Table Of Contents - Isotech milliK User Maintenance Manual/Handbook

Contents
1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 6
1.1 Unpacking .................................................................................................................... 6
1.2 Safety ........................................................................................................................... 6
2 Getting Started ................................................................................................................... 9
2.1 A Quick Tour of Your milliK ..................................................................................... 11
2.2 Driving your milliK ..................................................................................................... 13
2.2.1 The 'Graph' Window ......................................................................................... 14
2.2.2 The 'Numeric' Window ..................................................................................... 14
2.2.3 The 'Settings' Window ....................................................................................... 15
2.2.4 The 'Instrument' Window .................................................................................. 17
2.3 Battery Operation ..................................................................................................... 18
3 Detailed Description by Function .................................................................................... 19
3.1 Using a PRT/SPRT with milliK ................................................................................... 19
3.1.1 Configuring milliK to measure a PRT/SPRT ....................................................... 20
3.1.2 Determining Self-Heating of a PRT/SPRT .......................................................... 22
3.1.3 Using 3 or 4 Wire Measurement ....................................................................... 22
3.2 Using a Thermistor with milliK .................................................................................. 24
3.2.1 Configuring milliK to Measure Temperature with a Thermistor ....................... 25
3.3 Using a Thermocouple with milliK ............................................................................ 26
3.3.1 Using Internal Reference Junction Compensation ............................................. 27
3.3.2 Using External Reference Junction Compensation ............................................ 27
3.3.3 Using an Ice-Point for the Reference Junction ................................................... 28
3.3.4 Configuring milliK to Measure a Thermocouple ................................................ 29
3.4 Using a 4-20mA Transmitter with milliK ................................................................... 31
3.4.1 Configuring milliK to Measure a 4-20mA Transmitter ...................................... 32
3.5 Measuring the Difference Between Two Channels .................................................. 33
3.6 Changing Graph Scales .............................................................................................. 33
3.7 Using Rolling Statistics ............................................................................................... 34
3.8 Logging Results to a File ............................................................................................ 35
3.8.1 Transferring Logged Data to a PC ..................................................................... 37
3.8.2 File Format for Logged Data .............................................................................. 38
3.8.3 Clearing Logged Data from Internal Memory .................................................... 38
3.9 Using the Thermometer Database ........................................................................... 39
3.9.1 Creating a New Thermometer Entry ................................................................ 39
3.9.2 Using a PRT with IEC60751 (2008) Conversion ............................................... 41
3.9.3 Using a PRT with Callendar Van Dusen Conversion ......................................... 42
3.9.4 Using a PRT with ITS90 Conversion .................................................................. 43
3.9.5 Using a Thermocouple with Calibration Coefficients / Data Pairs .................... 44
3.9.6 Using a Thermistor with the Steinhart-Hart Polynomial ................................... 45
3.9.7 Using a Thermistor with Polynomial Temperature Conversion ....................... 46
3.9.8 Using a 4-20mA Transmitter with Linear Conversion ....................................... 47
3.10 Updating the Software ........................................................................................... 48
3.11 Using and Changing Passwords ............................................................................. 48
3.11.1 Recovering a Lost Password .............................................................................. 49
3.12 Controlling Temperature Sources with milliK ....................................................... 50
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