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Industrial Power Corruptor Manual Rev 1.00
3.5 Software
3.5.1 Brief description
Your IPC communicates with a Windows® computer. You
must install the IPC software on your computer before you
can operate your IPC.
Your IPC comes with three programs, which can be found
on the IPC CD-ROM.
The IPC Softwar
e is a program that operates your IPC.
It lets you set up events, helps you describe and document
your tests, and downloads waveform files that your IPC
recorded during tests.
All files generated by the IPC Software are in an industry-
standard .CSV format.
You can examine them with any text
editor, and graph them with any spread sheet program such
as Microsoft Works or Microsoft Excel. However, these
general purpose programs are not optimized for looking at
power waveforms, so PSL provides two additional programs.
The ChannelScope is a program that lets you graph
recorded waveforms. You can zoom in and out, examine the
values of individual data points, synchronize across channels,
and even convert waveforms to RMS values. You can copy
and paste graphs to any document, and instantly switch
between printer-friendly graphs and screen-friendly graphs.
The FlowScope is a program that lets you graph recorded
power flow parameters, such as kWh, kV
ARs, THD, power
factor, and much more. It automatically color-codes the graphs
to show you what parts of your process consume the most
energy. Like the ChannelScope, you can copy and paste graphs
to any document, and instantly switch between printer-friendly
graphs and screen-friendly graphs. (To generate data for the
FlowScope program, you need to install the Power Flow
Analysis option on your IPC.)
Both the ChannelScope and the FlowScope come with
sample data files.
3.5.2 System Requirements
The IPC software has been tested with the following
versions of
Windows:
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows 2000
Windows XP Home
Windows XP Pro
Your computer must have a serial port available. (Note
that some programs, such as hot sync programs for hand-held
computers, take over the serial port even when they are not
active. These serial ports are not available unless you de-
activate that program.)
The Power Flow Analysis option adds vector scopes,
spectrum analyzers, harmonics meters, and every
imaginable kind of power flow meter - kWh, power
factor
, kVAR, THD, and much more.
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