Precision Measurement Engineering, Inc.
Precision Measurement Engineering, Inc.
SCAMP is supplied with software for SCAMP control and for data analysis.
SCAMP control is only implemented under Windows 2000 or Windows 98 SE (not recommended!!). Communication with SCAMP is implemented via USB 1.0. No other operating systems or communication modes are presently supported.
Data analysis is supported in conjunction with the Mathworks program Matlab, version 5.1 and higher. Matlab is not included in the SCAMP package and must be supplied by the user. PME’s Matlab software is a combination of *.m and mex *.dll files. PME supports Matlab on PC platforms, but the mex files will not operate on other platforms. PME will, at our option, provide source for the mex files so that these can be re-compiled on other platforms. Successful compilations for other platforms have been accomplished by various SCAMP users and may be available via the SCAMP user’s group.
DISK FILES
SCAMP software may be supplied on various media including zipped files. The file list shown below shows the file arrangement that the user must create from the supplied media. Various activities such as unzipping and copying may be required to create this arrangement. This arrangement must be created prior to performing the installation steps below.
| C:\SCAMP directory |
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| Control | exe | Windows dialog for SCAMP control |
| WCT32DR3 | DLL | Graphics plotting library |
| ReadMe | DOC | Description of files in this directory |
| Users | DOC | Contact information for SCAMP users |
| USBDriver | Folder containing USB drivers for Win98, Win2000, WinXP | |
| MATLAB | Folder containing Matlab *.m, and *.dll files | |
| EngUnit | Software to convert SCAMP profiles to ASCII files of engineering units | |
| Flash | SCAMP's internal operating system | |
| Minimon | Program used to install SCAMP's operating systerm | |
| USB_smanual | This operator's manual in HTML format | |
| SN00xx | Information specific to SCAMP SN00xx (calibrations, notes.doc) | |
INSTALLATION OF THE SCAMP CONTROL DIALOG
The SCAMP control dialog must be installed onto a PC compatible computer having at least:
The following instructions are given for Windows 2000, but are substantially the same for Windows 98 SE.
Installation begins by first copying files and folders shown above from the supplied media.
Next, the USB drivers are installed. Connect SCAMP to the host computer via the supplied USB connector. After several seconds, the Found New Hardware Wizard should begin operation.
Click "Next".
Select "Search for a suitable driver for my device
(recommended)". Click "Next".
Select "Specify a location" from the check boxes shown.
Click "Next".
The most likely case is that the proper folder will not be shown.
Click "Browse" and locate the proper folder. In the screen shots
that follow the proper directory was located on CD in the D: drive. However if the
instructions above were followed the proper folder will appear under C:\SCAMP.
Select the proper folder for the operating system you are using.
At this point you have located the proper SCAMP.inf file. Click "OK". the Wizard will complete its job and display a completion screen. Click "Finish" and you are finished installing SCAMP's USB driver.
You must register a dll for use by the SCAMP Control Dialog program. Select Start from the lower left screen. Select Run from the pop-up menu.
Enter "regsvr32 winrtusb.dll". Click OK.
This completes the installation of SCAMP’s control software. Test the installation by running the Control.exe program in C:\SCAMP with SCAMP connected to the USB port. The program should display its control dialog, shown below.
If the following screen appears, then the driver installation has failed. Contact PME. (Note that it takes SCAMP about 4 seconds to be recognized by the host computer's USB controller after SCAMP is connected. The screen below will appear if the SCAMP Control Dialog is run during this time. If this is the case, click OK and re-run the SCAMP Control Dialog.)
INSTALLATION OF THE SCAMP DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE
C:\SCAMP\Matlab contains the data analysis software. This software is compatible with Matlab V5.2 or later, which must be supplied by the customer. No special installation of SCAMP data analysis software is required. There are two zipped files. SCAMPGUI contains the main processing software in Matlab script format. These routines can be read and modified by customers. SCAMPGUI should be unzipped into any convenient directory. SCAMPTOOL.ZIP contains Mex format sub-routines that implement specific processing steps. These can not be viewed or changed by the customer and must be run on a P.C. platform. These should be unzipped into any directory in Matlab's path. A recommended directory is C:\matlab11\toolbox\scamptool\ since this is added to Matlab's path in s_process.m.
Software may be tested on a PC by beginning Matlab operation, changing directories to the directory containing the unzipped SCAMPGUI.ZIP and running SCAMP.M. Use the LOAD button on the screen to load the ‘_1820.raw’ example data file. The following screen should appear after data processing. Click to enlarge.
INSTALLATION IN OTHER DIRECTORIES
The C:\SCAMP\ directory arrangement is not absolutely required. After the USB driver is installed, the USB Driver directory may be deleted. The remaining files may be moved to any convenient directory. Matlab files may be placed anywhere that Matlab can find them using Matlab’s path rules. S_process.m contains a convenient path statement that may be used to implement a Matlab toolbox for SCAMP.