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4.4 Installation of two carrier plates very close to each other
Here it is very important that the two long rods have sufficient distance to one another. This can be achieved with
a spacer between the carrier plates.
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Page 3: ...allation on a steel girder with HEA profile 12 4 3 Carrier plate dimensions for 120mm steel girder 13 4 4 Installation of two carrier plates very close to each other 15 5 Initial operation and adjustm...
Page 4: ...ue outputs of the SONO probe 31 7 4 Configuration of Measure Mode 32 7 5 Setting the precision of a single value measurement cycle 33 7 6 Test run in the respective Measurement Mode 33 7 7 Measure Run...
Page 5: ...l capacitive or microwave measuring methods the TRIME technology Time Domain Reflectometry with Intelligent Micromodule Elements offers precise measurement results which means more reliability at the...
Page 6: ...te the electronic separately from the 1 rod probe TRIME GW Line offers two possibilities for temperature compensation A Temperature compensation of the internal TRIME electronic Despite the TRIME GW L...
Page 7: ...ME GW Line can be requested via Contact us on www imko de 2 6 The IMP Bus as a user friendly network system With external power supply on site for the SONO probes a simple 2 wire cable can be used for...
Page 8: ...ways to configure and adjust a SONO probe A Online Configuration via SONO VIEW Withthestand alonedeviceSONO VIEWitispossibletoconfigureSONO probesonlinetoanappropriate operating mode without the need...
Page 9: ...propriate operating mode like cyclic measurement averaging filtering cumulating and other powerful operating parameters Furthermore it is possible to select a calibration curve inside a SONO probe wit...
Page 10: ...at the sensor The plant must be properly grounded Transparent Transparent Assignment of the 10 pole MIL Plug and sensor cable connections 3 4 Analogue Output 0 10V with a Shunt Resistor With the help...
Page 11: ...11 4 TRIME GW Line Installation...
Page 12: ...HEA profile TRIME GW Line is delivered with a carrier plate as U profile This carrier plate can be mounted directly on a steel girder which can be installed in silos or drying chambers IMKO offers th...
Page 13: ...13 4 3 Carrier plate dimensions for 120mm steel girder...
Page 14: ...14 Carrier plate dimensions for 4 steel girder...
Page 15: ...stallation of two carrier plates very close to each other Here it is very important that the two long rods have sufficient distance to one another This can be achieved with a spacer between the carrie...
Page 16: ...ired calibration curve Cal1 Cal15 and with using the button Set Active Calib The finally desired and possibly altered calibration curve Cal1 15 which is activated after switching on the probes power s...
Page 17: ...17 5 3 Calibration Curves Cal1 to Cal15 Calibration functions with and without temperature compensation...
Page 18: ...5 Special calibration curve Cal13 Cal14 pre setted after delivery Corn ear of maize 0 5 Special calibration curve Cal15 1 10 tp Radar time and reference calibration for test 5 4 Selection and applicat...
Page 19: ...ifferent point than in the direct vicinity of the probe are not representative Several samples must be taken directly at the probe and averaged At the start of trial operation the suitable calibration...
Page 20: ...ied with the calibration coefficients see Chapter Creating a linear calibration curve The desired and possibly altered calibration curve Cal1 15 which is activated after switching on the probes power...
Page 21: ...But it would be also possible to use a higher point P1 e g 190 7 where a tpAve of 190ps corresponds to a moisture content of 7 The gravimetric moisture content of the material e g 7 has to be determin...
Page 22: ...dDcanbealsoenteredwithoutaPCwiththemoduleSONO VIEW seemanualSONO VIEW 5 11 Calculation for a non linear calibration curve SONO probes can work also with non linear calibration curves with polynomials...
Page 23: ...rage value can be set with this parameter CC CH CK Setting of the time for calculation of the trend or expectation value for the Boost Offset function Filter Upper Limit Offset Standard Setting 25 Set...
Page 24: ...nt Standard Setting 2 values Setting Range 0 10 Unit Measurement Values with 3 single values per second CA CF CK inactive CC CH Number of discarded poor measurement values after the start of a new bat...
Page 25: ...ly partially filled with material for a longer time i e the material temporarily no longer completely fills the probe measuring field During these periods Lower Limit Keep Time the probe would establi...
Page 26: ...atch process starts So the PLC has time enough to read in the freezed moisture value of the batch For applications without a PLC the freezed signal of the TRIME GW Line can be used for displaying the...
Page 27: ...value is freezed at the analogue output until the No Material Delay time of e g 5 seconds has expired and a new batch process starts Start of second batch process After the period of No Material Dela...
Page 28: ...USB to the USB Port of the PC and the installation will be accomplished automatically Install Software SONOConfig SetUp msi from USB Stick Connection of the SONO probe to the SM USB with 4 wires for...
Page 29: ...there is no double occupancy of the interfaces In case of a conflict when the serial port or the USB SM has been found in a higher COM port the COM port number can be adjusted manually By double click...
Page 30: ...isplayed on the screen In the menu Bus and the window Configuration the PC can be configured to an available COMx port with the Baudrate of 9600 Baud 7 1 Scan of connected SONO probes on the serial in...
Page 31: ...can be selec ted to IMP Bus or RS485 Due to very robust behavior it is recommended to select the IMP Bus 7 3 Set analogue outputs of the SONO probe In the menu Config and the window Analog Output the...
Page 32: ...ent measurement modes e g for averaging values from several single measurement values for performing a filtering or performing other functions see chapter Measurement mode configuration in this manual...
Page 33: ...Quick Precise Mode C e g CS CH CF etc Quick and precise TDR pulse search and precise measurement within 350ms Similar to Quick but with a little longer reaction time in process measurements Mode A Mod...
Page 34: ...for the averaging tpAve Radar time average which corresponds to the respective moisture value By clicking Save the recorded data is saved in a text file in the following path SONO CONFIG exe Pfad MD D...
Page 35: ...adjusted for the material temperatur sensor which is installed inside the SONO probe In this example a temperature deviation of 5 C is produced by inside self warming of the SONO probe The correction...
Page 36: ...parameter TempComp can be adjusted for higher temperature ranges up to 120 C for special high temperature version to values up to TempComp 0 75 But it is to consider that it is neces sary to make a B...
Page 37: ...epends on the used material Repeatability 0 2 b w depends on the measured material Measurement transformer tempera ture range 10 60 C extended range on request Probe temperature range 0 60 C Measuring...
Page 38: ...out of operation and secured by means of marking before further commissioning In case of doubt the sensor or the measuring system must be sent to the manufacturer or his contractual partner for repai...
Page 39: ...in following case if you do not use the sensor or the measuring system for an extended period of time before cleaning unpacking or changing the sensor or the measuring system if you are working inside...
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