Sentry Industries Sentry Xpress 4.0 manual

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Time Display

Single-Speed / Ramp-Hold Version

Sentry Xpress

Digital Temperature Controller

°F

 

 

 

Indicator

 

 

 

Lights

°C

 

 

Program

Light is

 

 

 

on during pro-

 

 

Review

gramming.

°C Display Dot

Hr./Min.

 

Run

Light is

When Lit

 

°F When Off

Temperature Display

 

 

on during pro-

 

 

°C When Lit

gram review.

Temperature

START/

HIGHER

Light

display is in °F.

LOWER

Tem-

STOP

Skip Seg.

Delay

blinks during firing.

Enter

Add Hold

Review

 

perature display is in °C.

Program

Change Temp.

 

 

T/C Offset

 

 

See page 13 for instructions on

 

Alarm

 

 

SENTRYXpress4.0 TM

 

selecting °F or °C.

 

 

M I C R O P R O C E S S O R

 

 

 

 

The Sentry Xpress 4.0 micro processor is manufactured by the

 

 

 

Orton Ceramic Foundation and displays the CE mark.

 

: Sepa- rates hours from minutes. Ex- ample: Display shown above is 1 hour and 30 minutes.

START/STOP Key

Starts and stops a firing.

Press after each

programming step. It works like the Enter key on a computer.

Down Arrow Key

From press

. The pro-

gram you have selected

Up Arrow Key

press. Press From to select Single-Speed or

Ramp-Hold. Pages 6, 8

 

During a

Ramp-Hold firing, press the

.

will appear. Press

. The current segment ramp

or hold number will appear. To

skip, press

again. Page 8

During a Ramp-Hold firing, press

repeatedly until appears.

Press . Each time you press

the , the hold time for the current segment will increase by 5

minutes. Then press . Page 8

During a Ramp-Hold firing,

press repeatedly until

appears. Press . Use the arrow keys to change the target temperature for the current seg-

ment. Then press . Page 9

press

 

During a firing,

 

 

repeatedly until

 

appears. Press

. Use

the arrow keys to change the alarm

temperature. Press

. To si-

lence the alarm, press any key.

Page 9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the

 

display,

 

press

 

 

 

.

will

appear. Use ar-

row keys to adjust the controller to

fire hotter or cooler. Press

to return to

. Page 12

will appear one step at a

time. When ap-

pears, press . Page 4

From

press . Enter delay time. Press

twice. Page 4

During firing, press . The program you entered will appear one step at a time. Page 4

IM-221/2-06

*These features are new with the Sentry Xpress 4.0. If your controller does not have these features, it is an earlier controller.

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Contents Sentry Xpress Introduction ContentsTime and Temperature Display SafetyGeneral Guidelines Operation Begins from the IdLE DisplayPower Failures DelayThunder Storms Power Surges Canceling a New ProgramRate Theory OperationHold Two Firing Modes Single-Speed and Ramp-HoldSelecting a Firing Mode Temperature Over-ShootSingle-Speed Programming Instructions Programming a Cooling Segment Ramp-Hold ModeRamp-Hold Practice Program Parts of a SegmentSkip Segment Advanced FeaturesAdd Hold Time Ramp-Hold Programming InstructionsAlarm Editing the Target TemperatureLost Wax Burnout OverviewBurnout Instructions Display MessagesBAdP / Bad Programming Error MessagesEtH / Electronics Too Hot Fail / Thermocouple FailureHtdE / High Temperature Deviation FE Error MessagesPF 1 / Power Failure PF 2 / Power FailureController Power Input Test Problem Controller display is blank. No heat in kilnSelecting F or C Display Trouble ShooterProblem Controller display turns on. No heat in kiln Kiln Switch Box ½ Amp Fuse Power Test Problem Kiln switch box ½ amp fuses keep blowingIndex Single-Speed Shorthand Instructions