News
15th
of June 2020 Observer 12.1.1 released.
Observer 12.1.1 is a new minor version of the @ptitude Observer platform which contains one new and exciting feature.
New Features
New - Security- Certificate handling
20th
of March 2020 Observer 12.1 released.
Observer 12.1 is a new version of the @ptitude Observer platform which contains several new and exciting features.
New Features
New - Protean diagnostics added more standard
4th of October 2019 Observer 12.0 is released.
Observer 12.0 is
a new version of the @ptitude Observer platform which contains
several new and exciting features.
New Features
New - Support for wireless data collecting with IMx-1
The
major new functionality in the SKF @ptitude Observer 12
Platform is the ability to collect data with wireless
sensors through the SKF Enlight Collect IMx-1 system.
New
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Possibility to
create and fine tune Protean diagnosis rules
New
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Phoenix API
New
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Other
1st of January 2019 Observer 11.0 is released.
The SKF @ptitude
Observer 11.0 is released with the release of the IMx-16Plus
HW, IMx-Rail HW and SKF Multilog IMx Firmware 7.0.
It supports the
capabilities of the IMx-16Plus, IMx-Rail and the improved
functionality of the IMx Firmware 7.0.
The SKF Multilog
IMx Firmware 7.0 can be used on any of the IMx variants
including legacy devices (IMx-S, C, B, P, W, T) and
incorporates
improved functionality.
New Features
New
-
Enhanced Modbus
functionality
New
-
Updated Rail
Track Monitoring functionality
New - Other
15th of June 2018 Observer 10.5 is released.
Observer 10.5 is a new version of the @ptitude Observer platform which contains several new and exciting features.
New Features
New - Protean diagnoses
New - Phoenix Web Service
New - Enhanced command window for IMx
New - Bearing database updated
New - Observer monitor service performance enhancements
New - Other
14th of March 2017 Observer 10.2 is released.
Observer 10.2 is a new version of the @ptitude Observer platform which contains several new and exciting features.
New Features
New
-
IMx-8 Device
support
9th of December 2015 Observer 10.1 is released.
Observer 10.1 is a new version of the @ptitude Observer platform which contains several new and exciting features.
New Features
·
New
-
Event Capture
capabilities
o
The new
continuous time waveform collection capability, called Event
Capture, can be used to investigate very low mechanical/main
bearing and high-frequency electrical/generator/planetary
stages oscillations in the time wave forms.
o
This feature
enables captures of long-time waveforms.
o
The duration of
the long-time waveform can be configured based on the number
of seconds to store before and after an event in pre/post
event durations.
o
Event Capture can
be configured to be triggered by any of the following:
o
The Event Capture
file can be exported to an UFF file by Export button for
more detailed analysis based on measurement channels selected
to export and save.
o
New Post
Processing capabilities in SKF @ptitude Observer calculates
spectra and 3D (waterfall plot) based on user-selectable bands
from a stored Event Capture wave form.
o
A single cursor
can be added in the Spectra as well as the DiagX feature to
the active frequency in the spectra. Fault frequencies from
the Machine parts are available also.
o
The 3D plot will
show spectra graphs taken from successive measurement values
in an Event Capture time waveform.
o New user views show the thumbnail images that summarize the Event Captures for each measurement point.
· New - Multiple Gating Points (MGP) added to the Trend Based Point setup windowThis measurement point can reference values from up to five other points and then perform a logical evaluation on the current measurements to determine if the IMx will take measurements or not. Each reference Point has two distinct gating conditions (Operating class 1, or Operating class 2) with the output of the Point being determined by which set of the two gating conditions is set TRUE. These reference measurements can include: Process, Speed and Digital parameters.
·
New
User login/logout logging
Through
Database/Users menu.
·
New
View of current users logged into the system
User selects the
tool-strip button in the lower
right portion of the tool strip bar.
·
New
Now users can easily switch language
No need to use
the .ini procedure, simple drop down menu selection created at
login.
·
New
Update to Machine Parts to select Inner/Outer race rotating
ring -
When
creating bearings in the machine parts window, it is now
possible to select which race is rotating. This will affect
the calculation of the case fault frequency and diagnosis.
·
New
Order tracking points -
Order tracking
points show the order corresponding to the selected order
analysis shaft.
·
New
Process
Overview Enhancements -
possible to edit
the foreground and background colors of the labels and also
the size of the status icon. Also for a process viewer user it
is possible now to right click and logoff to change user right
from the process view.
·
New
Process
settings now saved per user -
The User
preferences dialog has a new Auto save graph settings for
option with two settings:
o
Everyone This
is the old behavior, and is set as the default.
o
Just me If a
user chooses this option, their settings are saved under their
user ID
·
New
Network time
protocol
via SNTP time
synchronization
o
It is possible to
change the NTP server IP address from @ptitude Observer
Monitor to another NTP server.
o
On Menu
Database/Options/Thresholds tab, users can now configure the
adjustment threshold and the time-out threshold for the NTP
service.
o
The software will
create an alarm if the adjustment done between the IMx time
and the NTP server time exceeds the threshold with events
created in the Event Log and in the System alarm window.
o
The software will
create an alarm if the IMx cannot communicate with the NTP
server after defined time out threshold, with events created
in the Event Log and in the System alarm window.
· General stability and performance improvements .
·
A defect related to the APC
wizard that assigned the wrong sensitivity factor and
measurement units when a protection measurement point was
configured to do integration
.
23rd of July 2015 Observer 10.0 is released.
Observer 10.0 is a new version of the @ptitude Observer platform which contains several new and exciting features.
New Features
·
New
Pre-Post alarm event data;
Alarm triggered storage of high resolution data buffers
·
New
Transient data;
Simplified transient setup, industry standard event
triggering and data capture scheme, greatly improved
performance, Quick select feature for the three most
recent transient events
·
New
POINT Creation Wizard (APC
Wizard)
allows the user to automatically create
Condition Monitoring POINTs based on protection
configuration. (Harmonic, Shaft Centerline and Speed point
types.)
·
New
Critical System Alarms
section in the system alarm list highlights the critical
alarms for more efficient system alarm management
·
New
Protection system tab
allows rack/monitor Disarm, Alarm reset and Peak speed reset
via LAN
·
New
Protection system user configuration change log
·
New
10 band vibration point
·
New
Independently configurable
dynamic data resolutions
(time wave/spectrum) in
Steady State and Transient modes
·
New
Full Spectrum, provides
the spectrum data from two orthogonally mounted displacement
sensors in a dual channel POINT. The following plots
incorporate Full Spectrum features; Spectrum, Phase,
History, Topology and 3D Plot
·
New
Enhanced Shaft Center Line
(SCL) POINT cold gap configuration
·
New
More
intuitive
Run-out
Compensation function.
Now run out
data is stored in sets and configured by capturing live data
for the entire machine at the same time
·
New
Configurable cable fault value
·
New
Feature
for turning off cable fault to allow display of the
actual measured value with
cable fault present
·
New
SMTP Server Enhancements
(SSL on/off, SMTP Port)
·
New
Order Tracking feature
for dynamic and time waveform analysis POINTs
·
New
Selectable Shaft Cycle time in
Orbit
allows selection between Tachometer Shaft,
Order analysis shaft and Custom Speed
·
New
A new hierarchy icon is
introduced to indicate Unknown Status for cases when the
system is unable to determine the condition of the machine.
This is the new default status for newly created measurement
POINTs.
·
New
SKF Multilog IMx-M Manager
protection configuration program
designed for
efficient setup of large monitoring systems, features
include; Standalone execution with no relational database
requirement, Links to SKF @ptitude Observer, Protection rack
configuration via LAN, PIN based system security, Site
Acceptance Test report function, Configuration import via
Excel I/O list, Live data mode for installation verification
and troubleshooting.
·
New
Rod drop monitoring per
API 670 standard (Triggered/Average modes) Greatly enhanced
filtering options; Preset ranges and User configurable
·
New
User protection
configuration change log
·
New
Temperature channel features;
Sensor fail options (High/Low scale or measured value),
Channel pair Temperature difference measurement
·
New
Peak speed detection and
storage
·
New
Measurement alarms; GAP,
Analog input, Speed, Rod Drop (X/Y), Compl. Differential
expansion (A/B), Shaft absolute vibration (D/V), Temp
difference (1/2)
·
New
User selectable engineering
units
for analog inputs (4 to 20 mA/ 0 to 10 V)
·
New
Rack and module labeling
solution
, front and rear
·
New
Standard and coherent Rack
and modules naming conventions
·
New
Rack Internal temperature
monitoring
·
New
Rack module extraction
mechanism
·
New
DNS support
· New Improved and more robust module Hot Swap capability
·
New
Enhanced
rack keypad
security via
PIN
1 5th of April 2014 Observer 9.1 is released.
Observer 9.1 is a new version of the @ptitude Observer platform which contains several new and exciting features. Please note that in this version support for using Oracle databases has been dropped.
Major Features
·
New
-
It is now
possible to use SKF Acceleration Enveloping for order tracking
measurement points in IMx
·
New
-
A simplified user
interface has been added for setup of Transient measurements
·
New
-
AEE has now been
added as engineering unit and measurement points and
incorporated to diagnoses.
·
New
-
Measurement point
settings have been reorganized to make the user interface of
measurement point setup more user-friendly.
·
New
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It is now possible to
use [SidebandPart1] as diagnostic title when creating
diagnostic rules. This gives the possibility to have
automatically extended titles when attaching diagnoses.
·
New
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System alarms are
generated if the maximum number of measurement points for an
IMx has exceeded.
·
New
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Possibility to
use SQL Server replication has been tested and routines for
this have been added.
·
New
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IMx devices have
now a possibility to set user defined end frequencies for the
frequency range.
·
New
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Alarm events are
now included in the export and import routines.
·
New
-
Support for IMx-B
device has been added. The setup of Shaft centerline point is
now more intuitive.
·
New
-
Spectra data can
now be calculated directly from time waveform. This
means that there is no need for storing FFT data if no
averaging is done in frequency domain.
·
New
-
Alarm schedules
have been added to measurement point setup to make the system
possible to store more data when in alarm.
·
New
-
The transient
measurements can now have lower resolution than the
measurements taken at operating speed.
·
New
-
This will make
the system faster when in transients.
·
New
-
Sector alarms
have been added as an option to the circle alarm for vector
monitoring.
·
New
-
Multi-channel
measurement points now have separate trend values and alarm
levels for each sensor.
·
New
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Interface to
IMx-M Protection has been extended.
·
New
-
Custom bands have
been added to IMx vibration measurement point types.
·
New
-
A possibility to
take more data before and after an alarm has been added. This
feature is called Pre/Post data capture.
·
New
-
Diagram boxes
functionality has been added.
·
New
-
Support for
Microlog FW version 4 has been added.
Minor Features
·
-New time zone
handling.
·
-Attachment's
names can be longer.
·
-Path and machine
name are now shown in the System log.
·
-Number of
decimals in the phase plot is now a user preference.
·
-Tooltip
functionality has been added to the trend plot.
·
-Title and
subtitles can now be added to screen printouts.
·
-It is possible
to disable alarms but keep the alarm level.
·
-SQL Server 2012
is now available on the installation DVD.
·
-Auto refresh
functionality has been added to the Event log.
·
-Transient
classifications have been improved.
18th of December 2013 IMx Firmware 2.0 released.
· Please note ! This update applies to IMx models IMx-S, IMx-P, IMx-T, and IMx-C.
15th of February 2013 IMx Firmware 1.1 released.
· Please note ! This update applies to all IMx models including IMx-M, IMx-S, IMx-P, IMx-T, IMx-W and IMx-R.