Instron AVE2 - Chapter 8: Set up Other Software (Not Bluehill ); Set up Wavematrix Software for Dynamic Testing; Set up Systems Not Using Bluehill or Wavematrix

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Chapter 8
Set up other software (not Bluehill
®
)
• Set up WaveMatrix™ software for dynamic testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
• Set up systems not using Bluehill® or WaveMatrix™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Set up WaveMatrix™ software for dynamic testing
• To use the AVE2 for dynamic testing, you must use Console V8.11 or later with
WaveMatrix™ V1.9 or later.
• Set up the video extensometer in 8800/ElectroPuls Console as described in
“Setting up and Running Tests with the AVE2” in the Console online help.
• Set up and run your test in WaveMatrix™ in the usual way. For more details, refer to
“Setting up a WaveMatrix Test Method with the AVE2 Video Extensometer” in the
WaveMatrix™ online help.
Set up systems not using Bluehill
®
or
WaveMatrix™
If the AVE2 or SVE2 is installed on a testing machine that is not running Bluehill
®
or
WaveMatrix™ software, you interact with the video extensometer through the Instron
Video Extensometer Application.
• The default system of units is SI. You can change this selection in the Admin screen.
• The video extensometer communicates with the testing machine via the analog
output connections.
a. Perform the calibration procedure for a device connected to the analog outputs
on your testing machine.
b. Enter the full-scale value for axial and transverse strain in the Analog Outputs
screen in the Instron Video Extensometer Application.