CEMB N500 User manual

Contents 1
N500 rev. 3.1Contents
Chapter 1 - General description
¾Standard accessories ……………………………… 1 - 1
¾Optional accessories ……………………………… 1 - 2
¾Connections ……………………………………… 1 - 2
¾Battery ……………………………………………... 1 - 3
¾General advice ……………………………………… 1 - 4
Chapter 2 - General layout
¾Keys/buttons on the control panel ………...…...……... 2 - 1
¾General purpose functions …………….…..…… 2 - 4
- Functions associated with measuring phase………. 2 - 4
- Function "Other functions …" ………….…... 2 - 5
- Functions operating on graphs ………….…... 2 - 5
- To save measurements ……………………... 2 - 9
- To capture and save displayed images ………….… 2 - 10
Chapter 3 - Home screen (menu)
Chapter 4 - Setup mode
¾Sensor setup …………………………………..…. 4 - 1
¾General setup ………………………………..……. 4 - 3
Chapter 5 - Vibrometer mode
¾Vibrometer setup ……………………………….….…. 5 - 1
¾Vibrometer – Measurement screen…………………….. 5 - 3
¾Monitoring in time .……………………….……. 5 - 4
¾Monitoring in speed ……………………….…….. 5 - 5
Chapter 6 - FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) analyzer mode
¾FFT Setup ……………………………………..………. 6 - 1
¾Spectrum analysis (FFT) ……………………..………. 6 - 4
¾Waveform function ……………………..………. 6 - 6
¾Trigger Setup …………………………..…………. 6 - 6

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Chapter 7 - Balancer mode
¾Selection of the balancing program ………...……. 7 - 2
¾Calibration sequence ……………………..………. 7 - 6
¾Execution of measurement…………………….………. 7 - 8
¾Unbalance measurement and calculation of the correction 7 - 10
¾Splitting of correction weight ……………………… 7 - 13
¾Saving of a balancing program ……………………… 7 - 14
Chapter 8 - Data manager mode
¾Archive management ……..…………….………… 8 - 1
¾Copying /shifting archive on USB key….…….….….… 8 - 2
¾Sending archive to PC ……..…………….………… 8 - 4
¾Display of measurements present in the archive ……… 8 - 5
Chapter 9 - CEMB PoInTer (optional)
¾System requirements ………………………...…… 9 - 1
¾Installation and registration ………………..……. 9 - 2
¾Measuring points archive ……………………..….…… 9 - 3
- Data manager ……………………..….…… 9 - 3
- Data protection – Password ………...….… 9 - 5
¾List of measurements …………………………...… 9 - 5
¾Reading measurements saved on the N500 instrument ... 9 - 6
- Loading of new measurements in archive …...… 9 - 7
- Selection and elimination of measurements …..… 9 - 8
¾List of measurements to represent on a graph …....… 9 - 8
¾Display of graphs ………………………..…………..… 9 - 9
- Cursor ………………………..………….… 9 - 10
- Zoom ………………………..……….…… 9 - 10
- Shifting of graphs in window ….…..………. 9 - 11
- Separate/Combine graphs ……………..………. 9 - 11
¾Creation and printing of certificates and reports ….…... 9 - 12
Appendix A - Specification
Appendix B - Evaluation criteria
Appendix C - A rapid guide to interpreting a spectrum
Appendix D - Codes that can be used in models for certificates obtained
using the CEMB PoInTer program
Attachment: Balancing accuracy for rigid rotors

General description 1 - 1
Chapter 1
General description
The N500 instrument is supplied, together with its accessories, in a special case. It is
advisable, each time the instrument is used, to place back it in its case in order to avoid risk
of damage during transit.
Standard accessories:
-Two velocity transducers dia. 40
-Two cables for connecting the transducers
-Two magnetic bases
-Two probes
-photocell 18,000 RPM complete with stand and magnetic base
-battery charger
-roll of reflecting paper
-case
-user manual

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Optional accessories:
-acceleration transducer type TA-18/S complete with connection cable and
magnetic base
-proximity sensor complete with stand, cable and magnetic base
-optical fibre photocell (60,000 RPM) complete with stand and magnetic base
-extension cable, length 10 metres, for transducers
-extension cable, length 10 metres, for photocell
-portable printer for direct printing of certificates on standard thermal or
adhesive paper
-software CEMB PoInTer for data filing, management and printing.
N.B.:
After connecting the printer to the RS232 port, wait for about 5 seconds to allow
completion of the automatic recognition and initialization procedure. Only at this
point will it be possible to make a print-out by pressing relative key
Connections
7654321
1– battery charger
2– VGA output 15-pin (only for CEMB Technical Service)
3– serial port RS232 (connecting of optional portable printer)
4 – 2 USB ports type A (master)
5 – keyboard input PS2
6 – photocell input
7 – 2 inputs, measuring channels
To connect the sensors and photocell, merely plug the connector in the corresponding
socket, pushing it until it clicks into place; make sure that the safety connection is correctly
aligned as shown in the figure.

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Instead, to extract the connector, press its end part (blue or yellow) and at the same time
pull the main body (grey), in order to release it.
Caution:
Avoid pulling the connector with force before releasing it as described above,
otherwise there would be risk of damaging it.
Battery
The N500 instrument is provided with a built-in rechargeable lithium battery, which allows
autonomy of more than eight hours under normal operating conditions of the instrument.
The battery status is indicated by an icon in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
- battery fully charged
- battery partly charged
- battery almost flat (battery life remaining when this appears is approx.
one hour)
–battery flat: recharge within 5 minutes
If the battery is flat and the instrument is not recharged within 5 minutes, a message will be
displayed
and the instrument will then switch off.
This would interrupt any active measurements not yet saved.

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Caution:
It is strongly recommended to recharge the battery with the instrument switched
off: as recharging is completed within less than five hours such precaution prevents
the battery charger from being connected for an excessively long period of time
(max. 12 hours).
Caution:
The lithium battery is able to withstand the recharging-discharging cycles, even on
a daily basis, without problems but it could become damaged if allowed to be fully
discharged. For this reason it is advisable to recharge the battery at least once every
three months, even in the case of extended idle period.
N.B :
As the greater consumption is due to the back lighting of the LCD display, the
latter is switched off automatically after two minutes if no button is pressed. The
pressing of any button (except for and those of the alphanumeric keypad) is
sufficient to switch the back lighting on again.
Caution:
If the N500 instrument is provided with battery charger Accord, when plugging the
adapter in the socket on the instrument make sure of the correct polarity, by
keeping the +symbol on the same side as the wording TIP, as shown in the
following image. If not, there is risk of damaging the instrument.
General advice
Keep and use the instrument far from sources of heat and strong electromagnetic fields
(inverters and high-power electric motors).
Measurement accuracy could be impaired by the connection cable between the transducer
and instrument, therefore it is recommended to:
-not allow such cable to have sections in common with power cables;
-prefer a perpendicular arrangement when overlapping power cables;
-always use the shortest possible length of cable; in fact floating lines would act as
active or passive antennae.

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Chapter 2
General layout
Keys/buttons on the control panel
The control panel of the CEMB N500 instrument incorporates a keypad where the various
keys or buttons can be subdivided by function:
- on / off button
Press this button to switch the instrument on;
hold it down for at least 3 seconds to switch it off , then release the button.
N.B.
After pressing , the instrument is ready for use only at the end of the switching
on procedure, signalled by the appearance of the home screen (see Chap. 3).
Note:
After the insrument has been switched off, about 30 seconds must pass before it
can be switched back on again.

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- buttons for navigating between the pages
When this button is pressed in the setup screen, it confirms the settings selected
and allows going onto the next screen.
Instead, in the Measurement screen, it has the function of starting/stopping the
actual measurement (see 2-4 Start / Stop the acquisition).
N.B.
To facilitate use of the instrument also with the left hand, the button
is located on both sides of the display.
When this button is pressed, it causes quitting of the current screen with return to
the previous one, without taking into account any changes (or saves) in the settings.
Used for returning to the Main page, from any other page.
- function keys
Each function key is linked to different functions in the various screens. Such
functions are indicated in each individual case by the buttons shown at the bottom
of the display: each function is activated by pressing the function key under it.
In the setup screens they are used for setting the various parameters, each one
being indicated by a number corresponding to that of the function key to be
pressed to modify it.
- tab key
This key can only be used when two graphs are plotted on the same page; when
pressed, it changes the active graph to which the selected functions will be applied.
The active graph can be identified by the symbol located on the right side.

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- arrow keys
When a graph is displayed, these keys increase or decrease respectively the
minimum or max. value of the x axis ( , , ) or the y axis ( , ).
Instead, when inputting a value for a parameter, they either shift the cursor to the
left or right ( , ) and increase or decrease the value in question ( , ).
- alphanumeric keypad
This keypad serves for entering alphanumeric characters in the fields which do not
allow just default selections. Where it is possible to enter just numbers, it acts like a
normal numeric keypad.
To enter a character, press a key repeatedly to scroll the characters assigned to it
(e.g. M N O 6) until the required one is displayed.
The cursor passes on automatically to the next position after a pause of one second,
or else after pressing another key.
With it is possible to delete the character to the left of the cursor.
For example, suppose we wish to enter the word “TUR-1” press:
N.B.
An icon indicates whether the UPPER CASE style (selectable with ) or
lower case (selectable with ) is enabled for the letters.
- image capture key
Pressing of this key has the function of capturing the image present on the display
and opening a screen which allows it to be saved (see 2-10 capture and saving of
displayed images).

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General purpose functions
In addition to many functions, specific for each different purpose and described in relative
sections, there are certain general purpose functions which are described below.
- Functions associated with the measuring phase
Start / Stop acquisition:
In all the Measurement screens, acquisition is started by pressing , and is
subsequently stopped by again pressing . .
The active acquisition status is easily to recognize (except in the balancing function)
by the presence of a bar indicating level of the input signal to each of the activated
channels.
Instead, in the Balancing functions, this status is signalled by an indication of the
quality of the measurement in progress (see 7-8 Execution of measurement).
To modify amplification of the channels:
When the measurement is activated (apart from the Balancing functions where this
would be counter-productive), the analog amplification can be enabled or disabled
separately for each of the channels activated: this is possible by selecting
either or . The activated amplification condition is signalled
by symbol placed immediately above the corresponding signal level bar.
N.B.
In order to obtain a good measurement, always start with the amplification
disabled. Start the acquisition and observe the level bar for each activated channel:
enable amplification if the signal is small. Again check the level of the signal: if far
from full scale (saturation zone), maintain the amplification, otherwise disable it
again and perform the measurement with the non amplified channel.

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Caution:
After changing the amplification, wait for a few seconds until the measurement
becomes steady.
- Function “Other functions...”
When there are more than six functions accessible from a certain screen, there are not
enough function keys to correspond to them; in such cases the key is associated
with
Pressing of this key causes substitution of the functions corresponding to ...
with another five. The original correspondence can be reset by again pressing
- Functions operating on the graphs
Scale setting:
allows selecting the function for modification of the minimum and
maximum values of the axes in a graph; in this way it is possible to display just the
zone of greater interest. When activated, the following sub-functions are made
available:
: : quit the Scale Setting function
: preset minimum value of the x axis
: preset maximum value of the x axis
: preset minimum value of the y axis
: preset maximum value of the y axis
: sets the axis limits to be coherent with the graph data
The value of the limit selected (xmin, xmax, Ymin or else Ymax, displayed by white
wording on black background), can be increased or decreased by pressing
. or for x axis and or for the y axis.
N.B.
Measurement can be started with also while Set scale is activated but
it would automatically cause exit from this function.
N.B.
When two graphs are shown both at the same time on the same screen, the
scale functions operate on the active graph (identified by symbol ).
To change the active graph, proceed to press the key

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Use of the cursor
For easier reading and interpretation of the displayed data, it is possible to introduce
a cursor in any graph, provided the visible region is not blank:
this can be done with . A window at the top right corner of the graph
contains the co-ordinates of the point where the cursor lies.
The cursor can be shifted by one step to the right or to the left by using the
following keys or respectively .
For quick reaching of points from the current position, hold down
or . With the cursor is removed.
N.B.
Measurement can started with also while the cursor is visible; at
the end of the measurement, the cursor remains visible.
N.B.
When two graphs are represented on the same screen simultaneously, it is possible
to display the cursor on both in order to have easier comparisons and assessments.
However, pressing of the function keys will only have effect on that of the
currently activated graph (identified by the symbol ).
To change the activated graph, proceed to press the key .

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Change of display channel:
If both measuring channels are enabled, various types of display are possible, namely:
- just graph of channel Ch1
- just graph of channel Ch2
- graphs of channels Ch1 and Ch2 simultaneously
The passing in sequence between the various possibilities is obtained by repeatedly
pressing . This corresponds in each case to these options
or .

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List of peaks
When this function is selected, a table appears with the 10 peaks of highest value present in
the zone of the spectrum displayed, and associated with the corresponding frequencies.
Their value is calculated by applying an interpolation algorithm to the FFT graph; this also
allows identifying peaks not situated in correspondence to one of the lines of the spectrum.
When is pressed, the system quits this function and again displays the graph (or
graphs).
N.B.
The 10 highest peaks are determined in relation to the highest value present in the
spectrum; hence in certain cases the list could contain less than 10 peaks.
N.B.
If graphs of both channels are displayed, the list of peaks should be calculated for
the active one (identifiable by the symbol ).

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- to save measurements
The N500 instrument allows easy saving of the acquired data; for such purpose, four
different archives are available for the four different types of acquisition possible:
- waveform
- spectra (FFT)
- monitoring in time
- monitoring in speed
Pressing of allows displaying the archive corresponding to the measurement
made. All 50 overall positions (marked respectively with M001 … M050) are listed; the
blank ones can be recognized by the symbol -----, the other positions give the name, date
and time of saving their contents.
To select the position where to save the measurement made, use the arrow keys and
, then merely press to display a pop-up in which to enter the required
name, as explained in 2-3 – Alphanumeric keyboard.
If a two-channel acquisition has been performed, data save is performed automatically for
both channels in the same file.
To delete a measurement and to clear the corresponding position in the archive, press
button. Instead with it is possible to fully clear the measurements archive.
N.B.
Keys and , which either increase or decrease by 10 respectively the
position selected, can be used for quick scrolling of the archive.
N.B.
As the spectrum is the type of measurement of greater interest, the N500
instrument allows memorization of up to 500 FFTs.

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- to capture and save displayed images
In all screens of the N500 instrument, the image visible on the display can be captured
with then saved in png format in an appropriate archive. This image can be used
subsequently if required to accompany documentation produced by the operator.
Selection of the position where to save can be done with the arrow keys and ,
then merely press to display a pop-up where to enter the required name, as
explained in 2-3 – Alphanumeric keypad.
To delete an image, and clear the corresponding position in the archive, merely press the
button . Instead with it is possible to fully clear the image file.
N.B.
Keys and , which either increase or decrease by 10 respectively the
position selected, can be used for quick scrolling of the archive.

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Chapter 3
Home screen (menu)
After fully switching on the N500 instrument, it shows its Home screen
which, besides showing a set of information:
–Manufacturer logo and name of the instrument
–Serial number (S/N) of the instrument
–Current program version
–Battery state:
-fully charged
-partly charged
-almost flat
-flat
–instrument being charged (connection to socket via the battery charger
supplied) as a normal menu, it also proposes and allows selection of the available
modes, namely:
1. Vibrometer mode
-Measurement of the total value and synchronous measurement of vibration
-Measurement and memorization of the trend in vibration against variation in time or
rotor speed

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2. FFT analyzer mode
-Splitting of the vibration into its component frequencies
-Display of waveform of the vibration
3. Balancer mode
-Balancing of rotors
4. Setup mode
-Setting of the characteristics of sensors connected to the instrument
-Setting of the general operating parameters of the instrument
5. Data manager mode
- Data management (change of the name or delete the data saved on instrument
N500)
- Copying or shifting data to USB key.
N.B.
It is possible to return to this screen from any other by pressing