Mecmesin MultiTest-x Series - Main Menu

Mecmesin MultiTest-x manual
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• Pressing the [2] key will set the load value to zero
• Pressing the [3] key will set the position value to zero
• Pressing the [4] key will run a procedure to update (if necessary) the
‘handshaking’ between the loadcell and test stand. The operator will be
prompted to remove any load and press [Start/ENT] , then a ‘zero reading’
and ‘span reading’ will be taken; the ‘live’ screen (see next section) will then
be re-displayed. This facility should not be confused with the calibration facility
(see [1], [4], [7]).
Setting load displayed to zero is particularly useful this eliminates the weight of the
fixturing attached appearing as a systematic error on the load reading. This is, in the
case of weight, load or force called ‘taring’. Similarly, setting the displacement to zero
will establish a datum point relative to which all other positions will be measured.
It is possible to return to this screen from the ‘live’ test screen at ant time by pressing
the
[(-)/Tare] key.
[1] Main Menu
When the ‘live’ test screen is displayed, pressing the [1/Menu] key will display the
main menu:
• Pressing a [number] key moves, ‘deeper’ into the menu structure.
• Pressing the [Stop/BK SP] key has the opposite effect, i.e. this moves to
the next ‘higher’ level menu. Before going ‘all the way back’ to the main
menu, a message may be displayed, for
example, if any change has been made to Procedure 4.