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- Page 2 Multi-Channel High Speed Data Acquisition Recorder QUICK START GUIDE Astro-Med, Incorporated: Test & Measurement Product Group Astro-Med Industrial Park, 600 East Greenwich Avenue, West Warwick, RI 02893 Toll-Free Phone: 877-867-9783 Fax: 401-822-2430 Email: techserv@astromed.com Part # 22834611-EN-E Version 2.0 Astro-Med, Inc. Test & Measurement Product Group...
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Page 3: Hardware Overview
The Dash-MX uses optional input boards to condition analog signals based on the user application. The Dash-MX channel sample rate and bandwidth are input board specific (listed in Table 1) and streamed directly to a high capacity 160 GB hard drive. -
Page 4: Getting Started
Connect Power to the Dash-MX: The Dash-MX can be powered by AC or DC voltage. If using AC Power, connect the AC power cord to the power inlet found on the top of the left side panel of the Dash-MX (when facing the touchscreen), then to an outlet. The Dash-MX has an auto-sensing power supply that operates from 100 –... - Page 5 Dash-MX screen Menu Bar: The menu bar, located across the top of the display, allows access to a group of drop-down menus. All Dash-MX modes and features are accessible from this menu. Options available from the menu bar will vary based on the mode of operation used.
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Page 6: Common Icons
Operations Manual: The Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) version of the manual is available in the Dash-MX for on- screen viewing. This softcopy manual can be viewed from any mode by selecting Help > Operations Manual from the drop- down menu. If you connect a keyboard, you can use the Search function for the manual. This will let you find every section in the manual about any subject, by entering one or more key words related to that subject. - Page 7 Icons to the Realtime and Review Control Panels. Not all the choices are available in every configuration, so if you do not see what you are looking for, it might only be available in another configuration (Scope, Realtime, or Review). Scope Control Panel Settings Astro-Med, Inc. Test & Measurement Product Group...
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Page 8: Channel Setup
Click on the Base Channels tab and click on A01: Channel #1 Channel Setup Note: Base Channels is where you will make most of your changes. Icon Span and Center adjustment keypads Astro-Med, Inc. Test & Measurement Product Group... - Page 9 In the exercises, every action needed is detailed in a step-by-step fashion to help you quickly become familiar with the operation of the Dash-MX Scope mode. The ACTION on the left-hand side describes what is to be done. The HOW TO section provides the detailed steps to take using the pull-down menus of the Menu Bar.
- Page 10 It will go from showing no letters to AB to A to B. You will notice that the active cursor letter block at the bottom of the screen will turn blue Astro-Med, Inc. Test & Measurement Product Group...
- Page 11 (+) beside Channel A01 and again on the (+) beside Peak to Peak. The Channel Type Information window should now display Peak-Peak voltage for Channel A01. Peak to Peak Measurement using Cursors and the Channel Information Window Astro-Med, Inc. Test & Measurement Product Group...
- Page 12 You can always bring the progress window back up by clicking on the Arm Icon again. Astro-Med, Inc. Test & Measurement Product Group...
- Page 13 Enter “1” into the Channels box and “0” into the Event box Press Apply Wizard Icon Set speed to 25 mm/sec Press the 25 mm/s Icon and the screen will scroll across at 25 mm/s 25 mm/s Icon Dash-MX Channel Settings Window Astro-Med, Inc. Test & Measurement Product Group...
- Page 14 Notice the actual 9V battery voltage. You will use this in the next section voltage to set your trigger level voltage. This concludes the A - Realtime monitoring of the 9V battery portion of this exercise. Astro-Med, Inc. Test & Measurement Product Group...
- Page 15 Click on Capture Settings Icon Capture Settings Icon Select capture of Highlight Waveform 1. Be sure the Status for Waveform 1 is Rate 1. If not, click on the Rate Channel 1 heading and select Rate 1. Astro-Med, Inc. Test & Measurement Product Group...
- Page 16 In the Automation Box, be sure that both the Auto Re-Arm & Auto Archive are not checked. At this point, your Capture Settings Window should look like the image above. Save and exit data capture Press Apply. setup This concludes the B - Data Capture setup portion of this exercise. Astro-Med, Inc. Test & Measurement Product Group...
- Page 17 Abort choices. Hit Apply. NOTE: It is important to leave the Manual Abort active. Otherwise, you would have to use the external connector to stop a capture, especially if Auto-Rearm is enabled. Astro-Med, Inc. Test & Measurement Product Group...
- Page 18 This is the initial 15 seconds only. A circular buffer will Arm Capture Icon keep overwriting itself until the trigger condition occurs. Then just the last 15 seconds will be saved as the Pre-Trigger data for this data capture. Astro-Med, Inc. Test & Measurement Product Group...
- Page 19 Capture Progress window (shown below) will now show Post-Trigger and it will take 15 seconds to finish the capture. The full screen will look like what is shown below. This concludes D, the Triggering portion of this exercise. Astro-Med, Inc. Test & Measurement Product Group...
- Page 20 Note: If you click too high and click one of the headings instead, it will sort the files You can re sort them by choosing the appropriate column heading for the order you would like them in. Astro-Med, Inc. Test & Measurement Product Group...
- Page 21 Continue to scroll and stop the display when you have reached the trigger point (Red vertical line) in the middle of the display. Scroll Icons Then Scroll to the end of this file. Astro-Med, Inc. Test & Measurement Product Group...
- Page 22 Click on Measurement Type near the top of the information window measurements you wish to You will have several choices and this screen shot shows just two of the see in this window. possibilities. For this exercise choose Average and Min-Max. Astro-Med, Inc. Test & Measurement Product Group...
- Page 23 This concludes E. The Review portion of this exercise. There are two hard drives in the Dash-MX. The first is the Windows (System) drive and the second is the data capture drive. During data capture, the data is always streamed to the data capture drive. Once the data capture is complete, the file can be reviewed on the Dash-MX and deleted or archived.
- Page 24 Browse Icon and select a location. If you have a USB Drive Browse Icon in the Dash-MX, you can choose D. If you want it to go to the System Drive, choose C:\DashMX\Data Capture. This is the folder where it should be stored, so you can see it as a choice when you click on the Open Data Capture Files button in the lower right hand corner of the Configuration >...
- Page 25 Use the pull down menu to select a file location and choose the Apply Icon on the Choose Archive Location window. You will only have a choice of C if you do not have a USB flash drive plugged into the Dash-MX. If you do, the USB flash drive will be drive D.
- Page 26 Amps instead of the 10 Volts it was set for before. (See below screen) If you find that you are getting much less than 1000 Amps, you can adjust the Span, so your signal is nearly full scale. Note: While you can change the Span to adjust to your actual Astro-Med, Inc. Test & Measurement Product Group...
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Page 27: Powering Down
14. POWERING DOWN When the power switch is set to the off position or if AC power is lost or removed, the Dash-MX 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. Note that the LED will either be a solid green or it may flicker.
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