GE PanaView User Guide

Measurement & Control Solutions

PanaView™

Instrument Interface Software

User’s Manual

910-211 Rev. E

March 2011

Measurement & Control Solutions

PanaView™

Instrument Interface Software

Installation and Operation Manual

910-211 Rev. E March 2011

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END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

[PANAVIEW SOFTWARE VERSION 1.4.8]

YOU MUST READ AND ACCEPT ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT BEFORE

USING THIS SOFTWARE. GE INFRASTRUCTURE SENSING, INC. ("LICENSOR") AGREES TO

LICENSE THE SOFTWARE TO YOUR COMPANY ("LICENSEE") ONLY UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS

AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, PROMPTLY RETURN THE CD,

DOCUMENTATION AND ALL OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE SOFTWARE TO THE LICENSOR

AND/OR PERMANENTLY DELETE ALL ELECTRONIC FILES RELATED THERETO TO RECEIVE A

1. DEFINITIONS.

1.1 "Documentation" shall mean any Licensor user manuals and other printed materials delivered to Licensee in conjunction with the Programs.

1.2 "Intellectual Property Rights" shall mean patent rights (including patent applications and disclosures), copyrights, moral rights, trademark/service mark rights, trade dress rights, trade secrets, know-how and any other intellectual property rights recognized in any country or jurisdiction in the world.

1.3 "Programs" shall mean the PanaView computer software program referenced above, including all modifications, enhancements, and revisions thereto that are either: (i) expressly authorized by Licensor in writing; or (ii) created by Licensor pursuant to a software support agreement between the parties, if any.

2. LICENSE.

2.1 License Grant. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Licensor grants Licensee a perpetual, non-transferable, non-exclusive license to install the Program on one personal computer and use the Programs and Documentation to support any number or combination of GE Infrastructure Sensing instruments networked on the one personal computer. Licensee may make one additional copy of the Programs and Documentation solely for archival purposes.

2.2 License Restrictions. All Programs are licensed and not sold. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, Licensee shall not make any copies of the Products or Documentation, and shall not decompile, disassemble, decrypt , extract or otherwise reverse engineer the Products. Any modifications, revisions, changes or enhancements made by Licensee to the Products or Documentation without Licensor's express prior written permission shall be deemed a material breach of this Agreement, and any Intellectual Property Rights created without permission shall become Licensor's sole property without any additional Licensor action necessary to perfect its ownership rights and interests. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all rights, title and ownership of any such modifications, revisions, changes and enhancements shall reside solely in Licensor. Except as expressly provided in Section 11.1, Assignment, the Programs shall not be sold, leased, assigned, transferred, distributed or sublicensed, in whole or in part. Licensee shall not delete or in any manner alter copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices of Licensor or its suppliers appearing on the Programs and Documentation.

3. TAXES. Licensee shall, in addition to any license payments required hereunder, pay all applicable sales, use, transfer, value-added or other taxes and all duties, whether international, national, state or local, however designated, which are levied or imposed by reason of the transaction(s) contemplated hereby, excluding only income taxes on net profits which may be levied against Licensor. Licensee shall reimburse Licensor for the amount of any such taxes or duties paid or accrued directly by Licensor as a result of said transaction(s). If Licensee is prohibited by law from making payments hereunder free of such deductions or withholdings, Licensee shall immediately notify Licensor and pay Licensor any additional sum(s) equal to such deduction or withholding.

REFUND OF LICENSE FEES PAID.

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4. WARRANTIES.

4.1 Limited Program Warranty. Licensor warrants that the media on which the Products are distributed shall be free from defects for a period of ninety (90) days after delivery. As Licensee's sole and exclusive remedy and Licensor's entire liability for any breach of this warranty, Licensor shall, at its sole option: (i) repair or replace, at no additional charge to Licensee, any defective media; or (ii) if, despite using its reasonable efforts, Licensor is unable to replace the media, refund to Licensee the applicable license fees paid for the non-conforming media after Licensee returns the media to Licensor, less a reasonable license fee for the period during which Licensee had use of the Program, using straight-line depreciation assuming a useful life of the Program of three (3) years. The limited warranty set forth herein shall automatically become null and void if a party other than Licensor modifies the Programs in any way.

4.2 Disclaimer Of Warranties. EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS MEDIA WARRANTY ABOVE, THE PROGRAMS AND DOCUMENTATION ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS", WITH ALL FAULTS. LICENSOR MAKES NO OTHER WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. LICENSOR EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT AND THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. LICENSOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE PROGRAMS SHALL BE ERROR-FREE OR THAT THEY SHALL FUNCTION WITHOUT INTERRUPTION.

4.3 Excluded Uses. UNLESS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN A SEPARATE WRITTEN AGREEMENT, THE SOFTWARE MAY NOT BE USED AS ON-LINE CONTROL EQUIPMENT IN HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTS REQUIRING FAIL-SAFE PERFORMANCE, SUCH AS IN THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES, AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, DIRECT LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES, OR WEAPONS SYSTEMS, IN WHICH THE FAILURE OF THE SOFTWARE COULD LEAD DIRECTLY TO DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR SEVERE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.

5. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY.

5.1 Exclusion of Damages. WHETHER ANY REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OR OTHERWISE, IN NO EVENT SHALL LICENSOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS, LIABILITY OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF USE, DATA, BUSINESS OR PROFITS) WHETHER ARISING UNDER A THEORY OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF WARRANTY, PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER LICENSOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS, LIABILITY OR DAMAGES.

5.2 Total Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL LICENSOR'S CUMULATIVE LIABILITY ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, FROM ALL CAUSES OF ACTION OF ANY KIND, WHETHER ARISING UNDER A THEORY OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF WARRANTY, PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF LICENSE FEES ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY LICENSOR FROM LICENSEE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

5.3 Basis of the Bargain. All warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set in this Agreement shall apply upon delivery of the Programs to Licensee. Licensee acknowledges that Licensor has set its prices and entered into this Agreement in reliance upon such disclaimers of warranty and the limitations of liability and that the same forms an essential basis of the bargain between the parties.

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6. INDEMNIFICATION. LICENSEE SHALL INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD LICENSOR HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ALL CLAIMS, LIABILITIES, ACTIONS, SUITS, DEMANDS, FINES, PENALTIES AND ALL COSTS AND EXPENSES INCURRED BY LICENSOR IN CONNECTION THEREWITH (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO: (A) LICENSEE'S USE OF THE PROGRAMS IN COMBINATION WITH SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE NOT SPECIFICALLY APPROVED BY LICENSOR IN WRITING; (B) LICENSOR'S COMPLIANCE WITH DESIGNS OR SPECIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY LICENSEE; (C) ANY MODIFICATION, ENHANCEMENT OR REVISION MADE TO THE PROGRAMS BY ANYONE OTHER THAN LICENSOR; OR (D) LICENSEE'S FAILURE TO USE ANY MODIFICATION, ENHANCEMENT OR REVISION PROVIDED TO LICENSEE BY LICENSOR FOR THE PURPOSE OF AVOIDING A CLAIM OF INFRINGEMENT.

7. TERMINATION.

7.1 Termination for Breach. Either party may terminate this Agreement with respect to one or all of the Programs in the event of a breach or default by the other party; provided, however, no such termination shall occur until the non-breaching/defaulting party shall have given written notice of the breach or default to the breaching/defaulting party and such breach or default shall not have been cured within five (5) days in the event of a monetary breach or default and thirty (30) days in the event of a non-monetary breach or default.

7.2 Automatic Termination. This Agreement shall terminate automatically if: (i) either party becomes the subject of any voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy or any proceeding relating to insolvency, receivership, liquidation or composition for the benefit of creditors, and in the case of an involuntary petition or proceeding such petition or proceeding is not dismissed within sixty (60) days of filing; or (ii) Licensee fails to pay license fees when due or commits a material breach of the license provisions in paragraph 2 above.

7.3 Effect of Termination. Upon any termination of this Agreement or of any individual Program license, Licensee shall promptly return to Licensor or, at Licensor's election, destroy the applicable Programs and Documentation and all copies and portions thereof, in all forms and types of media related thereto, and provide Licensor with an written certif ication signed by a duly authorized representative of Licensee, certifying to Licensee's compliance with the foregoing. Licensee's exclusive remedy for breach shall be the return of all license fees received by Licensor related to the affected Programs.

7.4 Non-exclusive Remedy. Except as provided otherwise in this Agreement, all remedies of either party shall be non-exclusive and shall be without prejudice to any other right or remedy of such party.

8. SURVIVAL. All provisions of this Agreement relating to liability, warranties, indemnities or confidentiality, and the provisions of Sections 7, 10 and 11 of this Agreement, shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

9. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws in force: a) in the State of New York excluding its conflict of laws rules if this license is purchased when you are in the United States, Canada or Mexico; or b) in Japan if this license is purchased when you are in Japan, China, Korea, R.O.C. or another Southeast Asian country where all official languages are written in either an ideographic script (e.g. hanzi, kanji or hanja), an/or other script based upon or similar in structure to an ideographic script; or c) the Netherlands if this license is purchased when you are in any other jurisdiction not described above. The respective courts of New York, Tokyo and Amsterdam as applicable hereunder shall each have non-exclusive jurisdiction over all disputes relating to this Agreement. This Agreement will not be governed by the conflict of laws rules of any jurisdiction or the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the international Sale of Goods, the application of which is expressly excluded.

10. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. If Licensee breaches, or threatens breach of any part of this Agreement, Licensee acknowledges and agrees that Licensor will be greatly damaged, and such breach(es) will be irreparable and damages associated therewith will be difficult to quantify; therefore, Licensor may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction, who, notwithstanding the Governing Law provisions above, will apply the laws of its own jurisdiction in determining whether relief shall be granted to Licensor, for injunctive or other equitable relief to restrain such breach or threat of breach, without impairing, invalidating, negating or voiding Licensor's other rights to relief either at law or in equity.

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11. General

11.1 Assignment. Licensee may assign this entire Agreement with the sale of any of its GE Infrastructure Sensing instruments provided that Licensee and its assignee agrees in writing to comply with all provisions of this Agreement. Otherwise, Licensee may not assign this Agreement without Licensor's prior written consent . Any other attempted assignment shall be null and void and shall automatically terminate this Agreement.

11.2 Compliance with Laws and Export . Each party shall comply in all material respects with all laws, rules, approvals, registrations and regulations of the United States and other countries that may be applicable to the Programs or to each party's activities under this Agreement. In addition, you agree that the Products and Documentation will not directly or indirectly be shipped, transferred or exported or re-exported into any country or used in any manner prohibited by the United States Export Administration Act or any other export laws, restrictions or regulations (collectively "Export Laws"). If the Programs are identified as export-controlled items under the Export Laws., you represent and warrant that you are not a citizen of or otherwise located within a U.S.-embargoed nation and that you are not otherwise prohibited under the Export Laws from receiving the Programs or Documentation. All right to use the Programs and Documentation are granted on condition that such rights are forfeited if you fail to comply with the terms of this Agreement.

11.3 Severability. If any or all of the covenants hereunder are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, by reason that the breadth of restrictions are too great, or for any other reason, these covenants shall be modified and interpreted to extend over the maximum geographic area, period of time, range of activities or other restrictions to which they may be enforceable.

11.4 Force Majeure. Licensor shall not be responsible for any failure or delay in its performance under this Agreement due to causes beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to, labor disputes, strikes, lockouts, shortages of or inability to obtain labor, energy, raw materials or supplies, war, riot, act of God or governmental action.

11.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement is the complete and exclusive agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding and replacing any and all prior or contemporaneous agreements, communications, and understandings (both written and oral) regarding such subject matter. Any waiver, modification or amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective only if in writing and signed by duly authorized representatives of the parties hereto.

11.6 Attorneys Fees. In the event that either party resorts to legal action to enforce its rights under this Agreement, the prevailing party in such action shall be entitled to have all costs and expenses incurred in such action, including courts costs and reasonable attorneys fees, paid by the other party.

11.7 Notice to U.S. Government End Users: The Programs and Documentation are "Commercial Items" as that term is defined at 48 C.F.R. § 2.101, consisting of "Commercial Computer Software" and "Commercial Computer Software Documentation", as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. § 12.212 or 48 C.F.R. § 227.7202, as applicable. Consistent with 48C.F.R. §

12.212 or 48 C.F.R. § 227.7202-1 through 227.7202-4, as applicable, the Commercial Computer Software and Commercial Computer Software Documentation are licensed to U.S. Government end users: a) only as Commercial Items; and b) with only those rights granted to all other end users pursuant to the terms and conditions herein. For U.S. Government end users, GE Infrastructure Sensing agrees to comply with all applicable equal opportunity laws including, if appropriate, the provisions of Executive Order 11246 as amended, Section 402 of the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and the regulations at 41 C.F.R. Parts 60-1 through 60-60, 60-250 and 60-741. The affirmative action clause and regulations contained in the preceding sentence shall be incorporated by reference in this Agreement.

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Contents

Chapter 1. Features & Capabilities

1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

1.2 Basic Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

1.3 Supported Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

1.4 PanaCom ActiveX Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

1.5 Advanced Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

1.6 Windows Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

1.7 Electronic Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Chapter 2. Installation

2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

2.2 Personal Computer Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

2.3 Software Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

2.3.1 The [Back] and [Cancel] Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

2.3.1 Custom Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.4 Hardware Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.4.1 Installation Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Chapter 3. Initial Setup

3.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.2 Starting PanaView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.3 First-Time Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

3.4 The View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3.4.1 Comm Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

3.4.2 Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3.4.3 Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

3.5 The Help Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

3.5.1 Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

3.5.2 Search For Help On... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

3.5.3 About PanaView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

3.6 Exiting PanaView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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Chapter 4. Setting Up a Meter

4.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

4.2 Opening the New Meter Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

4.2.1 The PanaView Network Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

4.3 Adding a New Communication Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

4.3.1 Setting up Ethernet Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

4.4 Adding the First New Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

4.5 Adding an Additional Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

4.5.1 Replace the Existing Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

4.5.2 Keep the Existing Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Chapter 5. Running PanaView

5.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

5.2 Initialization Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

5.3 Communication Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

5.3.1 Editing the Communication Port Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

5.3.2 Removing the Communication Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

5.4 Meter Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

5.4.1 Editing the Meter Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

5.4.2 Removing the Meter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

5.5 Multiple PanaView Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

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Chapter 6. Data Handling

6.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

6.2 Preparing to Work with Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

6.3 The Text Display Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

6.3.1 Displaying Multiple Text Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

6.4 The Graphing Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

6.4.1 Setting Up a Graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

6.4.2 Graphing Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

6.4.3 Setting the Graph Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

6.4.4 Creating Chart Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

6.4.5 Using Chart Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

6.5 The Logging Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

6.5.1 Creating Meter Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

6.5.2 Creating PC Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

6.5.3 Viewing Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Appendix A. Menu Map

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Preface

Information Paragraphs

• Note paragraphs provide information that provides a deeper understanding of

the situation, but is not essential to the proper completion of the instructions.

• Important paragra phs provide information that emphasizes instructions that

are essential to proper setup of the equipment. Failure to follow these instructions carefully may cause unreliable performance.

• Caution! paragraphs provide information that alerts the operator to a hazardous

situation that can cause damage to property or equipment.

• Warning! paragraphs provide in format ion that alerts the operator to a

hazardous situation that can cause injury to personnel. Cautionary information is also included, when applicable.

Safety Issues

WARNING! It is the responsibility of the user to make sure all local, county,

state and national codes, regulations, rules and laws related to safety and safe operating conditions are met for each installation.

Auxiliary Equipment

Local Safety Standards

The user must make sure that he operates all auxiliary equipment in accordance with local codes, standards, regulations, or laws applicable to safety.

Working Area

WARNING! Auxiliary equipment may have both manual and automatic

modes of operation. As equipment can move suddenly and without warning, do not enter the work cell of this equipment during automatic operation, and do not enter the work envelope of this equipment during manual operation. If you do, serious injury can result.

WARNING! Make sure that power to the auxiliary equipment is turned OFF

and locked out before you perform maintenance procedures on the equipment.

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Qualification of Personnel

Make sure that all personnel have manufacturer-approved training applicable to the auxiliary equipment.

Personal Safety Equipment

Make sure that operators and maintenance personnel have all safety equipment applicable to the auxiliary equipment. Examples include safety glasses, protective headgear, safety shoes, etc.

Unauthorized Operation

Make sure that unauthorized personnel cannot gain access to the operation of the equipment.

Environmental Compliance

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive

GE Measurement & Control Solutions is an active participant in Europe’s Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) take-back initiative, directive

2002/96/EC.

The equipment that you bought has required the extraction and use of natural resources for its production. It may contain hazardous substances that could impact health and the environment.

In order to avoid the dissemination of those substances in our environment and to diminish the pressure on the natural resources, we encourage you to use the appropriate take-back systems. Those systems will reuse or recycle most of the materials of your end life equipment in a sound way.

The crossed-out wheeled bin symbol invites you to use those systems. If you need more information on the collection, reuse and recycling systems, please

contact your local or regional waste administration. Visit http://www.ge-mcs.com/en/about-us/environmental-health-and-safety/1741-

weee-req.html for take-back instructions and more information about this initiative.

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Chapter 1. Features & Capabilities

1.1 Introduction

PanaView is a graphical user interface (GUI) that permits interactive communication between a GE instrument and a personal computer (PC) that is running under a 32-bit Windows operating system (i.e., Windows 98SE/XP/ME/2000 or W ind ows NT 4. 0 with Service Pack 6 or Windows 7 or higher). The interface has been carefully designed to present the same appearance and functionality as most familiar Windows software applications. As a result, anyone familiar with using common Windows programs should have no difficulty using PanaView.

1.2 Basic Features

The following primary tasks may be performed with PanaView software:

• Save the instrument’s programmed site file data to the hard drive on the

PC.

• Display text output of the live measurement data on the computer

monitor.

• Display the live measurement data on the computer monitor in graphical

format.

• Create and save graph and log files to the hard drive on the computer.

• Create custom templates for displaying text, graph, or log data.

• Interface with multiple GE instruments.

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1.3 Supported Meters

Version 1.4.8 of PanaView supports the following meters:

• FGA390 • MIS 2 • PM880 • Sentinel LCT

• IGM878 • MMS3 • PT878 • Sentinel LNG

• MIS 1 • OxyTrak™ 390 • Sentinel • UTX878

The current version also supports all meters that work with the IDM protocol:

• AT868 • GF868 • GS868 • UPT868-P • XMO2/IDM

• DF868 • GM868 • PT868 • XGM868 • XMT868

• GC868 • GN868 • UPT868-C • XGS868 • XMTC

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PanaCom

ActiveX

Software Control

Panametrics

Instrument

OLE Compliant

Windows

Applications

Automation

Process Control/

GUI

User

Customized

PanaView

GUI

Panametrics

Command

Protocols

Development

Tool

1.4 PanaCom ActiveX Software

Although the PanaView GUI is the component of the software package that is visible to the user, it is really just one part of a sophisticated program. Beneath the surface, PanaCom™ is seamlessly enabling the PC to communicate with the GE instrument. Figure 1 illustrates the relationship between the various components of the system.

As indicated, PanaCom not only interfaces with the standard PanaView GUI, but it can be programmed to interact directly with customized versions of PanaView or with OLE compliant Windows applications. In fact, PanaCom is compatible with any process control/automation software that supports ActiveX technology. For more information on PanaCom, contact your GE sales engineer.

Figure 1: The PanaView/PanaCom System

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1.5 Advanced Capabilities

In addition to the basic features described on page 1, PanaV iew of fers some very useful advanced functionality:

• consult the comprehensive online help files to quickly answer questions

• use the supplied sample application (available separately, supplied only

with PanaCom software), visual basic code, and interactive demonstrations as a guide for expanding the capabilities of the basic program

Proceed to Chapter 2, Installation, to set up the system.

1.6 Windows Shortcuts

The instructions in this manual use the simple, direct approach to accomplishing the desired tasks. That is, the use of the standard menus on the menu bar is emphasized. However, as in any other conventional Windows program, many tasks may be completed by alternate methods. For example, a right mouse click or a keyboard shortcut may provide a more convenient route to the desired result. Since these are standard Windows procedures, they are covered in detail in the documentation that came with your PC’s operating system and specific shortcut instructions are not included in this manual.

1.7 Electronic Documentation

As an added convenience, an electronic version of this complete manual is included on the PanaView installation CD-ROM. A file named “PanaView.pdf” is included in the “Manual” directory on the CD-ROM. This file is an Adobe Portable Document Format file, and it may be opened with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Acrobat Reader is a free application that may be downloaded from many web sites, including the Adobe web site. The PDF file may be opened either directly from the PanaView CD-ROM, or the file may be copied onto your PC’s hard drive. Once opened, the electronic manual may be viewed on your computer monitor and it may be printed in whole or in part.

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Chapter 2. Installation

2.1 Introduction

PanaView is supplied on a CD-ROM that includes the basic program, along with sample applications and interactive demonstrations. The underlying PanaCom ActiveX software is automatically installed during the PanaView installation.

Before beginning the installation, make sure the personal comp uter system meets the requirements listed in the next section.

2.2 Personal Computer Requirements

For optimum performance of the PanaV iew software, the personal computer must meet the following minimum requirements:

• CD-ROM drive

• 300 MHz Pentium processor (CPU)

• 64 MB random access memory (RAM)

• 100 MB available hard drive space

• 32-bit Windows operating system (i.e., Windows NT 4.0 with Service

Pack 6 or higher, Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP, or Windows 7)

• Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher installed

• VGA monitor and graphics card

To begin the installation, proceed to the next section.

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2.3 Software Installation

Note: If you have installed a software version of PanaView prior to version

1.3 on your PC, please go to Control Panel and uninstall the previous version before installing the current version.

After verifying that the personal computer meets the minimum requirements listed on page 5, proceed as follows:

1. Insert the PanaView CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

2. Figure 2 below shows the first screen that appears, with three buttons

available. Click on:

• the [Install PanaView] button to continue the installation

• the [Browse the CD] button to examine the files, or

• the [Exit] button to close the screen.

Figure 2: Welcome Screen

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3. The Install-Shield wizard, shown in Figure 3, will launch and guide you

through the installation process. Click on the

Note: If the Install-Shield wizard does not launch automatically, select

“Run” from the Windows Start menu and run the “Setup.exe” file in the root directory of the CD-ROM.

[Next] button to continue.

Figure 3: Install-Shield Wizard

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2.3.1 The [Back] and [Cancel] Buttons

If the [Cancel] button is chosen at any of the installation screens, the screen shown in Figure 4 appears.

Figure 4: Cancel Installation Screen

At the screen shown above, the following two options are available:

• click the [No] button to return to the installation process, or

• click the [Yes] button to terminate the installation process and return to

Windows

On all but the first installation screen (where the out), you may return to the previous installation screen to make corrections by clicking on the

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[Back] button.

[Back] button is grayed

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2.3 Software Installation (cont.)

4. Next, the End User Licence Agreement shown in Figure 5 appears.

Click the radio button for “I accept the terms in the licence agreement,” and click on the

[Next] button to continue.

Figure 5: End User Licence Agreement

Note: A copy of this agreement begins on page iii of this manual.

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5. Enter your name and your company name. Use the radio buttons to

select whether the application will be available to anyone using the computer, or to the designated user only. Then, click on the button to continue.

[Next]

Figure 6: User Information Screen

Proceed to Step 6 on page 11 to continue the installation.

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2.3 Software Installation (cont.)

6. Click on the [Next] button at the screen shown in Figure 7 to accept the

default directory for the PanaView files (recommended).

Note: To specify a different directory for the PanaView files, click on the

[Change] button and select the desired directory on your hard drive.

Figure 7: Choose Destination Location Screen

Proceed to Step 7 on page 12 to continue the installation.

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2.3 Software Installation (cont.)

7. At the screen shown in Figure 8, click the radio button for the type of

installation desired. The following three options are available:

Figure 8: Setup Type Screen

• Typical - the best choice for most installations (the recommended and

default choice)

• Minimal - install only the minimum required files (use if hard drive

space is a concern)

• Custom - allows the user to specify the files to be installed

(recommended for experienced users only)

If “Custom” was selected, follow the special instructions on page 13. Otherwise, click on the installation process on page 15.

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[Next] button and continue with Step 8 of the

Chapter 2. Installation

2.3.1 Custom Setup

If “Custom” was selected at the “Setup Type” screen, proceed as follows:

a. Highlight either “Databases” or “Fonts” in the left pane of the

“Select Components” window in Figure 9.

Figure 9: Select Program Components

Continue the custom installation on the next page.

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2.3.1 Custom Setup (cont.)

b. Click on the icon to the left of the highlighted feature. A pop-up

menu appears, as shown in Figure 10.

Figure 10: Feature Installation Menu for Custom Setup

c. Click on the icon next to the installation prompt to determine how

PanaView will install a given feature. Four choices are available:

• The feature will be installed on the PC hard drive.

• The feature, and all subfeatures, will be installed on the PC hard

drive.

• The feature will be installed only when required.

• The feature will not be installed.

Click on the installation.

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[Next] button and proceed to Step 8 on page 15 to continue the

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2.3 Software Installation (cont.)

8. The screen shown in Figure 11 lists the entries made at the previous

screens. Press the

Note: Any of the prior entries may be edited by clicking on the [Back]

buttons until the desired screen reappears. This is the final chance to change the listed settings.

[Next] button to begin installing the PanaView files.

Figure 11: Start Installation Screen

Proceed to Step 9 on page 16 to continue the installation.

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9. When all of the PanaView files have been copied to your hard drive, the

screen shown in Figure 12 appears. Click on the the InstallShield W iza rd .

[Finish] button to close

Figure 12: Setup Complete Screen

PanaView may be launched either by selecting PanaView from the Windows S tart menu or by dou ble-clicking a PanaView shortcut (created by the user) on the desktop.

Proceed to the next section to set up your hardware.

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