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1. Import of Kistler MDF (KiBox) File with layout for fast evaluation cycle by cycle

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  1. Import Kistler MDF (KiBox) File by Drag&Drop or via menu File->Import Values->Kistler MDF (KiBox)

  2. In the dialogs bottom line select Import with layout.

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  3. Depending on the stored layout, the data is imported, calculation and graphic components created and a cycle control and Report Generator added.

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    The Cycle Control can be used to

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  1. navigate through the cycles.
    The following steps show how the layout can be modified and optimized individually.
    - As the cycle curves sometimes exceed the set maximum of the y-axis, the axis range is adjusted.
    - When further statistical values are of interest,

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  1. rows

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  1. can be added to the table.
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  1. Other values of interest can be displayed via e.g.

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  1. Digital Displays.

  2. Adjust axes: Double-click y-axis of diagram and set Top value to 150.

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  3. Add further statistical values to table: IMEPN value is already included in the layout, but we also want to display IMEPH and IMEPL. First, we have to group the values before adding them to the table: Find and select the IMEPH values in Producer list of Explorer under Data for selected cycle and group them via right-click and clicking Group values in context menu. In the dialog, enter the Result Data name and make sure that the values are in order from 1 to 4 so that they correspond to the right cylinders. Repeat the process with the IMEPL values.

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    Now, we can add the grouped values to the table: Double-click table and select Row

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  1. tab. Click Add and select

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  1. the created IMEPH GroupOfValues in the Channel field.
    To get the correct header text, you may enter the new name manually in the individual headercells section or alternatively fall back to the automatism by removing the check in individual headercell to display the content of General headercells, e.g. @DisplayName(CurrContext)@ which shows the selected data object name

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    Repeat the steps for the IMEPL values and use the up and down buttons to adjust the order of the rows as you like.

  2. Display additional values via Digital Display: Select interesting values in Producer list of Explorer and drag&drop them in Graphic window. Single values are preferedly shown in Digital Displays.

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2. Build a template to analyse knocking cycles

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In this tutorial we will show you how you can extract and process specific cycles out of the whole measurement. As selection criterion, we use the knocking behaviour of the cyclinder which can be identified by checking the signal KPEAK.
Later, we add a cycle control to navigate through the filtered cycles.

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titleStep-by-step tutorial

  1. Import Kistler MDF (KiBox) File by Drag&Drop or via menu File->Import Values->Kistler MDF (KiBox). In the dialog, click Open.

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  2. Exemplary, we use PCYL_1 signal to show how it can be splitted into cycles and to apply a filter for a specific cycle selection. When we look at the signal and the corresponding PCYL_1-angle-rel we can see that the cycles are clearly marked by the sawthooth of the angle signal.

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  3. To split the signal, we use the Split a Channel into Matrix calculation (menu Math->Curve Calculations). In the dialog, select the Input signal AD/PCYL_1 and set AD/PCYL_1-angle-rel as Trigger Channel. The trigger condition can be entered under Difference of 2 consecutive values of the trigger channel, e.g. 360°. Activate the option Common Xoff for all columns.

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    The result is a matrix with as many columns as cycles and as many rows as values per cycle.

  4. From all these cycles we want to extract a number of cycles according to a filter condition. As an example, we search for all cycles where knocking is indicated. Knocking shall be defined where KPEAK is bigger than 2 bar. We will make this threshold configurable via a Value Input field.

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  5. The threshold value can be made modifiable via Value Input field (menu Graph Editor->Controls). Enter a suitable Name and Unit to better identify the value later on.

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The following 3 steps will create a matrix which only contains cycles with knocking. For this, we first create a channel containing only the relevant cycle indices and use this later as filter criterion in a Cuts through Matrix calculation.

  1. To filter the cycles, start with identifying the cycles with knocking. Open the Formula Editor for numeric Objects (menu Math->Arithmetic). Enter a speaking name in Result Data and select the Input Data CD/KPEAK_1 and KnockingThreshold-V. The formula if(A > B; Index(A); -1) sets all cycle numbers without knocking to -1 which can later be distinguished from the knocking cycle numbers.

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  2. Now we need to filter out all other cycles (-1) to receive a list of all cycles with knocking. Open the Value Filter (menu Math->Data Filters). Select the just calculated result SetKnockingCycles as Channel to be filtered. In this case, the Input Data for the Filter Condition is the same. Set Relation to all values greater than -1. Then Add filter to actually set the filter condition.

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  3. The resulting channel we can use as control channel for cutting out the interesting columns of the cycle matrix. Open the Cuts through Matrix calculation (menu Math->Conversions) and select the cycle matrix CycleSplit as Data-Object. For the X-values, select all values.

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    For the Y-values, select the filter result SetKnockingCycles_Filtered as Control-Channel.

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  4. The resulting matrix only contains cycles with knocking. To analyse the cycles further, we create a cycle control to shift through the cycles one after another. To display the curves, find the CycleSelection matrix in the Explorer window and drag it into the Graphic window. Then, double-click the graph (anywhere except on axes or curves) to open the dialog.
    Enter a custom Name, e.g. CycleGraph.
    As workaround for an inconsistency of matrix configuration we need to set the X-values to CycleSplit-X.
    To display only a single cycle, replace the * by a specific column index, e.g. 1, in the input field.

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    After applying the changes and closing the dialog, you can further adjust the graph, e.g. change the line width or zoom the X-axis to approx. 270 .. 450° via scroll wheel over the axis.

  5. Next, we add a control to navigate through the cycles. Create an Iterable Graph Input Controller (menu Graph Editor->Controls) and select the graph created before under Commands. [CycleGraph-C1] MatrixColumnSelect is the command provided by the Universal 2D-Graph to select a specific column of a matrix.

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  6. The result should look like this:

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3. Selection of a range of cycles and calculation of statistical values

In this tutorial we will show you how you can select a range of cycles via cursors. Over statistical calculation the median cycle is determined.

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  1. Import Kistler MDF (KiBox) File and split the PCYL_1 signal into a matrix as shown in steps 1 to 3 in the previous tutorial.

  2. This time, we want to extract a consecutive range of cycles using a start cursor and a definable number of cycles. First, create a Universal 2D-graph by dragging the AD/PCYL_1 signal to the Graphic window. Add also the CD/PCYL_MAX_1 signal which only contains the maximum PCYL_1 value of each cycle. As this signal has a different X-grid, we apply a second X-axis (open dialog via double-click into diagram area).

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    Still, the curves don’t fit together. So we need to adjust the X-axis: Open the axis dialog via double-click into the X-axis and remove the checks for optimized scaling in both axis tabs.

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  3. Then, we add the start cursor: Right-click into the diagram area and select Modify… Cursor in the context menu.

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    In the dialog, enter a speaking Name for later recognition and deactivate the horizontal line as we need only a vertical line. Relate the cursor to the second diagram because this provides the cycle numbers. Center the curser so that is in the visible range and Publish the Index as we need it later on to cut the matrix.

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  4. To define the end of the selected range, we use a Value Input to enter the desired number of cycles. Create a Value Input component (menu Graph Editor->Controls). In the dialog, enter a speaking Name for later recognition and a Label for display. A Unit is not needed, so the check can be removed. At least, select Integer as Data type.

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    Drag the graph to a suitable position and enter a number, e.g. 30.

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  5. The next step is to determine the start and end cycle.

    Start cycle: The displayed cursor index is zero-based, so we need to increase it by 1 for further calculations. Open the Formula Editor for numeric Objects (menu Math->Arithmetic). Enter a speaking name in Result Data and select the Input Data: UCG:1-StartCursor-I. The formula is A + 1.

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  6. End cycle: Create a second formula as above and enter a Result Data name. Select UCG:1-StartCursor-I and NumberCycles-V as Input Data and enter the formula A + B.

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    You can display the calculated start and end cycle values by dragging the data objects into the Graphic window. To visualize the selected range in the diagram, you can add a second cursor for the end cycle. Open the cursor dialog as in step 3 and create a New cursor. Configure the new cursor similar to the first cursor, but this time it is controlled by the calculated end cycle.

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    The Graphic window should now look like this:

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  7. In preparation of the matrix cut to extract the selected cycles, we create a channel which contains the relevant cycle numbers. First, generate a Numeric Channel (menu Extra->Generators). Enter a Result Data name and select x-Grid which produces ascending values. Delta X shall be 1 and the Datatype Integer. Also remove all Units. The result is a channel going from 0 to 499 in steps of 1.

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  8. Next, we need to adjust the channel properties to the selected values, i.e. the Number of values to the Number of Cycles and Offset X to StartCycle. For this, create a component DataItem->Property (menu Math->Conversions) and enter a speaking name. The Controlling dataobject is the set Number of Cycles and this shall control the Count property of the generated channel SelectedCycles.

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    Repeat this for the second property Offset X.

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    As a result, the channel SelectedCycles counts from 50 to 79.

  9. This channel, we use for cutting out the selected range of columns out of the cycle matrix. Open the Cuts through Matrix calculation (menu Math->Conversions) and select the cycle matrix CycleSplit as Data-Object. For the X-values, select all values.

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    For the Y-values, select the filter result SetKnockingCycles_Filtered as Control-Channel.

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  10. The resulting matrix only contains the selected range of cycles. To analyse the individual cycles, you can now add a cycle control as described in steps 9 and 10 of the previous tutorial.

  11. In this tutorial, we want to find and select the Median cycle of the selected range using the CD/PCYL_MAX_1 signal. First, we have to extract the selected range from the CD/PCYL_MAX_1 channel. For this, we use the Partial Curve calculation (menu Math->Curve Calculations). Enter a name and select CD/PCYL_MAX_1 for Input Data and StartCycle and EndCycle as Boundaries.

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  12. There are several ways to determine the Median.