We are happy to announce the release of the BK Connect® 2023 and PULSE™ 27 software platforms. The new release strengthens your measurement process and user-experience with highlights including:
New Features in BK Connect:
General new features
- Team Search file import with mapping task has been added
- 2D Fast Displays can now also be expanded using shift+drag
- Improved export to PULSE time file (.pti) to ensure compatibility with PULSE LabShop
- Export to Excel is expanded to include metadata on Device under Test, Test and Setup
- Improvements to the Metadata Editor
- Added functionality to measurement and recording applications such as the ability to annotate metadata to measured data and enabling swept sine waveforms during generator setup
New in BK Connect Data Processing
- A new signal filter in the Process Chain allows the selection of individual signals per processing element
- All Process Chain elements requiring rpm information can now select rpm profiles as input
- Support for time data as input in the Graphical Auto Tracker has been added
- Change Assign to Annotate in the Record and Process task
New in BK Connect Hardware Setup
- Improvements to handling hardware setups, including a new tool to load setups and enabling export of the setup with the project
- The level meter in the Monitor has better multi-channel support, provides better warnings, and improved persistence in display selections
- Updates to the transducer database
New in BK Connect Structural Dynamics
- Residuals calculated during modal parameter estimation can now be saved in the mode table and used for FRF synthesis
- A Condensation Optimization parameter has been added to optimize stability diagram consistency and resolution
- Animation of spectral ODS shapes can be done by either selection in the graph area (current) or in the shape table (new)
New in BK Connect Array Analysis
- Particle velocity can now be calculated and shown for SONAH measurements
- In playback mode, it is now possible to export the results from all mesh points to a UFF file and Microsoft Excel in a single operation
- Improvements to the spectrogram and large numerical displays
New in BK Connect Indoor Pass-by Suite
- Increased support for UN R51 Addendum 50 Revision 3
- Improvements to indoor pass-by setup imports, such as defining the applicable standard and addition of the trigger settings and DUT name
- Added export to Excel functionality such exporting import tyre noise correction data according to the ISO362-3 standard, and exporting the test plan with analysed data directly from the measurement task
- The SPC Validation sub-task will help you to the fine-tune condition number threshold before performing full pass-by SPC calculation
- Indoor pass-by recording is now ‘self-contained’ with setup data included
New Features in PULSE:
General New Features
- Updates to the OLE interface
- Simplification of project saving tasks
- Added ability to disable start-ups that use a user-defined template
New in Vehicle Pass-by
- Support for R41 Rev2 Am10 RD-ASEP for motorcycles
- Support for R51.03 Supplement 7 preliminary implementation:
- Support for free rolling noise (FRN) as it relates to the 362-3:2021(E) Annex B.8, including a new dedicated tyre noise correction template supporting FRN and TI
- Now possible to deselect runs
New in PULSE Operational Modal Analysis (OMA)
- New Structural Health Monitoring Pack Type BZ-8553-S
- Import of CAD geometries with file formats dxf, dwg and stl
- Rendering details of nodes and arrows can be defined for improved handling of large geometries
New in PULSE Electroacoustics
- Directivity measurements now support the latest Turntable Type 9640