Enable Binning; Using A Worksheet And Reusing Setups - Protek 9216A User Manual

Enable Binning

To enable or disable binning, press the BIN# key until the ―Sort Off‖ or ―Sort On‖ mes-
sage appears. Pressing the ENTER key from this display toggles binning (sorting) on
and off. When binning is enabled, the BINNING LED is on, the BINS display is active,
and the handler interface (if installed) is active. The handler interface is active whenever
binning is enabled, whether or not the BINS display is on. See the Handler section for
more information on the Handler interface.

Using a Worksheet and Reusing Setups

Before entering binning information, it is usually better to write down the desired binning
setup since it is a fairly complicated procedure. See the binning worksheet below in Ta-
ble 4-2.
Also, be sure to save setups that are used often. Certain setups can be edited, for
example, one percent resistors using the same nominal value—a different value of re-
sistance can be sorted by simply changing the nominal value, if the only nominal value
entered was for Bin 0. For this reason, it is often better to enter sequential binning data
with a single nominal value and different percentage limits, instead of with different nomi-
nal values. It is advisable to check the nominal values and limits before making
measurements, to be certain that they have not been modified. The binning setup can be
viewed in the same manner as it was entered; just do not press the ENTER key unless a
value needs to be changed.
Nominal Value of Component:
Tolerance to be sorted to:
Bin #
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Table 4-2 Binning Worksheet
Date:
Entered by:
Type of binning: Pass/Fail
Nom
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Nested
+lim
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37
Sequential
-lim
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