NVGate 2023: Release note
OROS strives to be closer to its users, carefully listening to needs and requests. For that reason, OROS regularly releases new versions. Customers under contract automatically benefit from each release.
The NVGate® 2023 (V16), which is compatible with our latest hardware O4 and new solution Monitoring, became available in February 2023.
The NVGate® 2023.1 major version became available in November 2023. This release of the OROS 3-Series analyzer’s software platform brings additional functionalities and significant performance improvements. Below is a summary of the main enhancements of your NVGate experience:
>> 3 main features to avoid dramatic mistakes and bring efficiency to maximum
 Expert by your side all the time ! |
 Modbus TCP/IP client add-on compatibility |
 Tachometer sensor setup can’t be simpler |
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| As a newbie, have you ever wished to have an expert to check your settings, fix mistakes and explain why? As a pro, have you ever wished to be notified when you made the rookie mistake? With NVGate Advisor, your wish comes true! |
Compatible with our new Modbus TCP/IP client add-on, which reads entries from Modbus server and injects the data to NVGate in real-time. |
The most common rotating speed sensors are defined in the database, simply select yours from the list and the tacho setting is ready. Your sensor is not in the list? Easy, just add it to the database and setup becomes hassle-free. |
>> 4 main features to keep proposing the highest performance in ROTATING analysis
Triple shaft order analysis ! |
 Measure all your shafts with 1 tach sensor: virtual tach gear ratio upgraded to a 100 ! |
 Display the Pressure Volume diagram (PV) of your Reciprocating machines. |
 Team up your systems when using ORBIGate for your rotordynamics testing. |
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| Whether your test is carried on a gear box, an integrally geared compressor or any other multi-shaft rotating machinery, NVGate offers now the possibility to carry 3 simultaneous order tracking analysis at a time both in online and office mode. | Measuring vibrations on multi-shaft machines such as gear boxes may require positioning several tachometer sensors. NVGate 2022 features an extension of the ratio for the Fractional tach feature up to a 100. | The PV diagram allows to draw the Pressure vs the Volume directly when using the NVGate software interface. The PV diagram is a new add-on available. | ORBIGate keeps progressing as well bringing new features. In particular the dedicated rotor dynamics solution can now be used on daisy chained systems as NVGate. |
This release note describes the content of version, with operating details.
To download and install NVGate 2022, check this page.
Compatibility: NVGate 2021 is compatible with all OROS instruments (OR34 V1 - OR35 V1 - OR36 V2 and TW - OR38 V2 and TW- OR10) that have not been discontinued. Depending on the hardware options and version, some instrument features may or may not be available.
NVGate READER : Share & Explore your data Simply & FREEly !
Start NVGate in READER mode from anywhere and work all the way to the report. Your teams and partners can explore your data simply and without any software license: simply FREEly! This is the very first step you can have to discover OROS and NVGate possibilities : whether you are experienced in Noise and Vibration or not.
Whenever NVGate 2022 is started without any licensing support detected it will start in READER mode.The following dialog window will be displayed:
The READER mode will let the user:
- - Manage the data : Collate & share data, filter and sort out data based on properties: so using the power of Dataset Management
- - Display the data whatever the display type
- - Use the display and analysis tools : zooming, scaling, cursor and markers reading results values
- - Publish automated or manual reports
How to proceed?
Solely data created or shared from a NVGate 2022 version are compatible with the NVGate 2022 READER:
- For teams using a licensed version of NVGate, data generated with NVG2022 will be stored in the project manager and straightforward readable whenever starting in READER mode
- For READER users without any licensed version of NVGate, the data SHARED from your team member or partner can be imported using the "COLLATE" function.
- Embedded examples installed with the version are available for self training and can be displayed using the "EDIT MEASUREMENT" feature.
- For users who want to SHARE their data with READER users: they can do it using the "SHARE" function
- In all cases, shared DATA is initially created on a NVGate licensed version either in real time when connected to an OROS instrument or from a post-analysis based on a recorded signal
Enhanced ERGONOMICS : Save more clicks and push teams efficiency to the limits
Experience the enhanced field ergonomics and intuivity thanks to the optimized new Ribbon Tabs and application-oriented default settings. NVGate 2022 bring settings and displays at your fingertips in less clicks.
The interface gathers the analyzers functionalities in simple, clear and easy to identify tabs organized according to the main operations (Home, Acquisition, Analysis, Data, Display, Report, Automation, Preferences).
New default settings
The default settings in NVGate have been updated to the ones below. With these default settings, you can do rotating analysis measurement directly. Be aware that if you load an exiting project, the settings will not be affected. You can also easily change these settings.
FFT Overlap: 66%
FFT lines: 3200
FFT Overall low freq : 2 Hz
SOA resolution: 1/8
SOA overlap: 5
SOA OVL lower order: 0.2
Event Delta RPM: Delta velocity 10 rpm
Waterfall Depth: 1000
Tachometer/RPM Profiles/Duration: 120 sec
New Sound Power V3.20
OROS SOUND POWER Solution has been designed to let you achieve that type of test in the most efficient and accurate way.
This new version includes the following improvements:
- New command to start directly the software on your pre-configured setup
- Option to modify the limit of overall octave filter
- Excel templates fully updated to the last standard
- Full compatibility with NVGate 2022.
Read the dedicated Sound Power 3.20 release note for more info.
Bug fixing
- 14729: CANBus J1939 compatibility
- 15258: CANBus: Add CAN 2.0B
- 15376: Tortional velocity measured from tacho at slow speed becomes 0
- 15372: Phase difference between online results and post-analysis results
- 15329: Integrator filter on accelerometer in teamwork mode, value in post-analysis is not velocity
- 15314: In Japanese OS, “Next” button is not correctly loaded in display window
- 15301: In cascade mode, the calibration process takes too long
- 15299: No explicit error message when trying to load a post-analysis workbook in cascade mode
- 15297: Rename measurement in teamwork mode, need to press refresh to see the change
- 15293: Display reference profile waterfall is limited to 20 channels
- 15220: The orbits (lissajou) in post-analysis are (sometimes) different from Online measurements
- 15167: Signal corrupts with double sampling frequency in V16
- 15147: Time marker mix-ups with several signals in the same project
- 15124: Increase the number of spare units
- 15047: Converting OR10 signal to ORXF format doesn’t work with CAN channels
- 14913: 2 "Channel connection properties" windows at once
- 14025: Press cancel when asked to save the measurement, the sequence jumps ahead