Echolab Test

User Manual of the EchoLabTest.
exe
Content
Chapter 1 Brief Instruction...........................................................3
Section 1 Foreword...............................................................3
Section 2 Characteristic of the program...............................3
Chapter 2 Installation and Startup................................................5
Section 1 Environment of circulate......................................5
Section 2 Installation............................................................5
Section 3 Startup.................................................................10
Section 4 Uninstallation.....................................................12
Chapter 3 Operation interface.....................................................13
Section 1 Main faceplate....................................................13
Section 2 Load and elongation display board....................15
Section 3 Displacement display board...............................16
Section 4 Curve display board............................................16
Section 5 Control board......................................................18
Section 6 Scale plate...........................................................29
Section 7 Data board..........................................................30
Section 8 Analysis board....................................................31
Chapter 4 Process of a test..........................................................35
Step 1 Select a testing method............................................35
Step 2 Create testing information.......................................35
Step 3 (modification of information).................................38
Step 4 Confirm information...............................................38
Step 5 Select a testing control mode..................................39
Step 6 parameter of the control..........................................39
Step 7 Start test...................................................................41
Step 8 End test....................................................................41
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User Manual of the EchoLabTest.exe
Step 9 save testing data.......................................................41

Step 10 Artificial analysis of testing curve........................42
Step 11 Print out the data....................................................43
Chapter 5 Configure system.......................................................47
Section 1 System setting.....................................................47
Section 2 Select ergometer and extensometer....................51
Section 3 Hardware Zero....................................................53
Section 4 Load sensor gain.................................................53
Section 5 Debug parameter................................................53
Section 6 User Definability Item........................................54
Section 7 Test/Control Watch Window..............................55
Section 8 Register program................................................56
Section 9 Import Test Standards.........................................57
Chapter 6 EchoLabIni.exe..........................................................58
Section 1 System................................................................58
Section 2 Load Sensor........................................................59
Section 3 Extensometer......................................................59
Section 4 Control Setting...................................................60
Section 5 Advance..............................................................61
Section 6 Option.................................................................61
Section 7 Test Standards.....................................................62
Chapter 7 Program Control.........................................................63
Section 1 Execution of the Program..................................63
Section 2 Programming.....................................................64
Chapter 8 EchoLabBatch.exe.....................................................68
Chapter 9 Print in Excel..............................................................74
Section 1 Print out the data.................................................74
Section 2 New templet........................................................75
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Chapter 1 Brief Instruction

Section 1 Foreword
The EchoLabTest.exe program applies to all kinds of
material testing machine such as Electron Control Universal
Testing Machine, (Servo control) Oil Pressure Universal Testing
Machine, (Screen display) Oil Pressure Universal Testing
Machine, (Screen display with displacement) Oil Pressure
Universal Testing Machine, (Proportion control) Oil Pressure
Universal Testing Machine, that are differed from its
configuration files. The program of different configuration files
has different way of operating; this enchiridion has incorporated
all possible ways of use.
Section 2 Characteristic of the program

1 The program could be configured four different load sensors at
most, users could switch the sensor in the four if needed, the
MFS of the load sensor is in the range of 50kN to 2000kN.
2 The program could be configured eight elongation sensors
(extensometer) at most, users could switch the sensor in the
eight if need.
3 The Program has a open framework, which supports different
database modules of testing. The initialization of the program
incorporates the testing method of GB228-87, GB228-2002,
GB7314-87 etc, that could be added if need.
4 The program could display the load value, the load peak in
scaled and non scaled mode, ±1% of the display value (no lower
than 20% of the MFS of the scale) in precision when in scaled
mode, and ±0.5% of the MFS in precision when in non scaled
mode.
5 The program could display the elongation value, the
elongation peak in scaled and non scaled mode, ±1% of the
display value (no lower than 20% of the MFS of the scale) in
precision when in scaled mode, and ±0.5% of the MFS in
precision when in non scaled mode.
6 Automatically records load/time, elongation/time,
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load/elongation, load/displacement curve, frequently specimen.

7 Automatically calculates the mechanical performance of the
material according to testing curve, the result could be manually
modified.
8 Automatically saved the data and the curve of the test, the data
is managed by database.
9 The program integrates some other useful programs such as
EchoLabIni.exe, EchoLabBatch.exe.
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Chapter 2 Installation and Startup

Section 1 Environment of circulate
Hardware demand: Pentium MMX200 CPU/128M Memory or
more, SVGA Color Display (800*600 Resolving Power or
more), Mouse, Printer
Operating System: English Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
Section 2 Installation
1. Put the EchoLabTest CD into the CD-ROM drive of the
computer, wait for a moment, till the appearance of the
installation wizard, and click “Next”;
The installation menu shows as below:
2. The diagram of the next window shows below:
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3. On the window, enter the “Full Name” and “Organization”

of you, and click “Next”;
4. The next window shows below, the default installation
folder of the program is “C:\Program\EchoLabTest”, if you
want to install into a different folder, click the Browse
button, and select another folder, and click “Next”;
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5. The window shows below, if the fore steps are exactitude,
click “Next” to install the program in your computer, or
click “Cancel” to exit installation;
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Attention ： When there pop-ups a 1940 error window(show

below)during the installer process, click “Ignore” to continue,it
won’t affect the normal use of the program.
6. If the program install successfully on your computer, in the

“All programs” menu of the “Start” menu, there will turn on the
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“EchoLabTest” programs, also there will turn on a

icon on the desktop of your computer.
Observingly, if there is not auto run function of your
computer, you could find out the “Setup.exe” of the
EchoLabTest by explorer, and double-click it to install the
program.
Section 3 Startup
On the desktop of your computer, double-click the icon
, the interface of the desktop shows below:
Or click button “Start” - “All programs” – “EchoLabTest” –

“EchoLabTest”, to start the program.
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Section 4 Uninstallation
Open the “Control Panel” of your computer, click “Add or
Remove Programs”, select the “EchoLabTest” on the program
list, and click button “Remove”, then the EchoLabTest programs
could be deleted from your computer fleetly and in security.
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Chapter 3 Operation interface

Section 1 Main faceplate
Menu
Toolbar
The main faceplate which always on the top of the screen is
the control center of the program, it manages all the other
function faceplates of the program.
Detail explains:
1 Menu:
1.1 Mode:
Test Mode: Switch the interface of the program to test
control mode;
Analyse Mode: Switch the interface of the program to data
Analysis mode;
Exit: Exit from the program;
1.2 Data:
Input Specimen Information: Fill information to
specimen; add specimen information to the program;
Open: Open the recorded data;
Save: Save the data of testing;
Save as Txt File: Save the data of testing as format “.Txt”;
Print: Print out the data of testing;
Stat and Print in EXCEL: Select the records and print out
the data of testing by Excel mode;
Analyse Test Curve: Analysis the test curve;
1.3 setting:
Select Loader Sensor: select the load sensor;
Select Extensometer:select the Extensometer;
System Option: Return and set system related parameter;
Analysis Option: Return and set the nalysis parameter;
1.4 Debug:
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Hardware Zero: Adjust the zero benchmark of load sensor

and extensometer;
Load sensor gain: Adjust the load magnify parameter;
Extensometer gain: Adjust the elongation magnify
parameter;
Displacement gain: Adjust the displacement magnify
parameter;
Width extensometer gain：Adjust the width extensometer
magnify parameter;
Large elongation gain(Channel 1):Adjust large
elongation 1 magnify parameter;
Large elongation gain(Channel 2):Adjust large
elongation 2 magnify parameter;
Debug Parameter: Open the Debug parameter window to
check all debug parameters;
1.5 Tools:
Check record:Check record of the test-force-ring
calibration.
Test/Control Watch Window: Directly observe the
process of testing and controlling of the program;
Import Test Standard: By updating the files to add up
more test standards ;
User Definability Item: User can manually modify the test
data item;
1.6 Window:
Arrange windows: Realign all sub windows;
Screen Top/Left: Realign all sub windows to Top/Left of
the screen;
1.7 Help:
About: Check the program’s version, the type and version
of driver of the AD800 card, etc.
Register: Check the state of register of the program or
register again.
2 Toolbar:
It incorporates some shortcut buttons as follows:
: Switch the interface of the program to test control

mode;
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: Switch the interface of the program to data

Analysis mode;
: Clear all display values of the interface;
: Switch to data board, to check data or change

testing type;
: When in checking data, to check the previous

data;
: When in checking data, to check the next data;
Section 2 Load and elongation display

board
non scaled
Stop after broken Load value Elongation value
Scale button clear button Disp Mode

Scaled
Load value display: Automatic stipulations of an agreement;
Load peak display: Automatically cleared when the testing
starts;
Elongation value display: Automatic stipulations of an
agreement;
Scale switched rule: When in the beginning of the testing, it
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should be selected the lowest scale, so that the high precision of

display value could be gotten;
Stop of broken: When the button be pressed down, if the testing
meets the broken condition, the program would stop the testing
automatically;
Clear button: Clear the current display value;
Disp Mode: Switch the elongation measure mode, if the button
be pressed down, the elongation would be replaced by the
displacement, else the elongation would be measured by
Extensometer.
Section 3 Displacement display board

The board does not exist in the display machine (reference
chapter 1 the section about the sort of the program).
Displacement value piston position clear button

(Manual control direction)
Displacement value display: Displays the displacement value;
Piston position: Only displays in hydraulic pressure servo
machine;
Manual control direction: Only displays in electronic machine.
Section 4 Curve display board

The curve display board would display the curve when in
testing, display the history curve when in browsing data; and
display the result of curve analysis when in analysis mode.
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1. Curve type: The program would record six different type of

curves: Load-Time, Elongation-Time, Load-Elongation,
Load-Displacement, Stress-Strain, Load-Strain, these could
be switched displaying here;
2. Curve analysis tools:
Drag point: When the curve display board is under the analysis
mode, clicks the left button of the mouse to pitch on the points of
the curve, and drag them moving;
Anchor point: When the tool be selected, the curve analysis
toolbar would display the coordinate of the cursor relative to the
curve analysis board real time; When clicks the left button of the
mouse, the cursor would jump to the nearest point of the curve,
then clicks the right button of the mouse, selects a name for the
point from the pop window;
Blow up curve display: When the tool be selected, selects a area
on the curve analysis board by the mouse, the area would be blew
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up when the mouse button be released;

Reduce curve display: when presses the icon, the curve would be
reduced by one scale;
Reveal line: When clicks the left button of the mouse, there
would be a red line indicates the linearity of the curve;
Clip curve: Clips the excrescent section of the curve, the changes
of the curve is beyond retrieve;
Print out the current curve;
Save the current curve as BMP format file;
Curve record frequency: When the button is pop, it means the

current curve record frequency is 1, if it is pressed, it means the
current curve record frequency is 10;
Window size maximum button: Blows up the curve analysis
board to the screen size;
3. The scroll bar:
Curve horizontal orientation Horizontal zoom out

Horizontal zoom in
Section 5 Control board

The board does not exist in the display machine (reference
chapter 1 the section about the sort of the program).
1. Control mode switch card
Disp: Closed loop (open loop) displacement control mode;

Load: Closed loop load control mode;
Extension: Closed loop elongation control mode;
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Tensile: Typical metal tensile automatically program control

mode;
Program: one programmable control mode;
2. Control buttons board
The control buttons board has two states: testing control
state and move control state, the button is used to

switch the two states;
Testing control mode:
: To control the start of the testing; start testing
: To control the stop of the testing; stop testing

Move control mode:
: To control the piston or the beam moves up;
: To control the piston or the beam moves down;
: To stop the movement of the piston or the beam;
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: To reset the piston or the beam;

3. Servo output board
The board only exists in (Servo control) Oil Pressure
Universal Testing Machine.
Press the button ,select “Direct Output” card
The servo output board shows above, which has two
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buttons, “Reset servo middle value” and “Change knob delicacy

(S)”;
Reset servo middle value: The servo middle value is a
parameter that acts on the output signal’s range of the
potentiometer on the electric cabinet. The initialization of the
value is in the range of -100% and 100%, corresponding that the
delicacy value is 0.1% that means the piston’s move speed could
get to the maximum. The servo middle value could be changed
by modifying the knob delicacy;
Change knob delicacy (S): the delicacy value 0.1%
corresponds -100% and 100% the range of the servo middle
value, and 0.5% corresponds -50% and 50% the range of the
servo middle value, the rest may be deduced by analogy.
4. Proportion Output Board
The board only exists in (Proportion control) Oil Pressure
Universal Testing Machine.
With this control mode ,the output signal from user’s computer
directly control proportional valve .
Proportion output only applies to system debug 、 manual
force-test-ring calibration and the adjustment of piston
position ,not in the testing control process.
Operation steps :
4.1 Press button ， switch to proportion output

control mode. The control pad shows below
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4.2 Press “UP” to startup propotion output control,then

click “〉” “〉〉 ”for increasing or “〈” “ 〈〈”for decreasing
to control the speed of piston.
4.3 Most proportion valves have a control dead-area,
which will affect the whole control performance.when you click
the buttom “Reset”,it will adjust the control parameter by the
application of current value as the new valve invalid region.
5. Displacement Adjustment
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With this control mode, user could select the move speed
by rolling mouse. The program will adjust the position of piston
(beam) according to selective displacement speed ,and the
direction of displacement depends on pressing button UP、DN or
Reset. Do not select “fast down” option !
Attention :This control mode only applies to position
adjustment, not applies to test control.
6. Displacement Control
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Displacement control is aimed at controlling the

displacement, taking displacement as the main parameter,
and its unit is millimeter per minute
Operation step as follows:
6.1 Tensile and compressive test:
Select a displacement speed in the control pad such as
0.5mm/min ,then switch to the closed loop control mode,
press to start the test.

6.2 Set the displacement value to keep controlling：
Select a displacement speed in the control pad such as 5mm/min,
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or enter 5mm/min into the speed input box, tick the “loop
control” check box，switch to the closed loop control mode, and
then enter the target displacement into the target input box, such
as 20mm ,press enter or “Apply” button. Now , press

to start the test. The piston/beam will move upward at the speed
of 5mm/min until reach the height of 20mm ， then the
piston/beam won’t move until user enter a new displacement
target, so user can modify the target anytime. Enter blank to
clear the target .
7. Load Control
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Enter a speed in the speed input box ,for example 10kN/s ， or

select the speed by the slide bar, then click“Tighten” to set
the tghten speed.Enter a target load into the target box,such as
100Kn,press enter or the
“Apply” button, then press to test. The piston will move

upward at the speed of 10kN/s until the load reaches to
100kN ， the system won’t move until user enter a new load
target.Modify target anytime ,click “Apply” ,the system will
tend to the new load automatically .User could enter zero to
clear the target ,but should not apply zero to target load.
8. Extension
Extensior control take the extensior as the main parameter ,the
unit is %/s. Its operation is similar to displacement control , but
user hardly use the extensior solely.
Note: A extensior measure device , such as electric elongation ,is
necessary when user select the extensior control, otherwise that
will lead to unpredictable consequences.
9. Tensile control
For Electron Control Universal Testing Machine, the routine
metal tensile test is the most common, in order to make the
operation more convenient, the program list the tensile control
dependently .About the detail operation ,please refer to
backward test instruction.
10. Programmable
With the programmable control mode, test will be controlled
according to user’s program. About program execution and
operation,please refer to Chapter 7 . we highly recommend that
user select the control mode on the sufficient understanding.
11. Switch control mode manually
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Lock the control output Startup control mode

The above-mentioned displacement,load and extensior control
mode can switch anytime.For example,if user select the
displacement control first,then he need to switch to load control
during the test,but except displacement control mode , the other
control mode is invalid at this moment,so the user must press the
“Lock the control output”button to activate the other card. Then
the system will export a displacement constant, meantime, other
modes are valid.If the load control mode is selected ,when user
enter the speed and target , press the ,the system will
switch to load control mode.
Section 6 Scale plate

Note: Applied to screen display universal testing machine
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6.1 The current load value display on the scale plate, and
loading speed display in digital.
6.2 Auto begin when load >enactment：
When user not select it, system won’t record the test curve
until press the “START” button; When select it, the
system will automatically record the test curve only if
the load is greater the set value ,and the set value can be
modified in “Option” window.
Section 7 Data board

1. Data board
The data board displays all information of the test, which is
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differ in the interface of the different testing method, for

example, the picture shows above is the data board of Metallic
materials- Tensile testing at ambient temperature (GB 228-
2002);
Testing
method
Testing
record
Data
tools
Data
title
Data
content
2 Data Tools
: Create a new data board to save originality information of

the testing, it usually be done before the testing start;
: Lookup the history data of the testing;
: Save the current testing data to database;
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: Save the current testing data as a “.txt” file;

: Print out the testing data, there has two printout mode of
the program, one is common mode, the other is Excel mode, the
details about the two mode would be explained in the latter part.
Section 8 Analysis board

Analysis toolbar
Analysis result
The analysis board shows above, this board would exist in
the analysis mode of the program. Clicks the analysis button on
the toolbar, or selects the “Analysis Mode” option in the Menu
to switch to the analysis mode.
Generally under circumstance, while experiment be over,
the system will analyze the test curve right away, and fill
analysis as a result in the analysis board and the curve board, but
does not need the customer handicraft intervention. If automatic
analysis inaccuracy, so, the customer can change analysis
method, then carry on to the curve again. The analytical method
is set by the customer at the analysis before. If the customer
wants to change the analytical method, can click the analytical
tool [the analysis option] button, will appear the analytical
constitution window (as follows diagram). Customer can accord
to the kind of the specimen to select a specific analysis method.
After analysis complete, the physics function parameter of the
material test will mark out on the curve.
2 Analysis toolbar
: Analyze curve, Click it, will according to constitution of

analytical method is analytical to test the curve afresh, break
analytical result;
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: Undo, The one-step handicraft changes the previous

appearance on the instauration, most recover 10 steps;
: Remove all, clear all analytical result and refresh;
: Analysis option, the window as the diagram shows below:
3 Choose analytical method

Choose analytical method. Different analytical method to
analyze the test sometimes has great analytical result; Before
Choices the analysis method, please consult carefully the
standard of related. The particular testing method sometimes
needs to adopt the particular analytical method. Non reasonable
analytical method will cause mistake of analysis result.
(H) Debug parameter window

Under general circumstance, the customer should not
change these parameters. Press [F12] key will open the debug
parameter window.
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(I) Load value examination parameter
Selects the option “Load bias” in the Menu or press [F8]

key to open the tiny adjust the window of the load value, the
window shows above;
(J) Extensometer value examination parameter
Selects the option “Extensometer bias” in the Menu or

press [F9] key to open the tiny adjust the window of the
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extensometer value, the window shows above.
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Chapter 4 Process of a test

Step 1 Select a testing method
While preparing to start a test, choose the testing method at
the data board first. as the diagram shows below, click the tool
column up" the data plank" button side of bottom pull the
arrowhead, win election the item of choose the accommodation
at the on trial type the row watch that appear. Such as the
diagram, we choose" the metals material indoor temperature
pulls to stretch to experiment (GB228-2002)".
Step 2 Create testing information
Click the “Data” button ,then popup the Data pad.When
user click the button of the data pad,a “New” windows will
appear,which include two optional card “specimen information”

and “input a batch of specimen”.
1. Input bases on templet
Customer fills some related information of the test in [the
templet importation] page such as testing batch number, testing
serial number, testing date, tester, specimen shape and size,
So(cross section area), Lo, etc.
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The customer can also open directly the templet document

keeping in the right side list, but no need input the importation
of the test one by one more again; Click the templet name with
the mouse, so, the contents of the templet will directly fill in.
After filling the information, click button [keep the templet] on
the right side of the page, the data fill will save for another
templet document.
2. Batch of input
When the testing information is filled, switch the window to
[input a batch of specimens] page next (the diagram shows as
follows):
Click the button [Add], copy the templet data to the data
buffer area.
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Click the button [Batch add], to copy the data to the data
buffer area in batches.
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Step 3 (modification of information)

Double-click the table of the data buffer area, and change
the information as needed.
There has option [Lock collum index] on the window,
which is used when there has too many columns of the table that
could not display on interface, lock some columns to make them
displaying always. That is usually used when changing the
information.
Step 4 Confirm information

This step is to save the information in the data buffer area
to the program
When the information is created, click the button [OK], the
information would be saved to the database of the program, as
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the diagram shows below, the information would display on the

data board of the program:
Step 5 Select a testing control mode

Select testing control method from the control board. The
control mode could be selected as simplex one, such as “Disp
mode” or “Load mode”, or complex one, such as “Tensile
mode”. In the step 6 we will take the “Tensile mode” as example
to detail;
Step 6 parameter of the control

The interface of “Tensile mode” on the control board as the
diagram shows below:
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Click the button [Wizard (W)] to open the parameter

configure wizard window:
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The wizard would lead you configuring parameter step by step,

directly according the show of the window of each step.
Step 7 Start test

Check back the steps before; if they are all correct, then the test
could be started.
Click the button [START] on the control board, start the test.
Step 8 End test

If the test meets one of these conditions, the program would
stop the test:
1. Manually stop the test by clicking the button [Stop];
2. Over loading protect;
3. The specimen meets the broken condition.
Step 9 save testing data

When the test is accomplished, the program would analyze
the testing curve based on the analytical method and then save
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the result of analysis to the database automatically.
Step 10 Artificial analysis of testing

curve
If the result of the automatically analysis doesn’t meet
actual need, the program could also support artificial analysis
function.
The general process of data analysis details:
1. Click the toolbar of the program with the mouse, switch the
program to the [analysis mode];
2. The program will show automatically [the Analyse pad],
because we want to analyze load- extensometer curve, so will
switch the curve display to the load-extensometer on the curve
board;
3. Generally, we still adopt the automatic analytical method
first. Press the auto analysis button on the analysis board
with the mouse, the program will analyze the curve
automatically, and order each marking on the curve, at the same
time at[the analysis board] list the position that each marking
order and show the related information, and show the analysis
result at[the data pad].
4. If the automatically analysis result doesn’t meet actual
need, take these steps to artificial revise:
The step of the artificially define symbolize the point is:
4.1. Click the button on the curve analysis toolbar, the
mouse will switch to cross cursor;
4.2. In needing to define the curve of symbolize the point or the
neighborhood click the mouse, the mouse cross would
automatically be adsorbed to the curve;
4.3. Click the right key of single shot mouse at the position, will
appear order define menu, select a corresponding name in the
menu, to define this order as a symbolize the point, at the same
time, the reference information of the point will display on the
analysis board; As the diagram shows below:
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Step 11 Print out the data

If the testing result needs to be print out, there has two print
out modes in the program; those are common mode and Excel
mode.
1. Common print out mode
Click the button on toolbar of the data board, open the
print templet selects window, the diagram shows below:
Select one templet file in the report templet window; Click
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the button [Print] to print out the data.

Edit report templet: Click the button [Edit], or click the
button [New] to create a new report templet file, the pop-up
window shows below:
The window is a new report templet editor, on which the

customers could edit the report templet neatly as they want. The
next is the detailed introduce of the editor:
1. Optional items
On the left-top of the window, there lists all basal items of
the test, if the report contains the item, select it here, and add it
to report templet.
2. Report items
The report items are added from optional items. Double-
click the item; there would pop-up a window shows below:
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The caption of the item could be changed here.

3. Report title
On the center of the window, there have “Title” and “Sub
title” input field, the diagram shows below:
Title: used to be inputted header of the report;

Sub Title: used to be inputted subhead of the report;
Head :( Left): used to be inputted left head of the report;
Head :( Right): used to be inputted right head of the report;
Foot :( Left): used to be inputted left foot of the report;
Foot :( Right): used to be inputted right foot of the report.
4. Report curve
On the bottom of the window, there have “Print curve”
check box, the diagram of the window shows below:
If it is checked, that means the test curve could be print out;

Type: the print curve’s type, which could be selected as
Load-Elongation, Stress-Strain, Load-Time, Load-Displacement,
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Elongation-Time, and Load-strain;

Height and Width: the height and width of the print curve;
Top Title: the title of the curve;
X axis title: the title of the X axis;
Y axis title: the title of the Y axis.
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Chapter 5 Configure system

Section 1 System setting
Select the option [System Option] under the [settings] menu, the
program would pop the “System setting” window (the diagram
shows below), there have five pages on the window: “System”,
“Show”, “Overloading”, “Curve”, and “USB Pad”;
System:
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Critical force to enable breaking detection ： The system will

break only if the load is greater than the set value.
Broken when force drop ： The system detect it broken only if
the decrease of the load is greater than the set value.
Show:
Setting about the led display;

Led refresh frequency: refresh frequency of the led display
could be modified here;
Overloading：
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Overloading: If the loads value meets this condition, the

program will stop the test;
Move prtect: the speed of uninstall;
protect log: the window to record overloading log;
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Curve:
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Setting about the testing curve’s display and print;

USB Pad:
Section 2 Select ergometer and

extensometer
Select the option [Select Load sensor] and [Select
Extensometer] under the [setting] menu, the pop window shows
below:
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The ergometer and extensometer are configured in the

subprogram “EchoLabIni.exe” beforehand;
Section 3 Hardware Zero
Select the option [Hardware zero] under the [Debug] menu, to

adjust the parameter value of the load zero and extensometer
zero by clicking the button and ;
Section 4 Load sensor gain

Select the option [Load sensor gain] under the [Debug]
menu, to adjust the parameter about the load value display;
Align the parameter
Fit the parameter on one key-

press
Fill the actual load

The bias parameter is one coefficient in the actual load and
load display; it is used to calibrate the load display.
[Extensometer gain] and [Displacement gain] are similar to
[Load sensor gain].
Section 5 Debug parameter
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Select the option [Debug parameter] under the [Debug]

menu, the diagram of the debug parameter window shows up,
the window mostly shows the parameters about hardware zero,
measure, control, the parameters could also be directly modified
here.
Section 6 User Definability Item
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Select the option [User Definability Item] under the [Tools]

menu, the diagram of the User Definability Item window shows
up. In the window, users can define items as they will; table
“Caption” is written the title of the item. If the item is a list, the
items of the list could be written in the table “List”, divided by
“,”.
Section 7 Test/Control Watch Window
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Select the option [Test/Control Watch Window] under the

[Tools] menu, the diagram of the Test/Control Watch window
shows up. The window displays the sampling about controls of
the test, so that faults could be diagnosed if the test has some
accidents.
Section 8 Register program

Select the option [Register] under the [Help] menu, the
diagram of the register window shows below. The program has
one and only Machine ID, Offer the ID to the relational
technician, the technician would return the Register Code of the
machine.
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Section 9 Import Test Standards

EchoLabTest is an open framework, which supports more and
more test standards. Customer only need to download a update
(Update.exe) file from the designated website to add those
supported test standards.
The following is how to add the test standards:Run the “Import
test standards” command from the tool menu , there will be a list
of supported test standards , customer just need to choose a test
standard to add, then click “OK” , the system will finish the
updating process automatically .If the added test standards are
not included in the system before ,the update will not affect the
original data ;if the update is just replacing the old test standards
,the original data will be covered.
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Chapter 6 EchoLabIni.exe
The EchoLabIni.exe, names Debug toolbox, is a Debug
program specifically for the EchoLabTest.exe. The program is in
the root directory of the EchoLabTest.exe. Before run it, there
has a password originally is 85359710, which could be changed
in the program.
The start-up menu of the program shows below:
There have some pages on the window: “System”, “Load

sensor”, “Extensometer”, and so on;
Section 1 System
The diagram of the system page shows up:
Machine Type: select the type of the testing machine, the
EchoLabTest soft system supports the Electron Control
Universal Testing Machine, (Servo control)Electro-
Hydraulic Universal Testing Machine, (Screen display)
Electro-Hydraulic Universal Testing Machine, (Screen
display with displacement) Electro-Hydraulic Universal
Testing Machine, (Proportion control) Electro-Hydraulic
Universal Testing Machine。
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Card ID: The ID of the AD card, which relates to the type

and the position in the computer of the card.
VAC Driver: the VAC Driver of the EchoLabTest.exe,
different testing machine has different VAC Driver.
Application Title: The title of the EchoLabTest.exe.
Language File ： Select the“Chinese.txt” ， click “Apply”
button, then when customer restart the system ,it displays
Chinese.
Section 2 Load Sensor
The page is used to add ergometer.
Section 3 Extensometer
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The page is used to add Extensometer.
Section 4 Control Setting
This page is used to customize the control speed of the

Displacement, Load, and Elongation. The interface customized
shows below:
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Section 5 Advance
Customer can add the Vac.dll configuring parameter for some
special occasion(Refer to factory instruction for detail
information).
Section 6 Option
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Section 7 Test Standards
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Chapter 7 Program Control

Note: Program control applied to Electron Control Universal
Testing Machine, (Servo control) Oil Pressure Universal Testing
Machine, (Proportion control) Oil Pressure Universal Testing
Machine.
Section 1 Execution of the Program

Click the “Program” button of the control pad ， the interface of
execution of program control will display.
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From the “Program” drop-list, select the right control program,

its content will display below, then press “START” button to
test.
Section 2 Programming
Programming is a little more complex than program
execution.Click the “Edit” button when the machine is not at
work,there will appear the programming interface.
1. Loading Direction
For different main engine, part of tensile test and compress test
have the same direction , but others are opposite. Therefore,
customer have to decide the direction of the control file .The
parameter （loading direction） is very important for machines
which direction of the tensile and compress is opposite . If set
incorrectly, the program control direction is quite likely to
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reverse.
2. Edit Program
Press to creat a new program, then a line of program will

be added as the last line; when editing a program ,customer
sometime need to remove a line of program, just press

to clear the selected line.
2.1 Set Control Mode
Click the procedure line which need to be edited, a list of control
modes will unfold in the drop-list, customer can select the
needed one.
2.2 Set Control Parameter

Click Speed/Targe, customer could set control parameter with
different control mode in control parameter window(shows
below).
Speed and target are the most common control parameter.

2.3 Set Jump Conditions
Click the procedure line which need to be edited,here is the jump
setting window.
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The jump mode may be automatically or manually.If it’s

manual,press “Goto Next Step” of Program of Control pad to
continue,or the program will stop .
2.4 Set Loop Parameter
Click the procedure line which need to be edited,here is the loop
setting window.
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2.5 Add Remark for the Program

A program may contain many steps,and each of the step may
contain many parameters,in order to make customer know more
about control detail of the program,it’s better to add
explanationsto o every control procedure. Click the procedure
line which need to be edited,here is the remark setting window:
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Chapter 8 EchoLabBatch.exe
The EchoLabBatch.exe, it can gather the test data and
curves more manifestation and print out, and the customer can
customize print format from the user-defined.
The start-up menu of the program shows below:
1. Toolbar
As the diagram shows up, on the top of the window there
have some tool buttons,
: Renew the curve’s display;
: Copy the curves to the Clipboard;
: Print out the data and curves；
: Save the curves as a .BMP file;
: Set down the bias of the curve;
: Display gridding or not;
: Display surveyor's staff or not;
2. Select test standards
On the left-top of the window, there have a list box of
criterion name, the diagram shows below:
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3. Select Rogatory Conditions

Once select the test standards, all of the test data item will
be filled into the drop-list on the right of the rogatory condition.
Any of the test data item can be the rogatory condition.
The diagram shows below:
4. Rogatory Keyword

Once the rogatory conditions are selected, the values that
already exist will fill backward lists select from the drop-list, or
enter the data into the “value” box ,or click “List” button to
query.
5. Rogatory Record

After step 4 and 5, serial numbers of all the eligible
specimen will be in the specimen list , quadrel’s color
correspond to the same color curve.
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6. Record Curve Display

Select the curve type from the drop-down box，you can switch
the different types of curves of the record to observed.
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7. Stat Information Display

Click the “Stat” option to inquire more stat information.
8. Ditail Record Display
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9. Print out the data and curve

1. Click the button on the toolbar, select a appropriate
templet in the print window, as the diagram shows
below:
2. Click the button [Print] on the window, then the data
and curves could be print out according to the format of
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the templet.
3. If there has no templet, click the button [New] on the
window to new a templet. As the diagram shows below,
the pop-up window is a new report templet editor.
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Chapter 9 Print in Excel

There has two printout mode of the program, one is
common mode, the other is Excel mode. If the test data would be
print in Excel mode, the computer should have been installed the
Microsoft Excel.
Section 1 Print out the data

Startup the EchoLab-Test program ， click Stat and print in
EXCEL of the “Data” menu.
The left part of the window shows the data that would be
print out, the right part of the window lists the report templets.
Pitch on the data and select a report templet, click the button
[Print], the data would be filled in the Microsoft Excel, the
diagram shows below:
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In this window, if there has some lacks of the report, that

could be modified here. Finally, select the option [Print] in the
[file] menu or click the button , the data would be printed out.
Section 2 New templet

In this section, it introduces how to create a new report
templet in the Excel print mode.
Observingly, it is different to create a templet in the
common print mode, in the Excel print mode, it has to create two
files: a Excel file and a positional file, The Excel file is used as a
table and the positional file is used to tell the data which position
it fill into.
Suppose there has been a Excel file, as the diagram shows
up, on the right-bottom of the window there has a button [New],
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click the button to create a new report templet.
As the diagram shows up, this window is used to define the

position of the data in the Excel file.
On the bottom of the window, there have “linked Excel
file” sash, which is used to locate the associated Excel file:
On the left-top of the window, there lists all print items, if it

is checked, that means it could be printed out;
On the right-top of the window, there display the positional
parameters of the print item;
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On the center of the window, there is used to define the

positional parameters of the print item, as the diagram shows
below, the horizontal position and vertical position correspond to
the position on the Microsoft Excel;
If there have multilateral data to print out, fill the
parameters on the “multi-record option” frame.
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If the curves would be printed out, check the “Print Curve”,

and fill the definition of the print curve.
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Step 9 save testing data.......................................................41

Chapter 1 Brief Instruction

Section 2 Characteristic of the program

load/elongation, load/displacement curve, frequently specimen.

Chapter 2 Installation and Startup

2. The diagram of the next window shows below:

3. On the window, enter the “Full Name” and “Organization”

Attention ： When there pop-ups a 1940 error window(show

6. If the program install successfully on your computer, in the

“EchoLabTest” programs, also there will turn on a

, the interface of the desktop shows below:

Or click button “Start” - “All programs” – “EchoLabTest” –

Chapter 3 Operation interface

Hardware Zero: Adjust the zero benchmark of load sensor

: Switch the interface of the program to test control

: Switch the interface of the program to data

: Clear all display values of the interface;

: Switch to data board, to check data or change

: When in checking data, to check the previous

: When in checking data, to check the next data;

Section 2 Load and elongation display

Scale button clear button Disp Mode

should be selected the lowest scale, so that the high precision of

Section 3 Displacement display board

Displacement value piston position clear button

Section 4 Curve display board

1. Curve type: The program would record six different type of

up when the mouse button be released;

Print out the current curve;

Save the current curve as BMP format file;

Curve record frequency: When the button is pop, it means the

Curve horizontal orientation Horizontal zoom out

Section 5 Control board

Disp: Closed loop (open loop) displacement control mode;

Tensile: Typical metal tensile automatically program control

state and move control state, the button is used to

: To control the start of the testing; start testing

: To control the stop of the testing; stop testing

: To control the piston or the beam moves up;

: To control the piston or the beam moves down;

: To stop the movement of the piston or the beam;

: To reset the piston or the beam;

Press the button ,select “Direct Output” card

The servo output board shows above, which has two

buttons, “Reset servo middle value” and “Change knob delicacy

4.1 Press button ， switch to proportion output

4.2 Press “UP” to startup propotion output control,then

Displacement control is aimed at controlling the

press to start the test.

as 20mm ,press enter or “Apply” button. Now , press

Enter a speed in the speed input box ,for example 10kN/s ， or

“Apply” button, then press to test. The piston will move

Lock the control output Startup control mode

Section 6 Scale plate

Section 7 Data board

differ in the interface of the different testing method, for

: Create a new data board to save originality information of