Chapter 9.

DGS in Phased Array Mode

9.2 Dialog Probe Settings and POP Setup File

The PA DGS option will not contain a fixed table for each known probe as is available in the Conventional Channel.
Instead, the probe information for the connected probe will come from the dialog memory device located in the probe
connector.

In the PA DGS probe, the file PROBEDEF.SYS will contain the basic probe settings. The dialog probe will also
contain a POP setup file that the user can load from the dialog from the Welcome screen. The POP file will contain
settings to configure:

• Wedge Settings

• Cycle Settings, including

• Angle

• Pulser and receiver delay values

• Physical and Virtual Wedge Delay and Geometry Information as currently calculated

• DGS Settings specific to the cycle

Near Field Length (NDGS), in mm
Effective Diameter (Dstraight), in mm
DGS Delay (DELDGS) used to shift the DGS diagram only, in mm.
Index Shift—the shift from the nominal angle part entry point along the X-axis (similar to the part entry
point calculated by the DLC), in mm.
Transducer Width, in mm
Transducer Length, in mm
• Full Angle Range setup (ANGLE START, ANGLE STOP and ANGLE STEP).

A user cannot overwrite or delete the PROBEDEF.SYS file. After constructing this file with the probe part number,
serial number and data, GE Inspection Technologies programs the dialog device with this file after probe validation.

The PROBEDEF.SYS contains the settings to configure the instrument for DGS for the first time. Once users define
the instrument settings that work for the inspection, they can save the full instrument setup (POP) file back to the dialog
probe.

The user may save additional setup “POP” files to the dialog probe if desired (and if there is enough free memory). In
order to overwrite a POP file on the dialog probe, the user must first delete the file and then save the current settings as
the file of the same name.Two values in the setup file indicate to the Phasor XS code that the PA DGS application
should be implemented:

• PROBE TYPE: LF_DGS (linear flat DGS)

• APPLICATION TYPE: PLATE.

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