EPOCH 600 vs.

GEIT

EPOCH 600 GEIT USM32X GEIT USM33 GEIT USM GO GEIT USM35X GEIT USN58L
PHYSICAL FEATURES
Weight 3.72 lbs (1.68kg) 5 lbs. (2.2kg) 4lbs (1.8kg) 1.87lbs (0.845kg) 4.9 lbs (2.2kg) 6.4 lbs (2.9kg)
Display Types Full VGA Transflective Color LCD TFT-LCD (Color) Color Color LCD Color LCD Color Transreflective LCD
Dimensions (H x W 9.3 in (236mm) x 6.57 in. (167mm)x 6.7in (177mm) x 10in (255mm) x 6.9" (175mm) x 9" (230mm) x 3" 6.9" (175mm) x 4.37" (111mm) x 6.7in (177mm) x 10in (255mm) x 5.9in (150mm) x 11.1in (282mm) x
x D) 2.76 in. (70mm) 3.9in (100mm) (76mm) 1.97" (50mm) 3.9in (100mm) 6.25in (159mm)
Display (Physical 4.62 in. (117mm) x 3.49 in. (89mm),
4.6in (116mm) x 3.4in (80mm) 4.6" (116mm) x 3.2" (87mm) 4.25"(108mm) W x 2.55" (64.8mm) H 4.6in (116mm) x 3.4in (80mm) 5.6in (143mm) x 3.1in (79mm)
Size W x H) 5.76 in. (146mm)
Display Resolution
VGA (640x480) QVGA (320x240) 320 x 220 800x480 QVGA (320x240) WQVGA (400x240)
(Pixels)

PC Communication USB O.T.G. & RS-232 RS-232 RS-232 Micro USB RS-232 RS-232
Video Output VGA Output Unknown Not Available Not Available Standard Optional
Analog Output Optional Unknown Not Available Not Available Standard Four Standard
Alarm Output 3 Alarms, 5V TTL 10mA Unknown Not Available Sync and Alarm Output (I/O) port Same connector as Analog out Not Needed
External Trigger
Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Standard Trigger Output Standard External Trigger
Input / Sync Output
Encoder I/O Not Available Not Available Not Available Available Not Available Not Available
Transducer
BNC or LEMO 1 (IP67) LEMO1 or BNC BNC or LEMO1 Lemo 00 (IP67 sealed) LEMO1 or BNC LEMO1 or BNC
Connectors
English, Int'l Symbols, Chinese,
Keypad Symbols Symbol Menu accessed by Joy Stick Symbols Symbols
Japanese
Charger/Power
Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard
Supply
External Charger Optional Optional Unknown Optional Optional Unknown
Lithium Ion rechargeable or AA (Li Lithium-Ion Lithium-Ion Lithium-Ion
Battery Lithium Ion Lithium Ion rechareable
Ion, NiMH, or Alkaline) Optional 6 C-cell Optional 6 C-cell Optional 6 C-cell
Battery Operating
Lithium Ion 12-13 hrs, Alkaline 3 hrs up to 10 hours 8+ Hours 5.5 hours up to 14 hours 8 hours
Time
Environmetal
IP67 (nav pad), IP66 (knob version) IP66 IP54 IP67 IP66 Unknown
Ratings
SOFTWARE FEATURES
Czech, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Czech, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Czech, Croatian, Danish, Dutch,
English, Finnish, French, German, Russian, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, English, Finnish, French, German, English, Finnish, French, German,
Displayed English, Deutsch, Francais, Espanol,
Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, English, Chinese Czech,English, German, French, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese,
Language Choices Japanese, Chinese (at release)
Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Chinese, Japaese Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian,
Spanish, Swedish Spanish, Swedish Spanish, Swedish
BASIC DAC Standard Not Available Optional Optional Not Available Not Available
BASIC TVG Standard Not Available Optional Optional Not Available Not Available
Auto XX% Standard Standard Not Available Standard Standard Standard
Editable
Standard Standard Not Available Not Available Standard Standard
Parameters
X-Value Correction Standard Not Available Standard Standard Standard Standard
Dual Display
Standard Not Available Standard Standard Standard Standard
Ampl+Thickness
Peak Memory Standard Unknown Standard Unknown Standard Standard (Under Freeze)
Peak Hold Available Unknown Standard Unknown Standard Standard (Under Freeze)

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PERFORMANCE
EN12668-1 Compliant Compliant Unknown Compliant Compliant Unknown
Gain 110 dB 110 dB 110dB 110dB 110 dB 110 dB
TVG Dynamic
100dB/usec, 110dB max Not Available Unknown 120 dB Dynamic 110 dB/uS slope Unknown 12dB/usec, 40dB max
Range & Slope
Standard Spike, Option "Uni-polar Negative Spike & Tunable Square
Pulser Standard Tunable Square Wave Negative Spike Pulse Negative Spike Pulser Negative Spike Pulse
square wave Wave Standard
Five Standard settings (Broadband,
Narrow-Band
Eight standard fixed digital filters Standard Not Available Low Pass, 2.5 - 7.5 MHz, 5 - 15 MHz, Standard Standard
Filtering
8.0 -15 MHz)
Measurement Rate Equal to PRF in all cases PRF / 6 (interleaves) Unknown (PRF/6 Interleaves likely) Unknown PRF / 6 (interleaves) Unknown
PRF (Available Standard (10Hz - 2000Hz in 10 Hz B model auto to 1KHz, L model user Optional manual 15Hz to 2000Hz, 4Hz to 1KHz, user adjustable in 10 15Hz to 2KHz manually adjustable in
4Hz - 1000Hz
Range) Inc) adjusted from 4Hz to 1KHz Standard Auto High, Med, Low steps 5Hz increments
0.01mm (under 99.99mm range), 0.001in (0.01mm) up to 9.999in
Taken from Raw Data and user 0.1mm (between 100mm and (99.99mm) display range; 0.01in
Measurement
selectable. Resolution up to 0.001in 0.001in, 0.01mm 999.9mm range), 1mm above Currently under evaluation (0.1mm) above 10in (100 to 0.001in (0.01mm) at all ranges
Resolution
(0.01mm) available at all ranges. 1000mm range; 0.001" (under 9.99" 999.9mm) display range, 1mm above
range), 0.01" (above 10" range) 1000mm display range
Amplitude
0.25% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%
Resolution
B model 0.5-18MHz, L model 0.1-
Bandwidth 0.2 to 26.5 MHz @ -3 dB Unknown 0.2-20 MHz 0.2 to 20 MHz at -3dB 0.25 to 25MHz
18MHz
Five Standard settings (Broadband,
0.2 to 1 MHz / 0.5 to 4 MHz / 0.8 to 8
Receiver Filters Standard L model only, 3 selections None Low Pass, 2.5 - 7.5 MHz, 5 - 15 MHz, 10 selections including Broadband
MHz / 2 to 20 MHz
8.0 -15 MHz)
Fullwave, Half Wave Positive or Fullwave, Half Positive, Half Negative, Fullwave, Half Wave Positive or Fullwave, Half Wave Positive or
Rectification Fullwave only Positive, Negative, Full, RF
Negative, and RF and RF Negative, limited RF mode Negative, and RF
B model 56in (1420mm), L model 0.040 to 480in (1 to 12192mm) at
Standard Range 400" (10,160mm) 390" (9999mm) 557" (14016mm) 0 to 390in (steel), frequency limited
390in (9999mm) steel velocity
Zoom Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard, Both Gates
Zero Offset 0 to 750 usec unknown 0 - 200 usec unknown (functional) unknown 0 to 999 usec
0.0250 to 0.6000 in/usec (635 to 0.039 - 0.590 in/usec (1000 -15000 0.0400 in/usec (1000 m/s) - 0.6000 0.0098 to 0.6299 in/uS (250 to 16000 0.039 - 0.590 in/usec (1000 -15000 0.394 to 0.6299 inches/usec (1000 to
Material Velocity
15240 m/s) m/s) in/usec (15000 m/s) M/S) m/s) 16000 m/s)
Reject 0-80% of full scale with visual warning Unknown Unknown Unknown unknown 0-80% of full scale in 1% increments
Measurement
Peak or Flank Depth (flank only), Amplitude Depth, Amplitude Peak, Flank, J-Flank Depth, Amplitude Depth, Amplitude, TOF
Modes
Thickness, Soundpath, Projection,
Depth, Amplitude, Time-Of-Flight, Depth, Amplitude,TOF, dB, or %
Readouts Depth, Amplitude Depth, Amplitude, dB to Curve (DAC) Depth, Amplitude Depth, Amplitude
Min/Max Depth, Min/Max Amplitude amplitude to DAC curve
for both Gates
50, 500 ohms (1000 ohms in TR
Damping 50, 100, 200, 400 Ohms 50, 500 50, or 1000 Ohms 50, 500, 1000(TR mode only) 50, 75, 150, 500 Ohms
mode)
20 V to 300 V in 10 V steps (SWP), Square Wave Mode: 50 to 450V
Pulser Energy 100V, 200V, 300V or 400V Unknown 220pF, 1nF unknown
Low 120 V to High 300 V (Spike) adjustable in 10V increments
Calibration Auto Calibration Auto Calibration Auto Calibration Auto Calibration Auto Calibration Auto Calibration
Selectable threshold positive/negative
Selectable Positive or Negative Selectable threshold positive/ 3 Alarms instantaneous or timed.
Alarms or minimum depth. Separate indictor LED LED and switchable horn
Threshold for each Gate negative. LEDs and Horn
for each gate.
Datalogger Alphanumeric Alphanumeric 200 Setups and/or Reports Alphanumeric Alphanumeric Alphanumeric
Quick Recall
Standard None Not Available Available None None
Calibrations
Drivers for EPSON, HP-DeskJet, HP- Drivers for HP Deskjet, HP Laserjet, Drivers for EPSON, HP-DeskJet, HP-
Print Function Direct Print to PCL 5 printers Print via SD card printers Direct print to various printers
Laser-Jet, Seiko DPU EPSON FX/LX, SEIKO DPU Laser-Jet, Seiko DPU

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SOFTWARE OPTIONS
Dynamic DAC/TVG Standard Not Available Not Available Optional Optional Optional
DAC/TVG Points 50 Not Available 10 16 10 16
DGS/AVG Standard Optional Not Available Optional Optional Optional
AWS D1.1/D1.5 Optional Standard Not Available Optional Standard Standard
Encoded B-Scan Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available
AUTO PRF Standard Not Available Standard Standard (15 Hz to 2000 Hz) Not Available Standard
Standard (10Hz - 2000Hz in 10 Hz
MANUAL PRF Standard (Modes, not direct control) Not Available Optional Standard (Modes, not direct control) Standard
Inc)
GATE 2 (ECHO TO
Standard Standard Unknown Standard Standard Standard
ECHO)
CURVED
SURFACE
Standard Standard Unknown Unknown Standard Standard
CORRECTION
(CSC)
IF GATE Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Optional
BACKWALL ECHO
ATTENUATOR Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Optional
(BEA)
FLOATING GATE Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available
WAVE ANALYSIS Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available
SPOTWELD
Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available
OVERLAY
SPOTWELD
Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available
ASSISTANT
AUTOFREEZE Not Available Standard Not Available Not Available Not Available
API 5UE Not Available Unknown Not Available Not Available Optional Unknown
EXPANDED Memory Virtually Unlimited with SD 2 GB SD Card (Standard) Capable of
None NA None None
MEMORY card using up to 16 Gb
EXTENDED
Standard None NA Not Available None None
RANGE
SQUARE WAVE
Standard Not Available Not Available Optional Not Available Optional
PULSER TUNING
PC Interface
Optional / GageView Pro Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional
Program

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