Fluke 434/PWR, User Manual

Page 1: ...ew Power Quality Analyzer Software Version 3 20 onwards Users Manual 4822 872 30778 December 2005 Rev 1 04 06 2005 Fluke Corporation All rights reserved All product names are trademarks of their respective companies ...

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Page 3: ...lay Waveforms 7 Display Trend 8 Display Spectrum Harmonics 9 Display Limits Fluke 43x 9 Display Setup Fluke 43B 10 Display Datasets not for Fluke43B 10 Start Logging of Readings 11 Display Events not for Fluke 43B 12 Display Quality not for Fluke 43B 13 Multiple Transfers of Screens Windows 14 Remote Control not for Fluke 43B 15 Window Properties 15 Documenting Screens 16 Displaying an Instrument ...

Page 4: ... 22 Analyzing a Dataset 22 Example Export a Waveform from a Dataset to Windows Excel 23 Example Export a Vrms Trend from a Monitor Dataset to Windows Excel25 Limit Sets not for Fluke 43B 27 Retrieving Saving Sending Back a Limit set 27 Viewing and Editing a Limit set 27 Logging Readings 29 Graphing Readings 29 Inserting Logged Data into a Spreadsheet 31 Example Graphing Harmonics from the Fluke 43...

Page 5: ...wer Quality Analyzer to run the FlukeView software Connecting the Power Quality Analyzer The FlukeView software communicates with your Power Quality Analyzer via the optically isolated OC4USB adapter cable connected to the USB of the PC The OC4USB driver creates a virtual COM port FlukeView will handle the USB port as a COM port Note The optional RS 232 adapter cable PM9080 allows you to communica...

Page 6: ...ew to communicate at another baud rate do the following 1 In the Instrument Connect menu click on Advanced The dialog box shown below appears Note To see the Instrument Connect menu click connect disconnect in the toolbar button most left button 2 Click Disconnect if you are connected 3 Select the Baud Rate for example 57600 4 Click Connect to establish a connection with the instrument ...

Page 7: ... to serial bridge Windows 2000 XP USB to Serial Port Windows 98SE Me Changing the COM port Some programs require COM 1 2 3 or 4 and the USB cable is often installed as COM 5 or higher To change the assigned COM port number do the following 1 Open Device Manager 2 On the Device Manager dialog box look under the Ports COM LPT tree 3 Click on the Port Settings tab Click on the Advanced button 4 On th...

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Page 9: ...p Click to get help in dialog and error boxes Note To show help items on a help page do one of the following move the mouse pointer changes to above a help item press Tab changes the of a help item Introducing the FlukeView Software By clicking the buttons on the toolbar or by using the Instrument pull down menu you can read data from the Power Quality Analyzer Clicking a button will directly star...

Page 10: ...t the data or export it to other programs FlukeView software enables you to read the following types of data from the Power Quality Analyzer into a window on the PC screen Display Instrument Screens or Instrument Display Screen Transfers the instrument screen to the PC and displays the screen bitmap in a screen window The screen picture can be used to create documents see also Documenting Screens ...

Page 11: ... waveforms on the Power Quality Analyzer display to the PC and displays the waveform points graphically in a waveform window Select Instrument Display Waveform if you want to select the waveforms to be transferred You can zoom and scale the waveforms to analyze them see Analyzing Waveforms and Trends on page 17 ...

Page 12: ...a to the PC and displays the data graphically in a waveform window Select Instrument Display Trend if you want a trend of a particular function to be transferred You can zoom and scale the trend graphs to analyze them see Analyzing Waveforms and Trends on page 17 ...

Page 13: ...form frequency analysis on the data see Analyzing Harmonics on page 20 Display Limits Fluke 43x Retrieves the actual instrument limit set from the Fluke 43x Power Quality Analyzer An instrument limit set contains all limits used for power quality monitoring Select Instrument Display Setup Limits to retrieve the actual or a stored limit set You can view edit and send back an instrument limit set se...

Page 14: ...rs the actual measurement dataset to the PC A dataset contains all data belonging to a power quality measurement including trend data and instrument setup data For the Logger function the dataset contains only the setup data Dedicated software Power Log is available for advanced analysis and reporting of logger data You can also select Instrument Display Dataset to retrieve the actual measurement ...

Page 15: ...zer and displays them graphically in a readings window A reading is a numerical value from a single measurement by the Power Quality Analyzer Select Instrument Start Logging of Readings to select readings from one or more functions to be transferred You can analyze the graphed readings by zooming or scaling See also Logging Readings on page 29 ...

Page 16: ...ers the active events list from the Power Quality Analyzer to the PC and displays name date and time of the events list in a window Click the View button to open the list in your default rtf rich text format viewer for Windows You can edit and save the events list for documenting purposes ...

Page 17: ...Quality Transfers the Monitor mode quality data from the Power Quality Analyzer to the PC and displays name date and time of the quality list in a window Click the View button to open the list in your default rtf rich text format viewer for Windows You can edit and save the events list for documenting purposes ...

Page 18: ...ens and waveforms Whether the transferred data will be displayed in a new window will overwrite the existing window or will be recorded to disk The number of times the data will be transferred from the Power Quality Analyzer to the PC The interval time between two subsequent data transfers for waveforms To display a maximum of 4 waveforms in one window or each waveform in a separate window ...

Page 19: ...d to the PC screen The Power Quality Analyzer can still be operated with its own keys local operation is not locked out If you do this the PC screen can be updated via the Update Screen button Click on Close to close the remote control screen Window Properties To change the window to your preference do the following Select Options Add Description and type a description in the text box below the wi...

Page 20: ...ppears in a separate screen window To change the window to your preference see Window Properties on page 15 Inserting Screens into a Document 1 Click on the screen window you want to insert Tip To avoid losing resolution because of copying to the clipboard choose Window Default Size 2 Click to copy the window to the clipboard 3 Switch to a word processor open or create a document and place the cur...

Page 21: ...ing waveforms Displaying Waveforms on the PC To demonstrate this select for example VOLTS AMPS HERTZ Fluke 43B or SCOPE Fluke 43x 1 Select Instrument Display Waveform A dialog box appears allowing you to select the waveforms you want to read Click to retrieve all waveforms no dialog box Tip To specify conditions for transferring waveforms choose Instrument Multiple Transfers Fluke 43x Waveform Sel...

Page 22: ... 50 Vertical position X Scale Horizontal scale X At 0 Horizontal position X Size Shown Total number of waveform points Maximum Maximum value Minimum Minimum value X1 Time at cursor 1 X2 Time at cursor 2 dX X2 X1 Y1 Minimum and maximum value at cursor 1 Y2 Minimum and maximum value at cursor 2 dY Minimum and maximum Y2 Y1 Notice that values apply to the active waveform Note The Date and Time format...

Page 23: ... to view Select Options Scales or right click in the active window to change the following horizontal scaling Time axis of all waveforms vertical scaling Y axis of the active waveform Change Waveform Colors and Titles Select Options Colors or right click in the active window and select Colors Select Options Titles or right click in the active window and select Titles Moving waveforms You can move ...

Page 24: ... the harmonics Time Time of the harmonics Fund Fundamental frequency RMS Root Mean Square THDr Total Harmonic Distortion compared to RMS THDf Total Harmonic Distortion compared to fundamental KFact K factor X1 Frequency or Harmonic Number at cursor 1 X2 Frequency or Harmonic Number at cursor 2 dX X2 X1 Y1 Spectrum value at cursor 1 Y2 Spectrum value at cursor 2 dY Y2 Y1 Ph1 Phase at cursor 1 Ph2 P...

Page 25: ...f the spectrum Copying Harmonics Data to Other Applications You can export harmonics data rms values or the waveform window bitmap to other applications like Windows Excel or Word Proceed as follows 1 Select Edit Copy Data or Edit Copy Graphics to copy the harmonics data or the harmonics window to the clipboard 2 Open another application e g Windows Excel or Word and paste the data or graphics int...

Page 26: ...dataset window will be displayed 3 Select File Save As to save the dataset Use fvf FlukeView format to save the dataset window and the dataset data A dataset that has been saved as a fvf file can be opened again can be viewed using the viewer and can be send back to the Analyzer 4 Click to send the active dataset to the Power Quality Analyzer Select Instrument Send Dataset to select the dataset to...

Page 27: ... Power Quality Analyzer see the example below Note The viewer will hide a warning message when you try to perform an illegal action Move the viewer window to see the warning messages Example Export a Waveform from a Dataset to Windows Excel For this example the connected Power Quality Analyzer should be in the Scope mode Volts and the viewer must be closed See also the picture on the next page 1 C...

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Page 29: ...ick to retrieve the actual dataset 2 Click View in the Dataset window to open the viewer 3 Click the Vrms softkey F1 in the viewer to select the Vrms events 4 Click the TREND softtkey F4 in the viewer to see the trend 5 Click or select Instrument Display Trend to retrieve trendplot s from the viewer 6 Select Edit Copy Data or right click in the Trend window and select Copy Data to copy the trend d...

Page 30: ...SW43W Users Manual 26 1 2 3 4 6 5 In this example column A time axis and column B Min Voltage trend 1 are graphed using the Excel Chart Wizard ...

Page 31: ...mit set data A limit set that has been saved as a fvf file can be opened again can be viewed using the viewer and can be send back the Analyzer 4 Click to send the active limit set to the Power Quality Analyzer Select Instrument Send Setup Limits to select the limit set to be send to the Analyzer Viewing and Editing a Limit set 1 Retrieve a limit set or open a saved limit set 2 In the Limit window...

Page 32: ...perate the viewer Fluke 43x keys PC keyboard Softkeys F1 F5 F1 F5 or mouse click on Fluke 43x screen Blue arrow keys Arrow keys SETUP Click on Setup 4 Close the viewer after editing the limits the Limit text in the limit window will be provided with an e g EN50160 will become EN50160 5 Click to save the edited limit set 6 Click to send the limit set to the Analyzer ...

Page 33: ... Power Quality Analyzer and start the VOLTS AMPS HERTZ function 1 Click or select Instrument Start Logging of Readings A dialog box appears allowing you to select the logging parameters 2 Set Interval time to three seconds and choose Continuous logging Overwrite existing window s and Multiple readings in one window 3 Click Start A dialog box appears allowing you to select the type of readings you ...

Page 34: ...scale Y At 50 Vertical position X Scale Horizontal scale X At 0 Horizontal position X Size Shown Total number of waveform points Maximum Maximum value Minimum Minimum value X1 Time at cursor 1 X2 Time at cursor 2 dX X2 X1 Y1 Readings value at cursor 1 Y2 Readings value at cursor 2 dY Y2 Y1 Notice that values apply to the active waveform Tips Click to zoom in on a part of a waveform Use the mouse o...

Page 35: ...nsert waveform and spectrum points into a spreadsheet in the same way Example Graphing Harmonics from the Fluke 43x Proceed as follows to graph harmonics from the Fluke 43x 1 On the Fluke 43x select Harmonics then select the TABLE screen softkey F3 2 Start logging of readings 3 Select from the Logging of Readings window continuous logging interval 0 create new windows multiple readings in one wind...

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Page 37: ...1 Click to start logging A dialog box appears allowing you to select the logging parameters 2 Set Interval time to three seconds and choose Continuous logging 3 Click Start All harmonics are logged but only the actual harmonics are shown in a harmonics window 4 Click to stop logging 5 Click to save all logged harmonics to a FVF CSV or TXT file To graph the harmonics use for example windows Excel s...

Page 38: ... max 10 lines 3 Select Options Titles to change the title of the window 4 Select View Datablock to show the datablock 5 Select Options Colors to change window colors Each setup appears in a separate setup window If available from the Power Quality Analyzer the Setup Text box shows setup information 6 Click to send the setup from the selected setup window to the Power Quality Analyzer ...

Page 39: ...dow you want to print 2 Click to preview the window on the page 3 Choose Border to add a border around the active window 4 Choose Title Bar to add the title of the active window 5 Click Insert to add more windows on a page A dialog box appears allowing you to select another window 6 Click Page Setup to change the page setup 7 Click Print to start printing the window s 8 To change printer settings ...

Page 40: ...ng the windows you selected to the file For more information on saving to a file select Help Index and look for File Formats Copying Data via the Clipboard You can export data belonging to the selected window for example a waveform window to other applications like Windows Excel or Word via the clipboard Proceed as follows 1 Select Edit Copy Data or Edit Copy Graphics You can also right click the ...