OPERATION MANUAL
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CHAPTER SEVEN USING THE DIGITS & B-SCAN DISPLAYS
APPENDIX A - SETUP LIBRARY
CHAPTER EIGHT THRU PAINT MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE
CHAPTER NINE PULSE-ECHO COATING & COATING TECHNIQUES
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
1.1 Disclaimer
∙ Telephone 831 ∙ Facsimile
CHAPTER TWO QUICK STARTUP GUIDE
2.1 CMX Overview
∙ Alarm Mode ∙ Gain Setting
CMX High Performance Material & Coating Thickness Gauge
∙ Measurement Mode ∙ Differential Mode ∙ High Speed Scan Mode
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
Performing an Auto Probe Zero Off Block
Coating Probe Identified
Coating Probe Not 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
CMX High Performance Material & Coating Thickness Gauge
4 Press the ENTER key to display the Digits Edit Box
5 Press the UP and DOWN arrow keys to scroll the highlighted value
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
3.8 XFER transfer - Menu
3.9 CLR clear Key
3.10 MEAS measurement mode Key
3.11 OK Key
3.13 Arrow Keys
3.14 ENTER key
3.15 MULTI MODE Key
3.16 ON/OFF Key
Transducer Connectors
Probe Zero Disk & Battery Cover
RS-232 Connector
3.17 Top & Bottom End Caps
CHAPTER FOUR PRINCIPALS OF ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT
4.1 Time versus thickness relationship
4.2 Suitability of materials
4.3 Range of measurement and accuracy
4.5 Temperature
Normal temperature range
High temperature measurements
Modes and temperature errors
Dual Element Transducer showing V-path of signal
V-Path Correction
Searching for small defects
Echo-Echo Mode - Thru-Paint E-E
Dual Element Transducer in Echo to Echo mode
Pulse Echo Coating Mode - Coating On PECT
Coating Mode - Coating Only CT
Pulse-Echo Temperature Compensated Mode - Temp Comp PETP
CHAPTER FIVE SELECTING THE MEASUREMENT MODE 5.1 The setup library
5.2 Which mode & transducer do I use for my application?
High penetration plastics and castings
Corrosion & Pit Detection in steel and cast materials
High temperature
Thru Paint & Coatings
Coating Only
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
6.2 Probe zero
Coating Probe Identified
Coating Probe Not Identified
Performing an Auto Probe Zero Off Block
Performing a Manual Probe Zero On Block
Coating Probe Identified
Coating Probe Not Identified
Dakota Ultrasonics
Coating Probe Identified
Coating Probe Not Identified
Using a Known Material Velocity
6.3 Material Calibration
Known Velocity
Dakota Ultrasonics
3 Press the ENTER key to display the Digits Edit Box
4 Press the UP and DOWN arrow keys to scroll the highlighted value
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
CMX High Performance Material & Coating Thickness Gauge
4 Press the ENTER key to display the Digits Edit Box
5 Press the UP and DOWN arrow keys to scroll the highlighted value
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
The following is a list of the viewable features on the display
∙ Alarm Mode ON/OFF/AUDIBLE ∙ Gain Setting VLOW, LOW, MED, HI, VHI
CMX High Performance Material & Coating Thickness Gauge
∙ 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
8.2 Using Thru Paint Mode
CHAPTER EIGHT THRU PAINT MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE
8.1 Introduction to Thru Paint Measurement
The coating modes can be enabled in three different ways
CHAPTER NINE PULSE-ECHO COATING & COATING TECHNIQUES
9.1 Introduction to Pulse-Echo Coating Measurement PECT
9.2 Enabling Pulse-Echo Coating Mode PECT & Coating CT
Probe Automatically Recognized PECT only
Multi Mode Key Pressed PECT & CT
Applied to Metals
Not Applied to Metals
Measure Mode Tabbed Menus - PECT & CT
Applied to Metals
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
CMX High Performance Material & Coating Thickness Gauge
3 Press the ENTER key to display the Digits Edit Box
4 Press the UP and DOWN arrow keys to scroll the highlighted value
5 Press the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to scroll the digit locations
Known Thickness
One Point Calibration
CMX High Performance Material & Coating Thickness Gauge
4 Press the ENTER key to display the Digits Edit Box
5 Press the UP and DOWN arrow keys to scroll the highlighted value
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
Dakota Ultrasonics
4 Press the ENTER key to display the Digits Edit Box
5 Press the UP and DOWN arrow keys to scroll the highlighted value
6 Press the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to scroll the digit locations
Two Point Calibration
Dakota Ultrasonics
4 Press the ENTER key to display the Digits Edit Box
5 Press the UP and DOWN arrow keys to scroll the highlighted value
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
CHAPTER ELEVEN SETUPS - CREATE, STORE, EDIT, & RECALL
11.1 Introduction to Setups
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
10Press the ENTER key to activate the Setup List Box
CMX High Performance Material & Coating Thickness Gauge
12 Press the OK key to activate the confirmation screen
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
CHAPTER TWELVE USING THE UTILITY SOFTWARE
12.2 Installing DakView
12.1 Computer System Requirements
USB to Serial Converter
12.3 Using the XFER menu CMX
Accessing and Using the XFER Menu
APPENDIX A VELOCITY TABLE
Material
sound velocity
in/us
0.1310
3327
Titanium
0.2400
APPENDIX A SETUP LIBRARY
Num Name
Comment
Gn/AGC Velocity