Measurement Computing Medallion Rotate rev.2.3 - Manual (Page 9)

October 2000 Medallion Rotate Manual
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This User’s Guide contains the following chapters.
Chapter 1 “Introduction to Medallion Rotate”, introduces the Medallion
Rotate program. It provides an overview of this User’s Guide, and also
describes the additional analysis features available in Medallion Rotate Plus.
Chapter 2 “Medallion Rotate Guided Tour”, describes the Medallion Rotate
program. It guides you through the user interface. It then explains how to
operate the software by leading you through a tour of the basic features.
Chapter 3 “Medallion Rotate Applications”, describes the powerful
analysis tools available in Medallion Rotate and Medallion Rotate Plus. It
begins with some general notes on collecting data. Then each section includes
a description of the analysis tool, some possible applications, conditions for
the input data, and a brief explanation of the theory behind the analysis tool.
Chapter 4 “Medallion Rotate Plotting Features”, describes the various
plotting tools available in Medallion Rotate and Medallion Rotate Plus. It
covers both the plotting features and the different types of plots.
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This User’s Guide uses the following conventions.
Menu names, commands, and controls in dialog boxes are in boldface type.
Keys on the computer keyboard are in boldface type.
Caution: Cautions warn you about actions that could delete data.
Hint: Hints point out additional useful information, such as alternative
ways to do certain tasks.
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Medallion Rotate and Rotate are used interchangeably throughout this
User’s Guide and in the online help. In general, they refer to both Medallion
Rotate and Medallion Rotate Plus. Some features are available only in
Medallion Rotate Plus—see “Features Available Only in Medallion Rotate
Plus.”
Time waveform is used for any time domain data that you can process in
Medallion Rotate. This includes, but is not limited to, signals from tachometers,
accelerometers, non-contact eddy current probes, encoders, and microphones.
Order normalization is used in describing the process of resampling a time
waveform using a constant angular rotational interval, as opposed to
conventional sampling using a constant time interval. Medallion Rotate Plus
uses resampling to order normalize the data.