How to Set Up Your GX Series Microlog
System Settings
System Setup settings
Untriggered points (eg Accel,
Velocity, gE)
Triggered points (eg, RPM,
Phase, Orders, Time Sync
averaging)
Speed Measurement = RPM/Hz
Trigger = Automatic
Measurements can be taken
without any trigger signal.
No option to measure speed.
Trigger signal is required for data
to be taken.
Trigger level is automatically
calculated by device.
Speed value will be shown in
selected preference (Hz/RPM)
Speed Measurement = RPM/Hz
Trigger = User
Measurements can be taken
without any trigger signal.
User has option to turn on trigger
during measurement configuration
settings.
If trigger is set to Manual, then
speed is displayed in selected
preference (Hz/RPM).
If trigger is set to Off, then speed is
not measured and gets shown as
0.
Trigger signal is required for data
to be taken.
Trigger level needs to be manually
set by user.
Speed value will be shown in
selected preference (Hz/RPM)
Filter Entry – Stepwise
or
Free Entry
.
(Not applicable to the ROUTE module.) When
high / low pass filters are required for a module’s measurement setup, determines
whether the filter frequency parameter is entered from pre-defined options (i.e., from a
drop down list) or as numeric input (i.e., typed into a numeric entry field).
Stepwise –
Filter frequency parameter is selected from pre-defined options.
Free Entry -
Filter frequency parameter is typed into a numeric entry field.
Allows you to set a more precise filter parameter.
Trigger – User
or
Automatic
. Specify whether the trigger level is set automatically by
the Microlog, or by the user (during the setup of module measurements that require a
trigger
or, for ROUTE data collection, with
the
Instrument Configuration
screen’s
Trigger
settings).
Automatic
– The Microlog examines the trigger signal and automatically sets
the trigger level to the signal’s mid-point. This delays acquisition slightly, but
allows the unit to trigger from a variety of sources.
If set to
Automatic
, the
Analyzer
mode’s
User
/
Trigger Level
setting reads “Automatic” and cannot be set.
User
– The trigger level is set by user specified settings (either in appropriate
module setup menus or, for ROUTE data collection, from t
he
Instrument
Configuration
screen). Reference the following
Global Measurement
Settings
section for details.
Ext trig slope - +
or
-
. Set the trigger edge, ve for a rising edge, or –ve for a
falling edge.
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