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11

3)

 

Attach

 

the

 

running

 

lane

 

assembly

 

to

 

the

 

motor

 

assembly

 

(F

13).

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

4)

 

Remove

 

the

 

coupler

 

guard

 

cover.

 

Screw

 

the

 

3”

 

stand

off

 

into

 

the

 

motor

 

assembly

 

and

 

tighten.

 

Align

 

the

 

coupler

 

between

 

the

 

running

 

lane

 

assembly

 

and

 

the

 

motor

 

assembly.

 

Slide

 

the

 

assemblies

 

together

 

with

 

the

 

coupler

 

around

 

both

 

shafts.

  

DO

 

NOT

 

tighten

 

the

 

coupler

 

set

 

screws

 

yet.

 

Insert

 

the

 

cap

 

screw

 

through

 

the

 

running

 

lane

 

assembly

 

and

 

tighten

 

into

 

the

 

stand

off.

 

Center

 

the

 

coupler

 

and

 

tighten

 

the

 

set

 

screws

 

with

 

the

 

included

 

Allen

 

wrench.

 

 

5)

 

Replace

 

the

 

guard

 

cover

 

on

 

the

 

coupler

 

(F

14).

 

 

 

Figure

 

13

 

Figure

 

14

Summary of Contents for 0184-006M

Page 1: ...l User Manual November 6 2012 0184 006M 950 North Hague Avenue Columbus Ohio 43204 2121 USA Sales sales colinst com Service service colinst com Phone 614 276 0861 Fax 614 276 0529 Toll Free 1 800 669...

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Page 3: ...Port Installation 6 2 1 Treadmill Software Installation 7 Chapter 3 HARDWARE SETUP 9 3 0 Item Inventory 9 3 1 Assembly 10 3 2 Setting Angle of Inclination 12 3 3 Connecting System Cables 13 3 4 Conne...

Page 4: ...Parameters 23 5 4 2 Shock Repetition Rate Shock Intensity and Shock Detection 23 5 4 3 Belt Status 25 5 4 4 Shock Detection Status and Channel State 25 5 4 5 Data Generation and Output 25 5 5 Treadmil...

Page 5: ...val of Shocker Assembly 33 7 2 Cleaning 33 7 3 Lubrication 33 7 4 Motor Brush and Commutator Care 33 7 5 Belt Speed Calibration 34 Chapter 8 TROUBLESHOOTING 35 8 0 Troubleshooting Chart 35 8 1 Hardwar...

Page 6: ...user to set the parameters for the treadmill belt speed and optional Electric Stimulus A toggle switch commands the treadmill belt to RUN STOP and ACCEL ERATE a new feature of the controller An LCD di...

Page 7: ...xial Jack 5 5mm O D x 2 1mm I D any polarity Computer Connection RS 232 9 pin Female D sub Controller Connection CI Bus 8 pin RJ45 Jacks x2 1 1 2 Computer Interface Power Supply North America Japan In...

Page 8: ...6 Chapter 2 COMPUTER SETUP 2 0 USB Port Installation The host computer must have one free USB port F 1 For best performance it is recommended to use a native built in USB port Figure 1...

Page 9: ...the installation program To manually launch the software installer select Start Run from the desktop taskbar F 2 A Run window will open F 3 Click the Browse button A Browse window will open F 4 Naviga...

Page 10: ...heck for necessary disk space and then begin to copy the program It is recommend to keep any files on your system that are newer than the ones being copied Upon completion the program will update the...

Page 11: ...e with power supply 1 x RS 232 serial extension cable 1 8m 6 foot 9 pin male female 1 x RJ 45 cable 1 8m 6 foot 8 pin 8 conductor plug plug The Treadmill Controller with power cord 1 x D Sub shock cab...

Page 12: ...10 3 1 Assembly 1 Place the support bar in the lowest slots on the front of the running lane base F 11 2 Set the running lane onto its base F 12 Figure 11 Figure 12...

Page 13: ...e running lane assembly and the motor assembly Slide the assemblies together with the coupler around both shafts DO NOT tighten the coupler set screws yet Insert the cap screw through the running lane...

Page 14: ...nsert appropriate stimulus boxes and front cap non metabolic showed F 16 3 2 Setting Angle of Inclination The angle of inclination can be increased by moving the support bar to the next slot The slots...

Page 15: ...lded shocker cable per system and one ribbon cable per additional lane for daisy chaining the shockers 3 Connect one end of the shocker cable to the D type connector on the side wall of the shocker bo...

Page 16: ...iate AC outlet 3 4 Connecting the Components Direct to PC WITHOUT Oxymax 1 Connect the wide end of the USB cable to a USB port on the host computer not shown 2 Connect the small end of the USB cable t...

Page 17: ...ect s chamber It is recommended that this fan be used when performing metabolic type experiments To use the fan simply plug the supplied power cord into the fan receptacle on each lid and plug the oth...

Page 18: ...ing consists of 200 millisecond pulses separated by a user adjustable interval The time between each pulse is the repetition rate The repetition rate is controlled by the knob marked REPETITION RATE o...

Page 19: ...ng if the RUN STOP switch is in the RUN position The belt speed repetition rate and shock intensity will be the same as when the treadmill was last turned off 5 0 System Initialization Attention Use t...

Page 20: ...address DEVID 230 is assigned to the Shock Controller s in this same manner To rescan the Treadmill Controller for the presence or addition of connected devices select Tools Device Scan from the Tread...

Page 21: ...n to automatically search all available serial COM ports for the Treadmill Controller For Advanced Users when the device address is already known o Select the Manually Select Address radio button o Ch...

Page 22: ...e times or will be recalled for additional experimentation a profile may be desired First select the Manual tab to observe that the Enable Profile Mode box is checked F 34 This ensures that a profile...

Page 23: ...Period button to remove the last step that was created 5 Select the Loop Profile checkbox if multiple iterations of the profile are desired Note When editing multi step routines the End Speed of a pre...

Page 24: ...iscretion 11 A subsequent Stop Experiment prompt window will open F 39 Click the Yes button to finish the routine Click the No button to continue specified profile 5 4 Manual Mode For manual entry of...

Page 25: ...he treadmill is active F 41 5 4 2 Shock Repetition Rate Shock Intensity and Shock Detection Shock Repetition Rate is defined as the electrical stimulus grid energizing rate with settings of Off 1 Hz 2...

Page 26: ...times the subject receives a shock before the grid is disabled Pay careful attention to the Repetition Rate when selecting a NOS limit For example at a Rep Rate of 3 Hz a single shocker visit lasting...

Page 27: ...status bar Active channels denote the presence of electrical stimulus and are indicated by the green LEDs Idle channels denote lack of electrical stimulus and are indicated by the red virtual LEDs If...

Page 28: ...toggle switch toward the front of the treadmill The stimulus indicator will begin to flash on the treadmill as well as the controller 3 Slowly increase the INTENSITY until each subject moves off of th...

Page 29: ...atively you may press the Clear Dt button within the Treadmill Software Diagnostics window 5 6 1 Run By setting the TREADMILL BELT toggle switch to RUN the result will be an adjusted speed correlating...

Page 30: ...to top 5 6 3 Stop Setting the TREADMILL BELT toggle switch to STOP will result in the treadmill belt being rapidly decelerated to zero F 50 The display will report the speed set by the SPEED knob and...

Page 31: ...uire a firmware update and modifications to the associated hardware configuration file Contact Columbus Instruments to discuss Treadmill Controller options 6 0 Experiment Setup A custom treadmill sche...

Page 32: ...eed the treadmill will be set to upon initialization and continue to use until the start of the treadmill schedule Changes to this value will be immediately applied to the selected Treadmill Controlle...

Page 33: ...rent treadmill schedule to the clipboard for pasting on other Treadmill Controllers Paste Pastes the settings from the Treadmill Controller on the clipboard to the currently selected controller To mak...

Page 34: ...started by the user The option to start the treadmill schedule appears in the Experiment menu as Start Experiment Schedule Schedules set to repeat will continue to repeat until the experiment is stop...

Page 35: ...mbly can now be removed by pulling the assembly out and away from the treadmill 7 2 Cleaning With the shocker assembly and lid removed take the support bar for angle adjustment out and the lane will d...

Page 36: ...ed as shown F 54 6 Push the ODOMETER RESET button a second time to advance to belt calibration start The LCD on the front panel will read Run to Start as shown F 55 7 Set toggle to RUN to begin the se...

Page 37: ...e SHOCK ON OFF switch is in the on position forward 2 Check cable connections between controller and treadmill shocker box Exercise belt is pulling to one side of the drive shaft 1 Belt tension is not...

Page 38: ...iagnostics The Treadmill Diagnostics provides additional controls for monitoring the treadmill system while an experiment is active To access the Diagnostics window select Tools Treadmill Control from...

Page 39: ...Status Spd m min and Dist Tr m Belt Status Idle Running and Accel are reported for treadmill belt modes STOP RUN and ACCEL respectively Spd m min the speed displayed by the Treadmill Controller Dist T...

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