Hi-Tec PMAC 3000 User manual

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Thismanualcoversversion2.03‐2.05(‐E)ofthePMAC3000.
Thismanualcoversversion2.03oftheGUIsoftware.
October5,2017
HITECSensorDevelopments
1050W.SilverBellRoad
Orion,MI48359
(248)391‐3000
Fax:(248)391‐0107
[email protected]
www.hitecsensors.com
HITECSensor
Developments
OPERATORSMANUAL
ProcessMonitorAndControlInstrument
PMAC3000

TableofContents
Introduction.......................................................................................................1
SystemOverview........................................................................................................................ 1
Features..................................................................................................................................1
PowerUp...........................................................................................................2
ProcessMonitorFunctions.................................................................................4
Track........................................................................................................................................... 4
TheTrackDisplay........................................................................................................................ 5
+Peak,‐Peak&+/‐Peak............................................................................................................. 5
ThePeakDisplay......................................................................................................................... 7
Record......................................................................................................................................... 8
TheManualRecordDisplay........................................................................................................ 9
Encoder(optional).......................................................................................... 11
TheMenu........................................................................................................ 12
ExternalI/O..................................................................................................... 15
AnalogOutput.......................................................................................................................... 16
Cycle‐On................................................................................................................................... 17
LimitOutputs............................................................................................................................ 17
SensorConnection.......................................................................................... 20
PowerConnection............................................................................................20
InternalBatteries............................................................................................ 20
GraphicalUserInterface(GUI)........................................................................ 21
GeneralSettings....................................................................................................................... 23
SystemSettings........................................................................................................................ 26
PeakReadings........................................................................................................................... 27
PlotReadings............................................................................................................................ 28
Re‐initialization......................................................................................................................... 29
Help........................................................................................................................................... 29
UpdateFirmware...................................................................................................................... 29
Specifications.................................................................................................. 30
ServiceWarranty............................................................................................ 31
RepairServices................................................................................................ 31

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PMAC3000Page1
Introduction
SystemOverview
ThePMAC3000isamulti‐functionalProcessMonitorAndControlinstrument,designedto
operatewithHITECSensorDevelopmentsautoIDsensors.Model90424hasbeenenhancedto
supportquadratureencoders.ThisfunctionalityissupportedviaautoIDandthirdpartysensor
programming.Foreasyverification,theencoderversionwillshowtheextension“E”whenthe
softwareversionnumberisdisplayedatpowerup.
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ThePMAC3000isaportableinstrumentandcomeswiththefollowing:
CarryingCase
12VRegulatedPowerSupply
CDROMcontainingGraphicsUserInterface(GUI)software
Ifanyoftheseitemsaremissing,callHITECSensorDevelopmentscustomersupportnumber,
1(248)391‐3000.
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Features
ThePMAC3000features:
Sixprocessmonitoringfunctions,including:
Acontinuoustrackingfunction
3peakloggingfunctions
2waveformrecordingfunctions(withmultiplerecordrates)
4processcontroloutputsignals(forHigh,Ok,LowandTargetoccurrences)
Programmableset‐pointsforThreshold,Target,HighandLowLimits
AnalogOutput
Storagecapacityinexcessof750,000peakreadings
Storagecapacityinexcessof3,000,000recordreadings
Storagecapacityofupto30recordings
AutomaticcalibrationwithHITECSensorDevelopmentsautoIDsensors
Measureswithrespecttoabsoluteorrelativezero
Multipleengineeringunitcapabilitywithautomaticunitconversion
MenuLocking
Automaticpowerdowntimer
RechargeableLithium‐Ionbattery
Supportforthirdpartysensors
Userselectabledisplaycolors
Userselectabledisplaybrightness
Optionalquadratureencodersupport
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PMAC3000Page2
PowerUp
Connectthepowersupplytothepowerinputjackontherearoftheunit.SeeFigure1.Press
theONbuttonlocatedonthetopofthePMAC3000.ThePMAC3000willpowerup.
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Figure1–PMAC3000Front,Top,andRearView
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ThefirstscreentoappeardescribestheunitasaPMAC3000madebyHITECSensor
Developments.Thesoftwarenumberisalsodisplayed.SeeFigure2.
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Figure2–Start‐upScreen
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ON
PMAC 3000
CHARGE
FAULT
S/N: XXXXXX
ANALOG
OUTPUT
DIGITAL I/O
SENSOR
AC
ADAPTER
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USB

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PMAC3000Page3
IfasensorisconnectedtothesensorinputconnectionontherearofthePMAC3000(seeFigure
1),thenextscreenwillbetheSensorCapacityscreen.SeeFigure3.Thisscreendescribesthe
capacityofthesensorinengineeringunits,aswellasifthereisanoptionalencoderinstalled.If
thesensorisaHITECSensorDevelopmentsautoIDsensor,thesensorinformationwillreflectthe
autoIDdata.IfthesensordoesnothavetheautoIDfeatureinstalled,thesensorinformationis
thatofthelastsensorconnected.
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Figure3–SensorCapacityScreen
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Afterashorttime,thePMAC3000willshowtheactiveProcessMonitorFunction.SeeFigure4.
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Figure4–TypicalProcessMonitorScreen
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Figure4isjustanexampleoftheProcessMonitorFunctions.Theactualscreentobedisplayed
willreflecttheProcessMonitorFunctionthatwasactivethelasttimethePMAC3000powered
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Lefttoitself,dependingonthepowerdowntimersetting,thePMAC3000willpowerdownon
itsownwithnoactivity.TheusermayforceapowerdownbypressingandholdingtheONbutton
untilthedisplaysays“Releasebuttontopowerdown.”Thistakesabout2seconds.If,forany
reason,thePMAC3000haslockedup,thedevicemayberesetinthismanneraswell.Inthis
case,however,itmaynotdisplay“Releasebuttontopowerdown.”Justholdthebuttonafew
secondsandreleaseit.
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ProcessMonitorFunctions
ThePMAC3000providessixprocessmonitoringfunctions:
Track
+Peak
‐Peak
+/‐Peak
AutoRecord
ManualRecord
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Track
Trackprovidescontinuousmonitoringofaprocess.Theinstrumenttakesreadingsat10,000
readings/secondandaveragesthemtodisplay4readings/second.Trackisdesignedforslowly
changingprocesses.SeeFigure5forthetypicalTrackdisplay.
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Figure5–TrackScreen
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OfalloftheProcessMonitorFunctions,Trackisaspecialcaseinthatitistheonlyfunctionthat
doesnotrequireatripthroughthemenutoactivate.Moreonthisastheotherfunctionsare
discussed.
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TheTrackDisplay
Function:Track–Definesthecurrentfunction.Inthiscase,theTrackfunction.
Z‐Rel–DefinestheZeromode.SensorZerocanbereferencetoanabsolutezeroorarelative
zero,indicatedrespectivelybyZ‐AbsandZ‐Rel.
Nov11,2013&4:11:34PM‐Thesevaluesrepresentthecurrentdateandtime.Theyareupdated
inrealtime.
BatteryIndicator–Avisualindicationofhowmuchchargeremainsinthebattery.
0.0000–Representsthecurrentliveloadonthesensor.Thisvalueisupdatedinrealtime.
lb–Representstheselectedengineeringunitsforthesensor.
High,PassandLow–Limitindicators,showinginrealtime,thestatusoftheloadonthesensor.
Menu–ClickingMenuentersthePMAC3000Menu.SeetheMenusection.
+Peak–Representstheother5functions.ClickingthisbuttonwillchangetheFunctionmodeto
whicheverfunctionisdisplayedinthebutton.Thefunctiondisplayedinthebutton,and
thereforeactivatedbythebutton,isselectedinthePMAC3000Menu.SeetheMenusection.
Tare–ClickingTarewillzerothesensor.InZ‐Absmode,thezerowillbetakenfromtheabsolute
zeroreferenceinsidethePMAC3000.InZ‐Relmode,thezerowillbethecurrentloadonthe
sensor.
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Note:EachofthelimitindicatorshasacorrespondingoutputavailableontheDigitalI/O
connector.SeeFigure1.Inaddition,thereisa4thoutputnotreflectedonthedisplaythattriggers
whenthemagnitudeoftheloadisgreaterthantheSensorTargetvalue.TheSensorTargetvalue
isaprogrammablethroughthePMAC3000Menu.SeeMenusection.
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+Peak,‐Peak&+/‐Peak
ThePeakfunctionssamplethesensoratarateof10,000readings/second.InallPeakfunctions,
theprocessstartswhenareadingisgreaterthanorequaltotheuserdefinedsensorThreshold
valueandendswhenthereadingstaysbelow80%oftheuserdefinedsensorThresholdvaluefor
morethan100milliseconds.SeeFigures6&7.Upontheexpirationofthe100millisecondtimer,
theprocessisconsideredcompleteandthepeakvaluewillbedisplayed.Also,atthistime,the
limitswillbeevaluatedanddisplayed.Ifthereadingrisesabove80%oftheuserdefinedsensor
Thresholdvaluebeforethe100millisecondtimerhasexpired,theprocessisnotconsidered
completeandwillcontinue.
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Note:EachofthelimitindicatorshasacorrespondingoutputavailableontheDigitalI/O
connector.SeeFigure1.Inaddition,thereisa4thoutputnotreflectedonthedisplaythattriggers
whenthemagnitudeoftheloadisgreaterthantheSensorTargetvalue.Thislimitevaluationis
doneinrealtimeandmaybeusedtocontroltheprocess.TheSensorTargetvalueisa
programmablethroughthePMAC3000Menu.SeeMenusection.
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+Peakcapturespeakloadsthatarepositiveandignoresanypeaksinthenegativedirection,even
ifthemagnitudeofthenegativepeakislargerthanthatofthepositive.SeeFigure6.
‐Peakcapturespeakloadsthatarenegativeandignoresanypeaksinthepositivedirection,even
ifthemagnitudeofthepositivepeakislargerthanthatofthenegative.SeeFigure7.

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+/‐Peakcapturesthelargestpeakmagnitude,regardlessofthesignoftheload.Itmaybeeither
positiveornegative.
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TheuserdefinedsensorThreshold,andalllimits,areevaluatedwithrespecttotheabsolutevalue
ofthereading,sothatthesignofthereadingdoesnotplayapartintheevaluation,beyondthe
settingofthepeakmode(ie.+Peak,‐Peakor+/‐Peak).
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Figure6
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Figure7
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Figure8showsthetypicalpeakdisplay.
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Figure8–PeakScreen
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ThePeakDisplay
Function:+/‐Peak–Definesthecurrentfunction.Inthiscase,the+/‐Peakfunction.Other
optionsare+Peakand–Peak.
Z‐Rel:#1–DefinestheZeromode.SensorZerocanbereferencetoanabsolutezeroorarelative
zero,indicatedrespectivelybyZ‐AbsandZ‐Rel.SeeTrackmodeforhowtozerothesensor.In
addition,the#1representsthecountofthelastacquiredpeak.Inthecaseshownhere,thisis
the1stpeakinmemory.
Oct22,2013&12:06:55PM–Thesevaluesrepresentthedateandtimeofthelastacquired
peak.
BatteryIndicator–Avisualindicationofhowmuchchargeremainsinthebattery.
21.0475–Representsthelastpeakloadtobecaptured.
N–Representstheselectedengineeringunitsforthesensorwhenthelastpeakwascaptured.
High,PassandLow–Limitindicators,showingthestatusofthelastpeakcaptured.
Menu–ClickingMenuentersthePMAC3000Menu.SeetheMenusection.
Track–ClickingTrackwillswitchtotheTrackmode.Asstatedearlier,Trackisthespecialcase
functionthatdoesnotrequireatripthroughthemenutoactivate.
RedoPeak–PressingRedoPeakwillerasethelastcapturedpeakfrommemory.Thedisplay
willthenshowthepreviouspeakinmemory.
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ThePMAC3000mayholdinexcessof750,000peakreadings.MemoryissharedwiththeRecord
functions,soifanyrecordingsarestoredinmemory,itwillreducethepeakstoragecapacity.In
thiscase,peakstoragecapacitycanbeincreasedbyerasingrecordings.
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Note:Oneitemthatcansometimesbeasourceofconfusionisthatthesignandengineering
unitsshownonthedisplayfromthelastcapturedpeakmaynotalwaysmatchthecurrent
settings.Forexample,theusermayhavebeenrecording+/‐PeakinNmandthelastpeak
recordedmaybeanegativevalueinNm.Theusermaydecidetochangethemodeto+Peakand
theengineeringunitstoinlb.Uponexitingthemenu,thedisplaywillshowthelastacquired
peak,whichwasanegativevalueinNm.Thismayconfusetheuserastheusermaybeexpecting

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toseeapositivevalueininlb.Thedisplayisunchangedfrombeforebecausethedisplayis
showingthelastpeakcaptured.Thenextpeaktobecapturedwillreflectthechangesthatthe
userhasmade.
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Record
TheRecordfunctionssamplethesensoratarateof10,000readings/second.Thesamplerateis
userselectabledownto1reading/second.Inthecaseofanysampleratelowerthan10,000
readings/second,thePMAC3000willstillsampleatthe10,000readings/secondandwillaverage
thereadingstoproducetheuserselectedsamplerate.
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InAutoRecord,theprocessstartswhenareadingisgreaterthanorequaltotheuserdefined
sensorThresholdvalueandendswhenthereadingstaysbelow80%oftheuserdefinedsensor
Thresholdvalueformorethan100milliseconds.Upontheexpirationofthe100millisecond
timer,theprocessisconsideredcompleteandthedisplaywillshowanindicationthatrecording
hasended.Ifthereadingrisesabove80%oftheuserdefinedsensorThresholdvaluebeforethe
100millisecondtimerhasexpired,theprocessisnotconsideredcompleteandrecordingwill
continue.TheuserdefinedsensorThresholdisevaluatedwithrespecttotheabsolutevalueof
thereading,sothatthesignofthereadingdoesnotplayapartintheevaluation.
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Note:High,PassandLowlimitsarenotevaluatedinRecordmode,howeverthereisanoutput
calledTargetthatisavailableontheDigitalI/Oconnector.SeeFigure1.TheTargetoutput
triggerswhenthemagnitudeoftheloadisgreaterthantheSensorTargetvalue.TheTarget
evaluationisdoneinrealtimeandmaybeusedtocontroltheprocess.TheSensorTargetvalue
isprogrammablethroughthePMAC3000Menu.SeeMenusection.
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InManualRecord,theprocessstartseitherbypressingtheStartbuttonfromtheManualRecord
screen,oractivatingtheCycle‐OninputwithintheI/Oconnectorontherearoftheunit.The
processalsoendseitherbypressingtheStopbuttonfromtheManualRecordscreen,orde‐
activatingtheCycle‐OninputwithintheI/Oconnectorontherearoftheunit.
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ThePMAC3000mayholdinexcessof3,000,000recordedreadings.Thesereadingscanbeallin
oneplot,ormadeupofnumerousplots.ThePMAC3000canstoreupto30plots.Memoryis
sharedwiththePeakfunctions,soifanypeaksarestoredinmemory,theymayreducethe
storagecapacityforrecordings.Inthiscase,storagecapacitycanbeincreasedbyerasingpeak
readings.
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Figure9showsthetypicalManualRecorddisplay.
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Figure9–ManualRecordScreen
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TheManualRecordDisplay
Function:M‐Rec(1kHz)–Definesthecurrentfunction.Inthiscase,theManualRecordfunction.
TheotheroptionisA‐Rec(AutomaticRecord).Inaddition,the(1kHz)representsthecurrently
selectedsamplerate.Thesamplerateisuseradjustableinthemenufrom10kHzdownto1Hz
inpre‐definedincrements.SeetheMenusection.
Z‐Rel:#1–DefinestheZeromode.SensorZerocanbereferencetoanabsolutezeroorarelative
zero,indicatedrespectivelybyZ‐AbsandZ‐Rel.SeeTrackmodeforhowtozerothesensor.In
addition,the#1representsthecountofthelastrecordedplot.Inthecaseshownhere,thelast
recordedplotwasthe1stplotinmemory.
BatteryIndicator–Avisualindicationofhowmuchchargeremainsinthebattery.
ReadytoRecord–InformstheuserthatthePMAC3000isreadytobeginrecording.
Menu–ClickingMenuentersthePMAC3000Menu.SeetheMenusection.
Track–ClickingTrackwillswitchtotheTrackmode.Asstatedearlier,Trackisthespecialcase
functionthatdoesnotrequireatripthroughthemenutoactivate.
StartRec–PressingStartRecwillbegintherecordingprocess.Whilerecordingisinprogress,
thislinewillchangetoRecording…SeeFigure10.
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Figure10–RecordingActiveScreen

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Note(inFigure10)thechangetoZ‐Rel:#2,indicatingthecurrentrecordingisplot#2.Also,note
thatthetimeanddateofthecurrentrecordingareshown,andthattheStartRecbuttonnow
showsStopRec.PressingStopRecwillendtherecordingprocess.
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Itisalsopossibletostartandstopmanualrecordingbyusingtheexternalcycle‐oninput.
Activatingthecycle‐oninputwillcauserecordingtobegin.Deactivatingcycle‐onwillcause
recordingtostop.SeethesectiononexternaldigitalI/Oconnectionsformoreinformation.
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Whenrecordingends,theRecordingCompletescreenwillappear.SeeFigure11.
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Figure11–RecordingCompleteScreen
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Figure11showstheRecordingCompletescreen.Thisisamoreobviousvisualindicationthat
recordinghasended.PressOktoreturntotheactiverecordingscreen.
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NotethattheAutomaticRecordscreenisnotshownhereduetothesimilaritytotheManual
Recordscreen.
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WhenrecordinginAutomaticRecordingmode,orwhenusingtheexternalCycle‐Ontotriggerin
theManualRecordingmode,theuserdoesnothavetopresstheOkbuttonshowninFigure11.
Recordingmaybeinitiatedagainfromthisscreenbyeitherapplyingaloadgreaterthanthe
thresholdinAutomaticmode,orbytriggeringtheCycle‐OninManualmode.TheRecording
CompleteScreenwillremainonthescreen,butbehindthescenes,moreplotsmayberecorded.
ThispreventsanuisanceconditionofhavingtopresstheOkbuttoneverytimeifthePMAC3000
isinconvenientlylocated.
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Encoder(optional)
ThePMAC3000isavailablewithanencoderoption.Thisoptioniseasilyverifiedatpowerup
whenthesoftwareversionisdisplayedintheStartupScreen.SeeFigure2.Attheendofthe
softwareversion,“‐E”willappear.
TheencoderversionworkswithquadratureencoderswithsingleendedTTL/CMOSoutputs.It
powerstheencoderwith5VDC.
Therearethreemodesofoperationthatrelatetotheencoder.ThesemodesareOff,Angleand
RPM.HowtoselecttheappropriatemodeisdiscussedintheMenusectionlaterinthismanual.
IntheOffmode,thePMAC3000behavesjustlikeitwouldwiththestandardsoftware(no
encodersoftware).IntheAnglemode,allencodermeasurementsaremadeindegrees.Inthe
RPMmode,allencodermeasurementsaremadeinRPM.InthecaseofAngleandRPMmodes,
thedisplayissplitsuchthatthesensorreadingisontheleftandtheencoderreadingontheright.
Theappropriateunitsareshownbelowthecorrespondingreading.
Theencoderversionprovidesforencoderlimits,justlikethoseprovidedfortheloadsensor.
TheselimitsareLow,Ok,HighandTarget.Ineachcase,theyareevaluatedinthesamewaythat
thesensorlimitsareevaluated.InthevariousPeakmodes,allthelimitsareevaluatedafterthe
processconcludes,whiletheTargetlimitisevaluatedinrealtime.IntheRecordmodes,onlythe
Targetlimitisevaluated.Asbefore,intheRecordmodes,theTargetlimitisevaluatedinreal
time.IntheTrackmode,alllimitsareevaluatedinrealtime.
IntheTrackmode,Anglebeginscountingimmediatelyandmayberesettozerobypressingthe
Tarebutton.NotethatpressingtheTarebuttonalsozero’sthesensorwhenrunninginRelative
mode.RPM,byitsnature,cannotbezeroed.
InthePeakmodes,Anglebeginscountingfromzeroassoonasthesensorloadhascrossedthe
Thresholdvalueandanewcyclehasstarted.Asbefore,ifthesensorloadexceedstheTarget
level,thetargetoutputwillfire.InAnglemode,anyAnglereadingexceedingtheencoderTarget
valuewillalsocausetheTargetoutputtofire.Afterthecyclecompletes,thesensorvalueis
evaluatedwithrespecttothesensorlimits,andtheAnglevalueisevaluatedwithrespecttothe
encoderlimits.InRPMmode,theRPMismonitoredthroughoutthePeakcycle,buttheRPMis
notzeroedatthestartofit.AsinAnglemode,iftheRPMvalueexceedstheencoderTarget
value,theTargetoutputwillfire.Afterthecycleiscomplete,theRPMvalueisevaluatedwith
respecttotheencoderlimits.Ineithercase,AngleorRPMmode,anencoderlimitfailurewill
triggerthecorrespondingoutputandwilllightthecorrespondinglimitindicatoronthefront
panel.ItisthereforepossibletohaveaHighLimitandLowLimitviolationatthesametimeifthe
sensorviolatesoneofitslimitsandtheencoderviolatestheother.Notethat,inthePeakmodes,
theencodervaluethatiscapturedandevaluatedwithrespecttotheHighandLowLimitsisthe
valuethatcoincideswiththepeakvaluefromthesensor.Theencodervaluethatisevaluatedin

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realtimewithrespecttotheTargetisthecurrentencodervalue,anditnottiedtothepeakvalue
fromthesensor.
IntheRecordmodes,Anglebeginscountingfromzeroassoonasrecordingbegins.Asbefore,if
thesensorloadexceedstheTargetlevel,thetargetoutputwillfire.InAnglemode,anyangle
valueexceedingtheencoderTargetvaluewillalsocausetheTargetoutputtofire.InRPMmode,
theRPMismonitoredthroughouttherecordcycle,buttheRPMisnotzeroedatthestartofit.
AsinAnglemode,iftheRPMvalueexceedstheencoderTargetvalue,theTargetoutputwillfire.
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TheMenu
ThePMAC3000providesanintuitivetouchscreenmenuinterface.PressMenufromanyofthe
ProcessMonitorscreenstoentertheMenu.SeeFigure12.
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Figure12–MainMenu
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Ratherthanhaveascreenshotofeverymenuselection,itislikelymucheasiertounderstand
justshowingthemenustructure,startingwiththeMainMenu.
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Settings
SystemSettings
Time
TimeEntryScreen–Alwayssettimein24Hrmode
Save–bringsup12/24HrDisplayFormatselector,savestomemory
Exit–returnstoSystemSettings
Date
DateEntryScreen
Save–savestomemory
Exit–returnstoSystemSettings
Display
Brightness

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BrightnessSlider–adjustsbrightness
Save–savestomemory
Exit–returnstoDisplay
ColorScheme
Red–adjustredintensity
Green–adjustgreenintensity
Blue–adjustblueintensity
ColorDisplay–showsresultsofcurrentcoloradjustments
Save–savestomemory
Exit–returnstoDisplay
Exit–returnstoSystemSettings
AnalogOutput
OutputType(volts)–select1of4rangesorDisabled
Save–savestomemory
Exit–returnstoSystemSettings
Power‐OffTimer
Timeselection–adjustslengthofpowerofftimer
Save–savestomemory
Exit–returnstoSystemSettings
Exit–returnstoSettings
GeneralSettings
GeneralMiscSettings
Presets
Select1‐5
Load–loadsselectedpresetsascurrentsettings
Save–savescurrentsettingstotheselectedpreset
Exit–returnstoGeneralMiscSettings
Function
Select1of5ProcessMonitorFunctions
Save–savestomemory
Exit–returnstoGeneralMiscSettings
PeakLogging
SelectOff/On
Save–savestomemory
Exit–returnstoGeneralMiscSettings
RecordRate
RecordRate–adjustssamplerateofrecording
Save–savestomemory
Exit–returnstoGeneralMiscSettings
EngineeringUnits
Selectunitsthatmatchthetypeofthecurrentlyattachedsensor
Save–savestomemory
Exit–returnstoGeneralMiscSettings

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ZeroMode
SelectRelative/Absolute
Save–savestomemory
Exit–returnstoGeneralMiscSettings
Exit–returnstoSettings
SensorSettings
SThreshold–NumericEntryscreen
SLowLimit–NumericEntryscreen
STarget–NumericEntryscreen
SHighLimit–NumericEntryscreen
Exit–returnstoSettings
EncoderSettings(EncoderVersionOnly)
EMode
Off
Deg
RPM
Save–savestomemory
Exit–returnstoEncoderSettings
ELowLimit–NumericEntryScreen
ETargetLimit–NumericEntryScreen
EHighLimit–NumericEntryScreen
Exit–returnstoSettings
CalibrateSensor
WithautoID
autoIDSensorDetected–showssensorinfo
Exit–returnstoSettings
WithoutautoID
Capacity–NumericEntryscreen
Output(mV/V)‐NumericEntryscreen
EngUnits
ChooseTypeofEngineeringUnits
ChooseForce,TorqueorDisplacement
Next
Listofunitstoselectbasedontypeselected
Save–savestomemory
Exit–returnstoCalibrateSensor
Exit–returnstoCalibrateSensor
Encoder‐NumericEntryscreen
Exit–returnstocurrentProcessMonitorscreen
Exit–returnstotheMainMenu
LoggedPeaks
ErasePeaks
“Areyousure?”prompt

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Yes–erasespeaks
No–returnstoLoggedPeaks
ViewPeaks
ViewPeaksScreen
Previous–displayspreviouspeak
Next–displaysnextpeak
Exit–returnstoLoggedPeaks
Exit–returnstotheMainMenu
MenuLocking
NumericEntryscreen
MenuLockingpasscodeis290
Lockedcheckbox–checktolock
Save–savestomemory
Exit–returnstoMainMenu
Re‐initPMAC3000passcodeis911
Re‐initialize–willre‐initialize,orformat,PMAC3000flashmemory
Exit–returnstoMainMenu
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RecordedPlots
EraseOnePlot
PlotSelector
ErasePlot–erasestheselectedplot
Exit–returnstoRecordedPlots
EraseAllPlots
“Areyousure?”prompt
Yes–erasesallplots
No–returnstoRecordedPlots
Exit–returnstoactiveProcessMonitorscreen.
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ExternalI/O
ThePMAC3000providessixdigitalandanalogI/Ofunctions:
AnalogOutput
Cycle‐On
HighLimit
Pass
LowLimit
Target
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AnalogOutput
TheAnalogOutputisavailabletotheuserviatheBNCconnectorontherearofthePMAC3000.
SeeFigure1.Thecenterconductoristheanalogsignal,andtheoutershellistheanalogcommon.
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Theanalogoutputistied,viasoftware,directlytothesensorinput.Itisascaledreflectionofthe
liveloadonthesensorasapercentageofthesensorfullscalecapacity.
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TheoutputrangeoftheAnalogOutputisuserselectableintheMenutooneoffourranges.The
rangesare,+/‐10V,+/‐5V,0‐10Vand0‐5V.SeeFigure13.Inanycase,theseuserselectable
rangedreflecttheoutputvalueoftheAnalogOutputwhenfullscaleloadisappliedtothesensor.
Theentirerangeofthesensor,frompositivefullscale,tonegativefullscale,isaccountedfor.
Thismeansthatzeroloadonthesensorwillproduce0Voutputfor+/‐10Vand+/‐5Vranges,5V
forthe0‐10Vrange,and2.5Vforthe0‐5Vrange.Theanalogoutputusesthefull16bitsofthe
digitaltoanalogconverter(DAC)resolutiontoproducethe+/‐10Voutput.The+/‐5Vand0‐10V
rangesareproducedusing15bitsofDACresolution.The0‐5Vrangeisproducedusing14bitsof
DACresolution.
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Figure13–AnalogOutputSettingsScreen
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TheAnalogOutputmaybeturnedoffbychoosingtheDisabledselectionontheAnalogOutput
Settingsscreen.TurningofftheAnalogOutputwhennotneededwillincreasebatterylifeby
about10%.
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TheAnalogOutputiselectricallyisolatedfromthePMAC3000.Whenmeasuringthisoutputwith
adataacquisitionsystem,itmaybenecessarytoconnectthesignalcommontoaground
referenceonthedataacquisitionsystemtoinsurethatthecommonmodeinputrangeofthe
dataacquisitionsystemisnotviolated.
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Cycle‐On
Cycle‐OnisadigitalinputthatisavailabletotheuserintheDigitalI/Oconnectorontherearof
thePMAC3000.SeeFigure1.
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Thecycle‐oninputiselectricallyisolatedfromthePMAC3000.Itcanbeactivatedbyapplying
5VDCto24VDCnominalacrosstheinputs,pin1topin2,onthedigitalI/Oconnector.The
maximuminputvoltageis30VDC.Theinputisreversepolarityprotected.SeeFigure14.
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Figure14–Cycle‐OnInputSchematic
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LimitOutputs
TherearefourlimitoutputsthatareavailabletotheuserintheDigitalI/Oconnectorontherear
ofthePMAC3000.SeeFigure1.
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TheHigh,PassandLowlimitsreflectthestatusoftheircorrespondingfrontpanelindicators.The
Targetoutputisaspecialcaseinthatitdoesnothaveacorrespondingdisplayindicator.The
Targetoutputalsodiffersinthatitisalwaysevaluatedinrealtime,regardlessoftheFunction
Modeselected.
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Allfourlimitoutputsareactivelow,switchingtogroundwhenactive.SeeFigure15.Theyare
notisolatedfromthePMAC3000.Theoutputsaredesignedtooperatebyswitchingaloadona
5VDCto24VDCnominalsupply.Theabsolutemaximumvoltagelimitoneachoutputis26VDC.
Maximumswitchingcurrentis1.5A.
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Figures16‐19showafewtypicalconnectionstothelimitoutputs.
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PMAC3000Page18
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Figure15–LimitOutputSchematic
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Figure16–Non‐IsolatedTTLorCMOSOutput
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