Table Of Contents - Orton Sentry Xpress Sentry Xpress 4.0 Manual

Introduction
The easiest way to learn to operate your
controller is to read this manual while
you are sitting in front of your kiln. Press
the keys as you read the instructions.
Do not worry if you hear a clicking noise
during operation. Mechanical relays click
as they turn the heating elements on and
off. This is normal.
When you first connect the power, the
controller will display a software code and
then .
If your controller shows
software code before
the controller includes only Skip Seg-
ment from "Advanced Features" on pages
8 - 9. If your controller shows a software
code before
troller has all the features in this manual.
Please read the manual. Damage caused
by failure to follow instructions is not
covered by warranty.
Once you learn the basic features of the
Sentry Xpress, you will be able to control
every stage of firing. This offers learning
opportunities and convenience difficult
to imagine with a manual-controlled kiln.
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Contents
General Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Time and Temperature Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Operation Begins from the IdLE Display . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Thermocouple Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
A Rapid Way to Scroll Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Program Review & Repeat Firing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Power Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
CPLt Message: Firing Completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Thunder Storms and Power Surges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Canceling a New Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Theory of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Two Firing Modes: Single-Speed and Ramp-Hold . . . . 5
Temperature Over-Shoot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Single-Speed Programming Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Ramp-Hold Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Programming a Cooling Segment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Ramp-Hold Programming Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Advanced Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Skip Segment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Add Hold Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Editing the Target Temperature During Firing . . . . . . . 9
The Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Lost Wax Burnout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Burnout Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Display Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
bAdP / Bad Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
EtH / Electronics Too Hot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
FAIL / Thermocouple Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
FE Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
FtL / Fired Too Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
HTdE / High Temperature Deviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PF 1 / Power Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PF 2 / Power Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PF 3 / Power Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
tC / Thermocouple Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
tCL / Thermocouple Lag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
tCr / Thermocouple Reversed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Thermocouple Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Selecting °F or °C Display . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Trouble Shooter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Controller display is blank. No heat in kiln.. . . . . . . . . 13
Controller display turns on. No heat in kiln. . . . . . . . . 14
Kiln switch box ½ amp fuses keep blowing. . . . . . . . . 15
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Shorthand Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16