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Wagner Meters Orion 940 Instruction Manual

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  • Page 1 INSTRUCTION MANUAL...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS 30 Summary of Orion® 940 Features – Low Battery Alert Indication –Auto Shut-Down to Preserve Introduction Battery Life Orion® 940 Parts – Calibration of your Orion® 940 –Protective Rubber Boot for Your Quick Start: Basic Use for Orion®...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION The 2.0-inch (50mm) wide by 2.5-inch (63mm) long by either .25-inch (6mm) or .75-inch (19mm) thick sensor field of your Orion® moisture meter closely Congratulations! approximates the full-thickness cross- You have purchased one of the most accurate section method used when performing the moisture measurement instruments for wood ASTM D4442-16 oven-dry lab method.
  • Page 4 Standard Measurement mode for your solid wood applications. *Information available upon request.**Contact a Wagner Meters expert at 844-689-0660 if your Your Orion® model 940 has data collection wood is very hot or frozen. capacity to store readings and get statistical data.

  • Page 5: Orion 940 Parts

    ORION 940 PARTS ® QUICK START BASIC USE FOR SOLID WOOD With your Orion® 940 SPECIES/ turned OFF, press and MATERIAL release ON/HOLD BUTTON button. Meter will turn ON/ HOLD on and briefly display the BUTTON UP BUTTON model number, followed by the firmware...
  • Page 6 vice versa. Press the ON/HOLD button to The meter will display the reading number store the setting and return the meter to the and then the reading taken. Move the meter Standard Measurement mode. to the next sample for more readings. Press the DATA button When done sampling wood, turn the and the word DATA will...
  • Page 7 ON/HOLD Wagner’s extensive Species Database. If button for approximately you still cannot find the correct setting, 2 seconds. Alternatively, the meter will contact a Wagner Meters expert at automatically shut off after approximately 844-689-0660. 60 seconds of no activity.

  • Page 8: Correct Usage Guidelines For Your Orion® 940 Moisture Meter

    Orion® 940 .75 inches (19mm) in ¾” mode, the meter, Wagner Meters recommends that meter will underestimate the actual you pay close attention to the following moisture content. Thicknesses that are guidelines: slightly thinner (example: .625 inches...

  • Page 9: Function Buttons: Detailed

    FUNCTION BUTTONS: If there is visible moisture or water on the surface of the wood or material DETAILED USAGE INSTRUCTIONS to be tested, wipe off any excess, and let the surface dry out for a couple of ON/HOLD Button minutes before taking measurements. If possible, turn the board over and measure the other side.

  • Page 10: Up And Down Buttons

    will show in the upper right-hand corner. AUDIO) that you are in at a This HOLD feature is valuable when taking given time will determine measurements in hard-to-reach places where how these buttons will you cannot see the display. function. Settings values will be increased or decreased, If the AUDIO function of the meter is or different functions activated according...

  • Page 11: Species/Material Button

    addition to displaying ‘1-4,’ the meter Species Settings mode. This mode will repeatedly flash 2 dashes in a vertical is for programming the meter to the sequence on the digital display screen. correct setting for the wood species you wish to measure. When in this If the meter is in Depth Setting mode mode, the meter display will indicate and on the ¾”...
  • Page 12 DATA Button If the meter is in the Standard Measurement mode, the Data Recording mode is set to When the DATA button ON, and the ON/HOLD button is pressed, is pressed, the meter will the meter will record the current reading briefly display DATA and to the lowest available reading location, then display either OFF (to indicate the...
  • Page 13 When the meter is in MAX reading meter, the display will show REC and view mode, and the DATA button is ‘- - - -’. pressed again, the meter will display MIN and display the lowest reading View Readings Mode. While in REC stored.

  • Page 14: How To Program A Species Setting

    the meter will display the reading meter memory will not be cleared. If stored at that location (e.g., 18.2). All the DATA button is pressed while NO throughout View Readings mode, is displayed, the meter will return to REC will be displayed to indicate the Standard Measurement mode.
  • Page 15 NOTE: If you cannot find the correct setting for next multiple of .10 (e.g., if the setting is the wood species or material you wish to measure, currently .36, the setting will change to go to www.wagnerspecies.com. If you still .40).

  • Page 16: Relative Scale For Moisture

    Once the species setting based materials. Press the ON/HOLD button value has been set, press to return to the Standard Measurement mode. and release the ON/HOLD button to return the meter AUDIO Button to Standard Measurement mode. Once in Standard Measurement Your Orion®...

  • Page 17: Summary Of Orion® 940 Features

    the next multiple of 5 (e.g., if the alarm Next, press the AUDIO threshold setting is currently 12%, the button again, and you setting will advance to 15%). Every 0.7 will be taken to a display seconds thereafter that the button is held that will show the current down, the setting will change by another volume setting for audible...

  • Page 18: Low Battery Alert Indication

    • Programmable settings for a wide range Low Battery Alert Indication of softwood and hardwood species • Large moisture measurement sensor area When the battery is low, BAT appears • Current reading can be frozen on in the upper right-hand corner of the display screen, great for note taking display.

  • Page 19: Calibration Of Your Orion® 940

    Calibration of Your Orion® 940 “seating” the meter sensor pad firmly on the recessed area of the CR. If you have reason to believe your Orion® IMPORTANT: Failure to correctly 940 may be out of calibration, it can be easily and firmly “seat”...

  • Page 20: Protective Rubber Boot For Your Orion® 940

    Reference with the boot off. for Your Orion® 940 7-Year Warranty In an effort to help avoid damage resulting from Wagner Meters offers an industry-best 7-year your Orion® 940 meter warranty on your Orion® 940 moisture being dropped or banging meter.

  • Page 21: Wagner's Intellisense

    • 60 seconds and give inaccurate readings that cost you Measurement Ranges money. However, Wagner Meters’ hand- • MC range for wood: 4.0% to 32.0% held moisture meters with IntelliSense Specific Gravity Range for Wood Species technology measure moisture IN the wood, •...

  • Page 22: Changing The Battery

    Replace with 9-volt, Wagner Meters’ warranty offers this product non-rechargeable Alkaline or Lithium protection against defects in material and or rechargeable NiMH batteries. Be workmanship for seven (7) years from the date sure to observe proper battery polarity.
  • Page 23 Wagner Meters has no control over PURPOSE. Under no circumstances shall the manner in which the unit will be used, Wagner Meters be liable for any incidental or it makes no guarantee that the meter will consequential damages. Agents and employees...
  • Page 24 Notes Notes...
  • Page 25 Rogue River, OR 97537 Worldwide Toll-Free: 844-689-0660 WWW.WAGNERMETERS.COM ©Wagner Meters 2018 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

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