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PCE Instruments PCE-CSM 10 User Manual

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DATA SHEET
User Manual
PCE-CSM 10 Color Meter
PCE Americas Inc.
PCE Instruments UK Ltd.
711 Commerce Way
Units 12/13
Suite 8
Southpoint Business Park
Jupiter
Ensign way
FL-33458
Hampshire / Southampton
USA
United Kingdom, SO31 4RF
From outside US: +1
From outside UK: +44
Tel: (561) 320-9162
Tel: (0) 2380 98703 0
Fax: (561) 320-9176
Fax: (0) 2380 98703 9
info@pce-americas.com
info@pce-instruments.com
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www.pce-instruments.com/english
www.pce-instruments.com
© PCE Instruments

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  • Page 1 DATA SHEET User Manual PCE-CSM 10 Color Meter PCE Americas Inc. PCE Instruments UK Ltd. 711 Commerce Way Units 12/13 Suite 8 Southpoint Business Park Jupiter Ensign way FL-33458 Hampshire / Southampton United Kingdom, SO31 4RF From outside US: +1...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    5.7.4 Backlight Time ..............................35 5.7.5 Screen Brightness .............................. 35 5.7.6 Buzzer Switch ..............................35 5.7.7 Restore Factory Settings ............................ 36 6.TECHNICAL PARAMETERS ..........................37 ..............................37 6.1 P RODUCTS EATURES ............................38 6.2 T ECHNICAL PECIFICATIONS © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 3: Induction

    MANUAL Induction PCE-CSM 10 spectrophotometer is independently developed by PCE which is in accordance with CIE (International Commission on Illumination) and CNS (China National Standards). The instrument features with touch screen and large screen display. It is configured with high-end color quality management software. Meanwhile it has characters of stable performance, precise measurement and easy to use.

  • Page 4: Interface Description

    3. USB / RS-232 port: This port is a common port. The instrument will judge the connection status automatically. USB port is used to transfer data to PC. RS-232 port is used to connect to the printer. © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 5: Battery Description

    2. Insert the Li-ion battery into battery compartment and push it gently. Please pay attention to the battery contacts. 3. Put the battery cover on Li-ion battery, and then push it up as shown in Figure 2. Li-ion Battery Battery Cover Figure 2 Battery Installation © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 6: Operating Instruction

    Push the power switch to “1”, the screen will light and display logo. After a few seconds, it will enter Standard Measurement interface automatically, and the default display is L*a*b*C*H as shown in Figure 3. Figure 3 Standard Measurement © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 7: White Calibration And Black Calibration

    4.2 White Calibration and Black Calibration Click “Menu” to enter main menu interface as shown in Figure 4. Figure 4 Main Menu Select “Calibration” to enter white and black calibration interface as shown in Figure 5. Figure 5 White and Black Calibration © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 8: Measurement

    Please enter “Standard Measurement” interface to perform measurements as shown in Figure 6. Put the measuring aperture on the standard sample, press “Testing” key. The colorimeter will display color data of the standard sample. Figure 6 Standard Measurement © PCE Instruments...
  • Page 9 Click “10” or “2”, you can switch the observer angle between 2° and 10°. Click “LAB”, it will enter “Color Space” interface as shown in Figure 22. You can change the color space of the current standard. © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 10: Measure And View Spectral Reflectance Graph

    Click “ ”, it will display wavelength data and reflectance data of previous wave band. The wavelength range of the instrument is “400-700nm”. The interval is 10nm. Figure 8 Spectral Reflectance Interface © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 11: Connecting To Pc

    Connect the instrument to micro printer. It can print measurement data automatically under “Standard Measurement” or “Sample Measurement” interface. 5. System Function Description You can set the system function from main menu as shown in Figure 4. © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 12: Data Management

    No. “T001” means standard record No. 3） Switch Standard Record and Sample Record Click “Sample” in standard record interface to switch to sample record interface. Click “Standard” in sample record interface to switch to standard record. © PCE Instruments...
  • Page 13 Click “10”, you can switch the observer angle between 2° and 10°. Click “LAB”, it will enter “Color Space” interface as shown in Figure 22. You can change the color space of the current standard. © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 14: Check Spectral Reflectance Curve

    ”, it will display wavelength data and reflectance data of previous wave band. You can check the spectral reflectance curve of difference standards or samples by clicking “↑”and “↓” at the bottom of the screen. Figure 14 Spectral Reflectance Curve of Standard Record © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 15: Editing Record Name

    Click “Operate” in record interface, popup a small menu as shown in Figure 15. Click “Edit Name” to enter figure 16. Click the characters or numbers on the virtual keyboard to edit current record name. Figure 15 Record Operation Interface Figure 16 Name Edit Interface © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 16: Deleting A Single Record

    Then, it will pop up a warning interface. Click “OK”, all records in the instrument will be deleted permanently. Note: Please pay attention to this operation in case of accidentally deleting the needed historical records. © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 17: Standard Input

    Click “Input LAB”, enter “Input L*” interface as shown in Figure 17. Click the numbers in virtual keyboard. Input value L*, click “OK”. Then input value a* and b* and enter “Edit Name” interface. Figure 17 Input LAB 2) Input XZY It is the same with “Input L*a*b” © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 18: Tolerance Setting

    Tolerance is set by users according to their color management requirements. The instrument will judge whether the color difference ΔE is qualified or not. If ΔE is less than tolerance, the sample color is qualified. If ΔE is greater than tolerance, then sample color is unqualified. © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 19: Light Source Setting

    This instrument includes D65、 D50、 A、 C、 D55、D75、F1、F2、F3、F4、F5、F6、F7、F8、F9、F10、F11、F12 totally 18 light sources. After Selecting, click “OK” to save the settings and back to main menu. Figure 19 Light Source Setting © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 20: Average Measurement

    Then click “OK” to save the settings and back to main menu. If set to “0” or “1”, the instrument will only do single measurement. The default measurement is single measurement. Figure 20 Average Measurement © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 21: Color Options

    Space”, “Color Index”, “Observer Angle”, and “Color Parameter”. Select the options by “↑” and “↓”, and press “OK” to save all the settings. This selection will affect the display content in “Standard Measurement” and “Sample Measurement”. Figure 21 Color Options © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 22: Color Space

    “CIE XYZ, Yxy”, “CIE LUV, LCh”, “LAB &WI &YI” is shown in Figure 23~25. The sample measurement interface of “CIE LAB, LCh” is shown in Figure 7. The sample measurement interface of “CIE XYZ, Yxy”, “CIE LUV, LCh”, “LAB &WI &YI” is shown in Figure 26~30. Figure 22 Color Space © PCE Instruments...
  • Page 23 MANUAL Figure 23 CIE XYZ Standard Measurement Figure 24 CIE L*U*V* Standard Measurement © PCE Instruments...
  • Page 24 MANUAL Figure 25 LAB &WI &YI Standard Measurement Figure 26 CIE XYZ Sample Measurement © PCE Instruments...
  • Page 25 MANUAL Figure 27 CIE L*U*V* Sample Measurement Figure 28 LAB &WI &YI Sample Measurement © PCE Instruments...
  • Page 26 MANUAL Figure29 Color Fastness Measurement Figure 30 Staining Fastness Measurement © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 27: Color Index

    Color Index is available to “CIE LAB, LCH” color space. Under color index, different modes are corresponding to special color difference formula. Each mode has different display in sample measurement interface as shown in Figure 32~37. Figure 31 Color Index © PCE Instruments...
  • Page 28 MANUAL Figure 32 Color Index CIE1976 Sample Measurement Figure 33 Color Index CIE94 Sample Measurement © PCE Instruments...
  • Page 29 MANUAL Figure 34 Color Index Hunter Sample Measurement Figure 35 Color Index cmc(2:1) Sample Measurement © PCE Instruments...
  • Page 30 MANUAL Figure 36 Color Index cmc(1:1) Sample Measurement Figure 37 Color Index cmc(l:c) Sample Measurement © PCE Instruments...
  • Page 31 MANUAL Figure 38 Color Index CIE2000 Sample Measurement Figure 39 Metameric Index Sample Measurement © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 32: Observer Angle

    5.5.4 Color Parameter Color Parameter includes “Metameric Settings”, “CIE94 △E*94”, “△E*cmc(l:c)”、“CIE2000 △E*00” factor setting。 Metameric settings can select two kinds of lights and observer angles, and you can set the coefficient factor of CIE94 △E*94”, “△E*cmc(l:c)”、“CIE2000 △E*00”. © PCE Instruments...
  • Page 33 “Pass”. Otherwise, it will display “Fail”. “Color Offset” and “Tolerance Prompt:” as shown in Figure 41. Figure 41 “Color Offset” and “Tolerance Prompt” Click “Screen Inversion” and turn on it, then all the display interfaces will be inversion display. © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 34: Function Setting

    Click “Set Date” to set the current date as shown in Figure 45. Click “Time Format” to set the required time format as shown in Figure 46. Click “Date Format” to set the required date format as shown in Figure 47. © PCE Instruments...
  • Page 35 MANUAL Figure 43 Time & Date Setting Figure 44 Set Time © PCE Instruments...
  • Page 36 MANUAL Figure 45 Set Date Figure 46 Time Format © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 37: Language Selection

    Click “Screen Brightness” in “Settings”. Users can adjust the brightness by “+” and “-“. 5.7.6 Buzzer Switch Click “Buzzer Switch” in “Settings”. When click “Off”, it will not make a sound when measuring. When click “On”, it will make a sound when measuring. © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 38: Restore Factory Settings

    Note: When set it, there will be a warning. Please operate it carefully. If you don’t want to restore to factory settings, please click “Back”. Figure 48 Restore Factory Settings © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 39: Technical Parameters

    10) Oversized integrating sphere, more effective homogenization ray of lights and precise measurement. 11) 15° oblique angle screen, more in line with the human eye observation. 12) Large capacity storage, can save more than 10000 data. 13) Input standard data manually, easy to operate. © PCE Instruments...

  • Page 40: Technical Specifications

    Display Data Spectral Value/Graph, Colorimetric Value, Color Difference Value/Graph, PASS/FAIL Result, Color Offset, Color Simulation Minimum Interval 1.5s between Measurement Repeatability Spectral standard deviation within 0.1% (400~700nm: within 0.2%), Reflectance Colorimetric Value: Standard deviation within Delta E*ab 0.04 © PCE Instruments...
  • Page 41 Manual, Software CD; USB Cable, White and Black Calibration Cavity, Protective Cover, Wrist Strap Universal Test Components for liquid, powder and particle test, Optional Accessory Powder Test Box *Note: The specifications are subject to change without notice. © PCE Instruments...

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