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Welcome
to the future...
With the new M1 Oscilloscope Tools (Version 5), Amherst Systems Associates
is proud to announce the most revolutionary new capability in oscilloscope
measurement and usefulness software since ASA invented the category more
than a decade ago - automated waveform
anomaly detection.
The Hidden Anomaly Locator (HAL, pat. pend) acts like your own personal
Signal Integrity consultant, examining every cycle of every acquisition that
you take, and alerting you to potential problems that you may not have known
or thought to look for. HAL isn't pushy; you can tell it what kinds of
problems you do or don't want it to alert you to, or even turn it off
altogether. You can read more about HAL in the next section.
M1 OT v5 also includes a revamped user interface, with a number of visual
and organizational changes designed to make an award-winning interface even
easier to use. Scope Animation gives you the feel of watching the scope
screen live. And the Zoom Level Indicator makes waveform navigation more
natural.
The Client/Server capability, which allows M1 OT to be controlled remotely
from one or more inexpensive M1 Readers, is also now included in v5, rather
than being an added-cost option.
And a new 'Send Waveform' button will allow you to instantly email the
waveform that you're currently looking at to a colleague, greatly boosting
your ability to collaborate effectively.
For more information on all the aspects of M1 Oscilloscope Tools and how it
can improve every part of how you interact with waveforms, go to
www.Amherst-Systems.com/m1-ot.htm
Hidden Anomaly Location (HAL)
The centerpiece of the new functionality available in M1 Oscilloscope Tools
v5 is the Hidden Anomaly Locater, or HAL. This revolutionary patent-pending
technology takes M1 OT's embedded intelligence to an entirely new level far
beyond anything that is currently available in the industry.
HAL doesn't just look for a single type of problem that you've specified for
it. Instead, HAL automatically looks for
every type of problem that it
knows how to find. Each specific type of problem is independently searched
for by an individual Agent. At initial release, HAL will have a core group
of Agents, and more will be coming in subsequent releases. If you don't
want to wait that long, or have something unusual you'd like HAL to be able
to spot, you can even create your own Agents. Along with new methods of
adjusting the sensitivity of the Agents to the waveforms you work with, you
should also expect to see special attention paid to the way HAL makes your
collaboration more effective. The scope of where we intend to take Hidden
Anomaly Location is massive and we are dedicating an engineering team to
ongoing research and development in this space.
HAL operates in the background while you work on whatever it is you want to
do. When HAL alerts, you can mute or even shut off individual Agents. But
you can also bring up a more detailed graphical analysis for each and every
Agent that found something, and then get a complete information on causes
and effects of the anomaly that HAL found, along with suggestions on how to
track down and correct the root cause.
For more
information on Embedded Intelligence, HAL, and all the other important
aspects of M1 OT, go to
www.Amherst-Systems.com/embedded-intelligence.htm
Along with a new domain name (the old one still works too), we have
completely reworked our website and the messaging on it. We hope you
appreciate the video intensive approach we have taken, including numerous
training videos to provide expert help on a wide variety of subjects at the
click of a mouse.
For your viewing pleasure, we think you might
enjoy watching the Overview
and "Customer Research" videos.
Working out
the technology included in Hidden Anomaly Location was a bigger than average
pushup... consequently it has taken a bit longer than ASA's normal 6-10 week
update interval. As a gesture to those customers who have invested in us,
we are extending a special offer to those customers whose Subscriptions may
have expired recently.
Any customer
who had an active Software Subscription as of
15 August 2007 can receive an upgrade to Version 5 at no additional
charge as part of that Subscription. For more details, including upgrade
options for other users, please go to
www.Amherst-Systems.com/subscription-offer.htm
M1 Waveform Viewer
New Features
M1
Oscilloscope Tools is not the only award-winning product at ASA that's
gained a few new features - M1 WV has added some as well. We've made
sharing a waveform with someone else
you work with (individual or team) as simple as it can possibly get. Just
press the 'Send Waveform' button to instantly email the current waveform
with a short message attached. If the colleague doesn't already have
Waveform Viewer, the message will automatically include a link and
instructions on how to download their own trial copy. Additionally, in the
Stats Details panel, you'll see that Period and Frequency are now calculated
based on every event in the acquisition, not just the first.
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