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Dash 8Xe / Dash 8X
Data Acquisition Recorder
QUICK START GUIDE
(1) Introduction
(2) Getting Started
(3) Hardware Overview
(4) Menus & Icons
(5) Using the Dash 8Xe / Dash 8X
(6) Setting Up the Display Appearance
(7) Amplifier Settings
(8) Sample Exercises
(9) Archiving Data Records
(10) Entering Engineering Units
(11) Powering Down
Astro-Med, Incorporated: Test & Measurement Product Group
Astro-Med Industrial Park, 600 East Greenwich Ave., West Warwick, RI 02893
Toll-Free Phone: 877-867-9783 Phone: Fax: 401-822-2430
email: mtgroup@astromed.com
Part # 22834518 Version 1.1
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Summary of Contents for ASTRO-MED Dash 8X
- Page 1 (9) Archiving Data Records (10) Entering Engineering Units (11) Powering Down Astro-Med, Incorporated: Test & Measurement Product Group Astro-Med Industrial Park, 600 East Greenwich Ave., West Warwick, RI 02893 Toll-Free Phone: 877-867-9783 Phone: Fax: 401-822-2430 email: mtgroup@astromed.com Part # 22834518 Version 1.1...
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Page 2: Getting Started
The Dash 8Xe / Dash 8X utilizes a touch-screen as the main user interface. Many of the Dash 8Xe / Dash 8X control icons are customizable, providing the capability to modify the display based on the needs of the user or application. - Page 3 The control panel is an array of icon-based icons located on the right hand side of the display. The icon icons allow for a single touch to execute a function. The Dash 8Xe / Dash 8X ships with the control panel displaying icon icons for speed control, analog set up, meter mode, and run/halt.
- Page 4 Commonly Used Icons The following icons are commonly used in Dash 8Xe / Dash 8X windows: OK saves the information you entered in a window and then closes the window. Exit cancels the action you were performing in a window and closes the window without saving any changes.
- Page 5 You can also add, remove, or replace channels. For each channel of the Dash 8Xe / Dash 8X, a unique signal input module is installed in the right side of the recorder (example: IHV1). Each channel has unique amplifier settings. It addition to setting the span for the channel, you can also adjust the zero volt position.
- Page 6 In the exercise, every action needed is detailed in a step-by-step fashion to help you quickly become familiar with the operation of the Dash 8Xe / Dash 8X. The ACTION on the left-hand side describes what is to be done.
- Page 7 Use the banana jack input connection located on the side of Channel #1 the Dash 8Xe / Dash 8X and input the battery voltage into Channel #1. Measure the battery Choose View >> Meter from the menu bar to activate the Meter Mode.
- Page 8 II. Data Capture Settings: Set up a single data capture for 10 seconds. Of the total capture time, two seconds of the capture should show what the signal looked like before the battery voltage was applied. The sample rate will be 1,000 samples per second. Capture Settings Window ACTION HOW TO...
- Page 9 III. Trigger Setup and Data Capture: In the Data Capture Settings section above, a ten second capture was set up with two seconds of pre-trigger (data before the trigger). In this section, a trigger level of 8 Volts will be set with a rising slope so that as the signal rises and reaches 8 Volts, the data capture will be triggered.
- Page 10 IV. Data Review: Data capture records can be reviewed on the color display. DVD-like control icons allow for convenient scrolling through the data. Cursors can be placed on the data for measurements. During review, the timebase can be expanded or compressed to give appropriate detail of the signal.
- Page 11 Using cursors to make measurements Show only Channel 1 Choose View >> 1 Channel from the menu bar to show only Channel 1. Expand the time base Choose Display >> Compression from the menu bar. Press the digit “1”. Press OK. Scroll through the data Use DVD icons.
- Page 12 During data capture, the data is streamed to the data capture drive. Once the data capture is complete, the file can be reviewed on the Dash 8Xe / Dash 8X. However, to export the data out of the Dash 8Xe / Dash 8X, the user must archive it from the data capture drive to the Windows (system) drive or directly to an external USB source.
- Page 13 Browse for Folder window Note: The Dash 8Xe / Dash 8X, USB port is assigned drive letter D. Select File Location Select a file location and choose the OK icon on the Browse for Folder window. The path displayed in yellow text will be updated to indicate the new file destination.
- Page 14 This allows the Dash 8Xe / Dash 8X to be compatible with transducers and probes that can provide a voltage output to the Dash 8Xe / Dash 8X. The relationship between the voltage and the engineering unit is assumed to be linear, characterized by a slope and offset (y = mx + b).
- Page 15 This concludes the engineering units example. When the power switch is set to the off position or if AC power is lost or removed, the Dash 8Xe / Dash 8X begins the power down sequence. This is indicated by the green LED next to the power switch that will be on while the power down sequence occurs.
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