Imc FAMOS

FAMOS is a software for post-processing test & measurement data in time and frequency domain, and visually displaying measurement results. The program was introduced in 1987 by the German company imc Test & Measurement GmbH in Berlin for Windows. According to its manufacturer, FAMOS offers high speed display and processing of data sets of any size.

Import of a wide variety of data formats

FAMOS can import data from different file formats, e.g. Excel, Binary, TDMS or ASCII files. With a file assistant, it is also possible to create different import filters. It is possible to present the data in different graphical ways. The information can be combined, labeled and processed.
FAMOS is able to store data in a proprietary as well as in ASCII or Excel format.

Data analysis

Imported data can be processed with a variety of mathematical operations, either manually or in automated procedures. These include:

Digital filters, smoothing, frequency weighting of vibration signals according to ISO 8041:2005 and ISO 5349-1
FFT spectrum, STFT with windowing functions and overlapping, frequency response
Human exposure to mechanical vibrations
Acoustic signal analysis like sound pressure level calculation, LAeq and LAFmax
Statistical analysis like moving average
Order tracking to analyze data from rotating machines, like order spectrum or order line calculations

FAMOS offers expansion modules for synchronized display of data and video sequences and for the ASAM-ODS data model. It is also possible to play data back audibly with the PC sound card.

Documentation

For reviewing raw data or documenting analysis results, data can be plotted using the "curve window". A number of display styles are available like:

Amplitude vs. time
XY and scatter plot, e.g. force vs. displacement, amplitude vs. RPM or traction coefficient vs. angle of attack
Frequency spectrum plot
3D / waterfall plot
Color map and contour plot

To highlight events in the data, markers can be placed in the plots that automatically display the respective values of x and y coordinates. Markers can also be used to document time differences between events.
Graphs can be exported to be embedded in office documents or PDF files as PNG or EMF vector graphics.

Literature (German language)

20 Jahre imc und ADDITIVE, sensor report 4/2008
FAMOS 6.0 - Mehr als nur Signalanalyse, Physik Journal 6/2008
Neue Software-Version für die Analyse von Messsignalen, ATZ 4/2008
Signalanalyse für den Messtechniker, TECHNICA 23-24/2005
Signalanalysesoftware mit neuen Funktionen, Maschinenmarkt 17/2008
Wie ein Taschenrechner, MSR Magazin 11/2002
FAMOS - Taschenrechner für die Meßtechnik, Addison-Wesley, 1997,