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Chapter

 

4

 

 

BASIC

 

OPERATION

 

4.0

 

Belt

 

Speed

 

The

 

belt

 

speed

 

is

 

adjusted

 

using

 

the

 

controller

 

front

 

panel

 

speed

 

knob

 

labeled

 

"SPEED".

 

The

 

speed

 

knob

 

indicates

 

the

 

belt

 

speed

 

in

 

meters

 

per

 

minute

 

in

 

0.1

 

meter

 

per

 

minute

 

steps.

 

Belt

 

speed

 

can

 

be

 

altered

 

by

 

adjusting

 

the

 

speed

 

knob

 

clockwise

 

to

 

increase

 

belt

 

speed

 

and

 

counter

clockwise

 

to

 

decrease

 

belt

 

speed.

 

Once

 

the

 

desired

 

speed

 

is

 

set,

 

the

 

adjacent

 

"RUN/STOP"

 

switch

 

can

 

be

 

used

 

to

 

start

 

or

 

stop

 

the

 

treadmill

 

running

 

belt.

 

The

 

speed

 

of

 

the

 

running

 

belt

 

can

 

be

 

manually

 

changed

 

while

 

the

 

treadmill

 

is

 

operating;

 

accel

 

option

 

will

 

increase

 

speed

 

automatically

 

(for

 

programming

 

instructions

 

see

 

5.3.0

 

Utilizing

 

Profile

 

Mode

).

 

The

 

maximum

 

belt

 

speed

 

is

 

99.9

 

m/min

 

(1.65

 

m/s).

 

4.1

 

Shocker

 

Repetition

 

Rate

 

The

 

shocking

 

consists

 

of

 

200

 

millisecond

 

pulses

 

separated

 

by

 

a

 

user

 

adjustable

 

interval.

 

The

 

time

 

between

 

each

 

pulse

 

is

 

the

 

repetition

 

rate.

 

The

 

repetition

 

rate

 

is

 

controlled

 

by

 

the

 

knob

 

marked

 

"REPETITION

 

RATE"

 

on

 

the

 

front

 

of

 

the

 

controller.

 

The

 

red

 

lamp

 

next

 

to

 

the

 

“REPETITION

 

RATE”

 

knob

 

indicates

 

each

 

time

 

there

 

is

 

a

 

shock

 

pulse

 

present

 

at

 

the

 

shocker

 

grid.

 

Turning

 

this

 

knob

 

clockwise

 

increases

 

the

 

shock

 

pulse

 

repetition

 

rate.

 

The

 

maximum

 

repetition

 

rate

 

is

 

3

 

pulses

 

per

 

second.

 

4.2

 

Shock

 

Intensity

 

The

 

shock

 

pulse

 

amplitude

 

is

 

controlled

 

by

 

the

 

knob

 

on

 

the

 

side

 

of

 

the

 

treadmill

 

marked

 

"INTENSITY".

 

Turning

 

this

 

knob

 

clockwise

 

increases

 

the

 

shock

 

intensity.

 

The

 

maximum

 

setting

 

for

 

the

 

shock

 

intensity

 

is

 

approximately

 

1.6

 

milliamperes

 

peak.

 

4.3

 

Shock

 

On/Off

 

Each

 

shocker

 

grid

 

can

 

be

 

individually

 

controlled

 

by

 

the

 

two

 

position

 

toggle

 

switch

 

on

 

the

 

shocker

 

box.

 

By

 

placing

 

the

 

toggle

 

switch

 

in

 

the

 

forward

 

position

 

the

 

channels

 

electric

 

shocking

 

grid

 

is

 

enabled.

 

 

 

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Страница 1: ...l User Manual November 6 2012 0184 006M 950 North Hague Avenue Columbus Ohio 43204 2121 USA Sales sales colinst com Service service colinst com Phone 614 276 0861 Fax 614 276 0529 Toll Free 1 800 669...

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Страница 3: ...Port Installation 6 2 1 Treadmill Software Installation 7 Chapter 3 HARDWARE SETUP 9 3 0 Item Inventory 9 3 1 Assembly 10 3 2 Setting Angle of Inclination 12 3 3 Connecting System Cables 13 3 4 Conne...

Страница 4: ...Parameters 23 5 4 2 Shock Repetition Rate Shock Intensity and Shock Detection 23 5 4 3 Belt Status 25 5 4 4 Shock Detection Status and Channel State 25 5 4 5 Data Generation and Output 25 5 5 Treadmil...

Страница 5: ...val of Shocker Assembly 33 7 2 Cleaning 33 7 3 Lubrication 33 7 4 Motor Brush and Commutator Care 33 7 5 Belt Speed Calibration 34 Chapter 8 TROUBLESHOOTING 35 8 0 Troubleshooting Chart 35 8 1 Hardwar...

Страница 6: ...user to set the parameters for the treadmill belt speed and optional Electric Stimulus A toggle switch commands the treadmill belt to RUN STOP and ACCEL ERATE a new feature of the controller An LCD di...

Страница 7: ...xial Jack 5 5mm O D x 2 1mm I D any polarity Computer Connection RS 232 9 pin Female D sub Controller Connection CI Bus 8 pin RJ45 Jacks x2 1 1 2 Computer Interface Power Supply North America Japan In...

Страница 8: ...6 Chapter 2 COMPUTER SETUP 2 0 USB Port Installation The host computer must have one free USB port F 1 For best performance it is recommended to use a native built in USB port Figure 1...

Страница 9: ...the installation program To manually launch the software installer select Start Run from the desktop taskbar F 2 A Run window will open F 3 Click the Browse button A Browse window will open F 4 Naviga...

Страница 10: ...heck for necessary disk space and then begin to copy the program It is recommend to keep any files on your system that are newer than the ones being copied Upon completion the program will update the...

Страница 11: ...e with power supply 1 x RS 232 serial extension cable 1 8m 6 foot 9 pin male female 1 x RJ 45 cable 1 8m 6 foot 8 pin 8 conductor plug plug The Treadmill Controller with power cord 1 x D Sub shock cab...

Страница 12: ...10 3 1 Assembly 1 Place the support bar in the lowest slots on the front of the running lane base F 11 2 Set the running lane onto its base F 12 Figure 11 Figure 12...

Страница 13: ...e running lane assembly and the motor assembly Slide the assemblies together with the coupler around both shafts DO NOT tighten the coupler set screws yet Insert the cap screw through the running lane...

Страница 14: ...nsert appropriate stimulus boxes and front cap non metabolic showed F 16 3 2 Setting Angle of Inclination The angle of inclination can be increased by moving the support bar to the next slot The slots...

Страница 15: ...lded shocker cable per system and one ribbon cable per additional lane for daisy chaining the shockers 3 Connect one end of the shocker cable to the D type connector on the side wall of the shocker bo...

Страница 16: ...iate AC outlet 3 4 Connecting the Components Direct to PC WITHOUT Oxymax 1 Connect the wide end of the USB cable to a USB port on the host computer not shown 2 Connect the small end of the USB cable t...

Страница 17: ...ect s chamber It is recommended that this fan be used when performing metabolic type experiments To use the fan simply plug the supplied power cord into the fan receptacle on each lid and plug the oth...

Страница 18: ...ing consists of 200 millisecond pulses separated by a user adjustable interval The time between each pulse is the repetition rate The repetition rate is controlled by the knob marked REPETITION RATE o...

Страница 19: ...ng if the RUN STOP switch is in the RUN position The belt speed repetition rate and shock intensity will be the same as when the treadmill was last turned off 5 0 System Initialization Attention Use t...

Страница 20: ...address DEVID 230 is assigned to the Shock Controller s in this same manner To rescan the Treadmill Controller for the presence or addition of connected devices select Tools Device Scan from the Tread...

Страница 21: ...n to automatically search all available serial COM ports for the Treadmill Controller For Advanced Users when the device address is already known o Select the Manually Select Address radio button o Ch...

Страница 22: ...e times or will be recalled for additional experimentation a profile may be desired First select the Manual tab to observe that the Enable Profile Mode box is checked F 34 This ensures that a profile...

Страница 23: ...Period button to remove the last step that was created 5 Select the Loop Profile checkbox if multiple iterations of the profile are desired Note When editing multi step routines the End Speed of a pre...

Страница 24: ...iscretion 11 A subsequent Stop Experiment prompt window will open F 39 Click the Yes button to finish the routine Click the No button to continue specified profile 5 4 Manual Mode For manual entry of...

Страница 25: ...he treadmill is active F 41 5 4 2 Shock Repetition Rate Shock Intensity and Shock Detection Shock Repetition Rate is defined as the electrical stimulus grid energizing rate with settings of Off 1 Hz 2...

Страница 26: ...times the subject receives a shock before the grid is disabled Pay careful attention to the Repetition Rate when selecting a NOS limit For example at a Rep Rate of 3 Hz a single shocker visit lasting...

Страница 27: ...status bar Active channels denote the presence of electrical stimulus and are indicated by the green LEDs Idle channels denote lack of electrical stimulus and are indicated by the red virtual LEDs If...

Страница 28: ...toggle switch toward the front of the treadmill The stimulus indicator will begin to flash on the treadmill as well as the controller 3 Slowly increase the INTENSITY until each subject moves off of th...

Страница 29: ...atively you may press the Clear Dt button within the Treadmill Software Diagnostics window 5 6 1 Run By setting the TREADMILL BELT toggle switch to RUN the result will be an adjusted speed correlating...

Страница 30: ...to top 5 6 3 Stop Setting the TREADMILL BELT toggle switch to STOP will result in the treadmill belt being rapidly decelerated to zero F 50 The display will report the speed set by the SPEED knob and...

Страница 31: ...uire a firmware update and modifications to the associated hardware configuration file Contact Columbus Instruments to discuss Treadmill Controller options 6 0 Experiment Setup A custom treadmill sche...

Страница 32: ...eed the treadmill will be set to upon initialization and continue to use until the start of the treadmill schedule Changes to this value will be immediately applied to the selected Treadmill Controlle...

Страница 33: ...rent treadmill schedule to the clipboard for pasting on other Treadmill Controllers Paste Pastes the settings from the Treadmill Controller on the clipboard to the currently selected controller To mak...

Страница 34: ...started by the user The option to start the treadmill schedule appears in the Experiment menu as Start Experiment Schedule Schedules set to repeat will continue to repeat until the experiment is stop...

Страница 35: ...mbly can now be removed by pulling the assembly out and away from the treadmill 7 2 Cleaning With the shocker assembly and lid removed take the support bar for angle adjustment out and the lane will d...

Страница 36: ...ed as shown F 54 6 Push the ODOMETER RESET button a second time to advance to belt calibration start The LCD on the front panel will read Run to Start as shown F 55 7 Set toggle to RUN to begin the se...

Страница 37: ...e SHOCK ON OFF switch is in the on position forward 2 Check cable connections between controller and treadmill shocker box Exercise belt is pulling to one side of the drive shaft 1 Belt tension is not...

Страница 38: ...iagnostics The Treadmill Diagnostics provides additional controls for monitoring the treadmill system while an experiment is active To access the Diagnostics window select Tools Treadmill Control from...

Страница 39: ...Status Spd m min and Dist Tr m Belt Status Idle Running and Accel are reported for treadmill belt modes STOP RUN and ACCEL respectively Spd m min the speed displayed by the Treadmill Controller Dist T...

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