Piega 1.6 Network Card User Manual
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1. heune Check Windows USER MANUAL Revision 1 6 Copyright 2000 2004 Escort Data Logging Systems Ltd Page ii Contents Introduction Getting Started ThermoCheck Keypad Overview What You Will Need to Use the Software Installing the Software Navigating the Software Configuration Options Connection Battery Replacement Setting Up a Database Products Processes or Locations Database Orientation Database Item Order Product Specifications Alarms and Delays Templates Uploading a Database Command Summary Setting Up Corrective Actions Introduction Creating Corrective Actions Assigning Corrective Actions Command Summary Setting Up a User List Adding and Removing Users User Options Command Summary Customising the ThermoCheck Customising With the Software Customising Without Using the Software Using the ThermoCheck Using the ThermoCheck for the First Time Selecting a Product and Process Location Taking and Storing a Temperature Reading Logging On and Logging Off Accessing Data Stored in the ThermoCheck Downloading Readings Viewing Listed Readings Graphing Readings Viewing a Graph Printing Readings Saving Readings to a File 10 22 25 29 33 37 OONDAMNW 37 37 38 38 39 40 Page iii Page iv Introduction The ThermoCheck is a portable handheld temperature meter and temperature measurement storage device that facilitates the validation of quality con2. If the product or process location has just been created and you are naming it for the first time pressing Esc will delete the new product or process location The Products panel and the Processes Locations panel both display the same information of the products and processes locations for the current database However they organise the information differently the products panel lists products with available processes locations listed under each product whereas the processes locations panel lists processes locations with the applicable products for each process location listed under each process location You do not need to update each panel manually when you alter the information in one Any product or process location added modified or deleted in one panel will be automatically updated in the other panel As with the products panel you can add new processes locations and products in the Processes Locations panel e Select New or New Process Location from the Edit menu to add a new process location e Select New Product from the Edit menu to add a new product to the current process location Note that you cannot add a product in the Processes Locations panel if there are no processes locations e If there is no current selection press Insert to add a new process location Type the process location name and press the Enter key e f a process location is selected press Insert to add a new process location Type the process l
3. In addition to the above if the alarms has been enabled for the upper and or lower specifications an alarm symbol will be displayed next to the temperature reading if the temperature reading violates the alarm conditions e If the reading is within specification OK will be shown next to the value To store the reading press the STORE button e If there is a reading storage delay specified for the currently selected product and process location WAIT will be displayed next to the reading and beeps will sound from the ThermoCheck until the reading storage delay has passed Note that it is advisable that the temperature probe sensor remains motionless during the reading storage delay to ensure accuracy of the stored reading e f alarms are enabled for upper and or lower specifications and the reading violates the alarm conditions beeps will sound as the reading is stored For information on setting specification values alarms and reading storage delays refer to Chapter 3 Product Specifications Alarms and Delays The reading is then stored and the unit will briefly display the number of free readings available and then return to displaying the current reading You can now e take another reading for the currently selected product and process location e select another process location for the current product e or press right left arrow LIST or ESCAPE to select another product Page 35 Logging On and Logging Off If there is a
4. Y axis can display either numbers of readings or alternatively percentages The Jila button in the top left of the graph view determines whether the percentages or number of readings will be displayed on the vertical Y axis When this button is down percentages will be displayed otherwise numbers of readings will be displayed iili Page 38 At the top of the graph window there are three buttons which allow you to control whether out of specification readings are shown on the graph e the button with the red arrow determines whether above specification readings are included if it is down above specification readings will be shown on the graph if it is up they will not be displayed e the button with the green arrow determines whether within specification readings are included if it is down within specification readings will be shown on the graph if it is up they will not be displayed e the button with the blue arrow determines whether below specification readings are included if it is down below specification readings will be shown on the graph if it is up they will not be displayed Ei il La ILS il These buttons are only available when the Y axis shows numbers of readings If the graph shows percentages of total readings all readings will be displayed Printing Readings You can print readings by selecting the Print command from the File menu If the topmost window is a graph the graph will be printed using patterns fo
5. and then pressing the key For information regarding users refer to Chapter 4 Setting Up a User List Page 36 Accessing Data Stored in the ThermoCheck Downloading Readings To download the reading information stored in the unit select Get Readings from the ThermoCheck menu If users are defined in the unit you will be prompted to enter a username and password If the user name and the password are valid the reading information will be downloaded from the ThermoCheck The retrieved data will be displayed and listed in a new window Viewing Listed Readings The list window displays each reading as a row in a list There is a column for each aspect of the reading including the date and time the reading was stored the product name and or description the process location of the product that the reading refers to the recorded temperature whether the reading of the product was above below or within the specification range for the process location the name of the user that was logged on and performed the reading if a user list was defined in the unit at the time of the reading The list can be sorted by any of these categories by clicking on the column header Clicking again on the header will reverse sort the list with respect to that category Page 37 i Graph Group by Product View ungrouped Group by Product Group by Location Group by User Group by rear Month At the top of the list window is a menu whi
6. are interested in monitoring the product s temperature to ensure for example that quality control guidelines are met For information on defining a product and process location database refer to Chapter 3 Setting Up a Database Once you have a database relating products and processes locations stored in the unit you can select products and processes locations and then record temperature readings In addition if you want to store an operator s name with a reading you will need to install a user list in the unit For information on user lists refer to Chapter 4 Setting Up a User List If a user list has Page 33 been installed in the unit a user will need to log on before a reading can be recorded see Logging On and Logging Off below The database orientation affects the process of selection of products and processes locations for recording readings If the database process location oriented a process location the primary key is selected first and then a product under that process location the secondary key is selected before a reading is taken Alternatively if the database is product oriented a product the primary key is selected first and then a process location the secondary key under that product is selected before a reading is taken If a database is not manually ordered a letter of the alphabet is chosen before a list of primary key items is displayed centred around items beginning with the chosen letter For exa
7. or the installation floppy disk into a disk drive For users using Microsoft Windows 95 NT 4 0 or later if the installation program does not automatically start a Start the Control Panel and choose the Add Remove Programs icon b Select the Install button and follow the instructions Add Remove Programs Properties HES Install Uninstall d To install a new program from a floppy disk or CD ROM E drive click Install 3 Once the ThermoCheck installation program has started follow the instructions on the screen During the installation process you may change the directory you want the software to install to if you want the software installed to a location different to the default The installation program will also create a ThermoCheck program group which will also contain a ThermoCheck for Windows icon so that the software can be started 4 To run ThermoCheck for Windows select the ThermoCheck for Windows icon from the ThermoCheck program group on the Start menu Alternatively if you enabled the Add a shortcut to the desktop option you can start the software by opening the ThermoCheck for Windows icon on your desktop 5 The first time you run ThermoCheck for Windows you may need to adjust the default configuration In particular you may need to redefine the serial port the interface is plugged into See Configuration Options later in this chapter for further instructions After installing the software we r
8. powered If the batteries installed in your unit are non rechargeable they may explode or cause damage Page 31 Customising Without Using the Software If you press the SETUP key when the unit is turned on the current state of the configuration options will be shown on the display This setup screen gives access to some of the options available in the Configuration Settings panel of the database window of the software The available configuration options are Contrast This is the same as the Contrast setting in the Display Controls box Light Backlight off time delay This is the same as the Backlight setting in the Display Controls box Auto off Auto power off time delay This is the same as the Auto off setting in the Display Controls box Recharge This is the same as Re chargeable batteries installed in the Power Settings box You can change the values of these options by using the up and down arrow keys to select the option and then pressing the ENTER key The cursor will now point to the current value of the selected option You can change the value with the left and right arrow keys When you are satisfied with a value you can press the ENTER key to set the value or you can press the ESCAPE key to cancel to cause the value to revert back to its original setting When the cursor points to one of the options you can press the ESCAPE or SETUP key to exit the setup screen The display will briefly show the power up screen including
9. process location to be changed If a process location is selected and it has a list of product s which is hidden the list of products for the selected process location will become visible If a product list is visible under the selected process location then this key will hide the list of products Expands all processes locations to show all the products of all the processes locations Hides any visible product lists visible under locations causing only the locations to remain visible When editing a product or process location name restores the original name If the item product or process location has just been added deletes the item If a process location is selected moves the process location up the tree If a product is selected moves the product up within the list of products under its parent process location If a process location is selected moves the process location down the tree If a product is selected moves the product down within the list of products under the parent process location Page 21 Setting Up Corrective Actions Introduction Corrective actions are used to prompt the user to perform certain actions when the readings to be stored are not within specification and records which action the user has selected to perform Creating Corrective Actions To include corrective actions for various products first add the corrective action meanings to the Corrective Action panel You press the Inse
10. the seal or the batteries Carefully place the cover of the battery compartment back on and gently tighten the two screws Your ThermoCheck is now operational Remember do not attempt to charge non rechargeable batteries If you are using non rechargeable batteries with your ThermoCheck ensure that the Recharge option is disabled see Chapter 5 Customising the ThermoCheck for more information If you take less than two minutes for this procedure the internal time clock will keep running Otherwise it may revert to midnight on 1 Jan 2000 and will need to be set next time a database is sent to the unit In the Settings panel see Chapter 5 ensure the radio button labelled Match computer date and time is selected Page 9 In order to use the ThermoCheck you need to create a product database Databases link individual products with the processes locations of their production at which you may want to monitor temperature In addition you can define upper and lower specification limits and alarm conditions at each of the processes locations involved in a product s production to match quality control specifications Databases can only be created and modified by using the ThermoCheck software You can define an empty database by selecting New from the File menu or download the settings from the unit to start from by selecting Get Database from the ThermoCheck menu Alternatively you can work from a pre defined template by
11. the firmware version and battery voltage and then revert to displaying the unit s current date time and temperature reading For example to change the contrast setting Press the SETUP key The display will show the setup screen The cursor is already pointing at the Contrast setting Press ENTER to move the cursor to the contrast value Use the left and or right arrow keys to change the setting When you are satisfied with the setting press ENTER again to set the value or ESCAPE to cancel The cursor will move back to the left Press ESCAPE to exit the setup screen Page 32 Using the ThermoCheck Using the ThermoCheck for the First Time If your ThermoCheck is turned off you can turn it on by pressing any key on the keypad or by attaching external power or by connecting a computer When a ThermoCheck is powered up the battery voltage along with the firmware version will be shown on the display This power up screen is shown every time the unit is turned on or the configuration settings are viewed or changed see Customising Without Using the Software in Chapter 5 Customising the ThermoCheck for information on updating the unit s settings No database is also displayed on the power up screen if the unit does not have a database installed If a database has been preloaded in the unit the number of free readings will be displayed In addition there may be a description of the ThermoCheck at the top of the
12. this orientation by clicking the Process Location first button at the top of the Processes Locations panel This will set processes locations as the primary key into the database and Processes Locations can be referred to as the primary items When operating the ThermoCheck this means that process location items will be selected by the user first and then products Products in this case can be referred to as secondary items For information on how database orientation affects the use of the ThermoCheck unit see Chapter 6 Using the ThermoCheck However if the operator of the ThermoCheck were to collect readings for each product at various processes locations before moving on to the next product then Product first orientation would be an appropriate choice You can choose this orientation by clicking the Product first button at the top of the Products panel This orientation sets product items to be the primary items and consequently the processes locations will be the secondary items When uploading a database to the ThermoCheck or saving a database to a template file any secondary items that are not associated with a primary item will be lost For example when Product first is selected any processes locations in the Processes Locations panel that do not have any associated products will be lost when the database is uploaded or saved In the opposite case when Process Location first is selected any products that are not associated with a
13. to Chapter 7 Accessing Data Stored in the ThermoCheck for further information about recording readings with a ThermoCheck Page 2 Getting Started To use the ThermoCheck to record temperature readings the unit will need a database configured linking products process location and product specifications You can configure a database in the unit with the user software To turn on the ThermoCheck press any key on the ThermoCheck s Keypad Additionally the connection of external power and connection to a computer s serial port will turn the ThermoCheck on ThermoCheck Keypad Overview ThermoCheck Keypad Page 3 Turns the ThermoCheck off unless the ThermoCheck is currently off in which case pressing any button will turn the ThermoCheck on Instructs the ThermoCheck to record a reading for the currently selected product at the currently selected process location ENTER Selects the current item product process location or setup option on the display Deselects the last item selected from pressing ENTER Also used for deleting the last data entry key pressed when providing data entry to the ThermoCheck USER Used for Logging a user on to or off a ThermoCheck when the ThermoCheck has been configured to support users LIST Used for selecting a product and process location so that a reading can be stored See Selecting a Product and Process Location in Chapter 6 Using the
14. user list installed in the unit you will need to log on to identify yourself before a reading can be taken If no users are currently logged on you can do this by pressing the i key or the z key which will bring up the log on screen Only one user may be logged onto a single ThermoCheck at one time therefore logging a new user on to a ThermoCheck will log the previous user off Itis optional to install a user list to the ThermoCheck You can log a user off by pressing the E key and then pressing the key If no PIN code is entered any user currently logged on is logged off The log on screen prompts for a user PIN code by displaying ENTER PIN Type in valid user PIN and press the i i key If the PIN is recognised the display will show the user s name on the screen If you pressed the key the product selection screen will be displayed and you can select a product and process location as above If you pressed the key you can now select a product and process location in the normal way by pressing the lt key The process of taking readings is the same as when there is no user list installed in the unit but the reading data stored will always include the name of the user who was logged onto the ThermoCheck when the reading was recorded You can continue taking readings without having to log on for each new product When you have finished remember that you can log off by pressing the E key
15. ThermoCheck for further information Used for scrolling down through a list of products or a list of processes locations for selection Used for scrolling up through a list of products or a list of processes locations for selection Used for scrolling left through a list of products a of list processes locations for selection In the Setup options this is used for adjusting the values of the settings Used for scrolling right through a list of products a list of processes locations for selection In the Setup options this is used for adjusting the values of the settings SETUP Displays the options of the ThermoCheck for viewing and or modification See Customising Your ThermoCheck without the Software in Chapter 5 Customising the ThermoCheck for further information Page 4 What You Will Need to Use the Software Installation of the software requires 9 4 megabytes of free disk space plus an additional 5 8 megabytes of free hard disk space during the installation process In order to use the ThermoCheck for Windows software you will need an IBM compatible PC with at least one free serial communications COM port a 386 or better processor and at least 8 megabytes of memory running the Windows 9x NT 2000 or later operating system Installing the Software 1 Ensure that Microsoft Windows is started 2 Insert the ThermoCheck for Windows installation CD ROM into your CD ROM drive
16. an apply to more than one product for example a cooking process could apply to both mince pies and sausage rolls Such a process location that applies to multiple products does not have to represent the same physical process location For example the cooking of sausage rolls and mince pies may occur in different ovens in different parts of the factory but the conceptual process of cooking can be used to represent both cooking processes in the ThermoCheck s database if you so wish If you click on the Processes Locations button in a new database window or a database window downloaded from a ThermoCheck without a preloaded database you will see a blank panel By default the Processes Locations panel lists processes locations in alphabetical order and displays under each process location a list of products For example if you have added products and processes locations with the Products panel as above you will see a list of the processes locations you previously entered in the Processes Locations panel Page 12 New Database 1 Products Processes Locations Process Location First F Manual Order Ber El Freezer Beef Freezer Fish Lamb Specifications Corrective Actions Grill Beef L 20 F Eid Oven Upper 6 F Bacon Beef Alarms Chicken Lower IV Upper Iv Reading Storage Delay 2 seconds Corrective Actions Use
17. are identified as being different to upper case characters Passwords can not start or finish with spaces so if a password contains leading spaces for example then the software will remove all the leading spaces Page 27 Command Summary Left mouseclick 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 selected user will be deleted F2 Allows the name of a selected user to be changed Esc When editing a user name restores the original name If the user has just been added deletes the item Page 28 Customising the ThermoCheck Customising With the Software If you click the Settings button in the database window the configuration settings panel will become visible Any changes you make to these settings will not take effect until the database is uploaded to the ThermoCheck New Database 1 Products Processes Locations Corrective Actions Users Settings gt General Information gt Description Display Controls 7 Contrast i 225 88 Back light 15 seconds Auto off i Disabled Display Settings Today is Temperatures in Fahrenheit F z Format of date DD MM YY 24 Hour time format 16 03 04 12 31pm Date and Time No change Match computer date and time Power Settin
18. ch allows you to specify how data is grouped There are five options View ungrouped Select this option to view the values in a list which can be sorted by any of the column headings Group by Product Select this option to display a separate sub list of readings for each product Group by Process Location Select this option to display a separate sub list of readings for each process location Group by User Select this option to display a separate sub list of readings performed by each user Group by Year Month Select this option to display a separate sub list of readings for each month Graphing Readings You can create a graph of the readings with the Graph button at the top of the list window next to the grouping menu First choose a grouping of the data with the grouping menu and then click the Graph button The graph is displayed in a new graph window The grouping you choose affects the units of the x axis For example if you graphed readings that were grouped by process location the x axis would include all of the processes locations in the graphed data You can graph a subset of the data by clicking and dragging the mouse over the data you want to graph or clicking on individual rows in the list window before clicking Graph Viewing a Graph When viewing a graph you can zoom in on a certain part of the graph by clicking and dragging a rectangle The area inside the rectangle you defined will enlarge to fill the window The
19. d and there is a user list installed Press Enter a valid user PIN code using the digit keys and press ENTER see Logging On and Logging Off later in this chapter for more information Select a process location using the up and down arrow buttons and press ENTER Select a product using the up and down arrow buttons and press ENTER Page 34 Once you have made a selection of a product and a process location the screen will display e the currently selected product and process location e the current date and time e the current reading of the temperature probe e and if a user list is installed in the unit the current user s name If at this stage you want to select a different secondary item under the current primary item you can do so with the left and right arrow keys For example if the database is process location oriented you can select a different product under the current process location by using the arrow keys Alternatively if the database is product oriented you will be able to select different processes locations under the current product by using the arrow keys Taking and Storing a Temperature Reading Once a product and process location has been selected the unit will display the current reading registered by the sensor probe e If the reading is above specification HIGH will be displayed next to the reading e lf the reading is below specification LOW will be displayed next to the reading e
20. d a new process location to the current product Note that you cannot add a process location in the product view if there are no products e f there is no current selection no products are currently defined or a product is currently selected press Insert to add a new product You can then type the product s name e f a process location is selected press Insert to add another process location You can then type the process location name O x New Database 1 Products Product First Manual Order gt e Bacon Oven Beef Beef Freezer Specifications __ Corrective Actions Grill Oven L 20 EE ower Chicken Upper 6 F Oven Fish Alarms Freezer Lower lv E Lamb Freezer Upper Iv Reading Storage Delay 2 seconds Processes Locations Corrective Actions Users Settings Products Panel in the Database Window Page 11 All product names must start with a capital letter and the software will ensure that each product does start with a capital letter Product names can not be blank empty and therefore the software will ensure that no products are created without a valid name The Products panel lists products displaying each product s available processes locations in a list under the product name You can display a product s process location list e by pressing when the produc
21. ecommend you store the floppy disks or CDROM in a safe place WARNING Keep magnets away from floppy disks as strong magnetic fields can damage data held on such media Page 5 Navigating the Software When the software starts there are five items on the menu bar These five menus will give you access to the various functions of the software File Edit ThermoCheck Window Help Page 6 Allows opening saving closing and printing of ThermoCheck data reading files and opening and saving of database configuration files Provides commands for editing database information such as product and process location details and some selection commands for readings information Also provides access to software configuration options see Configuration Options later in this chapter Allows access to the configuration refer to Chapters 3 4 and 5 or the stored readings refer to Chapter 7 Accessing Data Stored in the ThermoCheck in a ThermoCheck connected to the PC Provides common commands for manipulating the position and size of windows Also provides a way to switch between currently open windows Provides access to distributor contact details and an exact definition of the software version Configuration Options It is recommended that you first configure the software to ensure that the communications port that the ThermoCheck is connected to matches the communications port that the software communicates with The default i
22. ecting Move Up or Move Down from the Edit menu e using keyboard shortcuts Ctrl Page Up and Ctrl Page Down or e dragging the product to the desired position Page 17 Product Specifications Alarms and Delays You can enter specification limits for each of the products you have defined at each critical process location in either the Products panel or the Processes Locations panel An upper specification is the maximum allowable temperature for a product at a given process location and a lower specification is the lowest allowable temperature at the given process location The software will indicate when and which readings have been recorded that are above or below these values when viewing the reading data For information on viewing readings and how the specification values affect the display of readings in the software see Chapter 7 Accessing Data Stored in the ThermoCheck Additionally you can set alarms for a product at a process location for the upper and or lower specification values When alarm condition has been violated when a reading is above the upper specification value or below the lower specification value the unit will beep and display an alarm symbol on the display You can set specification values to match your organisation s quality control specifications Note that the specifications for a product may vary widely between processes locations for example e mince pies in the freezer might have an upper and lowe
23. ective action Ctrl R Insert Delete F2 Esc Page 24 Adds a corrective action If there is no selection or a corrective action is selected a new corrective action will be added If a corrective action is currently selected then this selected corrective action will be deleted Allows the name of a selected corrective action to be changed When editing a corrective action name restores the original name If the corrective action has just been added deletes the item Setting Up a User List Setting the ThermoCheck up to include user information is optional The advantage of setting up a user list in the unit is that reading information stored in the ThermoCheck will also include the name of the user who performed each reading When a user list is defined in the unit a user must be logged on before any readings can be taken Only one user may be logged on at any one time Enabling a user list also allows you to protect the database from unauthorised tampering and also restrict viewing of the stored readings to those that can authenticate with a password that they are authorised to do so Note that all users defined in the unit are authorised to take readings for all products defined in the unit For example if your application is security conscious you may wish to set up a single user in the unit so that only one person is able to configure and use the ThermoCheck Alternatively you may want to set up multiple
24. er during use of the ThermoCheck For example if a database has Product first enabled and manual ordering is enabled the items in the product panel can be manually ordered Alternatively if a database has Process Location first enabled and manual ordering is enabled the items in the Process Location panel can be manually ordered Note that if Manual Order is checked the ThermoCheck will treat the database as manually ordered regardless of whether or not the items in the database are in alphabetical order or not Please refer to Chapter 6 Using the ThermoCheck for more information on how Manual Order affects the operation of the ThermoCheck unit When manual ordering is enabled items in the primary panel can be ordered using the Move Up and Move Down buttons the Move Up and Move Down ap commands on the Edit menu or by dragging with the mouse Page 16 To move a product up or down within the list of products Ensure that the products panel is currently displayed and the Product first button is down Ensure that manual order is enabled by checking Manual Order Select the product you wish to move Move the product to the desired position by e clicking the Move Up or Move Down buttons e selecting Move Up or Move Down from the Edit menu e using keyboard shortcuts Ctrl Page Up and Ctrl Page Down or e dragging the product to the desired position in the list To move a process location up or down within a list of processes locati
25. ful commands available for setting up and editing a product and process location database The keyboard shortcuts for menu items are included Products Panel Left mouseclick Selects a product or process location Ctrl P Ctrl N Adds a new product Ctrl L Adds a new process location Insert If there is no selection or a product is selected a new product will be added Insert If a process location is currently selected a new process location to the current product will be added Delete If a product is currently selected then this selected product will be deleted Delete If a process location is selected then the selected process location will be removed from the current product Note that the process location will remain in the Processes Locations panel until it is deleted directly from the Process Locations Panel F2 Allows the name of a selected product or process location to be changed If a product is selected and it has a list of process es location s which is hidden the list of processes locations for the selected product will become visible If a processes locations list is visible under the selected product then this key will hide the list of processes locations Expands all products to show all the processes locations of all the products 1 Hides any visible processes locations lists visible under products causing only the products to remain visible Esc When editing a product or
26. gning Corrective Actions Once you have created the corrective actions to be assigned to various products select the Products panel or the Processes Locations panel Select the product and process location that you want to assign one or more corrective actions to and you will notice that now the corrective actions are listed in the corrective actions list box for each item Placing a tick for the appropriate corrective action s will assign the corrective action to the product for each process location Removing the tick for the appropriate corrective action s will disassociate the corrective action from the selected products Only corrective actions that are assigned to products and their process location will be stored within the memory of the ThermoCheck when the new modified database is uploaded through the Set Database command Page 23 New Database 1 Products Product First Manual Order z Bacon Oven Beef Freezer Specifications Grill Corrective Actions Lower 20 F Chi pill Vi Discard e Upper 6 F Reject batch 2 tai Fis Alarms Freezer Lower Lamb Freezer Upper Iv Reading Storage Delay 2 seconds Processes Locations Corrective Actions Users Settings Assigning Corrective Actions to Database items Command Summary Left mouseclick Selects a corr
27. gs Ir Re chargable batteries installed Settings Panel in the Database Window Page 29 General Information This box displays general information about the ThermoCheck including the serial number product code and battery status Note that the serial number product code and battery status will only be displayed if the database was downloaded from a ThermoCheck You can also type in a description here which will be displayed at the top of the screen when the unit is powered up once the database has been uploaded to the ThermoCheck Display Settings You can set up how you want the display to show dates and temperatures in the Display Settings box Choose your preferred temperature units from the Temperatures in drop down menu and your preferred date format from the Format of date drop down menu There are other options for the time format The effect of changing any options in this box is shown at the bottom of the box with an example of the computer s current date and time Display Controls These slider controls in the Display Controls box allow you to set up the properties of the display All of the settings in this box can also be set in the unit directly see Setup Screen below You can choose an appropriate contrast setting by moving the Contrast slider Increasing the Contrast setting will cause the characters on the ThermoCheck s display to darken Please remember that changing the Contrast value will not have any affect o
28. iles on disk These files can be edited or uploaded to one or more units at a later date Page 1 To use the ThermoCheck you will need to install the ThermoCheck software please refer to Chapter 2 Installing the Software for more information about installing the software onto a computer so that a ThermoCheck can be configured To configure a ThermoCheck so that it will be able to take readings a Database will need to be uploaded in to the ThermoCheck please refer to Chapter 3 Setting Up a Database for further information about creating and uploading a Database to a ThermoCheck To configure a ThermoCheck so that it records the user or operator that recorded the reading along with the reading a User List will need to be created and uploaded into the ThermoCheck A User List can be uploaded to a ThermoCheck before after or at the same time as the Database is uploaded to the ThermoCheck please refer to Chapter 4 Setting Up a User List for further information about creating and uploading a user list to a ThermoCheck Once a Database and the optional user list has been uploaded to a ThermoCheck the ThermoCheck is ready to record readings please refer to Chapter 6 Using the ThermoCheck for further information about recording readings with a ThermoCheck After one or more users have recorded readings the readings can be downloaded to the computer with the ThermoCheck software so that the readings can be viewed and analysed please refer
29. mple if the database is process location oriented a list of processes locations will be displayed centred around the letter previously chosen Alternatively if the database is product oriented a list of products is displayed centred around the letter previously chosen If the database is not automatically sorted alphabetically the primary items are presented in the order specified when the database was created To begin taking readings first press the PRODUCT button If there is a user list installed in the unit and no user is currently logged on a user will have to log on via the log on screen before continuing see Logging On and Logging Off later in this chapter for more information Then a primary item is selected as above and then a secondary item is selected after which a reading can be taken The following examples illustrate the selection of a product and process location in order to take a reading For example if the database is product oriented manual ordering is disabled and there is no user list installed in the unit Select using the arrow buttons the letter of the alphabet corresponding to the initial of the product you wish to measure the temperature of and press ENTER Select a product using the up and down arrow buttons and press ENTER Select a process location using the up and down arrow buttons and press ENTER Alternatively if the database is process location oriented manual ordering is enable
30. n the display until the new settings are uploaded The number of seconds the LCD backlight will wait wnen no keys are pressed before turning off can be set with the Backlight slider You can also set the auto power off delay with the Auto off slider This value is the number of minutes that the unit will wait when idle before turning the power off itself The Backlight and Auto Power Off features can be disabled by moving their sliders all the way to the left to their lowest settings High values of the Auto off and or Backlight controls will reduce the battery life of the unit Page 30 Date and Time You can adjust the ThermoCheck s internal time clock with the options in this box If you click Match computer date and time the unit s time clock will be set to match your PC s internal clock Note that this will only occur if the settings are uploaded to the unit with the Set Database command Select the No change option if you do not want to have the ThermoCheck s clock updated Power Settings e If the unit has rechargeable batteries installed check the Re chargeable batteries installed box to enable charging of the batteries This option must not be enabled if your ThermoCheck has non rechargeable batteries installed Therefore only enable this option if your ThermoCheck has rechargeable batteries installed WARNING If you enable this option the ThermoCheck will try to charge the batteries whenever it is externally
31. ocation name and press the Enter key e lf a product is selected press Insert to add a new product to the process location Type the product s name and press the Enter key All process location names must start with a capital letter and the software will ensure that each process location does start with a capital letter Process location names can not be blank empty and therefore the software will ensure that no process location is created without a valid name Page 14 Database Orientation In addition to entering product and process location details the software allows you to specify whether the database is to be primarily oriented around products or processes locations This setting determines whether the operator of the ThermoCheck chooses the product first and then the process location or alternatively the process location and then the product Note that some versions of the ThermoCheck do not support modification of the database orientation If your ThermoCheck does not support this feature or you are unsure if this feature is supported by your ThermoCheck please contact your local distributor for information on upgrading your ThermoCheck For example if the operator of the ThermoCheck is to take readings by visiting each process location in turn taking readings for each of the products at the process location before moving on to the next process location Process Location first orientation would suit best You can choose
32. ocess location as opposed to the other way around Page 18 Templates When you have set up a database you can also save it to a Template file for future use To do this select Save or Save As from the File menu Type in the name of the file you want to save the template database as and click Save Template files typically have a tlf extension You can open these files by selecting Open from the File menu Once a file is opened you can alter it to the present requirements You can then upload a template into the ThermoCheck replacing its current database information in the normal manner Templates also include user information see Chapter 4 Setting Up a User List for information on users You can use a template to set up more than one ThermoCheck with the same database and user list Uploading a Database When you have set up the database to your requirements you can upload it to the ThermoCheck by selecting Set Database from the ThermoCheck menu If the ThermoCheck contains readings that have not yet been saved to a file you will be prompted for a file name to save the reading information to Note that uploading a blank database with no products or processes locations will not remove any current product process location database in the ThermoCheck For information on using the reading data in the ThermoCheck refer to Chapter 7 Accessing Data Stored in the ThermoCheck Page 19 Command Summary Below follows a summary of use
33. ons under a product Ensure that the product panel is currently displayed and the Product first button is down Ensure that manual order is enabled by checking Manual Order Select the process location you wish to move Move the process location to the desired position by e clicking the Move Up or Move Down buttons e selecting Move Up or Move Down from the Edit menu e using keyboard shortcuts Ctrl Page Up and Ctrl Page Down or e dragging the process location to the desired position To move a process location up or down within the list of processes locations Ensure that the Process Location panel is currently displayed and the Process Location first button is down Ensure that manual order is enabled by checking Manual Order Select the process location you wish to move Move the process location to the desired position by e clicking the Move Up or Move Down buttons e selecting Move Up or Move Down from the Edit menu e using keyboard shortcuts Ctrl Page Up and Ctrl Page Down or e dragging the process location to the desired position in the list To move a product up or down within a list of products under a process location Ensure that the process location panel is currently displayed and the Process Location first button is down Ensure that manual order is enabled by checking Manual Order Select the product you wish to move Move the product to the desired position by e clicking the Move Up or Move Down buttons e sel
34. process location will be lost when the database is saved or uploaded In general any secondary items must be included by association with a primary item in the primary panel in order to be preserved after the database is saved or uploaded Page 15 Database Item Order The software allows you to e manually define the order of each of the items in the database or e have the database items automatically sorted in alphabetical order These options are controlled via the Manual Order checkbox in the Products and Processes Locations panels Please note that not all versions of ThermoCheck support these options If your ThermoCheck does not support these options or you are unsure if your ThermoCheck supports these options then please contact your local distributor for information on upgrading your ThermoCheck To enable manual ordering If a database has Process Location first enabled check the Manual Order checkbox in the Processes Locations panel or If a database has Product first enabled check the Manual Order checkbox in the Products panel If manual ordering is disabled the items in the primary panel will be alphabetically sorted automatically Note that the items in the secondary panel will always be sorted alphabetically When manual ordering is enabled only database items in the primary panel can be manually reordered The order of the items in the primary panel will represent the order that items will be displayed to the us
35. processes locations name restores the original name If the item product or process location has just been added deletes the item Ctrl Page Up If a product is selected moves the product up the tree Ctrl Page Up If a process location is selected moves the process location up within the list of processes locations under the parent product Ctrl Page Down If a product is selected moves the product down the tree Ctrl Page Down If a process location is selected moves the process location down within the list of processes locations under its parent product Page 20 Processes Locations Panel Left mouseclick Ctrl L Ctrl N Ctrl P Insert Insert Delete Delete F2 e 1 Esc Ctrl Page Up Ctrl Page Up Ctrl Page Down Ctrl Page Down Selects a product or process location Adds a new process location Adds a new product If there is no selection or a process location is selected a new process location will be added If a product is currently selected a new product to the current process location will be added If a process location is currently selected then this selected process location will be deleted If a product is selected then the selected product will be removed from the current process location Note that the product will not be removed from the Products panel until it is deleted directly from the Products Panel Allows the name of a selected product or
36. r filling of the bars Patterns are used for printouts to support monochrome printers The use of patterns also aids the readability of some forms of electronic transmission for example facsimile transmission i Print Printer View to print View ungrouped M Paper Orientation e Portrait C Landscape M Group control Expand allaroups E Collapse allgroups Wee current Cancel Print only selected items Print dialog Page 39 If the topmost data window is a list the Print dialog will be launched allowing you to specify exactly what data you want to print and how to print it The options available in the Print dialog box are e lf there are multiple printers available on your PC you can choose from available printers with the drop down Printer menu e You can specify a certain type of grouping of the readings on the printout or choose to print the data ungrouped with the drop down View to print menu The option you select will also affect the grouping of the data in the window e The orientation of the data on the page can be specified by selecting an option from the Paper Orientation box Select Landscape for a page that is wider than it is tall or select Portrait for a page that is taller than it is wide e If you have chosen to print the data grouped you can specify whether to expand each group by selecting an option from the Group control box you can expand all groups collap
37. r specification of 20 C to 15 C respectively e but during cooking the upper and lower specification may be 160 C to 180 C The unit also supports a probe reading storage delay at each process location for a product A reading storage delay is useful in situations where the temperature of the product may require time to stabilise to ensure a fair and accurate reading is recorded Setting a reading storage delay value ensures that when a reading is taken whoever the operator is the sensor is given enough time to record an accurate reading If a reading storage delay is configured for a product at a process location the display will flash WAIT and the unit will sound a series of beeps for the configured reading storage delay before storing the reading To set up the specifications for a product in the Products panel e Select the appropriate process location under the chosen product e Enter the upper and lower specification values in the Upper and Lower boxes in the Specifications group in the panel to the left of the tree view e If you require an alarm on the upper or lower specification tick the appropriate checkbox es in the Alarms group e If the probe will need a reading storage delay enter this in Reading Storage Delay This delay is specified in seconds The process is the same for setting specifications in the Processes Locations panel except that the first step involves selecting the product under the chosen pr
38. rs Settings Process Locations Panel in the Database Window You can expand the list of processes locations to show the different products under each process location e by pressing when the process location you want to expand is selected e or by left clicking with the mouse on the plus symbol beside the process location name As with the products panel you can hide a list of products under a process location if it is visible by clicking on the minus symbol beside the process location name If a process location is currently selected you can hide its list of products by pressing the key You can delete a process location by selecting it and pressing the Delete key or selecting Delete from the Edit menu If the Confirm when Deleting Entries option is enabled in the Configuration Options see Chapter 2 Configuration Options for further information then you will need to confirm the deletion operation before the process location is deleted Page 13 You can change a product or process location name by e typing the new name directly into the appropriate field on the left e selecting the current name clicking on it with the mouse and typing the new name e or pressing F2 when a product or process location is selected and typing the new name When you are editing a product or process location name and you wish to revert back to the original name you can press Esc and the original name will be restored
39. rt key in the Corrective Actions panel and then type the name or other descriptive text of the corrective action You can also add a user by selecting New or New Corrective Action from the Edit menu Corrective action names can not start or finish with spaces so if a corrective action name is created with leading spaces for example then the software will remove all the leading spaces Also each corrective action created must have a corrective action name and therefore blank empty corrective action names are not supported and the software will prevent these from being created You can delete corrective actions by selecting their name in the Corrective Actions panel and pressing the Delete key or by selecting Delete from the Edit menu If the Confirm when Deleting Entries option is enabled in the Configuration Options see Chapter 2 Configuration Options for further information then you will need to confirm the deletion operation before the user is deleted In order for any changes you make to the Corrective Actions list to take effect in the ThermoCheck you assign the corrective actions to the appropriate products and must upload the database with the Set Database command Page 22 New Database 1 Products Processes Locations Corrective Actions Check in 5mins Discard Reject batch Reject batch Users Settings Corrective Actions Panel in the Database Window Assi
40. s the first serial communications port COM1 You can change the communications port setting by selecting Options from the Edit menu This will launch the Options dialog box You can now select the appropriate port from the i Options Communications File Views drop down list ThermoCheck in the Communications tab munteation Port Settings If you do not know which communications port to use ThermoCheck com contact your network administrator or computer vendor There are other options available in this dialog box On the File tab e Recently used file list If this option is enabled a list of ELLIS the most recently used files will be included in the file Communications File Views menu allowing you to quickly load recently used files mms You can specify how many files to display in the list by M Recently used file list o entres changing the value in the box labelled entries On the Views tab e Confirm when Deleting Entries If this option is enabled you will be asked to confirm the deletion of entries in a database window for example products or users If not enabled items will be deleted immediately without confirmation For more information about database windows and entries see Chapter 3 Setting Up a Database Page 7 Connection To get the ThermoCheck to successfully communicate with the software you will need to connect the interface cable to a serial comm
41. screen You can set or change this description in the software see Customising With the Software in Chapter 5 Customising the ThermoCheck After two and a half seconds the display will show the ThermoCheck s current date and time along with the current temperature if the sensor probe is plugged in If a user is logged on this screen will also display the name or description of the user that is currently logged on When the unit s battery requires charging or replacement an empty battery symbol will flash in the top right hand corner of the display screen If the batteries are rechargeable you can charge them by connecting external power and by ensuring that the Recharge option is enabled see Customising Without Using the Software in Chapter 5 Customising the ThermoCheck While the battery is charging the battery symbol in the top right of the display screen will repeatedly fill with black When the battery has completely charged the symbol will disappear A ThermoCheck requires a database before it is able to take any readings Please refer to Chapter 3 Setting Up a Database for further information about creating and uploading databases to the ThermoCheck Selecting a Product and Process Location Before taking a product s reading you first need to install a database in the unit to store the different products and processes locations Processes locations refer to the various stages in the production of a product at which you
42. se all groups or use the current expansion as displayed in the list window on the screen e If a subset of the data is selected you can enable the Print only selected items option to print only these readings Saving Readings to a File You can save readings to a file by selecting Save or Save As from the File menu If the data has not been saved already or you selected Save As you will be prompted for a filename to save the readings to All of the data will be saved irrespective of the grouping settings or the current selection ThermoCheck data files typically have a tcf extension You can view data files at a later date by selecting Open from the File menu This will launch the Open dialog box which will allow you to specify a filename or locate a file on your computer s hard disk or a network The software will only open files of the ThermoCheck data format usually with a tcf extension You can view and print data that has been saved to a file in the same ways as data downloaded from the ThermoCheck directly in graph or list format Page 40
43. selecting Open from the File menu to open a template file see Templates later in this chapter Either method will display a database window in the main Setting Up a Database application window Page 10 New Database 1 lO x Products Product First Manual Order Processes Locations Corrective Actions Users Settings An empty Database Window The database window has panel buttons for products processes locations users and the ThermoCheck s settings When you click on each one of these panel buttons you will be able to change the settings for that category in the panel that is revealed Note that you can select a product process location or user in the Products Processes Locations or Users panels by either e left clicking once on the product process location or user s name e or using the arrow keys to move the current selection up and down the list displayed in the current panel Products Products represent the physical items or objects whose temperature needs monitoring If you click on the Products button in a new database window or a database window downloaded from a ThermoCheck without a database already in it you will see a blank panel You can add new products and add new processes locations to a product as follows e Select New or New Product from the Edit menu to add a new product e Select New Process Location from the Edit menu to ad
44. t is selected e or by left clicking with the mouse on the plus symbol beside the product s name You can hide the list if it is visible by clicking on the minus symbol beside the product s name Ifa product is currently selected you can hide the list of processes locations under it by pressing the key You can change a product or process location name by e typing the new name directly into the appropriate field on the left e selecting the current name clicking on it with the mouse and typing the new name e or pressing F2 when a product or process location is selected and typing the new name When you are editing a product or process location name and you wish to revert back to the original name you can press Esc and the original name will be restored If the product or process location has just been created and you are naming it for the first time pressing Esc will delete the new product or process location You can delete an existing product by selecting it and pressing the Delete key or selecting Delete from the Edit menu If the Confirm when Deleting Entries option is enabled in the Configuration Options see Chapter 2 Configuration Options for further information then you will need to confirm the deletion operation before the product is deleted Processes or Locations Processes or locations represent the stages in the production of a product at which the temperature needs monitoring A process location c
45. ted You can delete users by selecting their name in the Users panel and pressing the Delete key or by selecting Delete from the Edit menu If the Confirm when Deleting Entries option is enabled in the Configuration Options see Chapter 2 Configuration Options for further information then you will need to confirm the deletion operation before the user is deleted In order for any changes you make to the user list to take effect in the ThermoCheck you must upload the database with the Set Database command Page 26 User Options When a user is selected their password and PIN code are shown in the panel next to the user list For security and privacy reasons PIN codes and passwords are displayed as a series of asterisks The PIN code identifies the user currently operating the ThermoCheck Therefore PIN codes must be unique to each user and no two users may have the same PIN code A PIN code is made up of up to eight digits Other characters for example alphabetic characters are not allowed to be any part of a PIN code as the unit only allows for the entry of numbers through its keypad The software uses a user s Password to prevent unauthorised usage of the ThermoCheck including modification of the database and the retrieval and viewing of the stored readings Passwords are optional and can consist of up to 16 characters including both letters and numbers In addition the password is case sensitive and therefore lowercase characters
46. trol specifications for temperatures of products at various stages of production and storage Product descriptions and process location descriptions can be stored in a database within the unit Maximum and minimum temperature specifications for each process location of products are stored in the database Such databases must be created and uploaded to the unit with the ThermoCheck for Windows software Stored temperature readings include the temperature measured the product name the process location name and the date and time information for each temperature reading recorded Optional user identification by unique PIN codes is supported as a standard feature of the ThermoCheck The information that allows the identity of each user to be unique is controlled through the ThermoCheck user software If the tracking of unique user identification has been enabled and the relevant information has been uploaded and stored in the ThermoCheck unit then each stored reading will also identify the name of the user that took the reading The user software provides the facility for the download retrieval and viewing of stored readings Readings are classified based on the product specifications for each process location as stored in the database Downloaded data reading s can also be saved to disk files and or printed to hard copy through the user software Additionally the software provides the facility to save database configurations to template f
47. unications port on your PC If you select Get Database from the ThermoCheck menu you will see a progress bar at the bottom of the program window indicating how far through the process the software is When the process is complete a database window will appear on the screen This window allows you to e Create and upload a database in the unit Products and Processes Locations Please refer to Chapter 3 Setting Up a Database for further information e Create and upload a user list Users Please refer to Chapter 4 Setting Up a User List for further information e View and modify configuration settings of the ThermoCheck Settings Please refer to Chapter 5 Customising the ThermoCheck for further information Page 8 Battery Replacement Your ThermoCheck requires two 2 AA batteries to operate You can use either alkaline or re chargeable for example NiCd or NiMH batteries however please remember that you must NEVER attempt to charge alkaline batteries To insert the batteries 1 5 Remove the ThermoCheck battery cover by placing the unit face down removing the two screws and then lifting the cover free Insert the two batteries with the correct polarity as marked inside the compartment and also on the label into the battery compartment Before replacing the lid ensure that the batteries are fully inserted If the batteries are not inserted correctly the lid will not fit properly and could consequently damage
48. users For example you could set up a single operator to be responsible for taking readings for each product and allow another person to be responsible for downloading the reading data and setting up the database You can add and remove users from the Users panel in a database window You can view this panel by clicking the Users button in a database window The user list can be uploaded to the unit along with the product location database and configuration settings via the Set Database command See Uploading a Database in Chapter 3 Setting Up a Database for more information Page 25 New Database 1 Products Processes Locations Corrective Actions Users Angela Bob PIN Code George XXXXXX M artha Password XXXXXXXX Settings Users Panel in the Database Window Adding and Removing Users The method for adding users is much the same as that for adding products or processes locations You press the Insert key in the Users panel and then type the name or other descriptive text of the user You can also add a user by selecting New or New User from the Edit menu User names can not start or finish with spaces so if a user name is created with leading spaces for example then the software will remove all the leading spaces Also each user created must have a user name and therefore blank empty user names are not supported and the software will prevent these from being crea
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