Page 1: Table Of Contents
４．Description of Components ５．Installation ６．Settings ７．Software ８．Maintenance ９．Trouble Shooting １０．Specifications １１．After-sales Service Thank you very much for using EKO products. Before operating this system, you should first thoroughly read this manual. Keep this manual on hand to read when necessary.
Page 2: １．Safety Precautions
1 1. Safety Precautions Our products are designed and manufactured in consideration of safety, however, they would invite unexpected accident according to the circumstances of users. You should thoroughly read this manual and operate the system according to the directions. Warnings/Cautions Neglecting this sign will invite serious or fatal accidents.
Page 3: Contents
Contents 2 2. 1. Safety Precautions 2. Contents 3. General Description 3-1 . G en e ral D e s c ri pt i on 3-2 . Ch a ra ct e ri st i c s 3-3 . Bl o ck Di ag ra m 4.
Page 4: ３．General Description
3 -1 . G e nera l D e s cr ip t io n Sky Scanner MS-321LR is designed to measure Luminance and radiance of 145 points of sky hemisphere. The sensor with aperture angle at 11 degrees and the tracker having two-axis control measure distribution of both luminance and radiance.
Page 5: ４．Description Of Components
4 4. Description of Components List 1 shows the names and functions of each section. See Figure 2. List 1. Names and functions of each parts Name Function ① Optical Sensor It measures both luminance and radiance at each point. ②...
Page 6: ５．Installation
② ③ ① ⑤ ⑥ ⑪ ⑧ ⑩ ⑨ ④ ⑥ ⑦ ⑫ ⑬ Figure 2. Names and functions of each section 5 5. Installation 5 -1 . Lo ca t io n １ Total weight of Sky Scanner is 14kg. Place Sky Scanner on the stable installation base that carries a load of 14kg.
Page 7: In S T Al L At I On
5 -2 . I ns t a ll a t io n １ Put Sky Scanner on the installation base in the right direction. You must direct the base with a level should to True-North. True-North is a direction to the Astronomical North Pole. The North pointed by magnetic needle of compass is called magnetic north.
Page 8: C On N E Cti On
5 -3 . Co nn e c t io n １ Connect sensor connector on the sensor’s side to sensor connector on the tracker’s side by using the attached cable. Make sure the cables are routed with sufficient length when Sky Scanner is running. Avoid cable from wrapping around, getting tangle or putting an extra strain on the sensor.
Page 9: C On N E Ct I On O F Opt I O N Al Ex T En Si On C Abl E
RXD-(Green or Blue) ●RXD- ●FG ● 5VDC Power supply:100VAC, 50/60H AC adapter Fig.3-1 Wiring of RS422/RS232C exchanger for extended communication cable (Caution) The label of cable is a kind of the signals from MS-321LR. Fig.3-2 Figure indicating the flow of the signal...
Page 10: ６．Settings
Create a folder and name it as you like on hard disk. Copy the program files named SkyScanner.exe (hereinafter called the software) and paste them on the created folder. The CD-ROM labeled “SkyScanner MS-321LR Software SkyScanner.exe” contains this file. 7 -2 . How To U n in s ta l l To uninstall the software, delete the program files named “SkyScanner.exe”.
Page 11: Fo R Mat O F Dat A Fi L E
EXCEL of Microsoft. Figure 2 below shows format of the data. Figure 2. Format of the data files Line Contents Format (Data Example) Title Line Title, Sky Scanner MS-321LR Sky Luminance and Radiance distributions Firmware Version Firmware,1.00 Measurement Date Date,2002/12/25 Comment...
Page 12: How To U S E T H E So F T War E
7 -5 . How To U s e T h e So f t war e 1 Start-up Screen The screen as shown in the Figure. 3 will appear when stating up the software “SkyScanner.exe”. Menu Bar Tool Bar Control Bar Status Bar Figure 3.
Page 13 ２ Menu Bar List. 3 shows all the command, shortcut key and functions that can be designated from the menu bar. List 3. The Commands executed from the menu bar Menu Command (1) Command Short Function cut Key File(F) Measurement(N) Ctrl+ It opens measurement window.
Page 14 Display Format(F) Value+ Ctrl+ limits display Color(B) measurement explore window to distributions of color and text. Measur Setting(P) opens dialog ement measurement setting. Start manual It starts manual measurement. measurement(M) Start automatic starts automatic measurement(A) measurement. Setting automatic measurement is subject to dialog of measurement setting.
Page 15 ４ Control Bar The following control bars are prepared as shown in Figure 5. ①Date : Measurement date of data displayed on the active windows. ① ②Time : Measurement time of data displayed on the active windows. ② Time of data displaying the distribution of measurement value will be displayed in reversed style.
Page 16 Figure 6. Measurement setting dialog List 4. Values of measurement setting dialog Display Type Description Data folder Textbox It selects a folder to store data. Browse… Button Click this button before selecting a folder to store data. Then the dialog ”Reference of folder” will be displayed and you can easily input folder to store data.
Page 17 Figure 7. Edit screen of calibration value Input calibration value of luminance sensor in the upper box and a value of radiance sensor in the lower box. If you click “OK”, calibration value will be stored as a new one. You can go back to the previous screen by clicking “Cancel”.
Page 18 (5)Manual Measurement Select “Measurement(0)-Start manual measurement” from the file menu to carry out manual measurement. You can also start manual measurement by clicking ⑬ tool button of the tool bar. Measurement value will be displayed in real time as shown in Figure 8.
Page 19 (7) Stop Measurement Select “Measurement (O)-Stop(S) from the file menu to stop measurement. Also Figure.9 can be displayed by clicking ⑮tool button of the tool bar as shown in Figure. 4. Click the appropriate button according to the instructions. Figure 9. Screen for stop measurement (8) Others You can select from among “only luminance”, “only radiance”, “luminance and radiance”, “only distribution of color”, “only distribution of text”...
Page 20 ６ How to display the data (1) Start up the software Start up “SkyScanner.exe”. (2) Open data file Select “File(F)-Open(O)” to open data file. You can also specify a name of data file by clicking ②tool button of the tool bar. The window will be opened and the data will be displayed as shown in Figure 10.
Page 21 (4) Check data information The channel number and measurement value will be displayed when you click the cell on the distribution display of the window. Figure 11 shows the descriptions of control bar. ① ①Date ：Measurement date of data displayed on active windows ②...
Page 22: Maintenance
8 8. Maintenance 8 -1 . D a i ly M ai n t e na n ce The following asks should be carried out at the stated running-time intervals. Perform every inspection after stopping measurement of Sky Scanner. １ Check the leveling and direction of the tracker.
Page 23: Specifications
10 10. Specifications 1 0 -1 . Sp e c if i ca t io n s Hardware Scanning time within 4.5 minutes Total 145 points for both radiance and luminance Scanning method Stepwise Scanning point Scan the following 145 points Altitude Angular width of Azimuth...
Page 24 Sensor (common) A/D conversion 16bit Sampling method In order to eliminate noise of power, it performs sampling for 20 times within 1 cycle of power frequency. It obtains the average value of 5 cycles and takes it one datum. Size 75(φ...
Page 25: Li St O F Stan Da Rd Equ I Pm En T
AC100 – 240V 50/60Hz Ground 1 0 -2 . L i s t of S ta nd ard E qu ip m e n t Standard equipment of MS-321LR is shown below. MS-321LR is not packed with options List of Standard Supply Equipment...
Page 26: After-Sales Service
After-sales service See the earlier section "9. Fault Finding " before requesting repair. Con t a ct A dd re s s If you have any questions-feel free to call, fax or e-mail to EKO or your local distributor: EKO INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD.
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