Recording
Temperature data
Displayed Information
Stopped recording
Limits exceeded
Marked point
To mark an important event (“Date Stamp”)
• TempTale4 Probeless Dry Ice monitors provide an option to “Date Stamp” or mark an
important event at any time during the monitoring cycle that will be visible when viewing
the data. The mark is displayed as an arrow when viewing the Graph and shown in italics
when viewing Tabular data.
• To mark an event while the monitor is recording, press and release the “Start” button.
• The “arrow” icon will appear temporarily in the lower left corner and the temperature history
will appear on the display. Data appears as follows:
1. Average temperature
2. Highest temperature recorded
3. Total time above high temperature limit
4. Lowest temperature recorded
5. Total time below low temperature limit
Alarm
When the TempTale4 Probeless Dry Ice monitor is exposed to a temperature outside a pre-
programmed limit and time threshold, an “Alarm bell” will appear in the lower right corner
of the LCD display.
Stopping a TempTale4 Monitor
Press and hold (1 to 3 seconds) the Stop button until the “Stop sign” icon appears in the up-
per right corner of the LCD display.
Preparing a TempTale
®
4 Probeless Dry Ice Monitor for Shipment
• Prepare your container for shipment according to your SOP
(Standard Operating Procedure) for dry ice pack outs.
• At the point in the SOP where dry ice fills a portion of the box
and the product is enclosed, press and release the Green/left Start
button on the TempTale4 Probeless Dry Ice Monitor.
• Verify that the “Sunshine” icon appears in the upper left
corner of the display.
• Place the TempTale4 Probeless Dry Ice Monitor as close to your
product as possible.
• Complete the SOP by continuing to add the desired weight of dry
ice prior to closing and labeling the shipping container.
• Now your dry ice shipment is ready for shipping.
• If your monitor has been programmed with a Start-up delay the
monitor will not begin recording data until the Start-up delay has passed.
Receiving a TempTale 4 Probeless Dry Ice Monitor
•
Important:
Always use protective gloves and caution when removing the TempTale4
Probeless Dry Ice monitor from the –80°C dry ice environment.
• When the dry ice shipment arrives, the Receiver should remove the TempTale4 Probeless
Dry Ice monitor and press the Red/right Stop button to manually stop the unit.
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• Verify that the stop sign icon appears on the LCD panel indicating the TempTale4 Dry Ice
monitor has been stopped.
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Notes:
1. If monitor is not stopped manually, the monitor will continue to run and record time and temperature data until
the monitor is downloaded or until the pre-programmed trip length is reached.
2. The LCD of the TempTale4 Probeless Dry Ice monitor requires a ‘warm-up’ period of up to 5 minutes at room
temperature to display summary data and icons after exposure to extremely low temperatures.
3. After removing the TempTale4 Probeless Dry Ice monitor from the container, the monitor can be downloaded to
your PC immediately if you have TempTale Manager
®
2.4 or TempTale Manager Desktop installed on your PC.
a) If you are running TempTale Manager 2.4, the Monitor Type displayed in Graph, Summary and Tabular
Views is Ambient instead of TempTale4: Dry Ice.
b) If you are running TempTale Manager Desktop, the Monitor Type displayed in Graph, Summary and
Tabular Views is TempTale4: Dry Ice.
4. Download the TempTale4 Probeless Dry Ice monitor to your PC using the Interface Plus Reader by placing the
monitor in the Interface plus with the LEDs aligned.
