MarelTestNet

The goal of this document is to help in the usage of MarelTest_Net application. Used keyboard shortcuts are written inside brackets, like: [key], [key+key].

MarelTestNet is a data acquisition software.

The following image is the main window of the application:

Following sections describe in detail all main window components.

All application functions are available from menu and you can select them with mouse or with keyboard (pressing Alt + underlined letter of selected command).

In this manual, all menu to use for each particular task are given with the following schema:

Menu label ⇒ Submenu label ⇒ …

The following table contains all toolbar items, with description of each button.

Key	Function
	Close application
	Create a new test
	Edit test data
	Acquisition start
	Acquisition stop
	Delete the current test
	Save test in local database
	Save test in a removable device or another path
	Open a test from local database
	Open a test from a removable device or another path
	Close a test open from archive
	Edit channels custom definitions
	View inputs instant values
	Make backup of application data on external device

The tests list on the left, under the toolbar, shows all active and opened tests. Icon of tests indicate its states, like the following table:

Icona	Stato
	Paused
	Acquisition
	Acquisition complete
	Opened from archive
	Opened from file

Channels list is under tests list. It contains all inputs of selected test. For each channel, in first two columns there are color and description. Third column contains the last acquired value. In column header there is the time of the test duration.

When you put vertical bars in the graph, the applications adds up to two new columns to show values and times of bars.

To show/hide a channel in the graph, just check/uncheck the channel in the list.

The graph toolbar allows the usage of all functions of the graph, like export as image, zoom, etc.

	Print graph
	Export graph data
	Save graph as image
	Show average values
	Show bars values
	Show notes list
	Show attached images list
	Zoom tool
	Bars tool
	Insert a note
	Insert attached image
	Reset graph
	Graph settings

In graph there are all curves of the test probes. In the graph you can use zoom and selection bars.

The term Test refers to the acquisition and storage phase of read input values. The application allows to start more concurrent tests. Tests can be saved in local archive on in other media, like removable devices.

Select Test ⇒ New or press the button to open the new test window:

Description: insert a brief description of the test.

Serial Number: this is an optional serial number of the product to test.

Lenght (hours): insert the maximum duration of the test in hours, if needed, otherwise 0.

Sample time (seconds): select the sample time in seconds for the test (available values are 1, 5, 15, 30 e 60).

Notes: optional test notes.

Afterwards, you need to specify the input channels to use. You need to choose a description and a color for each one. Once configuration is ready, you can press Confirm button. The application shows another window where you can see instant values of test inputs:

Before to start a new test, you need to define in archive the channels to use.

Click with right mouse button on inputs list and choose Channels definition to open the management window. See the Channels definition section of Tools chapter.

Usually, during test start, the application shows all available input channels. Those cahnnels can be split into more “virtual” places for a better interpretation. To select an input group, click with mouse over one place:

Clicking All button, you can come back to default view. You can use without problems channels from different places.

Click with right mouse button on channel to connect, and select color and description from the popup menu:

Click with right mouse button on channel to disconnect and select Disconnect from the popup menu:

You can save inputs configuration to reload it in next tests:

• Click with right mouse button in inputs list;
• Select the command Save configuration;
• Input a name for the new configuration and press Ok in the next window.

To open a configuration, follow this procedure:

• Click with right mouse button on inputs list;
• Select Open configuration and choose the desired configuration from the popup list;
• Confirm opening pressing Ok in the next window.

To delete an existing configuration, follow this procedure:

• Click with right mouse button on inputs list;
• Select Delete configuration and choose the desired configuration from the popup list;
• Confirm deletion pressing Ok in the next window.

Select the test in the list and click Test ⇒ Start, or press the button.

Select the test in the list and click Test ⇒ Stop, or press the button.

Select the test from the list and press Test ⇒ Delete, or press the button. Complete deletion pressing OK in the next confirmation window.

Use this function to save the test in local archive of the application.

• Select the test in the list;
• Select Test ⇒ Archive, or press the button;
• Confirm with Ok in the next window.

You can use this function to save test data on removable devices, network drivers or different folders.

• Select the test in the list;
• Select Test ⇒ Save, or press the button;
• Input a name for the file and select the path in the Save as window;
• Confirm with Ok button in the next window.

For each test, the application will creates two or more files with the following extensions:

You can use this function to open a test previously saved in local application archive.

• Select Test ⇒ Open from archive, or press the button to open the following window:

• Press the Find button to show all archived tests;
• Select the test to open and press View button to open it.

You can search and filter archived tests with the following fields:

• Date (from/to)
• Model
• Serial number
• Notes

In dates fields, you should specify the begin and the end of the search period; in other fields, you could add one or more characters to search.

With this function you can open a test from a removable device, a network driver or a different folder.

• Select the command Test ⇒ Open from folder… or press the button;
• In the open dialog, find the .thf file of the desired test and press Open.

With this tool you can print the graph, at its current state, also if there is active zoom.

This tool allows to export graph data in a text file, that you can open in external applications as Microsoft Excel® or LibreOffice Calc.

This tool allows to save the graph as JPEG, BITMAP or PNG image.

This tool open a window with minimum value, maximum value, integral average and arithmetic average of all inputs of the selected test.

This tool open a window with all inputs values of the selected test, in the position of the bars.

This tool opens a window with the list of all notes placed in the graph.

• The View note button allows to scroll the graph to show the page of the selected note.
• The Delete note button allows to delete the selected note.

This tool opens a window with all attached images.

• The View button allows to scroll the graph to show the page of the selected note.
• The Edit button allows to edit the note of the selected image. When edited, press the Save button to confirm the change.
• The Delete button allows to delete the selected image.

When the zoom tool is enabled, you can select with mouse an area in the graph and enlarge it. You can enlarge again the same area with the zoom tool.

With this tool you can show test input values at the point where you click with mouse in the graph. With left click you can insert the first bar, with the right click you can insert the second one. To insert more bars, you can use the left click together with the keyboard SHIFT button.

With the two popup menu items, you can set manually the position of the bars, setting the precise time.

When you click the note insertion button, you need to click a point in the graph where to add it. In the next window, you need to insert the note text and press Confirm, or press Cancel to undo the insertion.

When you press the image insertion button, you need to click a point in the graph where to add it. In the next window, you need to select the image file with the Load button, insert a description note and press Confirm to complete the operation, or press Cancel to undo the insertion.

With this tool you can restore the inizial graph state (this tool undos the zoom and deletes all inserted bars).

In this window you can edit all graph settings.

• Max value: maximum value of the graph.
• Min value: minimum value of the graph.
• Grid value: value of the graph grid.
• Page lenght (hours): lenght of the graph page in hours.
• Page divisions (minutes): grid divisions of the graph page in minutes.
• Smooth graph: if enabled, the graph is smooth.
• Show system time on X axis: if enabled, in graph you will see real time instead of test time.
• Wireless sensors comm filter: if enabled, it hides wireless communication holes in graph.
• Graph updating timer (seconds): the refresh time of the graph during acquisition.
• Colors (background, axis, bars, restart bars, notes): customizable colors of graph items.
• Input scales: you can customize scale for each input type.
• Second scale input: scale to show on the left of the graph.
• Revolution/minute filter (seconds): filter to apply to counters inputs.

Before you create a configuration, you need to define channels to use.

• Select Tools ⇒ Channels definitions to open the following panel:

To add a new definition:

• Select New or right click with mouse on channel list and choose New from popup menu;
• Select the input type from the popup list;
• Insert a description;
• Set the color with button;
• Press Update button.

For Analogic type inputs, you need also to specify other parameters, accorting to used device:

Full Physical unit and Logical unit fields with tool generated voltage and the measured value, and write the measure unit too.

For Counter type inputs, you need to specify also if they are incremental (like liter counters) or not (like revolution counters), and specify pulses for unit and measure unit.

To view real time system inputs values, select Tools ⇒ Input values, or press button:

With this tool you can make a backup of all MarelTestNet data and archives.

Select Tools ⇒ Backup to open the backup window:

Set the destination folder where copy files with Select button. To start the backup, press Start.

When backup is complete, press Close to close the window.

Select Tools ⇒ Options to open the program options window:

To speed up the channels configuration during the test start, you can create virtual places with a fixed number of channels. You can define more channels for each input type, except for electrical parameters: Voltage, Current, Power, Phase displacement, that are assigned separately to each place.

Select Tools ⇒ PM300 Configuration to open the PM300 setup window:

In toolbar, you can use ther following buttons:

Icon	Label	Description
	Save configuration	Save serial numbers into PM300 memory
	Import configuration	Load serial numbers from PM300 memory

There is a button for each PM300 in the system:

Icon	Label	Description
	1	View PM300 n. 1 inputs
	2	View PM300 n. 2 inputs
…	…	…

PM300 and its attached devices communication statuses are shown on bottom statusbar:

Icon	Label	Description
	PM300 x	Communication status OK
	PM300 x	Communication status NOT OK
	PM321 x	PM300 and PM321 link OK
	PM321 x	PM300 and PM321 link NOT OK
	CVM x	PM300 and electrical parameters acquisiton device link OK
	CVM x	PM300 and electrical parameters acquisiton device link NOT OK

All wireless probes are listed in central part of the window. For each probe, it's listed:

To replace a wireless probe, follow this procedure:

• click on the Serial Number text entry of the removed probe;
• write the new Serial Number (as reported in the probe label);
• press Save configuration

To remove a wireless probe, follow this procedure:

• click with mouse into the Serial Number text entry of the probe to remove;
• clear the text content;
• press Save configuration