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Instruction Manual

AP-SoftPrint

Multiwave 3000/ Multiwave ECO and Synthos 3000 Software v2.5

Instruction Manual

AP-SoftPrint

Multiwave 3000/ Multiwave ECO and Synthos 3000 Software v2.5

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E-mail: [email protected]: www.anton-paar.com

Date: October 2012

Document number XCAIB002EN-A

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1 About the Instruction Manual ........................................................................................................ 6

2 AP-SoftPrint - An Overview ............................................................................................................ 7

3 Installing AP-SoftPrint .................................................................................................................... 9

3.1 Installation Requirements ....................................................................................................... 9

3.2 Connecting the Instrument to your PC .................................................................................... 9

3.3 Installing AP-SoftPrint ........................................................................................................... 10

3.3.1 Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP .................................113.3.2 Windows Vista, Windows 7 ................................................................................... 12

4 Operating AP-SoftPrint ................................................................................................................. 14

4.1 Starting a data collection ....................................................................................................... 14

4.1.1 Starting Real Time Plotting .................................................................................... 174.2 Information ............................................................................................................................ 18

4.3 Drawing a Graph ................................................................................................................... 18

5 Deinstalling AP-SoftPrint ............................................................................................................. 20

Appendix A: Software Version History ........................................................................................ 21

1 About the Instruction Manual

1 About the Instruction Manual

This instruction manual is supplied with AP-SoftPrint and informs you about the

installation and use of the software.

Conventions for safety messages

The following conventions for safety messages are used in this instruction

manual:

TIP Tip gives extra information about the situation at hand.

Typographical conventions

The following typographical conventions are used in this instruction manual:

Convention Description

<key> The names of keys and buttons are

written inside angle brackets.

"Menu Level 1 > Menu Level 2" Menu paths are written in bold, inside

straight quotation marks. The menu

levels are connected using a closing

angle bracket.

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2 AP-SoftPrint - An Overview


AP-SoftPrint for Multiwave 3000 / Multiwave ECO and Synthos 3000 has been

designed for a simple data transfer from Multiwave 3000 / Multiwave ECO and

Synthos 3000 to a PC. It offers an Excel add-in for reading out run-data from the

instrument, supporting follwing functions:

• Receiving run-data during or after a run and storing it in a Microsoft Excel

book

• Auto-draw function to generate graphs from the received run-data

• Online graph for viewing the run-status during operation of the instrument

The program is available free of charge for users of Anton Paar's

Multiwave 3000 / Multiwave ECO and Synthos 3000. It can be downloaded from

the Anton Paar website (http://www.anton-paar.com), or is provided by our local

distribution partners.

AP-SoftPrint must not be sold.

As the program is free of charge, Anton Paar can neither exclude the possibility

of errors in all situations, nor offer unlimited support.

We are grateful for any information about errors in order to correct them. For that

reason send your feedback to [email protected]

Please note that AP SoftPrint does not fulfill current standards regarding data

security. If you need to comply with these standards for legal or other reasons,

AP SoftPrint for Multiwave 3000 / Multiwave ECO and Synthos 3000 should not

be used.

End Users License Agreement (EULA):

This is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or an entity) and

Anton Paar GmbH. By installing and using this software, you agree to abide by

the terms and conditions of this agreement. Failure to comply with the terms of

this license terminates the agreement and your rights to use this SOFTWARE.

ANTON PAAR GMBH SOFTWARE LICENSE

1. GRANT OF LICENSE. This Anton Paar Software License Agreement

("License") permits you to use this SOFTWARE free of charge on any

number of machines within your company.

2. COPYRIGHT. The SOFTWARE is owned by Anton Paar GmbH or its

suppliers and is protected by Austrian copyright laws and international treaty

provisions. Therefore, you must treat the SOFTWARE like any other copyrighted

material (e.g., a book or musical recording).

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3. OTHER RESTRICTIONS. This Anton Paar Software License Agreement is

your proof of license to exercise the rights granted herein and must be

retained by you. You may not redistribute the SOFTWARE, even if you want

to redistribute it free of charge. You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or

disassemble the SOFTWARE or any parts of it.

4. NO WARRANTY: The software and documentation are provided on an "as

is" basis and all risk is with you. Anton Paar makes no warranties, express,

implied, or statutory, as to any matter whatsoever. In particular, any and all

warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-

infringement of third parties rights are expressly excluded. Further, Anton

Paar GmbH makes no representations or warranties that the software and

documentation provided are free of errors or viruses or that the software and

documentation are suitable for your intended use.

5. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: In no event shall Anton Paar GmbH or its

suppliers be liable to you or any other party for any incidental, special, or

consequential damages, loss of data, or data being rendered inaccurate,

loss of profits or revenue, or interruption of business in any way arising out of

or related to the use or inability to use the software and/or documentation,

regardless of the form of action, whether in contract, tort (including

negligence), strict product liability or otherwise, even if any representative of

Anton Paar or its suppliers has been advised of the possibility of such

damages.

This License Agreement represents the entire agreement concerning

SOFTWARE between you and Anton Paar GmbH. It supersedes any prior

proposal, representation, or understanding between the parties.

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3 Installing AP-SoftPrint


3.1 Installation Requirements

• Multiwave 3000 / Synthos 3000 with software v2.02 or Multiwave ECO.

• PC with:

• Pentium I processor or better (Pentium II recommended) For online-draw function Pentium II processor or better (Pentium III recommended).

• CD-ROM drive (quad speed or faster if used with Windows 95/98/2000/XP/7 to install the USB to RS232 adapter)

• One free serial interface (RS 232) or one free USB port to use an USB to RS232 adapter

• Operating system: Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7

• Microsoft Excel (Office 2000 or higher)• Screen resolution min. 800 x 600, recommended 1024 x 768 or higher

• Serial Link Cable (available from Anton Paar GmbH, Mat. No. 70429)

• Optional: USB-RS232 adapter (Mat.No. 17562)

TIP The USB-RS232 adapter was only tested with the systems mentioned above.

3.2 Connecting the Instrument to your PC

1. Connect the COM 1 port of your instrument by the serial link cable

(Mat.No. 70429) to the serial port of your PC.

TIP Use the optional USB-RS232 adapter to connect the instrument to the USB port

of your PC.

Fig. 3 - 1 Connecting the instrument to your PC

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TIP The connection is unidirectional, i.e. data is received from the instrument, but

commands are not transferred to the instrument.

2. Switch on the instrument.

3. Press <Setup F1 >.

4. Choose "Serial Port Setup" and confirm with <Enter F1>.

5. Choose "Transfer Delay".

6. Press <+> or <-> to define the value.

TIP Choose the data transfer rate according to the performance of your PC. Start with

30 ms and increase to 50 or 100 ms, if necessary.

Fig. 3 - 2 Serial Port Setup

3.3 Installing AP-SoftPrint

Former versions of AP-SoftPrint have to be deinstalled before the current version

v2.5 can be installed (refer to chapter 5).

AP SoftPrint comes as a standard zip file package (WinZip) including:

• the "B83AIC1C_AP_SoftPrint_v2.5_Multiwave.xla"-file• the AP SoftPrint Instruction Manual (XCAIB002EN)

1. Unzip the installation file according to your unpacking program.

2. Save the installation file to your local hard disk.

3. Create a new folder on your harddisk with the name: "C:\MW\User\AP-Softprint\".

4. Copy the installation file into the new folder.

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Now register the installation file as Microsoft excel add-in. According to your office

program, proceed as follows:

3.3.1 Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP

1. Start Microsoft Excel

TIP The appearance of the dialog boxes, the position and names of the menu vary

depending on the used Microsoft Excel version. Refer to the Microsoft Excel Help

function for additional information.

2. Click "Tools > Add-Ins".

Fig. 3 - 3 Add-In manager

3. Click <Browse> to select the AP SoftPrint add-in.

4. Choose the AP SoftPrint add-in.

5. Click <OK>, to confirm your choice.

6. Click <OK>, to finish the installation.

The add-in is now installed.

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3.3.2 Windows Vista, Windows 7

1. Start Microsoft Excel.

2. Click the <Office> icon (Vista) or <File> (Windows 7)

3. Click "Options".

4. Click "Add-Ins".

Fig. 3 - 4 Clicking add-ins

5. Click <Go...> to browse the available add-ins.

The "Add-Ins" dialog opens.

Fig. 3 - 5 Add-In dialog

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6. Click <Browse>.

7. Select the file from the AP-SoftPrint installation folder.

AP-SoftPrint is added to the list of available add-ins.

8. Mark the "AP-SoftPrint" check box .

9. Click <OK>, to add the AP SoftPrint add-in.

Fig. 3 - 6 Selecting the "AP-SoftPrint" check box

The menu item AP-SoftPrint is added to the Add-Ins menu.

Fig. 3 - 7 AP-SoftPrint as add-in

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4 Operating AP-SoftPrint


With Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows XP, the Microsoft Excel menu bar has now an additional AP-SoftPrint menu item. (Examples are shown with Windows 2000.)

With Windows Vista and Windows 7, start AP-SoftPrint from the Add-Ins menu.

This item provides the following options:

• Start data collection

• Information

• Draw Graph

Fig. 4 - 1 AP-SoftPrint menu item

4.1 Starting a data collection

TIP Check the setting of the file name, device interface and format option, before

starting a data collection.

1. Select "AP-SoftPrint > Start Data Collection".

The "AP-SoftPrint" dialog opens.

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Fig. 4 - 2 Start data collection dialog

2. Click <Change...> in the "File" box, to change the name of the file.

TIP The file name is used as diagram title.

3. Click <Change...> in the Settings box.

4. Select or check the preselected COM port of your PC, which is connected to

the instrument.

Fig. 4 - 3 Selecting the COM port

5. Click <Start> to start the data collection.

The data of the current run is recorded and the start data collection dialog

displays: "Status Waiting for data...".

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Additionally three different worksheets are created:

• Multiwave graph - visualizing the collected run data• Multiwave data - containing the complete run data • Multiwave information - containing the instrument’s information

TIP Use start data collection to save and transfer run data of finished runs via review

mode.

The data transfer is completed, if the run data is written into an Excel worksheet.

The header shows the name of the run data kind (time, power, pressure...).

Fig. 4 - 4 Transferred run data

6. Click <Cancel> to close the AP-SoftPrint dialog.

The "multiwave file information", "multiwave data" and "multiwave graph"

worksheets appear.

Fig. 4 - 5 Multiwave file information worksheet

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Fig. 4 - 6 Multiwave data worksheet

Fig. 4 - 7 Multiwave graph

4.1.1 Starting Real Time Plotting

The option real time plotting gives you the possibility to transfer the real time run

data and to display the live graph of a current run.

1. Select "AP-SoftPrint > Start Data Collection". The AP-SoftPrint dialog opens.

2. Mark the checkbox "Real Time plotting".

3. Click <Start> on your instrument to start the current run.

4. Click <Start> to start real time plotting.

TIP The real time plotting starts after a few seconds.

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Fig. 4 - 8 Real time plotting

TIP The performance of your PC might not be sufficient for real time plotting due to

the large data volume. In this case AP SoftPrint will stop processing automatically.

5. Click <Cancel> to quit real time plotting.

4.2 Information

This menu contains information about the instrument, software version and

copyright.

4.3 Drawing a Graph

If you have recorded the run data with AP SoftPrint, you can easily generate the

graph by using the Draw Graph function.

1. Open the Excel sheet with the desired run data.

2. Select the "multiwave data" worksheet.

3. Select "AP-SoftPrint > Draw Graph".

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Fig. 4 - 9 Selecting draw graph function of AP SoftPrint

The graph, based on the selected multiwave data, appears.

Fig. 4 - 10 Multiwave graph

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5 Deinstalling AP-SoftPrint


1. Start Microsoft Excel.

2. Choose "Tools > Add-Ins". The dialog box with the list of all add-ins is opened.

3. Clear the checkbox of the "AP-SoftPrint" add-in.

4. Click <OK>.

The dialog box closes and the "Multiwave 3000 / Synthos 3000" menu from the

menu bar is removed.

5. Delete the program files from your local hard disk and from the "Add-ins"

folder.

6. Choose "Tools > Add-Ins".

7. Click on the text "AP SoftPrint for Multiwave 3000 / Synthos 3000.xla" in the

add-in list.

8. Click <OK>.

9. Click <OK>, to confirm that the item should be deleted from the list.

TIP First uninstall the add-ins from the Excal add-ins manager and then delete the

installation file from your hard disk.

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Appendix A: Software Version History

1. v1.1:

• First released version, documentation B83IB39-A

• Second released version, documentation B83IB39-B

2. v2.1: New features / improvements:

• Support of data download from instruments (Multiwave 3000 / Synthos 3000) running German, Spanish or French GUIs (language settings)

• COM ports can now be selected in the range of COM1 - COM16• File name is now used to entitle the diagram• Main graphs are now highlighted (i.e. pressure, power, inside temperature

and related IR-temperature of vessel 1)• "RealTimePlot" function has been rewritten to improve speed and

functionality even on older, slower computers• If run data is collected during the run, the "Draw Graph" function will now

draw the graphs for magnetron temperatures, temperatures of used sensors (pT-Sensor or Rotor 8 and T-Probe) and the power consumption of the instrument; thus allowing a better troubleshooting if needed.

• Documentation B83IB39-C

3. v2.2: New features / improvements:

• mscomm 32 is no longer needed, thus current windows security updates will not influence the function

• The draw function has been improved

4. v.2.5: New features

• Compatible with Windows 7• Documentation XCAIB002EN-A

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