WELLOG VIRTUAL
PANELS
Revised
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All Rights Reserved
WHAT IS A VIRTUAL PANEL?
Virtual panels are panels that look like they are there –
but really aren’t!
When you click on an icon, a virtual panel appears on the display
monitor. It looks like a common panel
with the usual controls, displays, etc. In windows, a virtual panel can
represent any type of panel used in any type of data logging application. The
virtual panel typically has displays that show the user the types of things
they need to see. The virtual panel also may have places to enter operator
input. You touch the virtual panel with your mouse pointer and “click” to turn
on, turn off and adjust settings. You may enter values into the panel through
the keyboard.
SOFTWARE:
While you are viewing the virtual panel on your display,
software is operating in the background. When you “click” on a switch to turn
something “on”, the software closes a relay or other device to make the switch
closure happen in the hardware.
SOFTWARE REVISIONS:
Because virtual panels are created using software, they may
be upgraded, changed, re-wired and functionally improved with new software!
This process is performed more quickly and with greater efficiency than having
to modify hardware.
Examples:
You want to measure the diameter of a well or borehole…
Click this link for a virtual caliper panel
Click this link for a virtual Gamma Ray Panel
Click this link for a virtual Tool Power Panel
Click this link for a virtual E-log panel
The virtual caliper panel displays the caliper output in
inches and the depth of the caliper. The virtual panel has a calibration
button. When the calibration button is pressed, a calibration window pops up.
Calibration is performed and the calibration window is closed. The virtual panel has two buttons one for
open and another for close. The buttons
open or close the caliper arms when selected.
A start logging button begins the logging process. Pressing the “Exit”
button stops logging. Data is logged to a data file during logging on a
specified hard drive, floppy drive or flash memory device.
PREVENTING HUMAN ERROR:
One type of occasional operator error is lowering the
caliper tool to the bottom of the well, stopping, and starting up hole logging with the caliper arms closed. Software included in the virtual caliper
panel can remind the operator that the caliper arms are closed when the start
logging button is pressed.
WELLOG has NEW Well Logging Software!
WELLOG CAN help!
Feel free to contact info@wellog.com
with your questions!