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Panther and Lynx · Full Unicode support

Your lab's language, from the menus to the help.

Panther and Lynx now handle text as Unicode from end to end. Name tests and label channels in your own script, move files between sites without garbled characters, and run the system with the interface and online help in your native language.

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CHANNEL SETUP · labels as typedexample
ChLabelRole
1Capteur de contrôleControl
2Vorrichtung NordostMonitor
3Soporte lateralMonitor
4Supporto motoreMonitor
5控制点 2Control

SAVED · Five labels, five languages, stored exactly as typed.

Why it matters

A vibration lab rarely works in one language

Test engineers, operators, quality reviewers and customer witnesses may all read the same screens and the same test records. Software that only speaks one language, or only one character set, puts friction in every one of those hand-offs.

"???" where a label should be

Names that won't stay as typed

Software limited to one character set replaces unfamiliar characters with question marks or empty boxes.

legacy code pages

Files that garble between sites

Older Windows software read text through the PC's regional settings, so a file from one country could display incorrectly in another.

second language, critical moment

Help that operators can't fully read

Setting limits, reading a warning or deciding whether to continue a qualification test is the worst time to be translating in your head.

What Unicode changes

One standard for every writing system

Unicode is the international standard for representing text in every major writing system. Panther and Lynx now use it throughout, through the native Unicode text handling built into Microsoft Windows.

Your data

Your words, in your script

Test names, channel labels, profile descriptions, operator notes and file names are entered in your own language and kept exactly as typed.

Your files

No dependence on regional settings

Text no longer passes through the PC's code page, so setups and results move between sites, partners and customers without garbled characters.

Your interface

A foundation for localization

Because the software is Unicode throughout, the interface and help can be delivered in languages beyond a Western European character set, including Simplified Chinese.

Native-language delivery

The interface and the help, in your language

Panther and Lynx can be delivered with both the GUI and the online help facility localized. Available languages include, but are not limited to:

Français

French

Deutsch

German

Español

Spanish

Italiano

Italian

简体中文

Simplified Chinese

The graphical user interface

  • Menus, setup screens and dialogs.
  • System messages, alarms and aborts.

The online help facility

  • The reference operators turn to when they need to understand a setting or a message, not just find it.
  • Translating menus alone solves only half the problem.

Working in a first language shortens training, reduces setup errors, and lets experienced operators use the full depth of the software with confidence. Talk to your sales representative for details.

Who it's for

Built for labs that work across languages

Multinational organizations

Standardize on one vibration controller across test sites in several countries.

Labs working in their own language

Where running the system in English adds training time and room for error.

Test houses with international customers

Records and labels stay readable by the people who review them.

Customers of our local partners

Spectral Dynamics partners support customers in nearly all major markets worldwide.

Both controllers

Panther and Lynx share the upgrade

Panther

8–64 channels · 24-bit ADC · >110 dB dynamic range

Spectral Dynamics' flagship vibration control system, with a complete application suite covering random, sine, shock, rotating machinery analysis and more.

Lynx

4–16 input channels, expandable

A compact, affordable vibration test controller in a footprint smaller than a laptop, well suited to production testing.

Questions

Frequently asked

Can I enter test names and channel labels in non-Latin scripts?

Yes. Panther and Lynx handle text as Unicode throughout, so names, labels and notes can be entered in your own script and are stored and displayed exactly as typed.

Is only the interface translated, or the help as well?

Both. Panther and Lynx can be delivered with the graphical user interface and the online help facility in the customer's native language.

Which languages are available?

Available languages include, but are not limited to, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Simplified Chinese. Talk to your sales representative for details.

Run your lab in its own language.

Native-language GUI and help for Panther and Lynx. Talk to your sales representative for details.

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Panther Applications


 

  • Panther – Field Data Vibration Test Replication Software

    Panther Field Data Replication makes it possible to reproduce actual measured time history vibration data in the laboratory on a shaker system.

    Panther Field Data Replication Control delivers precision and performance in time-domain waveform...

  • Panther Analyzer – Vibration & Modal Analysis Software

    Panther Analyzer is a next-generation platform with advanced tools for vibration and modal analysis.

    Panther Analyzer extends the power of Spectral Dynamics' next-generation Panther platform with...

  • Panther Random – Random Vibration Control Software

    Panther Random Vibration Testing software with precise control and reliable test results. Analyze real-time random data or from recorded data.

    Spectral Dynamics invented closed-loop digital vibration control and continues to lead with...

  • Panther RMA: Rotating Machinery Analysis & Diagnostics

    Panther Rotating Machinery Analysis allows users to examine steady-state operation and dynamic speed variations of rotating equipment with complete signal fidelity.

    Spectral Dynamics invented closed-loop digital vibration control and continues to innovate with...

  • Panther ROR – Random-on-Random Vibration Test Control Software

    Panther Random on Random enables simultaneous control of multiple independent random vibration sources, providing accurate broadband spectral control.

    Panther Random on Random Control delivers precision and performance in multi-environment vibration...

  • Panther Shock – Shock Testing Vibration Control Software

    Panther Shock Control delivers precision and performance in transient vibration testing that ensure safe and accurate shock reproduction.

    Panther Shock Control delivers precision and performance in transient vibration testing. Built on...

  • Panther Sine – Sine Vibration Control Software

    Panther Sine Control delivers unmatched precision and stability for both swept-sine and stepped-sine vibration testing.

    Panther Sine Control delivers unmatched precision and stability for both swept-sine and...

  • Panther SOR – Sine-on-Random Vibration Control Software

    Panther Sine on Random enables simultaneous control of multiple independent sine tones and random background vibration sources for accurate broadband spectral control.

    Panther Sine-on-Random Control delivers precision and performance in mixed-mode vibration testing....

Spectral Dynamics, Inc. is a leading worldwide supplier of systems and software for vibration testing, structural dynamics, and acoustic analysis. Spectral Dynamics' products are used for design verification, product testing and process improvement by manufacturers of all types of electronic and mechanical products.

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