TESTO 175-T1, 175-T3, 175-S1, 175-S2, 175-H1 Instruction Manuals

Instruction manual

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Introduction

Dear Customer

Thank you for purchasing a Testo product. We hope you will enjoy the benefits of this product for a long
time to come and that it will help you with your work.

Please take the time to read the instruction manual carefully and make sure you become familiar with
how the instrument operates before using it.

If there are any problems, which you cannot solve yourself, please contact our Customer Service
Department or your nearest distributor. We will do our best to help you quickly and competently to
reduce downtimes.

General iinformation

Warnings and particularly important information, which has to be observed when working with this
product, are highlighted in this instruction manual as follows

Warnings

Warnings are marked by a warning symbol. The appropriate

Warning ttitle

indicates the danger level:

Warning!

means death or serious physical injury may occur if the specified safety measures

are not carried out.

Caution!

means minor physical injury or damage to property may occur if the specifed

safety measures are not carried out.

Read all the warnings carefully and carry out the specified safety measures to avoid
danger.

Important iinformation

Particularly important information is highlighted in this instruction manual by an exclamation mark.

Standards

The conformity certificate confirms that this product fulfills the guidelines in accordance with
2004/108/EEC

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Copyright ..........................................................2

Introduction / General information ......................3

Contents............................................................4

1. Basic safety instructions ....................................6

2. Intended use......................................................7

3. Initial operation ..................................................8

4. Display and control elements ............................9

4.1 Display ........................................................................9

4.2 LED functions ............................................................10

4.3 Display sequence ......................................................10

4.4 Button functions ........................................................11

5. Mounting ........................................................12

5.1 Mounting the wall holder ............................................12

5.2 Securing the data logger with lock ............................12

5.3 Transportable unit ......................................................12

6. Connecting probes ..........................................13

7. Programming ..................................................14

7.1 Installing software ......................................................14

7.2 Connecting data logger to PC ....................................14

7.3 Setting up connection ................................................15

7.4 Opening the connection ............................................16

7.5 Programming the data logger ....................................17

7.6 Closing the connection ..............................................23

8. Reading out data ............................................24

9. Changing the battery ......................................25

10. Error messages................................................26

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11.Technical data ..................................................27

11.1 testo 175-T1 ..............................................................27

11.2 testo 175-T2 ..............................................................28

11.3 testo 175-T3 ..............................................................29

11.4 testo 175-S1, testo 175-S2 ......................................30

11.5 testo 175-H1 ..............................................................31

11.6 testo 175-H2 ..............................................................32

11.7 Battery life ..................................................................33

12. Accessories / Spare parts................................34

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Please read through the following safety instructions carefully:

Avoiding eelectricity:

Never use the instrument and external probes to measure on or near live parts if the instrument is not
expressly approved for current and voltage measurement!

Product ssafety:

Prior to each measurement, check if the connections are connected properly via the blind plug and if
the right probe is correctly inserted. Otherwise the protection class specified in the Technical data
cannot be guaranteed.

The logger should only be operated within the parameters specified in the Technical data.

Please handle the logger with care.

The instrument should only be opened if expressly described in the instruction manual for
maintenance purposes.

Force should never be applied!

Only for testo 175-T3

The probe sockets in testo 175-T3 are not isolated from one another. Please take note of this when
using surface probes with a non-insulate thermocouple.

Disposal:

Please dispose of spent batteries responsibly.

You can return your logger directly to us at the end of its service life. We will dispose of it responsibly.

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The testo 175 data loggers are used to save and read out separate readings and measurement
sequences. The readings are measured, saved and transmitted to a PC, to the testo 575 fast printer or to
the testo 580 data collector per infrared using testo ComSoft software.

Applications

testo 175 - T1

User-friendly and affordable
temperature monitoring

during transport, in refrigerated rooms, in
display cabinets, in containers, when
monitoring rooms

Fulfills guidelines in accordance with
EN 12830 standards *

testo 175 - T2

Simultaneous product and air temperature
monitoring

during transport, in refrigerated rooms, in
containers, during production

Fulfills guidelines in accordance with
EN 12830 standards *

testo 175 - T3

Simultaneous product and air temperature
monitoring

in technical laboratories, during production,
in the domestic building sector, during metal
processing

testo 175 - S1 / S2

Easy checks on current and voltage circuits

in industrial processes, in laboratories, in
control systems, during development, in
production, when logging transmitter signals

See

6. CConnecting pprobes

, P. 13!

testo 175 - H1

Reliable monitoring of humidity and
temperature values

during industrial processes, in laboratories,
in museums, in warehouses, for domestic
building sector

testo 175 - H2

Reliable monitoring of humidity and
temperature values

during industrial processes, in laboratories,

in museums, in warehouses, in domestic
building sector

* In accordance with EN 12830, please ensure that a regular check and calibration in accordance with

EN 13486 (recommendation: once a year) is carried out on this instrument. Please contact us for
more detailed information.

Only for testo 175 - T1 and testo 175 - T2

The following components of the product are designed for continuous contact with
foodstuffs in accordance with the regulation
(EG) 1935/2004:
The measurement probe up to 1 cm before the probe handle or the plastic housing. If
provided, the information about penetration depths in the instruction manual or the mark(s)
on the measurement probes should be noted.

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The data loggers have the defaults below:

* testo 175-T3: T/C -Type “K” programmed

testo 175-S1: “0 to 10V” programmed
testo 175-S2: “0 to 10V” programmed

The data logger with the above factory defaults can be used
immediately.

If you wish to use other measurement criteria, you will have to
program your data logger in accordance with your requirements
using testo ComSoft software (See

7. Programming

, P. 14).

External probes can be attached to many of the data loggers (See

6. CConnecting pprobes

, S. 13).

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Type

175-T1 175-T2 175-T3 175-S1 175-S2 175-H1 175-H2

Start ccriterion

Key start

Measuring rrate

5 min. 5 min. 10 s 1 s 1 s. 1 min. 1 min.

Stop ccriterion

Wraparound memory Until memory is full Wraparound memory

Alarm vvalues

Respective measuring range full-scale values (See Technical data)

Display

On - On - On

LEDs

Status led (green): Off / Alarm led (red): On

Measurement cchannels

All channels switched on*

Fast pprinter //

Stop: Switched on

data ccollector ffunction

New programming: Switched on

Protocol nname

testo175-{Type}_{Serial number}

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4.1 DDisplay

The display function can be activated/deactivated via the testo

ComSoft

software. The testo 175-S1 and testo 175-H1 data

loggers do not have a display.

testo 175-T1, testo 175-T2, testo 175-T3, testo 175-H2
and testo 175-S2

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Intermediate readings are shown in the display but are not saved.

Due to technical reasons, the display speed of the liquid crystals
slows down at temperatures below 0 °C

(approx. 2 s at -10 °C, approx. 6 s at -20 °C). However, this
does not have any influence on the accuracy of the
measurement.

Battery ccapacity

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Bottom alarm value

Waiting on measuring

program to start

Measuring program

is running

Measuring
program finished

Top alarm value

Battery

capacity

Readings

Saved reading

Intermediate

reading

1

Highest
reading

Lowest
reading

Channel 1

Units

Channel 2

Symbol

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OFF

Capacity

75-100%

50-75%

25-50%

10-25%

<10%

Battery empty (measuring program was stopped)

Reading out data and changing battery (See

9. Changing bbattery

, P. 25)

2

Reference values (See

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3

The battery symbol is updated when:

- the wraparound memory is full

- measurement program is
started/ended

- In

Record

mode:

Once a day

- the

GO

button is pressed:

if last measurement was more than

24 hours ago

The following units are shown in
the

175 - SS2

data logger display:
mV, %, °F, °C and mA.
No unit appears in the display if
other units are selected in
ComSoft. The selected unit is
displayed in the readings if the
saved data is imported to
ComSoft.

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4.2 LLED ffunctions

The LED functions can be switched on/off via

testo ComSoft software.

In aall mmodes:

The Alarm led flashes three times every 15 seconds if the remaining
battery capacity is less than10% (even if Alarm led is deactivated).

Wait

mode aand

Key sstart

start ccriterion pprogrammed:

The status led flashes five times if the GObutton is kept pressed
for approx. 3 s (even if the Status led is deactivated).
It is confirmation that the measuring program was started and that
the data logger is now in the

Record

mode.

Record

mode:

The Alarm led flashes once every 15 s if alarm values have been
exceeded (only if Alarm led is activated).

The Status led flashes once every 15 s (only if the Status led is
activated).
It is confirmation that the measuring program is running.

The Status led flashes five times if the GObutton is kept pressed
for approx. 3 s (even if Status led is deactivated).
It is confirmation that a time mark has been set.

4.3 DDisplay ssequence

Depending on the mode, different information can be displayed in
the data loggers with display. You will find a detailed description of
the information which can be called up in the short version of the
instruction manual enclosed with every data logger.

Alarm led

(red LED)

Status led

(green LED)

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4.4 BButton ffunctions

In aall mmodes iin ddata lloggers wwith ddisplay:

Press the GObutton to switch between the displays.

Wait

mode aand

Key sstart

start ccriterion pprogrammed:

Press the GObutton for approx. 3 s to start the measuring
program.

- The measuring program starts,

Record

appears in the display (if

available) and the Status led flashes five times.

Record

mode:

Press the GObutton for approx. 3 s to set a time mark.

- The Status led flashes five times.

Time mmark:

This function enables you to monitor and read out/print

out the memory content from a specified point in time (

time mark

)

without having to reprogram the data logger. The readings from

Start(All readings

) are also saved.

The readings from

Start(All readings

) or

From time mark

can be

read out on the testo 575 fast printer or the testo ComSoft software.

The readings from

Start(All readings

) can be read out on the

testo 580 data collector.

Only one time mark can be set. If the GObutton is pressed for
approx. 3 seconds in the

Record

mode, the existing time mark

is deleted and a new time mark is set up.

- The readings (max./min. values, exceeding of alarm values) are
shown in the display (if available) from the set time mark.

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5.1 MMounting tthe wwall hholder

Mounting materials (e.g. screws, dowels) are not included.

1

Position the wall holder at the required location.

2

Using a pencil or similar, mark where the fixing screw is to go.

3

Prepare the area for mounting (e.g. drill a hole, put in dowel).

4

Mount the wall holder using a screw which fits.

5.2 SSecuring tthe ddata llogger wwith aa llock

1

Insert the data logger into the wall holder.

2

Place the retainer key in the wall holder.

3

Attach the lock to the wall holder (Accessory: Part no.
0554 1755).

5.3 TTransportable uunit

A unit can be made out of the wall holder, logger and the interface
to make transport or dispatch easier.

1

Push the data logger into the wall holder.

2

Push the interface onto the wall holder.

3

Secure the unit by connecting the wall holder and the interface
using the screw supplied.

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