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Select "
Menu > Setup > Spindle Management >
Spindle System Settings
". Tap check boxes to en-
able/disable them.
7.4.1.1 TruGuard™ (Guard detection)
TruGuard™
is relevant for spindles as well as for
DIN systems (CC, DG). See section 5.3.2 and
appendix B.
•
By default, TruGuard™ is enabled (green
check).
ViscoQC detects whether a guard/DIN adapter
is mounted and also the type of guard. If no or
the wrong item is connected, you get a warning.
You can ignore the warning and perform mea-
surements. The summary shows a warning sign
for the guard.
•
If you disable TruGuard™ (check box empty),
the instrument no longer monitors if and which
guard/DIN adapter is connected.
•
If you set TruGuard™ as mandatory (green
check), you cannot start measuring if a wrong or
no guard is connected (for spindles with recom-
mended guard). The summary shows an error
sign for the guard.
7.4.1.2 Toolmaster™
All ViscoQC spindles and measuring systems have
a chip inside their magnetic coupling. This chip car-
ries the following information:
-
Spindle/system identification (name + UID)
-
Spindle/system factors
– if editing the SCF
(section 6.2.1), it is stored on this chip
When a spindle/measuring system is connected,
the Toolmaster™ board in the upper part of the
magnetic coupling reads the data and ViscoQC
uses them for measurement.
•
Toolmaster™ enabled (
default
): You do not
need to select a spindle or measuring system.
•
Toolmaster™ disabled: You have to select spin-
dles/measuring systems manually from the
Spindlelist (section 7.4). There is no communi-
cation between ViscoQC and spindle. It is not
possible to edit the spindle correction factor
(section 6.2.1). Unique identifier is not available.
7.5 Instrument Setup
Setup contains all instrument settings, which are
valid across all methods.
7.5.1 Set Units
ViscoQC allows to customize the displayed units for
physical quantities.
1. Tap <Menu> and select "
Setup > Set Units
".
2. Tap on a quantity.
3. Select the desired unit.
4. Tap <OK> to save the selected units.
7.5.2 Control Panel
In the Control panel define how the instrument com-
municates with the user. Refer to the menu tree for
default access rights of user groups.
Tap <Menu> and select "
Setup > Control Panel
":
•
Sound – enable/disable sound
If enabled, ViscoQC beeps when:
-
a measurement is finished
-
connecting a spindle
-
connecting a spindle guard or DIN adapter
-
connecting a Pt100 sensor
•
Date and Time – set date and time
The format depends on the regional settings.
Table 5: Available Quantities and Units
Quantity
Units (bold print = default unit)
Temperature
–
°C
(degree Celsius)
– °F (degree Fahrenheit)
– K (Kelvin)
Dynamic
viscosity
–
mPa·s
(milliPascal-second)
– Pa·s (Pascal-second)
– cP (centiPoise)
– P (Poise)
Kinematic
viscosity
–
mm²/s
(squaremillimeter per second)
– cSt (centiStokes)
– St (Stokes)
Torque
– µNm (microNewton-meter)
– mNm (milliNewton-meter)
–
%
(
percent
of full scale range)
– dyn.cm (dyne-centimeter)
Shear Stress
–
N/m²
(Newton per squaremeter)
– dyn/cm²
(dyne per squarecentimeter)
– Pa (Pascal)
