Kistler KiCenter Owner's manual

User manual

KiCenter_002-609e-07.23

KiCenter

Conguration

and measurement

software

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The information in this manual is subject to change without

notice. To keep pace with technical advancement, Kistler

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organization of such changes.

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www.kistler.com

Foreword

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Contents

1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................3

2. Important remarks ......................................................................................................................4

2.1 Supported Kistler devices ...................................................................................................4

2.2 System requirements ..........................................................................................................4

3. Installation instructions..............................................................................................................5

3.1 Installation of KiCenter .......................................................................................................5

3.2 Firewall: unblocking KiCenter .............................................................................................9

4. KiCenter Help ............................................................................................................................10

4.1 What is KiCenter ...............................................................................................................10

4.2 Device Center ...................................................................................................................10

4.2.1 Ribbon Menu .......................................................................................................11

4.2.2 Device tree ..........................................................................................................12

4.2.3 Main View ............................................................................................................12

4.3 Test Center .......................................................................................................................13

4.3.1 Ribbon menu .......................................................................................................14

4.3.2 Test Center Objects .............................................................................................15

4.4 Signals .............................................................................................................................17

4.5 Evaluations ......................................................................................................................38

4.6 Displays ...........................................................................................................................42

4.6.1 Chart display ......................................................................................................43

4.6.2 Digital display .....................................................................................................45

4.6.3 Led display .........................................................................................................46

4.6.4 Pin board display ................................................................................................46

4.6.5 Scatter XY display ..............................................................................................47

4.6.6 Tacho display ......................................................................................................48

4.7 Tables ..............................................................................................................................49

4.8 Metadata ..........................................................................................................................49

4.9 Tests ................................................................................................................................51

4.10 Sequences .......................................................................................................................52

4.11 Equipment .......................................................................................................................53

5. Data Center ...............................................................................................................................57

5.1 Signals and Evaluations ..................................................................................................59

5.2 Files .................................................................................................................................60

5.3 Displays ...........................................................................................................................61

5.3.1 Chart display ......................................................................................................63

5.3.2 Digital display .....................................................................................................65

5.3.3 Led display .........................................................................................................65

5.3.4 Pin board display ................................................................................................66

5.3.5 Scatter XY display ..............................................................................................67

5.3.6 Tacho display ......................................................................................................68

5.4 Converters .......................................................................................................................69

5.4.1 Table converter ...................................................................................................70

5.5 Reports ............................................................................................................................72

6. Main Menu .................................................................................................................................77

Total number of pages 78

Introduction

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1. Introduction

Thank you for choosing a Kistler quality product. Read

this instruction manual carefully so that you can make full

use of your product’s many features.

Where permitted by law, Kistler accepts no liability if this

instruction manual is disregarded or if products other than

those listed under accessories are used.

Kistler oers a wide range of measuring technology

products and complete solutions:

Piezoelectric sensors for the measurement of pressure,

force, torque, strain, acceleration, shock and vibration

Strain gauge sensor systems for the measurement of

force and torque

Piezoresistive pressure sensors and transmitters with

the corresponding ampliers

Corresponding ampliers (charge ampliers, piezore-

sistive ampliers, etc.), indicators and charge calibra-

tors

Devices for electronic control, monitoring and evalua-

tion units as well as application-specic software for

measurement technology

Data transmission modules (telemetry)

Kistler also designs entire measurement systems for

specic purposes, for example, in the automotive industry,

in plastics processing and in biomechanics.

Our complete catalog provides an overview of our product

range. Detailed data sheets are available for nearly all

products.

If you still have any specic questions after studying these

instructions, the Kistler customer service is available

to you around the world and can also provide you with

competent advice on application-specic problems.

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2. Important remarks

Welcome to the KiCenter installation guide.

KiCenter is the conguration software for Kistler devices

applied in the eld of vehicle dynamics testing.

2.1 Supported Kistler devices

Correvit S-350 sensor family (incl. S-350 D, S-350

R,S-350 RH, AC-350, and R-350)

Correvit SFII sensor family (incl. SFII-P, SFII Racing,

SFII-P Racing, and SF Race)

Correvit S-HR sensors

Correvit L-350 Aqua sensors

Correvit LFII sensors

Microstar II radar doppler sensors

HF Sensors HF-250C, HF-500C, HF-750C (height)

DCA system (orientation angle)

DFL sensors (fuel ow)

Kistler MSW sensors (measurement steering wheels of

Type CMSWA… and Type CMSWB…)

RV-4 sensors (wheel vector)

Logger product family (incl. DAS-3, GPS Logger and

CAN Logger)

Signal Converter AD8/4

S220 … 260 sensor electronics (rolling resistance)

New products will be supported automatically.

2.2 System requirements

Operating system: Windows 10 Windows 11

Mind.8 GB RAM

5 GB free hard disk space

Correvit is a registered trademark of Kistler Group.

Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.

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3. Installation instructions

3.1 Installation of KiCenter

First, any previous versions of KiCenter must be unin-

stalled.

For the installation, you need administrator rights on your

computer.

Execute setup.exe.

The installation start screen appears. Click on the „Next”

button.

Fig. 1: Starting the installation

Read the license agreement carefully and if you agree,

accept by activating the „I Agree” button.

You cannot proceed with the KiCenter installation if you

do not accept the license agreement.

NOTE

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Fig. 2: Accepting the software license agreement

Installation scope

Complete: includes Device Center for device congu-

ration, Test Center for performing measurement

tasks, and Data Center for checking and exporting the

acquired measurement data (recommended option).

Device Center only: only Device Center is installed to

congure the devices. This option reduces the amount

of required resources, but does not allow measure-

ment.

Fig. 3: Options for installation scope

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Select the directory in which you want to install KiCenter.

We recommend installation in the suggested directory.

You may install KiCenter for all users or only for the one

currently logged on. To do this, select the corresponding

eld in the installation routine.

Fig. 4: Selecting installation directory

Conrm start of the installation by clicking the „Next”

button.

Fig. 5: Conrming the start of the installation

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KiCenter is now being installed on your computer.

Fig. 6: Installation process

After successful installation of KiCenter, nish the installa-

tion by clicking the „Close” button.

Fig. 7: Finishing the installation routine

Now, KiCenter is installed on your computer; you can nd

it under Start → Kistler → KiCenter (a corresponding link

is on your desktop).

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3.2 Firewall: unblocking KiCenter

The conguration pages of the sensors are based on a

modern web-technology architecture, which means that

your rewall must not block this function. After starting

KiCenter, a rewall message appears after the rst

readout of a sensor where you can allow access by

KiCenter.

Example for a rewall screen:

Fig. 8: Unblocking KiCenter

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4. KiCenter Help

4.1 What is KiCenter

KiCenter is a specialized software to setup Kistler’s

vehicle dynamic sensors and data loggers, to dene and

run measurement tasks and to evaluate

acquired data. Software is organized to units called

Center. One Center is focused to one task, but the

Centers often communicate between each other.

The software consist of a Main Menu and three Centers:

1. Device Center with tasks to nd and setup Kistler`s

sensors and provide basic calibration if needed for a

given sensor type.

2. Test Center provides a way to dene hardware inde-

pendent test solutions with possibilities to dene

specialized evaluation values and systems, quick and

easy denition of visual data interpretation and to run

this denitions on real hardware to acquire data.

3. Data Center provides basic capabilities to view and

analyze measured data.

4.2 Device Center

Device Center consists from following areas:

• Main Menu and Quick Access Panel

• Ribbon menu

• Device Tree

• Main View

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4.2.1 Ribbon Menu

Ribbon Menu provides access to all device center

specic functions:

Save to Device: save current conguration to device.

Enabled only if device is online.

Refresh From Device: reload conguration from device

to KiCenter. Enabled only if device is online.

Parameter Import: previously exported parameters will

be imported.

Parameter Export: selected sensor parameter could be

exported to be used by another KiCenter installation.

Remove Device: selected device will be removed from

device tree.

Browse All/ Browse Serial/Browse Net: selected bus

type will be browsed to nd devices.

Cong Serial/ Cong Net: parameters for selected bus

operations can be set. For the serial bus, ports can be

selected to be excluded from the search. Use this to

reduce interactions with other devices such as modems,

mouse etc. Both options can be used together with Auto

Browse. Auto Browse is a function which searches avail-

able devices automatically in background.

Serial Devices: device center searches devices on all

serial ports except excluded ports.

Net Devices: device center searches devices on all avail-

able network interfaces.

Test Output: on devices which support this function will be

test application switched on or o. This allows you to check

whether the sensors are sending out correct signals.

Device Calibration: on devices which support this func-

tion, a calibration procedure will be started.

Create CAN DB: on devices which support this function,

a CAN Database will be written to a selected le.

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Firmware Update: with help of this function, a device

rmware can be updated. Only available for devices which

support this function.

4.2.2 Device tree

All devices that have been found or loaded are displayed

in the device tree.

Each device in the tree can have individual sub items with

information specic to the device type. Root tree items of

a sensor can provide a context specic menu with quick

access functions and additional information.

Remove Device: removes devices from tree

Import Settings: imports settings to device

Set To Default: sets device settings to factory values

Device Info: shows device identication information

GUI Export: exports device user interface data

4.2.3 Main View

This area displays information from the selected context

of the device tree. Dierent devices show dierent infor-

mation. All changes are saved in application context. To

store changes, the conguration must be saved to le or

to device.

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Firmware Update: with help of this function, a device

rmware can be updated. Only available for devices which

support this function.

4.2.2 Device tree

All devices that have been found or loaded are displayed

in the device tree.

Each device in the tree can have individual sub items with

information specic to the device type. Root tree items of

a sensor can provide a context specic menu with quick

access functions and additional information.

Remove Device: removes devices from tree

Import Settings: imports settings to device

Set To Default: sets device settings to factory values

Device Info: shows device identication information

GUI Export: exports device user interface data

4.2.3 Main View

This area displays information from the selected context

of the device tree. Dierent devices show dierent infor-

mation. All changes are saved in application context. To

store changes, the conguration must be saved to le or

to device.

4.3 Test Center

What is Test Center

Test Center (TC) is a part of KiCenter which enables users

to dene measurement setups, workows and evalua-

tions. Main feature of TC is the separation between signals

and channels. We dene channels as source data point

on sensor hardware, signals are dened as measured

value in TC. Signals have channels as data source,

several signals can share a channel as data source. So

it is possible to dene a whole measurement without to

know which hardware will be used. This makes it possible

to run same measurement denition on dierent hardware

platforms, if sensors on dierent platforms have compat-

ible channels. This makes it also possible to dene a set

of standard measurements and distribute it to customers.

Device Center consists from following areas:

Main Menu and Quick Access Panel

Ribbon menu

Task Tree

Main View

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4.3.1 Ribbon menu

Ribbon Menu provides access to all device center specic

functions:

Test export: Exports current test center denitions

without assignment.

Test import: Imports exported test center denitions.

Remove: Removes current selected object.

Manage Templates:

Signal: Adds a new signal to denition, type can be

selected.

Evaluation: Adds a new evaluation to denition, type

can be selected.

Display: Adds a new display to denition.

Table: Adds a new table to denition.

Test: Adds a new test to denition.

Metadata: Adds a new metadata to denition.

Sequence: Adds a new sequence to denition.

Quick view: Runs quick measurement and shows

values inside the grid layout to quick check equipment

functionality.

Oset calibration: Runs measurements to calculate

and then set the oset for marked signals.

Sensor calibration: Runs measurements to calculate

and then set the calibration values for marked sensors.

Current selection: Shows current selection of test and

sequence which will be started with start test/sequence

command.

Start test: Starts current selected test.

Start sequence: Starts current selected sequence.

Continue sequence: If sequence was interrupted, this

command continues the sequence at the same position

as it was interrupted.

Manual trigger: Produces manual start or stop trigger

for measurement.

Cancel: Stops a measurement.

Save: If measurement is not saved automatically this

choice saves all measured data.

Repeat: If measurement is not saved automatically

this choice discards all measurement data and starts

measurement again.

Discard: If measurement is not saved automatically

this choice discards all measurement data.

Display component: Adds a selected display

component.

Undo: Undo last display layout operation.

Redo: Redo last undo display operation.

Settings: General settings for test center.

∘Display rate: Update rate for display elements.

∘Decimal separator: Decimal separator for text data

les.

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∘Column separator: Column separator for text data

les.

∘Header: Date and Time: If checked, text data les

contain Date and Time in header.

∘Header: Trigger: If checked, text data les contain

trigger information in header.

∘Header: File Name: If checked, text data les con-

tain le name in header.

∘Overview type: Choice how to display tree elements

with multiple objects.

∘Working directory: Root directory for Test Center

data les.

∘Backup incomplete les: If checked Task Center

backup les there are not complete as example, user

has cancelled measurement.

4.3.2 Test Center Objects

TC measurement environment consists of several types

of objects. Denition of this object is located inside the

task tree structure.

1. Signals

Signals represent measured values from sensors. Signals

could have various physical dimensions as velocity, accel-

eration, distance and so on. For each dimension, a set

of predened units exist to choose one from. This allows

to choose compatible signals in further signal processing

and to automatically calculate between compatible units.

TC oers all usually used signal types in vehicle dynamics

scenarios, but user could use general signal too, if he

needs to do so.

After selection in tree, signal properties will be displayed.

Common signal properties are name and description.

These information’s will be placed to data les and could

be later be used to better identify signals and be used in

reports.

Each signal must have a compatible data source. Connec-

tion to data source could be done two ways. First is in

signal properties where users could choose sensors and

then channels, second possibility is to do so in equipment

assignments.

Signals could be created manually, as measurement

structure is created, or could be created from connected

hardware channels where KIC creates for each selected

hardware channel corresponding signals. This could be

done in equipment sensor view.

Signals could be also grouped to user dened groups for

better clarity.

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2. Evaluations

Evaluations are predened calculations to summarize

measurement results. Evaluations could be dynamic, with

value dened in time or be static as result

from the whole measurement.

3. Displays

Displays are predened sets of elements which help to

visualize measured data.

4. Tables

Tables are a special type of evaluations producing table

output les. Time steps show up as lines with dened

signal values inside the columns.

5. Metadata

Metadata oers a possibility to save customized (XML

formatted) data into a specic measurement. They are

saved into ADF le after the measurement. User can

dene several metadata in Test Center inside the tree

below the root metadata node.

6. Tests

Tests are core elements of Test Center (TC). Test as such

dene how is a measurement done, when it is started,

stopped, which display is visible in dierent phases of the

measurement and actions at the end of measurements.

7. Sequences

Sequences give the opportunity to put together a series of

tests and run it with specied order and count.

8. Equipment

Equipment is the central place in TC where the hardware

independent measurement denition is connected to used

hardware equipment. One measurement denition can be

run on dierent hardware equipment if this oers same

hardware channels.

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4.4 Signals

Time

Signal time is always present. It represents time of current

measurement.

Parameters

Name: Name of signal object Description: Description

which will be later found in data le and used in reports

Group: Name of group of signals which should be signal

part o.

Unit: Signal unit derived from signal type. If more compatible

units are available, KIC calculate automatic between unit.

Color: default color used in display elements

Decimals: Number of decimals to show.

Reset by Start Trigger: If checked, signal value will be

set to zero on start trigger event

General

This is general type of signal is used for signals outside of

implemented signal types.

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Parameters

Name: Name of signal object.

Description: Description which will be later found in data

le and used in reports.

Group: Name of group of signals which should be signal

part o.

Unit: For this signal is unit handled as string without possi-

bility to automatic calculation between compatible units.

Color: default color used in display elements.

Min, Max: Assumed minimum and maximum values, will

be used for default scaling in display elements .

Decimals: Number of decimals to show.

Sensor: Data source sensor

Sensor channel: Data source channel from chosen sensor.

Velocity

Signal type for measuring velocity.

Parameters

Mame: Name of signal object

Description: Description which will be later found in data

le and used in reports

Group: Name of group of signals which should be signal

part o.

Unit: Signal unit derived from signal type. If more compatible

units are available, KIC calculate automatic between unit.

Color: default color used in display elements

Min, Max: Assumed minimum and maximum values, will

be used for default scaling in display elements

Decimals: Number of decimals to show.

Filter type: Filter type, current only Moving Average available.

Average time: Average time window for lter

Sensor: Data source sensor

Sensor channel: Data source channel from chosen sensor.

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