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Table of Contents
1: General Description......................................................................................................................5
1.1 Introduction........................................................................................................................5
1.2 Principles of Operation ......................................................................................................6
1.3 Supplied Hardware ............................................................................................................7
1.4 Portaflow PT500 Instrument..............................................................................................8
1.4.1 Connectors ...........................................................................................................8
1.4.2
Keypad..................................................................................................................9
1.4.3 Power supply and battery charging ....................................................................10
1.5 Transducers.....................................................................................................................10
2: Installation
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2.1 Transducer Positioning....................................................................................................11
2.2 Transducer Attachment (Type ‘A’ & ‘B’) ..........................................................................12
2.2.1 Preparation .........................................................................................................12
2.2.2 Attaching the guide rails .....................................................................................12
2.2.3 Fitting the transducers ........................................................................................13
2.3 Installing the USB Virtual Com. Port ...............................................................................14
3: Operating Procedures
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3.1 Setting-up the Instrument ................................................................................................16
3.1.1 Using the instrument for the first time.................................................................16
3.1.2 Enabling/disabling the backlight .........................................................................17
3.2 Using the Quick Start Menu ............................................................................................17
3.3 Using the System at a Regularly Monitored Location .....................................................20
3.4 Managing Named Sites ...................................................................................................22
3.4.1 Setting up a new site ..........................................................................................22
3.4.2 Changing a site name.........................................................................................23
3.5 Instrument Calibration .....................................................................................................24
3.5.1 Adjusting the zero cut-off....................................................................................24
3.5.2 Adjusting the set zero flow offset........................................................................24
3.5.3 Adjusting the calibration factor ...........................................................................25
3.5.4 Adjusting the roughness factor ...........................................................................25
3.5.5 Adjusting the damping factor ..............................................................................27
3.6 Performing Monitoring & Logging Functions ...................................................................28
3.6.1 How to measure totalised flows (manually)........................................................28
3.6.2 How to set up the basic logging application to memory .....................................30
3.6.3 How to set up automatic (timed) logging mode ..................................................32
