Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto 1.6 del fabbricante Piega
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ThermoCheck ThermoCheck ThermoCheck ThermoCheck Windows Windows Windows Windows USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Revi sion 1.6 Copyr ight © 2000- 2004 Escor t Data Logg ing Sy stems Ltd.
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Page i ii Contents Introduction 1 Getting Sta rted 3 ThermoC heck Key pad Ov ervi ew 3 W hat You W ill Need, to Use the Sof tware 5 Installing the S oftware 5 Navig ating the S oftwar e 6 Configur ati.
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Page 1 Introduction The Ther moCheck i s a porta ble, han dhel d temper atur e met er and t emperat ure measure men t storage de vice that facilitates the validation of qua lity control spec ifications for temperat ures of products at v arious st ag es of productio n and storage.
Page 2 To use the Ther moCheck you will need to in stall the ThermoCheck software (please re fer to Chapter 2, Installing th e Software for m ore info rmation ab out installing th e sof tware) ont o a compute r so that a ThermoC heck can b e configur ed.
Page 3 Getting S t arted To use the ThermoCh eck to record t empera tur e reading s, the unit will need a datab ase con figured , linking products, proc ess/locati on and pr oduct speci ficatio ns. You can config ure a data base in the unit with the user s oftware.
Page 4 OFF Turns the Ther moCheck off (unless t he Ther moCheck is curren tly off, in w hich case pressing any button will turn th e ThermoCheck on). STORE Instructs the ThermoC heck t o record a r ea.
Page 5 What You Will Need, to Use the Softw are Installati on o f the softw are r equir es 9.4 meg abytes o f free di sk spac e, plus an ad ditional 5.
Page 6 Na vigating the Softw are W hen the softwa re start s, the re a re five it ems on th e men u bar. These f ive men us will give you access to the v arious functions o f the softw are: File Allow s opening , saving , closing and prin ting o f ThermoC heck dat a r eading files and openi ng an d savin g of dat abase co nfig uration files.
Page 7 Configurati on Options It is reco mmended th at y ou firs t configur e the so ftware t o ensure t hat the c omm unicati ons port t hat the ThermoC heck is conn ected to ma tches the comm unicatio ns port that the so ftwar e communica tes with. The de fault is the first serial co mmunications por t, COM1.
Page 8 Connection To get the Ther moCheck to success full y communic ate w ith the so ftw are, you w ill need t o connect th e interface c able to a s eri al communic ations por t on your PC.
Page 9 Batter y Replacement Your Ther moCheck r eq uires tw o (2) AA b atteries to oper ate. You can us e either alkaline or re- chargeabl e (for ex amp le, NiC d or Ni MH) batter ies, how ever please r ememb er that y ou mu st NEVER attempt to charg e alkali ne batteri es.
Page 10 Setting Up a Dat abase In order to use th e ThermoCh eck, y ou need to create a pr oduct dat abase. D atabases l ink indiv idual products w ith the pr ocesses/locatio ns of thei r produc tion at w hich y ou may want to mo nitor temperat ure.
Page 11 The database w indo w has panel button s for pr oducts, proc esses/loc ations, user s, and the ThermoCheck’s settin gs. When you click on each on e of thes e panel butto ns, you w ill be able to change the setti ngs for that categ ory i n the panel that is rev ealed.
Page 12 All product n ames must star t wi th a capital letter and the so ftware w ill ensure that e ach product d oes start w ith a capital letter . Product names ca n not be bla nk (empty ) and there fore the softw are w ill ensure tha t no pro ducts ar e created w ithout a v alid nam e.
Page 13 Process/Locatio ns Panel in the Dat abase Windo w You can ex pand the l ist of process es/locations to s how the different pr oduc ts under eac h process/loc ation: • by pressing [+] w hen t.
Page 14 You can c hange a product or process /locatio n name by: • typing the new name dir ectly i nto the appro priate field o n the l eft, • selecting the current name , clicki ng on it w ith the mo use, and ty ping the new name, • or pressing [F2] w hen a pr oduct or process /locati on is s elected, and ty ping the new na me.
Page 15 Database Orient ation In addition to ent erin g pr oduct and process/l ocation detail s, the software all ows y ou to specify whether the data base is to be pr imar ily oriented ar oun d product s, or pr ocesses/l ocati ons.
Page 16 Database Item Order The softw are all ows you to: • manually de fine the or der o f each o f the it ems in th e data base, or • have the datab ase ite ms automa ticall y sorted i n alpha betical order . These optio ns are contr olled v ia the Manual Order ch eckbox in the Products and Processes/Locat ions panel s.
Page 17 To move a pr oduct up or dow n w ithin the li st o f products: Ensure tha t the pro ducts pa nel is curren tly di splayed an d the Produ ct first bu tton is dow n. Ensure tha t manual order is enabl ed, by checki ng Manual Order . Select the product y ou w ish to mov e.
Page 18 Product Spe cificatio ns, Alarms and Dela ys You can ent er speci fication li mits for eac h of the products y ou hav e defined, at e ach criti cal process/loc ation, in ei ther the Products panel , or the Proce sses/Locations panel .
Page 19 Templates W hen y ou have set up a database, y ou can al so save it to a Template file, for future use. To do this, select Save or Save A s from the Fil e men u. Type i n th e name of the file y ou w ant to sav e the template data base as, and click Sav e.
Page 20 Comm and Summ ary Below follow s a su mmary of useful co mmands avai lable for setti ng up an d editing a pr oduct an d process/loc ation da tabase. The k eyboar d shortcuts for menu items are includ ed. Products Panel [Left-mo useclick] Selects a product or process/l ocation.
Page 21 Processes/Locat ions Panel [Left-mo useclick] Selects a product or process/l ocation. [Ctrl-L], [C trl-N ] Adds a new process/lo cation. [Ctrl- P] Adds a new product. [Insert] If ther e is no selecti on, or a process/locatio n is selected, a n ew pr ocess/location will be added.
Page 22 Setting Up Corrective Actions Introduc tion Correcti ve actions ar e used to prompt t he user to perform cert ain actions w hen the rea ding s to be stored ar e not w ithin s pecificati on and r ecord s w hich action t he user has sel ected to per form.
Page 23 Correctiv e Actions Pan el in th e Databas e Win dow Assigning Corr ecti ve Actions Once you have creat ed th e correctiv e acti ons to be assig ned to v arious pro ducts, sel ect t he Products panel or the Pr ocesse s/Locations p anel.
Page 24 Assigning C orrective A ctions t o Databas e item s Comm and Summ ary [Left-mo useclick] Selects a correctiv e acti on. [Ctrl-R ] Adds a correctiv e actio n. [Insert] If ther e is no sel ection, or a c orrectiv e action is selecte d, a new correctiv e actio n will be added.
Page 25 Setting Up a User List Setting the ThermoC heck up to incl ude us er informa tion is opti onal . The adv antage of s etting up a user list in the unit is that reading information stored in the ThermoCheck will also include the n ame of t he u ser who p erf orme d eac h read ing.
Page 26 Users Panel in th e Databas e Window Adding a nd Re moving U sers The method for addin g users i s much the s ame as th at for addin g pr oducts or process es/locati ons. You press t he [Ins ert] key in the User s pane l, an d then type t he n ame (or other descript iv e text ) of the user.
Page 27 User Options W hen a user is selected, their password and PIN code are show n in the panel next to the user list . For security and pr ivacy r easons, PIN codes and passwor ds are display ed as a seri es o f asterisks. The PIN code identi fies th e user c urr ently o perating the ThermoC heck.
Page 28 Comm and Summ ary [Left-mo useclick] Selects a user. [Ctrl- U] Adds a new user. [Insert] If there is no selection, or a user is selected, a new user will be added. [Delete] If a user is currently selected, then this se lected user will be deleted .
Page 29 Customising the ThermoCheck Customising With the So ftw are If you click the Settings button in the dat abase w indow , the configuration setti ngs panel will become visi ble. Any changes y ou make to these sett ings will not take effect until the dat abase i s uploaded t o the ThermoCheck.
Page 30 General Information This box display s g eneral in formatio n about the Ther moCheck, i ncludi ng the s erial nu mber , produc t code and batt ery statu s. Note that t he serial number, pro duct code and battery status will only be display ed if the dat abase w as dow nloaded fr om a Ther moCheck .
Page 31 Date and Time You can adjus t the Ther moCheck’s i nternal ti me clock w ith the opti ons in this box . If you cl ick Match computer date and time , the unit’s time clock will be set to match y our PC’s interna l clock. Not e that this w ill only occur if the settings are up loaded to t he unit (with the Set Data base command).
Page 32 Customising Witho ut Using t he Softw are If you press the SETUP key when th e unit is tur ned on, the cur rent stat e of t he con figurat ion opti ons will be shown on t he di splay . This setu p screen g iv es access to so me o f the optio ns avai lable in the Configuration Settings panel of the data bas e window of the s oftw are.
Page 33 Using the ThermoCheck Using the Th ermoCheck for the First Time If your Th ermoCheck is turned off, y ou can tur n it on by pressi ng any key on the keypad, or by attaching exter nal power, or by connecti ng a comp uter. When a Therm oCheck is pow ered up , the battery voltage, along with the firmware versi on, will be shown on the display.
Page 34 been install ed in the u nit, a user w il l need to log on before a readi ng can be r ecorded ( see Logg ing On and Log gi ng Off bel ow) . The databas e ori entati on affects the proc es s of selectio n of pr oducts a nd pr ocesses/lo cations for recording readings.
Page 35 Once you have made a selection of a product and a proce ss/location, the screen will display: • the currently selected product an d proc ess/locati on, • the current dat e and ti me, • the current re ading o f the t emper ature pr obe, • and, if a user li st is inst alled in the uni t, th e current user ’s n ame.
Page 36 Logging On and Loggin g Off If there is a user list i nstalled in the unit , you w ill need to log on to identi fy y ourself befor e a r eading can be tak en. If no users ar e curren tly l ogged on, y ou can d o this by pressi ng the key or the key, which w ill br ing up the log -on screen.
Page 37 Accessing Dat a S tored in the ThermoCheck Dow nloading Readings To downl oad the readi ng i nformation stor ed in the unit , select Get R eadings from the ThermoCheck menu. I f users ar e de fined in the unit , y ou w ill be prom pted to enter a us erna me an d passw ord.
Page 38 At the top of the li st window is a menu, w hich all ows y ou to specify how data is gr ouped. There are five options: View ungrouped Select this op tion to vi ew the v alues in a lis t, which can be sort ed by any of the col umn h eading s.
Page 39 At the top of th e gr aph w indow there ar e th ree butto ns, whi ch al low you to co ntrol w hether out o f specificatio n rea dings ar e shown o n the g raph: • the button w ith the r ed a.
Page 40 If the top most data wi ndow i s a list, the Pr int dialog w ill be launched, al low ing you to sp ecify ex actly what data you w ant to pr int, and how to print i t.
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