Olympus 38DL PLUS User Manual

DMTA-10004-01EN, Rev. D, November 2016
Table of Contents vi
8.3 Preventing False Minimum/Maximum Thickness Readings ........................... 117
8.4 Using Alarms ........................................................................................................... 117
8.5 Locking the Instrument .......................................................................................... 124
8.6 Freezing Waveforms ............................................................................................... 126
9. Configuring the Instrument ................................................................... 127
9.1 Configuring Measurement Parameters ................................................................ 127
9.2 Configuring System Parameters ........................................................................... 129
9.3 Configuring Communications .............................................................................. 131
10. Using Advanced Gaging Features ........................................................ 135
10.1 Adjusting the Gain with Dual Element and E110 EMAT Transducers ........... 135
10.2 Adjusting the Extended Blank with Dual Element Transducers ..................... 137
10.3 B-Scan ........................................................................................................................ 139
10.3.1 Using the B-Scan ........................................................................................... 144
10.3.2 Using the B-Scan Alarm Mode ................................................................... 144
10.3.3 Saving B-Scans, A-Scans, or Thickness Readings .................................... 145
10.4 DB Grid ..................................................................................................................... 147
10.4.1 Activating and Configuring the DB Grid ................................................. 147
10.4.2 Changing the Highlighted Cell in the DB Grid ....................................... 150
10.4.3 Saving Thickness Readings in the DB Grid .............................................. 152
10.4.4 Viewing an Inserted or an Appended Cell in the DB Grid .................... 152
10.5 Configuring AVG/MIN Measurements ............................................................... 153
10.6 Making AVG/MIN Measurements ....................................................................... 154
10.7 Using Temperature Compensation ...................................................................... 156
11. Using the Datalogger ............................................................................... 159
11.1 Datalogger ................................................................................................................ 159
11.2 Creating a Data File ................................................................................................ 163
11.2.1 Data File Types ............................................................................................. 165
11.2.1.1 Incremental Data File Type .............................................................. 165
11.2.1.2 Sequential Data File Type ................................................................. 167
11.2.1.3 Sequential with Custom Points Data File Type ............................. 168
11.2.1.4 2-D Grid Data File Type .................................................................... 170
11.2.1.5 2-D Grid with Custom Points Data File Type ................................ 174
11.2.1.6 3-D Grid Data File Type .................................................................... 176
11.2.1.7 Boiler Data File Type ......................................................................... 178
11.2.1.8 3-D Custom File Type ....................................................................... 180
11.2.2 File Data Modes ............................................................................................ 182
11.3 Performing File Operations ................................................................................... 183
11.3.1 Opening a File ............................................................................................... 184

Olympus 38DL PLUS Specifications

General

Operating Temperature	-10 °C to 50 °C (14 °F to 122 °F)
Data Logger	Yes
Interface	USB, RS-232
Thickness Range	0.08 mm to 635 mm (0.003 in. to 25 in.) depending on material and transducer
Display	Backlit LCD
Battery Type	Three alkaline or NiMH AA cells
Pulser	Adjustable square wave pulser
Receiver Bandwidth	0.5 MHz to 20 MHz
Languages	English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Chinese
Resolution	0.001 mm or 0.0001 in.
Transducer Frequency	2 MHz to 30 MHz
Material	Plastic housing