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SPC

Pulse

USER MANUAL

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Summary of Contents for SPC Pulse

Page 1: ...SPC Pulse USER MANUAL WWW SPCLOGGERS COM...

Page 2: ...ONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 1 DESCRIPTION 2 THE FRONT PANEL 3 CONNECTING USING THE SPC PULSE 9 POWERPACKPRO SOFTWARE V3 0 1 LATER 7 PROGRAMMING THE SPC PULSE 8 USING THE GRAPHING PACKAGE 12 APPENDIX 1 2...

Page 3: ...as opposed to electromechanical output style The electronic output is usually polarised so the operator has to ensure the logger is connected the right way round or no pulses will be detected This ca...

Page 4: ...r and most other solid state types What s in the box 1x Battery charger 1x USB connection cable 1x PowerPackPro PC software on minidisk 3x Pulse connection cables fork type 1 X Zip Case NOTE Alternati...

Page 5: ...me switches the unit off This is confirmed by the top four L E Ds flashing once When the unit is logging pressing the button momentarily toggles the unit in and out of detect mode Detect mode is indic...

Page 6: ...ed USB Socket The USB connection provides the charger input and PC interface using the supplied cable The SPC Pulse has a internal high capacity lithium ion battery which will provide up to six weeks...

Page 7: ...hannels and these will be indicated by the relevant L E D NOTE The channel L E D s will flash once each time a pulse is detected The SPC Pulse detects a rising edge only Shorting the inputs of the log...

Page 8: ...n the normal way and flashes when further pulses are detected The SPC Pulse may now be left to log unattended STARTING A SURVEY If the SPC Pulse is used in intelligent mode logging is initiated as par...

Page 9: ...utlook NOTE This manual is based on software version 3 0 0 1 and later Earlier versions of PowerPackPro are not compatible with the SPC Pulse Please go to www spcloggers com for a free upgrade LOADING...

Page 10: ...tc This is confirmed by a dialogue balloon at the bottom right of the screen NOTE If the PC fails to recognise the SPC Pulse or displays a different message refer to Appendix 1 Loading the SPC drivers...

Page 11: ...and menu This provides four options View Logger Status also available via the icon Details of the device and any recorded data are shown along with the logging status indicator Green for on and red fo...

Page 12: ...olution it is recommended that the unit is set to use the entire memory to complete the required survey Click Set Logger to update the unit NOTE The SPC Pulse internal clock will be se to match the PC...

Page 13: ...lse value The utility is selected from a menu of options which will determine the Units options available for the relevant utility The pulse value may be entered either as Pulses per Unit or Units per...

Page 14: ...essfully downloaded Graphs may also be opened by clicking on the relevant survey in the survey list or via the icon Depending on the length of the downloaded survey the default settings will create a...

Page 15: ...nnel device the graph behaviour is dependent on the number of channels used in the survey and the unit s of measure defined during the download process detailed above If only one or two channels are u...

Page 16: ...ll be expressed in volume or mass or other relevant unit Energy will automatically convert the as measured value into kWh if applicable In the case of gas or oil for example the software calculates th...

Page 17: ...the same chart as that shown on page 13 but the axis preferences have been changed to show the gas and water against the LH axis and the electricity on the RH axis Check the boxes as required and pres...

Page 18: ...the graph Interval option to change the data integration period The default behaviour will utilise the As survey option for short surveys up to approximately 18 hours duration and the 30 minutes opti...

Page 19: ...ocess by one step per click Application of the zoom tool creates scroll bars on the X and Y axes These allow the user to scroll backwards and forwards and up and down through the full extent of the da...

Page 20: ...high and low appear as pink areas on the chart with the normal value area showing a green tint See page 23 for setting alarm levels Show Gridlines Click the button to toggle the graph gridlines on and...

Page 21: ...active when a graph is open and can be used as follows Transfer chart as an image to Excel and Word Open an email in Outlook with the graph inserted as an image in the message body and the survey fil...

Page 22: ...Summary tab at the bottom of the chart window to open the survey summary page The tinted fields are open to user editing and may be freely altered or option selected as required View Simple or Advance...

Page 23: ...tab to display the survey data in tabular format NOTE The data displayed will match the graph settings for data integration interval see page 16 and graph period selected Selecting Data Hold down the...

Page 24: ...rameters NOTE The data displayed will match the graph settings for the graph period selected COSTS TAB Click the costs tab to display the tariff window PowerPackPro is supplied with preloaded default...

Page 25: ...rates to the survey data To create a new tariff proceed as above adding additional bands if required The option to save changes appears when exiting from the costs page Click Yes to save changes Enter...

Page 26: ...s available in the selected folder Use the drop down menu to select the desired folder Click the browse button on the extreme right of the tree to open the Manage Survey Folders Window Folders may be...

Page 27: ...25 Software Tools The Tolls menu is accessed from the main menu bar as shown Select Options to open the following window...

Page 28: ...nt that the PC does not recognise an SPC device please proceed as detailed below Windows 7 Windows 7 is designed to obtain any driver files that it needs from the web via the windows update function I...

Page 29: ...ad a second driver for the COM port If the Device Manager list shows a second yellow triangle click on this and repeat the above procedure Windows Vista Windows Vista is designed to obtain any driver...

Page 30: ...rivers and click next Click install and exit when complete Note It may be necessary to load a second driver for the COM port If the Device Manager list shows a second yellow triangle click on this and...

Page 31: ...list select Other Devices Note There will be a yellow warning triangle showing which may be identified as SPC Pro Click on the yellow triangle and click Update Driver Select the option which allows t...

Page 32: ...Regional and Language Settings Instructions for carrying this out follows below WINDOWS 7 Select Control Panel and Clock Language and Region Selection Region Language Change the date time or number fo...

Page 33: ...e overwritten in the box below Secondly ensure that the list separator is a comma Select Currency Ensure that the Decimal symbol is a full stop this can simply be overwritten in the box below Secondly...

Page 34: ...32 Next select Time Ensure time format is HH mm ss Finally select Date Ensure that date settings are dd MM yyyy...

Page 35: ...33 WINDOWS XP Select Control Panel and Regional Language Options Regional Options Format should be English United Kingdom...

Page 36: ...overwritten in the box below Secondly ensure that the list separator is a comma Select Currency Ensure that the Decimal symbol is a full stop this can simply be overwritten in the box below Secondly...

Page 37: ...35 Next select Time Ensure time format is HH mm ss Finally select Date Ensure that date settings are dd MM yyyy...

Page 38: ...ect Control Panel and Region Language Under Formats tab select English United Kingdom Select Customize this format Numbers Ensure that the Decimal symbol is a full stop Secondly ensure that the list s...

Page 39: ...Currency Ensure that the Decimal symbol is a full stop Secondly ensure that the list separator is a comma Next select Time Ensure time format is HH mm ss Finally select Date Ensure that date settings...

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