Tech Tip: How to Calculate the DigiVibeMX Score (and Why It Matters)
Whether you’re evaluating RMS vibration, temperature, or current, understanding how DigivibeMX calculates Score—and leveraging its visual alerts—can dramatically streamline your condition-monitoring workflow.
When you have the score option enabled, the Score value appears not only in the trend charts but also in various other graphical dashboards and trend views throughout DigivibeMX and EI-Analytic. This numerical score serves as a consistent reference point across all selected parameters—such as vibration, temperature, current, RPM, etc.—providing standardized value comparisons regardless of unit type.
Importantly, enabling Score does not alter or influence the machine tree’s color‑coding, which continues to be determined solely by the alarm thresholds you configured (e.g. green, yellow, orange, red). Score is a background analytical metric used for plotting and comparison, not for changing the tree’s visual status display.
Step-by-Step: Calculate the Score in DigiVibeMX
- Set Your Alarm Thresholds
- In the machine configuration menu, assign threshold values starting with Yellow, then Orange and Red based on velocity (or another parameter).
- Example: Yellow = 1.8 mm/s, Orange = 2.7 mm/s, Red = 7.0 mm/s
- In the machine configuration menu, assign threshold values starting with Yellow, then Orange and Red based on velocity (or another parameter).
- Data Collect & Analyze
- Perform a route or point measurement using your vibration analyzer (e.g. DigivibeMX M20 or M30) connected to a compatible sensor interface.
- The software will compare the measured RMS amplitude to your alarm thresholds.
- Perform a route or point measurement using your vibration analyzer (e.g. DigivibeMX M20 or M30) connected to a compatible sensor interface.
- Score Calculation
- DigivibeMX computes a numeric Score by comparing the data to the thresholds.
- The Score is then mapped to a visual color code:
- DigivibeMX computes a numeric Score by comparing the data to the thresholds.
- < 1 → White (machine not running or no data collected)
- 1–2 → Green (healthy)
- 2–3 → Yellow, 3–4 → Orange, and > 4 → Red, signaling increasing severity.
4. Interpret Your Results
- View your machine health at a glance using colored dashboards and trend charts. The software aggregates severity trends and displays them visually over time.
🌟 Benefits You’ll Appreciate
- Instant Clarity: The colored Score system allows operators and maintenance teams to quickly assess criticality—no guessing required.
- Objective Comparison: By converting different parameter units (like velocity or amperage) into a unified Score, it’s easy to compare across machines or systems.
- Trend-Based Detection: Use graphical trend tools in DigiVibeMX to spot worsening conditions early—perfect for predictive maintenance scheduling.
Scalable Monitoring: From basic route assessments to advanced 3D ODS vibration simulations, the Score feeds into high-level dashboards for one-window visibility over entire fleets.
Need help setting your alarm thresholds?
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