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Train Heat Profiler Users Manual Version: AA0

Date: 12/12/2012

Micro HBD
Train Inspection System
Train Heat Profiler Users Manual
PN: 100627-159
Revision: AA0
Date: December 12, 2012

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Notice of Proprietary Information

This document is the property of Progress Rail Services and may not be copied in any
form without the written permission of Progress Rail Services. It is entrusted to the
customers of Progress Rail Services for their information only. The information
contained herein is proprietary and confidential and may not be transferred, transported,
or transmitted by any means without the expressed written permission of Progress Rail
Services.

Copyright 2012
Progress Rail Services

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Introduction...................................................................................................................................... 1
2 Profile retreival from the MicroHBD System ................................................................................. 1
3 Loading the captured text file into the THP program .................................................................... 5
4 Viewing a summary for each train loaded ...................................................................................... 6
5 Viewing the heat profiles for a specific train.................................................................................. 9

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1 INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this document is to describe the operation of the PRS Train Heat Profiler
program (THP) in conjunction with the MicroHBD Hot Bearing Scanner system. This document
assumes the user is familiar with the MicroHBD interface and the steps necessary to capture text
using a serial terminal program.

The MicroHBD uses infrared scanners mounted to the rail to scan train bearings or wheel flanges
as the train crosses a detector. The temperature heat profiles are collected by the MicroHBD and
stored in the system. The THP program allows a user to graphically view the bearing profiles to
look for problems with the scanner or with the train bearings.

As a train crosses the detector, 24 to 28 digital heat samples are taken of each bearing. With
these samples, it is possible to plot the bearing temperature profile. The MicroHBD includes a
Median filtering algorithm that can eliminate false alarms due to a micro phonic hit to the
scanner or due to sun shot.

A micro phonic hit occurs usually from a flat wheel impacting the rail near the scanner with such
a high G-force that micro phonic signals are introduced into the scanner pre-amp.

Sun shot occurs when the view window of the scanner looks directly at the sun while attempting
to scan a bearing. This can occur on certain open frame cars and only at certain times of the day
when the sun is in the direct line of sight of the scanner.

2 PROFILE RETREIVAL FROM THE MICROHBD SYSTEM

Using the MicroHBD display mode ‘P#’ command, display the heat profile data for an alarming
train. This command is used to collect data for THP program. The data that is displayed to the
screen from the ‘P#’ command is captured to a file using the terminal file capture features built
into most terminal programs. Then the captured file can be loaded into the THP program for
viewing. This command is not available on Talker configurations.

The MicroHBD is limited to capturing a maximum of 16 alarming or warm bearing profiles for
each train, and 16 profiles for Hot Wheel Detectors. The threshold that determines at what level a
bearing temperature must be at to be stored as a warm bearing is set by the Supervisor mode
‘FILTER’ command submenu “HP – Heat Profile Storage Limit“ parameter.

For systems that have a MicroHWD system running HWD code 2.0I or later, the ‘P#’ command
from the HBD will result in one profile dump for the HBD and one for the HWD profiles.

Using the ‘P’ command without entering a train index number displays the profile data for the
most recent train. To view profile data for any train in the memory, use the ‘P’ command

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followed by the train index number. Follow the command with the letter ‘P’ to generate output
with page breaks. If the captured file has any page breaks in the text of the profile data, the THP
program will not recognize the format. There are two steps to displaying profile data for a
specific train:

1. Obtain the index # for the train you wish displayed. To do this, execute the ‘L’ command, find
the train in the list, and get the index number for that train listed in the first column.

2. Execute the “P#” command. The ‘#’ is the train index number you obtained in Step #1.

The following example of the ‘P#’ command shows the retrieval of profile data with alarms for
train # 10. The capture data that should exist in your capture file can include any other text from
the terminal, and may also include multiple profile captures. The THP program looks for the
BEGIN and END markers in the text file and filters out any remaining text.

Display > p10

BEGIN
GETS Global Signaling HBD (No Site Name)
10 248 77 1 248 248 24 12.3 3:9:23 9:15:13 60 158 0 2 30 25 150
0001,0A
0001,08
0002,0E
0002,08
0003,10
0003,0A
0004,08
0004,02
0005,06
0005,04
0006,08
0006,04
0007,06
0007,04
0008,00
0008,02
0009,00
0009,04
000A,02
000A,02
000B,00
000B,02
000C,02
000C,02

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000D,1E
000D,1F
000E,25
000E,22
000F,1E
000F,1B
0010,1E
0010,18
0011,21
0011,1A
0012,21
0012,18
0013,2B
0013,1D
0014,22
0014,22
0015,28
0015,1F
0016,22
0016,1D
0017,1E
0017,1B
0018,1E
0018,18
0019,24
0019,1D
001A,1D
001A,15
001B,25
001B,1F
001C,26
001C,1B
001D,10
001D,0A
001E,15
001E,06
001F,22
001F,1D
0020,1F
0020,15
0021,1D
0021,14
0022,1E
0022,14

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0023,0C
0023,06
0024,18
0024,12
0025,1E{0000000000001E1D1D1D1B1D1D1D1D1D0000000000000000} (This data
represents the bearing profile)
0025,9E{0000000000009E999A999999999999990002000000020000}
0026,1A
0026,18
0027,24
0027,17
0028,1E
0028,18
0029,26
0029,1B
002A,1F
002A,17
002B,1D
002B,18
002C,1F
002C,1D
002D,25
002D,1D
002E,28
002E,24
002F,29
002F,1D
END

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3 LOADING THE CAPTURED TEXT FILE INTO THE THP PROGRAM

Once a text file with the desired heat profiles has been collected from the MicroHBD, launch the
THP program. Click on the Load Data button and browse to the text file you saved from the
MicroHBD and then click open. An alternative is to drag and drop the text file onto the THP
program and then it will open.

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4 VIEWING A SUMMARY FOR EACH TRAIN LOADED

Once a text file is open in the THP program, you should see any trains that were captured in the
left pane, and the right pane will display the filename, site name, and other train data for
whichever train is highlighted in the left window pane. The bottom right pane will show a
graphical chart of all the bearing temperatures for the selected train. Right clicking on the
selected train will allow you to remove it from the list of trains.

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Right clicking with your mouse on the bottom right pane and unselecting “Display Absolute”
will allow you turn on and off the red line marked 180, which is the absolute alarm threshold that
the MicroHBD uses to determine an alarm condition.

Right clicking with your mouse on the bottom right pane and selecting “Axle Properties” will
bring up the following dialog:

Check the box labeled “Display Axle Numbers” to display an axle number above each bearing
heat point on the graph. Limit the number of axles shown by only showing axle numbers for
bearings above a threshold temperature by changing the display axle Values >= to a temperature
you are interested in. The following selection:

Will result in a display graph like this one, where bearings that exceeded 180 degrees show the
axle number above the graph point.

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5 VIEWING THE HEAT PROFILES FOR A SPECIFIC TRAIN

To view the heat profiles for the first train in the list, click on the ‘+’ sign next to the train in the
left window pane:

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A list of axles will show up under the train description. Each axle that has a profile to view will
be highlighted in Red. To view a particular axle, click on it and the displays to the right will
show the profile. Right clicking on one of the graphs will bring up a number of display options.
The blue line through the graph represents the Median filtered temperature recorded for that axle,
and the red line represents the absolute alarm threshold set in the MicroHBD for that train. The
export button is used to export the profile data to a format that is compatible with the old
SERVO Corporation profile viewer used on CyberScan 2000 systems.

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