Innovair DS200 Channel Graphing Multimeter Owner’s Manual

Innovair DS200 Channel Graphing Multimeter

Product Information

The DS200 Channel Graphing Multimeter (hereafter The Meter) is a battery powered multimeter capable of handheld and remote operation. It meets CAT III IEC 61010-1 3rd edition and 61010-2-030 standards. The Meter is designed to be used in fixed equipment installations at the distribution level, such as mains installations of buildings, distribution boards, busbars, and permanently connected equipment. It should not be used for CAT IV circuits, which includes any mains circuits not protected by abuilding’s breakers.

Package Contents

• Innova Meter (1)
• 1.5V AA Alkaline Batteries installed (2)
• 12A HRC fuse installed (1)
• Test Leads (3)
• Carrying case (1)

Safety Information
Use caution in the operation of this device. Improper use may result in injury or death. Read this user manual before operating the meter.

• WARNING: Denotes a potentially hazardous situation that may result in injury or death.
• CAUTION: Denotes a potentially hazardous situation that may result in damage to the meter.
• NOTE: Denotes a situation that may result in degraded or incorrect measurement.

Important safety precautions:

• Always remove leads before opening the case.
• Use caution working with voltages above 30VAC rms, 42VAC peak, or 60VDC. Voltages this high pose a risk of shock. Never apply more than 600V between any terminal and earth ground.
• Do not operate the meter unless it is fully assembled with both case screws tight.
• Only use appropriately rated fuses.
• Always check for damage before use. Pay special attention to the test leads for signs of damaged insulation or exposed conductors. Immediately replace damaged leads.
• Do not apply more than 2.0V to the auxiliary terminal with respect to Common. Doing so may draw unexpected current and trigger protection circuits. In this event, basic functionality will automatically return within one minute. Accuracy may be adversely affected for up to five minutes.
• Error messages may appear on the user interface. Read these messages for further information.
• Only use test leads that are rated to at least CAT III 600V.
• Keep fingers behind the guards on the leads.

Terminal Descriptions

DC)
A| Input terminal for measuring voltages to 600V RMS (AC and
DC)
V| Input terminal for measuring resistance, diode drop, and
voltages up to 1.2V

Introduction

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The DS200 Channel Graphing Multimeter (hereafter “The Meter”) is a battery powered multimeter capable of handheld and remote
The Meter meets CAT III IEC 61010-1 3rd edition and 61010-2-030 standards. Overvoltage category III (CAT III) defines a level of safetyappropriate for the transient overvoltages present in fixed equipment installations at the distribution level. This includes the mains installation of a building, distribution boards, busbars, and permanently connected equipment. Do not use this multimeter for CAT IV circuits, which includes any mains circuits not protected by a building’s breakers.

PACKAGE CONTENTS

• Innova Meter (1)
  • 1.5V AA Alkaline Batteries installed (2)
  • 12A HRC fuse installed (1)
• Test Leads (3) Carrying case (1)

SAFETY INFORMATION

WARNING: Denotes a potentially hazardous situation that may result in injury or death
CAUTION: Denotes a potentially hazardous situation that may result in damage to the meter
NOTE: Denotes a situation that may result in degraded or incorrect measurement

• Use caution in the operation of this device. Improper use may result in injury or death. Read this user manual before operating the meter
• Always remove leads before opening the case.
• Do not operate the meter unless it is fully assembled with both case screws tight.
• Only use appropriately rated fuses.
• Always check for damage before use. Pay special attention to the test leads for signs of damaged insulation or exposed conductors. Immediately replace damaged leads.
• Only use test leads that are rated to at least CAT III 600V
• Keep fingers behind the guards on the leads.
• Use caution working with voltages above 30VAC rms, 42VAC peak, or 60VDC. Voltages this high pose risk of shock.
• Never apply more than 600V between any terminal and earth ground.
• Do not apply more than 2.0V to the auxiliary terminal with respect to Common. Doing so may draw unexpected current and trigger protection circuits. In this event, basic
• functionality will automatically return within one minute. Accuracy may be adversely affected for up to five minutes.
• Error messages may appear on the user interface. Read these messages for further information.

TABLE 1 SYMBOL S

TABLE 2 TERMINALS

Basic Measurement Instructions

MEASURING VOLTAGE
WARNING: Risk of Electrocution. For determining whether a circuit is “live” exercise caution if the meter does not report a voltage. This may indicate a poor connection to the circuit being tested. Make sure the probe tips are fully in contact with the circuit before assuming the circuit is safe.
Two of the DS200 Multimeter’s input terminals are capable of making
basic voltage measurements:
The V terminal can measure up to 600V RMS and is intended for traditional AC and DC voltage measurements.
The Ω terminal can measure up to 1V peak (~0.7V RMS for pure-sine AC) and allows for several new measurement techniques described later in this manual.
See the ratings section for further details on the measurement ranges.

MEASURING CURRENT WITH INTERNAL CURRENT SHUNT
WARNING: Exercise care when connecting in series with a circuit, especially those containing motor(s). Sudden disconnects may create higher than expected voltages due to inductive kick.
WARNING: Perform a Fuse Check before measuring currents with the internal current shunt. Exercise caution in determining whether a circuit is “live” if the meter does not report a current. This may indicate either a poor connection or a blown fuse.

NOTE: AC current range is limited by the instantaneous current.
Peaks above the listed limits will result in incorrect readings. Derate AC current limits with high crest factors accordingly.
Disconnect power from the circuit to be measured.
Break the circuit and wire the meter in series through the “A” and “C” terminals.
Positive DC current flows into the “A” terminal.

MEASURING CURRENT WITH INTERNAL CURRENT SHUNT
WARNING: This measurement mode is capable of measuring currents many orders of magnitude larger than is typically pos-sible with a handheld meter. Exercise caution while interfacing to high ampacity circuits.

MEASURING RESISTANCE
NOTE: Do not measure resistance on a live circuit. Doing so will result in incorrect readings and may engage the internal protection circuitry. Should this occur, wait 5 minutes before taking further measurements.
Resistance is measured between the Ω and C terminals. Polarization is not important.
The meter uses a 100nA test current in its MΩ ranges and a 100uA test current in its kΩ ranges.

DIODE TESTING
NOTE: Do not use the diode test functionality while connected to a live circuit. Doing so will result in incorrect readings and may engage the internal protection circuitry. Should this occur, wait 5 minutes before taking further measurements.
To test diodes or other silicon junction devices, a test current is pushed through the device under test and the resulting voltage is measured.
Positive test current flows out of the Ω terminal and into the C terminal.
The test current is 100µA.

USING A BNC ADAPTOR
The 4 terminals are arranged with 0.75” spacing to allow for use of a standard BNC adapter. Measurements using the A or Ω terminals can be used with the C terminal as usual.
To use a BNC adapter with the “V” input, use the “A” terminal as the common input. The “A” and “C” terminals are internally connected with a low impedance (<=20mOhms).

Two Channel Measurements

Your DS200 Multimeter is capable of reading any two of its three channels simultaneously.

NOTE: Measurements using the internal current shunt will experience a degree of cross-talk due to the impedence of the Common lead. Other measurement types will also experience this cross-talk, but it should be negligible.

MEASURING SMALL RESISTANCES/CALIBRATING A CURRENT SHUNT
The DS200 Multimeter can be used to measure small resistances in a live circuit. The meter simultaneously measures the current and the corresponding voltage with the precision voltage channel (Ω), and then finds the slope to calculate resistance.
This can be done with either the internal current shunt or an external current clamp. Using a current clamp allows the measurement to be done without breaking the circuit and allows for test currents above 10 Amps.
Wire the meter in as shown and enable the measurement mode. Apply a test current and run the analysis.
The analysis works best with several points along the curve. Therefore, the optimal test current has a large magnitude and a strong time-varying component below 1kHz. Often this test current can be the current already present within the system due to normal operation. For exam-ple, an AC system’s steady state or a DC systems startup transient may provide sufficient data.

POWER FACTOR
Power factor compares apparently power and actual power, and is a measure of how effectively a load uses available power. This measurement requires voltage and current measurements.
Current measurement can be done with either internal or external current shunt mode. Power Factor is a “unitless” measure, so the gain accuracy of the measurements does not affect the measurement accuracy. Therefore, the existing wiring can be used as an external current shunt without calibration.

Maintenance

OPENING UP YOUR DS200 MULTIMETER
WARNING: To avoid electric shock, disconnect test leads from the meter before opening the meter.

1. Disconnect all test leads.
2. Unscrew both retaining screws from the bottom of the case with a Phillips head screwdriver.
3. Separate the two halves.
4. Taking special care not to bend the circuit board, grasp the circuit board as shown near the connectors and pull it out of the top half of the enclosure.
5. Your meter is now fully disassembled. The batteries, fuse and reset button are now accessible.

CLOSING YOUR INNOVA MULTIMETER
WARNING: Risk of electrical shock. Do not operate the meter while partially disassembled.x

1. Place the PCB in the bottom enclosure half. Use the “J” shaped fin for alignment with the corresponding cut-out in the PCB.
2. Close the two halves together.
3. Replace both screws. Tighten firmly.

BATTERY REPLACEMENT

1. Open the DS200 Multimeter per directions above.
2. Remove old batteries.
3. Observe the battery polarity indication on the circuit board. Insert 2 new AA 1.5V batteries as shown on the circuit board.
4. If you have inserted the batteries with the correct polarity, the Innova Multimeter’s LED will blink slowly several times before turning off. If the light does not blink, check the battery polarity.
5. Close the Innova Multimeter per directions above.

CLEANING
Gently wipe the assembled meter with a damp cloth.
Do NOT touch or apply cleaning agents to the circuit board.
Do NOT use any solvents or other cleaning agents while cleaning your Innova Multimeter. The outer housing is a polycarbonate based material, and may be damaged by incompatible cleaners.

FUSE TEST
WARNING: Always perform a Fuse Test before using the internal current shunt measurement mode.

1. Perform a resistance measurement with the C and Ω terminals connected
2. If the resistance measured is greater than 0.5Ω, replace the fuse*

• The resistance mode on the Innova Multimeter is not accurate below 1Ω. The actual resistance of the fuse should be 20mΩ.

FUSE REPLACEMENT
WARNING: Only use appropriately rated replacement fuse.

1. Open the DS200 Multimeter per directions above.
2. Gently remove existing fuse from holder.
3. Replace fuse only with appropriately rated replacement.
4. Recommended model: Reomax 632.300.12 Size 3AG 12A hold 600V 10kA minimum interrupt
5. Close the Innova Multimeter per directions above.

Replacing the SD Card

REPLACING THE SD CARD
WARNING: To avoid electric shock, disconnect all leads from the meter.
NOTE; Only use FAT32 formatted SD cards up to 32 gigabytes. Larger SD cards or cards formatted differently cannot be writ-ten to.

1. Open the meter per the directions above.
2. Press the SD card further into the slot until you feel a click.
3. Release: The SD card will eject.
4. Remove old SD card and insert new SD card.
5. Push card in with finger until you feel a click.
6. Close the meter per the directions above.

Resetting Your Innova Multimeter

RESETTING YOUR INNOVA MULTIMETER
WARNING: To avoid electric shock, disconnect all leads from the meter.

1. Open the meter per the directions above.
2. Press and Hold the button shown for 5 seconds.
3. Close the meter per the directions above.

General Specifications

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
Accuracy is specified for 1 year after calibration within 18 to 28C. Accuracies listed are for single-channel measurements only. Multi-channel measurements may degrade accuracy. For extended specifications visit www.Innova.com
All AC ranges are RMS assuming a pure sinusoid (crest factor √ ). Derate ranges linearly with increasing crest factor

50 hours typical continuous active use
Size| 1.75” x 4.5” x 1.25”
Weight| 4.3 oz
SafetyCompliance| EN61010-1:2010 Measurement Category III 600V EN61010-2-030
Pollution Degree| 2
RF Communications| 2.4 GHz ISM Band Bluetooth Low Energy
RF Communication Range| Free Space: Up to 50m
Electromagnetic compatibility| FCC Part 15.247 Subpart C ETSIEN 300-328 V1.7.1
EN 61326-1:2013 per EN 55011:2009 + A1: 2010 / Class A Radiated Emissions
EN 61326-1:2013 / ETSI EN301-489-1 V1.9.2 / EN 301- 489-17 V2.2.1/ Immunity Testing

Voltage, Terminal V:

DC Range| AC Range| Resolution| Noise Floor| Accuracy

(%+counts)

---|---|---|---|---
600 V| 600 V| 275 µV| 9 mV| 0.5 + 20
600 V| 430 V| 140 µV| 5 mV| 0.5 + 20
455 V| 320 V| 95 µV| 3 mV| 0.5 + 20
365 V| 255 V| 70 µV| 3 mV| 0.5 + 20
260 V| 185 V| 50 µV| 2 mV| 0.5 + 20
200 V| 140 V| 35 µV| 1090 µV| 0.5 + 20
135 V| 95 V| 25 µV| 730 µV| 0.5 + 20
60 V| 45 V| 20 µV| 610 µV| 0.5 + 20
40 V| 30 V| 10 µV| 305 µV| 0.5 + 20
30 V| 22 V| 6.4 µV| 205 µV| 0.5 + 20
25 V| 18 V| 4.8 µV| 155 µV| 0.5 + 20
18 V| 12 V| 3.2 µV| 105 µV| 0.5 + 20
14 V| 10 V| 2.4 µV| 80 µV| 0.5 + 20
9 V| 6 V| 1.6 µV| 55 µV| 0.5 + 20
1000 mV| 700 mV| 300 nV| 10 µV| 0.5 + 20
670 mV| 475 mV| 150 nV| 5 µV| 0.5 + 20
500 mV| 350 mV| 100 nV| 4 µV| 0.5 + 20
400 mV| 275 mV| 75 nV| 3 µV| 0.5 + 20
280 mV| 200 mV| 50 nV| 2 µV| 0.5 + 20
220 mV| 150 mV| 40 nV| 2 µV| 0.5 + 20
150 mV| 100 mV| 25 nV| 1 µV| 0.5 + 20

Current, Terminal A:

DC Range| AC Range| Resolution| Noise Floor| Accuracy

(%+counts)

---|---|---|---|---
10 A| 9 A| 3.8 µA| 120 µA| 0.5 + 50
8.5 A| 6 A| 1.9 µA| 60 µA| 0.5 + 50
6 A| 4.5 A| 1.3 µA| 40 µA| 0.5 + 50
5 A| 3.5 A| 1 µA| 30 µA| 0.5 + 50
3.5 A| 2.5 A| 0.7 µA| 20 µA| 0.5 + 50
2.75 A| 2 A| 0.5 µA| 15 µA| 0.5 + 50
1.75 A| 1.25 A| 0.4 µA| 10 µA| 0.5 + 50

Resistance

Voltage, Auxiliary Terminal:

DC Range| AC Range| Resolution| Noise Floor| Accuracy

(%+count)

---|---|---|---|---
1000 mV| 700 mV| 300 nV| 10 µV| 0.5 + 20
680 mV| 475 mV| 150 nV| 5 µV| 0.5 + 20
510 mV| 350 mV| 100 nV| 4 µV| 0.5 + 20
400 mV| 275 mV| 75 nV| 3 µV| 0.5 + 20
290 mV| 200 mV| 50 nV| 2 µV| 0.5 + 20
220 mV| 150 mV| 40 nV| 2 µV| 0.5 + 20
150 mV| 100 mV| 25 nV| 1 µV| 0.5 + 20

Diode Voltage Drop

Radio Notices

RADIO NOTICES
FCC Notice (for U.S. Customers):
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules:
Operation is subject to the following conditions:

1. This device many not cause harmful interference, and
2. This device must accept any interference received, Including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Changes and Modifications not expressly approved by Innova IEC can void your authority to operate this equipment under Federal Communications Commissions rules.

This device complies with Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s) Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1. This device may not cause interference, and
2. This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

All Rights Reserved.

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