Nova-Tech PMB Moisture Analyzer - Manual (Page 3)

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1.0 CONTENTS
1.0 CONTENTS ...........................................................................................................................1
2.0 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................3
3.0 SET UP ..................................................................................................................................5
3.1 UNPACKING AND SETTING UP YOUR ANALYZER.................................................................................... 5
3.2 ASSEMBLING THE ANALYZER .................................................................................................................... 6
3.3 LEVELLING THE ANALYZER........................................................................................................................ 7
3.4 WARM-UP TIME ............................................................................................................................................ 7
3.5 LOCATING AND PROTECTING YOUR ANALYZER..................................................................................... 8
3.6 SAFETY ......................................................................................................................................................... 9
4.0 DISPLAY and KEYPAD ......................................................................................................13
4.1 NUMERIC ENTRY METHOD ....................................................................................................................... 15
5.0 REAR PANEL INTERFACES ..............................................................................................16
5.1 POWER........................................................................................................................................................ 16
5.2 DATA INTERFACES .................................................................................................................................... 16
5.2.1 FILES ON A USB MEMORY DEVICE ............................................................................................ 17
5.3 SECURITY LOCK ........................................................................................................................................ 17
6.1 SETUP OF METHOD................................................................................................................................... 18
6.1.1 MANUALLY SETTING TEST PROCEDURES................................................................................. 20
6.1.2 PRINT CURRENT SETTINGS......................................................................................................... 26
6.2 STORE TEST SETTINGS........................................................................................................................... 27
6.3 RECALL TEST SETTINGS .......................................................................................................................... 28
6.4 DELETE TEST SETTINGS .......................................................................................................................... 29
6.5 REVIEW TEST SETTINGS ......................................................................................................................... 29
6.6 STORE and RECALLING TEST SETTINGS FROM USB MEMORY........................................................... 29
7.0 RUNNING A TEST...............................................................................................................33
8.0 PRINT AND STORE RESULTS...........................................................................................37
8.1 PRINTING FINAL TEST RESULTS ............................................................................................................. 37
8.2 STORING TEST RESULTS ......................................................................................................................... 37
8.3 RECALLING TEST RESULTS ................................................................................................................... 38
8.4 DELETING TEST RESULTS...................................................................................................................... 38
9.0 STORING RESULTS IN USB MEMORY .............................................................................40
10.0 ANALYZER MENUS............................................................................................................42
10.1 SUPERVISOR MENUS ................................................................................................................................ 42
10.1.1 SERIAL INTERFACE PARAMETERS ............................................................................................. 44
10.1.2 SETUP PARAMETERS ................................................................................................................... 45
10.1.3 CALIBRATION................................................................................................................................. 47
10.1.3.1 MASS CALIBRATION..................................................................................................................... 47
10.1.3.2 TEMPERATURE CALIBRATION..................................................................................................... 48
10.1.3.3 CALIBRATION REPORT ................................................................................................................. 51
10.1.4 PASSCODES .................................................................................................................................. 52
10.1.4.1 FORGOTTEN PASSCODES ........................................................................................................... 52
10.2 STORE AND RECALL ANALYZER SETTING FROM USB MEMORY ....................................................... 53
11.0 SERIAL INTERFACE..........................................................................................................56
11.1 RS-232 HARDWARE ................................................................................................................................... 56
11.2 USB SERIAL HARDWARE .......................................................................................................................... 56
11.3 INPUT COMMANDS .................................................................................................................................... 57
11.4 PRINTING RESULTS................................................................................................................................... 57
11.5 ANALYZER CONFIGURATION THROUGH THE SERIAL INTERFACE ..................................................... 60
11.5.1 TEST PARAMETERS ...................................................................................................................... 60
11.5.2 ANALYZER SETUP PARAMETERS ............................................................................................... 61
11.5.3 ANALYZER RECALL PARAMETERS ............................................................................................. 62
11.5.4 REQUEST VALUES OF PARAMETERS........................................................................................ 62
11.6 CONTINUOUS OUTPUT ............................................................................................................................. 63
12.0 SPECIFICATIONS & FEATURES .......................................................................................64
13.0 MENU STRUCTURE............................................................................................................67
14.0 SAMPLE PREPARATION ...................................................................................................73
15.0 GUIDANCE NOTES.............................................................................................................75
16.0 WARRANTY STATEMENT ................................................................................................80