Data Acquisition Systems

Coda
Continuous Data Acquisition, Signal Analysis and Process Monitoring

Coda is m+p international’s universal, turnkey software platform for fast and efficient measurements – irrespective of the channel count. With its intuitive user interface, comprehensive functionality and data base management of set-ups and results it is ideally suited for applications with higher channel counts and large quantities of data:

• General-purpose measurements on products
  and test assemblies
• Structural load cycling and dynamic testing
• Static and dynamic measurements on engine
  test stands
• Long-term continuous product and process data acquisition in production
• Process monitoring in power plants, refineries,
  water or sewage works

Whether temperatures, pressures, forces, accelerations, frequencies, strains, etc. are to be measured - Coda processes all these signals without difficulty. High-channel count applications using hundreds of channels can be configured within a very short time and are handled safely and efficiently.

Measurement Hardware

As standard, Coda supports a large number of high-precision, industry-standard LXIbus, VXIbus and USB acquisition hardware scalable for small and large channel counts. LXI (LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation) is the new instrumentation platform for test & measurement which combines the advantages of the industry-standard Ethernet technology with the simplicity and familiarity of GPIB. Coda can be operated with the advanced 48-channel LXIbus-based EX10xx series and EX1629 instruments made by VTI Instruments Corp. for thermocouple, voltage and strain gage measurements. Coda also supports a wide range of proven VXIbus hardware which is ideally suited for many measurement tasks because of its performance, accuracy and reliability: VT1413B/C, VT1419A, VT1422A, VT1459A.

For high-performance and cost-effective applications, support of the powerful Agilent U2300A, U2500A, U2100A, U2600A, U2802A USB modules is offered. m+p international’s compact VibPilot is the perfect solution whenever an integrated 4 to 32-channel vibration measurement hardware with USB interfacing is needed. In addition, Coda supports stable Beckhoff’s automation bus terminal hardware for flexible and modular data acquisition in industrial environment.

Key Features

• Scalable system for hundreds of channels
• Client/server architecture
• SQL database for parameter management
• Intuitive graphical user interface (Microsoft Windows environment)
• Automatic instrument identification
• Comprehensive measurement functions
• Temporary or permanent, pre-programmed or event-controlled data storage
• Event handling incl. limit checking and alarm monitoring
• Comprehensive visualization
• Replay function
• Real-time mathematical functions for calculating virtual channels
• Standardized data interfaces
• Data export to Excel, ASCII, MATLAB and other popular analysis packages