterion and Monitoring as de-scribed for the measurement Vibration.

Harmonic



For Harmonic measurement you can configure the OPC con-nection parameters, Storage criterion and Monitoring as de-scribed for the measurement Vibration. For Monitoring of the Harmonic an alarm circle is used as a tolerance region. The Reference vector defines the centre point of the alarm circle and the radius is defined by the Alarm radius. Measured values which lie outside this alarm circle will create an alarm.

Process value

For Process value measurement you can configure the OPC connection parameters, Storage criterion and Monitoring as de-scribed for the measurement Vibration. Process values can be monitored using upper and lower alarm values.



Saving settings After completion of the OPC point configuration you should save the settings. Now you can start the Online data acquisition service.

Data acquisition - on-line Starting data acquisition In the Extras menu select the option <On-line acquisition…> The dialogue window <xms Online acquisition> will be dis-played.

Start the Online data acquisition by clicking on the

button <Start service>. Watch the progress bar in the dialogue window until the green status is displayed and then close the dialogue window.

Symbol Status of Online acquisition

Service is started

Service will be started / stopped

Service is stopped



The service for acquisition of Online measured data re-mains on after xms is shut down. Thereby continuous meas-ured data is acquired and saved even when the xms is no longer running.

Exit xms

Stopping data acquisition

In the menu Extras select the option <Online acquisition…>. The dialogue window <xms Online acquisition> will be dis-played.

Stop the Online data acquisition by clicking on the

button <Stop service>. Watch the progress bar in the dialogue window until the status red is dis-played and then close the dialogue window.

System View The System View window The System View in xms is provided for an overview display of online measurements. The System View is realized in an independent window, i.e. the System View window is displayed in the screen foreground – independent of the currently selected xms View – and can be displayed as a fully functional window in minimized or maxi-mized format.



No matter whether the <System View> is visible or closed, the connection with the OPC server for the display components maintains integrity, i.e. also in the case of a closed window the measured data continues to be received and is available as cur-rent data when the System View is selected and is, for exam-ple, displayed as a continuous trend starting from the time xms is started. Click on the symbol <System View>, to open the window for the System View display.

System View

The window <System View> - shown here with a standard PV component "Bargraph" for process visualization – is displayed with its own toolbar.



Toolbar for the System View

In this toolbar the symbols that are relevant for processing the <System View> are arranged.

Mouse pointer hint

Use the mouse pointer hint to get a description of the func-tions by positioning the mouse pointer on the symbols.

Configuring the System View The <System View> can be configured, as is done with the user-defined Views of xms, to be exactly assigned the way the concrete data elements are (see the section "Configuring Views"). The System View is an independent overview window and has no fixed assignment to a database or data element. Therefore no relative targets and links can be defined for the compo-nents in the <System View>. When display components are configured, similarly to a text display, a status display, a region or a diagram, the following selection dialogue is displayed.

In this selection dialogue for jump targets or links, you can de-fine absolute link instructions. Click on the radio button <abso-lute> and first of all select the <target database>. Here the logged in databases of xms are available for selection.



Select the data element from the hierarchy of this database in the lower selection field.

Process visualization The PV component in xms

General A Process visualization (PV) is available for displaying meas-urements online in xms. The display components for the PV can be added in the System View for online measurements as well as in the user-defined Views associated with the concrete data elements.

Adding PV components Switch on the editor mode for editing Views by clicking on the symbol <Edit view>.

Editing Views Select the symbol <Process visualization> in the toolbar of <Edit view> to add a new component for displaying online measurements. Add the component by clicking in the work-space for the View.

Process visualization



The standard PV component that will be added will first of all be displayed as a "Bargraph".

Configuring the PV component

Selecting the display type Click with the right mouse button on the component that has been added. Select the option <Properties> in the context menu. The dialogue window <Properties Process Visualiza-tion> will appear.

In the dialogue window <Properties Process Visualization> nine different display types are available for selection on the <Display> register card. Select the display type you require by clicking on the button with the miniature display type. The various different display types added to a page could ap-pear as follows.



The trend display can also be configured to display measure-ments from a number of measurement channels.

Displaying a number of measurement channels

General properties In the dialogue window <Properties Process Visualization> on the register card <Display> under the section <General prop-erties> the following settings can be activated for the display of the PV components.



• When you activate <Autostart> the measured data transfer for this display component will be automatically started when xms is started.

• The display of the current measured value will also be digi-tally displayed if you activate <Display numeric value>.

• The display of the measurement quality is activated by the control box <Display OPC status>.

• The text entered in the <Title> field will be displayed as the title in the display component when this control box is acti-vated.

• When <Advice> is active, a mouse hint will be displayed when the mouse pointer is positioned on this component.



The OPC status display The OPC status display in the upper left corner of a PV com-ponent informs you of the quality (integrity) of the displayed measurement.

In this OPC status display one of three colours may be dis-played, corresponding to the following meanings: Colour OPC status – Measurement quality

white Connection and measured value are OK

black Connection OK, but measurement not current

blue Connection faulty / interrupted, or measurement faulty



Supplementary properties On the register card <Display> under the section <Supplemen-tary properties> you can define the colour arrangement for the display of the PV component.

Trend display For the Trend display type you can also set up the size of the ring buffer here. This value characterizes the number of measurements saved in a buffer for the display of the trend over time.

Digital display For the digital display you can define the text colour and size.

Configuring the scaling In the dialogue window <Process visualization Properties> se-lect the register card <Configuration>. Select the sub-register card <General> to configure the scaling.



Here you can define the settings for the scaling. Select be-tween automatic <Auto> or manual scaling for the PV compo-nent. For manual scaling the display range must be defined by entering the <Min> and <Max> in the two fields.

Configuring the OPC server link In the dialogue window <Properties Process Visualization> se-lect the sub-register card <Connection>.

First select here the OPC server for linking with the online monitoring instrument.



• The OPC Data Access Server is selected in the options fields under <SIMS>. This OPC link for SIMS instruments is pre-configured and can very simply be completely config-ured in three steps.

• With the options field under <OPC server> you can select any OPC server for the link to an online measuring instru-ment.

The Trend display can also be configured for a number of measuring channels. In this case you must first of all add input channels on the register card <Configuration> and finally con-figure the connection for each channel.

Configuring the Trend for a number of measuring chan-nels

Connecting SIMS Online measurement Click in the options field <SIMS> radio button.

1. Select a SIMS data source From the selection box <Data sources> select the corre-

sponding OPC Data Access Server out of the data sources logged in to the xms.

2. Select the SIMS instrument In the selection box <Instruments> the SIMS instruments

connected to the previously selected OPC server are listed. Select the corresponding SIMS instrument from the list.

3. Select Online measurement In the selection box <Measurement types> the available

measurements for the selected SIMS instrument are listed. Select the desired measurement from the list.



This completes the instructions for configuration of the PV com-ponents that will display a SIMS online measurement. Close the dialogue window <Properties Process Visualization> by clicking on <OK>.

Connecting any OPC server Click in the options field <OPC server>.

Click on the search symbol <...> behind the text field <URL>, the dialogue window <OPC-Parameter> will be displayed.

Search

1. When you wish to select an OPC server in a Windows net-

work, first click on the search symbol <...> behind the text field <Computer>. Select the server computer in the dia-logue field <Computer>.

For the local computer accept the default "localhost". 2. Click on the search symbol <...> behind the text field <OPC-

server>, the dialogue window <OPC server> will be dis-played.



In the dialogue window <OPC Server> select the desired

OPC-server for the previously selected computer from the displayed list. In this example only the local OPC Data Ac-cess DEMO Server is shown.

Extended configuration Click on the sub-register card <Link> on the button <Ex-tended...>. The dialogue window <OPC Server> will be dis-played.



Here, for the individual parameters of an online measurement, you can configure the connections to entries of any OPC server. For the connection of the parameters with the corresponding entry in the OPC server, select the option <OPC Tag>. Click on the search symbol <...> and select the corresponding entry (OPC Tag) in the dialogue window <OPC Entries>.

For the connected measuring instrument all parameters as en-tries are prepared by the OPC server as so-called "OPC Tags". In the name space for an OPC server these entries and their addresses are defined (see the "OPC Data Access Server" handbook).

Entries in the OPC server

For all parameters, as an alternative to the OPC server connec-tion, you can give a manual entry. The parameter values are made topical either automatically, corresponding to the defaults of the server, or manually by fixed setting. When all the settings have been entered or checked, close the dialogue window with <OK>. Then finally close the dialogue window <Process visualization properties> also with <OK>.



Setting up PV components in operation After the configuration for the PV components is complete they are ready for operation on the View page. When the Autostart is active for the components, measurement is automatically started.

Here an analogue indicator instrument has been selected as the display type.

Adapting dimensions for PV components

For a newly configured PV component you should adapt the measurement dimension for the selected display type on the View. With adequate component dimensions you will achieve the optimal display of title, scaling and unit description on the displayed components.

Context menu for PV components Click with the right mouse button on the PV component to call the context menu. In this context menu the following options are available:

Start / stop measurement With this option you can start or stop the measurement for the individual component.



Show limit values When this option is selected, the current resp. set limit values for this component are displayed.

Display title With this menu option the title for this component can be switched between displayed or hidden. The title can only be displayed when a title has previously been entered in the dia-logue window <Process visualization properties>. Display numeric value The measurement will be displayed as a numeric value in addi-tion to the graphic display when this menu option is selected. Display OPC status The display of measurement quality (integrity) is switched on and off with this menu option. Reset scaling When automatic scaling is active for the PV component, you can use this option to reset the scaling in the display.



Start or stop the Process visualization With these two symbols in the toolbar of the workspace resp. the toolbar of the System View, you can stop or start the display of the Process visualization in the current View simultaneously.

Start/stop Process visualization

Example of setting up an Online measure-ment

In this example you will learn all the required steps that are necessary for setting up Process visualization for an online measurement with SIMS/VC6000. In this exercise the OPC Data Access DEMO Server supplied in the xms program, which makes the execution possible without having a real SIMS/VC6000 instrument, is used.

Log-in of SIMS/VC6000 data source First the data source for data exchange with an online monitor-ing instrument must be logged in at the xms. Select <Extras> and then <Options>, the dialogue window <Options> will be displayed.



In the dialogue window <Options> click on <SIMS/VC6000> under the group <Data sources>. Click on the button <Log-in>, to log the new SIMS/VC6000 data source in. In the dialogue window <Log-in SIMS/VC6000> first enter the name "SIMS" for this data source in the text field <Name>.

Address of the SIMS/VC6000 connection Click on the search symbol behind the text field <URL>. The dialogue window <OPC-Parameter> will be displayed.

Search

We want to log in the local OPC Data Access DEMO Server as the data source. Therefore we accept the default "localhost" in the text field Computer for the local computer. Click on the search symbol <...> behind the text field <OPC Server>, the dialogue window <OPC Server> will be displayed.

Selecting the OPC Data Access Server

In this exercise only the OPC Data Access DEMO Server <BKVibro.SIMS.DEMO.OPC.DA> is shown. Select this entry and then click on <OK>.



Now close the dialogue window <OPC-Parameter>, by clicking on <OK>.

Ending the log-in Close the dialogue window <Login SIMS/VC6000> by clicking on <OK>.

End the log-in process by clicking on <Close> in the dialogue window <Options>. The logged in <SIMS> will now be displayed in the selection list of the xms.



Creating a hierarchy User-defined Views cannot be created for online data sources. Therefore we set up a new Machine hierarchy with the following structure for the display of online monitoring.

Setting up the Machine View Select the <Machine 01> from the previously added Plant <Online Monitoring>. Select the register card <Machine overview>. . Click on the symbol <Select all> and delete all the objects in this View by clicking on the symbol <Delete> (keyboard Del).

Select all We want to add the following components to the View page:

• Machine drawing

• Text displays (WL 1 and WL 3)

• Status displays (WL 2, WL 4 and WL 5)

• An Excel sheet as a file with OLE-link

• PV components for the online measurements



Adding the offline components First add the Machine drawing Designate the individual measur-ing Points by adding the text displays and status displays. Details for editing of Views can be found in the section "Working with the View Editor".

Editing Views

Adding OLE component Click on the symbol <OLE components>, to add the OLE link to an Excel sheet on the View page. Click in the workspace of the View to insert this component.

OLE component

Click with the right mouse button on the OLE component and select the option <Properties> in the context menu, the dia-logue window <'OLE component properties'> will be displayed.



Here you must enter the path and file name of the source file "Measurement Point list.xls" for the OLE link. By clicking on search <...> you can then select the file in the dialogue window <Open>.

Adding PV component Click on the symbol <Process visualization>. Click in the workspace of the View to insert a new PV component for the display of online measurements.

Process visualization

Configuring the PV component Switch to the edit mode to process the Views by clicking on the symbol <Edit View>.

Edit View Select the upper PV component and click with the right mouse button on this component. The dialogue window <Process visu-alization properties> will be displayed.

Selecting the display type In the dialogue window <Process visualization> select the regis-ter card <Display>.

As the display type we will retain the bargraph display shown.



Setting up the general properties The title that should be displayed in this PV component has also to be entered on the register card <Display> under the section <General properties>.

Activate the control box <Title> and enter "WL 01" as the de-scription of the title.

Defining the scaling Select the register card <Configuration>. The scaling for the display of the online measurement is set up on the register card <General>.

For the scaling accept the default <Auto> for automatic scaling of the display.



Selecting the Online measurement type Select the sub-register card <Connection>.

Now select the option field <SIMS>. 1. In the selection box <Data sources> select the data source

<SIMS>. 2. In the selection box <Instruments> select the instrument

no. <BC122_2> from the list. 3. In the selection box <Measurement types> select

<RMS01>.

Displaying Online measurements All the necessary tasks for displaying online measurements from a SIMS instrument are now completed. Now close the dia-logue window <Process visualization properties> by clicking on <OK>. Click on the symbol <Edit View>, to close the mode for editing Views.

Edit View For these PV components <Autostart> is activated and there-fore the display of online measurements will begin automati-cally.


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Analysing measured data For analysis of the measured data there are extensive facilities and tools available in the xms program. With tailored diagram types for the respective measurements the display and com-parative evaluation of the measured data are decisively simpli-fied.

Working with diagrams Select measurement Point Select the Point <01h Mtr. B-side> from the hierarchy of the Plant <Offenbach Power Station>.

A Trend diagram showing the progress of the Overall value of vibration is available from this measurement Point. For the measurement Points there is an Analysis View for each measurement type. These Views are automatically added for each measurement Point when the measurement types are se-lected.

Measurement type Analysis Views

Select the file card <Vibration> in the workspace to display this View.

Vibration Click on the symbol <Element organiser on/off>. If you switch the element organiser off, the entire workspace is then available for displaying the View page.

Switch element organiser


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Title bar

Information about the measurement Point and the measure-ments is shown in the title bar of the diagram.

Using this Trend diagram we will first of all look at the basic properties of the diagram and the options it has for displaying the measurements.

Diagram toolbar

Diagram toolbar on-/ off



Single cursor and cursor values Click the right mouse button in the display area of the diagram, and a context menu will be displayed.

Here a number of cursor types and options that are available for the Trend diagram are shown. Click on the option <Add single cursor>. Open the context menu again and now select the menu option <Display cursor values> by clicking.

In the display area of the diagram you will see the single cursor that was added, and on the right next to the diagram a field in which the x- and y-values at the current position of the single cursor will be displayed. If you position the mouse pointer on the vertical cursor line, the pointer’s appearance will change to the symbol for cursor movement. You can move the cursor to the left or right in the diagram by dragging this symbol while holding the left mouse button clicked.

Mouse pointer symbol Cursor movement



When moving the cursor in a trend diagram you notice that it will jump directly to the dates on the curve on which the meas-urements were actually taken. If you double-click on the cursor or cursor symbol you can change the cursor movement to a free-running motion. In this mode the horizontal line of the cur-sor will be removed. The cursor motion in the diagram can also be controlled by the cursor buttons on the keyboard.

Delta cursor, Text cursor and Cursor sym-bols Click the right mouse button in the display area of the diagram; the context menu will be displayed. First of all insert a delta cursor in the diagram by clicking on the context menu option <Add delta cursor>.

Call up the context menu again and this time insert a text cursor into the diagram. In the <Text cursor> dialogue field that ap-pears, enter the name "Maximum value".

Cursor symbols Open the context menu once more and select the option <Dis-play cursor symbols> by clicking.



Single cursor

Text cursor

Delta cursor

In the cursor symbol display field, directly below the title bar of the diagram, the corresponding symbol for the cursor type is displayed at the top of each cursor. The cursor that is currently movable, either with the mouse or the keyboard, is displayed as the active cursor by the vertical cursor line extension through the X-axis and by the small red triangle on the X-axis.

Delta cursor In the case of the delta cursor the left or the right side of the cursor can be moved to any position on the entire diagram and the area covered by the cursor is displayed in colour. A double-click on or between the cursor lines also frees up the delta cur-sor for continuous motion and positioning at any points between the actual measurement dates. With the delta cursor you are able to read directly the difference in the x- and y-axes between any two points on the curve. In the cursor value display field to the right of the diagram the dx and dy0 difference values for the cursor are displayed. The dx value shows the time difference between the two sides of the delta cursor. In the case of the dy0 value the difference between the left and right values is negative in the example because the value on the right is lower than the value on the left.

Text cursor With the text cursor you are able to label special measure-ments or positions on the diagram. You can add text to the cur-sor at some specific point in the diagram, for example to draw attention to a feature in the diagram or for the purpose of a documentation printout. This cursor can also be double-clicked to allow continuous motion between actual measurements.



If a number of cursors have been added to a diagram, you can double-click the desired cursor to make it the currently active one. A second double-click on the same cursor will give it a free-running status in the diagram as described earlier.

Switching other cur-sors active

Click the right mouse button on a cursor to remove it. At the bottom of the context menu is an option <Remove cursor>. Click this option to remove the cursor from the diagram.

Quick Zooming The fastest way to zoom into an interesting section of the dia-gram is by dragging a frame around it using the mouse. Push and hold the Ctrl button, click with the left mouse button in the initial location where the frame will be dragged, and drag the frame diagonally over the section of the diagram you wish to zoom until the section is enclosed in the frame. When the left mouse button is released the zoom will take effect.

+ Drag a zoom frame

By clicking on the <Unzoom> option in the context menu, or double-clicking in the Zoom overview field, the original main diagram display can be restored.



Zooming and Shifting the diagram axes

Zooming axis Position the mouse pointer on the left one-third of the horizontal (X) axis of the diagram. The mouse pointer will change and dis-play the word <zoom>. While holding the left mouse button clicked you can drag the X-axis of the diagram to stretch it to the left. By dragging to the right you can compress the X-axis of the diagram again. In this case the right end of the diagram X-axis will be locked.

Mouse pointer symbol Stretch / compress diagram axis

Now position the mouse pointer on the right one-third of the horizontal (X) axis of the diagram. This time the left side of the X-axis will be locked during stretching and compression of the diagram X-axis.

Shifting axis Position the mouse pointer on the middle one-third of the hori-zontal (X) axis diagram. The mouse pointer will change and display the word <shift>. Now with the left mouse button clicked you can shift the X-axis (horizontal) of the diagram to the left or right to bring hidden sections of the diagram into view.

Mouse pointer symbol Shift diagram axis



Display zoom overview Click the right mouse button in the diagram display area to dis-play the context menu. Select the option <Display zoom over-view> in the menu by clicking.

Below the diagram area a display field will appear in which the entire X-axis range of the current diagram will be displayed. In this zoom overview field the range with which the main dia-gram is displayed is shown by the dark background area. With the mouse in this zoom overview field you can perform the same changes to the main diagram display range as described above. Position the mouse pointer in the centre of the dark background of the zoom overview. The mouse pointer will change to the <shift> mode. Now if you click and hold the left mouse button you will be able to shift the main diagram display range within the zoom overview field. Position the mouse pointer on the left or right edge of the dark background, and the pointer will change to the word <zoom>. If you left click with the mouse both sides of the zoom window can be dragged simultaneously to stretch or compress the main diagram display. For the vertical diagram axis (Y-axis) changes to the diagram display using the mouse are carried out in the same way as for the horizontal axis. Because the Y-axis has a relatively small range compared to the X-axis no zoom overview field is pro-vided.



Switch the zoom overview field off by clicking again on the op-tion <Display zoom overview> in the context menu.

By clicking on the <Unzoom> option in the context menu, or double-clicking in the Zoom overview field, the original main diagram display can be restored.

Displaying Comments Comments which were stored during Route measurement can be displayed in the diagram. First add a single cursor to the diagram. Call up the context menu and click on the option <Display Comment>. The display field for the Comment will appear be-low the title bar of the diagram. Any Comment that was stored on the date of the cursor position on the trend will be displayed at the left of this Comment display field.



Trend diagram Trend extrapolation For analysis in a Trend diagram you can use a linear extrapola-tion as a prognosis aid. In a Trend diagram first select the item <Display extrapola-tion> from the context menu.

The extrapolation line will be displayed in the diagram. The support points used will be marked by red triangles on the line. To call up the dialogue window for setting up the extrapolation parameters, select the item <Configure extrapolation> in the context menu.



Displaying monitoring limits Through the context menu of the diagram you can display limits that have been set active. In the context menu for Trend diagrams, only those alarms that can be displayed in this diagram type will be executed and can be displayed by clicking. Only those alarms that have been set active will be displayed in the diagrams.

Only enabled vari-ables displayed

Deleting measurements

Measurements In the Trend diagram

• Vibration

• BCU

• Band-pass measurements as well as process values can be deleted. Individual measurements that exist as a function of time f(t) or as a function of speed f(n) can also be deleted. First of all add a Single cursor to the current Trend diagram.



Deleting options In the toolbar of the diagram select the symbol for <Delete measurements>.

Delete measure-ments

In the dialogue window <Delete measurements> you have the following options: Delete only individual measurements selected in the diagram using the cursor.

Delete all same-time measurements and spectra from the current measurement Point, i.e. all measurements of the type collected at the same point in time from the current measure-ment Point.

Delete all same-time measurements and spectra from the current Machine, i.e. all measurements of the type collected at the same point in time from all measurement Points from the current Machine.



Deleted measurements are irretrievably removed from the da-tabase.

Deleting measure-ments

Displaying extra information Add a single cursor to the diagram through the context menu. Click on the symbol <Display extra info.>.

Display extra infor-mation

To execute this function first of all a single cursor must be added to the diagram. This cursor is necessary in the Trend diagram so that a clear reference to a tangible spectrum meas-urement can be produced from the time-based trend curve.

A spectrum of the measurement at the current cursor position will be displayed in an additional diagram. Move the cursor in the upper diagram and observe the change in the additional diagram.

Y-scale of the addi-tional diagram

The Y-axis is automatically scaled in the additional diagram. So that all the individual spectra will be displayed with the same Y-axis full-scale range, it is necessary to first of all move the cur-sor once through the entire X-axis.



Click in the display area of the additional diagram to make it active. You can identify the active status of the diagram by the blue frame. You can change the size of the additional diagram by clicking on the horizontal line that separates the two diagrams and mov-ing this line while holding the left mouse button clicked.

Displaying multiple curves For a direct comparison of the trend curve progress from differ-ent measurement Points up to 10 trend curves can be simulta-neously displayed in one diagram.

Adding curve Click on the symbol <Add curve> to add a curve to the dia-gram.

Add curve



In the dialogue window <Add curve> first of all the Point which should be added to the diagram as an additional curve is se-lected. Open the selection box <Point> and select the Point <04h Compressor B-side> on the Machine <17 LP Compressor 1> under the <absolute> options. Due to the curve that already exists in this diagram, it is pre-determined that only trend curves can be displayed here. Therefore only those measurements that exhibit a trend curve can be selected here.

Selecting time range and measurement

To effect your selection, i.e. which measurements and how many from this measurement Point should be accepted for dis-play in the diagram, a time period and the option of the newest or the oldest measurements can be selected in the fields of <Time range and measurement>. In the counter field <max> the number of measurements can be defined. <No. of meas-urements> shows how many measurements there are available in total for the measurement Point. The preview window on the right displays the selected measurements. For the selected measurement point there are 24 measure-ments available, and therefore we select the <last measure-ments> and a <Max> of 100 to display all the measurements in the diagram.



Selecting Axes

In the area <Axes> you can define whether an additional Y-axis should be used for the new curve. Select the option <Y-axis 2>, to use another Y-axis exclusively for this curve.

Completing Addition Click on the button <Add> to accept this curve into the diagram. Now close this dialogue field by clicking on the button <Close>.

Open the selection box in the toolbar of the diagram. Here you can switch back and forth between the two curves. The descrip-tion of the active curve is displayed in the selection box and the title bar of the diagram. By double-clicking on the inactive curve you can switch it to the active status.



Selecting multiple display Click on this symbol to have a display of the individual curves in two separate diagrams.

Multiple display This multiple display is only possible for curves with different Y-axes that were inserted into the diagram.

Curves with different Y-axes

Add a single cursor to the diagram through the context menu. After being added a cursor has a step-function and can be moved between the actual measurements on the active curve. Double-clicking on the cursor switches it to a free-running mode for continuous movement in the diagram. A further double-click on the cursor switches the cursor on the other curve diagram to a step-function between the actual measurements.

Switch cursor to next curve



Spectra diagram Select the measurement point <04h Blower B-side>, from the Machine level of the Plant <Offenbach Power Station>.

On the Analysis view <Spectrum> the spectrum of the meas-urement from 15.03.2000 is displayed. The text cursor <Blower impeller unbalance> already available in this diagram serves as a comment for the maximum amplitude at 50 Hz in the spec-trum.

Spectrum



Context menu By clicking the right mouse button in the diagram a correspond-ing context menu will be displayed. For the analysis of spectra two additional cursors are available.

Harmonics cursor Sidebands cursor



Harmonics cursor First of all add a<Harmonics cursor> to the diagram.

The harmonics cursor displayed above consists of nine lines, with the distance between the individual cursor lines always corresponding to the distance between the first line and zero on the X-axis. In the cursor symbol field the harmonics cursor with its associ-ated symbol is displayed.

Harmonics cursor The dx value between the individual harmonic cursor lines and the coordinate values at each cursor line are displayed in the cursor values field on the right of the diagram.

The harmonics cursor can be moved in the diagram using either of the left/right arrows on the keyboard or the mouse. Using the mouse, click on any of the cursor lines and while holding the mouse button clicked, drag the cursor line. The dx value will be automatically adapted as the cursor is moved depending on the position of the left cursor line (# 1). Remove the harmonics cursor by clicking the right mouse but-ton on a cursor line and selecting the option <Remove cursor> in the context menu.



Sidebands cursor Call up the context menu once again and this time select a sidebands cursor to be added to the diagram.

The sidebands cursor consists of a central main cursor line and four symmetrically arranged cursor lines. The distance between the individual cursor lines is always equidistant and can be in-teractively changed for sideband determination. In the cursor symbol field the symbol associated with the side-bands cursor is displayed when the cursor is added to the dia-gram.

Sidebands cursor

The dx value and coordinate values for the five cursor lines are displayed in the cursor values field on the right of the diagram.

Move the main central cursor line (#0) using the cursor buttons on the keyboard, or by clicking on the central cursor and, while holding the mouse button, move the cursor line along the X-axis. The distance between the sideband cursor lines can be changed by clicking on one of these lines and, with the mouse button clicked, moving the line toward or away from the main central cursor line.



Remove the sideband cursor by clicking the right mouse button on one of the cursor lines and selecting the option <Remove cursor> in the context menu that appears.

SFT analysis

Adding a view In the element organizer select a measurement Point for which a previously measured spectrum is available, in this example <Offenbach Power Station – Pump systems – 07 Boiler-feed 1 – 02h Mtr. A-Side>. Add a new View and select the template <Spectra Analysis>.

Add View

Adding an SFT cursor In the spectra diagram first add an <SFT cursor> through the context menu.

To display the SBO Analysis an SFT cursor must first be added to the spectrum diagram. The dialogue window <SBO value> is called up through the <Configuration> menu in the diagram toolbar.

SBO Analysis

Click on the symbol <Display extra info.> in the diagram tool-bar.

Display extra info



Calculating SFT analysis In the next step select the symbol <Navigator> in the diagram toolbar and then click on the centre button of the displayed Navigator symbol.

Display Navigator

Select the <SFT from a Spectrum> calculation in the Naviga-tor’s context menu.



The dialogue window <SFT configuration> will be displayed. Here you can carry out the desired setup for the SFT display. Close the dialogue field with <OK>. Switch off the Navigator for measured data analysis by clicking once more on the <Navigator> symbol in the diagram toolbar.

In the lower supplementary diagram the SFT display appears for the measurement Point. By shifting the SFT cursor in the spectrum diagram the frequency band for the SFT analysis can be varied. For the SFT analysis with more frequency bands, add more SFT cursors to the diagram.

Calling up SFT configuration Open the Configuration menu in the diagram toolbar by click-ing on the down-arrow next to the symbol.

Configuration menu By clicking on <SFT configuration> in the configuration menu you can again call up the dialogue field for setting the parame-ters for the SFT display.

SFT configuration



Calculations from spectra

Cepstrum analysis Select a measurement Point for which a spectrum measure-ment already exists. Click on the symbol <Display extra info.> in the diagram tool-bar to add an additional diagram field below the existing dia-gram.

Display extra info

Click in the diagram toolbar on the symbol for the <Navigator>. The Navigator symbol for the calculation and analysis of meas-urements will be displayed.

Display Navigator

Then click in the centre button of the Navigator symbol to call up the Navigator context menu.

Select the option <Cepstrum from Spectrum>, to calculate a Cepstrum from the current spectrum.



The Cepstrum calculated from the current spectrum will be dis-played in the lower diagram field.

Integration in frequency domain - FDI Select a measurement Point where a spectrum exists. Click in the diagram toolbar on the symbol <Extra info>, to dis-play the additional diagram field below the existing diagram.

Additional info Click on the <Navigator> symbol in the diagram toolbar. The Navigator symbol for measured data analysis will be displayed.

Display Navigator



Calculating an integration in frequency domain Click in the centre button of the Navigator to call up the Naviga-tor context menu.

Select the menu option <FDI from a Spectrum>. The dialogue window <FDI configuration> will be displayed.

In this dialogue window <FDI-configuration> select the unit and the signal detection for the integration.



In the lower diagram an integration in the frequency domain calculated from the original spectrum will be displayed. Calling up FDI configuration Open the Configuration menu in the diagram toolbar by click-ing on the down-arrow next to the symbol.

Configuration menu By clicking on <FDI configuration> in the configuration menu the dialogue window for setting up the parameters for integra-tion in the frequency domain can be called up again.

FDI configuration



Displaying monitoring limits and symptom markers Through the context menu of the diagram you can display limits and symptom frequencies that have been set active. In the context menu for Spectra diagrams symptom markers and monitoring limits that can be displayed in the diagram type will be executed and can be displayed by clicking.

Only active variables displayed

Only those alarms and marker factors that have been set active will be displayed in the diagrams.

Deleting spectra In spectra diagrams the following measurements can be de-leted:

• Spectrum

• CPB spectrum

• BCS curves

• SED envelope analysis curves



Select the symbol <Delete measurement> from the toolbar of the diagram.

Delete measurement

In the dialogue window <Delete measurements> you have the options: Delete only this individual spectrum selected in the spectra diagram.

Delete all same-time spectra and measurements from the current measurement Point, i.e. measurements of the type measured at the same point in time from this measurement Point.

Delete all same-time spectra and measurements from the current Machine, i.e. measurements of the type collected at the same point in time from all measurement Points from the current Machine.

Deleting measure-ments

Deleted measurements are irretrievably removed from the da-tabase.



Navigation in diagrams Navigator for measured data With the help of this Navigator you are able to make a direct comparison by displaying various measured data in the current diagram, either from different dates at the same Point or from adjacent measurement Points on the same Machine. Click on this symbol to display the Navigator button for meas-ured data analysis in the current diagram. By clicking and hold-ing the mouse button on any part of the Navigator button struc-ture itself (not the active areas), the button can be moved to any part of the screen.

Display Navigator

The following three navigation options are available on the Navigator button by clicking.

Point navigation

The measurements from adjacent Points on the same Machine can be displayed in the current diagram by clicking on the upper or lower area of the Navigator.



Time navigation

Measurements from the currently active Point (description in the title bar of the diagram) that were stored at different dates or times can be displayed in the diagram by clicking on the left or right area of the Navigator button.

Selecting alternative measurement types

By clicking the central circular button of the Navigator a context menu is displayed through which alternative stored or calcu-lated measurement types from the same Point can be selected for display in the current diagram.



Navigator symbols in the toolbar Using the mini-Navigator symbols in the diagram toolbar the individual functions of the Navigator can be directly activated.

The segment of the Navigator that is highlighted in red indicates the respective function.

Mouse pointer hints

Use the mouse pointer hints to get a description of the func-tion of a symbol, by simply positioning the mouse pointer on the symbol.

Three-dimensional diagrams 3-D spectrum To be able to display another diagram type, first all other curves must be removed from the diagram. Click on this symbol to remove a curve from the current dia-gram.

Remove curve Click on this symbol to add a curve to the diagram.

Add curve



Select the option <Spectrum [3-D]> in the dialogue window <Add curve>, click on the button <Add> and then close the dia-logue window by clicking on the button <Close>.

The three-dimensional diagram can be freely rotated in the space of the diagram area to obtain the clearest view of the curves. While pushing the Shift button click on the diagram and hold the mouse button clicked. +

Change diagram orientation Now rotate the diagram to the desired orientation by moving the

mouse in the desired direction. To return the diagram to the original orientation, click the right mouse button in the display area and select the option <Un-zoom> in the context menu that appears.



3-D Contour spectrum Click on the symbol <Add curve> after you have first removed all other curves from the diagram.

Add curve In the dialogue window <Add curve> select the option <Spec-trum [Contour]>. Click on the button <Add> and then close the dialogue with the button <Close>.

The contour tools for the 3-D contour spectrum are displayed on the left of the diagram. Zooming and shifting the diagram axes is controlled by the mouse through the colour bars X Y Z. The lower multi-coloured bar controls the colour shading for the contour diagram. By shifting the triangular markers toward the centre of the bar the colour display of the colour shading for the diagram can be changed. The contour tools display can be switched on and off in the con-text menu with the item <Display Contour tools>.



Diagrams for Report measurements For the analysis of measurements unloaded into xms in the form of Reports the corresponding diagram types are available. For a description of these diagrams we can distinguish between two groups of Report measurements.

• Single trend displays for Overall measurements as functions of speed f(n) or time f(t)

• Special displays for a Tracking analysis such as Bode’ dia-grams and Nyquist diagrams.

In the dialogue window <Add curve> you will find both these groups of Report measurements in the category <Measure-ment type>.



Trend display over speed and time In the Element organizer under Plant <Reports> select the measurement Point <f(n) 1>. Switch to the Analysis View by selecting the register card <Vi-bration f(n)>.

Vibration f(n)

In this diagram the Overall value of the measured vibration is displayed as a trend over a speed range. The unit for the X-axis can be switched between Hz and rpm. Click on the symbol <Hz <--> RPM> in the diagram toolbar.

Hz <--> RPM switching



Diagrams for Tracking analysis In the Element organizer under Plant <Reports> select the measurement Point <Harm f(n)>.

Bode’ diagram Switch to the Analysis View by selecting the register card <Tracking analysis f(n)>.

Tracking analysis f(n)

In the automatically created Analysis View for the Tracking analysis the Bode’ diagram is selected as a multiple display for the magnitude and phase of this measurement. For the meas-urement shown here the fundamental signal is designated the blue curve and the 2nd order is designated the red curve.



Nyquist diagram For the Tracking analysis you can alternatively have a polar display in the form of a Nyquist diagram. Switch to the Analysis View <Vibration>. The diagram in this View is empty. Click on the symbol <Remove curve> in the diagram toolbar to allow other display types to be displayed in this diagram.

Remove curve Click on the symbol <Add curve>. The <Add curve> dialogue window will be displayed.

Add curve

In the <Measurement type> category select the option <Track-ing analysis f(n) (Nyquist)>. Click on <Add> and then close the dialogue window <Add curve>.



In the Nyquist diagram the magnitude and phase of the vibra-tion will be displayed in a polar vector format. The line connect-ing the individual vector measurements shows the locus curve of the vibration. Two special cursors are available for analysis in the Nyquist diagram. Call up the context menu by right-clicking in the diagram area.

Select <Add vector cursor>. The single cursor will be displayed as a vector in the diagram. In the field <Cursor values> the phase and magnitude at the current position of the cursor in the diagram can be read.

Supplementary functions for diagrams Switching X-axis unit for spectra Click on the symbol <Hz <--> RPM> in the diagram toolbar. The unit for the X axis will be switched between Hz and rpm (and back if you click again).

Hz <--> RPM switching



Copying a diagram to Clipboard The current diagram can be accepted as a graphic into other programs (e.g. text processing). Click on the symbol <Clipboard> in the diagram toolbar.

Clipboard

In the dialogue window <Clipboard picture size> that appears you can set up the dimensions of the graphic in pixels size. The current diagram is copied into the Clipboard of Windows and from there can be inserted into other programs using the standard Windows <Paste> command.

Recorder function for Online measurements Click on the symbol <Automatic update On/Off> to automati-cally actualize the display of the Online measurements in the diagram.

Automatic update On/Off

The actualization rate can be defined in the dialogue window <Diagram properties>.

Select the register card Actualization.



Diagram settings Curve properties Click on this symbol to display and edit the curve properties in the current diagram.

Curve properties

In this dialogue window after selecting the file card <Parame-ter> the selection of measurements for display of the curve in the diagram can be retroactively changed. Select the tab <Display> in the same dialogue window.



On this file card the properties for the graphic display of the curve in the diagram can be changed.



Diagram properties Click on this symbol to display and edit the diagram properties.

Diagram properties The diagram properties are only valid for the current diagram.

In the dialogue window <Diagram properties> after selecting the file card <Axes> the settings for display of the diagram axes can be changed. Various standards for scaling of the axes and the type of adap-tation for scaling to the range of the measurement can be se-lected here.



Diagram presetting Click on this symbol to display and edit the presetting for dia-grams of this database. Any changes you make to these preset-ting will be effective for all diagrams associated with the current database.

Diagram presetting

On the file card <Curve> you can edit the presetting for the graphic display of all ten curves in a diagram.



On the register card <System> you can predefine how the dia-grams should appear.

On the register card <Alarm> you can define whether the alarms should always be displayed and in which colour. Changes to the diagram presetting are effective for all diagrams that are under the management of the current database.

Presetting for dia-grams


The Journal of xms xms Handbook

The Journal of xms Overview The Journal of xms displays chronologically all events that have occurred since the commissioning of the software. The events are automatically acquired by the xms program and recorded in the event table. The entries can be distinguished according to system mes-sages, limit violations (alarms), changes in the properties of data elements (measurement Point setup) and manual entries.

Journal View Click in the working area on the tab <Journal> and the Journal view will be displayed.

In the status bar of the event table, for a selected entry, the entire hierarchy description of the respective data element is displayed.


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Working with the event table Symbols In the event table, in the column <Alarm> symbols which have the following meanings are displayed. Symbol Colour Event / Meaning

green Advice

yellow Warning

red Error

green no Alert

yellow Alert

red Danger

white OPC staus okay (gültige Messung)

blue OPC status fehlerhaft

Comment

The toolbar

Update display Update the events table display, e.g. after changing a filter set-ting

Delete entry

Filter Display the filter settings or switch the filter on and off Edit the entry Using this function you can add a supplementary description to an entry.



Reset entry Reset alarms are no longer marked with a status symbol in the element organizer

Go to Jump directly to the data element that is the source of this entry

Enter an event (manual entry)

The context menu You can reach the context menu by right clicking on the line of an entry. In the context menu the commands are given that are necessary for working in the list.

Indexing the entries The entire list of entries can be indexed in the individual col-umns of the event table. Click in the title bar of any random col-umn in the event table; the entries in this column are used for indexing the events. The arrow symbol in the title bar marks the column for indexing. By repeat clicking in the title bar of the same column, the indexing sequence is reversed (the arrow symbol changes direction). Indexing can also be done for those columns in which graphic elements (alarms and reset status) are displayed.


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The filter for displaying events The fundamental instrument for controlling the display of the event table is the filter. Using the symbol Filter settings the display of the settings, above the event table, can be switched on and off.

Switch filter settings display on and off

With various filter criteria you can organize the display of the event table in the Journal in a clear way.

Event type Using the filter criterion <Event type> you can set up whether only events that occur at the selected data elements should be displayed or also events that occur on associated sub-elements should be displayed. Furthermore it is possible to set up that either all events or only system events should be displayed.

Filter criterion Event type

Reset status The <Reset status> of the event can be used as a selection criterion for the filter.

Filter criterion Re-set status



Time selection

A further option for the filter exists with the <Time period> for displayed events. Here the <Time period> can be explicitly entered, or the op-tional field <The last ...> can be used to define a time period up to the current date for the display of events.

Maximum With the filter criterion <Maximum> you can define the maxi-mum number of events that will be displayed in the event table.

Filter criterion Maxi-mum


xms Handbook Working with Views

Working with Views The users can fashion their own individual Views. These Views are especially provided for the graphic display of information. For one data element user-specific Views can be added and displayed as directly selectable file cards in the workspace.

For the measurement Points there is an Analysis View for each type of measurement type. These Views are automatically added for each measurement Point when the measurement types are selected. In the Demo database a user-specific Analysis View is already configured for all the measurement types – here the View for a <Trend analysis> is shown. For all those data elements created on the basis of the data source Demo database, a new View contains the components Navigation bar and Text display.


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Overview of display components In this section we want to first of all look at some of the display functions of the available components for the Views. With the data source <Demo-DB> active, click on the data group Plants and select the Plant <Offenbach Power Station> in the element organiser. Switch the display of the element organiser off by clicking on the tool <Element organiser on/off>. This increases the size of the display area for Views in the workspace.


Plant overview Select the file card <Plant view> in the workspace.

For the data element <Offenbach Power Station> you will see a photograph of the power plant in the View. On the right the names of the Machine groups belonging to the Plant are dis-played in text with a status indicator arranged at each one.



Status indicator The status indicators provide information, through the respec-tive colour, concerning any alarm that has occurred at a Ma-chine group: Status indicator Alarm

green no alarm

yellow Alert

red Danger

blue OPC status faulty In addition with the status indicator a jump command is linked to directly call up an event table in the form of a logbook. Click on the status indicator for the Machine group <Air compres-sors>. A new window will open in which the event table will be displayed.

Event table

Close the <Event for Air Compressors> window by clicking on the cross at the extreme right side of the title bar of the window.



Text display with jump command The text display, in addition to being simply a description, can simultaneously be linked by another direct jump command to a View that contains the described data element. Position the mouse pointer on the text display <Air compressors>. The mouse pointer changes to a hand symbol and a label with "Air compressors" is displayed for a few moments. This label shows the name of the data element that is the target for the jump. Click on the text <Air compressors>. The jump command is executed and the view of the Machine group <Air compressors> is displayed in the workspace.

Machine Group View

In the View <Machine Group> the Machines associated with the Machine group <Air compressors> are displayed, each with a text display of the name, a photograph and a status indicator. The jump command to a View of a diagram of the individual Machine is linked here to the photograph. Position the mouse pointer on the photograph of the Machine <17 LP Compressor 1>. The pointer changes to a hand sym-bol and a label "17 LP Compressor 1" is displayed. This label shows the name of the data element that is the target for the jump.



Click on the photograph of the Machine <17 LP Compressor 1>. The jump command is executed and a Machine View of a sketch of the Machine <17 LP Compressor 1> is displayed in the workspace.

Machine View

Overview

In this View the Machine <17 LP Compressor 1> is displayed with the arrangement of the measurement Points for the Ma-chine inserted in the sketch. For each measurement Point on the Machine a status indicator with the Point name is available.



Status indicators The status indicators in this View each have two jump com-mands available. Click on the area of the status indicator that has the traffic light. A new window will be opened in which the event table is dis-played. Close the event table by clicking on the cross at the ex-treme right of the title bar of the window. Now position the mouse pointer on the text area of the status indicator <1h>. The pointer changes to a hand symbol and a label "01h Mtr. B-side" is displayed. Click on the text part of the status display <1h>. The jump command is executed and the Point View with the description <01h Mtr. B-side> is displayed in the workspace.

Point View

Overview

In the Trend Analysis for the Point <01h Mtr. B-side> a trend diagram for the measurement type Vibration is inserted to dis-play the trend of the measurements. In this diagram the Overall value of vibration is displayed as a trend over some time period.



Navigation bar Through the Navigation bar that is available on each View page a direct jump command to the first Plant or to data elements that are adjacent to the selected data element in the database can be executed.

The Navigation bar can be hidden by changing the background picture for all the Views (see in addition section "Background picture"").

Hiding the Naviga-tion bar

Configuring Views In this section you will learn how to individually construct Views with the available display-components and linking-components.



Managing Views

Creating a new View Select the already available <Example Machine> in the ele-ment organiser by clicking. Switch off the display of the element organiser by clicking on the symbol <Element organiser on/off>. This increases the display area for Views in the workspace.


Create a new View by clicking on the tool <Add View>. The dia-logue window <Add View> will be displayed.

Add View

In the dialogue <Add View> you can select whether you wish to create an empty View page or you wish to use a View that has been stored as a template. We want to add an empty View page. Enter the description "Example View" as the name for the new View. Close the dialogue by clicking on <OK>. The added file card <Example View> will be displayed in the workspace.



Changing the name of the View The name given to a View when it was first created can be changed by you at any time. Here there are two alternative options available: 1. Click with the right mouse button on the register tab of the

View; the context menu will appear.

Click on the menu point <Change View name>; the dialogue window <Properties 'View’> will be opened.

2. In the Edit mode click the right mouse button in the free

workspace of the View to display the context menu.

Click the option <Properties> to open the dialogue window <Properties 'View’>.

In the dialogue window <Properties 'View’> the name of the View can be changed at any time.



Changing the Views sequence You can change the sequence of the register cards for the user-defined Views.

Click with the right mouse button on the register of <View 2>. The context menu will appear. Click on the menu point <Move View left> to shift the selected register card (View) to the left in the sequence.

Moving with the mouse

A register card can also be directly moved using the mouse. Click and hold with the left mouse button on the View register. Then drag the register card to the desired location while holding the left mouse button.

Saving the View as a template An individually created View can be saved as a template for the associated data element type.



1. Click with the right mouse button in the free display area of

the View (Editor mode for the View must be switched on), and the context menu will be displayed. Select the item <Add to templates>.

2. In the dialogue window <Accept as View template> enter

the name under which the current View page should be saved as a template.

When saving, the foreground template is automatically classi-fied by the program according to the data element structured filing system of the database. Through the menu <Ex-tra/Options> you are able to reach the display of foreground templates under the name of the database in the dialogue win-dow <Options>.



Working with the View Editor Switch on the Edit mode to process the View further by clicking on the tool <Edit View>. The toolbar for editing the View will be displayed and the display area for the current View will be dis-played in the Edit mode with a point-grid pattern.

Edit View

The two already available components on the View – the Navi-gation bar and the text display of the name of the data element - are uniform for all Views of the selected data source for Demo-DB. These templates are determined in the background pictures and background views. The settings for these tem-plates and pictures for the associated database can be modified in the menus <Extra/Options>. (Refer to "Setups for Views" in the section "Program settings"). There the various foreground templates for views of individual data elements are managed and can be selected for editing.

Adding a component Click on the symbol <Form> to insert a new component for the construction of graphic elements in the View.

Form Click on any random location in the display area of the View. A form object will be inserted and the shape can now be modified by various processing methods.



Changing the shape After the insertion process the View editor is automatically changed to the shape selection mode. The button for activating the shape selection mode will there-fore appear as though it has already been pushed. The form will already be selected for editing and will be displayed with edit-points around the edges.

Activate shape selec-tion mode

Changing the object with the mouse 1. Position the mouse pointer on the edit-points around the

edge one at a time. The pointer will change to a double-arrow symbol at each edit-point. When the mouse pointer is displayed as a double-arrow, you can the shape of the form by dragging an edit-point in a direction of the arrow while holding the mouse button clicked.

2. Move the mouse pointer to the middle edit-point on the top of the form. When the mouse pointer changes to a double-arrow, click and hold the mouse button and drag the edit-point upwards. The upper edge of the form will follow the movement of the mouse and the height of the form will in-crease. If you move the mouse down the height of the form will decrease. As soon as you release the mouse button, the change to the shape of the form will be retained.

3. Change the size of the form by dragging the edit-point at the upper right corner.

4. When you make changes to the size of the form with the mouse, the changes are executed in steps, as dictated by the visible point-grid.



Changing the shape of the form with the keyboard Changing the shape of the form can also be done using the keyboard. In this case the edit-point at the top left of the form remains fixed, i.e. the left and top sides remain unchanged. The

Shift-button is pushed and held and using the keyboard cur-sor buttons the following changes are executed. Keyboard Movement Changing

Move the lower edge up Reduce

Move the lower edge down Enlarge

Move the right edge to the right Enlarge

Move the right edge to the left Reduce

In contrast to the changes using the mouse, where the point-raster dictates the steps, changes made using the keyboard are step less. Lines can also be created from a rectangular form, by modifying the shape as already described using the keyboard. You can create a horizontal line by moving the lower edge of the marked form up until it coincides with the top edge and only the contour of a straight line is visible.

Creating lines



Changing Properties 1. Click the right mouse button on the form and the context

menu will be displayed. Open the properties dialogue by clicking on <Properties>.

2. In the dialogue window <Properties ’Form’> open the se-

lection box <Basic form>. A rectangle, an arrow and an oval for circular forms are available. When you have selected an arrow as the basic form, you can select the direction in which the arrow points in the selection box <Arrow direc-tion>.

3. The colour of the form object can also be selected in this dialogue window. Click on the box <Colour> and the dia-logue window <Colour> will be displayed. Select one of the basic colours for the display of the form object, or define your own colour display.



Working with components Duplicating components Click on the symbol <Duplicate> to insert a copy of the se-lected component into this View. The copy will be inserted by the program into the display area of the current View, one grid point to the right and one grid point below the original form ob-ject.

Duplicate Keyboard Ctrl + D

This command can also be executed by the keyboard button combination Ctrl + D .

When you wish to use an individually configured component in various Views, proceed according to the following method. Select the form object already inserted into the View. Click on the button <Copy> to make a copy of this component. Switch to the View in which you wish to insert the component and then switch the Editor mode active for this View. Then click on the button <Paste> to insert the copy into this View.

Copy Keyboard Ctrl + C

Paste Keyboard Ctrl + V

Cutting and deleting components Click on the symbol <Delete> to remove selected components from this View.

Delete Keyboard Del This command can also be executed using the keyboard button

Del .

Click on the symbol <Cut> to remove a selected component from the current View and paste it again into another View (shifting between Views). Switch to the View in which you wish to insert the cut component and switch the Editor mode active in this View. Then click on the button <Paste> to insert the cut component into this View.

Cut



Moving and arranging components To move a component in the display area of the View using the mouse, click on this component and hold the mouse button clicked. Move the component with the mouse to the desired new position. When the mouse button is released the compo-nent will remain in the current position. Moving components can also be executed using the keyboard. The button Ctrl is pushed and held while the keyboard cursor buttons are used to move the selected component in the corre-sponding direction. In contrast to moving a component with the mouse, where the movement is dictated in steps by the grid points, moving a component using the keyboard is stepless. Click the right mouse button on the form object to be arranged, and the context menu will be displayed.

Using the command <Snap to grid> the selected form object will be aligned once more with the grid points. The set point for this alignment is the upper left corner of the object. Arranging overlapping components When overlapping display components are being arranged on a View page, you can change their sequence in the display to suit the arrangement. Select one of the overlapping display objects by clicking in the object selection mode. Click on the symbol <To front> to bring the selected object to the foreground of this View.

To front Click on the symbol <To back> to place the selected object in the background of this View.

To back An alternative to using these buttons is to use the right mouse button to call up these commands.



Click the right mouse button on the desired object and the con-text menu shown here will be displayed.

With the commands <Bring to front> and <Place in back> the sequence of overlapping objects in the View can be changed to suit the arrangement. Multiple selection of components To select a number of components simultaneously for process-ing, use one of the following selection procedures: 1. While holding the Shift-button, click on the desired compo-

nents one at a time to mark them for multiple selection, or you can click again on already marked components to de-select them from the multiple selection.

2. The next possibility for multiple selection is to enclose them within a frame drawn using the mouse. Click with the mouse pointer positioned somewhere in an open part of the display area of the View. Holding the mouse button clicked move the mouse diagonally away from the first position. The frame that is now visible is used to enclose the components you wish to select.

The selection process is completed when the mouse button

is released. All the components enclosed within the frame you have drawn will be selected.



3. Click on the symbol <Select all> to select all the compo-

nents in the View. Select all Keyboard Ctrl + A This command can also be executed using the button com-

bination Ctrl + A .

For the selected components you can edit all the properties that are common to the components.

Editing Properties with multiple selec-tion

Undo the last action Click on the symbol <Undo> to reverse the last action. Up to a maximum of 255 individual actions are memorised by the pro-gram for this command.

Undo Keyboard Ctrl + Z

This command can also be executed using the button combina-tion Ctrl + Z .

Tutorial example – text display

In this exercise example you can learn how to configure View components and set up links with absolute and relative target jumps for the components.

Inserting a text component Click on the symbol <Text> to insert a text component for dis-playing a description in the View.

Text Click with the mouse pointer positioned in the display area of the View to insert a text component. Determine the required size of the component and its position in the display area of the View.



Setting up Properties Click the right mouse button on the text component and a con-text menu will be displayed. Open the dialogue <Properties 'Text'> by clicking on the button <Properties>.

In the dialogue window <Properties 'Text'> you can determine on the file card <Properties> how the text that is to be displayed should be read.

• If the option <... by user> is selected, the text entered in the text field will always be displayed. This text entry allows a display component with freely formulated information to be constructed.

• When you select the option <... by data element> you have the possibility to read here the name of a random data ele-ment in the selected data group.

Open the selection box <...by data element>.



Absolute and relative jump instructions The selection dialogue for setting up absolute and relative links in xms is a universal procedure that always has the same ar-rangement.

• The option <inactive> is the switch for the function <Text

input by data element> and is consistently carried out here, so that this selection dialogue appears uniformly everywhere in the xms program.

• With the option <absolute> this function is set to a pre-determined data element. If you open the associated selec-tion box, the complete list of data elements of the current data group Plants will be displayed for this selection.



• Through the option <relative> you have the possibility to display the name of a data element which is determined by its relative position in the hierarchy of data elements. For se-lection of the data element a freely configurable jump in-struction, which must be defined here, is used.

Click in the field <relative> to select this option. A jump to a target object in the third position in the level, directly below the level of the data element for which this View is being created, can be created by the following procedure. In the area <Preview> select the data element <Example ma-chine 1> as the <Start object> (already selected by the pro-gram because it is for this data element that the View is being created). As the <Target object> select <Example Point 3> by clicking in the selection box <Open target object> and then click on <Example Point 3>. With the definition of the start and tar-get objects through tangible data elements for this jump com-mand, the generally valid instructions for this jump command have now been created in the <relative> selection field.



The generally valid jump instructions can be interpreted as fol-lows:

1 a single jump to the first data element in the level below (Example Point 1)

2 two jumps in the same level (from Example Point 1 to Example Point 3) These generally valid jump instructions can be directly created using the jump symbols arranged on the right of the selection field <relative>. A text description of each jump symbol is dis-played when you move the mouse pointer to the symbol. Two consecutive jumps will be made when the same symbol is clicked twice in succession. Close the selection dialogue for the <Text input by data ele-ment> by clicking <OK>.

Length of text dis-play in relative text input

In a text display with relative text input you should make sure, by sufficient width of the display object, that the complete de-scription for all selectable data elements can be displayed.

Setting up links In addition to a pure display function you can define a link for the text display component to the displayed data element. Thus a jump command for this component can be defined that can be executed in the View display mode by clicking with the mouse. Select the file card <Link> in the dialogue window <Properties 'Text'> and open the selection box <Target>.



Through the selection dialogue you are now familiar with, the target for the link can be determined by a fixed data element (absolute) or by a relative jump instruction. In most cases the same setup as was used for the text input will be sensible, so that the displayed name of the data element and the target will be identical. The use of relative jumps for the display or for determining the target are sensible in the creation of templates for Views. As a rule these Views for such data elements occurring often in the Machine hierarchy respectively exhibit the same downward di-rected element structure.

Relative targets



Machine drawing editor With this View component you can create and display dia-grammatic sketches of your own Machines in a simple way. 1. Click on the symbol <Machine drawing editor> to insert

this component into a View. Machine drawing editor 2. The component is inserted by clicking in the working area of

a View after clicking on the symbol. As long as the Editor mode for Views is switched on, the size of the component and its position on the View page can be altered by drag-ging.

3. Click with the right mouse in the working area of the Ma-

chine drawing editor and select the option <Properties> in the context menu that appears.

4. In the dialogue window <Properties 'Machine drawing edi-

tor'> if you click on the symbol <...> an already saved Ma-chine drawing file can be selected. In the Editor mode for these components it is also possible to open machine draw-ing files.

Working with the Machine drawing editor is only possible when the Editor mode for Views is switched off.

Editor mode switched off



The toolbar in Machine drawing editor

Group 1 Open a Machine drawing file (file type *.ms)

Save

Save as ...

Group 2 Insert a rectangle

Insert a rounded rectangle

Insert a circle

Insert a line

Group 3 Selection mode for drawing elements

Delete

Cut

Undo the last action

Copy

Paste



Bring to front

Place in back

Group 4 Selection box for Line style Incremental Line thickness

Group 5 Solid

Colour shading

Group 6 Expand (2:1)

Shrink (1:2)

Display in original size

The context menu Click with the right mouse button in the working area of the Ma-chine drawing editor. The context menu will be displayed (Edi-tor mode for Views must be off).

• The menu item <Edit> switches the Editor mode for these components on (toolbar will be displayed) or off.

• The menu item <Add grid> switches the grid on or off.



Tutorial Example

In this example we wish to create a new Machine sketch using the Machine drawing editor and thereby display an available Machine template.

Preparation

Starting 1. Select the <Example Machine> in the element organizer. 2. Click on the symbol <Add View> to create a new View

page. Add View

3. In the dialogue window <Add View> select the tab <Empty>

and enter the name "Machine sketch" for the new View. 4. Switch to the Editor mode for editing Views by clicking on

the symbol <Edit View>. Edit View

5. Click on the symbol <Machine drawing editor> to insert the

components for creating and displaying Machine drawings in this View.

Machine drawing editor

The components are inserted into the View by clicking in the working area and are displayed with this toolbar.



Selecting a template 1. Click on the symbol <Bitmap> to insert the components for

displaying pictures in this View. Arrange the Bitmap display under the Machine drawing editor.

Bitmap

2. Click with the right mouse button in the Bitmap component

and select the item <Properties> in the context menu.

3. In the dialogue window <Properties 'Bitmap'> select the

tab <Properties> and open the file <21 HD Skizze.jpg> in the selection field <Bitmap path:>.

4. Click on the symbol <Search> to open the Bitmap file.

Search 5. In the dialogue window <Open> and the directory <Bit-

maps> open the file <21 HD Skizze.jpg> in the folder <Luft-verdichter>. In the dialogue window <Properties 'Bitmap'> the selected Machine sketch will be displayed as a preview.



6. Activate the control box <stretched> to display the Bitmap

in a size to suit the size of the Bitmap display components. 7. Then click on <OK> to close the dialogue <Properties

'Bitmap'>.

Prepared view The View <Machine sketch> should now show the following display.



Drawing the profiles 1. Switch off the Editor mode for editing the View by clicking on

the symbol <Edit View>. Edit View

2. Click with the right mouse button in the working area of the

Machine drawing editor. The context menu will be dis-played.

3. Select the item <Add grid> to switch on the grid display. 4. Click on the <Line> symbol.

Line

Mouse-pointer symbol

The mouse pointer will change to a cross with an attached line.

The cross marks the insertion position. The horizontal line is inserted in the centre of the display

area of the Machine drawing editor. The starting point is se-lected by the first mouse click and the end point by the sec-ond mouse click.

5. Click on the <Select mode> symbol, and then select the

inserted line to change its properties. Select mode

The selected line will be displayed in red with selection

points at the ends.



6. Open the selection box <Line style> and select a dotted line

as the centre-line for the Machine drawing.

Line style

7. Click on the symbol <Rectangle>.

Rectangle

Mouse-pointer symbol

The mouse pointer will change to a cross with an attached rectangle. The cross marks the insertion position.

8. Insert the required sections for the Machine drawing as indi-

vidual rectangles symmetric to the centre line.

Working out the details

Adding the colour shading 1. Click on the symbol <Select mode> to modify the inserted

rectangles. Select mode

2. Select all rectangle objects by clicking while holding the but-

ton Shift. 3. Click on the symbol <Colour shading>. The dialogue win-

dow for <Colour shading> will be displayed. Colour shading



4. In the dialogue window <Colour shading> first select the

option <Three colours>. The three colours <From> <through> <to> are selected by clicking on the colour fields in the dialogue <Colours>.

5. In the selection box <Shading> select <Vertical> as the direction. Adjust the position for the centre colour in the con-trol field <Position> to <30>.

Close the dialogue for <Colour shading> using the <OK> button.



Inserting the lines 6. Click on the symbol <Line> to insert the missing lines in the

Machine drawing. Line

7. Click on the symbol <Expand>. The Machine drawing will be

expanded by the ratio of 2:1. Adjust the position of the draw-ing on the screen with the scroll bars so that the second sec-tion from the left is completely visible.

Expand

Now insert six horizontal lines on this section of the drawing to simulate the cooling fins of the motor.

8. Change to the selection mode and select the inserted lines

by clicking while holding the Shift button. Select mode

9. In the field <Line thickness> select a thickness of <2> for

the selected lines. Line thickness

10. Click on the symbol <Original size> to display the com-

plete Machine drawing once more. Original size

Supplementing the drawing 1. Click on the symbol <Rectangle> to add machine feet to the

motor. Rectangle

2. Change to the selection mode and select both inserted rec-

tangles by dragging a selection frame around both feet with the mouse pointer (click the mouse for the first corner of the frame, hold the mouse clicked, drag the frame diagonally to the second corner, and end the selection process by releas-ing the mouse button).

Select mode



3. Click on the symbol<Solid>. The dialogue <Colours> will be

displayed. Select <light-grey> for the Machine feet. Solid

4. Click on the symbol <To back> and both selected rectan-

gles will be placed in the background of the Machine draw-ing.

To back

Saving the drawing 1. Save the completed Machine drawing by clicking on the

symbol <Save as...>. In the dialogue window <Save> create a new folder <Machine drawing> and enter the name "Ex-ample" for this drawing.

Save as …

2. Switch off the Editor mode for the Machine drawing editor by

clicking on the item <Edit> in the context menu.

3. So that the Machine drawing in this setup will be saved on

the View page, click on the symbol for <Save changes>.



After opening a Machine drawing file the size of the display area for the Machine drawing editor should be adapted so all components can be displayed without using the scroll bars.

Displaying opened Machine sketches

Adding further components Bitmap Click on the symbol <Bitmap> to insert a component for dis-playing pictures in the View.

Bitmap Open the dialogue window <Properties 'Bitmap'> by clicking the component with the right mouse button and clicking on the <Properties> in the context menu.



The path for the picture file must be entered on the file card <Properties>. By clicking on the selection button <…> the file can be directly selected from the displayed directory structure. When the check box <stretched> is active, the entire picture will be displayed and thereby adapted to the size of the area for displaying the picture in the View. You can also define a link for the picture for a jump command to the displayed data element. The selection dialogue you are now familiar with is available on the file card <Link>.

Status indicator Click on the symbol <Status> to insert a new component for the display of an alarm condition in the View.

Status Open the dialogue window <Properties 'Status'> by clicking on the component with the right mouse button and then clicking on <Properties> in the context menu.



The status indicator shows the total condition of all alarms that are present at a start element and all the sub-elements that are associated with it. To activate the status indicator the start element must be de-termined. In the selection box <Status display for:> the famil-iar selection dialogue is available. In the area <Settings> of this dialogue window you can deter-mine whether the status indicator will be displayed with a label for text information. Such a label can be arranged above or be-low the actual status indicator or if necessary both labels can be displayed. If this label should not be displayed simply remove it by clicking the check mark in the control box. The text informa-tion for the label display can be entered in the text field <...by user>, or by selecting the option <...by data element> it can consist of the name of the data element for which the status will be displayed. The length (max. 32 characters) of the text on the label can be set with the associated counter. This can be used together with the option <...by data element> for example to always display only the first 6 characters of the data element name in the label. The label display makes the jump command to the status data element available independent of the displayed text information. The area of the status indicator that shows the traffic light is always linked by a jump command to the event table.

Diagram Click on the symbol <Diagram> to insert a new analysis com-ponent into the View.

Diagram

Process Visualization Online components are available for Process Visualization to display measurements from online monitoring instruments. Click on the symbol <Process visualization>, to insert a new component for the display of online measurements.

Process visualization The configuration of these components is described in detail in

the section "Process visualization".



Region for jump commands When you want to assign a jump command to a part of an area in a View, for example a section of a picture, this link can be defined with a Region. Click on the symbol <Region> to insert a new component for the definition of a jump command in the View.

Region Open the dialogue window <Properties 'Region'> by clicking the component with the right mouse button and then clicking on <Properties> in the context menu.

You can enter a short description for the Region that will be shown in the View in the Editor mode. For the Region the entry of the link for the jump command is decisive. For this the familiar selection dialogue on the file card <Link> is available.



Text editor Click on the symbol <Text editor> to insert a new component for the entry and display of detailed text in the View.

Text editor Open the dialogue window <Properties 'Text editor'> by click-ing on the component with the right mouse button and then clicking on <Properties> in the context menu.

Here you can assign a background colour to the display area of the Text editor. When you activate the control box <Show tool-box> the special toolbar will be blended into the display area of the Text editor.

Working with the Text editor is only possible when the Editor mode for processing of the View is switched off.

Switching off the View edit mode

To switch the toolbar of the text editor on and off, when the Edit mode for processing of the View is switched off, click with the right mouse button in the workspace of the Text editor. The but-ton <Tools list> will be displayed.



Web-browser Click on the symbol <Web-browser> to insert a new compo-nent for the display of Internet sites in the View.

Web-browser Open the dialogue window <Properties 'Web-browser'> by clicking the right mouse button in the component and then click-ing on <Properties> in the context menu.

Enter the Internet address into the text field <URL> for the Website that should be displayed here.

OLE component The concept OLE - Object Linking and Embedding – stands for a method of mutual sharing of information. Here the data from a data source (e.g. an Excel sheet) is embedded in the View page of xms via the OLE link. The embedded file is directly linked to the application program (e.g. Microsoft Excel) for the file. Click on the symbol for <OLE component>, to insert this com-ponent on the View page.

OLE component Click with the right mouse button on the component and select the menu option <Properties> in the context menu that ap-pears. The dialogue window <Properties 'OLE Components'> will be displayed.



Enter the path and file name of the source file for the OLE link here. By clicking on search <...> you can then select the file in the dialogue window <Open>. On the View page, click with the right mouse button on the dis-play of the embedded data. The context menu will appear. Se-lect the item <Process the file>, to open the file in the source application (e.g. Microsoft Excel). Here you are able to process the embedded data using the necessary functions of the appli-cation’s normal procedures.

After closing the source application the updated data will be displayed in the OLE component. The edit mode for editing the View must be closed before you can process the file as described above.

Switching off the View edit mode

PDF display Click on the symbol <PDF display> to insert a new component for displaying a PDF document in the View.

PDF display Open the dialogue window <Properties 'PDF-display'> by clicking the component with the right mouse button and then clicking on <Properties> in the context menu that appears.



Here the path and the PDF file name should be entered. By clicking on the search button <...> the file can be selected in the dialogue window <Open>.

Measurement list Click on the symbol <Measurement list> to add a new compo-nent in the View for display of measurements.

Measurement list The Measurement list displays the measurements from the trend for the selected time range.

The measurements are displayed in the table in decreasing magnitude starting from the largest measured value.



Open the dialogue window <Properties 'Measurement list'> by right-clicking the component and then clicking on <Properties> in the context menu that appears.

Then select the Measurement type and adjust the Period so that the desired measurements are displayed in the list box.

Peak list Click on the symbol <Peak list> to add a new component in the View for the display of the peak values in a spectrum.

Peak list The Peak list shows the magnitude of the 10 highest peaks of a spectrum.



Open the dialogue window <Properties 'Peak list'> by right-clicking the component and then clicking on <Properties> in the context menu that appears.

First select the type of spectrum you desire in the Measure-ment type section. Finally adjust the from – to dates in the Pe-riod so the desired dates are displayed and then select the measurement from the list.


Report forms for printing xms Handbook

Report forms for printing Using standard reports Various reports Reports that are managed in the database of xms can be is-sued for data groups and data elements. No reports are pro-vided for data that exists on a PC-card. Depending on the type and extent of the output, two groups of reports can be distinguished.

Short reports These reports are provided for a compact output of information currently on the screen – in the working area of xms. In particu-lar these are:

• Setup (short) report

• Journal report

• Views report

• Load / Unload report

• Route calendar report Calling up these reports for printing is done by clicking on the symbol <Print report> in the current window.

Print report

Extensive reports These reports are individually configured through an intermedi-ate dialogue. Thus the extent and the type of information to be printed out can be defined. In particular these are:

• Hierarchy reports

• Setup reports

• Alarm and Measurement reports Calling up these reports is done through the context menu (right mouse button) in the element organizer.


xms Handbook Report forms for printing

Creating short reports

Short Setup report For the current data element the tab <Properties> in the work area must be selected. By clicking on the <Print report> symbol the print preview for the Setup report will be displayed.

Print report

This short Setup report contains all the available configuration data for the current data element.

Options in the print preview window



Journal report For the current data element the tab <Journal> in the work area must be selected. By clicking on the <Print report> symbol the print preview for the Journal report will be displayed.

Print report

The Journal report contains the entries displayed in the current view of the Journal, i.e. the filter settings for the event table on the screen are taken into consideration for this report as well.

View report For the current data element one of the tabs <View> (Views 3-7) must be selected in the work area. By clicking on the <Print report> symbol the print preview for the View report will be displayed.

Print report



The View report displays the entire content of the current View page. The standard setting for the View report is a landscape format. Click on the symbol <Assign Report to View> to select a por-trait format for this report.

Assign Report to View



In the dialogue window <Assign Views report> select the report <Portait01.rtm> and activate the option <Assign to View>.

Load / Unload report This report is provided for the output of the event table (the load / unload reports) after a data exchange from the PC-card. The output of the Load / Unload report is called up by clicking on the symbol <Print> within the <Load>, <Unload Route> and <Unload Report > windows. A print preview for this report is also first of all displayed on the screen.

Print in Load / Unload win-dow

With Routes that have a large number of measurement Points, the Load / Unload report may be extended over a number of pages.



Route calendar report This report is provided in the dialogue window <Route calen-dar> for the output of a table of due Routes. The output of the Route calendar report is called up by clicking on the symbol <Print> in the <Route calendar> dialogue win-dow. A print preview of this report will also first of all be dis-played on the screen.

Print in Route calen-dar dialogue window

Creating extensive reports

This report is called up through the context menu (right mouse button) in the element organizer. The currently selected data element is used as the start object for this report.

Setup reports First of all the data element in the element organizer that should serve as the start object for the creation of the Setup list must be selected. Select the option <Setups> in the context menu. The <Configu-ration report> dialogue window will be displayed.



In the <Configuration report> you have the option to output, through the printer, the entire configuration list for the start ele-ment - complete with all sub-elements - by selecting the option <Print>. It is recommended that you select the second option <Print with preview> for this report so further output of the report can be controlled through the <Preview> window.

In the <Preview> window the report pages that are ready for printing are displayed in a preview format. Two alternatives are available in this window for sending the output to the printer.



1. By clicking on the <Print all> button the entire configuration

list for the start object - complete with all sub-elements - is sent to the printer.

2. When you click on the <Print> button the configuration list is sent to the printer in sequential manner. After the printout of each data element, the printer output is interrupted and the preview for the next data element is displayed.

By clicking on the <Print> button again the output to the printer proceeds once more.

Clicking on the <Cancel> button interrupts the process of creat-ing the configuration report and the <Preview> window closes.

Hierarchy reports For the data groups Sensors and Comments the hierarchy re-ports are issued as short reports; for the data groups Plants and Routes the reports are configurable through an intermediate dialogue. For the data groups in xms you can call up the creation of a hi-erarchy report directly through the corresponding context menu (right mouse click on the data group symbol in the selection bar).

Hierarch report for data groups

Creation of the hierarchy report for the entire data group is called up by right clicking on the symbol of the data group. In the context menu for the data group select <Hierarchy> in the <Print / Export > menu.

When you have selected a data element in the element organ-izer, the context menu is called up by right clicking on the data element.

In the context menu for the data element select <Hierarchy> in the <Print / Export> menu.



Hierarchy report for Sensors and Comments For both these data groups and their associated data elements the hierarchy report is created as a short report without addi-tional dialogue for configuration. Hierarchy report for Plants and Routes First of all in the element organizer the data element which will serve as the start object for the creation of the hierarchy report must be selected.

In the context menu select <Hierarchy>. The <Hierarchy re-port> dialogue window will be displayed.

In the <Hierarchy report> dialogue window you may select the level of detail with which the report should be created. The start point for the creation of the hierarchy report is always the cur-rent data element, resp. data group. Click on <Output> to display the print preview of the report on the screen.



Alarm and Measurement reports Alarm and Measurement reports are available for all data ele-ments of the data groups Plants and Routes.

In the context menu select the option <Alarms + Measure-ments>. The <Alarm/Measurement report> dialogue window will be displayed.



1. In the <Alarm/Measurement report> dialogue window you

can individually select the Measurement type for the report output.

2. In the Data filter section of this menu, you can select the measurements you want in the report based on their alarm status in the <Measurement points> field, the maximum number of measurements in the <Measured values> field, or a time period in the <Time selection> field.

3. At the output of the Alarm and Measurement report the measurements can be selected to be displayed as a List or as diagrams.



Click on <Extended ...> and set up the display options for the diagrams in the dialogue window <Extended settings>.

For spectra and envelope curve spectra the diagrams in the reports can be supplemented with a cursor for the speed and symptom markers.

Issuing spectra dia-grams with cursors and symptom mark-ers

Data export The export of data from xms in a file is configured through the <Alarm / Measurement report> dialogue window.

Select <Print/Export> and then <Alarms + Measurements> in the context menu of the element organizer. The <Alarm/Measurement report> dialogue window will be dis-played.



1. Activate the data export by clicking the <Export file> option

in the <Alarm/Measurement report> dialogue window. 2. In the <Type> selection box you can select the format for

the export file.



3. In the text field <Target file> enter the path and file name for

the export file. Click on the symbol <...>, to search the direc-tory structure through the dialogue <Open>.

4. Check the selected measurement type and the settings for the data filter before starting the data export by clicking on the button <Output>.

In the case of data export of type <HTML> a group of files is created. These files are necessary for the correct representa-tion of the exported data.

Output HTML-format

Adapting reports Managing reports An extensive collection of predefined forms is available in xms for report printouts. The standard forms can be modified by the user and saved as own printout forms. All forms for reports are managed in the menu <Extras / Options>.



In the selection field Options under the item <Reports> various standard forms are available. The directory structure for the management of forms is predefined and is primarily organized according to the various types of reports. The further sub-structure mirrors the structure of the existing data groups and data elements of xms. For Plants and Routes there are two pre-prepared report forms to allow the output of a list containing the 10 largest amplitudes of a spectrum. Set the report forms <AlarmMess02> resp. <Route_AlarmMess02> ‚as Standard’, to have the reports is-sued in this format.

Template for the 10 largest amplitudes

Various form types for reports Three different groups of report forms are distinguished in xms. Report designation Description - Report header - Report footer

Forms displayed in all reports

- Views - Journal - Load / Unload report - Route calendar

Forms for short reports, corre-sponding to screen display

- Setup (Configuration) - Hierarchy - Alarms + Measurements

Forms for extensive reports, configurable through an in-termediate dialogue



Standardised form sections in reports All reports contain standardised areas for the report header and footer.

The report header and footer are defined by their own forms. Through both existing forms these sections of the report can be uniformly adapted and arranged.



Tutorial example Creating your own report header In this exercise example you can learn how to re-arrange the header section of all report forms to include your own com-pany’s information, such as logos, etc.

Selecting the report forms header In the <Options> dialogue window (under the menu <Extras>) select the <Report header>.

First of all click on the button <Duplicate> to create a copy of the <Header> form to use as a template.

Enter the name "New Report header“ for the new report form and click on <OK> to save the new form. Select the form <New Report header> and click on the button <Process>.



The <Report Builder> for editing the report form will open and on the register card <Design> the form <New Report header> will be displayed.

The form <New report header> has the fields for the title of the report <Title>, the name of the data element <Name> as well as the fields for the date/time and page numbers.

Enlarging the report header area 1. Enlarge the report header by clicking on the grey bar <De-

tail> and dragging it approx. 1 cm downward. Take care when adapting the report header and footer that you retain the allowed maximum size for this section of the re-port. If you make this section too large the data area of the re-port will be automatically shifted to the next page.

Observe maximum height

2. Now select the horizontal line by clicking and then move it

downward as well by holding the Ctrl button and pushing the cursor button.

3. Select the field <Name> and move it by dragging down and to the centre.

4. Move the field <Title> upward and to the centre in the same way.

5. You can centre the text in the fields <Name> and <Title> by

clicking on the symbol <Centre>. Centre 6. Remove the field for date/time and page numbering. (Click

on the field and delete with the Del button)



Supplementing with new fields 1. Insert a field for entering the company data into the report

header. To do this click on the symbol <RichText> and in-sert a field for it by clicking in the left side of the header area.

RichText

The size and position of this field can be adapted to your requirements by dragging with the mouse. Change the de-scription for this field in the toolbar of the Report Builder. En-ter the name "Company data" instead of <RichText1>.

2. Now click with the right mouse button in the field <Com-pany data> and select the option <Edit> in the context menu that appears.

3. Enter your company data into the <RichText Editor> dia-logue window and then close the RichText Editor.

4. Insert a field for displaying a company logo in the report

header. To do this click on the symbol <Image> and then click somewhere in the right side of the header area.

Image

Click with the right mouse button in the inserted field <Im-age1> and then select the option <Picture...> in the context menu that appears.

5. In the dialogue window <Open> select the graphic file with your company logo.

The company logo should be made available in the size 100 x 40 Pixel (width x height) so that it can be pasted into an un-changed report header.

Company logo size

Selecting the new Report header as Standard Now select the tab <Preview> in the Report Builder to display a preview of the report header. Then close the Report Builder by clicking on <File/Close> and confirm in the dialogue window that your changes should be saved.



So that the newly created report header will be used in all your reports, you should select this form as the Standard.

Mark the form <New Report header> and click on the button <as Standard>; the green arrow now shows this as the stan-dard form.


Aids for diagnosis xms Handbook

Aids for diagnosis Symptom marker for spectrum analysis Typical vibration frequencies emanating from individual ma-chine components can be calculated from the machine data and the service speed. Information related to the rotor speed is either determined at the time of the spectrum measurement or is stored as a nominal value at Machine or Point level in the database. Up to a maximum of 20 specific Marker factors for identifying symptom frequencies can be stored for a measurement Point. For the analysis of spectra and envelope analysis curves the calculated symptom markers can be superimposed as lines on the spectrum display.

Entering factors for symptom markers Select the tab <Properties> at measurement Point level.

In the <Symptom frequencies> worksheet you can enter and manage the relevant marker factors for identifying symptom frequencies. Marker factors for elements of the Machine, such as gear ratios, drive-belt ratios, or couplings can be entered directly into the marker factor list. Complete marker sets for rolling-element bearings can be calculated from the bearing geometry or se-lected directly from the bearing database and accepted into the list of marker factors for the current measurement Point. Up to 20 different marker factors can be accepted in the list for one measurement Point. The control boxes in the first column determine which symptom markers are active and will be super-imposed on the spectrum analysis diagram.


xms Handbook Aids for diagnosis

Calculating marker factors from bearing ge-ometry From the geometry data of a rolling-element bearing the marker factors for the individual bearing elements can be easily calcu-lated. Select the button <Bearing geometry> from the work-sheet <Symptom frequencies> to call up the calculation.

In the dialogue window <Bearing geometry> enter the data for the calculation corresponding to the drawing of a bearing. After entering the data click on the button <Calculate> to start the calculation of the marker factors. Enter the name of the manufacturer and the bearing type num-ber into the relevant fields. With the button <Add to marker set> the calculated factors are accepted into the marker set for the current measurement Point. This marker set can be accepted into the selection list named "Our bearings" by clicking on the button <Save in 'Our bear-ings'>.



Accepting marker factors from the bearing database The data of over 7,000 rolling-element bearings from various manufacturers are integrated into the xms.

Bearing data accu-racy not guaranteed

The data for the rolling-element bearings is taken from a pub-licly available source. Therefore no guarantee can be given concerning the accuracy of the marker factors. Click on the button <Manufacturer> in the worksheet <Symp-tom frequencies> to call up the bearing database.

In the <Manufacturer> dialogue window first select the name of the manufacturer. In the list from the manufacturer you can search for the bearing description and select the desired bear-ing.

Searching with a substitute symbol

For searching a bearing name in the list you can insert the sub-stitute symbol "*" in the case where you do not know the exact bearing description. With the button <Add to marker set> the factors for calculating the symptom frequencies for the individual bearing elements are accepted into the marker set of the current measurement Point.


xms Handbook Aids for diagnosis

This marker set can be accepted into the selection list "Our bearings" by clicking on the button <Save in 'Our bearings'>.

Speed for calculating symptom frequencies The valid rotor speed for the measurement Point is required for calculating the symptom frequencies. The speed value can be acquired with each measurement. In this case the <Speed measurement> in the worksheet Measurement must be acti-vated.

When no speed measurement is done the Nominal speed for the measurement Point can be entered here as a default value. The default value for the nominal speed can also be entered at Machine level in the tab <Properties>.

For the calculation of symptom frequencies for a measurement Point the speed value is queried by xms using the following priority list. Speed value Priority Speed measurement First

Nominal value default at Point level Second

Nominal value default at Machine level Third The nominal speed for the Machine will be used when there is no speed measurement or default value available for the measurement Point.



You can adopt the cursor speed value in the spectrum dia-gram.

Adopting the speed from the diagram

By clicking on the single cursor in the spectrum diagram, the menu option <Nominal speed at cursor> will be displayed in the context menu. Select this option to select the speed (fre-quency) at the current position of the cursor as the nominal speed for calculation of the symptom marker.

Displaying symptom frequencies in diagrams In the spectrum diagram the calculated symptom frequencies are characterised by symptom markers. The display of the symptom markers is activated by clicking on the option <Insert symptom marker> in the context menu.

Select <Display cursor values> in the context menu. The leg-end for the symptom marker is displayed in the field for Cursor values.


xms Handbook Appendix

Appendix Abbreviations AS Acceleration Sensor BCS Bearing Condition Signature BCU Bearing Condition Unit CM-400 VIBRO EXPERT CM-400 CPB (-spectrum) Constant Percentage Bandwidth DB Database DCOM Distributed Component Object Model FDI Frequency Domain Integration OLE Object Linking and Embedding OPC OLE for Process Control OPC DA Server OPC Data Access Server PC Personal Computer PC-card PCMCIA Card PDF Portable Document Format PV Process Visualization SBO Selective Bandpass Overall SED Selective Envelope Detection SFT Single Frequency Trend SIMS Smart Integrated Monitoring System SIMS cm SIMS compact monitor SQL Sequential Query Library VS Velocity Sensor VC 6000 VIBROCONTROL 6000 VT60 VIBROTEST 60 xms eXtended Monitoring Software


Appendix xms Handbook

Symbols for measurement types The symbols for the various measurement types are used on the tabs of the register cards in the Analysis Views and in the List box entries for Report measurements. Symbol Measurement type

Vibration (Overall)

Vibration vs. speed f(n)

Vibration vs. time f(t)

BCU / Band-pass

BCU / Band-pass vs. speed f(n)

BCU / Band-pass vs. time f(t)

Process values

Keyboard entry

Spectrum (FFT)

CPB-spectrum

Envelope curve analysis BCS / SED

Tracking analysis

Tracking analysis vs. speed f(n)

Tracking analysis vs. time f(t)

Balancing

Mouse pointer hints

Use the mouse pointer hints to get a description of the func-tion of a symbol, by simply positioning the mouse pointer on the symbol.


xms Handbook Appendix

Service Contact Internet www.bkvibro.com E-Mail [email protected] Telephone +49 (0) 6151-428-1400 Help programs In the Start dialogue of the xms CD under "Service" the Help programs for the operation of xms can be directly selected. Software registration E-Mail [email protected]


Appendix xms Handbook


xms Handbook Index

inactive 94 Index Moving 87 Multiple selection 88 A Tutorial example 84

Abbreviations 289 Data export 275 Analysing mesured data 168 Data groups 33

OPC DA Server 34 B PC-card 33 Band-pass Selecting 40 Measurement 102 SQL database 33 BCS

Data import 75 Measurement 101 Data scheme 32 BCU Data sources 32 Measurement 100

Updating 43 Normalisation factor 100 Databases Bearing database 286

CM-400 75 Bode’ diagram 205 compress 63

C Copying 61 Creating 54 CM-400 Data backup 61 Data 75 Deleting measurements

62 Directory 50

Comments 121 Demo database 35 Displaying 123 Empty database 35 Control parameter 137 Log-in 56 CPB spectrum Log-off 59 Measurement 103 SQL database 33

D System database 34 Updating 73 Data acquisition User database 35, 54 On-line 143

Datagroups Starting 143 OPC Data Access Server

132 Stopping 144

Data backup 61 Deleting

Data elements 33 measurements 178

Copying 84


Index xms Handbook

Switching cursor active 173

spectra 196 Deleting measurements 62

Text cursor 172 DEMO-Mode 28 Title bar 169 Diagnosis Trend extrapolation 177 Aids 284 Zomming axis 174 Diagram 168

3-D diagrams 200 E Adding cursor 170

Element organiser 41 Adding curve 181

Event table 214 Analysis Views 168

F Context menu 170 Curve properties 209 File cards Deleting measurements

178 Journal 44 Properties 43, 81, 93

Delta cursor 172 Views 44

Dislpaying Comments 123 H Displaying comment 176

Displaying cursor symbols 171

Handbook Advice 9

Displaying cursor values 170 Structure 10

Displaying extra information 180 I

Installation 13 Displaying monitoring limits 178 Prerequisites 13

Displaying zoom overview 175

User rights 26

J Moving cursor 170 Multiple display 184 Journal 214 Navigator 198 Context menu 216 Presetting 212 Event table 215 Properties 211 Filter 217 Quick Zooming 173 View 214 Removing cursor 173

M Report measurements 203 Machine Shifting axis 174


xms Handbook Index

Recorder function 208 Adding 82 On-line measurements Machine Group

Bandpass 141 Adding 82 BCU 140 Machine maintenance Control parameter 137 Condition-oriented 5 Harmonic 141 Marker factors 284 Process value 142 Measurement Point Vibration 138 Adding 80, 83

Online monitoring 131 Editing the name 81 OPC acquisition rate 139 Measurement Point

properties OPC connection parameters 138 Tutorial example 93

OPC DA Server Measurement types Data group 34 Off-line 97

OPC Data Access Server 132

On-line 137 Selecting 98

Log-in 66 Menu bar 38 OPC point 134 Monitoring 95 OPC server

N Configuring 153 Connecting 155 Navigation bar 46 Entries 157 Nyquist diagram 206 OPC Tag 157

O Parameters 157

Off-line Measurement types 97

OPC status Element organiser 136

On-line acquisition 143 Journal 136

Online Help Process visualization 151

Calling up 46, 48 OPC-Client/Server

DEMO Tutorials 47 Concept 131

Help window 47 Options

Online measurement Access rights 51

Tutorial example 160 Process Visualization 53

On-line measurement types 137 System settings 49

Overall Online measurements


Index xms Handbook

Report measurements 97, 123

Measurement 99

P Measurement channel 126 Unloading from card 125 Passwords 51 Unloading multiple 127 PC system

Reports 264 Equipment 13 Alarm and Measurement

273 Operating system 14

PC-card Displaying configuration

127 Blocked 121 Card drive 15 Extensive 264 Data groups 33 Footer 279 Log-in 68 Form types 278

Plant Header 279 Adding 80 Hierarchy 271

Plausibility check 102 Journal 266 Process values 97 Load- / Unload 268 Process visualization 147 Managing 277

Context menu 158 Measurement types 129 Display type 148 Route calendar 269 PV component 147 Setup 265, 269 Settings 149 Short reports 264

Process Visualization Tutorial example 280 Automatic Actualization 53 View 266

Program settings 49 Rolling-element bearings data 286 Program window 37

Route R Configuring 111

Registration 28 Creating 111 Data 29 Due Routes 50 Dialogue 30 Loading to card 117 Executing 30 Measurement intervals

115 Release 31 Release code 29 Resetting 120 Sequence 29 Unloading from card 119 xms-code 29 Route calendar 116


xms Handbook Index

Storage criterion 139 Route elements 113 Symbols

S Element organiser 42

SED Event table 215 Measurement 104 Measurement types 290

Selection bar 40 User guidance 11 Sensor Symptom frequencies 284

Selecting 96 Symptom marker 284 SIMS Online measurement

154 Bearing data 286 Calculating 285

SIMS/VC6000 instruments 132 Displaying 288

Factors 284 Properties 133 Rotor speed 287 Resetting 133

System database 49 Soft Terminal 133 System View 144 Spectra diagram 185

Cepstrum analysis 192 T Context menu 186

Test phase 28 Deleting spectra 196 Toolbars Displaying limits 196

Diagram 169 Displaying symptom markers 196 Journal 215

Program window 39 Harmonics cursor 187 System View 146 Integration in frequency

domain 193 Workspace 45 SFT analysis 189 Tutorial examples Sidebands cursor 188 Adding measurement

Point 80 Spectrum Configuring View

component 237 Alarm spectrum 106 Measurement 101

Data elements 84 Monitoring bands 105 Machine drawing editor

246 Reference spectrum 106 Speed measurement 97 Measurement Point

properties 93 Starting the program 36 Status indicator 221, 224 Online measurement 160

Event table 221 Reports 280


Index xms Handbook

U Saving as template 228 Status indicator 221, 224,

255 User rights

restricted 26 Templates 69

User-groups 36 Text display 237

Entitlements 52 Text editor 258 User-specific 219 V Web-browser 259 Vibration

VT60-card Measurement 99 Log-in 68 Signal detection 99

VIBRO-REPORT 31 W Views 219

Work window 40 Adding 226

Workspace 43, 81 Adding a component 230

X Analysis View 219 Background picture 70 xms Background view 71 Exceptional features 6 Changing the Name 227 New features in this

version 8 Changing the sequence 228 Service 291

Components 254 Editing 230 Foreground templates 71 Jump instructions 239 Links 241 Machine drawing editor

243 Measurement list 261 Navigation bar 225 OLE component 259 Overview 220 PDF display 260 Peak list 262 Presetting 69 Process Visualization 256


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