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Manual
Data Logger
PCE-HPT 1
CONTENTS
TITLE
PAGE
1. Introduction………………………………………………………………….……………. 1
2. Specifications……………………………………………………………………………... 1
3. Symbol Definition and Button Location………...................................................... 2
4. Operation Instructions……………………….………………….................................. 3
4.1 Power-Up……………...........................................................................................3
4.2 Connection the Temperature Probe………..........................................................3
4.3 Selecting the Temperature Scale……………..…………………………………….. 3
4.4 Data-Hold Operation…………………………………………………………………..3
4.5 Back light Operation………………………………………………………………….. 3
4.6 Relative Operation……………………………………………………………............ 3
4.7 Record Operation…………………………………………………………................. 3
4.8 MAX/MIN Operation………………………….……………………………................ 3
4.9 Auto Power Off………………………………………………………………………… 4
4.10 Low Battery Condition………………………………………..... ………………….. 4
5. Temperature Measurement……………………………………....... ………………….. 4
6. Setting the Time…………………………………………………………........................ 5
7. Changing the Logging Interval………………………………………………………… 5
8. Clearing Memory…………………………………………………………………………. 5
9. Temperature Meter Calibration Setup ……….……………………………………….. 6
10. Communicating with a PC…………………………………………………………….. 7
Testlink PCE-HPT 1 Software…………………………………………………………… 7
11. Power Preparation…………………………………………………………………….. 12
12. Maintenance .…….……………………………………………………………………. 12
13. Temperature Probe.…………………………………………………………….......... 12
PCE-HPT 1 THERMOMETER
1. INSTRUCTION
This instrument is a digital thermometer for use with platinum-type temperature sensor.
Temperature indication follows IEC751 temperature table for PT-type sensor.
2. SPECIFICATIONS
Numerical Display: 5 digital liquid crystal displays
Measurement Range: -100°C ~ 400°C; -148°F ~ 752°F
Resolution: 0.01°C; 0.02°F;
Sensor types:
Platinum resistance temperature sensor for pt-100 4 wires.
ALPHA=0.00385
Environmental:
ƒ Operating Temperature and Humidity:
0°C ~50°C (32°F ~ 122°F) ; 0 ~ 80% RH
ƒ Storage Temperature:
-10°C to 60°C (14°F ~ 140°F); 0 ~ 80% RH
ƒ Altitude up to 2000 meters.
Accuracy:
at ( 23 ± 5°C )
Range
-100°C ~ 400°C
-148°F ~ 752°F
Accuracy
±(0.05% reading + 0.1°C)
±(0.05% reading + 0.2°F)
Temperature Coefficient:
For ambient temperatures from 0°C ~ 18°C and 28°C ~ 50°C, for each °C ambient below 18°C or
above 28°C add the following tolerance into the accuracy spec.
0.005% of reading + 0.01°C ( 0.005% of reading + 0.02°F )
Note:
The basic accuracy Specification does not include the error of the probe please refer to the
probe accuracy specification for additional details.
Sample Rate: 2 times per second
Dimension: 185 x 65 x 36 mm(meter only)
Weight: 360g Approx.
Power requirement:
9V Battery;
AC adapter: 9V DC(7~10V Max.)/20mA Min (Plug Diameter: 3.5mmx1.35mm)
Battery Life: Approx. 100hours
Standard Accessory:
Pt-100 Probe(class A), Instruction manual, 9V Battery, windows software, carrying case, USB
cable.
Optional Accessories: AC adapter, RS-232 Cable.
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3. SYMBOL DEFINITION & BUTTON LOCATION
: The Battery is not sufficient for proper operation.
MIN
: The Minimum value is now being displayed
MAX : The Maximum value is now being displayed
HOLD : This indicates that the display data is being hold.
: This indicates Auto Power Off is enabled.
REC : Readings are being logged.
REL : The reading is now under Relative Mode.
°C °F : Centigrade and Fahrenheit indication.
h:m
: This indicates that the minus temperature is sensed.
: hours; minute
1 Pt type temperature sensor connector
○
7 HOLD button
○
2 LCD display
○
8 °C , °F control button
○
3
○
Power ON/OFF and Back light button
9
○
PC Interface
4
○
Relative readout button
10 External DC 9V power supply jack
○
5
○
REC button
11 Tilt stand
○
6
○
MAX MIN control button
12 Battery Compartment
○
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4. OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS
4.1 Power-Up
Press the “
to OFF.
” key to turn ON the thermometer and Press and hold “
” buttons for 3 seconds
4.2 Connection the Temperature Probe
For measurement, plug the temperature probe into the input connectors.
4.3 Selecting the Temperature Scale
When the meter was first power on, the default scale setting is set at Celsius (°C) scale. The user
may change it to Fahrenheit (°F) by pressing
button and vice versa to Celsius and change
default scale.
4.4 Data-Hold Operation
button.
The user may hold the present reading and keep it on the display by pressing the
When the hold data is no longer needed, one may release the data-hold operation by pressing
button again.
button are disabled.
,
and
When the meter is under Data Hold operation, the
4.5 Back light Operation:
Press the
button will turn back light on and Press it once again will turn off.
button for 30 seconds.
The meter will turn back light off if there is no push
4.6 Relative Operation:
When one press the
button, the meter will memorize the present reading and the difference
between the new reading and the memorized data will be shown on the display. Press the
button again to exit the Relative operation.
4.7 Record Operation:
Starting and Stopping Logging Setup, memory clear, and PC communications are inaccessible
during logging.
Set the logging interval. (See “Changing the Logging Interval.”)
button to start logging. The display shows “REC”.
Press
button again to stop logging.
Press
4.8 MAX/MIN Operation:
When one press the
button the meter will enter the MAXMIN mode. Under this mode the
maximum value, minimum value is kept in the memory simultaneously and updated with every new
data.
When the MAX symbol is display, the Maximum is shown on the display.
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Press
button again, then the MIN symbol is on the display and also the minimum reading.
button again, MAX and MIN will blink together. This means that all these data is
Press
updated in the memory and the reading is the present temperature.
to circulate the display mode among these options.
One may press
and
button are disabled.
When the meter is under MAXMIN operation,
button for two seconds.
To exit the MAX/MIN mode, one may press and hold
4.9 Auto Power Off:
By default, when the meter is powered on, it is under auto power off mode. The meter will power
itself off after 30 minutes if no key operation.
button and then power on the meter and there will be two
One may press and hold
successive beeps to indicate that auto power off is disabled.
4.10 Low Battery Condition:
The temperature meter low battery indication as follows:
Low battery. Replace the batteries.
5. TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
5.1 Correct Measurement Method:
The temperature sensor is located at the end
of the metal sheath of the sheath type
TEMPERATURE PROBE. To accurately test
internal temperature insert the probe into the
item you want to measure to a distance at
least 15 times the diameter of the sheath.
5.2 Connector Configuration:
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6. SETTING THE TIME
6.1 Press and hold
6.2 Press
button and then power on the meter to enter setup mode.
button to enter Time setting mode. The right two digits blink.
6.3 Press
▲or
▼ button until the display shows the correct year, and then press
to select. The left two digits blink.
button
6.4 Press
▲ or
▼ button until the display shows the correct month, and then press
button to select. The right two digits blink.
6.5 Press
▲ or
▼ button until the display shows the correct day, and then press
button to select. The left two digits blink.
6.6 Press
press
▲ or
▼ button until the display shows the correct hour (24-hour format), and then
button to select. The right two digits blink.
6.7 Press
▲ or
▼ button until the display shows the correct minutes, and then press
button to store the time in memory.
Note:
Holding down “REC” or “°C/°F” causes the number to change more quickly.
7. CHANGING THE LOGGING INTERVAL
The logging interval determines how often the thermometer stores logged readings in memory.
7.1 Press and hold
7.2 Press
7.3 Press
press
button and then power on the meter to enter setup mode.
button to enter Interval setting mode. The left two digits blink.
▲ or
▼ button until the display shows the correct hour (24-hour format), and then
button to select. The right two digits blink.
7.4 Press
▲ or
▼ button until the display shows the correct minutes, and then press
button to store the time in memory.
Note:
Holding down “REC” or “°C/°F” causes the number to change more quickly.
8. CLEARING MEMORY
When memory is full, REC appears and blinks on the display and logging stops.
You can clear memory in next power on the meter to enter clear memory mode.
button and then power on the meter to enter clear memory mode to delete
Press and hold
logged readings from memory. The display shows the number from 5 decreases to 0.
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9. TEMPERATURE METER CALIBRATION SETUP
Below table diagram shows each button function when user enter into
calibration mode.
Note:
Turn the Power “OFF” before attempting following SETUP.
Setup mode is cancelled during below procedure if “POWER”
button is pressed.
9.1 Temperature Calibration
Place the temperature probe in a known, stable temperature environment. Allow the readings to
stabilize. In Setup change the offset until the display reading matches the calibration temperature.
Press and hold
Press
Press
Press
Press
+
buttons and then power on the meter to enter setup mode.
button to enter calibration mode.(in 3 seconds)
button to enter calibration mode. (in 3 seconds)
or
button to confirm present Temperature value.
button twice to confirm selection.
Note: To abort during the process, press
button to exit calibration mode.
9.2 Recall Default factory setting value
Press and hold
+
buttons and then power on the meter to enter setup mode.
Press
button to enter calibration mode. (in 3 seconds)
Press
button to enter recall mode. (in 3 seconds)
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Press
button to confirm revert back to “Default factory setting value”
Press
button to confirm selection.
Note: To abort during the process, press
button to exit calibration mode.
10. COMMUNICATION WITH A PC
Users can transfer data from the built-in memory on the instrument to a PC through PCE-HPT 1 software.
The communication requires a USB or RS-232 serial connection.
TESTLINK PCE-HPT 1 SOFTWARE
(1)The PCE-HPT 1 package contains:
ƒ
ƒ
80mm CD
Custom designed USB cable for PCE-HPT 1
(2)System Required:
Windows NT 4.0/ NT2000/ XP/ VISTA/ Windows 7
(3)Minimum Hardware Required:
ƒ
ƒ
ƒ
PC or NoteBook with Pentium 800MHz or higher, 128 MB RAM
At least 50 MB hard disk space available to install PCE-HPT 1
Recommended screen resolution 1024X768 or above
(4) Install PCE-HPT 1 and USB-120 connector driver:
1. We recommend close all other application before installing PCE-HPT 1.
2. Insert setup CD disk to CD disk drive to display install screen. You may also run
MainSetup.exe in the directory of the CD.
3. Click Install to begin installation.
4. It will install USB-120 connector driver first:
5. While installing, it will show this window below, just click “next” to continue.(see Fig.1)
6. Select “Launch the CP210x VCP Driver Installer” option, and then click Finish. (see Fig.2)
(Fig.1)
(Fig.2)
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7. Click Install.
8. After finish installing USB-120 connector driver, it
will install PCE-HPT 1 software automatically. it will
copy PCE-HPT 1.exe ( executable file) and help file
to your hard disk ( default is c:\program
files\PCE-HPT 1.
9. After finish installation, plug USB-120 connector
to PC usb port, execute.
10. ”start”→ ”My Computer”, then choose “View
System Information” on the left top of the window,
the window below will show up.
11. Choose “Hardware” option and click “Device Manager” button, click “+” symbol on the left
side of Ports(COM &LPT), if the device “CP2101 USB to UART Bridge Controller(COMx)”
is in the list, the connector is ready to work.
(5)Main menu and buttons:
Open - Retrieve files from the disk
Save - Save the present data to the disk
Print - Send data in the present table to the printer
Pause - Stop data recording
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Run - Start data recording
Output To Graph - Send tabular data to another graph
New - Reset all the data
Option - Setup dialog to set attributions of graph. (You can also double click on the graph.)
Sampling Rate - Time interval between each data to be recorded. If you want to change it,
move mouse cursor to the digit you want to change and click, then input the new sampling rate.
The change will be effective immediately. It will keep up to 5000 data points, when data points
exceed this limit, the oldest 100 points will be replaced sequentially.
(6)Real Time Graph:
You can Zoom this graph by using mouse:
To Zoom:
1. Press and hold the Shift key
2. Press the left mouse button and drag the cursor to select the new extents
3. Release the mouse button
To Undo the Zoom:
Press the Alt+U key or click Undo Zoom button
Note: Zooming method is not allowed in Real Time Graph Window.
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(7)Tabular:
The Tabular window can be used to record real time data in a table format. The maximum
number of records that the Tabular window can keep will be depending on how many available
memory and hard disk space of the connected computer.
(8)Data Logger
When you have thermometer connected to computer, select "Load Data" to start loading the
recorded data from the thermometer. There will be a progress indicator to show the loading
progress.
If error occurs, just click "Load Data" again.
After the data has been successfully loaded to computer, the left side window shows how many
data sets were loaded and their detailed information (start date, start time, recording rate, and
record numbers).
For example:
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It will transfer the first data set to graph and tabular on the right side window once you finish
loading recorded data from the thermometer. You can click on at any data set to show its graph
and tabular on the right side window.
You can choose a rectangle area on the graph to zoom in for detail.
The vertical dash line in the graph will match the highlight row in the tabular. When clicking on
another row in the tabular, the vertical dash line will move to the corresponding position to
match the time.
(9)Frequently Asked Question:
Q: I have connected thermometer to computer serial port and turned thermometer on, but it still
shows "NO CONNECTION" ?
A: It could be caused by that all serial port are occupied by other applications. Close all
application, restart your computer, and run PCE-HPT 1 again.
Q: In TABULAR window, I saved a file. Can I use EXCEL to open this file?
A: If the decimal separator is comma (,) in your area, you cannot use CSV file because CSV
file use comma to separate data. This will cause confusion (for example 23,6,C,24.6,C).
However, you can use TXT files instead. It uses tab to separate to data.
(For example: 23.6
C
24.6
C) and it can be accepted in EXCEL.
Q: How to uninstall PCE-HPT 1?
A: Uninstall PCE-HPT 1 by launching the Add/Remove Programs applet out of
the Control Panel, highlighting the PCE-HPT 1, and clicking on the Add/Remove...
button, then it will remove the PCE-HPT 1 folder and files from your computer.
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11. POWER PREPARATION
11.1 Battery Loading
Remove the battery cover on the back
and insert one 9V battery.
11.2 Battery Replacement
When the battery voltage drops below
the operating voltage, Low battery
will appear. Replace a
indicator
9 Volt battery immediately to ensure
the unit functions properly.
11.3 AC Adapter Connection
When the AC adapter is used, insert the plugs of the adapter into the DC9V connector on the side
panel.
Note:
When the AC adapter is connected while battery is inserted, the unit will be powered from the
adapter (the AC adapter has priority).
12. Maintenance
In order to ensure the accuracy of the thermometer for a longer period of time you should calibrate
it once a year.
Clean the device and the window of the display with a clean, lint-free, antistatic and dry cleaning
cloth.
Do no use cleaning agents that contain carbon or benzenes, alcohol or anything similar to clean
the product since these substances damage the surface of the measuring instrument. Moreover, these
fumes are hazardous to health and explosive. Do not use tools with sharp edges, screwdrivers, metal
brushes or anything similar to clean the device.
13. Temperature Probe
13.1 Piercing type temperature probe.
13.2 Piercing type temperature probe Specification:
Sensor Type
Platinum resistance thermometer sensor Pt 100(4 wires)
Accuracy
IEC751, class A (t: measurement temperature)
Measurement Range
-100 to 400°C
Temperature Sensor Dimensions
Approx. ∅5.0mm(∅0.2”)
Temperature Sensor Length
Approx. 230mm(9.05”)
Cable Length
Approx. 1500mm(59.0”)
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