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Sentry Xpress 5.0 Instructions For Use Manual (36 pages)

Digital Temperature Controller Cone-Fire and Ramp-Hold

Brand: Sentry | Category: Temperature Controller | Size: 2.32 MB

Before You Begin
2
Table of Contents
3
Safety Rules
4
Chapter 1 Basic Pointers

5
Chapter 2 Cone-Fire

8
Chapter 3 Ramp-Hold

12
- Theory of Ramp-Hold Operation
  12
- How to Store Programs
  12
  - Rate as Degrees Per Hour
    13
Ramp-Hold Programming Instructions

13
Chapter 4 Customize Your Controller with Options

15
- How to Edit a Program During a Firing
  15
  - Skip to the Next Segment
    16
  - Change Hold Time
    16
  - Change Target Temperature
    16
Cone-Fire Options

16
OFST / Cone Offset

16
- Interpreting Cone Bending to Set a Cone Offset
  17
- When Cone Temperature Is off more than 20°F/11°C
  17
COOL / Slow Cooling for Glazes

17
General Options

17
DELA / Delay the Firing for Later

17
TC / Choose Thermocouple Type

18
ALAR / Temperature Alarm

18
- Setting the Alarm from IDLE
  18
- Setting the Alarm During a Firing
  18
DIAG (Diagnostics)

19
- Temperature Display
  19
LIM / Set a Maximum

19
- Temperature for Your Kiln
  19
COST / View the Electrical Cost of a Firing

19
TCOS / Thermocouple Offset

20
TEDE / Temperature Deviation

20
HTDE / Adjust High Temperature Deviation

21
LOCK / Program Lock

21
- How to Activate the Lock Option
  21
- How to Lock Individual Programs
  22
AOP1 / Auxiliary Output

22
ELEC / Electronics Temperature

22
RATE / Select Preferred

22
- Type of Ramp-Hold Rate
  22
CENT / Enter Cost Per Kilowatt-Hour from Your Electric Bill (for Firing Cost)

23
KW / Kilowatts of Your Kiln (Needed to Calculate Firing Cost)

23
SFTY / Maximum Temperature

24
- SOFT / Software Version
  
  24
- CFG / Configuration Code
  
  24
- RST / Reset
  
  24
Chapter 5 Error Messages

25
- Non-Interrupting Error Messages
  
  25
- FTC / Failed to Cool
  
  25
- FTH / Failed to Heat
  
  25
- LTDE / Low Temperature Deviation
  
  25
- PF / Power Failure
  
  25
- Terminating Error Messages
  
  25
- BADP / Bad Programming
  
  25
- ETH / Electronics too Hot
  
  25
- FAIL / Thermocouple Failure
  
  25
- FE 1 / Failed to Read/Write to Memory
  
  26
- FE 4 / Unstable Analog-To-Digital Conversion; Errors Detecting Thermocouple Signal
  
  26
- FTL / Firing too Long
  
  26
  - Deviation
    26
- LAG / Thermocouple Lag
  
  26
- LID / Safety Switch
  
  26
- OTL / over Temperature Limit
  
  27
- PF1 / Power Failure
  
  27
- PF 2 / Power Failure
  
  27
- PF 3 / Power Failure
  
  27
- TC 2 / Thermocouple Failure
  
  27
- Reversed
  
  27
  - Basic Power Failure Principles
    27
  - Using Ceramic Witness Cones after an Extended Power Failure
    27
  - Display Messages
    28
  - Preset Cone-Fire Programs
    30
  - Orton Cone Temperature Chart
    31
  - Ramp-Hold Firing Records
    33
  - Glossary
    34
  - Ramp-Hold
    34
  - Cone-Fire
    34
  - Shorthand Instructions
    35
  - Shorthand Instructions
    36

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Sentry Xpress 5.0 Instructions For Use Manual (36 pages)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Basic Pointers

Chapter 2 Cone-Fire

Cone-Fire Programming Instructions

Chapter 3 Ramp-Hold

Ramp-Hold Programming Instructions

Chapter 4 Customize Your Controller with Options

Cone-Fire Options

OFST / Cone Offset

COOL / Slow Cooling for Glazes

General Options

DELA / Delay the Firing for Later

TC / Choose Thermocouple Type

ALAR / Temperature Alarm

DIAG (Diagnostics)

LIM / Set a Maximum

COST / View the Electrical Cost of a Firing

TCOS / Thermocouple Offset

TEDE / Temperature Deviation

HTDE / Adjust High Temperature Deviation

LOCK / Program Lock

AOP1 / Auxiliary Output

ELEC / Electronics Temperature

RATE / Select Preferred

CENT / Enter Cost Per Kilowatt-Hour from Your Electric Bill (for Firing Cost)

KW / Kilowatts of Your Kiln (Needed to Calculate Firing Cost)

SFTY / Maximum Temperature

SOFT / Software Version

CFG / Configuration Code

RST / Reset

Chapter 5 Error Messages

Non-Interrupting Error Messages

FTC / Failed to Cool

FTH / Failed to Heat

LTDE / Low Temperature Deviation

PF / Power Failure

Terminating Error Messages

BADP / Bad Programming

ETH / Electronics too Hot

FAIL / Thermocouple Failure

FE 1 / Failed to Read/Write to Memory

FE 4 / Unstable Analog-To-Digital Conversion; Errors Detecting Thermocouple Signal

FTL / Firing too Long

LAG / Thermocouple Lag

LID / Safety Switch

OTL / over Temperature Limit

PF1 / Power Failure

PF 2 / Power Failure

PF 3 / Power Failure

TC 2 / Thermocouple Failure

Reversed

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