The Dash 18XR-HS is an 18-channel rack mount data acquisition system equipped with a 17" display for intuitive touch-screen control and real-time data viewing and analysis. The Dash 18XR-HS offers a multitude of other outstanding features, including 18 universal input channels; removable, lockable hard drives for high security applications; Ethernet interface for command and control; all built into a rack for lab use.

Designed for applications ranging from process trending to transient capture, the Dash 18XR-HS has a data sample rate of 100 kHz per channel, allowing data to rapidly stream directly to the hard drive. The unit is ideally suited for applications in the aerospace, automotive, electric utility, telecommunications, pulp and paper, metals manufacturing, steel mills, medical, and other industrial, scientific, and educational fields.

The Dash 18XR's 17" high-quality color monitor has the largest viewing area of any product of its type, and permits users to view data from any angle. The 1280x1024 resolution provides superior definition and clarity for waveform viewing. A customizable touch-panel user interface transforms the Dash 18XR-HS into a dedicated data acquisition system for your specific requirements. The viewing area is completely customizable, and different colors can be used for waveforms, grids, timing marks and annotation. When signals exceed specified limits, alarms can be set to change the waveform color, instantly alerting the user to possible areas of interest. On-screen cursors provide timing and amplitude information and permit instantaneous measurements.

Universal inputs accept isolated single-ended and differential voltages, thermocouples, pressure transducers and load cells, and eliminate the need for any signal conditioning. The versatile digital signal processing of the Dash 18XR-HS provides a wide variety of filtering capabilities, including lowpass, highpass, bandpass and notch filtering. RMS conversion and differentiation functions are also included.

The Dash 18XR-HS is equipped with 10/100BaseT Ethernet for direct connection to a PC for recorder setup and data upload/review. Windows-based AstroVIEW X software allows data to be uploaded to a PC for review and analysis. With AstroVIEW X, data can also be converted to popular formats including Excel, DADiSP and MathCad, for further analysis.

The Dash 18XR-HS can perform real-time interchannel mathematic calculations. The user can add, subtract, multiply or divide different signals in real time. Results can be displayed on the monitor, and can be viewed in Y-T or numeric format. Scaling can be customized by choosing output range, offset, filtering and units for each channel. The math feature of the Dash 18XR-HS also provides powerful FFT analysis of data captured on the hard drive, with features such as windowing functions and selectable window sizes.

An optional high quality chart printer is available for the Dash 18XR-HS. The user can design personal grids with custom formats of channel widths, number of divisions, etc., with complete flexibility.

More information about the Dash 18XR-HS can be obtained from the Astro-Med, Inc., Test and Measurement Product Group, Astro-Med Industrial Park, W. Warwick RI 02893. Phone Toll-Free 877-867-9783, e-mail mtgroup@astromed.com , or visit our website at www.astro-med.com/tmindex.html.