Shortridge Instruments AIRDATA ADM-870C User Manual

ADM-870C 07/14/09i
CONTENTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 GENERAL DISCUSSION 1
2.0 SPECIFICATIONS 2
3.0 EXTERNAL FEATURES 4
3.1 KEYPAD 4
3.2 FEATURES ON SIDES AND BACK OF METER 4
4.0 DISPLAY MESSAGES AND PROMPTS 7
4.1 READ PROMPTS 7
4.2 MEASUREMENT READOUTS 7
4.3 FUNCTION READOUTS 8
5.0 USING THE AIRDATA MULTIMETER 16
5.1 GENERAL USE 16
5.2 AUTOMATIC READINGS 17
5.3 TREND READINGS 17
5.4 MEMORY/AVERAGE/TOTAL FUNCTION 17
5.4.1 MEMORY OPERATION 17
5.4.2 RECALL 18
5.4.3 REPLACE READING IN MEMORY 18
5.4.4 ERASE READING IN MEMORY 18
5.4.5 CLEAR MEMORY 18
5.5 AUTOMATIC READING MEMORY 19
5.6 DATA DOWNLOAD TO A PRINTER 19
5.6.1 DOWNLOAD INDIVIDUAL READINGS TO A PRINTER 19
5.6.2 DOWNLOAD AUTOMATIC READINGS TO A PRINTER 20
5.6.3 DOWNLOAD READINGS IN MEMORY TO A PRINTER 20
5.7 DATA DOWNLOAD TO A COMPUTER 21
5.7.1 CONFIGURATION FILE SET-UP IN WINWEDGE 21
5.7.2 PORT AND DATA INPUT SETTINGS 22
5.7.3 FUNCTION KEY COMMANDS 22
5.7.4 SET-UP CONNECTIONS AND OPEN THE APPLICATIONS 23
5.7.5 INDIVIDUAL READINGS CONTROLLED FROM COMPUTER KEYBOARD 23
5.7.6 DOWNLOAD READINGS FROM MEMORY USING COMPUTER KEYBOARD 23
5.7.7 CONTROL BUTTONS, CURSOR CONTROL, AND FILE PATHS 23
5.7.8 AUTOMATIC REPEAT READINGS CONTROLLED BY WINWEDGE 24
5.7.9 MINIMIZING WINWEDGE 24
5.7.10 ALTERNATIVE DOWNLOAD METHOD 24
6.0 VELOCITY MEASUREMENT 26
6.1 VELOCITY CORRECTION FACTORS 26
6.2 PITOT TUBE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT 27
6.3 AIRFOIL PROBE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT 28
6.3.1 DUCT VELOCITY USING AIRFOIL PROBE 29
6.3.2 FUME HOODS AND SAFETY CABINETS - AIRFOIL PROBE 29
6.3.3 EXHAUST HOODS - AIRFOIL PROBE 29
6.3.4 LAMINAR FLOW WORKSTATIONS - AIRFOIL PROBE 30
6.4 SINGLE POINT CENTERLINE AIR VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS 30
6.5 VELGRID AIR VELOCITY 30
6.5.1 CHEMICAL EXHAUST HOODS - VELGRID 31
6.5.2 LAMINAR FLOW WORKSTATION - VELGRID 31
6.5.3 AIR FLOW CALCULATION FROM VELGRID VELOCITY 31
6.6 VELOCITY: LOCAL DENSITY VERSUS STANDARD DENSITY 31
7.0 PRESSURE MEASUREMENT 33
7.1 DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE 33
7.1.1 STATIC PRESSURE PROBES 33
7.1.2 PITOT TUBE "VELOCITY PRESSURES" 33
7.1.3 PITOT TUBE "STATIC PRESSURES" 33
7.1.4 PITOT TUBE "TOTAL PRESSURES" 34
7.2 ABSOLUTE PRESSURE 34
8.0 TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT 35
8.1 TEMPROBE 35
8.2 AIRDATA MULTITEMP 35

Shortridge Instruments AIRDATA ADM-870C Specifications

General

Brand	Shortridge Instruments
Model	AIRDATA ADM-870C
Category	Multimeter
Language	English