Sierra InnovaSonic 210 User manual

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InnovaSonic®Model 210
Instruction Manual
Version IM-210, Rev. K, July 2018

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IMPORTANTCUSTOMERNOTICE:OXYGENSERVICE
SierraInstruments,Inc.isnotliableforanydamageorpersonalinjury,whatsoever,resultingfromtheuseof
Sierra Instruments standard mass flow meters or controllers foroxygengas.Youareresponsiblefor
determining if this mass flow meter or controller is appropriate for your oxygen application. You are
responsible for cleaning the mass flow meter or controller to thedegreerequiredforyouroxygenflow
application.
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TRADEMARKS
InnovaSonic®isaRegisteredTrademarkofSierraInstruments,Inc.Otherproductandcompanynameslisted
inthismanualaretrademarksortradenamesoftheirrespectivemanufacturers.

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NOTICE
Thankyouforchoosingthe210UltrasonicFlowmeterwithSLSICMOS and low‐voltage wide‐pulse
transmissiontechnology.
Thisinstructionmanualcontainsimportantinformation.Pleasereadcarefullybeforeoperatingtheflowmeter.
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WARNINGSINTHISMANUAL
Cautionandwarningstatementsareusedthroughoutthismanualtodrawyourattentiontoimportant
information.
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WARNING
“Warning”statementappearswithinformationthatisimportanttoprotectpeopleandequipment
fromharmordamage.Payverycloseattentiontoallwarningsthatapplytoyourapplication.
Failuretocomplywiththeseinstructionsmaydamagethemeter.
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ATTENTION
Failuretocomplywiththeseinstructionsmayresultinfaultyoperation.
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NOTE
“Note”indicatesthatignoringtherelevantrequirementsorprecautionsmayresult inflowmeter
damageormalfunction.
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ProductComponents
Aninspectionshouldbemadeofthedesiredlocationbeforeinstallingtheflow meter. Check tosee ifthepartsare
presentinaccordancewiththepackinglist.Makesurethatthereisnoshippingdamage.Ifyouhaveanyquestions,
pleasecontactyourrepresentativeassoonaspossible.

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TableofContents
1.ELECTRONICSINSTALLATIONANDCONNECTION ........................................................................................................ 7
1.1.POWERSUPPLYCONNECTIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1.1.TypeofPowerSupply...................................................................................................................................7
1.1.2.Wiring ...........................................................................................................................................................7
1.2.POWERINGON .......................................................................................................................................................... 7
1.3.KEYPADFUNCTIONS ................................................................................................................................................... 8
1.4.KEYPADOPERATION ................................................................................................................................................... 8
1.5.FLOWMETERMENUDESCRIPTIONS ............................................................................................................................. 9
2.SETUPANDDISPLAYSHORTCUTS ............................................................................................................................... 10
2.1.QUICKSETUPKEYS .................................................................................................................................................. 11
2.2.ILLUSTRATIONS ........................................................................................................................................................ 14
3.MEASUREMENTSITESELECTION ................................................................................................................................ 17
4.TRANSDUCERINSTALLATION ...................................................................................................................................... 18
4.1.INSTALLINGTHETRANSDUCERS .................................................................................................................................. 18
4.1.1.TransducerMountingMethods.................................................................................................................18
4.1.2.VMethod ....................................................................................................................................................18
4.1.3.ZMethod.....................................................................................................................................................19
4.1.4.NMethod(notcommonlyused)................................................................................................................19
4.2.MOUNTINGTHETRANSDUCERS .................................................................................................................................. 20
4.3.TRANSDUCERMOUNTINGINSPECTION ........................................................................................................................ 20
4.2.1.SignalStrength ...........................................................................................................................................20
4.2.2.SignalQuality(Qvalue) .............................................................................................................................21
4.2.3.TotalTimeandDeltaTime.........................................................................................................................21
4.2.4.TransitTimeRatio ......................................................................................................................................21
4.2.5.Warnings.....................................................................................................................................................21
5. OPERATINGINSTRUCTIONS ............................................................................................................................................ 23
5.1.SYSTEMNORMALIDENTIFICATION .............................................................................................................................. 23
5.2.LOWFLOWCUTOFFVALUE ........................................................................................................................................ 23
5.3.ZEROSETTING ......................................................................................................................................................... 23
5.4.SCALEFACTOR ......................................................................................................................................................... 23
5.5.4‐20MACURRENTLOOPOUTPUT ............................................................................................................................. 24 
5.6.4‐20MACURRENTLOOPCALIBRATION ....................................................................................................................... 24
5.7.SDCARDOPERATION ............................................................................................................................................... 25
5.7.1.Specifications..............................................................................................................................................25
5.7.2.InstallorRemovetheSDCardWhiletheMeterisPoweredOn..............................................................25

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5.7.3.ReadingtheSDDataExternally ................................................................................................................25
5.7.4SDCardStorageOperation........................................................................................................................26
5.8.ESN ....................................................................................................................................................................... 27
6.WINDOWDISPLAYEXPLANATIONS ............................................................................................................................ 28
6.1.WINDOWDISPLAYCODES ......................................................................................................................................... 28
6.2.DISPLAYEXPLANATION .............................................................................................................................................. 29
7.ERRORDIAGNOSTICS .................................................................................................................................................. 44
7.1.TABLE1.SELF‐DIAGNOSISANDERRORSOLUTIONS(UPONPOWERON) ............................................................................ 44
7.2.TABLE2.ERRORCODESANDSOLUTIONS(DURINGOPERATION) ...................................................................................... 46
7.3.FREQUENTLYASKEDQUESTIONSANDANSWERS ........................................................................................................... 47
8.PRODUCTOVERVIEW ...................................................................................................................................................... 48
8.1INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................ 48
8.2FEATURESOFFLOWMETER ........................................................................................................................................ 48
8.3THEORYOFOPERATION ............................................................................................................................................. 48
8.4.APPLICATIONS ......................................................................................................................................................... 49
8.5.SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................................................................................................................... 50
9.APPENDIX1‐FLOWAPPLICATIONDATA .................................................................................................................... 53
9.1SOUNDVELOCITYANDVISCOSITYFORFLUIDSCOMMONLYUSED ..................................................................... 53
9.2SOUNDVELOCITYFORVARIOUSMATERIALSCOMMONLYUSE ........................................................................... 54
9.3SOUNDVELOCITYINWATER(1ATM)ATDIFFERENTTEMPERATURES ................................................................ 55
10.  APPENDIX2‐WARRANTYPOLICY………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………55
10.1   LIMITEDWARRANTYPOLICY‐REGISTERONLINE………………………………………………………………………………………..55

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1. ElectronicsInstallationandConnection
1.1. PowerSupplyConnections
1.1.1. TypeofPowerSupply
Themeterhasarechargeable11.1VLithiumbatteryandmatchingbatterycharger. 
1.1.2. Wiring
Openthehingedtopcoveroftheelectronics.Shownfromlefttorightonthepanelofthe210arethedownstream
transducerconnector,upstreamtransducerconnector,thebatteryrechargeport(chargethetransmitterorconnectto
astandbypowersupply),andthe4~20mAoutputconnector. 
WARNING
Wiringconnectionsshouldbemadewhenpowerisoff.
1.2. PoweringOn
Assoonastheflowmeterisswitchedon,theself‐diagnosticsprogramwillstarttorun.Ifanyerrorisdetected,anerror
codewilldisplayedonthescreen(seeErrorDiagnostics).After that, the system will run automatically using the
programmedparameters.
Alltheparametersputinbytheuserwillbesavedpermanentlyuntiltheyarechangedbytheuser.

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1.3. KeypadFunctions
TheInnovaSonic210keypadoffers12dual‐functionkeysforoperationofthemenusystemplussixquick‐setupkeys.For
quicksetupofyourInnovaSonic,simplypressanyofthekeysacrossthetoptogetthedesiredmenuinstantly.
Followtheseguidelineswhenusingtheflowmeterkeypad:
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‐ and toinputnumbers.
 Backspaceordeletecharacterstotheleft.
 and  Returntothelastmenuoropenthenextmenu.
Actsas"+"and"‐"whenusedtoenternumbers.
 Selectamenu.Pressthiskeyfirst,inputatwo‐digitmenu
numberandtheselectedmenudatawillbedisplayed.Forexample,
toinputapipeoutsidediameter,press  where"11"is
thewindowIDtodisplaythepipeoutsidediameter.
 Enter/confirmtocompletetheinput.
 Enter/exitSDcardstorageinterface.
、、、 、 、
areshortcutstothewindowsforFlowRate,Velocity,SignalQuality,
POSTotalizer,graphing,andDiagnosis.
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1.4.  KeypadOperation  
Theinstrumentsetupandmeasurementdisplaysaresubdividedintomorethan100independentmenus.Theoperator
caninputparameters,modifysettingsordisplaymeasurementresultsby“visiting”aspecificmenu.Thesemenusare
arrangedby2‐digitserialnumbersfrom00~99,thenonwardusing+0,+1,etc.EachmenuIDcodehasadefinedmeaning.
Forexample,menu11isthepipeoutsidediameter,whilemenu25isthemountingspacingbetweenthetransducers.
Eachmenuisdiscussedlaterinthismanual.
Tovisitaspecificmenu,pressthe  keyatanytime(exceptwhileusingtheSDCardStorageInterface),theninput
the2‐digitmenuIDcodeandthatmenuwillbedisplayed.Forexample,toinputorcheckthepipeoutsidediameter,
pressthe  keysforwindowIDcode11.
Anothermethodtovisitaparticularmenuistopressthe ,  and  keystoscrollthroughthemenus.For
example,ifthecurrentmenuis30,press  keytoentermenu31,pressthe  buttonagaintoentermenu30. 
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Themenusaredividedintothreetypes: 
1)DataType,suchasM11,M12; 
2)SelectionType,suchasM14;
3)DisplayType,suchasM00,M01.
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VisitDataTypemenustocheckspecificparameters.Ifyouneedtochangeaparameter,justinputthevaluesthenpress
;orpress  first,theninputthevaluesandpress  toconfirm.
Example1:Toenterapipeouterdiameterof168mm,theprocedureisas
follows:
Press toenterMenu11(thenumericalvaluecurrently
displayedisthepreviouspipeouterdiameter).Nowpressthe  key.The
symbol“>”andaflashingcursorisdisplayedontheleftsideofthethirdline
onthescreen.Thenewvaluecannowbeentered. .
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Visit Selection Type menus to check the related options. If youneedto
modifythem,press  thenentertherevisedselectionwhenthesymbol
“>”andaflashingcursoraredisplayedattheleftendofthethirdlineonthe
screen;orinputnumbersdirectlytoselecttheoptionwhenthesymbol“>”
andaflashingcursoraredisplayed. 
Example2:Ifthepipematerialis“StainlessSteel”,press  to
enterMenu14,andthenpress  tomodifytheoption.Then,select“1.StainlessSteel”fromthedrop‐downmenu
(youmaycyclethroughthechoicesbypressingthe  and  keys)andthenpress  toconfirmtheselection.
Itisalsopossibletopressthe  keytochangetheselectionandwaituntil“1.StainlessSteel”isdisplayedonthe
secondlineofthescreen.Thenpressthe  keytoconfirm.
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1.5.  FlowMeterMenuDescriptions
00‐09 Displaymenus:Usedtodisplayflowrate,positivetotal,negativetotal,nettotal,velocity,date&
time 
10‐29 Setupmenus:Usedtoenterpipeouterdiameter,pipewallthickness,fluidtype,transducertype,
transducermountingandspacing
30‐38 Flowunitsselectionandtotalizeroperatingmenus:Usedtoselectunitsofmeasurement.Othermenus
set/resetthevarioustotalizermodes.
40‐45   ZeroSetCalibration,ScaleFactor. 
55‐83   Inputandoutputsetupmenus:currentloopmodeselect,4mAor0mAoutputvalue
90‐94 Diagnostics:signalstrengthquality(Menu90),TOM/TOS*100(Menu91),soundvelocity(Menu
92), total time and deltatime of themeasuredsignal (Menu 93), Reynolds number and K factor
(Menu94).
+0‐/+4   Appendix:Poweron/offtime,totalworkinghours,on/offtimes 
‐04~20mAcorrectionmenu.
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ATTENTION
“Hidden”menusareforhardwareadjustment(setbythemanufacturer).

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2. SetupandDisplayShortcuts
2.1. QuickDisplayKeys
Press  todisplayFlowRatewithlargefont. 
Press  todisplayVelocitywithlargefont.
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Press  todisplaySignalQualitywithlargefont. 
Press  todisplayPOSTotalwithlargefont.

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Press  tographFlowRateandFlow 
Velocity.
Press  todisplaytheCurrentState 
oftheSystem.
2.1. QuickSetupKeys
Press  todisplayPipeOutsideDiameter.The 
functionisthesameas .Pressentertoinput
data,thenenteragaintosavedata.
Press  todisplayPipeWallThickness.The 
functionisthesameas .Pressenterto 
inputdata,thenenteragaintosavedata.

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Press  todisplayPipeMaterial.The 
functionisthesameas .Pressenter
toinputdata,thenpressenteragaintosavedata.
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Press  todisplayFluidType.The 
functionisthesameas .Pressenter
toinputdata,thenpressenteragaintosavedata.
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Press  todisplayTransducerMountingMethods. 
Thefunctionisthesameas .Pressenter 
toinputdata,thenpressenteragaintosavedata.
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Press  toStart/StopManualTotalizer

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Press  toDisplay/Holdflowtotalizerinturn.The
totalizerwillcontinuetoruninthebackgroundifholdis 
pressed.Thisfunctionallowsyoutoquicklywritedownor
showthetotalizedvaluetoanother.
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Press  todisplayDynamic/NormalFlowRate 
andFlowVelocity.
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

Press  todisplayFluidSoundVelocity.The 
functionisthesameas .
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Press  todisplayDateandTime.The 
functionisthesameas .
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Press  toenterManualCalibrate.
Underconstantvelocityconditions:
1. Usingaflowstandard,externallytotalizethe
flowforasettimeperiod.
2. Presscal,thenpressentertostartthetotalizer.
3. Totalizeforthesametimeperiodasinstep1,then
pressentertostopthetotalizer.
4. Pressenteragain,thenenterthetotalizedflow
fromstep1.
5. The210  willcomparethetwovaluesandcalculate
aKfactor.
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Press  toinputthepassword1234toresetzero.
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2.2. Illustrations
ForExample:LetusassumeyouhaveaDN150(6")pipe.Themeasuringmediumiswaterandmaterialiscarbonsteel
withnoliner.Theseparametersshouldbeoperatedasfollows:
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Step1.PipeOuterDiameter
Press  keystoenterMenu11,enterthePipe 
OutsideDiameter,thenpressthe  key.Pressenter 
toinputdata,thenpressenteragaintosavedata.
Step2.PipeWallThickness
Pressthe  keytoenterMenu12enter 
thePipeWallThickness(wallthicknessforvarious 
pipeschedulescanbefoundintheappendix),then 
pressthe  key.Pressentertoinputdata,then 
pressenteragaintosavedata.Note:Decimalvalues 
mustbeenteredwithaleadingzero.Example:0.375inches.

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Step3.PipeMaterial
Pressthe  keytoenterMenu14,press 
the key,usethe or keytoselectthe
pipematerialfromthedrop‐downmenu,thenpress 
the  key.
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Step4.LinerMaterialParameters
(includingthicknessandsoundvelocity,ifneeded):
Pressthe  keytoenterMenu16,press 
the key,usethe or keytoselectliner
materialfromthedrop‐downmenu,andthenpress 
the  key.
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Step5.FluidType
Pressthe  keytoenterMenu20,press 
the key,usethe or keytoselectfluid
typefromthedrop‐downmenu,thenpressthe  key.
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Step6.TransducerMounting
Pressthe  keytoenterMenu24,press 
The key,usethe or keytoselect
Transducermountingfromthedrop‐downmenu,then 
pressthe  key.
(DetailsonChapter3.1.1).
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Step7.TransducerSpacing
Pressthe  keytoenterMenu25, 
accuratelyinstallthetransduceraccordingto 
thedisplayedtransducermountingspacingandthe 
selectedmountingmethod.
(DetailsonChapter2.3).
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Step8.DisplayMeasurementResults
Press  toenterMenu01todisplayflow 
rate.(Subjecttotherealmeasurement) 

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3. MeasurementSiteSelection
Whenselectingameasurementsite,itisimportanttoselectanareawherethefluidflowprofileisfullydevelopedto
guaranteeahighlyaccuratemeasurement.Usethefollowingguidelinestoselectaproperinstallationsite:
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1. Chooseasectionofpipethatisalwaysfullofliquid,suchasaverticalpipewithflowintheupwarddirectionor
afullhorizontalpipe.
2. Ensureenoughstraightpipelengthatleastequaltothefigureshownbelowfortheupstreamanddownstream
transducersinstallation.
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3. Ensurethatthepipesurfacetemperatureatthemeasuringpointiswithinthetransducertemperaturelimits.
4. Considertheinsideconditionofthepipecarefully.Ifpossible,selectasectionofpipewheretheinsideisfree
ofexcessivecorrosionorscaling.
Pump
Valve
Reduce
Diffuser
Tee
90
o
bend
Straight length of
downstream piping
Straight length of upstream
piping
Name
Detector
10D min
0.5D min
L≥5D
L ≥5D
L≥10D
Flow controlled downstream
10D min
L ≥10D
L ≥5D
L ≥10D
10D min
L ≥50D
L ≥30D
D
5D min
L≥10D
L≥30D
Flow controlled upstream
L≥50D
P
Check valve
Stop valve

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4. TransducerInstallation
4.1. InstallingtheTransducers
Beforeinstallingthetransducers,cleanthepipesurfacewherethetransducersaretobemounted.Removeanyrust,
scaleorloosepaintandmakeasmoothsurface.Applyawidebandofsoniccouplingcompounddownthecenterofthe
faceofeachtransduceraswellasonthepipesurface,andthen attach the transducers to the pipe with the straps
providedandtightenthemsecurely.
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Note:
1.Thetwotransducersshouldbemountedatthepipe’scenterlineonhorizontalpipes.Makesurethatthetransducer
mountingdirectionisparallelwiththeflow.
2.Duringtheinstallation,thereshouldbenoairbubblesorparticlesbetweenthetransducerandthepipewall.On
horizontalpipes,thetransducersshouldbemountedinthe3o’clockand9o’clockpositionsofthepipesectioninorder
toavoidanyairbubblesinsidethetopportionofthepipe. 
3.RefertoTransducerMountingonMenu25. 
4.Ifthetransducerscannotbemountedhorizontallysymmetricallyduetolimitationsofthelocalinstallationconditions,
itmaybenecessarytomountthetransducersatalocationwherethereisaguaranteedfullpipecondition(thepipeis
alwaysfullofliquid).
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4.1.1. TransducerMountingMethods
Threetransducermountingmethodsareavailable.Theyarerespectively:Vmethod,ZmethodandNmethod.TheV
methodisprimarilyusedonsmalldiameterpipes(DN100~300mm,4”~12”).TheZmethodisusedinapplicationswhere
theVmethodcannotworkduetopoorsignalornosignaldetected.Inaddition,theZmethodgenerallyworksbetteron
largerdiameterpipes(overDN300mm,12”)orcastironpipes.
TheNmethodisanuncommonlyusedmethod.Itisusedonsmallerdiameterpipes(belowDN50mm,2”). 
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4.1.2. VMethod
The V method is considered as the standard method. It usually givesamoreaccuratereadingandisusedonpipe
diametersrangingfrom50mmto400mm(2”~16”)  Also,itisconvenienttouse,butstillrequiresproperinstallationof
thetransducer,contactonthepipeatthepipe’scenterlineandequalspacingoneithersideofthecenterline.

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4.1.3. ZMethod
ThesignaltransmittedinaZmethodinstallationhaslessattenuationthanasignaltransmittedwiththeVmethod.This
isbecausetheZmethodutilizesadirectlytransmitted(ratherthanreflected)signalwhichtransversestheliquidonly
once.
TheZmethodisabletomeasureonpipediametersrangingfrom25mmto1200mm(1”~48”). 
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4.1.4. NMethod(notcommonlyused)
WiththeNmethod,thesoundwavestraversethefluidtwiceandbouncethreetimesoffthepipewalls.Itissuitablefor
smallpipediametermeasurement.
ThemeasurementaccuracycanbeimprovedbyextendingthetransitdistancewiththeNmethod(uncommonlyused).
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Downstream Transducer
Upstream Transducer
Flow
Transducer Space
Flow
Side View Top ViewSection
Pipe Strap
Transducer
Downstream Transducer
Upstream Transducer
Flow
Transducer Spacing
Flow
Side View Top ViewSection
Pipe Strap
Transducer
Downstream Transducer
Upstream Transducer
Flow
Transducer Spacing
Flow
Side View Top ViewSection
Pipe Strap
Transducer

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4.2. MountingtheTransducers 
Transducerscanstickontothepipewithmagneticsteelracks.Ifyouneedtofastenthemmoresecurely,thenyoucan
usethehoseclampsorevenzipties…Seepicturebelow.
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4.3. TransducerMountingInspection
Checktoseeifthetransducerisinstalledproperlyandifthereisanaccurateandstrongenoughultrasonicsignalto
ensure proper operation and high reliability of the transducer.Itcanbeconfirmedbycheckingthedetectedsignal
strength,totaltransittime,deltatimeaswellastransittimeratio.Thesechecksareexplainedbelow.
The“mounting”conditiondirectlyinfluencestheflowvalueaccuracyandsystemreliability.Inmostinstances,applya
widebeadofsoniccouplingcompoundlengthwiseonthefaceofthetransducerandstickittotheoutsidepipewallto
getgoodmeasurementresults.However,thefollowinginspectionsstillneedtobecarriedoutinordertoensurehigh
reliabilityofthemeasurementandlong‐termoperationoftheinstrument.
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4.2.1. SignalStrength
Signalstrength(displayedinMenu90)indicatesthedetectedstrengthofthesignalbothfromupstreamanddownstream
directions.Therelevantsignalstrengthisindicatedbynumbersfrom00.0~99.9.00.0representsnosignaldetectedwhile
99.9representmaximumsignalstrength.
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Normally,thestrongerthesignalstrengthdetected,thebetterthemeasurement.Adjustthetransducerspacingtothe
bestpositionandchecktoensurethatenoughsoniccouplingcompoundisappliedduringinstallationinordertoobtain
the maximum signal strength.  This is essentially fine tuning the calculated spacing shown in Menu 25 (transducer
spacing).Itmaybeslightlydifferent.
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Systemnormaloperationrequiressignalstrengthover60.0,whichisdetectedfrombothupstreamanddownstream
directions.Ifthesignalstrengthdetectedistoolow,thetransducerinstallationpositionandthetransducermounting
spacingshouldbere‐adjustedandthepipeshouldbere‐inspected.Ifnecessary,changethemountingtotheZmethod
(Zhasthehighestsignalstrength).
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