Measurement Challenges?
Simplify the acquisition, visualization and analysis of your data with catman's easy handling and powerful functionalities.
catman Data Acquisition Software: Connect. Measure. Visualize. Analyze.
With catman data acquisition software (DAQ software) you can easily acquire, visualize, and analyze your measuring data – immediately or post process. Whether it is in mobile field tests, lab based component testing, bench testing or monitoring tasks: catman is up to any challenge.
Easy Setup
- Intuitive Handling – no programming skills necessary
- Optical & electrical measurement chain support
- Automatic channel set up with TEDS
- Integrated sensor database incl. creation of individual sensors and linearization
- Acquire vehicle bus (CAN/CAN FD) and analog measured data in parallel and synchronously
- Open DAIO-interface integrating any hardware
Powerful Visualization
- Live processing of any incoming data (electric power, Rainflow, and rosette calculation)
- Numerous data visualization possibilities (over time, frequency, angular)
- GNSS/GPS data visualization on maps
- Full video support in parallel to measuring data
- Support of multiple panels or screens and ready for touch operation
- Enhanced monitoring and active notifications
- Remote and safe view via a web browser
Flexible Data Analysis & Handling
- Easy-to-use data cleansing tools
- Powerful post-processing analytics
- Compare large data sets
- Scripting for functional enhancement or workflow automation
- Export data into any format: ASCII, EXCEL, DIAdem, MTS RPC III, MATLAB, NI TDMS, nCode s3t, Vector MDF 3/4, nSoft DAC, UFF58, etc.
- Automated reporting into Office template
- Data viewer for post-processing (nCode Viewer)
A Valuable Tool for Any Application
Mobile Data Acquisition
Structural Durability Testing
Powertrain Testing
Monitoring
What Our Customers Say About Us
''We have been using HBM's catman AP data acquisition software in structural testing for several years. We appreciate the usability, reliability and enormous range of functions. Without catman, we would not run a measurement analysis! HBM offers first-class support and an integrated knowledge base, responding to new possible improvements and questions very fast.''
- Werner Malgut, University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Institute for Experimental Statics
Make Your Measurement Project a Success
An Introduction to catman
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Choose the Right catman Edition for Your Needs
catman Software Packages
catman is available in four editions: catman Easy, catman AP, catman PostProcess and catman Enterprise.
- catman Easy is the basic version which can be combined with two different add-on modules:
- EasyMath: Mathematics module and auto sequences for catman Easy.
- EasyScript: Free programming under VBA in measurement and analysis mode.
- catman AP adds powerful modules such as GPS data visualization and long-term monitoring to full catman Easy functionality.
- catman PostProcess offers additional post-processing licenses.
Your measurement project requires a large project team? Use the free of charge nCode Viewer for your catman projects and work as one team on the success of your measurement project.
Compare the Functionalities of catman Software Packages
| catman Easy | catman AP | catman PostProcess | |
| Automatic channel set up with TEDS |  | |  |
| Writing and reading TEDS | | | |
| Expandable and integrated sensor database | | | |
| Read Excel with channel parameterization | | | |
| Offline parameterization | | | |
| catman Easy | catman AP | catman PostProcess | |
| Data acquisition with up to 12 MS/s or 100 MB/s | | | |
| Live visualization of measurement data | | | |
| Video integration |  | | |
| Integration of GPS data | | | |
| GPS data visualization on geographical maps | | | |
| Measurement and data acquisition jobs | | | |
| Store in different data formats | | | |
| catman Easy | catman AP | catman PostProcess | |
| General scientific math | | | |
| Structural durability testing math | | | |
| Electric power math | | | |
| Noise analysis | | | |
| Human Body vibration filters according to EN ISO 8041 | | | |
| catman Easy | catman AP | catman PostProcess | |
| Graphical data visualization | | | |
| GPS data visualization on geographical maps | | | |
| Data cleansing and preparation: curve operation, statistics | | | |
| Video based data analysis | | | |
| General scientific math | | | |
| Structural durability testing math | | | |
| Noise analysis | | | |
| Human Body vibration filters according to EN ISO 8041 | | | |
| Export data and report test result | | | |
| catman Easy | catman AP | catman PostProcess | |
| Auto sequencer | | | |
| Scripting | | | |
| catman Easy | catman AP | catman PostProcess | |
| Device configuration | | | |
| I/O parameterization | | | |
| CAN/FD parameterization via DBC file | | | |
| Diagnostics | | | |
| Parameterization and data acquisition of optical interrogators | | | |
| Integration of Kistler RoaDyn sensors | | | |
| Supported operating systems: Windows 7/8/10 | | | |
| 12-month software maintenance included | | | |
System requirements: Windows 7 or higher (32 and 64 Bit). Supported interfaces: Ethernet PC interface, DAIO interface for connection of any measurement hardware, USB-based GPS devices, and video cameras with DirectShow interface.
New Features in catman 5.4.1
- catman AP Upgrade: Upgrade your catman Easy into the catman AP software and benefit from video integration, powerful (post-process) mathematics as well as functionalities for scripting and programming.