Mesalabs Definer 220 Series User manual

Dener™ 220 Series
User Manual

Table of Contents
Introduction ................................ 1.0
Operation ....................................... 2.0
Battery ........................................ 2.1
Activation .................................... 2.2
Connections ................................. 2.3
Display Screen ............................. 2.4
Menu Navigation .......................... 2.5
Set Up ......................................... 2.6
Measurements ............................. 2.7
Single .......................................... 2.8
Burst ........................................... 2.9
Continuous .................................. 2.10
Data Port ........................................ 3.0
Dener 5V Feature ....................... 3.1
DryCal Pro Software ..................... 3.2
Dener Firmware Upgrades ........... 3.3
Annual Maintenance and Calibration . 4.0
Shipping ......................................... 5.0
Storage .......................................... 6.0
Dener 220 Specications ................ 7.0
Factory Default Settings ................... 8.0
Limited Warranty ............................ 9.0
Troubleshooting .............................. 10.0

Introduction
Operation
Data Port
Annual Maintenance and Calibration
Shipping
Storage
Dener 220 Specications
Factory Default Settings
Limited Warranty
Troubleshooting Guide
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6.0
3.0
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4.0
8.0
5.0
9.0
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The Dener 220 measures volumetric and standardized gas ow with a volumetric ow
accuracy of 0.75% and standardized ow accuracy of 1% of reading. It uses our Proven
DryCal® Technology to measure volumetric gas ow and is manufactured in our accredited
laboratory in Butler, N.J.
This manual will provide the information needed to operate your Dener. If at any time
you have questions regarding its operation, please contact Mesa Labs through our web
site (drycal.mesalabs.com) or call us at 973.492.8400 to speak with a member of our
professional customer service staff.
Your Dener
Your Dener comes with the following:
• AC Power Adapter/Charger
• PC Serial Cable
• Leak Test Cap (1); Save for use during the Leak Test
• Calibration Certicate
• Manual
Carrying cases and accessories are available for purchase from Mesa or your distributor.
1.0 Introduction
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Data Port
Suction Fitting
Measuring Cell
Pressure Fitting
Charging Jack
Calibration Label
Reset Button
Display
Anti-tamper Label
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2.1 Battery
Charging, installing and monitoring your Dener battery
Your Dener battery is charged at the factory, but we recommend that you make sure it is
fully charged before initial use.
• Connect the AC power adapter to the Dener’s Charging Jack (DC In).
• Plug the AC power adapter into an AC outlet.
Initial charging should take about eight (8) hours.
After the initial charge:
• You may continue to charge your Dener indenitely simply by leaving it connected to
the AC power adapter.
• Be sure to charge the battery at least every three (3) months, to maintain battery life.
The battery symbol on the LCD display indicates your Dener’s battery charge condition. A
shaded battery icon indicates a full charge. As the battery voltage drops, the indicator will
empty in 20% increments.
2.0 Operation
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Disposal:
In compliance with the European Union CE directive 2006/66/EC the battery in your De-
ner should be removed for recycling prior to disposal of the Dener. The battery in the
Dener is a valve regulated sealed lead acid battery. Please note that opening the Dener
may damage connections so this procedure should only be used for battery disposal.
Procedure:
Remove ve Phillips head screws on the back of the Dener; one will be located under the
calibration void label. Lift off the rear cover and disconnect the two pin connector from the
battery to the printed circuit board. Lift the battery from the case.
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2.2 Activation
Turning your Dener on and off
Simply press the power button.
• Press the On/Off button for 1 second to turn on your Dener.
• When rst turned on, your Dener displays an opening screen showing the product
name, model number and ow range.
• Press the On/Off button for 3 seconds to turn your Dener off.
2.3 Connections
Attaching your Dener to a device
Connect device to be calibrated to the appropriate Dener port. Dener 220 low and me-
dium units have 1/4” ID tube swage lock ttings whereas Dener 220 high ow has 3/8”
ID tube swage lock ttings at their ports. Contact Mesa Labs for 3/8”-to-1/4” swage lock
adapter to use 1/4” tubing in a high ow unit.
• Connect tubing to outlet at top (suction tting) when a device draws air (such as sam-
pler).
• Connect tubing to bottom inlet (pressure tting) for devices that push air in (pressure
devices).
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2.4 Display Screen
Understanding the screen components
The Dener 220 provides a menu of operational settings and commands. The four direc-
tional arrow buttons on the control panel allow you to navigate through the menu and
select the desired settings for your Dener. Your location within the menu is highlighted
for easy identication.
2.5 Menu Navigation
Moving through operational menus
• Use the directional arrows , ,  and  on the control panel to nd your way
through the menu.
• When your desired command is highlighted, simply press the ENTER button on the
control panel.
If you see a menu selection within angle brackets (<….>), that means you have multi-
ple options for an item. Press the left or right (or ) arrow button to see the options.
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Dener 220 M
Range: 50–5,000 scc/min
with DryCal Technology®
MEASURE | SETUP
LCD Screen
Control Panel
On/Off Button
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2.6 Set-up
Customizing the Dener to your needs
You can customize your Dener in the Setup menu. Highlight SETUP in the introduction
screen to enter the Setup Menu. Or, highlight SETUP after resetting and then exiting
a measurement mode screen. The Setup menu has eight submenus. (Readings, Units,
Time, Date, Preferences, Power, Diagnostics and About).
To select a submenu, use the directional arrow buttons to highlight the submenu and
press the Enter button.
In submenus, brackets (i.e., <...>) indicate different selection options. You can switch
back and forth by pressing the forward or backward (or ) arrow.
Highlight CONFIRM after making changes and press the Enter button to save the
changes made.
‘Conrmed, New Settings Will be Retained’ message will appear in the screen for a
brief period before it returns to Setup menu.
Highlighting EXIT and then pressing the Enter button will return you to the SETUP
menu without saving any submenu changes.
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Readings
Choose the ow reading type to either volumetric ‘Vol’ or standardized ‘Std’. Volumetric
ow is the actual ow at the ambient temperature and pressure whereas the standard-
ized ow indicates a ow rate at a specic temperature and pressure. Standardizing pres-
sure is set to a default value of 760 mmHg whearas standardizing temperature is a user
settable value set in ‘Std To’ in the ‘Units’ sub-menu.
Choose the number of measurements in the average from one to 100.
If you wish to incorporate a time delay between consecutive measurements, set Time
Between from one to 60 minutes.
Set the Sensor Factor to any value from 0.200 to 3.000. Sensor factor scales the reading
for calibrating MFCs and MFMs with surrogate gases. Sensor factor effects the ow rate
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Units
Measure gas Flow in cubic centimeters, milliliters, liters or cubic feet (all units are per
minute).
Measure Pressure in mmHg, kPa or PSI and Temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit.
Set the standardizing temperature by setting ‘Std To’ to a value from 0 to 50 deg C or 32
to 122 deg F. ‘Std To’ effects the ow rate measurement only when the reading ‘Type’ in
the ‘Reading’ sub-menu is set to standardized ‘Std’.
Time
Set the current time and the format.
The format can be selected as PM, AM, or 24H.
Date
Set the date and the format.
The format can be selected as DD (day)-MM (month)-YYYY (year) or MM (month)-
DD (day)-YYYY (year).
Preferences
Read Default
Allows you to select a preferred mode of measurement when the Dener is initially turned
on.
Default Settings
Select <No> to allow the ‘Read Default’ change. Selecting <Yes> will reset your Dener
to the factory default settings. (Factory default settings are provided elsewhere in this
manual.)
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Magnication
It controls the amount of data on the display. Select <Zoom> to view only ow measure-
ments in larger font, or select <Detail> to simultaneously view ow measurements, tem-
perature, and pressure in a smaller font.
Power
Power Save
By selecting <On>, your Dener will save power by turning off after ve minutes of inac-
tivity. However, it will not turn off when connected to the AC power adapter/charger.
Select <Off>, and your Dener will remain on until you manually turn it off.
Backlight
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Diagnostics
The Dener Leak Test is designed only to verify the
internal integrity of the instrument and alert you to an
internal leak. We recommend performing the Leak Test
only as an intermediate quality control check or when-
ever the integrity of the instrument is questioned due
to misuse or accidental damage.
Please note that a leak test is not a substitute for a
comprehensive examination of the unit’s overall perfor-
mance and it does not ensure that your Dener is oper-
ating accurately.
• Invert your Dener and allow the piston to travel to
the top.
• Cap the port under test using the Mesa supplied leak
test cap. Leave the other port uncapped.
• Press Enter on the control panel while the unit is still
inverted.
• Return the unit upright. The leak test will progress.
About
Tells you more about your Dener; a useful screen to
refer to when speaking to a technical support represen-
tative or your distributor.
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2.7 Measurements
Taking gas ow readings
To maintain the best possible accuracy and minimize thermal effects, Mesa Labs recom-
mends fully charging your battery before taking measurements. If this is not possible, we
recommend disconnecting your Dener from its AC power adapter/charger while taking
ow measurements — or to run gas through your Dener for 10 minutes before starting
the ow measurement.
Out of Range
If the ow you are measuring is outside the Dener’s ow range, the “Out of Range!”
warning appears. Immediately lower or disconnect the ow. When the ow is within the
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2.8 Single Measurement
Each time the ‘Enter’ button is pressed, one measurement will be made. When each
subsequent measurement is made, the current ow and average of all prior readings will
be displayed.
First steps
Press the power button.
• Press the On/Off button for 1 second to turn on your Dener.
• When rst turned on, your Dener displays an opening screen showing the product
name, model number and ow range.
• Press the On/Off button for 3 seconds to turn your Dener off.
Connect device to be calibrated to the appropriate Dener port. Use ¼ inch diameter
tubing.
• Connect tubing to outlet at top (suction tting) when a device draws air (such as
sampler).
• Connect tubing to inlet at bottom (pressure tting) when a device pushes air.
• Do not cap the unused port on the Dener.
• Select the reading type to Vol or Std. Set ‘Std To’ to the desired standardizing tem-
perature.
• Choose the measurement type, Single, Burst, or Continuous, then press Enter.
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2.9 Burst Measurement
This setting functions in the same manner as ‘SINGLE’, but measurements continue
automatically until the preset number of measurements has been made. Operation then
ceases, and the last reading and average are displayed.
Note: (010 in series) indicates the number of measurements. 10 is the factory-preset
number. You can dene the number of measurement you preferred from 1 to 100 by ac-
cessing the SETUP menu.
In Continuous or Burst mode, select:
• PAUSE to terminate the current ow measurement but to leave the average ow mea-
surement and previous ow measurement on the screen. This allows you to resume
the ow measurement sequence if you wish to do so.
• RESET to terminate the ow measurement and clear the screen.
Press ENTER again to begin another preset sequence.
2.10 Continuous Measurement
This setting functions in the same manner as ‘BURST’, but new sequences will automati-
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3.0 Data Port
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3.1 Dener 5V Feature (optional)
Your Dener 220 can be purchased with a 5-volt output that provides a volt-
age signal proprtional to the ow rate measured. Zero volts represents no
ow and 5 volts corresponds to the Upper Range Flow (URV); a user settable
value that can be set from the maximum ow rate of a particular Dener
model to 10 percent of the maxiumum ow rate for that Dener.
The Upper Range Flow correspondent to 5 V can be set by accessing
SETUP>PREFERENCES>URV.
Cable/adapter part # 100-125 connects to the serial port of the Dener for
easy access to a voltage measurement point and for simultaneous serial
cable connection. Contact Mesa for details.
3.2 DryCal Pro Software
Visit Mesa Labs’ website to download your copy of DryCal Pro software
(drycal.mesalabs.com/drycal-pro-software). DryCal Pro captures ow data
from your Dener directly to a pre-congured table. The data can be export-
ed to selectable Microsoft ofce environment.
To run DryCal Pro, you must have Windows® XP or 7, Microsoft Excel®2003
and up, and an RS232 port, or if your PC does not have an RS232 port you
will need a USB to RS232 adapter.
3.3 Dener Firmware Upgrades
The Dener rmware is upgradable through the Data Port. Firmware up-
grades and procedures for your Dener are available through DryCal Pro Soft-
ware (drycal.mesalabs.com/drycal-pro-software).

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4.0 Annual Maintenance and Calibration
Assuring top performance and accuracy
Your Dener is a precision measuring standard with moving parts machined
to extremely close tolerances. Various environmental factors, product wear,
drift of sensors, or inadvertent damage may adversely affect your Dener’s
measurement accuracy or general performance. For these reasons, Mesa
Labs highly recommends having your Dener annually veried by an ISO
17025–accredited laboratory, such as Mesa Labs’ Butler, NJ facility, to en-
sure its measurement integrity.
For the ultimate in Dener maintenance and to take advantage of any avail-
able rmware and mechanical upgrades, Mesa Labs offers an annual non-
mandatory Recertication program. This is a service package that provides
complete product refurbishment, testing and available upgrades; calibration
and NIST-traceable calibration certicates.
Recertication includes a 90-day service warranty should any related labor
or parts replacements prove faulty.
Turnaround time is generally two weeks from time of receipt. Expedited
48-hour turnaround is available.
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5.0 Shipping
Tips and guidelines for sending your Dener to Mesa Labs
If you are sending your Dener for repair or evaluation (rather than elective Recertica-
tion), contact Mesa Labs for technical support or troubleshooting assistance prior to ship-
ping the unit. Pro-vide us a detailed description of your issues. If we are unable to resolve
the situation by phone or email, we will issue you an RMA (return merchandise authoriza-
tion) number. Follow online instruction for proper return procedure.
You can obtain an RMA number through our automated web-based system at
drycal.mesalabs.com/request-an-rma. RMAs also can be obtained through email
to [email protected], or by telephone at 973.492.8400. Our web site address is
drycal.mesalabs.com.
Note: Mesa Labs will not evaluate or service your instrument without an RMA number.
If we nd the issues you have identied are application related and not product related,
an evaluation fee will be charged.
Shipping
When shipping your Dener, be sure to follow some simple guidelines to avoid costly
damage to your property.
• Use adequate packing material. Whenever possible, use the original packing that came
with your Dener. Or use a Mesa Pelican carrying case, which provides a hard case shell
for protection of your valuable equipment.
• Use a major freight carrier (e.g., FedEx, UPS) that supplies tracking numbers.
• Insure your Dener. Mesa is not responsible for damage occurred during transit.
• Understand our mutual shipping obligations.