AMSY-6: System Specification
AMSY-6: System Specification
AMSY-6: System Specification
System Specification
Document released in April 2015
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Revision Record
Date Changes Name
04-2015 Added multiple pool groups AMSY-6_Spec_1504
This document:
• Explains the part codes used in AMSY-6 quotations and helps assembling modules to
complete system configurations
• Outlines specifications of the individual system components
Contents
1 Intended Use of AMSY-6 .................................................................................................. 4
2 Chassis .............................................................................................................................. 5
2.1 Sizes and weights ........................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Power supply .................................................................................................................. 6
2.3 Power consumption ........................................................................................................ 6
2.4 Environmental conditions ................................................................................................ 6
2.5 Front panel chassis interfaces ........................................................................................ 7
2.5.1 AE-enable / TR-enable switches ............................................................................ 7
2.5.2 Parametric input channels ..................................................................................... 7
2.5.3 LEDs ...................................................................................................................... 8
2.5.4 Speaker .................................................................................................................. 8
2.6 Rear panel chassis interfaces......................................................................................... 9
2.6.1 Externals Connector............................................................................................... 9
2.6.2 Alarm Connector .................................................................................................. 10
2.6.3 Audio Jack ............................................................................................................ 11
2.6.4 Address Selector .................................................................................................. 11
2.6.5 Next - / Previous Port ........................................................................................... 11
2.6.6 USB Interface ....................................................................................................... 12
2.6.7 Pulse Out ............................................................................................................. 12
2.6.8 Power on/off switch .............................................................................................. 12
3 ASIP-2 .............................................................................................................................. 13
3.1 ASIP-2/A features ......................................................................................................... 17
3.2 Options for ASIP-2 ........................................................................................................ 18
4 Preamplifiers ................................................................................................................... 19
5 Sensors ............................................................................................................................ 19
6 Accessories: cables, magnet holders, etc ................................................................... 19
7 External PC and supported Operating Systems (OS) ................................................. 19
8 Vallen AE-Suite Software ............................................................................................... 20
9 Standard compliance...................................................................................................... 24
10 Warranty Conditions....................................................................................................... 24
11 End User License Agreement (EULA)........................................................................... 25
12 Regulations concerning redemption and disposal of AMSY-6 systems .................. 26
13 Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) ............................................................. 26
2 Chassis
The chassis holds the acoustic signal processors (ASIP-2), parametric channels, control panel
and various interfaces described in the subsequent sections.
Up to 8 chassis can be interconnected in a multi chassis setup. The chassis with the lowest
address setting acts as master chassis. All other chassis are considered slave chassis.
Chassis` are available in a standalone version, abbreviated MBx or EB21 and a rack mountable
version abbreviated MR19 or ER19.
Figure 2: MB2, MB6 and MB19 chassis with 4, 12 and 38 AE-channels, respectively.
A chassis is available in different sizes identified by the chassis codes.
Chassis Size in cm (width x height x depth) Max. AE-channel Weight in kg
Code number
MB2 10.5 x 15 x 40.5 4 3.4
MB6 27 x 17 x 39 12 5.8
MB19 48 x 17 x 51 38 10.4
MR19 48.3 x 17.7 x 52 (4HE 84TE) 38 10.0
Additional information for rack mountable chassis types MR19 and ER21:
Chassis types MR19 and ER21 are intended for horizontal mounting in 19'' racks. For easy
mounting and stability reasons slides/rails in the rack must be used (not part of chassis
delivery). The chassis is placed on this rail and fixed with front screws.
The rack must be open at front and rear to allow for free flow of cooling air.
The power switch at the rear of the chassis must be accessible.
The chassis needs a height of 4 rack units (177,8 mm), a width of 84 pitch units (426,7 mm) and
a depth of 506 mm.
We recommend to consider 1-2 additional rack units as free cable place in case you want to run
the cables to the preamplifiers from the front connectors to the rear.
Figure 3: Front side of MB2 with front panel elements: ASIP-2 (chapter 3), AE-enable and TR-
enable switch (2.5.1) and parametric input channels (2.5.2).
Note:
The shield potential shall be connected to a low impedance reference potential at source side.
2.5.3 LEDs
2.5.4 Speaker
Internal speaker for audio output of frequency filtered AE signal of all audio selected AE
channels (see chapter 3 section Mechanical properties).
An internal speaker is only available in chassis MB6 (front speaker), MB19 and MR19 (rear
speaker, front speaker is optional) or EB21 and ER21 (rear speaker, front speaker is optional).
Figure 5: Rear side of MB2 with back panel elements: grounding post, power on/off switch
(2.6.8), power inlet (2.2), alarm connector (2.6.2), externals connector (2.6.1), USB
interface (2.6.6), audio jack (2.6.3), previous/next port (2.6.5), pulse out (2.6.7) and
address selector (2.6.4).
Notes:
• Pin 1, 9: Bidirectional open drain signals with 10kOhm pull-ups to +5V. Shall be driven to
ground only.
• Pin 10: Output of signal. No external voltage shall be applied at this pin.
• Pin 8, 11 to 15: TTL input signals with 10kOhm pull-ups to +5V.
• All signals are protected against electrostatic discharge transients up to 15kV (human body
model)
• PCTD: current value of digital counter is stored with parametric data set. Parametric data
sets are usually stored asynchronous to PCTD-clock. Last value of PCTD might not be
stored when PCTR-reset is detected before next parametric data set is stored.
WARNING:
Voltages between 0 and +5V against GND (pins 2 to 7) are allowed at TTL input signal pins (#8,
#11 to #15) when the unit is powered and switched on.
Note:
The Externals connector should be used in a master chassis only. The signals are undefined in
a slave chassis
Notes:
• Pin 6 to 9: Bidirectional open drain signals with 10kOhm pull-ups to 5V.
• All signals are protected against electrostatic discharge transients of up to 15kV (human
body model)
Note:
Alarm connector should be used in a master chassis only. In a slave chassis the outputs are
undefined and inputs control only corresponding LEDs without further effect.
WARNING:
Do not use TS type connector (mono), a headphone or active speaker!
In a multi chassis setup the AMSY-6 is made up of multiple chassis connected together in a
chain via the Next-/Previous Port jack for time synchronization.
Note:
The 5V line of the USB is not used, so no USB power is required.
Note:
In a multi chassis setup each chassis has to be connected to USB port(s) of PC for data
transfer. If PC does not offer enough USB ports a USB-hub can be used.
Figure 6: ASIP-2 with front panel elements: audio select switch, LEDs and BNC connectors
ASIP-2 is a dual channel AE-signal processor board which can be mounted in any of the
chassis. Each ASIP-2 board and each channel on the board is processing data independent of
each other. There are two versions of the ASIP-2:
• ASIP-2/S: standard version or
• ASIP-2/A: advanced version.
Both ASIP-2 versions can be used simultaneously within the same chassis. Following tables
describe ASIP-2/S.
Mechanical properties
Mechanical properties Description
Dimensions Eurocard plug-in 100mm x 280 mm
Weight 0.32kg
Connectors 2x BNC, input impedance: 50Ω or 100kΩ
Flip switch Toggles audio on/off (one position per channel)
Front panel LEDs LEDs indicating threshold crossing, preamplifier saturation,
preamplifier connected, DC-output overload, AC/DC input
mode, pulsing mode, audio-selection (makes AE signal
audible).
Transient recording (TR) Each ASIP-2 can house one transient recorder storage
memory module of type TR-2/xxMB (see section 3.2) to store
waveforms in parallel to the classical AE features per
channel.
Hit assembly
Hit assembly parameters Description
Threshold Software selectable for each AE-channel individually. Fixed
or floating threshold.
Duration discrimination time A time setting used for discriminating hits
(DDT)
Rearm time (RAT) A timer setting used for discrimination hit cascades
Feature extraction
Dual core feature extractor with loadable firmware for optimum flexibility.
Hit processing Description
Sampling rate 10MHz
Arrival time resolution 100ns
Arrival time bit width 63bit
Peak amplitude resolution Max (0.375dB, 76.3µV/Gain)
Threshold resolution Max (0.375dB, 76.3µV/Gain)
Rise time resolution Max (200ns, 0.025%)
Duration resolution Max (200ns, 0.025%)
Ring down count resolution 16bit
1
Hit cascade features Number of cascaded hits, cascaded counts, cascaded
energy and cascaded signal strength of the complete hit
1
cascade .
Maximum number of hits in a hit cascade: 127
Hit flags Hit flags indicating a time-out-hit, artificially started hit, hits
because of pulses (active and passive), saturation of ADC
1
Hit cascade: A hit cascade consists of hits that follow each other within an interval less than the rearm
time (RAT). Features of a hit cascade are number of hits, sum of ring down counts and sum of energy of
hits in a cascade. These features are part of the data set generated with the first hit of a cascade.
Hit time-outs
A hit is artificially terminated after about 100ms. An artificial hit is started automatically after a hit
is timed-out. A hit that is timed-out and thus terminated is assigned a “time-out” hit flag. A hit
that is artificially started is assigned an “artificially started” hit flag.
Status data
Status data is generated per time interval. The time interval is software selectable. Following
status data is generated:
• RMSS: RMS at the time of the generation of a status data set. RMS is calculated exclusive
AE-signals that are part of hits.
• ENYS: True Energy cumulated between two status data sets
• SSS: Signal strength cumulated between two status data sets
• THRS: threshold at the time of the generation of a status data set
Examples
DigBP-2/95-300 means digital bandpass 95-300kHz,
DigBP-2/25-1420 means digital bandpass 25-1420kHz
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For these high-pass filters the switch on the analog filter shall be “ON” (for 1.6kHz high-pass),
otherwise “OFF” (for 18kHz high-pass). Signal processing of frequencies below 12 kHz needs
input mode “AC@100K” (no DC supply for preamplifier possible).
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* These filters are of 4 order running at 40MHz.
5 Sensors
For information about sensors please see separate
specification “Acoustic Emission Sensors” (available on
www.vallen.de, on the Vallen AE Suite CD ROM, or from
[email protected])
Note:
The APIs (Application programming interface) we provide for our software are compiled in 32 bit
only. Therefore, a program which uses an API has to be compiled in 32 bit, too. For example if
another program (e.g. Excel or Matlab) shall interact with e.g. Alarm Manager or Acquisition via
an API, it must be a 32 bit version.
We provide following APIs:
• AcqCmdAPI to control acquisition e.g. by a batch file.
• Alarm manager’s external action to execute an external program or script
triggered by a warning or an alarm.
• XTR (option) to read waveform data from TR-file.
If these APIs are not used, then Vallen AE-Suite software can be installed on a 64bit OS.
Verification software
Option Code Description
VSTSW Vallen sensor tester software
SysVeri semi-automated verification of AE-system, ASIP-2 and ASIPP.
10 Warranty Conditions
The warranty period is two years from the date of its delivery for AMSY-6 hardware and for
software. This warranty does not cover the repair of any damage to the products generated by
accident or improper handling. For warranty conditions for consumables such as sensors and
cables see our documents “AE Sensor Overview” and “Accessories for AE Systems”.
We warrant that the goods as delivered will conform to the given specifications. We do not
warrant that software is totally free from errors (See the End User License Agreement
hereafter). If notified during the warranty period that the delivered AMSY-6 system contains
defects such it does not conform to the specifications, we will make it operate as specified by
providing replacement parts or software updates as determined by us, free of costs, and within
a reasonable time. If transportation should become necessary, the customer has to provide the
permits for export and re-import of replacement parts and bear the costs of transportation.
Except as expressed before, we disclaim all other warranties. We shall not be liable for any
direct, indirect, consequential or incidental damage arising out of the use or inability to use of
the delivered system. We reserve the right to charge for any efforts taken to remedy any
incorrect or user-altered PC configurations or other problems for which we are not responsible.
Equipment labeled with the symbol shown left must be disposed separately from
unsorted municipal waste within the European Union.