MONARCH INSTRUMENT TRACK-IT User manual

Instruction Manual
Track-It™Pressure Transmitter
with Digital Display
15 Columbia Drive
Amherst, NH 03031 USA
Phone: [phone] • Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.monarchinstrument.com

SAFEGUARD AND PRECAUTIONS
1. Read and follow all instrucons in this manual carefully, and retain this manual
for future reference.
2. Do not open the unit in a high humidity environment; it will cause condensaon
inside the unit.
3. Do not operate this device in ammable or explosive atmospheres.
4. This device has no power switch. It will be in operaon as soon as power is
connected.
5. Do not use this instrument in any manner inconsistent with these operang
instrucons or under any condions that exceed the environmental
specicaons stated.
6. There are no user serviceable parts in this instrument. Refer service to a
qualied technician.
In order to comply with EU Direcve 2012/19/EU on Waste Electrical and
Electronic Equipment (WEEE): This product may contain material which
could be hazardous to human health and the environment. DO NOT
DISPOSE of this product as unsorted municipal waste. This product needs to be
RECYCLED in accordance with local regulaons; contact your local authories for
more informaon. This product may be returnable to your distributor for recycling;
contact the distributor for details.
Monarch Instrument’s Limited Warranty applies.
See www.monarchinstrument.com for details.
Warranty Registraon and Extended Warranty Coverage informaon is available
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION .............................................................. 1
2.0 GETTING STARTED ........................................................... 2
 2.1 InstallUSBDriverandTrack-ItSoware..................2
 2.2 ConnectTransmierandStartTrack-ItSoware....3
 2.3 CongureTransmier............................................3
3.0 INSTALLATION.................................................................4
 3.1 Vent........................................................................4
4.0 POWER/TRANSMITTERCONNECTIONS...........................5
5.0 BUTTONSANDMENU.....................................................7
 5.1 MenuModes..........................................................7
 5.2 MenuOpons........................................................8
6.0 LCD .............................................................................. 10
7.0 LED ..............................................................................12
8.0 TRACK-ITPCSOFTWARE................................................12
 8.1 Preferences...........................................................13
 8.2 InputSetup..........................................................14
 8.3 OutputSetup.......................................................14
8.4 DisplaySetup.......................................................15
 8.5 MenuSetup.........................................................16
9.0 TRACK-ITTRANSPORTAPP............................................17
10.0 SPECIFICATIONS...........................................................17
 10.1 Measurement......................................................17
 10.2 General..............................................................18
 10.3 IsolatedCurrentOutput.....................................19
 10.4 OperangEnvironment.......................................19
 10.5 Compliance.........................................................20
11.0 ACCESSORIES ................................................................ 20

1.0 DESCRIPTION
The Track-It Pressure Transmier with Display is a 24V DC powered
waterght (IP65) compact data logger with an isolated 4 to 20mA current
transmier output for pressure.
It can be congured to record both pressure and temperature up to 130,000
samples or pressure alone, to maximize data storage space. Real-me
data, alarms, and min/max informaon can be displayed on the mulline
LCD. The pressure transmier output current (4-20mA) can be scaled by
the user to provide maximum resoluon over the desired pressure span.
Power and mA out connecon is via a 4 pin DIN 43650 IP65 connector on
the rear panel. The unit is easily congured using the free downloadable
Track-It™ PC Soware. There is a mini USB connector on the rear of the unit
allowing connecon to a PC for programming and data download. Data
download can also be done with an Android™ device using the Transporter
App available on the Google Play™ store.
The Transmier can be programmed to record data from once every
two seconds to once a day. The recording can be iniated by the user
to commence immediately, manually via the keypad buons, at some
preset me in the future, or on an alarm condion. Current output does
not depend on record rate or sample rate; it updates in real-me at
approximately 8 mes per second.
The display can be programmed to display pressure in various engineering
units depending on pressure range. It can also display temperature,
minimum and maximum values, percentage of memory used, me and
date.
The Track-It Pressure Transmier with Display has a rugged waterght
anodized aluminum and stainless steel housing. The pressure sensor has a
standard ¼"-NPT or ½"-NPT ng.
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2.0 GETTING STARTED
2.1 InstallUSBDriverandTrack-ItSoware
IMPORTANT:DoNOTplugtheTrack-ItPressureTransmierintothe
USBportunlAFTERtheUSBDriverandTrack-ItSowarehavebeen
installed.
Download Track-It Data Logger Soware from:
hp://www.monarchinstrument.com/Soware/Track_It_Soware.zip
Unzip the downloaded le to a local directory on your PC.
Double-click CD_Start.exe. This will launch the Track-It Data Loggers
installaon screen shown right:
1. Click Install the USB Driver and follow
the prompts. Click Connue Anyway if
you see the message about soware
installaon.
2. Click Install Soware and follow the
instrucons to complete the installaon.
The soware is now ready for use.
Logger and soware manuals may also be accessed from the installaon
screen.
2.2 ConnectTransmier andStartTrack-ItSoware
Plug the Track-It Pressure Transmier into an available USB port on
the PC using the supplied cable. If the Found New Hardware Wizard
appears, follow the prompts to complete the installaon.
Start the Track-It Soware by double-clicking the Track-It icon on
your PC desktop or from the Start menu.
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If the USB driver is installed properly, you
will see Device Connected displayed in the
lower right-hand corner of the Track-It
Soware window.
2.3CongureTransmier
Select the Device Setup tab as shown below. The soware will
automacally retrieve and display the transmier conguraon.
Review default factory conguraon sengs and make any necessary
changes — sample rates, triggers, alarms, etc. Be sure that the me
and date is set properly.
Click the Send Cong buon under the Device Conguraon secon of
the window. Your Pressure Transmier is now operaonal!

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3.0INSTALLATION
The Pressure Transmier can be ordered with various pressure sensor
ranges to cover most applicaons. Sensors have a ¼" NPT or ½"-NPT
thread, dependent on pressure range, that is intended to screw into the
pressure source. Make sure to use suitable tape or thread sealant/dope
on the threads before inserng the Transmier into the port. Use an
adjustable wrench on the SENSOR NUT to ghten the device into the port
and test for leaks.
Once installed the dial can be rotated 300
degrees about the sensor to the intended
viewing direcon. The gauge face can also
be rotated ±90 degrees by undoing the blue
bezel, liing the front panel and associated
electronics and rotang it to the desired
posion. Ensure the gasket/o-ring is in place
before replacing the bezel. Do not stress any of
the internal wiring.
3.1Vent
All gauge (PSIG) sensors are vented to atmosphere through a small hole
on the rear cover. DO NOT cover or block the vent or the transmier
may read incorrectly. DO NOT insert anything into the vent hole as it
may damage the waterproof membrane.

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4.0POWER/TRANSMITTERCONNECTIONS
The transmier has a 4-pole
DIN43650 connector on the
rear panel for power and
current out connecons.
A mang plug (Hirschmann GDS 307) and
at gasket (Hirschmann GDS 307-4) are
supplied. The plug is a Form C connector
with 3 Poles + Ground, 9.4 mm pin spacing,
with a black berglass reinforced polyamide
housing, and a PG 7 cable entry which
accommodates a 4.5 mm to 6 mm (0.177 to
0.236 inch) cable. It has screw terminaon
connecons for eld installaon and is
water and dust proof to IP65 standards
when used with the supplied gasket. The cover can be inserted on the
inner plug in one of four 90° orientaons.
The output is an isolated 4 to 20mA current source with a 12VDC
compliance voltage capable of driving loads up to 600 Ohms with 24VDC
power.

To connect, remove the screw and plug
base from the housing. Thread the
cable through the PG7 gland (A), metal
washer (B) and rubber washer (C). Insert
the wires into the plug housing (D)
and strip the wire ends ~0.24" (6mm).
The plug has four compression screw connecons.
Match pin numbers printed on the connector
against numbers displayed in the image right –
note that pin 4 is not marked and is the ground
pin - .
Make a note of the wire colors, insert the stripped
ends of the wires into the connecons and secure
with the screw. The connecons are as follows:
1. Power +24V DC
2. mA isolated output -
3. mA isolated output +
4. Power 24VDC COM
Once wired, insert the plug into the housing –
note the orientaon of the plug housing. When
connecng the plug to the socket ensure the
gasket is between the plug and socket. Tighten
the screw.
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5.0BUTTONSANDMENU
If the display is o, pressing any buon will turn it on for the duraon set
in the Track-It PC Soware.
There are 3 buons: ◄ (le arrow), MENU and ► (right arrow).
Pressing the ◄or ► buons will scroll through the various display values
as set in the Track-It PC Soware. This includes Pressure, Temperature,
Date/Time, Memory Usage, Max/Min for Pressure and/or Temperature.
5.1MenuModes
There are two menu modes: the Normal menu and the Admin
menu. What is visible in each menu is a funcon of how the device is
programmed using the PC soware. See 8.5 Menu Setup for details.
Some menu items are context sensive.
The Normal menu is accessed by pressing the MENU buon.
The Admin menu is accessed by pressing and holding the ◄ (le
arrow) buon then pressing the MENU buon.
In the menu mode, the ◄ buon is the escape or exit buon, the ►
buon is the accept/change buon, and the MENU buon will move
to the next menu item. The display will automacally exit back to the
real-me display if there is no acvity for 10 seconds.
The content of each menu is set up in the Track-It PC Soware. In
addion, the admin menu can be locked; in this situaon, the user
at the Transmier cannot enter this menu and will receive a LOCK
message. See 8.5 Menu Setup for details.

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Backlight BKLT – AUtO/OFF –– In Auto mode, the backlight
will come on whenever a buon is pressed. It will
stay illuminated as long as the LCD remains on
(user denable). If the LCD is congured to stay on
indenitely, the backlight will also remain on. The
backlight can be disabled by selecng OFF Press ►
buon to toggle auto/o status.
Clear Alarm ClrALRM – Will clear any pending Alarm. Press ►
buon to clear. (Only visible during Alarm)
Clear Minimum ClrMIN – Will clear minimum values for Pressure
and/or Temperature. Press ► buon to clear. It
depends on whether Pressure or Temperature is
displayed when menu is pressed, and if Pressure
maximum is selected in the display menu in the
Track-It Soware.
Clear Maximum ClrMAX – Same as above for Maximum.
Cycle Mode CYCL – On/OFF – If on display will toggle between
Pressure and Temperature.
Bar Graph BAR – On/OFF – Turns the bar graph on or o. Press
► buon to toggle on/o status.
Decimal Point DCPT – AUtO, 0, 1 – Used to set preferred number
of decimal places. Auto will use all the digits and
adjust the number of digits aer the decimal
accordingly.
5.2 MenuOpons
The list on the next page is in alphabecal order. Please note that the
actual order in which these items appear is dependent on sengs set
in the Track-It PC Soware.

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Engineering
Units
Unit – Used to change the engineering units for
the pressure display. The lower line will show the
current engineering units. Use the ►to scroll
through the available units and press ◄to accept.
Not all units are available depending on the full
scale value of the sensor. The choice is limited by
the number of digits on the display.
Record On/O rEC – ON/OFF – Will toggle the record mode of
the unit (Only visible if record mode set to “Buon
Press” in the Track-It PC Soware). Press ► buon
to toggle on/o status.
Zero Mode ZERO – OFF/EnAb – Will enable the zero oset
feature. Available only in the Admin menu. If O
(not enabled) the Zero Set menu item will not
display.
Zero Set ZERO – SEt/OFF – Will set the current Pressure
value to zero (oset into relave mode). Press ►
buon to toggle between modes. SEt will acvate
relave mode, OFF will set to absolute mode.
NOTE: When set, the OFS icon will show on the
display. This menu item is only visible if the Zero
Mode is enabled in the Admin menu and the Admin
menu is NOT Locked.

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6.0 LCD
The display has 4½ 7-segment digits to show
actual values of pressure and temperature.
There is also a line of 4 alphanumeric digits
used to display ASCII text (e.g. Pressure
Units). The display is oponally backlit;
the backlight is iniated for 5 seconds
by pressing any buon. If the pressure is
greater than 19999, the resoluon is set to
10 units and is indicated by the x10 icon. The maximum value displayed is
therefore 199990.
There is a bar graph at the top of the display (which can be turned o by
the user) giving an analog indicaon of values relave to 100% which is
the full scale value of the sensor. Note that in the Pressure Oset mode,
the bar graph indicates the absolute value of the pressure as a funcon of
full scale.
In addion to these values, the display can be scrolled using the ◄or
► buons and may show (depending on conguraon) minimum and
maximum values of pressure and temperature, date as day/month - 24.07
or month/day - 07.24, me in 12 or 24-hour format (12-hour format will be
indicated by AM or PM – 08:30 AM), and memory usage as a % of available
memory. Values shown are set in the display setup using the Track-It PC
Soware. See 8.4 Display Setup on page 18 for details.

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There are various icon indicaons on the display that indicate the following:
Indicates the unit is currently recording. This icon will blink at a 2
second rate.
Indicates the unit is currently triggered and waing to record. Record
is iniated by me delay or buon depending on conguraon.
Indicates an Alarm condion; High Alarm and Low Alarm
On its own (no Alarm), indicates Maximum value. Visible when
scrolling through display if set.
On its own (no Alarm), indicates Minimum value. Visible when
scrolling through display if set.
Indicates the reading has been oset and is relave. (Zero mode
acve.)
Indicates the current numerical value displayed must be mulplied
by 10.
Bar graph shows percentage of full scale (0 to 100%) of the value indicated.
This can indicate Pressure, Temperature or percentage of memory used
when recording. Note that in the Pressure Oset mode, the bar graph will
show the percentage of full scale of the absolute value not the oset value
currently displayed. The bar can be disabled in the menu.
REC
TRG
OFS
x10

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7.0LED
There is an LED (Light Eming Diode) above the display to the le. This LED
is user programmable using the Track-It PC Soware and can indicate that
the unit is recording (green blink) or an Alarm condion exists (red blink).
It will also blink green when serial communicaon is taking place through
the USB port.
8.0TRACK-ITSOFTWARE
IMPORTANT:BeforeusingyourTrack-ItPressureTransmieritneedsto
becongured.YoumustrstdownloadandinstalltheUSBDriversand
PCSoware.PleaserefertoSecon“2.0 GETTING STARTED”.
The free Track-It Soware runs on a PC and gives the user complete control
in programming the Transmier and allows for the upload, examinaon
and archiving of data recorded on the Transmier and seng the current
output. The operaon of the Track-It Soware is described in its own
manual which is accessed via the Help - Manual opon.
Some of the features of Track-It Soware are:
• Delayed recordings, xed duraon recordings by me or number of
samples, mulple record mes, manual record by buon press, record
on alarms
• Sample rates from 2 seconds to 24 hours. Instantaneous, average,
maximum or minimum values
• Two Alarms (High or Low), latched or momentary and record under
these alarm condions
• Display of data graphically, digitally or tabular formats with alarm
indicaon
• Export user selected data in CSV formats for import into Excel®; lter
data to be exported
• Scale output current to user specied pressure range
There are a number of unique opons specically for this Track-It Pressure
Transmier with Digital Display which are covered in the following secons.

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8.1Preferences
Select Preferences then the Eng Units tab. You will see the pop-up box
shown below.
These Engineering Units apply to the data read from the Transmier
and displayed on the graph or in the data table.
If the Units from Logger box is checked - the selecon of engineering
units here is ignored and the engineering units used will be as set by
default in the Transmier. If the Units from Logger box is unchecked,
then the unit selected here will override that set in the Transmier.
8.2InputSetup
Under the Device Setup tab, select the Input tab and the Chan 1 tab.
This seng allows the user to select the default engineering units that
will be displayed on the Transmier LCD. Note that not all engineering
units are available; it depends on the full-scale range of the pressure
sensor, as some values will be too large to display on the Transmier.
Note also that these units may be changed locally at the Transmier if
the menu is set up to allow this. See 8.5 Menu Setup for details.

The units selected here will be used when reading data from the
Transmier unless overridden in the Preferences menu.
The Pressure channel cannot be disabled – the Transmier will always
record Pressure.
Note that selecng anything other than Instantaneous for Sample
Mode (the Transmier only takes a reading at the Record Rate) will
cause the Transmier to take readings at the highest sample rate.
The Chan 2 tab is similar but for the Temperature channel. The
Temperature channel can be disabled in which case the Transmier will
only record Pressure, not Temperature and Pressure.
8.3OutputSetup
The current output can be scaled by
the user. Under the Device Setup tab
select the Output tab. This will display
the seng for the current output of
the aached device. The user can set
the pressure values corresponding to
the 4mA or zero scale and 20mA or
full scale output. The Transmier will
scale the output linearly to pressure
between the two set-points.
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If Default is checked the output will be 4mA at 0 pressure and 20mA
at the full scale pressure of the device. The scaling cannot be changed
in default mode. The pressure is set and shown in the units selected
under the Input tab.
The sengs from the aached device can be refreshed using the Read
from Device buon if not in default mode.
NOTE: The new sengs will not be updated in the device unl the user
sends a conguraon le using the Send Cong buon.
8.4DisplaySetup
Under the Device Setup tab select the Display tab.
These sengs allow the user to decide what is displayed on the
Transmier LCD and denes the funcon of the LED.
The Display List column shows the available funcons that are available
to be displayed on the Transmier. The LCD Display column are the
funcons that will be displayed on the Transmier. The user can move
the opons between the columns by selecng the opon (clicking on
it) and using the arrow keys. Note that Pressure cannot be moved from
the LCD.
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Decimal Places will dene how the data is displayed. Auto will always
use the maximum number of digits available.
LCD Time Out determines how long the LCD will be on before blanking.
The Time and Date formats can be selected as shown.
The Display Average checkbox enables the real-me update to be a
rolling average of the last four readings. This will quiet a noisy display
but does aect the response of the readout.
8.5MenuSetup
Under the Device Setup tab select the Menu tab.
This seng allows the user to determine which menu funcons appear
in the Normal menu and which appear in the Admin menu. Menu items
will appear in the Transmier menus in the order of top to boom
in the lists. By highlighng a menu item (clicking on it) the user can
manipulate its posion using the arrow buons. The Zero Mode cannot
be moved from the Admin menu.
If the Lock Admin Menu box is checked the user will not be able to
access the Admin Menu features at the Transmier, and the Zero Set
menu opon (display oset) will not be available in the Normal Menu.
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9.0TRACK-ITTRANSPORTAPP
Track-It Transport is a free Applicaon for Android that allows you
to use your mobile device to start and stop recording and transfer
data using a USB On-the-Go cable.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trackit.transporter
10.0 SPECIFICATIONS
10.1Measurement
PressureRanges Various pressure ranges absolute and gauge
(check ordering informaon)
Accuracy ±0.25% Full Scale typical
(includes linearity, repeatability and hysteresis)
Resoluon 0.01%. Display 4½ Digits
Max 2 decimal places
CompensatedRange -10°C to +70°C typical
Temperature
Coecient
0.02% Full Scale/°C (> 580 PSI or 4 MPa)
0.03% Full Scale/°C (< 580 PSI or 4 MPa)
OverpressureRang 1.5 mes max
Portconnecon ¼" or ½" NPT Male
SensorHousing&
Diaphragm
Stainless Steel 316L
Fill: Silicon Oil
TemperatureRange
-4 to 185°F / -20 to +85°C
Accuracy: ± 5°C
Resoluon: 0.2°F / 0.1°C