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Model TTI-7-R

Precision Digital Thermometer

Operators Handbook

Isotech North America

158 Brentwood Drive, Unit 4

Colchester, VT 05446

Phone: (802)-863-8050
Fax: (802)-863-8125

www.isotechna.com

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Page 1: ...el TTI 7 R Precision Digital Thermometer Operators Handbook Isotech North America 158 Brentwood Drive Unit 4 Colchester VT 05446 Phone 802 863 8050 Fax 802 863 8125 www isotechna com sales isotechna c...

Page 2: ...ection LIVE CIRCUITS DANGER Do not connect the power supply to or operate t h i s instrument with the protective covers removed Component replacement and internal adjustments must be made by q u a l i...

Page 3: ...ut the TTI 7 R Display 3 4 3 5 Thermometer inputs 3 8 3 6 Rear panel 3 9 3 6 1 AC Power Input Socket 3 10 3 6 2 Rating plate 3 10 3 6 3 Input channel expansion card 3 10 3 6 4 RS232 IEEE 488 2 Communi...

Page 4: ...PRT measurement sense current 5 15 5 6 Data Logger 5 17 5 6 1 Data logger functions 5 17 5 6 2 Setting up the data logger 5 17 5 6 3 Configuring the Scanner 5 18 5 6 4 Configuring the Timer 5 19 5 6 5...

Page 5: ...Command Group 7 23 7 9 1 Route command summary 7 23 7 9 2 Route commands 7 23 7 10 Trigger Command Group 7 25 7 10 1 Trigger command summary 7 25 7 10 2 Trigger commands 7 25 7 11 System Related Comm...

Page 6: ...n interface options 9 2 9 7 Analogue output option 9 3 9 8 Display 9 3 9 9 Physical 9 3 9 10 Pt100 System accuracy 9 3 10 CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE 10 1 10 1 Cleaning 10 1 10 2 Preventive Maintenance 1...

Page 7: ...e for automated monitoring and calibration applications internal battery provides up to 20 hours mains free operation for remote measurement and data logging applications The TTI 7 R will operate with...

Page 8: ...couples B C D E J K N R S T U W 1 to 20 probe coefficients for ITS90 or CVD entered and stored from programming PRT calibrations High Accuracy to 0 01 deg C over 200 to 660 deg C High Resolution 0 001...

Page 9: ...Resistance Thermometer Pt100 PRT with nominally 100 resistance at 0 C RTD Resistance Temperature Device vii Thermocouples are referred to as a TC element or TC sensor viii The TTI 7 R s thermocouple...

Page 10: ...from the measurement For PRTs the relationship between resistance and temperature varies slightly from one PRT to another Therefore no matter how accurately the TTI 7 R measures the PRT resistance if...

Page 11: ...r smaller ranges See Section 9 2 for thermocouple measurement performance details Thermocouple EMFs are converted to temperature using the NIST monograph 175 linearization functions Special types C an...

Page 12: ...eproduce this temperature inside the TTI 7 R the actual connection temperature is accurately measured with an internal PRT This temperature is converted to an equivalent EMF and added to the actual th...

Page 13: ...e correct AC power fuse is installed Incorrect voltage or fuse selection present both an electrical safety and a fire hazard 2 2 Unpacking the instrument When you unpack the TTI 7 R thermometer check...

Page 14: ...216 264V T315mA 250V AC WARNING DO NOT CONNECT THE POWER CABLE UNTIL THE VOLTAGE AND FUSE RATING OF THE INSTRUMENT HAVE BEEN CHECKED AND CHANGED IF NECESSARY 2 3 1 Setting the Voltage and Fuse Rating...

Page 15: ...Earth protective conductor Green Green Yellow Live Black Brown Neutral White Blue Figure 2 1 Fused Power Input Unit and Voltage Selector INSERT SCREWDRIVER TO LEVER DOOR OPEN VOLTAGE SELECT PLASTIC CA...

Page 16: ...Setting up the TTI 7 R This page has been left blank intentionally Page 2 4...

Page 17: ...ion keys Display Thermometer inputs 3 2 On Off switch and internal battery The ON OFF keys switch the TTI 7 R on and off During power on all TTI 7 R measurement functions are reset to their default st...

Page 18: ...ged LOW BATTERY indication is displayed when the batteries have approximately 10 charge or 50 minutes operating time remaining To extend the battery operation time switch the display backlight off See...

Page 19: ...T Measurement units Selects measurement display units C F K Direct from keypad RES Measurement display resolution Selects measurement display resolution Thermocouple 0 1 0 01 PRT 0 01 0 001 Direct fro...

Page 20: ...pad 2 PRT measurement 2 current selection 2 measurement current division reduces measurement current to allow PRT self heating effect to be calculated Direct from keypad Scroll and contrast control Up...

Page 21: ...R0 100 000 a 3850 4 wre 18 90 C Input 106 591 Ohm Ave XXXX YYYY Figure 3 3 Main display layout Thermocouple measurement A1 TC Type N RJ Mode Internal 18 90 C Input 0 170 mV RJ 24 62 deg C Mem Adr Rem...

Page 22: ...gure 3 4 Main display layout Relative A1 B1 measurement A1 B1 0 1 C Busy LOBAT Adr XXXX YYYY The table below describes the location of information as it appears in the various display layouts Page 3 6...

Page 23: ...nce Junction temperature if selected Not used 10 Measurement status Measurement status Measurement status 11 Trigger run hold single condition Trigger run hold single condition Trigger run hold single...

Page 24: ...cessory Part Number FA ADAP 250 Refer to the Accessory section at the end of this handbook Figure 3 5 PRT input connection configuration PRT CONNECTION 2 WlRE PRT CONNECTION 3 WIRE PRT CONNECTION 4 WI...

Page 25: ...BANANA 4mm PLUGS 3 6 Rear panel Figure 3 7 Rear Panel layout showing all options PRT expansion module optional Thermocouple expansion module optional RS232or IEEE Communications Interface optional Ana...

Page 26: ...um power consumption and instrument serial number 3 6 3 Input channel expansion card Optional input channel expansion card slots Blanking plates are fitted if there is no input channel expansion cards...

Page 27: ...be described in terms of mean variance and standard deviation The uncertainty or precision limit of a particular measurement is characterised by this distribution Traceability is defined as the proper...

Page 28: ...to reduce the non uniqueness of the scale that is to reduce the differences which occur between different identically calibrated PRTs In particular the calibration of a PRT can no longer be extrapolat...

Page 29: ...temperature and provides a means by which to measure temperature There are two categories of thermocouple Rare metal Platinum based types Base metal Nickel based Rare metal platinum types are mostly u...

Page 30: ...uples consist of at least 2 junctions it is important when performing absolute temperature measurement that one of the junctions is referenced to a known temperature The reference junction and voltage...

Page 31: ...temperature the temperature coefficient As impurities already exist in the platinum resistance wire additional contamination has a reduced effect and hence low PRTs are more immune to contamination an...

Page 32: ...BS EN60751 ITS 90 standard US JIS used for un calibrated industrial PRTs with 0 003916 alpha value to provide a conversion of resistance to temperature in accordance with the JEMIMA standard Un calib...

Page 33: ...EN60751 are as follows Ro A B C EN60751 100 Ohms 3 9083 x 10 3 5 775 x 10 7 4 183 x 10 12 US JIS Selecting US JIS from the standard menu selects the standard coefficients from JEMIMA for high alpha PR...

Page 34: ...Measuring Temperature This page has been left blank intentionally Page 4 8...

Page 35: ...in this example an N type thermocouple is connected to input socket A1 and the internal reference junction method has been selected The temperature reading is displayed in degrees Celsius Figure 5 1...

Page 36: ...ure 5 2 Press the corresponding function key to select an option Figure 5 2 Example of Configuration Mode screen A1 TC Type N RJ Mode Internal Sensor Type T C PRT Quit Indicates current menu Indicates...

Page 37: ...ode screen Use the OK key to confirm a particular choice and continue to the next set of menu options Not all function keys are used to access the Configuration Mode Some just invoke the function whic...

Page 38: ...memory self test routine Figure 5 4 Memory Self Test Display Performing Self Test On successfully completing the memory self test the TTI 7 R will report PASSED and proceed with a system configuration...

Page 39: ...for 2 seconds Communication card RS 232 Baud rate Character bits Parity Start bit Stop bit IEEE488 2 Address Input channel expansion card Card ID Serial Number Card type Channel numbers Figure 5 6 Ex...

Page 40: ...from the TTI 7 R function keypad at the A or B prompt Select Quit to return to the main display The selected channel number is displayed in the top left hand corner of the display screen If a channel...

Page 41: ...vailable In addition 20 user definable memories are available for coefficients provided with calibrated probes These memories allow calibration coefficients to be stored in the Callendar van Dusen for...

Page 42: ...ou want select 4 wire measurement when using 2 wire PRTs 6 Select Quit to return to Temperature Measurement Mode 7 To configure all the channels of an expansion card to the same set up select one of t...

Page 43: ...1 and 20 using the numbers on the keypad and then OK The number you have entered is shown on the top line on the display If you make an error press USER OPTN and re enter number The TTI 7 R will only...

Page 44: ...coefficients are displayed at the top of the screen These cannot be altered 3 If you want to enter a new set of coefficients press User in Standard screen above The screen requests a probe coefficient...

Page 45: ...s shipped This lets you obtain sensible results from the onset you can go back and edit the probe coefficients at a later date not necessarily at the time you select them 5 4 6 Selecting thermocouple...

Page 46: ...nnection with no external reference junction High accuracy measurement requiring no additional connection reference junctions Ext External reference junction compensation using PRT measurement of refe...

Page 47: ...sed with uncalibrated probes A fourth option Usr gives you access to the 20 probe memories for Callendar van Dusen coefficients provided with calibrated probes 3 If you want to select one of the stand...

Page 48: ...solution modes available The table below gives the display resolutions for thermocouple and PRT inputs The TTI 7 R defaults to low resolution mode when first switched on High Low Thermocouple 0 01 0 1...

Page 49: ...ng the trigger mode to single shot mode is described in Section 5 6 3 In single shot mode the TTI 7 R remains in the hold state until you press the 3 TRIG key it then captures a single measurement rea...

Page 50: ...e measurement The Average current mode is the power up default condition d Selecting 2 current multiplier This option reduces current through the probes by 2 half power to determine any probe self hea...

Page 51: ...cycle delay sample rate and cycle count Each scanning list can be quickly set up reviewed and edited Timer The built in timer can be programmed to control the cycle delay sample rate and the cycle co...

Page 52: ...g list menu The screen displays Scanning list edit SL1 AD BO A1 A2 A3 A4 B1 B2 Add Del Quit OK The scanning list edit menu can display up to eight channels on each page at a time only available channe...

Page 53: ...options to position the flashing cursor over the appropriate parameter to edit To set a parameter to its default value select Clear To edit the parameter value select Edit the screen display Cyc Cont...

Page 54: ...Figure 5 8 Single channel timer flow diagram Figure 5 9 Multiple channel timer flow diagram Page 5 20 Operating the TTI 7 R...

Page 55: ...the equipment is powered up To switch on data logging select On Select Off to switch off data logging The screen message reflects the current data logging status e g Memory is OFF Memory is ON Cleari...

Page 56: ...se with each sample taken 2 At any point you can halt data logging by pressing 3 TRIG again and the Hold message is shown Logging will also switch to Hold automatically once the TTI 7 R has logged the...

Page 57: ...he logging sequence Ch Indicates the measurement channel Temp cleg Stored temperature value Date Date temperature reading stored dd mm yy format Time Time temperature reading stored mm hh ss format 2...

Page 58: ...values in the selected measurement units and reports the following statistical information Number of samples Indicates the number of log samples analysed Min Minimum temperature value of the logged d...

Page 59: ...de lf lEEE488 2 remote interface card fitted Set IEEE address Trg Select Trigger mode to Run Hold or single shot Ver Review Model number Firmware version number 5 7 1 Review system configuration On po...

Page 60: ...1 Press Set Up in the menu This allows you to Switch the display backlight on off Set the keyboard beeper on off Set the TTI 7 R clock time Set the TTI 7 R clock data format Set the TTI 7 R clock dat...

Page 61: ...current time If you want to change it select Chg Time is 07 00 32 Chg Quit OK Enter the new time as a sequence of six digits in the format Hour Minute Seconds using the 24 hour time format Then selec...

Page 62: ...ns interface lets you assign remote control of the TTI 7 R to an external computer 5 7 3 1 Configuring the RS232 communications interface If an RS232 serial communications interface card is fitted sel...

Page 63: ...is setting Enter new Baud rate Quit OK The RS232 communications interface serial rate data transfer options are 75 110 150 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 baud The factory default value is 9600 baud...

Page 64: ...the new address from the function key pad Addresses in the range 0 to 30 are valid addresses The default factory set address is 7 5 7 4 Setting up Trigger Mode There are two trigger modes available t...

Page 65: ...ct Ver from the configuration menu to display details about the TTI 7 R The screen displays Model TTI 7 R Version 4 0 16 12 97 Quit OK Instrument Model number Firmware version reference Firmware issue...

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Page 67: ...uivalent to 15 mK with a Pt100 PRT However drift of reference components will occur with time making periodic re calibration necessary We recommend you return your TTI 7 R to an ISOTECH NA service cen...

Page 68: ...Options and accessories This page has been left blank intentionally Page 6 2...

Page 69: ...communications interface to log data directly to a serial printer See Section 5 5 2 for further details The cards plug directly into the instrument s main PCB assembly with the interface connector ac...

Page 70: ...en yellow wire 2 Remove the two screws holding the communications interface blanking plate located on the rear panel 3 IEEE only Remove the four screws holding the rear panel to allow the interface ou...

Page 71: ...be lost As soon as space becomes available in the receiver buffer RTS is re asserted to allow the PC to send the next character When the instrument detects receipt of a command terminator character R...

Page 72: ...nector 9 Pin Connector Function 9 Pin Connector Function 3 2 Rx 3 Tx 2 3 Tx 2 Rx 7 5 GND 5 GND DSR 6 4 6 7 RTS 8 CTS 5 8 CTS 7 RTS Pins must be linked To make an RS232 connection use fully screened ca...

Page 73: ...Mode At power up the instrument defaults to Talk Listen Mode Talk Only Mode In Talk Only Mode the interface ignores all incoming interface commands and the instrument remains in Local control mode Th...

Page 74: ...ument to the Local mode from RS 232 operation All keys on the front panel are fully functional This is the default at power up 7 4 Programming the Interface 7 4 1 Introduction All interfaces are progr...

Page 75: ...n recognised character and the command error bit 5 of the Standard Event Register is set Whitespace TAB or SPACE A whitespace character must be used to separate the first parameter from a command keyw...

Page 76: ...racter sent is also treated as a message terminator Message termination always forces the command path back to the root level ready for the next command message 7 4 4 Command Syntax Most command keywo...

Page 77: ...ing a new command before the existing command is executed may cause unreliable operation It is advisable to query the Status Byte STB to check on the current status of the instrument before sending a...

Page 78: ...dard Event Status Register after all pending commands have been executed OPC Places an ASCII 1 into the output queue when all Pending selected device operations have been complete RST Return the instr...

Page 79: ...the instrument s Operation Complete Command State active When any in progress command is complete the state returns to idle and the Operation Complete bit 0 is set The command should only be used in...

Page 80: ...a service request on completion of the logging function The following command sequence can be used SRE 16 Enables Message Available bit to trigger a service request CLS Clears the Message Available bi...

Page 81: ...sum of all bits set in the register TRG Identical to the INITiate command A single measurement is made TST Always returns 0 to indicate self test OK WAI This command is accepted but ignored as all co...

Page 82: ...EMPerature TC Configure a channel for TC measurement Initiate a measurement and fetch a reading MEASure TEMPerature RTD Configure a channel for RTD measurement Initiate a measurement and fetch a readi...

Page 83: ...T rj mode Off Int Ext For rj mode set to Off or Int ext rj standard 0 For rj mode set to Ext ext rj standard 1 IEC751 2 US JIS 3 EN60751 4 23 User Probe 1 20 channel RTD type standard con current mode...

Page 84: ...to 0 otherwise the command is not recognised Terminates the current measurement cycle and scanning routine Sets the trigger mode to single shot Selects the channel as specified by the command Sets th...

Page 85: ...ry by the INITiate command to the instrument s output buffer After reading the memory is cleared and further FETCh commands do not return anything until a fresh INITiate command is sent READ A measure...

Page 86: ...l as specified by the command Sets the scanner mode to Off Sets the logging to memory mode to Off Initiates a single measurement and fetches a single reading MEASure TEMPerature TC type rj mode ext rj...

Page 87: ...he selected channel for an RTD measurement according to the following parameters type Pt100 standard 1 IEC751 2 US JIS 3 EN60751 4 23 User Probe 1 20 con 3 4 3 or 4 wire connectivity current mode I I...

Page 88: ...solution SENSe ZERO AUTO Sets the auto zero measurement mode SENSeZERO AUTO Queries the auto zero measurement mode 7 7 2 Sense Commands SENSe TEMPerature UNIT parameter Sets the temperature units to b...

Page 89: ...e is automatically reset to off if any of the following commands are sent CONFigure TEMPerature TC type rj mode ext rj standard CONFigure TEMPerature RTD type standard con current mode root 2 CONFigur...

Page 90: ...he average stored temperature CALCulate AVERage COUNt Queries the number of stored readings CALCulate AVERage PEAK Queries the peak to peak value CALCulate AVERage SDEV Queries the standard deviation...

Page 91: ...nal Queries the specified internal scan list 7 9 2 Route commands ROUTe SCAN LSELect slx This command is used to set the scanner mode and select the scan list the scanner is enabled by selecting a sca...

Page 92: ...the command will be ignored To query a scanning list use the ROUTe SCAN INT slx command Configuring a scanning list that is in use will result in the instrument terminating the current measurement cy...

Page 93: ...count SAMPIe DELay Sets the specified timer sample delay SAMPIe DELay Queries the specified timer sample delay 7 10 2 Trigger commands INITiate This command is used to Initiate a single measurement w...

Page 94: ...t trigger mode INFinite Infinite trigger mode Run Hold Terminates the current measurement cycle and scanning routine Sets the trigger mode to the state as defined by the command when set to infinite m...

Page 95: ...ue CONT Cycle count continuos TRIGger DELay hh mm ss TRIGgen DELay slx hh mm ss The TRIGger DELay hh mm ss command is used to set the required general timer cycle delay time The TRIGger COUNt slx hh m...

Page 96: ...sample count will be limited to a maximum of 4000 samples or the amount of available data logging memory SAMPIe DELay slx hh mm ss This command is used to set the specified scanning list timer sample...

Page 97: ...em DATE Sets the internal clock date SYSTem DATE Queries the internal clock date SYSTem DATE FORMat Sets the internal clock date format SYSTem DATE FORMat Queries the internal clock date format 7 11 2...

Page 98: ...lock time value Returns hh mm ss 24 hour clock format SYSTem DATE FORMat format Set the system calendar clock date format for use in date and time stamping of data logging format dd mm yy mm dd yy SYS...

Page 99: ...f readings from data log memory DATAIogger POINts Queries the number of readings stored in the data log memory 7 12 2 Datalogger commands DATAIogger MODE mode Turns data logging to memory on or off mo...

Page 100: ...scanner mode is On DATAIogger STOP The DATAIogger STOP command performs the same function as the ABORt command terminating the current measurement cycle and clearing the input and output buffers DATA...

Page 101: ...e shot Initiates a single measurement and stores the result in the next location of the data logger memory DATAIogger VALue value Transfers a specified number of data logger reading from the memory to...

Page 102: ...priate bit in the Status Byte Setting an enable bit to 1 enables the event bit clearing the enable bit inhibits the corresponding event bit The register value can be read at any time using the appropr...

Page 103: ...Communications Interface 7 13 1 The Status Reporting System is summarised in the following diagram Questionable Data Status Byte Page 7 35 Standard Operation...

Page 104: ...This could be an invalid command parameter or syntax The command is ignored Measuring This bit is set when a new measurement starts and is cleared when complete It corresponds to the BUSY legend on t...

Page 105: ...ighted decimal value representing the bits set in the condition register STATus OPERation EVENt Query the Operation Event Register The instrument returns a binary weighted decimal value representing t...

Page 106: ...ch corresponds to the binary weighted sum of all bits set in the register STB Query the Status Byte Summary Register The instrument returns a decimal value which corresponds to the binary weighted sum...

Page 107: ...ure TC type rj mode ext rj standard CONFigure TEMPerature RTD type standard con current mode root 2 FETCh READ MEASure CHANnel channel MEASure TEMPerature TC type rj mode ext rj standard MEASure TEMPe...

Page 108: ...parameter CALCulate LIMit LOWer CALCulate LIMit UPPer Route command summary ROUTe SCAN LSELect ROUTe SCAN LSELect ROUTe SCAN INTernal ROUTe SCAN INTernal Triggering Commands INITiate ABORT TRIGger MOD...

Page 109: ...P DATAIogger STEP DATAIogger VALue value all DATAIogger POINts Status Reporting Commands STATus STATus QUEStionable CONDition STATus QUEStionable EVENt STATus QUEStionable ENABIe enable value STATus Q...

Page 110: ...ivity 1 mV C Analogue Output range 2V F S 7 15 2 Default Settings On power up the TTI 7 R will initialise with the following settings Measurement units deg C Measurement PRT Input PRT Input A Resoluti...

Page 111: ...t the time the instrument is ordered from the factory It is not possible to retro fit the analogue output option Other options available for the TTI 7 R include Part Number Description TTI 7 R DP DIN...

Page 112: ...pically 0 00385 0 00390 typically 0 00385 0 00390 typically 0 00385 0 00385 Range 50 C to 600 C 50 C to 250 C 70 C to 450 C 50 C to 200 C 100 C to 450 C Sheath Fused Silica Stainless Steel Stainless S...

Page 113: ...C 0 01 C Pt25 sense current 1 mA DC polarity switchable 9 2 Thermocouple measurement Thermocouple types supported J K N E C D T B R S Thermocouple display resolution 0 01 C Voltage measurement uncert...

Page 114: ...charged 20 hours no backlight 80 hours backlight on Battery recharge time 4hours 9 4 Supply Mains supply voltage range selection 1 90 110V 100Vac 2 108 132V 120Vac 3 198 244V 220Vac 4 216 264V 240Vac...

Page 115: ...bs 9 10 Pt25 and 100 System accuracy System accuracy is the combined accuracy of the TTI 7 R plus the calibration uncertainty of the PRT Accurate figures for the instrument and system with the range o...

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Page 117: ...r to enter the instrument WARNING Never use alcohol or thinners as these will damage the instrument Never use a hard or abrasive brush 10 2 Preventive Maintenance WARNING Inspect the mains supply cabl...

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Page 119: ...nt to the factory for repair 11 1 Technical Support For all technical support repair warranty and service inquiries please contact 11 2 Returned Instruments All returned goods should be sent carriage...

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