ManuWare Software – for Easy Setup of Industrial Charge Amplifier and Transmitter Parameters

Kistler sensors and piezoelectric measuring amplifiers offer great versatility essential for use in modern, flexible manufacturing. For quite some time this has been achieved by consistently equipping new Kistler products with a computer interface allowing comprehensive parameter configuration.

The new ManuWare software now provides Kistler customers with a multi-purpose tool for setting the parameters of the modern ICAM industrial charge amplifiers and the new generation of transmitters quickly and easily. On connection to the PC these instruments are identified with an AutoScan function and listed in the program with their status clearly shown. Instrument groups can be structured as a project. Dialogs tailored to each particular instrument make parameter configuration very intuitive. A graphical display of the test measurements and auxiliary functions for scaling indirect measurement help the user set up force measurement applications. The number of simultaneously supported measuring channels is only limited by the power of the computer being used.

The settings of the fully configured devices can be saved on the PC. The resultant back-up files make it easy to provide replacement instruments or measuring chains with identical parameter configurations for similar applications. ManuWare currently supports industrial charge amplifiers ICAM Type 5073A... and new transmitters Type 9337A... (force) and Type 9238A... (strain), and is available free of charge. The range of supported instruments is growing all the time. In the future it will be possible to configure even the more complex CoMo Net® control monitors and the electromechanical NC joining systems with ManuWare. In addition to the free basic software package, various expansion modules for measurement and analysis are planned.

Kistler Group

Kistler’s core competence is the development, production and use of sensors for measuring pressure, force, torque and acceleration. Kistler’s know-how and electronic systems can be used to prepare measuring signals for use in analyzing physical processes, controlling and optimizing industrial processes, improving product quality in manufacturing and improving performance in sports and rehabilitation.

Kistler offers a comprehensive range of sensors and systems for engine development, automotive engineering, plastics and metal processing, installation technology and biomechanics.

A worldwide sales presence in the form of 23 group companies and 30 distributors ensures customer proximity, application support on an individual level and short lead times.

With a staff of 850, the Kistler Group is one of the world’s leading providers of dynamic measuring instrumentation. The Kistler Group achieved turnover of 195 million Swiss Francs in the 2007 financial year.