ETI PTR User manual

Software User Manual
PTR/DTR
printing thermometer
PTR/DTR PC Software

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CONTENTS
introduction 4
to install the PTR/DTR PC software 4
general tab 6
device 6
settings 6
status 6
ticket preview 6
layout 7
selecting a PTR/DTR 7
getting settings from the device 7
configuring the PTR/DTR 8
modifying ticket layout 8
selecting an image 8
editing user fields 9
changing the date/time format 9
defining the labels & limits - DTR 10
defining the labels & limits - PTR 11
changing the temperature units 11
saving the ticket layout & settings to the PC 12
loading the ticket layout & settings to the PC 13
deleting saved ticket layout & settings 13
data tab 14
retrieving stored readings from the device 14
readings 14
download readings from the PTR/DTR 15
erasing readings from the devise 15

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exporting readings to excel file 16
advanced tab - PTR 17
auto-off 17
mode options 18
on demand mode 18
ticket headings - on demand mode 18
summary mode 18
ticket headings - summary mode 19
logging mode 19
ticket heaings - logging mode 20
reading trim 20
advanced tab - DTR 21
operation of the probe button 21
changing the delay time for remote button printing 21
number of copies to be printed using the remote 22
button
auto-off 22
ticket headings - DTR 22
resetting the advanced settings to default values 23
notes 23

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INTRODUCTION
The PTR/DTR printing thermometer PC software is used to configure the
thermometer and retrieve stored readings from it.
The PTR has 4 inputs that can be remaned (user selectable). Each input
has an assigned high and low limit (user selectable). The DTR can store
up to 4 labels (user selectable). Each label has an assigned high and low
limit (user selectable). When a temperature is taken the label and limits
will be printed on the ticket and stored with the readings.
The following pages explain how to adjust the user selectable information
shown on the PTR/DTR display and the printed ticket and retrieve the
stored readings. Place the CD in the CD drive.
TO INSTALL THE PTR/DTR PC SOFTWARE
The CD will auto-run. (If it does not, click 'Start', 'Run...', browse to the CD
drive and click ‘Setup.exe’
or double click the 'My Computer' icon on the Desktop and double click
the CD drive.
When the Printing Temperature Recorder Setup Wizard' box appears click
the next button.

The program files will be installed by default to...
''C:\Program Files\ETI Ltd\Printing Temperature Recorder\''
(Recommended).
The 'Browse' button can be used to install to an alternate location
(Advanced Users).
The 'Disk Cost' button will show the space on available drives and the
amount required.
The software may be installed for the current user or all users of the PC.
The default installation is 'Everyone'. Select the alternate button for 'Just
me' (Advanced Users).
The final installation dialogue box gives a last opportunity to go back
and revise the installation settings. Click the 'Next' button to install the
software. A moving bar will show the installation progress.
Click the 'Close' button to exit the installation procedure.
An icon for the Printing Temperature Recorder will be placed on the
desktop.
A Printing Temperature Recorder shortcut will be placed in 'Start menu' -
'Programs' - 'ETI Ltd'.
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GENERAL TAB
DEVICE
When working on ticket layouts without a device connected to the PC select
PTR/DTR or PTR. When devices are plugged into the PC USB sockets this
box will contain a drop down list of all the available PTR’s/PTR/DTR's units.
SETTINGS
GET - retrieves current settings and ticket layout from the PTR/DTR.
SET - configures the PTR/DTR with selected settings and ticket layout.
STATUS
Displays the number of readings stored in PTR/DTR memory and the time
the PTR/DTR was synchronised.
TICKET PREVIEW
Allows the 'Ticket layout' to be modified in 'what you see is what you get
(WYSIWYG)' style. Edit mode is entered by hovering the mouse cursor
over the fields within the ticket area. All user-selectable fields and their
descriptions appear. Leaving the ticket area, disables the edit mode and
the actual ticket layout is shown.
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LAYOUT
SAVE – saves the current ticket layout to the PC.
LOAD – loads saved ticket layout from the PC.
DELETE – deletes a saved ticket layout.
CLOSE – closes the software.
SELECTING A PTR/DTR
If more than one PTR/DTR device is plugged into the PC, use this drop-
down list to select the appropriate one.
When a PTR/DTR is selected, the settings stored in it will be downloaded
automatically.
WARNING: any changes made to the currently displayed ticket layout
or settings will be overwritten.
GETTING SETTINGS FROM THE DEVICE
To retrieve the ticket layout and settings stored on the PTR/DTR device,
click the 'Get' button in the 'Settings' section.
Do not disconnect device from the PC until operation complete.

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CONFIGURING THE PTR/DTR
To configure the PTR/DTR with the current ticket layout and settings, click
the 'Set' button in the 'Settings' section.
Do not disconnect device from the PC until operation complete.
MODIFYING THE TICKET LAYOUT
SELECTING AN IMAGE
To select an image to be displayed on the ticket, hover the mouse cursor
over the image area or existing image in the 'Ticket layout' section. The
cursor will change to a hand shape and clicking on the area or image
will show the 'Select image' dialogue box.
Select an image file from the PC and click 'Open'.
The PTR/DTR can only print black and white so the image will be converted
to black and white. If contrast adjustment is needed, use the slide control.
To make the image lighter slide the control to the left. To make the image
darker slide the control to the right.

To erase the existing image, click the 'X' button at the top right corner of
the image area.
EDITING USER FIELDS
A DTR ticket has eight user selectable fields on the layout: 'Header', 'User
Fields 1-3' and 'Footers 1-4'.
A PTR in 'Log' mode has only the 'Header' field appear.
A PTR in 'Summary' mode has 'Header' and 'Footers 1 – 4'.
A PTR in non-logging mode has eight user selectable fields on the layout:
'Header', 'User Fields 1-3' and 'Footers 1-4'.
Hover the mouse cursor over the corresponding field to highlight and
click on it to modify.
If a field is left empty, it will not be displayed on the 'Ticket layout' when
the edit mode is exited (and therefore, will not be printed).
CHANGING THE DATE/TIME FORMAT
To change the Date/Time format to either UK (dd/mm/yy hh:mm:ss) or US
(mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss), hover the mouse cursor over the 'Date/Time' field
in the 'Ticket layout' area. The cursor will change to a hand shape and
clicking on the area shows the format pop-up box. Select the required
format from the pop-up box.
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DEFINING THE LABELS AND LIMITS - DTR
The DTR has 1 input and up to four labels can be defined for use. These
labels can each have their own high and low limits.
Each reading taken by the device is assigned the label selected at the time.
The reading’s alarm state is determined by its label’s high and low limits.
To change the name of a label and its limits, click on the Labels field on
the ticket layout area.
Radio buttons on the left determine the selected label on instrument start-
up. The high and low limits are selected from the drop-down boxes. The
high limit must be greater than the low limit and vice-versa.

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DEFINING THE LABELS AND LIMITS – PTR
The DTR has 1 input and up to four labels can be defined for use. To
define inputs and their high and low limits simply hover the mouse cursor
over the 'Inputs' field on the 'Ticket layout' area. Clicking on it will show
the 'Inputs' pop-up box. Edit the Input name and select the high and low
limits from the appropriate scroll lists.
CHANGING THE TEMPERATURE UNITS
To change temperature units to either °C or °F, hover the mouse cursor
over the 'Inputs' field on the 'Ticket layout' area. The cursor will change
to a hand shape and clicking on it will show the input pop-up box. Select
the required measurement units from the pop-up box.

SAVING THE TICKET LAYOUT AND SETTINGS TO THE PC
To save the current 'Ticket layout' to the PC, along with the selected settings,
click the 'Save' button in the 'Layout' section.
To save the settings to a new name type the name in the 'Save settings as'
dialogue box. To overwrite settings that have already been saved, select
a name from the list below the 'Save settings as' dialogue box.
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LOADING THE TICKET LAYOUT AND SETTINGS FROM THE PC
To load previously saved settings from the PC, click the 'Load' button in
the 'Layout' section and select the settings from the list in the 'Load' settings
dialogue box.
DELETING SAVED TICKET LAYOUT AND SETTINGS
To delete previously saved settings click on the 'Delete' button in the 'Lay-
out' section and select the settings from the list in the 'Delete' settings
dialogue box.

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DATA TAB
RETRIEVING STORED READINGS FROM THE PTR/DTR
To sort the readings by heading, click on a column header.
READINGS:
GET – retrieves all readings stored in the PTR/DTR.
ERASE – erases all readings stored in the PTR/DTR.
EXPORT – export downloaded readings to Excel format.
CLOSE – closes the software.
DOWNLOAD READINGS FROM THE PTR/DTR
Click the 'Get' button in the 'Readings' section.
WARNING: Previously downloaded readings will be overwritten.
WARNING: Do not disconnect the PTR/DTR while readings are being
transferred from it.

Information displayed in the list are Reading Number (#), Date/Time,
Reading, High Limit, Low Limit and Label. Readings can be sorted in as-
cending or descending order by clicking the appropriate column header.
Data from a DTR has reading numbers of 1, 2, 3 etc.
Data from a PTR has reading numbers of 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 etc. This is be-
cause it is possible to have data from more than one logging session
stored on the PTR.
ERASING READINGS FROM THE PTR/DTR
To clear all readings, click on 'Erase' button in 'Readings' section.
WARNING: once erased, readings cannot be restored.
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EXPORTING READINGS TO EXCEL FILE
Downloaded readings can be exported to an 'Excel' file. To do so, click
on the 'Export' button in 'Readings' section.
In the open dialogue box, select appropriate format, click 'OK' and then
type the file name or select an 'Excel' file to overwrite in the 'Save' file
dialogue box.

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ADVANCED SETTINGS TAB – PTR
AUTO-OFF
To maximise battery life, the DTR can be set up to switch off automatically
after given period of time when idle. To enable this feature, tick the 'Auto-
off' checkbox in the 'Auto-off' section. To disable 'Auto-off', de-select the
checkbox. The auto-off time can be set from 1 to 30 minutes. The value
cannot be changed when the 'Auto-off' feature is disabled.

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MODE OPTIONS
PTR instrument has three modes of operation: On Demand printing,
Logging and Log Summary. The set-up of these is achieved using the
'Advanced settings' tab.
'ON DEMAND' MODE
In 'On demand' mode the user can press the print button to obtain a
printout of the current temperatures and the alarm status of each input.
The ticket information can be customised by the user if required using the
following section of the 'Advanced settings' tab.
TICKET HEADINGS – ON DEMAND MODE
To enable either of the logging modes click the 'Logging' tick box. Select
the button for either Summary or Logging in the 'Print ticket' box.
'SUMMARY' MODE
In Summary mode the print button is pressed to obtain a ticket showing
a summary of the log. The information displayed includes the date and
time, battery status, log status, number of channels active, channel limits
and alarms.
The information in the heading fields of the printed
ticket can be changed to suit the user requirements.
These can be changed in the 'Ticket headings'
section of the Advanced Tab.

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The instrument can be configured to stop logging when the memory is full
or to overwrite the oldest data in memory but selecting the appropriate
option in the 'Data storage' section of the Advanced tab.
TICKET HEADINGS – SUMMARY MODE
The information in the heading fields of the printed ticket can be changed
to suit the user requirements. These can be changed in the 'Ticket
headings' section of the Advanced Tab.
'LOGGING' MODE
In Logging mode the instrument prints at a regular interval selected by the
user. During the initial printing the instrument serial number, a logo and a
header can be printed. Subsequent prints at each timed period contain
the date, time, temperatures and Hi/Lo Alarm status.
A start delay for the log can be set using the plus and minus buttons if
the 'Start delay' section of the 'Advanced' tab. A delay of up to 23 hours,
59 minutes and 59 seconds can be set. Setting 0 hours, 0 minutes and 0
seconds will give an immediate start when the 'START' button is pressed.
The log interval can be set from 6 seconds to 255 minutes using the
drop down box in the 'Log interval' section of the 'Advanced' tab. The
total log duration is calculated by the software each time the log interval
is changed.

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TICKET HEADINGS – LOGGING MODE
READING TRIM
Each input can have a ±2.0 °C (3.6 °F) trim value applied to it. This is to
allow for variations in individual thermocouple probe accuracies. Apply
the probes to a known temperature source and adjust the trim values so
that the instrument reading matches the temperature source value. (Use
a temperature source value in the region of the anticipated measurement
values).
For best accuracy the temperature the instrument and temperature
source must be at equilibrium. The source value should be read from a
certified thermometer. The trim value is changed using the drop down
box adjacent to the input name.
The information in the heading fields of the
printed ticket can be changed to suit the user
requirements. These can be changed in the
‘Ticket headings’ section of the Advanced Tab.