Modal Amplified™

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Installing new software or updating your existing version will follow the same procedure as described below:

READ THIS FIRST:

1. Before starting the installation process: Please be aware, your software support must be current. You can check your expiration date by following these instructions. If you have any questions about your software support please email [email protected].

2. Please check the Microsoft BitLocker encryption setting on your computer BEFORE starting this process. If the BitLocker is turned ON and you do NOT have the key, you will lock up your hard drive and lose all of your data!!

Follow these instructions to check and disable the BitLocker if you do not intentionally have it turned on.

3. Click on the following link for the software bundle you are trying to update or install

Software Installation Package for Modal Amplified

4. When the download has completed, open the Downloads folder

5. Copy the "v3.7+Modal+Amplified.zip” file to a USB device (Optional)

6. Take the USB drive to the RDI Technologies™ Acquisition Device (Optional)

7. Copy the “v3.7+Modal+Amplified.zip” file to the desktop of the RDI Acquisition Device (Optional)

8. Right-click on the “v3.7+Modal+Amplified.zip” file and select “Extract All…”

NOTE - The extracted files must be on the local computer. You cannot install from the USB drive or a network location.

9. Confirm the default desktop destination by clicking “Next”

10. When extraction is complete, the extracted file location should open automatically

11. Right-click on the “setup.exe” file

12. Left-click on the “Run as administrator” action

13. Files downloaded from the internet will probably display the following caution message:

14. Click on the "More Info" link highlighted in Green below:

15. After you click the More Info link, you will see details about the publisher, it should read "RDI Technologies Inc". The "Run Anyway" button will appear. Click Run Anyway to begin the installation.

16. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the software upgrade or installation

NOTE - The download contains the newest version available. In some cases the version references above may not exactly match the version in the download which will always be the newest version. In any case, the instructions remain the same regardless of the version that you download.

Yes. You will have to Rename the DAQ Hardware as described below.

Modal Amplified Software – Renaming Hardware

After installation of Modal Amplified, connect modal hardware to PC.  When encountering RDI modal hardware for the first time, you will see a National Instruments menu appear as shown below.  Select “Go” to configure the hardware.  If this message is not seen, manually launch NI Max software using Windows search bar.

[Display properties might need to be adjusted to see the small font!]

Note!  If NI Max software is very small, try the following:

• Increase scaling factor of your display temporarily or…
• Close NI Max, then:
  1. Using File Explorer, navigate to C:Program Files (x86)National InstrumentsMAX
  2. Right-click on NIMax.exe, select Properties->Compatibility->Change high DPI settings.  
  3. Select Override high DPI scaling behavior/Scaling performed by:  
  4. Choose System from drop down.

Expand the Tree in upper left corner – again, expand “Devices and Interfaces” as shown.

Note – if you see multiple NI cDAQ-9174 entries, simply right-click/delete entries with the red ‘X’, as shown.

Renaming the active NI hardware:  if needed, rename the DAQ itself as shown below.  Enter into “Name” field cDAQ1…then select Save.  If already correctly named, skip this step! 

Drop down to the 9230 Card; rename as shown – enter AI1 [Analog In 1], then select Save.

Drop to the 9402 Card; rename as shown – enter DIO1 [Digital In/Out 1], then select Save.

Shaker card:  if the Shaker card is present, continue the renaming process for this module; rename that card AO1 (Analog Out 1), then select Save.

Upon completion, NI Max should reflect the following (ignore third card, 9260 if no Shaker card was purchased)

Exit NI Max – Modal Amplified is ready to go!  

As long as your hardware doesn’t change, this process will not be required again.

Troubleshooting:

• If hardware reflected within NI Max does not appear as described above, power down hardware and remove Modal-to-USB from PC
  1. Relaunch NI Max
• If hardware cannot be found, check Device Manager as shown below:  attempt to update Driver

• If a rogue entry exists, such as shown below, delete it. 

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Connection Descriptions:

The Main Power cord is supplied with the Modal Amplified Kit. Connect it to the front panel and then connect it to a 100-240V 50-60Hz AC Power Supply

The Type A USB Connector will be connected with the Type A to Type A USB cable included in the Modal Amplified Kit. One end is connected to the USB Port and the other end is connected to one of the Type A USB Ports on the Acquisition Device.

The Type A USB port on the Type A to micro USB Type B Super Speed cable supplied with the Iris M Camera is connected to a second USB Port on the Acquisition Device.

The customer supplied Reference Accelerometer BNC cable is connected to the "Reference Accel" connector.

The supplied BNC for Camera Sync is connected from the Camera Sync port to the Sync cable on the back of the Iris M Camera.

For use with Iris M Camera:

Female BNC "Camera Sync" connector to Male BNC on cable. Male BNC on Cable to Female BNC on Sync Cable. Sync Cable to Camera.

For use with Iris MX Camera:

Female BNC "Camera Sync" connector to Male BNC on cable. Male BNC on Cable to Female BNC on BNC gender changer. Female BNC on gender changer to Green Male "Sync In" connector of Sync Cable. Sync Cable to LEMO connector on Camera.

The Modal Amplified Kit can be purchased with a Modal Hammer or the Modal Hammer can be supplied by the customer. Several different hammers are compatible with the Modal Amplified Kit (What kind of Modal Hammer can I purchase to work with Modal Amplified™?).

There is an optional DAQ Shaker Card available for purchase with the Modal Amplified Kit. The Shaker Out BNC will connect from the Shaker Out connector to the Shaker itself.

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New users:

If you have received the Modal Amplified system as an "Add-On", it was not purchased at the same time that you purchased the Iris M™, you will have to identify the DAQ components for the computer to recognize them. Those instructions are found in this article: Do I need to do anything special to use my Modal Amplified™ System for the first time?

Additional users on the same device:

Since the License will support multiple users on the same device, if you add different users to the Acquisition Device, each user will have to name DAQ parts within their own account. Please use the instructions in this article to configure the new user: Do I need to do anything special to use my Modal Amplified™ System for the first time?

Troubleshooting the "No hardware detected" message.

Hardware found but Unusable:

In this case, check the naming of the Hardware again. Check to make sure that the 9174 is named "cDAQ1" we have seen cases where the hardware gets identified as a second unit. In this case, it seems like the 9174 will get renumbered "cDAQ2" and it does not work correctly.

Similarly, the 9230 card should be named (AI1) as in A (Alpha) I (India) 1 (one). If it is named A (Alpha) 1 (one) 1 (one) it will not be recognized correctly. This is the Analog Input.

The 9402 card should be named (DIO1) as in D (Delta) I (India) O (Oscar) 1 (one). If any of the first three characters are entered as numbers, the card will not be recognized correctly. This is the Digital Input/Output.

If you have purchased the "Shaker" Option, you will have a 9260 DAQ card and that should be named (AO1) as in A (Alpha) O (Oscar) 1 (one). If it is named A (Alpha) 0 (zero) 1 (one) it will not be recognized correctly. This is the Analog Output.

Internally disconnected USB Cable:

The USB connection inside the Modal Amplified hardware case may become disconnected from the coupler. Please remove the 10 front panel retention screws and gently raise the front panel out of the case.

After the back of the panel is accessible, check the connection to the bottom of the USB coupler. Make sure that the USB cable is firmly seated in the back half of the coupler.

Confirm that the hardware can be detected by the software and reassemble the Modal Amplified unit in reverse order.

Unseated DAQ component:

An Individual DAQ module could become loose in the chassis. Check this especially after Shaker Card installation or "rough handling".

Please remove the 10 front panel retention screws and gently raise the front panel out of the case.

With the front panel out of the way, check that the clips of each of the DAQ modules is firmly seated. There is a connector on the top and the bottom of the module. The chassis is only velcroed to the back of the case. It can be removed if access to the bottom connector is not easy.

Reseat one or all of the DAQ modules, test the connection with the hardware and reassemble in reverse.

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Yes. There is no need to reconfigure or reacquire your data to change ROI locations or shapes. You can even use what you learn from the first locations to help place and refine the data. For example, once you see where the mode shapes are, you can move the ROIs to give the best view of the motion.

When using Modal Amplified, it is not necessary to define an Impact Location. You should make the impact in the same location, same direction, and with the same force as closely as possible.

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