Innova 1312 User manual
May 1997
1312 Photoacoustic Multi-gas Monitor
Instruction Manual
INNOVA
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1312 Photoacoustic Multi-gas Monitor
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Safety Considerations
The 1312 Photoacoustic Multi-gas Monitor complies with IEC348; Safety
Requirements for Electronic Measuring Apparatus and IEC1010–1; Safety
Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and
Laboratory Use, and is supplied in a safe condition. To ensure safe operation
and retain the 1312 in a safe condition, note the following:
EXPLOSION HAZARD!
TO AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF AN EXPLOSION, MONITORING
OF FLAMMABLE GASES IN EXPLOSIVE CONCENTRATIONS MUST
NEVER BE ATTEMPTED.
Never operate the 1312 Photoacoustic Multi-gas Monitor in potentially explo-
sive environments.
When monitoring potentially flammable or toxic gases it is essential that:
• The instrument itself is placed in a well-ventilated area outside the poten-
tially hazardous zone.
• A sufficiently long tube is connected to the air-outlet on the back panel so
that the sampled gas is carried away to the open air or to an extraction
and/or filtration unit.
WARNINGS!
• Avoid water condensation in the instrument.
• Switch off all equipment before connecting or disconnecting their digital
interface. Failure to do so could damage the equipment.
• Whenever it is likely that the correct function or operating safety of the
apparatus has been impaired, the apparatus must be made inoperative and
be secured against unintended operation.
• Any adjustment, maintenance and repair of the open apparatus under volt-
age must be avoided as far as possible and, if unavoidable, must be carried
out only by trained service personnel.
• If a fault is reported by the monitor that indicates correct function of the
instrument may be impaired, consult your local Innova AirTech representa-
tive. Under no circumstances should repair be attempted by persons not
qualified in the service of electronic instrumentation.
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Safety Considerations
APPLYING POWER
Before using the 1312, check that it is set to match the available mains
voltage and that the correct fuses are installed.
SAFETY SYMBOLS
The apparatus will be marked with this symbol when it is important
that the user refers to the associated warning statements given in the
User Guide.
Frame or Chassis Protective earth Dangerous voltage
!
Copyright © 1997 Innova AirTech Instruments A/S
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distrib-
uted in any form or by any means without prior consent in writing from
Innova AirTech Instruments A/S, Nærum, Denmark.
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Introduction
1.1 Introduction
This manual can be used in several ways. The first time users can work their way
through the examples in order to get to know this monitoring system. The more
experienced users can jump directly to the relevant chapters in order to gain assist-
ance, and experts can use this manual as a reference book by using the index.
When Offline operation is required, the normal instructions should be followed. If
there is a deviation from these instructions, this will be indicated in the relevant
sections.
1.2 Displaying Information
The information displayed on screen is presented in this manual as shown below:
➊Menu-bar option e.g. Edit
➋Pull-down menu option e.g. Open
➌Index-card e.g. ”Gas”
➍Group e.g. Gas Setup
➎Select Field e.g. Select S.I.T:
➏Check box: used to select several options
➐Soft-key e.g. Reload Filter Info.
Radio push-buttons: these are not illustrated above, but are commonly used in the
software. They act as a toggle function when several options are available, but only
one can be selected at a time.
1.3 Tool-bar Icons in 1312PC Software
The instructions in this manual use the pull-down menu paths to describe how
operations are possible. However, in many cases, the icons in the tool-bar can be
used to speed things up. The text below provides the key to the icons.
Create a new measurement task
Open an existing measurement task
Copy active window to clipboard
➏
➊
➋
➌
➍
➎
➐
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Print active screen
Change sequence settings
Online only – Start a measurement sequence
Online only – Pause a measurement sequence
Online only – Stop a measurement sequence
Auto-scale axis from 0 to maximum value (only available when the
Autoscale OFF is selected in the windows properties dialogue)
Auto-scale axis from minimum to maximum values (only available
when the Autoscale OFF is selected in the windows properties dialogue)
Zoom in (only available when two cursors are selected)
Zoom out (only available when zoom is enabled)
Display the active window’s properties
Presentation only – Go to the start of the measurement task
Presentation only – Scroll backwards through the measurement task
Presentation only – Scroll forwards through the measurement task
Presentation only – Go to the end of the measurement task
Open the Cursor values dialogue
Online only – Open the Alarm status dialogue
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Installing the 1312PC Software
When taking delivery of the 1312 Photoacoustic Multi-gas Monitor, five very impor-
tant and necessary preliminary tasks must be completed before starting to operate
it:
●Install the 1312PC Software
●Connect the Monitor to a PC.
●Adjustment of the “Mains Voltage” selector.
●Check/Change the fuses in the monitor.
●Set the Communication Parameters.
2.1 Installing the 1312PC Software
Before installing the software, the PC must meet the following requirements:
The 1312PC software comes complete with an installation program. Insert the disk
labelled “1312PC Software Disk 1” and use the standard Windows95 procedure to
run SETUP.EXE.
If you are unsure how to install programs, refer to your Windows95 Help.
After the installation is successfully completed, five icons appear in the 1312PC
program menu. These are labelled:
●ONLINE
●PRESENTATION
●CALIBRATE
●OFFLINE
●DATABASE ADMINISTRATION
These icons can be placed on your desktop for easy access to the programs.
Hardware: A 486 (50MHz) co-processor or better
Min. 16Mbytes of RAM
Min. 40Mbytes of space available on the hard disk
VGA monitor or better
One RS–232 port
Mouse
Software: Windows95
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