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.

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You can display the word “FAIL” or “PASS”; the setting is done in the “DISPLAY” menu.
Note: This eature allows activating a TOR output on the 15 pins connector on the side o your
device. The setting is done through the IN/OUT menu. (You can by example send a STOP signal to a
motorized test stand)
Note: I only one threshold is necessary, max value or example, enter the max or min capacity o the
sensor or the second threshold value.
2. Display
Exit by pressing the “M” button to save your parameters.
From this menu you can entirely set the main screen.
FAIL when the current
value is inside the
faulty zone
Display the position of the
value according to the
specified threshold
DISPLAY
LINE1
LINE2
SIGN
DECIMA
BARGR
GONOGO
DIRECT
AUTOFF
MENU
TDX

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CAUTION: i Auto-o displays NO, we advise you to use the orce gauge with the charger to avoid
the measuring process being interrupted because o low battery condition.
3. IN / OUT
The Centor EASY orce gauge is equipped with a SubD15 pins
connector on the side. You can use this connector to connect it to an
external device in order to communicate. (See the appendix or pin
numbers). You can either:
•Pedal: input to per orm an action to the orce gauge
•Top1: output sending signal 0 or 1 when threshold is
reached
•Anal: analogue output at 100Hz on 10bits
•Digi: digimatic output, by example or printer
•RS232: input/output sending current values continuously,
per request (pressing TDX button) or per computer action
Menu Ch ices Descripti n
Pedal TAR, MAX, TDX
Set the action o the pedal.
It use a
substitute
to the acti
on
o pressing a ront panel button : ZERO (TAR), MAX or TDX
T p1 O, F, I+, I-, M+, M- Set the signal type sent through the TOR output :
positive impulsion (I+), negative impulsion (I-), Change
to positive state (M+) change to negative state (M-),
Open (O), Closed (F)
Anal INT, NO Active or de-active the analog output
Digi NO, VLI, MXI, MNI
Active the Digimatic output and set the value : current
value (VLI), maximum (MXI, minimum (MNI)
RS232 NO, IMP, CON Set the RS232 output and its type : continuous or per
request imp (pressing TDX on the ront panel button)
Menu Ch ice Descripti n
LINE 1 VLI, MXI, MNI Set the display o the irst line 1 : current value (VLI),
Maximum (MXI), Minimum (MNI)
LINE 2 NO, VLI, MXI, MNI
Set the display o the second line 2 : None (NO), current
value (VLI), Maximum (MXI), Minimum (MNI)
SIGN NO, TRA, COM Set i the sign is displayed and i yes the direction o the
positive sign : tensile (TRA) or compression (COM)
DECIMA 0,1, 2, 3, 4 Number o decimals
BARGRA YES, NO Display the bar graph or not
GONOGO NO, PAS, FAI Display or not the word PASS or FAIL when the limit is
reached
DIRECT H, B determines the direction o display, caution: the ront
panel buttons are not a ected by this parameter
AUTOFF NO, 5, 10, 15 Determines i orce gauge stops i no button is
activated a ter 5, 10, 15 min.
INPUTS
Pedal
OUTPUTS
Top1
Anal
Digi
RS232
MENU
TDX

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4. RS232
The irst part o the screen de ines the parameters o RS232
communication and can be modi ied via  and  buttons.
They must be identical to your computer settings.
Menu Ch ices Descripti n
Bds 2400, 4800, 9600,
19200
Speed o
the RS232
connexion.
Par SANS, PAIR,
IMPAIR
Parity
Bits INT, NON Activate or de-activate the
analogue output
Digi 8 Number o bits
St p 1, 2 Number o stop bits
The second part de ines the characters sequence sent:
Menu Ch ice Descripti n
Demand F
Current Value
P maximum
V minimum
C Inactive
T Last 100 values in memory
W Inactive
A Inactive
The last part de ines the accessories data that you can send:
Menu Ch ice Descripti n
CR YES, NO
Send a carriage return
LF YES, NO Send a newline
Sign YES, NO send the sign o the value
Unit YES, NO send the unit
DatH ur YES, NO Send the date and hour o the value
RS232 I/O
Bds
Par
Bits
Stop
Demand
CR
LF
Sign
Unit
DatHour
MENU TDX

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5. Statistics and mem ry
The Centor Easy has a mode called “Statistical” allowing to per orm a series a measurements and get
quickly the mean and standard deviation.
a. Limitati n
The memory o the orce gauge is limited to 100 measurements; beyond it will be necessary to clear
the irst results to be able to add new ones.
b. Access
Access to this mode by: pressing “M” button, moving the cursor down to reach the line called
“STATS” and entering the sub-menu by pressing the right arrow TDX button.
c. Display
I no action has been carried out on SATS submenu, the screen allows you
to con igure three parameters:
•Mes/Samp: Number o measurement per sample
•Oper: Personal ID number o the operator
•Unit: Measurement unit
I measurements are saved in the memory, those three parameters are
no longer available. The only way to access it again is by clearing the
memory.
I measurements are saved, they are displayed at the bottom o the page,
the cursor can move in the table.
The displayed data are as ollow:
•The irst number indicated the sample number, the second
number is the measure itsel
•I your samples contains more than one measurement (see
parameter (Mes/Sample) so you have multiple rows with the
same sample number
Also 3 statistical calculations are displayed:
•Mea: Average o the series o measurements
•StDev: standard deviation o the series o measurements
•S/M: Standard deviation divided by the average
d. P ssible acti ns
I no data are saved, you can con igure the three parameters described above. To do so place the
cursor on the parameter and change the settings with the le t and right button
I data are saved, you can:
•Review the result, moving the cursor in the table: up and down keys
•Delete the selected sample or the entire series: le t button (ZERO)
•Send data : right button (TDX)
Mes/Samp 1
Oper. 01
Unit N
Mes/Samp 1
Oper. 01
Unit N
ST ATS
Samp
Mea
StDev
S/M
001 +x.xxx
002 +x.xxx
003 +x.xxx

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e. Erasing Pr cedure
Press the le t button (ZERO) to erase the selected sample or the complete
set o measurements. I your sample includes several measures, they will
be all deleted.
A sub menu is displayed, asking what need to be deleted:
•Clear the selected sample: le t (ZERO)
•Clear the entire series: M button
•Do not erase: X button
Note: It is strictly impossible to recover deleted data
f. Switch t the measure m de
To start recording your measurements and using the statistical mode o the maximum values, press
the X butt n and you will go directly to the measurement mode.
Press the M key to return to the main menu o the Centor without saving.
g. Measuring M de
The measurement is per ormed by applying a orce to the pressure sensor
Centor. At any time the maximum is displayed in large characters on line
1. You can i you wish, display the current value instead o the maximum
by pressing the top button (MAX).
When a measurement was made press right (TDX) to validate and save or
le t button (ZERO) to cancel and delete.
Once the measurement is recorded or deleted, the device is ready to
per orm a new measurement.
When you reach the maximum o 100 values, pressing the right key (TDX)
no longer has any e ect and a warning s is displayed. The memory is ull.
Note that unlike the conventional use o the Centor unit is locked and will
remain as you have set throughout your measurements. By pressing the
UNIT key will have no e ect.
h. Return t the STATS menu
To return to the STATS sub menu and displayed the results, press the M button.
Note: I you turn OFF the device will using the STATS mode, he will remains in the same mode when
turn it back ON, and pressing the M key will display the STAT sub menu.
ER ASE?
M: ALL
<: SAMPLE
X: C ANCEL

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6. System
The ollowing settings can be set: Date, Hour and Language
Version of the internal
force gauge
Date of the day
Language
Serial number Hour of he day
Due date of the next
calibration

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VI. Ass ciated pr ducts
1. Manual r m t rised test stands
To ensure a precise measurement, it is important that your CENTOR orce gauge is placed in the axis
o the orce throughout the test. To ensure this placement is correct, ANDILOG and ANDILOG
TECHNOLOGIES have developed a complete range o simple and sophisticated test stands.
These are manual or motorised test stands, some o them being computer-controlled.
I you want more in ormation about test stands, contact your ANDILOG TECHNOLOGIES dealer or
visit our web site www.andilog.com.
2. Gripping access ries
ANDILOG TECHNOLOGIES o ers a series o gripping accessories adapted to di erent tests: hooks,
plates, pliers, sel -squeezing jaws, eccentric jaws, peeling ixture, etc…
I you want to receive our catalogue, contact your ANDILOG TECHNOLOGIES dealer.
3. Acquisiti n s ftware
ANDILOG TECHNOLOGIES has developed several programs to save and analyse values.
You want to analyse values on a chart: RSIC so tware has been developed to this.
You want to capture the values graph and use graphics tools: CALIGRAF so tware goes urther in tests
analysis.
4. Interface Cables
Several inter ace cables can be used with CENTOR Easy orce gauge:
External pedal: allows simulation o a keyboard button
Cable or analogue link (with male- emale plugs): links your gauge to another system
Cable or Digimatic link: connect your gauge to a statistical printer
Cable or RS232 link: connect your gauge to a computer using the RS232 output

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VII. Appendices
1. Key acti n
Butt n Measure M de Menu M de
ON/Off Turn On & O your device Turn On & O your device
M Access to the menu mode Exit and Save
O Backlight Backlight
X Inactive Exit without saving
MAX Change the value displayed on
line 2
Up
TDX Send data through RS232 or
save data to the STAT mode
Right
UNIT Change the measurement unit Down
ZERO Zeroing the orce gauge Le t
2. Save and l ad a setting
You can store a con iguration, and reload it at any time. To do so, press the M key to go to the Menu
mode then:
•Press ZERO and M to save the con iguration
•Press TDX and M to reload the saved con iguration
•Press X and M to load the actory con iguration
3. Err r Messages
The AUTOTEST screen displays i :
•The device detects a minor or major de ault when it starts
•In the SYSTEM sub menu, by pressing the keys: M and MAX
a. Minor de aults
•Low battery level
•Calibration is due
•Backup battery is out o order
Press the MAX key to continue
b. Major de aults
•Load cell is out o order: “O ” value is higher than 3%
•Counter o overload reach its maximum value: “OVERL” value is higher than 10
•Internal error
Please contact ANDILOG

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4. Fact ry Settings
Feature Value
LIMITS
Chanel NO
DISPLAY
LINE1 VLI
LINE2 MXI
SIGN TRA
DECIMA 4
BARG YES
RAFF N
DIRECT H
AUTOFF 10
IN/OUT
PEDALE RAZ
TOP1 F
ANAL NO
DIGI NO
RS232 NO
RS232
Bds 9600
Par None
Bits 8
Stop 1
Demandd F
CR YES
LF YES
Signe YES
Unite NO
DatHeur NO

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5. C nnecti ns
Detail o connector SubD 15 points o CENTOR electronic card
PIN 1 Not connected
2 Reset To be connected to Ground or reset
3 RS232 TXD
4 RS232 RXD
5 Digimatic
6 Digimatic
7 Digimatic
8 Digimatic
9 Output Force N°1
10 Output Force N°2
11 Input Force N°1
12 Input Force pedal
13 GROUND
14 Analogue output
15 GROUND