TECNA TE1700 User manual
TECNA WELD TESTER TE1700
SUMMARY
1.0 MAIN MENU................................................................................................ 3
2.0 MEASUREMENT MENU ............................................................................... 6
2.1 MEASUREMENT GRAPH .......................................................................... 8
2.2 MEASUREMENT GRAPH CONFIGURATION ........................................... 11
2.3 MEASUREMENT DATA........................................................................... 13
2.4 MEASUREMENT DATA CONFIGURATION.............................................. 20
2.5 MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION........................................................ 22
2.5.1 ADVANCED MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION ............................. 26
2.6 SETTING LIMITS ..................................................................................... 28
2.7 WELDING TABLE.................................................................................... 33
3.0 STATISTICS MENU ..................................................................................... 35
3.1 SCATTER PLOT ....................................................................................... 37
4.0 DATA SAVING MENU................................................................................. 39
4.1 MEASUREMENT GRAPH CONFIGURATION ........................................... 41
5.0 INSTRUMENT CONFIGURATION MENU .................................................... 43
5.1 BLUETOOTH CONFIGURATION MENU .................................................. 46
6.0 CONNECTING THE INSTRUMENT TO THE PC ............................................... 50
6.1 PUTTY© TERMINAL EMULATOR ........................................................... 57
6.1.1 MAIN MENU................................................................................... 59
6.1.2 DATA SPOT PRINT........................................................................... 60
6.1.3 INSTRUMENT CONFIG MENU......................................................... 62
6.1.4 CURRENT CONFIG MENU ............................................................... 64
6.1.5 LIMIT CONFIG MENU...................................................................... 65
7.0 ERROR MESSAGES..................................................................................... 67
8.0 INSTRUMENT FEATURES ........................................................................... 69
9.0 MEASURING ACCESSORIES........................................................................ 70
10.0 BATTERY REPLACEMENT AND PRODUCT LIFE END................................. 71
11.0 SAFETY OF USE ........................................................................................ 72
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1.0 MAIN MENU
Indication of current date and time in format dd-mm-yyyy and hh:mm
Indicator of USB pen-drive and status of connection with expansion
card.
<NO USB| > pen-drive not inserted or not recognised
<USB OK| > pen-drive inserted and recognised
< |- - - - > expansion card absent
< |LINK> card present and connection established
< |!LN!> card present and connection not established
BATT: 076%
Indication of residual battery charge
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Key for accessing the TE1700 measuring functions. In this menu you
can configure the ranges of the probes, LIMITS, PULSE, PRE-BLANK and
POST-BLANK, TRIGGER LEVEL, FORCE FILTER, TRIGGER TYPE and the
NORMAL/CONTINUOUS mode. You can also read the numeric values of
the measured quantities and view them on a graph.
Key for accessing the TE1700 statistics menu. It provides a statistical
analysis with a scatter plot on the last 90 weld spots performed by the
instrument.
Key for accessing the menu to save data on a pen-drive. It allows you
to save the bitmap chart of the measured quantities or to export the
spots to a .CSV (Comma-Separated Values) file to perform off-line
analyses.
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Key for accessing the instrument's configuration menu, which allows
you to configure:
•Time to turn off the display backlight;
•Auto-shutoff time to save battery;
•Current date and time;
•Local network supply frequency, 50 or 60 Hz;
•Which data to save of every spot, NORMAL or ADVANCED
mode;
•Update TE1700 firmware;
•Connected Bluetooth devices (e.g.: PC, TE1710 Expander, etc.).
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2.0 MEASUREMENT MENU
Summary of current measuring instrument configuration, including the
following information:
•Type of current transducer, type of source to be measured,
selected measuring range.
•Type of force transducer, selected measuring range,
disturbance limitation activation.
Pressing BACK returns to the
previous screen
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•Selected measuring range for voltage, normal or continuous
measuring mode.
•Number of current pulses, initial and final masking on signal to
be measured.
•Selection of channel for measurement, either force or current
or both, instrument sensitivity for starting measuring
operations.
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2.1 MEASUREMENT GRAPH
Available in NORMAL mode only
Allows you to access the measured quantities graph with respect to
time.
This function is only active in NORMAL work mode and is not available
in CONTINUOUS mode.
You can view a maximum of two quantities on the graph, chosen
among welding current, secondary voltage, energy and resistance.
Force is plotted on its own on a dedicated graph, while the other
quantities can be selected independently; quantities are chosen from
the MEASUREMENT GRAPH CONFIGURATION menu.
Acquiring spots while inside the MEASUREMENT GRAPH screen will
decrease the max acquisition rate.
The MEASUREMENT GRAPH screen appears empty when accessed
before the instrument has been able to perform a measurement.
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The measurement graph's screen is as follows:
Messages relating to the current position of the cursor.
The time position and the value of the selected quantity are
shown.
Touching this area changes the quantities to be plotted on
the graph.
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The right and left arrows move the cursor horizontally, repeatedly
pressing the key moves the cursor quickly.
Zooms horizontally into the graph in the area of the cursor.
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2.2 MEASUREMENT GRAPH CONFIGURATION
Available in NORMAL mode only
Selection of quantities to be viewed.
This icon is present only with the TE1710 Expander
expansion card.
Enables viewing of the displacement measurement graph.
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You can simultaneously view a maximum of two quantities on the
graph; the selected quantities appear without the X whilst quantities
with the X are not shown in the graph.
If you wish to view the force graph, the other quantities will be
deactivated automatically.
I Welding current.
V Secondary voltage. Requires measurement of the voltage at the
electrodes.
E Energy dispensed during the weld. Requires measurement of the
voltage at the electrodes.
R Electrical resistance of the material. Requires measurement of the
voltage at the electrodes.
WARNING: in the event the voltage and current values are
considerably low, the electrical resistance value is forced to zero.
F Measurement of the force exerted by the electrodes during the
welding process.
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2.3 MEASUREMENT DATA
Available in NORMAL and CONTINUOUS modes
Displays the numeric values of the quantities measured.
Indicator of active functions that can affect
the measurement process.
Indicator of execution of
measurement process.
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The quantities displayed depend on instrument configuration and on
the selections made in the MEASUREMENT DATA CONFIGURATION
menu.
At the bottom of the screen, indicators show the active functions in
the TE1700 that can affect the numeric values shown on the display. A
list of data that can be viewed is as follows.
Measurement of a direct current source, such as medium
frequency inverter and three-phase unit.
Measurement of an alternate current source, single-phase
spot welder.
Indicator of outcome of check limits on the measurement process.
Measurement within limits.
Measurement outside limits.
Check limits not active.
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Measurement of a pulse type current, capacitor discharge.
PRE-BLANK active during the measurement, the initial part of
the welding process, for the set PRE-BLANK time, not
considered in the measurement process.
POST-BLANK active during the measurement, the final part of
the welding process, for the set POST-BLANK time, not
considered in the measurement process.
The set number of pulses is greater than 1; the weld to be
measured is pulsed and the number of pulses must be equal
to the value set on the control unit.
When FORCE FILTER is activated, it suppresses the noise on
the force measurement channel, recommended when using
electrical axes.
Welding time measurement is always present on the display. Displayed
data change, depending on the technology of the welder used:
The display indicates the total time dispensing Tweld current
and the time taken by the current to reach its maximum Trise
value.
The display indicates the total time dispensing Tweld current
and the average conduction degrees DEG.
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In modes
Welding current: the RMS value of the IRMS welding current and the
Ipeak peak value reached during welding are displayed.
In mode
Welding current: the RMS value of the IRMS welding current, the Ipeak+
max positive peak value and the Ipeak-max negative peak value reached
during welding are displayed.
In mode
Secondary voltage: displays the RMS voltage value Vrms present on the
secondary circuit and its Vpeak maximum peak value. To perform this
measurement, use the cables for measuring electrodes voltage.
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In mode
Secondary voltage: displays the voltage peak value Vpeak during the
welding process. To perform this measurement, use the cables for
measuring electrodes voltage.
In mode
Secondary voltage: displays the RMS voltage value Vrms present on the
secondary circuit, its maximum positive peak value Vpeak+ and
maximum negative peak value Vpeak-. To perform this measurement,
use the cables for measuring electrodes voltage.
In modes
Energy dispensed during the weld Eweld. To perform this measurement,
use the cables for measuring electrodes voltage.
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In modes
Average power dispensed during the welding process. To perform this
measurement, use the cables for measuring electrodes voltage.
In mode
Electrical resistance measured at the end of the welding process. This
value includes the electrical resistance of the piece to be welded and
the resistance of the secondary circuit included at both ends of the
electrodes of the voltage probe. To perform this measurement, use the
cables for measuring electrodes voltage.
In modes
Thermal current: the average Ith and the instantaneous iIth thermal
current values are displayed. The average value Tith is calculated by
processing the samples acquired over a maximum time range of 24
hours. The instantaneous value iIth is obtained according to the last 2
welding samples performed. The average samples can be deleted.
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Force: supplies the maximum force Fmax during welding, at the
beginning Fon of the welding and at the end Foff of the welding process.
If CONTINUOUS mode is selected, the data viewed cannot be edited by
the user. The data displayed are:
•RMS value of the welding current IRMS
•Positive current peak IPEAK+
•Negative current peak IPEAK-
•RMS value of the secondary voltage VRMS
•Positive voltage peak VPEAK+
•Negative voltage peak VPEAK-
•Continuous force value
In this case the force values are updated continuously and
automatically.
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2.4 MEASUREMENT DATA CONFIGURATION
Available in NORMAL mode only
Selection of quantities to be viewed.
This icon is present only with the TE1710 Expander
expansion card.
Enables a displacement measurement to be viewed.
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