Ventilation The instrument has ventilation holes in its side covers. Do not block The F71/F41 teslamter protects the operator and surrounding these holes when the instrument is operating. area from electric shock or burn, mechanical hazards, excessive temperature, and spread of fire from the instrument.
Improper Use 216 mm wide × 87 mm high × If the instrument is used in a manner that is not specified by Lake Shore, the safety 369 mm deep (8.5 in × 3.4 in × 14.5 in), protections provided by the instrument are no longer guaranteed, and may be half rack impaired.
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Introduction Features The F71/F41 teslameter includes features such as: This guide provides basic information for getting started with your Lake Shore F71/F41 teslameter. For further DC and RMS measurement documentation and information, see our website. Peak to peak measurement ...
The rear panel consists of: Power button Option card slot TiltView™ touchscreen Line input assembly USB Type-C™ interface USB serial communications interface RJ-45 Ethernet interface WLAN antenna connector Digital I/O port Probe input connector BNC analog output connector F71/F41 Teslameter Quick Start Guide http://www.lakeshore.com/products/Gaussmeters/F71-F41-teslameters/...
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The teslameter can be installed into a full rack or half improved viewing angle. The screen adjusts from a rack mount using the optional Lake Shore rack mount 0° to a 37° viewing angle, whether mounted in a rack or kits (half rack mounting is shown below).
WARNING: Always plug the power cord into an easily which the Home screen is displayed. accessible, properly grounded receptacle to ensure safe instrument operation. NOTE: The screens you see may differ, depending on your software version. Some screens are scrollable. F71/F41 Teslameter Quick Start Guide http://www.lakeshore.com/products/Gaussmeters/F71-F41-teslameters/...
Basic operation Readings The Home screen displays readings such From the quick access sidebar, you may change parameters such as: as magnitude, max hold, relative, XYZ (F71), Measurement and frequency. Touch a value to navigate to Mode: On this a detail page containing more information.
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Range: Sets the maximum readable field and Navigation drawer display resolution. The F71/F41 teslameter is Tap the Settings menu to go to the navigation equipped with an autoranging feature that will drawer to adjust settings. automatically select the appropriate range for the measured field.
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RMS max hold, and the RMS relative measurement. shows the measured DC field, the DC max hold, the DC relative measurement. The F71/F41 teslameter offers two AC measurement bands to improve overall AC measurement performance: AC mode: has an operating range from DC to 500 Hz, but ...
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TruZero™ residual offset if a 0 reading is desired when the probe is placed in a zero gauss chamber. Measure the residual offset with the probe in a zero gauss chamber and set the relative baseline to the average offset value. F71/F41 Teslameter Quick Start Guide http://www.lakeshore.com/products/Gaussmeters/F71-F41-teslameters/...
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F71/F41 Teslameter Quick Start Guide Temperature Measurement Screen Lock The temperature compensation detail The screen lock feature prevents accidental changes to parameter screen displays the current temperature values. When the screen is locked, some parameter values may be reading for the probe tip temperature viewed, but not changed, from the front panel.
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For percentage of reading error where example, a 5° variance on any one axis percent error = (1 – cos α) 100 causes a 0.4% error, a 10° misalignment induces a 1.5% error, etc. F71/F41 Teslameter Quick Start Guide http://www.lakeshore.com/products/Gaussmeters/F71-F41-teslameters/...
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F71/F41 Teslameter Quick Start Guide Computer interface connections If desired, attach the teslameter to your PC using Ethernet, USB, or Wi-Fi. USB Serial port settings Baud rate 115,200 Data bits Parity None Stop bits Flow control RTS/CTS Ethernet/Wi-Fi IP address...
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Device Manager: If you are unable to see the teslameter in this view, you may need to install the USB driver that can be found on the Lake Shore Software web page: http://www.lakeshore.com/software/. F71/F41 Teslameter Quick Start Guide...
Lake Shore Cryotronics company shut down days: http://www.lakeshore.com/Service/ Instrument Service Department 575 McCorkle Blvd. The Lake Shore Forum is also a great place to look for solutions, to post Westerville, Ohio USA 43082-8888 issues, and to share successes: Phone: 614-891-2244 http://forums.lakeshore.com/ Email: service@lakeshore.com...
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