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EDM Post Processing Step by Step Tutorial

This step by step tutorial demonstrates how to use the EDM software to post process time stream data that was recorded with the CoCo hardware. The first part demonstrates the procedure for selecting a data record, applying analysis functions and processing the data. The second part demonstrates additional features such as exporting processed data, changing the time range for processing, saving the processed data, and exporting the analysis profile. The user needs to purchase the post processing functions in EDM. License Key has to be entered during the installation process to enable the post processing functions.

Post Process Time Streams

1. The first step is to download a time stream signal from your CoCo or SD card to the EDM software on the PC

2. After the data file is downloaded, right click on it and select view from the pop-up menu.

3. Next click the Analysis Tab. All the post processing features are located on the Analysis Tab.

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4. To start the analysis, we should create an analysis profile first. The profile saves all the analysis settings. This is useful if we want to perform the same analysis over and over again or use it at a later date. We can save the profile it in two ways. One way is to right click on the data file and select Create Analysis Profile, the other is to press the Create button on the toolbar. An Analysis Profile defines the required output signals and the analysis parameters for post processing,.

5. The wizard launches. In this demonstration we will use the FFT Spectral Analysis template. Select this template and press the Next Button.

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6. Next, select the recoded time streams as the input data source for the post processed signal analysis. Click the Finish Button.

7. After the wizard is finished. two computed signals show up in the left panel and the Data Conditioning and the Signals Tabs are shown. Right now the FFT and APS compute signals shown in the Recording pan are empty because the data has not been processed yet.

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8. Select the Signals Tab. Since there is only 1 time signal in the file, we can only analyze it with an FFT and an APS. If we had more than two time signals in the file, we could do a CPS and FRF analysis. The FFT(ch1) appears in the left panel when we enable the FFT analysis function. After we enable the desired analysis functions, press the Analyze Button on the control panel.

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9. Now, the Block(ch1), APS(ch1), and FFT(ch1) are computed. Click on the View Tab.

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10. Select APS(ch1) in the Recordings pane. We can see the preview of ASP(ch1) on the bottom left pane.

11. Next, drag the APS(ch1) and FFT(ch1) signals into the blank panes . Press the Analyze Button on the control panel and we can see the APS(ch1) and FFT(ch1) signals are being analyzed frame by frame.

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12. The recorded data is post processed using the settings in the analysis profile. You can change the settings and then reanalyze the data. Click on Spectrum Averaging and change Linear to Peak/Hold. Then click on the Analyze Button again to reprocess the data with the different averaging setting.

This is a good time to go back and practice changing other analysis parameters and analyzing the data before moving on to the next section.

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Additional Analysis Features

The previous section gave a quick demonstration of how to access the analysis features, select a data recording and process the data. The following sections introduce more details of the EDM Analysis functions including exporting the processed data, changing the time range for processing saving the processed data and exporting the analysis profile. 13. Right click on one of the calculate signals. We can export the frame data to an Excel file or a file in other formats supported by EDM, such as ASCII, CSV, Matlab, TDM, UFF, and BUFF.

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14. We can also change the analysis range. Click on the Analysis Tab and then the Signals Tab below. Change the Analysis Range on the control panel. We can specify either the Start Time or Start Point (the other one will be calculated automatically). Also enter the desired End Time or End Point. Press the Analyze Button on the control panel and the APS(ch1), FFT(ch1), and Block(ch1) will be calculated from the original time stream signal in this range.

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15. Press the Statistics Button on the Control Panel and EDM will show some information of the original time stream signal such as sampling rate, duration and number of data points.

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16. Next press Setup on the ribbon. There are two tabs: one is for analysis speed control and the other is for Signal Save options. After signals are selected to save, we can press Save on the control panel to save the signal.

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17. We can save signals when a triggered event is captured when the Trigger Captured is enabled in Save Signal Options. We need to setup the trigger conditions. Click Trigger Setup on the control panel. The trigger source setup window will pop up for trigger settings. Select the Trigger Source, conditions and levels and click the OK Button.

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18. The analysis profile can be used for other data files by exporting it. Right click on the analysis profile to select Export Analysis Profile or press Export to export it to a file so that you can reuse it anther time. When we would like to reuse the same analysis profile, just select another time stream signal on the Recordings panel and press Import on the toolbar.

This concludes the EDM Analysis Step by Step Tutorial. After completing this tutorial you should be able to select a recorded data file, post process it, change the processing settings, view and save the processed data and save the analysis profile.

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