Launch STS600 User manual

User sManual
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STS600 SensorTester&Simulator
User sManual

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TableofContents
1. CAUTION.........................................................................E-2
2. GENERAL........................................................................E-2
3. MAJORFUNCTIONS.......................................................E-3
4. STRUCTURE...................................................................E-4
5. OPERATIONINSTRUCTION............................................E-5
5.1NOTES.......................................................................E-5
5.2POWER......................................................................E-6
5.3SCREEN.....................................................................E-6
5.4KEYBOARDOPERATION...........................................E-7
5.5VOLTAGEMEASUREMENT........................................E-9
5.6RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT................................E-10
5.7FREQUENCYMEASUREMENT................................E-12
5.8FREQUENCYSIMULATION......................................E-14
5.9ΛO2SENSORSIMULATION.......................................E-17
5.10 VOLTAGESIMULATION..........................................E-19
6. FAQ...............................................................................E-21

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1. CAUTION
1.1Pleaseread thismanualcarefullybeforeoperationin
ordertoavoiddamagingthe instrument duetoimproper
use.
1.2Afterunpacking,pleasecheckthe itemsagainstthe
enclosedpackinglist.
1.3Ifthereisanyqualityproblemwiththisunitduringone
yearwarranty(startingfromthe dateofthe invoice),
pleasecontactthe nearestdistributororLAUNCH free
servicewillbe offered ifsuchaproblemisnotresulting
fromunauthorizedservice.
2. GENERAL
Thismanualprovidesdetailed informationaboutthe
functionsand operation of STS600.
STS600,withfunctionsofself-testand
automatic-range-selection,isatypeofintelligentinstrument,
mainlyused fortestingworkingconditionsofautosensors
bymeansofmeasuringvoltage,resistanceandfrequency.
It can alsosimulatesensorstogenerateoutputsignals
(voltage,frequencyand the sign of λO2 sensor).

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3. MAJORFEATURES
1)BigcharacterLCD,3-digitaldisplayofmeasure,
maximumand minimumalongwithunitindication and
iconsfortestfunctions
2)Anti-dirtfilmkeyboard
3)Automaticrangeselectionforvoltageand resistance
measure
4)Measureprecision lessthan 1%FSR
5)Responsetime<1S
6)Voltage scope：0～400V
7)Resistancescope：0～4MQ
8)Frequencyscope：1～15KHz
9)Voltage simulation scope：0～12V
10)Frequencysimulation scope：1～15KHz （5V/12V
amplitude changeable）
11)Power：12VDC(autobattery)
12)Ambienttemperature：-5℃～+50℃
13)Ambienthumidity：0%RH～85%RH
14)Quiescentpowercurrent：≤70mA
15)Volume：320X166X40 mm
16)Weight：486g

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4. STRUCTURE
Fig.1STS600
①Displaywindow;②Keyboard;③Powercable;④Measure
plug;⑤Powerplug;⑥Test cable.
The instrumentmainlyconsistsoftwoparts:the meterand
the externalcables.The externalcablesaresignalcables

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（⑥ of Fig.1）andpowercable（③ ofFig.1）.Thesignal
cablescan beconnectedtothe meterthroughaDB9plug.
The powercableislinked tothe meterbya2-pinplug.
The instrumentfrontsurfaceisdividedintotwoparts:LCD
displaywindowonthe upperpart （① ofFig.1）and
keyboardon thelowerpart（② ofFig.1）.
5. OPERATIONINSTRUCTION
5.1NOTES
Therearetwosocketsonthe topoftheinstrumentasrefer
toFig.1.The rightone isforsignalcables theleft one is
forpowercable.You shouldfirstlyinsertthe signalcable
and powercableintotwosocketsrespectivelywhenusing.
The powercablehasone black jawfornegativepoleof
batteryandone redjawforpositivepoleofbattery.There
aretwocolors:the blackforsignalcommonground and the
redforsignalinputsuchasvoltage,resistance,and
frequency,oroutputofsimulativesignalsuchasfrequency
signal,voltagesignalandvoltagesimulativesignalof λO2
sensor.Thecommonmeasuringprocessforresistance,
voltage and frequencymeasure:pressingtheselect
functionkeyafterthesignaljawbe correctlyconnected to
measured element.
The processforvoltageand frequencysignalsimulation:
you havetofirstlypressthe selectfunctionkeyand setthe
parameter,then press theselectfunction keyagainto
ensuretheinstrumentatthe simulatingstatus,lastly
connect thesignaljawstosimulationpoints.
Note:Toavoiddamaging theinstrument,theabove
connectionsmustbedonecorrectly.

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5.2POWER
Aftercorrectlyconnectingthepowercabletothetwopoles
ofautobattery(12V),the instrumentwillstartself-testing.
The screen will showallthecharacters(see Fig.2).You
wouldhearone ‘bee’soundconfirmingtheinstrumentin
normalcondition.Thenthe screen willdisplay “P”character
forthe sixfunctionsselectuse
5.3SCREEN
The eachpart of thescreen meansasfollows(seeFig.2):
1)Displaythe maximumvalue onlyforvoltage, resistance
and frequencytesting.
2)Displaytheminimumvalue onlyforvoltage,resistance
and frequencytesting.
3)Displaymeasureresultorinputvalue
4)Unit displayarea（displaycorrespondingunitaccording
todifferentrange）
5)Dynamicvoltagevaluedisplaybarasthe horizontal
cursorlength(onlyforvoltagemeasurement)
6)Measurementand simulationfunction iconsfromleft to
rightare:voltagemeasurementicon,resistance
measurementicon,frequencymeasurementicon,
voltage simulation icon andfrequencysimulation icon.
Note:Thefunctionisactivatedwhentheoutline
borderoftheicon islit.

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Fig.2Fulldisplay
5.4KEYBOARDOPERATION
5.4.1keyboardlayout
See Fig.3, thereare19 keysintotal.

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Fig3 Keyboardlayout
1)Fivemainfunction keysfromleft torightcorrespondto
fivemainfunctioniconsonthe screenseparatelyas
Voltage testkey,Resistancetestkey,Frequencytest
key,Voltage simulation key(λO
2 sensorsimulation
key)andFrequencysimulationkey.
Note:For O2sensorsimulation,you mustfirstly
press ‘F’key meanwhilepress the ‘voltagesimulation’
function key.

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2)Three additionalfunctionkeys:
Keys ‘↑’and ’↓’areused forcontinuousincreasing
ordecreasingadjustment of simulation value.
Key ‘F’isan additionalkeyforcombined keysuse.
3)Digit keys(0--9)and decimalkey:
Theyareonlyused forsettingparameterof
frequencysimulation and voltage simulation.
5.4.2Wheneveritwillbeswitchedtotheselectedfunction
aslongasone offivemainfunctionkeysispressed
orpress ‘F’keyand the ‘voltagesimulation’function
key.
5.5VOLTAGEMEASUREMENT
After ‘voltagemeasurement’functionkeybepressed,the
‘voltagemeasurement’selectioniconsandvoltageunit ‘V’
will litonscreen.Ifthesignaljawsaredisconnected,the
screen will displayasshowninFig.4.
Fig.4The displaywhen signaljawsaredisconnected
The measuringvaluewillbe shownwhenthe jawsare
connected tomeasurementpoints,meanwhiletheupper
partofthe screen will showthemax.andmin.valuesthat
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alsoshownbythedynamicbar.The valueoutof40Vwill
makethe dynamicbarreachitsfulllength. Forexample, the
screen of20VDCmeasuringislikeFig.5.
Fig.5The displaywhen measuring20VDC
Ifthe voltagevaluegoesbeyond 400V,itshouldbe
displayed mark ‘1.’.
5.6RESISTANCEMEASUREMENT
After ‘resistancemeasurement’function keybepressed, the
‘resistancemeasurement’selectioniconsandresistance
unit ‘Ω’willbelit(see Fig.6).

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Fig.6Initialdisplaywhen ‘resistancemeasurement’ispressed
Afterthesignaljawstothemeasurepointsbeconnected,
resistancevalue willbeshown.The testingmax.andmin.
valuewillsimultaneouslybedisplayed ontheuppersection.
Forexample,ifmeasuredresistanceis1.5Ω,itwilldisplay
likeFig.7.
Becausethe instrumenthasaprocessof
automatic-range-selection,itwoulddisplaythe measure
resistanceafterasecond.

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Fig.7The displaywhen measured resistanceis1.5KΩ
Ifsignaljawsaredisconnectedatthismomentorthe
resistancevalue goesbeyond 4MΩ,themark ‘1.’for
over-range willbedisplayed.
Therearethree rangeofmeasured resistancevalues: Ω、
KΩ、MΩ.When the resistancevalueschangegreatlyso
that the max. and min.valuesarenotwithinthe samerange,
itshoulddisplay ‘---- --’.But the measured valueisstored in
the memorizer.
Note:Duetotheauto-range-selection needsalonger
timetoaltertherangewiththeresistancevalue
changing, thescreenwill renew latterly.
5.7FREQUENCYMEASUREMENT
ByPressing ‘Frequencymeasurement’function key, itwilllit
the ‘Frequencymeasurement’selection iconsand
frequencyunit ‘Hz’.Ifthe signaljawsaredisconnected at
thismoment, thescreen willdisplayasshowninFig.8.

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Connectingthesignaljawstothe measurementpoints,it
willshowthe frequencyvalue.The max.and min.testing
valueswillsimultaneouslybeshownonthe upperpartof
the screen.Forexample,the screen willbelikeFig.9when
measuring1Hz.
Fig.8The initialdisplayfor ‘frequencymeasurement’
Fig.9The displaywhen measuring1KHz
‘1’willbe displayed when thevalue exceeds15KHz see
Fig.10.

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Fig.10 the displayed markforover-range
Refertothe correspondingdescription in ‘resistance
measurement’formax. and min.value meanings.
5.8FREQUENCYSIMULATION
5.8.1Operation procedure
1)It entersthe statusofsettingparameterforfrequency
simulation afterpressing ‘frequencysimulation’key.The
‘frequencysimulation’selection iconsand frequencyunit
‘Hz’willbelit(see Fig.11).
2)Nowyou can inputtheparameterwithcentesimal
precision.Ifyou wanttodeletethe inputparameter,you
shouldpress ‘F’and ‘.’keys,then setagain.

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Note:Thedeletefunctiononlyusedinthestatusof
parametersetting.
Fig.11the displayof settingparameter
Ifyou don'tinputanynumberorthe numberof inputisn’tin
the rangefrom1Hzto15kHz,thenpressing ‘frequency
measurement’functionkeywillcause ‘Err’characteron the
screenand respondthree soundstoremind usertoinput
correctnumber.At lastitreturntotheFig.11forinputagain.
3)Theunitand amplitudeselectionforfrequencysimulation
signal(useofkey ‘F’)have4modelsasfollows:
a．5V,Hz；
b．5V,KHz；
c．12V,Hz；
d．12V,KHz；
The default itemis ‘a.5V,Hz’.Tochangeit,pleasepress ‘F’
and “frequencysimulation’keys forthenextturnofa→b→c
→d→a.
4)Outputoffrequencysimulation
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finished the parametersetting.Nowyoucanpress
‘frequencysimulation’keytooutputthesignaloffrequency
simulation.Ifthe parameteriscorrect,itshouldoutputthe
correspondingsignaloffrequencysimulation,atthesame
timethe ‘Min.’display ‘------’. It indicated that it had entered
the statusoffrequencysimulation.Ifthe parameteris
incorrect,itshoulddisplaythe character ‘Err’andreturnto
the statusofparametersetting.
Forexample:thescreen asshowninFig.12when
outputting ‘5V, 10.5Hz’.
Fig.12 the displaywhen outputting ‘5V, 10.5KHz’
5)Dynamicadjustsimulativefrequency
You can dynamicchangethe outputofthefrequency
simulation byincrementkey ‘↑’ordecrementkey ‘↓’,
when the frequencyoutputting.
Note:Incrementkey ‘↑’ ordecrementkey ‘↓’ isonly
usedwhileoutputting offrequency simulation.
Ifthecurrentfrequencyunitis ‘Hz’,eachpress ‘↑’or ‘↓’
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If thecurrent frequencyunit is ‘KHz’andthedisplaynumber
inthe rangefrom1KHzto10KHz, eachpress ‘↑’or ‘↓’key
wouldaddorsubtract 0.01KHz.
If thecurrent frequencyunit is ‘KHz’andthedisplaynumber
inthe rangefrom10KHzto15KHz,eachpress ‘↑’or ‘↓’
keywouldadd orsubtract 0.10KHz.
5.9 λO2SENSORSIMULATION
It will enterthe function of λO
2 sensorsimulationafter
press ‘F’keyand the “voltagesimulation”keybepressed.
The max.voltagevalueis1V,andthe min.voltagevalueis
0V.
The timethatvoltagechange fromthe max.tothe minisa
randomnumberbetween1-2.5second.
Everytimevoltagechange frommax. tomin. orfrommin. to
maxhaveasoundtoremind.
The max.voltagedisplays asshowninFig13.