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- Page 1 Instructions Manual CENTOR TOUCH Gauge Operating Manual CENTOR TOUCH STAR/DUAL V6.10 ANDILOG Technologies - BP62001 - 13845 Vitrolles Cedex 9 - France Email : info@andilog.com Site : www.andilog.com Tel : +33(0)820.888.202 – Fax : +33(0)820.888.902...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version INTRODUCTION TO THE CENTOR TOUCH ................. 3 HANDLING ........................4 Unpacking ......................... 4 Recommendation before first use ................5 Starting your force gauge.................... 5 Main screen – Measurement ..................6 Touch area on the Measure screen ................ - Page 3 Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version Use multiples USB stick .....................26 INPUT, OUTPUT & Foot Pedal ..................27 Outputs ........................27 Inputs and Pedal .......................28 GENERAL Setups ......................28 Buzzer ........................29 ECO Mode: .......................29 Times out settings.....................29 Orientation ......................29 Language.
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Page 4: Introduction To The Centor Touch
CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version INTRODUCTION TO THE CENTOR TOUCH Thank you for choosing the CENTOR Touch gauge manufactured by Andilog Technologies. This force gauge is the result of 25 years experience in force and torque measurements with new electronic technologies offering a higher-performance and more reliable instrument. -
Page 5: Handling
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version HANDLING CAUTION - Unpacking: Your CENTOR TOUCH force gauge has been supplied in its carrying case. Check that it has not been damaged during transportation. If you have any doubt, please contact us, and our service support will you guide you through simple checks to ensure that the gauge has not been damaged. -
Page 6: Recommendation Before First Use
The gauge can be affixed to a test stand via two M5 screws, which should not extend through the back cover more than 3 mm. Please contact ANDILOG Technologies if you need more information or if you need a fixture to mount your force gauge to a test stand. -
Page 7: Main Screen - Measurement
Date of the next calibration due Number of overload CENTOR TOUCH version: there are 2 versions of CENTOR TOUCH: CENTOR TOUCH STAR Referenced as CENTOR CT CENTOR TOUCH DUAL Referenced as CENTOR DT 4. Main screen – Measurement After the starting screen, you access to the main measurement screen as display below. - Page 8 Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version Note: the described parameters below are part of the default configuration 1. Information bar: Version and Menu Access Battery information 2. Sensor capacity Test Stage Graph Area 6.
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Page 9: Touch Area On The Measure Screen
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version 6. Value name: displayed in the main and auxiliary displays is shown in the upper left corner of each screen. We will see in Chapter IV, how to change the displayed value. 7. -
Page 10: Main Menu
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version 6. Main MENU To access the main menu, press the green bar at the top of the screen of the dynamometer. It displays the main menu: Main display setup Test Setup Statistics Setup Basic and general... -
Page 11: Start Your Measurements
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version III. START your measurements The CENTOR TOUCH Version allows you to draw the graph of the test. The following screen is displayed: Test state Indicators Graph Displaying Area First chanel axis Time axis... -
Page 12: Measurement Principles
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version Measurement principles When the curve mode is activated, the force gauge is under the mode called “TEST”. Here is the process of a TEST: Tare force gauge Waits to detect force on the sensor Start measuring,... -
Page 13: Display Setup
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version If you wish to acquire a more precise graph, you can transfer the data to your computer under continuous mode: The RS232 output allowing a maximum acquisition rate of 100 values per second ... -
Page 14: Main Screen
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version 1. Main screen The main display area can show all the alues that appears in the list. Touch this value to display the list of available values. Select the sensor you want to display by touching the green window (channel 1: internal or channel 2: external). -
Page 15: Sensor Units V1
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version 8. Sensor Units V1 Sensor units are independently selected. Touch the arrow key in the desired display window to display all available units. The units allowed will change with the sensor attached. Force, torque or travel units. -
Page 16: Top And Bottom Limits
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version 4. Top and Bottom limits You can setup a top and a bottom limits for each channel by touching the button and enter the limit value from the displayed keyboard. Then you can select “buzzer”... -
Page 17: Tests Settings
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version 2. Tests settings There are 2 parameters that need to be defined to set a test The start condition of the test The duration of the test a. -
Page 18: Output Control
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version 5. Output control Graph completion can cause an output control to change. Select the output control from the drop down menu then select control action and state. You can select two types of actions: ... -
Page 19: Output Actions
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version Level L – Calculates the value of a channel, when the other one reached its defined limits (absolute: the time increments when the test starts / relative: the time increments when the curve starts, meeting the start condition on force value, to be used for Topload tests) Peak –... -
Page 20: Record Data And Statistical Mode
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version VIII. RECORD DATA AND STATISTICAL Mode. The Centor Touch has a memory of the least 1000 values per channels and automatically calculating the sleeping mean, the standard deviation and the mean divided by the standard deviation. It is possible to record 3 results simultaneously to choose in between: the maximum, the minimum, calcultaion1 and calcultion2. -
Page 21: Records Data
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version 2. Records data When the statistics feature is activated, the following icon is displayed on the main measuring display. After a test is completed, you can save the test results to the statistics array by pushing the icon: To save the data, you have to tare the gauge. -
Page 22: Rs232 Or Serial Commands
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version Then you get a window with a choice of 5 communication modes: USB, RS232, analog, Data Stick or Bluetooth. Note: One and only one of the five choices for data output is available at one time. Select the tab accordingly. - Page 23 Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version Here are the serial commands (Using our dedicated software R-SIC or ASCII parameters): F: Current value P: Maximum value V: Minimum value C: Calculation ...
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Page 24: Usb Connection
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version 2. USB Connection The USB is set as the RS232 communication: on demand or continue mode; and commands are similar. However you can: Set the baud rate value in continuous mode if “Eco” is selected in the menu “Setup”... -
Page 25: Datastick - Usb Memory Stick (Optional)
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version 5. DATASTICK – USB Memory Stick (optional) Presentation The DATASTICK kit is an option available with the CENTOR TOUCH, in order to save your data on a USB memory stick. - Page 26 Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version All those files are saved as TXT format, and so can be open with regular Table software as Microsoft Excel. Data are separated by a TAB character (09 decimal and 09 hexadecimal) and the rows are separated by a carriage return (decimal 13, hex 0D).
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Page 27: Save Your Data
« Stick » setttings screen. Use multiples USB stick The USB stick supplied by ANDILOG at the time of the purchase of the DATASTICK option, has been set to communicate with your CENTOR TOUCH; and it recognize the serial number of your CENTOR TOUCH. -
Page 28: Input, Output & Foot Pedal
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version INPUT, OUTPUT & Foot Pedal The Centor Touch is able to communicate and send data to an external device such as a test stand, or a programmable logic controller using its TTL inputs and outputs. The Centor Touch has: ... -
Page 29: Inputs And Pedal
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version of the test or until the condition is true (limits case) Pulse: the output changes state for a period of time of 50ms, and then come back to its previous state. -
Page 30: Buzzer
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version Buzzer Buzzer: Activates the buzzer for alarm conditions. Beep Key: Activates the beeper when you touch the touch panel. Provides tactile touch to the user. 2. ECO Mode: Reduces power consumption. -
Page 31: General
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version Touch to set date & time 1. General The Setup tab gives you the load cell information, the software version, the state of the battery and the possibility to adjust hours and date. Auto Test: Launches an auto test and display the health details of all sensors connected and battery conditions Colour: Display colour capabilities of the display. -
Page 32: Associated Products
ASSOCIATED PRODUCTS 1. Acquisition software ANDILOG TECHNOLOGIES has developed several programs to save and analyse values. You want to analyse values on a chart: RSIC software has been developed to this. You want to capture the values graph and use graphics tools: CALIGRAPH software goes further in tests analysis. -
Page 33: Appendices
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version XIV. APPENDICES 1. Errors Messages Information screen: This screen is displayed after completion of internal tests and a minor or major defect has been found. Minor defects: ... -
Page 34: Factory Settings
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version 2. Factory Settings Screens default Communications default Test default Setups default Statistics default Maintenance default - 33 -... -
Page 35: Connections
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version 3. Connections Connector detail SubDHD 26 pins connected to CENTOR TOUCH electronic card I1 input Not used RS232 read data USB device data minus USB host data minus O3 output. -
Page 36: Setup Examples
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version 4. Setup Examples Display with graph: Touch information bar. Touch graph icon. Set Start to Value 1. 1% End time 10 sec Curve resolution = 10000. Axe H = TIME. Ave V = FORCE1 Send peak data after test complete with send key to the RS232 port: Touch information bar. -
Page 37: Dimensions
Instructions Manual – V6.10 CENTOR TOUCH Force Gauge – STAR / DUAL version 5. Dimensions - 36 -...
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