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MiniCapt® Remote

Microbial Air Sampler

P/N 1000020873

OPERATIONS MANUAL

Without measurement there is no control

Summary of Contents for MiniCapt 100R

Page 1: ...MiniCapt Remote Microbial Air Sampler P N 1000020873 OPERATIONS MANUAL Without measurement there is no control...

Page 2: ...com ITALY T 39 06 9053 0130 E pmssrl pmeasuring com JAPAN T 81 3 5298 8175 E pmsjapan pmeasuring com KOREA T 82 31 286 5790 E pmskorea pmeasuring com MEXICO T 52 55 2271 5106 E pmsmexico pmeasuring co...

Page 3: ...s The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice Quality Statement The Quality Policy of Particle Measuring Systems is to strive to meet or exceed the needs and expecta...

Page 4: ...al iii Manual Conventions NOTICE A notice in the text is an instructional communication regarding requirements or policies issued by Particle Measuring Systems NOTE A note in the text is used to highl...

Page 5: ...fe Sciences Date December 18 2017 Date December 18 2017 CAUTION All I O cables and accessories must meet current factory specifications in order for this unit to remain in compliance with CE marking r...

Page 6: ...cessories 2 2 Items You Need to Provide 2 2 Installation 2 3 Selecting a Location 2 4 Positioning or Mounting the Unit 2 5 Installing the Electronics Enclosure 2 6 Attaching the Chassis to the Wall 2...

Page 7: ...er 5 Modbus Protocol 5 1 Modbus Overview 5 1 Input Registers 5 3 Configuration Section 5 3 Data Section 5 5 Holding Registers 5 9 Coils 5 10 Data Register Processing 5 12 Associated Values for Specifi...

Page 8: ...apt Remote Microbial Air Sampler Operations Manual Page vii Appendix A International Precautions A 1 Hazard Symbols A 1 Symboles de risque A 1 Warnschilder A 2 Simboli di pericolo A 2 Simbolos de peli...

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Page 10: ...5 Figure 3 4 Local Area Connection Properties window 3 7 Figure 3 5 Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties window with IP address and subnet mask defined 3 8 Chapter 4 Configuring for Ethernet 4 1 Chapte...

Page 11: ...Page x MiniCapt Remote Microbial Air Sampler Operations Manual List of Figures Chapter 9 Troubleshooting 9 1 Appendix A International Precautions A 1 Appendix B B 1...

Page 12: ...ate IPv4 Network Ranges 3 2 Table 3 2 Default Network Mask Values 3 2 Chapter 4 Configuring for Ethernet 4 1 Table 4 1 RS 232 Pin Outs RJ 12 jack 4 2 Table 4 2 Terminal Emulator Communications Paramet...

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Page 14: ...erating flow rate of 25 L min 50 L min or 100 L min Thiscontrollerensuresallthefluiddynamicconditionsaremaintainedthroughoutthe sample and allows for tubing and altitude corrections MiniCapt Remote Mi...

Page 15: ...ampler uses a rotary blower that is able to sample a constant flow of 25 L min 50 L min or 100L min and is controlled by a mass flow controller The BioCapt Impactor sampling head is installed on the i...

Page 16: ...Ds are located near the top of the front side of the MiniCapt Remote Microbial Air Sampler chassis see Figure 1 3 Sampling LED During sampling LED solid GREEN Not sampling LED off Status LED Powered o...

Page 17: ...pt Remote Microbial Air Sampler All connectors are found on the bottom of the unit s chassis see Figure 1 4 including Electrical Power Power is provided through the AC Mains power connector NOTE The m...

Page 18: ...H Maximum altitude 6 562 ft 2000 m Calibration interval Recommended every 12 months Utility Requirements Electrical rating 100 240 V 50 60 Hz 1 0 A Voltage fluctuation AC input voltage fluctuation sha...

Page 19: ...Page 1 6 MiniCapt Remote Microbial Air Sampler Operations Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Specifications This page is intentionally left blank...

Page 20: ...ts listed in the following section are included and inspect each item for damage 3 If any components are damaged immediately notify the shipper and Particle Measuring Systems 4 After you have determin...

Page 21: ...M 90790047 Compressed Gases Kit for 25 LPM 90790052 Compressed Gases Kit for 50 LPM 90790050 Compressed Gases Kit for 100 LPM 90790051 Remote Sampling base 90790049 barb fitting to 3 4 Tri Clamp conne...

Page 22: ...nit on page 2 5 Installing the electronics enclosure see Installing the Electronics Enclosure on page 2 6 Connecting an Ethernet communications cable see Connecting the MiniCapt to an Ethernet Network...

Page 23: ...eds to be reduced accordingly The total pressure drop caused by tubing or other restrictions should not exceed 4 inH2O 0 01 bar 1 kPa Exceeding this restriction will cause a decreased flow through the...

Page 24: ...crobial Air Sampler can be mounted to a flat surface with a mounting bracket that attaches to the bottom of the sensor s chassis with machine screws provided with the mounting bracket see Figure 2 1 C...

Page 25: ...is to the Wall You will need four metal fasteners with a diameter of 5 6 mm See Recommended Fasteners on page 2 7 for more details To prepare a wood or metal stud wall for chassis installation 1 Using...

Page 26: ...ater than the thickness of the chassis 2 Hangthechassisonthefastenersbypassingthefastenerheadsthroughthekeyhole slots in the back of the chassis 3 Tighten the fasteners until the chassis is firmly att...

Page 27: ...he MiniCapt Remote Microbial Air Sampler has been physically installed with its bracket connect the sensor to an appropriate power source To connect the power supply 1 Plug the power cord into Mains p...

Page 28: ...ing Basics Particle Measuring Systems instruments must be properly configured for Ethernet communications in order to work There are multiple numeric parameters required to properly configure an instr...

Page 29: ...discern the network portion of the IP address from the location portion From a telephone number analogy it segregates the area code from the phone number It is easy to set the mask incorrectly and whe...

Page 30: ...etwork conflicts MAC Address All Ethernet devices have a MAC Media Access Control address This address may be thought of as an Ethernet serial number It is unique for all devices If an instrument need...

Page 31: ...et in the router The IT Department is typically responsible for delineating the address range If static and dynamic addresses are not properly segregated it may result in duplicate addresses and unexp...

Page 32: ...talked to are on the same network c Check the PC s address by opening a command shell and typing ipconfig c 1 Is the Mask the same on both the PC and the device c 2 Is the network portion of the addre...

Page 33: ...the IP Settings on a PC This method allows using the existing instrument address At the end of the communications session the laptop will contain an address that will prevent normal communications to...

Page 34: ...shown in Figure 3 4 on page 3 7 should be displayed Figure 3 4 Local Area Connection Properties window b Select the item Internet Protocol TCP IP If given an option for Version 4 or Version 6 select...

Page 35: ...the network address and mask determined above See Figure 3 5 on page 3 8 for an example The Default gateway and DNS server values should be left blank f Click the OK button to close the Internet Prot...

Page 36: ...ng an address on the Windows machine The address range of 169 254 0 1 through 169 254 255 254 is reserved for APIPA 1 Attach the instrument to a HyperTerminal link 2 Set the instrument addresses as fo...

Page 37: ...Page 3 10 MiniCapt Remote Microbial Air Sampler Operations Manual Chapter 3 Ethernet Communications Overview This page is intentionally left blank...

Page 38: ...rminal emulation software such as HyperTerminal When to Configure the Sampler The sampler should have the appropriate Ethernet settings configured before it is wired to a network This can be performed...

Page 39: ...hernet network CAUTION As with any network capable software do not attempt to connect the MiniCapt Remote to a network without your network administrator s cognizance and explicit permission The admin...

Page 40: ...s TCP connections Note The RS 485 has its own queue fixed to 10 Flow rate Compressed gas mode Connection status if used with Modbus Operational mode Sampling Idle Set ip aaa bbb ccc ddd The IP address...

Page 41: ...t networks This command sets the gateway address in a form of aaa bbb ccc ddd Each three digit series is a value of 0 255 separated by a period character Use gateway 000 000 000 000ifnogatewaydeviceis...

Page 42: ...lete record these settings for future reference TCP IP Settings for the MiniCapt Remote Date Software Version Set By MAC Address IP Address Net Mask Address Gateway Address Viewing Configuration Setti...

Page 43: ...ith a third party Modbus applicationbymeans ofaCAT 5 UTPEthernetcable The sampler isdesignedto work best with a CAT 5 UTP cable Other types of Ethernet cable may produce excess noise An Information Sy...

Page 44: ...w Each register in the Modbus map is defined to be 16 bits The map contains three sections 1 Input registers Read Only information for ID and data collection 2 Holding registers Read Write parameters...

Page 45: ...values can be interpreted as integer representations of floating point numberswith afixedscalingfactororasIEEE 754floatingpointrepresentationsofthat value Refer to the register map to determine which...

Page 46: ...nge they will simply be annotated as to the applicability to that particular instrument The same reasoning is applied to unique registers and or coils for a particular instrument they will simply be a...

Page 47: ...y Product Name Char 00 01 Product Name 30004 string Product Name Char 02 03 Product Name 30005 string Product Name Char 04 05 Product Name 30006 string Product Name Char 06 07 Product Name 30007 strin...

Page 48: ...register 30212 30201 Calibration Date Month A value between 1 and 12 30202 Calibration Date Day A value between 1 and 31 30203 Calibration Date Year A value representing the year e g 2012 30204 30211...

Page 49: ...ays presented oldest first The queue size command is set queue where is a value between 1 and 3000 30216 30217 Time Stamp Dual register representation of data packet time stamp Integer value type defi...

Page 50: ...ial Number Char 00 01 Serial Number 30205 string Serial Number Char 02 03 Serial Number 30206 string Serial Number Char 04 05 Serial Number 30207 string Serial Number Char 06 07 Serial Number 30208 st...

Page 51: ...nalogs 3 fixed 30229 dual Average Flow Rate high Analog 1 10 Scale Float Mode 30230 dual Average Flow Rate low Analog 1 10 Scale Float Mode 30231 dual Total Volume high Analog 2 10 Scale Float Mode 30...

Page 52: ...Sample Volume Mode setting coil 00 09 When the Sample Volume Mode is disabled this register represents the number of seconds to run a sample When the Sample Volume Mode is enabled this register repre...

Page 53: ...be the only data present If the queue size setting is set greater than one the oldest data packet in the queue will be deleted 00 03 The data clear coil will delete all data in the queue Read Always 0...

Page 54: ...he holding registers are sent Read 1 Sample Volume 0 Sample Interval Write 1 Sample Volume 0 Sample Interval 00 10 00 32 Spare Table 5 4 Coils Coils Description Coils Comment 00 01 Data Collection On...

Page 55: ...l 00 02 will be set again rightaway Ifthereisnomoredatainthequeue thedataavailablecoil 00 02 willonly be set again once the next sample is completed If the queue is set to one then the data shown is a...

Page 56: ...0x0004 Data Clear 0x0008 Reset 0x0010 Green Status 0x0020 Red Status 0x0040 External Alarm 0x0080 IEEE Float mode 0x0100 Volume Mode Device State Entries LSB 0 Idle 1 Sampling 2 Maintenance n a 3 Err...

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Page 58: ...available in the following kits Compressed Gases Sampling Kit see Compressed Gases Kit on page 6 4 Isolator Monitoring Kit see Isolator Monitoring Kit on page 6 6 Remote Sampling ISP Kit see Remote Sa...

Page 59: ...mpler You can assemble the components of a kit without installing an agar plate if desired To install the agar plate on the MiniCapt Remote Microbial Air Sampler 1 Remove the sampler head from the Min...

Page 60: ...ge 6 3 2 Place the agar plate on the plate holder see Figure 6 4 Figure 6 4 Agar plate on the plate holder with agar plate lid still in place 3 Remove the lid from the agar plate 4 Replace the sampler...

Page 61: ...100 LPM unit NOTE For correct sampling ensure the correct kit for required flow rate is used Part numbers for the kits are provided in Table 2 2 Accessories for the MiniCapt Remote Microbial Air Sampl...

Page 62: ...onnection BioCapt Impactor Head 5 Connect the Solenoid valve tubing to the Compressed Gas Port on the bottom of the MiniCapt Remote Microbial Air Sampler see Figure 6 7 6 Connect the Solenoid cable to...

Page 63: ...mote Microbial Air Sampler on page 2 2 Impactor Tripod Remote Sampling Adapter Tri Clamp Fitting Figure 6 8 Isolator Monitoring Kit components To install the Isolator Monitoring Kit on the MiniCapt 1...

Page 64: ...icles passing through a defined area for a defined time without disturbing the particle paths There are three Remote Sampling ISP Kits 25 LPM unit 50 LPM units 100 LPM unit NOTE For correct sampling e...

Page 65: ...ace the Dual Connection BioCapt Impactor over the agar plate on the MiniCapt Figure 6 10 Dual Connection BioCapt Impactor over the agar plate on the MiniCapt 2 Place the Remote Sampling Adapter on top...

Page 66: ...of liquid spray or mist Turn the pump off before capping the sample probe TheMiniCaptRemoteMicrobialAirSampleris housedina316stainlesssteel enclosure and should provide many years of trouble free perf...

Page 67: ...there may be a blockage in the critical orifice or inlet jet Aflowmeterwithsuitablerangefortheinstrumenttype 25 50 or100LPM isrequired To check the air flow rate 1 Disconnect all sample tubing and sam...

Page 68: ...arently invisible may change in color as a result of the high temperature sterilization process ThefollowingstepsareintendedtoprovideageneralguidelineforMiniCapt BioCaptimpactor head cleaning consider...

Page 69: ...etergent solution For example Veltek Vai Dec Clean appropriately diluted as recommended by the detergent manufacturer data sheet Typically 0 7 Vol 1 fl oz Gallon in WFI water Make sure the impactor he...

Page 70: ...s plugged in Electrical power source fault Check the electrical outlet for power including any power strips or surge protectors Power supply faulty Try a different power supply Communications not esta...

Page 71: ...and Performance Checks the flow rate at the sensor s inlet should be the following 25 LPM 5 50 LPM 5 100 LPM 5 A flow rate error greater than 15 5 indicates that maintenance is required Low flow could...

Page 72: ...s appearing on the equipment is as follows Symbol Nature of Hazard Attention consult accompanying documents Dangerous High Voltage Symboles de risque Des symboles repr sentant les risques sont plac s...

Page 73: ...den beiliegenden Unterlagen nachschlagen Achtung Hochspannung Simboli di pericolo Il significato dei simboli di pericolo che appaiono sugli strumenti il seguente Simbolo Natura del pericolo Attenzione...

Page 74: ...niCapt Remote Microbial Air Sampler Operations Manual Page B 1 Appendix B Part Name Pb Hg Cd Cr VI PBB PBDE X O X O O O X O X O O O X O X O O O X O X O O O X O X O O O O SJ T11363 2006 X SJ T11363 200...

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