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ProCheck

Operator’s Manual

Version 5

Decagon Devices, Inc

Summary of Contents for ProCheck

Page 1: ...ProCheck Operator s Manual Version 5 Decagon Devices Inc...

Page 2: ...ices Inc 2365 NE Hopkins Court Pullman WA 99163 509 332 2756 fax 509 332 5158 www decagon com soils decagon com Trademarks ProCheck is a registered trademark of Decagon Devices Inc 2007 2010 Decagon D...

Page 3: ...2 About the ProCheck 4 Specifications 4 Components 4 3 The Buttons 5 4 The Menus 6 The Main Menu 6 The Config Menu 8 The Data Menu 17 Downloading Data 19 Erasing Data Memory 20 5 ECH2O Utility Softwar...

Page 4: ...ii Appendix A Compatible Sensors 33 Appendix B Sending Feedback 36 ProCheck CE Compliance 38...

Page 5: ...fax or E mail include your ProCheck serial number and firmware version name ad dress phone numbers and a description of your problem Contact Information PHONE United States Canada Toll Free 1 800 755...

Page 6: ...eck Once you have acquired an RMA send your ProCheck to Decagon Please include a document listing the complete shipping address name and department of the person responsible for the instrument as well...

Page 7: ...d only by the warranty of its manufacturer Seller shall not be liable to Buyer for loss damage or injury to persons including death or to property or things of whatsoever kind includ ing but not witho...

Page 8: ...e sensors and environ mental monitoring sensors made or sold by Decagon Specifications Accuracy Determined by the sensor being used Battery Type 4 AA Battery Life 500 1000 Hours Expected Connector Typ...

Page 9: ...evious screen SAVE is used to save setting changes to the instrument and annotate read ings ENTER is used to choose options within menus start readings and scroll to the right in an annotation edit me...

Page 10: ...Decagon s sensors Changing Your Sensor You can change your sensor type by pressing the up and down arrow keys if the sensor list spinner is available NOTE You can customize the sensor units and calibr...

Page 11: ...Press ESC to exit the live update mode Press SAVE to save the current reading on the display From the save screen you may annotate your reading Annotating a Reading Once you have taken a reading press...

Page 12: ...or part of an old annota tion by pressing the up or down arrow key This will clear all the characters to the right of the current cursor position The Config Menu To navigate to the Config Menu press...

Page 13: ...types The Show Unprocessed Data option allows you to view any formatted data in its raw analog to digital count ADC state instead When this option is checked all data read ings on the main and data sc...

Page 14: ...sor To modify a sensor s calibration type press ENTER You can choose a preset soil calibration type or create your own See creating a Custom Calibration To change the soil calibration type press ENTER...

Page 15: ...l Potting Rockwool Perlite Custom 5TE Moisture Temp EC Mineral Potting Rockwool Perlite Custom 5TM Moisture Temp Mineral Potting Rockwool Perlite Custom NOTE With the 5TE 5TM sensors only custum calib...

Page 16: ...ed Entering a Custom Calibration To enter your custom calibration into the ProCheck navi gate to the Calibration Type sub menu in the Config Menu and select a sensor Press ENTER until the medium type...

Page 17: ...thout changing the coef ficient Once you ve changed all of the coefficients press SAVE again to save the custom calibration or ESC to return to the Calibration Type sub menu without saving the calibra...

Page 18: ...EDA Please see www sdi 12 org for more information on using SDI 12 Decagon s digital soil moisture sensors communicate us ing both the SDI 12 standard and Decagons proprietary protocol This SDI 12 fe...

Page 19: ...CONFIG menu select SDI 12 Address Once 2 selected the following screen will appear The screen will refresh with the sensor s current configuration Press the up and down arrows to select the new ad 3...

Page 20: ...nd 1 press ENTER You should see a screen similar to the one above A pair of arrows will be present above and below the first value Use the up and down arrow keys to change the current 2 value Press EN...

Page 21: ...ut Sub Menu This menu displays your ProCheck s serial number device name and firmware version The Data Menu To navigate to the Data Menu press MENU until the Data Tab is highlighted Several different...

Page 22: ...e date and the time that the reading was taken and the annotation if any To view more information about an individual re cord press ENTER while that record is highlighted See screen below The left sid...

Page 23: ...e data saved in the ProCheck to the terminal software running on your computer Configure your 1 terminal software with the following settings 9600 baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity No software har...

Page 24: ...this feature is activated all data will be permanently deleted from the ProCheck and cannot be recovered To erase your data do the following Navigate to the Data Menu in the ProCheck 1 Select the 2 Er...

Page 25: ...designed to work with your ProCheck and Decagon s line of ECH2O loggers Some of the controls features and settings of ECH2O Utility are disabled when connected to a ProCheck because they don t apply t...

Page 26: ...u can use an USB to serial adapter Choose the correct serial COM port from the Con 3 nect Via control in the toolbar that matches the physi cal port you chose in step 2 Click the Connect button in the...

Page 27: ...ton ECH2O Utility doesn t create a data file if you cancel the download Saved Data Filetypes By default ECH2O Utility saves measurement data as an Excel Workbook file Each of the file types are discus...

Page 28: ...rocessed 2 Raw data for measurement 2 Unprocessed 3 Raw data for measurement 3 Sample ID The optional annotation saved at the time of measurement Calibration The calibration used for soil mois ture se...

Page 29: ...you need to send a raw file to Decagon to help in troubleshooting a data processing problem Data File Options ECH2O Utility has several user preference options that help you control how your data fil...

Page 30: ...in your ProCheck ECH2O Utility helps you manage your ProCheck with the following options Setting the Date and Time ECH2O Utility automatically synchronizes the date and time of your ProCheck to your c...

Page 31: ...rmware Choose Check for Device Firmware Updates from the Help menu to compare the firmware version in your ProCheck with the latest version available from Decagon Your computer must be connected to th...

Page 32: ...attery icon in the upper right corner When the battery power is low replace the batteries You can also use ECH2O Utility to check your battery power Make sure you insert the batteries in the correct o...

Page 33: ...ensor is fully plugged in and the correct sensor type is chosen in the sen sor menu Try pressing the ENTER button several times to restart the sensor measurement If these steps fail the sensor is prob...

Page 34: ...rial adapter is not showing in the communication port picker SOLUTION Enable Force find all Communication Ports in the Preferences Menu by going to the Edit Menu clicking Preferences then the Communic...

Page 35: ...nnection to my device SOLUTION Please check or replace your serial cables You can also increase the number of times ECH2O Utility tries sending commands to the ProCheck or DataStation Increase the Dir...

Page 36: ...red by the ProCheck is outside the expected range for the sensor type This could indicate a broken sensor PROBLEM My sensor data doesn t seem correct SOLUTION There are many issues that affect the qua...

Page 37: ...NOTE The ProCheck is only compatible with sensors made and sold by Decagon Devices for the ECH2O system Soil Moisture Sensors Digital Analog The ProCheck supports using the ECH2O volumetric wa ter con...

Page 38: ...analog sensors MPS 1 Water Potential ECT Temperature PYR Solar Radiation QSO S PAR Photon Flux Millivolt Rain Gauge Sensors The ProCheck will count tips from the following rain gauge sensors This is...

Page 39: ...ck is different from a logger G1 Drain Gauge shows the percent full of the tip reservoir LWS Leaf Wetness Sensor shows the wetness status Pressure Switch shows if the switch is open or shut Davis Cup...

Page 40: ...36 Appendix B Sending Feedback Decagon Software makes it easy to send feedback bug re ports and feature requests to Decagon or your Decagon Distributor Choose Send Feedback to Decagon from the help me...

Page 41: ...k If you are reporting a bug it is very helpful for you to tell us what steps you took for the bug to happen and any error message you saw By default bug reports also include the software error files...

Page 42: ...ices Inc Type of Equipment ProCheck Model Number PC 1 Year of First Manufacture 2007 This is to certify that the ProCheck manufactured by Decagon Devices Inc a corporation based in Pull man Washington...

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Page 44: ...ype 4 Buttons 5 C Calibration Type 10 Coefficient 12 Compatible Sensors 33 Compliance 38 Components 4 Connection 22 Contrast 16 Custom Calibration 11 Customer Service 1 D Date and Time 16 Downloading...

Page 45: ...are 26 I Installation 21 P PHONE 1 Processed Data 24 R Raw File 25 Repair 2 RMA 2 S SDI 12 14 Send Feedback 36 Sensor List 13 T Tech Support 1 Terminal software 19 Troubleshooting 28 U Unprocessed Dat...

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