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S.D. Myers' Lab Online system is an internet based system used for accessing S.D. Myers Analytical Services lab data quickly and easily. With Lab Online, you can view and print your lab results directly on the internet. One of the best benefits of being able to access your test data on the internet is that you can view your test results soon after the tests are performed, from almost any computer.
You also have the ability to upload a few pictures for each transformer. Also pictures that S. D. Myers has for your transformers may be uploaded as well over time.
The Lab Online system has a graph feature that allows you to visually track specific data for multiple test dates. It also shows for some graphs when a test result moves into a questionable or unacceptable range. Trending of results in this fashion can be very important when allocating limited maintenance funds.
With Lab Online, you can print the results of our transformer tests and your entire transformer inventory.
We invite you to provide your feedback to us by clicking on the feedback button at the top of every page in Lab Online. We look forward to reading your comments. Thank you. |
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| Navigation |
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Navigating through the Lab Online system is easy. After logging in you will always begin on the welcome page. This page will give you a quick summary of your equipment status. There are many buttons on this page you can use to quickly navigate and perform functions.
From the welcome screen, you can proceed to the equipment list page. To view details about a particular piece of equipment click anywhere on the line for that piece of equipment.
Once you are in the details view you will begin on the Visual Inspection/Field Service page. You can change to any of the tests by clicking on the name of that test. You can also go to the photos, comments, maintenance assessment reports, service recommendations and graphs pages by clicking on their respective buttons.
You can also move among the equipment by clicking on the VCR style buttons (First TC, Prev TC, Next TC, Last TC). These buttons use the same sort and filter settings you specified on the Equipment List page (see next section)
You can return to the Equipment List page by clicking the TC List button |
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| Equipment List |
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This screen will list your equipment in many different ways. You can utilize the sort and filters to organize the data in the way you want to.
If you are able to view more then one customer number/location, you will see the Customer Selection/Location pull down option at the top of the screen. If you are a smaller company which would not have multiple customer numbers in S.D. Myers' database, this will not apply to you. By clicking on the list box, a list of all available locations will be displayed. You can select any customer number to view only that location.
NOTE: Please be aware that if you have a very large amount of data, it may take several seconds to switch from one customer/location to another or select to view all.
The equipment pull down option allows you to filter on several pre-defined criteria. When you select one of these filters the list of transformers on the screen will change to reflect your choice.
The available choices are:
• view equipment from the most recent order
• view equipment not tested in most recent order
• view all equipment
• view equipment with any UN results
• view equipment with QU or UN results
• view equipment with all AC results
• view equipment with retest in 1 year recommended
• view equipment with retest in less than 1 year recommended
• view
decommissioned equipment and miscellaneous
The following information is displayed for each transformer:
• Transformer Number (TC)
• Name of the Substation
• Customer Supplied Unit Number
• Transformer Serial Number
• kVA rating
• Draw Date (Date the most recent liquid sample was pulled)
• Liquid Screen Test (LST) Rating
• Gas Chromatography (GC) Rating
• Karl Fischer Moisture Content (KF) Rating
• ICP Metals-in-oil (ICP) Rating
• Liquid Power Factor (PF) Rating
• Inhibitor Content (IH) Rating
• Furan Analysis (FR) Rating
• PCB Color Rating
• Recommended Service or Product for the Transformer
Valid codes for test acceptability are based on S.D. Myers' proprietary rating methods.
To progress to the detail screens, click anywhere on the line of the piece of equipment you wish to view. |
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| Sorting |
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The equipment list is sorted by transformer number (TC) by default.
You may sort the equipment list by any other column. This is done by simply clicking on the heading of the desired column by which you wish to sort. For example, to sort by substation name, click on the heading for substation.
The test columns sort by severity. The sort order is UN, QU, AC, blank. |
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| Pictures |
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You have the ability to upload pictures of your equipment to the Lab Online site.
To upload a photo, from the photo page:
• Click browse
• The Choose File window will open
• Locate the picture you wish to upload, and click on it.
• Click open.
• The filename will appear in the field next to the browse button
• Type a description in the text box
• Click upload
• The picture will upload, and appear as a thumbnail view on this page.
To view your pictures larger, click on them to bring them up in a separate window. |
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| Other Tests |
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If tests have been performed on your transformer by a third party on behalf of S. D. Myers, then they will be listed here are PDF files. You must have Adobe PDF Reader installed in order to view these files. You can get Adobe PDF Reader from www.adobe.com.
Once installed you will be able to view the PDF files simply by clicking on them. |
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| Maintenace Assesment Reports |
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This screen will allow you to view any Maintenance Assessment Reports that are available. These reports are an extra service provided by S.D. Myers Analytical Services. Please contact your sales representative for further detials.
Note: you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed to view these reports, please visit www.adobe.com.
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| Service Recommendations |
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S. D. Myers may have up to 4 service recommendation based on your last round of tests. We have sorted them by putting the most important recommendation at the top.
If your transformer needs service, please contact your sales representative at 1-800-444-9580 for assistance. |
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| Comments |
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This screen will allow you to type in comments for the transformer you are cuurently viewing. Your email address and the date and time will be added to the comment.
You can delete comments that you added by clicking delete. |
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| Graphing |
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With lab online you can graph and print your test result data.
Along the left side of the screen you will see many options. The first thing to do is to select which test category you want to graph and click that name. For example if you wish to graph % saturation, click on Karl Fischer.
All the options for the test category are now displayed. You can place a check mark next to each specific test to have it graphed. For example to show results for hydrogen and methane, place a check mark next to each.
Next you can decide how many test dates are displayed. The default is 8, you can type any number or the word ALL into this space.
By default the graph will use the lowest number and highest number from the test results as the minimum and maximum numbers to use on the Y axis (numbers on the left hand side of the graph). You can specify whatever you would like to have as your minimum and maximum numbers in the spaces provided.
Finally you can choose your graph type from the pull down menu. Lline graph and bar graph are availabe for all test types, and area graph is available for Dissolved Gas Analysis and Metals in Oil tests.
Click plot graph, and your graph will appear on the right side of the screen.
If you would like to print your graph, right click on it, and select print picture. |
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| Data Download |
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With Lab Online you have the option of subscribing to our Data Download service. This service will allow you to download your Lab Online test data into either Excel or CSV (Comma Separated Values) Files. If your are interested in this service please contact your sales representative for more information.
If you are a subscriber of this service you can access it from the main Lab Online equipment list screen.
1. Move your mouse pointer to the View, Print, & Download button.
2. Click the Download Test Data button.
3. You will be shown a list of your equipment. Either individually choose the equipment to include, or click the Select All button to place a checkmark next to all pieces of equipment. When finished, click Next Step.
4. DATE RANGE -- You can choose to include only a specific date range for the data being exported, or leave the date section blank to include all date ranges.
5. DATA FILE TYPE -- Choose between Microsoft Excel or CSV. Selecting CSV will produce a compressed .ZIP file containing individual text files. These CSV files can be imported into various files that support data import. S.D. Myers assumes no responsibility to ensure that your data will import into any third party application.
6. TESTS TO DOWNLOAD -- You can selectively include or exclude the various tests from the data download in this section. A checkmark indicates that this particular test will be downloaded if data exists.
7. OTHER OPTIONS -- You can choose to not include equipment nameplate and additional information as well as the S. D. Myers analysis and recommendations (if available).
8. AGREEMENT -- To download data you must accept the terms and conditions. You can click the terms and conditions link to download a PDF document which details these terms and conditions.
9. Finally click Download to have Lab Online generate and download your data to your PC. Depending on your browser version you may be asked to save or open the file. Your best option is to save the file to your PC and then open it outside of Lab Online.
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| Acronyms |
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Lab Online uses many acronyms to abreviate terms. Here are what these acronyms stand for:
ASTM
DETC
DGA
EPA
FPV
FUR
GC
H2O
ICP
INH
IEEE
KF
kVA
LPF
LST
LTC
MAR
MFG
MVA
OCB
OLTC
OLTT
OS
PCB
PF
ppb
ppm
PRI
P/V
SEC
S/N
TC
XFMR
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ASTM International - formerly American Society for Testing Materials
Denergized Tap Changer ((synonym of OLTC)
Dissolved Gas Analysis (synonym of GC)
Environmental Protection Agency
Filter Press Valve
Furan
Gas Chromatography (synonym of GC)
Water
Inductively Coupled Plasma
Inhibitor Content
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Karl Fischer
Kilovolt Amperes
Liquid Power Factor
Liquid Screen Test (synonym of OS)
Load Tap Changer
Maintenance Assessment Report
Manufacturer
Megavolt Amperes
Oil Circuit Breaker
Off-Load Tap Changer (synonym of DETC)
Online Transformer Tests
Oil Screen (synonym of LST)
Polychlorinated Biphenyl
Power Factor
Parts per Billion
Parts per Million
Primary Voltage
Pressure Vacuum Gauge
Secondary Voltage
Serial Number
S.D. Myers Equipment ID Number
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