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A testing system for the automatic acquisition, scaling, conditioning, calculating, recording and displaying of various channels of engine/dynamometer generated electrical signals for a gas powered turbine engine in the form of an animated user display graphic, which simultaneously presents a series

A testing system for the automatic acquisition, scaling, conditioning, calculating, recording and displaying of various channels of engine/dynamometer generated electrical signals for a gas powered turbine engine in the form of an animated user display graphic, which simultaneously presents a series of condition graphics for display on a monitor to provide an operator with a visual inspection of engine operations.

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[ What is claimed is:] [5.] A system for the calibration and automatic acquisition, scaling, conditioning, calculating, recording and displaying of various channels of engine/dynamometer generated electrical signals for a gas powered turbine engine in the form of an animated user display graphic, co

[ What is claimed is:] [5.] A system for the calibration and automatic acquisition, scaling, conditioning, calculating, recording and displaying of various channels of engine/dynamometer generated electrical signals for a gas powered turbine engine in the form of an animated user display graphic, comprising:a) a data acquisition subsystem which is preprogrammed with parameters for engine operating values;.b) a plurality of sensor means for sensing various engine operating parameters;c) communication linkage means for receiving signals from the sensor means; wherein said communication linkage means comprises a first brick module and a second brick module with a plurality of signal conditioners housed in said brick modules with channel means associating said signal conditioners, each said channel means being assigned to one of said plurality of signal conditioners and having channel calibration means for calibrating said associated signal conditioner; and with a plurality of interface cards housed in said brick modules;d) processor means for processing information collected with sensor means;e) storage means for storing processed information collected with the sensor means;f) interactive means for facilitating interaction of the user with the system, including means for selecting and controlling;g) display means for displaying a user graphic; wherein a plurality of user graphics with the engine operating parameters are provided and associated with an engine operating parameter;h) condition graphics means for displaying on display means an animated condition graphic;i) wherein associated condition graphics are provided and are associated with a set of data recorded with sensor means and are called from a location in memory means to the processor for presentation as a condition user graphic on the display means;j) pinpoint graphic means for displaying the digital value associated with a parameter;k) calibration means for calibrating the range of parameters associated with the operation of an element or associated parameter of an engine to be monitored, said calibration means including a user display calibration graphic including a user controllable graphics element;l) wherein condition graphics means includes engine environment condition graphics, engine torque condition graphics, engine operating condition graphics, dynamometer torque condition graphics, and dynamometer condition graphics; wherein the engine operating condition graphics includes an animated fuel group graphic associated with engine fuel pressure and fuel flow channels; and wherein said engine environment condition graphics includes a temperature graphic associated with engine environment temperature channels; and wherein said dynamometer condition graphics includes an animated dyno status graphic with dyno condition graphics associated with dyno monitoring channels, said dyno monitoring channels each being associated with one of said dyno lube pressure, dyno lube temperature, and dyno lube temperature differentials including dyno lube temperature (fwd) and dyno lube temperature (aft); and wherein said engine torque condition graphics includes a graphic associated with the engine torque monitoring channel and wherein the dyno torque monitoring channel includes a graphic associated with the dyno torque monitoring channel;m) engine power graphics, said engine power graphics representing integrated data from one or more of said monitoring channels which has been processed with said processor means to calculate an engine power value, and associated with said engine power graphics to display an engine power graphic on the display means;n) wherein said condition graphics appear simultaneously on said display means for collective viewing of the condition represented along with the associated parameter; ando) wherein said condition graphics include an animated condition level graphics said condition level graphics being simultaneously displayed on said display means for each condition graphic.