PCE Instruments PCE-313 S Users guide

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Manual

Climate Meter PCE-313

PCE Instruments UK Ltd.

Units 12/13

Southpoint Business Park

Ensign way

Hampshire / Southampton

United Kingdom, SO31 4RF

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CONTENTS

TITLE

I. Saf

ety Informat

II. Introduction

III. Specifications

IV

. Symbol Definition and Button Location

V. Operation Instructions

4.1 Power-Up…………………………………………………

4.2 Humidity and Te

4.3 Selecting the Temperature Scale………………………………………………………..

4.4 Data-Hold Operation…………………

4.5 Dat

4.6 Clock Setup ………………………………………………………

4.7 Recor

4.8 Time Operation…………….

4.9 MAX/MIN Operation………

4.10 Auto Powe
1 Low Battery C

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4.12 Digital Output…………………………

VI. Setup

RS232 interface software

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I. Safety Informa

Read the following safety informa

tion

tion carefully before attempting to operate or service the meter.
Use the meter only as specified in this manual; otherwise, the protection provided by the meter may
be impaired.

Environment conditions

Altitude up to 2000 meters

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ο Relatively

Operation Ambient 0 ~ 50℃

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humidity

90% max.

Maintenance & Clearing

Repairs or servicing not covered in this manual should only be performed by

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Periodically wipe the case wi

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th a dry cloth. Do not use abrasives or solvents on this instrument.

qualified personnel.

Safety symbols

Comply with EMC

Read safety Information first.

II. Introduction:

This instrument is a digital Humidity/Tempe
semiconductor sensor. This operations manual contains general product information and
specifications. Its internal memory can keep up to 16300 readings. (note1.) It uses a RS232
interface to perform bi-directional communication with PC.

rature meter that uses a polymer capacitive and

III. Specifications:

Numerical Display :
Measurement Range :

Resolution : 0.1%RH , 0.1℃,0.1℉

Accuracy :

Response Time :

Signal Output : RS-232 Data Output
Operating Environment : 0℃~50℃, 32℉~122℉ 0 to 90%RH non-condensing

Storage Environment : -10℃~60℃, 14℉~140℉ 0 to 80%RH non-condensing

Power Requirements :

Plug Diameter: 3.5 mm×1.35mm
Battery Life : Approx. 100hrs with alkaline battery

Weight : Approx.320g

note1:

Every time you press "REC" button to

4 digital Liquid Crystal Display.

Humidity: 0%~100%RH
Temperature: -20℃~+60℃ -

Humidity:±2.5%RH at 25℃

rature: ±0.7℃ ±1.4℉

Tempe

Humidity: 75 sec. In slowly movi

Temperature: 40 sec. in slowly moving air

Battery: One 9V battery 006p or IEC 6F

AC adapter: 9V

DC / 10mA minimum

start recording data and press "REC" button again to stop

4℉~+140℉

ng air

22 or NEDA1604

recording, there will be a data set in

memory, you can store as many data sets as you want until memory

is full.

Dimension :

Me

ter = 186(L

W)×30(H)mm ; 10.8(L)×2.5

)×64(

(W)×1.2(H)inch

Probe = 190(L)×15(D)mm ; 7.5(L)×0.6(D)inch

Accessories : Instruction Manual, 9V Battery, Carrying Case, Software, RS-232 Cable, Probe

Holder.

IV. Symbol Definition and Button Location:

°C°F : Centigrade and Fahrenheit indication.

%RH

: Relative Humidity indication.

MAX :

The Maximum value is now being displayed

MIN

: The Minimum value is now being displayed

: This indicates auto power off is enabled.
: This indicates that the display data is being held.

m-d

: month and day

h:m : hour and minute

m:s

: minute and second

Y

ear

: y

: The Battery is not suf

REC

: This indicates that the tester is recording. If it blinks, it indicates the memory is full.

ficient for proper operation.

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SETUP

TIME

CLOCK

REC

TEMP:FC420

HUMIDITY: 0%R

POWER-UP O

PTIONS

REC

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HOLD

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INTV

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F140

H100

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9V BATTERY

NEDA 1604 6F22

PLEASE READ

MANUAL FOR

OPEN

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SAFE

Button Location

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Dust mask

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probe

Sensor

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LCD display

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ON/OFF button

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Time display button

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Record button

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MAX MIN function cont

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HOLD button

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°C, °F control button

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Digital output connector (RS-232)

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AC power adapter connector

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rol button

○ ,12 Tripod connector

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Battery cabinet

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cover

V. Operatio

4.1 Power-Up

Press the
ON or OFF.
When the powered it on, the LCD will show how much memory
space is available to use.

For example: It indicates that there are 16,000 records memory space available.

4.2 Humidity and Temperature Measurement

For measurement, place the sensor probe in the test environment.

4.3 Selecting the Temperature Scale

When the meter is first powered on, the default scale setting is set at Celsius (°C) scale. The user
may change it to Fahrenheit (°F) by pressing “ °C/°F ” button and vice versa to Celsius. Next time
you power on, the scale setting will be the same as which when you powered off last time.

4.4 Data-Hold Operation

The user may hold the present reading and keep it on the display by pressing the “HOLD” button.
When the held data is no longer needed, one may release the data-hold operation by pressing
“HOLD” button again.
When the meter is under Data Hold operation, the "MAX MIN" and “ °C/°F ” button are disabled.
(when you press “ °C/°F ” and "MAX MIN" button in HOLD mode, there will be two continuous
beeps)

4.5 Data Logger

When pressing the "REC" button, the meter will start recording,
press the "REC" button again will stop recording, If you want to
clear the memory, power off the meter, then press and hold “REC”
button and then press power button, then release all buttons ,then
LCD will show "CLR" to clear the memory.

4.6 Clock Setup

n Instr

power button

uctions:

to t

urn the Humidity Temperature Meter

1: press and hold “MAX MIN” button and then power on the meter:

2: press “TIME”(clock):

3: press "REC" ▲ or "°C/°F" ▼ to increase or decrease number,

press “TIME”(clock) to adjust next item. The adjusting order is

year→ month→ day→ hour→ minute, then press “TIME” (cloc
finish adjusting. If you want abort during a setup process, press

power button to cancel.

4.7 Recording Interval Setup :

1: press and hold “MAX MIN” button and then power on the meter:

2: press “HOLD"(INTV)

3: press "REC" ▲ or "°C/°F" ▼ to increase or decrease number,

press “HOLD" (INTV) to adjust next item, then press “HOLD” (INTV)
to finish. If you want abort during a setup process, press power
button to cancel.

4.8 Time Operation:

When pressing the “TIME” button, the LCD will display time , it will show year on top of the LCD,
show month and day on the left bottom of the LCD, show hour and minute on the right bottom of
the LCD. Press "TIME" button or any other button to exit this mode. This operation will not interrupt
the recording and "MAX MIN" operation.

4.9 MAX/MIN Operation:

When pressing the "MAX MIN" button the meter will enter the MAX/MIN mode. Under this mode the
maximum value / minimum value is kept in the memory simultaneously and updated with every new
data point.
When the MAX symbol is display, the Maximum is shown on the display.
Press "MAX MIN" again, then the MIN symbol is on the display and the minimum reading is
displayed.
Press "MAX MIN" again, MAX, and MIN will blink together. This means that all data is updated in the
memory and the reading is the present temperature.
One may press "MAX MIN" to circulate the display mode among these options.
When the meter is under "MAX MIN" operation, “ °C/°F ” button are disabled.(when you press
“ °C/°F ” button in "MAX MIN" mode, there will be two continuous beep)
To exit the MAX/MIN mode, one may press and hold "MAX MIN" for two seconds.

4.10 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 and no RS232 communication and no recording.
Combination at power on can disable auto power off.
One may press and hold “HOLD” button and then power on the meter and there will be two
successive beeps to indicate that auto power off is disabled and the will not show up.

4.11 Low Battery Condition

When the battery voltage is under proper operation requirement, the symbol will show on the
LCD and the battery need to be replaced with new one.

4.12 Digital Output:

The Digital Output is a 9600bps N 81 serial interface.

TX

RX

GND

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VI. Setup TestLink (Humidity DataLogger)—RS232 interface software:

y The TestLink package c

1.One setup CD.

2.Custom designed RS232 cable for TestLink.

y System Required:

Windows 98/ NT 4.0/ NT2000/ XP.

y Minimum Hardware Required:

486-100 MHz PC compatible, 16 MB RAM ;
At least 5 MB hard disk space available to install TestLink program. Recommended display
resolution is 800X600.

y Install TestLink:

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

2.Insert the TestLink CD-ROM into your CD drive. The TestLink installer should start
automatically. If it does not, you can start it by running SETUP.EXE from the root drive of the
CD-ROM.

3.When installation is complete, it will copy TestLink.exe(executable file) and help file to your
hard disk(default is c:\program files\ TestLink)

4.For other operation instruction, please refer to the on-line help while executing TestLink.

5-1. Run TestLink

Select TestLink form “START” of Windows, figure 5.1 will show

Menu and Tool Bar

Bi-dir

ection Control Panel

Figure 5.1

ontains:

Real Time Data Sa

Real Time Graph

Real Time T abular

mpling Rate

Data Sets

Graph

Tabular

5-2. Real Time Tabular and Real

Select Run from menu or press from the tool bar to begin real time data collection from
humidity meter.
You can change the data interval by editing the sampling rate box on the right hand side of tool
bar (see figure 5.1).

5-3. DataLogger

Select DataLogger from menu to load recorded data for humidity meter. There will be a progress
bar showing how many bytes should be loaded and how many bytes have been received. When
data is loaded successfully, there will be three new window show up. (see 5-2)

Time Graph.

Data Sets Window – Display how
data set (start date, start time, recording rate and data length), and you can click at any data set to
choose the set for graph and tabular Window.

5-4. For other operation instruction, please refer to the on-line help while executing TestLink.

many data sets were loaded and the detail information for each

NOTE: "This instrument doesn’t have ATEX protection

, so it should not be used in

potentially explosive atmospheres (powder, flammable gases)."

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Graph

Tabular