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Dash 4u Recorder 

 

QUICK START GUIDE 

 

Supports Recorder System Software Version 11.8 

 

 
 

1.

 

INTRODUCTION 

 

2.

 

GETTING STARTED 

 

3.

 

FRONT PANEL CONTROLS 

 

4.

 

REAL-TIME RECORDING FUNCTIONS 

 

5.

 

SETTING UP CHARTS AND GRIDS 

 

6.

 

AMPLIFIER SETTINGS 

 

7.

 

DATA CAPTURE 

 

8.

 

DATA REVIEW 

 

9.

 

SAMPLE EXERCISES 

 

 
 

Astro-Med, Inc. 

Astro-Med Industrial Park,  600 East Greenwich Ave.  West Warwick, RI 02893 

Toll-Free Phone:  800-343-4039  Phone:  401-828-4000  Fax:  401-822-2430 

email:  [email protected] 

Summary of Contents for Dash 4u

Page 1: ...PANEL CONTROLS 4 REAL TIME RECORDING FUNCTIONS 5 SETTING UP CHARTS AND GRIDS 6 AMPLIFIER SETTINGS 7 DATA CAPTURE 8 DATA REVIEW 9 SAMPLE EXERCISES Astro Med Inc Astro Med Industrial Park 600 East Green...

Page 2: ...not supplied with the Dash 4u There are two physical input sections for each channel You must only use one physical connection at a time For the differential DC Bridge and temperature amplifiers use t...

Page 3: ...paper speed data logger numeric speed select internal or external motor source the speed of the display normal or trend and to adjust the chart speed 2 AMP KEYS Six keys one each for the four signal...

Page 4: ...use is recording at the first selected chart speed utilizing waveform triggering to change to the second chart speed for a predetermined amount of time At that point the recorder will automatically sw...

Page 5: ...the right side of the front panel four keys for the four signal inputs and two keys for the two channels derived from the signal inputs When one of the four signal input channels is selected several...

Page 6: ...e placed SETUP DATA CAPTURE SYS SETUP DATA CAPTURE There are six parameters for setting up data capture SET SAMPLE RATE Use the encoder wheel to select how many samples per second you will take SET RE...

Page 7: ...ure record is complete several things can be done with the data It can be reviewed on the color display played back to the chart paper copied to the Zip disk or sent to a computer by ethernet SCREEN P...

Page 8: ...ed keys on front panel of Dash 4u Stop the chart paper RUN HALT Set Channel 1 to be 0 11 Volts FS AMP 1 ADVANCED CHANGE AMP TYPE The Dash 4u has five amplifier types SET TO SINGLE ENDED Select the sin...

Page 9: ...Turn encoder wheel until trigger window is 10 Set capture for one record SET OPERATION You can capture one record or re arm for more captures Turn encoder wheel for single capture Be sure auto trigger...

Page 10: ...or A is positioned just to the left of the trigger point dotted yellow line on the display t EXPAND ABOUT A The expansion is around where the cursor A is set Print the screen OUTPUT Use encoder wheel...

Page 11: ...HART 4 Set speed to 5 mm sec 5 SEC Common speeds have dedicated keys on front panel of Dash 4u Stop the chart paper RUN HALT Set Channel 1 to be 4 Volts FS AMP 1 ADVANCED CHANGE AMP TYPE The Dash 4u h...

Page 12: ...IGGER Win Placing the trigger at any point other than the start of the capture window will allow for pre trigger data to be captured Turn encoder wheel until trigger window is 20 Set capture for one r...

Page 13: ...n the display the trigger point dotted line CURSOR SELECT B Turn encoder wheel so cursor B is positioned just to the right of the trigger point dotted yellow line on the display Expand view around tri...

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