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CBA WIN Software |
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| TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION |
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The
Windows version makes your job easier! |
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| System requirements | |||||||||||||
| Operating system : | Windows 95, 98, NT4, Me, 2000, XP | ||||||||||||
| Recommended microprocessor : | Pentium | ||||||||||||
| Recommended memory : | 32 Mo | ||||||||||||
| Graphics resolution : | VGA or better | ||||||||||||
| Features
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| Basic
features |
Advanced features: | ||||||||||||
| 1. Defining test conditions | 1. User-configurable tabular reports | ||||||||||||
| 2. Test information | 2. Reports generated in any language | ||||||||||||
| 3. Instant color graphics reports for viewing and analysis | 3. User-configurable graphics reports | ||||||||||||
| 4. Export of recorded and calculated data | 4. Calculation functions (speed, travel, overtravel, rebound, etc.) | ||||||||||||
| 5. Tabular reports results | 5. Repetitive testing capability (Batch testing) | ||||||||||||
| 6. Typical calculation parameters | 6. Mathematical processing of the results (i.e. viewing the derivative of a displacement signal) | ||||||||||||
| 7. Pass/fail comparison | |||||||||||||
| Test functions: |
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| Capabilities | |||||||||||||
| Number of tests |
30 | ||||||||||||
| Graphics reports |
Instantaneous | ||||||||||||
| Graphic pages per test |
10 | ||||||||||||
| Viewable signals per graphic page |
30 | ||||||||||||
| Calculation functions |
More than 40 | ||||||||||||
| Dynamic variables per test plan |
8640 | ||||||||||||
| Static variables |
2500 | ||||||||||||
| Sampling time |
32 to 32,000 µs | ||||||||||||
| Output pulse durations |
1 to 999 ms, in 1 ms steps | ||||||||||||
| Available graphic tools |
Zoom, Examine, Scale | ||||||||||||
| Graphic tools use |
Easy | ||||||||||||
| Viewing of contact rebound |
Easy | ||||||||||||
| Graphic printing |
Color* | ||||||||||||
| Graphics export |
BMP format | ||||||||||||
| Tabular report export |
Text and HTML | ||||||||||||
| Data export |
Raw and scaled | ||||||||||||
| Reports copied to Windows Clipboard |
Graphic and tabular | ||||||||||||
| Languages available in the software |
English, French, Spanish | ||||||||||||
| Languages available in the tabular reports |
All | ||||||||||||
| Help and manual |
Online and printed | ||||||||||||
| Keyboard |
Yes | ||||||||||||
| Mouse |
Yes | ||||||||||||
| Monitoring |
Projected | ||||||||||||
| External Trig |
Projected | ||||||||||||
| Self-powered RS-232 fiber optic module |
Yes | ||||||||||||
| Repetitive (Batch) testing |
Yes | ||||||||||||
| *= on color printers | |||||||||||||
| Simple Graphic Environment | |||||||||||||
| The Windows work environment makes the software more user-friendly. Thus, the most-used features are available with a simple click in the button bar. | |||||||||||||
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| The execution of tests becomes a simple procedure in four easy steps: | |||||||||||||
| 1. Loading or creation of a test plan file appropriate for the breaker under test; | |||||||||||||
| 2. Execution of up to 30 types of tests, including Close, Open, C-O, O-C-O, etc.; | |||||||||||||
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Observation of results on screen or in hard copy; |
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| 4. Immediate analysis on the color graphics screen or recording of data in a file for later analysis. | |||||||||||||
| Defining
test conditions |
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| To have a test plan, one may either use the default test plan, loaded on software startup, or one may load an existing, predefined test plan, or create a custom test plan that fills the particular needs of the task at hand. | |||||||||||||
| The process of defining a test with CBA Win© is both simple and complete. All the conditions of all the tests may be defined in a single screen: sampling time, number of points, sequence and duration of the command output pulses, test name, etc. |  |
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| With CBA Win© and the CBA-32PTM, the sampling time and the test duration are adaptable to the needs of the tests, and are not fixed at arbitrary values. The duration of the pulses and delays of the outputs are completely definable between 1 and 999 milliseconds, with millisecond precision. | |||||||||||||
| Test Plan Information | |||||||||||||
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The
entire test plan may be annotated with comments and descriptive
titles, in any language, in order to help understand the nature
of the tests, identify the breaker tested, identify the operator,
the location of the breaker, etc. Also,
a single click adds the date and time to the test, improving test
data management and consequently helping the long term analysis
of the breaker's performance. |
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| If the fields of the Plan Information screen are not sufficient, a handy notepad is available to add any remark to the plan, in any language. | |||||||||||||
| Executing the test | |||||||||||||
| CBA
Win© enables you to start testing with a simple click. As soon
as a the operator clicks on the test execution button, everything
is done automatically and quickly. Commands are sent to the instrument,
which manages the recording of the data. The test is triggered,
and then the data are sent to CBA Win© via the high-speed fiber
optic link. A progression indicator shows the status and progress
of the data transfer. |
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Once the data transfer is finished, the results are immediately shown on screen by CBA Win©. |
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| Graphics analysis tools | |||||||||||||
| CBA
Win© produces instant reports after a test; once the data are
received from the analyzer, the graphic report is generated and
displayed immediately, in color. These reports may be analyzed on
the spot with simple yet powerful analysis tools. The
graphic reports are completely configurable, and it is possible
to display up to 30 signals on each of the ten graphic pages,
as well as the possibility of defining, for each graphic page,
the interval shown, superimposed signals, the number of signals
displayed, the page's title, etc. The signals may be displayed
in any order, to better view the relationship between the currents,
the displacements, the contacts, etc. |
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| Superimposed
signals: CBA Win© enables the user to superimpose signals to allow a quick visual analysis of the synchronization of the events. The relationship between the displayed signals becomes very clear. It becomes very practical if one superimposes all the contacts to view their synchronization. |
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| Examining
signal values: With the Examine tool, it is possible to follow the evolution of a signal, sample by sample, and to make very precise timing measurements. Also, it is possible to measure values relative to a reference point chosen by the user. Usage of the Examine tool is made easy with a handy toolbar. |
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Scale expansion: This tool enables the expansion of a selected time interval over the entire width of the graphics area. Thus, finer details in the signal are visible, and the performance of the breaker tested may be better judged. Combined with signal superimposition, and one plainly sees ZENSOL precision! |
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| Mathematical analysis tools | |||||||||||||
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highly sophisticated calculation module allows the instant calculation
and display of up to nine calculated values for each signal, with
or without a text legend or units. The user decides what values
are to be calculated and displayed for each test, and may or may
not add text labels, according to his or her wishes. Of the over 40 available calculation functions, the main ones are: |
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- Closing or opening time |
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- Damping time |
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- Average closing or opening velocity |
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- Instantaneous velocity at certain reference points |
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- Short-circuit time |
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- Insertion time during open and close operations |
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- Overtravel |
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- Rebound |
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- Total travel |
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- Minimum and maximum displacement values |
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- Comparison between phases |
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- Tolerance comparison with failure indicator |
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In
the example at left, an O-C-O, are the intensities of the two open
current pulses, and the associated times. The legends of the calculations,
IO1 and IO2, indicate what value it is, and are entirely configurable
by the user. Above that, the three visible contacts each have eight calculated times, the text legends being displayed near the lower right hand corner of the graphic, in black. The calculated values may be defined separately for each test. |
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example here shows the calculations for a Close operation, and the
calculated values for the contacts are accompanied by text labels
and the units of measurement. The close coil current is clearly
1.055 amperes, and the starting moment of the current pulse is 30
milliseconds after the beginning of the test. The closing time and
the insertion time, TC and INC, are well labeled. All you want to know about a breaker, visible at a glance! |
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In addition to the eight analog signals directly measured by the instrument, the software may display up to eight signals that are calculated using a given analog signal. Here's an example of a displacement signal (in green) and its calculated derivative, a velocity curve (in yellow). | ||||||||||||
| The power of the calculation module is complemented by the freedom of the user to decide what he or she wants to know! | |||||||||||||
| Producing tabular reports | |||||||||||||
| The calculations combine with the powerful tabular report module to create text reports that conform to the user's needs. | |||||||||||||
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the aspects of the tabular report are entirely definable by the
user: the layout, the labels, the values, etc. So, in combination
with a complete calculus file, the tabular report module can generate
printable or exportable (in text or HTML for the Web) reports which
clearly show, at a glance, the strong or weak points of a circuit
breaker. |
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| The flexibility in defining tabular reports also allows the user to produce tabular reports in any language! | |||||||||||||
| Pass/fail comparison | |||||||||||||
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If a circuit breaker does not meet the required specifications, and if the tolerance parameters are defined, it is possible, with the tabular report, to signal any discrepancy outside of the norm with a failure symbol, "F/", near the value in question. | ||||||||||||
| Printing reports | |||||||||||||
CBA Win© prints graphic and tabular reports, and the plan notes. The graphic reports are printed as they are seen on the screen, in color (on color printers), along with all the text labels and the calculation cells. The printing of the tabular report is done according to the defined template, and the printed report is clear and readable. The
plan notes may also be printed, if desired, to add some complementary
information to the printed reports. Since CBA Win© uses a
standard printer, there is no need for an integrated printer,
no need for expensive and limited-life thermal paper! |
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| Export and interface with other applications | |||||||||||||
| CBA
Win© can export all the interesting aspects of a test plan,
and even communicate the data to other applications.
The displayed graphic reports may be exported in standard BMP format, opened with most image editing and processing software, and imported directly into Word and other software that allow the import of image files. Also, it is possible to copy the displayed graphic report into the Windows Clipboard, and thus "paste" the graphic report directly into any image editing or processing software, and into word processors that allow pasting of images. The tabular reports may be exported in their original text format, in an ordinary text file which may be opened with simple text editors, such as Notepad, or in HTML format, for Web publishing on your Intranet or on the Internet. As with the graphic report, the tabular report may be copied to the Windows Clipboard, and directly pasted into any text editor or word processor. The numerical data of a test may be exported as a text file, in either raw or scaled values, in distinct columns, for easy import into spreadsheet applications such as Lotus, Excel, etc., and even certain database applications. |
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| Repetitive testing | |||||||||||||
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repetitive testing module is powerful test feature of the CBA Win
Software. With this feature, it is possible to define custom sequences
of tests which will be executed once or any number of times. A set
of macro instructions is used to define a complete program of tests
in up to 30 different modes, collecting all the data recorded with
the CBA-32P, viewing them, printing them and analyzing them if required
by the operator. This "Batch Test" may be run unattended
and with the possibility of placing control points. The results
of the tests may be automatically saved to the hard disk. This ability
makes the CBA-32P a unique instrument on the market, and the ideal
instrument for repetitive and long-duration tests. |
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| Online Help and Manuals | |||||||||||||
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CBA Win© software features an online help facility for all
the screens and tools that require explanation, as well as online
manuals containing all that is necessary to connect the computer
to the instrument, the instrument to the breaker, with connection
examples, test results, etc. Simply clicking on the help button
in the current window will bring up the explanation of all the fields
and controls in that screen.
The online help also contains a section explaining breaker synchronization theory, with a glossary of the terms used, and graphics visually indicating what each term means. It
is possible to print the help topics in order to have a hard copy
reference. |
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| Additional tools for the test designer | |||||||||||||
| 1. Test condition designer | |||||||||||||
| This feature allows the user to design his or her own graphics reports. The following parameters may be defined: | |||||||||||||
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total recording time: from 1 millisecond to 17 minutes. |
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- sampling time: from 32 to 32,000 microseconds. |
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| 2. Close and Open command designer | |||||||||||||
| This feature allows the user to predefine specific tests or test plans for different breaker types. | |||||||||||||
| Up to 30 test modes may be created by the user, including the following common tests: | |||||||||||||
- C (Close) |
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- O (Open) |
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- O-C-O (Open-Close-Open) |
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- Trip free |
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- Reclose |
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- etc. |
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| The recording time of these test modes is defined via a user-friendly graphic interface. All the times are programmable by the user and saved in a configuration file. A certain number of these files may be saved, each assigned to a specific type of circuit breaker (such as KSO). Additionally, using the same configuration file, it is possible to design a whole family of standard tests which may be selected by only loading the appropriate configuration file. | |||||||||||||
| 3. Graphic report designer | |||||||||||||
| This feature allows the user to design his or her own graphics reports. The following parameters may be defined: | |||||||||||||
| - What modes will be viewed | |||||||||||||
| - Units of measurement used by the sensors | |||||||||||||
| - Viewing of superimposed or separate signals | |||||||||||||
| - Labels for each curve's axis | |||||||||||||
| - Names for each signal | |||||||||||||
| - Minimum and maximum scaling values | |||||||||||||
| - etc. | |||||||||||||
| 4. Tabular report designer | |||||||||||||
| This feature allows the user to design his or her own tabular reports, in any language (English, French, Spanish, German, etc.). | |||||||||||||
| 5. Calculation designer | |||||||||||||
| This powerful tool, specific to Zensol, allows the user to calculate whatever values are desired, and to place the results in any location, and using any recorded signal. | |||||||||||||
| The calculated data appear in both the graphic and tabular reports, in the location that the designer selected. | |||||||||||||
| 6. Batch test designer | |||||||||||||
| This feature allows the user to easily perform repetitive tests (10, 100 or 10,000 times, if desired!). The user may define the test in a Batch file, when the following parameters are defined: | |||||||||||||
| - Types of tests (Close, Open, Close-Open, etc.) | |||||||||||||
| - Precision of measurement | |||||||||||||
| - Total recording time | |||||||||||||
| - Printing of tests or not | |||||||||||||
| - Waiting time between tests | |||||||||||||
| - Viewing of graphic reports | |||||||||||||
| - Automated saving of test data | |||||||||||||
| - Calculation methods | |||||||||||||
| - Comparison of recorded values with typical values | |||||||||||||
| - Number of tests to perform | |||||||||||||
| - Repetition of batch test, if necessary | |||||||||||||
| This software is supplied with the CBA-32P™ and MICRO CBA-32P™ instruments. | |||||||||||||
