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Installation • General instructions for performing temperature testing
4 General instructions for performing temperature testing
The purpose of these instructions is to explain general procedures for performing application-specific temperature
testing on B&R Industrial PCs and Power Panels. Nevertheless, these instructions are meant to serve only as a
guideline.
4.1 Procedure
In order to obtain accurate results, the testing conditions should match the conditions in the field. This means that
for the duration of the temperature tests, the target application should be running, the PC should be installed in
the control cabinet that will be used, etc.
In addition, a temperature sensor should be installed for the device being tested to provide live monitoring of the
ambient temperature. In order to obtain accurate measurements, this sensor should be installed at a distance of 5
to 10 cm from the B&R Industrial PC near the air intake (not near the exhaust).
All B&R Industrial PCs and Power Panels are equipped with internal temperature sensors. These are installed in
different locations for each series. The number of sensors and the temperature limits also vary from series to series.
For information about the locations of temperature sensors and the maximum specified values, please see section
"Temperature sensor positions" in chapter 2 "Technical data".
To ensure that the thermal situation is evaluated reliably, a minimum of 8 hours is recommended for testing.
4.2 Evaluating temperatures in Windows operating systems
4.2.1 Evaluating with the B&R Control Center
The B&R Control Center can be used to evaluate the temperatures. Temperatures can be viewed on the "Tem-
peratures" property page. The B&R Control Center is available at no cost in the Downloads section of the B&R
website (www.br-automation.com). The B&R Control Center uses the B&R Automation Device Interface (ADI).
Figure 98: Evaluating with the B&R Controller using a PPC2100 without IF options
A separate application can be developed if it is necessary to collect historical data.
Information:
There are SDKs (e.g. the ADI .NET SDK) available on the B&R website (www.br-automation.com) that
can be used to create a separate application.
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