15-190A Interface 9860 User Manual
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1. SP DigFilter SP2 VALLEY n Conversion SP3 Decimal Point Units i SP4 lof 7 Enable TARE CAL STEP Ver 1 00 RESET RCAL EXIT System initialized Flease now select COM port at top ight comer to remotely connect 3860 The 9860 Software main screen hosts a number of controls that are easy to access and use These are all located on the main screen so that user control can be as simply as a single click of the mouse The following user controls are available Note that all of the user controls are not active until a connection is made to the 9860 strain gage instrument via a serial port The first step is to connect to a 9860 piece of hardware using the USB COM port drop down list which the top right control on the 9860 Software main screen USB COM Port This is a drop down list of all available serial or USB to serial ports available on the computer where the 9860 Software is active If there are none available in the drop down list close the application and install a COM interface then restart the 9860 Software application Once the 9860 Sofrtware is connected to hardware the user software controls will become active Note that all of the buttons and drop down lists are now available for use All of the same buttons are shown on the face of the main screen but only the TARE button works The buttons that are not on the 9860 hardware however are operable and are located on the left side of the main scr2. and graphing is relative to the scale of the display so the proper selection of this setting is essential All subsequent data values are referenced from this factor There are six distinct selections shown in the Decimal Point drop down from no decimal point to a far left decimal point Note that the Decimal Point setting sets the tone for all mathematical measurements in the 9860 GUI The selection of the proper decimal point position is essential to the proper metric or scaled readings on the 9806 GUI screens CAL must be set to OFF for the decimal point can be successfully changed via this control and for all latter displayed 9860 GUI values to be accurate You can turn that off from the 9860 hardware control menu or use the Meter Settings dialog to turn that off If the 9860 hardware is in CAL mode ALL settings may not be shown correctly Note that if you make Decimal Point changes a dialog box will pop up to remind you of this Meter Settings Meter Settings Loa On OF This is activated via the push of the button marked Meter Settings This will open a subsequent dialog that depicts the current meter settings Note that the reading of the data form the 9860 hareware is performed a setting at a time Page 6 of 13 Interface Inc 9860 Application Software User Manual ICS 9860 1 Rev A e Meter Internal Settings IOl x Decimal Point change on main screen OOO0 X Least Significant Digit Lsd On Fiter Value FI
3. complete the transfer of data When this is complete the buttons at the bottom will be enabled again Set Defaults This button allows you to set the 9860 meter to its default settings This performs two actions places the default values in each of the settings and asks you if you really want to do this Note that this will write all of the data values in the list of settings to the values currently shown so be sure that this is what you want Done This exits the settings dialog and takes you back to the main screen NOTE Refer to the 9860 user manual for the actual use of these settings or parameters Page 8 of 13 Interface Inc 9860 Application Software User Manual ICS 9860 1 Rev A Main Measurement Digits The main measurement digit display is simply a real time read from the 9860 hardware showing the current measured value not necessarily tied to a metric like force or torque The 9860 GUI brings that intelligence to the readings by allowing you to assign a metric to the value in either force or torque units Note that these are simply arbitrary user defined selections since the 9860 hardware itself does not have the feature to define the measurement in terms of force or sense or units of each mcerface o360 ADVANCED FORCE MEASUREMENT Display 65436 Use the drop down to the right of the display to select the metrics This does nothing to the measurement except provide you with a visual clue to perhaps what the me
4. entry based on the decimal point setting Fetch from instrument This allows you to pull the values again from the 9860 hardware This is useful to allow for you to validate that the settings are correct after changing settings You may also exit the Meter Settings dialog and open it again the settings will be pulled from the 9860 hardware again Interface Inc 9860 Application Software User Manual ICS 9860 1 Rev A Page 7 of 13 Send to Instrument This is the most common used control since normally you would be here to make 9860 hardware settings changes Note that once this button is pushed you will be asked if this is really what you want to do Note that the buttons at the bottom of the dialog are disabled during this action New Settings Will Be Senti a xi Settings will be overwritten are you sure Yes ho You can choose Yes which will now allow the 9860 GUI to show you exactly what is being changed by coloring the changed items to red and the following dialog box shows to be certain that these are the items that you wish to change Choose No if you do not wish to continue this option Data values will Be Set s x Changed values are shown RED these will be replaced Are you P sure e Pressing Yes will send the new values to the 9860 hardware while No will simply take you back to the settings dialog Note that the serial communications to the 9860 meter is secure and can take a few seconds to
5. that the time stamps are relative to the time that is shown in the Log Rate ms ms milliseconds or 0 001 seconds entry box The fastest save time is 100ms 1 10 of a second and the longest is 999 999 milliseconds or 999 999 minutes Note that the Log On Off button turns green to show that the logging mode is active To stop logging simply press the Log On Off button again og On JOH 999999 Log Rate ms Graphing Graphing is simply enabled with the push of the Graphing button located at the bottom left of the main screen Note that when this is pushed the main screen grows the bottom to show the graphing real time Likewise turning off Graphing will shorten the main screen to its original size fn bn bn don dn b MODE Log Rate ms Page 11 of 13 Interface Inc 9860 Application Software User Manual ICS 9860 1 Rev A The display rate of the graph is also controlled with a rate data value which is editable while the graph is active Note that the fastest display rate is 10ms and the slowest is 9999ms or 9 99 seconds So Interface 9860 Serial Interface 1 00 B ioj xj l USE COM Port Display Mode Interface 9860 coms instantaneous ADVANCED FORCE MEASUREMENT Display CAL Units f amp af TZ B 6543 3 o m ro DigFilter 1 Conversion Decimal Paint Units 3 ve g VALLEY T ve i TI i at OOO v Ibi 45 Enable Log On OF 10 Log Rate ms i 0
6. 860 Application Software User Manual ICS 9860 1 Rev A Overview The Windows based 9860 Application Sofware is a Graphical User Interface software application that provides a near hands off hardware experience for all aspects of configuration data collection and visual interpretation of your measurement application utilizing the Interface 9860 TEDS strain gage indicator Note that all of these settings and values shown on the 9860 GUI are also available on the actual 9860 hardware The 9860 software provides easy access to the most commonly used features plus adds features including a secondary display data logging and visual data graphing all in real time There are only two user dialog boxes that form the GUI application the main screen and the Settings dialog The main screen depicts real time information from the 9860 while the Settings dialog provides a one screen view into the 9860 internal configuration register settings Note that the main screen is a visual copy of the 9860 front panel If you are a new user to the 9860 note that the 9860 GUI main display is simply a real time mirror of the main 9860 display The application is compatible with WinXP Vista Win7 and Win8 The 9860 supports an RS 232c serial port if your computer does not have a serial port you may use a USB to serial dongle readily available from computer stores online Refer to the 9860 instrument user manual for the proper connections to the serial port Spec
7. LtEr 00 99 1 Fiter Band Value bAnd 001 999 5 Calibration Number CAL 00001 to 99999 35 02 C Scale Factor SCALE 0 00000 to 9 99999 4 000000 Full Scale Number FS 00000 to 99999 500000 Setpoint 1 Type Monitor Instantaneous Setpoint 1 H L High Setpoint Set Setpoint 1 Value 000000 999999 05585 95 Setpoint 2 Type Monitor Instantaneous gt Setpoint 2 H L High Setpoint Set Setpoint 2 Value 000000 999999 0953993 Setpoint 3 Type Monitor Peak Setpoint 3 H L High Setpoint Set Setpoint 3 Value 000000 999999 0539 9 Setpoint 4 Type Montor gt Setpoint 4H a Set Setpoint 4 Value 000000 939999 Hysteresis for Low Setpoints 00 99 Hysteresis for High Setpoints 0099 BaudRate x ina 7 Fetch trom Instrument Send to Instrument Set Defaults Send SP4P query waiting for reply 2 Once the readings have been pulled from the 9860 you may edit them at will Note that all values are checked for data integrity The values can be sent back to the 9860 with the push of a button Note that there are four buttons at the bottom of the Meter Internal Settings dialog box The Decimal Point value cannot be changed from this dialog and is shown at the top to remind you what scale you are utilizing at the moment All data values on this dialog are all based on the meter decimal point setting so please be aware that all settings are checked for valid data
8. The Leader in Force Measurement interface 9860 Application Software for Windows User Manual Software Part Number ICS 9860 1 Manual 15 190 RevA 7 February 2014 Interface Interface Inc 7401 East Butherus Drive Scottsdale Arizona 85260 USA Phone 480 948 5555 Fax 480 948 1924 TDCI www interfaceforce com Email contact interfaceforce com ORDER TOLL FREE 800 947 5598 Contents NOY ON aes ce sarees E E E aise poe eo Gah even eect xceteenp T E yer geneeasvesensscoersueees a E wanes 3 Installing the SOUR AUS iiir aa EEEE 3 M O E E E E E AE T NEEE E E A A TEE EEE E 4 G PCOM PO a e E E E ct ne steady vo bats EE A E AE E A E ve seeeu ae 4 AOMaAa e O sane ec mnotee suse eaesen cameos 5 Decimal PON ossen EA E E E ssqpescetenedstewceos sees A se nercusacudenaesneesotentdats 6 Meter SCRE eearri E E E A 6 PETE Ii Om AAE E ee E S E E E ieee 7 HALO E E E N 8 Se DE U ei E E E E E aes 8 DONE ere a Er A E a E E EE A E E TaS 8 Main Measurement DICIS sic ccscanseaussancetcconnpncevddaies NE E 9 Secondary Measurement Digits ccccccsecssccscecsecaneceeccseceseceesecsuceeueceueeseeeeeeuecseceeeeeseeseeeegeesuseaeeaass 9 BIR i A E EE E EE E E T EEE E E TE A T 10 Derep ka eii asc sheds ee sss rere eis E E A E EAE EEE E E A E 10 GODNIE a a E aa anaes eosenesanen 11 TRAINS E R E A A A EN E E 12 PSO MOTE meari E E A E tp taetuauneesseainencesseitents 13 A a E E E E E EEE E EE E E A E E EEEE 13 Page 2 of 13 Interface Inc 9
9. a Graph Rate ms 13107 Graph mV Scale 550 measurement received lt lt lt lt e lt lt EXIT The graph will roll to the right and then start again from the left side overwriting data from the previous sample period This data is not saved unless the Log feature is also active Note that both positive and negative values are shown As areference a Graph mV Scale is shown to value the top and bottom maximum values drawn on the graph This is strictly tied into the Decimal Point setting so this can vary depending on many factors inside the 9860 hardware Use this as a validity check to the data displayed Tare The Tare button is the only bottom row buttons that are active and will send the Tare command to the 9860 instrument Press the Tare button to zero out the display and to start displaying measurement readings relative to the time point where the Tare was stated Press Tare again Page 12 of 13 Interface Inc 9860 Application Software User Manual ICS 9860 1 Rev A to remove this feature Note that the Tare mode is shown on the text to the middle right of the main display with a red colored TARE depicting that you are in Tare mode Display Mode The 9860 has four display modes to the main screen data Refer to the 9860 instrument user manual for how these affect the data displayed This is a simple drop down dialog box that allows all modes to be utilized Note that when the 9860 GUI software first conne
10. asurement is providing Note that the default is pound force simply use the drop down to select from the available metrics Force units Torque units lof Ib in KIb in lb ft oz in Nm The real use of applying a metric is in the conversion to another metric seen in the secondary display Secondary Measurement Digits Activate the secondary display with the Enable check box located to the bottom right of the secondary display Note that the secondary display immediately begins to covert from the main display metric to another that you may select at will Page 9 of 13 Interface Inc 9860 Application Software User Manual ICS 9860 1 Rev A 65434 a DigFilter 1 4 65 4340 I Enable Note that the identical set of measurement metrics is available on the second display Digital Filter 55443 The digital filter allows for selecting a buffer size to collect and average readings and display the results in the main and secondary display In essence this slows down the visual indicator response as the DigFilter value is increased since more samples are held and used in the averaging of the new display value Note that a value of 1 is the same as no filter The maximum sampled value is 250 Note that it takes the filter a few seconds to fill up and start to display accurate readings once a new DigFllter value is selected that is larger than the current DigFilter value This is also a great indicator that the fi
11. cts to the 9860 hardware it will issue a Display Mode Immediate and overrides whatever mode was previously selected Exit Use this button to exit the 9860 GUI application Page 13 of 13 Interface Inc 9860 Application Software User Manual ICS 9860 1 Rev A
12. een Page 4 of 13 Interface Inc 9860 Application Software User Manual ICS 9860 1 Rev A Interface 9860 Serial Interface 1 00 O xj moa USB COM Port _Display Mode mecerface o260 5 instantaneous ADVANCED FORCE MEASUREMENT Display CAL TEDS w g PEAK A 7 DigFilter 1 SP2 VALLEY ENA Conversion SP3 Decimal Point Cpi ooo lbf l Enable Log On O UP DN 100 MODE TARE CAL STEP Log Kate ms Ver 1 00 Graphing DISF RESET REAL 9260 measurement received 322322222 EXIT Note that the main display will now start to reflect the current measurement and all of the user controls are now enabled The main display will reflect the current measurement and default to Ibf as the units for that displayed value Information Area Ved SSE E gt The bottom line of the main screen is always active showing communications with the 9860 hardware with a visual left and right arrow indicator All user messages will be shown here If there is anytime an error or confusing as to what is happening with the 9860 Software take a look at the bottom of the main screen there could be some useful information displayed there Page 5 of 13 Interface Inc 9860 Application Software User Manual ICS 9860 1 Rev A Decimal Point VALLEY Decimal Paint o000Kx E Meter Settings lan Cin A One of the most important settings controls of the 9860 GUI is the decimal point position All of the data collection
13. ific meter settings their operation and their affect on the measurement process are important to understand Installing the Software The software can be downloaded from the Interface web site located at htto www interfaceforce com index php 9860 Load Cell Indicator Digital TEDS High Speed amp mod product amp show 157 The installation file set is located inside the zip file Interface 9860 GUI Installation 1 00 zip Run setup exe from inside the zip file all files are copied to their correct locations You must obtain a 20 character four 5 digit codes serial number from Interface at the time of your purchase This is entered when the software is first run and Is tied to individual computers You must purchase a new license for each computer where the software resides Interface 9860 Serial Number Enter 5 digit code per box oOo o oo Validate New Key The 9860 GUI software is available from your Start menu in the folder Interface 9860 Serial 1 00 launch the application by double clicking on the Interface 9860 Serial 1 00 icon The main screen will open now and you are ready to go Page 3 of 13 Interface Inc 9860 Application Software User Manual ICS 9860 1 Rev A Main Screen Interface 9860 Serial Interface 1 00 E lojxj l ue Port Display Mode INTE rfac ce 9 860 _ EE SSS naanmanegpus ADVANCED FORCE MEASUREMENT Dis pla y CAL PEAK
14. lter is operational Data Logging sampled values can be stored in a Comma Separated Value file CSV using a sample timer Both controls are located to the bottom left of the main display Meter Settings at MOD Log Rate ms Press the Log On Off button to open a file dialog that allows you to select where to save the file on disk A default file name of 9860 Log Output csv is shown you may change the file name at this time Note that if the file is already on disk a message dialog will show that asks if you would like to append continue storing new data to the end of this file Select Yes to allow appending the Page 10 of 13 Interface Inc 9860 Application Software User Manual ICS 9860 1 Rev A current file No to not If you select No press the Log On Off button again and use a different file name or file storage path B25 A a C 1 1 Jan 14 10 33 50 6578 07 00 65428 2 1 Jan 14 10 33 50 7438 07 00 65428 3 1 Jan 14 10 33 50 8528 07 00 65410 A 1 Jan 14 10 33 50 9628 07 00 65410 5 1 Jan 14 10 33 51 0608 07 00 65433 6 1 Jan 14 10 33 51 1658 07 00 65433 7 1 Jan 14 10 33 51 2758 07 00 65450 8 1 Jan 14 10 33 51 3788 07 00 65450 g 1 Jan 14 10 33 51 4788 07 00 65426 10 1 Jan 14 10 33 51 5948 07 00 65426 11 1 Jan 14 10 33 51 7028 07 00 12 1 Jan 14 10 33 51 7928 07 00 The saved data file can be opened in Excel or any other spreadsheet type of application Three columns are stored the day the time and the value Note
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