CrystalControl User`s Manual
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1. Coefficient of Resistance TCR Select your appropriate platinum RTD Tempera ture Coefficient of Resistance TCR from the pull down menu When selected the pre populated Callendar Van Dusen Coefficients will appear See the nVision Operation Manual for further details on RTDs and the RTD100 module e Base Resistance Ro Adjust your RTD resistance at 0 C Factory default is 100 Lead Type Adjust your RTD sensor wiring between 2 3 or 4 wire methods CrystalContro Platform Modules Lower 3KPSI Figure 4 Typical view of RTD100 Module features in CrystalControl Model Serial Number Firmware Version Calibrated On Calibration Due Message Store Userspan Available Units Temperature Coefficient of Resistance TCR Callendar Yan Dusen Coefficients Base Resistance Ro Lead Type Q Disconnect 6 22 DataViewer RTD100 963562 R100000 06 04 2009 gv 06 04 2010 Ey Store your custom message here 1 00000 7 Centigrade 7 F Fahrenheit K Kelvin 7 R Rankine 7 0 Ohms Pt100 385 Euro M A 3 9083E 003 B 5 7750E 007 4 1830E 012 100 000 Update Gauge CRYSTAL engineering corporation Page 8 CrystalControl User s Manual DataViewer View and Save Recorded Data DataViewer allows you to quickly view recorded data runs on your PC Quickly zoom change units or export to xl2. on graph screens etc Passwords can only be set or removed using CrystalControl Once enabled the lock icon will appear closed in CrystalControl To lock the nVision select Lock Chassis through the Settings item in Setup When locked the lock icon will annunciate on the nVision display and will require the user to enter the password using the arrow and select buttons on the nVision chassis Message Store A location for storing information such as an asset number tag or identification number owner information or any combination of text up to a maximum of 32 characters Automatic Shutoff Allows various time settings to shut off nVision to preserve battery life Backlight Shutoff Allows various time settings to limit backlight illumination times in the nVision to preserve battery life Logging Interval Modify data recording rates on your nVision Longer data recording rates in crease battery life and reduce the number of points acquired for long test runs Custom interval rates up to 1 hour per reading can also be configured Modules Common to all modules Several of the features are common between all available modules The only information pro grammed by the factory is the Model Serial Number and Firmware Version all other information may be modified by CrystalControl Model Model of the nVision module Serial Number The serial number as reported by the nVision module Firmware Version The firmware version of
3. CHASER FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL IN CIDENTAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST SAVINGS EVEN IF CRYSTAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION WAS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAM AGES OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY THIRD PARTY CRYSTAL engineering Corporation Page 12 CrystalControl User s Manual Notes CRYSTAL engineering corporation CRYSTAL engineering corporation 2009 Crystal Engineering Corporation 708 Fiero Lane Suite 9 San Luis Obispo California 93401 8701 PN 4115 Rev A
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5. application Install CrystalControl from the enclosed CD or from the Crystal Engineering website http www crystalengineering net Launch CrystalControlSetup exe and follow the on screen prompts CRYSTAL engineering corporation CrystalControl User s Manual 3 Operating Instructions CrystalControl will automatically detect your nVision Reference Recorder when connected Click Select Gauge to find your nVision Reference Recorder Then click on the summary of the nVision to establish connection to your recorder If an error is displayed check cables and verify that the recorder is operating Select Gauge then Figure 1 Select Gauge to connect to your nVision If the connection is successful CrystalControl displays information retrieved from the nVision chas sis such as the model and serial number and the current configuration of the recorder Make any changes desired then click Update Gauge to commit those changes to the recorder Changes take effect immediately when using CrystalControl If you have more than one recorder to be customized click the Disconnect button connect the mini USB B cable to the next recorder to be customized and then click the Connect button If no further changes are necessary click the button in the upper right to exit CrystalControl Navigating in CrystalControl CrystalControl is organized into two major functions configuration settings Config a
6. ct us Phone 805 595 5477 Toll Free 800 444 1850 Fax 805 595 5466 Email service crystalengineering net Web Send your comments to sales crystalengineering net CRYSTAL engineering corporation CrystalControl User s Manual Page 11 Disclaimer of Warranty CRYSTALCONTROL AND THE CORRESPONDING PRESSURE RECORDER COLLECTIVELY PROD UCT IS PROVIDED AS IS CRYSTAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION DOES NOT AND CANNOT WARRANT THE PERFORMANCE OR RESULTS PURCHASER MAY OBTAIN BY USING THE PROD UCT CRYSTAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION MAKES NO PROMISES REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PRODUCT S CON DITION ITS CONFORMITY TO ANY REPRESENTATION OR DESCRIPTION THE EXISTENCE OF ANY LATENT OR PATENT DEFECTS ANY NEGLIGENCE AND ITS MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE Good data processing procedure dictates that any Product be thoroughly tested with non critical data before relying on it The purchaser must assume the entire risk of using the Prod uct ANY LIABILITY OF CRYSTAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION FOR A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO REPLACEMENT OF PURCHASER S COPY OF THE PRODUCT WITH ANOTHER COPY OR IF SO ELECTED BY CRYSTAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION REFUND OF THE INITIAL AMOUNT PAID BY PURCHASER TO CRYSTAL EN GINEERING CORPORATION FOR THE PRODUCT IN NO EVENT WILL CRYSTAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO PUR
7. e that the recorder could be set to read zero pressure e Water Density Select 4 C 60 F 20 C 68 F Affects inches of water only e User Defined Units in Available Units This section allows you to create a custom pressure unit The display will equal the User Factor multiplied by the measured PSI plus the User Offset An 11 character field is provided to annunciate the custom unit of measure Resolution selects the number of decimal places on the display Gauge Reading helps you verify your factor by calculat ing the expected reading at full scale pressure 2 CrystalControl Platform g Modules Upper RTD100 Model Serial Number Firmware Version Calibrated Calibration Due Message Store Zero Limit Userspan Water Density Available Units Q Disconnect 5 22 DataViewer 3KPSI 963552 R090000 0670472009 0670472010 Store your custom message here 20 00000 PSI 1 00000 4 C 39 2 F 7 PSI 7 kg cm inHg inH20 mmHg mmH20 kPa bar mbar MPa User unit m Update Gauge User Offset 1 00000 PSI 0 00000 Name Resolutior Figure 3 Typical view of PM Module features in CrystalControl CRYSTAL engineering corporation CrystalControl User s Manual 7 Modules Temperature Module RTD100 The following features are unique to the Temperature Modules RTD100 e Temperature
8. ion Chassis The only information programmed by the factory is the Model Serial Number and Firmware Ver sion all other information may be modified by CrystalControl e Model Model of the nVision chassis Serial Number The serial number as reported by the nVision chassis Firmware Version The firmware version of the nVision chassis Admin Password The nVision administration password protection feature allows you to prevent unauthorized changes to the reference recorder configuration by setting a four digit password Once the password is set you will not be able to make any changes to the recorder through Crys talControl without the password Passwords can only be set or removed using CrystalControl In the event you lose the password you will need to contact the factory for an unlock code which will remove the password protection e Screen Lock Password The screen lock or keypad lockout password protection feature of the nVision allows you to prevent unauthorized user operation of the nVision by setting a four digit password When the password is set in CrystalControl the feature is enabled on the nVision chas sis for use when needed The Screen Lock password locks the following functions only Power off Next unit Zero Clear Peaks and Start Stop Recording All other functions are left operational such CRYSTAL engineering corporation CrystalControl User s Manual 5 as use ofthe backlight reading data
9. nd data view ing and archiving DataViewer To utilize these main functions select the appropriate sheet at the top of the application e Config allows configuration or setting changes to the nVision platform and the upper and lower modules Each appropriate platform or module can be selected for modification from the left hand tabs Click Update Gauge to implement your selections to the recorder DataViewer allows quick viewing of live recording or previously recorded data runs Additional features such as zooming changing units and exporting or archiving to xls file format are also available CRYSTAL engineering corporation Page 4 CrystalControl User s Manual Function tabs Update Gauge button p Le mem CrystalControl a EER Disconnect a DataViewer Update Gauge Model NV Platform Serial Number 487010 Config Firmware Version 8080001 settings tabs Admin Password e Modules Screen Lock Password SI LB Upper RTD100 Store your custom message here Automatic Shutoff a 0 EL Lower 3KPSI 20 minutes Backlight Shutoff 0 1 minute Message Store Figure 2 Navigate through CrystalControl with the function tabs Config Configure CrystalControl Configuration settings are arranged in groups such as Platform nVision and Modules Upper and Lower To modify the desired group simply select the tab on the left corresponding to your need nVis
10. ows data points of in formation into any one sheet of excel If your downloaded run is greater than 32 000 data points subsequent data will be moved to newly created sheet s in the same file Excel Template Tags Following is a list of Excel template tags used by CrystalControl to create xls data files using search and replace operations Tags are always included within square brackets e g tag and they can occur anywhere within a template worksheet Platform or Chassis Information Tag Name Description ChassisSerialNumber Chassis Serial Number ChassisModel Chassis Model ChassisMessageStore Chassis Message Store ChassisFirmwareVersion Chassis Firmware Version LoggingInterval Logging Interval Tag Name Description LowerModuleSerialNumber Lower Module Serial Number LowerModuleModel Lower Module Model LowerModuleMessageStore Lower Module Message Store LowerModuleUnits Lower Module Units LowerModuleFirmwareVersion Lower Module Firmware Version CRYSTAL engineering corporation Page 10 CrystalControl User s Manual Upper Module Information Tag Name Description UpperModuleSerialNumber Upper Module Serial Number UpperModuleModel Upper Module Model UpperModuleMessageStore Upper Module Message Store UpperModuleUnits UpperModule Units UpperModuleFirmwareVersion Upper Module Firmware Version Data Start Point DataStart Start Point of Data Service and Support How to conta
11. ressure P Temperature C Export to xls file Reset chart Export and save Reset graphing to in xls format default zoom view Figure 5 DataViewer screen CRYSTAL engineering corporation CrystalControl User s Manual Page 9 Data Management In order to provide for a flexible reporting solution CrystalControl is capable of directly interfacing with Microsoft Excel to paste recorded run data for archiving reporting graphing and analysis Crys talControl supports Excel 95 through Excel 2003 This section assumes some familiarity with Excel Excel Templates One of CrystalControl s greatest strengths is the ability to create a multitude of xls files using an Excel template This allows the data file to be fully customized including the use of graphics and foreign languages CrystalControl creates data files by filling an Excel template with the appropriate stored data replacing tags that identify the fields that are to be filled Specifically CrystalControl does search and replace operations in the template worksheet named Data Refer to Excel Tem plate Tags for a list of tags that can be included in the data files CrystalControl looks for the template file titled nVisionDataView in the Program File folder When revising the template to meet your needs the revised template must be saved in the same location under the same name Due the limitation of Excel it is only possible to export a total of 32 000 r
12. s file format in this mode Graphing Screen Features Click on the Graph button to display recorded data in the graphing screen Bypass downloading stored data runs by un checking the corresponding run box e Show Point Values Determine specific reading and time data by hovering cursor over appropri ate data point Zoom It is possible to zoom in on data by dragging with the left mouse button Drag to the ap propriate size and release Reset chart Reset to original graph view Right Click Copy Save Image As Page Setup Print Show Point Values Un zoom Undo All Zoom Pan Set Scale to Default e Export to xls file To download and save data from the nVision simply click the Export xls file button See Data Management for further detail 8 CrystalControl x Disconnect e Config Update Gauge U 23 Recorded Runs Check box to add to download queue 1 Started 18 June 09 09 14 22 with 506 points cg Graph 2 Started 18 June 09 09 15 16 with 421 points IE Select 2 3 Started 18 June 09 09 16 31 with 573 points data run for graphing Lower Module Unit Upper Module Unit C Run 3 with 573 points 2000 0 26 30 1500 0 1000 0 9 5 500 0 9 o 5 Pressure PSI Temperature C 00 a o o 500 0 00 00 00 10 00 20 00 30 00 40 00 50 Time mm ss P
13. sy way to customize your nVision Reference Pressure Recorder while also providing way to store and archive your recorded data runs With only a serial cable P N 3951 or equivalent USB A to mini USB B a computer running Microsoft Windows and the Crystal Control program you can e Custom Select pressure units e g disable inches Hg if you never use this scale e Select Logging Interval to meet your data recording needs e Password protect the recorder to prevent unauthorized changes e Store Calibrated On and Due Dates e Identify firmware version e Store a message or identification number e Adjust automatic and backlight shutoff settings e Adjust calibrate the recorder e PM Modules Select your preferred H2O water density 4 C 60 F 68 F 20 C PM Modules Limit or expand the zero adjustment range e RTD100 Modules Select RTD TCRs and lead types e Export your data to Microsoft Excel files for reporting and graphing CAUTION Changing the settings of your recorder using this program can cause the unit to dis play inaccurate readings or behave differently than the factory defaults Only personnel quali fied to make changes should do so 1 Microsoft Windows SP3 or Windows Vista SP1 Microsoft Windows XP and Vista is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Installation CrystalControl is distributed as a self extracting Setup
14. the nVision module Calibrated On Modify the calibrated on date Factory set to align with Certificate of Calibration shipped with nVision product Calibration Due Modify the calibration Due date Factory set to one year from Calibrated On date Your quality system may require more or less frequent calibration or your experience with the nVision or operating environment may suggest longer or shorter intervals Message Store A location for storing information such as an asset number tag or identification number owner information or any combination of text up to a maximum of 32 characters Userspan Usually set to 1 at the factory and used to adjust the recorder for component aging All readings are multiplied by this number For instance if the readings are low by 0 196 set this number to 1 001 to correct the readings 1 001 is equivalent to 100 1 Available Units Select the units you need and turn off the units you never use at least one unit must be selected CRYSTAL engineering corporation Page 6 CrystalControl User s Manual Modules Pressure Module The following features are unique to the Pressure Modules PM e Zero Limit By default all recorders come pre programmed with a 20 PSI maximum zero limit This means that you can apply pressure up to 20 PSI to the recorder pressthe zero button and the re corder will read zero In some situations it may be desirable to increase or decrease the maximum pressur
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