PCE-RVI 2 Laboratory Viscometer User Manual

: June 4, 2024
: PCE

PCE-RVI 2 Laboratory Viscometer

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Safety notes

Acquaint yourself with the operation of the measuring device before using it in combination with the PC software. For this purpose, use the instruction manual which comes with your PCE product. All safety notes from the device’s manual have to be observed as well when the device is used with this software.
The device and the software may only be used by qualified personnel. Damage or injuries caused by non-observance of the manuals are excluded from our liability and not covered by our warranty.

We do not assume liability for printing errors or any other mistakes in this manual.
We expressly point to our general warranty terms which can be found in our general terms of business.
If you have any questions. please contact PCE Instruments. The contact details can be found at the end of this manual.

System requirements

Operating system Windows 7 or higher
USB port (2.0 or higher)
An installed .NET framework 4.0
A minimum resolution of 800×600 pixels
Optional: a printer
Processor with 2 GHz
4 GB RAM recommended

Installation

Please run the “Setup PCE-RVI 2-8-10.exe” and follow the instructions of the setup.

Description of the user interface

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The main window consists of several areas:
Below the title bar, there is a toolbar the icons of which are functionally grouped.

Below this toolbar, there is a list of available measurement series in the left part of the window. The right part of the window is the area for the graphical representation of the readings of a series of measurements.

Below the graphical view, you can see some statistics and also a tabular listing of the measured values.

At the bottom of the main window there are two status bars. The lower of the two shows the static information: the COM port, the limit values for the selected series of measurements if applicable, and the date and time format.
The upper status bar shows the dynamic data like the connection status.

Gruppe “Verbindung”

| Verbindung mit dem PCE-RVI 2/8/10 herstellen
| Verbindung mit dem PCE- RVI 2/8/10 trennen
Gruppe “Daten”
| Starten einer Messung
| Beenden einer laufenden Messung
| Laden von Messwerten aus einer Datei
| Speichern der Messwerte in eine Datei
| Messwerte exportieren (CSV-Format)
| Aktuell selektierte Messreihe löschen
Gruppe “Grafik“
| Vergrößerung eines Grafikbereichs (“Zoomen”) bzw. Bewegen der vergrößerten Grafik
| Wiederherstellung der originalen Grafik
| Hintergrund und Darstellung der Grafik ändern
| Drucken der aktuell sichtbaren Grafik
**| Speichern der aktuell sichtbaren Grafik
Gruppe “Einstellungen”
**| Den Einstellungs-Dialog aufrufen
**| Auswahl einer vom Programm unterstützten Sprache
Gruppe “Programm”
**| Einen Informations-Dialog anzeigen
****| Das Programm beenden

Operation

The first use of the software

Before the PCE-RVI 2/8/10 can work with the software, the assigned COM port must be set in the software once. It can be set via the “settings dialogue”

In addition to the connection data, further settings for the date and time format and the delimiter for the export of the series of measurements can be made here.

Connect to the PCE-RVI 2/8/10

After the desired settings have been made and the settings dialogue has been closed with a click on the “Apply” button, the connection to the device can be established by clicking on the icon.

If the connection could be successfully established, the term “Connected” is displayed in green on the status bar for the dynamic data.

Disconnect from the PCE-RVI 2/8/10

By clicking on the icon, an active connection to the meter can be terminated.
If you exit the software while the connection is active, the connection will also be terminated.
When the software is not connected, “Disconnected” will be displayed in red in the status bar for the dynamic data.

Performing the measurement

After clicking on the icon, a new dialogue will be displayed where the name of the new series of measurements can be determined. After confirming via the “Apply” button, the measurement is started.

Loading and saving series of measurements

To save a series of measurements, it must first be selected in the overview of the series of measurements currently available in the software (left-hand side of the programme).

Now click on the button to name the file and determine a folder for this series of measurements and to save the name and folder.

A series of measurements can be loaded by clicking on the icon and selecting a folder and determining a file name.
Alternatively, you can “drag & drop” the file from the Windows Explorer to the list of series of measurements in the software.

Exporting series of measurements

Using the icon in the toolbar, the complete content of a single series of measurements can be exported in CSV format.

If desired, the delimiter can be changed with the help of the settings dialogue

List of measurement series

In the left part of the main window, there is an overview of all series of measurements currently available in the software.

Depending on what series of measurements has been selected, the graph and also the statistical data are updated.

A right click allows you to set limit values for the viscosity of this series of measurements, to rename or to delete a series of measurements. A series of measurements can also be renamed by pressing the “F2” key or deleted by pressing the “Del” key or clicking on the icon.

Numerical display

In the lower part of the main window, all the measured values are tabulated.

Statistical data

To the left of the chart, you can see the statistics of the currently selected measurement.

Graphical representation

The graph shows the course of the temperature and the viscosity. The x axis shows the time in seconds. PCE-RVI-2-Laboratory-
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Information window
Moving the mouse cursor to a point in the displayed line makes a small information window with the data (time and unit) of the currently selected measurement value pop up after a short time.

Enlargement/zooming
A freely selectable part of the displayed graph can be enlarged.

For this purpose, the corresponding icon in the toolbar (“Enlarge the graph area (“Zooming”) or move the enlarged graph) must be a magnifying glass .

Then, a rectangle can be drawn over a part of the graph by holding the mouse button down. When the mouse button is released, the selected area appears as a new graph.

As soon as at least one enlargement has been made, it is possible to switch from enlargement mode to shift mode by clicking the icon (“Enlarge the graph area (“Zooming”) or move the enlarged graph) with the magnifying glass icon.

Shift mode is represented by the icon.

If the mouse is now placed over the graph area and then the left mouse button is pressed, the depicted section can be moved by holding the mouse button down.

Another click on the icon changes back to enlargement mode, which is recognizable by the icon.

Restore complete view
The original graph can be restored at any time by clicking on the icon next to the magnifying glass or hand.

Activating the background
The background of the graph and its representation can be changed via the icon to the right. A click on the icon works like a switch:
A single click makes the division of the background finer and adds some more dots to the graph. A further click on the icon changes back to standard view.

Printing the graph
The currently displayed graph can also be printed.

A click on the icon opens the “Print” dialogue.

Saving the graph
To save the currently displayed graph, just click on the icon. These formats are possible for the graph: BMP, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF and VMF.

PCE Instruments contact information

Germany
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