Important Notice Please check that your Linkam equipment has not been damaged during transport. If there is any evidence of external damage DO NOT SWITCH ON ANY ELECTRICAL ITEMS. Contact LINKAM SCIENTIFIC or their appointed distributor immediately. Your warranty maybe impaired if Linkam is not informed of any transport damage within 7 days of delivery.
80% relative humidity at 31°C decreasing linearly to 50% at 40°C (without condensation) CI94 Equipment Ratings A.C.Mains Supply: 90 - 264 ~ A.C.Frequency: 47 - 63 Hz Max current: Fuse: 2.5A (F) 250V~ Fuse must be replaced by one of the same type and rating. Page 5 CI 94 Manual...
Safety Precautions Read all of this guide before using the equipment. Save these instructions for later use. Follow all warnings and instructions which may be placed on the programmer or stage. If for any reason the mains fuse needs to be replaced then it must be replaced by one of the same type and rating as shown in the equipment ratings.
The Linksys temperature control software enables extremely accurate and complex temperature profiles to to be carried out and can be linked with the Linkam Real Time Video Measurement software so that temperature control information can be in laid upon digitally captured images. Page 7 CI 94 Manual...
Various Cables and Connections Stage Lead This’D’type end of the cable plugs into the socket on the back of the CI94 marked, ‘Stage Lead’. Screw in the connector so that it does not dislodge accidentally during a profile. The stage lead is specific to the stage, it carries information in the connector that tells the programmer which stage is connected.
Expansion port (Not Used with CI94) I/O port for remote control RS232 communication cable to PC Power cable Mode Switch for Rateloading upgrades C communication between programmer and other electronic Linkam products e.g LNP, VTO On/Off Power Switch Page 9 CI 94 Manual...
Front Panel Controller Buttons DOWN Move down a menu screen Move up a menu screen CANCEL Cancels current menu screen and drops down to previous set of menus ENTER Selects menu option or moves up to next set of menus. Also exits a profile if software control is lost due to crash or RS232 cable loosing its connection.
This contains the menu ‘Instrument Cal’ which re-linearises the on-board resistor. The ‘Stage/mod setup’ menu allows the chip in the stage lead to be reprogrammed without the unit need- ing to be returned to Linkam. RS232 Page 11 CI 94 Manual...
This menu allows you to set the speed of the RS232 port if creating your own control software. It also allows you to set parity. Contact Linkam for ‘Serial Comms’ manual. Display contrast This menu allows you to set the contrast of the screen from 1 to 9. Working with the Setup Menus When the CI94 is switched on the display automatically scrolls through five screens.
Unit details Ver 1.0 15-01-01 DOWN ENTER FDCS VER 1.0 Options Fitted DOWN ENTER Serial Number 0102-008-0001 DOWN ENTER Ver 1.1 14-04-00 Hardware version ENTER CANCEL Display in mBar Vacuum Units DOWN CANCEL Display in Torr Page 13 CI 94 Manual...
SETUP MENU OPTION INFO OR SELECT Sample Cal DOWN Unit details DOWN Vacuum Units DOWN ENTER ENTER CANCEL Vstg + Istg Test Modes Sample Cal The screen will scroll through start DOWN messages and then alternate between ENTER the temperature values and the Vstg + Istg values CANCEL DOWN...
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DOWN Electronic Cal DOWN ENTER (See Section ‘Setup Menus Explained’) 9600 baud RS232 Port ENTER Contrast > 6 DOWN ENTER ENTER ENTER Contrast = 5 Display contrast Contrast > 5 DOWN ENTER Contrast > 4 Page 15 CI 94 Manual...
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INFO OR SELECT SETUP MENU OPTION Sample Cal DOWN Unit details DOWN Vacuum Units DOWN Test Modes DOWN Electronic Cal DOWN RS232 Port DOWN Display contrast Temp to 0.01°C DOWN ENTER Temp resolution Temp to 0.1°C CI94 Manual Page 16...
Type in the rate of heating, the limit and the time to hold the limit temperature in each ramp of the profile. Right click your mouse on the last ramp in the table to ‘Set the End Row’ Page 17 CI 94 Manual...
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Press the start button to start the profile as entered in the Profile Table Start and Stop buttons You can override the Temperature Profile table by either highlighting the rate, limit and hold info in the temperature control panel (shown to the right), and simply typ- Nudge controls ing the value you require, or you can use the nudge buttons found to the right of the val-...
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