Hobart Smart Chill Installation Manual

USER GUIDE

SMARTCHILL

Software for the Hobart QuickChiller

• Uses an IBM or compatible personal computer

• Maintains Product List, Chill Type and Targets

• Views Users and Their Status

• Retrieves and Displays Chill Cycle Data / Graphs

• Exports Chill Cycle Data to Spreadsheet

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FORM 34673 (June 2001)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Installing SmartChill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Product Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

User Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chill Cycles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Communication Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Print Products, Users or Chill Cycles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

About SmartChill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Offline Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Adding Chillers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Select Chiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Minimum System Requirements

Windows 95, 98, ME, NT or 2000 A Pentium II 300MHz 10x CD-ROM drive 64 MB RAM 800 x 600 display, 24 bit color support

INSTALLING SmartChill

1. Insert SmartChill installation disk into your CD-ROM drive.

2. Follow the instructions on the screen. If your computer does not support automatic installation, follow steps 3 – 5.

3. Use the RUN command from the Windows Start Menu, and type

d:\setup.exe (if d is the drive of the CD-ROM).

4. Press OK.

5. Follow the instructions on the screen.

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SETUP

Start SmartChill from the Windows Start menu, by selecting Programs > SmartChill > SmartChill (unless placed in another location).

• Press Yes to select a serial communication port.

(Selecting No allows you to explore SmartChill OFFLINE. Go to page 10.)

• Press ▼ to view serial communication ports (COM1 – COM5).

Possible Error Messages

• Select your serial communication port.

• Press Test Port to check the chiller connection.

Chiller Found

• Press OK.

Accepts the selected serial communication port. Go to page 4.

Cancel

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Ignores the serial communication port selection and returns to the top screen on this page.

PRODUCT EDITOR

The Product Editor allows you to create, enable or edit a product and to set the target chill parameters for each. SmartChill displays the chiller's model and serial number so you know which files are being edited.

• Displays the first product. Press Next to view the next product name; press Back to display the previous product name.

• Press Edit to change the displayed product.

• To add a new product to the list —

Press New. Enter the name (up to 18 characters). Press Add.

The new product will be added to the product list in alphabetical order. Note the change. (Press Cancel to exit without adding the new product.)

• Press Delete to remove the displayed product name from the list. Answer Yes or No.

For any product you want to be chilled —

• Select Enable to activate the product.

• Select the Termination Method:

By Temp and the Target Temperature; or By Time and the Target Chill Time (in

minutes).

• Select the Cooling Method: Chilling with or without Soft/Surface Protection. (If available on your model, you may also

select Freezing as the cooling method.)

• Select a Hold Temperature from 10 to 40°F after chilling (

temperature will be the air temperature setting during the Holding Mode which begins right after the chill cycle is completed.

Select — Available from the Chiller pull-down menu, refer to page 12.

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Print Products, Print Users or Print Chill Cycles — Available from the Chiller pull-down menu, refer to page 8.

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Options — Available from the Tools pull-down menu, refer to page 9.

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Communication Utilities — Available from either the Tools pull-down menu or from the Communications Utilities button at the bottom of the screen, refer to page 7.

–32 to 20°F after freezing). This

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