A&D RA3100 Omniace User manual

RA3100
File Converter
Instruction Manual
1WMPD4004500

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Introduction
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Introduction
"File Converter" is software for converting recorded data exported to
external media from our data acquisition product OMNIACE RA3100 to
a CSV or ASAM MDF (Ver. 4.1) file on a computer.
RA3100
Symbols in This Manual
Terms and symbols used in this manual denote as follows.
NOTE This indicates a condition or practice that could result in a converted file being overwritten
due to neglect of a NOTE, as well as measurement limitations and additional explanations.
Reference page
A tap is the act of lightly touching an item such as a key displayed on the screen with a
finger.
ExampleUsed for selecting or setting screen keys.
__ key Enclosed characters represent a key name on the operation panel.
Example OK key
key Text enclosed in indicates touch panel keys displayed on the screen.
Example
CH key
[] screen Text enclosed in [ ] indicates the text of items on the screen.
Example[Main] screen

CONTENTS
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................3
SYMBOLS IN THIS MANUAL.................................................................................................................................3
CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................................................4
1. ENVIRONMENT..........................................................................................................................................6
1.1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS..................................................................................................................6
1.2. INSTALLATION AND SETUP .................................................................................................................6
1.2.1. Zip File ......................................................................................................................................6
1.2.2. Extracting the Zip File ...............................................................................................................6
1.2.3. Installing the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable ..................................................................8
2. FUNCTION..................................................................................................................................................9
2.1. DECIMATION PROCESS.....................................................................................................................9
2.2. DATE RANGE SAMPLING PROCESS..................................................................................................10
2.3. DATA MERGING PROCESS...............................................................................................................12
2.3.1. Analog Channel (Normal/P-P) Data Merging..........................................................................13
2.3.2. Logic Channel (Normal/P-P) Data Merging ............................................................................13
2.3.3. Status (Trigger/Mark) Data Merging .......................................................................................14
3. USAGE METHOD .....................................................................................................................................15
3.1. FLOW OF OPERATIONS ...................................................................................................................15
3.2. COPYING RECORDED DATA FROM THE RA3100 TO USB MEMORY....................................................15
3.2.1. RA3100 main unit....................................................................................................................16
3.3. COPYING RECORDED DATA ON USB MEMORY TO A WINDOWS COMPUTER........................................17
3.4. STARTING THE SOFTWARE ..............................................................................................................18
3.5. CONFIGURING SETTINGS AND EXECUTING FILE CONVERSION ...........................................................19
3.5.1. Select Record Folder Button................................................................................................19
3.5.2. Update list button .................................................................................................................19
3.5.3. Select all button and Release all button .........................................................................20
3.5.4. Recording List View and Recorded Data Conversion Settings ..............................................20
3.5.5. Setup button (display [Setup] screen)..................................................................................22
3.5.6. External sampling setup..........................................................................................................24
3.5.7. Conversion button ................................................................................................................25
3.5.8. Stop button...........................................................................................................................26
4. CSV FILE FORMAT ..................................................................................................................................27
4.1. OUTPUT FORMAT ...........................................................................................................................27
4.2. RECORDED INFORMATION ([RECORDED INFO]CATEGORY)................................................................27
4.2.1. Example output .......................................................................................................................27
4.3. CHANNEL INFORMATION ([CH INFO]CATEGORY)...............................................................................28
4.3.1. Module specific information ....................................................................................................29
4.4. DATA PART ([DATA] CATEGORY)......................................................................................................31
4.4.1. Structure of Data Output .........................................................................................................32
4.4.2. Data Types and Data Order ....................................................................................................32
4.4.3. Recorded data name (first line)...............................................................................................35
4.4.4. Output Format of Recorded Data............................................................................................38
5. MDF FILE FORMAT..................................................................................................................................39
5.1. CHARACTERISTICS .........................................................................................................................39
5.2. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MDF AND RA3100 RECORDED DATA ........................................................39

CONTENTS
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5.2.1. Conversion Data .....................................................................................................................39
5.2.2. cg_tx_acq_name (recording name) ........................................................................................39
5.2.3. cg_md_comment (comment on recording name) ...................................................................40
5.2.4. cn_tx_name (name of X axis data) .........................................................................................40
5.2.5. cn_md_unit (unit name of X axis data) ...................................................................................40
5.2.6. cn_sync_type (data type of X axis) .........................................................................................40
5.2.7. cn_tx_name (name of channel data) ......................................................................................40
5.2.8. cn_md_unit (unit name of channel data) ................................................................................40
5.2.9. cn_md_comment (comment of channel data) ........................................................................41
5.2.10. cn_tx_name (name of channel data physical value)...............................................................41
5.2.11. cc_unit_name (unit name of channel data physical value) .....................................................41
5.2.12. cc_md_comment (comment of channel data physical value).................................................41
5.2.13. cc_val[0] (physical quantity conversion offset of channel data)..............................................41
5.2.14. cc_val[1] (physical quantity conversion gain of channel data)................................................41

1.Environment - 1.1.System Requirements
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1. Environment
This section describes the system requirements and installation procedure.
1.1. System Requirements
Item
Description
Operating
System
Windows 10 x86 (32-bit)/x64 (64-bit) English (Ver. 1507 or later)
.NET Framework 4.6 or later
CPU
Intel Core i series
Memory
4 GB (32-bit version)/8 GB or more (64-bit version)
Display
Resolution 1366 x 768 or higher
1.2. Installation and Setup
When the zip file is extracted, the following files and folders are created. Copy the following files and
folders in RA3100_File_Converter (the root folder) to a location of your choice.
It is convenient to paste a shortcut to the executable file to a location such as the desktop.
Also perform the procedure in "1.2.3 Installing the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable".
Download the zip file from our website.
Japan: https://www.aandd.co.jp/support/soft_download/industrial.html
Overseas: https://www.aandd.jp/support/industrial/soft_download.html
1.2.1. Zip File
VC_redist.x86.exe（Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable）
RA3100_File_Converter (root folder)
├ RA3100_File_Converter.exe
├ RA3100_File_Converter.exe.config
├ AND_MDF4Writer.dll
├ def (definition file folder)
There are also five language folders.
1.2.2. Extracting the Zip File
Use the standard software of Windows 10 or your favorite zip file compression/extraction software to
extract the file.
The procedure for using the standard software of Windows 10 is indicated below.
Right-click the zip file in Explorer and select [Extract All].

1.Environment - 1.2.Installation and Setup
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The [Extract Compressed (Zipped) Folders] screen is displayed.
Enter a path in the area indicated by the red box or click the [Browse] button to specify the destination.
Click [Extract] to extract the file.

1.Environment - 1.2.Installation and Setup
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1.2.3. Installing the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable
Double-click the "VC_redist.x86.exe" file.
The exe file is included in the zip file. See "1.2.1 Zip File" and "1.2.2 Extracting the Zip File".
Select [I agree to the license terms and conditions] and click the [Install] button.
The program installation starts. Wait until the installation is complete.
Click the [Close] button to conclude the installation process.

2.Function - 2.1.Decimation Process
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2. Function
The software converts a recorded data file of the RA3100 (in dedicated binary format) into the CSV file
(text) or ASAM MDF (Ver. 4.1) format.
The conversion process is performed on multiple data files in multiple recording folders specified for a
single conversion execution command. You can specify a sampling range instead of processing all the
recorded data, perform decimation, and merge PRINTER, SSD recording, and MEMORY recorded data.
2.1. Decimation Process
The decimation point is determined from the "PRINTER/SSD/MEMORY start point",
"PRINTER/SSD/MEMORY end point", and "PRINTER/SSD/MEMORY decimation factors" settings.
For information on the settings and procedure, see "3. Usage Method".
The points where triggers occur may not be output because Status (Trigger, Mark) is also decimated in a
simple manner.
Antialiasing filtering is not performed with this process.
An example of the decimation process is indicated in the table below. Cells with "x" are not output to the
conversion file.
Measurement
value
Decimation
factor 1
Decimation
factor 3
Start point
1
1
1
2
2
x
3
3
x
4
4
4
5
5
x
6
6
x
7
7
7
End point
8
8
x

2.Function - 2.2.Date Range Sampling Process
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2.2. Date Range Sampling Process
The printer recording and SSD recording process of the RA3100 automatically divides recorded files into
multiple files when recording is performed for an extended period of time, but a range can be specified as
a start point and end point from the start of recording, even if the range spans over multiple files.
PRINTER Recording
SSD Recording
P1.bin Pn.bin
P2.bin Pn+1.bin
Start point (setting)
Sampling range
End point (setting)
Range output to file
S1.bin S2.bin Sn.bin Sn+1.bin
Start point (setting)
Sampling range
End point (setting)

2.Function - 2.2.Date Range Sampling Process
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MEMORY Recording
For memory recording, a file is created for each block division.
Regarding the sampling range when multiple recording folders of different
recording times are specified
The example below is for PRINTER, but the same applies for SSD and M E M O R Y.
M1.bin
M2.bin
M199.bin
M200.bin
Start point (setting)
Sampling range
End point (setting)
Start point (setting)
Sampling range
End point (setting)
P1.bin Pn.bin
P2.bin Pn+1.bin
Test1
P1.bin P2.bin
Test2
Test3 No recorded data (only CSV header output)

2.Function - 2.3.Data Merging Process
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2.3. Data Merging Process
This function merges MEMORY recording with SSD recording or PRINTER recording into single channel
of data.
If only one of the recording files to merge exist, regular conversion (without data merging) is performed.
The data is merged after the decimation process.
The simplest analog channel data is indicated in the figure.
Data discarded

2.Function - 2.3.Data Merging Process
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A sample of the analog data. (When the conversion range is 0 to 10 and SSD+MEMORY data merging is
performed) The top waveform is the merged data after file conversion, the middle is the SSD recorded
data, and the bottom is the MEMORY recorded data. With SSD recording (Normal), the data that is
discarded has the same values as the data for MEMORY recording.
2.3.1. Analog Channel (Normal/P-P) Data Merging
An example of merging Normal and P-P (Min/Max). For P-P, the same MEMORY recorded data is
merged for both Min and Max.
2.3.2. Logic Channel (Normal/P-P) Data Merging
An example of merging Normal and P-P (Level/Flag). For P-P, the value of MEMORY recording is copied
to Level and Flag is set to -1 (undefined).
SSD
recording
PRINTER recording
(min)
PRINTER recording
(max)
MEMORY
recording
Time SSD recording
PRINTER recording
(min)
PRINTER recording
(max)
1 0.5 1.5 0 1 0.5 1.5
2 1.5 2.5 0.1 2 1.5 2.5
3 2.5 3.5 0.2 3 2.5 3.5
4 3.5 4.5 0.3 4 3.5 4.5
5 4.5 5.5 0.4 5 4.5 5.5
6 5.5 6.5 0.5 6 5.5 6.5
7 6.5 7.5 0.6 7 6.5 7.5
8 7.5 8.5 0.7 8 7.5 8.5
9 8.5 9.5 0.8 9 8.5 9.5
10 9.5 10.5 0.9 10 9.5 10.5
11 10.5 11.5
11 1 11 11 11
11.1 1.01 11.1 11.1 11.1
11.2 1.02 11.2 11.2 11.2
11.3 1.03 11.3 11.3 11.3
11.4 1.04 11.4 11.4 11.4
11.5 1.05 11.5 11.5 11.5
11.6 1.06 11.6 11.6 11.6
11.7 1.07 11.7 11.7 11.7
11.8 1.08 11.8 11.8 11.8
11.9 1.09 11.9 11.9 11.9
12 12.4 13.4
12 1.1 12 12 12
13 12.5 13.5 1.2 13 12.5 13.5
14 13.5 14.5 1.3 14 13.5 14.5
15 14.5 15.5 1.4 15 14.5 15.5
16 15.5 16.5 1.5 16 15.5 16.5
17 16.5 17.5 1.6 17 16.5 17.5
18 17.5 18.5 1.7 18 17.5 18.5
19 18.5 19.5 1.8 19 18.5 19.5
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
0.6 0.8 11.2 1.4
Analog Channel Data
SSD recording
PRINTER recording
(min)
PRINTER recording
(ma x)
SSD
recording
PRINTER recording
PRINTER recording
(flag)
MEMORY
recording
Time SSD recording PRINTER recording
PRINTER recording
(flag)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0
1 1 1 0.5 1 1 1
1 1 0 0.6 1 1 0
1 1 0 0.7 1 1 0
1 1 0 0.8 1 1 0
1 1 0 0.9 1 1 0
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 -1
0 1.01 0 0 -1
1 1.02 1 1 -1
0 1.03 0 0 -1
1 1.04 1 1 -1
0 1.05 0 0 -1
1 1.06 1 1 -1
0 1.07 0 0 -1
1 1.08 1 1 -1
0 1.09 0 0 -1
1 1 1 0 1.1 0 0 -1
1 1 1 1.2 1 1 1
1 1 0 1.3 1 1 0
1 1 0 1.4 1 1 0
1 1 0 1.5 1 1 0
1 1 0 1.6 1 1 0
0 0 0 1.7 0 0 0
0 0 0 1.8 0 0 0
-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
0.5
1
1.5
0.6 0.8 11.2 1.4
Logic Channel Data
SSD recording
PRINTER recording
PRINTER recording
(flag)

2.Function - 2.3.Data Merging Process
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2.3.3. Status (Trigger/Mark) Data Merging
The value is 1 when a trigger occurs or 0 otherwise.
PRINTER, SSD, and MEMORY recorded data includes data on triggers that occur.
If the sampling speed of the MEMORY recorded data differs from that of the SSD recorded (PRINTER
recorded) data, the time that the recorded Status (Trigger) occurs may differ.
You can switch between outputting the Status (Trigger) of the SSD recording (PRINTER recording) data
or MEMORY recording data.
The data will all be set to -1 (undefined) because MEMORY recording does not have Mark data.
Trigger Mark
MEMORY
recording
(trigger)
Time Trigger
Trigger (output
trigger of MEMORY
recording)
Mark
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0.1 0 0 0
0 0 0.2 0 0 0
0 0 0.3 0 0 0
0 0 0.4 0 0 0
010.5 0 01
0 0 0.6 0 0 0
0 0 0.7 0 0 0
1 0 0.8 1 0 0
0 0 0.9 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 -1
01.01 0 0 -1
01.02 0 0 -1
0 1.03 0 0 -1
0 1.04 0 0 -1
11.05 01-1
0 1.06 0 0 -1
0 1.07 0 0 -1
0 1.08 0 0 -1
0 1.09 0 0 -1
0101.1 0 0 -1
0 0 1.2 0 0 0
10 1.3 100
0 0 1.4 0 0 0
011.5 0 0 1
101.6 1 0 0
0 0 1.7 0 0 0
0 0 1.8 0 0 0
-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
0.5
1
1.5
0.6 0.8 11.2 1.4
Status data
Trigg er
Trigger (output trigger
of MEMORY recording)
Ma rk

3.Usage Method - 3.1.Flow of Operations
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3. Usage Method
3.1. Flow of Operations
Overview
Reference
Operation
(1)
Copy the specified recording folder to USB memory or an
SD memory card on the dedicated operation screen.
"3.2. Copying Recorded Data
from the RA3100 to USB
Memory"
Operation
(2)
The operator inserts USB memory or an SD memory card
into
a Windows computer and manually copies the RA3100
folder in Explorer.
Conversion can also be performed directly from the USB
memory without copying the folder.
"3.3. Copying Recorded Data
on USB Memory to a Windows
Computer"
Operation
(3)
Start the software and perform the various setting
operations.
"3.4. Starting the Software"
Operation
(4)
Execute conversion. After conversion, a sub folder with the
name "recording folder + date/time recorded" is created in
the destination root folder specified by the operator, and all
files are output to that folder.
"3.5. Configuring Settings and
Executing File Conversion"
3.2. Copying Recorded Data from the RA3100 to USB Memory
Connect the external media (SD memory card or USB
memory, etc.) to "3.2.1. RA3100 main unit".
Tap the 【Import】/【Export】key on the bottom right of the
[Records management] screen to display the external
media selection dialog and select the target external media.
Tap 【OK】to switch to the [Import/Export] screen.

3.Usage Method - 3.2.Copying Recorded Data from the RA3100 to USB Memory
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Recorded data list on internal SSD
Recorded data list on external media
Place a check mark (✔)on the data to back up
Place a check mark (✔)in the selection field ofthe data to back up and tap the 【Export】key in the
center to export the recorded data.
3.2.1. RA3100 main unit
Front view
SD card slot
USB
USB
Right view

3.Usage Method - 3.3.Copying Recorded Data on USB Memory to a Windows Computer
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3.3. Copying Recorded Data on USB Memory to a Windows
Computer
Connect the USB memory or SD card copied to in "3.2. Copying Recorded Data from the RA3100 to
USB Memory" to a Windows computer.
Copy the entire "RA3100" folder on the USB memory or SD card to the local disk in Explorer.
Drag & drop

3.Usage Method - 3.4.Starting the Software
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3.4. Starting the Software
Double-click the "RA3100_File_Converter.exe" icon copied in "1.2. Installation and Setup".
The [Main] screen is displayed. When a recording folder is not selected (when starting the software for
the first time), the [There is no "Record" sub-folder in the selected folder.] dialog is displayed. Press the
OK button.

3.Usage Method - 3.5.Configuring Settings and Executing File Conversion
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3.5. Configuring Settings and Executing File Conversion
3.5.1. Select Record Folder Button
Press the Select Record Folder button to display the dialog for selecting a folder.
Select the RA3100 folder, and press the OK button. The selected path is displayed below the
Select Record Folder button, and the name and date/time of the recorded data in the Record sub
folder are displayed in a list.
3.5.2. Update list button
Press the Update list button after adding or deleting a recording folder in Explorer to update the list.
The image below indicates the result after adding the "202105030123560001" folder (with recording
name "xxxx_Test3").

3.Usage Method - 3.5.Configuring Settings and Executing File Conversion
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3.5.3. Select all button and Release all button
Press the Select all button to select [Conv.] and the Release all button to deselect [Conv.].
3.5.4. Recording List View and Recorded Data Conversion Settings
Conv.
Processing is performed for all items with this check box selected when the [Conversion] button is
pressed on the [Main] screen.
Recorded data name
Displays the recording name (indicated in red in the image below) set when recording with the RA3100.
Date/Time
Displays the recorded date/time. This display function is for the purpose of assisting data selection.