Condition monitoring system (CMS) software for the VM600 series

Table 1 (below).

VM600 Administrator The VM600 Administrator program is a portal (window) that provides quick and convenient 

access to all of the VM600 CMS Software tools, as well as to a number of useful Windows 

system tools.

Mimic The Mimic provides the operator with a customised, graphical view of the machinery being 

monitored by the VM600 CMS Software system.

The types of data you can visualise directly from the Mimic are "live" data, that is, current 

values and current status of both the VM600 hardware and the "offline" systems, as well as 

user-requested high-resolution data such as waveforms, spectra and orbit plots. 

Configuration Editor The Configuration Editor is used to set up the required configuration of all parameters of the 

system, including the configuration details of each single output band, machine-specific 

parameters for data logging or transient data and complete VM600 rack configurations. 

It stores the system configuration inside the SQL database, from where it can be viewed or 

changed by users with sufficient access rights. 

It is also a starting point for the advanced configuration of the database, such as preparing 

the database to accept "offline" data imported from external systems.

Data Analyser The Data Analyser is used to display measurement data from the SQL database. 

It takes data from selected data points defined in the database, applies user- or systemdefined filters to the data, and displays the data as a variety of graphs, plots and charts.

Typical filters that can be applied to data are time, alarm status, machine status, or a userconfigurable filter based on any speed, analog or digital data.

Database Browser The Database Browser is used to display the content of the SQL database in graphical 

form. 

It can display stored datasets, such as events, spectra, waveforms and orbits as intuitive 

time-line representations, thus providing an effective overview of the measurement data 

that have been collected. You can then quickly navigate to the dataset of interest using a set 

of independent criteria (by point, type of data set, time or alarm state).

Event Viewer The Event Viewer is used to view the events in the SQL database that may have been 

created automatically by the system or as defined by users. It displays the available events 

in list form, using colour coded, intuitive icons. The window shows either all events present 

in the database, or you can choose to set and activate filter criteria in order to limit the 

displayed events. 

VMCom

Communications Handler

The VMCom program handles the flow of data between VM600 racks and SQL databases. 

It communicates with the VM600 CMS hardware and the SQL database. 

This program can either be launched manually or configured as a system service, for which 

purpose a special service setup utility is included that allows you to configure, create or 

delete a Windows service. This is the preferred way of communicating with VM600 

hardware for permanent system installations and dedicated on-line condition monitoring 

applications.

Table 1: VM600 CMS Software application modules