Datacolor Conditioner Operation Manual / DCCOPMN_RP1 / Rev 3.0 / 7th August 07
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5.
Start up and switch on the unit
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Open the water-tap for freshwater supply. (Standard CONDITIONER
TM
)
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Fill the water tank with water (CONDITIONER
TM
with equipment modification “pumped water supply
tank”)
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Switch on the humidifying and dehumidifying system with humidity switch (5). Then switching on the
unit at the main switch (4) causes changing the water in the steam humidifying system. The waste
water is pumping out in 45 seconds, fresh water is automatically let in
The fresh water needs to be heated first, so after the first switching on the chamber or after an
interruption of the power supply the relative humidity will increase only after a delay of about 20
minutes. During this period, the relative humidity can drop considerably.
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Put the main switch (4) in position I.
The fan starts turning. There is a brief start-up phase in which the display items at the edges of the
upper controller display light up successively.
After a few seconds, the upper display shows the current interior temperature of the CONDITIONER™
and the lower display shows the current interior humidity (see example in Figure 5).
The lighting LEDs °C and % RH. right of the display that the temperature is shown in °C and the
humidity is shown in % RH
Figure 5: Basic display of the controller
The CONDITIONER™ equilibrates automatically to the last entered set points (Table 3 on page 30 or
Table 4 on page 31). The time to equilibrate is approx. 1 hour.
The 2-channel controller RP1 is equipped for controlling two parameters inside the sample
conditioning cabinet: temperature and humidity.
Channel 1: Temperature in °C
Channel 2: Relative humidity in % RH
The yellow LED lights up, when the controller switches on the heating.
The yellow LED
lights up, when the controller switches on the humidifying system.
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Only CONDITIONER
TM
with lighting unit
Press button
to switch on the illumination.
The controller sets the light intensity to the last entered set point (Table 3 on page 30).
The yellow LED
is glowing, when the illumination is switched on.
Behaviour after power failure and shut down
The CONDITIONER™ behaves after return of the power supply as during the start up.
No warning indicates that a power failure and shut down had been occurred.
