Owner manual

- 1 -
Instruction Manual
–
ATS / BTS Moisture Anal
y
zers
Table of Contents
1. Cautionary Notes 2
1.1 Important Safety Warnings 2
1.2
Hot Parts and Surfaces 4
1.3 More Cautionary Notes and Precautions 5
2. Specifications 6
3. Introduction 7
4. Keys and Display Indicators 8
5. Parts Description 9
6. Unpacking and Getting Started 10
7. Main Menu 11
8. Configuring Drying Settings and Understanding the parameters 12
8.1 Configuring Drying Settings 12
8.2 Saving drying settings 12
8.3 Understanding drying parameters and settings 13
9. Preparing the Sample 15
10. Performing Moisture Analysis 16
11. Determining Drying Parameters for Unknown Samples 18
11.1 Activating the Drying Chart 18
11.2 Setting trial parameters and performing trial-and-error analysis 19
11.3 Interpreting the Trial Analysis, making adjustments, and finalizing the settings 19
12. Loading Saved Profiles and Parameters 20
13. Temperature Correction and Adjustment 21
13.1 Installing the external temperature probe 21
13.2 Obtaining temperature correction readings and enabling Temperature Correction 22
14. Drying Options 23
15. Report Printing Configuration and Data Transmission 24
16. RS232 (Port 1) and USB (Port 2) Interface Ports 25
17. Configuration 26
18. Restoring Factory Defaults 27
19. Testing the Analyzer with Sodium Tartrate Dihydrate 28
20. Replacing the Halogen Lamps and cleaning the chamber 29
21. Calibration 30
22. Weighing 32
22.1 Taring 32
22.2 Clearing a Tare 33
23. Common Errors and Troubleshooting 34
24. Warranty 35
25. Drying parameters for common materials and substances 36