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CAL NOTEPAD 

 

The models are supplied with Cal NotePad as standard. This easy to use package is compatible with MS Windows 9x. 

A handbook for Cal NotePad can be found on the first installation disk in Adobe PDF format. If required a free Adobe 

PDF reader can be downloaded from, www.adobe.com. 

 

Cal Notepad can be used to log and display values from Dry Blocks and supported temperature indicators. 

 

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 

 

CNP requires Windows 95 / 98, a minimum of 5Mb of free hard drive space and free serial ports for the instruments 

to be connected. 

Development 

 

CNP was developed by Isothermal Technology using LabVIEW from National Instruments. 

License 

Use of the Cal NotePad software program "CNP" is as granted in this license agreement. In using the CNP 

software the user "licensee" is agreeing to the terms of the license. You must read and understand the terms of this license before 

using CNP. 

1, This license permits licensee to use CNP software on a single computer. The user may make copies for back up and archival 

purposes freely as long as the software is only ever in use on a single computer at any one time. Please enquire about multi-user 

licenses. 

2, CNP is protected by international copyright laws and treaties. CNP must not be distributed to third parties. 

3,  CNP  must  not  be  reversed  engineered,  disassembled  or  de-compiled.  Licensee  may  transfer  the  software  to  a  third  party 

provided that no copies or upgrades of CNP are retained. 

4, It is the responsibility of the user to ensure the validity of all stored results and printed certificates.   Isothermal Technology Ltd 

accept no responsibility for any errors caused by inappropriate use, incorrect  set up or any other cause; including defects in the 

software. 

5, Limited Warranty. Isothermal Technology warrants that CNP will perform substantially as described in this manual for a period 

of 90 days from receipt. Any distribution media will under normal used be guaranteed for a period of 90 days. 

 

NO OTHER WARRANTIES, EXCEPT AS STATED ABOVE. The software and documentation is provided "as is" without warranty 

of any kind and no other warranties (either expressed or implied) are made with regard to CNP. Isothermal Technology does not 

warrant,  guarantee  or make any representations regarding the use or results of the use of the software or documentation and 

does not warrant that the operation of CNP will be error free. 

 

In no event will Isothermal Technology, its employees, agents or other associated people be liable for direct, indirect, incidental or 

consequential damages, expenses, lost profits, business interruption, lost business information or other damages arising out  the 

use or inability to use CNP. The license fee reflects this allocation of risk. 

 

CNP is not designed for situations where the results can threaten or cause injury to humans. 

 

INSTALLING CAL NOTEPAD 

 

I.

 

Insert CNP DISK 1 into the disk drive 

II.

 

Click on the START button on the task bar, select RUN, type A:\SETUP (Where A: is your drive letter) then 

click OK 

III.

 

Follow the prompts which will install the application and necessary LabVIEW run time support files. 

IV.

 

Should you ever need to uninstall the software then use the Add/Remove Programs option from the Control 

Panel. 

 

Summary of Contents for TTI 7 PLUS

Page 1: ...4 0 1704 543830 Fax 44 0 1704 544799 Internet www isotech co uk E mail info isotech co uk The company is always willing to give technical advice and assistance where appropriate Equally because of the...

Page 2: ...TEM REQUIREMENTS 19 Development 19 License 19 INSTALLING CAL NOTEPAD 19 STARTING CAL NOTEPAD 20 Configuring for the TTI 7PLUS 20 REMOTE CONTROL INTERFACES 21 INTRODUCTION 21 Version History 21 RS 232...

Page 3: ...AND SUMMARY 41 Programming Language 41 Measurement Configuration Commands 41 Triggering Commands 41 Routing Commands 42 Memory Commands 42 Datalogger Commands 42 Mathematical Operation Commands 42 Aut...

Page 4: ...UARANTEE INTERFERENCE WITH OR FAILURE TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN THIS INSTRUMENT MAY INVALIDATE THIS GUARANTEE RECOMMENDATION The life of your ISOTECH Instrument will be prolonged if regular maintenance and...

Page 5: ...must be correctly earthed This equipment is a Class 1 Appliance A protective earth is used to ensure the conductive parts can not become live in the event of a failure of the insulation The protectiv...

Page 6: ...munity Signal Lines prEN60 1000 4 4 500V Radiated Immunity prEN60 1000 4 3 3V m Electrostatic Discharge Immunity prEN60 1000 4 2 8kV Electrical Safety Standard IEC1010 1 Amend 1 INSTALLATION The TTI 7...

Page 7: ...arger will automatically switch to trickle charge or fast charge mode depending upon the battery state LOW BATTERY indication is displayed when the batteries have approximately 10 charge left When thi...

Page 8: ...5 C Pt25 200 to 100 2 5 to 15 1 mA 0 001 0 02 C Pt25 100 to 500 15 to 75 1 mA 0 001 0 01 C Pt25 500 to 670 75 to 115 1 mA 0 001 0 02 C Pt100 200 to 100 10 to 60 0 5 mA 0 001 0 02 C Pt100 100 to 500 60...

Page 9: ...INE will illuminate to show that mains power has been connected to the thermometer and the LED marked FAST will light when the batteries are low and the charger is charging at a high rate The charger...

Page 10: ...e shown SENS The following sensors may be configured Select SENS To configure for thermocouples select T C and the following screen will be displayed Select from one of the thermocouple options and pr...

Page 11: ...Enter the probe number and press OK if the probe number selected has already been configured then press Quit to return to the main measurement menu If you select a probe number that has no coefficien...

Page 12: ...tistical values of stored data log values Press Log Stats and the following values will be displayed Max and Min values Mean value Peak to peak value and Standard deviation The number of samples these...

Page 13: ...Press Clear to clear current value set and Edit to change the selected parameter To set the number of scan cycles press Edit and then key in the number of cycles required 1 to 9999 To set as continuo...

Page 14: ...ear on the display It will also be noticed that the flashing Busy blanks in the hold mode Pressing TRIG a second time returns the instrument to the run mode The second mode of operation may be set usi...

Page 15: ...and secondly from a calculation point of view the change in reading will be displayed without further calibration being required OPT Selects the various instrument configurations The following options...

Page 16: ...ture automatically applying the corrections The accuracy of the internal reference is approximately 0 3 C to achieve more accurate results an external reference may be used Ext When using an external...

Page 17: ...a diagnostic tool to ensure that there is no corruption of these constants Select the Cal option and you now enter the calibration routine The display will ask for a passcode to be entered the defaul...

Page 18: ...Ohms 1 Resistance Standard Type RS3 62 5 Value 62 5 Ohms 1 mV source 75 0 75 mV 1 Pt100 sensor and measuring instrument 1 Calibration Lead Type TS01 The Value of the resistance standards should be kn...

Page 19: ...to ensure the validity of all stored results and printed certificates Isothermal Technology Ltd accept no responsibility for any errors caused by inappropriate use incorrect set up or any other cause...

Page 20: ...ton Highlight PROGRAMS Select Isotech Select Calpad Note Ensure the the TTI 7PLUS is switched on and connected to the PC before starting the software Configuring for the TTI 7PLUS From File Config sel...

Page 21: ...ines Hardware handshaking for each character transfer uses the RTS and CTS lines RTS is an output from the instrument which indicates its receiver status When asserted low it indicates that it is read...

Page 22: ...re all incoming interface commands and the instrument will remain in LOCAL control mode The result of each temperature measurement is sent to the interface output with the resolution and units as per...

Page 23: ...ate command keywords but in this case the path remains at the same level This is not implemented for the instrument series The semicolon is treated as a non recognised character and the command error...

Page 24: ...contain ASCII characters which are placed between a pair of double quotation marks i e Output Data Format Non reading queries 80 ASCII character string Reading queries IEEE SDDDD DDD lf RS 232 SDDDD...

Page 25: ...do not trigger a measurement If the instrument is in the trigger run mode it will change to the trigger hold mode or if in the trigger single mode it will remain in the trigger single mode CONFigure C...

Page 26: ...lues are as per the tables above Does not affect the current measurement MEASure Group These work similarly to the CONFigure commands except that an immediate measurement is performed with the result...

Page 27: ...OLTage Returns the voltage produced by the thermocouple probe as displayed on the screen This is calculated from the voltage measured at the input terminals of the instrument plus the equivalent volta...

Page 28: ...lable for RS 232 only TRIGger Group TRIGger MODE SINGle INFinite Setting the mode to SINGle means that READ will take one reading and send it to the output buffer Setting the mode to INFinite means th...

Page 29: ...list timer cycle delay time slx SL1 SL2 SL3 SL4 Specify scan list Returns the delay time 00 00 00 to 99 59 59 SAMPle Group SAMPle COUNt SAMPle COUNt slx The SAMPle COUNt command queries the general t...

Page 30: ...ternal scanner cards slx SL1 SL2 SL3 SL4 scanlist A0 A1 A2 A3 A4 B0 B1 B2 B3 B4 To configure a scanning list specify the scanning list number followed by a list of channels that are required to be act...

Page 31: ...Tiate and FETCH are ignored DATAlogger MODE off on Turn the datalog mode off on When turned on triggering is controlled by STARt STOP and STEP and all readings are sent to the datalog memory It termin...

Page 32: ...m location 1 to POINts Sending ABORt will cancel the operation The output format is record no channel temperature unit date time DATAlogger POINts Queries the number of readings actually stored in the...

Page 33: ...on when this command was sent then the autozero function will be turned off Note that the MEASure commands affect channel sensor current mode etc and will therefore reset the mean and standard deviati...

Page 34: ...logged data format dd mm yy mm dd yy SYSTem DATE FORMat Queries the system calendar clock date format Returns DD MM YY or MM DD YY SYSTem DATE dd mm yy or mm dd yy Sets the system calendar clock date...

Page 35: ...Summary Byte is also cleared The Enable Register is a mask which allows any of the bits from the Event Register to set the appropriate bit in the Status Byte Setting an enable bit to 1 enables the ev...

Page 36: ...Reg Condition Event Enable Bit Register Reg Reg 0 0 0 0 Temperature Range erature Range 0 0 0 0 0 0 Under Lower Limit Over Upper Limit 0 0 0 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Measuring 0 0...

Page 37: ...lected bits are then reported to the Status Byte STATus QUEStionable ENABle Queries the Questionable Data Enable Register The instrument returns a binary weighted decimal value representing the bits s...

Page 38: ...OPC Sets RQS on completion of the log Alternatively the application programme may continuously poll the Operation Complete bit using ESR Operation Registers Measuring bit 4 This bit is set when a new...

Page 39: ...etect when a measurement is complete and data is available Alternatively for IEEE the corresponding enable bit in the Service Request Enable Register can be set so that a Service Request SRQ interrupt...

Page 40: ...ing function The following command sequence can be used SRE 16 Enables the Message Available bit to trigger a service request CLS Clears the Message Available bit DATA START Initiates data logging OPC...

Page 41: ...pe rj mode ext rj standard TEMPerature RTD type standard con current mode root 2 CONFigure MEASure TEMPerature TC type rj mode ext rj standard TEMPerature RTD type standard con current mode root 2 CHA...

Page 42: ...ue all POINts Mathematical Operation Commands CALCulate AVERage MINimum AVERage MAXimum AVERage AVERage AVERage COUNt AVERage PEAK AVERage SDEV Autozero andp Rolling Mean Standard Deviation Commands S...

Page 43: ...T WAI Status Reporting Commands STATus QUEStionable CONDition QUEStionable EVENt QUEStionable ENABle enable value QUEStionable ENABle ESR ESE enable value ESE OPC STATus OPERation CONDition OPERation...

Page 44: ...Data Carrier Detect not connected 2 RXD Received Data input 3 TXD Transmitted Data output 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready not connected 5 GND Signal Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready not connected 7 RTS Request T...

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