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. Support of
Bustec's 6100 function card carrier is also implemented.

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.

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