DEFAULT DISPLAY AND OPERATION PROCEDURE AFTER UNIT POWER UP CONT.
DEFAULT DISPLAY AND OPERATION PROCEDURE AFTER UNIT POWER UP CONT.
5. “UP”+ ”Down” Press both buttons at the same time for Celsius
and Fahrenheit unit selection. Default is ºF.
6. There is one three-position slide switch inside the battery
compartment. The user can enable the probe by selecting the
position of the switch. When the switch is in the “ ” position, the L
left probe is working and the right sensor buttons are
functionless. When the switch is in the “ ” position, the right R
probe is working and the left sensor buttons are functionless.
When the switch is in the middle position, both probes are
working and all buttons are functional. The probe should be
plugged into the unit all the time as long as it is enabled.
Position of the slide switch should be in the correct position
before battery is installed. Changing the slide switch position
requires resetting the unit by re-installation of battery or
pressing the system reset button, which is also inside the
battery compartment.
7. If the probe is enabled (through the slide switch) and is
unplugged during unit powering up or setup, the alarm will beep
and EEE will be displayed in the corresponding probe temp
display area. The unit cannot be set up until the probe is
plugged in again.
8. During normal operation, when the probe is unplugged, the EEE
temp and duration of the probe being unplugged will be
recorded. The alarm will beep during the probe is unplugged.
After the probed is inserted again, the operation for that probe
resumes.
9. During the time the probe is plugged-in or unplugged, the
temperatures recorded at that moment may not be accurate. If
these temperatures meet the temp high/low settings, they will
be written to the alarm records (together with the “EEE” alarm
record), and the users need to filter out these un-accurate
temperature records themselves.
10. "Password Reset" The button is inside the battery
compartment. Pressing the button once will reset the password
to . “88:88”
11. “System Reset”The button is inside the battery compartment.
The user can reset the unit any time for re-initialization of the
unit or in case the unit does not start up after installation of the
batteries. After this button is pressed, the unit will go through the
normal power up initialization process, and all settings have to be
re-entered. Only the old alarm records (if there is any) can be
retrieved after system reset. The operator may use a paper clip or
similar type of object for accessing the system reset button.
Note: Old alarm records may be retrieved after hitting System
Reset button, but when alarm settings are re-entered old records
will be deleted.
1. All LCD segments are displayed for 3 seconds and the alarm
sounds for 1 second.
2. Then, current temperature(s) is displayed (default is °F), left hand
side of the bottom line displays “88:88”, right hand side of the
bottom line displays a flashing .“00H00M00S”
3. The unit enters the clock setting mode (flashing 00H00M00S).
Press buttons for Hour setting. Pressing down the“UP/DOWN”
“UP/DOWN” buttons for more than 3 seconds activates the fast
forward function. Press the “SET” button to confirm the Hour
setting. Hour digits stop flashing and the remaining Minute and
Second digits continue to flash. Press “UP/DOWN” buttons for
Minute setting. Pressing down the “UP/DOWN” buttons for more
than 3 seconds activates the fast forward function. Press the
“SET” button to confirm the Minute setting. Hour and minute
digits stop flashing and the remaining Second digits continue to
flash. Press “UP/DOWN” buttons for Second setting. Pressing
down the “UP/DOWN” buttons for more than 3 seconds activates
the fast forward function. Press the “SET” button to confirm the
Second setting. The clock digits stop flashing and start to tick.
Left or right or both sides buttons can be used for clock setting
depending or which probe(s) is enabled.
4. After the clock is set, the unit enters the password setting mode
( ). Left or right or both sides buttons can be used flashing “88:88”
for setting depending or which probe(s) are enabled.
(I) “Up” “Down” Press the or button for selecting the number from
0~9 for first digit (the first press of changes the digit from “Down”
8 to 7; the first press of up changes the digit from 8 to 9). For
example, 5 is selected. Pressing the button again confirms “Set”
5, and the other three segments will remain flashing.
(ii) “Up” “Down” Press the or button for selecting the number from
0~9 (ex.4 is to be selected), press the button again confirms “Set”
4, and the other two segments will remain flashing.
(iii) “Up” Down” Press the or “ button for selecting the number from
0~9 (ex.3 is to be selected), press the button again the 3 is “Set”
confirmed and the last 8 still flashing.
(iv) “Up” “Down” Press the or button for selecting the number from
0~9 (ex.2 is to be selected),press the button again the 2 is “Set”
confirmed and the Password is set. “54:32”
(v) The password display will show the set status of the probes:
“Set0” meaning that none of the probes is set. After the password
is set, the user can lock the unit by pressing the “PASSWORD”
button once. When the unit is locked, the icon on the “LOCK”
display will be turned on to indicate that password has to be re-
entered again for accessing the unit.
(vi) After the unit is locked, the user has to enter the password to
access the unit. Press the once, flashing “PASSWORD” “88:88”
appears on the left hand side of the bottom line. Enter the
password by following the set password procedure. If the
password is correct, the password will stop blinking after the last
digit entry and the display will revert to . All buttons “SetL/R/2/0”
are available at this time. Otherwise, the password will just keep
blinking and the password entry process has to re-start again
from the first password digit.
(vii) The default password of the unit is , the first change of “88:88”
the password will be recorded as the new password. In case the
password is forgotten, the user has to open the battery door and
press the button on the battery compartment “Password Reset”
and the password will be restored to the default password of
“88:88”. The user can then access the unit with the default
password . To set a new password, the user has to reset “88:88”
the unit or re-install the battery. The unit will start the whole
setup process after system reset or battery re-installation. All
previous settings will be lost except that the old alarm event
records are still retrievable. The high / low alarm set points and
delays are reset to the default values. The alarm temperatures
and/or the delay time should not be set for old alarm records
retrieval as new alarm settings will clear the old alarm memory
contents. The old alarm records will only be cleared after the
alarm temperatures and delay setting is complete. The unit will
quit the alarm setting mode automatically during the alarm
setting process if there is no button pressed for 1 minute. This
way the old alarm records are preserved.
5. Once the clock and password are set, the unit enters the normal
display mode. The status of the probe setting is displayed on the
left hand bottom line of the LCD as , , , or “Set0” “Setr” “SetL”
“Set2”. The user can enter the set high / low alarm events mode
or scroll alarm events mode from the normal display mode. If the
user does not set the high / low alarm set points, the unit will not
record any alarm events and will just display the current
temperatures.
(i) Set High/Low Alarm set point:
a. The default high/low alarm set points are 40.0°F and 32.0°F
respectively while the default delay time is 00H00M00S for both
high and low alarms.
b. To set the alarm set points and corresponding delay times, press
down the button on Left or Right side for 3 seconds, the “SET”
corresponding temperature display will display the default high
(40.0°F) or previous high alarm set point and flash.
The digit behind the decimal displays and the left hand side “H”
of the bottom line displays and a flashing or “Set” “R” “L”
indicating that the right or left probe is being set. Increase or
decrease the high alarm set point by pressing the or “UP” “DOWN”
key. When the or key is pressed for more than 3 “UP” “DOWN”
seconds, the fast forward function is activated. When the desired
high alarm set point is reached, press the button to confirm “SET”
high alarm set point and the high alarm set point stops flashing.
Then or the previous high alarm delay starts “00H00M00S”
flashing on the right hand side of the bottom line for delay time
setting. Press buttons for Hour setting. Pressing “UP/DOWN”
down the buttons for more than 3 seconds activates “UP/DOWN”
the fast forward function. Press the button to confirm the “SET”
Hour setting. Hour digits stop flashing and he remaining Minute
and Second digits continue to flash. Press buttons “UP/DOWN”
for Minute setting. Pressing down the buttons for “UP/DOWN”
more than 3 seconds activates the fast forward function. Press
the button to confirm the Minute setting. Hour and minute “SET”
digits stop flashing and the remaining Second digits continue to
flash. Press buttons for Second setting. Pressing “UP/DOWN”
down the buttons for more than 3 seconds activates “UP/DOWN”
the fast forward function. Press the button to confirm the “SET”
Second setting. The alarm delay time stops flashing. At this point,
the high alarm set point and delay are set.
c. The temperature display then displays the flashing default
(32.0°F) or previous low alarm set point, and the digit behind the
decimal will display . Increase or decrease the value by “L”
pressing the ” or button. When the or “UP “DOWN” “UP” “DOWN”
button is pressed down for more than 3 seconds, the fast forward
function is activated. When the desired low alarm set point is
reached, press the button again to confirm the low alarm “SET”
set point and the low alarm set point stops flashing. (Note: the
low alarm set point must be smaller than the high alarm set point.
Otherwise the low alarm set point will keep flashing after the
“SET” button is pressed for low alarm set point confirmation.)
Then or the previous low alarm delay starts flashing “00H00M00S”
on the right hand side of the
bottom line for low alarm delay setting. Press buttons “UP/DOWN”
for Hour setting. Pressing down the buttons for more “UP/DOWN”
than 3 seconds activates the fast forward function. Press the
“SET” button to confirm the Hour setting. Hour digits stop
flashing and the remaining Minute and Second digits continue to
flash. Press buttons for Minute setting. Pressing “UP/DOWN”
down the buttons for more than 3 seconds activates “UP/DOWN”
the fast forward function. Press the button to confirm the “SET”
Minute setting. Hour and Minute digits stop flashing and the
remaining Second digits continue to flash. Press “UP/DOWN”
buttons for Second setting. Pressing down the “UP/DOWN”
buttons for more than 3 seconds activates the fast forward
function. Press the button to confirm the Second setting. “SET”
The alarm delay time stops flashing. At this point, the low alarm
and its delay time are set.
d. Once the high / low alarm and delays are set, the left hand side
of the bottom line displays or indicating that the “Set” “R” “L”
right or left probe is already set. The display then returns to the
normal display of current temperature, the clock, and or“Set” “R”
“L” or “2”.
e. Repeat the above setting procedure for another probe when
appropriate. If both probes are set, the normal display should
show the current temperature of both probes, the clock, and
“Set2”.
When the temperature is over the high point or below the low point,
the alarming events are recorded. There are maximum 96 Hours alarm
history stored in memory. In the normal display mode, press the
“SET” button once to display the last alarm event.When the current
displayed alarm event is the last one, pressing will scroll the “UP””
alarm event back to the oldest alarm event For example, if the .
oldest alarm event is D0 R: 14:15 A 40°F (high temperature alarm
occurred on the current day at 14:15). Pressing the button once “UP”
displays D0 R: 14:16 44°F (the maximum temperature recorded during
alarm period was 44°F at 14:16).
Pressing the button again will display D0 R: 14:18 00h02m33s “UP”
(the temperature went back into safe range at 14:18, and the
duration of the alarm was 2 minutes, 33 seconds). Pressing the “UP”
button again will move to next record.Pressing and holding the “UP”
button for 3 seconds activates the fast forward function. The alarm
events are scrolled backward by pressing the “DOWN” button once.
Pressing and holding the button for 3 seconds activates the “DOWN”
fast backward function. The last displayed alarm record will stay on
the display for 15 seconds. After 15 seconds the normal display
(current temperature, “Set” “R/L/2/0”, Clock) is resumed. Once in the
alarm events display mode, the only way to exit to the normal display
mode is to wait for the 15 seconds alarm event time out or when a
new alarm event arrives. The temperature display for the
corresponding probe should be blank or only displaying the
temperature data associated with the alarm record when in alarm
events display mode. The set high / low alarm function is disabled in
the alarm events display mode, i.e. even though the user presses the
“SET” for 3 seconds, the unit will not enter the alarm events set
mode.
When there is no alarm records, “ ” (no records) will be displayed on nr
the lower left line of display when the button is pressed (clock “SET”
is still displayed on the lower right line). Normal display mode is
resumed after the 10 seconds alarm events display time-out time.
The alarm records can't be deleted, unless new alarming set points
are set. It always keeps maximum 96 hours records in the memory.
The oldest alarm record will be replaced by the new one when the
memory is full.
When the new high and/or low alarm value is set, the memory will
clear all the records and start to record the new alarming date from
zero.
There are total 120 alarm records, 60 alarm records per probe.
Example of alarm records:
INITIAL SETTINGS: High alarm = 40.0°F
Low alarm = 32.0°F
High alarm delay = 20 minutes
Low alarm delay = 30 minutes
D3HL 6:35 39.1°F (high of the day was 39.1°F at 6:35:20am, 39.1°F is displayed in temperature display
screen)
D3LL 17:22 37.0°F (low of the day was 37.0°F at 5:22:45pm, 37.0°F is displayed in temperature display
screen)
D2HL 5:15 38.6°F (high of the day was 38.6°F at 5:15:00 am, 38.6°F is displayed in temperature display
screen)
D2LL 12:01 33.0°F (low of the was 33.0°F at 12:01:30pm, 33.0°F is displayed in temperature display
screen)
D1 L 14:00 A 40.0°F (at 2:00:15 pm temperature went above 40.0°F, 40.0°F is displayed in temperature
display screen)
At 14:20 the audible alarm starts beeping.
D1 L 14:30 50.0°F (high temperature for the alarm is 50.0°F at 2:30:30pm, 50.0°F is displayed in
temperature display screen)
D1 L 14:40 00h40m15s (temp went back below 40°F at 2:40:30pm after 40minutes and 15 seconds of
being out)
D1 L 14:45 Usr (user stops alarm at 2:45:55pm and changes temperature unit from °F to °C)
D1 L 18:00 b0.0°C (at 6:00:23pm temperature went below 32.0°F, 0.0°C is displayed in temperature display
screen)
D1 L 18:05 –0.6°C (low temp for the alarm is 30.9°F at 6:05:01 pm, -0.6°C is displayed in temperature
display screen)
At 18:30 the audible alarm starts beeping.
D1 L 20:00 US r (user stops alarm at 8:00:59pm and changes temperature unit from °C to °F)
D1 L 20:10 2h09m42s (temp went back above 32°F at 8:10:05pm after 2 hours and 9 minutes 42 seconds of
being out)
D1 L 21:00 b32°F (at 9:00:00pm temp went below 32 degrees, 32°F is displayed in temperature display
screen)
D1 L 21:01 29.0°F (the low temp for the alarm is 29.0°F recorded at 9:01:08pm, 29.0°F is displayed in
temperature display screen)
D1 L 21:02 00h02m30s (Temp went back above 32.0°F at 9:02:30pm after 2 minutes and 30 seconds of
being out)
D1HL 14:30 50.0°F (high of the day was 50 degrees at 2:30:30pm, 50°F is displayed in temperature display
screen)
D1LL 21:01 29.0°F (low of the day was 29 degrees at 9:01pm, 29.0°F is displayed in temperature display
screen)
Between "D1 L 14:00 A40.0°F" & "D1 L 14:30 50.0°F" I would put a note saying that at 14:20 the audible
alarm starts beeping.
Between "D1 L 18:05 -0.6°C" & "D1 L 20:00 US r" I would put a note saying that at 18:30 the audible alarm
starts beeping.
Between "D0 L 10:00 A40.0°F" & "D0 L 10:30 45.3°F" I would put a note saying that at 10:20 the audible
alarm starts beeping.
D0 L 10:00 A40.0°F (at 10:00:05 am temperature went above 40 degrees, 40.0°F is displayed in
temperature display screen)
At 10:20 the audible alarm starts beeping.
D0 L 10:30 45.3°F (high temperature for the alarm is 45 at 10:30:01am, 45.3°F is displayed in temperature
display screen)
D0 L 11:40 1h40m43s (temp went back below 40 at 11:40:48am after 1 hour 40minutes 43 seconds of
being out)
D0 L 12:00 b32.0°F (at 12:00:00 am temperature went below 32.0°F, 32.0°F is displayed in temperature
display screen)
D0 L 12:00 US r (user stops alarm at 12:00:59pm)
Note: Unit of temperatures records displayed is the current selected temperature unit regardless of the
temperature unit when the record was taken. For example, the unit of temperature was °C when the unit
recorded an alarm event, and that alarm event is displayed in °F when the current temperature unit is °F
and the alarm record is being scrolled back.
ALARM RECORDS
ALARM RECORDS CONT.
ALARM RECORD FORMAT
EXAMPLE ALARM RECORD FORMAT:
