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