Oxford Instruments Omicron NanoScience MercuryiTC - Page 3

Operator's Manual
Issue 05 /
Feb 2015 / UMC0071
MercuryiTC
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2.9 Main components ......................................................................................................... 19
2.9.1 Motherboard .......................................................................................................................... 20
2.9.2 Expansion slots and daughter boards .................................................................................. 20
2.10 Alarms and interlocks ............................................................................................... 22
3 GETTING STARTED ......................................................................................................... 23
3.1 Checking the electrical supply ...................................................................................... 23
3.2 Mounting the equipment ............................................................................................... 23
3.3 Connecting electrical power.......................................................................................... 24
3.4 Powering up the MercuryiTC for the first time ............................................................... 24
3.5 The MercuryiTC touch screen ...................................................................................... 25
3.5.1 The home page ..................................................................................................................... 26
3.5.2 Custom home pages ............................................................................................................. 27
3.5.3 Channel summary widget ..................................................................................................... 27
3.5.4 Drop-down menus ................................................................................................................. 28
3.5.5 Scrolling ................................................................................................................................ 28
3.5.6 Soft keypads ......................................................................................................................... 29
3.5.7 Using arrows to adjust integer values ................................................................................... 31
3.5.8 Button labels ......................................................................................................................... 31
3.5.9 Common touch screen features ............................................................................................ 31
3.5.10 Setting the date and time ...................................................................................................... 32
3.6 Plotting signals on the MercuryiTC touch screen .......................................................... 33
3.6.1 Plot Configuration ................................................................................................................. 33
3.6.2 Scaling a plot......................................................................................................................... 35
4 HOW TO MEASURE AND CONTROL TEMPERATURE ................................................... 37
4.1 Heater and sensor connections .................................................................................... 38
4.1.1 Connecting thermocouples ................................................................................................... 38
4.2 Configuring a temperature sensor ................................................................................ 39
4.2.1 Configuring the sensor details .............................................................................................. 40
4.2.2 To clear a widget configuration ............................................................................................. 42
4.3 Setting heater properties .............................................................................................. 43
4.4 Configuring a heater ..................................................................................................... 44