LR8400-20 LR8401-20 LR8402-20 MEMORY Hilogger
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Instruction Manual LR8400-20 LR8401-20 LR8402-20 MEMORY HiLOGGER July 2014 Revised edition 7 LR8400B980-07 14-07H Shop for Power Metering products online at: www.PowerMeterStore.com 1.888.610.7664 HiLogger Firmware Version Information and Upgrades LAN communication is available with HiLogger firmware version 1.20 and later. (The release date for version 1.20 is June, 2010.) The HiLogger firmware version is displayed at the upper right on the System screen. The latest version can be downloaded from Hioki’s website. Please visit our company’s website or contact your dealer or Hioki representative for the version upgrade procedure. Shop for Power Metering products online at: www.PowerMeterStore.com 1.888.610.7664 i Contents Contents 1 Introduction ..............................................................................1 Confirming Package Contents ................................................2 2 Safety Information....................................................................3 Operating Precautions.............................................................6 Chapter 1 Overview ____________________________________13 1.1 Product Overview and Features .............................13 1.2 Measurement Flow ..................................................14 1.3 Names and Functions of Parts, Screen Configurations .........................................................16 1.4 Basic Operation .......................................................22 Screen Operations (changing settings, scrolling waveforms, and displaying values) ......................................................22 Starting and Stopping Measurement ................................23 Disabling Key Operations (Key-Lock Function) ...............25 Performing Zero Adjustment ............................................25 Saving Data ......................................................................25 Confirming Inputs (Monitor) ..............................................26 Chapter 2 Measurement Preparations _________________27 2.1 Attaching Expansion Input Units (as needed) ......28 2.2 Using the Battery Pack (Option) ............................30 Install the Battery Pack ....................................................30 Charge the Battery Pack ..................................................31 2.3 Connecting the AC Adapter ....................................32 2.4 Making Connections ...............................................33 Pre-Connection Inspection ...............................................33 Voltage and Thermocouple Temperature Measurement .34 Temperature Measurement with a Resistance Temperature Detector (RTD) .................................................................36 Humidity Measurement ....................................................37 Resistance Measurement ................................................39 Pulse Measurement .........................................................40 Shop for Power Metering products online at: www.PowerMeterStore.com 1.888.610.7664 ii Contents Connecting Alarm Outputs ............................................... 41 +12 V Output Connection (for external sensors) .............. 42 External Control (using TRIG OUT and EXT TRIG) ........ 43 2.5 Turning the Power On and Off ............................... 44 2.6 Inserting a CF Card or USB Flash Drive (when saving data) ................................................. 45 CF Card Insertion & Removal .......................................... 46 USB flash drive Insertion & Removal ............................... 46 Formatting a CF Card/USB flash drive ............................ 47 2.7 Compensating for Input Circuit Offset (Zero Adjustment) ................................................... 48 Chapter 3 Settings_____________________________________ 49 3.1 Setting Flow Overview ........................................... 49 3.2 Configuring Measurement Settings ...................... 50 Time Setting by Key Operations ...................................... 50 3.3 Input Channel Settings ........................................... 53 Key Setting Procedure ..................................................... 53 Voltage Measurement Settings ........................................ 55 Temperature Measurement Settings (using thermocouples) 56 Temperature Measurement Settings (for RTDs) ............. 58 Humidity Measurement Settings ...................................... 59 Resistance Measurement Settings .................................. 60 Pulse or Logic Measurement Settings ............................. 61 Integration (Count) Measurement Settings ...................... 62 Revolution Measurement Settings ................................... 63 3.4 Data Saving Settings .............................................. 64 3.5 Waveform Display Settings (as needed) .............. 65 Key Setting Procedure ..................................................... 65 Selecting Waveform Display Color .................................. 65 Specifying Vertical Display Range by Magnification and Zero Position (vertical axis expansion/compression) ....... 66 Specifying the Vertical Display Range by Upper and Lower Limits (expansion/compression) ............................ 67 Setting the Display Time Base (horizontal axis magnification) ......................................... 68 3.6 Scaling Settings (as needed) ................................. 69 Shop for Power Metering products online at: www.PowerMeterStore.com 1.888.610.7664 iii Contents 3.7 Entering Titles and Comments (as needed) ..........71 3.8 Suppressing Noise (Enable Digital Filtering) ........73 3.9 Viewing and Editing with the All-Channel Settings List .............................................................74 2 Batch Copying Channel Settings .....................................75 Batch Setting Waveform Display/Hide and Waveform Color Settings for All Channels ........................................76 3 Initializing Settings (to factory defaults) ............................77 Aligning Zero Positions on the Grid ..................................78 Setting CH1 of UNIT1 Value as a Scaling Value 4 (Inter-Channel Compensation function) ...........................79 Chapter 4 Observing Measurements and Data ________83 5 4.1 Confirming Measured Values, and Starting Measurement ...........................................................83 4.2 Observing Waveforms ............................................85 Displaying Waveforms (Display Descriptions) .................85 Displaying Gauges ...........................................................86 Viewing Input Signals as Numerical Values .....................87 Scrolling Waveforms ........................................................88 Verifying Waveform Display Position ...............................88 Magnifying and Compressing Horizontally .......................89 Viewing Any Waveform Location (Jump Function) ..........89 Specifying a Waveform Time Span ..................................90 Displaying Cursor Values .................................................91 4.3 Marking Waveforms and Searching Marks (Search Function) ....................................................93 Inserting Event Marks While Viewing Waveforms ............93 Inserting Event Marks Using External Input Signals ........94 Alarm Event Marks ...........................................................95 How are event marks handled in text (CSV) conversion? 96 Searching Event Marks ....................................................97 Chapter 5 Specifying Criteria for Measurements______99 About Triggering ...............................................................99 5.1 Triggering Measurement Start and Stop .............100 Shop for Power Metering products online at: www.PowerMeterStore.com 1.888.610.7664 iv Contents Types of Trigger Criteria ................................................ 100 Enable the Trigger Function ........................................... 101 Key Setting Procedure ................................................... 101 Setting Trigger Criteria ................................................... 102 Selecting Triggering Criteria (Trigger Source) ............... 105 Using External Triggering .............................................. 106 Setting Criteria for Pre-Trigger Measuring (Pre-Trig) ..... 108 5.2 Alarm Output ......................................................... 109 Checking Alarm Criteria ................................................. 109 Alarm Settings ................................................................ 111 5.3 Confirming All Trigger and Alarm Criteria Settings 114 5.4 Periodic (Timer) Measurements .......................... 115 5.5 Measurement with Trigger and Timer Functions 117 5.6 Trigger Setting Examples .................................... 119 Chapter 6 Saving & Loading Data ____________________121 6.1 About Saving and Loading Data ......................... 121 What happens to data in a power outage? .................... 123 Preparation for power outages during long-term measurements ............................................................... 123 6.2 Saving Data ........................................................... 124 Automatic Saving (Waveform Data and Numerical Calculation Results) ............................................................. 125 Replacing Removable Storage During Real-Time Saving . 127 Saving Manually (Waveform Data, Screen Images, Numerical Calculation Results)