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USER MANUAL FOR BEAMEX ® MC6 ADVANCED FIELD CALIBRATOR AND COMMUNICATOR Applies to firmware version 1.70 Dear user, We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this man- ual. Should any errors be detected, we wou…

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MC6 User Manual — Contents i CONTENTS Part 1, Introduction General 2 About This Manual ………………………………………………………… 2 Where Am I? ………………………………………………………….. 2 …

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ii MC6 User Manual — Contents Part 3, Meter About Meter 30 Part 4, Calibrator About Calibrator 32 Tools 33 General …………………………………………………………………….. 33 Part 5, Documenting Calibrator Gener…

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MC6 User Manual — Contents iii Part 7, Communicator General 60 Warnings …………………………………………………………………… 61 Connections 62 Selecting the Instrument 63 List of Found Devices …………………

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iv MC6 User Manual — Contents Appendix Safety 90 Approvals ………………………………………………………………….. 90 Symbols Used ……………………………………………………………. 90 Safety Precau…

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MC6 User Manual — Feedback v FEEDBACK We want to improve our products and services constantly. Therefore we’d like to know Your opinion of the product You use. Please spend a moment of Your valuable time in filling this form. All responden…

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vi MC6 User Manual — Feedback 1. Name of the product you give feedback of: _____________ 2. Serial number and software version number _____________ / _____________ (if applicable) 3. Any comments when receiving the product. Did the …

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Things discussed in this part:  About this manual  Briefly about MC6’s hardware and firmware  Available software and hardware options Part 1 INTRODUCTION
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2 MC6 User Manual – Part 1, Introduction GENERAL Thank you for buying Beamex MC6 Advanced Field Calibrator and Communica- tor. Because of its versatile features, it really is «more than a calibrator». MC6 is one device with fi…

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General — Unpacking and Inspection 3 TYPOGRAPHICAL CONVENTIONS The following typographical conventions apply to MC6 User Manual: Bold text is used in following situations:  References to User Manual topics and parts,  MC6 keywor…

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4 MC6 User Manual – Part 1, Introduction ABOUT MC6 STARTING MC6 Start MC6 by pressing the Power button for a few seconds. The startup proce- dure ends in Home View (see picture on the right). From MC6’s Home View you may advance to…

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About MC6 — Firmware 5 FIRMWARE You can interact with MC6 by tapping on available buttons/controls displayed on the touch screen. Optionally: use the hardware arrow keys to move between the available buttons/controls. The first time you p…

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6 MC6 User Manual – Part 1, Introduction MC6 also has some «flat» buttons. They are used in, e.g lists. The color of the flat buttons may vary depending on the context. The following editable fields are available:  Text …

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About MC6 — Hardware 7 HARDWARE GENERAL MC6, front and right side shown. Legend: 1. Thermocouple connector (TC1) with release buttons. For cables and standard TC plugs. 2. Thermocouple connector (TC2). For TC plugs with flat …

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8 MC6 User Manual – Part 1, Introduction CONNECTORS ON TOP OF MC6 Items from left to right:  R2. A possibility to connect an external RTD sensor to MC6. See also Hardware Modules/Options and Accessories on page 14.  P1 to P3….

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About MC6 — Hardware 9 INTERNAL BAROMETRIC PRESSURE MODULE The optional Internal Barometric Pressure Module is located inside MC6. It has a venting hole on the back side of MC6. To ensure valid barometric pressure measurements, do not plug…

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10 MC6 User Manual – Part 1, Introduction BATTERIES MC6 has internal rechargeable Lithium Polymer (LiPo) batteries. Since LiPo batteries do not suffer from the memory effect, they may be charged at any time. However, …

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About MC6 — Hardware 11 LED MC6’s Light Emitting Diode (LED) indicates battery/charging status as follows:  When charger is connected and charging is in progress, the LED flashes approximately once every second.  The LED …

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12 MC6 User Manual – Part 1, Introduction PC COMMUNICATION / CALIBRATION SOFTWARE Beamex CMX Calibration Software supports MC6 from version V2, revision 2.7 and onwards. Light, Professional and Enterprise editions. USB COMMUNICATION D…

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Options — Software Options 13 OPTIONS SOFTWARE OPTIONS The following software options are available:  Documenting Calibrator including computer communication to Beamex CMX Calibration Software,  Multi channel Data Logger…

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14 MC6 User Manual – Part 1, Introduction HARDWARE MODULES/OPTIONS AND ACCESSORIES  Internal Pressure Modules. Up to three gauge and/or differential pres- sure modules may be installed and additionally a barometric module.  Commu…

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Things discussed in this part:  A presentation of measurements MC6 is capable of performing. For all measurements, the active termi- nals together with useful additional information for that particular measurement are presented.  …

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16 MC6 User Manual – Part 2, Active Terminals and Connections GENERAL This section of MC6 User Manual presents all measurements and genera- tions/simulations that MC6 is capable of performing. No matter which of the …

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Measurements — Pressure Measurement 17 MEASUREMENTS PRESSURE MEASUREMENT MC6 supports the use of both internal pressure modules, if installed, and the use of supported external pressure modules, EXT, when they are connected to MC6. No…

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18 MC6 User Manual – Part 2, Active Terminals and Connections CURRENT MEASUREMENT When measuring electric current, an important thing is selecting whether MC6 provides the 24 volt loop supply voltage or not. If not, an extern…

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Measurements — Temperature Measurement (Thermocouple) 19 TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT (THERMOCOUPLE) MC6 has two thermocouple connectors. TC1 is for cables and standard TC plugs. TC2 is for TC plugs with flat contacts. Check the Sens…

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20 MC6 User Manual – Part 2, Active Terminals and Connections RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT For R1 terminals: The two leftmost terminals are used in 2-wire systems. MC6 automatically checks the connection and displays the found wirin…

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Measurements — Pulse Counting 21 PULSE COUNTING Pulse counting has three settings that should be checked before (re)starting a pulse count:  Trigger level. Select a level that suits your signal.  Trigger edge. Select either risi…

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22 MC6 User Manual – Part 2, Active Terminals and Connections GENERATIONS/SIMULATIONS Generations and simulations are supported in Calibrator, Documenting Cali- brator and Data Logger. Note. The Meter is not capable of performing …

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Generations/Simulations — Changing the Generated/Simulated Value 23 SPINNING Spinning is a tool that is available in Calibrator and Documenting Calibrator. It is useful when making small changes to an existing numeric value, one digit at …

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24 MC6 User Manual – Part 2, Active Terminals and Connections CURRENT GENERATION (SOURCE OR SINK) MC6’s current generation can be done using one of two available methods:  MC6 provides a 24 volt loop supply voltage (source mod…

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Generations/Simulations — Thermocouple Simulation 25 THERMOCOUPLE SIMULATION Thermocouple simulation is available from TC1 terminals only. Check the Sensor Type. Your simulations are unreliable unless you select the same sensor type as is…

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26 MC6 User Manual – Part 2, Active Terminals and Connections RESISTANCE SIMULATION Use of 2-, 3- or 4-wire connection is up to the receiving instrument. Connect the possible third and fourth wire according to the requirements of the con…

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Generations/Simulations — Pulse Generation 27 PULSE GENERATION Before generating pulses, the following settings should be checked:  Frequency. To set the frequency, tap on the button with the «Hz» value.  Amplitude. Def…

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28 MC6 User Manual – Part 2, Active Terminals and Connections THERMOCOUPLE CONNECTIONS With thermocouples, connections and reference junction settings are crucial for getting accurate results. Reference Junction Modes available: Interna…

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Things discussed in this part:  Presenting the Meter and how to take it into use. Part 3 METER
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30 MC6 User Manual – Part 3, Meter ABOUT METER The Meter can be used for quickly checking any device producing a signal that is measurable with MC6. For calibration needs, use one the calibration related main functions available in MC6. …

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Things discussed in this part:  How to use the Calibrator  Presenting the available additional Tools in Calibrator Part 4 CALIBRATOR
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32 MC6 User Manual – Part 4, Calibrator ABOUT CALIBRATOR The Calibrator can be used for calibrating instruments. It consists of two sub- windows which can be independently ( * configured to measure, generate or sim- ulate a signal. One sub…

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Tools — General 33 TOOLS GENERAL Calibrator window has Tools buttons in the lower left corner of each sub- window. See the picture to the right. The following list presents available tools. Certain tools are available for …

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34 MC6 User Manual – Part 4, Calibrator Tool Description Tools available for generations and simulations. Quick Access Buttons in use Notes. Several Tools have a «Stop» button in the pop-up window the To…

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Things discussed in this part:  An introduction to calibration  How to calibrate instruments using MC6’s Documenting Calibrator  How to do a Group Calibration  How to view calibration results  How to read inst…

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36 MC6 User Manual – Part 5, Documenting Calibrator GENERAL MC6’s Documenting Calibrator is an optional, more advanced tool than the «plain» Calibrator that is also available in MC6. If your MC6 does not have this optio…

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Calibrating Instruments — Calibration Software 37 CALIBRATING INSTRUMENTS Instruments are typically calibrated following the procedure shown in the adja- cent picture. In MC6, you first select (or create) the instrument to be calibrated. T…

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38 MC6 User Manual – Part 5, Documenting Calibrator INSTRUMENT LIST When you start the Documenting Calibrator, you arrive in Instrument List win- dow. See adjacent picture for an example of an Instrument List. MC6 allows you to hierarch…

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Calibrating Instruments — Instrument List 39 INSTRUMENT LIST WINDOW MENU The Instrument List window’s menu contains a lot of useful tools:  Create New for creating a new Instrument etc. (See adjacent picture.)  Sort for sorti…

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40 MC6 User Manual – Part 5, Documenting Calibrator WORK ORDER VIEW MODE Work Order View Mode is an optional way of viewing the instruments. This op- tion is of use, when Instruments have been sent from Beamex CMX Calibration Software to…

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Calibrating Instruments — Instrument Overview Window 41 INSTRUMENT OVERVIEW WINDOW When an instrument is selected, the Instrument Overview window opens and general data of the selected instrument is presented. See adjacent picture. With th…

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42 MC6 User Manual – Part 5, Documenting Calibrator When Automatic Acceptance is in use (checked), MC6 accepts calibration point automatically as follows: 1. MC6 uses the Max. Point Deviation value to see if the input signal i…

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Calibrating Instruments — Calibrating an Instrument Using MC6 43 When the calibration is completed, the first of Calibration Result window’s pag- es open telling you whether the calibration Passed or Failed. Browse through the pages to …

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44 MC6 User Manual – Part 5, Documenting Calibrator ABOUT FIELDBUS AND HART DEVICE SPECIFICS Detailed information of fieldbus and HART device specifics are discussed in Part 7, Communicator. However, here are some hints on wher…

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Group Calibration — Collecting Instruments/Functions for Group Calibration 45 GROUP CALIBRATION MC6’s Group Calibration allows you to simultaneously calibrate several In- struments/Functions. This is practical, e.g. when calibr…

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46 MC6 User Manual – Part 5, Documenting Calibrator EDITING A GROUP By default, the Instruments/Functions are calibrated in the order they were in- cluded in the group. However, the Instrument Overview window’s menu in- clude…

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Group Calibration — Calibrating a Group 47 GROUP SETTINGS In Group Settings you can define two things:  Calibration Point Sequence, i.e. how the calibration points are run through. More details below.  When the Instrume…

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48 MC6 User Manual – Part 5, Documenting Calibrator CALIBRATION RESULTS Once an instrument has been calibrated, you may view saved calibration results as follows:  When viewing the Instrument Overview Window, select the Calibra- ti…

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Digital Communication and MC6’s Instrument Data — Getting and Editing Mapped Data 49 DIGITAL COMMUNICATION AND MC6’S INSTRUMENT DATA With this feature, you may add instrument data to MC6 from Instruments using Digital Communicatio…

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50 MC6 User Manual – Part 5, Documenting Calibrator GETTING DEFAULT MAPPINGS On any of the instrument data pages, open the menu and tap Get Mapped Values. Then MC6 starts reading data from the connected instrument to MC6&apo…

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Digital Communication and MC6’s Instrument Data — Getting and Editing Mapped Data 51 Creating a new mapping or editing an existing mapping is done in a window like the one to the right. Target Field is the field in MC6, Value is the f…

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Things discussed in this part:  An introduction Data Logger option and its capabili- ties.  How to configure and start a Data Log.  How to view, save and delete Data Log results.  How to transfer Data Log results to a per…

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54 MC6 User Manual – Part 6, Data Logger GENERAL The Data Logger is an optional tool that allows you to collect data with MC6. If the Data Logger option is purchased, the collected data may then be viewed, transferred to a personal c…

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Doing a Data Log — Configuring 55 DOING A DATA LOG CONFIGURING In the main configuration window: Tap on one of the numbered areas to config- ure a channel. Each channel has three configuration pages. The first one is for defining t…

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56 MC6 User Manual – Part 6, Data Logger STARTING THE DATA LOG Start the Data Log by tapping on the red «Record» button in the main configura- tion window’s lower right corner. The button changes to a black «Stop» …

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Doing a Data Log — Viewing and Saving or Deleting the Results 57 VIEWING AND SAVING OR DELETING THE RESULTS When Data Logging is finished, or stopped, the results are shown on three pag- es: general information page, graph page and a table o…

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58 MC6 User Manual – Part 6, Data Logger TRANSFERRING DATA LOG RESULTS TO A PERSONAL COMPUTER Beamex MC6 Data Log Viewer (executable file: «MC6DataLogViewer.exe») reads data log results to a Personal Computer. The softwar…

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Things discussed in this part:  An introduction MC6’s Communicator and how it can be started.  How to connect to an instrument capable of digital communication.  Instructions on how to quickly select a variable/pa- ram…

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60 MC6 User Manual – Part 7, Communicator GENERAL MC6’s Communicator option allows you to connect to the following Instruments utilizing Digital Communication:  HART ® instruments ( * (http://www.hartcomm.org/) MC6 can b…

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General — Warnings 61 Communication may also be started from the following main functions in MC6:  Calibrator,  Documenting Calibrator and  Data Logger. Depending on active/inactive options, some communication protocols m…

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62 MC6 User Manual – Part 7, Communicator CONNECTIONS When communicating with Digital Communication Instruments, the connection differs depending on whether MC6’s internal power supply is used or not. The upper picture to the righ…

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Selecting the Instrument — List of Found Devices 63 SELECTING THE INSTRUMENT When a communication protocol is selected, a window opens for choosing whether MC6’s internal 24 V supply is used or not. When using an external su…

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64 MC6 User Manual – Part 7, Communicator ABOUT INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS IN GENERAL This chapter briefly presents how Blocks, Records and Parameters of Digital Communication Instruments are viewed in MC6 and ho…

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About Instrument Parameters — Calibrating or Data Logging HART instruments 65 CALIBRATING OR DATA LOGGING HART INSTRUMENTS Usually, when calibrating or logging, you need to locate a Value Parameter, a Process Variable, in the HART instrume…

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66 MC6 User Manual – Part 7, Communicator EDITING PARAMETERS With «editing parameters» we mean changing any editable parameter in the in- strument’s memory, e.g. selecting the type of process connection fitted to the instr…

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About Instrument Parameters — Trimming a Fieldbus instrument 67 TRIMMING A FIELDBUS INSTRUMENT Trimming a FOUNDATION Fieldbus or a Profibus PA instrument can be initi- ated from the Documenting Calibrator, provided the relevant communicator …

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68 MC6 User Manual – Part 7, Communicator TRIMMING A HART INSTRUMENT Trimming a HART instrument can be started from the Documenting Calibrator’s menu and also from other MC6’s main functions where HART communication may be sta…

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HART Device Description Specifics — General 69 HART DEVICE DESCRIPTION SPECIFICS GENERAL MC6 supports the use of three kinds of Device Descriptions for HART instru- ments:  Device Specific, i.e. custom Device Descriptions for the HAR…

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70 MC6 User Manual – Part 7, Communicator BASIC VIEW MC6’s Basic View simplifies the use of HART instruments, since all that is seen are the instrument’s value parameters in addition to basic Device Setup and Pro- cess Variable…

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Managing Smart Transmitter Configurations — General 71 MANAGING SMART TRANSMITTER CONFIGURATIONS GENERAL Beamex offers a possibility to manage smart transmitter configurations using MC6 and a free tool for personal computers: Beamex …

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72 MC6 User Manual – Part 7, Communicator VIEWING/MANAGING CONFIGURATIONS Opening a list of saved configurations can be opened anywhere in Communica- tor. Open configurations option can be seen in the picture on the previous page and on…

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Things discussed in this part:  How to configure MC6 to suit your own needs  Briefly about re-calibrating/adjusting MC6 Part 8 SETTINGS
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74 MC6 User Manual – Part 8, Settings SETTINGS This main function allows you to configure MC6 according to your own needs and also, recalibrate MC6. The following settings/configurations are available:  Language for selecting user …

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Security Plus — General 75 SECURITY PLUS GENERAL Security Plus settings are an optional feature in MC6, found under Settings’ button Supervisor. It allows a supervisor the possibility to restrict users doing certain changes in Doc…

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76 MC6 User Manual – Part 8, Settings SECURITY PLUS IN DOCUMENTING CALIBRATOR The following Documenting Calibrator functionalities are either restricted with an admin PIN code or blocked, depending on the setting in Supervisor Window: �…

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Things discussed in this part:  How to create custom pressure units, PRT sensors and transfer functions.  Basic Information on how to connect external devices like pressure controllers or temperature blocks to MC6. P…

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78 MC6 User Manual – Part 9, Additional Information ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This section contains detailed information of some of MC6’s more extensive features. The ones presented here are:  User Defined Pressure Uni…

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Additional Information — User Defined Pressure Units 79 USER DEFINED PRESSURE UNITS Wherever in MC6, when you use pressure as the Quantity, you may choose a pressure unit from a wealth of already available pressure units, divided …

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80 MC6 User Manual – Part 9, Additional Information USER DEFINED PRT / RTD SENSORS GENERAL Just as pressure units, MC6 has a wealth of pre-entered standard Platinum Resistance Temperature (PRT) type RTD sensors. They are avai…

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Additional Information — User Defined PRT / RTD Sensors 81 CALLENDAR VAN DUSEN FORMULA FOR PRTS When CvD RTD (R0, A, B, C), i.e. Callendar van Dusen formula is selected, one additional configuration page is added. See adjacent picture. Ca…

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82 MC6 User Manual – Part 9, Additional Information Calibration ranges, corresponding coefficients and examples of calibration points: Calibration Corresponding Ranges ( * Coefficients Example of fixed calibration points …

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Additional Information — User Defined PRT / RTD Sensors 83 FACTOR The third way to customize a RTD sensor (not just PRTs but all types of RTDs) is using the Factor. This applies for sensors with the same relative error through…

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84 MC6 User Manual – Part 9, Additional Information USER DEFINED TRANSFER FUNCTIONS Transfer Functions are available in Calibrator’s Scaling Tool and in instru- ment definitions found in Documenting Calibrator. When creating/selec…

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Additional Information — User Defined Steps / Calibration Points 85 USER DEFINED STEPS / CALIBRATION POINTS These are available for instruments in Documenting Calibrator and also in Calibrator’s Step tool. Use either Calibrat…

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86 MC6 User Manual – Part 9, Additional Information CONTROLLER COMMUNICATION MC6’s communication with External Controllers (Pressure and Temperature) connected to the USB-A ports is optional. Check what options your MC6 has …

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Additional Information — Controller Communication 87 CONFIGURING CONTROLLER COMMUNICATION Before utilizing External Controllers, both the communication cable / driver and the controller itself need to be configured in MC6. We recommend th…

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Things discussed in this part:  Safety Issues and Warnings  Disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment  Servicing MC6  Statements and Warranty  Index Appendix APPENDIX
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90 MC6 User Manual – Appendix SAFETY MC6 has an IP65 water/dust proof case. The materials of MC6’s case withstand normal industrial conditions. MC6 endures shocks with the help of the built in impact protectors. Internal pressure mod…

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Safety — Safety Precautions and Warnings 91 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND WARNINGS MC6 is a precision tool that should be used by skilled people who have read and understood this manual. Working with MC6 involves the usage of pressure and/or electr…

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92 MC6 User Manual – Appendix WARNINGS CONCERNING THE LITHIUM POLYMER BATTERY PACK Lithium-Polymer (LiPo) batteries require very careful handling. To prevent accidents or damage to persons or property, follow all safety precautions and war…