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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................4
1.1
FOB100 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................................4
1.2
CALIBRATION ..............................................................................................................................................................5
2
UNPACKING ...............................................................................................................................................................6
3
FOB100 SERIES THERMOMETER HARDWARE REFERENCE ....................................................................7
4
USING THE TEMPERATURE PROBES ............................................................................................................. 10
4.1
CAUTION .................................................................................................................................................................. 10
4.2
DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................................................... 10
4.3
WARNING ................................................................................................................................................................. 11
5
SERIAL COMMUNICATION DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................. 12
5.1
USING HYPER TERMINAL IN WINDOWS ................................................................................................................... 12
5.2
RS-232 HELP MENU ................................................................................................................................................. 12
5.3
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF RS-232 COMMANDS ..................................................................................................... 13
5.4
TYPICAL TEMPERATURE READING SEQUENCE.......................................................................................................... 16
6
ERROR CODES ....................................................................................................................................................... 17
7
FOB100-SOFT SOFTWARE PACKAGE ............................................................................................................. 18
7.1
GETTING STARTED WITH FOB100-SOFT ................................................................................................................ 18
7.1.1
Hardware and software requirements ............................................................................................................ 18
7.1.2
Installing FOB100-SOFT ............................................................................................................................... 18
7.2
A QUICK TOUR OF FOB100-SOFT........................................................................................................................... 18
7.2.1
Working with the Configuration Window ....................................................................................................... 19
7.3
ACQUIRING AND VIEWING TEMPERATURE DATA ..................................................................................................... 21
7.3.1
Logging temperature data to a file ................................................................................................................. 21
7.3.2
Viewing temperature data ............................................................................................................................... 23
7.4
THE FOB100 CONSOLE ........................................................................................................................................... 25
7.4.1
Console help menu .......................................................................................................................................... 26
7.5
FOB100-SOFT FUNCTIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 26
7.5.1
The File menu ................................................................................................................................................. 26
7.5.2
The Window menu ........................................................................................................................................... 27
7.5.3
The Help Menu ................................................................................................................................................ 27
Warning
Permanent damage may be done to the thermometer if the power supply connections are not done correctly.
In particular, do not connect the power input (18-24VDC) to any of the analog output connectors. Note that
the 20 mA analog output options are self-powered interfaces (by opposition to loop-powered interfaces), and
thus do not require any external supply.
Fiber optic probes are fragile, and will break if the bending radius becomes less than ~1cm, even temporarily.
Probe breakages are not covered under the standard Omega warranty.