
ÎPress the “Measure” button on the Main Page of the
software. Use only when the device is resting on a
horizontal surface (see picture: Main page).
The vacuum pump evacuates the oxygen between the
measuring head and the glass to attach them lightly
together. If the vacuum is poor, the software will give a
warning message. The “Measuring” led starts to blink on
the software. The indicator leds on the measuring head
will turn blue. Keep your hands on the handles (if the
device is not used on a horizontal surface).
The measurement takes about 18–28 seconds depend-
ing on the settings and the window to be measured.
Once the measurement is ready, the vacuum pump
stops, and the measuring head is released from the
glass. “Ready” led turns green and the results are dis-
played on the Main Page.
4.3Advanced measurement
4.3.1 Enable Counter
If you have enabled counter (Settings Page), signal how
many measurements you would like to take in a row.
First, select a number for the “Meas. count” box by click-
ing up or down arrows, or by typing a value with the on-
screen keyboard. Use of “Meas. count” is recommended
only if measuring is made on horizontal surfaces.
Then, if you press the “Enable counter” button, multiple
measurements are done in a sequence. A green indica-
tor is switched on.
NOTE: If the user has changed any of the following de-
fault values: i) glass or spacer thickness ii) measurement
time or iii) counter state, the “Pre-set Active” indica-
tor on the Main Page turns red when measuring. This
reminds the user that the measurement settings are
different from the default values. To return all the values
back to default values, press the “Reset” button on the
Main Page or change the values back manually. When
pressing the “Reset” button it takes a few seconds to
return all the values back to default.
4.3.2Editing the default settings
You can edit the default values with normal Windows
editing applications such as Notepad.
1. Open the c:\temp\Settings.ini le
2. Change the corresponding values. Do this with
discretion to not interfere with the operation of the
device. Safe values to edit are, e.g. High_limit and
Low_limit for the indicator lights on the Main page
of Sparklike Application. It is not recommended
to edit other values without consulting Sparklike
product support.
3. Save and close the le
4. Stop and restart the Sparklike Application to use
the new settings values.
4.4 Understanding the results
For triple glass units, the device measures rst the
overall value of both cavities, then the 1st cavity, and
then based on these measured results, calculates the
gas content of the 2nd cavity. Therefore, the results of
the 2nd cavity can be considered as indicative of what
complements the information of each cavity.
ÎSee the insulating gas (such as argon, krypton, or
xenon) concentration on the result boxes on the
Main Page.
Purple light continuous Device in stand by
Blue light continuous Measuring
☀Blue light blinking Vacuum missing
Green Measurement about to end/
done
Blue Self-check in progress
Yellow Gas ll valves open
Red Error
Measuring head indicator lights:
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