BAFFCO BMS 210AD User manual

User Manual V. 1.1
2014
Weld Analyzer –BMS 210AD
BAFFCO
Flat 10, No. 6, Ezatipour Street,
Sattari cross Hakim highways,
1471836837, Tehran, Iran
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Contents
1. Special Notes..............................................................................................................................3
2. Packaging List .............................................................................................................................4
3. Features and Specifications.........................................................................................................5
4. Dimensions ..............................................................................................................................10
5. General Descriptions and Operation..........................................................................................12
6. Quick Start with BMS210AD......................................................................................................14
7. Operation and Setting the Instrument.......................................................................................15
7.1. Measuring AC Continuous Current .........................................................................................15
7.2. Measuring AC Pulse (Welding Current) ...................................................................................16
7.3. Measuring Rectified Current (DC) ...........................................................................................18
7.4. Measuring Electrode Force.....................................................................................................19
7.5. Measuring Continuous Force..................................................................................................22
8. History .....................................................................................................................................23
9. Maintenance ............................................................................................................................25
9.1 Force shot down the instrument........................................................................................25
9.2 Replacing internal battery .................................................................................................25
10. BMS Utility ...........................................................................................................................26
11. Calibration............................................................................................................................27
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1.Special Notes
Please avoid following locations when using the instrument:
. Location where temperature is higher than 55°C or less than 0°C
. Location with humidity over 90%
. Location where there is a radio frequency noise source
. Location where chemical substances exist.
. Location where expected frequently condensation occurs
. Dusty location
. Location exposed to direct sunlight
Table 1 Used signs definition
Risk of death or serious injury
Do Not do specified action
Dangerous voltage level for human
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2.Packaging List
. BMS210AD Instrument
. Toroid
. 9V, 1A Adaptor
. BMS Utility Installer CD
. USB Cable
. Force Probe (Optional)
. Instrument Caring Bag
. BMS210AD User Manual
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3.Features and Specifications
A) AC Welding Type Current Measurement
. Real Time Monitoring of Real RMS Current
. Three Ranges of Current Measuring:
0.5kA to 5kA
5kA to 20kA
20kA to 100kA
. Acceptance of 15 Current Pulsations as One Measuring
. Maximum Current Pulse Duration 99 Cycle
. Auto Save and Monitoring Details of each Current Pulse Including:
I_RMS
I_MAX.
Conduction Angle
Cool Time between Two Consecutive Pulse
Cycle Number
Pulse Number
. Showing Overall Results of measuring in One Page. After Each Measuring
. Archive Up to 1000 Measuring Records Including All Details
. History Page to Show Archived Records
. Setting Page to Set Bellow Parameters
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Ignoring Undesired First Cycles Current
Ignoring Undesired Last Cycles Current
Setting Maximum Acceptable Cool Time between Two Pulses
Current Range
Current Frequency
Current Type Selection: ( AC_Welding, AC_Continuous, DC )
B) AC Continuous Current Measurement
. Real Time Monitoring of Real RMS Current
. Three Ranges of Current Measuring:
0.5kA to 5kA
5kA to 20kA
20kA to 100kA
C) Rectified Current (DC) Measurement
. Real Time Monitoring of Real RMS Current
. Three Ranges of Current Measuring;
0.5kA to 5kA
5kA to 20kA
20kA to 100kA
. Acceptance of 15 Current Pulsations as a One Measuring
. Maximum Current Pulse Time Duration 4000 ms
. Auto Save and Monitoring Details of each Current Pulse Including:
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I_RMS
I_MAX.
Duration
Cool Time between Two Consecutive Pulse
Pulse Number
Duty Cycle
. Showing Overall Results of measuring in One Page after Each Measuring
. Archiving Up to 1000 Measuring Records Including All Details
. History Page to Show Archived Records
. Setting Page to Set Bellow Parameters
Ignoring Undesired First Time
Ignoring Undesired Last Time
Setting Maximum Acceptable Cool Time between Two Pulses
Current Range
D) Electrode Force Measurement
. Average of Force up to 2000 kgf depending on lode cell
. Measuring Force Applied Time
. Maximum Applied Electrode Force
. Showing All Details in One Page
. Up to 1000 Auto Saving Measured Force
. History Page to Show Saved Records with Details
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. Setting Page to Set Bellow Parameters
Ignoring Undesired First Cycles Force
Ignoring Undesired Last Cycles Force
Force Type Measuring Selection: (Impact, Continuous)
E) Continuous Force Measurement
. Real Time Monitoring of Average of Force up to 2000 kgf
F) PC Software Utility
. Archiving All Measured Current and Force Records in PC with Their Details
. Graph Results of Measured Values
. PrintResults of Measured Values with Printing Options
. Clear Internal Memory
G)General Specifications
. Very Low Power Consumption
. Using Very Fast 32 bit DSP
. Using Mathematical Algorithms to Calculate Results
. Auto Power Off
. Auto LCD Turn off
. Internal Rechargeable Battery
. 16 Hours Life Internal Battery
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. Auto Sensor (Current/Force) Detection
. Fully User Friendly Operation
. USB Port
. Light and Compact Casing
Accessories
. Toroidal Current Sensor
. Force Sensor (Optional)
. Adaptor
. Rigid Bag for Carrying Safely Equipment
. USB Cable
. Software Utility CD
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4.Dimensions
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5.General Descriptions and Operation
To Turn instrument on press and hold Power key for a second.To turn instrument off press Power key
again, device will ask you about turning off the system, select YES to response the system, then after 4
seconds instrument will be turned off.
Arrow Keys
Power On/Off
Setting Key
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Before turning off the instrument it shows a page that includes information about serial number,
hardware version and software version.
If there is no action including measuring or pressing a key for three minutes back light of screen will
be turned off, and this situation will remain for seven minutes. The instrument will make a beep
sound to inform user that the system will be turned off in a few seconds and after this time it will turn
off.
There is an icon in the top right corner of the screen which shows battery charge level, if the icon
changes every second, it means the adaptor is connected to the instrument and battery is charging.
Battery Icon
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6.Quick Start with BMS210AD
A)Current Measuring
Step1: Put toroid around current conductor (like one arm of welding gun).
Step2: Connect toroid connector to the instrument’sinputterminal.
Step3: Turn instrument on by pressing power button.
Step4: Press Setting button in order to move to current setting page.
Step5: Select current type (AC/DC), current range and current frequency if AC measuring is
selected.
Step 6: Press setting button to return to the measuring screen.
Now instrument is ready to measure current passes through the conductor.
B) Force Measuring
Step1: Turn the instrument on by pressing the power button.
Step2: Connect force sensor connector to the instrument’s input terminal.
Step3: Press Setting button in order to move to force setting page.
Step4: Choose the force measuring type (Continuous/Limited Time).
Step 5: Press setting button to return to the measuring screen.
Now instrument is ready to measure force.
Note: If force or current sensor connected to the instrument, device automatically will change its
measuring mode to appropriate sensor and user won’t need to select current or force measuring
mode.
Note: If instrument measuring parameters assigned to desired values once, user won’t need to
select above parameters before the same measuring routinesafter powering on the instrument
works by latest setting.
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7.Operation and Setting the Instrument
The instrument measures current as well as force to assist quality control persons in the welding
production line or any other placeswhere these type of current or force are involved.
7.1. Measuring AC Continuous Current
Like any clamp current meter you can use the instrument to measure current. BMS210AD applies
the mathematical calculation to find current value. By using this method, current wave form can
be any function of time.
To set the instrument as an AC continuous measurement,follow these steps:
1- Connect toroid to the instrument,
2- Put toroid around conductor,
3- By pressing the setting bottom go to the setting page
Select AC current continuous
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Select your desired range.
4- Press setting bottom to return to measuring screen
5- Instrument is ready for measurement. By passing a current through toroid, it
measures the current automatically. The device shows real time current amount.
7.2. Measuring AC Pulse (Welding Current)
If current exists for a very short time and may have several train pulses like the resistance
welding current put the instrument in this mode.
There are some selections to match the device with current behavior more exactly, you can set
maximum no current time (cool time), the range, first cycle to start measuring and last cycle to
finish measuring. To learn how to use these abilities,follow these instructions:
1- Connect toroid to the instrument,
2- Put toroid around conductor.
3- By pressing the setting bottom, go to the setting page
4- Select AC Welding current
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5- Select desire range
Set Cool Time. This value informs the instrument how long of inexistence of current is allowed.
For example if you set cool number to 10, it means if there are two sorts of current pulses with
cool cycles of 8 or 9 cycles between them, they are recognized as one measuring and save in the
same record.
Set AC first cycle. This parameter value means the device ignores some cycles of current
according amount of first cycle. For example if you set this parameter to 4, then first 4 cycles of
current will not affect the measuring routines.
Set AC Last Cycle. This parameter is used to eliminate undesired current at the end of current
wave form.
Select Current Frequency. By pressing setting bottom you can go back to measuring page.
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6- Now the instrument is waiting for a current and will measure it.After measuring, you will see
over all measured values on the screen. To see more details press Enter Key and move
thorough results by pressing Arrow Keys.
The instrument automatically saves any measuring in the internal memory. Maximum record
number is 999.
7.3. Measuring Rectified Current (DC)
If the current is rectified and average is not zero, you can measure the current by putting the
instrument in DC current mode. In this case, current can be a DC or medium frequency welding
current.
There are some selection to match the device with current behavior more exactly. You can set
maximum “no-current”time (cool time),measuring range, rise time(time to start measuring) and
fall time (time to finish measuring). To learn how to use these abilities follow these instructions:
1- Connect toroid to the instrument
2- Put toroid around the conductor.
3- By pressing the setting bottom you can go to the setting page.
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Select DC.
Select desired rang.
Set cool Time, this value informs the instrument how long of inexistence of current is allowed.
For example if you set the cool time to 10, it means if there are two following current train by 80
or 90 ms distance, they are recognized as one measuring and will be saved in the same record.
Set Rise Time: This value means the device ignores some starting time of the current according
amount of rise time, the parameter unit is 10mSec.for example if you set this parameter to 100, 1
Second at the begging of the current will not be effected in the measuring results.
Set Fall Time,this parameter is used to eliminate undesired current at the end of current wave
form.
4- By pressing setting bottom you can go back to measuring page.
5- Now the instrument is waiting to pass current and measure it.
After measuring you see over all measured values on the screen.to see more details press Enter
Key and move thorough results by pressing Arrow Keys.
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The instrument automatically save any measuring in its internal memory, maximum record
number is 999.
7.4. Measuring Electrode Force
BMS210AD can measure both current and force by applying appropriate sensor (Toroid/Load
Cell). To measure Electrode force fallow bellow steps:
1- At the first time it is necessary to put the force transducer (lode cell) in the fully no lode
situation.
2- Connect load cell probe to the instrument. The instrument automatically changes its
measuring mode to“force measuring” mode.
3- By pressing setting key, you can go to setting page.
At the setting page choose Impact force measuring mode.

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In impact force there are three parameters, including:
-First Time: means at what exact time instrument will start measuring. This is useful if you
want to ignore some undesired impact to the sensor at the beginning of measuring.
-Last Time: means at what exact time instrument will finish measuring force. This is useful if
you want to ignore some undesired impact to the sensor at the end of measuring.
-Force Trigger: this parameter determines the force threshold to start measuring.
By pressing setting key, you can go back to measurement page. Now instrument is ready for
measuring force.
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