ANDILOG CENTOR EASY User manual

Operating Manual
CENTOR EASY Gauge
Operating Manual
CENTOR EASY
V3.39
ANDILOG Techn l gies - BP62001 - 13845 Vitrolles Cedex 9 - France
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I. Presentation................................................................................................................. 2
II. Handling....................................................................................................................... 2
III. Recommendation be ore irst use ................................................................................... 2
1. Sensor ...................................................................................................................... 2
2. Test Stand................................................................................................................. 2
3. Conditions ................................................................................................................ 3
4. Battery ..................................................................................................................... 3
IV. Presentation o your orce gauge .................................................................................... 4
1. Front panel scheme ................................................................................................... 4
2. Starting your orce Gauge ........................................................................................... 5
3. Display mode ............................................................................................................ 6
4. Zeroing..................................................................................................................... 6
5. Measure unit............................................................................................................. 7
6. Peak values ............................................................................................................... 7
7. Backlit ...................................................................................................................... 7
V. Advanced eatures ........................................................................................................ 8
1. Limits ....................................................................................................................... 9
2. Display ....................................................................................................................10
3. IN / OUT ..................................................................................................................11
4. RS232......................................................................................................................12
5. Statistics and memory...............................................................................................13
6. System ....................................................................................................................15
VI. Associated products .....................................................................................................16
1. Manual or motorised test stands ................................................................................16
2. Gripping accessories .................................................................................................16
3. Acquisition so tware .................................................................................................16
4. Inter ace Cables........................................................................................................16
VII. Appendices ..............................................................................................................17
1. Key action................................................................................................................17
2. Save and load a setting..............................................................................................17
3. Error Messages.........................................................................................................17
4. Factory Settings........................................................................................................18
5. Connections.............................................................................................................19
6. Dimensions ..............................................................................................................20
Revisi n
Date
Descripti n
3.39
06.06.2016
Subd 15 I/0
Rev. 3.30
12
.
11
.2013

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I. Presentati n
Thank you or choosing the CENTOR Touch gauge manu actured by Andilog Technologies.
This orce gauge is the result o 25 years experience in orce and torque measurements with new
electronic technologies o ering a higher-per ormance and more reliable instrument.
Though it is a very comprehensive instrument, the CENTOR EASY orce gauge is easy to use. This
instruction manual will guide you to set your irst measurements.
II. Handling
CAUTION - Unpacking: Your CENTOR EASY orce gauge has been supplied in its carrying case. Check
that it has not been damaged during transportation. I you have any doubt, please contact us, and
our service support will you guide you through simple checks to ensure that the gauge has not been
damaged.
Unpacking: The CENTOR EASY orce gauge is supplied with:
•Carrying case
•Extension rod (Internal sensor only)
•Hook (Internal sensor only)
•Compression plate (Internal sensor only)
•Power plug adaptor
•Certi icate o calibration
III. Rec mmendati n bef re first use
1. Sens r
Never connect accessories (hook, plate . . .) directly to the sensor rod. Use the
extension rod delivered with your instrument.
In spite o its mechanical protection, sensor overload can damage the instrument. The
instrument stops i the capacity has been exceeded 10 times. You have to return it to
ANDILOG TECHNOLOGIES or checking.
It is important that measured values are under 90% o the sensor capacity.
2. Test Stand
The gauge can be a ixed to a test stand via two M5 screws, which should not extend through the
back cover more than 3 mm. Please contact ANDILOG Technologies i you need more in ormation or
i you need a ixture to mount your orce gauge to a test stand.

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3. C nditi ns
•Working Temperature: 0°C to +35°C
•Stock Temperature: -20°C to +45°C
•Humidity: 5% to 95%
•Altitude: 3000m
4. Battery
The battery li e is 8 hours under a normal use. The gauge should be charged a ter normal use. You
should charge it every 3 weeks, to ensure a maximum li e time o the batteries.
It is recommended to use the original power adaptor supplied by ANDILOG Technologies. The power
adaptor has the ollowing speci ications: 12V, 0.85A

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IV. Presentati n f y ur f rce gauge
1. Fr nt panel scheme
CAPACITY
DATA TRANSFER
CHANGES UNIT
CHANGES
DISPLAYED VALUE
ZEROING
ON / OFF
SETTING MENU
BACKLIGHT
CANCEL ACTION
INTERNAL SENSOR
AREA
MAIN DISPLAY
AREA
BARGRAPH
SECONDARY
DISPLAY AREA

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2. Starting y ur f rce Gauge
Press the I/O button the in ormation screen showing the status o the CENTOR orce gauge is
displayed during 5 seconds, and then the main screen is displayed.
CONNECTOR 9 PINS OFF
ON CENTOR EASY CONNECTOR 15 PINS INCLUDING INPUTS / OUTPUTS
OF CENTOR EASY
Model (EA,ST,DL)
Software
version
Date of the day
DD / MM / YYYY

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3. Display m de
We describe here the screen ollowing manu acturer settings, prepared by ANDILOG or delivery.
Note: On line 1 and line 2 you can display the ollowing:
•VLI : current value
•MXI: Maximum
•MNI: Minimum
4. Zeroing
The “ZERO” button allows or the tare. The gauge will take into consideration the weight o
accessories (hook or plate) ixed on the sensor’s rod.
Pressing this button reset all memories, especially peak values.
NOTA: When turned on the CENTOR achieves several tests, especially to check the sensor’s good
state o health. It is possible to leave tools ixed on the orce gauge, but the total weight must not
exceed 20% o the sensor’s maximum capacity.
Capacity of the
load cell
Line 1
Line 2
Measuring unit
Type of value
displayed on
line 2
Battery level
Type of value
displayed on line 1
Measuring direction
Bargraph

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5. Measure unit
To change the measure unit, just press “UNIT” button.
When the orce gauge is tooled up with an external sensor, it detects the type o sensor connected
and displays the corresponding units.
6. Peak values
The CENTOR automatically calculates peak values (maximum and minimum) and systematically
displays them on line 2. Pressing “MAX” button makes max. value, min. value and current value
successively display (as well as a calculation i it has been set).
7. Backlit
You can turn on the backlit by pressing “ ” button.
When using the orce gauge on battery, the backlit turn automatically o a ter 3 min o operating.
The total autonomy o the CENTOR will be reduced when the backlight is turned on.
When the gauge is used with the power plug, the backlight does switch o by pressing back on the
backlight button.

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V. Advanced features
CENTOR orce gauge has several unctions and settings, which makes it well adapted to the
achievement o any test.
To optimize the orce gauge operation compared to your application, we will study all the setting
possibilities herea ter.
Parameters can be set via the setting menu by pressing the “ ” button.
The setting screen appears and the keyboard unctions change:
Settings screen:
To move within the menu, uses “MAX ” and “UNIT” buttons
To select the required unction, highlights it and press the “ ►TDX” button.
To exit uses “M” button.
Save and return to
previous screen
Move the cursor in
DOWN direction
Move the curson in
RIGHT direction
Move the cursor in
LEFT direction
Move the cursor in
UP direction
Backlight
Back to previsous
screen without
saving
LIMITS : set force thresholds to beep or
display a message
DISPLAY : Screen settings
IN/OUT : set input and output of the force
gauge
RS232 : set RS232 connection
STATS : Save your data
SYSTEM : general information of your
force gauge
MENU
CENTOR
LIMITS
DISPLAY
IN/OUT
RS232
ST ATS
SYSTEM
END
TDX

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In the ollowing screens, the operating mode is the same, however, in any other screen whatever the
position o the cursor:
“X”: switches to the previous screen cancelling the modi ications.
“M”: switches to the previous screen and saving the modi ications.
Let see the orce gauge unctions one by one:
1. Limits
Thresholds allow de ining limits and actions achieved by the orce gauge when the limit value set is
reached.
From Menu, highlight “LIMITS” and select with “TDX ” button.
From this screen you can choose to activate this eature.
Display “YES” or “NO” (using TDX and ZERO buttons) to activate or
deactivate this eature.
Once the eature is activated, the parameters are displayed
In the main measuring screen, the status line is modi ied: signs <<, = , >> are displayed, they display i
the value is inside or outside the limits.
LIMITS
Chan. I NO
MENU TDX
LIMITS
Chan. I YES
UNIT N
T1: +0001
T2: 0000
DEFAULT INT
BEEP NO
TYPE VAL
MENU
TDX
UNIT : defines the unit chosen for the threshold
T1 : determines the value of first limit
T2: determines the value of the second limit
DEFAULT : defines if the faulty zone is inside or outside.
INT the default zone is in between, inside T1 and T2. EXT
the default zone will be not include in between T1 and T2
BEEP : beeping when values are in the default zone
TYPE : chooses on which value the threshold applied. VLI
current value, MAX maximum, MIN minimum.