Rice Lake MSI-8000HD User Manual

ScETTR

ScaleCore Electronic Tension Test Recorder

Operation Manual

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1.0 Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.2.1 System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

1.3 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.4 Making a connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.5 Connection State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.6 View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.7 Virtual Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1.8 Tension Test Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.9 Test Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.0 Configuration .................................................................................................................................. 7

2.1 Test Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.2 Customer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.3 Test Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.4 Tester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.5 Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.6 Test Target Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3.0 Operation....................................................................................................................................... 10

3.1 Connect to the Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.2 Enter Test Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.3 Start Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.4 Apply Tension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.5 Stop Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.6 Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.7 Report Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.8 Search Test Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3.9 Configure Report Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

3.10Save Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4.0 Appendix ....................................................................................................................................... 13

4.1 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

4.2 Acronyms and Glossary of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

How to Contact MSI ...................................................................................................................................14

Rice Lake Weighing Systems is an ISO 9001 registered company.

Specifications subject to change without notice.

October 31, 2014

Contents i

ii ScaleCore Electronic Tension Test Recorder

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1.0 Introduction

Welcome to the ScaleCore Electronic Tension Test Recorder (ScETTR) software application by Measurement Systems International (MSI). This document is intended to provide complete details of the ScETTR application from installation and quick start to a dvance d configuration and report generation.

1. 1 O ve rv i ew

ScETTR is a software application to communicate with a compatible ScaleCore family product and record tension (load) over time. Tests are archived and can be exported to mu ltiple formats. Reports include information about the test facility , customers, test equipment, test environment and tested equipment.

• Supports all ScaleCore family load sensors.

• Simple Virtual Meter interface with zero function.

• Store the (test facility) information.

• Store customer(s) information.

• Store test equipment and certification information.

• Store test environment.

• Store customizable parameters detailed the object under test.

• Generate complete reports with all information and tension log with chart.

• Reports generated in Acrobat PDF, Microsoft Word, HTML, CSV, or Microsoft Excel format .

• Tests are permanently archived and can be recalled at any time.

1.2 Installation

The ScaleCore Electronic Tension Test Recorder is distributed in the default configuration for the Micros oft

®1

Windows

operating system.

1.2.1 System Requirements

The following are the typical system requirements to run the ScaleCore Electronic Tension Test Recorder application. Specifications subject to change without notice.

W indows XP/Vista/7®1 Operating Sy stem Windows®1 Embedded Disk Usage: <200MB Display: 800x600 or greater

Other Operating Systems:

Additional operating systems may be supported with the restrictio n of requir ing TCP/IP device communications exclusively (no RS-232 serial comm unicat ions support ed). Please contact MSI for details.

1.3 Getting Started

ScETTR supports interfacing to MSI ScaleCore products from serial (RS-232) or TCP/IP sockets via Ethernet (802.3) or WiFi (802.11). The connection depends on the available interfaces of the particular ScaleCore product being used.

1. Microsoft, Encarta, MSN, and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Introduction 1

1.4 Making a connection

Note

The easiest way to connect to the ScaleCore device is the auto detect feature. Select File/Auto Detect and the ScETTR will automatically scan all available serial ports for any attached ScaleCore devices. From the results display, select a device and press the

To manually connect to a ScaleCore product, select

Open button.

File/Open Connection. ScETTR will display the

connection

parameters. Typical serial connection parameters are:

Baud Rate 96 Parity No

00 baud

ne Data Bits 8 Stop Bits 1 Flow Control No Enter the serial port name of the local computer

serial port and press OK to open the connection. Note, the last used

connection parameters will be automatically filled in for convenience.

1.5 Connection State

When a connection is first opened, the connection will transition to the searching state. This means the ScETTR application is polling the communications interface for an attached ScaleCore response is received), ScETTR will transition to the

discovery sate. During this state, ScETTR is reading the device

configuration. After the device configuration has been read, ScETTR will transition to the normal point, the interface is ready to use.

device. When a device is found (a

state. At this

The ScETTR state is displayed on the lower left status bar.

1. 6 Vi ew

The ScETTR program is designed to p rovid e al l inform atio n ab out t he c urrent te nsio n test in a singl e interface. The center of the display shows the parameters about the

TestConditions that can be conv enient ly edit ed for each new t est.

VirtualMeter and TensionTestInterface. Each side of the display include relevant

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