TranAX® 4

Data acquisition software

The TranAX® 4 data acquisition software turns your measurement hardware into a measurement solution.

  • Easy programming of the input channels without programming knowledge
  • Data Visualization in Mulit-Waveform Displays
  • Multiple cursors allow easy data reading and documentation
  • X-Y Waveform
  • FFT Analysis with different scaling and window functions
  • Waterfall – and Spectrogram-Visualization
  • Measurement Data and Video-Synchronization
  • More than 40 scalar functions
  • Formula editor with more than 60 math functions, syntax highlighting, for-loops, if/else conditions, array calculations, etc.
  • Macro Language for the measurement flow control
  • English and German version
  • ActiveX/COM interface for controlling TranAX and reading out data from Excel or customer-specific programs
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Key Specification

System requirement

  • Compatible with all TraNET devices as well as TPCE, TPCE-LE and TPCX measuring cards
  • Client-Server Architecture
  • Minimum requirement:
    • Windows 10, 64 Bit
    • 4 GB RAM
    • Full-HD Resolution

Licensing

Full Version

  • Paid version
  • License key with online or offline activation required
  • Unlimited term
  • 2 activations per license possible
  • Free update within the version number

LE Version

  • 30 days trial version with full functionality of the full version, afterwards automatic change to the LE version
  • No license key necessary
  • Unlimited runtime and installations

Overview

TranAX® 4 is a sophisticated data acquisition software designed to transform your measurement hardware into a comprehensive measurement solution. It offers a user-friendly interface that allows for easy configuration of input channels without the need for advanced programming knowledge. The software is equipped with a variety of features for measurement data visualization, including multi-waveform displays, X-Y waveform, FFT analysis, and more. It also supports video synchronization, providing over 40 scalar functions and a formula editor with an extensive range of math functions.

Control-Panel

The Control Panel is one of the core components of TranAX. It is used to configure the connected DAQ modules and devices. It enables the individual configuration of each channel of the system and settings such as recording mode, sampling rate, block size, trigger settings or signal scaling.

Easy and fast configuration of input channels and measurement settings in the control panel:

  • Setting the input range per channel
  • Input coupling (DC / AC / IEPE) configuration
  • Trigger configuration
  • Hardware filter configuration
  • Measurement mode setting (Scope / Mulit-Block / Continuous / ECR)
  • Sampling rate and block length setting
  • Channel labeling
  • Channel scaling in phyiscal units (e.g. Bar or mA)
TranAX - Control Panel
TranAX - Waveform Display

Waveform Display

The measurement curves can be displayed in flexible waveform displays. Individual curves can be displayed on top of each other or in subdivided areas. Curves with different scales or units can be scaled and moved relative to each other with additional Y-axes.

For long-term recordings, the data points are automatically reduced so that even very large measurements can be displayed smoothly. Different scroll modes can be used to always have the best view of the measurement data.

Other features:

  • Unlimited number of curves per window
  • Flexible zoom options
  • White or black background
  • Multiple cursors
  • Time and amplitude measurement
  • Curve legend
  • Multiple Y-axes per page

Documentation Page

Creating meaningful measurement reports can be time-consuming. With the documentation page in TranAX you can create them with a few clicks.

Use the already known waveform displays and scale tables and place them freely in a printable format.

  • Design a measurement report with just a few clicks
  • Long-term recordings can be divided into several pages
  • Use templates for a consistent appearance of your reports
  • Save screen and print output in the same setting
  • Results from the formula editor can be used directly in text fields
  • Create automated PDF reports using the measurement flow control (MFC)
TranAX - Formeleditor Beispiel

Post-Processing

Do you need the measurement data at a later time for further analysis? No problem with TranAX. Use the same software for measurement and analysis without the need to reorder your signals.

More complex analyses and post-processing can also be performed in TranAX using the Formula Editor. Over 60 integrated and documented functions are available for application-specific evaluations. The calculated measurement curves can be visualized directly on the display.

Application Examples:

  • Signals filtering
  • Remove DC Offset
  • Cutting out individual batches from a measurement
  • Searching for curves at certain levels
  • Velocity calculations of light barrier signals
  • Statistical evaluations
  • And many more…

Series Evaluations with the Measurement Flow Control (MFC)

Create automated serial measurements and evaluations thanks to macro-like Measurement Flow Control (MFC):

  • Automatically save measurement data with automatic file name assignment.
  • Automated loading of layout and hardware settings.
  • Execution of external tools with the CALL command.
  • Execution of formula calculations at a specific point in time
  • Display instructions to the user
  • Query variable inputs during the run
TranAX Measurement Flow Control - MFC

Video Synchronization

Import video recordings to play them back synchronously with the measurement curves and increase the significance of your measurements. All common video formats can be imported directly into TranAX.

Experiments with moving objects or explosions are often recorded with standard or high-speed cameras. Video recordings help to explain or validate measurement data from various sensors recorded with the help of a data acquisition device, such as a TraNET FE from Elsys. TranAX brings the video recording and the measurement data together, in one program and synchronized.

Synchronization of measurement data to video

Video files that were created at the same time as measurement data can be played and synchronized with each other. While the video is playing, a cursor in the waveform display shows the corresponding point in the measurement data. For this to work correctly, the frame rate of the video must be set correctly and a common reference point must be defined correctly.

The frame rate of a normal video is 25 frames per second (fps). Professional and high-speed cameras offer the option of recording at different and faster frame rates (up to 10,000 fps). This frame rate must be set in the video display so that the time axis can be determined correctly.

Even if the video recording was triggered by a trigger of the measuring system, time shifts may occur or the video recording may not start at the same time as the measurement. To compensate for this, a clear common event must be found in the video and in the measurement data. For example, the first contact of two objects should be visible both in the video and on a force sensor measurement curve. If such an event is found, this point in time is set as “Origin” for both displays

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