3 Setting Up with the Personal Computer
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Measurement
3.4
Setups required to use collector function (setting tag names,
alarms, name of person, and comment, and selecting input
channel(s))
To use the collector function, you need to set the tags in advance. A convenient way to do so
is to create a table of tags and logs, namely, a tag/log table. Once you create a tag/log table
and set it to the reference table, Thermo-Collector automatically replaces abbreviated tag
names* with more descriptive full names** when receiving the measured data from a TM20.
* Abbreviated names are 8-digit names that can be displayed on the TM20 screen.
** Full names can be displayed on the PC screen without any limitation in length.
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Setup contents
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Tag name
Put a title for each tag.
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Input channel
Thermo-Collector has multiple input channels and probes for measuring temperatures of
substances in a vapor, solid, or liquid phase. Since the probe to be used depends on the
measuring object, it is necessary to set the available input channel on a tag in advance.
The following table shows the probe types and their corresponding input channels.
Probe type
Input channel
Thermocouple types K, J, E, and T
±
100 mV or
±
1 V voltage output sensor (See TIP below.)
A, B
Non-contact thermo probe
D
[TIP]
To plug a voltage output sensor into channel A or B, use a U-shaped omega connector.
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Alarm
Set a limit temperature at which the alarm sounds.
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ON/OFF of the upper-limit alarm and upper-limit temperature
Make the following settings to sound an alarm when the temperature rises above a preset limit.
The upper-limit temperature cannot be set if the alarm function for the upper limit is set to OFF.
Temperature
Setting the upper-limit alarm to ON and the upper-limit temperature to 70
°
C
70
°
C
: Range in which the alarm sounds.