SETUP
1. Choose the power source.
Before using the DOM5512SD, be sure it is powered by
fresh batteries or an optional 9VDC AC adapter plugged into the bottom jack on its right
side (callout 1-14).
To remove the battery compartment cover, remove the two screws holding it in place
(callout 1-11). Then install six “AA” batteries in the correct orientation, using the polarity
marks on the inside of the compartment as a guide. Replace the cover by replacing the
two screws.
2. Install an SD card.
To prepare for setup, also install the supplied 2 GB SD memory
card or another card with a capacity from 1 GB to 16 GB in the socket on the bottom of
the DOM5512SD (callout 1-17). When installing the card, make sure its gold contacts
are facing front and push the card into the socket until you hear a click. To remove the
card, push it in until you hear a click and the card pops out.
Now power on the instrument by pressing the POWER button (callout 1-2) to generate a
short beep. (To power off the DOM5512SD, press the POWER button and hold it until the
instrument responds with a long beep.)
When the meter powers on, a series of transient startup screens will briefly appear. Once
the display has stabilized, perform the following ten setup steps in the order presented.
3. Format the SD card.
Press the LOGGER SET button (callout 1-8) and hold it for at least
five seconds, until “Sd-F” appears in the lower half of the display. Quickly (within three
seconds) press the REC/ENTER button.
(If you press buttons too slowly in setup mode, the screen will revert to the normal
display. To return to the setup sequence, press and hold the LOGGER SET button again.
To move ahead to the next field in the sequence or to the next parameter, press the
HOLD/ESC button.)
Pressing the REC/ENTER button causes the word “no” or “yES” to appear over the term
“Sd-F”. Press the
▼
button to make a selection. Choose “yES” whenever a new SD card
is being used, or when a used card is being repurposed (from use with another SD card
instrument or a camera, for example) and all data on it is to be erased. Choose “no” to
preserve any data on a card previously used with this instrument.
If you choose “yES”, after you press the REC/ENTER button the instrument will prompt
you to confirm that decision by displaying the term “Ent” below “yES” and sounding three
beeps. To confirm that you want to begin the erasure/formatting procedure, press the
REC/ENTER. “Ent” will then flash several times and the instrument will sound another
three beeps to confirm that the SD card has been erased and formatted.
4. Set the date and time.
Once the SD card has been set up, the word “dAtE” will appear
in the center of the display, along with the flashing value “00.00.00” at the lower left,
above “yy.mm.dd”. Set the current year by pressing the
▼
or
▲
button repeatedly until
the correct value appears above “yy”. Press the REC/ENTER button to store the setting.
The next screen that appears will have the value above “mm” flashing. Use the
▼
or
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