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DYNAMICALLY ORGANIZE, ANALYZE AND GRAPH DATA

Data Analysis and Presentation Software

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FlexPro is used by:

n Airbus

n Aisin Seiki

n ALcatel

n Alfa Romeo

n Alstom

n Andritz

n Aral Arotate

n Arotate

n AVL List

n AWE

n Bath Iron Works

n Bayer

n BAE

n BMW

n Boeing

n Bosch

n BP International Exploration

n Bridgestone Corp.

n Bundeswehr

n Caterpillar Motoren

n Central Research Institude of Electric Power Industry

n CERN

n Chicago Transit Authority

n Claas

n Compagnie Générale des Eaux

n Continental

n Contitech

n DaeWoo Heavy Industries & Machinery, LTD.

n Daihatsu motor

n DaimlerChrysler

n DEKRA Automobil

n Delphi Aotomotive

n DEMAG

n Deutsche Bahn

n Deutsche Luft- und Raumfahrt

n Deutsche Windguard

n Deutz

n DLR

n Dornier

...but it is if you’re using FlexPro. There are many graphical analysis programs outthere, but new FlexPro 8 manages all of your analyses and presentations as adynamic object network, so each analysis you create can be used on any numberof data sets – without programming! That’s why FlexPro is the data analysis andpresentation software of choice for engineers, scientists, and anyone who workswith technical data sets.

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“Presentation and analysis at the click ofa button? That’s no easy task!”

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FlexPro’s easy to use, modern user interface, and one of the largest function libraries available, arefirst class. The vast number of import and export filters make FlexPro a core application for theanalysis of measurement data. For tricky applications, the full accessibility of FlexPro’s objects throughVisual Basic for Applications is a real innovation! Programming is as simple as with Excel and Wordand at the same time very fast, even when dealing with large data volumes. And FlexPro managesyour analysis results as dynamic objects which you can use just like data sets.

Norbert Ramm, Volkswagen AG

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FlexPro is used by:

n EADS

n Ebara Corp.

n EDF

n ELASIS

n Elf

n irisbus

n EFM Electronic

n Engel

n Entergy Operations

n ETA

n Ferrari F1 Racing Team

n FIAT

n Ford Motor Company

n Fraunhofer Institute

n GE Jenbacher

n General Electric

n Getzner Werkstoffe

n Goodrich

n Halberg Guss

n Hilti

n Hino motor

n Hitachi

n Hitachi Plant Engineering & Construction

n Honda

n Honda Europe

n Honeywell Engines & Systems

n Honeywell Space Systems

n Honeywell Turbochargers

n Hyundai America

n Hyundai Autonet

n Hyundai Motor company

n ISPESL

n Italian Army

n Italian Navy

n Japan Nuclear Sycle Development Institute

n JATCO

n JFE STEEL

n JTEKT

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The Hierarchy View provides you with anoverview of the structure of your analyses.

The content of each data set, graph, or analysis isalways visible in the preview window . Simplydrag-&-drop to copy, move, and link objects, toimport data or to add a new curve or a new axis.Using the properties window it’s easy to modifyand adjust attributes such as font size, colour, linewidth, etc. You can even change the attributes ofmultiple objects in just one step. Multi-levelundo/redo lets you recover from mistakes andaccidents.

FlexPro is the ideal software for analyzing datafrom Excel . In addition to importingspreadsheet data, FlexPro allows you to open yourExcel workbook from within FlexPro itself. The fullpower of FlexPro is now at your command.

You can use one-click macro recording andplayback to automate procedures, or (with FlexProProfessional) take advantage of the integrated VBAdevelopment environment to build your owncustom automated analysis application with FlexPro.

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3FlexPro’s elegant, object-oriented interfaceis designed to make your work easier. FlexPromanages all your data, analyses, and presentationsin a powerful project database that is displayedwithin the FlexPro Explorer.

Here, within the familiar, structured Explorerenvironment, you can import and organize datafrom practically any source, then analyze and viewyour results. Each object window is tabbed, soit’s easy to find what you’re looking for – no moretime wasted moving and minimizing overlappingwindows to locate objects lost behind them.

FlexPro organizes your whole project databaseinto an easy-to-navigate, on-screen filing system.You can organize all your data sets, analyses andpresentations into any number of folders andsubfolders, keeping you firmly in control. You canuse the comprehensive search function to siftthrough your accumulated data. FlexPro will easilyhandle databases of any size – the only limitation isthe size of your hard drive! Yet however big yourdata set, you’ll be amazed at how quickly FlexProprocesses it.

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FlexPro is used by:

n Kia Motors

n Kjellberg

n Knorr Bremse

n Korea Electronic Power Corporation (KEPCO)

n Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)

n Korea Telecom

n Koryo

n KTM

n Kyusyu Electric Power Co.

n Liebherr

n Linde

n Linewell Engineering

n Lockheed Martin

n Mannesmann

n Mannesmann VDO

n Matra

n Mitsubishi Caterpillar

n Mitsubishi Electric

n Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

n Mitsubishi motors

n metso

n MTU

n NASA - Kennedy Space Center

n National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

n NEC

n Nihon

n NIPPON SHARYO

n NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION

n Niska

n Nissan

n Nissan Diesel

n Nissin Kogyo

n Nokia

n OMV

n Orenstein & Koppel

n ORIX Rentec

n Panasonic


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8Since FlexPro supports almost any binary fileformat you are likely to come across, you canimport data from a huge range of measurementinstruments and software packages . The latterinclude any ODBC compliant database, mostpopular data acquisition programs includingLabVIEW, DASYLab, DaqView and Agilent VEE, anda wealth of other applications including SPSS,SYSTAT and MATLAB.

When you want to import data from any otherprogram that generates plain ASCII text, FlexPro’stext data import wizard automatically analyzesASCII files to provide you with the most efficientway to import the data. You can even assignspecific settings to a file extension (for example.dat) so that all future imports of similar files areautomated.

FlexPro also offers a variety of export options,including various text, vector and bitmap formats.You can also use OLE to copy FlexPro objects toother applications. Alternatively, you can exportcomplete analyses to HTML format and publishthem on the Internet or to your intranet.

Special LabVIEW, DASYLab and Agilent VEEinterface modules make FlexPro your idealpartner. For instance, you can use the FlexPro VIlibrary for LabVIEW to transfer data directly toFlexPro databases and to carry out automatedanalyses.

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FlexPro offers common analysis procedures as analysis objects. To create an analysis object, just select thedata to be processed and then choose your analysis method! Although analysis objects are formulas createdin the FPScript analysis language, you can parameterize them at any time and otherwise treat them justlike data sets. FlexPro’s easy-to-use Analysis Wizard integrates analysis and presentation of your data in asingle, streamlined process.

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Analyzing and presenting data with FlexPro

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FlexPro is used by:

n Phoenix

n PIAGGIO Motorcycles

n Pierburg

n Polytype

n Potain

n Pro-micron

n PSA (Peugeot-Citroen group)

n Railway Technical Research Institute

n Renault-Samsung Motor

n Ruhrgas

n RVI (Renault Industrial Vehicle)

n Sab Wabco

n Sanden Corp.

n Sandia National Labs

n Scheuch

n Schuler Pressen

n Shintec Hozumi

n Siemens

n Sogin

n Suzuki Motor

n SRI

n Thales

n Thyssen Transrapid

n TI Automotive

n TIWAG Tiroler Wasserkraft

n TOSOH Corp.

n Toyota Body

n UPM-Kymene

n US Air Force

n US Navy

n Valeo

n VA Tech

n Visteon

n Volkswagen

n Vorwerk

n West Japan Railway Company

n Yamaha Corp.

n Yazaki Corp.

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An important intermediate step when analyzingtime series is event isolation. FlexPro lets youmark events interactively or automatically detectthem using cursors . The Event Isolation analysis object is designed to help you findbursts, level crossings, slopes or maxima indifferent signals. You can logically link multipleevents or search for sequences of differentevents.

FlexPro’s non-linear curve and peak fittingroutines include more than 160 built-in modelsand support for FPScript based custom models . The integrated model ranking helps you choosethe right model. Beside the model parameters,FlexPro offers you a choice of more than 20additional results, e.g. confidence bands or thecovariance matrix.

You can present your data and analysis results ina wide range of 2D and 3D charts, in tables orembedded in text. FlexPro’s Diagram Wizardmakes light work of choosing the appropriategraph type, and it’s easy to edit and customizechart attributes . The new dimension curvesfunction in FlexPro Standard lets you highlightimportant features in your diagram .14

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Presentation n Analysis n Automation

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If, like most technical professionals, youneed to do more than simply visualize yourdata, you’ll want the analytical power ofFlexPro Standard. It delivers pre-designedanalysis objects for FFT, event isolation,statistics, filters, curve fitting and muchmore. Just highlight the data set you wantto use and select the appropriate analysisfunction. That’s it!

You can use FPScript to create your ownalgorithms as formulas. There are over 200functions and a variety of operatorsavailable to you. FlexPro can even provideassistance in this area through its helpfulwizards. FPScript is specially designed fordata analysis. For instance, you can process

complete signals with X and Y data in a single line of code withoutusing loops, combine them, extract sections and much more. You canalso apply your FPScript formulas to several data sets simultaneouslyand quickly using drag & drop.

Once you have determined how your data should be mathematicallyanalyzed and then graphically displayed, you have a template that youcan re-use for future analyses. Simply import the data from a new testinto FlexPro and update your documents with a mouse click. It’s a greattime-saver.

For special analyses of sound and vibration, engine development,machines and tools, structural durability and statistical process control,there are optional add-ons available for Acoustics, Spectral Analysis,Order Tracking, Human Body Vibrations, Digital Filters, CountingProcedures and Advanced Statistics.

For more details, see pages 6-9.

The ultimate tool for presentation andanalysis of science, technology andengineering data, FlexPro Professionalincorporates the Microsoft Visual Basic® forApplications (VBA) developmentenvironment, carries out analyses in thebackground and parallelizes arithmeticaloperations.

This allows you to create custom userinterfaces and dialog boxes, set up importfilters for your data formats, and automateyour analyses. The object model providesyou with access to all FlexPro functions.Creating your own applications with FlexProProfessional is easy because you can recordas many operational steps as you want in amacro and then afterwards edit it using theVisual Basic Code Editor.

The development environment includesproject management, a user-friendly editorwith IntelliSense® technology, the VisualBasic Forms dialog box editor and apowerful debugger. Microsoft Visual Basic isone of the most widely used programming

languages in the world and is the tool of choice for millions ofdevelopers. While other programs use proprietary scripting tools,FlexPro Professional brings you all the benefits of using an industrystandard, including the huge range of existing resources, such asActiveX controls to capture data or to access databases. VBA programsrun very fast because they are compiled into machine code.

The FlexPro object model is based on the Automation standard fromMicrosoft. This means that you can use a programming language ofyour choice, such as Java, Delphi, or C++, to automate FlexPro. ManyWindows® programs support Automation, including Microsoft Office®products. For instance, you can create an application that transfers datafrom Excel to FlexPro, analyses and creates a graphic display of the datain FlexPro, then generates a Word document for the results.

Since the automation standard also supports data acquisition programssuch as LabVIEW and VEE, you can seamlessly integrate FlexPro intoyour data acquisition application and thus automate analyses at teststations, in the lab or elsewhere.

FlexPro is the ideal tool for analyzing measured data and is able to takefull advantage of the latest multicore processors. Go about your regularwork while FlexPro works in the background calculating analyses orupdating the preview. In addition, FlexPro can parallelize severalvectorial arithmetical operations and distribute them across multipleprocessors.

Designing charts with FlexPro is fun! Usethe powerful Diagram Wizard to choosefrom over 100 chart types. Define and scaleaxes, legends etc. the way you want them tobe. Edit attributes such as font size andcolour without having to wade throughnumerous dialog boxes. Drag-&-drop curvesonto your graph. Display statistics andsmaller data series in tables. It’s all so easywith FlexPro!

Within your FlexPro document, you canplace diagrams, tables, and texts on asmany pages as you want – or let FlexProautomatically break up large tables and

diagrams such as strip chart recordings into as many pages as the dataset demands. Insert illustrations, labels, headers, and footers. Importyour company logo as an image or OLE object.

FlexPro’s powerful cursor functions make it easy to extract every lastpiece of information from your data. You can survey, zoom into, scrollthrough, and highlight your data. All information is clearly displayed inthe coordinates window. You can easily remove or interpolate outliers,and you can save individual values or areas of curves for furtherprocessing. You can also move entire curves so that you can alignsignals, for instance.

Multiple 2D or 3D diagrams can be arranged in a worksheet. Whencomparing curves, FlexPro can synchronize the movement of cursors inmultiple diagrams.

FlexProProfessional

also includes thecomplete VBAdevelopmentenvironment andtakes fulladvantage ofmulticoreprocessors

FlexPro View

everything you need forpresenting your data

FlexPro Standard

also includespowerfulmathematicalanalysis functions

Which FlexPro is right for me?

FlexPro Option – Spectral Analysis

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FlexPro Option Spectral Analysis

FlexPro offers the latest spectralanalysis procedure for stationaryand non-stationary signals andtime series:

n Frequency-domain methods:Windowed Fourier spectra, periodograms,multitaper spectra, transforms forunevenly sampled data.

n Time-frequency methods: Short-timeFourier transforms, continuous wavelettransforms.

n Parametric and Eigen analysismethods: Principal-component AR andARMA, minimum variance, MUSIC, andEV eigen spectra.

n Harmonic analysis: Multicomponentsinusoidal modelling with Fourier, Prony,and principal component frequencyidentification methods.

n Two-Signal analyses: Fouriercrossspectra and cross-periodogram,coherence, Fourier transfer function.

n Non-linear methods: Real cepstrumincluding "liftering" and minimum-phasereconstruction.

n Shock Response Spectrum (SRS)Analysis: Maximax, initial and residualspectrum, SDOF system responses, spectrafor acceleration, velocity anddisplacement, and linear or logarithmicfrequency division.

Perform complex spectral analysiswith FlexPro’s new analysiswizardWith FlexPro’s Spectral Analysis option, youenter a new world of software engineering anddigital signal analysis. You’ll save precious time

by eliminating the programming or multi-stepUI procedures that are normally required forperforming sophisticated spectral analysis. By using real time 2D and 3D spectral graphs,the new FlexPro analysis wizard offersimmediate visual feedback when changingalgorithms, algorithm parameters, and spectralformats

Quickly locate your signalcomponentsFlexPro’s Spectral Analysis option givesengineers and researchers the power to rapidlyfind the components of complex signals. A richset of spectral analysis procedures helps youmake intelligent signal content conclusions forany application. The built-in spectral analysisprocedures include: FFT, AR, ARMA, MinimumVariance, Eigen analysis, Continuous Wavelets,Cross-Spectra, Coherence, and TransferFunction Estimation.

Identify frequency and powerwith Fourier spectrum analysisGet a complete picture of the frequencysignature of a signal using up to five differentFourier spectrum methods. Solve the leakageproblem found with a standard FFT by usingone of the thirty built-in data-taperingwindows. The latest innovations in algorithms,adaptive spectra, and peak determination helpyou to better characterize the frequency andpower of each signal component. You can evenmanage unevenly spaced data with Fouriertechniques originally developed byastrophysicists.

Effortlessly analyze non-stationary dataSimultaneously find the time and frequencylocalization components of a non-stationaryperiodic signal with Short-Time FourierTransform or Continuous Wavelet Transform

methods. For the CWT, the spectral analysisoption gives you a choice of three adjustablemother wavelets in both real and complexforms in order to find the optimum time-frequency resolution tradeoff.

Principal Component ModellingThe spectral analysis option offers state of theart methods for isolating the spectra of theprincipal components within a signal. Thesemethods remove the influence of noise in theAR SVD, ARMA SVD, and Eigen decompositionprocedures, enabling you to optimize theestimation of narrowband components.

Harmonic AnalysisAdvanced parametric sinusoidal modelling isoffered with your choice of frequencyestimation methods. The number of harmonicsor spectral peaks can be set directly by count orindirectly by spectral threshold.

Cepstral AnalysisThe Cepstrum and its minimum-phasereconstruction can be used to de-convolvesignals. Its main applications are speech analysisand echo detection.

Shock Response Spectrum (SRS) Use the Shock Response Spectrum (SRS) toestimate the damage potential of mechanicalimpulses or stationary random vibrations.

To calculate shock response spectra, anacceleration signal is used for primary excitationof a series of single degree of freedom (SDOF)systems with customizable natural frequencies.The spectra are formed by the absolutemaxima, maxima or minima of these systems’responses.

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FlexPro Option – Counting Procedures

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Counting ProceduresOption

AdvancedStatisticsOption

Features:n Matrices: Markov matrix and Rainflow

matrix in range-mean format as well assymmetrical and asymmetrical fromtoformat. The residue of the rainflowcount can optionally be included intothe result.

n Range filter: To suppress small loadchanges.

n Class divisions: Automatic, start andwidth of class, begin and end,symmetrical or via external data set.

n Derived collectives: Peaks andtroughs, positive and negative rangesand range pairs, positive and negativelevel crossings.

n Frequencies: Absolute, relative,percentage and cumulative.

n Counting procedures accordingto DIN 45667: Sample, maximumvalue and time-at-level.

n Compound counting proceduresaccording to DIN 45667: Sampling,maximum value and dwell time-at-levelfrom two input data sets with separateclass division for each data set.

As well as harmonic analysis by means ofFourier transformation, counting procedureshave proved to be an important tool forexamining signals, in particular for load-time functions. Counting is based on asearch for specific events in the load-timefunction, e.g. a certain load level beingexceeded or a load alternation of a certainamplitude. For this purpose, the range ofvalues of the load-time function is dividedinto discrete intervals, or classes. Each eventfound is assigned to a class and counted inthis class.

FlexPro’s Counting Procedures optionprovides you with a broad spectrum ofcounting procedures. It includes countingprocedures according to the DIN 45667standard and the more modern Rainflowcounting method. The DIN 45667 standarddates from 1969 and is oriented towardsthe technical counting devices that wereavailable at that time. The Rainflowprocedure has for the most part replacedthe single count procedures. Therefore onlythose single count procedures wereimplemented for which the Rainflowprocedure does not offer an equivalent. In addition, the Rainflow procedure betteraccounts for the requirements of theoperational reliability test. Here, theRainflow procedure provides better results.

Features:n Goodness-Of-Fit Tests: Chi-Square

test with adjustable number of classes andKolmogoroff-Smirnov test for normal andexponential distribution. The errorprobability can be specified for both tests.The parameters for the distributions canbe estimated or specified..

n ANOVA: Square Sum Of Treatments(SST), Mean Square Sum Of Treatments(MST), Square Sum Of Errors (SSE), MeanSquare Sum Of Errors (SSE), Total SquareSum (SSG). The error probability can bespecified.

n Outlier Correction and OutlierTests: David-Hartley-Pearson test undGrubbs-Beck test with adjustable errorprobability.

n Variance Tests: Bartlett test and F testwith adjustable error probability.

Whether you need to use traditional countingmethods or more modern methods like a Rainflowmatrix, for example for counting peaks in afatigue analysis, you’ll find them easily withFlexPro’s Counting Procedures option.

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The FlexPro API makes it possible to enhance its built in capabilitiesand automate complicated signalanalysis routines.

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FlexPro Options – Inductive Statistics • Order Tracking

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n Distributions: Continuous distributions– normal, log-normal, exponential andWeibull. Test distributions chi-square,student-t and F. Discrete distributions –binomial and Poisson. The parameters forthe normal and exponential distributionscan be estimated from a sample. Withcontinuous and test distributions, thedensity and the distribution function canbe computed, both normalized to one orhundred. With discrete distributions, thedensity function can be computed.

n Confidence Intervals: Confidenceintervals for the variance and mean valueparameters of the normal distribution fora given confidence level.

The Advanced Statistics option offers you avariety of statistical tests and the possibility ofcalculating theoretical distributions. Unlikedescriptive statistics, which permit a descriptionof the data material using statisticalcharacteristic quantities, the inductive statisticstesting and estimating procedures offer thepossibility, based on samples, of classifying thepopulation from which these samples originate.An important application of inductive statisticsis Statistical Process Control (SPC).

Order Tracking Option

Features:n Source data may be sampled based on

time or angle.

n The factor to transform time into RMScan be specified.

n The speed signal can be specified as animpulse signal. The number of impulsesper revolution can be specified.

n When analyzing ramp-up signals, thespeeds can be specified or read from anexternal data set.

n When analyzing individualmeasurements, the associated speedscan be specified directly or computedfrom additional signals by averaging.

n Adjustable FFT-length.

n FFT spectra amplitude, amplitude2, RMS,MSA, complex, real part, imaginary part,phase.

n Taper windows rectangular, Hamming,Hanning, Bartlett, Kaiser-Bessel, Flattop,Blackman, Cosine, Welch, Connes.

n Adjustable band with for detecting theorders. The list of orders to be analyzedcan be specified or obtained from aseparate data set .

n Order, speed, and frequency can befreely assigned to the X and Zcomponents of the data set result. Anexternal data set can be specified as thesource for the X component.

n Splitting of 3D result into individualorders.

n Computing of a 3D data set to display afamily of acceleration hyperbolas.

Using this option you can carry out ordertracking for speed-dependent oscillations.During order tracking the oscillation signalsmeasured at a certain speed are subjectedto a Fourier transformation (FFT). Individualspectral lines are taken from the spectrumwhere the frequency corresponds to amultiple of the base frequency asdetermined by the speed.

The FlexPro Order Tracking option canprocess data in different data structures.You can either enter multiple individualsignals that are measured at specifiedrevolutions or one ramp-up signal and thesynchronously measured speed signal.FlexPro can analyze time and angle (phase)signals. The speed signal can also beinterpreted as an impulse signal.

The result of the order tracking is a 3D-dataset with the amplitude across the order andfrequency or speed, respectively. With theSplit Orders Analysis Object, you can dividethe result into several 2D-data sets, one foreach order. You can use the Family ofAcceleration Hyperbolas Analysis Object tocompute a 3D data set of accelerationhyperbolas to be displayed in the resultdiagram for order tracking.

The Order Tracking option will help you to determinewhich sections of a frequency spectrum relate toeach component of the system — especially usefulwhen you’re looking at an engine or machinery andyou need to isolate speed dependent oscillations.

Calculate theoretical distributions and perform analysis of variance, goodness of fit, Statistical ProcessControl and much more with FlexPro’s AdvancedStatistics option.

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FlexPro Option – Digital Filters

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FlexPro Option Digital FiltersFeatures:IIR filter design

n Filter types: low pass, high pass, bandpassand bandstop

n Characteristics: Bessel, Butterworth,Chebyshev, Inverse Chebyshev, Elliptic/Cauer

n Adjustable approximation errors or ripple/attenuation for Chebyshev and Elliptic filters

n Optional phase correction through reversefiltering

n Capability to calculate filter order for adefined specification

FIR filter design using the windowmethod

n Filter types: low pass, high pass, bandpassand bandstop

n Window types: Rectangular, Bartlett,Hamming, Generalized Hamming, Hanning,Blackman, Kaiser and Chebyshev

n Filter specifications are more precise by usingChebyshev or Kaiser windows across filterlength, attenuation or transition width

n Linear phase with optional phase correction

FIR filter design using the equiripplemethod (Parks-McClellan; RemezExchange)

n Filter types: low pass, high pass, band pass,band stop and multiband

n Frequency response with any number of steplines and inclines

n Individually adjustable errors/ripple for allbands

n Definable alternative free curve as frequencyresponse

n Results in the optimum filter for predefinedspecification

n Filter specifications can be saved astemplates

n Linear phase with optional phase correction

Smoothing filters

n Savitzky-Golay filter with minimal impurity ofpeaks in the signal

n Loess and Lowess filters with a weightedregression function

CFC filter

n Channel Frequency Class filter in accordancewith ISO 6487 for crash test analysis

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FlexPro’sDigital Filtersoption makesdesigning FIRmultibandfilters child’splay. Simplyadd thedesired bandlimits and gainfactors to thelist and allsignalspreviouslyselected byyou areimmediatelyfiltered

Simple filter design using theFlexPro Analysis Wizard

The new FlexPro Digital Filters option providesyou with the latest design techniques forsimple operation. The FlexPro Analysis Wizardmerges steps for filter design, filtering andpresentation into a simple sequential process.Using real-time 2D and 3D graphics, FlexProoffers you immediate visual feedback wheneverany change is made to the filter specification.

Enhanced IIR filtersIIR filters include internal feedback (recursive filters)and provide a high degree of steepness with ashort filter length. This makes it possible to designlow pass, high pass, bandpass and bandstopfilters. The Digital Filters option extends the basicset of Bessel, Butterworth and Chebyshev filters inFlexPro Standard/Professional to include InverseChebyshev (Chebyshev II) and Elliptic (Cauer) filtercharacteristics. The various filters are optimized forphase linearity, minimal ripple of the transitionfunction, or high slope steepness. You cancalculate the filter order by predefining the widthof the transition instead of the order. Thetransition function ripple can be adjusted for theChebyshev and Elliptic filters.

FIR filter designFIR filters avoid feedback and are therefore alwaysstable. FlexPro offers you two procedures forcalculating phase-linear filters with a minimumfilter length.

FIR filter design using thewindow methodThis method uses the Rectangular, Bartlett,Hamming Generalized Hamming, Hanning,Blackman, Kaiser and Chebyshev windowsfamiliar from spectral analysis. These windows areused to limit the filter’s impulse response to thedesired length. You can also use this method todesign low pass, high pass, band pass and bandstop filters. Use the Kaiser or Chebyshev windows

to specify the filter’s length, attenuation andtransition width more precisely. You only have toprovide two parameters, and the third parameteris calculated automatically.

FIR filter design using theequiripple methodThis is the most powerful design method for FIRfilters with constant ripple (equiripple). Inaddition to the standard low pass, high pass,band pass and band stop filters, you can use thismethod to design any type of multiband filter.You provide the frequency response in anadjustable number of bands with constant orlinear amplitude progression and transitionslocated in between. You can predefine theapproximation error or the maximum rippleseparately for each band. FlexPro then calculatesthe FIR filter with the minimum length based onyour specification. Alternatively, you can evenpredefine any continuous curve as the filter’samplitude response. You can save your filterspecifications as templates to reuse later.

Smoothing filtersThe Savitzky-Golay smoothing filter uses localregression instead of the common smoothingmean value calculation. Use this filter tosmooth signals whose peaks are to bepreserved as purely as possible.

LOESS and LOWESS filters are very popularsmoothing methods that use a locally weightedregression function. The weighting causes distantpoints to have less influence on a smoothedvalue than on a smoothed mean value.

The Loess filter uses a quadratic weightingfunction, and the Lowess filter uses a linearweighting function.

CFC filterCFC is short for Channel Frequency Class. Thisinvolves a 4-pole phaseless Butterworth filter. TheCFC filter is used for crash tests in particular. It isimplemented in accordance with ISO 6487.

FlexPro Option – Acoustics

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FlexPro Option AcousticsAdds state of the art acousticalmethods:

n Sound power calculation including allcorrection terms for barometric pressureand temperature (K0), background noise(K1), environmental correction (K2), andenveloping surface (Ls).

n Sound level evaluation: Frequencyweighting LINEAR, A, B, C, timeweighting FAST, SLOW, IMPULSE, Leq,peak. Results may be level versus time orlast level. Easy calibration support.

n Calculating loudness: Stevensmethod (ISO 532 A) and Zwicker method(ISO 532 B) for diffuse sound field anddirect sound field. Calculates loudness(sone), loudness over time and theloudness level (phon).

n Octave analysis using timedomain filters: Resolution octave,third octave and 1/6, 1/12 and 1/24octave. Frequency weighting of resultmay be Linear, A, B, C.

Perform sound level and soundpower computations with FlexPro’snew analysis wizardFlexPro’s Acoustics option can save youvaluable time when performing sound powercomputations. FlexPro’s analysis wizardintegrates the calculations of the individualsound levels and the sound power into oneprocess and presents the results in tables anddiagrams while you are parameterizing theanalysis.

Calibrations made easyTo obtain correct sound levels, a calibration mustbe performed. You may either specify a fixedcalibration value or let FlexPro calculate thecalibration value from a calibration signalrecorded with the calibrator attached to themicrophone. You may do an automaticcalibration by attaching a calibrator to themicrophone prior to the measurement for afew seconds, and then continue with yourmeasurement.

Time domain octave analysisEspecially for low frequencies, an octaveanalysis based on FFT analysis will lead toincorrect results. FlexPro’s Acoustic option isindispensable because it lets you calculateoctave analysis with time domain filters.Simply use FlexPro’s analysis wizard to selectthe frequency resolution and frequencydomain. With a few mouse-clicks the wizardproduces a complete evaluation.

FlexPro’s Acoustics option performs accurate soundlevel and sound power computations. In one easyand automatic step, you can effortlesslycharacterize multiple channels of sound data.Acoustic analysis has never been this easy!

Loudness and loudness levelThe perceived loudness is a psychoacoustic factor anddepends not only on the sound pressure level, but alsoon the frequency spectrum and time response. FlexProsupports the two Zwicker and Stevens standards.

Standards

The Acoustics option has been developed inaccordance to the following standards:

Norm: Description: Used with:

IEC 651 Sound level meters Sound Level Computation, Frequency Weightings A, B and C

IEC 804 Integrating-averaging Sound Level Computationsound level meters

DIN EN Determination of Sound Power ComputationISO 3744, sound power levels ofDIN EN noise sources using ISO 3745, sound pressure.DIN EN Engineering method in ISO 3746 an essentially free field

over a reflecting plane.Precision method grades1 (3745), 2 (3744),and 3 (3746)

DIN 45 635 Measurement of Sound Power Computationairborne noise emitted by machines

ISO 532 Acoustics - Method Loudness computation for calculating

DIN 45,631 Procedure for calculating Loudness computation the loudness level and the loudness fromthe sound spectrum; E. Zwicker method

DIN 45,651 Octave filter for Octave Analysiselectroacousticmeasurements

DIN 45,652 Third octave filters for Octave Analysiselectro-acousticalmeasurements

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FlexPro Option - Human Body Vibrations

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ADD-ON MODULE:

FlexPro Option Human Body Vibrations

Analyze whole-body and hand-transmitted vibrations:

n Evaluate single and triple axisacceleration signals.

n Pre-defined weighting filters and k-factors for health assessment,comfort/buildings and railway vehicles

n Custom weighting filters and k-factors

n Calculation of 12 parametersincluding aw, peak value, crest factor, MTVVVDV, eVDV, VDVexp, A(8), duration ofexposure action value and exposure limitvalue

StandardsThe Human Body Vibrations option has been developed in accordance to the following standards:

Norm: Kurzbeschreibung:

IISO 2631-1:1997 Mechanical vibration and shock - Evaluation of human exposure to whole-body vibration - Part 1: General requirements

ISO 2631-2:2003 Mechanical vibration and shock - Evaluation of human exposure to whole-body vibration - Part 2: Vibration in buildings (1 Hz to 80 Hz)

ISO 2631-4:2001 Mechanical vibration and shock - Evaluation of human exposure to whole-body vibration - Part 4: Guidelines for the evaluation of the effects of vibration and rotational motion on passenger and crewcomfort on fixed-guideway transport systems

ISO 5349-1:2001 Mechanical vibration - Measurement and evaluation of human exposure to hand-transmitted vibration - Part 1: General requirements

Directive 2002/44/EG on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (vibration)

It’s incredible how fast FlexPro analyzes our test bench data. We are running automated analysis templates written in VBA andFPScript. FlexPro has also become my favourite tool for viewing individual measurements.

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Whole-body and hand-transmitted vibrations are caused by vibrations transmitted through theseat or the feet or through the palms and fingers by workplace machines, tools and vehicles.FlexPro’s Human Body Vibrations option lets you analyze the effects of such vibrations on thehuman body. The analysis wizard provides you with a complete analysis based on themeasured acceleration signals and includes daily exposure, the times until the exposure actionvalue and the exposure limit value are reached, and specifies whether measures should beimplemented or immediate action should be taken.

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OperationModern MS Office compatible user-interface with universalsupport of drag & drop, the clipboard and mouse wheel,multilevel undo/redo function, highlighting and directmanipulation using toolbars, context menus and propertiesdialog boxes and double-clicking to open objects. Full screendisplay with docking/auto-hiding tools windows and tabbedobject windows. Screen display with antialiasing.

Powerful properties window to edit any property of one ormultiple objects in on step without need to open a dialog box.

User-friendly multi-step wizards guide you through a varietyof tasks.

A unique object-oriented structure in which dynamicallylinked data, analyses and graphics can be updated at the clickof a button.

Wide range of dynamic, easy-to-use analysis objects for allcommon analyses.

Customizable menus and toolbars.

User profile management with configurable user permissions.

Updating of preview, object hierarchy and data statistics in thebackground. Parallelizing of computations on multicoreprocessor systems.

Data ManagementProject database, size limited only by hard drive space,hierarchical structure in folders. An unlimited number offolders, data sets and other objects. Read-only and lockattributes for individual objects. Any number of parameterlists for data and other objects.

Data sets only limited by the hard disk capacity, data typesinteger 16/32/64 bit, floating point 32/64 bit, real andcomplex numbers, strings and Boolean values. Special typesfor date & time values and time spans. Direct processing ofsignals, signal series, surfaces and space curves with up tothree components (X, Y, Z). Management of comments andunits for all components. Nonequidistantly sampled and non-monotone data sets.

FlexPro Explorer with folders and object list window.Preview window for data and graphics. Popup window withdata statistics. Hierarchy view for viewing object links. Eventlog window with easy navigation to the source of an event.

User-friendly search function with linkable search criteria fortext and data.

Powerful data set editor to edit individual data sets anddata view to edit all data sets in a folder in one grid.

File import: wizard for text data; custom text formatdefinitions can be saved as a new data format after using thewizard once. Import and open Excel sheets directly in FlexPro.Generic binary import filter for custom binary files. ODBCinterface for importing data from a variety of databases. OLE2interface for embedding and linking OLE objects for graphicsand data. Importing of generic file formats: Bosch MDF, IEEECOMTRADE ASCII and binary, FlexPro text files, NASA CDF,NMEA-0183, Universal File Format (UFF58), Audio files (Wave).Importing of binary data files from data acquisition programsand measuring instruments: Astro-Med DAQ Xe, Dash series,B+S ME4 and ME5, BMC NextView, Caesar MDF, DataTranslation DCF and HPF, ETAS INCA, Graphtec GL, WR andDM, HBM Catman, HIOKI HiCORDER, IMC FAMOS, ImtecINSIGHT and PC-Scope, IOtech DaqView, WaveView, ChartView,LogView, LDS-Nicolet Pro, Integra, PowerPro, Accura, Ultima,Classic, Delta and DataSys DSOs, Multipro, 2580P and BE256Transient analyzers and Viper series recorders, TEAM, WFT andNRF file formats, LeCroy Waveform files, Meier & Heinen EDASand EDAS Win, MTS RPC III, National Instruments DASYLab,

Data Management (continued)DAGO and DIAdem, nCode nSoft DAC, OROS OR, SEFRAM84xx, DASxxxx, Sony Pcscan (SIR, PC200A), SPSS data files,Stemmer TurboLab, SYSTAT data files, TableCurve 2D & 3Dfiles, TEAC TAFFmat, Tektronix DPO and TDS, The MathWorksMATLAB Mat-files, TiePie TPS, Vector CANape, YokogawaORP/ORM and DL/AR, TA320, PZ4000, WE7000, MX100,Ziegler Signalys. The import filters support copying the datainto FlexPro as well as linking to the source files.

Data export: Audio files (WAV), ASCII-Text (TXT), Rich TextFormat (RTF), Comma Separated Values (CSV) and FlexPro textfiles (FPF), Bosch MDF, NASA CDF files (CDF), NI DIAdem datasets (DAT, TDM, TDMS), COMTRADE files (CFG), MTS RPC IIIfiles (RSP), Meier & Heinen EDAS and EDAS Win, TheMathWorks MATLAB Mat files. OLE2 data links.

Image import: Windows Metafile (WMF, WMZ), EnhancedMetafile (EMF, EMZ), Bitmap images (BMP), JPEG images(JPG), Portable Network Graphic (PNG), Exchangeable Image(EXIF), Graphics Interchange Format (GIF), Tag Image FileFormat (TIFF), Windows Icon (ICO). OLE2 data links. HTMLexport wizard for publishing complete databases or sectionsof databases on the intranet or Internet. Customizable usingHTML templates.

Image export: Windows Metafile (WMF), Enhanced Metafile(EMF), Bitmap graphic files (BMP), JPEG graphic files (JPG) andPortable Network Graphic files (PNG). OLE2 object links.HTML export wizard for publishing complete databases orsections of databases on the intranet or Internet.Customizable using HTML templates.

Active-X based interface modules for LabView, Agilent-VEE, TestPoint and DASYLab for direct data transfer intoFlexPro project databases. FlexPro directly supports variousdata acquisition hardware and software, such as DewetronDEWESoft, Spectrum SBench, LDS DataViewer and Odyssey.

Presentation2D and 3D Diagrams: Create with a wizard based onselected data objects, cell ranges or a range between twocursors. Diagrams that comply with DIN 461. Customizablediagram styles. Diagram types: line, spline, column, bar, area,polar, pie, colour field matrix, surface, contour, space curve,bubble, vector and error indicator. Unlimited custom diagramsby freely combining visual elements, e.g. columns with lines orsymbols with labels. Unlimited number of curves per diagram.Provide additional data, e. g. for range displays or differentialcolumns. Curve labeling and free positioning of curve legends.colour palettes. 3D diagrams with colour shading and colourspectrum for surfaces, lines and symbols, lighting effects andany angle of rotation and inclination. Multi-page 2D diagramsfor strip chart display. Any number of X- and Y-axes in 2D-diagrams. Stacked or side-by-side Y-axes. Fixed or automaticscaling, manual or via any data set and/or function. Scalingtypes: linear, logarithmic (to basis 2, e, 10), reciprocal, offset-reciprocal, logit, probit, third octave, octave, date, time andcustom. Axis labeling using any character set, rotatable text,superscript and subscript, Greek symbols. Free drawing andlabeling. Flexible formatting of values: numerical, scientific,date & time, time span, angle or as text mapping.

Column and cell tables: Create with a wizard. Display datasets, calculation results and text. Adjustable column heightand width. Any text direction, including vertical text.Automatic and free row and column indexing. Column andtable titles can be freely edited and formatted. Adjustabledividing lines. Automatic wrap onto following pages. Freedrawing and labeling. Flexible formatting of numeric data.

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Text object: Free text formatting with multiple fonts. Fieldsto embed calculation results.

Documents with any number of pages, headers and footers.Diagrams, tables, text, imported graphics and OLE objects canbe freely positioned. Powerful drawing tools. Diagrams andtables can be transformed into graphics and post-edited atany time. Text with fields, such as for page numbering.

Embedded FPScript: All presentation objects access datathrough FPScript expressions, which can be used to extractdata ranges or to normalize data, for example. Fields withembedded FPScript can be used in any text to displaycalculation results or any object property, e.g. the number ofa document page or the comment of a diagram.

Graphic editor for free drawing and labeling in diagrams,tables and documents.

AnalysisWorksheet window for efficient cursoring on the screen.Arranges diagrams, tables and texts in up to 16 panes.Different window layouts can be created with a wizard or freelycustomized using the mouse. Zoom in to an individual pane.Diagrams and tables can be linked to worksheets and documents.

Powerful cursors in 2D diagrams, 3D diagrams, worksheetsand documents. One or two cursors, cross-hair cursors, freeand curve cursors and harmonic cursors with an adjustablenumber of octaves. Peak value navigation. Zooming,synchronized zooming, scrolling, synchronized cursors evenfor different sampling rates. Cut and paste ranges. Translatecurves. Modify, delete or interpolate outliers and ranges.Highlight values with markers that can be freely positionedand labeled. The range of data between the cursors can beused as a data selection to create new objects. Customizablecoordinates window for displaying X, Y, Z and delta X/Y. Drag & drop of coordinates in to the FlexPro database.

Customizable coordinates window. Variety of predefinedcoordinates to choose from. Additional coordinatesprogrammable in FPScript.

Dimensioning of curves in 2D and 3D diagrams withboundary lines, perpendicular lines, tangents, dimension lines,tolerance bands and symbols.

FPScript formula language for creating custom analyses. For and While loops, if-then-else statements, exception handling,programmable custom functions, void value processing.Processes complete data sets with X, Y and Z components in oneline of code. Support for real and complex data types. Powerfulindex operation to extract ranges and individual values.

FPScript development environment consisting of a codeeditor with highlighting of syntax, wizard screens assistingwith insertion of functions, operators, control structures,index operations and constants as well as a debugger with aWatch Window for debugging in FPScript code.

FPScript operators: Arithmetic, bitwise logic, complexnumbers, data access, organization and conversion.

Additional FPScript operators: Logic, comparison and indirection.

FPScript functions for basic statistics, data import, date &time support and bit extraction.

Over 200 extra FPScript functions for calendar timeprocessing, counting, curve fitting, curve interpolation, datainformation, data manipulation, dialog boxes, envelopecurves, event isolation, file import, filtering and smoothing,general mathematics, logarithm and exponent, matrices,signal analysis, signal generation, signal sampling, statistics,strings, surface interpolation, trigonometry and void valueprocessing.

Easy-to-use Analysis wizard integrates analysis andpresentation for certain analyses procedures in onestreamlined process.

Powerful non-linear curve and peak fitting with morethan 160 built-in models and support for FPScript-basedcustom models. Full- Newton and Levenberg-Marquardtalgorithms, model ranking, different weightings and scalingmodes. Fixed and free parameters with bounds, more than 20statistical results including residuals, confidence andprediction bands, error variance, parameter errors, correlationmatrix and base line. Available as analysis object andintegrated with the analysis wizard.

Analysis objects for curve fitting: Approximation, curvetransformation (XYZ into grid), linear interpolation, linearregression, spline interpolation, parametric spline interpolationand surface interpolation.

Analysis objects for signal analysis: Signal scaling,calibration, characteristic curve transformation, area undercurve, convolution, auto and cross correlation, derivation,integral and signal energy.

Analysis objects for spectral analysis: Fourier Spectrum(PSD, complex, phase, amplitude, RMS, RMS2, third octaveand octave) and STFT time-frequency spectrum. Both with abasic choice of nine fixed windows.

Event isolation analysis object: Search for minima/maxima(local and global), level crossings, slopes, bursts, peaks, valuesabove level, values in an interval. Different events, possiblyfrom different data sets, can be combined logically and canbe sequenced.

Analysis objects for filtering: Signal filter with Bessel,Butterworth and Chebyshev characteristics, signal smoothing,signal correction (void value processing), time filter.

Statistics Option

With FPScript functions and analysis objects for ANOVA,adjustment tests, outlier correction, outlier tests, variancetests, confidence intervals as well as calculation of sums,extreme values, moments, quantiles, dispersion scales,distribution and density functions.

Counting Procedures Option

With analysis objects for counting, count matrices, Rainflowcounting, compound counting and counting in accordancewith DIN 45667.

Order Tracking Option

With analysis objects for analysis of time and phase-basedsignals with arbitrary number of samples per revolution. Three different data structures: one signal series, severalsignals or one ramp-up signal. Multiple FFT options. Fourdifferent result formats.

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Analysis (continued)

Spectral Analysis Option

Fourier Spectral AnalysisProcedures: Windowed Fourier spectrum, periodogram,Fourier multitaper, Peak-Hold spectrum, spectrum of unevenlysampled data, cepstrum. Transforms: best exact n methodautomatically chosen from four different algorithms (radix2,prime factor, mixed radix, chirp-Z). Spectral formats include:amplitude, RMS amplitude, amplitude2, magnitude,magnitude2, phase, dB, normalized dB, TISA power, MSApower, SSA power, variance, complex, real component andimaginary component. Options for zero padding and todisplay white noise critical limits. Data tapering windows: 23 fixed width, 9 adjustable width including Kaiser-Bessel,VanderMaas, Chebyshev, and Slepian DPSS. Fourier peakdetection by bin interpolation.

AR, ARMA and Eigen Spectral ProceduresAutoregressive (AR) Spectral Estimator: autocorrelation,maximum entropy (Burg), least-squares normal equations,least-squares covariance and modified covariance, SVDprincipal component AR. Autoregressive-Moving-Average(ARMA) spectral estimators, including non-linear optimizationand SVD principal component methods for signal-noiseseparation. Eigen analysis methods: MUSIC (Multiple SignalClassification), EV (Eigen vector). Select signal and noise sub-spaces for SVD or Eigen-based signal noise thresholding. Peakdetection by complex roots of AR polynomial or Eigen modes.Adaptive spectra using Runge-Kutta algorithm to accuratelymap sharp spectral peaks, minimize spectrum length.

Time-Frequency Spectral AnalysisShort-Time Fourier Transform (STFT) with optional display overspeed. Peak-Hold STFT. Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT)spectrum multi-resolution time-frequency techniques. Waveletspectra can be generated with up to 1000 linear orlogarithmic frequencies, range of frequencies can becustomized. Customizable frequency range. Adjustablewavelets: Morlet, Paul, Gaussian Derivative. Offers capabilityof ultra high frequency resolution with very large signals.

Harmonic AnalysisSinusoid or damped-sinusoid modelling using automatic,Fourier, AR, Eigen, or Prony algorithms for frequencyestimation. Harmonics table, THD, SNR, SINAD and de-noised signal.

Two-Signal Spectral AnalysisFourier windowed cross-spectra and Fourier cross-periodogram, Coherence, including SNR spectra. Fourierdomain transfer function.

Shock Response Spectrum (SRS)Maximax, initial and residual spectrum for maxima, minimaand absolute maxima or SDOF responses for acceleration,velocity and displacement. Customizable linear or logarithmicfrequency division. Damping can be specified as a dampingratio or quality factor. Simple selection of the shock eventusing cursors in the Analysis Wizard.

All procedures are available as analysis objects and areintegrated with the analysis wizard.

Human Body Vibrations Option

With analysis objects for analyzing human body vibrationsand hand-transmitted vibrations as per ISO 2631, ISO 5349and directive 2002/44/EC. Evaluate single and triple axisacceleration signals. Pre-defined weighting filters and k-factors for health assessment, comfort/buildings and railwayvehicles. Custom weighting filters and k-factors. Calculationof 12 parameters, including aw, peak value, crest factor,MTVV VDV, eVDV, VDVexp, A(8), duration of exposure actionvalue and exposure limit value.

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Acoustics Option

Sound power computation including all correction termsfor barometric pressure and temperature (K0), backgroundnoise (K1), environmental correction (K2) and envelopingsurface (Ls).

Sound level evaluation with frequency weightings Linear,A, B, C. Time weightings Fast, Slow, Impulse Leq, Peak.Results may be level versus time or last level. Easy calibrationsupport.

Octave analysis using time domain filters: Resolution octave,third octave and 1/6, 1/12 and 1/24 octave. Frequencyweighting of result may be Linear, A, B, C.

Loudness and loudness level as per ISO 532 A/B or DIN45631.


Digital Filters Option

IIR filter designFilter types: low pass, high pass, bandpass and bandstop.Characteristics: Characteristics: Adjustable approximationerrors or ripple / attenuation for Chebyshev and Elliptic filters.Phase correction through reverse filtering. Filter ordercalculation.

FIR Filter (Window Method)Filter types: low pass, high pass, bandpass and bandstop.Window types: Rectangular, Bartlett, Hamming, GeneralizedHamming, Hanning, Blackman, Kaiser and Chebyshev.Specification across filter length, attenuation or transitionwidth. Linear phase with optional phase correction.

FIR filter design (Equiripple Method)Filter types: low pass, high pass, bandpass, bandstop andmultiband. Frequency response with any number of step linesand inclines. Adjustable errors/ripple. Definable alternativefree curve as frequency response. Filter specifications can besaved as templates. Linear phase with optional phasecorrection.

Smoothing filtersSavitzky-Golay filter with minimal impurity of peaks in thesignal. Loess and Lowess filters with a weighted regressionfunction.

CFC filterChannel Frequency Class filter in accordance with ISO 6487for crash test analysis.


AutomationFPAccess interface based on DCOM and used to createFlexPro project databases, setting up folders, data sets andformulas. Available as DLL, which means that FlexPro doesnot have to be installed.

Automation object model for full access to all FlexProobjects, properties, methods and events using FPScript, VisualBasic or other programming languages.

Record, run and organize macros. All operations can berecorded as a macro and played back. Quick Macro for quick automation of repetitive operations.

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Automation (continued)Integrate macros into the user interface. Macros can beadded to menus and toolbars and can be assigned keycombinations just like FlexPro commands.

Integrated Microsoft Visual Basic For Applications (VBA).Complete development environment including IntelliSensecode editor, dialog box editor, debugger and projectmanagement. For programming applications based onFlexPro, including customized user interfaces and customimport filters.

DocumentationComprehensive online documentation with introductions, tutorials and references.

Context-sensitive online help for all windows andelements in dialog boxes.

Dynamic Help window lists information and procedurescovering the active workspace.

FlexPro Manual: Dynamically organize, analyze and graph data

Online reference for automation object model includingsample programs for customized user interfaces, customimport filters and event processing.

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