CiDRA SONARtrac PW VF-100 - Manual (Page 267)

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Item
No
PROBLEM
POSSIBLE
CAUSE DIAGNOSTIC
METHOD DIAGNOSTIC
RESULT
COMMENTS
13
The signal
output from
the meter
has spikes
during no
flow
conditions or
drops out
during flow
conditions
Need to use Spike
Filter
See Filter section of
Manual in order to turn
on filtering
Yes – With filtering
Enabled, signal is less
noisy Use this as new transmitter configuration
No – With filtering
enabled, signal is still
noisy
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14
Flow does
not seem
correct
Improper pipe size
entered
Verify pipe size input in
transmitter ‘PIPE SIZE’
in BASIC CONFIG
menu Yes – correct size
entered
See below
No – incorrect pipe size
entered
Re-enter correct pipe size
Improper calibration
coefficients entered
Verify coefficients in
transmitter
‘CALIBRATION’ in
BASIC CONFIG menu
‘match sensor band
coefficients (on label in
transmitter or on sensor
band cable) Yes – correct values
entered
See below
No – incorrect values
entered
Re-enter correct coefficients
All sensors are not
turned on
Verify sensors are
turned on in ‘SENSOR
SETUP / ENABLE’ in
CUSTOMIZE menu
Yes – all sensors are
on
See below
No – some or all are
turned ‘Off’
Turn on all sensors in Customize menu
unless some were purposely turned off.
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