Cannon Instrument CMRV-5000 - Manual

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CANNON ® Mini-Rotary Viscometer CMRV-5000 Instruction & Operation Manual
Version 1.0b—March, 2011; CANNON ® Instrument Company
2139 High Tech Road • State College, PA • 16803 • USA
CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 1
Instrument overview .............................................................................................................. 2
Instrument specifications ....................................................................................................... 3
Safety warnings .................................................................................................................... 3
2 UNPACKING AND ASSEMBLY 5
Unpacking the CMRV-5000 ................................................................................................. 5
User-Supplied Equipment ..................................................................................................... 6
3 CMRV-5000 APPARATUS DESCRIPTION 7
CMRV-5000 unit/accessories ............................................................................................... 7
Front panel operations .......................................................................................................... 9
4 SETUP 11
Physical placement .............................................................................................................. 11
Electrical /serial connections ................................................................................................ 11
Pulley-wheel installation ...................................................................................................... 13
Firmware installation notes .................................................................................................. 14
Setting the CMRV instrument address ................................................................................. 14
Gas Purge option installation ............................................................................................... 14
Cleaning the instrument housing ........................................................................................... 15
5 VISCPRO® INSTALLATION 17
VISCPRO ® for Windows ® XP ® .......................................................................................... 17
Installing VISCPRO ® software ............................................................................................ 17
Computer requirements ........................................................................................... 17
Windows
® XP ® installation ...................................................................................... 17
Installation actions ................................................................................................... 17
Running the software ........................................................................................................... 18
Loading software .................................................................................................... 18
Displaying the Instrument View window ................................................................... 18
Viewing report data ................................................................................................ 20
Logging in ............................................................................................................... 21
Checking Instrument Settings .................................................................................. 21
Setting multiple CMRV instrument addresses ....................................................................... 23
Security options .................................................................................................................. 23
Initial security setup ................................................................................................. 24