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Medusa 510/511 Series Iss.12 – 08/13
CONTENTS
GUARANTEE....................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
EMC INFORMATION ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
ELECTRICAL SAFETY ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
ENVIRONMENTAL RATINGS ........................................................................................................................................................ 5
HEALTH AND SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 6
„DO‟S AND DON‟TS‟ .......................................................................................................................................................................... 7
CAUTIONARY NOTE ......................................................................................................................................................................... 8
TRANSIT CLAMP ................................................................................................................................................................................ 9
UNPACKING AND INITIAL INSPECTION ..................................................................................................................................... 10
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................................. 11
COMPARISON CALIBRATION .................................................................................................................................................... 11
Using the Controller ............................................................................................................................................... 11
Using the Indicator - (Not Basic (B) Model) ........................................................................................................... 11
USING EXTERNAL STANDARDS ......................................................................................................................... 12
MODE OF OPERATION ................................................................................................................................................................... 13
ITS-90 FIXED POINT CALIBRATION .......................................................................................................................................... 13
METAL BLOCK BATH .................................................................................................................................................................. 13
BLACK BODY SOURCE ................................................................................................................................................................ 14
SURFACE SENSOR CALIBRATION .............................................................................................................................................. 14
ADJUSTING THE TIMER .................................................................................................................................................................. 15
THERMOMETRIC FIXED POINTS
(a tutorial note)
......................................................................................................................... 16
HINT ON HOW TO MEASURE THE TRUE TEMPERATURE INSIDE THE ACCESSORIES SUPPLIED WITH THE MEDUSA
SERIES ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17
The Controller ........................................................................................................................................................ 17
The Reference Thermometer ................................................................................................................................. 17
The Industrial Thermometer .................................................................................................................................. 17
SPECIFICATION ............................................................................................................................................................................... 18
MEDUSA 1 PERFORMANCE GRAPHS ............................................................................................................................................. 19
MEDUSA 2 PERFORMANCE GRAPHS ............................................................................................................................................. 20
OPERATING THE MEDUSA ............................................................................................................................................................. 21
FRONT PANEL LAYOUT ............................................................................................................................................................. 21
THE TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER .......................................................................................................................................... 21
ALTERING THE SETPOINT ......................................................................................................................................................... 21
ADVANCED CONTROLLER FEATURES ..................................................................................................................................... 21
Setpoint Ramp Rate ................................................................................................................................................. 21
Instrument Address ................................................................................................................................................. 22
Monitoring the Controller Status ............................................................................................................................ 22
Units ........................................................................................................................................................................ 22
The Temperature Indicator (Not Basic (B) Models) ............................................................................................... 22
Setting the Input Type ............................................................................................................................................. 22
Enabling / Disabling Custom Calibration ................................................................................................................. 23
Instrument Address ................................................................................................................................................. 23
Monitoring the Indicator Status ............................................................................................................................... 24
Units ........................................................................................................................................................................ 24
Advanced Indicator Operation ................................................................................................................................ 24
CALIBRATION DATA EXAMPLE ..................................................................................................................................................... 25
CONNECTING A CURRENT TRANSMITTER (UP TO 20MA) ...................................................................................................... 26
SELECTING CONFIGURATION LEVEL ...................................................................................................................................... 26
Testing Thermostats ............................................................................................................................................... 27
OPERATING THE MEDUSA 511 ...................................................................................................................................................... 28
USING THE PC INTERFACE ............................................................................................................................................................ 29
CONNECTIONS ........................................................................................................................................................................... 29
CAL NOTEPAD ................................................................................................................................................................................. 30
DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................................................................................... 30
HOW TO INSTALL CAL NOTEPAD ........................................................................................................................................... 31
