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User Manual for SONO-VARIO
As of 26. June 2013
Thank you for buying an IMKO moisture probe.
Please carefully read these instructions in order to achieve best possible results with your
SONO-VARIO probe for the in-line moisture measurement. Should you have any questions
or suggestions regarding your new probe after reading, please do not hesitate to contact our
authorised dealers or IMKO directly. We will gladly help you.
List of Content:
1. Instrument Description SONO-VARIO ...................................................................................... 4
1.1.1. The patented TRIME
®
TDR-Measuring Method ............................................................. 4
1.1.2. TRIME
®
compared to other Measuring Methods ........................................................... 4
1.1.3. Areas of Application with SONO-VARIOStandard, SONO-VARIOXtrem and SONO-
VARIO
LD
4
1.2. Mode of Operation ................................................................................................................. 5
1.2.1. Measurement value collection with pre-check, average value and filtering ................... 5
1.2.2. Determination of the mineral Concentration ................................................................... 5
1.2.3. Temperature Measurement ............................................................................................ 5
1.2.4. Temperature compensation when working at high temperatures .................................. 5
1.2.5. Analogue Outputs ........................................................................................................... 6
1.2.6. The serial RS485 interface ............................................................................................. 7
1.2.7. Error Reports and Error Messages ................................................................................ 7
1.3. Configuration of the Measure Mode ...................................................................................... 8
1.4. Operation Mode CA and CF at non-continuous Material Flow .............................................. 8
1.4.1. Average Time in the measurement mode CA and CF ................................................. 10
1.4.2. Filtering at material gaps in mode CA and CF ............................................................. 10
1.4.3. Mode CC
– automatic summation of a moisture quantity during one batch process. 11
1.4.4. Mode CH
– Automatic Moisture Measurement in one Batch ..................................... 13
1.5. Calibration Curves ............................................................................................................... 13
1.5.1. SONO-VARIO for measuring Moisture of Sand and Aggregates ................................ 16
1.5.2. SONO-VARIO for measuring Moisture of Expanded Clay and Lightly Sand ............... 17
1.6. Creating a linear Calibration Curve for a specific Material .................................................. 18
1.6.1. Nonlinear calibration curves ......................................................................................... 19
1.7. Connectivity to SONO Probes ............................................................................................. 20
1.7.1. Connection Plug and Plug Pinning ............................................................................... 21
1.7.2. Analogue Output 0..10V with a Shunt-Resistor............................................................ 22
1.8. Connection of the RS485 to the SM-USB Module from IMKO ............................................ 23