NDB Technologies AE-150 - Page 48

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o Controls tab => Channels: Used to select trigger channel and adjust
acoustic channel gains.
 Trigger Channel: Select the channel on which the instrument must
trig (PD is preferred).
 Gains: Manually adjust channel gains.
o Controls tab => Monitoring: Configure the system for monitoring
acquisition.
 Enable checkbox: Click the Enable checkbox to enable the
monitoring feature.
 Interval: Select the time interval between two PrPD acquisitions.
 Start time: Select the date and time for monitoring start, or check
the Now checkbox to start immediately after clicking the Start
Monitoring button.
 End time: Select the date and time for monitoring end, or check
the No End Time checkbox to monitor indefinitely (up to computer
disk capacity).
 Clock: Displays the current date and time. Corresponds to
computer time.
 Previous acquisition: Displays the date and time of the previous
monitoring acquisition.
 Next acquisition: Displays the date and time of the next set
acquisition.
o Controls tab => Auto-Loc: The Auto-Loc feature is designed to automate
every operation needed to locate partial discharge activity in the
transformer tank. Using the Auto-Loc feature is also faster than standard
operation as no large file is transferred to the computer.
 START AUTO-LOC button: Launches the Auto-Loc operation.
 Run count: Shows the number of Auto-Loc cycles executed.
 Auto-Set: Indicates an Auto-Set process is running.
 Signals Acquisition: Indicates an averaging process is running.
 Processing: Indicates calculation process is running.
 Last Results: Shows a summary of the last Auto-Loc cycle.
 Overall Qualification: Indicates that the denoising process was
successful enough to attempt localization from the acquired
signals.
 AE1, AE2, AE3, AE4 & PD: Indicates the denoising was successful
on the channel.
 X shape indicators: Shows the general direction toward the
detected source.