CMA Dishmachines VINCILAB User manual

QUICK START GUIDE
VinciLab is a modern and advanced mobile graphic data acquisition system, which can be used
in a variety of ways, standalone and with a computer, in the classroom and in the field.
The Home Screen is the starting point for using VinciLab and provides shortcuts to applications.
Touch an application’s icon to launch the application. Touch Home to display the Home Screen.
Touch Back to return to the previous screen.
Internal
Sound Sensor
for recording
sound signals
Capacitive Color
Touch Screen
for viewing
and controlling
Home Screen
for controlling VinciLab
and providing shortcuts
to applications
Power Button
for turning VinciLab On or Off and
for switching the screen on and off
Analog (A1, A2, A3, A4) and Digital (D1, D2) Inputs
for connecting sensors
Mini USB Port for charging and communication
USB Port for connecting any USB peripherals
Audio In/Out Ports for connecting
headphones, external speaker and microphone
At the backside of VinciLab a Speaker and a compartment with an internal rechargeable Battery are located.
Coach 6
Collecting, graphing and processing data.
My Files
Managing user files on VinciLab.
Settings
Configuring the device to your preferences.
Connections
Configuring the wireless connections.
To turn VinciLab off:
Touch or press the hardware Power button briefly.
Touch to shut down, to reboot, to turn the screen off, or to cancel.
Web Browser
Accessing the Internet.
Images
Browsing and displaying images.
Media Player
Playing audio and video files.
Calculator
Performing simple mathematical calculations.
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Coach 6 application
Is a powerful software installed on VinciLab, which offers live sensor data displays, real-time
graphing, tools for data processing and possibilities to create new or open ready-to-go student
activities enriched with texts, images and web-pages.
Activity Screen
to display elements of Activity/Result
Diagrams Screen
to display data in diagrams
Texts Screen
to display texts (not editable by students)
Student Texts Screen
to display student texts
Sensors Screen
to live display the measured values
Tables Screen
to display data in tables
Images Screen
to display images
Web-pages Screen
to display web pages
Open an Activity/Result
Create New Result
Display Tool Menu
Measurement Settings
Start Measurement
Stop Measurement
Go to Home Screen
Exit Coach 6

Go to Home Screen
Exit Coach 6
Typical measurement procedure
When working with VinciLab as a standalone device VinciLab is controlled
by its touch screen and Coach 6 running on VinciLab.
•TurnVinciLabonbypressingitspowerbutton.
Wait until the Home Screen appears.
•EnsureVinciLabhassufcientbatterypower
or is connected to a power supply.
•OntheHomeScreentouch to open
the Coach 6 Application.
•Connectthedesiredsensor(s)tothesensor
input(s) of VinciLab.
1. Create a new Coach Result:
- Touch or touch and select New. When
you want to use the internal Sound sensor select
New (Sound Only).
- A new Result opens and displays the Activity
Screen.
When a connected sensor is detected and
identified then its name is displayed in the
Activity Screen tree. When a sensor is not
identified then its name does not appear in the
Activity Screen tree. The sensor has to be
manually selected from the VinciLab Sensor
Library. To select a sensor from the Sensor Library
go to Sensors Screen, touch and select Sensor
Settings, touch a sensor input tab to which the
sensor is connected, touch None and select a
sensor from the list.
2. Or open an existing Coach Activity/Result:
- Touch or touch and select Open or Open
CMA Coach Projects…. Browse to select the
desired Activity/Result. Confirm with .
- The Activity/Result opens.
Coach 6 automatically detects and identifies the
connected sensor(s). If the identified sensor is
different from the sensor defined in the Activity/
Result then the sensor listed under the Activity
Screen tree is displayed in red. The sensor digital
display shows information about the sensor
defined in the Activity (red) and the sensor
identified by VinciLab. Connect the defined
sensor or change it into the detected sensor by
touching Exchange. This feature is not available
for sensors, which cannot be identified.
•Touch to check the live readings of the
sensors. Notice that these live displayed data
are not stored in VinciLab’s memory.
•Youarereadytostartameasurement.
The measurement will be executed according
to the given measurement settings. Touch
to check or change these settings.
•Touch to start collecting data.
- In most cases, Coach directly starts the
measurement.
- If triggering is enabled then the measurement
is started automatically when the trigger
conditions are met.
- For a Manual measurement touch to collect
a single measurement. When keyboard input
is specified then the value of one or more
quantities has to be typed in.
•Themeasurementstopswhenthespecied
measurement time (time-based) or specified
number of samples (manual) has been reached.
Touch to interrupt the measurement.
•TosaveyourResultgotothe Activity Screen,
touch or touch and select Save
or Save As….
Warning:
Please notice that when touching and starting a new data collection run, existing data is
overwritten by the new data without any warning. To avoid losing any data save your Result first.

Using VinciLab with computer
VinciLab can be used with a Windows computer for transferring files between the computer and
‘My Files’ folder on VinciLab (only via USB) and for working as a lab interface and controlled by
the Coach 6 program running on the PC (via USB or Wi-Fi).
1. INSTALLING THE USB VINCILAB DRIVER
(ADMINISTRATION RIGHTS NEEDED)
Before you start to use VinciLab with the
computer via the USB cable we strongly
recommend to first install the program Coach 6
Lite or Coach 6 (version 6.5 or newer) on your PC.
In most cases the driver installation is
automatically executed the first time VinciLab is
connected to the USB port of the computer. After
successful installation VinciLab is shown under
Network adapters (in Windows Device Manager).
If the driver is not automatically or not
successfully installed consult the VinciLab
User’s Manual.
2. TRANSFERRING FILES BETWEEN
VINCILAB AND A COMPUTER
To get access to the VinciLab’s user folder
‘My Files’ in Windows Explorer VinciLab needs to
be first mounted as a network location. Use the
CMA Mount VinciLab program, available under
CMA Utilities, to mount VinciLab. After mounting
VinciLab the ‘My files’ folder is available in
Windows Explorer under Network locations.
Files can be copied or moved between the
‘My Files’ folder on VinciLab and the computer.
The ‘My files’ folder consists of pre-defined
folders:
•the‘Coach’folder,whichcanbeusedfor
storing user’s Coach Activities and Results files.
•the‘Media’folder(withsubfoldersAudio,
Images, Video), which can be used for storing
audio, images and video files.
3. USING VINCILAB FOR DATA COLLECTION
WITH THE COACH 6 PC PROGRAM
The PC version of Coach 6 Lite and Coach 6
(version 6.5 or newer) supports measurements
with VinciLab. During such measurement
VinciLab stays connected to the PC via a USB port
or communicates via a Wi-Fi connection and
is controlled by Coach running on the PC.
The collected data are transferred in real-time
to the computer and the course of the
measurement can be followed directly in
the PC program.
When the Coach PC software controls VinciLab,
then the VinciLab screen is inactive and displays
the image.
4. DISPLAYING VINCILAB’S SCREEN
ON A COMPUTER OR A MOBILE DEVICE
To monitor the VinciLab screen and to control
VinciLab from any computer or a mobile device
(such as an iPad, an Android tablet, or a smart
phone) VinciLab offers Data Share via Virtual
Network Computing (VNC). The VNC protocol can
run via a network or a USB connection. To allow
this a VNC Viewer program needs to be installed
on the controlling device and remote connection
has to be established between the two devices.
Such VNC Viewers are freely available for all
platforms.
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