Skogsgurra
Electrical
- Mar 31, 2003
- 11,815
Hello all,
I have been using recorders for logging and fault-finding for many years. Things like Hioki, Yokogawa and so on. Problem is that the ones I have access to have four or eight channels only.
Have tried some LabView applications, but I find them tough to use in an environment where you need local people to change trig levels or conditions. They mostly cannot do it and there is no easy way of "talking them down". So I finally found a "mainframe" recorder - the Graphtec DMS 1000 at a bargain price. It is a very fine machine. It has 20 kHz bandwidth on every channel and it can take up to 48 (some say 52) channels. And it has a quite clear menu system that can be "remote controlled" by me, the phone and a local operator. So, everything is just fine.
But - there is no manual. And there is a card missing (slot 01 - trigger card). The recorder works very well. I can see the waveforms on the display and I can set trig levels. The recorder can be armed and trigs when the level is reached.
I now have a few questions:
A Where can I find a manual? Have been googling, but all I find is drivers and accessories for vinyl cutters. A hard copy or pdf manual is what I am looking for.
B What is the Trigger card in slot 01 doing? I don't have it, but triggering seems to work OK. Or maybe it just seems to?
C I may need to expand the number of channels. Anyone out there that could supply input cards? Googled that, too. But nothing available for a couple of weeks. Not that I can find.
D Is there any special software for this machine? To communicate, set it up and also to analyse the results?
Any pointer in any direction where I can start finding out would be very much appreciated.
Gunnar Englund
I have been using recorders for logging and fault-finding for many years. Things like Hioki, Yokogawa and so on. Problem is that the ones I have access to have four or eight channels only.
Have tried some LabView applications, but I find them tough to use in an environment where you need local people to change trig levels or conditions. They mostly cannot do it and there is no easy way of "talking them down". So I finally found a "mainframe" recorder - the Graphtec DMS 1000 at a bargain price. It is a very fine machine. It has 20 kHz bandwidth on every channel and it can take up to 48 (some say 52) channels. And it has a quite clear menu system that can be "remote controlled" by me, the phone and a local operator. So, everything is just fine.
But - there is no manual. And there is a card missing (slot 01 - trigger card). The recorder works very well. I can see the waveforms on the display and I can set trig levels. The recorder can be armed and trigs when the level is reached.
I now have a few questions:
A Where can I find a manual? Have been googling, but all I find is drivers and accessories for vinyl cutters. A hard copy or pdf manual is what I am looking for.
B What is the Trigger card in slot 01 doing? I don't have it, but triggering seems to work OK. Or maybe it just seems to?
C I may need to expand the number of channels. Anyone out there that could supply input cards? Googled that, too. But nothing available for a couple of weeks. Not that I can find.
D Is there any special software for this machine? To communicate, set it up and also to analyse the results?
Any pointer in any direction where I can start finding out would be very much appreciated.
Gunnar Englund
