Measurement Computing eZ-Balance rev.9.0 - Manual (Page 21)

eZ-Balance 969391 Windows, Buttons, and Menus 3-3
Control Buttons and Operation Selection Cells
The Control section of the main window includes a toggle-switch, several buttons, operation selection cells, and a
high RPM “alert” feature. The operations offered by the selection cells (following figure) are discussed in chapter 2,
with exception of selection “A” (Vib Measurement) and the “Alert” feature which is briefly discussed below. The
Vib Measurement operation instructs eZ-Balance to measure vibration data while foregoing the balancing
operation.
Button
Comment
Pause/Continue
is used to temporarily halt an acquisition, and to
restart it.
Acquisition On/Off
Turns an acquisition On or Off. Red (down) is “Off.” Green (up) is “On.”
Snapshot
Click the < Snapshot > button to save the current acquisition data to the
History file. The History file is FIFO (first in first out). The number of
records in the file is set in the acquisition tab of the Configuration window.
Erase Vibration Data
- from previous
single run
When this button is clicked the previous single run of vibration data is
instantly erased. There is no warning prompt.
Erase Vibration Data
- from all runs
After clicking this button a message box states: “WARNING - All vibration
data will be erased. Do you wish to continue?” If so, click the
button. Otherwise, click .
Alert !
If the input tachometer‟s frequency (number of tach pulses per second) is
greater than the analysis frequency, and not yet attenuated by the input
anti-aliasing filter, then an RPM alert indicator is displayed. The alert icon is
an exclamation point encased in a yellow triangle.
If the input tachometer frequency is attenuated by the input anti-aliasing
filter, then the RPM will be represented as zero and the indicator will not be
displayed.
Pause/
Continue
Acquisition
On/Off
Erase Vibration
Data – All Runs
Erase Vibration
Data – Initial Run
Alert!
Snapshot
Operation
Selection