HBM Genesis GEN5i User manual

Portable, Integrated Data
Acquisition System
GEN5i
English
User Manual
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Document version 4.0 - January 2014
References made to the Perception software are for version 6.40 or higher
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LICENSE AGREEMENT and WARRANTY
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Trademarks and patents
StatStream® is a registered trademark of HBM in the European Union and a
trademark in other countries.
StatStream® is patented in the US, Patent No. 7,868,886; patent pending in
other countries.
Legal statement
Our product uses GNU General Public Licensed (GPL) software, the source
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Table of Contents Page
1 About this manual 14
1.1 Symbols used in this manual 14
1.2 Manual conventions 15
2 Safety Messages 16
2.1 Introduction 16
2.2 FCC and general 19
2.3 Grounding 20
2.4 Instrument symbols 22
2.5 Protection and isolation 23
2.5.1 Measurement categories 23
Categories according to IEC 61010-2-030:2010 23
2.5.2 Protection 25
2.5.3 Overvoltage/current protection 26
2.5.4 Isolation 26
2.6 Environment 27
2.7 Laser Safety 28
2.8 Manual handling of loads 29
2.9 International safety warnings 30
2.10 Operation of electrical installations 46
3 Normative Documents and Declarations 47
3.1 Electrical 47
3.1.1 Electro Static Discharge (ESD) 47
3.1.2 Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) 48
3.2 Environment 50
3.2.1 WEEE - Waste Electrical and Electronical Equipment 50
Packaging 50
Environmental protection 50
3.3 Declaration of conformity 51
4 Batteries 52
4.1 General 52
4.2 Remove and replace 53
4.3 Recharge 54
4.4 Dispose 55
5 Mains Power 56
5.1 Power and frequency requirements 56
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5.2 Connecting power 57
5.3 Fuse requirements and protection 58
5.4 Fuse replacement 59
6 Introduction 60
6.1 Introducing the GEN5i 60
6.2 Mainframe overview 61
6.3 Hardware 62
6.3.1 Backplane 62
6.3.2 Interface/Controller module 62
6.3.3 Input cards 62
6.3.4 Master/Slave Card 63
6.3.5 Thermal protection 63
6.4 Module and card slot placement 65
6.5 Acquisition 66
6.5.1 StatStream® 66
6.6 Signal Conditioning 68
6.7 Data Storage 69
6.8 PC Section 70
6.9 Disk option 72
6.9.1 RAID 0 technology 72
6.9.2 GEN5i Removable disk 74
6.9.3 GEN5i system and data disk 75
6.9.4 GEN5i hard disk and solid state disk technology 76
6.10 Perception Software 77
6.11 Perception language setting 80
7 Set up your GEN5i 83
7.1 PC connections 83
7.2 PC plug-in cards 85
7.2.1 Installing plug-in cards 86
7.3 Removing and installing acquisiton modules 89
7.3.1 Removing modules 89
7.3.2 Installing modules 90
7.4 Protective cover 92
7.4.1 Removing protective cover and accessories box 92
7.4.2 Opening accessories box 93
7.4.3 Closing accessories box 94
7.4.4 Installing protective cover 94
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7.5 Handle 95
7.5.1 Turning handle 95
7.6 Feet 98
7.6.1 Turning feet out 98
7.6.2 Turning feet in 99
8 Getting Started 100
8.1 Front panel control 100
8.2 Getting started 105
8.3 Network interfacing 106
8.4 Wireless network 108
9 Acquisition and Storage 110
9.1 Introduction 110
9.2 Acquisition 111
9.3 Storage 112
9.3.1 More on sweeps 113
Pre-trigger sweeps 114
9.3.2 More on continuous data storage 116
9.4 Time base 118
9.4.1 Real-time sampling and time base 118
9.4.2 Time base settings for FFT’s 119
Additional information 120
10 Digital Trigger Modes 122
10.1 Introduction 122
10.2 Understanding digital triggering 123
10.2.1 Digital trigger detector 123
10.2.2 Valid trigger conditions 125
10.3 Trigger modes 127
10.3.1 Basic trigger mode 127
10.3.2 Dual trigger mode 128
10.3.3 Window trigger mode 129
10.3.4 Dual-window trigger mode 130
10.3.5 Sequential trigger mode 131
10.3.6 Trigger qualifier 132
10.4 Trigger add-ons 133
10.4.1 Slope detector 133
10.4.2 Pulse detector 134
10.4.3 Holdoff 135
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10.4.4 Interval timer 136
Interval timer - Less 136
Interval timer - More 137
Interval timer - Between 138
Interval timer - NotBetween 139
10.4.5 Event counter 140
10.5 Recorder and system trigger 141
10.6 Channel alarm 143
11 Interface/Controller Module 144
11.1 Introduction 144
11.2 Interface/Controller Module 2 (IM2) 145
11.2.1 IM2 - Communication and Control 146
Using the 1 Gbit Option Connections 147
11.2.2 IM2 - Master/Slave Synchronization 147
11.2.3 IM2 - I/O connectors 148
11.2.4 IM2 - Expansion slot 149
11.3 IM2 - iSCSI based storage 150
11.3.1 Introduction: iSCSI NAS with GEN DAQ network 151
11.3.2 TCP/IP connection with an NAS 152
11.3.3 External Storage Setup dialog - Perception 153
11.3.4 GEN Data acquisition system 153
11.3.5 iSCSI Host 154
11.3.6 iSCSI Target 154
11.3.7 Target Name (IQN) 155
11.3.8 What is CHAP? 155
11.3.9 How to Format the iSCSI 156
11.3.10 Status messages/ troubleshooting 157
11.3.11 Setup an iSCSI NAS connected across an Ethernet switch 159
11.3.12 Setup an iSCSI NAS connected without an Ethernet switch 163
11.3.13 Setup an iSCSI NAS connected to a corporate network – basic setup 167
11.3.14 Setup an iSCSI NAS connected to a corporate network – advanced setup 172
11.4 IM1 - Interface/Controller Module 1 177
11.4.1 IM1 - Communication and Control - Standard Ethernet Interface 178
11.4.2 IM1 - I/O connectors 178
11.4.3 IM1 - Expansion slot 179
11.5 IM2 - Interface/Controller Module options 180
11.5.1 Option - Solid State Disk (SSD) 180
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11.5.2 Option - Optical 1 Gbit Ethernet interface 181
Cable selection and lengths: 182
11.5.3 Option - 10 Gbit Ethernet interface 182
Connections and using the 10 Gbit Option 183
Front panel layout 184
10 Gbit Ethernet Option accessories 184
Cable selection and lengths: 185
10 Gbit Ethernet Card in GENDAQ series networks 186
Connecting the 10 Gbit Ethernet Option to a PC 186
Network Interface selection in Perception 187
Important note Windows® 7 - optimum settings 188
11.5.4 Installation of 1 Gbit SFP/10 Gbit SFP+ Module 189
Introduction 189
Warnings 189
Installation steps 191
11.5.5 Optical Network (SFP) - Trouble shooting 194
11.5.6 Removing protective cover on GEN2i and GEN5i 195
11.5.7 Option - IRIG and IRIG/GPS time synchronization 196
11.5.8 GPS Antenna System Rules 197
Rule 1. Antenna placement 198
Rule 2. Is a GPS line amplifier needed? 198
Rule 3: Lightning arrestors 198
Rule 4: Interconnect cables 199
11.6 IM1 - Interface/Controller Module 1 Options 200
11.6.1 Option - Fiber optic Ethernet Interface 200
Auto detection 201
Front-Panel layout 202
Connection 203
11.6.2 Option - SCSI interface board 206
11.6.3 Option - IRIG and IRIG/GPS time synchronization 208
11.6.4 GPS Antenna System Rules 209
Rule 1. Antenna placement 198
Rule 2. Is a GPS line amplifier needed? 198
Rule 3: Lightning arrestors 198
Rule 4: Interconnect cables 199
11.7 Master/Slave Card 212
11.7.1 Master/Slave card operations 213
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LED indicators 215
11.7.2 Installation 218
Installing and removing the Master/Slave card 218
11.7.3 Connecting the Master/Slave card 226
11.7.4 Example of a Master/Slave configuration 227
11.7.5 Setting the Master/Slave operating modes 229
11.7.6 Setting the Master/Slave trigger 232
11.7.7 Setting the synchronization source (Sync source) 235
11.7.8 Verification procedure 236
Hardware set-up 236
Software set-up 236
Making a multi-mainframe recording 238
12 Input Cards 239
12.1 Available input cards 239
12.2 Isolated 1kV input cards 244
12.2.1 GN610, Isolated 1kV 2MS/s input card 244
12.2.2 GN611, Isolated 1 kV 200kS/s input card 246
12.2.3 Using the GN610 and GN611 247
12.2.4 Understanding the GN610 and GN611 category rating 250
12.2.5 Understanding the GN610 and GN611 input 251
12.2.6 GN610 and GN611 Input Overload protection 253
Thermal monitor of the input channels 254
Thermal shutdown in critical conditions 255
Automatic restore of user selected range 256
12.3 Basic amplifier none isolated input cards 258
12.3.1 GN810 Basic 200K input card 258
12.3.2 GN811 Basic 1M input card 259
12.4 GN812 Basic 1M Isolated input card 260
12.5 Basic Extended Isolated amplifier card 261
12.5.1 GN813 Basic XT ISO 1 MS/s input card 261
12.5.2 GN814 Basic XT ISO 200K input card 263
12.6 GN410 and GN411 Bridge input cards 264
12.6.1 Bridge amplifier configuration 265
12.6.2 Input connectors 267
12.6.3 Bridge completion 267
12.6.4 Shunt calibration 267
12.6.5 Shielding and driven guard 268
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