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O & M Manual PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector Home Office European Office Analytical Technology, Inc. ATI (UK) Limited 6 Iron Bridge Drive Unit 1 & 2 Gatehead Business Park Collegeville, PA 19426 Delph New Road, Delph Phone: 800-959-0299 Saddleworth OL3 5DE 610-917-0991 Phone: +44 (0)1457-873-318...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Table of Contents SPECIFICATIONS ............4 ............... 30 ENSOR ..........5 Range ............... 31 EFERENCE RAWINGS Blanking ............31 INTRODUCTION ............8 Averaging ............32 D16 P III ..........8 Configuring the Sensor ........32 ORTA Inlet and Outlet Ports .........
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PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Table of Figures Figure 1. PortaSens III, front view. _________________________________________________________________ 5 Figure 2. PortaSens III, rear view. __________________________________________________________________ 5 Figure 3. PortaSens III, right side view. ______________________________________________________________ 6 Figure 4. H10 gas sensor module (ordered separately). ________________________________________________ 7 Figure 5.
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 SPECIFICATIONS H10 “Smart Sensor” gas Modules, ordered separately Gas Sensor Range Sensor Dependent (see H10 Gas Sensor Modules on page 61, or contact the manufacturer) Display Backlighted, resistive touch-sensitive, 320x240 color graphics LCD with an anti- glare overlay.
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Reference Drawings Figure 1. PortaSens III, front view. Figure 2. PortaSens III, rear view. Operation and Maintenance Manual Rev-C Apr 2020...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Figure 4. H10 gas sensor modules (sold separately) a) Electrochemical, b) Infrared 00-0981 H10 Sensor Keeper Replace Battery every Six (6) Months Figure 5. Sensor Keeper (not for use with infrared sensors). Figure 6.
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 INTRODUCTION D16 PortaSens III D16 PortaSens III Inlet and Outlet Ports Figure 7 Model D16, PortaSens III Gas Leak Detector. Keep the inlet and outlet ports free of obstructions. Operation and Maintenance Manual Rev-C Apr 2020...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 H10 Sensor Figure 9 Sensor Keeper. Electro-chemical cell based sensors should Figure 8. H10 "Smart Sensor" be stored in the Sensor Keeper to maintain module. bias. Never store infrared cell based sensors in the Sensor Keeper. Installing the Sensor H10 Sensor Cells Operation and Maintenance Manual...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 OPERATION D16 pages are normally presented on a dark background. Pages depicted below appear on a white, or light colored background to improve readability. Startup LCD and CPU revision levels and serial number. LCD Rev 1.0 Times out after four seconds.
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Shutdown Main Display Date and time Battery indicator Status messages Gas temperature Danger alarm level Display background Warning alarm level Alarm and over-range indicator Meter Gas units of measure Gas name Gas reading (symbol) Alarm name Log on/off...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Blanking Table 1 Gas reading resolution. Range Resolution 0.01 0.00 to 4.99 5.0 to 49.9 50 and above Gas Alarm Indicators Danger Warning Caution only Table 2 Alarm indicators. Alarm Name Priority (ranking) Indicator Highest Alarm type = “HIGH”...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Date and Time Display Background Buttons Figure 12 Data log control button Operation and Maintenance Manual Rev-C Apr 2020...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Main Menu D16 menu backgrounds are dark, but appear light throughout this manual to improve readability. Display Brightness Figure 13 Adjusting brightness by swiping. Operation and Maintenance Manual Rev-C Apr 2020...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Main Display Appearance Figure 14 Meter styles - Normal (a), and % FS (b). types levels Table 5 Alarm setting rules for “Normal” meter presentation. Rules Comments Danger Alarm Type = High Typical of toxic gas sensors.
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Menu Timeout Sleep Mode This mode of operation should not be used when alarms are disabled. Troubles Operation and Maintenance Manual Rev-C Apr 2020...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Configuring the Display Table 6 Configuring the display. Description Display Display Menu On the “Main Display” page, touch the “Menu” button, and then touch the “Display” button. This will present the “Display Menu” page, as shown on the right.
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PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Description Display Main Display Background On the “Display Menu” page, touch the “Main Display” button, and then touch the “Back-Color” button. The “spin” edit control will appear and display the current value, as shown on the right. Touch the up or down arrow to change the setting, then touch the “Ok”...
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PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Description Display Main Display Temp Units On the “Display Menu” page, touch the “Main Display” button, and then touch the “Temp Units” button. The “spin” edit control will appear and display the current value, as shown on the right. Touch the up or down arrow to change the setting, then touch the “Ok”...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Alarms Danger Warning Caution Table 7 Gas level alarms. Alarm Priority (Ranking) Highest Danger Alarm Middle Warning Alarm Lowest Caution Alarm Type Table 8 Gas alarm types. Alarm Type Description Gas reading the alarm level setting High Gas reading...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 The following descriptions apply to the default settings. Danger Alarm Toxic gas sensors Oxygen sensors Warning Alarm Toxic gas sensors at or above Oxygen sensors: at or below Caution Alarm Toxic gas sensors: excessive at or below Oxygen sensors...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Configuring Alarms Table 9 Configuring alarms. Description Display Alarms Menu On the “Main Display” page, touch the “Menu” button, and then touch the “Alarms” button. This will present the “Alarms Menu” page, as shown on the right.
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Data Log Microsoft Notepad Microsoft Excel Gas readings are time stamped, set the correct date and time before starting the data logger. USB Mode Figure 15 USB mode display. Operation and Maintenance Manual Rev-C Apr 2020...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Directory Structure Microsoft File Explorer Year (dir) Month (dir) Day of month (file) Figure 16 Data logger file structure. Operation and Maintenance Manual Rev-C Apr 2020...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 File Structure Microsoft Excel Device name and serial no. Date Sensor, first session. Gas name, full scale range, units of measure (part no./model no. - gas no. - serial no.) Gas readings from the sensor immediately above. Time in 24 hour format (fixed).
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Configuring the Data Logger Table 10 Configuring the data logger. Description Display Logging Menu On the “Main Display” page, touch the “Menu” button, and then touch the “Logging” button. This will present the “Logging Menu” page, as shown on the right.
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Pump Proper flow should be verified before use. Pump Status CHECK FLOW Figure 18 Pump status on “Main Display”. PUMP OFF Operation and Maintenance Manual Rev-C Apr 2020...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Configuring the Pump Table 11 Configuring the pump. Description Display Pump Control Page On the “Main Display” page, touch the “Menu” button, and then touch the “Pump” button. This will present the “Pump Control” page, as shown on the right.
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Sensor automatically turn power off after 5 minutes Model No - Part No – Serial No Hw Rev/Sw Rev Full scale range, Units of measure, Gas Name Range lower limit - Range upper limit Figure 19 Sensor Information page.
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Range Table 12 Gas reading resolution. Range Resolution 0.00 to 4.99 5.0 to 49.9 50 and above Blanking “ ” Operation and Maintenance Manual Rev-C Apr 2020...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Averaging after Configuring the Sensor Table 13 Configuring the sensor. Description Display Sensor Menu Page On the “Main Display” page, touch the “Menu” button, and then touch the “Sensor” button. This will present the “Sensor Menu” page, as shown on the right.
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PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Description Display Blanking On the “Sensor Menu” page, touch the “Blanking” button. The numeric keypad control will appear and display the current value, as shown on the right. Use the keypad to enter the new value, and then touch the “Ok”...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Calibration “Zero” must be done before “Span”. Factory Calibration Services Operation and Maintenance Manual Rev-C Apr 2020...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Owner Calibrations Pressurized Gas Sources Figure 20. Gas source connection. Operation and Maintenance Manual Rev-C Apr 2020...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Sensor Calibration Steps Make certain the date and time are correct on the “Main Display” Table 14. Sensor calibration steps. Description Display Sensor Cal Page On the “Main Display” page, touch the “Menu” button.
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Description Display Span Calibration Navigate to the “Sensor Cal” page (above). If using a pressurized gas source (very likely for toxic gas sensors), take note of the source gas concentration. Start the flow of gas to the sensor. When the reading has stabilized at its highest value (usually less than 10 minutes), touch the “Span”...
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PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Table 15 Viewing calibration history. Description Display Cal History Page On the “Main Display” page, touch the “Menu” button, followed by the “Sensor” button, and then touch the “Cal History” button. This will present the “Cal History”...
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PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Table 16 Viewing the Sensor Info page. Description Display Sensor Info Page On the “Main Display” page, touch the “Menu” button, followed by the “Sensor” button, and then touch the “Info” button. This will present the “Sensor Info”...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 H10 Sensor Response Times Table 17. Gas response times. Sensor Type Time to 66% Time to 90% (seconds) (seconds) XIDANT ENSORS EXCEPT YDROGEN EROXIDE MMONIA ARBON ONOXIDE YDROGEN XYGEN ITRIC XIDE HOSGENE YDROGEN HLORIDE YDROGEN...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Response Test Table 19. Gas generation methods. Target Gas Quick Test Material and Method Dry calcium hypochlorite or liquid bleach Oxidant Sensors (except H Sodium bisulfite in plastic bottle Hydrogen Peroxide Household ammonia solution Ammonia Sensor Cigarette smoke Carbon Monoxide...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 H10 Sensors and D12 or F12 Transmitters System System “About” Page LCD Revision D16-Rev-S/N Figure 21 System About page. Date and Time Auto-shutdown Operation and Maintenance Manual Rev-C Apr 2020...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Sound Default Settings Configuring System Settings Table 20 Configuring system settings. Description Display System Menu Page On the “Main Display” page, touch the “Menu” button, and then the “System” button. The “System Menu” page will appear, as shown on the right.
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PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Description Display Date MONTH/DAY/YEAR Format On the “System Menu” page, touch the “Date” button. When the “System Date” page appears, touch a button to select the corresponding date field, then touch the up and down buttons to adjust it.
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PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Description Display Auto-shutdown On the “System Menu” page, touch the “Auto Shutdown” button. The “spin” edit control will appear and display the current enable setting (“On” or “Off”), as shown on the right. Touch the up or down arrow to change the setting, then touch the “Ok”...
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PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Description Display Restore Default Settings Warning: this function will overwrite stored settings, reset the date and time, and restart the D16. On the “System Menu” page, touch the “Tools” button, and then touch the “Restore Defaults” button.
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Timed Sampling Description Operation Table 21 Timed Sampling operation. Description Display Timed Sampling Page On the “Main Display” page, touch the “Menu” button, and then touch the “Timed Sampling” button. This will present the “Timed Sampling” page.
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PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Description Display Operation On the “Timed Sampling” page, touch the “Ok” button. This will start the method and “Sampling” will appear on the display, followed by “Measuring”, and “Done”. To Clear… To clear the reading and end the method, touch the “Ok”...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Configuring Timed Sampling Table 22 Configuring Timed Sampling. Description Display Sample Time On the “Timed Sampling” page (see Table 21 above), touch the “Sample Time” button. The numeric keypad control will appear and display the current value, as shown on the right.
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 TROUBLES AND EXCEPTIONS Trouble Messages Figure 22 Trouble page. Table 23 Trouble messages and corrective actions. Trouble Message Corrective Action(s) See “General Corrective Actions” LCD bus port error LCD bus protocol error See “General Corrective Actions”...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Factory NVM1 CRC error See “General Corrective Actions” Micro-SD card file error See “General Corrective Actions” Micro-SD card h/w error See “General Corrective Actions” Power failure See “General Corrective Actions” Device uncalibrated See “General Corrective Actions”...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Other Troubles Table 25 Other troubles. Symptom Possible Cause and Corrective Action Perform “General Corrective Actions”. D16 does not start Display not working Display problems will cause a black screen at startup, which may or may not include a description of the problem, such as “Drive not mounted”.
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Symptom Possible Cause and Corrective Action USB port not working The D16 may not be able to operate from an unpowered USB hub, or a hub on the front panel of a PC. Move to a different USB port. Windows reports, “USB Driver When the D16 is first connected to a USB host, operating systems Not Installed”...
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Exception Messages Table 26 Exception messages. Exception Message Comment Sensor trouble. The sensor is missing, or a pre-existing sensor error is preventing the action from completing. No data logged. No samples have been recorded in the data logger.
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PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 Exception Message Comment Factory settings memory error. A non-volatile factory memory error occurred performing the action. Device error. A hardware component failed while performing the action. Message too long. Noise, low power, or an internal failure has caused an internal data communication error.
PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 H10 Gas Sensor Modules Table 28. H10 gas sensor modules. Min. Max. Def. Rdg Res. Gas Name Symbol Range Range Range (Min. Rng) Units Part No. Type Operation and Maintenance Manual Rev-C Apr 2020...
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PortaSens III Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16 PRODUCT WARRANTY Analytical Technology, Inc. (Manufacturer) warrants to the Customer that if any part(s) of the Manufacturer's equipment proves to be defective in materials or workmanship within the earlier of 18 months of the date of shipment or 12 months of the date of start-up, such defective parts will be repaired or replaced free of charge.
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