OPERATION MANUAL
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CHAPTER EIGHT THRU PAINT MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE
CHAPTER SEVEN USING THE DIGITS & B-SCAN DISPLAYS
APPENDIX A - SETUP LIBRARY
CHAPTER NINE PULSE-ECHO COATING & COATING TECHNIQUES
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1.1 Disclaimer
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
∙ Telephone 831 ∙ Facsimile
CHAPTER TWO QUICK STARTUP GUIDE
2.1 CMX Overview
∙ Measurement Mode ∙ Differential Mode ∙ High Speed Scan Mode
∙ Alarm Mode ∙ Gain Setting
CMX High Performance Material & Coating Thickness Gauge
G. Units - The current measurement units being used English, Metric
2.2 Auto Probe Recognition
Probe Automatically Recognized
2.3 Selecting the Transducer Type
Selecting the Transducer Type
2.4 Probe Zero & Calibration
Coating Probe Not Identified
Performing an Auto Probe Zero Off Block
Coating Probe Identified
Coating Probe Identified Coating Probe Not Identified
Performing a Manual Probe Zero On Block
One Point Material Calibration
Coating Probe Identified Coating Probe Not Identified
Using a Known Thickness
2.5 Zero Coating
Performing a Coating Zero
2.6 Coating Calibration
Using a Known Coating Velocity
Known Coating Velocity
Using a Coating Sample to Calibrate
Known Coating Thickness
5 Press the UP and DOWN arrow keys to scroll the highlighted value
CMX High Performance Material & Coating Thickness Gauge
4 Press the ENTER key to display the Digits Edit Box
6 Press the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to scroll the digit locations
2.7 Measure
Selecting the Measurement View Option
Adjusting B-START & B-DEPTH
Digit Edit Box as follows
DIGITS
B-SCAN
CHAPTER THREE KEYBOARD, MENU, & CONNECTOR REFERENCE
3.1 Menu Key Operation & Sub Menus
Activating and Getting Around in the Menu Items
Getting Around in the Sub Menu Items
3.2 Probe - Menu
3.3 CAL - Menu
3.4 DISP display - Menu
3.5 TUNE - Menu
3.6 SETUP - Menu
3.7 UTIL utilities - Menu
3.10 MEAS measurement mode Key
3.8 XFER transfer - Menu
3.9 CLR clear Key
3.11 OK Key
3.15 MULTI MODE Key
3.13 Arrow Keys
3.14 ENTER key
3.16 ON/OFF Key
RS-232 Connector
Transducer Connectors
Probe Zero Disk & Battery Cover
3.17 Top & Bottom End Caps
4.2 Suitability of materials
CHAPTER FOUR PRINCIPALS OF ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT
4.1 Time versus thickness relationship
4.3 Range of measurement and accuracy
High temperature measurements
4.5 Temperature
Normal temperature range
Modes and temperature errors
Searching for small defects
Dual Element Transducer showing V-path of signal
V-Path Correction
Echo-Echo Mode - Thru-Paint E-E
Pulse Echo Coating Mode - Coating On PECT
Dual Element Transducer in Echo to Echo mode
Coating Mode - Coating Only CT
Pulse-Echo Temperature Compensated Mode - Temp Comp PETP
High penetration plastics and castings
CHAPTER FIVE SELECTING THE MEASUREMENT MODE 5.1 The setup library
5.2 Which mode & transducer do I use for my application?
Corrosion & Pit Detection in steel and cast materials
Coating Only
High temperature
Thru Paint & Coatings
Thin materials
5.3 Factory Setup Chart
Restricted access
CHAPTER SIX MAKING MEASUREMENTS
6.1 Auto Probe Recognition & Selecting The Transducer Type
Probe Automatically Recognized
Selecting the Transducer Type
CMX High Performance Material & Coating Thickness Gauge
Coating Probe Not Identified
6.2 Probe zero
Coating Probe Identified
Performing an Auto Probe Zero Off Block
Coating Probe Identified
Performing a Manual Probe Zero On Block
Coating Probe Not Identified
Coating Probe Identified
Dakota Ultrasonics
Coating Probe Not Identified
6.3 Material Calibration
Using a Known Material Velocity
Known Velocity
4 Press the UP and DOWN arrow keys to scroll the highlighted value
Dakota Ultrasonics
3 Press the ENTER key to display the Digits Edit Box
5 Press the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to scroll the digit locations
CMX High Performance Material & Coating Thickness Gauge
Known Thickness
One Point Calibration
5 Press the UP and DOWN arrow keys to scroll the highlighted value
CMX High Performance Material & Coating Thickness Gauge
4 Press the ENTER key to display the Digits Edit Box
6 Press the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to scroll the digit locations
Two Point Calibration
Basic Material Type
Selecting a Basic Material Type
CMX High Performance Material & Coating Thickness Gauge
CHAPTER SEVEN USING THE DIGITS & B -SCAN DISPLAYS
7.1 Display Views
DIGITS VIEW DIGITS
B-Scan
B-Scan View
CMX High Performance Material & Coating Thickness Gauge
The following is a list of the viewable features on the display
∙ Alarm Mode ON/OFF/AUDIBLE ∙ Gain Setting VLOW, LOW, MED, HI, VHI
∙ Measurement Mode P-E, PECT, PETP, E-E, COAT
Enabling the B-Scan Feature
7.2 Activating B-Scan View
7.3 Adjusting the B-Scan Start B-START & Depth B-DEPTH
Starting depth B -START
Adjusting the Starting Depth B-START
Adjusting the Overall Depth B-DEPTH
Overall range B-DEPTH
4 Alternatively , press the ENTER key to display the Digits Edit Box
7.4 Gain
Adjusting the Gain
CHAPTER EIGHT THRU PAINT MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE
8.2 Using Thru Paint Mode
8.1 Introduction to Thru Paint Measurement
9.1 Introduction to Pulse-Echo Coating Measurement PECT
The coating modes can be enabled in three different ways
CHAPTER NINE PULSE-ECHO COATING & COATING TECHNIQUES
9.2 Enabling Pulse-Echo Coating Mode PECT & Coating CT
Probe Automatically Recognized PECT only
Applied to Metals
Multi Mode Key Pressed PECT & CT
Not Applied to Metals
Applied to Metals
Measure Mode Tabbed Menus - PECT & CT
Not Applied to Metals
9.3 Zero Coating
Performing a Coating Zero
CMX High Performance Material & Coating Thickness Gauge
7 Press the ENTER key to display the confirmation screen
9.4 Coating Calibration PECT Known Velocity
Using a Known Material Velocity
4 Press the UP and DOWN arrow keys to scroll the highlighted value
CMX High Performance Material & Coating Thickness Gauge
3 Press the ENTER key to display the Digits Edit Box
5 Press the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to scroll the digit locations
Known Thickness
One Point Calibration
5 Press the UP and DOWN arrow keys to scroll the highlighted value
CMX High Performance Material & Coating Thickness Gauge
4 Press the ENTER key to display the Digits Edit Box
6 Press the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to scroll the digit locations
9.5 Introduction to Coating Measurement CT
9.6 Two Point Coating Calibration CT Known Thickness
One Point Calibration
5 Press the UP and DOWN arrow keys to scroll the highlighted value
Dakota Ultrasonics
4 Press the ENTER key to display the Digits Edit Box
6 Press the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to scroll the digit locations
Two Point Calibration
5 Press the UP and DOWN arrow keys to scroll the highlighted value
Dakota Ultrasonics
4 Press the ENTER key to display the Digits Edit Box
6 Press the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to scroll the digit locations
CHAPTER TEN ADDITIONAL FEATURES OF THE CMX 10.1 High Speed Scan
Using the Scan Mode
10.2 Alarm Mode
Toggle Alarm on/off
Setting the Alarm Low Limit
3 Alternatively , press the ENTER key to display the Digits Edit Box
10.3 Differential Mode
Toggle Differential on/off
Setting the Differential Value
11.1 Introduction to Setups
CHAPTER ELEVEN SETUPS - CREATE, STORE, EDIT, & RECALL
11.2 Opening a Setup
Opening a Setup
11.3 Saving a Setup
Saving a Setup
3 Press the ENTER key to display the Save Setup Parameters List Box
7 Press the OK key to return to the Save Setup Parameters List Box
12 Press the OK key to activate the confirmation screen
10Press the ENTER key to activate the Setup List Box
CMX High Performance Material & Coating Thickness Gauge
14 Finally, press the MEAS key to return to the measurement screen
11.4 Deleting a Saved Setup
Deleting a Setup
11.5 Using the Default Setup
Using the Default Setup
11.6 Selecting a Language
Selecting a Language
12.1 Computer System Requirements
CHAPTER TWELVE USING THE UTILITY SOFTWARE
12.2 Installing DakView
USB to Serial Converter
12.3 Using the XFER menu CMX
Accessing and Using the XFER Menu
sound velocity
APPENDIX A VELOCITY TABLE
Material
in/us
Titanium
0.1310
3327
0.2400
Comment
APPENDIX A SETUP LIBRARY
Num Name
Gn/AGC Velocity