Monitoring system with dynamically configurable non-interfering signal processing

A method, performed on a processing system, for monitoring a machine, comprising:

• using the processing system to perform actions including:
• obtaining raw data representative of a condition occurring at a machine;
• generating a plurality of waveforms from the raw data, wherein each of the plurality of waveforms depict a visual representation having different frequency information of the raw data, the generating of the plurality of waveforms comprising using a plurality of asynchronous waveform generators in parallel with a plurality of synchronous waveform generators clocked to a phase reference signal, the plurality of asynchronous waveform generators and the plurality of synchronous waveform generators each creating and synchronizing waveforms that collectively form the plurality of waveforms, wherein the plurality of asynchronous waveform generators generate waveforms without regard to the phase reference signal and the plurality of synchronous waveform generators generate waveforms that are in phase with the phase reference signal, the plurality of waveforms generated from the plurality of asynchronous waveform generators and the plurality of asynchronous waveform generators include waveforms synchronized with different sample rates configured to be made simultaneously available at the different sample rates;
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• dynamically configuring a plurality of signal processing blocks to be linked to form at least one data path that defines a signal processing operation to be performed on at least one waveform selected from the plurality of waveforms to determine at least one measurement relating to the management of the operation of the machine and at least one measurement relating to the safety protection of the machine, without interfering with signal processing blocks used in other data paths that determine measurements relating to the management of the operation of the machine and other data paths that determine measurements relating to the safety protection of the machine.

A tangible-readable medium storing instructions, which when executed, enables a processor to monitor a machine, the instructions causing the processor to perform actions comprising:

• obtaining signals representative of a machine condition;
• generating a plurality of waveforms from the signals, wherein each of the plurality of waveforms provides different frequency information of the signals, the generating of the plurality of waveforms comprising using a plurality of asynchronous waveform generators in parallel with a plurality of synchronous waveform generators clocked to a phase reference signal, the plurality of asynchronous waveform generators and the plurality of synchronous waveform generators each creating and synchronizing waveforms that collectively form the plurality of waveforms, wherein the plurality of asynchronous waveform generators generate waveforms without regard to the phase reference signal and the plurality of synchronous waveform generators generate waveforms that are in phase with the phase reference signal, the plurality of waveforms generated from the plurality of asynchronous waveform generators and the plurality of asynchronous waveform generators include waveforms synchronized with different sample rates configured to be made simultaneously available at the different sample rates;
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• dynamically configuring a plurality of signal processing blocks to be linked to form at least one data path that defines a signal processing operation to be performed on at least one waveform selected from the plurality of waveforms to determine at least one measurement relating to the management of the operation of the machine and at least one measurement relating to the safety protection of the machine, without interfering with signal processing blocks used in other data paths that determine measurements relating to the management of the operation of the machine and other data paths that determine measurements relating to the safety protection of the machine.