Sentry Industries Sentry 2.0 operating instructions Contents

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Contents

Basic Pointers . . . . . . . . . . 4

Which Instructions

Apply to Your Controller . . . . . . . . . . 4 Room Temperature and Humidity. . . 4 Thunder Storms and Power Surges . 4 Display Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 How to Get IdLE to Display . . . . . . . . 5 Firing Completion Message . . . . . . . 5 Repeat Firings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Thermocouple Inspection . . . . . . . . . 5 The “LId” Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

The Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Correcting Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1 / Cone Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 / Add Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3 / Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

4 / Ramp Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

5 / Present Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

6 / Program Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

7 / Alarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

9 / Cone Numbers & Skip Segment . 7

Enter/Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

The Options Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

The Stop/Back Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Cone-Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Standard Schedules

Low Fire Cones 022 - 011. . . . . . . . 9 Middle Fire Cones 010 - 01 . . . . . . 9 High Fire Cones 1 - 10 . . . . . . . . . . 9 Speed (SPd) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Pre-Heat (PRHT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Hold (HOLd) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cone-Fire Programming . . . . . . . . . 10 Slow Cooling (COOL) . . . . . . . . . . . 11 When the Kiln Shuts Off Too Soon . 11 For Kilns with AOP Outlet . . . . . . . . 11

Ramp-Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Definition of a Segment . . . . . . . . . . 12 Ramp-Hold Programming . . . . . . . . 13 User Programs (USER) . . . . . . . . . . 13 Firing a Stored User Program . . . . . 14 Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Hold (HOLd) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 AOP Fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Segments for Controlled Cooling . . 14 Sample Firing Schedules . . . . . . . . 14

Cone-Fire Program Fired in Ramp-Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Sculptured Stoneware Bisque Firing Schedule, Cone 04. . . . . . . 14

Glass Fusing Firing Schedule . . . 15

Glass Slumping Firing Schedule . 15 Starting a Firing in a Hot Kiln. . . . . . 15 When the Kiln Shuts Off Too Soon . 15

Multiple Zone Kilns . . . . . 16

An Overview of Multiple

Zone Firing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Viewing Zone Temperatures . . . . . . 16

Two Zone Kilns: Adjust Heat in

Center Section (CAdJ). . . . . . . . . . . 16

Thermocouple Failure

In a Multiple Zone Kiln . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Power Output Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Testing Multiple Zone Elements . . . 16

Options: Cone-Fire. . . . . . 17

Cone-Fire Speed (Spd) . . . . . . . . . . 17 Cone Offset (OFST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Interpreting Cone Bending . . . . . . 18

When Cone Temperature

Is Off More Than 20°F/11°C . . . . . 18 Fan (FAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Options: General . . . . . . . 18

Thermocouple Offset (TCOS) . . . . . 18

Thermocouple Offset for

Ceramic Firings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Calibrating Thermocouple Offset With a Digital Pyrometer . . . . . . . . 19

Setting Thermocouple Offset . . . . 19

Multiple Zone

Thermocouple Offset . . . . . . . . . . 19 Selecting °F or °C (CHG-) . . . . . . . . 19

°F/°C Temperature

Conversion Formula . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Thermocouple Type (TC) . . . . . . . . 19 AOP Outlet (AOP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Computer ID (ID) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Temperature Deviation (TEDE) . . . . 20 Maximum Temperature (SFTY) . . . . 20 Electronics Temperture (ELEC). . . . 20 Program Lock (LOCK) . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Configuration Code (CFG) . . . . . . . 21 Software Version (SOFT). . . . . . . . . 21 Element Test (TEST) . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Reset (RST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Options: Multiple Zone . . 21

Zone Temperature

Difference (DIFF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Two Zone Kilns: Adjust Heat in

Center Section (CAdJ). . . . . . . . . . . 21

Zone Temperatures (T123) . . . . . . . 21

Error Messages . . . . . . . . 22

FTC / Failed to Cool. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 FTH / Failed to Heat. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

LTdE / Low Temperature

Deviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 PF / Power Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 BAdP / Bad Programming . . . . . . . . 22 ETH / Electronics Too Hot. . . . . . . . 22 FAIL / Thermocouple Failure . . . . . . 22 FTL / Firing Too Long . . . . . . . . . . . 22

HTdE / High Temperature

Deviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 PF 2 / Power Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 PF 3 / Power Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

How the Sentry

Handles Power Failures. . . . . . . . . . 23

Using Ceramic Witness Cones

After an Extended Power Failure . 23 PLOG Error Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

TCdE / Uneven Multiple

Zone Temperatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

TCR / Thermocouple

Leads Reversed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Appendix A

Display Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Appendix B

Standard Cone-Fire Schedules . . . . 26

Appendix C

Upgrading the DTC 100, 600, 800 & 1000 to the Sentry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Appendix D

Orton Pyrometric Cone

Temperature Equivalents . . . . . . . . 30

Appendix E

Ramp-Hold Shorthand . . . . . . . . . . 31

Appendix F

Cone-Fire Shorthand . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Contents Multiple Zone Options Standard OptionsIntroduction Contents Basic Pointers SafetyRoom Temperature and Humidity Thunder Storms and Power SurgesRepeat Firings How to Get IdLE to DisplayDisplay Lights Firing Completion MessageKeys Stop/Back Key Cone Numbers Skip SegmentEnter/Start Options KeyFiring Schedules How to Position Cones on the ShelfCone-Fire Pyrometric Witness ConesCone-Fire Features Speed SPdPre-Heat Prht Cone-Fire Programming Hold HOLdMirror Test Wrong Thermocouple Type When the Kiln Shuts Off Too SoonSlow Cooling Cool For Kilns with AOP OutletDefinition of a Segment Ramp-HoldUser Programs User Ramp-Hold ProgrammingSegments for Controlled Cooling Firing a Stored User ProgramRate AOP FanCeramic Firings Glass Fusing Firing ScheduleStarting a Firing in a Hot Kiln Glass Slumping Firing ScheduleMultiple Zone Kilns Cone Offset Ofst OptionsCone-Fire Options Cone-Fire Speed SpdGeneral Options Fan FANThermocouple Offset Tcos Thermocouple Type TC Selecting F or C CHGAOP Outlet AOP Temperature Deviation TedeMaximum Temperature Sfty Electronics Temperature ElecMultiple Zone Options Error Messages Non-Interrupting Error MessagesTerminating Error Messages TCR / Thermocouple Leads Reversed How the Sentry Handles Power FailuresPlog Error Codes TCdE / Uneven Multiple Zone TemperaturesAppendix a Display Messages Safety Power FailureDiagnostic Test Failure ResetLow Fire Cones F SegmentCone Rate 1 Temp Rate 2 Temp Low Fire Cones C Appendix B Preset Standard Cone-Fire Schedules CUpgrading the DTC 100, 600, 800 & 1000 to the Sentry Appendix C Upgrading InstructionsPage 05 1/2 Cone Self-Supporting Cones Pre-Fire Number Color022 010Appendix E Sentry Ramp-Hold Shorthand InstructionsKiln is now firing. Use Program Review by pressing Appendix F Sentry Cone-Fire Shorthand ProgrammingKiln is now firing to the cone you selected

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