Grodan WCM-control User manual
Individual measurements
General:
- Switch on the meter by pressing the start
button; the meter will immediately carry out
a measurement
- Check the battery status in the event a
number of measurements are to be made
- The WCM-meter must be set up for the
correct type of stone wool
Activation of individual measurements:
- Press the start button to start a new individual
measurement
Switching the meter off:
- The meter will automatically switch itself off
once it has not been used for 1 minute
- In the menu screen, move to "fast off" and
confirm by pressing the menu button
Multi-measurements
General:
- Switch on the meter by pressing the start
button
- Check the battery status
- Check whether the slab type has been set
correctly
Activation of multi-measurements:
- In the menu screen move to "start multimeasu-
rements" using the
N
button, and confirm with
the menu button
- Enter the required number of measurements
for each block (a number between 1 and 250)
- Enter the number of measurements for each
block by pressing the
M
or
N
buttons, and con-
firm with the menu button
- The default is 25 measurements per block in
10 blocks
- Press "start" to begin the measurements
- When "measurements finished" is displayed
correct measurements can be saved by pressing
the
M
arrow (‘yes’); in the event of incorrect
measurements, press the
N
arrow (‘no’)
- Once all the measurements have been carried
out in a block, measurements will continue in
the next block
Quick Guide
WCM-control
Version 5.0
Reading out average values and the stan-
dard deviation of the measurement blocks:
- The average values of the WC, EC and T for
each measurement block, and their standard
deviations, can be read out during or after the
series of measurements
- This function is activated by moving to "statis-
tics" using the
N
arrow and confirming with the
menu button
Switching off multi-measurements:
- Switch off the multi-measurements by moving
to "multi-measurements off" using the
M
or
N
arrows.The memory will be deleted.
- In the "multi-measurements" mode the meter
will remain switched on for a period of 30
minutes after the last measurement; this allows
for notes to be taken of the measurements if so
required.
- The meter can be switched off manually from
the menu screen by moving to "fast off" using
the
N
arrow, and then confirming this with the
menu button and the
M
arrow (‘yes’).The
stored measurements will be saved.
Activating logging
measurement
General:
- Switch on the meter by pressing the start
button
- Check the battery status
- Check the time setting of the clock
Activation of logging measurement:
- In the menu screen move to "start logging",
and confirm with the menu button
- Enter the starting date and the starting time
using the Mor Narrows, and confirm with the
menu button
Always set the starting time to at least
3 minutes after the current time on the
meter.
- Enter the interval (in minutes), and confirm
with the menu button
- Enter the number of days, and confirm with the
menu button. Please note that if the memory
capacity is exceeded (2300 measurements), the
oldest measurements will be overwritten.
- The meter now displays a summary of the
measurement settings and requests whether
the measurements should begin; yes – no with
the Mor Narrows
Reading out data to a PC
Hand-held meter:
- Switch on the hand meter, in the menu screen
move to "communications", and activate by
pressing the menu button
- Position the hand meter in such a position
that the IR eye (top left-hand corner, above
the screen) is at a distance of between 2 and
20 cm in front of the IR eye of the PC.
Starting the logging program on the PC:
- Connect the IR transmitter/receiver to the
PC’s COM 1 port
- Ensure that all other open links with the
COM 1 port are closed
- Start the graph program using the CD-ROM
supplied with the meter, or by using the short-
cut icon displayed on the computer’s screen
- Ensure that the WCM-control is set to
communications mode, and that there is a link
with the IR eye
- Click the lightning icon to start the reading
out of the data
- In the event that there is no connection,
check:
- There are no open links with other
programmes
- The position of the IR eyes
- The meter is on, and set to the communi-
cations mode
- Logging measurements read in by the PC are
immediately displayed in a graph above a table
listing individual measurements
- Each measurement in a multi-measurement
series read in by the PC is displayed in the
table below the empty graph
Setting the scale of the graph:
- Press "1" to display measurements during a
24-hour period (1 day) from 6:00 a.m.
to 6:00 a.m.
- Press "3" to display measurements during a
72-hour period (3 days) from 6:00 a.m.
to 6:00 a.m.
- Press "7" to display measurements during a
168-hours period (7 days) from 6:00 a.m.
to 6:00 a.m.
- Press the Oor Parrows to scroll through the
1-day, 3-days or 7-days graph
Saving and transmitting measurements by
E-mail:
- Measurements can be saved in one of two
ways:
- As an original WCM-control file, which can be
opened solely by the graph program
- As an Excel file, which can be opened by third
parties not in the possession of the graph
program, and which can also be processed in
Excel
- Measurements can be transmitted by E-mail
All the information and recommendations provided in this document have been compiled with the greatest possible care, but we cannot accept liability for any errors involved: November 2006.
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