OptiCal User’s Manual
Michell Instruments
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OPERATION
3.4.2
Putting the Optidew in Remote Mode
On start-up, the Optidew reference is automatically in
LOCAL
Mode. Once the display
has stopped showing the start-up banner it is possible to change between the two modes
by simply holding down the
DISPLAY CONTROL
button for approximately 7 seconds. In
REMOTE
Mode the display will show
REMOTE MODE
, indicating that communication
with a PC via the RS232 port is possible.
3.4.3
Remote Control - Manual Set Point Control
Opti-Soft has the facility to manually control the OptiCal via the manual control window.
To set the required %RH and temperature values, adjust the controls and press the
Apply
button.
Figure 14
OptiCal Manual Control
3.4.4
Remote Control - Automatic Set Point Control
Opti-Soft provides a programming facility for the OptiCal, where the user can design,
open and save programs with up to 10 dwell-points.
Figure 15
OptiCal Programming
Program progress is shown by the color change in the program table and the dwell time
of the active dwell point is decremented every second to show the time remaining.
