MWD Configuration Utility

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MWD Configuration Utility Version 1.4.5.2

MWD CONFIGURATION UTILITY

VERSION 1.4.5.2

This document provides instructions on how to configure your tool and receiver, set the Tool Face
Offset (TFO), and how to perform a tool diagnostics test.
The instructions provided in this document are based on a Windows 7 operating environment. The
content of this document is listed below:
MWD Configuration Utility overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Menu bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Tool bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Starting the MWD Utilities software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Configuring your receiver and tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Comparing tool and receiver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Tool Face Offset (TFO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Tool diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Tool Diagnostics window overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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MWD Configuration Utility overview

MWD Configuration Utility overview

This section provides a quick overview on the MWD Configuration Utility screen to help you
navigate through the Menu bar options and to familiarize yourself with the icons of the Tool bar. Once
you have gone through the startup sequence, your screen should look similar to the one in Figure 1.
Menu bar

Tool bar

Shortcut pane
Click on the
items listed in
this pane to
display the
corresponding
information in
the main Tool
window. Connection
Status icon

Information/
Status bar
Receiver Connection Status icon

Figure 1: The MWD Configuration Utility main window

Menu bar
The Menu bar consists of five Menu options of which each contains a pull-down menu that enables
you to perform various tasks within the MWD Configuration Utility. This section provides brief
descriptions on the options that are available.

File menu
Open a previously saved
configuration file.
Save your configuration file.
Save your configuration file applying a
Print your configuration file.
new name and/or save it to a different
directory. Close the MWD Configuration Utility.

Figure 2: File menu options

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Load/Store menu
Load the configuration from the
receiver only.
Load the configuration from the
tool only.
Load the configuration from the
receiver and the tool, and compare.
Store the configuration to the
Set the Tool Face Offset. receiver only.
Store the configuration to the
receiver and the tool.
Store the configuration to the tool
only.
Figure 3: Load/Store menu options

Tool menu
Open the Tool Communications Open the Tool Diagnostics
window to window to obtain important
send and receive messages. information from your tool.

Open the Sensor Coefficient

Utility to load, store, view, edit,
and save the sensor correction
coefficients. Only advanced users should access
Note
the Sensor Coefficient Utility.

Be aware that modifying coefficient

Note
data will change sensor data output.

Figure 4: Tool menu options

Settings menu

Disable or enable editing of

advanced variables. Set the following MWD
Configuration Utility preferences for:
- Startup
- Generic variables
- Tool communication
- Miscellaneous settings

Figure 5: Settings menu options

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Help menu

Open the Help file for instructions on

how to use the MWD Configuration Opens the BTR Connection Port
Utility software Setup window.

View receiver and software version.

Figure 6: Help menu options

Tool bar
The Tool bar consists of icons that are shortcuts to most of the Menu bar options. This means you can
perform tasks without having to access the Menu bar and its submenus.
Click to store the Click to load and Click to view,
configuration to Click to load the compare the tool Click to access load, or store the
Click to open a Click to print the the receiver and configuration from and the receiver tool directional sensor
configuration file. configuration file. to the tool. the receiver. configuration. communication. coefficients.

Click to save the Click to store the Click to store the Click to load the Click to open the Click to view the
configuration file. configuration to the configuration to configuration TFO Utility. tool diagnostic
receiver. the tool. from the tool. tests.

Do not access the directional sensor

Note
coefficients once the tool leaves the shop.

Figure 7: Tool bar icons

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Starting the MWD Utilities software

Starting the MWD Utilities software

Assuming that the MWD Utilities Software is already installed on your laptop or PC, your receiver is
powered up and your tool is connected, follow the instructions provided in this section.

To install the MWD Utilities Software and establish a wireless or wired connection
Note from your laptop or PC to the receiver, refer to the “MWD Configuration Utility”
Installation Guide (Doc # D2003).

1. On your Windows desktop, double-click the Bench MWD Tree Utilities folder shown in Figure 8.

Double-click this folder.

Figure 8: Bench Tree MWD Utilities folder

The Windows Explorer opens, displaying the content of the folder, as shown in Figure 9.

Figure 9: Bench Tree MWD Utilities software applications

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Starting the MWD Utilities software

2. On your laptop or PC, double-click the MWD-config shortcut, as shown in Figure 10.

Double-click

Figure 10: Opening the MWD Configuration Utility

The MWD Configuration Utility and the Open a MWD Configuration File windows open, as shown
in Figure 11 on page 7.

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Starting the MWD Utilities software

3. Locate the configuration file that you want to use, select it and click the Open button, otherwise,
click the Cancel button.

Select a
configuration
file.

Then click the

Open button.

Figure 11: MWD Configuration Utility and Open a MWD Configuration File windows open

Your screen should look similar to the one in Figure 12 on page 8.

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Configuring your receiver and tool

Figure 12: MWD Configuration Utility initial screen

Configuring your receiver and tool

Make sure that the settings in your configuration file are the settings you intend to use for the job. For a
description of the screen, refer to the “MWD Configuration Utility overview” on page 2 of the “MWD
Configuration Utility” Reference Guide (Doc # D2003).
To make sure that your tool and receiver use the settings of your configuration file, follow these steps:
1. In the Menu bar, click on Load/Store and select Store to ..., as shown in Figure 13.

Click

To store the configuration

settings to the receiver and the
tool, click Receiver & Tool or
click in the Toolbar.

Figure 13: Storing the configuration settings to the tool and the receiver

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Configuring your receiver and tool

The Storing Configuration to a Tool window displays the status of the download to the tool and the
MWD configuration File Store to Receiver window displays the status of the download to the
receiver. Your screen should now look similar to the one shown in Figure 14.
2. Click the OK button of the MWD Configuration File Store to Receiver window to close the
window.

Click the OK button

to close the window.

Figure 14: Storing Configuration to Tool window displays download status

3. Click the Exit button of the Storing Configuration to Tool window once the download is
complete, as shown in Figure 15.

Select this check box

to view the current
configuration values
of your tool and
receiver in the
Receiver and Tool
Configuration Click the Exit button.
Comparison
window.

Figure 15: Storing Configuration to a Tool window

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Configuring your receiver and tool

Immediately after the configuration of your receiver and tool is completed, the Run TFO Procedure?
dialog box opens automatically, as shown in Figure 16.
4. Click the Yes button to set the high side of your tool and move on to “Tool Face Offset (TFO)” on
page 15.
Or
Click the No button, if you do not want to set the high side of your tool at this time. The dialog box
closes.

If you clicked the No button because you want to perform the Tool Face Offset
(TFO) procedure later, you can access the Tool Face Offset Utility from the Menu
bar as follows:
Note Click on Load/Store and select Set Tool TFO. This opens the Tool Face Offset
(TFO) Utility window, as shown in Figure 23 on page 16.
You also can access the Tool Face Offset (TFO) Utility window by clicking the
icon in the Toolbar.

Figure 16: Run TFO Procedure? dialog box

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Comparing tool and receiver settings

Comparing tool and receiver settings

It is important that you synchronize your tool and receiver before sending the tool downhole. This
section provides you with the instructions to synchronize your tool and receiver.
With the Configuration Utility open, follow these steps:

1. In the Toolbar, click to compare the configuration of your tool against the configuration of the
receiver, see Figure 17.

Compare tool and receiver configuration icon

Figure 17: Compare tool to receiver configuration icon

The Retrieving Tool Configuration window opens while the tool’s configuration is retrieved, as
shown in Figure 18. It should only take a few seconds to retrieve the configuration from the tool.

Figure 18: Retrieving Tool Configuration window

When the retrieval is complete, the Retrieving Tool Configuration window closes automatically, and
the Receiver and Tool Configuration Comparison window opens, as shown in the example in
Figure 19 on page 12.

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Heading row

Figure 19: Receiver and Tool Configuration Comparison window

If the Heading row of the Receiver and Tool Configuration Comparison window appears white, it
indicates that your tool and your receiver are fully synchronized, as shown in Figure 19.
2. To print the Current Configuration Values, click on File and select Print, as shown in Figure 20.

Click File, then

select Print.

Figure 20: Click File > Print to print the values

3. To exit the Receiver and Tool Configuration Comparison window, click on File and select Close.

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Comparing tool and receiver settings

If the Heading row appears yellow, it indicates that some or all of the configuration data differ between
your tool and your receiver. Each row that shows differences is displayed in yellow to help you identify
the differences quickly, as shown in Figure 21.

Figure 21: Tool and receiver data differs

To ensure that your tool and receiver are fully synchronized, follow these steps:
1. Read the data in the yellow rows carefully to determine which set of the configuration data is
correct (receiver values or tool values).
2. Close the Receiver and Tool Configuration Comparison window when you are done and follow
the instructions below.
3. If the configuration data of your tool is correct, then update the configuration of your receiver as
follows:
a. Click Load/Store in the Menu bar and select Load From > Tool.
Click Load/Store.

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b. Now click Load/Store in the Menu bar and select Store to > Receiver.
Click Load/Store.

Or
If the configuration data of your receiver is correct, then update the configuration of your tool as
follows:
a. Click Load/Store in the Menu bar and select Load from > Receiver.
Click Load/Store.

b. Now click Load/Store in the Menu bar and select Store to > Tool.
Click Load/Store.

Or
If neither the tool’s nor the receiver’s configuration data is correct, update the configuration on both
the tool and the receiver as follows:
a. In the Menu bar, click File and select Open.
b. Locate and open the correct configuration file.
c. In the Menu bar, click Load/Store and select Store to > Receiver & Tool.
Click Load/Store.

4. Repeat step 1 on page 11 and step 3 on page 12 to ensure that both the configuration file of the tool
and the receiver are identical.

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Tool Face Offset (TFO)

Tool Face Offset (TFO)

To set the high side on your toolstring, follow the instructions provided in this section.
1. If you have not clicked the Yes button of the Run TFO Procedure? dialog box, open the Tool Face
Offset (TFO) Utility as described below:
a. Go to the Menu bar and click on Load/Store > Set Tool TFO, see Figure 2 on page 2.
or
b. Click on in the Toolbar.
The Tool Face Offset Utility window opens, as shown in Figure 22.

Figure 22: Tool Face Offset Utility window opens

2. Rotate your toolstring to the desired orientation and wait until the Gravity Tool Face Value that
displays in the Tool Face Offset (TFO) Utility window stabilizes.
i

You will know that the Gravity Tool Face Value is stabilized when no additional rows
Note
display, yet the Number Of Values Received continues to increase.

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Tool Face Offset (TFO)

3. Click the Set Gravity Tool Face (gTFA) to 0 button, as shown in Figure 23.

Current values of your

tool’s TFO and GTF
display here.

Click to set the high side

of your tool.

Click to exit the TFO

Utility.

Figure 23: Tool Face Offset Utility window

When the Gravity Tool Face value displays 0 (zero), your tool’s high side is set.
4. Click the Exit TFO Utility button to exit the Tool Face Offset Utility, as shown in Figure 23.

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Tool diagnostics

Tool diagnostics
The Tool Diagnostics window provides important tool systems information that you need to determine
whether the tool is ready to be sent downhole. For an overview on the Tool Diagnostics window, refer
to “Tool Diagnostics window overview” on page 19, otherwise follow the steps below.

When you have completed the diagnostic test, make sure that you close the Tool
Caution! Diagnostics window before you disconnect the Tool Programming cable from your
tool. Failure to do so can compromise the configuration of your tool.

To perform a tool diagnostic test, follow these steps:

1. In the Menu bar, click on Tools and select Diagnostic Tests.

Click to run a diagnostic test,

or click icon in the
Toolbar.
Figure 24: Select Tool > Diagnostic Tests

The Tool Diagnostics window opens and should look similar to the one shown in Figure 25 on
page 18.

Note Tool Diagnostics utility should only be used with Bench Tree tools.

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2. Click on the Set Tool Time button to synchronize the tool time with the time of your laptop or PC.
3. Make sure that the values displayed in the Tool Diagnostics window are in accordance with your
company’s specifications.
4. When you are done, click the Close Window button to close the Tool Diagnostics window.

This symbol
indicates that the
time of the tool is
not in synch with
the time of your
laptop or PC.

Click this button to

synchronize the
time of the tool with
the time of your
laptop or PC.

Click to close the

Tool Diagnostics
window.

Figure 25: Tool Diagnostics window

It is very important that you close the Tool Diagnostics window before you
Caution! disconnect the Tool Programming cable from your tool. Failure to do so can
compromise the configuration of your tool.

If the icon displays next to a data type, it indicates that the value received from
the tool is either above or below the set minimum or maximum tolerance ranges.
Note Give the tool time to update before making any changes.
If the tool is in a clean environment, ensure that the data of the tool and the tolerances
are correct.

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Tool diagnostics

Tool Diagnostics window overview

The Tool Diagnostics window provides the following information about your tool:

Directional Sensor Information

The Directional Sensor Information pane displays the manufacturer's information that is initially loaded
onto the tool. It also contains some of the information set during the last calibration. All data displayed
in this pane is retrieved from the K-table. This information may or may not be present depending on the
manufacturer of the tool and the version of tool firmware.

The serial number of the Directional Module displays here.

The manufacturer of the Directional Module displays here.
The part number of the Directional Module displays here.
Lists the serial number, date, and location of the last sensor
calibration that was performed on the Directional Module.

Figure 26: Directional Sensor Information pane

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Register Values
These values indicate the condition of the various registers that reside in the processor and memory.
If any error or warning flags are set, then a warning sign will appear next to the register type. To view
the descriptions of any set flag, click on a register value button to open a window to access the
descriptions of each set flag, see Figure 27.
Displays the current tool status code.
Displays the current tool control status code.
The warning code should read $0000. If your tool is from Bench Tree
and the number differs from the one shown here, contact technical
support at Bench Tree. If your tool is from a different manufacturer,
contact the appropriate technical support.
The fault code should read $0000. If your tool is from Bench Tree and
the number differs from the one shown here, contact technical support
at Bench Tree. If your tool is from a different manufacturer, contact the
appropriate technical support.
Clicking on one of these
buttons opens a window
with detailed information.
Status (qDSR) indicates the
current condition of the
Directional Module. The status
changes when you change the
Invert Flow Switch position.

Status (qDCR) indicates the

condition of the tool’s control
values.
It should read .

Warning (qDWR) flags non-

critical faults that can cause the
tool to perform at a reduced
level.
It should read .

Fault (qDFR) flags faults that

can cause the tool to fail or
result in invalid data.
It should read .

Figure 27: Register Values pane

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Flow Switch
The Inverse Flow feature inverts the flow state and should be used for testing purposes only.
This example shows that the flow switch is turned off.

Note Do not turn the flow switch on!

This example shows that the flow switch is turned on.

Make sure the flow switch is Off

Note before sending the tool downhole.

Figure 28: Flow Switch pane

Battery
The Battery feature enables you to test the power supply.
Battery 2 is disabled. Use the button next to it to test the
Battery switch.

Make sure to switch the Battery 2 switch to

Note
Off before sending the Battery downhole.

Battery Voltage displays the average battery voltage in VDC.

This value changes when Battery 2 is switched on.

Figure 29: Battery pane

Tool Time
To ensure correct time stamping when recording data, you must synchronize the time of the tool with
the time of your laptop or PC and your receiver.
Receiver time
Click the Set Tool Time
button to synchronize the tool
with your laptop or PC, and
your receiver.

For correct data collection, ensure that your tool,

Note receiver, and laptop or PC are synchronized.

Figure 30: Tool Time pane

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Tool Face Offset and tool firmware data

Tool Face Offset displays the current value of the tool's offset that is applied to the measured tool face
value. This is typically set to a non-zero number and you should use the Tool Face Offset Utility to
verify whether the gravity tool face value is set to the desired high side.
Displays the current value for the tool face offset.

Versions displays the version of the DPUs Firmware.

Variable Check should be disabled with a complete toolstring setup and will read All
OK with just the individual Directional Module connected to the programming cable.

Figure 31: Tool Face Offset, Firmware version, and variable check

Tool Communication
The Send Data text box enables you to send queries or commands to the tool. The tool's response string
displays in the Response text box below the Send Data text box.

Type the query or command here. Then click the

Send button.

Figure 32: Tool Communication pane

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Sensor Data
Sensor Data displays the data received from the magnetometers, accelerometers, temperature sensors,
and gamma sensors individually. All values displayed are calculated from the sensor values and
checked against the nominal data and thresholds of the currently open configuration file.

Click this button to open a window Click the Start Data Logging button to download Automatic: Updates the
that graphically represents the data the tool sensor data to your hard drive. This button data at a user defined
that was received from the sensors. changes to Stop Data Logging. To stop interval.
To view a sample, refer to “Display downloading data click this button again. For Timed: Updates the data
Sensor Data graphically”. more details, refer to “Setting up sensor data in 5-second intervals.
logging” on page 24.

Figure 33: Sensor Data pane

Display Sensor Data graphically

The Sensor Data Graphics window graphically displays all the data of the Tool Diagnostics window.
This enables you to visually analyze the data and to determine the full range activation of the sensors
while changing the positions of the MWD tool. The blue bars filling the scales record the history of the
individual sensors from the time you opened the window.

Figure 34: Sensor Data Graphics

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To exit the Sensor Data Graphics window, go to the Menu bar, click on Options, and select Close, as
shown in Figure 35.

Click Options
and select
Close.

Figure 35: Exiting the Sensor Data Graphics window

Setting up sensor data logging

Clicking on the Stop Data Logging toggle button opens the Setup Data Logging dialog box, as shown
in Figure 36. Here you can set the storing rate to either a Fixed Rate or Fixed Time and save the data
file to the default directory or to a folder of your choice. The file name is automatically assigned and
consists of the tool number and a time stamp.

Click the Start button to

start logging data.

Figure 36: Setup Data Logging dialog box

When you click the Start button, the Setup Data Logging dialog box closes and the
button in the Tool Diagnostics window is changed to .

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