Omega HHTFO manuale d’uso

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4 War ning Pe rman ent dama ge may be don e to th e the rmome ter i f th e pow er sup ply conne ctions are not do ne c orr ect ly . Only use the sup pl ied 6VDC pow er supp ly m odu le to opera te the HHTFO; pl eas e no te th at thi s modul e wil l no t ch arg e a ny int ern al ba tter ies . Thi s pro du ct do es no t con ta in any user -serv icea [...]

5 1 I NTR ODU CTIO N Cong rat ulati ons on the pu rcha se of yo ur HHTFO Se rie s th er mome ter pro du ct ! Y our new temper atu re- sen sin g inst rument w il l soon all ow y ou to take ful l adva ntag e of the ben efi ts inhe re nt to fib er opti c sens ing te chno lo gy. It o ffers accu rate a nd rel iabl e tempe rat ure mea su re ment s, c omb[...]

1.1 HHT FO pro duc t s pe cifi catio ns Res olu ti on Acc ura cy Cal ibra ted Te mper atu re Ran ge Usa ble Te m pe ratu re Ran ge Nu mber of chan nel Pro be le ngt h Res pon se ti me Uni t Dat a l oggi ng fe atu re Ope rat ing t empe rat ure St orag e te m pe ratu re Lo cal displ ay Di spl ay of t empe ratu re r ead ing s as w ell as va rio us use[...]

Coup li ng , i nclu de d wi th ex tensi on c abl e: FOBS -CA B-(* ) Ex tens io n Cabl e Oth er opt io ns a nd confi gu rat io ns a re al so po ssi ble; co nta ct O mega fo r mor e i nfo rmati on. 1.2 Cal ibr ati on Y our HHTF O th ermo meter co mes fact ory wh ene ver p erfo rman ce v eri ficat ion in dic ate s that cali bra tio n i s nece ssary ; [...]

8 2 U NP ACK ING Be fore usi ng y our H HTFO t hermo mete r, che ck the box con ten t to be sure all items hav e bee n inc lud ed. Yo ur pa ckag e sh oul d no rma lly con tai n: • HHT FO sig nal cond it ion er uni t • Po we r supp ly m odu le (uni versa l in put : 100 -24 0V AC, 50/6 0Hz ; out put : 6V DC) . Note : th is is not a bat tery cha r[...]

9 3 Q UIC K I NTR ODU CTIO N The be st w ay t o famil iari ze y ou wit h y our new HHTF O ther momet er is, o f cour se, to use i t! Thi s chap te r sho ws y ou how to pre pare yo ur u nit and do some i niti al measu remen ts . Th e de tai led i nstruc tio ns are giv en in th e n ext Chapt er. Y our new HHTFO come s cal ibr ate d an d re ady to use[...]

Not e: A small batt ery insi de the HHTF O no t i nst all ed o r w he n t he AC p ow er modul e is not use d. Thi s s mall bat tery ha s a no mina l li feti me o f 1 0 y ear s. 3.2 Ma kin g y our fi rst mea sur eme nts To mak e y our fir st te mper at ure mea sure ment , d o as • Re move th e d ust ca p on th e opti cal co nne ctor o f t he HH TF[...]

4 HHT FO T HER MOMETE R 4.1 Dis pla y d esc rip tion The di spl ay is o rga niz ed i n 3 l ogi cal r egi ons: • The top po rti on giv es ge neral info rma tio n to th e u ser ab out the un it cur ren t stat us, suc h a s b att ery con dit ion, RS 232 port co nne cti on sta tus , ti m e and da te, pre sen ce / ab senc e o f a S D an d so fo rth. ?[...]

The Up and Dow n key s ca n be used to: • When in side a menu, to se lect a pa rame ter • When a pa ra mete r i s h igh ligh ted, to cha nge its va lu e • The Up key ca n b e u sed to sna p t he p rese nt te mper atu re val ue t o t he loggi ng fi le The Le ft an d R igh t a rrow s can be used to : • When at t he first menu l eve l, can b e[...]

13 War ning The fla sh card must be for matte d befo re use. Fu rthe rmo re, it is i mporta nt to for mat it in FAT or FAT1 6 ( not FAT3 2) . S uppo rte d c ard si ze is limit ed to 1G by te (la rge r format s ar e not supp ort ed by FAT16 ). You can for mat y our flash card s on a PC, if y ou want ; howe ver, make sure yo u forma t it in FAT16 . T[...]

14 Tak e no te t hat th is fo rmat fun ction will only p erfor m a “q uick for mat ” pro ced ur e; i f y ou wa nt t o do a fu ll format , pl ease use you r PC to pe rfo rm a format ope rat ion . Fur ther more , y ou w ill not be able to forma t a fla sh car d th at is not al ready for matt ed in F AT16 (u se a PC compu te r t o for mat a card t[...]

15 The lo ck featu re o n y our SD c ard is en ga ged . Y ou n eed t o u nlo ck it be fore usi ng the c ard. The HH TFO is runn ing fro m t he in tern al b att eri es. I con ind ica tes th e a ppr oxi m at e a mount of cha rge re mai nin g. W he n almo st fully empty , the messag e “LO W BA TTERY ” is also di spl aye d, fo r ab out 5 t o 1 5 mi[...]

16 5 U SIN G T EMPE RA TURE P ROB ES 5.1 Cau tio n Ea ch time yo u con nec t a tempe rat ur e probe to the uni t, the prob e optic al con nec tor shou ld be clea ned bef ore han d. Oth erw ise, part icl es of grea se or di rt may obst ruc t the devi ce inte rna l conn ect or and affe ct th e mea sur emen ts by comple tely bloc k in g the sign al or[...]

17 5.3 War nin g The T1 probe is qu ite fragi le and it must be han dl ed care ful ly . Pl ease note tha t any pro be da mages are not cov ere d by t he sta nda rd wa rranty . The pro be tip is m ad e of si li cone rubb er. Al thou gh sil icon e is resi sta nt to a lar ge nu mber of ch emi cal ag gres sor s, stro ng a cid s or alkal i may da mage i[...]

18 6 S ERIA L C OMMU NI CA TION D ESC RIP TIO N Y ou can commun ica te with you r th ermome ter vi a the sta nda rd RS-2 32 lin k. A de scri pti on of the cabl e req ui remen ts i s giv en a bov e, un der fro nt pane l i tem # 3. RS- 232 funct ion s (or com man ds) can be acc ess ed wi th a simpl e termi nal , wi th the FOB1 00-S OFT so ftw are pa [...]

19 HHT FO10 1 Des cri pti on b Ret urn en clo sure te m pe ratur e f[j ] Se t p oin t ad just m en t t o [ j] h Hel p men u ( thi s scre en ) i Get fa cto r y an d st atu s info rmati on q Sca nni ng ra te (q + for fa st/q uic k, q - for s low ) t Get Te m pe ratur e rea din g ch ann el ta[ i] Au to tempe ratu re out put to se ria l port (+ t o en [...]

20 “i” Re tu rns ge nera l info rm ati on re gard ing th e inst ru ment , as we ll as so me para meter s that have been pro gra mmed p revi ously in the t her m ome ter ( eit her by RS-2 32 co mmand s o r v ia the keyp ad): Ex: Mod el: HHT FO10 1 Opt ion : NB Chann el: 1 Mod e: Con ti nuo us Sca nni ng Mode Sca nni ng ra te: Fas t Se ria l: HHT[...]

21 6.4 Typ ica l t emp era ture rea din g s eque nce Once a ll para m et er s hav e been set , the foll owin g sequ ence shou ld nor mally be follo wed to ext ract te m per atu re info rmat ion fro m you r FOB1 00 ther momet er. 2 proc edu res can be us ed for thi s pur po se. The fir st me tho d c on sist s in us in g th e “t a” comma nd (p re[...]

22 7 E RRO R C ODE S The foll ow in g e rror me ssa ges are d isp lay ed un der certa in erro r co ndi ti ons: RS - 23 2 Dis pla y A nalo g Out Des cr ipti on Err 2 Err 2 In tern al me mory ch ecksu m er ror. Me mory cor rupt io n. Con ta ct O mega. “- - . - ” “- - - - - ” Hi -Lo , 0 .5 Hz * Tempe ratu re out o f ma ximu m i nst rument l im[...]

23 8 FO B100 -SO FT S OFT W A RE P A CKAG E The FOB1 00- SO FT softw are pac kage opt io n al low s usi ng you r thermo mete r sys te m in a hi ghly fle xib le man ner. The buil t-in funct io ns all ow for temp era tu re di splay ing and dat a lo ggi ng, as wel l as exp ort ing to a va rie ty of stan dard spre ads heet pa ckag es. T hi s so ftw are[...]

24 Y ou sh ould no rmal ly see a w indow simil ar to thi s: In thi s exa m pl e, we see that FOB1 00- SOF T has de tect ed 2 the rmomet er s: a FOB1 04 and a HHTFO in stru m en ts. FOB 100 -SOF T is now prope rly ins tal le d a nd rea dy to use ! 8. 2.1 Wor king wi th th e Con figu rat ion Win dow FOB 100 -SOF T sta rt s wi th the “Acq uis iti on[...]

25 For each inst ru ment, this co nfig urati on wi ndow giv es some in forma tio n ab out thi s pa rti cul ar in forma ti on and al low s y ou to se t s ome pa ra mete rs. The top po rti on of t he win dow giv es i nforma ti on abo ut the spec ifi cs o f the th er mome te r, suc h a s: • COM Po rt nu mber • Se ria l N umbe r • Cal ibra tio n [...]

26 War ning : Doin g a te mpera ture offs et adju st ment on a chann el wi ll alte r it s read ing . In effe ct, it al ter s the th ermo mete r ow n c ali brati on. It m u st b e use d w ith care ! To p er form an of fse t a dju stmen t, foll ow th ese in struct io ns: 1- Cl ic k the “ Off set Ad just” bu tt on ( ) th at is j ust ne xt t o t he[...]

27 • To sta rt acq uir ing data , clic k the “STAR T” butt on. Co nve rsely , to stop the acq uisi ti on, clic k the “S TOP” but ton. When su bsequ ent ly try in g t o op eni ng t he *. tem fil e, it is p ossib le tha t y ou may ge t t he fo llow ing mess age : Se lec t “Sel ect the prog ram fro m a list ”, and cli ck OK. In the next [...]

28 When lo ggi ng tempe ratur es for a ve ry lo ng time , on e ne eds to note that a stan dard Excel she et is li mite d to 65 535 li nes . If thi s li m it is re ache d (650 00 li nes) , the log gi ng pro cess wi ll clo se the cur rent data -log gi ng fil e, an d wil l ope n a new on e, wit h the same na m e but w ith “_1” ap pen ded to the fi[...]

29 Ad just th e “ Refre sh Rate ” ( mini m u m is 0. 2 sec ) a nd Min / M ax t o s uit y our vi ewi ng n eed s. Not e that the sett ing of cur ve colo rs and oth er paramet ers must be done in the “Sy stem Confi gura tio n” wi ndow pan e. Up to 64 tre nd s ca n b e d isp lay ed. 8.3 .2 .2 Dis pla ying a na lo g th er mo met ers Cl ic k the [...]

30 Al l dial s share the same Min / Max read in g setti ng. Refre sh rate is al way s 1.0 sec. The siz e of th is win dow wi ll ad apt to t he n umb er o f di spl aye d chan nel s. Up t o 16 dia ls ca n b e sh ow n; i f yo u wan t to d isp lay more t han 16 chan ne ls, onl y the first 16 dete cted cha nne ls wi ll be show n (not e that any chann el[...]

31 Be fore send ing comman ds and recei vin g info rmati on fro m a spe cifi c modu le, it is nece ssa ry to sel ect the in stru m en t yo u wan t to in terr oga te. Pl eas e note tha t onl y ONE ins tru m ent can be sel ected at a ti me; if the sa me comma nd is to be sent to all the rm o mete rs, the n, it is ne cessa ry to rep eat the comma nd f[...]

32 8.5 .1 .3 Adva nce se ria l po rt se ttin g Thi s comma nd all ow s the use r to force the ex clu sio n o f on e or more COM por ts fr om bei ng sca nned whe n cli cking the “ Ref resh ” butt on . Thi s may be usefu l wh en on e find s th at t he au to m ati c COM po rt re fresh featu re of FOB10 0-SOF T is inte rfe ri ng wit h equ ipmen t t[...]

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