Страница 1: ...lds are strong at the magnet surface and deteriorate rapidly in a non linear manner as distance increases Ÿ Magnetic fields will vary with changing temperatures Ÿ Magnetic and most other sensors are unstable and vary their output with changing temperatures Ÿ Friction may cause the inner magnet to not be centered on the probe tip when moving the probe across the measured object Considering the abov...
Страница 2: ...be engaged by pressing FUNCTION 1 Firstly the initial calibration procedure will compensate for differences between your shop environment and the factory environment where MAG ic Probe was calibrated The problem is that after this calibration your hand may heat the probe causing a small drift in value This is the reason for the 2nd calibration as described above To assist in this 2nd calibration t...
Страница 3: ...rts currently installed on your pc Look for the USB Serial Port COM and note the port number If you double click this line you should see a similar properties window as below right In the above example COM 3 is the port that will be used when we connect to the MAG ic Probe Software If a driver is not automatically installed Please return to the website and click on Document and Driver Downloads Do...
Страница 4: ...utton to see the available ports The Serial port should be identified as something like USBmodem or USBSerial etc Pick this option and then click on the small box to the right of this line This box will provide the full detail of the Port Name In this example it is Usbmodem411 but each computer will be different The full name is dev cu usbmodem411 Make a note of this full name as you will need it ...
Страница 5: ...ssful you will be prompted to re attach the magnet and press function key This completes the initial calibration and MAG ic Probe is ready to perform your measurements The display should read 0 00 when the magnet is attached to the probe If the advanced calibration is required perform it now see Advanced Calibration HOLD Function MAG ic Probe features a HOLD mode to assist you in obtaining accurat...
Страница 6: ...uring instrument you want to equalize the 2 instruments by adding or subtracting a value The OFFSET value is set in mils 1 1000th inch Please remember to set the offset back to zero when completed for normal measures Press 2 for OFFSET followed by either 2 for negative decrement or 4 for positive increment Re Calibration Press 4 for Re calibration This will restart the complete initial calibration...
Страница 7: ...unit when not in use to conserve battery life Ÿ Take care of the magnets they are fragile and will shatter or splinter if allowed to snap onto each other or metal objects Ÿ Ensure your instrument does not contain any metallic objects to which the internal magnets can be attracted Removing a magnet from a finished instrument can be difficult Ÿ Do not drag the probe across finished surfaces Either l...
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