W HLER A 450 PC Software User Manual

: June 15, 2024
: W HLER

Table of Contents

Using the software
Menu guidance
Data transmission
Evaluating measurements
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W HLER A 450 PC Software

Using the software

Using the software
This operating manual describes how to use the program “Wöhler A 450 Data Management”.
It is used to evaluate and manage the measurement data from the Wöhler A 450. It offers an online measurement option as well as the possibility to export data in graphic format to Excel.
PC system requirements
A PC is required with one of the following operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows 7
- Microsoft Windows 8
- Microsoft Windows 10
  In addition, Microsoft .net Framework Version 4.5 must be installed. This is normally a component of the Windows operating system; however, it can also be downloaded for free from the Microsoft website and installed later.
  An active Internet connection is required if you wish to use the update function of the program.
Data Security
Protect the data stored in the software from unauthorized access by third parties. Use the locking technology of your PC/laptop’s operating system.
Launching the programm
To select your desired language, click Settings>Language>English
**Language selection

Create a customer
Create a customer
The main screen is displayed when the software is launched
| Function
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1| Menu bar
2| Company logo (see Chapter 6.2)
3| Tabbed pages
4| Customer overview (management and create new customer, see next page)
5| Number of customers created
6| Number of marked customers
7| Loading progress bar
Buttons Send/Receive| Data transmissions to and from the Wöhler Flue Gas Analyzer (the button “Send” is only available when at least one customer has been selected).

To create a new customer right-click “Customer” in the main screen.
A shortcut menu appears with two options, “New customer” and “Delete all customers”
Select “New customer”; in the New customer window that opens allocate the customer a name, a number and a device.

NOTE!
It is possible to edit the customer name at a later date; to do so, right- click the created customer you wish to edit. In the window that opens, select the option “Rename customer”.

Right-click the customer name. A window opens with the following options, “New device”, “Rename customer” and “Delete customer”
Select “New device”. The Customer data window opens.
Enter the desired customer data.
Click the device. The “Device data” box is activated.
Enter the relevant device data.
Click File > Save, and save the customer data as an XML-file.
To load customer data after quitting and relaunching the software, select File > Open.

NOTE!
At the beginning of a working day it is possible to conveniently enter on a PC customer data of the systems to be measured, and then load the information onto the flue gas analyzer. At the end of the day simply transmit the customer data back to the PC for effortless evaluation.

Delete all customers

If you wish to delete all created customers from the software together with their allocated data, right-click “Customers” on the main screen and select “Delete all customers”.

Menu guidance

“File” menu

After you click File > New a window opens with the question: “Do you really want to delete all customer data?”

Click “OK” to confirm, if you wish to delete all created customer data sets.
You can then create new customer data sets as described in step 4.
Open a file containing measurement data that you have previously stored on your computer.

Add

Add more data to the opened file.
Save
Save the file on your computer.
Quit
Quit the program.

“Settings” menu

Select your desired mode of transmission (USB or WLAN).
Click Settings > Company logo.
You can insert your own company’s logo if it is stored as a graphic file on your computer. The logo is then displayed on the top left of each screen and top right on each printed report. Suitable file formats are .bmp, .jpg and .gif files. The logo is retained when you quit the program and displayed when the program is launched again.
Select the font type and size for the
Select this option to allow the program to automatically install the latest version of the software as soon as it becomes available. The automatic update function requires an active Internet connection.
If the option is activated a checkmark will appear beside “Check for updates”.

Activate this function before a software update only if you work from within a company network that uses a proxy server.
When you click the submenu item “Use proxy server” the window opposite opens.

Request the data required to be entered from your IT department.
Enter the data and click “OK” to confirm.

Menu “Instrument”

Online measurement

When taking online measurements the measurement values are transmitted immediately from the Wöhler A 450 to the PC. To do so, the device must be in normal measurement mode.

Select the desired measurement interval in the “Sample rate” box.
Connect the flue gas analyzer to the computer via a USB cable or WLAN, see Chapter 7.
To start measurements click the “Start” button. Click the “Stop” button to stop measurements.

Create report

To create a measurement report in PDF format click the “Create report” button. It is possible to insert this report into a customer report at a later date, as required.

Legend

The user is able to select which value should be displayed as a graph. The graph is displayed in the color listed next to the value.
Furthermore, it is possible for the user to select the graph axis on which the data is displayed by selecting the corresponding check box before or after the value.

NOTE!
It is practical to present the graphs on different axes if the variables of the displayed values differ widely. It would be difficult to recognize fluctuations if widely different values were shown on the same axis.

Firmware update Wöhler A 450

The software makes it possible for you to load the latest firmware version onto your Wöhler A 450 Flue Gas Analyzer. To do so, proceed as follows:

Connect the Wöhler A 450 Flue Gas Analyzer to your PC via the USB cable and then switch on the device.
NOTE!
It is only possible to update the software via a USB connection. It is not possible to update the software via Bluetooth.
Proceed as follows to update the software: on the menu bar click Instrument > Firmware Update Wöhler A 450.
Follow the instructions provided in the “Advices” box.

“Info” menu

Submenu item “Update”

To view the software version and date of last update, click Info on the menu bar then Update. To download the latest version of the software
click the button “Check for updates”.

Click the “Check for updates” button to check for and, if available, download a later version of the software.
It is possible to activate the function “Check for updates automatically” via the submenu item “Settings” shown in the opposite figure.

NOTE!
The update function requires an active Internet connection. It is not necessary to manually download updates if the function “Check for updates” is activated.

Data transmission

Data transmission via USB

Connect the Wöhler A 450 to your PC via the USB cable and then switch on the device.
Press the “Data exchange” button to halt the core flow search and activate the data exchange mode. The message “Device ready” is shown in the display.
To select data transmission via USB click Settings > Data transmission > USB
In the software, mark all customer files to be transmitted.
Click the “Send” button to transmit the marked data from the computer to the flue gas analyzer.
NOTE!
All data previously stored on the device is deleted when data is transmitted from the PC to the flue gas analyzer.
Click the “Receive” button to begin transmitting data from the flue gas analyzer to the PC.
NOTE!
When receiving measurement data the files containing previous measurements stored on the PC are overwritten. To prevent this, save the files containing existing measurements under a different file name.
The message “Data transmission successful” is displayed above the progress bar once the data has been transmitted; the number of files transmitted is displayed in a pop-up window.

Data transmission via WLAN

Switch on the Wöhler A 450 Flue Gas Analyzer.
Press the “Data exchange” button to halt the core flow search and activate the data exchange mode. The message “Device ready” is shown in the display.
To select data transmission via WLAN click Settings > Data transmission > WLAN.
In the software, mark all customer files to be transmitted as described in 7.1.
Click the “Send” button to transmit the marked data from the computer to the flue gas analyzer.
In the window that now opens select the Wöhler A 450 and click OK to confirm your selection.
NOTE!
All data previously stored on the device is deleted when data is transmitted from the PC to the flue gas analyzer.
Click the “Receive” button to begin transmitting data from the flue gas analyzer to the PC.
NOTE!
When receiving measurement data the files containing previous measurements stored on the PC are overwritten. To prevent this, save the files containing existing measurements under a different file name.
In the window that opens select the Wöhler A 450 and click OK to confirm your selection

Evaluating measurements

The message “Data transmission successful” is displayed above the progress bar once the data has been transmitted; the number of risers transmitted is displayed in a pop-up window.

Evaluating measurements

Once transmitted it is possible on the PC to view, edit and print out the data determined Using the flue gas analyzer.
First mark a customer and then a riser (see Chapter 5).
If measurements have been stored, the tab of the corresponding type of measurement is activated.

NOTE!
The tabbed pages of measurement types that have no measurements stored are not available.

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Measurement data

The time and date of the measurement as well as special measurement data are displayed here.

Result

The evaluation of the measurement the user has taken using the flue gas analyzer is shown in the “Results” box.

Create report

To create a measurement report in PDF format click the “Create report” button. It is possible to insert this report into a customer report at a later date, as required.

Time axis

The user is able select if the time is shown on the time axis at which a given value is measured (real time) or the time that has elapsed since the measurement began (difference)

Save as Excel file

To save data to an Excel file, click the “Save as Excel file” button. In the window that opens select the path to where the file is to be saved.