Difference between revisions of "How to Setup Reports to Show Bender Plus Adjusted Data"

Setup VTube-LASER Reports to Show Bender Plus Adjusted Data

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When building reports with bender data plus adjustment data, it is important to remember that the report builder gets the bender data from the Bender Data Setup menu. It is critical to entering the Bender Data Setup menu to be sure that the blue column values match the current bender setup BEFORE BUILDING REPORTS.

Here is how to use this principle:

Enter the MASTER data, then measure and align the measured tube to the master data.

This is an important step that for building good adjustment reports. Remember that VTube gets the bender setup data in the reports from the blue columns in the Bender Data Setup menu - not the MASTER LRA data. So this step is important even when you are not using this menu to communicate with the bender.

In this example, the tube has been inspected, the but the blue columns are still set to zero (see below). The blue columns contain the values that the bender will have before correction. So if the blue columns are all zeros, then the reports will show bender data setup as all zeros + adjustments.

Fill the blue columns with data either from the MASTER (initial setup), or the actual data used in the bender.

• To copy the Master data, use the "COPY Master LRA to Setup LRA" button.
  
  
• To enter actual data from the bender, either press the RECALL LRA from BENDER if your bender has a connection, or printout and enter the data in the blue columns manually.
  
  

Now the reports can be displayed with the corrected bender data that is in the Bender Data Setup menu.

Exit the menu and preview any report with correction data.

This is the Bender Data Setup for the Length values:

Examine the report chart here to see how the ORANGE column is carried into the report for this change (Bender + Adjusted)

Examine the adjustment data for this part in the Bender Data Setup menu (see below). The blue column values are set to zero - which means VTube believes that the bender is setup with all zero lengths between bends.

Now view how this setup is applied to the reports:

This chart looks like an adjustment chart - but it is NOT just adjustments. It is also the current bender data plus adjustments. VTube will not allow a length or bend angle to enter the negative region. It believes that lengths 2, 3, and 7 will enter the negative region if corrected, so it stops at zero.

The fact that this is not correct can be confirmed with the the chart in STEP 4. For example, see length 2 = 13.9, adjusted by -1.1, with a final damped value of 13.4. Of course, 13.4 is negative relative to the original value.