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Mantracourt Electronics Limited

 – FSU User Manual 

 

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System Zero 

 

System Zero is used to remove permanent values from an installed system such as the weight of a vessel or weighing 
platform to give a zero Gross value. 
The value shown on this page is subtracted from the measured value. 
You can either type a value in manually or click the 

Zero Now

 button to automatically fill in the value to give a zero 

reading based on the current input. 
This feature can be hidden on the 

Lock Page

 

Auto Calibration 

 

 

The automatic calibration requires that you apply two known (ascending) inputs  in sequence. Just enter the required 
engineering unit value for the two inputs in the fields marked 1 and 2. 

Next, apply the low input and allow a settle time. Click the ‘

Acquire’

 button then apply the higher input. After 

another settle time click the second ‘

Acquire’

 button and the calibration is complete. 

 

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Страница 1: ...USER MANUAL May 2017 FSU SSBD Fast USB Strain Gauge Load Cell Digitiser Module APPROVED DISTRIBUTORS OF ...

Страница 2: ... and Restore Page 10 Lock Page 11 Calibration Page 12 System Zero 13 Auto Calibration 13 Table Calibration 14 Engineering Units 14 Capture Page 15 Review Page 17 Scope Page 20 FFT Page 21 Chapter 3 Installation 23 Identifying Strain Gauge Connections 23 9 way D Connector Pin outs 23 4 wire load cell 23 6 wire load cell 23 Chapter 4 Specifications 24 Technical Specifications 24 Dimensions Mounting ...

Страница 3: ...plugging the device into a PC data can be extracted from most strain gauge bridge input sensors and acquired by software which allows data manipulation removing the need for amplifiers filters multimeters Free standing module fitted with 9 way D type socket for load cell Micro USB socket accepts a USB lead with type A connector at the PC end LED Status Indication The module indicates status via a ...

Страница 4: ...nutes of data captured from the FSU or loaded from a previously saved CSV file Trend chart view of live input Exportable image and data FFT view to identify frequency components of input signal Simple oscilloscope view for wave based signals between 1 Hz and 500 Hz Easily switch to alternative engineering units If module has been previously calibrated It should be noted that traditional logging Wh...

Страница 5: ...Mantracourt Electronics Limited FSU User Manual 4 After the software has been installed please connect the module to the PC and see the next section before running the FSU Toolkit ...

Страница 6: ...esent different dialog windows but the dialogs shown below should allow you make the correct choices regardless of operating system Note that the FSU shares the drivers with the DSC range of modules so the driver is described as the USB DSC Bus The Found New Hardware Wizard should now appear Select No not at this time if you are asked whether the drivers should be searched for online Click Next No...

Страница 7: ...etected you will see the Home page at which you can wait until the FSU module is connected Pressing the Detect button will start the detection process The Review page is also available at this point See later in the manual for using the Review page This will allow you to review previously saved data Recording occurs continuously in the background while on any of the following pages Capture Review ...

Страница 8: ...Mantracourt Electronics Limited FSU User Manual 7 Home Page Click the icon to access the Information page After clicking the Detect button and a module is detected you will then see the Information page ...

Страница 9: ... if any error conditions are present by displaying an information box The module serial number firmware version and last calibration date are also shown If the module has been allocated engineering units these will be displayed in the lower right of the LCD display Units If the calibrated units have been defined for this module then you can select from a list of alternative engineering units to us...

Страница 10: ...t a new format for the displayed value By using this you can hide unwanted decimal places Just click the required display format in the list Error Indication If any errors are detected these will be shown under the main display The following screenshot shows an Integrity error present The error box will disappear once the error is no longer present ...

Страница 11: ...Restore page No data is recorded while on this page Clicking the Save buttons will allow you to specify a file to which the configuration of the connected module is written Once saved this file can be selected after clicking the Restore button and the settings restored to the same module or to another module ...

Страница 12: ...ns have been set to Hide You will need to contact Mantracourt to aid in Passcode recovery should the Passcode be forgotten Calibration Page Allows you to either Allow or Lock access to the calibration page System Zero Function Locking this function will also force locking of the Calibration Page This is useful if the Calibration Page has been locked but you want to still offer the ability to set t...

Страница 13: ... set calibrated engineering units mV V Input Shows the actual mV V input as measured by the module Calibrated Value Shows the calibrated value Defaults Clicking the Defaults button will remove any user level calibration and return the module to its factory calibrated state The page is separated by tabbed sections Automatic Calibration Table Calibration and Engineering Units Click a tab to change s...

Страница 14: ...ero Now button to automatically fill in the value to give a zero reading based on the current input This feature can be hidden on the Lock Page Auto Calibration The automatic calibration requires that you apply two known ascending inputs in sequence Just enter the required engineering unit value for the two inputs in the fields marked 1 and 2 Next apply the low input and allow a settle time Click ...

Страница 15: ...ows you to specify the engineering units that the module was calibrated in Changing this does not affect the calibration It simply assigns the engineering units to the calibrated value so that later the user can select different engineering units and the module output value will be automatically converted to the selected units If you do not want the user changing the units you can hide access to t...

Страница 16: ...ampled to enable it to fit on the chart fast peaks may not appear or may flash in and out of visibility as the data flows past the chart This feature will have the side effect of creating a slightly fuzzy edge on slower moving data This does not affect the way data is recorded only the way it is shown on the chart When used in conjunction with the Show Min Max feature this can help stabilize the v...

Страница 17: ... far this Capture Viewed button gives you the options of capturing only the data currently visible on the chart Sometimes the data you are interested in can be recognised from the chart so this avoids having to capture and review all of the recorded data which may be up to 30 minutes worth Copy Chart Image This feature is available by right clicking on the chart and copies the chart image to the c...

Страница 18: ...he Capture Viewed button Only available on the Capture Page This is where you can navigate through all the captured data optionally discard unwanted data view cursors and load and save data The chart automatically enhances transient peaks so that there is no chance of missing important features in the data Once you have zoomed in enough so you can identify individual data points the enhancement is...

Страница 19: ...act the highlight by clicking and dragging the cursor at the left hand side of the highlight or anywhere to the left of the highlight Expand or contract the highlight by clicking and dragging the cursor at the right hand side of the highlight or anywhere to the right of the highlight Or you can pan the highlight left and right by clicking and dragging in the middle of it Cursors Left clicking on t...

Страница 20: ... minutes of data equates to over 8 6 million data points it is often only a small portion that contains the actual data of interest The crop button discards data that falls outside of the currently viewed portion of the entire data set and resets the chart and navigation control to focus only on this data The newly focussed data can then be navigated saved or again zoomed and cropped If a mistake ...

Страница 21: ... frequencies of between 1 Hz and 500 Hz You can view waveforms up to around 2 kHz but there will not be enough samples in the captured data to represent the proper waveform Auto Locate Click this button to automatically select the best settings to view the current input waveform Trigger level This selects the trigger level which is the value at which the left hand side of the scope starts to draw ...

Страница 22: ...ency detected The above screenshot shows 50Hz detected Navigation You can drag the thumbs at each end of the purple navigation bar to zoom into the frequency range of interest The purple bar can be panned as well as resized Peak Hold When activated this simply holds the maximum for each frequency displayed until the feature is turned off Cursor Click the chart to display the cursor This can be dra...

Страница 23: ...racourt Electronics Limited FSU User Manual 22 Copy Chart Image This feature is available by right clicking on the chart and copies the chart image to the clipboard enabling pasting into other applications ...

Страница 24: ...lation This chapter gives detailed information on integrating the FSU into a production system including mounting protection adjustments wiring and electrical requirements Identifying Strain Gauge Connections 9 way D Connector Pin outs 4 wire load cell 6 wire load cell ...

Страница 25: ...solution 16 Million Counts divs Resolution 4 8kHz readings Noise stable over 1s 8192 Counts divs Resolution 4 8kHz readings Noise stable over 1s 13 Bits Measurement Sample Rate 4800 Per Second Measurement Sample Rate Accuracy 0 5 1 1 Electrical Min Typical Max Units Power Supply voltage 4 25 5 5 5 V dc Power Supply current 350 Ohm Bridge 68 75 mA Data transmission Min Typical Max Units Output cabl...

Страница 26: ...rt Electronics Limited FSU User Manual 25 Dimensions Mounting The following diagrams show the case dimensions and mounting holes and optional DIN rail mounting kit External Dimensions LED Position Mounting Holes ...

Страница 27: ...e and replace with the longer screws from the DSCUSB DIN kit These longer screws secure the din rail clips which sit in the rectangular depressions around the screw holes NOTE You may want to remove and replace one screw at a time to avoid the case coming apart Once fitted the top face of the FSU will be 31 4mm from the surface that the DIN rail is mounted on Cable Clearance These are typical clea...

Страница 28: ...se include a note stating name company address phone number and a detailed description of the problem Also please indicate if it is a warranty repair The sender is responsible for shipping charges freight insurance and proper packaging to prevent breakage in transit Mantracourt warranty does not apply to defects resulting from action of the buyer such as mishandling improper interfacing operation ...

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