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Operators Manual

Tool Control Interface (TCI) Multi

Manual - Issue 2

Crane Electronics Ltd.

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Page 1: ... Manual Issue 2 Crane Electronics Ltd NOTICE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Reproduction of any part of this manual in any form whatsoever without the prior permission in writing from Crane Electronics Ltd is forbidden Copyright March 2021 by Crane Electronics Ltd ...

Page 2: ...l About this Manual 4 Packing List 5 Care Storage Warnings 5 Product Description 6 Dimensions 7 Specifications 8 TCI Web Pages 9 TCI Network Settings 11 TCI Wrench Status 12 TCI Log View 20 TCI RF Settings 21 TCI Jobs 22 TCI Rounds 23 TCI Global Settings 24 CONTENTS ...

Page 3: ...t 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in parti...

Page 4: ...purchased the product Battery disposal to take place in line with the AMENDED BATTERIES DIRECTIVE 2013 56 EU Batteries must not go to landfill Check with local legislation Crane Electronics declares that this product does not contain any of the 191 Substances of Very High Concern SVHC s identified in the REACH Regulation in used articles make up In Countries outside the EU If you wish to discard t...

Page 5: ...terface with approved PSU Always operate inspect and maintain this unit in accordance with all regulations local state federal and country that may apply Do not remove any labels Always use Personal Protective Equipment appropriate to the tool used and material worked Keep body stance balanced and firm Do not overreach when operating with the tool Anticipate and be alert for sudden changes in moti...

Page 6: ...6 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Blue Button for pairing Mounting Hole see Page 7 for dimensions RF Antenna Status LED s Reset Mini USB programming only RS232 RJ45 Ethernet Power Socket TDC Data capture ...

Page 7: ...7 Weight 760g Construction Aluminium housing containing printed circuit boards Mounting Details DIMENSIONS ...

Page 8: ... push Button operation or via web Page Construction Aluminium enclosure Dimensions 217mm x 120mm x 56mm Weight 760g Mounting Flange for mounting to a surface with 4 bolts See pg 6 LEDs Power Status Host communication informs whether the communications is good absent incorrect Wrench communication informs whether the WrenchStar Multi is Paired in range or has a Job loaded TDC 9TCI Data Collector st...

Page 9: ...ocol used by a variety of manufacturing systems Standalone when the factory network breaks down or if a simple manufacturing system The default IP and Port address is 192 168 0 101 80 The TCI returns to this IP address after a Factory Reset Selecting Open Protocol variant 2 in global settings changes this default to 192 168 0 165 Note Before you plug the TCI into a corporate network please involve...

Page 10: ...flashing approx 30 seconds Release and re press the Button within 10 seconds to confirm Factory Reset Once a Factory Reset has been done the following happens Job s list cleared Jobs will need to be re entered Sets password to Admin Erases Pairing information WrenchStar Multi will need to be re Paired In Open Protocol it will be necessary to receive a Comms Start MID The browser IP addresses will ...

Page 11: ... If the user is logged in then the Web Page will show a Change Network Settings Button If you click Change Network Settings you can edit IP Address HTML Port Subnet mask Gateway If the network settings are changed the TCI will re boot itself which will cause the network connection to be dropped with the browser The browser will need to be refreshed and of course set to the new IP and Port address ...

Page 12: ...se colours will match the Wrench Status LED on the TCI o Note The Out of Range Yellow colour may also be seen if the WrenchStar Multi is turned off This colour is only seen once a WrenchStar Multi is Paired as it is then regularly polled to check if it s present and has any off line results o The Red Blue colour on the TCI indicates that you will see Wrench Status LED flashing between Red and Blue...

Page 13: ...o Port number The Port which the WrenchStar Multi is communicating to the host on each WrenchStar Multi has a unique Port ID for communication The following example of the Wrench Status Page shows the Pair Transducer Button First set the WrenchStar Multi into Pairing mode by holding its Blue Button until its Status LED turns Purple Then press TCI Pair Button Please see Wrench Span Pairing in the g...

Page 14: ...reading and when a retry should be triggered Never Accepts any reading on the wrench and does not trigger retry Manual Screen prompt when NOK giving the user the opportunity to save the reading and cancel the retry Always NOK readings will not be excepted and a retry will always be triggered on a NOK ...

Page 15: ...it Audit gives the user more time to read the result on the wrench after each reading and will zero the wrench before every new reading is taken Production jumps straight to the next job after a reading and only zeros the wrench when it is first turned on Change Transducer Settings Indication while pulling This setting changes the indication feedback given by the wrench during the cycle ...

Page 16: ...igger when the wrench reaches OK status LED OFF Vibration HI This setting disables the light ring during the cycle The vibrator will trigger when the wrench reaches Hi status Targeting LED and Vibration This is the most advanced feedback setting For the most part in is like the Enable option with the following differences The wrench lights up solid Amber to signify there is a job loaded on the wre...

Page 17: ... in the clockwise direction When the angle with the cycle is less than the specified angle when this setting is enabled there will be a NOK triggered for double hit When enabled with Rehit result store is selected the results for the NOK will be saved when it occurs ...

Page 18: ...es take within a given time period The maximum number of samples take in any cycle will be 1000 To capture the full cycle and obtain the best resolution it is best to set the trace length as close to the time it takes to complete the cycle See example below Case 1 User pulls for 1 second cycle length Trace length set to 4 seconds Number of samples captured 250 Sample Interval 4ms Case 2 User pulls...

Page 19: ...D and Vibration indication while pulling setting this changes at which point the feedback on the wrench begins This allows the user to delay indication to begin later in the cycle For the majority of cases the default setting of 10 will be optimal but in rare occasions for example a really large wrench on a really soft joint this may be adjusted up to 50 to push all the feedback towards the end of...

Page 20: ...e The log information will appear in the Log Box which will display the latest messages or the last 1000 characters of messages if the TCI detects a problem The log text can be saved to a file browse to requested folder with the Save Button TCI RF Settings Page The RF Settings Page allows the properties of the TCI RF to be altered If the password has been entered the settings can be changed TCI LO...

Page 21: ...the 1MHz frequency band in the region 2400 to 2480MHz and can be 0 to 79 Channel 80 is reserved for Pairing It is recommended that TCI s which are used in close proximity should be allocated different channels During Pairing the TCI will allocate a unique ID to each Paired device the next one available being shown on the Web Page The TCI will only remember 5 Paired devices It is recommended that y...

Page 22: ...remember readings when out of range of the TCI and the Batch Size informs the Wrench the maximum number of readings that it is allowed to take Torque Min is Torque LSL Lower Spec Limit Torque Max is Torque USL Upper Spec Limit Angle can also be Edited If Angle is not required then set Angle limits to 0 The Angle will be reported as 0 in results Adapter ID It defines which ID head is required to pe...

Page 23: ... will auto proceed to next job on completion the Job must have a batch size greater than zero Jobs Export This feature is used to export these jobs to a CSV file as backup to be uploaded later Jobs Import This feature allows for the import of jobs backup onto the TCI TCI ROUNDS ...

Page 24: ...tically log out Setting this to 0 will disable the automatic log out Date and Time Clicking the update time button automatically updates the time and date This will use the time and date of the device connected to the browser Ethernet Watchdog Enabling this will force TCI to perform additional Network checks and generate software reset when errors are detected This may not be suitable for some net...

Page 25: ...ng Capture Software can be used to retrieve this data RS232 Baud Rate Changes the baud rate of the RS232 port Delay Turn On When greater than 0 TCI will wait for a period of time before initialising everything This can help if network is not available when TCI switches on Tightening OK Point This setting controls at which point in the cycle the setting is considered to be OK ...

Page 26: ...rt is not 0 when pairing with blue button TCI will try to pair to a specific port based on span of the Wrench If all spans are set to 0 then the blue button on the front of the TCI will always pair the wrench to the first port Website Manual Mode ...

Page 27: ...27 TDC This is no longer used Open Protocol Mode ...

Page 28: ... also changes some underlying functionality of the TCI With this variant first 5 jobs cannot be edited by the web page Custom messages and message fields will be enabled MID0061 MID0029 Loosening Rehit Report This setting controls if TCI should report Loosening and Rehit results Loosening result will only be reported if Job direction is set to Auto and the result direction was CCW Rehit result wil...

Page 29: ...environment a lower trace integrity may be desired to prevent the TCI from hanging whilst it attempts to receive all samples The time taken to retrieve all samples can also be reduced by reducing the number of retries Trace Upload Retries This setting controls maximum number of times the TCI will attempt to fetch the Trace from the wrench via RF If there is a less than optimal RF environment a num...

Page 30: ...eep alive messages MID9999 will not be logged in the log file This dramatically extends the life of the log file This is a process for troubleshooting client open protocol implementation Measurements Watchdog When enabled if there are no measurements taken in between 2 PSET select messages MID0018 TCI will reboot as soon as the second one is received This is a process for troubleshooting client op...

Page 31: ...31 AutoPrint Mode Auto print allows printing of a string to the RS232 port of the TCI By changing the AutoPrint options shown below information can be added removed from the output string PokeYoke ...

Page 32: ...lt has been sent to PokeYoke Quality Data ACK need not be sent to re enable measurements after each reading PokeYoke Retry Counter This setting specifies how many retries of NOK result TCI will perform before closing comms If it is set to 0 then TCI will accept any result and not perform retries at all PokeYoke Send to Wrench If this setting is populated from 1 to 5 TCI will send the PokeYoke job ...

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