GE SCOUT140-Ex - Take Orbit Plot Measurement on Route

Section 4 — Measurement Types and their Uses
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Take Orbit Plot Measurement on Route
Before you take an orbit plot measurement on route you will need to
enable two sensors. To do this:
1. Press Options.
2. Press Sensor Setup.
3. Enable two sensors > press .
NOTE: Ideally the sensors used to take the measurements should
be displacement probes. This is because you are measuring the
physical movement of the shaft. If required, you can also take the
measurements with accelerometers (if no displacement probes are
available). These measure the movement of the bearing housing,
not the shaft.
To take an orbit plot measurement on route:
1. Press or Route.
2. Select the route you have set up and imported from Ascent.
3. Press to toggle to the Axis/Point Mode to Multi-Axis (X & Y for
Orbit).
4. Press the buttons on the left of the Multi-Channel On Route screen to
specify you X and Y axes.
5. Press the buttons on the right of the Multi-Channel On Route screen
to specify all the other the axes you wish to record > Press .
6. Select the axis point you wish to take a recording for > Press to
begin sampling.
7. Press again once the plot has stabilized — A single waveform
orbit measurement displays.
NOTE: Filtering is NOT supported on your instrument. You can use
Ascent for advanced analysis.
8. Press Save to save the two waveform measurements used to
generate the orbit plot.
NOTE: You must specify the vertical and horizontal channels in
order to correctly view the orbit plot in Ascent.
NOTE: The circle icon indicates the start position of the waveform.
The triangle indicates the end.