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Summary of Contents for AstroNova DDX100
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Page 1: Quick Start Guide
DDX100 Smartcorder QUICK START GUIDE AstroNova, Incorporated: Test & Measurement Product Group AstroNova, Inc., 600 East Greenwich Avenue, West Warwick, RI 02893 Toll-Free Phone: 877-867-9783 Fax: 401-822-2430 Email: techserv@astronovainc.com Part # 22834668 Version 1.0... - Page 2 600 VRMS or DC, Cat III, 1000V DC, Cat II 10 Megohm input impedance 200 kHz maximum sample rate per channel 35 KHz (-3db ) bandwidth Please see section A in the back of the DDX100 Operations Manual for all the specifications.
- Page 3 The internal battery charges with the DDX100 on or off, as long as the cord is connected. 3. Display Area Once the DDX100 has powered up, you will see that the display is divided into three main areas: the Waveform Display Area (shows the waveform signals typically drawn onto a grid pattern), the Menu bar at the top (drop-down menu commands), and the Control Panel area on the right of the display (rows of control Icons for one touch operation commands).
- Page 4 Help: Utility port pin out, operations manual, unit information including software version and serial number, and the software version of the software on your computer. DDX100 User Help: The operations manual is available to help the user operate the DDX100. 4A. Operations Manual: It is handy to have the manual on your computer also, because you can use a better search function.
- Page 5 5. Adding Icons to the Control Panel In Configuration > Realtime > click on Settings > Control Panel. Here you can add Icons to make setup and operation easier, if your Basic setup doesn’t already include them. Below their purpose is also explained.
- Page 6 Start storing data – Capture > Arm Is capture still ongoing – Capture > Capture Indicator When you wish to stop storing data – Capture > Manual Abort When you wish to review a capture file – Configuration > Review Your control panel will now look like the one on the Realtime screen example below.
- Page 7 IMPORTANT: Add Icons for any other functions that you do on a regular basis during your testing. You can have up to 4 columns. This will make using the DDX100 easier, rather than searching the menu bar choices each time you go to look for a function. Just like you have added Icons to the Realtime Control Panel, you can also add Icons to the screen when you are reviewing a stored Data Capture file or to the Scope screen.
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Page 8: Channel Setup
• To select multiple consecutive items, press and hold the Shift key. Then click the first and last items in the range you want to select. 2. Select the channels to display by choosing them from the Channels list block. 3. - Page 9 immediately, it will delete all that is highlighted. You may want to leave at least the number of the channel, so you know which channel that input is going into. 5. To set the channel up for your signal (Note: you can do this for more than one channel if you have several signals that are the same.) first choose a channel or channels.
- Page 10 As an example: you could set your top to 5V and your bottom to Zero. • Span/Center - If you select this method, choose the Span and Center column headings to enter the total span of the channel and the center value. The center value would usually be zero, unless you require some offset.
- Page 11 4. Choose the Engineering Units field to the right of the User Enable block and enter your Units label. For example, PSI would be an appropriate label denoting pounds per square inch. 5. Enter a Scale for the engineering units by using one of the 2 Scale blocks. Scale can be specified as either of the following: •...
- Page 12 9. Data Capture Setup and 9V Battery Exercise Note: If you are going to be there to start and stop the capture, you do not have to set up a trigger. If you choose to do a capture without a Trigger, you can choose No Trigger. Then hit the Arm Icon after, setting up everything else in the Capture Settings window shown below.
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Page 13: Trigger Setup
7. In the Automation Box be sure that Rearm and Review are not checked. At this point, your Capture Settings Window should look like the below image. (Except you will see that the DDX that was used for this screen shot has extra channels, because it has the GPB/IRIG option). You will probably see just 8 channels. - Page 14 1. Click on Trigger Setup Icon 2. Click on the Main Or Tab and click on Trigger OR. You can leave Manual and External On and the bottom two Abort choices. The manual abort is necessary, so you can stop a capture using the abort Icon, especially if you ever choose Rearm under automation.
- Page 15 5. Click on Type and choose Rising Edge. Note: You can trigger off several channels and have each type and or trigger level different. 6. Click on Trigger Or and choose Include and it will look like the next screen. 7.
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Page 16: Trigger Check
11. Trigger Check Input the battery voltage into channel one. If all is set up correctly, the trigger indicator Icon will turn yellow just for a second as it passes 8V. It will stay on if your voltage is exactly 8V. If not, check your settings and make sure your battery voltage is equal or greater than your trigger level. - Page 17 12. Start Data Capture and trigger using 9V Battery Click on the Arm Capture Icon. A Capture Progress window will come up showing the Pre-Trigger data progress. It will take 15 seconds for the progress window to fill. This is the initial 15 seconds only. It is a circular buffer that will keep overwriting itself until a trigger is seen.
- Page 18 Capture Abort 15. Data Review Data capture records can be reviewed on the DDX100 display. DVD-like control icons allow for convenient scrolling through the data. Cursors can be placed on the data for measurements. Choose Configuration > Review from the menu bar to enter Review Mode or click on the Review Icon.
- Page 19 Click on the file and then press OK and the chosen file will automatically open for review.
- Page 20 If you had captured 8 channels you would see 8 equal grids, like seen on page 17. However, if you only want to see one channel, you can do that by bringing it up by itself, so it takes up the full screen. Choose View >...
- Page 21 You can also just press on the display for a second, where you want a cursor and choose which cursor you want there. Note: The yellow arrow Icons will help you fine tune the active cursor location when needed. If you want to move either or both again it is necessary to make one or both active first. this Icon to either activate one or both cursors, it toggles 3 ways.
- Page 22 The Min-Max reading will also consider all the data points behind each cursor. It will give you the Min- Max voltage behind cursor A and also behind Cursor B. Plus, the Min-Max voltage between cursors A & B. You will notice that the time of each cursor will change at the bottom of the Review screen as you move the cursors.
- Page 23 If you will use the DDX100 for both tests again, save the changes as a new name. You could save it as the old name, if it was just a change to the original settings and you would not use it the way it was originally.
- Page 24 Once the data capture is complete, the file can be reviewed on the DDX100 itself. Then if you wish, it can be archived to your laptop drive, a USB drive, or a network drive.
- Page 25 The only proper way to shut off the DDX is to use the On/Off switch. When the power switch is set to the off position, the DDX100 begins the power down sequence. The green power LED will flicker for about 10 seconds while it is shutting down. It is very important not to turn the power switch back to the on position during the power down stage.
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