Super Systems SDSREPORTER OPERATIONS MANUAL

SDSREPORTER

OPERATIONS MANUAL

Super Systems Inc.

7205 Edington Drive

Cincinnati, OH 45249

513-772-0060

Fax: [phone]

www.supersystems.com

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Super Systems Inc.

USA Office

Corporate Headquarters:

7205 Edington Drive

Shipping Address:

7245 Edington Drive

Cincinnati, OH 45249

Phone: [phone]

http://www.supersystems.com

Super Systems Europe

Unit E, Tyburn Trading Estate,

Ashold Farm Road, Birmingham

B24 9QG

UNITED KINGDOM

Phone: [phone]

http://www.supersystemseurope.com

Super Systems México

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Phone: [phone]

http://www.supersystems.com.mx

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No. 369 XianXia Road

Room 703

Shanghai, CHINA

200336

Phone: [phone]

http://www.supersystems.cn

Super Systems India Pvt. Ltd.

A-26 Mezzanine Floor, FIEE Complex,

Okhla Indl. Area, Phase – 2

New Delhi, India 110 020

Phone: [phone]

http://www.supersystemsindia.com

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Table of Contents

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 6

Prerequisites................................................................................................................................... 6

Installation Procedure .................................................................................................................... 7

Using SDSReporter ......................................................................................................................... 9

File Menu Options........................................................................................................................ 9

File  New / New Button ................................................................................................ 9

File  Open / Open Button ...............................................................................................10

Report Properties Tab.........................................................................................................10

Report Tab ...........................................................................................................................10

Survey Parameters Tab ......................................................................................................14

Survey Details Tab ..............................................................................................................14

Thermocouples tab .............................................................................................................15

Survey Box tab ....................................................................................................................18

Furnace tab .........................................................................................................................18

Controller Tab .....................................................................................................................19

User Defined Tab ................................................................................................................19

Comparison Check and ComparisonCheck2 ......................................................................20

Chart Tab .............................................................................................................................22

Data Tab ..............................................................................................................................22

Using Options Tab  Shade Datagrid Values Outside Tolerance ..........................................24

File  Save / File  Save As / Save Button ......................................................................24

File  Export ..........................................................................................................................24

File  Print .............................................................................................................................25

Print Multiple Surveys.........................................................................................................26

Print Button .....................................................................................................................28

File  Print Preview ...............................................................................................................28

File  Exit ...............................................................................................................................28

SDS Menu Options ......................................................................................................................28

SDS  Manage Survey Templates .........................................................................................29

SDS  Download Surveys and Data .......................................................................................29

SDS  Launch Direct FTP ......................................................................................................32

SDS  View Real-time Data ...................................................................................................33

SDS  Manage Survey Records .............................................................................................35

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SDS  Uniformity Box Settings ..............................................................................................37

Install Driver .......................................................................................................................38

Device Settings ....................................................................................................................39

Calibrations .........................................................................................................................42

SDS  Perform Comms Test .................................................................................................46

Options Menu Options ................................................................................................................48

Options  Multiple SDS Mode ................................................................................................49

Options  Show Labels On Chart ..........................................................................................49

Options  Color Screen Scanning .........................................................................................49

Options  Show Page Numbers When Printing ....................................................................49

Options  Language ..............................................................................................................49

Options  Shade Datagrid Values Outside Tolerance ...........................................................49

Help Menu Options .....................................................................................................................50

Help  About ..........................................................................................................................50

Help  Install Color Prerequisites ........................................................................................51

Help  Color Screen Driver Installation ................................................................................52

Help  Check for Updates .....................................................................................................53

SDS Data Tags ............................................................................................................................54

Creating a Personalized Template .........................................................................................62

SDS Template Manager .............................................................................................................65

Description/Function of Template Manager Screen buttons/menu options ......................65

New Button / File  New ...................................................................................................65

Open Button / File  Open ..................................................................................................65

Save Buttons / File  Save ..................................................................................................66

File  Save As .....................................................................................................................67

Exit Button / File  Exit .......................................................................................................67

Add Template Button ..........................................................................................................67

Delete Button ......................................................................................................................68

Copy Button .........................................................................................................................68

Arrow Buttons .....................................................................................................................68

Description of Template Manager Screen Tabs .........................................................................68

Template Information Tab ..................................................................................................68

Survey Information Tab .......................................................................................................69

Active TCs Tab .....................................................................................................................69

Controller Information Tab .................................................................................................70

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Revision History .............................................................................................................................71

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Introduction
Designed by Super Systems Inc. (SSi), SDSReporter is Windows-based software that works with
the Data Loggers (both color and monochrome) and the In-Furnace Data Logging Device. Its
main function is to create and display charts and reports based on survey data collected by the
data logging equipment. In addition, SDSReporter performs the following functions as needed
by the user:

 Setup of templates for data logging surveys
 Browsing of records
 Limited remote device management for Data Loggers and In-Furnace Data Logging

Device.

The devices with which SDSReporter works are shown below.

Color Touch Screen Data Logger

(SDS 8100 Series)

Monochrome Screen Data Logger

(SDS 8000 Series)

In-Furnace Data Logging Device

(HB1000)

Figure 1 - Devices that Work with SDSReporter

The latest versions of SDSReporter support connections to all of these devices. Manuals on the
devices themselves can be found on the Super Systems website:

http://www.supersystems.com. See the Prerequisites section for more details on connecting

SDSReporter to these devices.

NOTE: Most functionality within SDS Reporter is identical, whether using an SDS device or an
HB1000 device. In cases when the HB1000 process differs, this manual will include a note at
the beginning of that section and a separate section to explain the HB1000 process.

Prerequisites
In addition to a compatible device with which to connect, SDSReporter has several operating
requirements. These requirements are detailed in the following.

NOTE

The SDSReporter installation program will install missing prerequisites. See the Installation
Procedure for more information.

SDSReporter must be run on a computer with Microsoft Windows XP or higher.

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The computer on which the software will be installed must have Microsoft .NET 2.0
Redistributable (or higher) installed on it.

If using the Color Touch Screen Data Logger:

The computer must also have SQL Server
Compact 3.5 (it must be that exact version). For computers running Windows XP, ActiveSync
must be installed. For computers running Windows Vista, 7, or 8, Mobile Device Center must be
installed and operating. All of these prerequisites are provided with the installation disc for
SDSReporter.

If using the In-Furnace Data Logging Device:

The computer must have a driver installed in order
for SDSReporter to be used with the In-Furnace Data Logging Device. See information on driver
installation in the SDS  Uniformity Box Settings section.

Installation Procedure

To install SDSReporter, first open the setup
program on the installation disc (or in the
installation folder). See Figure 2.

NOTE: Additional files and folders will be
present in the installation folders. These
files and folders are used to install
prerequisites and meet other requirements
of the installation procedure, as needed.

Figure 2 - Typical Installation Folder for SDSReporter

After opening setup, a “Welcome to the SDSReporter Setup Wizard” screen (Figure 3) will
appear. Click “Next” to begin the installation. The “Select Installation Folder” (Figure 4),
“Confirm Installation” (Figure 5), “Installing SDSReporter” (Figure 6), and “Installation
Complete” (Figure 7) screens will appear. In the Select Installation Folder window, you will see
the “Disk Cost” button and the “Install SDSReporter for…” Everyone / Just me radio buttons.
Clicking the “Disk Cost” button brings up an estimate of the amount of space required on the
destination drive for the new installation. The “Install SDSReporter for…” radio buttons allow

you to install SDSReporter for everyone who has a user account on the computer (“Everyone”),
or only for the currently logged in user (“Just me”).

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Figure 3 - Welcome screen (SDSReporter Setup)

Figure 4 - Installation folder selection

Figure 5 - Installation confirmation

Figure 6 - Installation progress

Figure 7 - "Installation Complete" screen

Once SDSReporter has been installed, it is ready to be run. See the

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Using SDSReporter section for more information on using the software.

Using SDSReporter

Figure 8 - SDSReporter initial screen

When the SDSReporter software is started up, the user sees the above screen (Figure 8). The
four menu options to choose from are:

File, SDS, Options

and

Help

. There are four buttons to

choose from: New , Open , Save , and Print .

File Menu Options

File  New / New Button

The New option allows the user to create a new report that will include the report properties,
the trend chart, and the TC data.

Note: the selected tab will be in Red when it is active only for the three main tabs – Report
Properties, Chart, and Data.

A video on the basics of SDSReporter can be found at

http://www.supersystems.com/tech-videos/

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File  Open / Open Button

The Open menu option will allow the user to choose an existing report from a common Windows

Open dialog box. The software will open the dialog box in the “SDSReports” folder (typically,

C:\SSi\SDS\SDSReports) for existing reports (.SDSReport) to open.

Report Properties Tab

The Report Properties tab contains several tabs, which in turn contain the information that
makes up the report (Figure 9).

Figure 9 - Report Properties Report Tab

Report Tab

The first tab is the Report tab, which contains the data to use for the report, the report template
to use, the report heading or title, the survey results, and any notes about the report.

Clicking on the open box, , next to the “Data” field will display a screen from which the
user can select the interval time (ten seconds, twenty seconds, thirty seconds, one minute, two
minutes, or five minutes) and also the specific survey to use (Figure 10). This screen will only
display survey data that has already been downloaded (SDS  Download Surveys and Data).

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Figure 10 - Load Survey Data screen

The default interval is one minute. Select the survey to use and click on the “Use” button.

Information included with the data sources is: Template Name, [Company Name - Furnace Id],
(Survey box Serial number), and the date/time range of the survey data. Any manual entries will
have [Manual Entry] at the beginning. See the section

Manually Creating a Survey Record

for

information on how to add a survey record manually. Clicking on the open box next to the

“Report Template” field will open a dialog box from which the user can select the specific report

template to use for the report. The software will open the dialog box in the

“SDSReportTemplates” folder (typically C:\SSi\SDS\ReportTemplates) for existing report
templates to use. The “Report Heading / Title” field is for the heading or title of the report and
the “Survey Results (Pass/Fail)” field is for the results of the survey. The “Notes” field is for any

general notes for the report.

Selecting Survey Records for In-Furnace Data Logger

Once the jobs are downloaded, close the window. Select

File



New

. The Report Properties

tab will open. The first box on this page is labeled Data Sources. Click the button with three

dots next to the Data field. This will display the Load Survey Data window. Select the
appropriate job; the most recent job performed will be at the top of the list. Once the job is
highlighted, a template can be used by clicking the Attach Template to Survey button in blue
located just below the list of jobs. This will display the Open Template File window with the
option to open a local survey template file located on the computer. Hit the Browse button,
select the appropriate template, and press Open. Hit the Open File button at the bottom of the
Open Template File window. This will display the Select Template window. Highlight the
appropriate template, and hit OK. Now, press the Use button in the Load Survey Data window.
For more information on creating a template, please see the section SDS Template Manager.

At this point, the data from the job performed as well as the data fields that correspond to the
selected template will be populated. Any other necessary information can be entered by
clicking through the Report Properties tabs. For more information on this, please see the
sections detailing the various tabs below.

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The chart for the survey can be viewed by clicking the Chart tab.

Manually Creating a Survey Record

Clicking on the “Advanced: Manually Create Survey Record” link from the Load Survey Data
screen will allow the user to create a survey record to use. Clicking on this link will display the
“Manually Create Survey Record” form (Figure 11). Five pieces of data are required to manually
create a record: the SDS model, serial number, the start time and date of the survey, the end
time and date of the survey, and the TC Spool Offset.

Figure 11 - Manually Create Survey Record form

The drop-down list next to “Survey Box Model” contains a list of the available models. Select the
model type.

IMPORTANT!

If the correct model is not selected, incorrect data may be loaded.

Enter the SDS serial number on the next line, “Survey Box Serial Number”. The SDS model and

serial number can be found on the

About / Sign-on

menu, menu option 12 on the SDS
instrument. The process for selecting the start date/time and the end date/time is the same.
To select a date, click on the down arrow next to the time listed. This will bring up a calendar
from which the user can select a new date (Figure 12). Select the new date by clicking on it.

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Figure 12 - Select new date

The date of the survey start /end is listed to the right of the drop-down list. To select a time,
click on the hours, minutes, seconds or “AM/PM”. The selected field will be highlighted. Each
field can be changed by using the up or down arrows on the keyboard. If the survey start date is
later than the survey end date, a message will be displayed to the user and the record will not
be added (Figure 13).

Figure 13 - Survey start/end date error message

Enter the TC spool offset and click on the “Add Record” button to add the record. Clicking on
the “Cancel” button will cancel the add process and bring the user back to the “Load Survey
Data” dialog box. If the add was successful, a message box will be displayed.

The added record will be displayed chronologically in the top of the list. Any record manually
added will begin with “[Manual Entry]” (Figure 14). If the manually created survey is less than
one second, it will not be displayed in the list.

Figure 14 - Manual entry on Load Survey Data form

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NOTE: When manually creating a survey record, most of the “Report Properties” tabs (Report,
Furnace, Survey Box) will need to be filled out manually as well. If the Survey Data selected
used a Furnace Template, data will be pulled over from that survey record and Template.

Survey Parameters Tab

The Survey Parameters tab (Figure 15) contains: the survey tolerance, the survey setpoint, the
overtemp setpoint, the simulated load in pounds, and the microns.

The Cooling/Heating combo box affects tags:

 <SDS:OV>
 <SDS:OD>
 <SDS:OVT>

Heating is default. If Cooling is selected, values below the tolerance range are thought to be
overshot instead of above the tolerance range (as they are thought to be for Heating).

Figure 15 - Report Properties Survey Parameters Tab

Survey Details Tab

The Survey Details tab (Figure 16) contains the company name, the survey start date, the survey
duration, the actual duration of the survey, the survey specification(s), whom the survey was
performed by, whom the survey was approved by, the date range for the survey, and the due
date of the next survey.

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Figure 16 – Report Properties Survey Details Tab

Thermocouples tab

This tab (Figure 17) contains the information about the thermocouple settings and it also lists
the active thermocouples. The information in the thermocouple settings includes: the
temperature type (F or C), the number of thermocouples, the number of TCs used in the report,
the thermocouple type, the thermocouple gauge, the thermocouple spool number, whom the
thermocouple was calibrated by, the date the thermocouple was calibrated, and the

thermocouple spool correction factor. Clicking on the “Change” button will allow the user to

change the spool correction (Figure 18).

Figure 17 - Report Properties Thermocouples Tab

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Figure 18 - Spool Correction screen

All values displayed to the users on the Chart tab, on the Data tab, and on the report are
corrected

. That means if there is a defined offset for the TC Spool and a channel offset, the user

would be shown the net result of those offsets into the value displayed.

There are checkboxes for a possible forty thermocouples, but only the active thermocouples will
have checks in the checkboxes. Note: Checking or unchecking TCs on the Thermocouples Tab
will affect the TCs plotted on the Chart Tab.

Clicking on the “Define Control TC” link will allow the user to select the TC or TCs that will be

the control TC(s) (Figure 19). The operator can select any of the thermocouples to be the
control TC(s) and provide an optional description for that TC.

Figure 19 - Define Control TC screen

Clicking on the Accept button will set the selected control TC(s). Once a control TC(s) has been

selected, the TC’s number will be in Red on the “Active Thermocouples” section of the

Thermocouples tab.

The thermocouple(s) that is identified as the control TC will not be used for

the TC summary when identifying hottest and coldest channels.

Clicking on the “View Instrument Correction/Offset used in Survey” link will display a list of the
offsets that were used on the survey (Figure 20) and allow the user to edit those offsets. The
Offsets displayed here are typically used to correct for known deviation on each channel. These

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are entered before the survey is run on the SDS device.

All values that are displayed to the

users are corrected values.

That means the Offset defined for these TCs have already been
incorporated into the value the operator would see. IF there is a value for the TC Spool
Correction Factor, that value will also be incorporated providing a corrected view for the user.

Figure 20 - Offsets screen

To change an offset value, enter the desired value in the corresponding input box and click Save.
It is suggested that the TC Spool Correction be left as 0 and that users address the individual
wire corrections here. Once these changes are in place, they will be applied to TC values from
survey data. These corrections will be reflected in the report generated by SDSReporter. For a
summary of all corrections by input, see the Data tab review.

Clicking on the “View Individual TC Wire Correction Factors” button brings up a similar screen
which allows you to set up correction factors for each TC. This can only be done through SDS
Reporter, not in the device itself. This window also allows you to enter a Spool name.

Figure 21 - Viewing and Editing Individual TC Correction Factors

The TC correction factors are passcode protected in the

SDSReporter.ini

file contained in the
SDSReporter installation folder (typically, the “C:\SSi\SDS” folder). The default passcode is 2. To
change it, open the

SDSReporter.ini

file and add this line in the [SETTINGS] block of the .ini file:

PASSCODE=

x

Where x is zero or a positive integer.

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Survey Box tab

This tab contains information about the survey box itself, such as the make and model, the
serial number, whom the survey box was calibrated by, and the calibration date (Figure 22).

Figure 22 - Report Properties Survey Box Tab

Furnace tab

This tab (Figure 23) contains the furnace ID, the make and model of the furnace, the furnace

type, the furnace use, the furnace’s operating range, the furnace dimensions, the furnace class

(newer versions only), and an optional image of the furnace.

Figure 23 - Report Properties Furnace Tab

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Clicking on the open box next the image frame will open a dialog box where the user can search
for an image of the furnace to use. The image frame feature can be used to address variations
in TC configuration used on the rack, to display pictures of the rack, to display the furnace
working zone, etc.

Controller Tab

This tab (Figure 24) contains the Controller manufacturer, the controller model, and the

instrument type (newer versions only) in the “Temperature Controller Settings” area and this

tab also contains the PID Settings: cycle time, dead band, output limit, PB (Gain), rate, and
reset.

Figure 24 - Report Properties Controller Tab

User Defined Tab

This tab contains twenty fields that can be defined by the user and included in the report. . If
there is data that you would like to create on your report that changes from report or furnace,
user defined fields are used to address this. To create a user defined field, click on the “Modify
User Defined Fields”. This will display a screen that will allow the user to edit the fields (Figure

25). The user can type in the name or description of the field and click the “Save” button.

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Figure 25 - User Defined Fields screen

Comparison Check and ComparisonCheck2

SDSReporter includes two Comparison Check tabs, as shown in Figure 26. The two Comparison
Check tabs perform the same function with different defined data sets.

Figure 26 - Report Properties Comparison Check window

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The information for the comparison check is generated from several of the Report Properties
fields.

Report Field

Location in Tabs

Time

Chart Start Time

Comparison Test TC

Spool Number

Middle Left of Comparison

Check

Comparison TC

Number

Top Right of Comparison

Check

Comparison TC Wire

Correction

Top Right of Comparison

Check

Comparison

Instrument Correction

Factor

Thermocouples

Comparison TC

Temperature Readings

Records the temperature

of the Comparison TC

Adjacent TC Spool

Number

Middle Left of Comparison

Check

Adjacent TC Number

for Comparison Check

Top Right of Comparison

Check

Adjacent TC Wire

Correction

Thermocouples, click View

Offsets Used in Survey

button*

Adjacent Instrument

Correction Factor

Thermocouples, click View

Offsets Used in Survey

button

Adjacent TC

Temperature Readings

for Comparison Check

Records the temperature

of Adjacent TC

CC Difference

Difference Between
Comparison TC and

Adjacent TC temperatures

Accept/Reject Criteria =

Tolerance of Furnace

Set on Comparison Check

Page, Middle Right

Accept/Reject

Dependent on A/R Criteria

Table 1 - Location of Report Fields

*The offsets for the TC Wire Correction can be adjusted solely for the purpose of the
comparison by checking the box on the Comparison Check page labeled Use Custom Wire
Corrections.

A header text and a body text can be put in the report. There are Preview Report and Print
Report buttons in the top left hand corner of the Comparison Check page.

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Chart Tab

The Chart Tab (Figure 27) contains the charted information from the time specified on the
survey. This tab is similar in design and function to the Real-Time chart (Figure 40). When the
chart tab is active, the chart toolbar buttons also appear and these buttons can be used to zoom
in on a section of the chart, pan the chart up, down, left or right, and refresh the chart back to
its original values. The screen will display 2 horizontal lines that represent the high and low
temperature tolerance levels based on the setpoint. This display will change based on the
tolerance level and setpoint defined in the Report Parameters. For more information about the
function of this screen, see the section “SDS  View Real-time Data”.

Figure 27 - Chart Tab

Note: checking or unchecking TCs on the Chart Tab will affect the Active TCs on the Report
Properties – Thermocouples tab.

Data Tab