Normal Operation - General VM8205SD User Manual

5. Enable or disable auto power off. Once the format of decimal point divisions has been
set and stored, the display will show the word "yES' over the term "PoFF". Press the
SET M button until the desired automatic power off management scheme ("yES" for
enable; "no" for disable) is displayed. Press the REC/ENTER button to store the selection.
If enabled, the power off function shuts off the VM8205SD after a period of inactivity
of ten minutes.
6. Enable or disable the beeper. Once the auto power off scheme has been chosen and
stored, the display will show the word "yES" over the word "bEEP". Press the SET M
button until the desired setting ("yES" or "no") is displayed, and then press the
REC/ENTER button to store the selection as the default.
7. Set the datalogging sampling time. Once the beeper has been enabled or disabled, the
display will show a value above the letters "SP-t". Press the SET M or LOGGER L button
to decrease or increase the value until the desired sampling time appears above "SP-t".
The options are 0, 1, 2, 5, 10, 30, 60, 120, 300, 600, 1800 and 3600 seconds (0 seconds
to 1 hour).
8. Format the SD card. Once the sampling time has been set and stored, the term "Sd-F"
will appear in the lower half of the display. Press the REC/ENTER button.
Pressing the REC/ENTER button causes the word "no" or "yES" to appear over the term
"Sd-F". Press the M button to make a selection. Choose "yES" whenever a new SD card is
being used, or when a used card is being repurposed (from use with another SD card
instrument or a camera, for example) and all data on it is to be erased. Choose "no" to
preserve any data on a card previously used with this instrument.
If you choose "yES", after you press the REC/ENTER button the instrument will prompt you
to confirm that decision by displaying the term "Ent" below "yES" and sounding three
beeps. To confirm that you want to begin the erasure/formatting procedure, press the
REC/ENTER button. "Ent" will then flash several times and the instrument will sound
another three beeps to confirm that the SD card has been erased and formatted.
Once the SD card has been formatted (or not), the display will then either return to the first
of the six steps in the setup sequence—setting the current date and time—or show the
term "ESC". If "ESC" appears, press the POWER/ESC button to exit the setup procedure and
enter normal operating mode.

NORMAL OPERATION

1. To prepare to make vibration measurements, power on the VM8205SD and make sure
an SD card is firmly seated in the socket on the bottom of the meter. Seat the vibration
probe BNC plug (callout 1-21 of Fig. 1) in the socket on the top of the meter. Then seat
the vibration probe mini-plug (callout 1-19) in the vibration sensor input socket
(callout 1-18).
2. If the surface of the machine being measured is a non-ferrous material, hold the
vibration sensor (callout 1-17) in your hand and touch its end to the machine.
3. If the surface material is ferrous, plug the sensor into the magnetic base (callout 1-16)
and attach the base to the machine's surface. In both cases, avoid touching the vibration
probe cable (callout 1-20) with your finger or hand.
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