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Examine the underside of the color meter to identify the sensor,  the power selection 
switch,  and the battery compartment door.  
 

Figure 2 Bottom view of instrument 

 

 

  8 mm Nosecone and Sensor 

Optional nosecones have 

different shapes, but mount to 

the same center. 

  Serial Number Label 

Power Selection Switch 

   Battery Cover 

   Rear Feet 

Ridges in Battery Cover 

Summary of Contents for AccuProbe HH06

Page 1: ...1 AccuProbe HH06 Color Meter User Manual Accuracy Microsensors Inc Pittsford New York USA June 1998 June 1998 Manualk doc...

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Page 3: ...N 23 Sample presentation 23 Homogenous samples 23 Non homogenous samples 24 Problem samples 24 THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL MENU 25 DISPLAY CONTROL 27 Multiple measurement display 27 Multiple sample display...

Page 4: ...59 Power supply 59 Power switching 60 Checking communications 60 Typical operations with an external computer 61 Communications reset 62 APPENDIX A INSTRUMENT MENU STRUCTURE 63 APPENDIX B MESSAGE IND...

Page 5: ...a Pass Fail meter with reference to one or more color standards In relation to physical color standards or in conjunction with numerical reflectance standards from a laboratory spectrophotometer the...

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Page 7: ...lat surface such as a desktop and look at it from the side at the level of the desktop You will see that the cone shaped sensor is flat on the table and that two small metal feet at the back of the in...

Page 8: ...lective display there must be some room light for you to be able to read it Green DO Key UP Arrow DOWN Arrow Square MODE Key Instrument Label Sensor Center Cross The center of the cross is directly ab...

Page 9: ...er selection switch and the battery compartment door Figure 2 Bottom view of instrument 8 mm Nosecone and Sensor Optional nosecones have different shapes but mount to the same center Serial Number Lab...

Page 10: ...ent functions The gray arrow UP and DOWN arrow keys are used mainly to scan through menu choices and in conjunction with the square MODE key allow you to make your menu selection The liquid crystal di...

Page 11: ...ral times the first time you have to remove the cover Inside the cover there may be a black and white or black darkgrey lightgrey white target This is a calibration check target Do not damage this tar...

Page 12: ...ter of the unit elevated as shown in Figure 5 Now push down on the battery and it will expand the clips and snap into position If you have lined up the battery terminals the battery will now slide for...

Page 13: ...e power supply output into the RS232 connector box and plug the modular connector into the socket on the rear panel of the instrument as shown in Figure 7 Figure 7 External connection AC Power Cord Ca...

Page 14: ...ion means OFF while the 0 position means ON You turn the unit OFF by sliding the switch from 0 to 1 and turn the unit ON by sliding the switch from 1 to 0 Power quality As with any electronic instrume...

Page 15: ...an error condition as this could unnecessarily discharge the batteries If you have been operating your instrument on battery power and you connect external power without switching the batteries off t...

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Page 17: ...System the display will read for three seconds during the power up sequence This diagnostic operation tests basic operations If everything is working properly the message will appear signifying that t...

Page 18: ...he square gray MODE key Note These messages should normally never occur If they occur an unexpected event has occured This may happen when the units is being used with a personal computer but should n...

Page 19: ...econds to complete the measurement Make sure that the sensor is placed firmly and flatly against the surface of the sample before and during the measurement Note the two cross lines with a dot in the...

Page 20: ...ensure that the quality of results is acceptable If the unit determines that the measurement results may be questionable it will display a warning message and prompt you to press the square MODE key t...

Page 21: ...is case the error message will timeout after 30 seconds and the measurement will abort as if you had depressed the green DO key Another message which may appear is This message will appear when the va...

Page 22: ...elow a specified limit during measurement the instrument will display Any measurement made at low power should be expected to be inaccurate Switch to external power or replace the batteries as soon as...

Page 23: ...others If the sample is thin flat and homogenous then the sample should be placed on a flat surface and the instrument placed on the sample In this configuration the two metal feet at the back of the...

Page 24: ...dure is discussed in a later section of the manual The default number of averages is set to three This default was chosen because three measurements with a one hundred twenty degree rotation between e...

Page 25: ...through the instrument control menu The instrument control menu can be represented as a tree which starts from Ready to Measure This tree is entered by depressing the square MODE key Exit the tree ba...

Page 26: ...start again from the beginning if you continue pressing the key Some branches select an operation while others lead to a new selection of branches The full menu structure is listed in Appendix A of t...

Page 27: ...splaying a measurement result you may wish to display other information about the sample measured If your instrument has been programmed to display a single value this discussion will not apply If the...

Page 28: ...ugh multiple displays of the same measurement To set the UP and DOWN arrow keys to change sample number From the Ready to Measure state follow the path READY to MEASURE MODE to Pick UP to Setup MODE t...

Page 29: ...becomes the active sample The PICK branch of the instrument control menu allows the active sample to be changed Follow the path READY to MEASURE MODE to Pick MODE to Pick Standard UP to Pick Active MO...

Page 30: ...ard may be determined 1 The operator may specifically pick a stored measurement to be the standard or 2 If standards with names and limits have been inserted into the unit from an external computer th...

Page 31: ...ever there are two circumstances which can keep this from happening First the instrument may simply run out of places to store new information Second the instrument may have been set up to disable sto...

Page 32: ...storage of samples on the instrument follow the path READY to MEASURE MODE to Pick UP to Setup MODE to Display Mode DOWN to Full Calibrate DOWN to About DOWN to Keyboard Mode DOWN to Storage MODE to...

Page 33: ...nal space a measured color will almost always be between the colors of the Searchlist The instrument uses two techniques to help you understand the relation of your measured color to the Searchlist co...

Page 34: ...e that identifies a particular shade of red from a PANTONE Color System5 The number 341 indicates that measurement 007 was 3 41 DE units from PANTONE 16 1735TP Finding a color neighborhood To enable n...

Page 35: ...s the DOWN arrow key and you will see either or If screen reads DISABLED press the square MODE key to change the screen to read ENABLED Now press the DOWN arrow key and you will see either or X Y Z is...

Page 36: ...f the form This display tells you that the PANTONE 11 4803TP is close too but lighter than measurement 007 and that the PANTONE 12 4304TP is close to but darker than measurement 007 This procedure tel...

Page 37: ...ction variance In fact most manufacturing processes control their output to fall within a specified range and the targets may be at any point in this range The physical materials of color systems in p...

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Page 39: ...etup branch of the instrument control menu Illuminants To change the illuminant in use follow the path READY to MEASURE MODE to Pick UP to Setup MODE to Display Mode UP to Clear Samples UP to Clear St...

Page 40: ...lay follow the path Ready to Measure MODE to Pick UP to Setup MODE to Display Mode MODE to Display enable You will now see either or Now press the DOWN arrow key until you see either or If you wish to...

Page 41: ...lowness If the desired display is already enabled and the arrow keys are set to Toggle Display then you will be able to use the arrow keys to examine the Yellowness of any sample To enable Yellowness...

Page 42: ...to read ENABLED Now press the DOWN arrow key and you should see either or If you wish to be able to display CIE 1925 Yellowness and the screen reads DISABLED press the square MODE key to change the s...

Page 43: ...mputer using the RS232 interface Standards installed over the RS232 interface may have text names of up to 16 characters Thus when we calculate a color difference we will have two storage locations on...

Page 44: ...o enable color difference display follow the path READY to MEASURE MODE to Pick UP to Setup MODE to Display Mode MODE to Display Enable You will now see either or Press the UP arrow key and you will n...

Page 45: ...ABLED press the MODE key to change the screen to read ENABLED Now press the green DO key to return to Ready to Measure Color coordinates The standard instrument will calculate and display three dimens...

Page 46: ...XYZ and the screen reads DISABLED press the square MODE key to change the screen to read ENABLED Now press the DOWN arrow key and you should see either or If you wish to be able to display Lab and the...

Page 47: ...to average the results Your instrument provides for this procedure Starting from the Ready to Measure state follow the path READY to MEASURE MODE to Pick UP to Setup UP to Service Menu UP to Battery...

Page 48: ...in the average If you use the DO key or allow the message to timeout the measurement will not be included in the average The menu item Adjust Avg Cnt allows you to modify the number of individual meas...

Page 49: ...the count to the desired value use the green DO key to return to Ready to Average or Ready to Measure The third item on the Average branch of the Instrument Menu Tree is Average Off Average On and Av...

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Page 51: ...can internally measure the battery voltage during the part of the measurement which draws the most current From this information the instrument calculates an approximate percent usage of the batteries...

Page 52: ...s the square MODE key the display will show the Unit ID for example The first line tells us that the unit has returned to Ready to Measure state and the second line lists the Unit ID number Checking t...

Page 53: ...rol menu can be used to provide information about the microcode installed in your unit You may check software by following the path READY to MEASURE MODE to Pick UP to Setup MODE to check Display Mode...

Page 54: ...l move the words Cal Check up one line and place the mark to their left The display will show Depress the square MODE key to select Cal Check The display will read Remove the battery door and make sur...

Page 55: ...pad you may place a 3 5 inch diskette under the feet in the back of the instrument This should make the back feet level with the calibration target If Figure 8 Checking target with landing pad Figure...

Page 56: ...stored values the instrument will display one of two messages Cleaning Advised meaning that the values were close but out of specifications In this case the sensor lens may be dirty in which case you...

Page 57: ...strip the threads It should screw down smoothly When done cleaning you should recalibrate the instrument This will require the use of the calibration target If you have not read the section on calibr...

Page 58: ...re MODE key again and the display will say Measuring then three averaging messages Then the display should read This means that the calibration is complete and the unit has returned to the Ready to Me...

Page 59: ...to a ground and two output voltages 2 A cable terminated with a standard 9 pin D connector for personal computers The signal ground from this cable is referenced to the ground of the instrument The b...

Page 60: ...nd a command to the unit and if the communications are working the unit will send back its unique identification If the program you are working with does not have this capability you can perform this...

Page 61: ...a personal computer The instrument may be asked to perform a measurement by an external computer in two different ways The external computer may tell the instrument to measure now or the external comp...

Page 62: ...econds the instrument will restart its communications and display the message COMM Restarted Under ideal conditions this type of error will not occur However many external computer programs will reset...

Page 63: ...Select using up down arrow keys the number of measurements to be averaged BATTERY CHECK Unit checks batteries and displays a Percent left before unit can not accurately measure and automatically inhib...

Page 64: ...index provides an indication of sample whiteness Closest DE This display mode will show the closest sample contained in the systems fandeck database using total color difference DE as a selection cri...

Page 65: ...olor difference between the active sample and the selected standard The DE is an overall indication of color difference which includes both lightness redness greenness and yellowness blueness Full Cal...

Page 66: ...from Personal Computer control Temperatures Displays both the sensor and ambient and temperatures until a key is pressed Illuminant Allows selection of the illumination conditions used for color calcu...

Page 67: ...r 19 COMM ERR xxxx 62 COMM Restarted 62 Down on sample 20 Low Power 14 22 51 Measure Black 57 Measure White 54 58 Measuring 19 Not at Cal Temp 22 PC RDY Measure 61 Please Recheck 56 Please wait 17 51...

Page 68: ...ck Power Supply and LED in Interface Dark Blocks in Display Cycle power Check power Check memory card seating Buzzing Sound Check both batteries fully inserted Check both batteries good No PC Communic...

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