TECNA TE1700 User manual

USER MANUAL
From version 1.10
TECNA® S.p.A.
Via Meucci 27 - 40024 Castel S. Pietro Terme – Bologna ITALY
Tel. [phone] – Fax [phone] – http://www.tecna.net
DOCUMENT
NUMBER: MAN 5017
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EDITION: April 2014

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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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