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TM201

01DEC2015REV.3.01

TORQUE MONITOR

OPERATION MANUAL

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Page 1: ...TM201 01DEC2015REV 3 01 TORQUE MONITOR OPERATION MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...l in a safe place to be used for further reference Safety precautions Make sure that installation maintenance and inspection of the TM201 are performed by personnel with electrical knowledge In this manual precautions for safe use of the TM201 are described separately as and in the following text The precautions described in this text are important contents regarding safety Use this product with a...

Page 3: ...Do not connect commercial power supply directly to the main unit Be sure to use the dedicated AC adapter included Do not connect AC adapters other than the dedicated adapter included for the TM201 to the power input connector Be sure to check wiring and so on carefully before turning the power on Use power supply voltage within the rated range Do not damage the power cords Fire or electric shock m...

Page 4: ...oduct if it is damaged Be sure to have a time interval of five seconds or longer between turning the power on and off or between the USB cable plugging in and unplugging Use only after warming up for 30 minutes or longer following the start of power supply Protective performance of the TM201 may be lost if it is not used as specified Cleaning During cleaning unplug the adapter from the outlet and ...

Page 5: ...of toxic substances that may have adverse effects on the environment and the human body RoHS Directive RoHS stands for Restriction on Hazardous Substances This is an EU regulation regarding toxic substances This directive prohibits the use of six specific substances in electrical electronic equipment sold in the EU region The six substances include lead mercury cadmium hexavalentchromium PBB polyb...

Page 6: ...cedures 6 3 1 USB interface 6 Communication specifications 6 3 2 PC preparation 6 PC operating environment 6 USB driver installation 6 USB connection 6 Check of virtual COM port 7 Installation of the dedicated PC application 7 Turn on of power supply 8 Startup of PC application 8 Specification of COM port 8 3 3 Menu 9 File 9 COM port 10 Help 10 3 4 Waveform tab 11 Waveform tab 11 Setting condition...

Page 7: ...andard 26 Custom 26 Calibration 26 4 3 Procedures of equivalent input calibration and actual load calibration torque 29 4 4 Display setting of rotation speed power 34 4 5 Rotation stop settings for rotation speed 35 Minimum input rotation speed 35 Rotation stop mode 36 4 6 Unit conversion table 37 Unit conversion table of torque 37 Unit conversion table of power 37 5 Function Description Related t...

Page 8: ...Contents VII Contents VII 6 3 TM201 block diagram 43 7 Appendices 44 7 1 List of setting values 44 7 2 Waveform data file format 46 7 3 Troubleshooting 47 7 4 Conformity with EC directives 48 ...

Page 9: ...Contents VIII Contents VIII M E M O ...

Page 10: ...ncluded in the package box Be sure to check the contents before use 1 3 Dedicated PC application and operation manual this manual A USB driver and the dedicated PC application are required to use the TM201 Download and install them from respective websites Refer to P 6 3 2 PC preparation for details This manual can be downloaded from the UNIPULSE website or can be viewed in the help of the dedicat...

Page 11: ...ns STATUS lamp green UTMⅡ operation status is indicated Stop Slow flashes Detect torque or rotation Fast flashes Detect torque and rotation Lights on The status with torque indicates a condition where input of approx 0 1V or more is detected Operation manual Dedicated PC application 㼁㼀㻹䊡㼟㼑㼞㼕㼟 STATUS green lamp ALM red lamp UTMⅡ connection connector Power input connector USB connector ...

Page 12: ...ed cable Refer to P 4 Connection of UTMⅡ for connection USB connector This part is connected to the PC with the USB cable included Refer to P 5 Connection of the USB cable for connection 1 6 Procedures for the first time use Set up the product following the procedures below 1 Connect the AC adapter and UTMⅡ Refer to P 4 2 1 Connection procedure 2 Install the USB driver and the dedicated PC applica...

Page 13: ...Connection of UTMⅡ The connection with UTMⅡ can be easily performed with the dedicated cable included Both ends of the connector have the same shape and the cable is connected straight Since the cable has no directionality either side of the connector may be connected to UTMⅡ and TM201 Connect UTMⅡ while paying attention to the direction of the arrow on the connector Warning Do not connect commerc...

Page 14: ...for the first time Refer to P 6 3 2 PC preparation for connection procedures Once the USB cable is connected the TM201 turns on due to power supply from the USB cable and ALM red lamp or STATUS green lamp operates Connection to the outlet After connecting to UTMⅡ the AC adapter is connected to the outlet Input power is AC100 to 240V 15 10 free power supply Frequency is 50 60Hz Pin out Pin number W...

Page 15: ...One or more free ports Hard disk 15GB free space or more USB driver Virtual COM Port VCP Drivers developed by FTDI Limited USB driver installation Online network to perform automatic installation of driver Please go online network The driver automatically downloaded and installed via the network when TM201 connected to PC with the USB cable In case of failing driver installation or not starting of...

Page 16: ... user registration free is required http www unipulse com en products TM201 html Virtual COM port number If the COM port number of the TM201 cannot be determined due to multiple USB Serial Ports and so on unplug the USB cable once and confirm that one COM port is removed from the list of ports COM and LPT When the USB cable is reconnected to the previous connector the number of COM ports displayed...

Page 17: ...e virtual COM port checked in the Device Manager of the PC on the start screen click the OK button and the PC application starts up Once the PC application starts up the ALM lamp of the TM201 lights off If the lamp is a slow flash check that power is supplied from the AC adapter and if the lamp lights on check that the virtual COM port of the TM201 has been properly selected in the PC application ...

Page 18: ...al waveform file is not modified When this menu is selected the screen on the right is displayed When x is specified in the range of 2 to 300 and OK is clicked a file name can be input Once the file name is input the file whose number of data is 1 x is created and saved e g The number of data and data number of the file to be saved n 0 1 2 3 Original file 300 samples second first second third nth ...

Page 19: ...201 or re connecting it Refer to P 8 Specification of COM port for details Help Help and the PC application version information are displayed Help H The operation manual this manual is displayed Setting for smooth waveform display S Setting procedures are shown for displaying the waveforms smoothly that appear as in frame by frame advance Refer to the attached USB Serial Port Setting Guide for det...

Page 20: ...shown 2 Waveform Torque rotation speed and power waveform are displayed from the upper section respectively 3 Indicated values Current indicated values of the torque rotation speed and power as well as the maximum minimum and average values of the waveform data are displayed from the upper section respectively 4 Setting conditions for waveform acquisition Settings related to the waveform display a...

Page 21: ...tton A maximum of 1000 waveforms are automatically saved History When History is selected in display mode the waveforms previously saved are displayed Upon selecting the latest waveform is displayed The file name currently being displayed is shown in the upper section of the waveform While history is shown the Start and Stop buttons switch to the Prev and Next buttons and a slider is shown above t...

Page 22: ...ime is reached 3 Pre trigger This is enabled when the level trigger is selected in waveform acquisition mode Waveform data acquisition time before the trigger point is set in Setting value 0 to 99 4 Level trigger data This is enabled when the level trigger is selected in waveform acquisition mode Waveform data applicable to the trigger is specified Setting value Torque Torque rotation speed Speed ...

Page 23: ...nditions are satisfied waveform data acquisition starts and the button turns red When data acquisition is complete the button turns to gray and in Repeat Trigger setting it turns to yellow as in pre trigger After data acquisition waveform CSV files are automatically saved A maximum of 1000 files can be saved while old files can be automatically deleted Refer to P 19 Automatic deletion of waveform ...

Page 24: ... 2 is checked the second cursor is displayed and lock can be checked When lock is checked the range between the two cursors is locked The two cursors can be moved with the range fixed 2 Cursor position The current position of the cursor is displayed as time t1 represents time of cursor 1 Δt represents time interval between cursor 1 and cursor 2 and with which cycles and so on can be checked 1 Δt i...

Page 25: ...yed The cursor is disabled in the following cases When waveforms are displayed after starting up the application After switching from history mode to normal mode While acquiring waveforms in normal mode Time from file reading in history mode to displaying waveforms When no reading files exist in history mode Waveform zoom in Waveform display can be zoomed in The zoom menu appears when the right bu...

Page 26: ...he mouse To stop zoom in display select Zoom Out or Restore Size from the zoom menu Setting for smooth waveform display In waveform tab waveforms currently acquired may be displayed as in frame by frame advance To smoothen the display settings of the virtual COM port needs to be changed Refer to USB Serial Port Setting Guide or Settings for Smooth Waveform Display in the help menu of the PC applic...

Page 27: ...ription Related to Indicated Values for description related to these values Retrieve button System setting values are received from the TM201 all at once Normally these values are received at the startup of this application Set button System setting values are written to the TM201 all at once When this button is clicked a confirmation dialog to overwrite is displayed and click Yes Y ...

Page 28: ...SV files When this item is checked files are deleted from the oldest if the number of files exceeds 1000 after waveform data acquisition Remove this check to prevent automatic deletion When the check is removed and the number of files exceeds 1000 after waveform data acquisition the following confirmation dialog appears When the Yes Y button is clicked old files over 1000 are deleted When the No N...

Page 29: ...on Calibration setting values are received from the TM201 all at once Normally these values are received at the time of this application startup Initialization of calibration settings Initialize button Calibration setting values inside the TM201 are initialized When this button is clicked a confirmation dialog is displayed With this operation settings on the PC and inside theTM201 are initialized ...

Page 30: ...ration setting values are written to the TM201 all at once When this button is clicked a confirmation dialog to overwrite is displayed and click Yes Y Calibration Torque calibration is performed Refer to P 29 4 3 Procedures of equivalent input calibration and actual load calibration torque for the description Rotation speed Unit of rotation speed is specified This setting is used only in displayin...

Page 31: ...l number and comment set in the TM201 are performed These items are recorded as a comment in the waveform data file These settings are arbitrary If the comment is rewritten click the Set button and apply it to the TM201 Number of characters allowed Serial number 15 byte Comment 30 byte comma semicolon single quote and double quote cannot be used If these are input and the setting button is pressed...

Page 32: ...s function does not diagnose the analog circuit When the Self Check button is clicked operation of the TM201 is checked and the software version of the TM201 checksum and results are displayed During self check the STATUS green lamp and ALM red lamp all light off light on green light on red all light on Once the self check is complete the display returns to normal If the check is complete normally...

Page 33: ...TM201 main unit lights off and then lights on it shows that the PC application has exited Cable removal 1 Remove the AC adapter from the outlet 2 Confirm that the PC application has exited and remove the USB cable from the PC and the TM201 3 Remove the cable and AC adapter connected to UTMⅡ There is no need to use the Remove Hardware Safely feature to disconnect the USB cable of the TM201 from the...

Page 34: ...output value V and the rated capacity value one to be displayed of UTMⅡ are input This method does not involve actual load Calibration can be easily performed even when actual load cannot be applied For example the gain is automatically determined by entering the following values In case of UTMⅡ 0 1Nm 5 000V 0 100Nm In case of UTMⅡ 2Nm 5 000V 2 000Nm In case of UTMⅡ 50Nm 5 000V 50 00Nm In case of ...

Page 35: ...art calibration Once the calibration starts display conditions of torque rotation speed and power can be selected in order Selection screens are displayed in the following order Select the appropriate condition respectively and click OK Click Return to go back to the previous selection screen and Cancel to stop the calibration Setting cannot be changed once canceled When the calibration setting pr...

Page 36: ...27 4 Calibration 27 Calibration Chapter 4 1 Unit torque 2 Decimal place torque Check Invert the sign of torque display to invert plus or minus of the torque display 3 Unit rotation speed Check ...

Page 37: ... automatically performed Set the torque to the unloaded condition and click OK Min scale division of torque rotation speed and power is set to 1 Furthermore pulse rate is automatically set taking the sensor type into account Refer to P 29 4 3 Procedures of equivalent input calibration and actual load calibration torque and P 34 4 4 Display setting of rotation speed power for these setting values K...

Page 38: ...TMⅡ and the zero point is registered Equivalent input calibration Rated output value and rated capacity value of UTMⅡ are registered Actual load calibration The known torque load is applied to UTMⅡ and the torque is registered Calibration setting protection is turned ON to avoid operational errors Management tab 1 Release of calibration setting protection Calibration setting protection is set to O...

Page 39: ...edures Execution procedure 1 Click the Set button 2 When the Set button is clicked a confirmation dialog to overwrite is displayed and click Yes Y 5 Zero calibration Zero point is registered while torque load is not applied to UTMⅡ Furthermore if the initial torque remains in the jig and so on for the purpose of measurement the zero point may be registered while the initial torque is being applied...

Page 40: ... In case of three digit decimal point 99 999 to 99 999 excluding 0 000 Execution procedure 1 Input the rated output and rated capacity The rated capacity unit depends on the setting of 2 Refer to P 33 Input procedure of rated capacity for input procedure 2 Select Equivalent for calibration mode 3 Click the Execute button 4 When the Execute button is clicked a confirmation dialog to overwrite is di...

Page 41: ...e checked However the voltage does not change when an error occurs 1 Execution procedure 1 Input the rated capacity The unit depends on the setting of 2 Refer to P 33 Input procedure of rated capacity for input procedure 2 Select Span for calibration mode 3 Click the Execute button 4 When the Execute button is clicked a confirmation dialog to overwrite is displayed and click Yes Y 7 Locking of cal...

Page 42: ... 1 9 10 ii When rated capacity is 10 0Nm Torque readings 10 0 9 9 0 0 0 1 9 9 10 0 iii When rated capacity is 10 00Nm Torque readings 10 00 9 99 0 00 0 01 9 99 10 00 iv When rated capacity is 10 000Nm Torque readings 10 000 9 999 0 000 0 001 9 999 10 000 v When rated capacity is 10 0000Nm Four digit decimal point cannot be set The following error message appears when the calibration is performed a...

Page 43: ...lect the unit of power The decimal place is not automatically changed Setting value mW W kW PS HP 4 Decimal place power setting Select the decimal place of the power The unit is not automatically changed Setting value 99999 9999 9 999 99 99 999 5 Min scale division power setting Select the min scale division display resolution scale division of the power Setting value 1 2 5 10 The power is calcula...

Page 44: ...ng value Example When set at 2rpm Since waiting for pulse detection for the duration of maximum detection time is required when rotation stops suddenly from high speed state the previous rotation speed is not updated therefore the display will become 0 rpm after the display of the rotation speed that was last detected has held for 7 5 seconds Pulse rate Minimum input rotation speed frequency 4 pul...

Page 45: ...ction time corresponding to the minimum input rotation speed the display becomes 0 rpm 2 times 4 times 8 times valid If pulse is not detected from the cycle of the rotation speed last detected to the cycle of the set multiple the display becomes 0 rpm forcibly Example When stopped suddenly with the setting of 4 times Example When decelerated suddenly with the setting of 4 times Pulse Display 3000r...

Page 46: ...1 10 2 10 5 1 0197 10 3 0 10197 1 0197 102 Nm 103 102 1 10 3 0 10197 10 197 1 0197 104 kNm 106 105 103 1 1 0197 102 1 0197 104 1 0197 107 kgm 9 8067 103 9 8067 102 9 8067 9 8067 10 3 1 102 105 kgcm 98 067 9 8067 9 8067 10 2 9 8067 10 5 10 2 1 103 gcm 9 8067 10 2 9 8067 10 3 9 8067 10 5 9 8067 10 8 10 5 10 3 1 mW W kW PS HP mW 1 10 3 10 6 1 3596 10 6 1 341 10 6 W 103 1 10 3 1 3596 10 3 1 341 10 3 k...

Page 47: ...is a function to set the torque readings to zero The digital zero reset function that releases digital zero is also included Execution procedure 1 Switch the PC application screen to the Waveform tab 2 Click the Digital Zero Digital Zero Reset button This button cannot be clicked in state of standby for the trigger condition or during waveform acquisition 5 Function Description Related to Indicate...

Page 48: ...more number of times however response to input becomes slower Torque and rotation speed can be individually set Setting value OFF 0 2 to 300 times One time represents one sampling of A D convert Execution procedure 1 Switch the PC application screen to the Settings tab 2 Input values in the moving average filter torque moving average filter rotation speed respectively 3 When writing setting values...

Page 49: ...ssing against the converted data and cancels unnecessary noise The higher the cut off frequency the quicker the response but noise may also be displayed This filter can be set to torque Setting value 3 30 300 Off Hz Execution procedure 1 Switch the PC application screen to the Settings tab 2 Select the cut off frequency of the digital low pass filter 3 When writing setting values to the TM201 clic...

Page 50: ...st 5V Pulse input for rotation speed open collector input Maximum input frequency According to the output frequency of the UTMⅡ series Minimum input frequency 15 10 5 3 2 rpm selectable Pulse rate 4 pulses 60 40 20 12 8 rpm selectable Pulse rate 1 pulse Minimum detected pulse range 50μs Circuit configuration No voltage contact input minus common Open collector can be connected Ic approx 10mA Drive...

Page 51: ...0Hz Using the AC adapter included Power consumption 8W max AC adapter Operating conditions Temperature Operating temperature 0 to 40 Storage temperature 10 to 60 Humidity 80 RH or less no condensation Dimensions 50 W 23 H 80 D mm not including protruding sections Weight Approx 120g Accessories Dedicated AC adapter for the TM201 cable length 1 8m 1 Dedicated cable for UTMⅡ connection 2m 1 miniB PC ...

Page 52: ... photo coupler CPU 32 bit Lamp red green Pulse counter Serial port Watch dog ROM 64KB RAM 12KB Serial port MPU NOVRAM 2048 bit USB A D convert 24 bit Low pass filter Reference Port SIG IN 5V DC SIG GND PULSE IN PULSE IN PWR 24V PWR 0V 3 3V Power supply AC adapter 24V MPU AMP and A D PC voltage detection ...

Page 53: ...tion NOV RAM Reference 1 Calibration function selection1 Unit torque mNm Ncm Nm kNm kgm kgfm kgcm kgfcm gcm gfcm Nm P30 2 Calibration function selection1 Min scale division torque 1 2 5 10 20 50 100 1 P30 3 Calibration function selection2 Pulse rate rotation speed 1 pulse 4 pulses 4 pulses P34 4 Calibration function selection2 Min scale division rotation speed 1 2 5 10 1 P34 5 Rotation stop settin...

Page 54: ...ting value name Setting value range Default value Protection NOV RAM Reference 1 Zero calibration 5 000 to 5 000 V 0 000 P30 2 Rated output 6 000 to 6 000 V excluding 0 5 000 P31 3 Rated capacity In case of zero digit decimal point 99999 to 99999 excluding 0 In case of one digit decimal point 9999 9 to 9999 9 excluding 0 0 In case of two digit decimal point 999 99 to 999 99 excluding 0 00 In case ...

Page 56: ...ucts and so on ALM red lamp lights on Does the PC application start up and is the correct COM port number selected Is the USB cable properly connected to the PC Refer to the PC application help open the Device Manager of the PC and check the virtual COM port number and selected number to which the TM201 is connected If the recording time of the waveform data to be shown in the waveform tab is more...

Page 57: ...ion display is abnormal Displaying stops Setting error XXX acquisition error communication error or communication time out error are sometimes displayed Is the USB cable wired in parallel with the AC line Re wire the USB cable so that it is not in parallel with the AC line Does the ALM red lamp light on Is the correct COM port number selected for the PC application Is the USB cable properly connec...

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