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  • Page 1 AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide Table of Contents Important Notice ---- Warning................... 2 Introduction......................... 3 Main Application ....................3 Main Features...................... 3 Specifications ......................5 Specifications ...................... 5 Probe Types ......................5 User Interface ......................6 General Operations ....................7 Connecting the probes..................

  • Page 3: Important Notice

    AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide Important Notice ---- Warning  Check the position of the “Measurement/Calibration Switch” on the rear panel before turning on the device. Please refer to Figure 2. The switch must be at the measurement (left) position. Loss of calibration data will occur if the switch is at the calibration (CAL) position when the instrument is used in measurement application.

  • Page 4: Introduction

    AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 1 Introduction The AM8060 precision thermometer is a dual-channel temperature readout. It can be used as either a temperature measurement device or a temperature reference standard. It is capable of working together with various types of platinum resistance thermometers (PRTs) and can measure temperatures from two probes simultaneously.
  • Page 5 AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide  Flexible probe/sensor parameter adjustments and settings.  USB interface for transmitting and saving real time temperature data.  Wireless real time temperature data capturing with optional external wireless module.  Real time temperature data capturing and saving to flash drive.

  • Page 6: Specifications

    AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 2 Specifications 2.1 Specifications  Temperature range：-200 ºC ~ 850 ºC  Resolution：0.001 ºC  Accuracy： 25Ω standard platinum 100Ω standard or industrial temperature probe platinum temperature probe ±0.01 ºC @ -196 ºC ±0.010 ºC @ -200 ºC ±0.008 ºC @ 0 ºC...

  • Page 7: User Interface

    AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 3 User Interface Front Panel ： Display Main Menu U Drive recording Start/Stop button Left key Value Adj Right/Return Key Figure 1: Front Panel. Rear Panel： Probe 1(S1) terminals AC Power Inlet/Switch U Drive Interface USB...

  • Page 8: General Operations

    4.1 Connecting the probes The AM8060 can work with one or two probes for temperature measurement. Figure 3 shows the rear panel of the AM8060. Probe 1 can be connected to terminals marked with S1, and Probe 2 to S2.
  • Page 9 Line 2, which is indicated with ‘t1’, shows the measured temperature of Probe 1 (S1). The“SPRT” at the end of the Line 2 tells the type of probe of Probe 1 (S1). The AM8060 supports two types of probes. “SPRT” indicates a 25Ω or 100 Ω...

  • Page 10: Selecting Units

    Users can select to display ºC, ºF or Ω by scrolling touch keys up or down ( 4.5 Selecting Sensors/Probes and Adjusting Parameters 4.5.1 Probe Types AM8060 can work with different types of PRTs. Users can choose probe types and input the parameters of the probes. The menu key and return/right shift key...
  • Page 11 PRT with temperature coefficient of 0.003925 Ω/Ω/°C (W >=1.11807), AM8060 will categorize the probe as “SPRT”. AM8060 calculates temperature according to ITS-90 standard platinum resistance thermometer equations.  If the probe is a standard platinum resistance thermometer, the probe will be displayed as “SPRT”.
  • Page 12 AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide Sensor 1 Setting. This is for Sensor 1 (S1) parameter adjustment. Users can select the Sensor 1 type and do parameter adjustment. Sensor 2 Setting. This is for Sensor 2 (S2) parameter adjustment. Users can select the Sensor 2 type and do parameter adjustment.
  • Page 13 AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 4.5.2.2 Press key to move the selection line with the “>” symbol to “Sensor 1 Setting”. Press key to enter the Sensor 1 setting adjustment program as shown below. The probe type can either be “IPRT” or “SPRT”.
  • Page 14 AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 4.5.2.4 If the sensor type is SPRT, the adjustable parameters are Rtp, a, b, c, a4 and b4. The details of these parameter definitions can be found from the ITS- As an example, calibration agencies provide following parameters after SPRT is calibrated: Rtp: probe’s resistance at triple point of water.
  • Page 15 AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide C: the temperature coefficient at the temperature range below 0°C. 4.5.2.5 keys can be used MENU ， ， ， together to adjust these parameters. The parameters can also be saved into the instrument. The following is the procedure of adjusting and saving the parameters of Rtp and a4 for an SPRT type probe.
  • Page 16 AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide value or press key to exit the program without MENU saving and go back to the parameter adjustment menu. 4.5.2.8 The following is a4 adjustment procedure (Continuing from step 4.5.2.4). Pressing keys to move the cursor to “>SET a4”, and then press to go into the a4 adjustment program, as seen below: The second line (a4 = -4.129934e-05) displays the current...
  • Page 17 Other parameter adjustments are similar to the above Rtp and a4 adjustment. 4.5.2.12 After all of the desired adjustments are made, users can go back to the main menu by pressing MENU multiple times until the AM8060 goes back to the main screen. 16/43...

  • Page 18: Instrument Calibration And Accuracy Adjustments

    (S1) before calibrations. To calibrate AM8060 in the range from 10 Ω to 50 Ω, R0 (Rtpw) needs to be set to 25 Ω. To calibrate AM8060 in the range from 50 Ω to 375 Ω R0 (Rtpw) needs to be set to 100 Ω.

  • Page 19: 100 Ω Calibration

    5.1.1 Turn off the power, put the measurement/calibration switch to the “CAL”side (right side). Please see Figure 3 for details. 5.1.2 After turning on the power，AM8060 shows the calibration main menu. It can be seen that there are two calibrations required: 100 Ohm CALIBRATION and 25 Ohm CALIBRATION.
  • Page 20 AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide * 100 Ohm CALIBRATION ------------------------------------------- Connect a 100 Ohm Standard Resistor and Press Enter Menu= Exit Enter = Yes 5.1.4 The instrument will show the phrase “Connect a 100 Ohm Standard Resistor and Press Enter” to indicate that a 100 Ω...

  • Page 21: Ω Calibration

    AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide users can adjust the value by using keys. The adjusted result will appear like the picture below: * 100 Ohm CALIBRATION 100R Rs = 100.0038 Rt = 100.0038 Menu= Exit <^v>=Adj 5.1.7 It is required to wait for 10 seconds for the data to be stable.
  • Page 22 AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide ensure the measurement/calibration switch at the rear panel is moved to the “CAL” side (right side), as shown in Figure 3. 5.2.2 Choose the 25 Ohm CALIBRATION under main menu (*CALIBRATION MENU*) by touching key to move the “>”...
  • Page 23 AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide resistance is calculated, and the following message will appear: * 25 Ohm CALIBRATION 25R Rs = 25.9977 Rt =25.0000 Menu= Exit Enter = Yes 5.2.6 The value on the third line is the parameter to be adjusted and this value must match the standard resistance of the 25Ω...

  • Page 24: Reset The Measurement/Calibration Switch After Calibration

    AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide touch the key, and the third line of data will blink to MENU indicate the option to save. 5.2.8 To save this calibration, press and hold the key and then press the key. This will save the calibration data to the instrument, and the program will go back to the main menu (*CALIBRATION MENU*)；If users DO NOT want to...

  • Page 25: Wireless Data Acquisition

    6 Wireless Data Acquisition The AM8060 precision thermometer can transmit temperature data through a wireless transmission module. Free software for this feature is included with the AM8060. To transmit data wirelessly, users will need the followings:  AM8060-W, precision thermometer with embedded wireless function.
  • Page 26 5) After the installation of the USB driver the user will need to install the free software on the CD included with the AM8060. Insert the CD into the computer’s CDROM drive and copy the file named CDrN_2xAir_Reader.exe to the computer.
  • Page 27 Base RF OK” and “Wireless Remote OK” to confirm the wireless connection. The value after “ADDR” shows the wireless address of the AM8060. The value after “RSSI” is the wireless signal strength, which will not display until the user clicks on “Start”. The RSSI should be greater than -99dBm.
  • Page 28 AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide CDrN_2xAir_Reader should also show the signal strength, as seen below: 9) The wireless data acquisition can be halted by clicking on “Stop”, or by clicking on “Exit” to quit the program. The default setting for a sampling period is 1 second.
  • Page 29 AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide when the sampling is stopped. The data sampling can be restarted after the modification. Users can save data by clicking on “Start”，and then clicking on the “REC” button. The captured temperature data is saved into “Air_data.txt”, and the phrase “Recording…”...
  • Page 30 AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide Time t1(C) t2(C) t1-t2(C) 16:23:19 -4.526 -84.456 79.930 16:23:20 -4.526 -84.456 79.930 16:23:21 -4.526 -84.456 79.930 end recording Time t1(C) t2(C) t1-t2(C) 10:48:45 -4.526 -84.456 79.930 10:48:49 -4.526 -84.456 79.930 end recording The first column indicates the sampling time, which should be same as the computer time.

  • Page 31: Using A Flash Drive （ U Disk ） For Data Acquisition

    USB flash drive. There is a USB port on the rear panel of the AM8060 which can be used to store the measured temperature data to a flash drive. Any flash drive with size lower than 4 gigabytes can be connected to the “UDrive”...
  • Page 32 The saved file name is U2DATA.txt. 5) If users want to stop the data saving, just press on the front panel. AM8060 will produce a short beep and the LED above key will be turned off to indicate the process has been halted.
  • Page 33 1 and 65,535. The instructions for this are as follows: A. When AM8060 is in a normal working state, press MENU and then hold key for 3 seconds.
  • Page 34 N value. For example，the above picture shows the new N value as 9, which means the AM8060 will save data to the file every 9x1.21 seconds. To save this value, press and hold key and then press key.
  • Page 35 AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide F. After the adjustment, press multiple times until the MENU AM8060 returns to its normal working state. Note: The parameter adjustments should only be performed while the flash drive is not in the data saving process. 34/43...

  • Page 36: Using The Usb Interface For Data Acquisition

    The following section describes the process of setting up a USB temperature data acquisition system: 1) Connect a USB cable to the USB (USB B type) port at the rear panel of the AM8060 digital thermometer to a computer. USB Cable...
  • Page 37 AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide a. Copy the file “CDRN_USBx2_Reader.exe” from the attached CD to the computer’s desktop. b. Double click on “CDRN_USBx2_Reader” to start the software. The following screen will appear： c. The measurement can be started by clicking on “Start”, stopped by clicking on “Stop”, or quit by...
  • Page 38 AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide required, users can adjust the value in the box. Any adjustment must be done when the measurement is in the “Stop” state as shown in the figure above. To save the captured temperature data, click on “Start”. The temperature data should be displayed with a blinking tick mark to indicate the data capturing, then users can click on “REC”...
  • Page 39 AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide Time t1(C) t2(C) t1-t2(C) 23:50:57 -4.524 +529.476 -534.000 23:51:00 -4.524 +529.475 -533.999 23:51:03 -4.524 +529.475 -533.999 end recording 38/43...

  • Page 40: Appendix: Installation Of Usb Driver

    The installation of USB drivers are required the first time these instruments are connected to a computer. The USB drivers for the AM8060 precision thermometer and Wireless Transceiver are the same. The following steps describe the installation process: 1.
  • Page 41 AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 2. Put the attached CD into the CDROM drive，and then select the “No, not this time” button and click on “Next”. 3. Select “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)” and then click “Next”.
  • Page 42 AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 4. Click “Browse” to select the CD drive containing the attached CD (in this example, the CDROM drive is E:), then click “Next”. 5. Select “Continue Anyway”. The computer will search for another file, called “FTD2XX.sys”.
  • Page 43 AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 7. Click “Finish” to end the installation. 8. The computer will display a message saying, “Your new hardware is ready to use” to indicate the USB drivers are correctly installed. 42/43...

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