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Installation & Maintenance Instructions
ALICAT SCIENTIFIC
MC-Series Laminar Mass Flow Controller
Precision Gas Mass Flow Controllers
The Fastest Flow Controller Company in the World!
Operating Manual
MC-Series MCS-Series
MCR-Series
WHISPER
MCV-Series
04/14/2016 Rev.40 DOC-ALIMAN16C
RECALIBRATION
Your Alicat instrument is a precision device and Alicat strongly
recommends that you send it to us on a yearly basis for recalibration.
A yearly recalibration does a few things:
►It insures that your unit is functioning according to specication.
►Contamination may cause the instrument to measure ow
improperly. Recalibration insures the instrument is clean and free
from debris.
►Recalibration maintains your LIFETIME WARRANTY!
Sending your unit for recalibration is easy and inexpensive. Recalibrations
are usually shipped within ve days of receipt, so it’s fast too.
Please keep the original box to return your Alicat instrument for recalibration.
For more information regarding recalibration see page 53.
ACCESSORIES
Now that you have your Alicat instrument are you sure you’ve got
everything you need? Alicat accessories can make your job easier.
Many of our customers also order:
►Power Supplies — A universal wall power supply that makes it easy
to power your Alicat unit just about anywhere in the world.
►BB9 — Alicat’s multi-drop box that allows easy connection of up to
nine Alicat instruments to a single USB, RS-232 or RS-485 port.
►MD8DB9 — An RS-232 to 8 pin Mini-DIN cable to connect your
Alicat instrument to a computer. A variety of other cables are also
available.
►FlowVision™ SC — A GUI basedWindows®program that allows easy
computer access and control for one or multiple Alicat instruments.
►Fittings and lters — Keep your instrument properly connected to
your process and free from harmful contamination.
See pages 57 - 60 for a complete description and list of Alicat accessories.
FULL TECHNICAL SUPPORT | LIFETIME WARRANTY
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Eight Pin Mini-DIN Pin-Out
Locking Industrial Connector Pin-Out
DB9 Pin-Out Diagrams
DB15 Pin-Out Diagrams
GETTING STARTED
MOUNTING
Control Valve 8 Pin MiniDIN
Display Screen
Power Jack
PLUMBING
from entering the measurement head of the instrument. Suggested maximum
PRESSURE
MCP
CAUTION!
POWER AND SIGNAL CONNECTIONS
Small Valve
Large Valve
Standard 8 Pin Mini-DIN Pin-Out
Pin Mini-DIN
3
4
CAUTION!
1 2
3 4 5
6 7 8
INPUT SIGNALS
Analog Input Signal
76
543
21
8
5.12 Vdc
50 KOhm
Potentiometer
0-5 Vdc
CAUTION!
9876
9876
15 3 24 1 532 4
1
876
5
4
3
2
3 3
OUTPUT SIGNALS
CAUTION!
CAUTION!
5
3
2
Purple
Red
Yellow
Purple
Red
Yellow
54321
9876
Unit C
Unit B
Unit A
Female Serial Cable Front
Purple (Ground)
Red
Yellow
GREEN
WHITE
RED
YELLOW
TFT
Meter or
Gauge
Small Valve
Controller
Large Valve
Controller
#C
+21.50
+0.00
CCM MENU/
TOTAL
SETPT
0.000
SCCM
Air
PSIA
+13.60
+0.00
SCCM
Main
+0.00
SETPT
0123.4
MENU/
MAIN
SCCM
+123.4
TOTAL/
TIMER
REMAIN RESET
2:05 h:m:s
00123.45
Scm3
Main
MENU
Select Menu
TOTAL
MENU
Select Menu
DISPLAYS AND MENUS
Main
Select Menu
Select Menu
MAIN
CONTROL
SETUP
RS232
COMM
MFG
DATA
MAIN
MISC
GAS
SELECT
Select Menu
MAIN
PSIA
°C
Set PointSETPT
CCM
#C
+21.50
+0.00
CCM MENU/
TOTAL
SETPT
+0.00
SCCM
Air
PSIA
+13.60
+0.00
SCCM
DOWN
CANCEL SET
>#C
K
#F
#R
UP
+0.00
Mass Flow
SCCM
S
MENUSelect Menu
MOVVOV
POVTOV
SELECT MENU
#C
+21.50
+0.00
CCM MAIN
SETPT
0.000
SCCM
Air
PSIA
+13.60
+0.00
SCCM
MODEL
INFO
BACK MAIN
ALICAT SCIENTIFIC
Ph 520-290-6060
Fax 520-290-0109
LOOP
VAR
- ON -
AUTO
TARE PID MAIN
SETPT
SOURCE
MISC2
BACK DEVICE
UNITS MAIN
MISC1
DOWN
CANCEL SELECT
PAGE
>Recent
Standard
Factory Custom
COMPOSER User Mixes
Bioreactor
Breathing
Chromatography
Fuel
UP
BACK MAIN
UNIT ID
ABAUD
19200
SETPT
+0.00
CONTROL
SETUP
RS232
COMM
MFG
DATA
MAIN
MISC
GAS
SELECT
Select Menu + 0.00
CONTROL SETUP
Control Setup
SETPT SOURCE
IPC
SETPT set-point
FRONT PANELSETPT.
DOWN
CANCEL SET
UP
>Serial / FRONT PANEL
ANALOG
LOOP
VAR
- ON -
AUTO
TARE PID MAIN
SETPT
SOURCE SETPT
+0.0
CAUTION!
LOOP VAR
LOOP VAR
control valve upstream
See
page 20 – PID TUNING.
Contact Alicat if you are having dicules
with this procedure.
—
DOWN
CANCEL SET
UP
>Mass Flow
Volumetric Flow
Abs Pressure
LOOP
VAR
-ON-
AUTO
TARE PID MAIN
SETPT
SOURCE SETPT
+0.0
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