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USER MANUAL

From version 1.10

TECNA® S.p.A.

Via Meucci 27 - 40024 Castel S. Pietro Terme – Bologna ITALY

Tel. +39 0516954411 – Fax +39 0516954490 –

http://www.tecna.net

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MAN 5017

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April 2014

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Page 1: ...R MANUAL From version 1 10 TECNA S p A Via Meucci 27 40024 Castel S Pietro Terme Bologna ITALY Tel 39 0516954411 Fax 39 0516954490 http www tecna net DOCUMENT NUMBER MAN 5017 DISTRIBUTOR EDITION April 2014 ...

Page 2: ...ICS MENU 35 3 1 SCATTER PLOT 37 4 0 DATA SAVING MENU 39 4 1 MEASUREMENT GRAPH CONFIGURATION 41 5 0 INSTRUMENT CONFIGURATION MENU 43 5 1 BLUETOOTH CONFIGURATION MENU 46 6 0 CONNECTING THE INSTRUMENT TO THE PC 50 6 1 PUTTY TERMINAL EMULATOR 57 6 1 1 MAIN MENU 59 6 1 2 DATA SPOT PRINT 60 6 1 3 INSTRUMENT CONFIG MENU 62 6 1 4 CURRENT CONFIG MENU 64 6 1 5 LIMIT CONFIG MENU 65 7 0 ERROR MESSAGES 67 8 0 ...

Page 3: ...of USB pen drive and status of connection with expansion card NO USB pen drive not inserted or not recognised USB OK pen drive inserted and recognised expansion card absent LINK card present and connection established LN card present and connection not established BATT 076 Indication of residual battery charge PAGE 3 ...

Page 4: ...lso read the numeric values of the measured quantities and view them on a graph Key for accessing the TE1700 statistics menu It provides a statistical analysis with a scatter plot on the last 90 weld spots performed by the instrument Key for accessing the menu to save data on a pen drive It allows you to save the bitmap chart of the measured quantities or to export the spots to a CSV Comma Separat...

Page 5: ...ou to configure Time to turn off the display backlight Auto shutoff time to save battery Current date and time Local network supply frequency 50 or 60 Hz Which data to save of every spot NORMAL or ADVANCED mode Update TE1700 firmware Connected Bluetooth devices e g PC TE1710 Expander etc PAGE 5 ...

Page 6: ...nstrument configuration including the following information Type of current transducer type of source to be measured selected measuring range Type of force transducer selected measuring range disturbance limitation activation Pressing BACK returns to the previous screen PAGE 6 ...

Page 7: ...r voltage normal or continuous measuring mode Number of current pulses initial and final masking on signal to be measured Selection of channel for measurement either force or current or both instrument sensitivity for starting measuring operations PAGE 7 ...

Page 8: ...s on the graph chosen among welding current secondary voltage energy and resistance Force is plotted on its own on a dedicated graph while the other quantities can be selected independently quantities are chosen from the MEASUREMENT GRAPH CONFIGURATION menu Acquiring spots while inside the MEASUREMENT GRAPH screen will decrease the max acquisition rate The MEASUREMENT GRAPH screen appears empty wh...

Page 9: ...urement graph s screen is as follows Messages relating to the current position of the cursor The time position and the value of the selected quantity are shown Touching this area changes the quantities to be plotted on the graph PAGE 9 ...

Page 10: ...TECNA WELD TESTER TE1700 The right and left arrows move the cursor horizontally repeatedly pressing the key moves the cursor quickly Zooms horizontally into the graph in the area of the cursor PAGE 10 ...

Page 11: ...2 MEASUREMENT GRAPH CONFIGURATION Available in NORMAL mode only Selection of quantities to be viewed This icon is present only with the TE1710 Expander expansion card Enables viewing of the displacement measurement graph PAGE 11 ...

Page 12: ... I Welding current V Secondary voltage Requires measurement of the voltage at the electrodes E Energy dispensed during the weld Requires measurement of the voltage at the electrodes R Electrical resistance of the material Requires measurement of the voltage at the electrodes WARNING in the event the voltage and current values are considerably low the electrical resistance value is forced to zero F...

Page 13: ...SUREMENT DATA Available in NORMAL and CONTINUOUS modes Displays the numeric values of the quantities measured Indicator of active functions that can affect the measurement process Indicator of execution of measurement process PAGE 13 ...

Page 14: ...the TE1700 that can affect the numeric values shown on the display A list of data that can be viewed is as follows Measurement of a direct current source such as medium frequency inverter and three phase unit Measurement of an alternate current source single phase spot welder Indicator of outcome of check limits on the measurement process Measurement within limits Measurement outside limits Check ...

Page 15: ...ter than 1 the weld to be measured is pulsed and the number of pulses must be equal to the value set on the control unit When FORCE FILTER is activated it suppresses the noise on the force measurement channel recommended when using electrical axes Welding time measurement is always present on the display Displayed data change depending on the technology of the welder used The display indicates the...

Page 16: ... current the RMS value of the IRMS welding current the Ipeak max positive peak value and the Ipeak max negative peak value reached during welding are displayed In mode Secondary voltage displays the RMS voltage value Vrms present on the secondary circuit and its Vpeak maximum peak value To perform this measurement use the cables for measuring electrodes voltage PAGE 16 ...

Page 17: ...voltage In mode Secondary voltage displays the RMS voltage value Vrms present on the secondary circuit its maximum positive peak value Vpeak and maximum negative peak value Vpeak To perform this measurement use the cables for measuring electrodes voltage In modes Energy dispensed during the weld Eweld To perform this measurement use the cables for measuring electrodes voltage PAGE 17 ...

Page 18: ...istance of the secondary circuit included at both ends of the electrodes of the voltage probe To perform this measurement use the cables for measuring electrodes voltage In modes Thermal current the average Ith and the instantaneous iIth thermal current values are displayed The average value Tith is calculated by processing the samples acquired over a maximum time range of 24 hours The instantaneo...

Page 19: ...e is selected the data viewed cannot be edited by the user The data displayed are RMS value of the welding current IRMS Positive current peak IPEAK Negative current peak IPEAK RMS value of the secondary voltage VRMS Positive voltage peak VPEAK Negative voltage peak VPEAK Continuous force value In this case the force values are updated continuously and automatically PAGE 19 ...

Page 20: ...0 2 4 MEASUREMENT DATA CONFIGURATION Available in NORMAL mode only Selection of quantities to be viewed This icon is present only with the TE1710 Expander expansion card Enables a displacement measurement to be viewed PAGE 20 ...

Page 21: ...lding current V Secondary voltage Requires measurement of the voltage at the electrodes E Energy dispensed during the weld Requires measurement of the voltage at the electrodes P Power dispensed during the weld Requires measurement of the voltage at the electrodes I2t Thermal current Ith of the welding process performed Ith CLEAR Deletion of the thermal current samples Ith of the welding process p...

Page 22: ...TECNA WELD TESTER TE1700 2 5 MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION Configuration of the modes in which acquired quantities are measured Summary of current instrument configuration PAGE 22 ...

Page 23: ... Available in NORMAL and CONTINUOUS modes VOLT Allows you to set the electrodes voltage range Be sure to choose the range appropriately because if you select one that is too low error VOLTAGE HIGH OVER RANGE will appear but if you select one that is too high measurement accuracy will be lost Available in NORMAL and CONTINUOUS modes FORCE Allows you to set the force measuring range Be sure to choos...

Page 24: ...quire the spot whilst in CONTINUOUS mode the instrument acquires current voltage and force values continuously You can activate the CONTINUOUS mode only if the welder has the AC technology or if the current transducer is disconnected from the instrument Available in NORMAL and CONTINUOUS modes ADV Makes advanced adjustments to the measurement process see the relative chapter ADVANCED MEASUREMENT C...

Page 25: ...ing control Available in NORMAL mode PRE BLANK Sets the PRE BLANK time if other than zero the initial part of the welding process for the set time is not considered in the measurement process Available in NORMAL mode POST BLANK Sets the POST BLANK time if other than zero the final part of the welding process for the set time is not considered in the measurement process PAGE 25 ...

Page 26: ...TECNA WELD TESTER TE1700 2 5 1 ADVANCED MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION For setting the instrument to measure under special conditions Summary of current instrument configuration PAGE 26 ...

Page 27: ...ments to be performed in environments with high electrical disturbance or mechanical vibration FORCE FILTER For activating a filter on the disturbances present on the force measurement which can occur in the presence of an electrical axis TRIGGER TYPE The instrument normally receives the welding process start signal on both the current and the voltage channel one of the two channels may be exclude...

Page 28: ...s that may be selected among the following quantities current energy time force and displacement You cannot select two identical quantities from the limits mask If using the TE1710 Expander you can configure up to 15 limits masks through the control unit s call signals Enables access to the welding limit programming menu PAGE 28 ...

Page 29: ...ssumptions are true If the MIN and MAX fields coincide the welding limits on the quantity selected are not active Within the mask it is not possible to select the same quantity for different welding limits Always referring to the image in the previous page the three buttons allow you to access the programming page of the first second and third welding limit of the selected control mask PAGE 29 ...

Page 30: ... via the control unit s call signals Can be between 1 and 15 Welding limit quantity selector to be monitored in the measurement process If blank the welding limit is not active Press the LIM MIN and LIM MAX keys to edit the minimum and maximum welding limit values PAGE 30 ...

Page 31: ...TECNA WELD TESTER TE1700 Confirms and returns to the previous menu PAGE 31 ...

Page 32: ...t OK 000 0 kA 999 9 kA OK 00000 J 60000 J OK 0000 mS 9999 mS OK 0000 0 daN 6000 0 daN OK 0 000 mm 9 999 mm OK NO LIMITS The outcome of the measurement is shown at the bottom right of the MEASUREMENT DATA screen at the end of the acquisition process measurement within limits measurement outside limits Limits not active PAGE 32 ...

Page 33: ...welding tables inside which the operator can retrieve the welding parameters selecting thickness type of material and quality class A B C of the sheets or parts being welded Sheet MATERIAL selection Sheet THICKNESS selection Sheet quality CLASS selection PAGE 33 ...

Page 34: ...urrent time force and electrode diameter parameters some data on the spatial positioning of the sheets or parts being welded are also displayed These data are for information purposes only and must be viewed solely by qualified technicians PAGE 34 ...

Page 35: ...he last 90 spots recorded by the measuring instrument Before performing the analysis select which quantity is to be analysed among current voltage energy resistance force or displacement Selection of the quantity on which statistical analysis is to be carried out Only one quantity at a time can be analysed PAGE 35 ...

Page 36: ...n you may use a spreadsheet to process the exported data and perform a more in depth analysis The analysis run by the instrument uses a scatter plot which shows the distribution of the various values of the selected quantity compared to its average value A vertical cursor can be used to examine all the data relating to each spot shown on the graph PAGE 36 ...

Page 37: ...TECNA WELD TESTER TE1700 3 1 SCATTER PLOT 1 2 3 4 5 PAGE 37 ...

Page 38: ...ed spot to be viewed 3 The horizontal cursor indicates the average value of the selected quantity 4 It displays the average minimum and maximum value of the selected quantity It also displays the welding time current energy voltage and resistance of the spot selected using the vertical cursor 5 Arrows for selecting the previous or the next spot using the vertical cursor PAGE 38 ...

Page 39: ... in the instrument to a pen drive for post analysis or report creation WARNING it is advisable to use USB 2 0 or lower pen drive having more than 1GB storage capacity formatted in FAT32 Other types of formatting are not supported and therefore it will not be possible to save data PAGE 39 ...

Page 40: ...ays the following message Clears the spots internal memory Clears the internal memory in which the weld spots are stored It must be cleared every time a new measurement campaign is begun or when switching from NORMAL to ADVANCED statistics mode and vice versa The instrument memory can store up to 20000 spots When the weld spots memory is full it deletes automatically The following message is displ...

Page 41: ...uantities selected in the menu are consequently saved 4 1 MEASUREMENT GRAPH CONFIGURATION Saves to pen drive a CSV Comma Separated Values file containing numeric data relating to the quantities acquired the configuration of the instrument used the transducers connected and the sequence of numeric values acquired during the process that describe the time trend of the quantities PAGE 41 ...

Page 42: ...nstrument configuration In ADVANCED mode in addition to data described above an additional CSV file is created for each weld spot containing the numeric values describing the time trend of the quantities acquired in a single welding spot WARNING saving data in ADVANCED mode and a high number of spots can take a long time The following icon appears during data saving WARNING Do not remove the pen d...

Page 43: ...TECNA WELD TESTER TE1700 5 0 INSTRUMENT CONFIGURATION MENU Screen lighting shutdown time and instrument shutdown time Summary of current instrument configuration PAGE 43 ...

Page 44: ...ect which statistical data the instrument must store for each acquired spot If NORMAL mode was selected only spots numeric data will be saved but if you selected ADVANCED mode then the numeric data and the waveforms associated with each spot will be saved When switching between the two modes the instrument s memory must be cleared WARNING If using the ADVANCED mode the acquisition rate decreases t...

Page 45: ...rmware upgrade mode and the following message appears If pressed by accident simply switch off the instrument switch it back on again nothing shows on the display switch off and switch back on again Once the firmware upgrade is started the pairing with a compatible Bluetooth device PC Android is deleted Simply pair the Bluetooth device to the TE1700 again PAGE 45 ...

Page 46: ...TER TE1700 5 1 BLUETOOTH CONFIGURATION MENU For accessing the screen that enables the instrument to be paired with compatible Bluetooth devices and the optional TECNA TE1710 Expander to be set up if available PAGE 46 ...

Page 47: ...llowing message appears when the key is pressed The instrument can now be detected by an external device If the device being paired has a Bluetooth v2 1 module or better no code will be requested during the pairing Vice versa if the Bluetooth device being paired has a Bluetooth v2 0 module or less the default password 1234 will be requested Once pairing is complete the message will clear automatic...

Page 48: ... when the key is pressed Before you start the pairing procedure be sure the expansion card is powered and within the range of the Bluetooth connection If pairing was successful the instrument displays message EXPANDER FOUND If pairing was unsuccessful the instrument displays message EXPANDER NOT FOUND PAGE 48 ...

Page 49: ...R TE1700 For accessing the configuration menu of the TE1710 Expander if available Selects the serial number of the TE1710 Expander to which you are going to connect Activates Deactivates the deformation sensor PAGE 49 ...

Page 50: ... Sets the resolution of the speed sensor 6 0 CONNECTING THE INSTRUMENT TO THE PC In order to program the instrument remotely you must pair the TE1700 with a compatible Bluetooth device such as a PC Later on you will be able to configure the instrument remotely through a terminal emulator Proceed as follows to pair the TE1700 in Microsoft Windows 7 PAGE 50 ...

Page 51: ...ELD TESTER TE1700 The Bluetooth icon is at the bottom right on the taskbar a menu will open when you click it with the right mouse button Select Add a Device in this menu to add a new Bluetooth device PAGE 51 ...

Page 52: ...tected by the PC To make it possible to detect the TE1700 press the PC BLUETOOTH key shown in paragraph 5 1 The TE1700 can now be detected by the PC and should appear in the window with the name TECNA TE1700 12345 where 12345 is the serial number of the device PAGE 52 ...

Page 53: ...00 As indicated in paragraph 5 1 you need not enter any pairing code in the TE1700 if the PC is equipped with a Bluetooth v2 1 module or higher Then select Pair without using a code to pair without entering any codes PAGE 53 ...

Page 54: ...ral Device without drivers No driver found This is not important since the error is caused by the presence of a Bluetooth profile that is not recognized in Windows The installation was successful now you need to locate which of the two COM ports is used for Bluetooth connections at output By clicking on the Bluetooth icon at the bottom right in the taskbar select Open settings to open Bluetooth se...

Page 55: ...TECNA WELD TESTER TE1700 In the window that appears you will notice that the port to be used is COM3 since the indicated Direction is Outgoing PAGE 55 ...

Page 56: ... the COM port A terminal emulator for Windows is Putty a third party program distributed under MIT license Putty software is available inside the pen drive distributed with the Tecna TE1700 Weld Tester In case of difficulty in finding the software contact your dealer PAGE 56 ...

Page 57: ...ER TE1700 6 1 PUTTY TERMINAL EMULATOR In order to connect with the terminal emulator you must set Connection type Serial Serial line outgoing serial port e g COM3 Speed 115200 Press Open to open the connection PAGE 57 ...

Page 58: ...0 If you want to save data received from the terminal emulator to a disk go to the Logging menu and set parameter Session logging in Printable output Use the Browse key to select the path in which to save the log file PAGE 58 ...

Page 59: ... menu enabling activation of the DATA SPOT PRINT function and access to the INSTRUMENT CONFIG menu 0 DATA SPOT PRINT Activates Deactivates printing of the measurements performed 1 INSTRUMENT CONFIG Enables access to the instrument configuration menu PAGE 59 ...

Page 60: ...ONDUCTION DEG 118 RMS CURRENT 0004 70 kA POSITIVE PEAK 0007 58 kA NEGATIVE PEAK 0008 25 kA SECONDARY RMS VOLTAGE 00 27V SECONDARY POSITIVE PEAK 00 46V SECONDARY NEGATIVE PEAK 00 48V ENERGY 00071 J POWER MEAN 001 26kW SPOT 02865 07 11 2013 16 09 50 LIMIT MASK NUMBER 01 LIMIT MASK EVAL RESULT NO LIMIT ACTIVE WELDING TIME 003 0 CYCLES CONDUCTION DEG 118 RMS CURRENT 0004 72 kA POSITIVE PEAK 0007 49 kA...

Page 61: ...ASK EVAL RESULT CURRENT OUT LIMIT WELDING TIME 003 0 CYCLES CONDUCTION DEG 118 RMS CURRENT 0004 69 kA POSITIVE PEAK 0007 48 kA NEGATIVE PEAK 0008 21 kA SECONDARY RMS VOLTAGE 00 27V SECONDARY POSITIVE PEAK 00 46V SECONDARY NEGATIVE PEAK 00 48V ENERGY 00070 J POWER MEAN 001 26kW PAGE 61 ...

Page 62: ...f the arrow are the keys to be pressed on the terminal to perform an action on the element indicated to the right of the same arrow B BACK TO MAIN MENU Returns to the main menu 0 CURRENT CONFIG MENU Allows access to the current probe configuration menu 1 VOLTAGE RANGE For setting the voltage rate 7V 13V 26V or 50V PAGE 62 ...

Page 63: ...ing the POST BLANK time in milliseconds Between 0 and 200 ms 5 PULSE NUMBER CONFIG For setting the number of pulses Between 1 and 9 6 FORCE FILTER Activates Deactivates the filter on the force measurement signal 7 TRIGGER LEVEL For setting the trigger level on the signal 8 CONTINUOUS MODE For selecting the type of signal acquisition NORMAL CONTINUOUS L LIMIT CONFIG For accessing the submenu for se...

Page 64: ...menu B BACK TO MAIN MENU Returns to the main menu 0 CURRENT MODE For selecting the amperometric source AC DC or CD for the current probe 1 CURRENT RANGE For selecting the amperometric rate 4kA 8kA 40kA or 190kA for the current probe currently inserted in this case a ROG x1 PAGE 64 ...

Page 65: ...T MASK NUMBER Represents the numeric identifier of the check limits mask to be programmed or selected Between 1 and 15 and can only be programmed remotely 1 LIMIT NUMBER 1 TYPE For selecting the type of control in IK ENE TIME FORCE or ID for the first mask limit 2 LIMIT NUMBER 1 MIN For setting the minimum value of the first mask limit PAGE 65 ...

Page 66: ...e of the second mask limit 6 LIMIT NUMBER 2 MAX For setting the maximum value of the second mask limit 7 LIMIT NUMBER 3 TYPE For selecting the type of control in IK ENE TIME FORCE or ID for the third mask limit 8 LIMIT NUMBER 3 MIN For setting the minimum value of the third mask limit 9 LIMIT NUMBER 3 MAX For setting the maximum value of the third mask limit WARNING Two LIMIT NUMBER TYPE fields ha...

Page 67: ...ucer with lower sensitivity Signalling input force over the selected rate Switch to higher rate or use a transducer with lower sensitivity Signalling input voltage over the selected rate Switch to higher rate or use a transducer with lower sensitivity An attempt was made to save a file to pen drive but it has not been inserted correctly or its format is not supported Before saving the file ensure ...

Page 68: ...f the spot welder and the magnetic field generated interferes with the correct execution of the measurement Move the instrument away from the secondary circuit of the spot welder Signals that the acquisition time of the measurement process just performed was too long It should be reduced Signals that the execution speed of the current welding spots is too high Reduce the speed Signals that the ins...

Page 69: ... 4KA 19KA Voltage ranges 7V 13V 26V 50V 1705 Force ranges 1661 1673 1675 1662 1663 Force cell 200 daN Force cell 1 200 daN Force cell 2 000 daN Force cell 10 000 daN RMS precision Class 1 Time precision 1 ms DC 0 5 cycles AC or 0 1 ms CD Battery performance Rechargeable Ni Mh Batteries with a performance of about 24 hours depending on use Recharged in 2 hours Operating temperature From 0 C to 40 C...

Page 70: ... m max 1635 Flexible transducer Ø 160 mm with cable L 2 m max 1636 Flexible transducer Ø 270 mm with cable L 2 m max 1637 Flexible transducer Ø 270 mm with cable L 2 m max 1661 Load cell from 200 daN 440 lb with cable L 2 m 1662 Load cell from 2 000 daN 4 400 lb with cable L 2 m 1673 Compact load cell from 200 daN 440 lb with cable L 2 m 1675 Compact load cell from 1 200 daN 2 640 lb with cable L ...

Page 71: ...ed life is 5 years but you still need to replace it if its operating performance is significantly reduced WARNING For safety reasons you must disconnect all cables from the TE1700 before replacing the batteries After setting the TE1700 to a safety state you can unscrew the 6 screws at the back those that join the two plastic shells WARNING To avoid damaging the TE1700 you should remove the Nickel ...

Page 72: ...the market You may not dispose of the batteries by dumping them in the usual waste bins They must be disposed of properly through the WEEE collection facilities in your country Also adhere to the following recommendations Do not dispose of new or used batteries in fire Do not attempt to open the batteries Keep batteries out of children s reach 11 0 SAFETY OF USE To avoid electric shock always conn...

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