Cirris 4200 Series User manual

4200 Series
Getting Started Guide
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Getting Started
Cirris 4200 Series Testers combine thorough and flexible testing capabilities
with a simple, touchscreen user interface for ease of operation. This guide will
help the new user set up the tester and become familiar with its operation by
working through the process of creating a test program and testing a cable.
For complete operating instructions, see the 4200 Series User Manual.
Symbols
This symbol indicates that the 4250 tester produces high
voltage and there is a risk of electric shock if safety warnings
are not followed.
This symbol alerts the reader to a risk of personal injury.
This symbol indicates that a person using an electronically
controlled medical device should not be permitted to perform
high voltage testing.
4250 Safety Warning
The 4250 tester is capable of performing high voltage Dielectric Withstand (DW)
and Insulation Resistance (IR) testing. By design and function, the output of high
voltage (hipot) testers presents a risk of electric shock. To mitigate this risk,
4250 testers limit current, high voltage energy and high voltage charge to levels
below thresholds that define Hazardous Live or Dangerous in international
standards IEC 61010-1 and EN 50191 respectively. However, operators can still
receive a painful or startling shock when using any high voltage test equipment.
Therefore, it’s necessary to protect workers from exposure to high voltage.
Protecting workers begins with training. Operators should understand:
●Basic electricity including the fact that electric current will take any avail-
able path to ground, including through a person.
●How to use the test equipment and how to recognize when high voltage
testing is being performed.
●Not to not touch the product or test fixture hardware during high voltage
testing.

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A safe test station is an essential complement to training:
●Use a non-conductive work surface to avoid creating an unintended elec-
trical path between high voltage and workers.
●Verify that the power outlet provides a properly wired, low impedance
earth ground. The connection to earth ground is integral to the power
cord supplied with the tester.
●Do not allow untrained workers to use high voltage test equipment.
●Isolate high voltage testing from untrained employees and post high volt-
age warning signs at the test station.
Medical Safety Warning
An individual wearing a cardiac pacemaker, an insulin pump, or any
electronically-controlled medical device should NOT perform high voltage
testing.
Intended Use
Cirris 4200 Series testers are designed for electrical testing and are intended
to be used indoors, in a dry environment, at a temperature of 50-104 degrees
Fahrenheit (10-40 degrees Celsius). High voltage Insulation Resistance
measurements degrade at over 70% relative humidity.
No User-Serviceable Parts
The tester includes no user-serviceable parts. Attempting repairs or altering
the tester in any way voids the warranty and may lead to an unsafe condition.
Contact Cirris Technical Support for assistance if needed.
Calibration
New Cirris testers ship with a Certificate of Calibration valid for one year. Cirris
recommends that the calibration be validated annually at a minimum thereafter.
The validation can be performed by Cirris or by the end user or a calibration
service provider using a 4200/4250 Performance Verification Kit. Contact your
Cirris sales representative for more information.

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Unpacking
☐4200 or 4250 Tester
☐Power Supply and Cord
☐WiFi Antenna
☐USB Cable
☐Probe
☐Certificate of Calibration
You may have also received:
■ Expansion Scanners
■ Cirris Adapters
■ Tilt Stand
■ Performance Verification Kit
■ Smart USB to Serial Printer Cable
■ Label Printer
The package in which the tester was shipped should have included the
following items:

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Hardware Setup
The tester includes 128 test points in the base enclosure. It can be expanded
to a maximum of 1024 test points using expansion scanners, each of which
provides an additional 128 test points. If expansion scanners were included in
the shipment, see the 4200 User Manual for installation instructions.
After installing any expansion scanners, make the necessary connections on the
back panel of the tester and power on the unit:
1. Connect the power cord to the tester.
2. Plug the power cord into a grounded outlet (surge protector
recommended).
3. Connect the probe.
4. Press the power switch to turn on the tester.
Networking
While it’s not required to operate the tester, installing the included Cirris Hub
software on a PC allows the tester to take advantage of its built-in Ethernet or
WiFi networking capability to perform a variety of tasks including:
●Storing test programs on a network drive for easy backup of the files.
●Sharing test programs stored on a network drive or on a mapped cloud
drive such as OneDrive, SharePoint, Google Drive, Dropbox etc.
●Printing reports to network printers.
●Saving reports as PDF or text files.
●Editing test programs using the Hub editor.
●Organizing testers with custom names and tracking calibration status and
firmware version.
●Monitoring the current status of testers.
For more information on networking and the Cirris Hub, see the Cirris Hub
Manual and the 4200 Series User Manual.
Printer/Serial 1
Printer/Serial 2
Digital I/O
Printer/
Serial 1 & 2
Probe USB A
USB B
(for PC)
Ethernet
WiFi
Antenna
Power
Power
Switch