Measurement Practices; Confi Guration Mode; Accessing The Confi Guration Mode - Check-line CTM Operating Manual

For best measurement, install the CTM at least 2 feet (0.6 m) from termina-
2.2 Measurement
tions, clamps or other hardware. Do not install over the top of wire wrap-
Practices
pings.
Take readings at three different places along the cable, moving the tension
meter at least four inches for each reading. Take the average of the readings.
The built-in average function is ideal for this task.
Do not use the CTM to measure tension for wires if both of the following are
true:
1. No wire calibrations are stored of the same diameter as the wire you are
Do not apply tension greater
looking to measure, and
than rated capacity of the
instrument or overload damage
2. You do not have sheaves of the same diameter.
to the sensor may result.
If both of these conditions exist, contact your distributor.
Do not use the CTM with cable
Contact your distributor to improve accuracy for a specifi c wire type by cali-
larger than indicated on the
brating to it.
sheaves. Overload and dam-
age to the instrument may Insure that the wire rope is riding in the groove of all three sheaves.
result.
Insure sheaves installed agree with sheaves noted in the Wire calibration.
Exception: Sheaves match the wire diameter of the cable to be measured
Do not mix sheave sizes. This
and alternate calibration is selected as per section 5.2.
will result in inaccurate mea-
surement and possible over-
The CTM has an internal temperature sensor inside the electronics cav-
load.
ity. Dramatic temperature changes (such as moving from a warm vehicle to
cooler outdoors) requires time for the sensor to reach the same temperature.
Direct sunlight will heat the electronics cavity and cause higher readings
than actual ambient temperature. In these cases, use a seperate thermom-
eter to determine temperature. Be certain to enter this temperature into the
CTM if using the quick-tensioning mode with the temperature dependent
acceptance window.
For best tension accuracy, use the exact temperature of the wire. This may
be widely different from the ambient temperature if the cable has been sitting
in direct sunlight.
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3.0 Confi guration Mode
You need to access the Confi guration mode to perform certain tasks. Access
3.1 Accessing the
to some of these tasks may be restricted by a supervisor password.
Confi guration Mode
To access Confi guration mode:
1. From normal operating mode, press the Right Arrow softkey
A new softkey set, shown below, appears:
2. Press the Confi g softkey. . .
The following is displayed:
The Num keys increment and
decrement the displayed num-
bers. The Adv key moves the
Num Num
cursor to the next digit position.
3. Use the Num and Adv keys to enter the Confi g password. Default is 0.
Default Confi guration pass-
After the number is displayed, press the Enter key. . .
word is 0. If a new password is
The following is displayed:
lost or forgotten, contact your
distributor.
4. The unit is now in the Confi guration mode. To see the rest of the softkeys
available in this mode, press the Right Arrow key. All the Confi g softkeys
are shown below.
Wire Setup Reso Comm Mode Units Power ChPwd
Units Temp Setup Config
Enter
Adv
Wire Setup Reso Comm
Reset
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