SIRIUS® XHS

Note

To utilize the SIRIUS® XHS, it is essential to install the INCA-DEWESOFT hardware add-on alongside the INCA software. For more information, see the INCA Installation Guide. To open the manual, in INCA select ? > Manuals and Tutorials.

The DEWESOFT SIRIUS® XHS is a high-speed data acquisition (DAQ) system with the new HybridADC signal conditioning technology capable of high-bandwidth transient recording and very high-dynamic, alias-free data acquisition.

System limits

The SIRIUS® XHS module provides one Ethernet interface.

INCA supports up to four SIRIUS® XHS modules simultaneously.

Module parameters

Enter any name for the hardware module.

Shows the serial number read from the device.

If the hardware is not connected or if it was not found during the hardware search, enter the complete number by hand (it can be found on the device).

The serial number must be entered as it is needed by INCA to identify the device. The serial number is stored in the hardware configuration.

Shows the firmware version of the connected hardware module.

Specifies how the system should react if the connection between INCA and the hardware module is interrupted at measuring start or during measurement.

  • Abort after failure

    The measurement using this hardware module will be terminated in any case of measurement failure (at measuring start or during measurement). The system does not try to reinitialize the hardware module. After the connection has been interrupted, you have to reinitialize manually.

    This option is appropriate when, e.g., the measured values are not essential for the experiment, as the module will be ignored after any failure. This option is the default.

This specifies whether timestamps are to be rounded or not.

If rounding is enabled, the precision is determined according the following rule:

Divide the acquisition rate by 10 and round to the next smaller power of 10.

Example:

Acquisition rateResolution
10 µs1 µs
20 µs1 µs
50 µs1 µs
0,1 ms0,01 ms
0,2 ms0,01 ms
0,5 ms0,01 ms
1 ms0,1 ms
2 ms0,1 ms
5 ms0,1 ms
10 ms1 ms
20 ms1 ms
50 ms1 ms
100 ms10 ms
200 ms10 ms
500 ms10 ms
1 s0,1 s
2 s0,1 s
5 s0,1 s

Note

There are two data types for the timestamp format:
UINT32 (32Bit) and REAL64 (64Bit).
Define the data type in the Database Manager:
Options –> User options –> Hardware tab using the Time stamp data type option.

Application options

Via the Ethernet interface:

Ethernet Interface

Working in the Hardware Configuration Editor

Adding a Device

Changing Parameter Values