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Copyright © 2003 by KYOWA ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD. All rights reserved.
This Instruction Manual may not be copied or reproduced, in whole or part, without consent of KYOWA.
Windows 98/NT4/2000,XP are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation, USA.
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The contents of the Instruction Manual are subjected to change without prior notice.
DATA LOGGER
UCAM-65A
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Thank you for purchasing KYOWA's product UCAM-65A Data Logger.
Read this Instruction Manual carefully in order to make full use of the high performance
capabilities of the product.
Do not use the product in methods other than described in this Manual.
IM-A-544 December 2003

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  • Page 1 Do not use the product in methods other than described in this Manual. Copyright © 2003 by KYOWA ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD. All rights reserved. This Instruction Manual may not be copied or reproduced, in whole or part, without consent of KYOWA. Windows 98/NT4/2000,XP are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation, USA.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS TYPES ....................................i STANDARD ACCESSORIES............................i OPTIONAL GOODS...............................i SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ............................ii PRIOR TO USE......................................... ii SAFETY SYMBOLS........................................ ii NOTATIONS USED IN THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL ..................v PRODUCT OUTLINE...........................1-1 PRODUCT OUTLINE..................................1-1 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ................................1-1 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS .......................2-1 FRONT ........................................2-1 REAR........................................2-2 TOP ........................................2-4 CONNECTING DEVICES &...

  • Page 3: Types

    DC power supply version 10 to 16 VDC STANDARD ACCESSORIES The following accessories should be enclosed in the package of the UCAM-65A. Upon unpacking, check to be sure all the following items are enclosed. Instruction Manual (CD-R) UCS-60A Control Software (CD-R)

  • Page 4: Safety Precautions

    SAFETY PRECAUTIONS PRIOR TO USE For safe use of the UCAM-65A, be sure to read the safety precautions described below. KYOWA ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD. assumes no liability for damages resulting from usage made against the safety precautions and voids warranty of products handled improperly.
  • Page 5 To prevent an electric shock hazard, be sure to ensure protective ground before connecting the AC power cable to a 3-prong wall outlet. If no 3-prong wall outlet is available, be sure to ground the UCAM-65A via the “GND” terminal before connecting the AC power cable.
  • Page 6 Do not seal ventilator hole. • If there is not enough space to radiate heat, temperature in the UCAM-65A may increase to lower the performance and cause troubles. Immediately stop the UCAM-65A from operating if the environment changes abruptly.

  • Page 7: Notations Used In The Instruction Manual

    Ex.) ‘192.168.71.65,’ etc. • Precautions Precautions for safe operation and reference information for correct handling are expressed as follows. Example : Note Describes essential instructions for handling the UCAM-65A. MEMO Describes reference information for handling the UCAM-65A. - v -...

  • Page 8: Product Outline

    The UCAM-65A is capable of measurement of up to 30 channels solely by itself by installing scanning units. For large-scale multipoint measurement, the UCAM-65A can measure up to 1000 channels by connecting scanners in USB-50/51 or USB-70 series.

  • Page 9: Controls And Indicators

    2. CONTROLS AND INDICATORS 2-1 FRONT 4) 3) 2) 5) 8) 1) PC card slot cover 2) “POWER” LED Lights up with power ON. 3) “REMOTE” LED Lights up in remote measurement. 4) “ERROR” LED Lights up when error occurred. 5) “MEAS”...

  • Page 10: Rear

    RS-232C interface connector 4) “ETHERNET” connector Ethernet interface connector 5) “A COM” terminal Common terminal of analog signals 6) “GND” terminal UCAM-65A ground terminal 7) “D COM” terminal Common terminal of digital signals 8) “POWER” switch Power switch 9) “LINE IN” connector Power input connector 10) “FUSE”...
  • Page 11 4) “ETHERNET” connector Ethernet interface connector 5) “A COM” terminal Common terminal of analog signals 6) “GND” terminal UCAM-65A ground terminal 7) “D COM” terminal Common terminal of digital signals 8) “POWER” switch Power supply switch 9) “DC IN” connector DC power input connector 10) “FUSE”...

  • Page 12: Top

    2-3 TOP * Remove the top cover to the arrow direction. ←CH20 to 29 ←CH10 to 19 ←CH00 to 09 1) Top cover 2) Input terminal board 3) NDIS standard connector (Provideded only for USS-62A scanning unit) * The above figure is an example mounted with three USS-62As. - 2-4 -...

  • Page 13: Connecting Devices & Preparing For Measurement

    3-1-1 Grounding Always ground the GND terminal to prevent the UCAM-65A from being affected by noise as well as receiving electric shock due to leaks in the electric current. For wire rods, it is recommended to use green color vinyl coated wire having a diameter of more than 0.75 mm...
  • Page 14 (2) If no scanner is used, connect the measuring target to a “GND” terminal of the scanner in the USB-70 series, etc. (3) Ground either one of the “GND” terminal of the scanner in the USB-70 series, etc., or a UCAM-65A “D COM”...
  • Page 15 3-1-1-5 When Connecting to External Device with Digital Common Connected to GND terminal (or Chassis) (1) Connect a “GND” terminal of the UCAM-65A to a GND terminal of the external device. (2) Ground the GND terminal of the external device.

  • Page 16: Connecting Grounding Conductor For Lightning Surge Protection

    3-1-2 Connecting Grounding Conductor for Lightning Surge Protection To protect the UCAM-65A or scanners from lightning surge, do not forget to connect the grounding conductor for lightning surge protection to “E” terminals of each of the input terminals and to the “GND” terminal.

  • Page 17: Connecting Power Cable

    3-1-3 Connecting Power Cable Power supply specification of the UCAM-65A requires 85 to 264 VAC, 50/60 Hz. (For AC power version) Before connecting the power cable, do not forget to confirm the following. (1) Measure voltage between 2-prong wall outlet with a tester and confirm it is provided with power voltage from 85 to 264 V.

  • Page 18: Connecting Dc Power Supply

    Before connecting the power cable, do not forget to confirm the following. (1) Confirm that the DC power supply voltage has 10 to 16 VDC. If the UCAM-65A is used with power other than the above, it may lower the performance and cause trouble.

  • Page 19: Connecting External Devices

    3-2 CONNECTING EXTERNAL DEVICES 3-2-1 Connecting USB-50/50 Series Scanners For connecting external scanners in USB-50/51 series to the UCAM-65A, it is required to use a scanner interface USI-65A. (Optional). UCAM-65A (1) Install a scanner interface USI-65A to the option slot 1 on the rear face.

  • Page 20: Connecting Usb-70 Series Scanners

    3-2-2 Connecting USB-70 Series Scanners For connecting USB-70 series scanners to the UCAM-65A, it is required to use a scanner interface USI-67A (Optional). UCAM-65A (1) Install a scanner interface USI-67A- to the option slot 1 on the rear face. (2) Connect a “TO SCANNER (USB-70)” connector of the USI-67A and a “TO INDICATOR”...

  • Page 21: Connecting Rs-23C Interface

    RS-232C cable (Cross cable) (3 m) 3-2-4 Connecting LAN Ethernet interface connector (LAN connector) is provided on the rear face of the UCAM-65A. A cable connecting the UCAM-65A to the PC, etc. vary with the connection method. (1) When directly connecting to the PC Use a LAN cable of cross cable provided with more than 5 functional categories.
  • Page 22 • For details of setting IP address, etc., confirm to the ‘Network Administrator’ of the connected network. • Note that the UCAM-65A is not provided with such functions as ‘Fire Wall’ function. Take special care for the security of the system when connecting to the network. .

  • Page 23: Connecting Sensors

    • For 1-gage connection, it is recommended to adopt a “3-wire system” connection method that has less error factors such as temperature influence due to gage lead wire, dislocation of the initial value, etc. • When measured in environment with exceeding noise, we recommend you to use KYOWA’s low-noise lead wire (L-13/14/15/16). - 3-11 -...
  • Page 24 Measuring Method :Bridge Circuit Connection Method Measuring :Strain gage Channel Mode :Internal fixed resistor A :Active gage A :Active gage D :Dummy gage D :Dummy gage :Bridge exciter :Bridge output • 4-gage method 4G/A-A (Opposite side active method) Gage resistance 60 OHM to1 kOHM Shield •...

  • Page 25: Connecting Potentiometer Sensor

    3-3-2 Connecting Potentiometer Sensor Measuring Measuring Method Connection Method Channel Mode • Potentiometer sensor POT. Potentiometer resistance 1to 10 kOHM Shield 3-3-3 Connecting Voltage and Current Output Type Transducer Measuring Measuring Method Connection Method Channel Mode • Voltage V/500 mA V/50 V measurement Power source...

  • Page 26: Connecting Thermocouple

    3-3-4 Connecting Thermocouple Measuring Measuring Method Connection Method Channel Mode • Thermocouple TC/K TC/T temperature measurement TC/E TC/J TC/R Shield MEMO • When measuring temperature, do not forget to put a terminal cover to have the terminal portion adapted to and equivalent to room temperature.

  • Page 27: Connecting Linear Variable Differential Transformer Transducer & Sliding Resistance Transducer

    Transducer To connect the LVDT linear variable differential transformer transducer and sliding resistance transducer to the UCAM-65A, it is required to prepare a scanner USB-65A for LVDT linear variable differential transformer transducer and scanner interface USI-67A (Optional). For details, refer to the USB-65A instruction manual.

  • Page 28: Inserting & Ejecting Pc Card

    3-4 INSERTING & EJECTING PC CARD • How to insert the memory card (Flash ATA card) into the PC card drive. Locate the memory card with its label side up and insert it into the PC card drive according to the arrow mark on the label surface.

  • Page 29: Operating Instructions

    4-1 OPERATIONAL FLOW This section describes basic operational procedures for measurement. (1) Installing and connecting devices. Connect canners, etc. to the UCAM-65A and ground the GND terminal. For details, see “3. CONNECTING DEVICES AND PREPARING FOR MEASUREMENT.” (2) Connecting sensors Connect sensors.

  • Page 30: Setting Various Conditions For Measurement

    Set offset value for converting measured value into Offset physical value. Reference resistance Set resistance value when temperature of a value platinum resistance thermometer sensor or KYOWA’s transducer with temperature measuring function is set to 0 °C. - 4-2 -...

  • Page 31: How To Set Various Functions

    4-3 HOW TO SET VARIOUS FUNCTIONS 4-3-1 Setting DIP Switch The UCAM-65A is equipped with a dip switch. Select the desired function by selecting the ed dip switch bits.. ＯＮ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 External I/F...

  • Page 32: Boot Up Sequence

    4-3-2 Boot Up Sequence Boot up sequence of the UCAM-65A is described in the following. LEDs light up with the power switch turned ON. • While starting up LEDs light up in due order from “POWER” → “REMOTE” → “INTERVAL” →“MEMORY”...

  • Page 33: Operation Of "Enable/Disable" Switch

    4-3-3 Operation of “ENABLE/DISABLE” Switch ＯＮ 1 2 3 When conducting the interval measurement solely by the UCAM-65A, set the required interval conditions in advance and set the “ENABLE/DISABLE” switch to the “ENABLE” side to start the interval measurement. Example) 1) Set the “ENABLE/DISABLE”...

  • Page 34: Setting Ethernet

    * Menu items are expressed in brackets [ ]. 1) Set the ‘Internet Protocol properties (TCP/IP) of the PC as follows. 2) Send the following ‘ping’ command from the PC and confirm the connected state with the UCAM-65A. ‘ping 192.168.0.65’...
  • Page 35 Click to change the TCP/IP address. See step 6) for details Click to change the work group name See step 7) for details. Click to reset UCAM-65A setting conditions to the factory default.. See step 8) for details. Click to reflect the preset conditions.
  • Page 36 6) To change the TCP/IP address, click the [TCP/IP] on the initial [UCAM-65A CONFIGURATION] dialog box. Then, the following window appears. Example) Click the [IP Address] field and input a desired TCP/IP address (e.g. 192.168.71.65).’ After changing the IP address, do not forget to click the [Update] button.
  • Page 37 7) To change the workgroup name, click [Windows Network]on the initial [UCAM-65A CONFIGURATION] dialog box. . The following window appears. Click the [WORKGROUP] field. Input a desired workgroup name and click the [Update] button. Then, the following message appears. Click the [Return] button to return to the previous dialog box.
  • Page 38 8) To reset setting conditions of the UCAM-65A to the factory default state, click the [Factory Default]on the initial [UCAM-65A CONFIGURATION] dialog box. The following window appears. Click the [Return] button to return to the previous dialog box. 9) To reflect the preset contents, do not forget to click the [REBOOT].
  • Page 39 10) Confirm the preset contents are reflected on the system. IF the TCP/IP address is changed to ‘192.168.71.65’ for example, send the following ‘ping’ command from the PC. ‘ping 192.168.71.65’ If the connection is normal, the following message appears. - 5-6 -...

  • Page 40: Specifications

    LVDT Linear variable differential transformer transducer (When USB-65A scanner is used) Sliding resistance transducer (When USB-65A scanner is used) Connecting available scanners The following KYOWA’S scanners can be connected by using scanner interface (separately sold). USB-70 series scanners (using USI-67A scanner interface) USB-65A scanner...
  • Page 41 For civil engineering For general strain measurement Connected Scanner Measurement Internal Internal USB- Internal Internal USB- USB- USB- USB- U S B - U S B - Scanner Scanner Scanner Scanner 51AT 70-30 Note 1) Note 2) Note 6) Note 7) USB- Object of Measurement 10/20...
  • Page 42 Power Frequency 50 Hz Zone 60 Hz Zone Scanner Internal scanner 50 ms/channel 50 ms/channel （Standard mode） Internal scanner 280 ms/channel 280 ms/channel (High resolution mode) Internal scanner 20 ms/channel 20 ms/channel （High speed mode） USB-70 series scanner 60 ms/channel 58.4 ms/channel （Standard mode only）...
  • Page 43 Unit 59 types Unit Unit Unit µm/m Cm/s µm/m m/min km/h N・m kN・m kOHM N・cm MOHM N/mm mmHg °C Kgf/cm ° rad/s (Blank) cm/s Auto-MEAS function Interval measurement Automatically measured at preset time intervals Storage function Internal memory Capacity : Approx. 5 Mbyte Flash ATA card Capacity: (Depends on card) Card is separately sold (Optional)
  • Page 44 Measuring Range, Resolution, Accuracy Measuring Range Resolution Accuracy 1 µm/m 0∼± 50000 µm/m ±(0.05% rdg+1) 10 µm/m 0∼±500000 µm/m Strain measurement (High resolution mode) Bridge excitation Constant voltage bridge excitation Approx. 5 VDC Constant current bridge excitation Approx. 16.7 mA (With bridge resistance of 350 OHM) Scanning speed 280 ms/channel...
  • Page 45 Voltage measurement (Standard mode) Scanning speed 50 ms/channel Initial value storage range As same as the measuring range Measuring range, Resolution, Accuracy CH Mode Measuring Range Resolution Accuracy Input Resistance V/500mV 1 µV 10 MOHM or 0 to ±50.000 mV ±(0.05% rdg+3) more 10 µV...
  • Page 46 Temperature measurement by civil engineering transducer with temperature measuring function (Standard mode) Scanning speed 50 ms/channel Measuring Range, Resolution, Accuracy Measuring Range Resolution Accuracy -50.0 to 200.0 ℃ 0.1 ℃ ±0.5 ℃ * Target physical value and temperature can be measured by 1 channel. * Strain measuring range is conforming to the above mentioned strain measurement.
  • Page 47 Dimensions 327(W) × 88(H) × 365(D) mm (Protruded portion not included) Weight Approx. 5 kg (Scanning unit, optional goods not included) - 6-8 -...

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