TempMonitor User Manual
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4. e Set Period e Start e Stop Acquisition Stop ACQ e Maximum Temperature Max Temp e Delete All Opsens Inc 13 IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual 4 2 1 Set Period In the Set Period submenu use the Left and Right buttons to select the digit you want to edit and then use the Up amp 3 and Down amp 4 buttons to edit the digit of the measure period value in number of seconds When all digits are set press the Confirmation button to lock down the new value entered The newly set measure period will be displayed in the Set Period submenu Note that the measure period value entered by the user will be rounded up or down to the closest compatible time value corresponding to a factor of the instrument s minimal measure period 4 2 2 Start In the Start submenu the screen presents a YES or NO option list use the Up amp 3 and Down M buttons to select Yes or NO and then press the Confirmation button amp to lock down the new value selected The acquisition procedure will go on until either it is stopped manually through the Stop submenu or until the remaining memory space is filled up If the available memory has been filled or if 8 acquisition files are stored in the Flash Memory chip the TempMonitor will not allow a new acquisition to be started and the following message will appear Measure Meas Acquisition ACQ is running Press Menu to Exit Existing acquisition files will need to be d
5. repairs or disassembly of the product in any manner performed without specific factory permission voids this warranty OPSENS MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THIS MANUAL INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Opsens shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material This warranty does not apply to the transducers sold for use with Opsens signal conditioners IMPORTANT NOTICE The product specifications and other information contained in this manual are subject to change without notice Opsens has made a concerted effort to provide complete and current information for the proper use of the equipment If there are questions regarding this manual or the proper use of the equipment contact Opsens inc at TEL 418 682 9996 WEB SITE www opsens com FAX 418 682 9939 E MAIL info opsens com PACKAGING FOR SHIPMENT If the product must be shipped to a different location or returned to Opsens for any reason through a common carrier it must be properly packaged to minimize risks of damage SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT This product contains intellectual property i e software programs that are licensed for use by the end user customer hereinafter end user This is not a sale of such intellectual property The end user shall not copy disa
6. 8 4 131 4 5 134 4 6 133 1 7 gt 135 6 8 gt 131 0 Figure 3 Temperature Measurement Display 32128 6 LU 2 47131 1 HU 1 92133 9t HU 2 67133 4 HU 3 Figure 4 Temperature Measurement Display With Optional Channel Description Opsens Inc D IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual 2 Local Operation 2 1 Keyboard ZODDDOD 2 1 1 Menu Button The Menu button gives access to the system menus Once in the menu this button brings the user one level higher into the menu hierarchy Once at the root the system will exit the menu and go back to measurement display 2 1 2 Left Right Arrows The Left Right arrows allow navigating 1 within a sub menu or 2 from one digit to the other when a value is being entered 2 1 3 Up Down Arrows The Up Down arrows allow navigating 1 between menu items of a given hierarchical level or 2 in the menu to change a value being entered gt 2 1 4 Confirmation Button The Confirmation button permits confirming 1 a new value being entered 2 confirm the selection of a menu item then moving one hierarchical level lower 3 refreshing displayed value in the case of diagnostic 2 2 Main Menu When the Menu button is pressed the display shows the following submenus e Setting e Diagnostic e Relays optional e Memory The Setting submenu is used to modify the general system settings such as channel activation and remote communication co
7. Select Relay Channels Sel RLY CH In the Select RLY CH submenu use the Up amp and Down EJ buttons to select the relay number you want to configure and then press the Confirmation button to edit the parameters for this relay For a given relay number the screen presents a list of all channels Use the Up Down Kd Left amp and amp Right buttons to select the channel number you want to assign to the relay and then press the Confirmation button Ed the relay number will then be displayed beside the selected channel The characters beside a channel number mean that this channel is not selected for this relay If Rx x being the relay number is written instead it means that this channel is selected for this relay Press the Menu E button to go back to selecting the next relay number to configure Once done press the Menu button to move out of the setting submenus 3 3 2 Setpoints In the Setpoints submenu the user can configure the setpoint the hysteresis and the logic for each relay Use the Up amp 3 and Down EJ buttons to select the relay number and then press the Confirmation button amp to edit the parameters for this relay For a given relay number use the Up amp 3 Down 84 Left amp 4 and amp 4 Right buttons to select the parameter you wish to configure and then press the Confirmation button amp to edit this parameter Use the Up amp 3 Down 62 Lett EJ ana Right buttons to edit the selected parameter value
8. button to move out of the setting submenus 3 3 4 Failsafe In the Failsafe submenu use the Up amp 3 and Down amp 4 buttons to select the relay number you want to configure and then press the Confirmation button amp to edit the parameters for this relay For a given relay number the screen presents a YES or NO option list Use the Up Down amp 4 buttons to select the desired configuration for the selected relay and then press the Confirmation button amp to lock down the configuration entered To configure another relay in Failsafe mode go back into the Failsafe submenu and use the Up and Down buttons to select the next relay number you want to configure and then press the Confirmation button to edit the parameters for this new relay Repeat the YES or NO configuration for this relay and all the other relays you wish to configure in Failsafe mode Once done press the Menu button to move out of the setting submenus Opsens Inc 12 IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual 4 Internal Memory 4 1 General description The TempMonitor signal conditioner is supplied with an onboard non volatile Flash memory chip The Flash memory allows over 2000 000 individual temperature measurements to be stored A maximum of 8 acquisition files can be stored in the TempMonitor internal memory whether or not the 2 000 000 available measurement spaces have been used After all the available memory has been filled or
9. if 8 acquisition files are stored in the Flash Memory chip the memory will have to be cleared either by retrieving the files using SoftSens or by deleting the files to allow for new acquisition procedures 4 2 Configuring the memory from the front panel The measure period is the main parameter to configure It corresponds to the frequency at which you want the instrument to memorize one temperature measurement value for each optical channel that is enabled The measure period is set in number of seconds so for example if 1 temperature measurement per channel is required every 15 minutes then the value entered should be 15 minutes x 60 seconds minute 900 seconds 900 Note that the measure period cannot be set to a value lower than the instrument s minimal measure period which is determined by the number of optical channels that are enabled and the time to switch through all channels If a lower value is entered the instrument s minimal measure period will be activated Note that the measure period value entered by the user will be rounded up or down to the closest compatible time value corresponding to a factor of the instrument s minimal measure period Acquisitions can be manually started stopped and deleted from the TempMonitor signal conditioner More advanced acquisition configuration is available through Opsens SoftSens application Please refer to the Softsens User Manual In the Memory submenu there are four submenus
10. TE When the Modbus ID is changed the instrument has to be power cycled on off for the change to be effective 2 3 6 Bypass FAIL BPass FAIL The TempMonitor automatic diagnostic functionality can be disabled by setting the BPass FAIL to OFF See section 2 4 for more detailed information This setting is not saved and is lost when the system is powered OFF and back ON 2 3 7 Scrolling The Scrolling option allows continuous automatic scrolling of temperature readings and channel description for each optical channel on the front panel display of the TempMonitor This feature is particularly interesting when the TempMonitor is equipped with 5 or more optical channels as it allows the user to visually monitor all channels sequentially when the feature is turned ON Opsens Inc 5 IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual lf the user wishes to monitor a specific channel number and does not wish to scroll all available channels the feature can be turned OFF The user can then manually select the channel to monitor on the display using the up amp 3 and down 94 buttons 2 3 8 Description Descript The Description option allows display of the descriptions attributed by the user for each optical channel When the Description option in turned ON the channel description will be displayed to the right of the temperature value in the front panel display By default the Description option is turned OFF Channel desc
11. TempMonitor User Manual OPSeris TempMonitor User Manual Opsens inc IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual Opsens inc IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual TempMonitor User Manual Opsens inc 2014 Cyrille Duquet Suite 125 Qu bec QC G1N 4N6 Canada Tel 418 682 9996 Fax 4 418 682 9939 info opsens com www opsens com Opsens inc iii IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual Opsens inc IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual WARRANTY All signal conditioner manufactured by Opsens inc are warranted to be free of defects in workmanship and materials for a period of six years from the date of shipment No other express warranty is given and no affirmation of Seller by words or actions shall constitute a warranty SELLER DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSES WHATSOEVER If any defect in workmanship or material should develop under conditions of normal use and service within the warranty period repairs will be made at no charge to the original purchaser upon delivery of the product s to the factory shipping charges prepaid If inspection by Opsens or its authorized representative reveals that the product was damaged by accident alteration misuse abuse faulty installation or other causes beyond the control of Opsens this warranty does not apply Service
12. and then press the Confirmation button amp to lock down the new value entered Press the Menu s button to go back to selecting the next relay number to configure Note that the hysteresis mode is set to AND by default It cannot be modified Opsens Inc 11 IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual In the Setpoints submenu you can see for each relay which channels have been assigned to each relay but channel selection cannot be edited from the Setpoints submenu Channel selection can only be done in the Select RLY CH submenu Once done press the Menu button to move out of the setting submenus 3 3 3 System Alarm Syst Alrm In the Syst Alrm submenu use the Up and Down buttons to select the relay number you want to configure and then press the Confirmation button to edit the parameters for this relay For a given relay number the screen presents a list of all channels Use the Up Down Left EJ ana amp Right buttons to select the channel number you want to assign to the relay and then press the Confirmation button Ed the relay number will then be displayed beside the selected channel The characters beside a channel number mean that this channel is not selected for this relay If Rx x being the relay number is written instead it means that this channel is selected for this relay Press the Menu E button to go back to selecting the next relay number to configure Press the Menu amp
13. e reaches a lower level than the one needed to start the fan The setpoint and the hysteresis conditions are determined for each relay Each relay can then be associated with one or more measurement channels if no channel is assigned to a relay this relay effectively becomes disabled The setpoint conditions can be made with a AND or OR logic If the setpoint condition for a given relay is set to AND it means that ALL channels associated with this relay have to reach a temperature equal or higher than the setpoint for the relay to be activated Conversely if the setpoint is set to OR then the relay is activated when at least ONE channel gets a temperature reading that is equal or higher than the setpoint The hysteresis condition is set to AND by default ALL channels associated with this relay will have to reach a temperature level equal or lower than the difference between the setpoint value and the hysteresis value for the relay to be deactivated 3 2 2 System Alarm relay mode It might be desirable to activate a relay thus start a fan or generate a distant alarm if an optical channel of the TempMonitor signal conditioner no longer provides a temperature reading In the impossibility by the TempMonitor to provide a temperature reading FAIL will be displayed on the front panel display next to the channel number If a FAIL condition is met the red Status LED light on the front panel will go on ouch failures are caused by problems
14. encountered either along the optical link from the sensor tip all the way to the fibre optic cables and extensions connected to the TempMonitor signal conditioner or a signal conditioner internal failure related to a given channel An optical cable may have been disconnected or damaged or the sensor may be defective The relays can be programmed in addition to temperature conditions to trigger if such FAIL conditions occur The AND or OH logic can be applied to the System Alarm relay configuration If the system fail condition for a given relay is set to AND it means that ALL channels associated with this relay have to reach a FAIL condition for the relay to be activated Conversely if the system fail condition is set to OR then the relay is activated when at least ONE of the associated channels reaches a FAIL condition 3 2 3 Failsafe relay mode It is possible to force each individual relay to be by default into an activated mode This feature allows the status of the relay to change back to a deactivated mode if the TempMonitor signal conditioner looses electrical power or if it is subject to an internal failure that would cause the relay operation to stop Opsens Inc 10 IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual 3 3 Configuring the relays from the front panel In the Relays submenu there are four submenus e Select Relay Channels Sel RLY CH e Setpoints e System Alarm Syst Alrm e Failsafe 3 3 1
15. ensors or transducers for measuring temperature namely the OTG series The fiber optic connector provided with the OTG sensors is an ST type connector Remove the protective cap of the TempMonitor ST mating and engage the sensor connector with the orientation key properly oriented Figure 2 It is mandatory to clean the sensor connector prior to connection to the signal conditioner Ask for Opsens Fiber Optic Cleaning Guide for further information on how to clean fiber optic connectors Opsens Inc 1 IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual NOTE Always replace the protective dust cap on the mating when there is no sensor connected Always replace the protective dust cap on the sensor fiber optic connector when not in used ST Mating ST type fiber optic sensor connector Figure 2 Fiber Optic Sensor Connection 1 3 Sensor Reading Once the fiber optic sensor is connected the TempMonitor is ready to measure temperature The instrument display shows the temperature measurements default unit is C for up to 8 optical channels at one time Figure 3 with automatic or manual scrolling available If the Description option is selected the temperature value is displayed along with the corresponding channel description Figure 4 Again automatic or manual scrolling of all channels is available The measurement readings are also available at either the RS 232 or the RS 485 port 1 gt 102 5 2 gt 131 8 3 128
16. he option selected D E d e d X a d o GOSOCSEECORHOOOO Figure 9 4 20mA optional panel Opsens Inc 17 IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual Figure 10 0 1mA optional panel 5 2 Wiring the 4 20mA or the 0 1mA loops Each channel controls the current in the loop and supply its own power source 12 V Thus the user does not have to provide a separate power supply Figure 11 shows the wiring diagram Opsens Inc 18 IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual Channel 1 4 20mA Internal Or wO C mA receiver Channel 2 Internal current v Source O O receiver Figure 11 Wiring diagram for 4 20mA or 0 1mA loops 5 3 Temperature Current scaling 5 3 1 Default scaling for the 4 20mA outputs All channels share the same original factory set configuration the scale factor is 20 C mA This setting results in the 0 C offset to be at 5 mA the minimum 4 mA scale limit to be at 20 C and the maximum 20 mA scale limit to be at 300 C For example if one loop reads 9 8 mA thus the temperature for that channel is 9 8 mA 5 0 mA x 20 C mA 96 C 5 3 2 Default scaling for the 0 1mA outputs All channels share the same original factory set configuration the scale factor is 333 33 C mA This setting results in the O C offset to be at 0 180 mA the minimum O mA scale limit to be at 60 C and the ma
17. input the left terminal 1 is the normally closed output and the right terminal 3 is the normally open output Figure 6 shows the wiring diagram Figure 6 Wiring diagram for each relay When the relay is activated the normally closed contact becomes open and the normally open contact becomes closed RELAY STATUS Figure 7 Relay Status LEDs On the main display panel the corresponding blue Relay Status LED will be lit when the relay circuit is activated Figure 7 3 2 Theory of operation The six available relays can be individual configured to be activated by temperature monitoring conditions and or a system alarm condition encountered on a single optical channel or on multiple optical channels 3 2 1 Temperature monitoring relay mode Under the temperature monitoring mode each relay has a setpoint and a hysteresis condition The setpoint condition determines the minimum temperature level at which the relay is activated The hysteresis determines the number of degrees lower than the setpoint required to deactivate the relay Hence once a relay is activated the temperature needs to reach a level equal or lower than the difference between the setpoint value and the hysteresis value for the relay to Opsens Inc 9 IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual be deactivated This feature is useful for controlling cooling fans where the user wants to stop the fans only when the temperatur
18. lue Analog current 4 20mA 4 mA option Analog current 0 1mA option 0 mA RS 232 or RS 485 SCPI 65 536 0 RS 232 or RS 485 ModBus 999 99 There are certain circumstances i e when using some remote control programs where it is not desirable to have these above constant outputted on serial ports or analog output Bypassing the FAIL functionality will prevent this situation see section 2 3 6 Bypass FAIL BPass FAIL for location of submenu Opsens Inc 7 IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual 3 Relay option 3 1 General description The TempMonitor can be equipped with an optional relay module 6 relays are included and can be configured individually to one or more channels at the users choosing to control alarms cooling fans etc This very flexible configuration scheme makes it easy to adapt this functionality to almost any specific operation context The relay module includes a total of 6 C Form SPDT relays each able to carry and switch 5 A of up to 250 VAC or up to 30 VDC Each relay is connected to a three pole screw type terminal block The relays are numbered from 1 to 6 starting from the top position as illustrated in Figure 5 Figure 5 Relay option NOTE Power supply voltage of the instrument is limited to 12 24 VDC when the relay option is installed Opsens Inc 8 IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual For each relay the centre terminal 2 is the common
19. nd RELAYS menus will not be accessible so that measurement configurations cannot be modified during an acquisition procedure The following message will appear Measure Meas Acquisition ACQ is running Press Menu to Exit The MEMORY menu will be accessible but only to Stop an ongoing acquisition procedure that was generated from the TempMonitor instrument or from the SoftSens application for an internal memory acquisition procedure If the ongoing acquisition procedure was generated using SoftSens for a live data download to the computer then the acquisition procedure will need to be stopped from the computer using the SoftSens application 4 4 Acquisition file retrieval Acquisition file retrieval can either be done using Opsens SoftSens application or a communication terminal using SCPI commands on a computer connected to the TempMonitor using the straight DB9 cable supplied Please refer to the SoftSens User Manual or Opsens SCPI Serial Communication Manual Opsens Inc 16 IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual 5 4 20mA or 0 1mA Analog Current option 5 1 General description The TempMonitor can be equipped with optional 4 20mA output or 0 1mA output There is one active output per active channel Figure 9 and Figure 10 show the front panels where each channel has two dedicated screw in terminals for wire sizes from 26 AWG to 16 AWG The temperature current scaling is factory set depending on t
20. nfiguration Opsens Inc 3 IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual The Diagnostic submenu is used to display indicators on the optical signal of each channel This is useful when troubleshooting A Relays submenu appears on instruments equipped with the optional relay module and is used to configure the relay operation The Memory submenu is used to configure and manage internal acquisition files See next sections for more information on each of these submenu functions 2 3 Setting Submenu The functions below are used to setup specific parameters of the instrument Some of the settings are not necessarily related to a specific sensor 2 3 1 Channels Optical channels can be enabled ON or disabled OFF individually All channels are ON by default 2 3 2 Average The user can set ON or OFF the averaging mode ON by default When ON the measurements displayed on the front panel display outputted on the analog output and transmitted to the RS 232 port is the average of 5 sequential measurements This parameter is not saved and is lost when the system is switched off 2 3 3 Analog Scaling Analog Scl Two analog output options are available on the TempMonitor We offer either a 4 20mA current output or a 0 1mA current output 4 20mA current output otandard scaling parameters are set in factory however the user can configure the required scaling by selecting the minimum temperature value correspondi
21. ng to 4mA and the maximum temperature value corresponding to 20mA current output The resulting scale can be displayed on the front panel display See section 5 for more details on the 4 20mA output Opsens Inc 4 IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual 0 ImA current output otandard scaling parameters are set in factory however the user can configure the required scaling by selecting the minimum temperature value corresponding to OMA and the maximum temperature value corresponding to 1mA current output The resulting scale can be displayed on the front panel display See section 5 for more details on the 0 1mA output 2 3 4 Units The user can choose between Celsius and Fahrenheit degrees for the temperature measurement display This choice affects the values on the display on the analog output as well as the values sent by the serial port Note that when the units are changed the analog output scale usually needs to be adjusted 2 3 5 Communications In the Communications submenu the user can choose between RS 232 and RS 485 port and also between the SCPI and Modbus communication protocols Baud Rate and Parity settings can also be set in the Communications submenu For Modbus communication the user can also choose the ID number of the instrument The default Modbus ID number is 107 and the permitted values are from 1 to 247 The ID number is saved in the non volatile memory of the TempMonitor NO
22. ownloaded to a computer using Opsens ooftSens application or SCPI commands or deleted from the internal memory for a new acquisition to be started 4 2 8 Stop ACQ In the Stop ACQ submenu the screen presents a YES or NO option list use the Up and Down amp 4 buttons to select Yes or NO and then press the Confirmation button amp to lock down the new value selected Opsens Inc 14 IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual 4 2 4 Maximum Temperature Max Temp The Maximum Temperature submenu will display the maximum temperature measured along with its time stamp for each optical channel during an internal memory acquisition procedure Figure 8 1 273122 0 3477382987 3 gt 4 gt Figure 8 Maximum memory temperature display The maximum temperature value will be continuously updated during the acquisition procedure When the acquisition procedure is finished the maximum temperature values will be kept in memory for display on the TempMonitor front panel until the next acquisition procedure is activated after which the maximum temperature values displayed will correspond to the live acquisition procedure The maximum measured temperature for each optical channel during an acquisition procedure will be saved and provided in the acquisition file after download to your PC using Opsens SoftSens application Please refer to the SoftSens User Manual The time stamp corresponds to the n
23. required Once done press the Menu button to move out of the setting submenus Opsens Inc 20 IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual 6 Remote operation Opsens TempMonitor signal conditioner uses serial communication to allow control with a remote computer The TempMonitor can communicate using two different protocols either SCPI or Modbus and two types of serial port either RS 232 or RS 485 The user can create its own remote control software using the various SCPI commands or ModBus commands available for the TempMonitor But for ease of operation Opsens provides its own control software called SoftSens which gives access to all the functionalities of the TempMonitor conditioner plus many more features and more detailed configuration parameters See SoftSens user manual for how to remotely control the TempMonitor conditioner For those who want to develop their own remote control software ask for Opsens SCPI Serial communication user manual or ModBus Serial communication user manual to get all the information about serial interfacing with the TempMonitor signal conditioner Opsens Inc 241 IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc
24. riptions are created using Opsens PC application SoftSens Refer to SoftSens manual for channel description creation 2 4 Diagnostic Submenu The user can look through a variety of internal parameters for each measuring channel of the TempMonitor This can be useful to diagnostic potential problems with the system or a specific sensor Typical diagnostic parameters are shown below Diagnostic values can be refreshed by pressing the confirmation button The channel number to diagnostic can be changed with the up amp 3 and down amp 4 buttons Parameter and unit values Description Lm 96 Lamp driving level Lg Volts Light level og no units Signal amplitude The following table shows diagnostic values with good signal poor signal or with a broken sensor fault A fault condition results in a FAIL being displayed Parameter Good signal Poor Signal Fault Lm 100 gt 100 96 Lg gt 2 2 lt 2 2 Sg gt 6 000 lt 6 000 lt 4000 NOTE Without a sensor connected the instrument shows the message FAIL on its front panel display In the unlikely situation that this message appears while a sensor is connected to the unit take note of the diagnostic parameters and contact Opsens technical support Opsens Inc 6 IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual During a FAIL condition the analog output and the serial ports output constant values as follow Output FAIL condition output va
25. ssemble or reverse compile the software program The software programs are provided to the end user as is without warranty of any kind either express or implied including but not limited to warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose The entire risk of the quality and performance of the software program is with the end user WARNINGS Opsens inc V IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual WARNING NOT EXPLOSION PROOF Installation of this instrument in an area requiring devices rated as intrinsically safe is not recommended WARNING VOLTAGE SUPPLY Use only the wall plug in power supply delivered with your instrument and verify that the input voltage and frequency are compatible with the power outlet Opsens inc IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc yi TempMonitor User Manual Table of Contents 1 elsi is a 1 1 1 TOMIDMONITOR nd 6 17427 1 0 But 1 1 2 Sensor COMME CHOON a RO EE ANAA RAAE 1 1 3 ercpeldoic icl E 2 2 L Cal Op ratl T mtr 3 2 1 POV MC 3 2 1 1 SO E 3 2 1 2 E PMA OS De O 3 2 1 3 UO DOM A OS aa aa a ne Ne Ni e 3 2 1 4 SOA SOA ALORS cise gs T Eco m 3 2 2 MAN MENU e
26. umber of seconds since Midnight on January 1st 1900 To determine the corresponding date and time incorporate the following formula in two different Microsoft Excel spreadsheet cells 10 digit time stamps value 86400 2 Then format the first cell to indicate the Time And format the second cell to indicate the Date For example a time stamp value of 3477382987 as in Figure 8 will correspond to 11 43 07 of 2010 03 12 4 2 5 Delete All The TempMonitor front panel menus allow for the deletion of all the data files stored in the internal memory It will not allow the deletion of an individual acquisition file To delete individual files use Opsens SoftSens application or SCPI commands Note that the files will be deleted so the data will be lost In the Delete All submenu the screen presents a YES or NO option list use the Up and Down amp 4 buttons to select Yes or NO and then press the Confirmation button amp to lock down the new value selected Opsens Inc 15 IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual 4 3 During an acquisition During an acquisition procedure either generated from the TempMonitor front panel or from a computer using Opsens SoftSens application the menu options on TempMonitor front panel display will be limited in access The DIAGNOSTICS menu will be accessible so that the system s performance parameters can be monitored during an acquisition procedure The SETTING a
27. ximum 1 mA scale limit to be at 273 33 C For example if one loop reads 0 468 mA thus the temperature for that channel is 0 468 mA 0 180 mA x 333 33 C mA 96 C 5 3 3 Scaling modification It is possible to modify the Temperature Current scaling of both the 4 20 mA and the 0 1 mA outputs This allows the user to personalize the Temperature Current scaling according to its specific application Temperature Current scaling modification is done by modifying the temperature values corresponding to the minimum and or maximum current limits Opsens Inc 19 IMP0123 v1 TempMonitor Manual doc TempMonitor User Manual The user will need to calculate the resulting Temperature Current scaling corresponding to the minimum and maximum temperature values entered This scaling value will need to be programmed in its SCADA Data Acquisition System to provide exact temperature readings In the Setting Analog Scl submenu use the Up amp 3 and Down EJ buttons to select either the Temperature Minimum Temp MIN or the Temperature Maximum Temp MAX setting menu then press the Confirmation button to edit the temperature value Use the Left EJ ana amp Right buttons to select the digit you want to edit and then use the Up and Down Md buttons to edit the digit to the desired level When all digits are set press the Confirmation button to lock down the new value entered Repeat this procedure for the other temperature level if
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