Sentry 3.0
Digital Temperature Controller
Cone-Fire and Ramp-Hold Instructions
Delay (pg 7)
From IDLE, press 3.
Enter time in hours:minutes.
Delays the start of firing.
Program Review (pg 8)
From IDLE or during
firing, press 6.
Shows the program that is
loaded in memory and ready to
fire, or the one that is firing.
Cone Table & Skip
Segment (pg 9)
From IDLE or during fir-
ing, press 9.
1) From IDLE, shows tempera-
ture for the cone # you enter.
2) While firing in Ramp-Hold,
skips to any ramp you select.
3) While firing In Cone-Fire,
skips out of Pre-Heat or Hold.
Stop/Back (pg 10)
Press during firing
or programming.
1) Stops a firing.
2) In Options, takes you
back to
[IDLE]
.
3) During programming,
takes you back one step
each time key is
pressed.
Alarm (pg 8-9)
From IDLE or during
firing, press 7.
Enter a temperature. When
alarm sounds during firing,
press 7. To silence, press 0,
then Enter.
Present Status (pg 8)
During firing, press 5.
Shows the rate of heating or
cooling and the segment
that is currently firing. Works
in both Ramp-Hold and
Cone-Fire.
Cone-Fire (pg 10-13)
From IDLE, press 1.
Basic firing to a cone num-
ber. Enter cone number,
speed, pre-heat, hold, and
slow cool.
Add Time (pg 7)
During firing, press 2.
Each additional key press
adds five minutes to a hold.
It works in both Ramp-Hold
and Cone-Fire.
Ramp-Hold (pg 14-18)
From IDLE, press 4.
Select stored program (1 - 4).
Enter rate, temperature, and
hold for each segment.
Edit Ramp-Hold (pg 7)
During firing, press 4.
Change the current segment
rate. Press ENTER. Change
temperature. Press ENTER.
Change the hold. Press ENTER.
The kiln will continue firing.
Enter/Start
1) Press ENTER/Start after
each step in programming a
firing.
2) Press ENTER/Start once
from
[IDLE]
to begin firing.
IM-204/12-18
Firing Cost (pg 9)
Press 8 after the kiln
fires to completion.
The cost of the last firing
will appear. (First enter
electrical cost in the
[CENT]
option and kiln
wattage in the
[KW]
op-
tion, pg 23.)
Options (Next
Page)
From IDLE, press 0.
Press ENTER for the
option displayed.
Turn the page to explore
the ways you can custom-
ize your controller.
Quick Cone-Fire programming . . . page 11
Ramp-Hold programming for the power user . . . page 15
Error messages . . . pages 27 - 29
Confused about display messages? . . . pages 30 - 31
