KIC Explorer - Temperature Triggers; Default Temperature Triggers; Profile Retransmission Process

KIC 2000 v2.4.0.x
KIC 2000 User Manual 39
During the Live Profile:
• The live profile is plotted on the graph, KIC Profiler RF models only.
• The current temperatures for each thermocouple and the Delta between them are displayed in a
small window in the upper-Left hand corner of the profile graph. The elapsed time is also
displayed, KIC profiler Transmitter models only.
• The current oven temperature set points and conveyor speed for this profile is displayed beneath
the Statistics table.
Temperature Triggers
The KIC 2000 software uses temperature triggers for the SlimKIC 2000 and KIC Explorer profilers to
determine when the profile is started, and when it ends. The use of temperature triggers makes it so that the
user does not have to worry about starting the profile a specific point or time. Instead the profile is started
at the same temperature and ends at the same point each time you profile, making the profile data collection
process easy and consistent.
The default temperature triggers are as follows for each respective Application type:
Wave Solder - Wave On
Wave Solder - Wave Off
Profile start 33ºC/92ºF Profile start 33ºC/92ºF
Mid trigger 110ºC/230ºF Mid trigger 130C/266F
Profile end 90ºC/194ºF Profile end 110C/230F
Solder Reflow
Cure Semiconductor
Profile start 33ºC/92ºF Profile start 33ºC/92ºF Profile start 33ºC/92ºF
Mid trigger 130ºC/266ºF Mid trigger 100ºC/212ºF Mid trigger 130ºC/266ºF
Profile end 110ºC/230ºF Profile end 80ºC/176ºF Profile end 110ºC/230ºF
The default trigger values should be fine for most processes. The Profile start-trigger is determined by the
Maximum Product Temperature at Start of Profile setting in the Global Preferences screen. The start
trigger value is always 2ºC above this setting.
In the event that the mid-trigger, or end trigger values need to be changed, or you feel that you are
experiencing a problem related to temperature triggers please contact KIC Technical support,
tech@kicmail.com
.
For Temperature vs. Time profiling, trigger temperatures are not used. Instead a Profile Stop button is
displayed in the bottom-Right hand corner of the profile graph screen.
KIC 2000 Profile Retransmission
For users of the SlimKIC 2000 or KIC Explorer thermal profilers with RF capability.
While the KIC Profiler transmits the live profile data to the KIC 2000 software; it simultaneously stores the
profile data in its memory.
Once the KIC profiler detects that all of the thermocouples have cooled below the profile-end trigger value,
it will begin retransmitting the profile data to the KIC 2000 software via the SlimKIC 2000 receiver or
KIC Explorer Base Station. When retransmission begins, the KIC profiler will send the profile in data
packets. The retransmission status is displayed at the bottom of the screen. See
Figure 60.
Figure 60: Retransmission of Profile Data, RF Profilers only