Chatillon DFS II User Manual

36 DF II Series User Manual
USING AUTO SHUTDOWN
TheDFIISeriesforcegaugeallowsyoutocong-
ure your gauge to automatically shut down if there
has been no keypad activity or no communication
activityforaspeciedperiodoftime.Thepurpose
of automatic shutdown is to help preserve the
instrument battery. The factory default for Auto
Shutdown is OFF (disabled).
If your tests involve long test periods where keypad
entries are infrequent, you should take care to
specify a long shutdown period to avoid losing test-
ing results. Or, consider NOT using the automatic
shutdown feature.
TheDFIISeriesgaugecanbespeciedtoau-
tomatically shutdown when there has been no
keypad activity or communication activity from 10
minutes up to 480 minutes (8 hours).
ACTIVATING AUTO SHUTDOWN
Automatic Shutdown may be activated from the
Main Setup display. From the Home display, select
the F3 (More) key twice to access the Main Setup
display.
Use the UP and DOWN navigation keys to position
the cursor arrow next to the Auto Shutdown tag.
Select enter.
Select the F1 key to turn Auto Shutdown ON or
OFF
Auto Shutdown Icon. Indicates that
the automatic shutdown feature is
activated.
SELECTING TIME PERIOD
Automatic Shutdown time is expressed in MINUTES.
Use the UP and DOWN key to select the desired
time period, e.g. the amount of time in minutes that
determine that the gauge will automatically
shutdown when there has been no keypad activity.
Each depress of the UP or DOWN key increments
the time by 10 minutes.

Chatillon DFS II Specifications

General

Brand	Chatillon
Model	DFS II
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English