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- Page 1 AM8010 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide AM8010 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 0/33...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
AM8010 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide Table of Contents Package List ......................2 Important Safety Information ................2 Introduction......................4 General Operations ....................8 Mode switch setting ..................8 Battery installation ..................8 Power with external adapter and USB ............9 Sensor connection ..................9 Power on/off control ..................10 Display of measurement results ..............10... -
Page 3: Package List
1. Cool Edge USB Viewer 2. USB driver. 2 Important Safety Information AM8010 is designed to be a high accuracy temperature measurement and calibration instrument that can be used in labs and fields. Users should read and understand the following Warning to avoid electrical shoot and injuries. - Page 4 AM8010 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide Do Not operate this instrument in a wet, dusty or dirty environment This instrument together with the probe it connects is sensitive to mechanical shocks. Do not drop or slam the instrument in anyway ...
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Page 5: Introduction
AM8010 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 3 Introduction AM8010 Precision Thermometer is a high performance portable instrument. It works with various types of platinum resistance thermometer (PRT) sensors for temperature measurement. Its temperature calculation is based on ITS-90 or CVD formula. - Page 6 AM8010 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide Table 3-1: AM8010 Specifications Temperature Range -200°C to 850°C, depending on PRT used ±0.04°C @ -200°C Accuracy (meter only) ±0.03°C @ 0°C ±0.04°C @ 232°C ±0.05°C @ 420°C ±0.06°C @ 660°C ±0.07°C @ 850°C 0.01°C (0.001 Ω) over full range Resolution ±0.01°C...
- Page 7 MENU : MENU KEY, : INCREMENT KEY, : DECREMENT KEY, and : RIGHT SHIFT and RETURN KEY. The top panel of AM8010 is shown in Figure 2-2. There are three interfaces: “SENSOR”，“USB or EXT POWER” and power switch “OFF/ON”. 6/33...
- Page 8 AM8010 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide Figure 2-2: AM8010 Top Panel. A foldable tilt foot support is mounted on the back of AM8010. It helps user to put the meter in a stable position with a display angle. There is a battery cover on the back side of AM8010 Precision Thermometer.
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Page 9: General Operations
Chapter 7. The procedures to set this switch are as followings。 1. Turn off AM8010. 2. Open the battery cover at the back side of AM8010. Mode Switch, which is a sliding switch, is located besides the battery holder. -
Page 10: Power With External Adapter And Usb
3. Plug the adapter to AC 100V ~ 240V power point. Switch on the AC power 4. If AM8010 is not powered on, switch it on. If AM8010 is already powered by batteries and the power switch is on, the backlight of LCD should be on. -
Page 11: Power On/Off Control
4.5 Power on/off control The power switch is on the top penal of AM8010. It is marked with “OFF/ON” text. Users can follow the sign to turn on/off the meter. -
Page 12: Touchpad Operating
4.7 TOUCHPAD operating There are four touch keys on AM8010 front panel. These touch keys are used for scrolling up/down measurement data, or for sensor parameter adjustment and calibrations. -
Page 13: Connecting To A Computer Using Usb Interface
(see Chapter 4.3) and a link of data acquisition. A free software Cool Edge Viewer is provide with AM8010 for real time data acquisition. 5.1 Installation of USB driver to a computer... - Page 14 AM8010 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide e) Select “No, not this time” , then mouse right click on “Next”, f) Select “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)” and then mouse right click on “Next”, 13/33...
- Page 15 AM8010 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide g) Use “Browse” to find the driver in E. refer to the above figure，then mouse right click to select “Next”, h) Select “Continue Anyway”, the computer may request for another file “FTD2XX.sys”. 14/33...
- Page 16 AM8010 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide i) Use “Browse” to search E drive to find and select FTD2XX.sys，mouse right click on “OK”. After the installation, the computer should show： j) Select “Finish” to end the installation. k) The computer should show “Your new hardware is ready to use”...
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Page 17: Cool Edge Usb Viewer Software
Viewer” from the CD provided to computer desktop. b) Connect a USB cable between computer and AM8010. c) Turn on AM8010, after a few seconds, the first line of AM8010 LCD display will show “USB”. d) Double click the icon of “Cool Edge USB Viewer” on computer desktop to start the software. - Page 18 AM8010 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide f) Click on the “Start” button, the software should show the measurement data as follwings: g) Users can use the “Data Saving” function at the right side to save the data if needed. The first step is to set the sampling rate.
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Page 19: Sensor Parameters Input/Adjustment
0. Refer to ITS-90 for details). After users input/adjust the correct parameters the sensor type is displayed on the LCD of AM8010 and the parameters are used in the calculation. Note: Users need to set the parameters corresponding to the sensor to get the optimal measurement. - Page 20 2. Set the Mode Switch to Measurement Mode. Refer to 4.1Mode switch setting. 3. Power on AM8010. If a sensor is connected to AM8010， the LCD should display the measurement reading. See the flowing figure as an example. If no sensor is connected users can still set parameters of a sensor.
- Page 21 AM8010 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide SENSOR = IPRT IPRT Menu = Exit Enter = Yes 7. As illustrated in the above Figure, the first line shows the current sensor type. If the connected sensor type is different from the current setting (IPRT for example), the sensor type needs to be changed.
- Page 22 AM8010 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide PRT SETTING SET Rtp SET a SET b User can adjust Rtp, A4, B4, A, B and C in this section. MENU Press key to select and press key to go back to previous screen when adjustments are done.
- Page 23 AM8010 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide SAVE R0 100.0000 Menu = No Enter = Yes iv. The second line should blink to remind user to save the new value. If users do not want to save MENU this value, press to quit the adjustment; if users want to save this new value, press The new R0 value will be saved into the meter.
- Page 24 MENU v. Press to exit without saving. Press save the new a4 value to AM8010. The other parameters can be adjusted in the similar ways as the above. 23/33...
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Page 25: Calibrations
100.0038 ohm resistance is used as an example. It is suggested to use external power adapter or to connect the AM8010 to a USB interface on a running computer during calibration. If battery power is used make sure the batteries are not running low. - Page 26 AM8010 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide * CALIB MENU CALIBRATION Enter = Yes key，the display will show ： 2. Press Rs = 99.9999 Rt = 99.9888 3. The second line shows the internal reference Rs value (value may be different from meter to meter). The third line shows the current external standard resistor resistance reading Rt = 99.9888 ohm, which is not equal...
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Page 27: System Calibration
MENU save the new Rs. Press the key to exit without saving. After the calibration, turn off power of AM8010 and change back the Mode Switch to Measurement Mode. 7.2 System Calibration System Calibration is based on the Instrument Calibration. It is... - Page 28 AM8010 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 1. Turn off power of AM8010, make sure it is at Measurement Mode (see Chapter 4.1 for details). 2. Connect the sensor to AM8010. Power on AM8010, and put the sensor into temperature bath or fix point cells.
- Page 29 R（t）=R(0ºC)*[1+At+Bt +C(t-100)t Then C value can be calculated. 5. Key in the A，B，C and R0 to AM8010. The system calibration is done. Turn off the power after calibration. 7.2.2 Calibration of PRT (high precision 100 ohm or...
- Page 30 The sensor’s parameters a, b and c can be calculated based on the above data and formula. 5. Key in the a, b, c and Rtp into AM8010. After the parameters are saved, the system calibration is done. More details about the coefficients and temperature calculations can be found in ITS-90 standard.
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Page 31: Sensor Connector Assembly And Pin Configuration
AM8010 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 8 Sensor Connector Assembly and Pin Configuration The sensor connector is a 5-pin round connector with retention relief. The assembly drawing is shown in the following figure. Figure8-1: sensor connector assembly drawing. The pin configuration of the connector is shown as in Figure 8-2. - Page 32 AM8010 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide Table 8-1: pin configuration of 4-wire platinum sensor. Pin number Wire color Black Shield, open White Green After assembly with PRT sensors, the resistance between red and black, or white and green, should be < 2 ohm. The resistance between black/red and white/green should be around 110 ohm (for 100 ohm PRT).
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Page 33: Limited Warranty & Limitation Of Liability
The material contained in this document is provided “as is,” and is subject to being changed, without notice, in future editions. AccuMac shall not be liable for errors or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, use, or performance of this document or of any information contained herein.