Dakota Ultrasonics PVX - Manual (Page 103)

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CHAPTER ELEVEN
SETUPS – CREATE, STORE, EDIT, & RECALL
11.1 Introduction to Setups
Often times, users are faced with a variety of tasks and applications that are
sometimes similar, but often 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 PVX, 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 PVX has been equipped
with the ability to save these setups to memory and be recalled at any time. The
PVX has 16 factory setups and can store 48 custom user defined 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 of the individual applications. 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.
11.2 Opening a Setup
The PVX is loaded with a number of setups from the factory. These setups can be
opened, edited, and saved to any one of 48 setup locations. The 16 factory setups
are read only and can be opened and modified, but must be save to one of the 48
custom locations . A default factory setups file is also included with the PVXview
software. It can be restored to the PVX at anytime using the utility software included
with the PVX, should the factory setups become corrupted in any way. The factory
setups are general setups only, but have been optimized for used with the most
common applications. They will serve as an excellent starting point, requiring only
minor adjustments to work for custom applications. The following procedures outline
how to open factory and custom setups: