AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide Table of Contents Important Notice ---- Warning........................................................................................... 2 1 Introduction................................................................................................................. 3 1.1 Main Application ................................................................................................ 3 1.2 Main Features.............................................................
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide Important Notice ---- Warning Check the position of the “Measurement/Calibration Switch” on the rear panel before turning on the device. Please refer to Figure 2. The switch must be at the measurement (left) position. Loss of calibration data will occur if the switch is at the calibration (CAL) position when the instrument is used in measurement application. The instrument is calibrated before shipment.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 1 Introduction The AM8060 precision thermometer is a dual-channel temperature readout. It can be used as either a temperature measurement device or a temperature reference standard. It is capable of working together with various types of platinum resistance thermometers (PRTs) and can measure temperatures from two probes simultaneously. The measured temperature is calculated by the embedded microcontroller by following ITS-90 standard.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide Flexible probe/sensor parameter adjustments and settings. USB interface for transmitting and saving real time temperature data. Wireless real time temperature data capturing with optional external wireless module. Real time temperature data capturing and saving to flash drive.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 2 Specifications 2.1 Specifications Temperature range：-200 ºC ~ 850 ºC Resolution：0.001 ºC Accuracy： 25Ω standard platinum 100Ω standard or industrial temperature probe platinum temperature probe ±0.01 ºC @ -196 ºC ±0.010 ºC @ -200 ºC ±0.008 ºC @ 0 ºC ±0.008 ºC @ 0 ºC ±0.009 ºC @ 232 ºC ±0.009 ºC @ 232 ºC ±0.015 ºC @ 420 ºC ±0.015 ºC @ 420 ºC ±0.025 ºC @ 660 ºC ±0.020 ºC @ 660 ºC ±0.025 ºC @ 850 ºC Short term stability： o ±0.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 3 User Interface Front Panel： Display Main Menu Left key U Drive recording Start/Stop button Value Adj Right/Return Key Figure 1: Front Panel. Rear Panel： AC Power Inlet/Switch U Drive Interface Probe 1(S1) terminals USB Measurement Probe 2(S2) terminals /Calibration Switch Warning: unless calibration is needed, do NOT put the switch on ‘Cal’ position.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 4 General Operations The AM8060 precision thermometer is a dual-channel temperature readout. It can measure temperature of two probes concurrently. It can also be used with just one probe for single channel temperature measurement. 4.1 Connecting the probes The AM8060 can work with one or two probes for temperature measurement. Figure 3 shows the rear panel of the AM8060. Probe 1 can be connected to terminals marked with S1, and Probe 2 to S2.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide probe/probes and temperature difference. This information is shown in 4 lines, as seen below: Line 1 is the instrument interface status, including USB flash drive, wireless communication status and USB to computer interface status.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide A “>” will toggle in front of “t1” or ”t2” to indicate which probe is being measured. Each toggling instance is one measurement. Line 4, which is indicated with “t1-t2”, shows the temperature difference of the two probes. 4.4 Selecting Units Users can select to display ºC, ºF or Ω by scrolling touch keys up or down ( or ) 4.5 Selecting Sensors/Probes and Adjusting Parameters 4.5.1 Probe Types AM8060 can work with different types of PRTs.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide If the probe is an industrial or precision platinum resistance thermometer probe with a temperature coefficient of 0.00385 Ω/Ω/°C, AM8060 will categorize the probe as “IPRT”. AM8060 calculates temperature according to CVD (IEC751) equation. If the probe is a precision platinum resistance thermometer probe or secondary PRT with temperature coefficient of 0.003925 Ω/Ω/°C (WGa>=1.11807), AM8060 will categorize the probe as “SPRT”.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide Sensor 1 Setting. This is for Sensor 1 (S1) parameter adjustment. Users can select the Sensor 1 type and do parameter adjustment. Sensor 2 Setting. This is for Sensor 2 (S2) parameter adjustment. Users can select the Sensor 2 type and do parameter adjustment. U-Drive Setting. Users can select this to change settings for saving data to an external drive. Wireless Setting. Users can select this to change the settings for wireless communication.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 4.5.2.2 Press or key to move the selection line with the “>” symbol to “Sensor 1 Setting”. Press key to enter the Sensor 1 setting adjustment program as shown below. The probe type can either be “IPRT” or “SPRT”. Users can select either one by moving the “>” to the sensor type, and then press key. Users can exit this selection by pressing that SPRT is selected. 4.5.2.3 Press MENU key.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 4.5.2.4 If the sensor type is SPRT, the adjustable parameters are Rtp, a, b, c, a4 and b4. The details of these parameter definitions can be found from the ITS90. As an example, calibration agencies provide following parameters after SPRT is calibrated: Rtp: probe’s resistance at triple point of water. a4 and b4：low temperature range parameters. a, b and c：high temperature range parameters (b and c can be “0” for some instances.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide C: the temperature coefficient at the temperature range below 0°C. 4.5.2.5 The ， ， ， and keys can be used together to adjust these parameters. The parameters can also be saved into the instrument. The following is the procedure of adjusting and saving the parameters of Rtp and a4 for an SPRT type probe. The other parameter adjustments follow the same process. MENU 4.5.2.6 To adjust Rtp (continuing from step 4.5.2.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide value or press key to exit the program without saving and go back to the parameter adjustment menu. MENU 4.5.2.8 The following is a4 adjustment procedure (Continuing from step 4.5.2.4). Pressing and keys to move the cursor to “>SET a4”, and then press key to go into the a4 adjustment program, as seen below: The second line (a4 = -4.129934e-05) displays the current a4 value, while the next two lines show the adjustment selections.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 4.5.2.9 The current a4 value will be displayed. To adjust this value, press or key to move the cursor to the position where the value will be adjusted and then adjust it with or key. 4.5.2.10 After adjustment, users can choose to save or quit by pressing the key. The a4 line will be flashing to remind the user that a change has been made. To save MENU the changes, press key; otherwise, press key and the program will go back to the previous screen. MENU 4.5.2.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 5 Instrument Calibration And Accuracy Adjustments AM8060 is designed for temperature measurement by measuring the probe resistance and converting it into a temperature. Consequently, the resistance measurement is very critical, and the instrument must be calibrated correctly. Every AM8060 is calibrated before shipment. AM8060 needs regular calibration performed by qualified professionals. One year calibration interval is recommended.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 5.1 100 Ω calibration 5.1.1 Turn off the power, put the measurement/calibration switch to the “CAL”side (right side). Please see Figure 3 for details. 5.1.2 After turning on the power，AM8060 shows the calibration main menu. It can be seen that there are two calibrations required: 100 Ohm CALIBRATION and 25 Ohm CALIBRATION. The following is an illustration of 100 Ohm CALIBRATION.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide * 100 Ohm CALIBRATION ------------------------------------------Connect a 100 Ohm Standard Resistor and Press Enter Menu= Exit Enter = Yes 5.1.4 The instrument will show the phrase “Connect a 100 Ohm Standard Resistor and Press Enter” to indicate that a 100Ω must be connected to sensor1 (S1) terminals as Figure3. Users can exit the calibration by pressing key to go back to the main menu (*CALIBRATION MENU*). MENU 5.1.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide users can adjust the value by using and keys. The adjusted result will appear like the picture below: * 100 Ohm CALIBRATION 100R Rs = OHM 100.0038 Rt = 100.0038 Menu= Exit OHM <^v>=Adj 5.1.7 It is required to wait for 10 seconds for the data to be stable. Each second is shown with a blinking dot at the top left hand corner of the display. Once this is completed, the next step involves saving the calibrated data.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide ensure the measurement/calibration switch at the rear panel is moved to the “CAL” side (right side), as shown in Figure 3. 5.2.2 Choose the 25 Ohm CALIBRATION under main menu (*CALIBRATION MENU*) by touching or key to move the “>” to the “25 Ohm CALIBRATION” line： * CALIBRATION MENU ------------------------------------------100 Ohm CALIBRATION > 25 Ohm CALIBRATION Enter = Yes 5.2.3 Touch key to start the program of 25 Ohm CALIBRATION.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide resistance is calculated, and the following message will appear: * 25 Ohm CALIBRATION 25R Rs = OHM 25.9977 Rt =25.0000 Menu= Exit OHM Enter = Yes 5.2.6 The value on the third line is the parameter to be adjusted and this value must match the standard resistance of the 25Ω resistor. For example, the above figure shows the current value as 25.9977, but the standard resistor’s value is 24.9977.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide touch the key, and the third line of data will blink to indicate the option to save. MENU 5.2.8 To save this calibration, press and hold the key and then press the key. This will save the calibration data to the instrument, and the program will go back to the main menu (*CALIBRATION MENU*)；If users DO NOT want to save the data, press the key will bring the program back to the main menu ( *CALIBRATION MENU*). MENU 5.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 6 Wireless Data Acquisition The AM8060 precision thermometer can transmit temperature data through a wireless transmission module. Free software for this feature is included with the AM8060. To transmit data wirelessly, users will need the followings: AM8060-W, precision thermometer with embedded wireless function. Wireless Transceiver . USB cable with length of 2m to 5m. Computer with USB interface and Windows operating system.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 2) The computer and Wireless Transceiver must be within 50m (indoors) or 80m (outdoors) from the AM8060. The computer must be powered on. 3) Connect the Wireless Transceiver to the computer with a USB cable. Place it at a high spot for best performance. The system setup is shown in Figure4. 4) After connecting the Wireless Transceiver to the computer, the user will be required to install USB drivers unless the PC is running on Windows7 operating system.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 7) “The Base Status” and “Remote” wil display “Wireless Base RF OK” and “Wireless Remote OK” to confirm the wireless connection. The value after “ADDR” shows the wireless address of the AM8060. The value after “RSSI” is the wireless signal strength, which will not display until the user clicks on “Start”. The RSSI should be greater than -99dBm. Otherwise, the wireless signal is too weak and the link is not stable.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide CDrN_2xAir_Reader should also show the signal strength, as seen below: 9) The wireless data acquisition can be halted by clicking on “Stop”, or by clicking on “Exit” to quit the program. The default setting for a sampling period is 1 second. The data acquisition process can be restarted by clicking on “Start”. 10) CDrN_2xAir_Reader can also save the captured data to a file, entitled “Air_data.txt”. The data sampling rate can also be adjusted.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide when the sampling is stopped. The data sampling can be restarted after the modification. Users can save data by clicking on “Start”，and then clicking on the “REC” button. The captured temperature data is saved into “Air_data.txt”, and the phrase “Recording…” will appear under “Data Saving” to indicate the recording process has begun. To stop data saving, clicking on “END” or “Stop” will cease the temperature data capture.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide Time t1(C) 16:23:19 -4.526 16:23:20 -4.526 16:23:21 -4.526 end recording Time t1(C) 10:48:45 -4.526 10:48:49 -4.526 end recording t2(C) -84.456 -84.456 -84.456 t1-t2(C) 79.930 79.930 79.930 t2(C) -84.456 -84.456 t1-t2(C) 79.930 79.930 The first column indicates the sampling time, which should be same as the computer time. The second column lists the Probe 1 temperatures, while the third column lists the Probe 2 temperatures.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 7 Using a Flash Drive（U disk）for Data Acquisition The flash drive recording start/stop key saving data to the USB flash drive. REC can be used for There is a USB port on the rear panel of the AM8060 which can be used to store the measured temperature data to a flash drive. Any flash drive with size lower than 4 gigabytes can be connected to the “UDrive” connector at the rear panel.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide above the REC key will be turned on. This is to inform the user that the temperature data is being written to the flash drive. The saved file name is U2DATA.txt. 5) If users want to stop the data saving, just press REC key on the front panel. AM8060 will produce a short beep and the LED above REC key will be turned off to indicate the process has been halted. The following list is an example of data saved in the U2DATA.txt file on a flash drive.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide While using the flash drive, the data saving period can be adjusted with the front panel. The default saving period is 1.21 seconds， and it can be set as a multiple of this value, with the multiple ranging between 1 and 65,535. The instructions for this are as follows: A. When AM8060 is in a normal working state, press key and then hold key for 3 seconds. The AM8060 will display the main menu as below: MENU B.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide It should be noted that this operation is a two-key operation. Don’t release the key before touching key. D. Press key or key to adjust the “N” value (which must be equal or greater than 1). E. After the adjustment, press key. The new adjusted value will blink to indicate whether the user wishes to save this new N value. For example，the above picture shows the new N value as 9, which means the AM8060 will save data to the file every 9x1.21 seconds.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide F. After the adjustment, press multiple times until the AM8060 returns to its normal working state. MENU Note: The parameter adjustments should only be performed while the flash drive is not in the data saving process.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 8 Using the USB Interface for Data Acquisition AM8060 precision thermometer is designed with a USB interface for temperature data acquisition and saving temperature data to a file. The following section describes the process of setting up a USB temperature data acquisition system: 1) Connect a USB cable to the USB (USB B type) port at the rear panel of the AM8060 digital thermometer to a computer.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide a. Copy the file “CDRN_USBx2_Reader.exe” from the attached CD to the computer’s desktop. b. Double click on “CDRN_USBx2_Reader” to start the software. The following screen will appear： c. The measurement can be started by clicking on “Start”, stopped by clicking on “Stop”, or quit by clicking on “Exit”. The default sampling period is 1 second.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide required, users can adjust the value in the box. Any adjustment must be done when the measurement is in the “Stop” state as shown in the figure above. To save the captured temperature data, click on “Start”. The temperature data should be displayed with a blinking tick mark to indicate the data capturing, then users can click on “REC” to start the data saving. The phrase “Recording…” will be displayed on the screen as the data is saved to the file, named “U_x2data.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide Time t1(C) 23:50:57 -4.524 23:51:00 -4.524 23:51:03 -4.524 end recording t2(C) t1-t2(C) +529.476 -534.000 +529.475 -533.999 +529.475 -533.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 9 Appendix: Installation of USB Driver Important Update: if your PC is running Windows7 operation system, you can skip USB driver installation process. Otherwise, please follow the instructions below. The installation of USB drivers are required the first time these instruments are connected to a computer. The USB drivers for the AM8060 precision thermometer and Wireless Transceiver are the same. The following steps describe the installation process: 1.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 2. Put the attached CD into the CDROM drive，and then select the “No, not this time” button and click on “Next”. 3. Select “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)” and then click “Next”.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 4. Click “Browse” to select the CD drive containing the attached CD (in this example, the CDROM drive is E:), then click “Next”. 5. Select “Continue Anyway”. The computer will search for another file, called “FTD2XX.sys”. 6. Click “Browse” to find and select the file named “FTD2XX.sys”，and then click “OK”.
AM8060 Precision Thermometer User’s Guide 7. Click “Finish” to end the installation. 8. The computer will display a message saying, “Your new hardware is ready to use” to indicate the USB drivers are correctly installed.
