Dakota Ultrasonics CMX DL plus - Manual (Page 161)

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CHAPTER TWELVE
SETUPS – CREATE, STORE, EDIT, & RECALL
12.1 Introduction to Setups
Often times, users are faced with a variety of tasks and applications that are
sometimes similar, but ofte n times very different. With a standard thickness gauge,
the user would have to recalibrate for each individual application respectively. With
all the features of the CMX
DL+
, the number of potential applications also increases
based on ability alone. This is primarily in reference to the addition of those very
difficult applications, where a standard thickness gauge would not be feasible, or
capable of accomplishing the tasks.
The increased number of features and parameters also adds to the overall setup
time, or amount of time to set up marginal applications with perfection and
understanding. Because of the additional time involved, the CMX
DL+
has been
equipped with the ability to save these setups to memory and be recalled at any time.
The CMX
DL+
can store up to 64 custom setups. These setups can be bi-
directionally transferred to and from a PC. Therefore, the user can save as many
setups as necessary for all their individual applications requirements. This saves a
great deal of time and knowledge for future inspections of the same job or project.
This feature also eliminates error between two or more users during the setup and
calibration process.
12.2 Opening a Setup
The CMX
DL+
is loaded with a number of setups from the factory. These setups can
be opened, edited, and saved to any one of 64 setup locations. If a factory setup is
written over, the user can simply reload the default factory setups at anytime using
the utility software included with the CMX
DL+
. The factory setups are general setups
Only. However, they may serve as an excellent starting point, requiring only minor
adjustments to work for custom applications. It is recommended that user
customized setups be saved to an empty location, and save the factory setups for the
purpose of a general starting point. The following procedures outline how to open
factory and custom setups: