TEKTROL Tek-Flex 4100C Quick Start Manual

Quick Start Guide

Tek-Flex 4100C

Programmable Two-wire TDR Level Transmitter With Hart & Display

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Quick Start Guide

Quick Start Guide

1. Before You Begin

This guide provides basic guidelines to assist you in quickly getting started. Go to our website to download the
full User Guide for detailed installation, maintenance, troubleshooting and safety precautions.

The user must take note of the safety instructions in this operating instructions manual, the country
specic installation standards as well as all prevailing safety regulations and accident prevention rules.
The instrument must only be operated in a technically awless and reliable condition. The operator is
responsible for trouble-free operation of the instrument. During the entire duration of use, the user is
obliged to determine the compliance of the required occupational safety measures with the current valid
rules and regulations and also take note of new regulations.

2. Unpack

One Tek-Flex 4100C Programmable Two-wire TDR Level Transmitter With Hart & Display

3. Dimensional Drawing

3.84"

(0.32 ft)

0.94"

0.86"

5.37"
(0.44 ft)

1½ NPT

2.6"

3 ft. to 60 ft.

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4. Mounting Requirement

Basic Requirement for Installation

Keep in mind that the cable/rod is kept away from obstructions within vessel. The obstructions like: ladders,
limit switches, heating spirals, struts and etc. Further more, rope or rods must not intersect the lling
streams.

Be cautious during the installation: the level of the measured cable medium must not be in the blanking
zone the mounting location must keep a min distance to the vessel wall, the cable or rod is perpendicular to
the surface of the measured medium.

Illustration

The reference plane is the thread or ange surface
1 Blanking Zone
2 Length
3 Max. Measurement Range
4 Min. Measurement Range
5 Reference plane

2

4

3

5

100%

0%

Note: The level of the measured medium must not be in either the blanking zone.

The best mounting location for a conical vessel with at top is the centre of the vessel's top, as the eective
measurement can reach the bottom of vessel.

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Stand Pipe

Avoid installation with socket if possible, otherwise try to minimize the length of socket. In case of long
stand pipe, small vessel or medium with low dielectric constant.

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Mounting

1 Wrong: The rod/rope is in/above lling stream, which results in the measurement of lling stream not the
target medium.
2 Correct

Note: Sun shield or rain-proof is suggested for outdoor mounting.

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Horizontal and Vertical Installation

When mounting outdoors, humid indoors or on cooling/heating vessels, in order to avoid damp seal rings
used on cables should be screwed tight, and the cable must be bended downward outside cable entry, as
indicated on the diagram below:

5. Power Supply

Power supply and current signal are carried by the same two-wire connection cable. See the Technical Speci­cations of this guide for detailed requirement on power supply.

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2 Wire

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6. Adjustment Instructions

Use the operation panel of the transmitter to set the conguration parameters such as the zero calibration,
cut-o value of low ow and output range of current frequency, etc.

Display/Adjustment Module

dB

120
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10

0

0.00

2.00 3.00 4.0 0 5.00

LCD

[OK] Keypad

•

Enter programming mode

•

Conrm programming options

•

Conrm modications to parameters

[ ] Keypad

•

Modify parameter values

Connect with Another Unit Through HART

2 Adjustment Keypad

[ ] Keypad

•

Choose programming options

•

Choose the digit of parameters to edit

•

Display the contents of parameters

[ BK ] Keypad

•

Programming mode exit

•

Return to higher menu level

HART to USB Modem

4100C

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250 ohm
Resistance

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HART Handheld Programmer

Adjust 4100C with HART Handheld Programmer

4100C

7. Menu Tree

250 ohm
Resistance

HART Handheld
Programmer

+

- DC

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Basic Setting

Display 2

Diagnostics 3

Service 4

Info 5

Min adjustment

1.1

Min adjustment

1.2

Medium 1.3

Fast level change

1.4

Damping 1.5

Mapping curve

1.6

Scaled units 1.7

Scaling 1.8

Sensor length

1.9

Linearity consumer

programme 1.5

Near blanking

1.10

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Basic Setting

Display 2

Diagnostics 3

Service 4

Info 5

Display value 2.1

LCD contrast 2.2

Peak values 3.1

Meas status 3.2

Choose curve 3.3

Echo curve 3.4

Simulation 3.5

Echo curve 4.1

Shut o map percent
distance scaled height
current percent

Distance- min
Distance- max

Meas reliability
sensor status

Echo curve false echo
curve output trend

Curve zoom

Percent
Current
Distance

Delete
Update
Create new

X- zoom

Y- zoom

Unzoom

1X
2X
5X
10X

Current output

4.2

Reset 4.13

Units of
measurement 4.4

Language 4.5

HART operation
mode 4.6

Copy sensor
Data 4.7

PIN 4.8

Sensor type
serial number

5.1

Output mode
Failure mode
Min current

Select reset

M (d)
ft (d)

Chinese
English

Standard
Multidrop

Copy from sensor
Copy to sensor

Basic reset
Factory settings
Peak values

Date of manufacture
software version 5.2

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Crystal Lake, IL 60014

USA

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