T
ABLE OF
C
ONTENTS
I
NTRODUCTION
....................................................................................... 1
B
RIEF
D
ESCRIPTION
..................................................................................................................... 1
E
QUIPMENT
S
UPPLIED
.................................................................................................................. 1
M
OUNTING THE
S
YSTEM
................................................................................................................ 2
G
ETTING
S
TARTED
.................................................................................. 3
C
ONNECTIONS
............................................................................................................................. 3
S
YSTEM
C
ONFIGURATION
.............................................................................................................. 3
RS232 Serial Interface / “Command Console Interface” ............................................................... 3
S
YSTEM
P
OWER
U
P
/
O
PERATION
.................................................................................................... 3
L
OW
B
ATTERY
I
NDICATION
............................................................................................................ 4
P
OWER
U
P
I
NFORMATION
S
EQUENCE
............................................................................................... 4
Factory Default Conditions ............................................................................................................. 4
D
ISPLAY
O
PERATION
.................................................................................................................... 4
Light Sensing ................................................................................................................................... 4
Operational Option Links A, B, C, D & E ...................................................................................... 5
2
AND
4
D
IGIT
Q
UADRATURE
C
OUNTER
O
PERATIONAL
M
ODES
....................... 6
Q
UADRATURE OR
S
INGLE
I
NPUT
..................................................................................................... 6
W
HAT IS
Q
UADRATURE
? ................................................................................................................ 6
U
NIPOLAR
................................................................................................................................... 6
B
IPOLAR
..................................................................................................................................... 6
U
N
-S
CALED
D
ISPLAY
.................................................................................................................... 7
S
CALED
D
ISPLAY
......................................................................................................................... 7
S
TANDARD
M
ODES
....................................................................................................................... 8
Counting Modes ............................................................................................................................... 8
Single Input Continuous Display ................................................................................................... 8
Dual Input Quadrature Continuous Display ................................................................................. 8
Dual Input Quadrature Bipolar Continuous Display ................................................................... 8
Dual Input Quadrature Bipolar Overflow Display ....................................................................... 8
Q
UADRATURE
I
NPUT
D
ECODING
...................................................................................................... 9
C
ALIBRATION
P
ROCEDURE
........................................................................................................... 10
Methods .......................................................................................................................................... 10
Method 1 – Calculating calibration scale factors ........................................................................ 11
Method 2 – Determining calibration scale factors by experiment ............................................. 13
Calibration Check Procedure ........................................................................................................ 15
Scaling Options .............................................................................................................................. 16
Count Scaling ................................................................................................................................. 16
Numerator ...................................................................................................................................... 16
Denominator .................................................................................................................................. 16
D
ISPLAY MODES
......................................................................................................................... 17
Normal Counter Display with Input Activity .............................................................................. 17
Zero Display modes ....................................................................................................................... 17
Normal Counter Display showing Absolute Zero ........................................................................ 18
One example of the utilization of absolute zero .......................................................................... 18
4 Digit Counter Display with Overflowed Indication ................................................................. 18
4 Digit Counter Bipolar Overflow Display ................................................................................... 19
Rounding Options .......................................................................................................................... 19
Rounding Mode .............................................................................................................................. 19
Truncated Mode ............................................................................................................................. 19
Examples of the display with various options ............................................................................. 21