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Page 1: ...ual Please read this manual before using the product and keep this manual handy TEAC Corporation INTEGRATED RECORDER May 2002 D00458510C Introduction Installation Basic Operation Menus Specifications...

Page 2: ...ot defeat the safety purpose of the polarized plug 12 Power Cord Protection Power supply cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed upon or against t...

Page 3: ...ing interference that may cause undesired operation TO THE USER This equipment has been tested and found to com ply with the limits for a Class A digital device pur suant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules T...

Page 4: ...w 3 13 The Bar Graph Window 3 14 Reproducing 3 15 Using the Remote Controller 3 18 Explanations of Menus The File Menu 3 22 The Edit Menu 3 25 The Setup Menu 3 26 The View Menu 3 35 The Window Menu 3...

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Page 6: ...Introduction 1 1 Overview 1 3 Features 1 4 About TAFFmat 1 6 Precautions 1 6 Name of Each Part 1 7...

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Page 8: ...gent Tape MO or PC card Whichever you choose after recording you can pass on the data to a PC via SCSI as well as record data directly to a PC s hard disk Of course if you choose an AIT drive after re...

Page 9: ...50 100 200 500 Hz and 1 2 5 10 20 50 100 200 2 5 12 5 and 25 kHz Notes The sampling frequencies are set slot by slot not channel by channel The total of sampling frequency x number of channels must n...

Page 10: ...media Sampling Frequency vs Recording Time Up to 32 channels Sampling frequency 200 kHz 100 kHz 50 kHz 20 kHz Waveform Manual start recording OK OK OK OK Level trigger recording OK OK Reproducing OK...

Page 11: ...henever a recording starts About TAFFmat abcde001 dat abcde002 dat abcde001 hdr abcde002 hdr Check whether the delivered product is exactly the one you ordered Although thorough quality control is imp...

Page 12: ...og signal of a selected chan nel during recording reproducing The monitored channel is selected by the software The output level is fixed to 5 V The output is filtered when the input filters of signal...

Page 13: ...r remote controller that has a color LCD by using a SCSI cable 6 DIGITAL CONTROL connector Used to input a digital control signal such as an IRIG B time code and external sampling clock 7 ER GXRC conn...

Page 14: ...into which an AC adaptor or battery pack is to be installed 2 Eject lever Push this lever when removing an inserted AC adaptor or battery pack The AC adaptor or battery pack pops out by the force of a...

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Page 16: ...2 1 Installing Amplifiers 2 3 Attaching the Handle 2 4 Adding the Expansion Unit 2 5 Preparing the Power Supply 2 6 Preparing a Personal Computer 2 7 About AIT Cartridge 2 8 About MO Disk 2 10 About...

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Page 18: ...You cannot remove the screws from the panel even after you loosen them 2 Insert the signal conditioner into the slot Insert the lower edge of the board into the guide rail Holding the signal conditio...

Page 19: ...th sides of the GX 1 Two from each side 2 Mount the handles with the provided screws and washers using the hexagonal wrench Torque 1 3 N m Attaching the Handles 4 1 3 2 3 2 1 CAUTION Hold both handles...

Page 20: ...er is sup plied when the power switch on the GX 1 main unit is turned on Specifications Signal conditioner slots 8 Power 11 to 30 V DC Internal AC adaptor separate adaptors for 100 V and 200 V Battery...

Page 21: ...ly quit recording If data is being recorded to the GX 1 s memory at this time transfer the data from memory to a removable medium or PC When the power supply voltage fur ther drops to 10 V or less the...

Page 22: ...uter Installing the Software To install the provided software GX Navi 1 Insert the installation disk into the drive of the PC 2 Run Setup exe on the installation disk The installer then starts 3 Follo...

Page 23: ...erform the Eject operation The AIT cartridge will be ejected 3 Take the AIT cartridge out of the GX 1 4 Close the door on the AIT drive Notes You cannot remove an AIT cartridge during recording or rea...

Page 24: ...he rotary head If the power is turned on after this the tape may jam on the rotary head and damage the head and tape Periodically clean the head The head will gradually get dirty Writing and reading c...

Page 25: ...ecified MO Disk Use 1 3 GB 3 5 inch MO disks manufactured by Fujitsu Limited Writing and reading cannot be guaranteed if any other MO is used The specified MO disks are not formatted On inserting an u...

Page 26: ...Otherwise the data recorded on that PC card might become unreadable About PC Card Use Specified PC Card Use PCMCIA TYPE II flash ATA cards manufactured by HITACHI Writing and reading cannot be guaran...

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Page 28: ...GX Navi 3 1...

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Page 30: ...3 5 Recording to Memory Then Transferring to PC 3 6 Recording to Removable Medium 3 8 Copying from Removable Medium to a PC 3 10 The Waveform Display Window 3 11 The FFT Window 3 13 The Bar Graph Win...

Page 31: ...ucing the number of IDs is not displayed Selects the monitored channel Elapsed recording time Current time In reproducing this area displays the date and time when the recording was made Main toolbar...

Page 32: ...3 26 Misc setting Setup Misc p 3 31 Params setting Setup Params p 3 31 Select waveform display p 3 11 Click Rec Standby p 3 6 Click Start Click Stop Select waveform display p 3 11 Data transfer Edit C...

Page 33: ...s fer the data to the PC You can also use the function keys on the keyboard Stop F5 key Rec Standby F6 key Start F7 key Event F8 key Event Rec Standby Start Stop 2 Select the folder in the PC s hard d...

Page 34: ...the transfer of the next file not the file currently being transferred The following four files are created in the spec ified directory xxxxx001 dat xxxxx001 hdr xxxxx002 dat xxxxx002 hdr where xxxxx...

Page 35: ...tart button Recording starts and the Number of IDs area in the Status toolbar displays the number of the ID 001 000 2 NOTE The files are closed just before the ejection The files are not closed if the...

Page 36: ...tory xxxxx001 dat xxxxx001 hdr xxxxx002 dat xxxxx002 hdr where xxxxx is the entered filename NOTE Do not do the following operations during recording during REC STANDBY RECORDING or REC PAUSE as they...

Page 37: ...tion 6 Click OK The selected data files are transferred to the PC 2 When the data file is copied the paired header file is also copied at the same time 3 4 5 Browse directory Enter a new file name To...

Page 38: ...rectangle scrolls through the display In repro ducing only when stopped The range is all the data The left and right arrow buttons scroll through one second units Dragging the rectangle scrolls throug...

Page 39: ...3 3 OK 25 kHz 3 3 3 3 OK External 1 1 1 1 OK OK 4 OK 4 OK 4 OK 4 OK 4 OK 4 Time Axis for the Waveform Display and Sampling Frequency 1 These choices are displayed in the Time Scale drop down list but...

Page 40: ...or location is displayed on the left of the graph Select the FFT analysis win dow function in the far right of the status bar Selecting Guide on max automati cally moves the cursor to the maxi mum val...

Page 41: ...the FFT window to the Bar Graph window from the View menu choose Bar Graph or click the button The Bar Graph Window The indicator for the valid channel is green Holds the peak values on the plus side...

Page 42: ...ious ID effective during stop Stop When data in a removable medium is selected it takes some time until the display changes Operations at this display can be done in the same way as recording monitor...

Page 43: ...ducing and locates the the beginning of the data Click the Start button to restart reproducing 8 To reproduce another file in the same device or folder double click on the desired file on the PLAY tab...

Page 44: ...you cannot reproduce it by internal sampling When a voice memo was recorded in MIX mode reproduction at a select ed reproduction speed is possible and the voice is reproduced using the same timings a...

Page 45: ...turned on before or after you connect the remote controller Functions of Each Button ER GXRC REMOTE CONTROL UNIT START STOP REC STANDBY EVENT Puts system in the Record Standby status Starts recording...

Page 46: ...e power after a new AIT recording catalog information is already recorded Before calibrating the microphone input amp AR GXMC or zero balancing the strain input amp AR GXST you must first turn on the...

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Page 49: ...r however following functions are disabled to monitor waveform displays etc on the PC to monitor elapsed time to attach an event mark to establish recording standby status to operate with the remote c...

Page 50: ...T takes about 3 minutes You can enter a volume label using up to 8 characters Print Prints the contents of a Waveform Display window or FFT window When multiple windows are displayed first make active...

Page 51: ...lected the current time of the PC is printed 6 When the option Figure Number is selected you can print a figure name other than the header and footer In String enter the characters to be printed Selec...

Page 52: ...inter through the area that you want to enlarge the area will be highlighted Next choose the Zoom command to enlarge the display of that part You can also print the enlarged portion by choosing File a...

Page 53: ...c tor Be sure to supply the IRIG B time code signal when selecting ON If not supplied the unit will not enter Rec Standby status 3 Count In Count select the units for k kilo of the sampling frequency...

Page 54: ...playing back voices by choosing File and then Open However voice playback is stopped when the Start button is clicked The voice data is recorded in a WAVE file created in addition to a data file and a...

Page 55: ...used in conjunction with Trigger Rec which is explained next The possible pre trigger time depends on the amount of memory the sampling frequency and the number of channels Specify a value that does...

Page 56: ...the toolbar and con trol panel stops during recording or recording standby When the level trigger is set and the sampling frequency is 50 kHz do not select the trigger monitored channel for FFT displ...

Page 57: ...s IDs corresponding to the number of repetitions are recorded Interval is disabled in real time transfer Start Time Sets the date and time for the start of recording Rec Time Sets the recording period...

Page 58: ...GX 1 internal clock is matched to the PC clock Params Sets the recording parameters for each channel The slot in which a signal conditioner is not installed The AMP column displays the types of signa...

Page 59: ...ulti Sampling you can also set a 10 times the Base Sample Freq for each slot Select External for external sampling Notes on external sampling The value sampling frequency x number of channels must be...

Page 60: ...for each 2 channels When the sampling frequency of one channel is changed the sampling frequency for the other channel of the slot also changes Notes on Multi sampling The Base Sample Freq must be 20...

Page 61: ...hin four characters The units displayed on the left of the waveform graphs will be also changed to the units speci fied by this setting This setting is not saved You cannot change the units for the mi...

Page 62: ...his area displays the date and time when the recording was made Open Status Main Control Window You can also use the function keys on the keyboard Stop F5 key Rec Standby F6 key Start F7 key Event F8...

Page 63: ...en the PLAY tab is active The maximum sampling frequency is 100 kHz Control Panel Displays the Control Panel The Control Panel enables you to control recording reproducing and to monitor activities Cu...

Page 64: ...ta tus trigger settings is dis played The PLAY tab becomes active in the reproduction mode The files recorded in the device specified for reproducing are listed The currently opened file is shown in b...

Page 65: ...indows are placed above and below each other Tile Vertical When multiple windows are open this menu command displays the windows in a tiled format in which the windows are placed to the left and right...

Page 66: ...sampling frequency the higher frequency in multi sampling is higher than 50 kHz or when you sweep the external sampling clock 1 From the Setup menu choose Params and click Auto Range The box below ap...

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Page 70: ...Specifications 4 3 Specifications for the GX 1 Main Unit 4 4 Block Diagram 4 5 File Formats 4 6 Connector Specifications 4 11 External Dimensions 4 12...

Page 71: ...0 V 180 to 260 V 50 to 400 Hz Battery option Power consumption Approx 45 W DC power supply w 8 DC input amps w o drive Approx 75 W Using AC adaptor w 8 DC input amps w o drive Operating temperature 0...

Page 72: ...og output DIMM EDO SCSI I F for drive MPU RAM ROM BUS Buffer AIT or MO Drive PC Card Recording Device Expansion Unit DSP Monitor D A MONITOR OUT Digital I F Ext sampling clock IRIG Time code Memo A D...

Page 73: ...recording after a STOP If then the data file of the same name already exists it is overwritten If the data file of the same name already exists when recording on the removable medium the data files ar...

Page 74: ...ch 3 ch 4 ch 5 ch 6 ch 3 ch 4 ch 5 ch 6 ch 3 ch 4 ch 5 ch 6 ch 3 ch 4 ch 5 ch 6 ch 3 ch 4 ch 5 ch 6 ch 3 ch 4 ch 5 ch 6 ch 3 ch 4 ch 5 ch 6 ch 3 ch 4 ch 5 ch 6 ch 1 ch 2 ch 3 ch 4 ch 5 ch 6 ch 7 ch 8...

Page 75: ...4 1 kHz for channels 5 and 6 10 kHz for channels 7 and 8 with voice data recorded in MIX mode ch 1 ch 2 ch 3 ch 4 ch 3 ch 4 ch 3 ch 4 ch 3 ch 4 ch 3 ch 4 ch 3 ch 4 ch 3 ch 4 ch 3 ch 4 ch 3 ch 4 ch 3 c...

Page 76: ...on Example of Header File DATASET GX100001 VERSION 1 SERIES CH3_AR GXDC CH4_AR GXDC CH9_AR GXDC CH10_AR GXDC MEMO DATE 02 02 2000 TIME 15 52 17 00 RATE 5000 VERT_UNITS V V V V V HORZ_UNITS Sec COMMENT...

Page 77: ...gger mode Y_OFFSET Offset for physical value conversion 0 0 is appended when voice memo is recorded in the MIX mode NUM_SAMPS Number of sampled data per channel DATA Indicates that the following infor...

Page 78: ...CLK External sampling clock TTL I 19 33 Not used 34 36 GND Note TTL input pulled up by 4 7 k External sampling clock specifications High level 3 3 to 5 0 V Low level 0 to 0 8 V Rise time tr 500 ns or...

Page 79: ...Specifications 4 12 External Dimensions Unit mm 300 85 200...

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Page 82: ...GXMC 4 18 Dynamic Strain Input Amp AR GXST 4 22 Thermocouple Input Amp AR GXTCK J 4 26 F V Input Amp AR GXFV 4 28 Charge Amp AR GXCH 4 30 Pulse Input Amp AR GXPC 4 32 DC ICP Input Amp AR GXPA 4 34 Dig...

Page 83: ...iasing the cutoff frequency must be set to 50 or less of the sampling frequency Digital Filter The digital filter using a DSP can attenuate from 40 of the set sam pling frequency The digital filter is...

Page 84: ...ox 2 16 W Input connector BNC Settings The following dialog box appears when you choose Setup and Params and then double click the channel that you want to set Channel Select ENABLE to record with thi...

Page 85: ...prevent aliasing with that cutoff fre quency automatically determined when the sampling frequency is selected The filter is an 8th order Butterworth filter with an attenua tion ratio of 48 dB oct The...

Page 86: ...t to record with this channel Range Select the input range Sample Frequency You can select 10 times the Base Sample Freq when you turn on Multi Sampling check box Channel Name You can name the channel...

Page 87: ...0 mV Pa After calibra tion the display shows the value that is inversely proportion al to the actual sensitivity of the microphone that includes the amp and cable When using a high sensitivity microph...

Page 88: ...value of the header file To convert an AD value to the instantaneous sound pressure value in Pa units use the following formula Instantaneous sound pressure Pa AD conversion value x SLOPE To express t...

Page 89: ...e change e by a strain becomes So because the strain quantity and output voltage are numerically the same making the situation easy to under stand a excitation voltage of 2 V is often used For example...

Page 90: ...l at sampling frequencies of 200 kHz 100 kHz and 50 kHz Calibration Gain self calibration using a DSP is performed whenever power is turned on and whenever the input range or the sampling frequency is...

Page 91: ...k 5 k 24 kHz 3 dB at the cutoff frequencies 5 dB at 24 kHz Attenuation 48 dB oct Butterworth A D converter 16 bit Sampling frequency 1 Hz to 200 kHz Power consumption Approx 3 4 W Input connector HR2...

Page 92: ...able both channels of a slot Filter cutoff frequency is set slot by slot not channel by channel Channel Select IN to record with this channel or select DISABLE not to record with this channel Range Se...

Page 93: ...s 50 C So to obtain the temperature C you do not just multiply the SLOPE value by the AD value you also add the Y_OFFSET value For example if you use the AR GXTCK to measure in a range of 1200 C the A...

Page 94: ...rox 1 2 W Input connector GIM K1 AR GXTCK from Omega GIM J1 AR GXTCJ from Omega Settings The following dialog box appears when you choose Setup and Params and then double click the channel that you wa...

Page 95: ...pulses are obtained for one revolution set the frequency division ratio to 4 and use Change Unit to set 1 Hz 60 rpm Processing will then be done in rpm units In such a case if the frequency division r...

Page 96: ...ge 1 to 255 This setting will be reflected to SLOPE in the header file Channel Name You can name the channel Use up to 16 alphanumeric characters Moving Average Select the number of samples for the mo...

Page 97: ...e recorded data is also in G units If you want to record in m s2 units use Change Unit in GX Navi to specify 1 G 9 81 m s2 Filters Analog Filter The analog filter is an 8th order Butterworth low pass...

Page 98: ...rox 2 16 W Input connector MICRO DOT 10 32UNF At temperatures of 23 C 5 C Settings The following dialog box appears when you choose Setup and Params and then double click the channel that you want to...

Page 99: ...R GXFV the AR GXPC has a division function for counting a large number of items You use Divide Rate to specify this function Like the AR GXFV use Change Unit when you want to process in rpm In this si...

Page 100: ...mat Insulated by photocoupler Input voltage range 4 10 V 8 24 V 8 mA or more input current required Responsive frequency 2 MHz max Sampling frequency 1 Hz to 200 kHz Counting method Division rate 1 1...

Page 101: ...situation to record in G units use Change Unit to specify 0 0101 V 1 G and to record in m s2 units use Change Unit to specify 0 0101 V 9 81 m s2 Filters Analog Filter The analog filter is an 8th order...

Page 102: ...e click the channel that you want to set Channel Select ENABLE to record with this channel or select DIS ABLE not to record with this channel Range Select the input range Sample Frequency You can sele...

Page 103: ...specify 1 0 1 0 mV However for conversion to an engineering quantity when digital sig nals such as BCD Binary Coded Decimal were input just processing of SLOPE and Y_OFFSET is not possible When using...

Page 104: ...DISABLE to disable this channel Sample Frequency You can select 10 times the Base Sample Freq when you turn on Multi Sampling check box Input Output Select whether to use this amp as an input recordi...

Page 105: ...ow If is selected the bit is ignored Select the channel that you want to set When multiple bits are set select whether to AND or OR them The value is displayed in hexadecimal Digital Input Trigger Set...

Page 106: ...100 k 100 k 200 k 200 k Unit Hz Relation between sampling frequency and IOSTB Input Output Timing at connector 5 V IOA1 16 IOB1 16 IOSTB 47 k 1 k 74LVC14 74HC05 74HC05 PLD min 100 nsec max 100 nsec mi...

Page 107: ...26 IOB8 B channel IO8 White 2 red dots 9 IOA9 A channel IO9 Yellow 2 black dots 27 IOB9 B channel IO9 Yellow 2 red dots 10 IOA10 A channel IO10 Pink 2 black dots 28 IOB10 B channel IO10 Pink 2 red dot...

Page 108: ...e click the channel that you want to set Analog Output Amp AR GXAO Output Range Select the output range Sample Frequency Determined by Base Sample Freq in Params menu Channel Name You can name the cha...

Page 109: ...a CAN bus only CAN at Recording Time Data monitor Hexadecimal display of the data length and data in ID units at recording time The display formats can be a fixed ID display of a specified ID only or...

Page 110: ...the Set Detail check box and click the Detail button See below CAN ID For the ID of the CAN data to be recorded select Standard or Extended Candb file When there is a CANdb file specify the file Can D...

Page 111: ...d If a value of 2 seconds or more is set for the Time Scale of the waveform display the display will not be refreshed So set a value of 1 second or less The CAN ID Dialog Box in Normal Mode The dialog...

Page 112: ...than 25 microseconds make the ITM time 25 microseconds 25 microseconds is the delay time output from the CAN con troller Sampling frequency 1 smallest frame time ITM time 4 Example When the CAN bus B...

Page 113: ...e value Default setting Meaning 0 Max bit cycle width 1 TQ SJW 1 Default Max bit cycle width 2 TQ 2 Max bit cycle width 3 TQ 3 Max bit cycle width 4 TQ BSP 1 Default 1 sampling point 3 3 sampling poin...

Page 114: ...K 16 OK OK OK OK OK OK OK NG Do not set for this value Do not set when the BRP value is 0 Converting Files Using GX AFC CAN GX AFC Advanced File Converter CAN is provided as a tool for reorganizing CA...

Page 115: ...lect ed CAN data label information will be displayed If you now click the Add button the name of the signal that is output is displayed in the Channel of original file list The maximum number of selec...

Page 116: ...Appendix 5 1 In Case of Trouble 5 3 Index 5 4 Supplied Accessories 5 5 Separately Purchasable Options 5 5...

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Page 118: ...ile may not be recovered 1 Wait for more than five minutes Do not attempt to eject the AIT 2 Quit the attached software and turn off the power of the GX 1 3 Remove one of the signal conditioners from...

Page 119: ...vent mark 1 4 3 6 4 10 Expansion unit 2 5 External sampling 3 32 4 11 Fan stop 3 31 FFT window 3 13 File format 4 6 File name 1 6 3 10 3 22 4 6 Header file 1 6 4 9 ID 1 6 3 22 4 6 Input range 3 32 IRI...

Page 120: ...Connector Ferrite core AR GXDC 0 2 AR GXMC 0 2 AR GXST 2 2 AR GXTCK J 2 2 AR GXFV 0 2 AR GXCH 0 2 AR GXPC 0 2 AR GXPA 0 2 AR GXAO 0 2 AR GXDIO 1 1 Expansion Unit AU GXEPIO AC power cable 1 3P 2P adap...

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