Troubleshooting - via Controller Keypad
Centurion
Guided Radar
16
Unit is reading deeper than actual level
This may occur in low dielectric applications where the cable weight returns a stronger echo than the
measured material.
If you have used any other parameters such as ‘
Cal Moun
t’ perform a Probe Reset.
Increase Sensitivity:
• Enter the ‘
Adv Setup
’ menu and scroll until you see ‘
Sensitivity
’ parameter.
• Press
CAL
to edit. Use the
UP
arrow to increase this value.
• Pressing
CAL
will fire a test pulse and return the diagnostic data of the Signal size and E: distance.
• Fire several test pulses for a good sample size.
• Increase this value until the unit is returning a strong (2-2.5V) Signal size from the false echo.
• Press
RUN
to save and
RUN
again to return the unit to operating mode.
• Perform a 15 second power cycle - when the unit re-starts it will begin a new scan over the entire probe to
find the closest echo which passes the Threshold value.
Unit is measuring deeper than the length of the cable
• Press
CAL
and enter
Unlock Code 196
and press
CAL
.
• Scroll through the main menus to locate ‘
FactoryTDR
’ menu.
• Press
CAL
to enter this menu.
• Scroll down to locate the ‘
EmptDist
’ parameter.
• This should be the length of the cable by factory default. If not, reduce this value to the correct length with a
small additional margin (+250mm/12”).
DO NOT ADJUST ANY OTHER PARAMETERS IN THIS MENU.
• Perform a 15 second power cycle - when the unit re-starts it will begin a new scan over the entire probe to
find the closest echo which passes the Threshold value.
