Extech Instruments SDL730 User manual

Category
Measuring, testing & control
Type
User manual
UserManual
HeavyDuty
DifferentialPressureManometer
ModelSDL730
AdditionalUserManualTranslationsavailableatwww.extech.com
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Introduction
CongratulationsonyourpurchaseoftheExtechSDL730PressureManometer.Thisdevice
measuresgaugeanddifferentialpressureintherangeof±100psi.Supportedmeasurement
unitsarembar,psi,Kg/cm
2
,mmHg,inchHg,metersofH
2
O,inchesofH
2
O,atmosphere,hPA,
andkPA.LoggeddatareadingsarestoredonanSDcardfortransfertoaPC.Thismeteris
shippedfullytestedandcalibratedand,withproperuse,willprovideyearsofreliableservice.
Pleasevisitourwebsite(www.extech.com)tocheckforthelatestversionofthisUser
Guideand
CustomerSupport.
Safety
InternationalSafetySymbols
Thissymbol,adjacenttoanothersymbolorterminal,indicatestheusermustrefertothe
manualforfurtherinformation.
MeterDescription
1. P1Input(positive+)
2. P2Input(negative‐)
3. LCDDisplay
4. HOLDandBacklight
key
5. MAXMINkey
6. SETandClock
key
7. RS232outputjack
8. Resetbutton
9. PowerAdaptorjack
10. SDcardslot
11. ENTERandLOGkey
12. Downarrowkey
(Press&keyatsametimetozero
meter)
13. Uparrow/UNITkey
(Press&keyatsametime
tozero
meter)
14. PowerONOFF
key
Notes:Items7,8,and9arelocatedbehindthesnapoffcompartmentcoveronmeter’srightside.
Batterycompa rtmen t,tiltstand,andtripodmount arelocatedontherearoftheinstrument.
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GettingStarted
PowerONOFF
Powerthemeterbypressingandholdingthepowerbutton foratleast1.5seconds.
Pressandholdthepowerbuttonforatleast1.5secondstopowerOFFthemeter.
Thismeterispoweredbysix(6)1.5VDC‘AA’batteriesorbyoptionalACadaptor.Ifthe
meterwillnotswitchONpleasecheckthatfreshbatteries
areinstalledintherearbattery
compartmentor,inthecaseoftheACadaptor,checkthattheadaptorisconnected
correctlytothemeterandtoanACsource.
DisplayBacklight
ToturnthedisplaybacklightONorOFF,pressandholdthebacklight buttonforatleast1.5
seconds.ThemeterwillbeepwhenswitchingthebacklightONorOFFunlessthebeeperis
disabled.
UnitsofMeasure
Thecurrentlyselectedunitofmeasureisshownbelowthemeasurementvalueonthemeter’s
LCD.Tochangetheunitofmeasure,pressandholdtheUNITbuttonuntilthedesiredunitof
measureappearsandthenreleasetheUNITbutton.Themeterbeginsscrollingthroughthe
availableunitsofmeasure
(seetablebelow)aftertheUNITbuttonhas beendepressedforat
least1.5seconds.
UNIT DISPLAYINDICATOR
psi PSI
InchHg InHg
InchH
2
O InH2O
hPA hPA
kPA _PA
Bar bAr
Kg/cm
2
_gC2
mmHg‐Hg
MetersH
2
O‐tH2O
Atmospheres AtP
ZEROAdjustment
Tonull,orzero,thedisplayforaconnectedsensor,pressandholdtheupanddownarrow
keys foratleast1.5seconds.ThemeterwillshowCAL0onthebottomleftofthescreen.
DataHold
TofreezeadisplayedreadingontheLCD,momentarilypresstheHOLDbutton(theHOLDicon
willappearabovethereading).ToexitHOLD,presstheHOLDbuttonagain.
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SetupMode
Basicsettingsataglance
Toviewthecurrentconfigurationofthemeterwithregardtotime,date,anddatalogging
samplingratepresstheSETbuttonmomentarily.Themeterwillnowdisplaytheconfigurationin
quicksuccession.Iftheinformationismissedonthefirsttry,simplypresstheSETbuttonagain
untilallofthe
informationisnoted.
AccessingtheSetupmode
1. PressandholdtheSETbuttonforatleast1.5secondstoaccesstheSetupmenu.
2. PresstheSETbuttonmomentarilytostepthroughtheavailableparameters.Theparameter
typeisshownonthebottomoftheLCDandthecurrentselectionforthattypeisshown
aboveit.
3. Whenaparameterisdisplayedthatistobechanged,usethearrowkeystochangethe
setting.PresstheENTERbuttontoconfirmachange.
4. PressandholdtheSETbuttonforatleast1.5secondstoexittheSetupmode.Notethatthe
meterautomaticallyswitches
outoftheSetupmodeifnokeyispressedwithin7seconds.
5.
TheavailableSetupparametersarelistedbelow.Additionaldetailedinformationis
providedbelowthislist:
dAtE
Settheclock(Year/Month/Date ;Hours/M inutes/Seconds)
SPt
Setthedataloggersamplingrate (Hours/Minutes/Seco nds)
PoFF
Automaticpoweroffmanagement(Enableordisabletheautopoweroff
function)
bEEP
SetthebeepersoundON/OFF
dEC
Setthenumericalformat;USA(decimal:20.0 0)orEuropean(comma:20,00)
SdF
FormattheSDmemory card
SettingtheClockTime
1. AccessthedAtEparameter.
2. Usethearrowkeystochangeavalue
3. UsetheENTERbuttontostepthroughtheselections
4. PressandholdtheSETbuttonforatleast1.5secondstoexittothenormaloperationmode
(orsimplywait7secondsforthemeter
toautomaticallyswitchtothenormaloperating
mode).
5. Theclockwillkeepaccuratetimeevenwhenthemeterisswitchedoff.However,ifthe
batteryexpirestheclockwillhavetoberesetafterfreshbatteriesareinstalled.
SettingtheDataloggerSamplingTime(Rate)
1. AccesstheSPtparameter.
2. Thesamplingratecanbesetfrom‘0’seconds(manuallogmode)upto8hours,59minutes,
and59seconds.
(Datalosemayoccurwhenloggingata1se co n drate)
3. UsetheENTERbuttontomovethroughtheHours,Minutes,andSecondsdigitgroups and
usethearrowkeystochangethedigitvalues.
4.
PresstheENTERbuttontoconfirmtheentry.
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5. PressandholdtheSETbuttonforatleast1.5secondstoexittothenormaloperationmode
(orsimplywait7secondsforthemetertoautomaticallyswitchtothe normaloperating
mode).
Enabling/DisablingtheAutoPowerOFFFeature
1. AccessthePoFFparameter.
2. UsethearrowbuttonstoselectONorOFF.WiththeAutoPowerOFFfeatureenabled,the
meterwillautomaticallyswitchOFFafter10minutesofinactivity.
3. PressENTERtoconfirmsetting.
4. PressandholdtheSETbuttonforatleast1.5seconds
toexittothenormaloperationmode
(orsimplywait7secondsforthemetertoautomaticallyswitchtothe normaloperating
mode).
SettheBeeperSoundONorOFF
1. AccessthebEEPparameter.
2. UsethearrowbuttonstoselectONorOFF.
3. PressENTERtoconfirmsetting.
4. PressandholdtheSETbuttonforatleast1.5secondstoexittothenormaloperationmode
(orsimplywait7secondsforthemetertoautomaticallyswitch
tothenormaloperating
mode).
NumericalFormat(commaordecimal)
EuropeanandUSAnumericalformatsdiffer.ThemeterdefaultstoUSAmodewhereadecimal
pointisusedtoseparateunitsfromtenths,i.e.20.00;TheEuropean formatusesacomma,i.e.
20,00toseparateunitsfromtenths.Tochangethissetting:
1. AccessthedECparameter.
2. Usethe
arrowbuttonstoselectUSAorEUro.
3. PressENTERtoconfirmsetting.
4. PressandholdtheSETbuttonforatleast1.5secondstoexittothenormaloperationmode
(orsimplywait7secondsforthemetertoautomaticallyswitchtothe normaloperating
mode).
SDCardFORMATTING
1. AccesstheSdFparameter.
2. UsethearrowbuttonstoselectYEStoformatthecard(selectNOtoabort).Notethatall
dataonthecardwillbelostifformattingisattempted.
3. PressENTERtoconfirmselection.
4. PressENTERagaintoreconfirm.
5. The
meterwillautomaticallyreturntothenormaloperatingmodewhenformattingis
complete.Ifnot,pressandholdtheSETbuttonforatleast1.5secondstoexittothenormal
operationmode.
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SystemReset
Ifthemeter’skeysbecomeinoperableorifthedisplayfreezestheResetbuttoncanbeusedto
resettheinstrument.
Useapapercliporsimilaritemtomomentarilypresstheresetbuttonlocatedonthelower
rightsideoftheinstrumentunderthesnapoffcompartmentcover.
AfterpressingtheResetbutton,switchtheinstrumentONbypressingandholdingthe
POWERkeyforatleast1.5seconds.Ifusingthepoweradaptorunplugtheadaptorandthen
plugitbackinagaintopowerthemeter.
MaxMinReadingRecord
Foragivenmeasurementsession,thismetercanrecordthehighest(MAX)andthelowest(MIN)
readingsforlaterrecall.
1. PresstheMAXMINbuttonmomentarilytoaccessthismodeofoperation(RECicon
appears)
2. ThemeterisnowrecordingtheMAXandMINreadings.
3. PresstheMAX
MINbuttonagaintoviewthecurrentMAXreadings(MAXiconappears).
ThereadingsonthedisplayarenowthehighestreadingsencounteredsincetheRECicon
wasswitchedon(whentheMAXMINbuttonwasfirstpressed).
4. PresstheMAXMINbuttonagaintoviewthecurrentMINreadings(MINiconappears).The
readingsonthedisplayarenowthelowestreadingsencounteredsincetheRECiconwas
switchedon(whentheMAXMINbuttonwasfirstpressed).
5. ToexittheMAXMINmode,pressandholdtheMAXMINbuttonforatleast1.5seconds.
Themeter
willbeep,theRECMAXMINiconswillswitchoff,theMAXMINmemorywill
clear,andthemeterwillreturntothenormaloperatingmode.
FittingsConnection
ConnecttubingtotheP1(+),P2(),orbothinputport(s).Ifbothinputsareused(differential
mode),themeterdisplaysapositivepressurereadingiftheP1(+)pressureisgreaterthanP2()
andanegativereadingifP2()isgreaterthanP1(+).
Datalogging
TypesofDataRecording
ManualDatalogging:Manuallylogupto99readingsontoanSDcardviapushbuttonpress.
AutomaticDatalogging:AutomaticallylogdataontoanSDmemorycardwherethenumber
ofdatapointsisvirtuallylimitedonlybythecardsize.Readingsareloggedataratespecified
bytheuser.
SDCardInformation
InsertanSDcard(from1Gsizeupto16G)intotheSDcardslotatthebottomofthemeter.
Thecardmustbeinsertedwiththefrontofthecard(labelside)facingtowardtherearofthe
meter.
IftheSDcardisbeingusedforthefirsttimeitisrecommendedthatthecardbeformatted
andthelogger’sclocksettoallowforaccuratedate/timestampingduringdatalogging
sessions.RefertotheSetupModesectionforSDcardformattingandtime/datesetting
instructions.
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EuropeanandUSAnumericalformatsdiffer.ThedataontheSDcardcanbeformattedfor
eitherformat.ThemeterdefaultstoUSAmodewhereadecimalpointisusedtoseparate
unitsfromtenths,i.e.20.00.TheEuropeanformatusesacomma,i.e.20,00.Tochangethis
setting,
refertotheSetupModesection.
ManualDatalogging
InthemanualmodetheuserpressestheLOGbuttontomanuallylogareadingontotheSDcard.
1. Setthesamplingrateto‘0’secondsasdescribedintheSetupModesection.
2. PressandholdtheLOGbuttonforatleast1.5secondsandtheDATALOGGERiconwill
appearontheLCD;thelowerportionofthedisplaywillshowpn(n=memoryposition
number199).NotethatifPSIissetastheunitofmeasureitappearsasP51(wherea‘5’is
usedasan‘S’)inthesameareaoftheLCDwherememorylocationsareshown.Thiscanbe
disorientingatfirst.
3. MomentarilypresstheLOGbuttontostoreareading.TheDATALOGGERiconwillflashand
thebeeperwillsound(ifsettoON)eachtimeadatapointisstored.
4. Usetheandbuttons
toselectoneofthe99datamemorypositionsinwhichtorecord.
5. Toexitthemanualdataloggingmode,pressandholdtheLOGbuttonforatleast1.5
seconds.TheDATALOGGERiconwillswitchoff.
AutomaticDatalogging
Inautomaticdataloggingmodethemetertakesandstoresareadingatauserspecifiedsampling
rateontoanSDmemorycard.Themeterdefaultstoasamplingrateoftwoseconds.Tochange
thesamplingrate,refertotheSetupModesection(thesamplingratecannotbe‘0’for
automaticdatalogging):
1. SelectthesamplingrateintheSetupModetoavalueotherthanzero.
2. PressandholdtheLOGbuttonforatleast 1.5seconds.Themeterwillflashthe
DATALOGGERiconattheselectedsamplingrateindicatingthatreadingsarenowbeing
automaticallyrecordedtothe
SDcard.
3. Ifacardisnotinsertedorifthecardisdefective,themeterwilldisplayEMPTYandexitthe
DATALOGGERmode.Inthiscase,switchthemeterOFFandtryagainwithavalidSDcard.
4. PausethedataloggerbypressingtheLOGbuttonmomentarily.
TheDATALOGGERiconwill
stopflashingandthesampleratewilldisplayforashorttime.Toresumeloggingsimply
presstheLOGbuttonagainmomentarily.
5. ToterminatethedataloggingsessionpressandholdtheLOGbuttonforatleast1.5
seconds.
6. WhenanSDcardisusedfor
thefirsttimeafolderiscreatedonthecardandnamed
PMA01.Upto99spreadsheetdocuments(eachwith30,000readings)canbestoredinthis
folder.
7. WhendataloggingbeginsanewspreadsheetdocumentnamedPMA01001.xlsiscreatedon
theSDcardinthePMA01folder.Thedata
recordedwillbeplacedinthePMA01001.xls
documentuntil30,000readingsarereached.
8. Ifthemeasurementsessionexceeds30,000readings,anewdocumentwillbecreated
(PMA01002.xls)whereanother30,000readingscanbestored.Thismethodcontinuesfor
upto99documents,afterwhichanotherfolderiscreated(PMA02)
whereanother99
spreadsheetdocumentscanbestored.Thisprocesscontinuesinthissamefashionwith
foldersPMA03throughPMA10(lastallowablefolder).
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SDDataCardtoPCDataTransfer
1. Completeadataloggingsessionasdetailedaboveintheprevioussections.Hint:Forthe
firstfewtests,simplyrecordasmallamountoftestdata.Thisistoensurethatthe
dataloggingprocessiswellunderstoodbeforecommittingtocritical,largescale
datalogging.
2. WiththemeterswitchedOFF,remove
theSDCard.
3. PlugtheSDCarddirectlyintoaPCSDcardreader.IfthePCdoesnothaveanSDcardslot,
useanSDcardadaptor(availableatmostoutletswherecomputeraccessoriesaresold).
4. PowerthePCandrunaspreadsheetsoftwareprogram.Open
thesaveddocumentsinthe
spreadsheetsoftwareprogram(seeexamplespreadsheetdatascreenbelow).
Spreadsheetdataexample
ACPowerAdaptor
Thismeterisnormallypoweredbysix(6)1.5V‘AA’batteries.Anoptional9Vpoweradaptoris
available.Whentheadaptorisused,themeterispermanentlypoweredandthepowerbutton
willbedisabled.
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HoseCouplings
Thismeterissuppliedwithapairofhosecouplings.Theyfit4.0mm(0.157”)tubing.
Seediagramonhowtoconnectthesecouplingstothehoseandthemeter.
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BatteryReplacementandDisposal
Whenthelowbatteryicon appearsontheLCD,thebatteriesmustbereplaced.Several
hoursofaccuratereadingsarestillpossibleinthiscondition;however,batteriesshouldbe
replacedassoonaspossible:
Removethetwo(2)Phillipsscrewsfromtherearofthemeter(directlyabovethetopofthe
tiltstand).
Removeandsafelyplacethebatterycompartmentandscrewswheretheywillnotbe
damagedorlost.
Replacethesix(6)1.5V‘AA’batteriesobservingcorrectpolarity.
Replacethebatterycompartmentcoverwiththetwo(2)Phillipsscrews.

Neverdisposeofusedbatteriesorrechargeablebatteriesinhouseholdwaste.
Asconsumers,usersarelegallyrequiredtotakeusedbatteriestoappropriate
collectionsites,theretailstorewhere thebatterieswerepurchased,orwherever
batteriesaresold.
Disposal:Donotdisposeofthisinstrumentinhouseholdwaste.Theuseris
obligatedtotakeend
oflifedevicestoadesignatedcollectionpointforthedisposalof electricalandelectronic
equipment.
OtherBatterySafetyReminders
o Neverdisposeofbatteriesinafire.Batteriesmayexplodeorleak.
o Nevermixbatterytypes.Alwaysinstallnewbatteriesofthesametype.

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Specifications
GeneralSpecifications
Display BacklitLCD;LCDsize:51x37mm(2x1.5”)
Statusindicators Overra nge audiblebeepandlowbatte rydisplayicon
MeasurementUnits m
Bar,psi,Kg/cm
2
,hPA,mmHg,inchHg,metersH
2
O,kPA,inches
H
2
O,ATP
Accuracy (Meter) ±(2%FS)atambienttempera ture23°C5°C)
Inputcircuit Differentialinputs(P1+andP2‐)
InputPorts Twometal5.0mm(0.197”),barbedfor4.0mm(0.157”)IDtubing
Hosecouplings Replacementpairofhosecouplings(407915)
Sensor Builtinpiezoelectricsensors
Datalogger SamplingRate AUTOLOGGING:From1secondupto8hour s59min59
sec.(Datalosemayoccurwhenloggingata1second rate)
MANUALLOGGING:Setthesamplingrateto‘0’seconds.
Select1to99locati ons .
Dataerrornumber≤0.1%numberoftotalsaveddata
MemoryCa rd SDmemorycard;1Gto16GBsize
DataHold Freezethe displayedreading
MemoryReca ll RecordandRecalltheMaximumandMinimumreadings
Displayupdate rate Approx.1second
OperatingTempera tur e 0to50
°
C(32to122
°
F)
OperatingHumidit y 85%R.H.max.
AutoPowerOFFAfter10minutesofinactivity(canbed isa b le d)
PowerSupply Six(6)1.5VDCbatter ies(optional9VACadaptor)
PowerConsumptio n Normaloperation(backlightanddataloggerOFF):approx.
7mAdc
WithbacklightOFFanddatalogg ing ON:approx.25mAdc
WithbacklightONadd
approx.10mAdc
Weight 265g(0.59lbs.)
Dimensio ns 190x68x45mm(7.5x2.7x1.8”)
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Range/ResolutionSpecifications
Range/Units(Max.) Resolution
±7000mbar 5
±101.5psi 0.05/0.1
±7.135Kg/cm
2
0.005
±5250mmHg 5
±206.7inchesHg 0.1
±700.0kPa 0.5
±7000hPA 5
±2810inchesH
2
O 2
±71.35mH
2
O 0.05
±6.905ATP 0.005
Conversions
UsefulconversionFactors
From To Multiplier
inofH
2
O inofHg 0.07355
inofH
2
O cmofH
2
O 2.54
mmofHg inofH
2
O 0.53524
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Extech Instruments SDL730 User manual

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