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GMI PS1 User Handbook Manual

Configuration & field calibration
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  • Page 1 CONFIGURATION & FIELD CALIBRATION USER HANDBOOK...
  • Page 2 GMI welcomes comments on all our publications. Your comments can be of great value in helping us to improve our customer publications. Please send any comments that you have to our Sales Department at GMI. Contact details are provided on the back cover of this handbook.

  • Page 3: Copyright

    GMI is prohibited. Reverse engineering is not permitted. LIABILITY Every care has been taken in the preparation of this document, but GMI do not accept any responsibility for errors or omissions and their consequences. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. This document does not constitute a specification or basis for a contract.

  • Page 4: Disposal Advice

    GMI. Reproduction or disassembly of such embodied programmes or algorithms is prohibited. Ownership of such software is not transferable and GMI does not warrant that the operation of the software will be error free or that the software will meet the customer’s requirements.

  • Page 5: Revision Record

    ; Alarms table revised to include new part numbers ; Oxygen field calibration kit added. 05/01/2011 Revised to include the effect of CN 5047. 13/03/2013 Product change from T.ex to PS1 ; the addition of Sulphur Dioxide (SO ) ; removal of Chapter 6.
  • Page 6 CONFIGURATION & FIELD CALIBRATION - USER HANDBOOK...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS COPYRIGHT ..............................i LIABILITY ..............................i MODIFICATION NOTICES ...........................i SOFTWARE ..............................ii DISPOSAL ADVICE .............................ii REVISION RECORD ........................iii 1. INTRODUCTION ......................... 1-1 2. SWITCH INSTRUMENT ON / OFF ..................2-1 2.1 SWITCH THE INSTRUMENT ON / ENTER MENU MODE .............. 2-1...
  • Page 8 CONFIGURATION & FIELD CALIBRATION - USER HANDBOOK 2.2 EXIT MENU MODE / SWITCH THE INSTRUMENT OFF ..............2-8 3. FIELD CALIBRATION ......................3-1 3.1 INSTRUMENT WITH TOXIC SENSOR .................... 3-2 3.1.1 Zero Sensor ............................... 3-2 3.1.2 Calibration Requirements ..........................3-3 3.1.3 Calibrate Instrument ............................

  • Page 9: Introduction

    The procedures detailed in chapters 3, 4 and 5 illustrate the GMI factory default settings. These settings can be edited by following the procedures detailed in the relevant chapters. Fig. 1-1 PS1 Instrument...
  • Page 10 CONFIGURATION & FIELD CALIBRATION - USER HANDBOOK...

  • Page 11: Switch Instrument On / Off

    2. SWITCH INSTRUMENT ON / OFF 2.1 SWITCH THE INSTRUMENT ON / ENTER MENU MODE • Press and hold the RH button for one second to switch the instrument on. The instrument begins its warm-up routine. First, all segments are briefly shown, and the LED’s will flash, the buzzer beeps, and the vibrator will vibrate.
  • Page 12 CONFIGURATION & FIELD CALIBRATION - USER HANDBOOK Immediately following the initial screen display, and during the following warm-up displays, enter the menu mode by pressing the LH and RH buttons in the following sequence: • Press the LH button • Press the RH button •...
  • Page 13 SWITCH INSTRUMENT ON / OFF Next, the different alarm level values are shown. See Figures opposite: Note: I f a n y p a r t i c u l a r alarm is disabled, the screen will show ‘dis.’ (disabled).
  • Page 14 CONFIGURATION & FIELD CALIBRATION - USER HANDBOOK The final warm-up screen displays the instrument serial number, as shown in Fig. 2-8, with the last four digits in large font size. In the example shown opposite, the serial number is 120136: Fig.
  • Page 15 SWITCH INSTRUMENT ON / OFF • Press the LH button repeatedly until the required value (3, default) is displayed as first digit. • Press the RH button to step to the next (second) flashing digit. • Press the LH button repeatedly until the required value (1, default) is displayed as second digit.
  • Page 16 CONFIGURATION & FIELD CALIBRATION - USER HANDBOOK Once the correct code has been accepted, the instrument screen will show ‘CAL’ (Calibration Mode). See Fig. 2-11. • Press the LH button repeatedly to select: ‘ALAR’ (Alarm Mode) shown in Fig. 2-12, ‘SEt’...
  • Page 17 SWITCH INSTRUMENT ON / OFF When required mode is displayed, • Press the RH button to enter selected mode. Refer to relevant chapter for details, as follows: Chapter 3: Field Calibration Chapter 4: Alarm Configuration Chapter 5: Configuration Setup Fig. 2-14 Test Symbol Note: When accessing any of the three modes listed above, ‘tE’...

  • Page 18: Exit Menu Mode / Switch The Instrument Off

    CONFIGURATION & FIELD CALIBRATION - USER HANDBOOK 2.2 EXIT MENU MODE / SWITCH THE INSTRUMENT OFF To exit Calibration / Alarm / Setup mode and return to normal operating display, • Press and hold the RH button To switch the instrument OFF, •...

  • Page 19: Field Calibration

    PS1 Auto Bump / Calibration Station User Handbook (GMI Part No. 63461). To calibrate the PS1 instrument, you must first switch the instrument ON in ‘Menu Mode’. Once a three digit security code is entered, ‘CAL’ mode can be selected as detailed in Chapter 2.

  • Page 20: Instrument With Toxic Sensor

    CONFIGURATION & FIELD CALIBRATION - USER HANDBOOK 3.1 INSTRUMENT WITH TOXIC SENSOR The instrument sensor must be zeroed before accurate calibration can commence. Make sure that the instrument is zeroed in fresh air. 3.1.1 Zero Sensor On entering ‘CAL’ mode, as detailed in Chapter 2, the detected value alternates Fig.

  • Page 21: Calibration Requirements

    3.1.2 Calibration Requirements For calibration, a ‘Field Calibration Kit’ is required. The kit includes a gas cylinder, regulator and tubing with connector. The following GMI calibration kits are available as accessories: Hydrogen Sulphide (H S) Pack - Part No. 63104 Carbon Monoxide (CO) Pack - Part No.
  • Page 22 CONFIGURATION & FIELD CALIBRATION - USER HANDBOOK With a zero instrument reading displayed, open the regulator and supply gas to the instrument (100 ppm CO in example). A flow rate of 250 ml./min. is recommended. As the calibration gas flows, the instrument reading increases and finally stabilises, at say 90 ppm, as shown in Fig.

  • Page 23: Instrument With Oxygen Sensor

    FIELD CALIBRATION To store the new calibration value setting, • Press and hold the RH button for one second. The instrument then automatically displays the next menu mode ‘ALARMS’. 3.2 INSTRUMENT WITH OXYGEN SENSOR The instrument oxygen sensor must be calibrated in fresh air. 3.2.1 Calibrate Instrument On entering ‘CAL’...

  • Page 24: Failed Zero / Calibration

    Fig. 3-7. The instrument then automatically displays the next menu mode ‘ALARMS’. GMI recommends that oxygen instruments are regularly tested for exposure to reduced concentrations of oxygen by breathing into the inlet on the front face of the instrument.

  • Page 25: Alarm Configuration

    4. ALARM CONFIGURATION Alarm Configuration allows simple set up of the PS1 instrument alarms, to be carried out without the use of additional equipment such as PC’s or tools. To configure the PS1 instrument alarms, you must first switch the instrument ON in ‘Menu Mode’. Once a three digit security code is entered, ‘ALAR’...
  • Page 26 CONFIGURATION & FIELD CALIBRATION - USER HANDBOOK HiHi LoLo STEL LTEL Part No. Type 63002 23.5% Disabled 19.5% 63324 10 ppm 5 ppm 10 ppm 20 ppm 62403 20 ppm 10 ppm 63424 30 ppm 200 ppm 30 ppm 200 ppm 62404 35 ppm 50 ppm...
  • Page 27 ALARM CONFIGURATION When alarm mode is selected, the first alarm setting (Hi) is automatically displayed, as shown in Fig. 4-2. The ‘Hi’ symbol is displayed at the top of the display and the (oxygen example) alarm is disabled (dIS.) by default. To edit the setting and enter a value for the ‘Hi’...
  • Page 28 CONFIGURATION & FIELD CALIBRATION - USER HANDBOOK The ‘L’ and ‘NL’ symbols, at bottom left hand and bottom right hand corner of display are for setting alarms as either ‘Latching’ or ‘Non-Latching and correspond with the LH and RH buttons respectively. A ‘Non-Latching’...
  • Page 29 ALARM CONFIGURATION Note: If alarm is set as ‘dIS’ (disabled) i.e. zero value, e.g. Lo (oxygen), • Press and hold either LH button or RH button for one second to store setting. Once the selection is made, the ‘Hi’ value is stored and the instrument alarm configuration steps to the next level, ‘HiHi’.
  • Page 30 CONFIGURATION & FIELD CALIBRATION - USER HANDBOOK After the last alarm setting is selected as latching or non-latching, the instrument will display the next menu mode: ‘SEt’ (Setup).

  • Page 31: Configuration Setup

    5. CONFIGURATION SETUP Setup options allow the user to easily configure the PS1 instrument to their personal needs, or their company’s safety rules, without the use of additional equipment such as PC’s or tools. To access the PS1 instrument setup options, you must first switch the instrument ON in ‘Menu Mode’.
  • Page 32 CONFIGURATION & FIELD CALIBRATION - USER HANDBOOK On entering Setup mode, as detailed in Chapter 2, the screen displays the first option, ‘User’, as shown in Fig. 5-1. The ‘L’ and ‘NL’ symbols, at bottom left hand and bottom right hand corner of the display, are for setting user as either ‘Limited’...
  • Page 33 CONFIGURATION SETUP The factory default display option, shown in Fig. 5-2, or current setting is displayed. Three options are available: ‘FULL’, ‘NONE’ or ‘OK’, as shown in Figs. 5-2, 5-3 and 5-4. FULL: Displays the current gas value at all times. NONE: The screen remains blank until an alarm is activated, then displays the actual value.
  • Page 34 CONFIGURATION & FIELD CALIBRATION - USER HANDBOOK Once the required option is displayed, • Press and hold the RH button for one second to confirm selection and exit to ‘CAL’ mode.

  • Page 35: Index

    INDEX ADVICE, DISPOSAL ii ENTER MENU MODE 2-1 ALARM CONFIGURATION 4-7 EXIT MENU MODE 2-8 Calibrate Instrument 3-3, 3-5 FAILED ZERO 3-6 CALIBRATION, FIELD 3-1 FIELD CALIBRATION 3-1 Calibration Requirements 3-3 CONFIGURATION, ALARM 4-7 CONFIGURATION SETUP 5-1 Instrument, Calibrate 3-3, 3-5 COPYRIGHT i INTRODUCTION 1-1 DISPOSAL ADVICE ii...
  • Page 36 CONFIGURATION & FIELD CALIBRATION - USER HANDBOOK MENU MODE 2-1 SENSOR, OXYGEN 3-5 MODE, MENU 2-1 SENSOR, TOXIC 3-2 MODIFICATION NOTICES i Sensor, Zero 3-2 SETUP, CONFIGURATION 5-1 SOFTWARE ii NOTICES, MODIFICATION i SWITCH INSTRUMENT ON / OFF 2-1 SWITCH THE INSTRUMENT OFF 2-8 SWITCH THE INSTRUMENT ON 2-1 OFF 2-1, 2-8 ON 2-1...
  • Page 38 Head Office Service & Calibration Centre Service & Sales - USA Inchinnan Business Park 25 Cochran Close 4055 Technology Forest Blvd. Renfrew Crownhill The Woodlands Scotland Milton Keynes TX 77381 PA4 9RG MK8 0AJ Tel: +44 (0)141 812 3211 Tel: +44 (0)1908 568 867 Tel: +1 (713) 559 9290 Fax: +44 (0)141 812 7820 Fax: +44 (0)1908 261 056...

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