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LogTag Recorders TREL30-16 Product User Manual

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LogTag Recorders
TREL30-16
Ultra-Low
Temperature
Recorder with
Display
Product User Guide
Document Release Version: 1.1
Published 22. November 2020
Copyright © LogTag Recorders, 2004-2020
www.logtagrecorders.com

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  • Page 1 LogTag Recorders TREL30-16 Ultra-Low Temperature Recorder with Display Product User Guide Document Release Version: 1.1 Published 22. November 2020 Copyright © LogTag Recorders, 2004-2020 www.logtagrecorders.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Features Case Buttons Display External Probes What You Need Required Equipment Optional Items Configuring the TREL30-16 for logging Standard Configuration Options TREL30-16 Start Options Audible Alarm Alarm Configuration Options Advanced Configuration Settings Display Overview Real Time Clock Adjusting the Display Clock...
  • Page 3 TREL30-16 User Guide Reviewing Day Statistics directly on the TREL30-16 29 Trip Minimum/Maximum Temperatures Resetting the Trip Minimum/Maximum Temperatures Stopping the TREL30-16 Automatically Push-button stop Resetting the Logger Hibernating a TREL30-16 Technical Specifications Appendix 1 - Battery Replacement Appendix 2 - Glossary...
  • Page 4   for consequential loss Battery Life The main battery in the TREL30-16 is designed to power the device for up to 12 months of operation, provided:-   the device was not stored for more than 12 months prior to activation  ...
  • Page 5 This text contains important information for the correct operation of your TREL30-16. This text contains information that explains some aspects of a feature in more detail. This text contains tips that help you get the best out of your TREL30-16 logger...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    ® The LogTag TREL30-16 low temperature logger features a data logging memory storing up to 15,905 temperature readings and a separate statistical memory, storing maximum and minimum reading as well as alarm duration for each of the last 30 days.

  • Page 7: Buttons

    29 days in the past. Details of any alarm event can be checked directly on the unit by inspecting the statistics history on the logger's display or in more detail by downloading the logged data. External Probes The TREL30-16 will accept any external probe from the ST10 product range.

  • Page 8: What You Need

    Optional Items In addition to the above, following items are useful accessories:   A wallmount bracket, which can be used, for example, to attach the TREL30-16 to the side of a cabinet   A silica sand temperature buffer, which simulates environmental behaviour of a...

  • Page 9: Configuring The Trel30-16 For Logging

    Date/Time start. If your logger shows one of these screens you may skip the configuration process. The logger is unconfigured An unconfigured TREL30-16 logger is delivered to you hibernated (i.e. in a state of low power consumption), and pressing the shows:...

  • Page 10: Standard Configuration Options

    Standard Configuration Options TREL30-16 User Guide   If your logger is unconfigured you must set it up with the parameters required for:   starting and recording temperature values   triggering alarms ® This is done using LogTag Analyzer software, which can also be used for downloading and analyzing data.

  • Page 11: Trel30-16 Start Options

    (local time). You cannot combine a date/time start with pre-start readings or the start delay function. Audible Alarm The TREL30-16 is fitted with a buzzer. You can choose to activate the buzzer when an alarm event has been triggered to provide extra feedback. This is enabled or disabled in the ®...
  • Page 12 Standard Configuration Options TREL30-16 User Guide The alarm will sound once every four seconds for the first 24 hours, then sound less frequently to preserve battery life until the alarm is cleared, the unit stops or is re- configured. Note: The interval will increase, even if the alarm is re-triggered! Please see more information about re-triggering alarms in The buzzer will temporarily turn off when you are reviewing data.

  • Page 13: Alarm Configuration Options

    TREL30-16 User Guide Alarm Configuration Options The TREL30-16 can display an alarm if either of the configured alarm trigger conditions have been met. This is indicated on the display by showing the Alarm Indicator ( ) and the Day Alarm Marker for...

  • Page 14: Advanced Configuration Settings

    TREL30-16. ® Figure 2: TREL30-16 advanced configuration screen in LogTag Analyzer 3 Parameters that influence the appearance of the display are:  ...
  • Page 15 Standard Configuration Options TREL30-16 User Guide   leaving the alarm turned on, even if readings return to the normal temperature range again   allowing the user to stop the logger with the button REVIEW /MARK   allowing the user to reset the logger with the...

  • Page 16: Display Overview

    42. If the symbol is not shown while the display is turned on, the battery is still OK. ALARM/OK indicator symbol is shown as soon as the TREL30-16 has registered an alarm event.  While there are no alarms, the symbol is shown.
  • Page 17 DURATION the upper alarm limit. The word boot appears in place of the clock if new firmware is being uploaded to the TREL30-16. The word USb appears when the unit is plugged into a USB port. The word dtstappears in place of a time value if the logger is configured for a date/time start, and the start time has not yet passed.

  • Page 18: Real Time Clock

    Real Time Clock TREL30-16 User Guide Real Time Clock The time shown on the recording display is linked to the logger’s internal real time clock. A day change occurs when the display time rolls through midnight (i.e. 00:00), which triggers the statistical data to be finalized for the day, and a new day to be started when the next reading is taken.

  • Page 19: Starting The Logger

    Starting the Logger TREL30-16 User Guide Accept the hours value by pressing . The new clock value is now stored, and the display shows the normal screen. NOTE: It is advised that the real time clock is only adjusted when the product is not recording ( ) to avoid large shifts in day boundary data.
  • Page 20 TREL30-16 User Guide Once disappears, release the button within two seconds. will also READY STARTING disappear, and the symbol will be shown. The TREL30-16 now records temperature data. The logger will not start if you:   Release the button before disappears READY  ...

  • Page 21: Push Button Start With Start Delay

    The delay time is shown in hours and minutes. The time counts down and the TREL30-16 starts recording when it reaches 0:00. The timer can be cancelled and the logger reset to...
  • Page 22 Starting the Logger TREL30-16 User Guide ® Hibernating the logger using LogTag Analyzer will abort any previously configured Date/Time start.

  • Page 23: During Recording

    During Recording TREL30-16 User Guide During Recording During normal operation the display shows the most recently recorded temperature. This temperature is updated each time the logger records a reading. The current time is also displayed (in 24 hour format). A tick symbol is shown as long as no alarm event has occurred.

  • Page 24: Marking A Reading With An Inspection Mark

    The day summary has shifted by 1 day as the display time has passed through midnight (00:00). Marking a reading with an inspection mark When you press the button while the TREL30-16 is recording, the next REVIEW /MARK reading taken will be identified in the downloaded data with an inspection mark.

  • Page 25: Clearing An Alarm

    Paused Readings During configuration of the TREL30-16 you can set the option to ignore up to 15 readings for alarm and statistics calculations after either button is pressed. The readings are still shown on the graph and in the data listing, but they are labelled as paused, and their...

  • Page 26: Probe Is Disconnected

    This function is useful if the probe is permanently mounted, but you wish to take the TREL30-16 to a computer for downloading its data. Any values recorded during this time will not be taken into account when calculating statistics values or alarms.

  • Page 27: Power Save

    Pressing any button will re-activate the display. ® Power save is enabled or disabled when configuring the TREL30-16 via LogTag Analyzer in the Advanced Settings tab.

  • Page 28: Total Number Of Days Statistics Collected

    Stopped Display. Figure 4: TREL30-16 recording, showing ‘18’ days of data has been collected. Figure 5: TREL30-16 stopped, showing ‘27’ days of data has been collected. Note, this is not always the number of days the logger has collected data.

  • Page 29: Reviewing Day Statistics Directly On The Trel30-16

    Reviewing Day Statistics directly on the TREL30-16 User Guide TREL30-16 Reviewing Day Statistics directly on the TREL30-16 Historic statistics data can be accessed by pressing the button REVIEW /MARK You can review the data regardless of whether the logger is still recording, or has already stopped.
  • Page 30 Reviewing Day Statistics directly on the TREL30-16 User Guide TREL30-16   The -1 marker flashes and -01 is shown to indicate that yesterday's data is DAYS being displayed.   Yesterday, recordings above the upper threshold were recorded, indicated by the upper alarm threshold marker  ...
  • Page 31 Reviewing Day Statistics directly on the TREL30-16 User Guide TREL30-16   The duration was 1 hour 20 minutes, which was shorter than the allowed period, so no alarm event was generated.   The maximum temperature recorded on the day before yesterday was -64.8 °C.
  • Page 32 Reviewing Day Statistics directly on the TREL30-16 User Guide TREL30-16   flashes and -08 is shown to indicate that the data being displayed is DAYS from eight days ago.   Eight days ago recordings above the upper threshold were recorded, indicated by the upper alarm threshold marker  ...

  • Page 33: Trip Minimum/Maximum Temperatures

    TREL30-16 User Guide TREL30-16 Trip Minimum/Maximum Temperatures You can configure the TREL30-16 so it tracks the minimum and maximum temperatures since it started logging. This feature needs to be enabled during configuration of the logger in the Advanced Configuration Settings on page 14.
  • Page 34 Reviewing Day Statistics directly on the TREL30-16 User Guide TREL30-16   Press again to display the trip minimum temperature value. REVIEW /MARK You can only complete the next steps if you are viewing the Minimum temperature screen!   Press and hold .

  • Page 35: Stopping The Trel30-16

    LogTag Analyzer. Your distributor can supply more information about this option. Push-button stop You can configure a TREL30-16 so it can be stopped with the button. This REVIEW /MARK feature is useful when you take the logger out of a shipment and don’t want to falsify the statistics with readings taken after the shipment completion.
  • Page 36 Stopping the TREL30-16 TREL30-16 User Guide Release the button within 2 seconds. The logger will now stop taking readings. The logger will not stop if you:   Release the button before the symbol remains permanently on STOPPED   Keep holding the button for more than 2 seconds after the...

  • Page 37: Resetting The Logger

    Resetting the Logger TREL30-16 User Guide Resetting the Logger You can reset a TREL30-16 back to its original state. Once reset, recording can be READY started again. When performing this procedure all recordings and statistics stored in the logger are irrevocably deleted and cannot be recovered. Please ensure your data has been saved! All settings in the logger are retained.
  • Page 38 To use the logger again for recording data, it must be re-configured with LogTag Analyzer. A hibernated TREL30-16 can also be activated again by pressing and holding the buttons together for a period of 6 seconds. During this time the text not rdY appears and the symbol flashes.
  • Page 39 Hibernating a TREL30-16 TREL30-16 User Guide...

  • Page 40: Technical Specifications

    Technical Specifications TREL30-16 User Guide Technical Specifications Model Number TREL30-16 Temperature sensor measurement range -90  °C to +40  °C (-130  °F to +104  °F) Operating temperature range -30  °C to +60  °C (-22  °F to +140  °F) Ambient temperature range during transport -10 ...
  • Page 41 Technical Specifications TREL30-16 User Guide Environmental IEC 60529: IP61 Case material Polycarbonate Power source CR2032 3V Li-MnO coin cell, user-replaceable, non-rechargeable Typically 1 year of storage, followed by 1 year of operation Battery life based on:   6 minute logging  ...

  • Page 42: Appendix 1 - Battery Replacement

    Appendix 1 - Battery Replacement TREL30-16 User Guide Appendix 1 - Battery Replacement   Place a new CR2032 cell into the Prepare the Logger ® battery compartment as shown; the   Download the unit in LogTag right-hand edge of the battery is Analyzer to save any stored data.

  • Page 43: Appendix 2 - Glossary

    Appendix 2 - Glossary TREL30-16 User Guide Appendix 2 - Glossary Alarm Trigger Condition Combination of recorded temperature or humidity conditions that causes an Accumulative Alarm Temperature or humidity readings are alarm. This requires a threshold value, above or below the configured an activation type and a delay value.
  • Page 44 Appendix 2 - Glossary TREL30-16 User Guide Instant Alarm One single temperature or humidity reading is above or below the Tertiary Alarm The alarm threshold third closest to the configured threshold non-alarm range Latched Alert Alert that remains active even if the...

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