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Argon 100
Hardware User Manual
Rev 1.2
Setup Proton-1 Sensor Adapter
1. Connect the proton-1 adapter to the RS232 connection on the Argon unit.
2. Power off the Argon, wait 8-10 seconds and power up the Argon.
3.
The green status light on the Proton-1 will now rapidly blink to indicate it’s in
programming mode.
4. Connect a temp-sense probe to the Proton-1.
5.
Wait 20 seconds and the light will blink steadily once per second on each
successful temperature read.
Steady State Operation
Once the power up initialisation has been completed, the unit will go into the
steady state operation mode. In this mode it will cycle through all the attached
temperature sensors that have been identified and stored in non-volatile memory.
The time taken to cycle through and read all the sensors depends on how many
sensors are attached.
On reading a sensor the green status LED on the proton-1 will blink to indicate
that a temperature measurement has been taken.
If new temperature sensors are attached during run time operation, these new
sensors will be ignored. Sensors can only be detected as part of the power up
process. If sensors are removed, or some event prevents them from being read,
this will be detected as an error condition. In error, the sensor will report back a
value of
-999.9°C.
Add or Remove Sensors
To add or remove a sensor at a later date the Proton-1 to needs to be put in to
programming mode again.
1.
Disconnect the old sensor from the Proton-1
2. Power off the Argon, wait 8-10 seconds and power up the Argon.
3.
The green status light on the Proton-1 will now rapidly blink to indicate it’s
in programming mode.
4. Now follow setup procedure above for the new sensors.
