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Page 2: ...1 4 2 Using the Automatic Output Functions 12 4 3 Sourcing mA 12 4 4 Simulating a Transmitter 13 4 5 Sourcing volts 14 4 6 Sourcing millivolts 14 4 7 Sourcing frequency 15 4 8 Sourcing a pulse train 15 5 Remote Operation 16 5 1 Setting up the RS 232 Port for Remote Control 16 5 2 Changing Between Remote and Local Operation 17 5 3 Using Commands 17 5 4 Remote Commands and Error Codes 21 5 5 Enterin...

Page 3: ...quency and to source pulse trains Setpoints in each range for quickly increasing decreasing output An interactive menu Complete serial interface for remote control 1 1 Customer Service Corporate Office www martelcorp com e mail sales martelcorp com Tel 603 434 1433 800 821 0023 Fax 603 434 1653 Martel Electronics 3 Corporate Park Dr Derry NH 03038 1 2 Standard Equipment Check to see if your calibr...

Page 4: ...le Insulated Electric Shock Fuse PE Ground Hot Surface Burn Hazard Read the User s Manual Important Information Off On Canadian Standards Association The following definitions apply to the terms Warning and Caution Warning identifies conditions and actions that may pose hazards to the user Caution identifies conditions and actions that may damage the instrument being used Use the calibrator only a...

Page 5: ...s continuity Replace damaged test leads before you use the calibrator When using the probes keep your fingers away from the probe contacts Keep your fingers behind the finger guards on the probes Connect the common test lead before you connect the live test lead When you disconnect test leads disconnect the live test lead first Do not use the calibrator if it operates abnormally Protection may be ...

Page 6: ...nd Output Terminals No Name Description 1 2 Source Measure Terminals for sourcing and measuring voltage frequency V Hz pulse train 3 4 Source Measure Terminals for sourcing and measuring current mA terminals 5 Serial port Connects calibrator to a PC for remote control 4 2 1 5 4 3 F1 F2 F3 CE ENTER 8 9 4 1 5 2 0 6 3 7 HOME Figure 1 Input Output Terminals ...

Page 7: ...center box and F3 for the right box 2 Home Returns to home menu on the menu bar 3 Power Turns calibrator on and off 4 Cursor Control Key Left and right arrow keys are used to select which decade to be changed in output value Up and down arrow keys are used to increase decrease or ramp output value 5 Numeric Keypad Allows user to enter Numeric values 2 1 Main Display Figure 3 Display F1 8 9 4 1 5 2...

Page 8: ... F3 are used to navigate through all the levels and choices of the menu bar Refer to the menu tree for a clarification on the layout of all the levels The top level of the menu is the home menu It can be accessed anytime by pressing the HOME key There are three variations of the home menu the input home menu the output home menu and the pulse home menu In the input home menu the only active option...

Page 9: ...ome menu Contrast is adjusted using the arrow options which are available after choosing CONTRAST NOTE The PSC4010 calibrator offers a wide range contrast adjustment feature to accommodate operation in extreme temperatures In certain cases making large changes in contrast may render the display difficult to read under normal conditions If this occurs and the display is too dim or dark to read proc...

Page 10: ...he parameter selection menu is called up when CONFIG is selected from the main menu It contains the following options SELECT NEXT and DONE When the display is selected a parameter will start to flash Use the SELECT option to change the parameter and the NEXT option to switch to another variable DONE returns to the home menu and enables the selected mode ...

Page 11: ... of any one of the four arrow keys The three function keys are associated with 0 25 and 100 values respectively 0 and 100 values can be stored by entering a value and then holding down the corresponding function key The 25 key will then automatically step through the 25 values Figure 4 The Menu Tree MENU LIGHT MENU MENU MENU Home Menu Home Menu Home Menu Home Menu CONFIG Selection Menu MORE SELECT...

Page 12: ...ds as shown in Figure 5 Figure 5 Measuring Volts and Frequency with Input Output Terminals 3 2 Measuring mA To measure mA follow these steps 1 Select the CONFIG option from the main menu 2 Choose mA from the primary parameters 3 Make sure the input output control is set to IN 4 Connect leads as shown in Figure 6 Figure 6 Measuring mA with Input Output Terminals VOLTS IN MENU 0 001 V LIGHT MEASURE ...

Page 13: ...ers To set the 0 and 100 points use the following steps 1 Select the CONFIG option from the main menu and choose the desired primary parameter 2 Select output OUT from the input output control and enter the desired value For example select VOLTS OUT 3 Enter 5V with the keypad and press Enter 4 Press any one of the four cursor control arrows to display the setpoint control menu 5 Hold down the Func...

Page 14: ...e can be set to either 10 or 25 The limits for the ramp and step functions are set to the 0 and 100 values See Section 4 1 Setting 0 and 100 Output Parameters Steps are in either 10 or 25 increments from the 0 value to the 100 value 4 3 Sourcing mA To source a current follow these steps 1 Select the CONFIG option from the main menu Choose mA from the primary parameters 2 Switch to input output con...

Page 15: ...r and remove the 2 screws that are at the top of the case 2 Remove the 2 screws on the bottom or lower portion of the case 3 Gently remove the top half of the case from the bottom 4 Figure 9 shows the location of the Hart jumpers Figure 9 4 4 Simulating a Transmitter To have the calibrator supply a variable test current to a loop in place of a transmitter follow these steps 1 Select the CONFIG opt...

Page 16: ...g the keypad 4 6 Sourcing millivolts To source volts follow these steps 1 Select the CONFIG option from the main menu 2 Choose mV from the primary parameters Switch to input output control and select output OUT 3 Connect the leads for the voltage source terminals as shown in Figure 11 4 Enter the millivolts value using the keypad Figure 11 Connections for Sourcing Voltage and Frequency 0 00 mA 2W ...

Page 17: ...th an adjustable number of pulses at a desired frequency For example setting the frequency to 60Hz and the number of pulses to 60 would produce 60 pulses for a period of 1 second To source a pulse use the same connection as for frequency and proceed as follows 1 Select the CONFIG option from the main menu and select pulse from the primary parameters 2 Choose the desired unit and enter the frequenc...

Page 18: ...load capacitance measured at connection points is less than 2500pF Serial parameter values 9600 baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity Xon Xoff EOL End of Line character or CR Carriage Return or both To set up remote operation of the calibrator on the Windows Hyper Terminal connected to a COM port on the PC as in Figure 23 use the following procedure 1 Start Hyper Terminal located in Accessories Co...

Page 19: ...ration enter LOCAL at the terminal This command also turns off LOCKOUT if it was on For more information on commands refer to the Remote Commands section 5 3 Using Commands 5 3 1 Command types Refer to the Section on Remote Commands for all available commands The calibrator may be controlled using commands and queries All commands may be entered using upper or lower case The commands are divided i...

Page 20: ...d as follows ASCII characters are discarded if their decimal equivalent is less than 32 space except 10 LF and 13 CR Data is taken as 7 bit ASCII The most significant data bit is ignored Upper or lower case is acceptable 5 3 3 Response Data Types The data returned by the calibrator can be divided into four types Integer For most computers and controllers they are decimal numbers ranging from 32768...

Page 21: ...he STB Setting the bits to 1 enables them Bit assignments for the SRE and the STB are shown below 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 MSS ESB 0 EAV 0 0 0 MSS Master Summary Status Set to 1 when ESB or EAV are 1 enabled Read using the STB command ESB Set to 1 when at least one bit in ESR is 1 EAV Error Available An error has been entered into the error queue and may be read using the Fault command Event Status Regis...

Page 22: ...calibrator is overloaded QYE Query Error OPC Operation Complete Set to 1 when the calibrator has finished executing all commands before the command OPC was entered Error Queue If an error occurs due to invalid input or buffer overflow its error code is sent to the error queue The error code can be read from the queue with the command FAULT The error queue holds 15 error codes When it is empty FAUL...

Page 23: ...ff execution of subsequent commands until it is complete SRE Loads a byte into the Service Request Enable register SRE Returns the byte from the Service Request Enable register STB Returns the status byte WAI Prevents further remote commands from being executed until all previous remote commands have been executed Table 6 Calibrator Commands Command Description CAL_START Puts the calibrator in cal...

Page 24: ...n volts CPM Frequency in cycles per minute Hz Frequency in Hertz KHz Frequency in kiloHertz Table 8 Error codes Error Number Error Description 100 A non numeric entry was received where it should be a numeric entry 101 Too many significant digits entered 102 Invalid units or parameter value received 103 Entry is above the upper limit of the allowable range 104 Entry is below the lower limit of the...

Page 25: ...s Enable register The command is entered with a decimal number that when converted to binary enables the right bits in the Event Status Register For example ESE 133 When 133 is converted to binary it is 10000101 Bits 7 2 and 0 will be enabled ESE Returns the contents of the Event Status Enable register The value returned is a decimal For example if the register has the following settings 10000101 ...

Page 26: ...used SRE Returns a byte from the SRE The byte is returned in decimal format For example If 40 is returned bits 5 and 3 are enabled STB Returns the status byte in decimal form from the Serial Poll Status Byte For example If 72 is returned bits 6 and 3 are enabled WAI Prevents further remote commands from being executed until all previous commands are executed For example OUT 10 MA WAI OUT 5 V will ...

Page 27: ...librator to continuous wave enter CONT after the command To set the calibrator to pulse enter PULSE after the command For example FREQ_TYPE CONT will set the calibrator to FREQ OUT Note This command does not put the calibrator in frequency mode Use the OUT command to put the calibrator in frequency mode FREQ_TYPE Tells whether calibrator is sourcing a pulse or a continuous wave The command will re...

Page 28: ...when OUT is entered A number and its unit must follow the command See Table 7 Parameter Units for a list of available units For example OUT 10 MA sets the calibrator to mA OUT mode and sets the output to 10mA OUT Returns the output of the calibrator Using the above example OUT Would return 1 000000E 02 A PULSE_CNT Sets the number of pulses the calibrator will produce when it is triggered while in ...

Page 29: ...rs of the pulse train are set by commands PULSE_CNT and FREQ_LEVEL Entering TRIG initializes the train Entering the command while the pulse train is running stops it TRIG Returns TRIGGERED if the pulse train is running and returns UNTRIGGERED when the pulse train is not running Returns NONE when the calibrator is not in pulse mode VAL Returns the value of any measurement taking place on the displa...

Page 30: ... floor Read 0 000V 20 000V 0 015 2mV Source 0 000V 20 000V 0 015 2mV Maximum current output in voltage ranges is 3mA with an output impedance of 1Ω Table 11 Millivolts Measurement Source Range Accuracy of reading floor Read mV 0 000mV 90 000mV 0 02 10μV Source mV 0 000mV 100 000mV 0 02 10μV Maximum current output in voltage ranges is 1mA with an output impedance of 1Ω Table 12 DC mA Measurement So...

Page 31: ... 01KHz Source 2 0CPM 600 0CPM 0 05 1 0Hz 1000 0Hz 0 05 1 00KHz 10 00KHz 0 250 Input voltage amplitude range on frequency is 1V to 20V zero based square wave only Output amplitude is adjustable from 1V to 20V and is a square wave with 50 duty cycle For output frequency a slight negative offset of approximately 0 1V is present to assure zero crossing 29 ...

Page 32: ... calibrator securely using the original shipping container if it is available To return the product to Martel go to www martelcalibrators com and click on the Customer Service link Download the RMA form and follow the instructions Calibration procedures and other related documents can also be found on the website 7 4 Replacement Parts Accessories CC572 Carrying Case C232SJ RS232 Cable with Miniatu...

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