LogTag TIC20 User Manual

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20 Day Transit Temperature Indicator

with display

DOCUMENT REVISION 1.3, 16 Apr 2013

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Contents

Contents .................................................................................................................................................. 2

Document revision history ....................................................................................................................... 2

Introduction.............................................................................................................................................. 3

Controls ................................................................................................................................................... 3

Display Overview .................................................................................................................................... 4

Display elements during monitoring .................................................................................................... 4

Display elements when reviewing statistics ........................................................................................ 5

Operation................................................................................................................................................. 5

Starting the Indicator ........................................................................................................................... 6

Monitoring Display Mode ..................................................................................................................... 7

Stopping the Indicator .......................................................................................................................... 8

Battery indication ................................................................................................................................. 9

Alarm settings ....................................................................................................................................... 10

Sample Alarm settings ....................................................................................................................... 10

Reviewing Statistic Data ....................................................................................................................... 11

Sample data set ................................................................................................................................. 11

Review walk-through ......................................................................................................................... 12

TIC20 Factory Pre-sets ......................................................................................................................... 16

Product Specifications ........................................................................................................................... 17

Document revision history

Ver

Date

Author

Details

0.1 CW

Initial TIC10 10day device

0.2

3/8/2011

MJ

Mod to TIC20, 20 day device. Updated LCD images and added the four WHO types

0.3

7/12/2011

MJ

Updated LCD images to include triggered ALARM temperature points during MONITORING and STOPPED modes.

0.4

13/1/2012

MJ

Change entering Review mode to push and release within 1 second.

1.0

1/6/2012

MJ

Removed Type3 and Type4 Models, devices configured for 10 day only, 1st released specification.

1.0

26/9/2012

17/10/12

MJ MJ

Devices configured for 20days. Change memory type in product Specifications, corrected product weight.

1.1

13/12/12

SL

Corrected various issues, general edit for readability. Added correct photos

1.2

27/12/12

SL

Small adjustments in terminology to align with TICT specification document. Moved Specification to last page (same as TICT document).

1.3

16/04/13

SL

Created LogTag® specific version of document without WHO products, clarified temperature specs

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Introduction

The LogTag® TIC20 20 Day Transit Pharmaceutical Temperature Indicator has been designed for use in applications where temperature & time statistics are monitored in pharmaceutical transports of up to 20 days duration.

The Indicator allows viewing key transit data on its built-in display, including statistics of readings that meet or exceed pre-specified alarm limits. This allows a shipment pass/fail decision to be made without the need for any other device such as a computer or printer. The display can be photocopied if a record is required. The indicator can be downloaded if required via the free LogTag Analyzer companion software and the TICT/TIC20 interface.

Two push buttons allow starting and stopping the Indicator and can also be used to navigate the various display screens.

Controls

The TIC20 has two buttons, which allow starting and stopping the Indicator and can also be used to navigate the various display screens.

START STOP

Press and hold for 5 seconds to activate and START the Indicator.

Press and hold for 6 seconds to STOP the Indicator. Return to Stopped screen during review

REVIEW

Press and release within 1 second to view daily statistics. (when Indicator is stopped)

Momentary press to advance the display to the next day’s statistics.

While in READY or STOPPED mode the display will turn off to conserve power. Pressing either button will cause the screen to activate and remain activated for a period of 30 seconds of no button activity.

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Display Overview

None of the alarm summary or statistic display modes have any flashing elements, so the display can be photocopied.

Display elements during monitoring

Elapsed Time

since start of monitoring

Current Temperature

Monitored Load

Load OK For a reject load

will appear, with additional information about the Alarms

Battery Condition

Battery OK

For Low battery

will appear

Recording Summary Area

This area contains to

markers. The markers are only visible for days on which alarms were triggered.

covers the first 24 hours

of recording.

and one or more temperature limit markers may also be displayed.

STATUS:

READY

ready to be started

START DELAY

in delayed start

MONITORING

Reading & Storing statistics

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Display elements when reviewing statistics

Day’s temperature summary

For each 24 hour period the maximum (MAX) or minimum (MIN) recorded temperature is shown, if it exceeded or fell below one of the pre-set alarm limits.

Recording summary

This area contains to markers. The ► arrow next to a marker indicates the

day for which the summary data are displayed.

covers the first 24 hours of recording.

STATUS:

STOPPED

Finished recording Only when the indictor has

been stopped can the statistics be displayed.

Limit Markers

For each day, statistics for up to four different temperature limits are collected.

If an arrow ► is displayed next to

ALM1

,

ALM2, ALM3

or

ALM4

, an alarm occurred

at this level. When reviewing, the arrow next to a

temperature limit marker indicates this limit’s statistics are being displayed.

Day’s time summary

If the recorded temperature exceeded or fell below one of the pre-set limits, the DURATION indicates how long the recorded values were above or below this limit (represented by the highlighted limit marker).

If this resulted in an Alarm being triggered, the TRIGGER AT time indicates the hour at which the temperature was first recorded above or below this limit.

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Operation

Starting the Indicator

READY State

A short press of either button will activate the display.

If READY is displayed, the Indicator can be started. The Battery condition is also displayed as

- OK ( )

- Low( )

After 30 seconds the Indicator will re-enter a hibernated state and the display will switch off.

To start the Indicator press and hold the START button for 5 seconds.

The MONITORING indicator will flash. When MONITORING is permanently lit, release the

START button within 2 seconds.

START DELAY State The indicator has now started its 60 minute START

DELAY countdown. It should be immediately

placed in the load to be monitored so that the temperature is stable and within specification once the monitoring begins.

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Monitoring Display Mode

Monitoring Display - LOAD OK

In this example, the device has been monitoring for 18 hours and is still active.

The symbol is shown as no alarms have been triggered.

The last temperature reading is also displayed.

Monitoring Display - LOAD REJECT

In this example, the device has been monitoring for 6 days and 1 hour and is still active.

The symbol has been replaced by the symbol, and since a >45°C ALARM has occurred, the load should be rejected.

Markers for the days on which the temperature has exceeded or fallen below the preset temperature limits are shown. The screen example shows that on , and temperatures outside the preset acceptance limits were recorded.

Both screens show ‘MONITORING’ to indicate that temperatures are still being recorded and that the unit is still active.

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Stopping the Indicator

You must take care when stopping the indicator, as it cannot be restarted once stopped.

Stopping Display – initiating stop

Press and hold the STOP button for 6 seconds.

The text adjacent to the MONITORING text will flash, indicating a pending stop.

Stopping Display – pending stop waiting for release When STOPPED is permanently lit, release the STOP

button within 2 seconds.

If you release the STOP button before the STOPPED text becomes permanently lit, or you do not release the STOP button inside 2 seconds after the STOPPED text is permanently lit, the unit will not stop, and the state returns to

MONITORING.

Stopped Display – Monitoring is complete

The indicator has now stopped recording. The trip duration was 6 days and 1 hour. An ALARM occurred on , and . The load should be rejected as indicated by the symbol.

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Battery indication

The battery condition can be OK or LOW, as shown in the display examples below.

An Indicator should not be used if it shows the low battery symbol at the beginning of a trip. Indicators with a low battery not yet recording cannot be started.

Battery is Low

Battery is OK

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Alarm settings

LogTag® TIC20 indicators are purchased with one of a number of different factory configuration profiles pre-installed (see TIC20 Factory Pre-sets on page 16). The following pages are based on these sample Alarm settings.

Alarm levels

Temperature alarm limit

Period of exposure

ALM1

<= -0.5°C single event

1 hour

ALM2

>= 30°C cumulative exposure

10 hours

ALM3

>= 45°C single event

1 hour

ALM4

Disabled

Example of an alarm display for above alarm limits.

The symbol is displayed continuously if any alarm was triggered during monitoring.

Temperature statistics for day 5 are displayed (cursor ► next to ).

The temperature went below the <-0.5°C limit (► next to

ALM1

), which also triggered the ‘ALARM’. The duration of the alarm and the trigger hour are also displayed.

Each day represents a period of 24 hours from 0:00:00 to 23:59:59. Day 1 begins when the start delay has elapsed and the Indicator starts monitoring. A new day starts when the clock advances from 23:59:59 to 0:00:00. On the display the ‘hours’ will change from 23 to 0.

Readings and durations are always allocated against the day in which they occur. If a new day starts during a period of exposure to temperatures outside the acceptable range, each day is allocated the partial time of exposure. Both parts count towards a single event.

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Reviewing Statistic Data

Sample data set

An example data set is used to demonstrate an Indicator with the alarm settings as described above, where monitoring was stopped on day 10.

For this example the processing on a day by day basis for ten days is as shown in the table below:-

Carried

over

Exposure

hrs

Total hrs

Alarm

Trigger-hr

To be

carried over

Statistic

Displayed

DAY 1

> 45 deg

0

0.5

no

n/a 0 Max 46°C, 30 min duration

> 30 deg

0 2 2

no

n/a 2 Max 46°C, 2 hrs duration

< 0.5deg

0 0 0

no

n/a

10

DAY 2

> 45 deg

0 0 0

no

n/a

0 > 30 deg

2 0 2

no

n/a

2 < 0.5deg

0 0 0

no

n/a

18

DAY 3

> 45 deg

0 0 0

no

n/a

0 > 30 deg

2 0 2

no

n/a

2 < 0.5deg

0 0 0

no

n/a

0

DAY 4

> 45 deg

0 0 0

no

n/a

0 > 30 deg

2 0 2

no

n/a

2 < 0.5deg

0

0.5

.5

no

n/a 0 Min -0.7°C, 30 min duration

DAY 5

> 45 deg

0 0 0

no

n/a

0 > 30 deg

2 0 2

no

n/a

2 < 0.5deg

0 4 4

yes

18 0 Min -2.0°C, 4 hrs, 18th hr trigger

DAY 6

> 45 deg

0 0 0

no

n/a

0

> 30 deg

2 0 2

no

n/a

2 < 0.5deg

0 0 0

no

n/a

0

DAY 7

> 45 deg

0 1 1

yes (1)

19 0 Max 48.5°C,6 hrs,19th hr trigger

> 30 deg

2 6 8

no

n/a 8 Max 48.5°C, 6 hrs duration

< 0.5deg

0 0 0

no

07

17

DAY 8

> 45 deg

0 0 0

no

n/a

0 > 30 deg

8

14

22

yes (2)

2 and 12

2

Max 36°C,14 hrs, 2nd hr trigger

< 0.5deg

0 0 0

no

n/a

0

DAY 9

> 45 deg

0 0 0

no

n/a

0 > 30 deg

2

4.5

6.5

no

n/a

6.5

Max 33°C, 4.5 hrs duration

< 0.5deg

0 0 0

no

n/a

5

DAY 10

> 45 deg

0 0 0

no

n/a

END > 30 deg

2 0 2

no

n/a

END < 0.5deg

0 0 0

no

n/a

END

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Review walk-through

Day

Temperature conditions and alarm trigger status

Display

1 Press and release the REVIEW button.

The ► arrow will appear next to . If temperatures exceeded or fell below any limit,

the statistics data and any alarm raised are now displayed.

In this instance temperatures above 30°C (indicated by the ► next to

ALM2

) were recorded for 2 hours, with a maximum of 46.0°C. This did not trigger an alarm, as the alarm trigger requires cumulative exposure of 10 hours or more to temperatures above 30°C.

Press and release the REVIEW button to advance to the next screen.

On day 1 temperatures above 45°C were recorded for a time of 30 Minutes, indicated by the ► next to

ALM2

. Again, this did not trigger an alarm, as only constant exposure for one hour to temperatures above 45°C triggers this alarm.

2 Press and release the REVIEW button to

advance to the next screen.

Since no further events were recorded for day 1, the screen now shows data for day 2, indicated by the arrow ►next to .

Temperatures remain below 30°C and above -0.5°C during all of day 2, therefore no statistics are being displayed, and no alarms have yet been triggered.

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Day

Temperature conditions and alarm trigger status

Display

3 Press and release the REVIEW button to

advance to the next screen.

Since no further events were recorded for day 2, the screen now shows data for day 3, indicated by the arrow ►next to .

Temperatures remain below 30°C and above -0.5°C during all of day 2, therefore no statistics are being displayed, and no alarms have been triggered.

4 Press and release the REVIEW button to

advance to the next screen.

Since no further events were recorded for day 3, the screen now shows data for day 4, indicated by the arrow ►next to .

Temperatures below -0.5°C were recorded for a time of 30 Minutes, indicated by the ► next to

ALM1

. This did not trigger an alarm, as only constant exposure for one hour to temperatures lower than -0.5°C triggers this alarm.

5 Press and release the REVIEW button to

advance to the next screen.

Since no further events were recorded for day 4, the screen now shows data for day 5, indicated by the arrow ►next to .

Temperatures below -0.5°C were recorded for a total time of 4 hours. This triggered the alarm

ALM1

, as constant exposure for more than one hour to temperatures lower than -0.5°C was recorded.

The first temperature reading below -0.5°C was recorded after 17 hours on day 5, and after 18 hours on that day the alarm condition was met, which is shown as the alarm trigger time.

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Day

Temperature conditions and alarm trigger status

Display

6 Press and release the REVIEW button to

advance to the next screen.

Since no further events were recorded for day 5, the screen now shows data for day 6, indicated by the arrow ►next to .

Temperatures remain below 30°C and above

0.5°C during all of day 2, therefore no statistics are being displayed, and no alarms have been triggered.

7 Press and release the REVIEW button.

Since no further events were recorded for day 6, the screen now shows data for day 7, indicated by the arrow ►next to .

In this instance temperatures above 30°C (indicated by the ► next to ALM 2) were recorded for 6 hours, with a maximum of 48.5°C. This did not trigger an alarm, as the alarm trigger requires cumulative exposure of 10 hours or more to temperatures above 30°C.

Press and release the REVIEW button.

Temperatures above 45°C were recorded for a time of 1 hour with a maximum reading of

48.5°C. This triggered a single event alarm at 19 hours, indicated by the ► next to ALM 3.

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Day

Temperature conditions and alarm trigger status

Display

8 Press and release the REVIEW button.

Since no further events were recorded for day 7, the screen now shows data for day 8, indicated by the arrow ►next to .

Temperatures above 30°C were recorded for 14 hours with a maximum temperature of 36.0°C.

The >30°C alarm trigger ALM 2 occurred at hour 2, when the cumulative time for temperature exposure above 30°C reached 10 hours.

A second >30°C alarm trigger occurs again at hour 12, but only the 1st alarm statistic is shown.

9 Press and release the REVIEW button.

Since no further events were recorded for day 8, the screen now shows data for day 9, indicated by the arrow ►next to .

Temperatures above 30°C were recorded for 4.5 hours, with a maximum of 33.0°C. This did not trigger an alarm.

10

Press and release the REVIEW button.

Since no further events were recorded for day 9, the screen now shows data for day 10, indicated by the arrow ►next to .

Temperatures remain below 30°C and above -0.5°C during day 10, therefore no statistics are being displayed, and no alarms have been triggered.

The Indicator was stopped on Day10. Pressing the REVIEW button again will display

the statistics for . Pressing the START STOP button at any time

will show the STOPPED display

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TIC20 Factory Pre-sets

LogTag® TIC20 indicators cannot be client configured, but instead are purchased with one of a number of different factory configuration profiles pre-installed. If a default configuration does not suit, customers can compile their own profile by specifying the parameters in the table below when ordering. Please note that minimum order quantities apply for TIC20 units with profiles not stocked by LogTag®.

The default configuration profile is called “Profile 0006”; each custom configuration is assigned a different profile number which can be used for ordering.

Description

Profile 0006

(default)

Range / Option

Requirement

Maximum Days

(Maximum number of days to monitor)

20

1-20

Sampling interval

6 minutes*

1 to 15 minutes

Start Delay

60 minutes

0 to 99 minutes, 0=no delay

Display Temperature units

°C

°C or °F **

Hibernate once STOPPED

(Stops the Real Time Clock, increases length of period in which the unit can be downloaded)

off

on or off

Allow stopping with STOP button

on

on or off

ALM 1

(Alarm Limit 1)

Monitor this alarm

enabled

enabled or disabled

Temperature limit value

10°C

-30°C to 60°C (-22°F to 140°F)

Alarm activation

instant

instant, accumulated or consecutive***

Activation delay time

****

N/A

1 minute to 45 days

Direction

upper

upper/lower

ALM 2

(Alarm Limit 2)

Monitor this alarm

enabled

enabled or disabled

Temperature limit value

8°C

-30°C to 60°C (-22°F to 140°F)

Alarm activation

accumulated

instant, accumulated or consecutive***

Activation delay time

****

12 hours

1 minute to 45 days

Direction

upper

upper/lower

ALM 3

(Alarm

Limit 3)

Monitor this alarm

enabled

enabled or disabled

Temperature limit value

2°C

-30°C to 60°C (-22°F to 140°F)

Alarm activation

accumulated

instant, accumulated or consecutive***

Activation delay time

****

12 hours

1 minute to 45 days

Direction

lower

upper/lower

ALM 4

(Alarm

Limit 4)

Monitor this alarm

enabled

enabled or disabled

Temperature limit value

0°C

-30°C to 60°C (-22°F to 140°F)

Alarm activation

instant

instant, accumulated or consecutive***

Activation delay time

****

N/A

1 minute to 45 days

Direction

lower

upper/lower

* 6 minutes = 0.1 hour; preferred intervals are 1, 2, 3, 6 and 12 minutes ** When °F is chosen, temperatures above 99°F will be shown on the display without a decimal point, but will be listed correctly in downloaded

data.

*** Instant = one temperature reading is above/below limit; consecutive = temperature readings are above/below limit for the time defined in the

activation delay time without interruption (single event); accumulative = temperature readings above/below limit for a total of time defined in the Activation delay time, but may not necessarily be sequential.

**** Delay times for alarm activations must be in multiples of the sampling interval.

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Product Specifications

LogTag® Part Code

TIC20

Operating Temperature Range

-30°C to +60°C (-22°F to +140°F)

Ambient humidity range during transport and use

0% to 95%RH

Resolution

0.1°C or better in range of -30°C to +60°C

0.2°F from -22°F to 99.8°F, 1°F from 100°F to +140°F

Accuracy

better than ±0.5°C for -10°C to +40°C (+14°F to +104°F) better than ±1.0°C for -30°C to -10°C (-22°F to +14°F) better than ±1.0°C for +40°C to +60°C (+104°F to +140°F)

Capacity

Minimum & maximum temperature for each of the 20 days. 1st activation of each alarm for each day including trigger time and duration of each excursion. Please note the TICT does not store each individual temperature reading taken.

Memory type

Non-volatile.

Sampling Interval

1-15minutes, factory set to 6 minute interval for profile 0006 (i.e. 0.1hour)

Recordings

20 day statistics, temperature/time excursions and alarm trigger time and duration for each day.

Start delay

1-99 minutes, factory set to 60 minutes for profile 0006

Sensor

Precision electronic thermistor

Sensor Reaction time

T90 less than 7 minutes by method detailed in EN12830:1999

Vibration

Withstands vibration specification as detailed in EN12830:1999

Shock

Withstands shock specification as detailed in EN12830:1999 Withstand 5 drops 1m to smooth concrete floor without loss of function or calibration.

Environmental

IEC 60529: IP64

Resistance to Electrical Storms

Designed to resist the effects of intense electrical storms.

Power source

3V Lithium battery – non replaceable

Battery life

Minimum storage life of 18 months before ‘start’. Monitoring period: 20 days. Minimum accessibility (display) period of 6 months after ‘stopped’

Size

73mm(H) x 54.5mm(W) x 8.6mm(T) (Volume < 34cm3)

Weight

30g.

Case Material

Polycarbonate.

Warranty

One year replaceable warranty against defects in materials and workmanship from the date of purchase. Excludes misuse or abuse of the product or as a result of unauthorized alteration or repairs.

Calibration

Certificate of Traceability and Calibration to ISO/IEC17025 available on request.

EMC compliance

EC EMC directives (EN 61000-6-1:2005 & EN 61000-6-3:2006) Including electrostatic discharge as prescribed in EN 61000-4-2. Complies with FCC Part 15 Subparts A and B.

Alarms function & display

Alarms are displayed on a custom LCD. Display is static allowing photocopying.

This product is designed to meet or exceed the WHO PQS performance specification E06/TR07.x

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