Puma - Frequently Asked Questions

•How do I install the drivers for my Tiger / Regit I card? •How do I install the drivers for my Regit II card? • I am trying to restore my backup of the registry layout settings from the install and am receiving an error.

Analyzer

• What is Overload? • What is Auto Range? • What is the Damping Factor, on the Acquisition Panel, when selecting Force/Impact window? • What do the different status panel colors indicate in Analyzer? • What is Overlap Processing? • How do I get Burst Random output in Analyzer?

Classical Shock

• What do the different status panel colors indicate in Classical Shock?

Multi-Ref Modal Acquisition

• What do the different status panel colors indicate in Multi-Ref Modal Acquisition?

Random

• How do I set the proper voltage range in Random? • What is a monitor (or auxiliary or control) channel? • Why can't the drive (or monitor or control) channel be used in the transfer function H(f) table? • In the random vibration control application, what is the "Prestored Drive" option and how is it used? • What do the different status panel colors indicate in Random? • What does the limit parameter 'Sigma Clipping' refer to?

Sine

• While running Sine, I am having timing problems with the test length and time reported in the status box and tagged data displays. • What do the different status panel colors indicate? • How can I monitor the actual channel voltage levels during a sine vibration test? • What startup parameters during a Sine Analysis run are of most interest? • What are the explanations for the various sine resonance dwell types? • What is the entry in the channel table for dB Abort and db Reference used for?

Sine on Random

• What is the cause of messages Attenuator Error or Maximum Drive Exceeded? • How should the sigma clipping level be set? • What do the different status panel colors indicate?

Shock Synthesis

• What is an SRS and how is it calculated? • What do the different status panel colors indicate in Shock Synthesis?

Random on Random

• What do the different status panel colors indicate Random on Random?

Road Simulation

• Are the window settings forced to Hanning during system identification and None (Rectangle) during Replication, or is this handled by the system automatically? • What do the different status panel colors indicate in Road Simulation?

Rotating Machinery

• How is the data handled? • What is a gate? • How are gates utilized? • How does tacho processing work? • What are the digitizing options (i.e. sampling types) available in RMA? • How can the tracking sampling performance be optimized / What parameters affect the tracking accuracy? • How is an order track calculated?

Spectral Comparisons and Leakage

• Why doesn't the spectral line (i.e. peak amplitude) for my sinusoidal input match the peak amplitude of the time domain signal?

Star Analyzer

• What is the 'Data Scan' option and how is it utilized?

Miscellaneous

• When running Puma.exe, nothing comes up but T40DataServer is running and "Puma.exe" shows up in the Windows Task Manager. • I’ve recently changed some of my graphics settings and some of my spread sheets in the dialogs don’t look the same as they did. • After I upgraded my Puma software, Puma and or GraphTool crashes on execution. • Why is it that some of my Puma documents are no longer registered types associated with Puma and Windows uses the wrong default program for execution of these files? • Why are the log files difficult to read when viewing them using Microsoft WordPad? • I have a Puma that is on the network and if the network cable is unplugged or the network connection goes down I get a "Hardware Server Error." • When running Puma, the application never shows up or I get a error in the file occmgr.cpp. • Data files are corrupt when using Active X Automation either remotely or locally.