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Utility software for
WX-7000 Wideband Data Recorder
WX Navi
TEAC CORPORATION, Sep 2013, D01191810G
Instruction Manual
Please read this manual before
using the product and keep the
manual handy.

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  • Page 1 Utility software for WX-7000 Wideband Data Recorder WX Navi Instruction Manual Please read this manual before using the product and keep the manual handy. TEAC CORPORATION, Sep 2013, D01191810G...
  • Page 2 Intel and Intel Core are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. TAFFMAT is a registered trademark of TEAC Corporation, regitered in the U.S. and other countries. Other company names and product names in this document are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
  • Page 3 ("TEAC") for the SOFTWARE, which include computer software and electronic documentation. 1. GRANT OF LICENSE TEAC grants to you the right to use the SOFTWARE only in combination with the TEAC WX-7000 Series. 2. COPYRIGHT All title and copyrights in and to the SOFTWARE and any copies thereof are owned by TEAC or a supplier to TEAC.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Use the 1000BASE-T LAN interface..............10 2.1.5. About Firewall ....................11 2.1.6. Launching WX Navi with the next step ............11 2.1.7. On the WX-7000 recording unit, push up the power switch to turn it on.... 11 2.1.8. Start WX Navi ....................12 2.1.9.
  • Page 5 5.2. System and Channel Settings ................26 5.2.1. Upper Left Part ....................26 5.2.2. Upper Right Part .................... 27 5.2.3. Each Channels Settings List ................28 5.2.4. Channel Property Window ................29 5.3. System Setting ....................30 5.3.1. “Basic Settings” / “Monitor Out” groups ............30 5.3.2.
  • Page 6 6.7.3. When a time display is clicked ................ 44 6.7.4. Reproductive resumption ................44 Other Settings ......................45 7.1. Fan ........................45 7.2. Listening Memo voice or Data ................45 7.3. Calibration ......................45 Displaying Waveform ....................46 8.1. Select the channel to display ................47 8.1.1.
  • Page 7 10.1.2. No other WX-7000 recorders than the Master and Slave units are to be connected to the subnet..................... 64 10.1.3. When you run two WX Navi software for two WX-7000s recorders operating in synch, each WX Navi must be run on the another PC..........64 10.2.
  • Page 8: Installing Wx Navi

    And it is possible not to be continued high sampling rate recording in case of resident software, active various services, various driver, active application software and HDD speed. 1.2. Operating System WX Navi supports the following operating system; Microsoft Windows XP 32bit (English/ Japanese)
  • Page 9: Installing Wx Navi

    1.3. Installing WX Navi Please install supplied WX Navi software first following next step. Installation procedure should be done by administrator permission. Uninstall old version of WX Navi before install the latest version of WX Navi. Run the "WxInst.msi" on the root directory of the supplied CD-ROM.
  • Page 10 Confirmation window to start the installation. Click the [Next] button. If User Account Control is enabled when Windows XP, of Windows 7, the User Account Control dialog box is displayed in the middle of the installation, please select [Yes]. The installation will start. It may take a while in the middle of the installation, please wait until the next window is displayed.
  • Page 11: Starting Wx Navi

    If you establish a firewall on your PC or install virus check software, you may not connect the WX. Check the security level of the program on your PC. The ports to be used at WX Navi are as follows:...
  • Page 12: About Firewall

    IP address. 2.1.5. About Firewall If the screen of Windows Security Warning is displayed after first running of WX Navi, disable Windows firewall block. For standard firewall of Microsoft Windows, click “Turn Windows Firewall on or off” and “Off“(not recommended because these networks often have little or no security)”.
  • Page 13: Start Wx Navi

    Make sure to close WX Navi first to detach the WX-7000 from the network. Do not power off the WX-7000 before closing WX Navi. Do not power off the WX-7000 before closing WX Navi.
  • Page 14: Wx-7000 Select Window

    2.1.11. WX-7000 select window Following dialog box appear, when WX Navi launches. Check the box at the serial field WX Network dialog box by confirming that the white-out box has appeared and the correct serial number are displayed, and then click OK. In addition, a previously used serial number will automatically contain a check in the box.
  • Page 15: Already Being Used Wx-7000

    Click the OK button to apply the IP address parameters for the WX-7000 series. It is not necessary to restart the WX-7000 series. It takes a few seconds for the changed settings to actually take effect. So, wait at least 5 seconds and then connect to the WX-7000 series. If the list is not updated or the entry disappears from the list, click the Update List button to update the list.
  • Page 16 If, by using WX Navi, multiple WX units are connected to a single PC, the waveform settings and the data folder settings of each WX may conflict with others because the WX Navi shares the common save area. So that every PC has its own WX within a multi environment, use a separate PC for each WX.
  • Page 17: Introduction To Wx Navi

    3. Introduction to WX Navi 3.1. Main Window When you start the WX Navi program, the following main window will be displayed. 1.Status dialog display area 3.Tool bar 5.Waveform display area 2.Menu bar 4.Status bar display 6.Time axis scale for waveform display...
  • Page 18: Mode Of Wx Navi

    There are two mode of WX Navi. “REC mode” which is the mode which records data and “VIEW Mode” which playback the recorded data exists. It can be known as follows which mode WX Navi is now in the state of REC of the status dialog of a main window, and the VIEW button.
  • Page 19: Status Dialog Display Area

    Serial number The name or serial number of the WX-7000 currently connected to WX Navi software. If the data transfer speed is slow, the PC Remain field becomes dark yellow or red indicating that the data transfer to the PC is delayed. In such a case, the memory in the WX main unit might...
  • Page 20: Display Of Status Bar

    Once it will be in a STOP state in the case of VIEW mode, it will be in a PAUSE state automatically, but this is the specification of WX Navi. *When you remove or insert media, WX status has to be “STOP” on REC mode.
  • Page 21: Menu Bar

    3.5. Menu Bar 3.5.1. File Menu New: Select a recording device, or specify a file name. Open: Select a data to be playback. Copy: Copy the files of the media (RDX or SD) in the WX-7000 recording unit to PC. Format: Format the media (RDX or SD) in the WX-7000 recording unit.
  • Page 22: Operate Menu

    3.5.3. Operate Menu Stop: Stop. When VIEW mode case, “STOP” condition is automatically becomes “PAUSE” condition. RecStandby: Recording standby. Rec/Play: Recording/playback start. Pause: Pause. Event: Record event mark. Back: Skip previous. Next: Skip forward. Search Property: Setting of skip. 3.5.4. Misc Menu Fan: Stop the fan forcibly for 10 minutes when recording or playback.
  • Page 23: View Menu

    Show or hide the header when playback. IRIG/GPS Show or hide the information on IRIG/GPS option board. Toolbar: Show or hide the Tool bar. Status bar: Show or hide the Status bar. 3.5.6. Help menu About WX Navi: Shows the version of this software.
  • Page 24: Tool Bar

    3.6. Tool bar Tool bar operate same name’s menu functions. Record File Playback File Format System and Channels Trigger Save and Load Parameters TEDS Property Stop Record Standby Start Pause Event Skip Previous Skip Forward Setting of Skip Speaker Calibration Display of Bar Digital value Digital value(128ch.)
  • Page 25: Overview Of Steps In Recording And Playback

    3.7. Overview of steps in recording and playback Start WX Navi Playback Recording Specify the recording device and file name Select the file to be playback By “Record file” By “Playback file” Become the recording mode Become the view mode...
  • Page 26: Conceptual Diagram For Recording, Playback

    4. Conceptual diagram for recording, playback Remote control unit WX-7000 Operation Input Input Panel 入 力 ア Ethernet ンプ Output Output RDX drive SDHC reader RDX cartridge SDHC card Record input on WX-7000’s RDX cartridge or SDHC card  Record input on WX-7000’s RDX cartridge or SDHC card and monitor by PC. ...
  • Page 27: Settings

    5. Settings 5.1. Notice for Settings WX Navi software send the control command to WX-7000, however the values depend WX-7000 specification. Please read WX-7000 Instruction Manual as well. 5.2. System and Channel Settings Following dialog appears by selecting “System and Channels”.
  • Page 28: Upper Right Part

    Upper Right Part Upper Left Part Each Channels Settings List 5.2.2. Upper Right Part Clear Unit All unit on “Each Channels Settings List” are changed back to default value “V”. Clear Coeff All parameters Coeff1, Coeff2 on “Each Channels Settings List” are changed back to default value “1.0”.
  • Page 29: Each Channels Settings List

    5.2.3. Each Channels Settings List Upper Left Part Upper Right Part Each Channels Settings List Each channels “Unit”, “Channel Name”, “Use”, “Input Range”, “Sensor Current”, “Sensor Voltage”, “Coupling”, “Weighting”, “HPF”, “Output Range”, “Coeff 1”, “Coeff 2” and “Offset” are able to change.
  • Page 30: Channel Property Window

    Note 2: Sensor voltage is same on each expansion unit. So it will be changed, if the voltage of any channels on same expansion unit are changed, voltage will be changed to same voltage which is changed. Note 3: WX-7000 recording unit itself has only one coefficient. WX Navi sends parameter which is calculated by following formula. ���������������������� 2 ( ����������������������...
  • Page 31: System Setting

    5.3. System Setting 5.3.1. “Basic Settings” / “Monitor Out” groups To specify settings of the WX-7000 operations, choose System property from the Setup menu. “Basic Settings” and “Monitor Out” are same as WX-7000 menu. Please refer to WX-7000 Instruction Manual. 5.3.2.
  • Page 32: Irig/Gps" Group

    This feature synchronizes the internal clock of WX-7000 with the time of IRIG/GPS board. With the OK button on this window clicked, WX Navi sends WX-7000 commands to update the parameters of the Basic Settings and the Monitor Out. Once this has been done, the parameter changes cannot be canceled even if you click on the Cancel button on the Parameter window.
  • Page 33: Trigger Settings

    5.4. Trigger Settings Click “Trigger” button on “System and Channels” window or select “Trigger” on “Parameters”, following dialog appears. “Interval” group is not able to be set with “Pre-trigger/Post-trigger” and “Repeat”. 5.4.1. Notice for Trigger recording To start to record, please set to REC STANDBY after trigger condition is set. 5.4.2.
  • Page 34: Repeat

    5.4.3. Repeat Level Enable level trigger function which is set by level trigger dialog. External Enable External trigger which is controlled by External trigger connector on rear panel of WX-7000 Rec Time Specified recording time has been displayed. Recording time settings dialog will appear, if you left click.
  • Page 35: Level Trigger

    5.4.5. Level Trigger To specify the details of the level trigger, click Level Trig – Property in Trigger dialog. Logic When multiple channels are monitored for Start and Stop, specify whether these are combined using a logical AND or logical OR. Number of times Specifies how many times a condition is regarded as having been condition is satisfied...
  • Page 36: Property Of Teds

    5.5. Property of TEDS If "property of TEDS" is chosen from a menu or a tool bar, a TEDS information list can be perused. If an information update button is pushed, WX-7000 will search the apparatus corresponding to TEDS connected, and will reacquire information. If the left check of a TEDS information list is turned ON and the OK button is pushed, sensitivity and unit of TEDS information will be reflected in the "unit"...
  • Page 37: Reading And Preservation Of A Setup

    5.6. Reading and preservation of a setup A setup of a system, each channel, and a trigger can be saved as a "parameter file." The following window will be displayed if "reading and preservation of a parameter" are chosen from a menu or a tool bar.
  • Page 38 When you read a parameter file by "the file in PC", please read the parameter file which WX-7000 or WX Navi created. Operation is unfixed when the parameter file created with other equipment is read.
  • Page 39: Operation

    6. Operation 6.1. Selection of Media and file name Following window is displayed after [New] of [File] menu selected. Directory Files on specified directory Data directory on RDX or SD Data directory on PC Media At first, choose a media to record, then operate as following. Archive destination [media] selection drop down [Recording for the PC] check box...
  • Page 40: Specification Of A Playback Media And A File Name

    Repeat Selected file is repeatedly played. Repeat files in directory This mode repeat files in directory. Push OK button, then WX-7000 and WX Navi shift to PAUSE using selected file. You can push [Cancel] to cancel work of file selection.
  • Page 41: Copy The Files

    6.3. Copy the files Following window is displayed after [Copy] of [File] menu selected. You can copy the TAFFmat files on the WX-7000 to the PC. Directory name on the WX-7000 File list Directory name on the Rename name 6.3.1. Select files Select the directory of the media on the WX-7000.
  • Page 42: Rename The File Name

    6.3.3. Rename the file name When copying a file to PC, change of a file name can be performed. Select a file on the file list. Input new file name on the Dataset box. The inputted character string is reflected in Copy Name box. 6.3.4.
  • Page 43: Record And Playback

    6.5. Record and playback When record and playback are started, push the buttons of the toolbar. There is deference about available buttons between REC mode and VIEW mode. Stop Record Standby Playback Pause Event Search(REW) Search(F FWD) Property of search 6.6.
  • Page 44: Search Property Window

    6.6.8. Search property window Setup items and work of window are as follows. Selection In case of search(REW) used In case of search(F FWD) used items File Position move to the previous file in Position move to the next file in directory.
  • Page 45: High Grade Search

    6.7. High grade Search The move method of playback starting position has not only the explained function, but also high grade search function using the status information bar. Please click any of a field of status information bar in PAUSE condition. Elapsed time Number of event marks Date display...
  • Page 46: Other Settings

    7. Other Settings 7.1. Fan You can stop the cooling fan immediately on the WX by clicking the fan button on the toolbar. If you have already stopped the fan and recording of data, wait for about 10 minutes before you again stop the fan and record.
  • Page 47: Displaying Waveform

    8. Displaying Waveform You may see the decimated plots on the viewing waveform depending on the sampling frequency settings and/or the display time scale. This chapter describes "channel selection" window, "scaling change" slider, "Cursor Properties" area and "channels information "area. Channel selection Channel information...
  • Page 48: Select The Channel To Display

    8.1. Select the channel to display It is possible to select the waveform to be displayed in the waveform display area window of “channel selection". When you press down a small button "CH", which is called “channel selection” button, in the upper right corner the main window , The "channel selection window"...
  • Page 49: Unit Selection Buttons

    8.1.2. Unit Selection Buttons “Unit selection buttons” can be used for switching visible/non-visible of corresponding expansion unit with a single click. In the example blow, first expansion unit of channels (1-16ch) are non-visible. Unit Selection Button 8.1.3. All Channel Selection Button Select All Channel Button can be used for switching visible/non-visible of all channels with a single click.
  • Page 50: Auto Height Adjustment Button

    8.1.5. Auto Height Adjustment Button Auto Height Adjustment Button is used to automatically adjust the height of the waveform of each visible channel to display selected channels in the "waveform display area." However, this is by design to the height of the waveform has a minimum value, but it may not fit into all the channels in the "waveform display area"...
  • Page 51: Scaling Change Slider

    8.2. Scaling Change Slider Scaling change slider is the bottom right of the main window. View mode Scaling change slider Scale “Scale” is corresponding to the number of seconds from the left to the right of the” waveform display area”. (Red arrow below <->) The scale is 0.01 seconds in this example.
  • Page 52: Cursor Property

    8.3. Cursor property “C1” and “C2” are displayed at the top of waveform display area during STOP. The left edge is 0[sec] and the right edge is defined seconds by “scale” in the waveform display area, time positions of the "C2" and "C1" cursor are displayed. “C1-C2” is the time differences between 2 cursors.
  • Page 53: Channel Property

    8.4. Channel Property It is possible to change the display of the waveform display area for each channel. It is possible to display in engineering units by applying coefficient to a voltage that is input to the input connector. Using the engineering unit and “OFFSET” affects to not only waveform but also Bar graph and Digital displaying.
  • Page 54: Offset

    Correspondence table of “System and each channel” window It will be changed in the same value if you change the other one. Channel Property Item of system and each channel Pre-conversion vale Engineering unit 1 Conversion Coefficient Engineering unit 2 Physical unit Unit offset...
  • Page 55: Display Range

    8.4.6. Display Range “Display Range” is used to change the display range of waveform. “Display Range” is used to change the display range of waveform. This is not meant to change the measured data and/or the physical value for converting. The specified value of “Display range”...
  • Page 56: Channel Information

    8.5. Channel Information Following figure shows what this areal shows. Channel Number Channel Name By dragging channel information area, changing display order and overlapping waveform are possible. 8.5.1. Changing to Display Channel Order If you want to move a waveform data of channel 4 to between channel 2 and 3, drag information area of channel 4 and move to between channel 2 and 3 (red double line appears) and drop.
  • Page 57: Overlapping Waveforms

    8.5.2. Overlapping Waveforms If you want to see waveform data overlapping channel 3 and 4, drag information area of channel 4 and move to channel 3 (red frame appears) and drop. In case of overlapping waveform, [Quit Overlapping], [Waveform color] and [Channel select] buttons appear on channel information area which shows channel number and channel name.
  • Page 58: Sub Window

    9. Sub window 9.1. Bar Display If you click on the Bar Display in the tool bar, a bar graph will appear. A bar graph can display up to 16 channels (equivalent to an expansion unit). For the 32-channel and 64-channel models, 2 bar graphs and 4 bar graphs will be displayed respectively. Red-zone adjustment slider Unit select button Peak-hold reset button...
  • Page 59: Red-Zone Adjustment Slider

    9.1.3. Red-zone adjustment slider You can adjust the red-zone level with this slider. Please use this function for reference purpose only. Red-zone adjustment slider Bar graph arrangement button 9.1.4. Bar graph Arrangement button Click on the Bar Graph Arrangement button to select the arrangement from either one line or two lines.
  • Page 60: Digital Display

    9.2. Digital display Click on the “Digital Display” in the tool bar to digitally display the instantaneous value of each channel. Up to 8 channels can be displayed simultaneously. Values are converted and displayed according to the physical quantity conversion and unit set in the System and Each Channel or Channel Property.
  • Page 61 The window size is automatically adjusted according to the number of channel. Below figure shows the window for 16 channels.
  • Page 62: Header Information

    9.4. Header Information The header file of TAFFmat currently being reproduced is displayed if the Header File Information on the tool bar is selected while being in the VIEW mode.
  • Page 63: Irig/Gps

    9.5. IRIG/GPS Display IRIG/GPS information obtained. 9.5.1. In case of REC mode Please refer to the below table for IRIG/GPS information (9.5 IRIG/GPS Information) when Data recording (5.3.3 IRIG/GPS Group) is ON or OFF in REC mode. Data Operational mode recording STOP REC STANDBY...
  • Page 64: In Case Of View Mode

    9.5.2. In case of VIEW mode In the case of VIEW mode, IRIG/GPS information is displayed as shown below. Operational mode PAUSE PLAY No information will IRIG/GPS information is obtained from the be shown. data on ch1. The information is displayed. The number of satellite will not be shown.
  • Page 65: Synchronization

    WX Navi must be run on the another PC. As mentioned in previous section, only one WX Navi can be run on a PC. If multiple WX Navi software is run on a PC and connected with the Master and Slave unit, operation is not guaranteed.
  • Page 66: Connection Check

    Start WX Navi and two WX-7000 recorders will be detected. And then WX Network dialog will show up. Click on the Connect check button and WX Navi will start searching for a WX-7000 in master mode and then issue the connection check commands to it.
  • Page 67: Connecting Wx Navi

    In the WX Network dialog, check the checkbox for the WX-7000 which you would like to connect to WX Navi and then click on OK button. If you have multiple PC’s, it is prohibited to connect the WX-7000 with other PC while the connection check is being performed.
  • Page 68: Synchronized Recording

    Step 1 Switch from VIEW mode to REC mode. If WX Navi is in VIEW mode (refer to section 3.2 Mode of WX Navi), please switch to REC mode. You can ignore this step if WX Navi is already in REC mode.
  • Page 69: Step 3 System/Channel Settings On Each Wx-7000

    Time adjustment function will not work on the Slave unit.  Step 4 Close all setting dialogs Make sure that all setting dialogs (recording file, system and each channel, etc.) of all WX Navi are closed. Step 5 Start synchronized recording on Master unit REC standby and start/stop recording are controlled on the Master unit.
  • Page 70: Synchronized Playback

    10.5. Synchronized playback When playing back in synchronization mode, please follow the step 1 to 5 described below. It is prohibited to operate multiple units at the same time. Each unit needs to be operated one by one. Step 1 Select playback mode and file on Slave unit First, select the playback mode on the Slave unit, and then select the file to be played.
  • Page 71: Step 3 Control Play/Stop On Master Unit

    Master unit. Step 4 Switch from VIEW mode to REC mode on the Slave unit Click on the REC button of the WX Navi being connected to the Slave unit to switch back to REC mode, if you already finished playback.
  • Page 72 Copyright © 2013 TEAC Corporation. All rights reserved. TEAC CORPORATION 1-47 Ochiai, Tama-shi, Tokyo 206-8530, Japan TEAC AMERICA, INC. 7733 Telegraph Road, Montebello, California 90640, U.S.A. TEAC EUROPE GmbH Bahnstraße 12, D65205 Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Germany...

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