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1. oo POOL JOU Ot VOC Volts Amps Watts Ohms bis Eps a i AO ms z S a Data Recording and Playback The built in recording feature is like recording a TV show for later playback except that you re using data coming from the Renewable Energy Monitor instead The Recording and Playback controls are shown here The top three controls are Record Play Pause Stop Recording Data Click the round Record icon to start recording data The icon will change to a brighter red color Stop Recording Click the square Stop icon when you re done recording The Stop icon will momentarily change color from white to green then back to white again The red Recording icon will also turn off and the plot will go back to real time Play and Pause Click the triangle Play icon to begin replaying the recorded data The Play icon will change from white to green during playback You can Pause the playback by clicking again on the triangle Play icon It will change from a green triangle to a green double line Click the Pause icon again to resume playback Recording Counter The Recording Counter indicates the number of data samples that are or have been recorded for later playback It can range from 1 to 999 The Trash Icon Click the Trash icon to erase all the recorded data This will also reset the time on the plot area back to 0 0 minutes
2. Click the Trash icon to reset the horizontal time scale to start at 0 0 minutes again When in doubt click both of them to get back to normal plotting The Recycle Icon Click the Recycle icon to set the plot scales back to default settings The Connect Icon Before any plots can occur the graphic software must connect with the Renewable Energy Monitor that is transmitting data Normally the number just below the Connect icon is the right com port number however sometime you must select a different number to make the plotting work To do so first select the correct Comm port number Click on the arrow next to the number to see if a higher number Comm port is displayed If so it s probably the one to use When in doubt find the correct Comm port on your PC by going to Control Panel gt System gt Hardware Manager gt Device Manager then click on Comm port Since you are using a USB connection rather than the traditional RS 232 connection the Comm port number is not dependent on hardware so much but rather on software settings in the Control Panel of the Windows operating system When correct the Connect icon will show that the connection is made If the Comm port is still not correct an error message will be displayed which is usually due to the Comm port already in use by another Windows application Screen Capture and View Icons An important feature of the software is its abilit
3. s educational kits Screens Just push the Select button to cycle through the following screens Switches There are only two switches to operate e Battery OFF Computer e Select Set it to Battery when you want to make your measurements outside or without using a computer or set it to Computer when it s plugged into your computer using the supplied USB cable And set it to OFF when it s not in use Push the Select button to cycle through the four main LCD screens You can even hold the Select button to freeze the display if the numbers are changing too fast USB Connection A USB type B connector on the back of the unit allows connection to a Windows PC computer MAC computers are not supported at this time Power for the Renewable Energy Monitor is supplied by the PC via the USB cable Battery Requirements The Renewable Energy Monitor uses a standard 9 volt radio battery that is easily replaced when necessary The LCD screen will indicate when the battery is low and needs replacement Be sure to set the switch to OFF to extend the battery life when not in use WI mia f m 5 Units of Measurements The Renewable Energy Monitor measures standard electrical units like voltage current power energy and resistance It also measures the RPM speed of the WindPitch wind turbine Voltage is measured in volts or millivolts mV A millivolts is 1 1000 of a volt but wh
4. plot is in a different color in order to Joules is a measure of energy power x make it easy to see what is being measured time It is equivalent to a watt second or the number of watts generated in one Green Voltage in volts second and shows how much energy the Blue Current in amps experiment is generating Red Power in watts Black Resistance in ohms RPM is displayed as RPM x 100 in order to Pink RPM x 100 better fit in the plot area For example an RPM reading of 1436 is shown as 14 36 Adjusting the Plot Scale Joules RPM x 100 You can change the plot scale to match the incoming data from the Renewable Energy Monitor by using the Screen Snapshots Plot Scale icon The vertical You can capture and control the vertical a snapshot of the scale while the horizontal and control the time scale Clicking the reverse screen at anytime by clicking the top arrow icon bottom left clears the screen and Screen Capture allows a fresh plot of data to be displayed icon Then click the Screen View icon below it to see what you captured Meters and LED On Off buttons Four vertical meters display the voltage current power and resistance along with corresponding numbers at the bottom Clicking any of the LED buttons at the bottom of each meter turns the corresponding plot line ON or OFF The LEDs are color coded to match the plot lines to make it easier to understand r i mi
5. 200 2500 Note very low and very high RPM speeds cannot be accurately measured Even though the wind turbine may be spinning the electronic circuitry is only capable of measuring a certain range of RPM speeds Low voltage outputs from the WindPitch wind turbine may also affect RPM accuracy Software Common Equations The Renewable Energy Monitor uses the following common equations internally to measure and compute voltage current resistance and power V I 1 R where V voltage current R Resistance P V I where P power V voltage current J P T where J Joules T time in sec Operating Tips Electrical Fundamentals Refer to the REES Experiment Manual for an explanation of the fundamental electrical parameters such as voltage current power resistance and more Measuring Resistance A voltage must be applied across the Input terminals in order to measure the resistance attached to the Output terminals Also the resistance will vary depending on the voltage and current produced in the circuit The Renewable Energy Monitor uses Ohm s Law to compute resistance so any small variations in voltage and current will affect the resistance reading Software Software for Windows PCs XP Vista and Windows 7 is provided to expand the operational capabilities of the Renewable Energy Monitor MACs are currently not supported Connect the USB cable between the Monitor and your comput
6. You can push the Trash icon anytime just make sure you really want to erase all the recorded data Sample Rate Zooming You can control the rate at which you sample While plotting data in real time or replaying data by clicking the or icons on the Sample data after recording you can zoom in on Rate indicator a portion of the data at anytime Simply position the mouse cursor over the area you want to zoom in to and click the left mouse button Then release the left The default is ALL which means that all mouse button to execute the zoom feature data from the Renewable Energy Monitor is recorded Clicking the minus icon will slow the sample rate to the following Once each second Q Horizon Every 2 seconds Lom aoe RENEWABLE EMERY Every 5 seconds MONTA Every 10 seconds Every 15 seconds Q Horizon Every 30 seconds Every 60 seconds More Detalls 4 This section gives you more in depth information on important topics of interest and possible confusion The Stop and Trash Icons The Trash and Stop icons are the most important controls for plotting If plotting seems to stop or not do what you want it to do it may be because the Stop icon was not clicked Make sure to click the Stop icon after each recording The Trash icon not only erases all the recorded data it also controls the time scale on the plot area
7. en seen on the LCD screen it can provide a more accurate measure of the voltage For example 1 23 volts 1230 mV 10 456 volts 10456 mV Current is measured in amps or milliamps mA A milliamp is 1 1000 of an amp For example 0 003 amps 3 mA 1 256 amps 1256 mA Power is measured in watts or milliwatts mW A milliwatt is 1 1000 of a watt For example 0 034 watts 34 mW 2 987 watts 2987 mW Energy is measured in Joules Energy is basically power x time and one Joule is equal to one watt second For example 21 Joules 21 watt seconds or the amount of power used in 21 seconds RPM is a measure of the rotational speed RPM is used in experiments to show how the above of the wind turbines blades parameters are affected by higher or lower RPM rates Input and Output Terminals MEME yy ALE Le ENERGY Aa Ona There are two sets of Input and Output terminals The Input terminals are on the left side and the Output terminals are on the right side of the unit The Red terminal is or positive while the Black terminal is or negative You must observe the correct polarity when hooking up batteries solar panels wind turbines or fuel cells to the terminals Specifications The Renewable Energy Monitor will measure electrical parameters up to the following limits Voltage 0 28 VDC Current 0 1 amp DC Power 0 28 watts Resistance 0 999 ohms Energy 0 65535 Joules RPM
8. er for vivid graphical displays of data Installing the Software Insert the supplied CDROM disc into your computer and follow the directions in order to load the software Running the Software After the software is installed on your computer a Desktop icon like the one here is Renewable Energy Monitor displayed Double click the icon to launch the software Tip Always attach the USB cable between the Renewable Energy Monitor and the computer BEFORE you click on the REM icon to start the software Then click on the Connect icon once the software is visible on your computer PENCW ALE GHG Rr co 7 7 E Connecting Once the software is displayed on your computer screen click the Connect icon on the bottom right of the screen It will turn from red to green to show that it is connected to the Renewable Energy Monitor Tip Nothing will happen unless you click the Connect icon and the number below it represents the com port attached Refer to the More Details section for a further to the Renewable Energy Monitor explanation Plot Area The plot area displays the line plots of voltage current power resistance and RPM all at the same time This data is updated five 5 times a second from the Renewable Energy Monitor so it always represents the latest information coming from your experiments IO ET Color Coded Plotting Lines Joules and RPM Display Each data
9. ie FI ELCELL sales fuelcellstore com 100 isos Store 979 703 1925 Renewable Energy Monitor User Manual And Software Reference Guide RENEWABLE ENERGY MONITOR iy is lt Fuel Cail Techno loges Introducing the Horizon Renewable Energy Monitor The Renewable Energy Monitor is an educational evaluation monitoring device with PC measurement software for graphical display of performance characteristics on its own 2 line LCD screen or your Windows computer It has a 2 line LCD screen for viewing measurements that you cycle through just by pushing a button And the Renewable Energy Monitor is battery operated and comes with a USB port so it can also be used with or without a computer indoors or outdoors where you can make direct solar and wind measurements And its power is in its simplicity Horizon developed the Renewable Energy Monitor to allow you to avoid using the multimeters confusing setup and cumbersome computations in order to provide an immediate graphical way for recording data directly with no formulas and nothing to calculate Numerous experiments and evaluation activities for hydrogen fuel cells miniature wind turbine kits and solar panels are now quantifiable in real time for voltage current power joules resistance and even wind turbine RPM speed all viewable and recordable at the same time The Renewable Energy Monitor is fully compatible with any of Horizon
10. y to capture a snapshot of the screen at anytime This way you can save important images including plots and meter data for later review For example to take a snapshot of the entire scree click the top Screen Capture icon the one with the Camera To view the captured snapshot click the Screen View icon the one with the magnifying glass All the snapshots are saved to the computers hard disk Just look under C Desktop Documents PEM WABLE CHERGT LAT oe Horizon where you will find a listing similar to this T 7 m Each snapshot is labeled REM along with the date and time it was captured so it should be easy to locate using the Search function nn Em em m if ta E EN 1E um y rE FUELCELL ore I O f a E E n E www fuelcellstore com sales fuelcellstore com 979 703 1925 Horizon 10 y FCJJ 24_REM_UM_V1 1_EN
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