Table Of Contents - 493K K-METRON User Instructions

1 OPERATING THE K-METRON ............................................................................................... 3
1.1 Turning the unit ON & OFF .......................................................................................... 3
1.2 Coupling the Sensor Head with the Calibrated Magnet. ............................................ 3
1.3 Loss of Magnetic Coupling. ......................................................................................... 4
1.4 Tracking the Sensor Head to the Point of Measurement. .......................................... 4
1.5 Ensure Correct Sensor Head Orientation .................................................................... 4
1.6 Measuring an External Radius with K-METRON. ......................................................... 5
1.7 Measuring an Internal Radius with K-METRON. ......................................................... 5
1.8 The Sensor Head Dimensions. ..................................................................................... 6
1.9 Measuring the Thickness. ............................................................................................ 6
1.10 Deleting a Thickness Measurement. ....................................................................... 6
1.11 Indexing Mould ID. .................................................................................................. 6
1.12 Out of Measurable Range Thicknesses.................................................................... 7
1.13 Choosing which Magnet Type to use. ..................................................................... 7
1.14 Units of Measurement ............................................................................................. 7
2 THE K-METRON SOFTWARE ................................................................................................ 8
2.1 Connecting the K-METRON to the PC & Installing the Communications Driver. ........ 8
2.2 Downloading the K-METRON Software. ..................................................................... 8
2.3 Setting the Correct Communications Port. ................................................................. 8
2.4 Recording the Thickness measurements. ................................................................... 9
3 SAVING THE DATA ............................................................................................................ 10
3.1 Continuous Internal Database Recording ................................................................. 10
3.2 Exporting to Excel ...................................................................................................... 10
3.3 Erasing Unwanted Data. ............................................................................................ 11
4 POWERING THE K-METRON ............................................................................................. 12
4.1 Battery Type .............................................................................................................. 12
4.2 Replacing the Battery in K-METRON ......................................................................... 12
4.3 Battery Life ................................................................................................................ 12
5 CALIBRATING THE K-METRON .......................................................................................... 13
5.1 Entering Calibration Mode. ....................................................................................... 13
5.2 Calibrating the K-METRON. ....................................................................................... 13
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K-METRON Radio User Instructions (Firmware 2.3.4; Doc v3.0.0)