Cerlic Blanket Tracker User manual
2011‐11‐09 C83D5EN12
Blanket
Tracker
Blankettracker
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Blanket
Tracker
TableofContent
TABLEOFCONTENT........................................................................................................................................2
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ENERALINFORMATION
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S
ECURITYINFORMATION
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D
ESCRIPTIONOFTHEFUNCTION
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M
EASUREMENT
F
UNCTIONS
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S
ENSORBODY
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UNPACKING........................................................................................................................................................4
Cablewinder.......................................................................................................................................................................4
HANDLINGANDINTERFACE.........................................................................................................................5
D
ESCRIPTIONOFTHE
D
ISPLAYIN
T
EXT
M
ODE
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D
ESCRIPTIONOFTHE
D
ISPLAYIN
P
ROFILE
M
ODE
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MAINMENU........................................................................................................................................................8
S
ETTINGS
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Threshold1(Fluff)..........................................................................................................................................................9
Threshold2(SludgeBlanket)..................................................................................................................................10
Maximumdepth..............................................................................................................................................................10
Blindzone..........................................................................................................................................................................10
Measuringmode.............................................................................................................................................................11
SETUP.............................................................................................................................................................................11
Language...........................................................................................................................................................................11
DepthUnit..........................................................................................................................................................................12
ConcentrationUnits......................................................................................................................................................12
Temperatureunits.........................................................................................................................................................12
Timeanddate..................................................................................................................................................................13
C
ALIBRATION
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ZeroSample......................................................................................................................................................................14
Conc.sample–SludgeSample.................................................................................................................................14
LabValue...........................................................................................................................................................................15
0mCal.Zerodepthcalibration.............................................................................................................................15
1mCal.–1mor39.4”depthcalibration...........................................................................................................15
L
OG
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GETTINGSTARTED.......................................................................................................................................17
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ETTINGSTARTEDWITHTHE
B
LANKET
T
RACKER
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SettingofMaximumdepth.........................................................................................................................................17
P
ROFILEMODE
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S
AVEAPROFILE
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A
LARMVALUES
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MAINTENANCE...............................................................................................................................................19
Inspectionofthesensor...............................................................................................................................................19
C
HANGINGOF
B
ATTERIES
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TROUBLESHOOTING...................................................................................................................................20
SPARES..............................................................................................................................................................20
CONTACTINFORMATION...........................................................................................................................21
WARRANTY.....................................................................................................................................................21
SPECIFICATION,PORTABLEBLANKETTRACKER..............................................................................22
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Blanket
Tracker
Generalinformation
Itisofgreatimportancetoreadallpartsofthismanualpriortostartupofthe
instrument.IftheBlanketTrackerisnotusedandhandledaccordingtothismanual,
thenthelifeandfunctionalitymaybejeopardized,andallwarrantieswillbevoid.
Securityinformation
Thisinstrumentshouldbehandledbyqualifiedandauthorizedpersonnelonly.
Itismandatorytofollowallsecurityandotherroutinesthatapplyatsitewhen
usingtheBlanketTrackerintanksandbasins.
WithinEUitisprohibitedtodisposeofelectricandelectronicwasteinregular
wasteasthesemaycontainharmfulsubstances.Allelectricandelectronicwaste
mustbesortedandleftforrecycling.SuchproductsarelabeledwithanX‐marked
wastebin.Itisimportantthateveryonecooperateinordertosecureahighlevelwhenit
comestorecyclingandhelptosaveourenvironment.Ifsuchwastenotishandledand
recycledaccordingtoregulation(ECDirective2002/96/EC)theenvironmentaswellas
people’shealthmaybejeopardized.
Descriptionofthefunction
BlanketTrackerisaportableopticalsuspendedsolidsmeterdesignedtomeasure
sludgeblanketdepthandsuspendedsolidsinclarifiers,thickeners,aerationbasins,etc.
inwaterandwastewaterplants,aswellinotherfacilities.Itispossibletodisplay
measuredvaluesastextorasagraphicimageofthesludgeprofile.Twodifferentalarm
levelsforthesludgeblanketmaybesettoindicatefluffandsludgeblanketlevels.These
maybedisplayednexttothegraphicsludgeprofile.
MeasurementFunctions
TheBlanketTrackerisabletostoreupto250measurementsasagraphicprofile,each
withinformationabouttime,date,location,thatmaybenamedbytheuser(maximum
10characterse.g.Clarifier2;Thickener5,etc.)Eachprofilealsocontainsdataabout
blanketandfluffdepthsthatappliedforthespecificmeasurement.
Sensorbody
Thesensorbodycontainsopticsandelectronicsthatshouldnotbeexposedto
mechanicalabuseorhightemperatures.Ifthesensorbodyhasmechanicaldamages,
watermaypenetrateintothesensoranddestroytheelectronicsandoptics.Pleasesee
sectionMaintenanceformoreinformation.
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Blanket
Tracker
Unpacking
Opentheinstrumentcaseandcheckthatnodamageshaveoccurredduringshipping.
Theinstrumentcaseshouldcontainthefollowingitemsplustheservicemanual,see
figure1.
fig1
Cablewinder
InordertofacilitatethehandlingoftheBlanketTrackeritissuppliedwithaSScable
winderthatisattachedtothebatterycase,seefig2.Itispossibletowinduppartorall
of33’cableonthewinder..ThecableislockedinplacewithanO‐ring,seefig3.
fig2fig3
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Blanket
Tracker
HandlingandInterface
Thefollowingiconsshowthekeypadpushbuttonsanddescribetheirfunctions.
Opensthemainmenuorconfirms(enters)achoiceinthemenus.
Closesamenuchoicewithoutchanging,orexit’sone‐stepbackwards
inthemenutree(escapefunction).
Navigatesuponestepinthemenutreeorincreasesthevalueofa
chosennumberinamenu.
Navigatesdownonestepinthemenutreeordecreasesthevalueofa
chosennumberinamenu.
Theprofilebuttonalternatesbetweenmeasuringvaluesintextor
sludgeprofilepresentation.
Restartofameasurement.Atrestart,anewmeasuringwillbeinitiated
andreplacestheexistingvalue.Themeasuredvaluesmaybestoredatan
optionallocationinthelogfile.
Turnsonthebacklightfordisplayfortwominutes.
On/Offswitch.PressthebuttoninordertoturnonorofftheBlanket
Tracker.
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Blanket
Tracker
DescriptionoftheDisplayinTextMode
Atstartup,thedisplayisshowninfig4anddescriptioninfig5.Valueforsolids
concentrationanddeptharedisplayedontheleftandalarmvaluesforfluff(6)and
sludgeblanket(7)withactualdepthforeachas(9)&(10)below.Depthsareshownas
Blinduntilalarmforeachconcentrationgoesoff.Plusdate,timeandtemperature
acrossthetop.
fig4
fig5
Depth
Solidsconcentration
Date,Time
Watertemperature
Batterylevel
Threshold1‐Fluff
Threshold2‐Sludge
Measuringlocation
Flufflevel
Blanketdepth
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Blanket
Tracker
DescriptionoftheDisplayinProfileMode
WhenpressingtheProfilebuttonmarked thedisplaywillshowthesludgeprofile.
Seefig6below.Atanytimeduringameasurementitispossibletoswitchbetweentext
modeandprofilemodebypressingthebutton withoutaffectingthemeasuring
value.Generalinformationsuchassludgeconcentrationanddepthisalwaysshownin
eitherthetextorprofilemodeswindows.
fig6
fig7
Profiledisplayedinx=mg/land
y=depth
SolidsConcentration
Depth–current
Flufflevel
Blanketdepth
Maximumdepth
Sensorpositionduringdepth
measuringversusmax.depth
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Blanket
Tracker
Mainmenu
Press toopenthemainmenu.Seefig8.
Use or topickthedesiredsubmenuandopenwith .
fig8
Settings
IntheSETTINGSmenu(fig9)itispossibletosetalarmvaluesforfluffandsludge
blanketconcentrations.Inthismenuthespan(maxdepth)measurementissettofitthe
profilescalemaximumdepth.Itisrecommendedtoseta”blindzone”sothatthesolids
concentrationmeasurementreadingstartjustbelowthewatersurfacelike1”orso
Thisisdonetoavoidopticallightreflectionsthatcouldotherwisecausefalsealarmof
fluffandblanketdepths.MeasureModeallowsyoutopickDEPTHforanormalclarifier
andHEIGHTforanupsidedownclarifierlikeaDAFsoyouaremeasuringfromthe
surfacedownforblanket.
fig9
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Blanket
Tracker
Threshold1(Fluff)
ThisvaluedefinesthesolidsconcentrationthatindicatestheFLUFFlevel.The
concentrationmaybegivening/l,mg/l,%orppmFormoreinformationsee”Settings”.
Whenthepresetalarmvalueisreached,thenthiswillbeshownonthedisplayasFLUFF
LEVEL.Thesensitivityforfluffconcentrationisnormallysetat10%to25%ofthe
sludgeblanketalarmvalue.
fig10
Press toopenthemenuandselect”SETTINGS”confirmwith .Step
downwith andpick”Threshold1”with .Stepupwith ordown
with untildesiredconcentrationisobtained.Confirmandsteptonext
digitwith .Exitthemenuwith untiloneofthetwo
mainwindowsappear(textmodeorprofilemode).
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Blanket
Tracker
Threshold2(SludgeBlanket)
ThisvaluedefinesthesolidsconcentrationthatdefinestheSLUDGEBLANKETLevel.
Theconcentrationmaybegivening/l,mg/l,%orppmFormoreinformationsee
”Settings”.Whenthepresetalarmvalueisreached,thenthiswillbeshownonthe
displayasSLUDGEBLANKETlevel.Inaclarifierthisconcentrationisnormallychoosen
tocorrespondwiththereturnsludge(RAS)concentration,e.g.5,000mg/l(ppm)andin
athickenere.g.7,000mg/l.
fig11
Press toopenthemenuandselect”SETTINGS”confirmwith .Step
downwith andselect”Thrreshold2”with .Stepupwith or
downwith untildesiredconcentrationisobtained.Confirmandstepto
nextdigitwith .Exitthemenuwith
untiloneofthetwomainwindosappear(textmodeorprofilemode).
Maximumdepth
Press toopenthemenuandselect“SETTINGS”.Confirmwith .Step
downwith andselect”MAXDEPTH”with .Toscalethe“MAX
DEPTH”spanthatisshownatprofilemeasurement,stepupwith or
downwith untildesiredvalue.Confirmwith .Exitthemenuwith
untiloneof
thetwomainwindowsappear(textmodeorprofilemode).
Blindzone
Press toopenthemenuandselect“SETTINGS”.Confirmwith .Step
downwith andselect”Blindzone”with .Toscalethe“Blindzone”
spanthatisshownatprofilemeasurement,stepupwith ordownwith
untildesiredvalue.Confirmwith .Exitthemenuwith untilone
ofthetwomainwindowsappear(textmodeorprofilemode).
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Blanket
Tracker
Measuringmode
InordertodefinehowthelevelsforFLUFFandSLUDGEBLANKETarepresented,itis
possibletoselectifthedepthisshownfromthesurfacedown(Depth)orfromthe
bottomandup(Height)foraDAF.Tochoosebetweentheseoptionsperformthe
followingsteps;
Press toopenthemenuandselect”SETTINGS”.Confirmwith .Step
downwith andselect”MEAS.MODE”with .Stepupwith or
downwith inordertoselectdesiredmode.Confirmwith .Exitthe
menuwith untiloneofthetwomainwindosappear(textmodeor
profile
mode).
SETUP
TheSETUPmenu(fig12)enablesselectionoflanguage,unitsfordepthand
concentrationunits,temperatureunits,timeanddate.
fig12
Language
Thefollowinglanguagesareavailable;Swedish,English,GermanandFrench.Toselect
thedesiredlanguage,performthefollowingsteps;
Press toopenthemenuandstepdownwith andselect”SETUP”with
.Select”LANGUAGE”andconfirmwith .Stepupwith ordown
with untildesiredlanguageisfoundandconfirmwith .Exitthemenu
with untiloneofthetwomainwindowsappear(textmodeorprofile
mode).
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Blanket
Tracker
DepthUnit
Followingunitsfordepthmeasurementareavailable;cm,dm,m,inchandft(with
inches).
Press toopenthemenuandstepdownwith Select.”SETUP”with
.Stepdownwith andselect”Depthunit”.Confirmwith .Stepup
with ordownwith untildesiredunit(cm,dm,m,in,ft).Confirm
with .Whenallsettingsaredone,exitwith untiloneofthetwomain
windosappear(textmodeorprofile
mode).
ConcentrationUnits
Followingunitsforsludgeconcentrationareavailable;g/l,mg/l,%,andppm.
Press toopenthemenuandstepdownwith .Select”SETUP”with
.Stepdownwith andselsct”Concunit”.Confirmwith .Step
upwith ordownwith untildesiredunit(g/l,mg/l,%,ppm).Confirm
with .Whenallsettingsaredone,exitwith untiloneofthetwomain
windowsappear(textmodeorprofilemode).
Temperatureunits
Followingtemperatureunitsareavailable;°C,°F,or°K.
Press toopenthemenuandstepdownwith .Select”SETUP”with
.Stepdownwith .Select”Temp.unit”andconfirmwith .Step
upwith ordownwith untildesiredunit(C,F,K).Confirmwith.
Whenallsettingsaredone,exitwith untiloneofthetwomainwindows
appear(textmodeorprofilemode).
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Blanket
Tracker
Timeanddate
Tosettimeanddate;
Press toopenthemenuandstepdownwith .Select”SETUP”with
.Stepdownwith andselect”TimeandDate”.Confirmwith .Step
upwith ordownwith untildesiredtimeanddateformat.Stepup
with ordownwith andsetactualtimeanddate.Confirmandstep
furtherwith .Whenallsettingsaredone,exitwith untiloneofthe
twomainwindowsappear(textmodeorprofilemode).
fig13
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Blanket
Tracker
Calibration
Calibrationcanbedoneforbothdepthmeasurementandsludgeconcentration.For
depthmeasurement,zerocompensationisperformedeverytimewhentheBlanket
Trackeristurnedontoadjustforbarometricpressure.Itisalsopossibletoperforma
manualcalibrationofzeroandonemeter(3.3ft)depth.Thisisdonebystartingthe
BlanketTrackerandperformazerocalibrationofthedepth.
fig14
ZeroSample
Press toopenthemenuandstepdownwith .Select”Calibration”
with .Stepdownwith andselect”zerosample”.Confirmwith .
Putthesensorinclean,deareatedwaterandconfirmwith . .When
zerocalibrationisdone,exitwith untiloneofthetwomainwindows
appears(textmodeorprofilemode).
Conc.sample–SludgeSample
Press toopenthemenuandstepdownwith .Select”Calibration”
with .Stepdownwith andselect”Concsample”.Confirmwith .
Putthesenorinasamplewithknownconcentrationandstirsamplewith
sensortokeepsolidsinsuspension.Confirmwith .Whencompletethen
exitwith untiloneofthetwomainwindowsappears(textmodeor
profilemode).
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Blanket
Tracker
LabValue
Press toopenthemenuandstepdownwith .Select”Calibration”
with .Stepdownwith andselect”labvalue”.Confirmwith .Step
upwith ordownwith untilthevaluecorrespondswiththelab
value.Confirmwith .Whenallsettingsaredone,exitwith untilone
ofthetwomainwindowsappears(textmodeorprofilemode).
0mCal.‐Zerodepthcalibration
Press toopenthemenuandstepdownwith .Select”Calibration”
with .Stepdownwith andselect”0mcal.”.Holdsensorverticallyin
theairandstartzerocalibratoinwith .Continueuntilvalueisstableand
thensavecalibrationwith .Exitthemenuwith .
1mCal.–1mor39.4”depthcalibration
Press toopenthemenuandstepdownwith .Select”Calibration”
with .Stepdownwith andto”1mcal.”.Lowerthesensorintothe
wateruntilthe1meterSScollarislevelwiththetopoftheliquid.Start
Calibrationwith andsavecalibrationwhenvalueisstablebyonceagain
pressing .Whenallsettingsaredone,exitwith untiloneofthetwo
mainwindowsappears(textmodeorprofilemode).
MustturnTrackerOFF/ONafterzero&1mdepthcalibrations
TurntrackerOFF andON afteryouhavecompletedzero&1m
depthcalibrations.Thisresetsthetrackertoacceptthenewdepthvalues.
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Blanket
Tracker
Log
Upto250measurementsmaybestoredintheBlanketTrackerinternalmemory.Every
storedmeasurementissavedasaprofilethatcontainsalldataavailableattheactual
measurement.Eachindividuallineinthelogmaybetaggedwith10alphanumerical
characters;e.g.Clarifier2;Thickener5,etc.
fig15
Press toopenthemenuandstepdownwith .Select”Log”and
confirmwith .Stepupwith ordownwith topicktherightlog
datas.Confirmwith .Whenallsettingsaredone,exitwith untilone
ofthetwomainwindowsappear(textmodeorprofilemode).
fig16
Stepdownwith andselectPosition‐Show,Empty,Delete,orCreate”.
Confirmwith .”Delete”and”Empty”arelocalandareonlyvalidinits
choosenposition.”Show”or”Create”areglobalandvalidforallpositions.
Stepupwith ordownwith tonavigatethemenutree.Confirmwith
orreversetheselectionwith .
Whenallsettingsaredone,exitwith untiloneofthetwomainwindows
appear(textmodeorprofilemode).
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Blanket
Tracker
GettingStarted
GettingstartedwiththeBlanketTracker
StarttheBlanketTrackerbypressingthebuttonmarked .ToswitchOFF/ONthe
unit,pressthesamebutton.Theunitwilldoanatmosphericpressurecompensationat
start‐upandmeasurementwillstartautomatically.Valuesforsludgeconcentrationand
deptharedisplayedincleartextandrealtime.Iftheunitisnotactiveduringaneight
minuteperiodthenitwillautomaticallybeturnoffwithoutsavingthemeasurements.
Inordertogetcorrectscalingofthedepthrangeinprofilerangeshownonthedisplay,
thenitisnecessarytosetthemaximaldepthattheactualmeasuringposition.
SettingofMaximumdepth
Press toopenthemenuandselect”Settings”with .Stepdownwith until
desiredMaxDepthisselectedwith .
fig17
Selectthedepthvaluenumbersbystepping andchangethevalueswith or .
Savebypressing tosave.
fig18
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Blanket
Tracker
Profilemode
Inordertoswitchbetweentextmodeandprofilemode,pressthebuttonmarked .It
ispossibletostepbackandforthwiththisbuttonwithoutaffectingtheactual
measurement.
Saveaprofile
Tosaveameasurementprofile,ortoperformanewmeasurement,press ,When
doingthis,anoptiontosave orrestartthemeasurement willbepresented,
Thereisashortcommandfromthetextmodedisplaywhereitispossibletoselect
positionforstoringthemeasurementprofile.Stepupwith ordownwith to
reachdesiredlogposition.Thepostiontagwillbeshowninthelowermargininthe
displaywindow.Fig19below,showsthattheactualprofilewillbestoredatposition
”SED_1”
Fig19
Itispossibletotageachofthe250logpositionswithupto10alphanumerical
characters.Byenteringthelogpositionbytagname,allactualinformationforthestored
measurementmayberetrieved.
Alarmvalues
AtdeliverytheBlanketTrackerispresetwiththefollowingvalues;Fluff(1000mg/l)and
SludgeBlanket(5000mg/l).Usingthesevalues,itispossibletoinstantlystartto
measureandgetapictureofthesludgeprofile.Tochangethesettingspleasesee
Threshold1forFluffandThreshold2forSludgeBlanket.
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Blanket
Tracker
Maintenance
TheBlanketTrackerisdesignedtoreducethemanualmaintenancetoaminimum.All
metalpartsarestainlesssteel(SS2343/SS316).TheenclosureisIP67/NEMA6(water
proof)inordertowithstandwaterflushingwhencleaning.Thesensorcableisa
speciallymanufacturedPUR™withastrongshieldandextraheavywirestowithstand
mechanicalwearforalonglife.Thesensorandenclosurecablefittingsarehighquality
MatchClamp™toensureawaterproofconnectionevenshouldtheoutershieldbe
damaged.
Inspectionofthesensor
Thesensorheadshouldbecleanedifanysolidsorfoulingofthemeasuringwindows
occurs.Inordertoverifythenecessityofcleaning,placethesensorinclean,de‐aerated
waterandreadthedisplayvalue.Thevalueshouldnotdiffermorethan±100mg/lfrom
zero.Ifthevalueisoffthecleaningisrequired,anewzerocalibrationmaybe
performed.SeesectionCalibration.
Inordertoverifyifadepthcalibrationisneeded,lowerthesensorintowateruntilthe
onemetercablemark.Thedepthvalueshouldnotdiffermorethan±2cm(±1”).Ahigher
deviationrequiresazeroandonemetercalibration,seesectionCalibration.
Whencleaningthesensor,itispreferredtousetheCerlicSensorCleaning(CSC)liquid.
Itisalsopossibletouseasoftclothandwater.Payattentionnottoscratchthe
measuringwindowsordamagethebuiltinpressuresensor.
ChangingofBatteries
Cerlic Blanket Tracker is supplied with four AA batteries, placed inside the unit. To change
the batteries, follow the steps below;
1.Openthebackpartofthehandleontheenclosure.Thispartisa
combinedbatterylidandcablewinder.Thisisdonebyremovingthetwo
screwscountersunkintothebackoftheenclosure,seefig20.Donot
removethescrewholdingthecablewinder.
2.Removethebatterylidandreplacethebatteries.Makesuretofollowthe
labelshowingthepolarity(+/‐).
3.Remountthebatterylid.
4.Mountthebackofthehandlecontainingthebatterylidbytighteningthe
screws.Itisimportanttomakesurethelidiswellclosedwithnovisible
gapsorcablesbetweenthehousingandlid.
fig20
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Blanket
Tracker
Troubleshooting
Checkthatthebatteriesareingoodcondition.TheBlanketTrackerhasabuiltinlogicto
increasethebatterylife.Ifthebatteryvoltagegoesbelowacertainlevel,thenthe
softwarewillblockthefollowingfunctions;displaybacklight,acousticandvibration
signals.
IftheBlanketTrackervaluesfordepthandconcentrationshoulddeviate,anew
calibrationfordepthand/orconcentration.PleaseseesectionCalibrationfor
instructions.
Incaseofanymalfunctionthatisnotpossibletocorrectwithanewcalibration,please
contactCerlicoralocalCerlicrepresentative.IncaseofsendingtheBlanketTrackerto
Cerlicforcheckuporrepair,pleasemakesuretousetheformforReturnofMaterial
(RMA)priortodispatch.TheRMAdocumentcanbedownloadedfromtheCerlicweb
pagewww.cerlic.com.TheWEBpagealsohastheactualandcorrectreceivingaddress.
Spares
TheBlanketTrackerissuppliedwithfourAAbatteries.Thebatteriesaretheonlyparts
thataresubjecttobechangedbytheuser.Itisrecommendedtokeepanextrasetof
batteriesavailable.
Sparepartlist:
Partno
Description
21450731
Battery3V200mAh
21450989
BatteryAA
20250978
CaseTracker
20201021
BatteryHolderTracker
20201020
HandleTracker
10305942
CableholderTracker
21650997
O‐ringforcableholder25,0x4,0EPDM70
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