Perfect Prime TC0376 Datalogger Thermometer Instruction Manual

Datalogger Thermometer
TC0376
Instruction Manualwww.perfectprime.com

 INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION
This instrument is a digital thermometer for use with a platinum-type temperature sensor.
Temperature indication follows the IEC751 temperature table for PT-type sensors.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Date and Time must be set correctly for the data logger function to work.
SPECIFICATIONS
NUMERICAL DISPLAY:
5 digital liquid crystal displays
MEASUREMENT RANGE:
-100°C ~ 400°C; -148°F ~ 752°F
RESOLUTION:
0.01°C; 0.02°F;
SENSOR TYPES:
Platinum resistance temperature sensor for pt-100 4 wires.
ALPHA=0.00385
ENVIRONMENTAL:

• Operating Temperature and Humidity: 0°C ~50°C (32°F ~ 122°F) ; 0 ~ 80% RH
• Storage Temperature: -10°C to 60°C (14°F ~ 140°F); 0 ~ 80% RH
• Altitude up to 2000 meters.

 SPECIFICATIONS

ACCURACY: AT (23 ± 5°C )

TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT:
For ambient temperatures from 0°C ~ 18°C and 28°C ~ 50°C, for each °C ambient below 18°C or above 28°C add the following tolerance into the accuracy spec.
0.005% of reading + 0.01°C ( 0.005% of reading + 0.02°F )
NOTE:
The basic accuracy Specification does not include the error of the probe please refer to the probe accuracy specification for additional details.
SAMPLE RATE:
2 times per second
DIMENSION:
185 x 65 x 36 mm(meter only)
WEIGHT:
360g Approx.
POWER REQUIREMENT:
9V Battery;
AC adapter: 9V DC(7~10V Max.)/20mA Min (Plug Diameter: 3.5mmx1.35mm)
BATTERY LIFE:
Approx. 100hours
STANDARD ACCESSORY:
Pt-100 Probe(class A), Instruction manual, 9V Battery, windows software, carrying case, USB cable.
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES:
AC adapter, RS-232 Cable.

SYMBOL DEFINITION AND BUTTON LOCATION

: The Battery is not sufficient for proper operation
MIN : The Minimum value is now being displayed
MAX : The Maximum value is now being displayed
HOLD : This indicates that the display data is being held
: This indicates Auto Power Off is enabled
REC : Readings are being logged
REL : The reading is now under Relative Mode
°C °F : Centigrade and Fahrenheit indication
– : This indicates that the minus temperature is sensed
h:m : hours; minute

OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS

4.1 POWER – UP
Press the “ ” key to turn ON the thermometer and Press and hold  “ ” buttons for 3 seconds to OFF.
4.2 CONNECTING THE THERMOCOUPLES
For measurement, plug the temperature probe into the input connectors.

4.3 SELECTING THE TEMPERATURE SCALE
When the meter was first powered on, the default scale setting is set at Celsius (°C) scale. The user may change it to Fahrenheit (°F) by pressing button and vice versa to Celsius and change default scale.
4.4 DATA HOLD OPERATION
The user may hold the present reading and keep it on the display by pressing the button. When the hold data is no longer needed, one may release the data- hold operation by pressing button again.
When the meter is under Data Hold operation, the , and button are disabled.
4.5 BACKLIGHT OPERATION
Press the button will turn backlight on and Press it once again will turn it off.
The meter will turn back light off if there is no push-button for 30 seconds.
4.6 RELATIVE OPERATION
When one press the button, the meter will memorize the present reading and the difference between the new reading and the memorized data will be shown on the display. Press the button again to exit the Relative operation.
4.7 RECORD OPERATION
Starting and Stopping Logging Setup, memory clear, and PC communications are inaccessible during logging.
Set the logging interval. (See “Changing the Logging Interval.”) Press button to start logging. The display shows “**REC**”.
Press the button again to stop logging.
4.8 MAX/MIN OPERATION:
When one press the button the meter will enter the MAX MIN mode. Under this mode the maximum value, and minimum value is kept in the memory simultaneously and updated with every new data.  When the MAX symbol is displayed, the Maximum is shown on the display.
Press the button again, then the MIN symbol is on the display and also the minimum reading.
Press the button again, and MAX and MIN will blink together. This means that all these data is updated in the memory and the reading is the present temperature.
One may press to circulate the display mode among these options.
When the meter is under MAX MIN operation, and buttons are disabled.
To exit the MAX/MIN mode, one may press and hold the button for two seconds.
4.9 AUTO POWER OFF
By default, when the meter is powered on, it is under auto power-off mode. The meter will power itself off after 30 minutes if no key operation.
One may press and hold the button and then power on the meter and there will be two successive beeps to indicate that auto power off is disabled.
4.10 LOW BATTERY CONDITION
The temperature meter low battery indication as follows
Low battery. Replace the batteries.

TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT

5.1 CORRECT MEASUREMENT METHOD
The temperature sensor is located at the end of the metal sheath of the sheath type TEMPERATURE PROBE. To accurately test internal temperature insert the probe into the item you want to measure to a distance at least 15 times the diameter of the sheath 

5.2 CONNECTOR CONFIGURATION![Perfect Prime TC0376 Datalogger Thermometer

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SETTING THE TIME

6.1 Press and hold button and then power on the meter to enter setup mode.
6.2 Press button to enter Time setting mode. The right two digits blink.
6.3 Press button until the display shows the correct year, and then press button to select. The left two digits blink.
6.4 Press button until the display shows the correct month, and then press button to select. The right two digits blink.
6.5 Press button until the display shows the correct day, and then press button to select. The left two digits blink.
6.6 Press button until the display shows the correct hour (24-hour format), and then press button to select. The right two digits blink.
6.7 Press button until the display shows the correct minutes, and then press button to store the time in memory.
NOTE:
Holding down “REC” or “°C/°F” causes the number to change more quickly.

 CHANGING THE LOGGING INTERVAL

The logging interval determines how often the thermometer stores logged readings in memory.
7.1 Press and hold button and then power on the meter to enter setup mode.
7.2 Press button to enter Interval setting mode. The left two digits blink.
7.3 Press ▲or ▼ button until the display shows the correct hour (24-hour format), and then press button to select. The right two digits blink.
7.4 Press ▲or ▼ utton until the display shows the correct minutes, and then press button to store the time in memory.
NOTE:
Holding down “REC” or “°C/°F” causes the number to change more quickly.

CLEARING MEMORY

CLEARING MEMORY
When memory is full, REC appears and blinks on the display and logging stops. You can clear memory in next power on the meter to enter clear memory mode. Press and hold button and then power on the meter to enter clear memory mode to delete logged readings from memory. The display shows the number from 5 decreases to 0.
TEMPERATURE METER CALIBRATION SETUP

Below table diagram shows each button function when user enters into calibration mode.
NOTE:
Turn the Power “OFF” before attempting the following SETUP. Setup mode is canceled during the below procedure if the “POWER” button is pressed.
9.1 TEMPERATURE CALIBRATION
Place the temperature probe in a known, stable temperature environment. Allow the readings to stabilize. In Setup change the offset until the display reading matches the calibration temperature.

 TEMPERATURE METER CALIBRATION SETUP

Press and hold buttons and then power on the meter to enter setup mode.
Press the button to enter calibration mode.(in 3 seconds)
Press the button to enter calibration mode. (in 3 seconds)
Press or button to confirm the present Temperature value.
Press the button twice to confirm selection.
Note: To abort during the process, press the button to exit calibration mode
9.2 RECALL DEFAULT FACTORY SETTING VALUE
Press and hold + buttons and then power on the meter to enter setup mode.
Press button to enter calibration mode.(in 3 seconds)
Press button to enter calibration mode. (in 3 seconds)
Press or button to confirm the present Temperature value.
Press the button twice to confirm the selection.
Note: To abort during the process, press button to exit calibration mode
9.2 RECALL DEFAULT FACTORY SETTING VALUE
Press and hold + buttons and then power on the meter to enter setup mode.
Press the button to enter calibration mode. (in 3 seconds)
Press the button to enter recall mode. (in 3 seconds)
Press the button to confirm revert back to “Default factory setting  value”
Press button to confirm selection.
Note: To abort during the process, press button to exit calibration mode.

COMMUNICATION WITH A PC

Users can transfer data from the built-in memory on the instrument to a PC through SE376 software. The communication requires a USB or RS-232 serial connection.
TESTLINK – SE 376 SOFTWARE
1. THE SE – 376 PACKAGE CONTAINS:
• 80mm CD
• Custom designed USB cable for SE376
2. SYSTEM REQUIRED:
Windows NT 4.0/ NT2000/ XP/ VISTA/ Windows 7
3. MINIMUM HARDWARE REQUIRED:

• PC or NoteBook with Pentium 800MHz or higher, 128 MB RAM
• At least 50 MB hard disk space available to install SE376
• Recommended screen resolution 1024X768 or above

4. INSTALL SE- 376 AND USB120 CONNECTOR DRIVER:

1. We recommend close all other application before installing SE376.

2. Insert setup CD disk to CD disk drive to display install screen. You may also run MainSetup.exe in the directory of the CD.

3. Click Install to begin the installation.

4. It will install USB-120 connector driver first:

5.  While installing, it will show this window below, just click “next” to continue. (see Fig.1)

6.  Select “Launch the CP210x VCP Driver Installer” option, and then click Finish. (see Fig.2)
   

7. Click Install

8. After finishing installing the USB-120 connector driver, it will install SE376 software automatically. it will copy SE376.exe ( executable file ) and help file to your hard disk ( default is c:\program files\SE376.

9. After finishing the installation, plug the USB-120 connector to PC usb port, and execute.

10. “start”→ ”My Computer”, then choose “View System Information” on the left top of the window, the window below will show up.

11.  Choose “Hardware” option and click “Device Manager” button, click “+” symbol on the left side of Ports(COM &LPT), if the device “CP2101 USB to UART Bridge Controller(COMx)” is in the list, the connector is ready to work.

5. MAIN MENU AND BUTTONS:

| Open – Retrieve files from the disk
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Save – Save the present data to the disk
Print – Send data in the present table to the printer
Pause – Stop data recording
Run – Start data recording
Output To Graph – Send tabular data to another graph
New – Reset all the data

Option – Setup dialog to set attributions of graph. (You can also double click on the graph.)
Sampling Rate – Time interval between each data to be recorded. If you want to change it, move mouse cursor to the digit you want to change and click, then input the new sampling rate. The change will be effective immediately. It will keep up to 5000 data points, when data points exceed this limit, the oldest 100 points will be replaced
sequentially.

6. REAL TIME GRAPH:

You can Zoom this graph by using mouse:
To Zoom:

1. Press and hold the Shift key
2. Press the left mouse button and drag the cursor to select the new extents
3.  Release the mouse button
   To Undo the Zoom: Press the Alt+U key or click Undo Zoom button

Note: Zooming method is not allowed in Real Time Graph Window.

7. TABULAR:

The Tabular window can be used to record real-time data in a table format. The maximum number of records that the Tabular window can keep will be depending on how much available memory and hard disk space of the connected computer.
8. DATALOGGER
When you have a thermometer connected to a computer, select “Load Data” to start loading the recorded data from the thermometer. There will be a progress indicator to show the loading progress. If an error occurs, just click “Load Data” again. After the data has been successfully loaded to the computer, the left side window shows how many data sets were loaded and their detailed information (start date, start time, recording rate, and record numbers).
For example:

It will transfer the first data set to graph and tabular on the right side window once you nish loading recorded data from the thermometer. You can click on at any data set to show its graph and tabular on the right side window.
You can choose a rectangle area on the graph to zoom in for detail. The vertical dash line in the graph will match the highlighted row in the tabular. When clicking on another row in the tabular, the vertical dash line will move to the corresponding position to match the time.

9. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION:
Q: I have connected the thermometer to the computer serial port and turned the thermometer on, but it still shows “NO CONNECTION” ?
A: It could be caused by that all serial port are occupied by other applications. Close all applications, restart your computer and run SE376 again.
Q: In the TABULAR window, I saved a file. Can I use EXCEL to open this file?
A: If the decimal separator is a comma (,) in your area, you cannot use CSV files because CSV file use comma to separate data. This will cause confusion (for example 23,6,C,24.6,C).
However, you can use TXT files instead. It uses tab to separate to data.
(For example: 23.6 C 24.6 C) and it can be accepted in EXCEL.
Q: How to uninstall SE376?
A: Uninstall SE376 by launching the Add/Remove Programs applet out of the Control Panel, highlighting the SE376, and clicking on the Add/Remove… button, then it will remove the SE376 folder and files from your computer.

 POWER PREPARATION

11.1 BATTERY LOADING
Remove the battery cover on the back and insert one 9V battery.
11.2 BATTERY REPLACEMENT
When the battery voltage drops below the operating voltage, Low battery indicator will appear. Replace a 9 Volt battery immediately to ensure the unit functions properly
11.3 AC ADAPTER CONNECTION
When the AC adapter is used, insert the plugs of the adapter into the DC9V connector on the side panel.

NOTE:
When the AC adapter is connected while battery is inserted, the unit will be powered from the adapter (the AC adapter has priority).

 MAINTENANCE

In order to ensure the accuracy of the thermometer for a longer period of time you should calibrate it once a year.
Clean the device and the window of the display with a clean, lint-free, anti- static and dry cleaning cloth.
Do not use cleaning agents that contain carbon or benzenes, alcohol or anything similar to clean the product since these substances damage the surface of the measuring instrument. Moreover, these fumes are hazardous to health and explosive. Do not use tools with sharp edges, screwdrivers, metal brushes or anything similar to clean the device.

 TEMPERATURE PROBE

13.1 PIERCING TYPE TEMPERATURE PROBE.

13.2 PIERCING TYPE TEMPERATURE PROBE SPECIFICATION:

±0.15°C ±0.002t (t: measurement temperature)
Measurement Range| -100 to 400°C
Temperature Sensor Dimensions| Approx. 05.0mm(00.2″)
Temperature Sensor Length| Approx. 230mm(9.05″)
Cable Length| Approx. 1500mm(59.0″)

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