RSC Road Sensor Control User`s Manual
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1. DELTA Light amp Optics RetroSign Retrometer e Exit Select Exit to end the RSC program Before ending the RSC program will check that all measurements from the Data Log of the RetroSign instrument have been read and that all data are save to an RSC file 6 RetroSign Retrometer Configure Dialogue The RSC program may be configured with respect to the e Selection of COM port for the serial communication with the RetroSign instrument e Selection of language to be used on the screen and in the reports The selection is performed in the Configure Dialogue as shown below Before entering the Configure Dialogue as shown the RSC program will check that all measurements from the Data Log of the RetroSign instrument have been read and that all data are saved to an RSC file Configuration No Language Selected C COM2 Select Language COM3 COMA _ Terminal Access In general the RSC program handles all the necessary communication with the RetroSign instrument There may however be situations where you want direct instrument access to the RetroSign There are two levels of terminal access 1 Quick access via the RSC program 2 Access via Windows standard terminal communication program When the Main MenulTerminal Access item is selected the RSC program will check that all previous measurements read from the Data Log of the RetroSign instrument are saved to an RSC file DELTA Light amp Optics R2. RSC file The selected RSC file is not compatible with the present ver DELTA Light amp Optics RSC Road Sensor Control 4 1 4 1 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 General Information The purpose of the RSC program is to provide an easy interface to the RetroSign instrument The main features of the RSC program are e Reading and display of the measurements stored in the RetroSign instrument e Adding remarks to the sequences of measurements as defined during the use of the instrument e Printing reports of the contents and status of the instrument e Saving the contents of the instrument to a file for later inspection analysis and printout System Requirements The recommended minimum requirements e Processor 486 8 MB RAM Minimum 2 MB free disk space 800x600 screen resolution 256 colours One free COM port Windows 3 x Setup and Un installation To setup the RSC program do the following e Install the program from the instrument CD e Follow the on screen instructions e AnRSC group is created and program icons for the RSC program and the Uninstall program are placed in it e To start the RSC program double click on the RSC program icon To Uninstall the RSC program double click on the RSC Uninstall icon The files created during the last run of the RSC Setup program will be deleted However files produced during the use of the RSC program will NOT be deleted RetroSign Retrometer Files Dur
3. We help ideas meet the real world RSC Road Sensor Control User s Manual File Configure Terminal Access DELTA Light amp Optics A RSC Road Sensor Control Yerston 1 5 1997 04 15 DELTA Light amp Optics RSC Road Sensor Control DISCLAIMER The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice DELTA LIGHT amp OPTICS MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THIS MATERIAL INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE DELTA LIGHT amp OPTICS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ERRORS CONTAINED HEREIN OR FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE FURNISHING PERFORMANCE OR USE OF THIS MATERIAL Version 1 6 2008 RSC Road Sensor Control DELTA Light amp Optics INDEX General Information System Requirements Setup and Uninstallation Files Quick Tour The RSC screens The RSC Reports Using the RSC program Main Menu File menu Configure Dialogue Terminal Access RSC Screen RSC panel description Calibration Dialogue Errors and Warnings Communication problems No communication New Sensor Id User errors and warnings Do you really want to clear the Data Log The Data Log from the instrument should be saved The Data Log or Remarks are changed The Data Log from the instrument should be read into Error in Zero measurement Error in Calibration measurement The selected file is not a legal
4. are changed they should be saved to an RSC or RTX file Cause The RSC program has detected some changes in the Data Log or in one or more of the remarks since the data was read into the program Actions Save Now Press the Save Now button to save before you proceed Continue Without Save Press the Continue without Save button if you want to proceed without saving anything Warning The Data Log from the instrument should be read into the RSC program Cause The RSC program has only read some of the measurements from the instrument Data Log Possibly the user has cancelled a Read Data Log operation or the like Actions Read Now Press the Read Now button to let the RSC program read the contents of the Data Log Continue Press the Continue button to proceed without reading the Data Log Error Error in Zero measurement Cause During calibration step 1 Zero measurement on the dark bottom on the cap an error was detected Typically a Zero measurement was performed on the reflective bottom of the cap This is the first calibration attempt after an instrument initialisation so the instrument does not know any old zero value Actions Try Again Make sure that the cap is mounted correctly and then try again Press the Try Again button to repeat step 1 of the calibration procedure Exit Calibration Press the Exit Calibration button to abandon the calibration procedure No R measurements are possible Error Error in Zero m
5. not be read into the RSC program before the Read Data Log button is pressed Battery panel Displays the status of the battery and the set point for low battery warning Off Timer panel Displays the number of seconds currently set for the Off timer automatic instrument power off time Also from this panel it is possible to change the Off Time New Value Enter the time in seconds Legal values are 60 to 599 seconds Note values below 60 seconds will disable the automatic off function Enabled Disabled Use the Enabled Disabled checkbox to set the Off Timer value to default or to Disable the Off Timer LCD Back light panel Displays the on time in seconds for the LCD Back light Also from this panel it is possible to change the LCD Back light time New Value Enter the time in seconds Legal values are 1 to 20 seconds Enabled Disabled Use the Enabled Disabled checkbox to enable or disable the LCD Back light Sequence Id panel Displays the current measurement Sequence Id as read from the instrument Also from this panel it is possible to change the Sequence Id New Enter a new Sequence Id max 6 characters 10 RetroSign Retrometer Undefine Press the Undefine button to clear the Sequence Id DELTA Light amp Optics RetroSign Retrometer Calibration Dialogue The RetroSign instrument may be calibrated from the RSC program Press the Calibrate button in the Calibration panel on the RSC screen Instr
6. the status and measurements as an RSC file e FilelExit to end and exit from the RSC program RetroSign Retrometer The RSC Reports The RSC program may produce two types of reports based on the contents and status of a RetroSign instrument Below is shown a sample of each type of report RSC Log Report Printed 1997 03 11 16 18 41 Firmware RetroSign 4500 Version 1 26 DELTA Light amp Optics c 97 03 03 Sensorid DA instrument Date Time 1997 03 11 16 15 25 Index Sequence id Result Mode Date Time Remarks 1 Not Del 0 Normal 1997 03 04 12 35 42Sequence Not De 2 Not Del3 0 Normal 1997 03 04 12 41 08 3 Not Del4 0 Normal 1997 03 04 12 41 36 4 Not DelS 0 Normal 1997 03 04 12 41 49 5 Not Del6 1 Normal 1997 03 05 12 22 30 6 Not Del 0 Normal 1997 03 05 12 22 42 7 Not DetS 0 Normal 1997 03 05 12 43 08 8 Not Del3 0 Normal 1997 03 05 12 43 42 9 Not Derg 197 Normal 1997 03 05 12 44 00 10 Not Deri 0 Normal 1997 03 05 12 51 30 Ti Not Derz 0 Normal 1997 03 05 12 52 24 12 Not Der3 0 Normal 1997 03 05 12 53 25 13 Not Derg 0 Normal 1997 03 05 12 53 36 14 Not Der5 0 Normal 1997 03 05 13 05 05 15 Not Derg 0 Normal 1997 03 05 13 05 15 16 Not Delt 1 Normal 1997 03 05 13 48 46 T Not Derg 0 Normal 1997 03 05 13 53 54 18 Not Derg 0 Normal 1997 03 05 13 55 49 19 Not De 20 0 Normal 1997 03 05 14 00 15 20 NotDel21 0 Normal 1997 03 05 14 01 45 21 Not Del22 0 Normal 1997 03 05 14 02 51 22 Nat Nel n Nar
7. 1997 03 19 11 09 13 OK esa ens Mos 8 11234 1 0 Normal 1997 03 19 12 13 52 Lamp Curr 9 1234 2 0 Normal 1997 03 19 13 31 32 ok o SE 10 12348 185 Calib viaPC 1997 03 20 09 18 12 Sp oe Value cd hm2 185 11 11234 4 185 Normal 1997 03 20 09 18 21 Calibrate 1234 5 Normal 1997 03 20 09 34 49 Measurement Last cd Ix m2 185 Battery Voltage Idle 9 73 Timer sec 300 On Time sec 10 Actual GGGGGG Voltage Loaded V 8 94 New Value __ New Value __ New Alarm Setpoint Y 7 00 Enabled C Disabled RSC panel description Instrument panel Displays the name and version of the firmware of the RetroSign instrument together with the Sensor Id identification Log Data panel Displays the contents of the Data Log of the instrument but only after the Read Data Log button have been pressed You may assign remarks to the different sequences of measurements and to the full set of measurements Tabs Select a tab below the table of measurements to let the table display the measurements for that Sequence Id Note that the first tab ALL is used to display the full set of measurements Remarks Enter any number of lines with remarks for the currently selected Sequence Id There is no specific limit for the size of the text that can be entered into the Remarks field Status Panel Displays the decoded st
8. atus received from the instrument DELTA Light amp Optics RetroSign Retrometer Instrument Date Time panel Displays the current Date and Time as read from the instrument The date and time can be changed using the box below Data Log panel Displays the status of the Data Log of the instrument Open Close Use the Open Close check box to open or close the Data Log in the instrument When the Data Log is closed subsequent measurements are NOT stored in the instrument Data Log Reset Press the Reset button if you want to reset clear the instrument Data Log Before resetting is done a warning message is displayed Read Data Log Press the Read Data Log button to read the full set of measurements from the instrument Data Log Calibration panel Displays the instrument calibration status Also from this panel it is possible to initiate a calibration Calibrate Press the Calibrate button to open the Calibration Dialogue please refer to the Calibration Dialogue section for further details on the calibration procedure Measurement panel Displays the value of the last measurement performed by the RetroSign instrument Also from this panel it is possible to initiate a new measurement Measure Press the Measure button to perform a measurement If the instrument Data Log is OPEN the measurement will be registered in the instrument and the measured value will be shown on the screen Note however that this last measurement will
9. easurement Old value is used Cause During calibration step 1 Zero measurement with dark bottom on the cap an error was detected Typically a Zero measurement was performed on the reflective bottom of the cap A Calibration has been performed before so the instrument does know an old zero value It is now possible to continue the calibration using the old Zero value or abandon the calibration Actions Continue Press the Continue button to continue the calibration using the old Zero value Exit Calibration Press the Exit Calibration button to abandon the calibration procedure 14 RetroSign Retrometer Error Error in Calibration measurement Cause During calibration step 3 Calibration measurement on the reflective bottom of the cap an error is detected Typically a Calibration measurement is performed on the dark bottom of the cap This is the first calibration attempt after an instrument initialisation so the instrument does not know any old calibration value It is only possible to try again or abandon Actions Try Again Make sure that the cap is mounted correctly and then try again Press the Try Again button to repeat the previous step of the calibration procedure Exit Calibration Press the Exit Calibration button to abandon the calibration procedure No R measurements is possible Error Error in Calibration measurement Old value is used Cause During calibration step 3 Calibration measurement with reflect
10. etroSign Retrometer Display example Terminal Access 6 0 7 8 0 36 90 3 24 126 9 0 10 205 11 929 12 0 3999999E 1 28 600 00 13 9 27 14 8 49 15 9 33 16 0 3199999E 3 17 7 00 18 64 19 69 20 5 21 34468 22 599 23 0 0 43 1 Windows Terminal 50 ee Possibly you want to use more sophisticated features for terminal access In that case press the Windows Terminal button Now Window s standard Terminal program or more specifically a program with the name TERMINAL EXE will be looked up in the search path and started This means that you may use your favourite communication program placed in the current directory or in the search path When this program is given the name TERMINAL EXE it will be used instead of Windows standard Terminal program 8 RetroSign Retrometer RSC Screen The RSC screen is shown below File Configure Terminal Access Type RetroSign 4000 Version 1 27 DELTA Light amp Optics c 9 03 10 Sensor Id 2B Index Sequence Id Result Mode Date Time Converter OO 0321 13 08 06 Ig Not Defined Normal 1997 03 19 08 53 40 O E e 2 NotDefined 0 Normal 1997 03 19 08 56 04 POK 3 NotDefined 0 Normal 1997 03 19 09 00 46 Calibration K Open Count 33 4 NotDefined 0 Normal 1997 03 19 09 09 33 OK Free 97 5 5 Not Defined 0 Normal 1997 03 19 09 15 39 Lamp ree An OK 6 Not Defined 0 Normal 1997 03 19 09 32 01 7 Not Defined 0 Normal
11. ing setup the following files are created in the destination directory as specified in the RSC Setup program lt destination dir gt RSC EXE The RSC program UNINST EXE The RSC Uninstall program BIVBX11 DLL System file SAXCOMM VBX System file RSC_xx LNG Language files where xx a language code for example UK UK English During the use of the RSC program the following file is created in the Windows directory lt windows dir gt RSC INI _ A file containing RSC configuration data The following file types are created in the RSC work directory lt work dir gt RSC The status and measurement from a RetroSign instrument saved in a encoded form lt work dir gt RTX The measurements from a RetroSign instrument exported in ASCII format to be used for further processing analysis etc in a general purpose spread sheet program or the like DELTA Light amp Optics RetroSign Retrometer Quick Tour The RSC screens This section provides a quick tour of the main functions of the RSC program After the RSC program is started a front page appears RSC onfigure Terminal Access DELTA Light amp Optics eee ee RSC Road Sensor Control Version LBIIG ETS Press the Start button to continue File Configure Terminal Access Instrument BiGUEs a Not Defined 1234 55555 666 777 888088 999999 Alle 5 DELTA Light amp Optics RetroSign Retrometer The RSC w
12. ive bottom of the cap an error is detected Typically a Calibration measurement is performed on the dark bottom of the cap A Calibration has been performed before so the instrument does know an old calibration value Therefore it is possible to continue measurements with the old calibration value Actions Press the Continue or Exit Calibration button The old calibration value will be used Error The selected file is not a legal RSC file Cause The selected file was not created with the RSC program Action OK Press the Ok button to acknowledge this message Error The selected RSC file is not compatible with the present version of the RSC program Cause The selected file was an RSC file However it was created with an old version of the RSC program Action OK Press the Ok button to acknowledge this message DELTA Light amp Optics RetroSign Retrometer
13. mal 1997 N3 N5 14 09 01 DELTA Light amp Optics RetroSign Retrometer RSC Instrument Status Report irmware sensor Id 107 strument Date Time 1997 04 17 11 37 29 Printed 17 04 97 12 RetroSign 4000 Version 1 26 DELTA Light amp Optics c 97 03 03 easurement Calibration Last cd Ix m2 O Value cd Ix m2 224 Retro Signal 20 Zero cd Ix m2 1 ieference Signal 30660 Factor 1892 87 Sequence Id R q12 3g State Closed Count O Free 100 0 attery Lamp Voltage Actual V 10 16 Current mA 952 Voltage Idle V 10 06 Alarm Setpoint mA 600 00 oltage Loaded V 9 88 Factor 0 4057970E 1 Alarm Setpoint V 7 00 Factor 0 3484812E 3 eneral Information OK OK OK OK OK OK OK Off Timer 300sec Status Code CD Backlight Disabled Status Breakdown Measurement Counter 66 Converter Leak Calibration Lamp Battery Lamp Curr Signals LTA Light amp Optics Tel 45 45 888 333 rtekaersvej 99 Fax 45 45 870 810 2800 Lyngby NMARK e mail Opelec delta dk RetroSign Retrometer Using the RSC program This section provides details about the contents and function of the menus screens and dialogues of the RSC program File Configure Terminal Access lt Main Menu The Main Menu at the top of the screen is always available The items on the Main Menu e File Select the File item to get access to further items where saving data to or reading data from a file may be pe
14. nstrument and connect a new one Warning New Sensor Id 1234 Please reconnect the previous instrument if you want to save its Reconnect data f To continue with the new x instrument press the OK button Continue In that case the RSC program will display a warning as shown below If the previous RetroSign instrument is reconnected the warning message will disappear Else you may choose to Reconnect Press the Reconnect button to tell the RSC program that you are about to reconnect the old RetroSign instrument Continue Press the Continue button to delete all previously loaded data User errors and warnings The possible error or warning messages from the RSC program are listed below Warning Do you really want to clear the Data Log Cause You are about to reset clear the Data Log in the RetroSign instrument Actions Yes Press the Yes button if you are sure that the Data Log should be cleared No The Data Log should not be cleared Warning The Data Log from the instrument should be saved to an RSC file DELTA Light amp Optics RetroSign Retrometer Cause You are about to exit the RSC program select an old RSC file or the like Before this is done the data should be saved Actions Save Now Press the Save Now button if you want the data to be saved before you proceed Continue Without Save Press the Continue without Save button to proceed without saving anything Warning The Data Log or Remarks
15. orking screen appears If the RetroSign instrument is connected to the COM port on the PC as specified in the Configure Menu the instrument status will be shown on the screen Note that the contents of the Data Log in the instrument will not be read by the RSC program until the Read Data Log button is pressed This is because the reading can be rather time consuming if several hundreds of measurements are stored in the instrument so the reading is inconvenient if you only want to use the RSC program to get the general status of the instrument Now if you wish to read the Data Log select the Read Data Log button The contents of the Data Log will be read into the RSC program and shown in the table to the right on the screen Below the table there is one or more tabs corresponding to the Sequence Id s that the user may have defined during the recording of the measurements Select one of the tabs to show the measurements for the corresponding Sequence Id Now it is possible to add or edit some remarks for the set of measurements belonging to the selected Sequence Id in the field below the tabs Note that the first tab is always the ALL tab meaning that the full set of measurements are shown in the table and similarly that the Remarks applies to the full set Finally from the Main Menu select e FilelPrint RSC Log Report to print the status and measurements of the RetroSign instrument e FilelSave As to save
16. rformed to print RSC reports etc e Configure Select the Configure item to display a dialogue where the RSC program can be configured with respect to COM port settings and selection of language e Terminal Access Select the Terminal Access item if you want direct access to the RetroSign instrument see the RetroSign manual for command set File menu The Main MenulFile item provides sub items for reading saving and print of data The items of the Main MenulFile e Instrument Select the Instrument item if you want to re connect the RSC program to the RetroSign instrument Before the re connection is made the RSC program will check that all read measurements from the Data Log of a RetroSign instrument are saved to an RSC file e Open File Select the Open File item if you want to read old data from a stored RSC file Before the Windows file select dialogue is shown the RSC program will check that all previous measurements read from the Data Log of the RetroSign instrument have been saved to an RSC file e Save or Save As Select Save or Save As to save the data to an RSC file e Export Select Export if you want to save the data to an ASCII text file RTX The RTX format can be used as import data to e g a spread sheet e Print RSC Log Report Print RSC Status Report Select the type of report to be printed e Printer Setup Select Printer Setup if the setup of the default Windows printer is to be defined or changed
17. ument Calibration Mount the Zero Cap DARK bottom on the instrument vd Press here when done The Calibrate dialogue appears The calibration comprises 3 steps Step 1 Mount the Zero Cap DARK bottom on the instrument When the Done button is pressed a Zero measurement calibration is performed If the Zero measurement fails a warning message is displayed Step 2 Mount the Reference Cap REFLECTIVE bottom on the instrument Press the Done button to proceed to the next step no measurements are performed in this step Step 3 Edit the Reference Value Edit the Reference Value if needed and then press the Done button An instrument Reference calibration is now performed If the Calibration measurement fails a warning message is displayed If one of the two calibrations fails no changes to the instrument calibration is made 12 RetroSign Retrometer Errors and Warnings The RSC program distinguishes between communication problems and user errors Communication problems Problem No communication The RSC program checks the connection with the RetroSign instrument every 1 second It the RSC program detects that nothing is received it displays a message as shown below Type RetroSignNo Connection or Power Otfs c 9 03 03 Sensor Id DA Actions e Check if the instrument has turned off e Check that the COM port number is correct Problem New Sensor Id It is possible to physically disconnect one RetroSign i
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