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FTK100 FIELD TEST KIT

OPERATING MANUAL

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FTK100-OM

FTK100 FIELD TEST KIT

OPERATING MANUAL

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FTK100-OM

Aventech Research Inc.

110 Anne Street South, Unit 23

Barrie, Ontario, Canada L4N 2E3

Tel: (705) 722-4288

Fax: (705) 722-9077

Web:

www.aventech.com

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Page 1: ...NUAL Document P N FTK100 OM Aventech Research Inc 2013 All Rights Reserved FTK100 FIELD TEST KIT OPERATING MANUAL Document P N FTK100 OM Aventech Research Inc 110 Anne Street South Unit 23 Barrie Ontario Canada L4N 2E3 Tel 705 722 4288 Fax 705 722 9077 Web www aventech com ...

Page 2: ...ignature Function 08 01 2013 Bruce H Woodcock DE Checked Date Name Signature Function 08 01 2013 Bruce H Woodcock DE Approved Date Name Signature Function 08 01 2013 Bruce H Woodcock HD Customer Approval as required Date Name Signature Function Table of Functions CUST Customer DE Design Engineer HD Head of Design Engineering PM Production Manager QM Quality Manager ...

Page 3: ...ded below Aventech Research Inc 110 Anne Street South Unit 23 Barrie Ontario Canada L4N 2E3 Tel 705 722 4288 Fax 705 722 9077 E mail support aventech com Shipping costs to Aventech Research Inc are the responsibility of the end customer FOB Destination Aventech Research Inc assumes no risk for damage in transit Following warranty repair the product will be returned to Buyer transportation prepaid ...

Page 4: ...information contained herein Should Aventech Research Inc and the user have a separate written agreement with warranty terms covering the material in this document that conflict with these terms the warranty terms in the separate agreement shall control THIS WARRANTY IS BUYER S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPL...

Page 5: ...5 of 31 FTK100 FIELD TEST KIT OPERATING MANUAL Document P N FTK100 OM Aventech Research Inc 2013 All Rights Reserved RECORD OF REVISIONS Date Issue Page Paragraph Firmware Revision Comments 08 01 2013 1 00 All All Preliminary Draft ...

Page 6: ...13 Page 6 of 31 FTK100 FIELD TEST KIT OPERATING MANUAL Document P N FTK100 OM Aventech Research Inc 2013 All Rights Reserved FIRMWARE REVISIONS Date Firmware Revision Comments 08 01 2013 1 10 Firmware version initial release ...

Page 7: ...ration Fixture to the FTK100 12 2 5 Installing the Calibration Fixture 12 2 6 Installing the Interface Cable 13 2 7 Turning the Unit On 13 2 8 Resetting the Device 14 2 9 Turning the Device Off 14 3 0 Menu Features and Functions 15 3 1 Test 15 3 1 1 IBIT 16 3 1 2 CBIT 16 3 1 3 Pressure Test 17 3 1 4 Magnetic Sensor 18 3 1 5 Accelerometer 19 3 1 6 GPS 19 3 1 7 Thermistor 21 3 1 8 Humidity Sensor 22...

Page 8: ...IELD TEST KIT OPERATING MANUAL Document P N FTK100 OM Aventech Research Inc 2013 All Rights Reserved 3 3 1 Device Under Test DUT Firmware Update 28 3 3 2 FTK100 Firmware Update 29 4 0 Error Messages and Troubleshooting 30 5 0 Mechanical Drawing 31 ...

Page 9: ...h the FTK100 unit itself as well as the attached instrumentation Features of the FTK100 include 3 5 Colour QVGA 320 X 240 TFT Touch screen LCD display Intuitive easy to use menu driven operating system Integrated pump plenum and valve system for provision of test pressures High speed CAN AERO port for communication with the device under test One 15 psi pressure port for testing calibrating baromet...

Page 10: ...ems The first thing you will want to do is verify that you have received the following items with your Field Test Kit If anything is missing please contact your approved reseller or Aventech Research Inc directly One hand held FTK100 Field Test Kit control unit One Calibration Fixture Six lengths of plastic tubing One wall mount 12 8 VDC output power supply for charging battery This Operating Manu...

Page 11: ...KIT OPERATING MANUAL Document P N FTK100 OM Aventech Research Inc 2013 All Rights Reserved Figure 2 FTK100 Top Panel Features Figure 3 Integrated Stylus for use with LCD Touchscreen Figure 4 Typical Calibration Fixture Tubing Connections ARI320 Version Shown ...

Page 12: ...ilize 1 8 OD quick connect disconnect fittings to interface to the interconnecting pressure tubing To install the tubing simply insert it as far as possible into the fitting and it will lock in place To disconnect push down on the orange collar on the fitting and pull the tubing out Six lengths of 1 8 OD tubing will have been provided with your field test kit which should be installed between the ...

Page 13: ...tween the FTK100 and Device Under Test DUT 2 7 Turning the Unit On To begin a test both the DUT and the FTK100 have to be turned on in that order To power the FTK100 depress and release the power switch shown in Figure 1 As the unit boots up and runs its internal self tests the splash screen shown in Figure 5 below will appear showing the unit s current firmware version and build number manufactur...

Page 14: ...t hand corner Home button at the top left corner can be used to navigate to the main window from any other windows 2 8 Resetting the Device The device can be reset at any point by pressing and holding the on off button for more than five seconds and releasing it once the touch screen shuts down Note All test results will be erased once the device is reset 2 9 Turning the Device Off To shut down th...

Page 15: ...essing the Test button on the main menu the FTK100 will immediately connect with the DUT download and subsequently display the CAN AERO Node ID number serial number and firmware version of the DUT Figure 7 Connecting to DUT and Obtaining Probe Information The DUT Node ID Serial number and software ID data are displayed for three seconds after which the Test Menu is displayed Figure 8 Test Window ...

Page 16: ... the output includes text descriptions of each non zero bit occurring in the status word each representing a particular error condition Figure 9 Ibit Test 3 1 2 CBIT CBIT data is continuously generated by the DUT under normal operation The FTK100 sends a request at 1Hz to continuously receive and monitor the latest CBIT values being generated by the system Two different CBIT values will be output ...

Page 17: ...re 11 Pressure Test Layout After a 5 second settling period valves will be activated to introduce the test pressure to the AOA ALPHA pressure port The FTK100 will read the pressure data sensed by the DUT across the CAN AERO connection and record data from its own internal reference pressure sensor for a period of five seconds After this sampling period the valves are switched to disconnect the AOA...

Page 18: ...progresses through all stages Once the test is complete mean values are computed from the approximately 150 data points sampled during each stage of the test Mean values from the reference sensors the DUT and the differences between them are displayed in a tabular format Figure 12 Sample Pressure Test Results change the image static is wrong 3 1 4 Magnetic Sensor Magnetic sensor test results will ...

Page 19: ...show the raw data from roll x pitch y and yaw z accelerometers A 3D animation of each axis will also be displayed on the screen to compare the results with DUT s orientation Figure 14 Accelerometer Test Results change the image 3 1 6 GPS GPS test results show the location of the device under test such as latitude longitude and altitude In addition it also provides number of satellites that are use...

Page 20: ... corrections from an SBAS 19 Propagated by a Kalman filter without new observations 20 OmniSTAR VBS position 32 Floating L1 ambiguity solution 33 Floating ionospheric free ambiguity solution 34 Floating narrow lane ambiguity solution 48 Integer L1 ambiguity solution 49 Integer wide lane ambiguity solution 50 Integer narrow lane ambiguity solution 51 RTK status where the RTK filter is directly init...

Page 21: ...rom cold start 7 Height or velocity limits exceeded 8 Variance exceeds limits 9 Residuals are too large 10 Delta position is too large 11 Negative variance 12 Reserved 13 Large residuals make position unreliable 14 17 INS solution status values 18 When a FIX POSITION command is entered the receiver computes its own position and determines if the fixed position is valid 19 The fixed position entere...

Page 22: ...1 FTK100 FIELD TEST KIT OPERATING MANUAL Document P N FTK100 OM Aventech Research Inc 2013 All Rights Reserved Figure 16 Thermistor Test Results change the image 3 1 8 Humidity Sensor Figure 17 Humidity Sensor Test Results change the image ...

Page 23: ... using the keyboard that can be accessed by pressing the Yes button in the above dialog box The file name must contain less than nine characters The device will create a folder and name it as FTK100 if the folder already exists then it will select that folder to store all the test results Once the confirmation message is appeared the USB can be removed from the port Note Removing the USB while sto...

Page 24: ...Rev 1 00 Date 08 01 2013 Page 24 of 31 FTK100 FIELD TEST KIT OPERATING MANUAL Document P N FTK100 OM Aventech Research Inc 2013 All Rights Reserved Figure 19 Keyboard to Enter Log File Name ...

Page 25: ... 25 of 31 FTK100 FIELD TEST KIT OPERATING MANUAL Document P N FTK100 OM Aventech Research Inc 2013 All Rights Reserved 3 2 Settings Figure 20 Settings Window 3 2 1 Date and Time Sets the system date and time Figure 21 Date and Time ...

Page 26: ... TEST KIT OPERATING MANUAL Document P N FTK100 OM Aventech Research Inc 2013 All Rights Reserved 3 2 2 Brightness Sets the screen brightness Figure 22 Brightness 3 2 3 Screen Timeout Sets screen timeout 30 seconds to 30 minutes Figure 23 Screen Timeout ...

Page 27: ... 27 of 31 FTK100 FIELD TEST KIT OPERATING MANUAL Document P N FTK100 OM Aventech Research Inc 2013 All Rights Reserved 3 2 4 Default Settings Restores system default settings Figure 24 Dialog box to confirm the changes in settings ...

Page 28: ...the DUT firmware from a FLASH memory drive that is in the USB port For example to update the M320 firmware the firmware file has to be placed in the root not in any folders of USB drive When M320 FW Update icon is pressed a dialog box will give an option to soft start the DUT boot loader The DUT boot loader can be triggered to start firmware updating process by pressing the Yes button in the dialo...

Page 29: ...reen to show the status of the firmware updating process Once the updating process is done a confirmation message will ensure that the firmware is successfully updated Figure 27 Progress Bar Showing the Status of Firmware Update Process Note Do not change the name of the firmware file 3 3 2 FTK100 Firmware Update Updates the FTK100 firmware from a FLASH memory drive inserted in the USB port ...

Page 30: ...in a certain time limit Ensure proper CAN connection between DUT and FTK100 If there is any leakage inside the calibration fixture time out error will be displayed during the pressure test as the device can t obtain the pressure results within the time limit Gently push the calibration fixture further until all the O rings in the fixture are fully engaged with the boom Error in detecting USB Inser...

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