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Mantracourt Electronics Limited

 – FSU User Manual 

 

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Cable Retention 

The 9 way ‘D’ socket can accept a mating plug that has screw retention functionality. 
The micro USB socket does not have any form of cable retention and this must be taken into account if mounting 
the FSU to ensure that the cable cannot disengage accidentally or through vibration. 

  

Environmental Approvals 

CE Approvals 

European EMC Directive 
 
 

2004/108/EC  
BS EN 61326-1:2006 
BS EN 61326-2-3:2006 

 
Output shall not exceed the sum of uncertainties when subjected to an electric field of 10V/m over the frequency 
range 80 to 600MHz 
 
 
 

Warranty 

All FSU products from Mantracourt Electronics Ltd., ('Mantracourt') are warranted against defective material and workmanship for a period of (3) 
three years from the date of dispatch. 
If the 'Mantracourt' product you purchase appears to have a defect in material or workmanship or fails during normal use within the period, 
please contact your Distributor, who will assist you in resolving the problem. If it is necessary to return the product to 'Mantracourt' please include 
a note stating name, company, address, phone number and a detailed description of the problem. Also, please indicate if it is a warranty repair. 
The sender is responsible for shipping charges, freight insurance and proper packaging to prevent breakage in transit. 
'Mantracourt' warranty does not apply to defects resulting from action of the buyer such as mishandling, improper interfacing, operation outside 
of design limits, improper repair or unauthorised modification. 
No other warranties are expressed or implied. 'Mantracourt' specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a specific 
purpose. The remedies outlined above are the buyer’s only remedies. 'Mantracourt' will not be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or 
consequential damages whether based on the contract, tort or other legal theory. 
Any corrective maintenance required after the warranty period should be performed by 'Mantracourt' approved personnel only. 
 
 

 
 

Document Title: 

FSU User Manual 

Applies To: 

FSU Product Range 

Part Number: 

517-941 

Issue Number: 

01.00 

Dated:  

23

rd

 May 2017 

 

In the interests of continued product development, Mantracourt Electronics Limited 
reserves the right to alter product specifications without prior notice. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                             

www.mantracourt.com 

 

Summary of Contents for FSU-SSBD

Page 1: ...USER MANUAL May 2017 FSU SSBD Fast USB Strain Gauge Load Cell Digitiser Module APPROVED DISTRIBUTORS OF ...

Page 2: ... and Restore Page 10 Lock Page 11 Calibration Page 12 System Zero 13 Auto Calibration 13 Table Calibration 14 Engineering Units 14 Capture Page 15 Review Page 17 Scope Page 20 FFT Page 21 Chapter 3 Installation 23 Identifying Strain Gauge Connections 23 9 way D Connector Pin outs 23 4 wire load cell 23 6 wire load cell 23 Chapter 4 Specifications 24 Technical Specifications 24 Dimensions Mounting ...

Page 3: ...plugging the device into a PC data can be extracted from most strain gauge bridge input sensors and acquired by software which allows data manipulation removing the need for amplifiers filters multimeters Free standing module fitted with 9 way D type socket for load cell Micro USB socket accepts a USB lead with type A connector at the PC end LED Status Indication The module indicates status via a ...

Page 4: ...nutes of data captured from the FSU or loaded from a previously saved CSV file Trend chart view of live input Exportable image and data FFT view to identify frequency components of input signal Simple oscilloscope view for wave based signals between 1 Hz and 500 Hz Easily switch to alternative engineering units If module has been previously calibrated It should be noted that traditional logging Wh...

Page 5: ...Mantracourt Electronics Limited FSU User Manual 4 After the software has been installed please connect the module to the PC and see the next section before running the FSU Toolkit ...

Page 6: ...esent different dialog windows but the dialogs shown below should allow you make the correct choices regardless of operating system Note that the FSU shares the drivers with the DSC range of modules so the driver is described as the USB DSC Bus The Found New Hardware Wizard should now appear Select No not at this time if you are asked whether the drivers should be searched for online Click Next No...

Page 7: ...etected you will see the Home page at which you can wait until the FSU module is connected Pressing the Detect button will start the detection process The Review page is also available at this point See later in the manual for using the Review page This will allow you to review previously saved data Recording occurs continuously in the background while on any of the following pages Capture Review ...

Page 8: ...Mantracourt Electronics Limited FSU User Manual 7 Home Page Click the icon to access the Information page After clicking the Detect button and a module is detected you will then see the Information page ...

Page 9: ... if any error conditions are present by displaying an information box The module serial number firmware version and last calibration date are also shown If the module has been allocated engineering units these will be displayed in the lower right of the LCD display Units If the calibrated units have been defined for this module then you can select from a list of alternative engineering units to us...

Page 10: ...t a new format for the displayed value By using this you can hide unwanted decimal places Just click the required display format in the list Error Indication If any errors are detected these will be shown under the main display The following screenshot shows an Integrity error present The error box will disappear once the error is no longer present ...

Page 11: ...Restore page No data is recorded while on this page Clicking the Save buttons will allow you to specify a file to which the configuration of the connected module is written Once saved this file can be selected after clicking the Restore button and the settings restored to the same module or to another module ...

Page 12: ...ns have been set to Hide You will need to contact Mantracourt to aid in Passcode recovery should the Passcode be forgotten Calibration Page Allows you to either Allow or Lock access to the calibration page System Zero Function Locking this function will also force locking of the Calibration Page This is useful if the Calibration Page has been locked but you want to still offer the ability to set t...

Page 13: ... set calibrated engineering units mV V Input Shows the actual mV V input as measured by the module Calibrated Value Shows the calibrated value Defaults Clicking the Defaults button will remove any user level calibration and return the module to its factory calibrated state The page is separated by tabbed sections Automatic Calibration Table Calibration and Engineering Units Click a tab to change s...

Page 14: ...ero Now button to automatically fill in the value to give a zero reading based on the current input This feature can be hidden on the Lock Page Auto Calibration The automatic calibration requires that you apply two known ascending inputs in sequence Just enter the required engineering unit value for the two inputs in the fields marked 1 and 2 Next apply the low input and allow a settle time Click ...

Page 15: ...ows you to specify the engineering units that the module was calibrated in Changing this does not affect the calibration It simply assigns the engineering units to the calibrated value so that later the user can select different engineering units and the module output value will be automatically converted to the selected units If you do not want the user changing the units you can hide access to t...

Page 16: ...ampled to enable it to fit on the chart fast peaks may not appear or may flash in and out of visibility as the data flows past the chart This feature will have the side effect of creating a slightly fuzzy edge on slower moving data This does not affect the way data is recorded only the way it is shown on the chart When used in conjunction with the Show Min Max feature this can help stabilize the v...

Page 17: ... far this Capture Viewed button gives you the options of capturing only the data currently visible on the chart Sometimes the data you are interested in can be recognised from the chart so this avoids having to capture and review all of the recorded data which may be up to 30 minutes worth Copy Chart Image This feature is available by right clicking on the chart and copies the chart image to the c...

Page 18: ...he Capture Viewed button Only available on the Capture Page This is where you can navigate through all the captured data optionally discard unwanted data view cursors and load and save data The chart automatically enhances transient peaks so that there is no chance of missing important features in the data Once you have zoomed in enough so you can identify individual data points the enhancement is...

Page 19: ...act the highlight by clicking and dragging the cursor at the left hand side of the highlight or anywhere to the left of the highlight Expand or contract the highlight by clicking and dragging the cursor at the right hand side of the highlight or anywhere to the right of the highlight Or you can pan the highlight left and right by clicking and dragging in the middle of it Cursors Left clicking on t...

Page 20: ... minutes of data equates to over 8 6 million data points it is often only a small portion that contains the actual data of interest The crop button discards data that falls outside of the currently viewed portion of the entire data set and resets the chart and navigation control to focus only on this data The newly focussed data can then be navigated saved or again zoomed and cropped If a mistake ...

Page 21: ... frequencies of between 1 Hz and 500 Hz You can view waveforms up to around 2 kHz but there will not be enough samples in the captured data to represent the proper waveform Auto Locate Click this button to automatically select the best settings to view the current input waveform Trigger level This selects the trigger level which is the value at which the left hand side of the scope starts to draw ...

Page 22: ...ency detected The above screenshot shows 50Hz detected Navigation You can drag the thumbs at each end of the purple navigation bar to zoom into the frequency range of interest The purple bar can be panned as well as resized Peak Hold When activated this simply holds the maximum for each frequency displayed until the feature is turned off Cursor Click the chart to display the cursor This can be dra...

Page 23: ...racourt Electronics Limited FSU User Manual 22 Copy Chart Image This feature is available by right clicking on the chart and copies the chart image to the clipboard enabling pasting into other applications ...

Page 24: ...lation This chapter gives detailed information on integrating the FSU into a production system including mounting protection adjustments wiring and electrical requirements Identifying Strain Gauge Connections 9 way D Connector Pin outs 4 wire load cell 6 wire load cell ...

Page 25: ...solution 16 Million Counts divs Resolution 4 8kHz readings Noise stable over 1s 8192 Counts divs Resolution 4 8kHz readings Noise stable over 1s 13 Bits Measurement Sample Rate 4800 Per Second Measurement Sample Rate Accuracy 0 5 1 1 Electrical Min Typical Max Units Power Supply voltage 4 25 5 5 5 V dc Power Supply current 350 Ohm Bridge 68 75 mA Data transmission Min Typical Max Units Output cabl...

Page 26: ...rt Electronics Limited FSU User Manual 25 Dimensions Mounting The following diagrams show the case dimensions and mounting holes and optional DIN rail mounting kit External Dimensions LED Position Mounting Holes ...

Page 27: ...e and replace with the longer screws from the DSCUSB DIN kit These longer screws secure the din rail clips which sit in the rectangular depressions around the screw holes NOTE You may want to remove and replace one screw at a time to avoid the case coming apart Once fitted the top face of the FSU will be 31 4mm from the surface that the DIN rail is mounted on Cable Clearance These are typical clea...

Page 28: ...se include a note stating name company address phone number and a detailed description of the problem Also please indicate if it is a warranty repair The sender is responsible for shipping charges freight insurance and proper packaging to prevent breakage in transit Mantracourt warranty does not apply to defects resulting from action of the buyer such as mishandling improper interfacing operation ...

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