MTS WIFT Mini Transducer Interface User Manual
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SWIFT
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Mini TI
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TI2XFER - Transducer Interface Transfer
Software Utilities
Make important files (such as those containing calibration data) read-only
after uploading.
If not protected, important data may get overwritten.
Make important files read-only. Make backups of important data.
Check force and moment output signals after downloading new settings.
Downloading new settings may affect Transducer Interface outputs.
After downloading new settings, force and moment output signals should be
monitored to check basic system operation.
More about TI2XFER
files
The calibration files created by TI2XFER are plain text files that can be read by
Microsoft Notepad or WordPad (see the example calibration file on
). In
general, use a common extension such as “.cal” to help identify the files, but that
is not required. The settings files contain both configuration settings and
calibration settings. As a general rule parameters that begin with K are
calibration gains and should not be edited.
Whenever downloading settings, make sure the file is for the transducer
connected to the SWIFT Transducer Interface. Usually the filename for the
settings contains the serial number for the transducer. If settings for one
transducer are used with another they will not be accurate. Because the TI is
calibrated by itself, calibration settings for a given transducer can be used with
any TI, however, some calibration methodologies require the transducer, cable
and TI to be used as a calibration set (end-to-end calibration).
The serial number in the TI2XFER settings file is the serial number of the TI that
the settings were first uploaded from.
The bridge and angle zero values will change whenever a zero is activated by
pressing the TI front panel Zero button. Therefore, after a zero is performed the
zero values uploaded will not match those downloaded.
CAUTION
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