How to Compare Plain Text of VibrationVIEW Files

Customers can use Beyond Compare to compare the data of VibrationVIEW files. The following instructions detail how to configure Beyond Compare to convert VibrationVIEW files into text and display any differences in the text files.

Question

How can I compare the plain text of VibrationVIEW test profiles?

Answer

Create a text format

1. Download Beyond Compare from Scooter Software, Inc.
2. In Beyond Compare’s main toolbar, select Tools > File Formats…

3. In the File Formats dialog, select the + button in the lower left corner to add a new format
4. Select Text Format as the the file format type

5. In the Mask field, enter: *.v?d, *.v?p
6. (Optional) In the Description field, enter:

VibrationVIEW binary files and profiles

Requires templates:
C:\VibrationVIEW\Templates\Sine\testparameters.txt
C:\VibrationVIEW\Templates\Random\testparameters.txt
C:\VibrationVIEW\Templates\Shock\testparameters.txt
C:VibrationVIEW\Templates\FDR\testparameters.txt
C:VibrationVIEW\Templates\System Check\testparameters.txt
C:VibrationVIEW\Templates\Transient\testparameters.txt

Where testparameters.txt contains one line
[SOMEPARAMS]

7. Navigate to the Conversion tab
8. In the first field, select External Program (ANSI filenames) from the drop-down list
9. In the Loading field, enter:

“C:\Program Files\VibrationVIEW 2025\VibrationVIEW.exe” /template testparameters.txt /output %t /savereport %s

10. Select the Disable editing checkbox

11. Select the Save button; the program will create a new line item that can be renamed (ex. “VibrationVIEW Files”)

Create Templates

12. Each VibrationVIEW test type directory (Sine, Random, Shock, FDR, System Check, Transient) must have the “testparameters.txt” report template; the template can be as simple as:

—testparameters.txt—————–
[SOMEPARAMS]
————————————-

NOTE: [SOMEPARAMS] does not include parameters that will always change, such as current date and time. The comparison will display all “real” changes between templates and not artificial changes.

Compare Files

13. In Beyond Compare, select the Text Compare option
14. Select the *.v?d, *.v?p files to compare
15. Select the the Format button drop-down and select the previously saved text format