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3.5 After the desired acquisition parameters are selected, press “Create configuration File button”  

 

3.6 Safely eject the microSD from the slot 

 

4.

 

Insert the microSD card into the 4600A1 microSD card slot and, for normal operation, press the “Power” 
button. 
4.1 The firmware of the VibraCorder will verify the microSD card operation. The orange light of 

“HARDWARE CHECK/READY” LED will blink several times checking various parameters of the card, 
config file, and config file content. The orange light will stay blinking in accordance with the 
troubleshooting table in the Appendix A if any errors are detected. Otherwise, the green light on the 
“Recording” indicator shall lit.  The green light will stay lit until the user presses “Record” button if 
“Free run” or “Trigger on Time” modes are selected or will switch to blue immediately as the unit 
starts sampling waiting for event. 

Although, multiple types of cards might be acceptable for use 

with the VibraCorder, Dytran Instruments, Inc. recommends using MicroSDHC SanDisk Extreme 
type. 

 

5.

 

Press “Record” button to start recording if using “Free run” mode. 

 

5.1 The “RECORDING STATUS” LED will turn orange. 

5.2 Press “RECORD” button to stop recording. The file with the acceleration data shall be closed, the device 

will select next available file name and the device will return to the state described in 4.1 above. 

5.3 To start a new recording the user must press “Record” button again and the new file will be started. If 

the test is complete, the MicroSDHC card can be removed from the device. It is recommended to shut 

the power to the device before removing the card. 

6.   Insert the microSD card into PC and click on “READ VIBRACORDER DATA” tab.  

6.1 Press “READ SD CARD DATA” button and navigate to the data file using explorer window. Double click 

on the file. 

6.2 Each axis has a set of data manipulation buttons: “CURSOR HOME”, “TIME ZOOM”, “TO ANALYSIS”, and 

“AUTOSCALE”. These buttons can be utilized for data examination and event selection. 

6.3 Additional data files can be overlaid using “OVERLAY DATA” button. Once pressed, it will prompt the 

user to select additional data files. If one data file is greater than another, the missing data will be 

padded with 0s. “REMOVE DATA” button will remove the latest added data. 

6.4 If one particular event is selected using cursors on any axis, the other two axis data for the same time 

interval can be selected by the user using “ALIGN CURSOR TO X POSITION”, “ALIGN CURSOR TO Y 

POSITION”, or “ALIGN CURSOR TO Z POSITION”. 

6.5 Data snapshot can be taken in JPEG format for any axis using “SNAPSHOT” buttons. 

Summary of Contents for VibraCorder 4600A1

Page 1: ...r a n s d u c e r s a n d S y s t e m s 21592 Marilla St Chatsworth CA 91311 Phone 818 700 7818 www dytran com e mail info dytran com OG4600A1 REV A 05 24 2022 ECN 16050 OPERATING GUIDE 4600A1 IEPE VI...

Page 2: ...e Features 3 III Acronyms used in this manual 3 IV Minimum System Requirements 4 V Installation 4 VI Operation 5 VII Mechanical configuration and mounting 11 VIII Data recording considerations 12 IX S...

Page 3: ...roSD card Micro SDHC SanDisk Extreme with 32Gbytes data space is recommended Software Toolkit stored on supplied Micro SDHC 4600A1 is powered by a 3 7V rechargeable Li Po battery Micro USB charging ti...

Page 4: ...esktop or a Laptop x86 based personal computer Operating System Windows 7 8 10 32 bit CPU Intel i3 or better RAM 1 GB Hard Disk space 1 GB USB 2 0 Display Resolution 1280 780 V Installation 1 Run setu...

Page 5: ...ftware 3 Create configuration file this tab allows the creation of the configuration file for the data acquisition select the 4600A tab to enter the 4600A software When the software background is oran...

Page 6: ...riggering level to or if Any is selected the device will trigger if any of the channels cross the threshold Figure 4 Trigger channel selection selection allows the recording to start on a user selecte...

Page 7: ...ull file name contains 8 characters The first 4 are user selected if nothing is selected the generic word TEST is used The last 4 characters are the file counter 000 followed by extension TXT In this...

Page 8: ...TUS LED will turn orange 5 2 Press RECORD button to stop recording The file with the acceleration data shall be closed the device will select next available file name and the device will return to the...

Page 9: ...create a new one This feature allows data split between two files to be combined When Append is selected the new trace will be added at the end of the old trace When New is selected all the previousl...

Page 10: ...Same data set before and after oversampling with 32 000Hz frequency 7 6 TIME SYNCHRONOUS AVERAGE button shall perform time domain averaging on the set of data using a user entered RPM value The data...

Page 11: ...a to conventional file formats csv mat tdms uff and sqlite 8 1 User shall define the location of the file on the PC using the explorer 8 2 If EXPORT ALL RAW DATA is checked the software will export al...

Page 12: ...it reaches TEST 999 txt or the battery runs out In case the battery runs out earlier than TEST 999 txt file name is reached the VibraCorder will close the current acquisition file and shut itself dow...

Page 13: ...utton on the device while it s powered off and press the Power button 6 Once the user releases the Record button the terminal shall show the following menu Figure 13 Serial baud rate settings By follo...

Page 14: ...ed into Synchronous time on two or more MicroSD card the cards must be inserted into the devices intended to be synchronized and the steps outlined above must be performed on each device up until step...

Page 15: ...erence in internal oscillator characteristics the number of samples will drift apart with time To assure the simultaneous sampling the synchronization technique must be used To do that one of the unit...

Page 16: ...it will work exactly like the synchronization cable technique described above However when using optical synchronization for the simultaneous sampling one must remember that the optical simulations s...

Page 17: ...ture Figure 14 File structure The first 12 bytes of the header are reserved and shall be disregarded Bytes 12 thru 15 contain 4 user selectable characters for the file name Byte 16 contains Sampling r...

Page 18: ...and sensitivity information Master 0 Slave 1 selector used to designate master versus slave operation mode when used synchronously when SYNCH byte is set to 1 When SYNCH selector is at 0 the MASTER SL...

Page 19: ...ser may rent or lease the Software Neither the Software Licensee nor any Licensed User may modify reverse engineer decompile or disassemble the Software DISCLAIMER BY USING THE SOFTWARE YOU EXPRESSLY...

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