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INSTALLING THE PROGRAM

* INSERT THE SEA INSTALL DISK. IT WILL AUTORUN.
IF AUTORUN FAILS (OR IS DISABLED), RUN “installer.exe” in the root directory of the disk.

* FOR NON-TEDS SYSTEMS, (MODULAR CHASSIS) A SECOND DISK IS PROVIDED WITH

VTEDS FILES.
INSERT THE VTEDS DISK. IT WILL AUTORUN.
IF AUTORUN FAILS (OR ID DISABLED), RUN "copyVTEDS.exe" IN THE ROOT
DIRECTORY OF THE DISK. CHECK THE VTEDS DIRECTORY, MODIFY IF
NECESSARY,
(MODIFICATION IS ONLY REQUIRED IF SEA WAS INSTALLED IN A DIRECTORY
OTHER THAN THE DEFAULT CHOICE).
THEN CLICK "FINISH" TO COPY THE VTEDS FILES TO THE SEA 8 SUBDIRECTORY.

DATA and SETUP FILE LOCATIONS

* Data and setup files have been moved for Vista and Windows 7 compatibility.
 The default path for Data files is c:\ProgramData\LionPrecision\SEA8\Data
 The path for Setup files is c:\ProgramData\LionPrecision\SEA8\Setup

Lion Precision recommends that you move all SEA data files to the default directory.

Lion Precision also recommends that you move all configuration files with the extension cf8
(InitConf.cf8 etc.) to the new directory. Move the files from C:\Program Files\SEA8\Setup\*.cf8 to
c:\ProgramData\LionPrecision\SEA8\Setup .

Do not move or copy the SEA.ini file since its format is changed.

Security (Dongle) Software

* New (and modified) Elite chassis contain a “Virtual Dongle” which does not use the Sentinel
(Rainbow) driver software. Sentinel driver software is automatically installed with SEA for
compatibility with older Elite chassis. Should it becomes necessary to re-install the Sentinel
software, the Sentinel Installer is included on the SEA install CD in the “Sentinel” directory.
Run “Setup.exe” In that directory and follow prompts.

STARTING THE PROGRAM

* select (START MENU) START - PROGRAM - SPINDLE ERROR ANALYZER or click on the
SEA icon on the desktop.

SIMULATING DATA
* SEA Demo starts the first time with simulated data.
* To change the simulated values (or restart the simulator), choose LOAD - SIMULATOR on the
top menu

CHANGING DISPLAYS
* In any quadrant (small display) select DISPLAY on the quadrant menu then select the desired
display.

PROGRAM CONTROLS
* All program controls are available on menus. Select menu items using the mouse.
* Double right click any quadrant to maximize the quadrant.
* Double right click a maximized quadrant to return to the four quadrant presentation.
* To select a quadrant, click once anywhere in the quadrant.
The title bar of the selected quadrant will show blue on a white background.
 Shortcut keys work only with the selected quadrant.

SHORTCUT KEYS (Shortcut keys work only with the selected quadrant)
* PageUp increases the vertical scale.
* PageDn decreases the vertical scale.
* F8 increases the time scale.
* F7 decreases the time scale.
* ENTER rescales the vertical scale.
* Other shortcut keys are noted on the menus.

VIEWING SAVED FILES

On the top menu choose LOAD – TEST DATA FILE (or other file type) then select the file to
load.

Sample files are placed in the Data directory when the program is installed.

USING DATA ACQUISITION CARDS

SEA 8 works with the National Instruments USB-6251 Module under Windows XP and Vista and
Windows 7. Other DAQ cards are no longer supported.

Demo versions of SEA 8 do not support data acquisition. For a fully functional version of SEA 8
contact Lion Precision at 612-484-6544 or e-mail info@lionprecision.com

SEA 8 History
SEA 8.6.4
Fixed TI USB 3.0 chipset failure to read SEA Enabled Elite security and TEDS: USB 3.0
ports that use the new Texas Instruments (TI) chipset would not read the security information and
TEDs data from Elite chassis via the USB-6251. NI suggested a change to Elite.dll that fixed this
problem but makes reading TEDs a little slower.
Fixed a problem with re-saving a file after loading a file. The problem caused some target
multiplier value to be incorrect when the re-saved file was reloaded.
Two minor cosmetic changes.

SEA 8.6.3
Fat lines on Thermal screen: NI changed attributes on the Thermal strip chart so we had to edit
our code to restore the desired line widths.

SEA 8.6.2
Elite Sensitivity Select: A bug was fixed that failed to set the sensitivity of the last module in
some Elite chassis.

SEA 8.6.2 1
Save Files: A minor change to reduce the number of clicks to save a file in some configurations.

SEA 8.6.0
Language support: Supports "Simplified Chinese” as well as Chinese.

USB-6281: Added support for NI USB-6281 DAQ module.

Parameter location: Moved TIR on all screens so that the key parameters of Synchronous
motion (Sync), Asynchronous motion (Async) and Total motion (Total) are at the top of the
parameter list. TIR, and RPM are separated from the motion parameters by a divider line.

Sensitivity Switch: SEA will now switch Elite sensitivity while in Encode mode. The switch
takes several seconds due to reallocating shared resources on the DAQ module.

Over 20 bug corrections, and minor improvements reported and/or requested by users.

SEA 8.5.0
File size selection: Normal SEA data files are quite large in order to reproduce a 64 K FFT. An
option to save smaller files is added in this release. When the option is selected, the FFT is no
longer available. To select the smaller data file size option, open the “General Configuration”
screen and check the “Mimimize file size, no FFT” checkbox.

Mode of Operation Panel: (first panel displayed when program is launched) Modified to simplify
selection of DAQ device and Lion Precision test hardware.

Top Menu: Added menu selection: “DAQ Rate” is added to the Top Menu when “Enter RPM” is
selected on the Analysis Configuration Panel. Clicking this menu item sets the DAQ sample rate
to a value that results in exactly the desired points per rev for the current RPM and then restarts
the DAQ. This allows the user to change RPM, click the “DAQ Rate” menu item, wait for stable
data and then see the exact desired points per rev. This process can be repeated quickly as the
user steps through a range of RPMs. The purpose of this change is to make it more efficient
(less mouse clicks) take measurements at different spindle speeds.

Test Displays, Automated Measurements Panel: Setup of Auto Measurement is clarified,

appearance of the panel has been improved, and several bugs are corrected.

Test Displays, FFT Panel: Added RMS option to vertical scaling on FFT. When viewing files,
fixed bug so that cursor values are updated.

Configuration Displays, Analysis Configuration Panel: “Custom” encoder divider value

allows the encoder to be divided by any integer value up to 255. (Note: Due to hardware
limitations, some divider values may not divide correctly in some cases. Check the “Actual
Sample Rate” on the “Diagnostics” panel when using this feature.)

Configuration Displays, Target Configuration Panel: “Custom” target diameter allows entry of
target diameters not standard to Lion Precision. This change involves improved documentation,
but still requires the user to enter the target correction value for the custom target.

Configuration Displays, Diagnostics Panel: Major revision to the Diagnostics screen displays
current values and calculations for all active channels.

General change: File sizes increased to always allow full 64k FFTs of file data. This results in
file sizes around 7 Mbytes. Files include slightly more than 65536 lines (64k) of data with 116
bytes per line or 7.6 Million bytes (7.25 Mbytes) of data plus header, comments etc.

General Change: Restored text based language files. This allows users to adapt the screen
labels to their local languages and language usage. The language files are in C:\Program
Files\SEA8\Language. The files can be edited with any text based editor such as notepad.
General Change: Only the National Instruments USB6251 Data Acquisition is supported by
SEAV8.5.0. This change is necessary because Vista and Windows 7 operating systems do not
support the National Instruments PCMCIA data acquisition Modules

General Change: Software is tested with Windows 7 Pro (large memory model) the U.S. version,
Japanese version and Chinese version, Windows 7 (small memory model), Vista Pro (large
memory model), Vista (small memory model) and XP.

Over 40 bug corrections, and minor improvements reported and/or requested by users.

SEA 8.4.0
Improved top menu. Save button momentarily pauses data, saves then restarts data flow.
Pause/Run removed from menus. Allows auto-increment of file name. Allows autosave of
BMP file with same name as filename but bmp extension.

Improved choices for RPM and sample rate selection.

Simulate and File modes now save configuration for next startup.

View Files is static (no timed screen update). Screens will update when any change is
made (menu or buttons).

Changed FFT to pk – pk (was 0-pk).

File Overlay no longer available.

Print Panel removed from quadrant menus. Maximize panel and use “Save>>Print Screen
Image” from top menu.

Converted to spreadsheet based language file.

B89.3 method is restored in Radial - Rotating Sensitive” display.

SEA 8.3.0
SEA saves TEDS data in memory. TEDS data is loaded from the Elite chassis only once at each
startup of SEA, saving time for users that often load files and then make another measurement.

Much more configuration data is saved so that panels, paths etc. restore to the same state on
program startup as when the program was exited.

SEA can now be resized using the normal Windows resizing methods (pull edges or corners).
This also allows users with wide screens to select a size that results in round polar plots.

Most data file sizes are reduced from previous versions. Files will save and load much faster.

B89 Method to analyze Rotating Radial tests is not available in this version. It will be restored in
the next version.
Print report from the Automated test display is no longer available

Several bug fixes are included.

SEA 8.2.2
SEA 8.2.2 is now fully DAQmx compatible and does not use any Traditional DAQ. It includes
support for National Instruments USB-6251 module and for the Lion Eurocard “Elite” chassis with
TEDS memory chips containing all calibration information for each module in the system.

SEA 8.2.2 is compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista. Note that National Instruments does not
support the DAQCard (PCMCIA) cards under Vista. The DAQCards continue to be supported
under Microsoft Windows XP at this time.

SEA 8.2.2 supports the “Virtual Dongle” in Elite chassis that are “SEA Enabled”. The virtual
dongle uses standard Elite drivers, so the Sentinel Rainbow security key (dongle) and additional
security driver are no longer required. The Rainbow Sentinel driver is not automatically installed
by this CD. Customer that upgrade to SEA 8.2.2 and continue to use the Sentinel dongle should
already have the Sentinel driver installed. If it proves necessary to reinstall the Sentinel driver, it
is included on the SEA install disk at d:\sentinel\setup.exe . Existing Elite chassis can be
converted to “SEA Enabled” by shipping them to Lion Precision to be upgraded. Please contact
sales at Lion Precision prior to shipping.

NOTE THAT DATA FILES AND SETUP FILES HAVE BEEN MOVED IN SEA 8.2.2. Data is now
saved in c:\ProgramData\LionPrecision\SEA8\Data for default installs. Setup files are now saved
in c:\ProgramData\LionPrecision\SEA8\Setup. This change is for Vista compatibility.

SEA 8 also supports VTEDS (virtual TEDS) files to work with existing Modular chassis.
Customers with Modular chassis (or other non-TEDS systems) will receive a second CD
containing VTEDS files specific to their system and containing the latest calibration information
available at Lion Precision. The second CD should be installed after installing SEA 8. Insert the
CD into the drive. It will automatically start and display a self explanatory screen (if auto run is
enabled, if not, run copyVTEDS.exe).

SEA 8.2.0 and higher now REQUIRE at least 1 GB (1024 MB) RAM. Since Laptops typically use
about 300 Mbytes of RAM for video support, we recommend 2 GB for Laptops. SEA is video
intensive. High performance video adapters will noticeably benefit SEA performance (response
to mouse and keystrokes).

Lion Precision no longer supports SEA8 on Windows 2000.

The changes and additions to SEA 8 include:

 TEDS Support
 VTEDS support
 Language support (initially English German French, Chinese and Japanese)
 Support B89.3.4 plot method as well as Tlusty method For Rotating Radial Plots
 Added Shift vs. RPM display
 Formatted reports
 Print bitmaps to a file
 Improvements to FFT
o Digital display of selected FFT value (via cursor)
o Manually select portion of horizontal scale (e.g. 25 to 250 Hz)
 o Manually select portion of vertical scale
o Improved Ping (view live data & trigger level before “freezing”)
 Setup screens accessible at all times, can appear with test screens.
 Diagnostic screen
 Single configuration file
 Labeled temperatures on Thermal Test (i.e. “ambient”, “frame”, etc.
 Indication of Open and Shorted temperature sensors
 Manual scales for Thermal Test
 Reorganized setup screens
o Eliminated scrolling
o Eliminated popup and “advanced” sub-screens
o Improved clarity, usability and spacing
 Warning if Driver calibration is out of date.
 Works with National Instruments SC-2350
 Improved spacing and sizing of text. Support for different resolution displays.
 Support for alternate Date Formats
 Added help screens.
 Added “Analysis Only” mode if Security device is not available, user can load
and analyze files or run simulator without “DAQ Card failed to start” messages.
 DAQmx compatible (Traditional DAQ not required).
SEA 8.2.2
 Uses security software in Elite chassis (Virtual Dongle).
 Modified Tilt screen to match Thermal screen.
 Enter key now saves point on Shift vs. RPM screen.
 Restores configuration (yellow) screens on restart.
 Allows up to 5000 Points per Rev
 various bug fixes.

SEA 8.2.1
 Fully converted to DAQmx (does not require Traditional DAQ)
 Uses new driver for Elite chassis
 various bug fixes.

SEA 8.1.0 is the fourth release of SEA version 8. It includes a few bug fixes found in the initial
SEA 8 distributions plus the following added features:

SEA 8.1.0 additions

 Support for National Instruments USB-6251 module.
 Divide by 1 encoder driven acquisition only with USB-6251 (divide by 2 with
other cards).
 Increased FFT sizes (32k and 64k). SEA now requires 1 GB (minimum) RAM.

SEA 8.1.1 – 8.1.4 various bug fixes.

SEA 8.0.8 additions

 Improved Install program
 Information line (DUT, tester, Date, Time and version) added to main display
 Added RPM targets (option) to Automated Measurements Test
 Allows user selected graphics on the “logo” panel (“typically a company
logo).
 Allows user entered text on the “logo” panel (typically DUT name, S/N
etc.).
 Adds X-Y distance to Tilt display
 Changed range selection on all panels to 1-2-5-10 sequence.