Safety grounding, Repairs, Installing USB products

Safety grounding

The ground of every product is connected directly to the ground of your computer through the interconnecting cable supplied. This is done in order to minimize interference. Therefore, always use the supplied cable to attach the product to your computer.

As with most oscilloscopes and data acquisition modules, take care to avoid connecting the ground input of the product to anything which may be at some voltage other than ground. If in doubt, use a voltmeter to check that there is no significant AC or DC voltage between the oscilloscope ground and the point to which you intent to connect it. Failure to check may cause damage to the product or computer and could cause injury to yourself or others.

With temperature converters, take great care when measuring temperatures near mains equipment. If a sensor is accidentally connected to mains voltages, you risk damage to the converter or your computer and your computer chassis may become live.

You should assume that the product does not have a protective safety earth. Incorrect configuration or use on voltages outside the maximum input range can be hazardous.

Repairs

The unit contains no user-servicable parts. Repair or calibration of the unit requires specialized test equipment and must be performed by OMEGA Engineering.

3 Installing the software and manual

Note: Please follow the software installation instructions below BEFORE connecting the hardware product.

3.1Installing under Windows XP SP2 or Vista

1)Insert the TC-08 software CD into your CD-ROM drive.

2)If Autorun is enabled, the CD will start up automatically. If so, go to step 6.

3)Press the Start button and select Run...

4)Type d:\TC-08(where “d:” is your CD-ROM drive).

5)Press the Enter key.

6)Click the Install Application Software button.

7)The program will guide you through the installation.

3.2Installing USB products

USB products are supported only by Windows XP SP2 or Vista.

Install the software before connecting the product to the USB port for the first time (see section 3.1)

Once you have completed the software installation instructions in section 3.1, do the following:

1)Connect the USB cable between the product and one of the USB ports on your computer.

2)Allow the computer to automatically detect and configure your hardware product*.

For instructions on how to configure the TC-08 software, see the electronic manual.

*If Windows displays a warning message about Windows Logo testing you must click “Continue Anyway” to complete the installation and start using the hardware product.