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  • Page 1 Easy-Touch™ Pro User Manual...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    3.5 Accessing the Easy-Wire Manual/Help System . 28 1.2 Cirris Customer Support ......1 3.6 Sharing Wirelists Bestween Touch 1/1100 and Easy- Touch Pro Testers .

  • Page 5: Introduction And Setup

    An overview is included on how to learn, verify, and test a sample cable. You can also learn how to share Touch 1/1100 test programs with Easy-Touch Pro test programs. To connect your tester(s) to a network, add a printer, or update your software, see the I.T.

  • Page 6: Electrical Assembly

    ○ A double-high adapter supports up to 120 test points and consumes 128 points. Electrical Assembly The connector layout on your Easy-Touch Pro back panel may look different from the image below, but the connectors will be the same. 1. AC Input Connector: Connect IEC power cord (required).
  • Page 7 2. Remove the cover plate (if you have a 2000 V model, there will be two separate cover plates instead of only one. In this case remove both cover plates). 3. Carefully remove the scanner assembly. Put it face-down next to the tester. Introduction and Setup...
  • Page 8 4. A plastic cover piece is attached to the right side of the tester by two rivets. From the inside of the chassis, push both rivets out using a screwdriver or a hard, flat object. 5. Remove the cover piece. Cirris® Easy-Touch™ Pro User Manual...
  • Page 9 6. Carefully put the scanner assembly back into the tester. Make sure the ribbon connector sticks out from the side of the tester. 7. Mate the add-on connectors. Make sure they are fully connected. 8. Push the connectors into the main unit. Introduction and Setup...
  • Page 10 Note: If your system is using all seven expansion scanners, you will need to purchase a second cable. Contact your account manager at Cirris for more information and to purchase this cable. 11. Re-attach the cover plate.

  • Page 11: Setting Up The Tester

    12. If you have multiple add-on scanners, you should write the adapter positions on each add-on cover plate with a permanent marker. Note: Consider where you might place add-ons in the future before deciding to use a permanent marker. You may want to use removable stickers instead.

  • Page 12: Using The Touch Screen

    Using the Touch Screen To navigate the Easy-Wire software on your Easy-Touch Pro, you can touch the screen or use a USB keyboard and mouse plugged into the tester. Within this manual, the commands “touch” or “press” are equivalent to the command “click” if you...

  • Page 13: Accessing Input Tools

    Accessing Input Tools 1.8.1 Cirris Easy-Wire software sometimes requires the user to enter data. Data can be entered by attaching an external keyboard or a barcode scanner. You can also use the PM1 write-in tool or on screen keyboard. 1. When you touch a text box in Easy-Wire, a keyboard appears.

  • Page 14: Optional Software Features

    The “Alternate Language” feature allows you to change the software language. To register this feature, see “Optional Soft- ware Features” in the Easy-Wire help system. The following optional features are also available for the Easy-Touch Pro tester: ● Measured Values: The Easy-Wire reporting capability allows you to capture and store the measured values of all tests.

  • Page 15: Enabling A Feature

    Enabling a Feature 1.10.1 Enabling an optional feature is a one-time operation. Each new feature requires a feature key provided by Cirris. The feature key is based on the serial number of the tester and the feature being enabled. 1. In the Easy-Wire main menu, press ‘Utilities. ’...

  • Page 16: Setting Up Security

    You can set up two different types of security in the Easy-Touch Pro tester: ● Windows System Security: This restricts access to the Windows 7 administrative account in your Easy-Touch Pro tes- ter. If security is important to your environment, you can change the password that allows access into this account.
  • Page 17 2. Press ‘Setup Security. ’ 3. If you want to change the password for an existing user, select the desired user, press ‘Change Password, ’ and skip to step 6. If you want to create a new user, select an existing profile from the “Available Users”...

  • Page 18: Printing From The Easy-Touch Pro Tester

    You can print from stand-alone Easy-Touch Pro testers or from a network. For stand-alone testers, printers should be added in the Windows shell of the “Cirris” administrative user. See “Adding a Printer” below. If you have more than one printer, you may need to select the desired printer each time you print.
  • Page 19 5. The Windows login screen will open showing the “Cirris” user icon and the “Easy-Touch Pro” user icon. Select the “Cirris” user. The default “Cirris” user password is: signature1 (all lowercase, no spaces). 6. Install drivers then, when prompted, plug the printer into the Easy-Touch Pro.
  • Page 20 Cirris® Easy-Touch™ Pro User Manual...

  • Page 21: Adapters

    Adapter Types Each Cirris adapter has a part number. Use this part number when referring to the adapter for ordering or troubleshooting. The Cirris adapter types are listed below: ● Standard Adapters: Standard adapters can be used for testing up to 1000 VDC and 700 VAC. These adapters are identified by a part number starting with the uppercase letter “A.

  • Page 22: Adapter Sizes

    Adapter Sizes Cirris adapters come in three sizes: Single-high, Double-high, and Quad-high. ● Single-high Adapters: These adapters support up to 28 test points and consume 32 test points. Single-high adapters can occupy any of the four “J” positions. The image below shows a Single-high adapter in position J1 (positions J2, J3, and J4 are still available).

  • Page 23: Installing Adapters

    Installing Adapters Easy-Touch Pro models sold after March 2012 (1500 V model) are equipped with a slide-lock scanner that allows you to lock and unlock test adapters (without the need to remove the J3-J4 cover plate, install the adapter, then reattach the cover plate, as was the case with traditional Cirris testers).

  • Page 24: Removing Adapters

    2000 V model, reattach the cover plate. Removing Adapters As with other Cirris scanners, adapters in the J3-J4 positions must be removed first. 1. Move the slides all the way outward. If you have a 2000 V model, remove the cover plate.

  • Page 25: Duplicating The Adapter Setup

    Each adapter has a numerical identifier called the Adapter Signature, which verifies the test setup. Adapter signatures identify how many pins are in the adapter, where pin 1 is located, and how the pins are numbered. Adapter signatures are printed on the adapter labels. For more information about Cirris adapters, see www.cirris.com/adapters. Cable Signatures When a cable is learned, the tester derives an 11-digit alphanumeric code called a Cable Signature (for example: 1B4137- 4Z020).
  • Page 26 The Cable Signatures for these two cables indicate the same Test Parameter Settings, but different connections and connec- tors. 3F09EF-2J8NH 54GF03-2J8NH Note: If a test program has components, the parameter signature is -MULTI. If a test program has advanced hipot settings, the parameter signature is -00000. Cirris® Easy-Touch™ Pro User Manual...

  • Page 27: Cirris Easy-Wire™ Software

    3. Cirris Easy-Wire™ Software Creating Default Adapters Some commonly used adapters in Easy-Wire are set as “Default. ” If your adapters have this setting, you can learn a sample cable or import test programs without being prompted to select each adapter in your test program. You can create and edit your own adapters and set them as default;...
  • Page 28 If you have more than one attached adapter, click ‘Create’ again and repeat this process substituting the new adapter signature and adapter part number in steps 5 and 6. 10. When you are finished creating adapters, the “Connector Type Library” will be open. Click ‘Close’ to return to the main menu. Cirris® Easy-Touch™ Pro User Manual...

  • Page 29: Learning A Sample Cable

    You can create a test program in Easy-Wire by “learning” a sample cable. For instructions on how to manually create a signa- ture test program, see the Easy-Wire help system. 1. If the Easy-Touch Pro tester is off, press the power button for about two seconds to power on the tester and log in to Easy-Wire.

  • Page 30: Verifying/Editing The Test Program

    3. Select “Yes, save changes... ” then press ‘OK. ’ 4. The default test program name is the Signature of the learned cable. You can save the test program under this name, or enter your own test program name. When finished, press ‘OK. ’ Cirris® Easy-Touch™ Pro User Manual...

  • Page 31: Testing The Device-Under-Test

    If the information bar displays “Testing Good, ” your cable/ harness passed and your test is complete. For more information, press ‘Help’ at the bottom of the test win- dow. 4. When you are ready to return to the main menu, press ‘Done. ’ Cirris Easy-Wire™ Software...

  • Page 32: Accessing The Easy-Wire Manual/Help System

    ‘Allow Blocked Content. ’ If there is no information bar, skip to step 4. 3. When the security warning opens, press ‘Yes. ’ 4. To view the entire Easy-Wire manual by chapter, press ‘Contents. ’ Cirris® Easy-Touch™ Pro User Manual...

  • Page 33: Sharing Wirelists Bestween Touch 1/1100 And Easy

    T1 and 1100 test programs exist as flat files with a .wir extension. Easy-Wire test programs reside inside the Easy-Wire database and are not accessible externally. In order to share the two, Cirris has made it possible to make a “bridge. ” To form this bridge, you must first create a special Easy-Wire category that points to the directory path where the T1/1100 .wir files...
  • Page 34 1. Put your Touch 1 or 1100 wirelists in a file location you can access from your Easy-Touch Pro tester, either on a thumb drive locally or on a network. 2. In the Easy-Wire main menu, press ‘Utilities. ’ 3. Press ‘Category Maintenance. ’...
  • Page 35 8. Browse to the file location that contains your Touch 1 or 1100 wirelists. In this example, the Touch 1 files are in drive D in a folder called “Touch 1. ” Select the folder and press ‘OK. ’ Cirris Easy-Wire™ Software...
  • Page 36 Ensure that you select the category you created in step 4. This will allow wirelists to be synchronized in both the Easy-Touch Pro database and your Touch 1 or 1100 file location.

  • Page 37: Importing Touch 1 Or 1100 Wirelists

    If your testers are not networked, you will need to copy your files to a thumb drive and then plug your thumb drive into your Easy-Touch Pro tester. If you have a Touch 1, use a floppy drive and a PC to transfer the files. If you have an 1100 with USB ports, you can copy the files directly to the thumb drive.
  • Page 38 7. If you have more wirelists to import, press ‘Import .WIR Files’ and repeat steps 1-6, or multi-select the wirelists. 8. When you have imported all of your wirelists, press ‘Done. ’ 9. Press ‘Done’ to return to the main menu. Cirris® Easy-Touch™ Pro User Manual...

  • Page 39: Verifying Shared Wirelists

    Verifying Shared Wirelists If you created a new category for sharing Easy-Touch Pro test programs and Touch 1 or 1100 wirelists, you can verify that the procedure worked by checking the files in both locations to see if they are the same and by doing the following: 1.
  • Page 40 Cirris® Easy-Touch™ Pro User Manual...

  • Page 41: General Information

    Cirris Testers are modular in design for easy servicing. If your Cirris tester requires service, as determined by Cirris support personnel, you may need to send the affected module or the entire tester back to Cirris for repair. A loaner tester can be sent to you.

  • Page 42: Conditions For Operation

    2012.2 or higher has Digital I/O capability. See the Easy-Wire help system for more information. Conditions for Operation Your Easy-Touch Pro Tester is intended to be used indoors at a temperature of 50 to 104 degrees Fahrenheit (10 to 40 de- grees Celsius).

  • Page 43: Warranty

    (1) year from the date of delivery to you, as evidenced by receipt of your warranty registration form. In the event a defect develops due to normal use during the warranty period, Cirris Systems will repair or replace the analyzer with a new or reconditioned unit of equal value.
  • Page 44 Cirris® Easy-Touch™ Pro User Manual...
  • Page 46 Easy-Touch™ Pro Getting Started Guide Version 2017.1.0 © 2016 Cirris Systems Corporation 401 North 5600 West Salt Lake City, UT 84116 www.cirris.com...

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